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Local telecommunications firm TekSavvy continues to expand its services, this time into live and on-demand television.

TekSavvy TV is now live, but available only to TekSavvy Internet subscribers, and, for now, only

those who are in Chatham-Kent.

Jeremy McCarthy, director of Video Product Management & Marketing for TekSavvy, said adding the service, which is following on the heels of the installation of hundreds of kilometres of fibre optic cables in Chatham-Kent, just seemed to make sense.

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“We’ve got the high speed, let’s get them using it as much as humanly possible,” he said.

The basic TV package starts at $20, he added. It contains about 25 channels, including major Canadian and U.S. networks, the Weather Network, and Toronto area channels such as City TV and CHC, with selected French programming as well.

Overall, there are more than 100 channels to choose from, as well as a growing range of on-demand programming.

Specialty packages range from $6 a month to $20 a month.

Those include sports and entertainment options, as well as news, lifestyle, children’s programming and more.

The Internet streaming TV option is made possible through TekSavvy sister company Hastings Cable Vision.

“Based out of Madoc (Ont.), they own the relationship with all the channels. We’re acting as

their sales and support agent,” McCarthy said. “It’s a cool relationship.”

McCarthy said a great deal of work went into the streaming TV element for TekSavvy. He joined the organization three years ago to head up the project.

“I’m the TV guy,” he said.

“My primary role was to work to build a product that met our customers’ demands. It’s been a series of trials and errors. What we have is the first incarnation of this product.”

That first incarnation is only available to TekSavvy’s Chatham-Kent 10,000 subscribers.

For one thing, TekSavvy is only able to offer the streaming package to its subscriber base.

“At this time, to get TekSavvy TV, you have to be a TekSavvy residential customer. We’re bound by the government. It must be a controlled and monitored pipe going to the residents,” he said. “This is a licensed service that consumers

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They’ve gone and done it. Local telecommunications firm TekSavvy on Friday launched TekSavvy TV, a streaming television service available only to TekSavvy subscribers, and, for now, only in Chatham-Kent.

can connect to once they have this (Teksavvy) internet service.”

McCarthy added the company opted to focus the initial launch in its home municipality, and it will remain that way for now.

“Eventually, the objective is to get this to all our customers across the country,” he added, noting that there are more than 300,000 TekSavvy subscribers across Canada.

“This is our hometown. It’s where we’re based. We love this community and we wanted to start it here first,” he said. “Customers in Chatham-Kent have been very loyal to use. They want more choice and more selec-

tion from the big guys. They now get to be the first to try it (TekSavvy TV) out and they will help us shape what it looks like in a couple of months from now.”

McCarthy expects the channel lineup to evolve, depending on the wishes of subscribers.

“As we start to learn more and understand what the customers want, we’re going to modify it accordingly,” he said.

Marc Gaudrault, CEO of TekSavvy and president of Hastings Cable, praised the efforts of the TekSavvy staff focused on bringing the TV element to life.

“Our TV team has been working non-stop to bring an amazing, simple and high-quality TV experience to our customers

and we’re excited that it’s finally here,” he said in a media release.

“Our customers have been asking for innovative, competitive Canadian television alternatives. TekSavvy TV now offers our customers more value with a great, easy-to-use experience on a device that they already own.

It’s still early days for TekSavvy TV and we will be improving it, adding more devices, more features, and more channels, and rolling out to more areas in the coming months.”

Customers in Chatham-Kent can sign-up through TekSavvy’s MyAccount portal at myaccount.teksavvy.com.

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Van Kesteren pushes for Dutch Heritage Day

By Bruce Corcoran bruce@chathamvoice.com

Local MP Dave Van Kesteren christened the new House of Commons chamber in Parliament recently.

The Chatham-Kent Leamington MP was the first Member of Parliament to speak in the new chamber as he gave second reading on his motion to make May 5 Dutch Heritage Day across the nation.

“What an honour! To be the first one up. You can’t plan these things,” Van Kesteren said.

Originally slated to introduce the motion, M-207, to Parliament at the end of the session to close 2018, Van Kesteren had to wait until the new year.

He didn’t expect to be first out of the gate, how-

ever.

“I got a call from our House leader earlier this month and they said, ‘you are up, first up,’” he said.

“The beauty of that is that I was well prepared. I had the (Christmas) break to think about it some more.”

May 5 marks the anniversary of the liberation of Holland from Nazi occupation during the Second World War. Canadian forces were tasked with pushing the Germans out of Holland.

More than 7,600 Canadian military personnel were killed during the fighting in the Netherlands.

“In recognition of service sacrifices made by Canadians in the Liberation of the Netherlands, as well as the contributions made to Canada by those of Dutch heritage, the gov-

ernment should recognize every May 5 as Dutch Heritage Day to honour this unique bond,” Van Kesteren said before the House.

Born to Dutch parents who had immigrated to Canada from Holland after the Second World War, the MP said response to his motion was “great.”

He added all parties spoke to it.

“The NPD spoke to it.

She (MP Jenny Kwan) was very gracious. She talked about how this is what makes Canada what it is,” he said.

“It’s fitting to look at our history and of course the contributions of all the diverse communities that have made us great as a nation, and the Dutch community and its contributions as well,” Kwan said in the House.

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The current single load posting of 10 tonnes can be increased to a new triple load posting of 10/18/25 tonnes.

