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It’s been a couple of years, but this cold and snowy winter has fowled things up for a cluster of ducks in Chatham. The ducks have wintered along Mud Creek, but the cold weather has left only a little open water for them, and has obliterated their food supply, according to local animal lover Carmen McCauley. The woman has taken to feeding the ducks bags of split and cracked corn – 25 kilograms at a time. Despite the large size of the bag, the corn is devoured in minutes by all the hungry ducks. McCauley encountered a similar problem several years ago, during another particularly cold winter. She took it upon herself then to feed the ducks, and reached out at that time for help from other bird lovers, just as she’s doing now. “Last year, it wasn’t bad because nothing froze over,” she said of the mild winter a year ago. “This year, it’s been cold. I’ve been going over there on my own and dragging a 55-pound bag of corn there every day.” McCauley uses a child’s snow saucer to help get the corn from her car parked on Tweedsmuir Avenue to the ducks about 100 yards away. She places the bag on the saucer and pulls it over the snow to her feeding loca-
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Local resident and animal lover Carmen McCauley empties a 25-kilogram bag of cracked corn to feed a flock of hungry ducks along an open stretch of the Mud Creek. McCauley is looking for donations to help feed the birds.
tion. There, she cuts one end of the bag open and spreads the corn out in a line to allow easy access for the multitude of ducks on hand. McCauley said the public stepped up big time
two years ago to feed the fowl, and she hopes to see similar support this time around. Last time, she received support in terms of donations of corn, as well as donations of time. As
a result, she was able to co-ordinate and set up a schedule for volunteers to go out and feed the ducks. “We put together a pretty good plan last time. Some people would buy the corn and others would
help deliver it,” she said. In fact, the outpouring of support was so strong that at times there was already a pile of feed on site when volunteers got there, as random donors dropped off feed of their
own. This time around, McCauley said she’s had help from several local citizens to purchase the feed, but the birds need more.
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KFA celebrates Food Freedom Day in C-K
By Bruce Corcoran bruce@chathamvoice.com
They had nowhere to display a transport trailer load of carrots, but the people behind the local Food Freedom Day were all smiles nonetheless. On the day marking when the average family has earned enough money to pay for their groceries for the entire year, the Kent Federation of Agriculture was busy helping those less fortunate get healthy food options
through the local food banks. The KFA members donated perishable and non-perishable food items alike to Outreach for Hunger and the Salvation Army food banks on Feb. 9 Mary Anne Udvari, the head of the Food Freedom Day committee for the KFA, said this is the fourth year marking the day by donating to the food banks. “I’m shocked by the level of continued support,” she said, adding one support-
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Members of the Kent Federation of Agriculture donated a wealth of perishables and non-perishables to both food banks recently, an annual tradition marking Food Freedom Day in Canada. This year, the date where the average Canadian family has earned enough money to pay for their groceries for the year took place Feb. 9.
er donated an entire transport truck full of carrots. “We celebrate that within 40 days of the New Year, we are able to pay for our groceries for a year.” Chatham-Kent Mayor Randy Hope said the celebration by the KFA is multi-faceted. “We recognize food is a cheap commodity here, but recognize people will need help to get the proper nutrition into their bodies,” he said. “We’re so
proud we grow some of the highest quality crops around. Our farmers do a great job.” Kim Cooper, an agriculture specialist with the municipality’s economic development department, said the donations are appreciated. “I’m so proud of our sector; so proud of our farmers who continue to support our community year in and year out,” he said. The recipients of the do-
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Elected leaders disgust resident of Walpole Island Bush Line this past summer by Water Wells First members at a turbine The farm families in construction site before a north Chatham-Kent court injunction forced the with dirty wells aren’t protestors to move. While the only ones outraged on site, Tooshkenig conby the province’s decision ducted sacred ceremonies with blockto clear the ade particiNorth Kent “There are no words pants. One wind for what I feel for our “I am comfarm of any neighbours; these farm ing from fault in the Native contamina- families and farm busi- a tion of 12 nesses. Farmers have p e r s p e c tive. I am wells with to grow their crops outraged temporary and if Chatham-Kent b e y o n d water tanks. is promoting Farmers words. I Corrine want to Tooshkenig, Feed the People, then condemn a resident where is their head? of Walpo- Greenbacks; you can’t C-K mayor and counle Island, drink that.” cil for not clan Wa- - Corrine Tooshkenig firmly comter Grandmitting to mother and Water Panther, said she helping the North Kent had to speak out after farm families and busireading about the Min- nesses that don’t have istry of the Environment temporary drinking water decision in The Chatham hauled in because NKW1 Voice. Tooshkenig sup- is taking away their water ported the blockade on tanks,” Tooshkenig said By Mary Beth Corcoran mary@chathamvoice.com
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in a phone interview. “I think it is extreme brutality that these people have no drinking water. It is a human rights issue. The farmers are being violated by having no voice and the silence from the elected seat of the leadership.” The clan grandmother has been involved in protecting the drinking water of the people of Walpole Island, attending meetings about the drinking water source for Wallaceburg and area, as well as international social justice forums. “There are no words for what I feel for our neighbours; these farm families and farm businesses,” she said. “Farmers have to grow their crops and if Chatham-Kent is promoting Farmers Feed the People, then where is their head? Greenbacks; you can’t drink that.” The volunteer water activist also said she questions the involvement of
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Corrine Tooshkenig of Walpole Island sits with Head Crane Clan Mother Cindy Soney during a protest this summer on Bush Line by members of Water Wells First at a North Kent Wind One turbine construction site.
the Walpole Island band council for getting involved in wind farm projects, with 15 per cent ownership in NKW1, without consulting the band members. She intends to look into what process the council followed to become investors in this project and others. She said the issue should have been put in front of the people. Having sat in meetings with environmental pro-
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tection leaders such as David Suzuki and Al Gore, Tooshkenig said she intends to keep being a voice for the protection of water, including Walpole Island issues with being downstream on the St. Clair River from the chemical valley area near Sarnia. She said they are facing the same situation and it is impossible to know who to trust. With the water wells in north Chatham-Kent, she
said the situation for the farmers without water is unacceptable. “Water is very political, but whether it be in the river, in a lake or under the ground, people need water to drink. Unfortunately, these farmers are finding themselves in political scapegoating and Otter Creek is next. They are going to find themselves in the same boat,” she noted. Continued on page 4
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Well group wants investigation By Mary Beth Corcoran mary@chathamvoice.com
Water Wells First sent correspondence to Premier Wynne Monday, asking for her immediate intervention in stopping North Kent families from being forced onto polluted water wells. According to Water Wells First spokesperson Kevin
Jakubec, WWF asked the premier to have a Health Hazard Investigation completed before 12 Chatham township families are returned to well water now known to contain Black Shale particles. The testing, he stated, is needed in order to know the risks of using water polluted with sediments containing Black Shale.
The shale is known to contain toxic heavy metals such arsenic, lead and uranium. A letter from Water Wells First was also sent to local members of provincial parliament Rick Nicholls and Monte McNaughton. Many Water Wells First members are voicing criticism of the handling of the aquifer contamination
over the past six years by the local MPPs. “For the past six years both the Ontario government and the local MPPs have not pushed for an investigation into the obvious pollution of rural Ontarians’ water wells,” Jakubec said in an e-mail. “Without decisive actions by elected officials, many more families in north
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Chatham-Kent will face the dilemma of having polluted well water.” He added Water Wells First will continue to call for a Health Hazard Investigation into the polluting sediments now appearing in two Chatham-Kent townships (Dover and Chatham) with the goal of preventing the families in the Otter Creek area north of Wallaceburg from becoming the third area to be similarly polluted. The Otter Creek wind farm project, owned by Boralex, is currently in the REA permit stage with the Ministry of the Environment
and Climate Change. “Water Wells First position is that it is unethical for government authorities in a First World country such as Canada to force families onto water sources that are so visibly polluted with sediments,” Jakubec said. Wynne, as well as MPPs Nicholls and McNaughton, received a copy of a study from Arkansas State University regarding the need for public health authorities to be concerned when dealing with Black Shale as it is a potential source of heavy metals and a carcinogenic risk.
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in this territory and are liars,” Tooshkenig alleged. “The horses, they won’t drink so what does that say. I’m going to believe the horses.” The Walpole Island resident said the issue of protecting water is not just a local, provincial or even just a Canadian one; action is needed before farmland and lives are ruined from a lack of clean water. “All over the world, if you look at a bigger picture, there are water shortages, like in California. They are not looking at the bigger picture,” she noted. “To (Mayor) Randy Hope, I say I condemn him and that decision strongly, and the same with our chief and council and their partnerships without giving the people the chance to say yes or no.”
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Concrete barriers coming to Hwy. 401
By Bruce Corcoran bruce@chathamvoice.com
Carnage Alley will get its concrete barriers – eventually. That’s the word from the provincial minister of transportation. Kathryn McGarry said the Wynne government would erect concrete barriers along a 117-kilometre stretch of Highway 401 through Chatham-Kent and Elgin County that currently has no barriers of any kind. This stretch of road has been the unfortunate home to many an accident, some of which have been fatalities. For many folks, including Rondeau resident and #BuildtheBarrier champion Alysson Storey, it can’t come quickly enough. Storey – who lost her friend Sarah Payne, 42, who died with her daughter, Freya, 5, this summer in a head-on collision on Highway 401 west of London – said the lack of a barrier along that stretch of highway has led to numerous head-on crashes, as vehicles come through the centre median and cross into oncoming traffic. Storey, and others, want to see a concrete barrier put in place between Tilbury and just outside of London to protect drivers and their passengers from such a potential tragedy. But even though McGarry said the barriers are coming, the concrete safety improvements are at least two years away. “We will be building a concrete barrier. However, before we do so, we need to do the necessary planning work, which includes an Environmental Assessment to widen this stretch of Highway 401,” she said. According to previously published
reports, ministry officials expect it to take about two years to update an environmental assessment done nine years ago for expanding the 401 in Chatham-Kent to six lanes, with the addition of a concrete barrier. Meanwhile, no such assessment has taken place for the 401 in Elgin County, and officials estimate it will take three years to be completed there. In the interim, the province said it would erect cable barriers to help improve safety along this stretch of the 401. Storey said that’s a start. “Cables are a good interim solution, but not a permanent solution. They won’t stop transports,” she said. At first, the province suggested cable barriers would provide all the safety needed, and would be the permanent solution along Carnage Alley. But continued grassroots support for #BuildtheBarrier, complete with town hall meetings and even a trip to Queen’s Park, sparked a change of heart. In short, the province blinked. Storey is heartened to see the hard work pay off. “Overall, it’s positive. It’s bittersweet because the grief for everyone is still very fresh,” she said. “We’re not even six months from this horrific collision that changed all our lives. “But they have heard us and they are making some positive changes. Now it’s our job to make sure they stick to their promise. At least it will help prevent it from happening in the future.” The next stage, Storey said, is to ensure the province starts the process moving as soon as possible. “The timeline is the next part of the journey. We need to pin them down on time and make sure they
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stick to it,” she said. Storey wants to see the safety measures leap to the top of the priority list in terms of highway construction this coming summer. “I am pleased this decision has been made now. Construction season, when it begins in 2018, this should be the first thing on their project list,” she said. She added #BuildtheBarrier will continue to monitor progress. “If they think we’re going away, they will learn that we are not going anywhere. We’re very committed to this cause,” she said. “If there is any indication they are going back on their promise, we will hold them to account very publicly and very loudly.” Rick Nicholls, MPP for Chatham-Kent Essex, said the concrete barriers are badly needed, but would like to see the province take things a step further and work to widen the highway.