This updated triple load posting will remain in place until the planned rehabilitation work begins next year, or the year after.

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Dave Van Kesteren, MP for Chatham-Kent Leamington, puts forth his motion recently in the House of Commons to make May 5 Dutch Heritage Day in Canada.

oureaux and Robert-Falcon Ouellette also spoke to the motion.

Van Kesteren said all-party support was expected.

“This is a win for all

sides. It’s a good thing, something that everyone agrees to,” he said. “A real bond has developed between Holland and Canadians. It’s continuing to grow.”

Officials from the Dutch embassy were also on hand for the reading, Van Kesteren said.

He added the final reading would likely come in about five weeks’ time.

ments for each vehicle, municipal officials said.

A single load posting applies to a single unit.

Trucks, buses, cars, and other vehicles of a single unit fall into this category.

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By Mary Beth Corcoran mary@chathamvoice.com

At a Water Wells First community meeting recently, the members continued to express their frustration with the government’s lack of action to make good on a Doug Ford promise to hold a full health hazard investigation into well contamination in the area of the North Kent Wind Farm in Chatham and Dover townships and dropping property values.

WWF spokesperson Jessica Brooks said frustration with the situation continues to rise.

“After our community meeting, Water Wells First members continue to be disappointed and frustrated with the lack of action by the provincial gov-

ernment in regards to a Health Hazard Investigation,” Brooks said in a release. “We are demanding that the government act in the best interest of the health and safety for the people of Chatham-Kent by identifying black shale as a pollutant in drinking water. Any testing done by the municipality will be inadequate and pointless until this health hazard investigation is launched.”

Brooks noted the closest WWF has come to hearing any news is the announcement about a review by the Ontario Medical Officer of Health of the work of the Ministry of the Environment did during the summer of 2017.

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Members of Water Wells First are still waiting for a provincial health hazard investigation into the well water of a number of rural homes. The group also reports property values are being adversely affected by proximity to wind turbines.

using lab results collected by the polluter; the wind company,” Brooks added.

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The sediment in the wells, now known to contain black shale, has never been collected by the MOE or the turbine company for testing. Black shale is

known to contain toxic heavy metals such as mercury, arsenic, lead and uranium. What worries the residents is how much of the shale, if any, is safe to drink, as the particles found in the water range in size and the smallest cannot be filtered out.

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Dutch heritage Canada has a long and very friendly relationship with Holland and its Dutch peoples.

From the waves of immigrants who came to Canada to start a new life in between 1892-1911, 1923-1930 and 1947-1960, to a grateful nation for Canada’s role in liberating Holland from the Germans during the Second World War – the Netherlands is a good friend to Canada and vice versa.

For area MP Dave Van Kesteren to do the legwork to create a day commemorating that friendship – May 5 - is very fitting for him, as he spends his last year in office before retiring from federal politics, and as a person who celebrates his Dutch heritage.

May 5 marks the anniversary of the liberation of Holland from Nazi occupation when Canadian forces were tasked with pushing the Germans out of Holland. More than 7,600 Canadian military personnel were killed during the seven months of fighting in the Netherlands.

Every cemetery in Holland that is home to the gravesites of Canadian soldiers is well looked after and celebrated by the Dutch people, who show their love and appreciation for Canada and its military men and women.

If you have a chance to travel to Holland, you just have to mention you are Canadian and you will be treated like a well-liked visiting friend or relative, and the thousands of tulips that grace our capital in Ottawa each spring are a colourful reminder of that close relationship.

In Chatham-Kent, we are fortunate to have a large population of Dutch descendants that add to the cultural diversity of our area.

In fact, across the nation, more than one million Canadians can trace their roots back to Holland.

Van Kesteren received all party support for Dutch Heritage Day, which is a testament to the feeling of all Canadians when it comes to our bond with the Dutch, both locally and abroad.

The third and final reading of Van Kesteren’s motion takes place as early as March. We hope it is approved and our MP receives a fitting and appreciated closing paragraph to his time representing us in Ottawa.

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Sir: The Salvation Army of Chatham-Kent would like to thank the communities in Chatham-Kent for their generosity this past Christmas Season.

The donations of food, toys, money and volunteer time are all greatly appreciated.

Although we didn’t quite reach our goal of $500,000, through our Red Kettle Campaign and our mail-outs we were blessed to receive 485,752 in monetary donations from the caring and generous people of

Chatham-Kent.

Because of this, The Salvation Army in Chatham-Kent can continue to provide services to the most vulnerable in our communities.

The Salvation Army has been in the Chatham-Kent area for 136 years. We have always assisted those in need of emergency services.

In 2018, we provided: • 850 Christmas Hampers along with 609 bags of toys.

• Our Trustee/ Budget Manager Caseworker has approximately 70 clients.

• Our Youth Services Caseworker has 50-60 clients per month.

• Our Housing/Homelessness Caseworker sees approximately 1,200 people annually.

• Our Food Banks in Chatham, Wallaceburg, Ridgetown and Blenheim serviced 6,323 individuals.

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MPAC slices property values near wind turbines Continued from page 5

Also of concern to WWF members is news that Dr. David Colby, the medical officer of health for Chatham-Kent, has submitted an abstract on Wind Turbines and Groundwater Contamination for presentation at a Wind Turbine Noise 2019 conference in June in Lisbon, Portugal.

Colby has publicly said the wind turbines aren’t responsible for the well contamination, and the sediment, while “aesthetically unpleasing,� is safe to drink. He, however, has not collected or tested the sediment in the contaminated wells.

Questions that WWF members have for Colby is what does his article report on, is he representing the municipality in his capacity as Medical Officer of Health and who is paying for his trip?

Brooks said she asked Colby for the article but was told it wasn’t completed as of yet.

Reduced property values are also a concern for residents near the wind farm projects. Brooks said those people who had their wells tested before construction of the turbines have applied to MPAC, the provincial corporation that assesses property values, for reassessment. The results have been

reduced taxes due to well issues, and Brooks said even people in proximity to the wind farms have a lower assessment. “We were told that is something that would never happen, but it has. Just being in proximity to a wind turbine devalues your property,� Brooks said. “And the number keeps going up. Just from the people who have talked to me about contamination, the unofficial count is 40 families, and that’s not counting the people out there who aren’t going to complain because they rent or they don’t want their property devalued. “This is a slow-moving disaster happening and something has to be done. It’s been seven months and it is imperative a health hazard investigation is done before anything else can be done. Get boots on the ground, collect and test the sediments and get it done.�

The recent cold snap was a big problem for residents who have to get their water from tanks on their property as most froze and left residents scrambling to get water. “It’s a good thing the cold weather broke or I would have had to haul my laundry into town just to conserve water for cooking and drinking,� Brooks noted.

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Auto show returns March 1-3

By Bruce Corcoran bruce@chathamvoice.com

The Chatham Indoor Car Show, a staple for the better part of a decade, returns to the John D. Bradley Convention Center March 1-3.

Nick Cadotte, one of the event organizers through CKXS FM and XS Productions, said the show has mass appeal.

“The dealers like to work together and promote shopping at home. They want to really support Chatham-Kent,” he said. “Purchase of a vehicle in Chatham from one of the dealerships helps them to be able

to donate to local charities, or sponsor a baseball team.”

Ten local dealerships will showcase their 2019 models at the show.

From the prospective buyers’ perspective, the show provides a chance to check out a wide variety of vehicles comfortably indoors.

“There’s zero pressure. They get to go in and look at all the vehicles, the latest models, options, and get to sit in them,” Cadotte said. “All while it’s inside the heated Bradley Convention Centre.”

Free admission doesn’t hurt either.

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Brooke Weiss gets behind the wheel of a 2018 Dodge Charger Daytona at the 2018 Chatham Indoor Car Show.

This year’s show is slated for March 1-3 at the John D. Bradley Convention Centre.

“When can you get 4,000 people into their car lots,” Cadotte said of the appeal to the dealers as well. “There’s something for everyone – sports cars, trucks, SUVs, crossovers.”

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“We like to see everybody shop at home. We are a Chatham-Kent based small business and we like to see everyone supporting Shop Local.”

Last year marked an addition to the show, where the dealers sponsored a community room

where non-profit groups could set up booths to promote their organizations. Cadotte said that area will be expanded this year, and once again offered to non-profits at no cost.

The show opens Friday late afternoon from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m., Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

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over the course of 2019.

This year saw a record amount of tickets The years is off to a good start for Dave Polo- sold, with all 425 tickets being purchased bewick of Chatham as he was named the grand fore the Chirstmas deadline. prize winner of Community Living WallaceNet proceeds from the fundraiser will enburg’s 2019 Travel Club Lottery. hance services and supports to more than 400 The vacation – a $3,498 value – includes people with intellectual disabilities in Wallaflights and seven night’s accommodations in ceburg and across Chatham-Kent.

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Editor’s note: This is the first in a monthly series on the history of Christ Church in Chatham, which is celebrating its congregation’s 200th anniversary.

Just like people, places and things have memories. The stories they tell can range from the ordinary to the deeply personal, giving simple objects a valuable meaning.

Some objects, such as a vacation souvenir, are meaningful to only one person. Others, such as your favourite sports team’s home stadium,

provide shared meaning to a group.

Memory-rich objects like sports stadiums bind people together and build a community through shared ideals.

Chatham’s most memory-rich places are its churches. For generations, churches were places to celebrate the marriages of loved ones or say final goodbyes to others.

It is where people gather when they feel lost, like when church attendance surged on the Sundays following 9/11. It is where people gather in gratitude, as they did when hearing

the Great War was finally over 100 years ago.

Christ Church Anglican on Wellington Street West is one such place.

Completed in 1861, it at the time overlooked Chatham’s Market Square, the heart of the city.

The church is home to the city’s first Anglican congregation, but was not its first church site. That honour went to an earlier, smaller, sanctuary named St. Paul’s, which had stood at the end of Stanley Street.

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This year, 2019, is the congregation’s 200th anniversary. This dates its founding to Chatham’s earliest days and is easily one of the area’s first efforts at community building.

Indeed, it is one of the oldest Anglican communities between Niagara and the Pacific Ocean. It was started by the pioneering families of the area’s English-speaking farmers and the veterans of the War of 1812. From the McGregors to the Northwoods, the membership roll reads as a who’s who of Chatham-Kent’s founding names.

Large milestone anniversaries like this one are an opportunity for reflection.

What is this church’s legacy? What lessons can be learned from 200 years of shared ideals and shared memories?