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Put the pedal to the metal While it was good news that the government agreed to put concrete barriers on Highway 401 between Tilbury and London, the timeline of at least two years is not. The Minister of Transportation Kathryn McGarry committed to putting in the barriers once an Environmental Assessment is done on that stretch of the highway, but the process to update an assessment done nine years ago to upgrade the highway to six lanes is expected to take about two years. Even though they have also agreed to construct cable barriers in the interim, two years is too long. Surely the minister can put her foot on the gas and speed up this process that is so very necessary to preventing deadly head-on collisions. Our Ontario government seems to have no problem pushing through agenda items they insist we must have – such as wind turbines in the Green Energy Act whether the people want them or not. How about fixing a section of highway that has seen horrific accidents for years and has earned the unfortunate moniker of Carnage Alley? People’s safety should be a top priority, especially in an area of the province that is continually ignored by a Toronto-centric Liberal government. As a main corridor for traffic to and from the United States, and with another bridge in the works, getting the barrier project going as soon as possible should be a no-brainer. As Alysson Storey of the #BuildtheBarrier group noted, the public needs to keep the pressure up on the transport minister to get the EA process going and completed as soon as possible so drivers can feel a greater measure of safety when on Hwy. 401. Losing loved ones in accidents that could be so easily prevented by a concrete barrier is a horrible tragedy and people such as Storey want to make sure no other family needs to live with that pain. Get the assessment done, and get the barrier built, sooner rather than later. In this case, demanding McGarry put the pedal to the metal is a must, not a want.
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#BuildtheBarrier effort continues Sir: So much to process. So much to be thankful for. If I had any doubt about the relevance of holding another Build the Barrier Town Hall meeting this past week after Minister Kathryn McGarry’s announcement on Monday, they were erased by 9 a.m. Wednesday morning (Feb. 7). That’s when I started seeing reports of multiple collisions, closures and median entries on Highway 401 in C-K. Little did I know (although perhaps I should have assumed), a good friend who is a very experienced OPP officer was in the thick of it – too thick as it turns out. After a transport did not move over for the officer’s cruiser during the Hwy. 401 chaos of that morning’s blizzard, a chain reaction of collisions occurred, resulting in the officer being struck by another truck (this time a pickup). Thankfully, his injuries were not severe and he is out of hospital. But the
outcome could have been so much different by a matter of inches. I heard about this terrifying close call on my way to London for Jeff Yurek MPP Elgin-Middlesex-London’s Town Hall. If that didn’t reinforce the need for a concrete median barrier already, I watched as Kathleen, a Carnage Alley widow, bravely share her pain, and photos of her husband’s transport truck, pulverized by another transport in a crossover collision. I then met Chief Dan from the Dutton-Dunwich Fire Department, whose entire team of 18 first responders were at the scene of the crossover collision that took the lives of our beautiful Sarah & Freya back in August. Chief Dan spoke to the full room through his own tears about how in his 30 years of being in the DDFD he will never forget that day in August when that truck crossed
the barrier and shattered so many lives, his own team included. How do you share your gratitude to someone like him, the man who rescued Freya’s big brother? Words just do not suffice. Chief Dan said to us: “If you are not afraid of driving on the 401 here, you should be.” This from a man who has been responding to crossover collisions in Carnage Alley for three decades. I then watched as Freya’s grandma and aunt met Chief Dan for the first time. These are scenes none of us could have imagined less than six months ago. But here we are. And finally, on our way home to Chatham, we witnessed yet another car enter the median, while I called OPP dispatch for help, while almost being sideswiped by a transport who veered off the road and over-corrected. These aren’t made-up
anecdotes that are randomly occurring. These are incidents happening every single day, multiple times a day, here in Carnage Alley. This is why we will continue to fight. We now have a promise from the provincial government to finally do something about this absolutely absurd situation we find ourselves in on Canada’s busiest highway. I don’t want to lose any more friends, I don’t want to call 911 for any more median crossovers, I don’t want to see any more OPP officers at risk, or volunteer firefighters and EMS fighting PTSD because they’ve had to work a scene where a five-year-old girl and her beautiful mother have died. I don’t want to do or see any of this, anymore. So we’re pushing on. This is so NOT over. In fact, it’s just the beginning. Alysson Storey Rondeau
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Residents want more say on turbine project Editor’s note: This letter is addressed to the provincial Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Chris Ballard. Sir: Our community group wishes to bring further information regarding the REA technical review for the Otter Creek Wind Farm to your attention. We met with representatives from the proponent, Boralex, and representatives of council from the Municipality of Chatham-Kent on Dec. 7. This meeting provided an opportunity to hear from Boralex on the project status; some comments have raised considerable alarm on our part. We feel these points should be passed on to you and your department. As you are well aware by now, the area of the North Kent Wind 1 in Chatham-Kent has expe-
rienced well interference for many residents, and the spoiled wells have not received proper root cause identification. Our area shares the same geology. Boralex representatives acknowledge that these are far from ideal soil conditions for industrial-scale wind turbines; they said they plan further tests on the soil structure. Even at this very late date in the review process, they have no final geological results of soil testing. Boralex is well aware of the research indicating that installing wind turbines with steel I-Beam anchors can cause damage to the aquifer, but are still relying on methods of using that system in this area. The impact of 12 turbines of that size planted into Kettle Point Black Shale bedrock in the area is unknown.
Residents in the Otter Creek Wind project area are understandably concerned about the potential for damage to their wells. When we asked Boralex for reassurance that turbine installation would not disrupt our water wells, they had no response. We are also deeply concerned about the impact of noise emissions, and in no way assured by information provided in the REA process. Boralex plans to use E-141 turbines, the largest ever onshore in Canada. These turbines at present exist as prototypes only; they cannot provide data for the technical review crite-
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“The number of fatal accidents including cross-overs are only going to increase as transport traffic continues to climb,” Nicholls said. He added that with the completion date of the new Gordie Howe Bridge joining Windsor and Detroit being 2022, the government should begin now to expand the number of lanes to six from four and to build the concrete barrier. “Why wait until the bridge is built before construction on widening the 117 km stretch of highway including a concrete barrier is started? This 401 highway project
is going to take many years to complete and with congested transport and vehicle traffic increasing every year, more lives will be put at risk,” he said. “Hundreds of thousands of people travel this corridor every year. Safety must be a priority.” Recent winter conditions served as a reminder the barriers are needed,” Storey added. “There have been fatalities along the whole stretch. On a recent Monday alone, there were 22 collisions along the 401 in Chatham-Kent, with a lot of it focused on the bend near Tilbury,” she said. “This is still a dangerous section.”
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The biggest single increase was in the industrial category where 71 permits valued at $41 million were issued as compared with 32 permits for $3.3 million issued the year before. Even without the jump in industrial construction, the community saw an overall increase on the strength of residential work, which grew from $46.8 million to $62.7 million.
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ria. In essence, the information they do have for these prototype turbines are estimates based on estimates. That is not good enough to assure the people of this community that their health will be protected. Finally, when Boralex was asked why this project was planned on unstable hydrogeology and so close to 10,000 citizens
on a long, narrow strip bordering a large town, their reply was simply that Chatham-Kent was a willing host, and this was the only spot left that was open. We submit that, given the uncertainties about the technical specifications of this project, and the unresolved problems with water wells (as well as unresolved noise complaints throughout
the province), this project should not be where it is in the REA process. And, as the project has changed materially since early public meetings, we request a new set of public meetings, preferably in “Town Hall” format so questions may be asked and answered publicly. Denise Shephard Wallaceburg Area Wind Concerns
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Chatham’s Dunlop awarded bravery medal
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The man who jumped into the Thames River near Union Gas to save a suicidal woman in 2016 was honoured recently in Toronto, and awarded a Bravery Award of Canada from the Ontario Lieutenant Governor. Tom Dunlop, the supervisor
at the time for Lyndon Security at Union Gas, was told by two people on the afternoon of June 15, 2016 that a woman was in distress in the middle of the Thames River behind the Union Gas building on Keil Drive. “Two employees came running in and told me there was a lady trying to commit suicide
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in the river,” he told The Chatham Voice in June of 2016. “I grabbed my radio and came running out as fast as I could. When I got to the riverbank, there were five or six people on the riverbank trying to talk to her to get her to come back to shore. Don’t settle for a She wasn’t responsive, she was just saying she frozen fast food didn’t want to live anycan you n patty whe more.” customize one of our Police had arrived but fresh and delicious the woman would not accept the life jacket they grilled-to-order were trying to throw her r you h wit burgers so Dunlop removed his choice of savoury shoes, radio and wallet and waded out to the toppings on a middle-aged woman bakery bun who was near the centre of the river, more than 100 feet from shore. “I entered the water, waded in up to my chin and told her I wasn’t a police officer,” he said in the previous Voice interview. “I told her ‘I don’t know your story, why don’t you come closer to
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the medal winner received a hug from Ontario Lieutenant Governor Elizabeth Dowdeswell and the Bravery Award of Canada from the Royal Canadian Humane Association. “I don’t think I deserve a medal for what I did. Like I said at the time, I guess I was meant to be there that day,” Dunlop said. He wasn’t normally scheduled to work a day shift, but was covering that day for a co-worker. Dunlop said while he doesn’t keep in touch with the woman he saved, he does check up on her and has been assured that she is getting the help she needs. “One of the nurses said while she couldn’t give me any information because of patient privacy, she told me I definitely saved that woman’s life that day,” the award winner said. At the ceremony in Toronto, Union Gas CEO Steve Baker was in attendance to support Dunlop and posted a picture of Dunlop from the award ceremony, congratulating him on his actions.
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New Listing 14 MACMILLAN $198,800 4br, 1.5 bath quality built oversized raised ranch. Call Pat 519-360-0141.
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235 BRISTOL $299,900 Newly built brick/stone 2 storey home. 3 baths, finished basement, 3+br’s, gas f/p. Call David 519-350-1615.
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SAT. FEBRUARY 17 • 11-12:30 SUN. FEBRUARY 18 • 1-3PM 427 VICTORIA • $229,900 AGENT: STEVE CARROLL 3br, 1.5 bath brick and stucco bungalow on 1/4 ac lot with many updates. Call Steve 519-355-9774.
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New Listing 204 QUEEN $299,900 2 comm spaces on main, 3 res units on upper. Call Gus 519-3558668 or Heather 519-355-8666.
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SAT. FEBRUARY 17 • 1-3PM 3 MARION $214,900 AGENT: JUNE MCDOUGALL 3+1br, 2 bath 4 level with 1.5 car heated garage, i/g pool & totally fenced yard. Call June 519-358-5199.
Offer Pending 104 LONDON, THAMESVILLE • $69,900 Fix it up over the winter and sell in the HOT spring market. Call Brian Peifer 519-436-2669.
Lease 53 JEFFREY / 162 QUEEN $4 /SQ FT 2nd floor comm space available downtown. 5500 sq ft & 1000 sq ft. $4 + operating/sq ft/yr. Call Sylvia 519-355-8189.