As The Chatham Voice reported last year, Huron University College and Christ Church were awarded a research grant to answer these questions.

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This overview will, for example, include how Christ Church used its resources and public platform to support the abolition of slavery in the United States while encouraging racial equality at home.

In welcoming the freedom seekers who comprised one-third of Chatham’s population at that time, the church provided a model for what is now termed “social justice.”

Francis W Sandys, the first Reverend of both St. Paul’s and Christ Church, performed mixed-race marriages despite strong public opposition, while the children of famed abolitionist Dr. Martin Delaney were baptised here.

Despite this noble history, Chatham has shockingly become a hub in a present-day human trafficking network. As a community in the downtown core, Christ Church finds itself confronted by the consequences of modern slavery on its own doorstep.

How we as a community live up to Christ Church’s example will help define our ideals for the next 100 years.

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JMSS students embrace art activism

By Mary Beth Corcoran mary@chathamvoice.com

Students at John McGregor Secondary School in Chatham are learning to combine art with social activism thanks to their teacher and the Red Dress Project.

Starting last year, Grade 9 art teacher Jenn McQuade brought the Red Dress Project, started by Metis artist Jaime Black to bring awareness to

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the issue of murdered and missing Indigenous women in Canada. The red dress is symbolic of the murdered and missing women.

McQuade and her students took that idea and created an art exhibit in the JMSS library with different red dresses lining the windows, artwork and facts on the missing women and a focal point that includes a mannequin in a black dress with

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John McGregor Secondary School students Lily Dixon, Grade 9; Jacob Foss, Grade 10; and Justin Gibbons, Grade 9, helped create the Red Dress Project art installation in their school’s library. Pieces of red fabric have been pinned to the black fabric on the mannequin to represents the more than 1,000 missing and murdered Aboriginal women in Canada.

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According to RMCP statistics compiled in 2014, 1,017 Aboriginal women were murdered between 1980 and 2012 and they investigated 164 missing Aboriginal female cases dating back to 1952.

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Dixon donated nine dresses to the project and said that the whole class, no matter what cultural origin, still care and want to show awareness that even now, they want to help fellow Canadians.

Foss said he was happy to work on the project.

“I feel grateful that Ms. McQuade was able to bring this option to the table and let us bring awareness. It also hits close to home because being part First Nations, I like to bring awareness to it,” Foss said.

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“The fact there are over 1,000 missing and murdered Indigenous women; that is horrifying to think about and is so unjust,” he noted.

McQuade said the whole process was a learning opportunity for the students; not just collecting the dresses for the project.

“Jaime Black – one of the things she would say is that it’s not just about the installation but the process of collecting those red dresses, and for us I think that will be over multiple years.”

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being who is missing or was murdered.

“You can’t bring them back and you can’t undo what has been done, but you can appreciate the fact they were here and you can try to help the rest of the people to understand,” she said.

The students all said the project brought the horrible experience of the victims and their families home in an impactful way.

Foss said he appreciates the passion and care McQuade takes in her teaching and mentoring her students, helping them find their inner creativity.

“I feel that for people who don’t know what interests they have, art is a good thing to try because being stressed out or anxiety ridden, art is a great thing to do. You can try

anything from painting to colouring to things like we have done. This may not look like an art piece to some, but to us, it is. This could be more like an act of kindness to some people, but this is art,” Dixon noted.

Gibbons said he feels, most of all, the project was an experience and a way to make people aware of the important issue the red dresses represent.

“It’s nice to be able to express yourself freely without limits and being able to have no mistakes,” Foss said of his experience in McQuade’s class.

Dixon agreed, saying McQuade is open and encouraging and lets the students know there are no mistakes, just your own creative process.

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“It’s great these students here will know they had a part in creating next year’s installation,” McQuade noted.

Dixon noted that being able to work on the project in a school environment added to the awareness. “it’s a good idea to place it here because everyone is so young and willing to learn that growing up, they can have this in their mind and what we taught them,” the Grade 9 student said. “We are the next generation so we have to teach ourselves and be aware of these things so we can go an and make a bigger enough statement, and teach the next generations.”

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News

Budget additions and subtractions

By Bruce Corcoran bruce@chathamvoice.com

Municipal budget deliberations were to continue this week after two nights of additions and subtractions to open the 2019 session.

Following Jan. 30 and 31 deliberations, the proposed budget increase sat at 2.32 per cent. That’s up from the opening position presented by administration to council of 1.7 per cent, but it is not the final number.

Brock McGregor, chair of the budget committee of council, was pleased with the first two nights of deliberations.

“It’s more or less what I expected,” he said. “We fostered some good discussion. Budget deliberations give some time in a

less formal setting to discuss the priorities council has. It’s an opportunity for a new council to go through a process in depth.”

He added it is also an excellent chance to understand the priorities of the new councillors.

And there was some common ground, especially on infrastructure spending. The committee added $550,000 in spending each year for the next four years for storm sewer lifecycle funding, an area Thomas Kelly, general manager of infrastructure, said previously was in dire need of added support.

The committee also pledged additional funds towards upkeep of gravel roads in Chatham-Kent, diverting

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$200,000 in new funding towards them, and sending part of the existing infrastructure increases their way as well.

“I think we reaffirmed there is a fairly strong commitment to increasing infrastructure spending. It was a focus of the last council and I think new members of council furthered that investment,” McGregor said.

The budget committee also pledged $100,000 from reserves towards assisting in primary care physician recruitment and retention. McGregor said it’s one-time funding, but there is a need to attract more family doctors to the municipality.

“We recognized there’s an issue around access to primary care physicians,” he said. “We’re looking at ways we can support community partners to tackle this. We’re a small part of the solution.”

The police budget got rubberstamped, bringing with it an increase of 1.75 per cent, and a total price tag of more than $32 million. McGregor said it came in under the level of inflation.

Community Partnership Funding received a boost from dividends from Entegrus, to the tune of nearly $390,000, and having no impact on the tax rate.

FORM 8

SALE OF LAND BY PUBLIC AUCTION

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Children’s Treatment Centre (CTC) of Chatham-Kent personnel and members of the Chatham-Kent Homebuilders Association (CKHBA) celebrated the completion of a $10,000 commitment from the association to the centre’s Butterfly Building Fund recent. The second instalment totaled $5,800. From left, Donna Litwin-Makey, executive director CTC; Alanna Aarssen, president of Sacwal Flooring Centres; John Rumble of Rumble Homes; Dan Van Moorsel, executive officer CKHBA; and Mike Genge, executive director CTC Foundation.

Selkirk Bridge closed for renovations The Chatham Voice

The Lord Selkirk Bridge in Wallaceburg will be closed until late summer as rehabilitation work is slated to begin this week.

Complete closure of the bridge was to begin Feb. 4 with an anticipated completion date of sometime Municipal Act, 2001 c. 25 s. 379 (5) O. Reg. 181/03, s. 13, Form 8

The MUNICIPALITY OF CHATHAM-KENT Take Notice that the land(s) described below will be offered for sale by public auction at 1:00 o’clock in the afternoon on the 6th day of March, 2019, at the Council Chambers of the Municipality of Chatham-Kent, Civic Centre, 315 King Street West, Chatham, Ontario.

Description of Land(s) Minimum Bid $ All lands are in the Municipality of Chatham-Kent, the following are the geographic descriptions and municipal addresses.

1. Roll # 3650-010-001-67200 Lot 2, Plan 617; Romney; Municipality of Chatham-Kent. 1323 Bluff Line, Romney Township. This property is within the Lake Erie shoreline hazard area. New development on this property is not permitted. P.I.N. 00847 0100 (LT). Assessment: RTP 25,800

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The bridge will be closed to vehicular and pedestrian traffic for the duration of the project.

For marine traffic, boats that require the bridge to be lifted will not be able to pass until June. One leaf of the bridge will be operational to allow marine traffic to pass from June until the completion of the project.

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All amounts payable by the successful purchaser shall be payable in full at the time of sale by money order or by a bank draft or cheque certified by a bank, trust corporation or by cash.

Except as follows, the municipality makes no representation regarding the title to or any other matters relating to the land to be sold.

Responsibility for ascertaining these matters rests with the potential purchasers.

The lands do not include the mobile homes situate on the lands.

This sale is governed by the Municipal Act, 2001. The successful purchaser will be required to pay the amount bid plus accumulated taxes, and the relevant land transfer tax.

The municipality has no obligation to provide vacant possession to the successful purchaser.

For further information regarding this sale, contact:

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Life

Coldest Night to warm people’s hearts

By Bruce Corcoran bruce@chathamvoice.com

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Irene Williams, Zone A-3 Commander; Jodi Maroney, Executive Director for Chatham-Kent Hospice Foundation; and Linda Heyninck, President, Royal Canadian Legion Br 642 showcase the support the Legion is providing to the hospice.

Legion helps C-K Hospice The Chatham Voice

Representatives from the Royal Canadian Legion Br 642 in Chatham recently made a $5,000 donation to the Chatham-Kent Hospice to be used for on-

going operating expenses.

“It’s because of generous donations like this one from the Legion that we are able to offer end-oflife care at no cost to families in our community,” Jodi Maroney, Executive

Director, Chatham-Kent Hospice Foundation, said in a media release.

Since opening the doors in April 2016, Chatham-Kent Hospice has cared for more than 550 families from across C-K.

Organizers are preparing for another cold night, the Coldest Night of the Year (CNOY) actually.

The third annual event in Chatham, set for Feb. 23, is a fundraiser for NeighbourLink, a local charity.

Al Baker, network co-ordinator for NeighbourLink, said the fundraiser, which will once again start and finish at The Hub – the former Pines Chapel – is a major source of operating revenue for NeighbourLink.

“We’re a charity and we’ve got to keep our doors open. We do this one major fundraiser and we have supporters in the community who support us throughout the year,” he said.

Support for the event is gaining momentum, Baker said. He hopes to see between 150 and 200 participants this year. He added CNOY is already in excel-

lent shape with corporate sponsorships.

“People like to get out knowing they are contributing to help solve the problem. We help people, a lot of them homeless,” he explained. “People will sign up and spend a late Saturday afternoon/early evening just walking for a good cause.”

The event runs between 4 p.m. and 7 p.m.

Baker said NeighbourLink also helps get people of limited means to important appointments.

“We offer free transportation for people who can’t afford vehicles or can’t afford cabs, especially in the rural areas. For example, we help get them to medical appointments, etc.,” he said.

“We also do friendly visits – visiting shut-ins. We want to expand that element.”