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Child ID clinic set for Feb. 17 The Chatham Voice
Do you have all the current information readily available for police to use to identify your child in an emergency? On Feb. 17, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Chatham-Kent YMCA in Chatham, the Kiwanis Club of Chatham-Kent,
the YMCA and the Masons are hosting a Child Identification Clinic to help parents collect information they might need to help police in an emergency situation. Bring your child to have the following information added to a CD for you: Video of your child, four photographs, height,
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C-K backs Coldest Night event The Chatham Voice
Municipal staff and community organizers joined Chatham-Kent Mayor Randy Hope in raising awareness for the Coldest Night of the Year event, being held Feb. 24. On that day, Canadians in more than 100 communities will participate in a walk to raise funds and awareness about the plight of homelessness. The local walk, sponsored by NeighbourLink, will begin and end at The Hub, the former Pines Chapel, at 64 Ursuline Ave. Registration begins at 4 p.m. with opening ceremonies being held at 5 p.m. and the walk beginning at 5:15 p.m. Participants have a choice of two-, five- or 10-kilometre walks. A light, warm meal will be served to all walkers and volunteers between 6-8 p.m. Last year, 17 teams participated and raised $24,595. This year’s goal is $30,000. Funds are used to operate NeighbourLink Chatham-Kent programs, which include visiting shut-ins and providing transportation to those less fortunate in the community. NeighbourLink network co-ordinator Alan Baker said his group “equips churches to work together to respond to needs in our community. We strive to ensure that our services meet needs not currently met by other groups.” Chatham-Kent Mayor Randy Hope said NeighbourLink is one of scores of groups dedicated to caring for the community. “It’s part of our nature in Cha-
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CKHA names new board
The Chatham Voice
Chatham-Kent Health Alliance (CKHA) announced its new Board of Directors recently.
This is the final step in the move to a new hospital corporation governing both the Chatham and Wallaceburg hospital sites with a single Board of Di-
rectors. The selection of the new Board of Directors is the culmination of a robust and professional search process.
Using an executive search firm, potential candidates were sought from across the region. A Nominations and Selection Committee guided the process. This Municipal Act, 2001 c. 25 s. 379 (2) O. Reg. 181/03, s. 5(1), Form 6
SALE OF LAND BY PUBLIC TENDER The MUNICIPALITY OF CHATHAM-KENT
Take Notice that tenders are invited for the purchase of the land(s) described below until 3:00 p.m. local time on March 14th, 2018, at the Municipality of Chatham-Kent, Civic Centre, 315 King Street West, Chatham, Ontario, N7M 5K8. The tenders will then be opened in public on the same day as soon as possible after 3:00 p.m. at the Council Chambers of the Municipality of Chatham-Kent, 315 King Street West, Chatham, Ontario, N7M 5K8.
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All lands are in the Municipality of Chatham-Kent, the following are the geographic descriptions and municipal addresses. 1.
Roll # 3650-020-001-34130 Pt Lt 4, Con 1, Pt 2, 24R762; Romney; Municipality of Chatham-Kent. 467 1st Concession Line, (Wheatley). P.I.N. 00846 0368 (LT).
$7,199.82
2.
Roll # 3650-020-001-58600 Pt Lt 5, Blk C, Pl 184, As In 477590; Wheatley; Municipality of Chatham-Kent. Being 26 Talbot Rd E, (Wheatley). P.I.N. 00843 0006 (LT).
$9,847.37
3.
Roll # 3650-060-004-13700 Pt Lt 15, Con 13, Part 1, 24R2257; S/T TE20304 Tilbury East; Municipality of Chatham-Kent. Being 3719 Goodreau Line, (Coatsworth Station). P.I.N. 00823 0027 (LT).
$74,184.76
4.
Roll # 3650-140-006-35500 Pt Blks L, N & V, Plan 109 As In 109263, Harwich, Municipality of Chatham-Kent. Being Brock St, (Blenheim). P.I.N. 00938 0822 (LT).
$7,231.79
5.
Roll # 3650-140-006-68800 Pt Lts 11 & 12, S Wellington St, Plan 109 As In SH1320; Harwich; Municipality of Chatham-Kent. Being 44 Wellington St, (Blenheim). P.I.N. 00939 0175 (LT).
$9,194.05
6.
Roll # 3650-140-006-78800 Lt 1, S Kent St, Plan 109 Harwich; Municipality of Chatham-Kent. Being 2 Kent St, (Blenheim). P.I.N. 00939 0258 (LT).
$18,673.41
7.
Roll # 3650-140-010-70800 Lot 9, Blk A, Plan 196, Harwich; Municipality of Chatham-Kent. Being 19397 Charing Cross Rd, (Cedar Springs). P.I.N. 00940 0115 (LT).
$19,320.06
8.
Roll #’s 3650-380-001-18700 & 3650-380-001-18800 Lt 1-2 Blk P Pl 144; Chatham-Kent; Municipality of Chatham-Kent. Being 142-146 London Rd, (Thamesville). P.I.N. 00723 0121 (LT).
$19,832.83
9.
Roll # 3650-390-003-30100 Lot 18 Blk N Plan 135; Chatham-Kent; Municipality of Chatham-Kent. 603 Fuller St, (Dresden). P.I.N. 00603 0109 (LT).
$35,152.26
10. Roll # 3650-420-002-03200 Part Lot 31, 34 Block M Plan Old Survey As In 617188; Chatham-Kent, Municipality of Chatham-Kent. Being 166 Colborne St, (Chatham). P.I.N. 00503 0029 (LT).
$20,746.97
11. Roll # 3650-420-003-15200 Pt Lt 193 Pl Old Survey As In 544843; Chatham-Kent; Municipality of ChathamKent. Being 116 Wellington St E, (Chatham). P.I.N. 00503 0177 (LT).
$14,921.79
12. Roll # 3650-420-020-10800 Pt Lt 7-8 Blk 5 Pl 291 Together With a R.O.W. Over Pt of Lot 7, Blk 5, Plan 291 As In 346342; Chatham-Kent, Municipality of Chatham-Kent. Being 25 Richmond St, (Chatham). P.I.N. 00506 0300 (LT).
$22,343.75
13. Roll # 3650-420-030-08500 Part Lot 6 Plan 28 S/S Murray Street As In 583299; Chatham-Kent, Municipality of Chatham-Kent. Being 198 Murray St, (Chatham). P.I.N. 00503 0280 (LT).