Baker said it’s surprising how many people are all but cut off.

“A lot of people don’t

have regular interaction.

When your trip to the doctor is your major social event, something is wrong,” he said. “People get cabin fever. They may call emergency services just for social interaction.

They may fake an illness or fake a break-in. It’s a huge drain on emergency services resources.”

The motto of NeighbourLink is “connecting people in need with people who can help.” Baker said the organization provides a WrapAround program, where a support team wraps around a dysfunctional family or individual to help them get their lives back on track.

Baker said the location for CNOY, a 5K walk, is perfect.

“It’s very conducive to serving a big meal, which we will do afterwards. It’s also a great space for registration and gathering. It’s very convenient and centrally located,” he said.

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New online tool helps Canadians assess their risk of heart disease Each year, the Heart and Stroke Foundation declares February Heart Month to raise awareness about the high numbers of deaths and hospitalizations from cardiovascular disease in Canada. One important way you can mark the occasion is by taking the time to assess your risk of experiencing a heart attack, stroke or other cardiovascular problem. Thankfully, doing so just got a whole lot easier.

A team of Ottawa researchers led by Dr. Doug Manuel has developed an online calculator that makes it easier for Canadians to assess their risk of heart disease and change their unhealthy habits. Its algorithm was created by using data compiled from Statistics Canada health surveys of more than 100,000 Canadians along with data on hospitalizations and deaths from the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES).

The tool calculates your risk of dying or being hospitalized for cardiovascular disease within the next five years by asking you a series of questions about factors like your family history, diet, physical activity, alcohol consumption and smoking habits. It also takes into account less obvious factors that affect your chances of developing heart problems, including socioeconomic status, education, stress levels, environmental influences, ethnicity and other health conditions like diabetes.

The researchers hope that Canadians will use the tool to assess their cardiovascular health and talk to their health-care providers about how their lifestyles are impacting their hearts. To try out the Heart Attack and Stroke Calculator yourself, visit the Project Big Life website at: projectbiglife.ca/cardiovascular-disease.

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Thursday, February 7, 2019 • Open euchre at The Chatham Legion, William & Colborne St., Chatham at 1:00pm.

Everyone Welcome.

• Misty Melodies will perform at 1:30pm at Meadow Park, Sandy St., Chatham.

• The Chatham branch of the CKPL is celebrating Peppa Pig and her Piggy pals from 6:00pm8:00pm. Special storeytime at 6:30pm. Help build houses for the 3 little pigs and enjoy a game of Peppa Pig hopscotch. All are welcome. No registration required.

• Learning Disabilities Association of Chatham-Kent Trivia Night at The Links of Kent (120 Indian Creek). Registration at 6:30pm, Trivia starts at 7:00pm. $20/person. Prizes for top three teams. email: ldack@netrover.com to reserve your spot!

Wednesday, February 13, 2019 • We welcome all ladies to Calvary Coffee Break, 34 Victoria Ave., at Barth St. Informal bible study, coffee, snacks, occasional speaker. 9:30am11:00am. Handicapped accessible. 519-354-4235.

Friday, February 8, 2019 • Meal (5:30pm-7:00pm), open darts (7:30pm) and Catch the Ace (drawn at 6:30pm) at The Chatham Legion, William & Colborne St., Chatham.

Choice of hot hamburg, roast beef or fish & chips for $10.00. Everyone Welcome.

• Pepper (1:00pm) and fun darts (7:30pm) at the Chatham Legion, William & Colborne St., Chatham. Everyone Welcome.

• Prologue art exhibition by Rebecca Gardiner at the Wallaceburg Museum from February 8 March 8, 2019. Tues-Sat. 10am-4pm. Meet the artist tonight from 7:00pm-9:00pm.

• Free Friday Family Movies in the Jeanne Gordon Hall @ The Wallaceburg Museum.

Beauty and the Beast will be shown at 7:00pm. Free entry, all welcome.

Snacks for sale.

Saturday, February 9, 2019 • Saturday Morning Breakfast at First Presbyterian Church, Chatham (corner of Fifth St and Wellington).

A delicious nutritious breakfast served free of charge every Saturday morning from 9:30am-11:00am. Everyone is most welcome.

• Saturdays at 7 at St. Andrew’s United Church, 85 William St., Chatham presents “Feel the Spirit!”

Commemorating Black History Month in music and spoken dialogue. All welcome! Doors open at 6:30pm. Free will offering ($10/adult suggested). www.standrewschatham.org. 519-352-0010.

• Child Identification Program, 9:00am-1:00pm at the YMCA. Bring your child to have current information (eg. photo, fingerprints) recorded on a disk that police can readily use to identify your child in an emergency. No charge. Sponsored by Kiwanis Club of Chatham-Kent and the Masons.

• Meat draw (4:00pm-6:00pm) and dance (4:30pm-9:30pm) featuring Unity at The Chatham Legion, William & Colborne St., Chatham. Everyone Welcome.

Sunday, February 10, 2019 • St. Joseph’s K of C Council #10436 are holding a breakfast from 9:00am-11:30pm at the Spirit & Life Centre (St.Joseph’s Site), 184 WEllington St. W., Chatham. All you can eat buffet with 2 meats, hashbrowns, scrambled eggs, french toast or pancakes, toast & fruit cocktail. Harwich CWL Ladies will be having a Valentine Bake Sale as well. $8/ adult. $4/children 6-12, children under 5 free.

• Portuguese Club invites everyone to come out and enjoy some free public skating at the Wallaceburg Arena from 2:00pm-3:30pm.

Monday, February 11, 2019 • Open euchre at The Chatham Legion, William & Colborne St., Chatham at 1:00pm.

Everyone Welcome.

• The Blenheim Horticultural Society is hosting Environmentalist and Conservation expert Amanda Blain from the Lower Thames Valley Conservation Area who will speak and provide a presentation.

Refreshments supplied. Guests welcomed. Trinity Anglican Church lower meeting room, 59 Ellen St., Blenheim. 519-676-9476 or 519-354-8320 for info.

Tuesday, February 12, 2019 • Open euchre (1:00pm), open shuffleboard (7:00pm) and two-person euchre (7:00pm) at The Chatham Legion, William & Colborne St., Chatham. Everyone Welcome.

Thursday, February 14, 2019 • Valentine’s Luncheon at the Active Lifestyle Centre featuring savory crepes and dessert for $12/person. Doors open at 11:00am. Call 519352-5633 to reserve. Fundraising treats and baked goods will also be featured. Everyone Welcome!

• Celebrate Valentine’s Day with Bad Art Night!

Couple’s portrait contest or Love Stinks challenge.

6:30pm at the Chatham branch of the CKPL, 120 Queen St., Chatham. CKPL will provide the supplies, you provide the badness. Adults only event (16+) and registration is required. Visit search.ckpl. ca and search “Bad Art” or call your local branch!

• CK Reads will host local author and mental health advocate Brian Knowler at 11:00am at the Thamesville branch of the CKPL. • Open euchre at The Chatham Legion, William & Colborne St., Chatham at 1:00pm. Everyone Welcome.

• Paula & the Corn Huskers will perform at 2:00pm at Meadow Park, Sandy St., Chatham.

Friday, February 15, 2019 • “Connect” Senior resource and information fair at the Active Lifestyle Centre. 9:00am-1:00pm featuring vendors and agencies providing programs and services for older adults. Shuttle will run every 10 minutes from the old Target shopping centre parking lot. Call 519-352-5633 for inquiries.

• Meal (5:30pm-7:00pm), open darts (7:30pm) and Catch the Ace (drawn at 6:30pm) at The Chatham Legion, William & Colborne St., Chatham.

Choice of chicken, roast beef or fish & chips for $10.00. Everyone Welcome.

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For info call Betty at 519-354-8902.

CK Metal Detecting Club. Last Thursday of the month. Erickson Arena. 7:00pm.

Guests welcome.

Kent Coin Club. Third Wednesday of the month.

Library at John McGregor Secondary School.

7:30pm. Al Oulds - president 519-695-5131.

CK Animal Rescue’s 3rd Annual Gigantic Garage Sale at the John D. Bradley Centre, Saturday, March 16th. Yard Sale table space available.

Business/crafters/direct sale participants also welcome. Register in person February 9th & 23rd from 12:30pm-4:00pm at the Active Lifestyle Centre (20 Merritt Ave., Chatham). Cash payments accepted at registration dates only. Online applications available by emailing chathamkentanimalrescue.events@gmail.com or calling 519-354-5000.

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A man’s gotta do what a man’s gotta do Here’s what happens when you are 54 and forgetful: You wind up using your daughter’s shaving cream ... on your face, not your legs (although if you do your legs, that’s cool too, just not my cup of tea).

My daughter recently came downstairs to show me the cause of a mysterious hissing sound in our upstairs bathroom – my can of shaving cream.

I use an electric razor during the week and resort to a blade on Monday mornings after I don’t shave on a weekend, so that can was there for years in the medicine cabinet.

It sprung a leak and let out a lot of foam, much to Brenna’s laughter.

But I forgot to pick up a replacement can. That meant on a recent Monday morning, with my whiskers in need of some blade work, I had to reach into the shower and grab Brenna’s can of Girly-Girl Shaving Cream, or whatever it’s called.

Fortunately, only the cat was awake as I smeared pink lather over my face.

It worked great. Not sure if my skin felt any smoother or better moisturized, but it smelled girlier.

Driver error

My sister-in-law Jane donated an electric snow thrower to me when she moved out of her house into a nice apartment in December. It sat under a tarp ... until the big storm recently.

I pulled it out and fired it up, and the unit worked wonders.

I have a couple of minor complaints, however. Like pretty much any walk-behind device with a handle on it, that handle is designed for shorter people. My back got tired (not as tired as it would have been through using a scoop to shovel all that snow, however).

The other complaint is it doesn’t account for driver error. As I cleared the snow from around our garbage can, I buzzed one wheel a bit with the blades on the snow thrower. Oops.

And then there is the matter of blowing snow into a wind. I tried

Bruce Corcoran to lower the chute as much as possible, but Mother Nature took great glee in firing the snow right back into my face.

My wife, Mary, popped outside as I stopped to give our kid a ride to a friend’s place. She just stared at me. I must have looked like the abominable snowman!

She had to help brush me off before I got in the truck.

Cat calls

We’ve all heard of people complaining about barking dogs. How about meowing cats?

OK, not a complaint, but a notification, actually.