$16,618.64
14. Roll # 3650-420-047-06700 Pt Lt 1 Blk L Pl 2 As In 372931; S/T Execution 05-0000001, If Enforceable; Chatham-Kent; Municipality of Chatham-Kent. Being 90 Grand Ave E, (CHATHAM). P.I.N. 00541 0192 (LT).
$26,760.69
15. Roll # 3650-420-050-15800 Pt Lt 16 Blk U Pl 4 As In 631272; Chatham-Kent; Municipality of Chatham-Kent. Being 207 Grand Ave E, (CHATHAM). P.I.N. 00547 0246 (LT).
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16. Roll # 3650-480-002-17300 Pt Lt 5 Pl 428 As In 661564; Chatham-Kent; Municipality of Chatham-Kent. Being 24224 Winterline Rd, (Pain Court). P.I.N. 00784 0137 (LT).
committee was comprised orah Hook, Wallaceburg; of three inaugural Board Rita Mezei, Chatham; members, Greg Aarssen, Dan Miskokomon, BkeDan Miskokomon and jwanong Territory/WalSharon Pfaff, along with pole Island First Nation Lori Marshall, Dr. Pervez (WIFN); Geetu Pathak, Faruqi, Dr. C h a Allison Mo- “I am pleased with tham-Kent; rand and S h a r o n the way this group fills P f a f f , Ron Thomson from the range of skills we Erieau; the Rural were looking for and M a r k Health Ad- reflect the geography Richards, visory Com- and rural and urban North Kent; mittee. April Rietcommunities that our “I am imdyk, Chap r e s s e d organizations serve.” tham-Kent; with the - CKHA’s Rob Devitt and Betty caliber and Schepens, skills of the individuals Wallaceburg. from across Chatham-Kent This final step follows who are willing to step up the approval of a single and volunteer their time corporation for the Chaand expertise to serve on tham-Kent Health Allithe Board of Directors,” ance by the Minister of said interim CKHA su- Health and Long Term pervisor Rob Devitt in Care effective Feb. 1. a media release. “I am The new board memconfident that these out- bers will participate in standing individuals will an extensive orientation provide a new standard program later this month in governance for CKHA. as they transition to take I am pleased with the way over the governance role this group fills the range of beginning on April 1, the skills we were looking for start of the next fiscal year and reflect the geography for the organization. and rural and urban com“This is very exciting munities that our organi- for CKHA and the comzations serves.” munity. While I have enThe following individu- joyed my time working als are the new board of with community and the CKHA: CKHA organization, it is Greg Aarssen, Wallace- time to return the hospiburg; Kathryn Biondi, ru- tal governance to the local ral Chatham-Kent; Robert community,” Devitt said. Dye, Ridgetown; Brian For more information Glover, Wallaceburg; Deb- visit www.askckha.com.
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McCauley is worried if a co-ordinated effort isn’t undertaken, a good number of the birds will starve to death before spring arrives. “We’ve got to get them through the whole winter that way. I have to feed them up until there is green grass growing,” she said. McCauley knows this isn’t the only place ducks have clustered in Chatham over the winter. She said she’s aware of several points along the Thames River where drainage into the river creates open water points, and the ducks gather there as well. She encourages residents who live near the water to take a look to see if there are ducks in need of feeding. As for the Mud Creek ducks, McCauley said she isn’t asking for much. “Corn donations and Bruce Corcoran/The Chatham Voice a couple of volunteers Hundreds of ducks waddle and fly to a line of feed near the small patch of open water they are calling home this winter along the Mud Creek. Carmen McCauwould be great. I was ley, who feeds the ducks on a daily basis, is looking for assistance in terms of purchasing feed and volunteering to Corn Central last time. distribute it to the hungry waterfowl. Meadow Park Chatham They were dropping it off at my home and I was corn – and she stressed Cauley at carmenstuff@ Long Term Care Home it needs to hotmail.com. delivering McCauley said she hopes be cracked to people as “I can’t sleep at night corn or cut the support comes soon. they volun- knowing they’re all “I can’t sleep at night corn – from teered,” she sitting around quackknowing they’re all sitting TSC on St. said. ing quietly, starving to Clair Street. around quacking quietly, McCau110 Sandy St. • 519-351-1330 To help out starving to death.” ley said she death.” www.jarlette.com in any way, gets her - Carmen McCauley contact Mc-
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Home of the $3 watch battery 131 Park Ave. E., Chatham • 519-354-4127 batteryboy.ca Thursday, February 15, 2018 • The 58th Annual Lenten Noon Hour Interdenominational Service at Christ Church, 80 Wellington St. W., Chatham (beside the bus depot) beginning at 12:10pm-12:35pm, followed by a sandwich luncheon in the parish hall. The theme this year is “A Closer Walk. A Journey into Spiritual Disciplines”. The speaker will be the Rev. Merv Lanctot, Interim Rector of the Anglican Churches of Chatham. Free will offering to help Outreach within our community. • Open euchre at The Chatham Legion, William & Colborne St., Chatham at 1:00pm. Friday, February 16, 2018 • 2018 “CONNECT” Senior Resource and Information Fair at the Active Lifestyle Centre, 20 Merritt Ave., Chatham.. Free event features a variety of Vendors who provide programs and services to our senior population. 9:00am1:00pm. • Windsor Symphony Orchestra presents “Transfigured Night” at St. Andrew’s United Church at 7:30pm. Doors open at 7:00pm. $25/advance, $30/door, $10/ student. Available at the church office, Chatham Cultural Centre box office or cktickets.com. 519352-0010. • Meal, Catch the Ace and fun darts at The Chatham Legion, William & Colborne St., Chatham. Dinner is 5:30pm-7:00pm, choice of lasagna, roast beef or fish & chips for $10. Catch the Ace is 3:00pm-6:00pm and you must be present to win. Open darts at 7:30pm.
• Open House / Ribbon Cutting at Chatham Hope Haven. Come celebrate our mission of offering refuge to homeless men. 12:00pm tours. 1:00pm - ribbon cutting. 1:20pm - cake and conversation. 183 Wellington St. W., Chatham. All are welcome! Tuesday, February 20, 2018 • Love to sing and want to be blessed each week? Come and celebrate all things musical with Jubilee Chorus, a multi-faith, interdenominational choir. No experience necessary, no auditions required! 7:30pm-9:30pm at St. Andrew’s United church (85 William St., Chatham) Call 519-397-3318 for info. • Open euchre, 2 person team euchre and shuffleboard at The Chatham Legion, William & Colborne St., Chatham. Open euchre at 1:00pm. 2 person team euchre is $5/person. Register at 6:30pm, play at 7:00pm. Open shuffleboard at 7:00pm. Wednesday, February 21, 2018 • CKPL Unplugged Music Hour at the Chatham branch of the CKPL. Noel Marentette playing the banjo and the strum stick. 7:00pm. Free event, all ages welcome. • Pepper and fun darts at The Chatham Legion, William & Colborne. Pepper at 1:00pm. Darts at 7:00pm. • Chatham Business After Hours, McKinlay Funeral Home, Chatham. 5:00pm-7:00pm.
Saturday, February 17, 2018 • 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.
Thursday, February 22, 2018 • Sydenham Field Naturalists Winter Speaker Series at the Chatham branch of the CKPL starting at 7:00pm. Paul Pratt “50 years in Nature”. Pauls presentation will be on all things natural and explore how human activities have impacted our natural landscapes and wildlife populations of the past 50 years.
• Meat draw and dance at The Chatham Legion, William & Colborne St., Chatham. Meat draw from 4:00pm-6:00pm. Dance from 4:30pm-9:30pm featuring Marquis.
• “Robert Frost: The Poet & 14 Poems At The Library In Chatham” is at 2:00pm at 120 Queen St. It lasts one hour. Admission is free. The reader is Clair Culliford.
• Do you have all the current information readily available for police to use to identify your child in an emergency? Bring your child to have the following info added to a CD for you: Videos of your child, 4 photos, height, weight, voice patterns, digital finger prints, DNA swab. All data is printed out and burned onto a CD that you control. No data is kept on a PC. Free to the parents / guardians for children of all ages. Sponsored by Kiwanis Club of Chatham-Kent, YMCA’s across Southwestern Ontario and The Mason’s. For info contact 519-352-2431.
Free after-school tutoring! Tuesdays from 6:00pm-8:00pm (sessions run for a half hour) First Reformed Church, 632 Lacroix St., Chatham. 519-354-8257. Call Betty 519-354-8902 for more info.
Monday, February 19, 2018 • Blenheim Horticultural Society explores ‘Creatures of the Garden’ with expert speaker Steve Marks. Trinity Anglican Church lower meeting room. 7:30pm. 59 Ellen St., Blenheim. Free refreshments. Call 519-676-9476 or 519-3548320 for more info. • Open euchre at The Chatham Legion, William & Colborne St., Chatham at 1:00pm. • Open Euchre, St. Clair Community Estates, 7:00pm. All are welcome.
Register Now! Winter/Spring Social Skills Program for Elementary Students. Small group skills session. Wednesdays March 21 - May 23, 2018. Winter/Spring Secondary School Transitioning Program. A transition program for students grades 7-9. Thursdays March 22-May 24, 2018. Friends for Life is a program to help build emotional skills. Thursdays March 22 - May 24, 2018. For pre-registration and information call LDA of Chatham-Kent at 519-352-2024. CK Metal Detecting Club. Last Thursday of the month. Erickson Arena. 7:00pm. Guests welcome. Submit your coming events to bruce@chathamvoice.com or michelle@chathamvoice.com
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Bruce’s recent trip to the Chatham-Kent Health Alliance was another positive one.
Shining a light up the tail pipe
OK, it’s done. Round two of Up Periscope! Also known as Bruce’s colonoscopy experiences. I’m 53 years of age and I just went through my second colonoscopy. Basically, if you are over the age of 50, you should talk to your doctor about having a scope done of your, ahem, exhaust system in order to be screened for colon cancer. I had my first in my mid-40s at my request. Two friends younger than me had recently been diagnosed with colon cancer, so I was a little worried. At that time, I wrote in great detail about my experience. Some friends thought it might have been a little too much information, but I did receive emails from folks who had no idea what the procedure entailed, and were happy to hear the details from me. I have to say things have actually improved from my last experience. Even the preparation period, if you can believe that. Preparing for a colonoscopy is basically making sure there’s nothing there to impede the camera. That means your colon has to be empty. And the way to do that is to...stop eating solid food two days before the procedure, and take some seriously potent laxatives. OK, they aren’t called laxatives, but rather purgatives. Yes, they purge your bowels of absolutely everything. The first time, I took something called Pico Salax. This time around it was Purg-Odan (I love the notso-subtle “purge” reference). The Pico Salax is so strange a concoction that when stirred into cold water, the chemical reaction actually heats up the water! PurgOdan didn’t do that for me. In both cases, you drink a lot of clear liquids after each of three doses of the purgative. Try 40 ounces each time. After all, you have to flush out your system.
Bruce Corcoran I recommend mixing in sports drinks, such as Gatorade, as you need to replenish your electrolytes. I still had a nasty headache in the middle of the night during this process. As comedian Billy Connolly said, keep your toilet paper in the fridge. Your tail pipe will get pretty heated up from all the exhaust. That’s by far the most uncomfortable part of the process. I arrived at the Chatham-Kent Health Alliance late morning and was in one of the endoscopy suites shortly after 1 p.m. I remember talking to the anesthetist, Dr. Gold, about my Big Green Egg and the next thing I knew, I was chatting with the nurses in recovery. The dude checking out my tail pipe, Dr. Manji, popped by to let me know they removed a fair-sized polyp, which is off to pathology to see if there was any sign of cancer. I’m reconnecting with him in a few weeks to see what’s up. Bottom line (pun intended), there was a polyp and thanks to the procedure, it’s gone. I have a feeling I’ll have to have colonoscopies more frequently than once every 10 years, but it’s good to know whatever was in me is no longer there. One of the first things I noticed after I woke up was that I didn’t have any feeling of being bloated. Last time, I was pumped very full of air to open up my exhaust system, and wasn’t allowed to leave the hospital until I broke wind.