As mentioned before, our cat is loud and makes odd-sounding meows. We received a call at work recently from a neighbour letting us know our cat wanted in. She knew Brenna was home, so figured we could relay the message to our daughter and she could let our cat inside.

Lynn, our neighbour lives across the street. She heard him clearly from her carport!

Finn is silly, and smart, but impatient. He’ll walk up to one of our entrances and meow quite loudly, demanding entrance. If we aren’t there immediately to let him in, he’ll move onto the next door, and then onto the third.

Usually after that, he’ll wander off and repeat the process later, when someone’s home.

Sometimes, he’ll hop up onto the ledge and peer into the living room window. He may not want in, but rather just wants to see what’s going on.

This is the same cat that will run out the side door in the morning, only to run around to the back of the house and meow to get inside.

It’s like he just wanted to test the temperature and get a sniff at the air that morning.

Coldest Night of the Year

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Registration begins at 4 pm. The opening ceremony will begin at 5 pm with MP Dave Van Kesteren saying a few words to the walkers.

The actual walk starts at 5:15 pm.

A hot chilli supper will be served after the walk shortly after 6 p.m.

For further details on how people can register or for a look at the route, visit the Chatham-Kent location page on the CNOY national web site at: https://cnoy.org/location/chatham-kent.

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2019

Toques & Mittens event returns The Chatham Voice

There is no expiration date on gratitude, according to a Chatham family that remains committed to thanking the Shriners Hospital for the care provided to two boys more than five years ago.

Judy Woodrow said without the care given her sons Eric and Ethan Hobbs, life would be much different today.

“We’ve been so fortunate,” she said. “Without the Shriners, Eric would have been facing major life-altering surgery and Ethan would have had difficulty walking.”

Instead, Eric became a recreational volleyball player, a sport he still enjoys at McMaster University, and Ethan is a curler on the Chatham-Kent Secondary School team.

Shortly after Eric’s successful treatment for scoliosis, Ethan, then in el-

ementary school, raised money for the Shriners through a lemonade stand.

For the past four years, Ethan and his mom have held a Toques & Mittens Bonspiel at the Chatham Granite Club. The fifth annual event will take place Feb. 25.

To date, the family has raised more than $16,500 for the Shriners Hospital for Children in Montreal.

“The bonspiel has been a great way for us to thank the Shriners,” Woodrow said. “We’ve made so many friends and heard so many inspiring stories.

We’re truly blessed.”

Ethan, a Patient Ambassador for the Shriners Hospital, has given speeches in support of the care he received.

“Shriners are dedicated to helping children,” he said. “I can’t say enough about the good they do.”

The one-day bonspiel is

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Ethan Hobbs, pictured, and his mother Judy Woodrow host the fifth annual Toques & Mittens Bonspiel at the Chatham Granite Club Feb. 25. It’s a fundraiser for Shriners hospitals.

strictly a fun affair with curlers from ages seven to their mid 70s competing.

“We have families, old friends, high school students and people who just want to take part,” Woodrow said.

The event features two six-end games, lunch,

dinner and entertainment. There will also be meat prizes and a silent auction.

This year the popular “Dueling Pianos” performers from last year’s Festival of Giving will be playing throughout the afternoon.

Non-curlers are wel-

come to come to the club, enjoy the music and bid on auction items. A limited number of dinner tickets are also available for $25.

“We still have a few places left for teams and individuals,” Woodrow said.

“If you want to curl but don’t have a team, we will

find you one.”

Registration, which closes the week before the event, is $55 per person or $220 per team. Donations are still being accepted for the silent auction.

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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2019

ADVERTORIAL

DCC Rejuvenation continuing

Efforts to revitalize the Downtown Chatham Centre (DCC) continue by the mall’s ownership.

And that includes finding a new tenant for the space vacated by Sears in 2017.

Kazafi Basra, general manager of the DCC, said he’s in negotiations with a couple of companies at the moment.

“I anticipate that space being taken in a few months,” he said.

Basra said he hasn’t been hanging all his plans on filling the Sears vacancy either.

“We brought in new tenants. We brought in Hart Store, we brought in Canadian Executive Search Group.”

Experimax, an Apple sales and repair shop, is now located in the DCC. Select Core has moved its 24/7 call centre in to the DCC as well, and more offices are on the way, including a travel agency.

“There’s a lot of vibe. We try our best to boost our business and to boost the

downtown,” Basra said. “We want to help make the downtown more alive.”

That diversity is what he likes to see – a mix of commercial and office space under one roof. He’s working on filling all the lower units with retail, and focusing the majority of the second floor on offices.

Another addition Basra is working towards is a small grocery store, one that is not a full-size operation, but that is a good fit for the mall and the downtown.

“We’ve got a couple of projects in the pipe,” he said. “One is a coffee shop on King Street with a patio.”

Efforts are underway to add another fast-food restaurant option to the food court as well.

Accessibility to all levels of the mall is important too. Basra said they’ve invested heavily to repair the escalators, and both should be up and running shortly.

On top of that, he added they plan to install a new elevator in the mall in the main area later this year. This on top of the elevator that is inside the former Sears store.

Kazafi Basra Basra said there is also space utilized as a small recreation centre, offering community support and a gathering place for seniors.

Basra said these days, the mall is averaging about 450 people per day, in terms of foot traffic. He anticipates the additions will up that number to between 700 and 750 people per day later this year.

“We’re committed to Chatham long-term,” he said.

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