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Endoscopy unit visit a smooth one Continued from page 16
In fact, the recovery room sounded like the baked beans scene from Blazing Saddles. This time around, I’m told they used carbon dioxide, which the body is quick to absorb. That was great. As much as fart jokes make me giggle, I wasn’t into the feeling of bloated discomfort last time. Overall, this was another positive experience for me at the CKHA. I’m getting older, and with that comes more procedures and tests in the hospital. Each one I’ve had, from X-rays to cortisone injections, to colonoscopies and a hip replacement, has earned a thumbs up from me. Good people work at the CKHA, from the docs to the nurses, to the student paramedic who put in my IV this time around.
them. Put it this way, she had two chicken tacos on Saturday night, and four the next night. They’re that good. And that simple. Mary just took half a dozen chicken breasts (bone-in, as they are cheaper and the bones just pull right out of the chicken after it’s done), added black beans, chicken stock, chopped tomatoes, cumin, chili pepper,
smoked paprika, garlic and onion powder to the crock pot, set it on low and walked away for at least six hours. Add lettuce, cheese and maybe some salsa or taco sauce, and you are in heaven. You could also add in rice to bulk the recipe up some, depending on to how many you are serving it to, or how far you’d like to stretch it out. Mary took some over to our
friends, Eggless Chad and Charlene, on Sunday and I’m told they were a hit there. Even Eggless Chad can make this, despite the fact he has no Big Green Egg. Of course, he does have a big deep fryer and is known for making killer chicken wings, which I have never been invited over to sample. I wonder if it’s due to the “Eggless” reference all the time. Hmm.
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OK, I have been lax in printing any Big Green Egg experiences recently. But the barbecue/smoker/oven Egg is under a pile of snow in the backyard. I haven’t had decent access to it in weeks. But my wife has in the meantime discovered something that might just trump most of the food we’ve cooked on our Egg (OK, not the smoked prime rib, or the maple glazed salmon, or the succulent steaks): Pulled chicken. For chicken tacos. And she did it in the crockpot, so it’s a meal for all seasons. She’s made them twice for us in recent weeks. How can you not when your daughter said the chicken tacos just might be the best food on Earth? Brenna actually said she thinks she could eat them every day. We’re talking about a teenager here, not some six year old wanting grilled cheese every day until she or he gets sick of
I promise to shovel out my Egg and fire it up, possibly as soon as this week. It’s been too long and I must reunite with that backyard miracle. Maybe I’ll pull out our cast iron Dutch oven and take Mary’s miracle to the Egg, cooking it low and slow, and adding a smoky flavour along the way. Why is it I’m hungry after writing this column?
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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2018
Life
Miss World Canada has local entrant By Bruce Corcoran bruce@chathamvoice.com
Chatham native Roxanne Bilski knows beauty is only skin deep, and knowledge is power. She hopes to use her entrance in the Miss Canada World pageant this summer as a platform to help empower women. Bilski, 24, holds a master’s degree in Criminology and Criminal Justice Public Policy from the University of Guelph. She said she initially wanted to work in the criminal justice system and considered law school. Now she admits she has an interest in educational policy. “It’s about how we can move forward with making education more accessible,” she said. That passion led her to #OnHerTeam, which Bils-
ki said is “empowerment through education for women. “It’s about teaching women about various options they have available to them,” she said. “Often, they go into health-related fields or the arts. Not a lot consider sciences or mathematics. The gender wage gap really does extend from education.” Through #OnHerTeam, Bilksi hopes to run seminars and workshops to help empower women. “It all ties into my interest in public policy and passion for education,” she said. “I’m hoping to make a difference in policy and be able to work on some things that aren’t working and see what other countries, and even other provinces, are doing.” Bilski said initially entering the regional com-
petition for Miss World Canada – she will represent the Toronto Region – was a “pretty random” decision, inspired by past contest winners, who extolled body positivity and self care. “It’s not all about physical beauty,” she said. “It does allow you to use your title to promote a platform.” Bilski also sees it as an opportunity to get involved in the community. She said when she started working in Toronto – she’s a an advisor with Pearson Education in North York, coaching students who are completing graduate degrees online – she hit a bit of a life rut. “I got into a routine when I got there – go to work, eat, sleep and repeat,” she said. “I used to be so involved in various extracurricular activities
and be active. I think this (the pageant) will be a really good way to get involved in the community and give back. I’m hoping this experience will provide that opportunity.” Bilski believes the possibilities are endless. When opting to enter the regional pageant, Bilksi said it was a rather late decision, and she only had a month to prepare. The national pageant is six months away. “I think I can definitely make it work. I just have to put in the extra effort,” she said. Part of that preparation is returning to Chatham. “I hope to make it back to Chatham for some off my favourite events. I’ve always really loved RetroFest and I want to get involved with Walk a Mile in her Shoes,” she said. “I’m interested in getting
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Chatham native Roxanne Bilski hopes to use her entrance into Miss World Canada as a way to raise awareness for levelling the gender playing field with #OnHerTeam.
involved in other fundraisers as well.” The national pageant takes place Aug. 12-18 in Toronto. “I’m very excited. I can’t wait. I’ve got six months to prepare myself mentally and physically,” she said.
Bilski said she’s also looking for sponsors to help offset the costs involved to participate in the pageant. For sponsorship and invitations to community events, she can be reached at roxanneformissworld2018@ gmail.com.
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