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There’s plenty of green to go around at the Ridge Landfill. Last week, parent company Waste Connections of Canada, announced the construction of a new $50-million plant to convert garbage-generated methane into low-carbon renewable natural gas. When completed, the state-of-the-art facility will generate enough energy to heat 18,000 homes in Chatham-Kent. Ontario’s Minister of Environment, Conservation and Parks made a special trip to Chatham-Kent to take part in the announcement. Dave Piccini told the gathering the new RNG plant dovetails with Ontario’s plan to phase out landfill emissions by 2030. “Reducing the environmental impacts of waste has been a top priority for our government,” Piccini said, adding the new plant is expected to reduce upwards of 110,000 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions annually. “It doesn’t get any better than this,” Piccini said.
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News that the provincial and federal governments have joined forces in a $13.2-billion childcare subsidy agreement is good news for Chatham-Kent, according to local officials, but there is
an issue. Kelly Emery, director of child care, early years and recreation services, said the funds will help drop the per-day cost of child care to just $10 by 2025. However, finding more early childhood educators (ECEs) could slow down the true impact of
the announcement. Emery said parents currently pay an average of $42 a day for licensed child care in Chatham-Kent. “It’s a bit more for infants and toddlers and a little less for preschoolers,” she said. For families with chil-
dren in licensed care locally, they will see relief to their costs almost immediately. Beginning in May, fees will be reduced by an average of 25 per cent retroactive to April 1, with an additional 25-percent reduction by the end of 2022. The provincial govern-
ment said the funding will include the creation of 86,000 new licensed child-care openings in the province in the coming years. Just how many of those ultimately arrive in Chatham-Kent will be based on the availability of ECEs, Emery said.
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He added the Blenheim-area plant will be the first of its kind in Ontario. The minister said the Chatham-Kent project is an example of an environmentally friendly initiative – similar to the new Windsor electric battery plant – that supports the environment while creating jobs. Mayor Darrin Canniff called the project a major win, noting the venture will create “50 quality jobs.
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“This type of development represents the best of both worlds and puts Chatham-Kent at the leading edge of energy transition,” Canniff said. Waste Connections is moving forward with the project with the support of Enbridge Gas. The renewable gas will be piped to market by way of new and existing Enbridge pipelines. Jim Redford, vice-president of energy services, gas distribution and storage, Enbridge Gas, said the
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Chatham-Kent Mayor Darrin Canniff; Ontario Minister of the Environment, Conservation and Parks Dave Piccini; Ridge Landfill project manager Cathy Smith; and Jim Redford, Enbridge Gas vice-president of energy services, gas distribution and storage, came together last week to announce a new $50-million plant to convert methane into renewable natural gas. The new plant will be built on the southeast portion of the Blenheim-area site.
collaborative effort is another step Enbridge is taking towards supporting “the transition to a low-carbon future.” According to Redford, the
waste-turned-methane will be upgraded and compressed at a new plant before it flows into the grid as renewable natural gas. A number of steps still need to be taken before the project proceeds, including final approval with the Ontario Energy Board. Stakeholder engagement also needs to take place, including consultation with First Nation communities. Engineering designs and other approvals will follow. “Hopefully construction
can begin in 2023,” Redford said. Waste Connections operates eight similar projects in North America, including the largest Canadian landfill gas to RNG facility in Lachenaie, Quebec. Enbridge will be adding a new four-inch diameter, 5.7-kilometre pipeline, along with compressor station upgrades, to support the new project. The Ridge Landfill site has been operating since 1966.
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tation co-ordinator for CHAP, said they field a minimum of 65 calls a day, Family Service Kent with Mondays and Fri(FSK) is looking for a few days topping 100. “Seventy-five per cent good drivers. The community support are medical. But we’re organization needs volun- starting to do the social teer drivers for its Com- – hairdressers, grocery munity and Home Assis- shopping, etc.,” she said. “We go all over. As long as tance Program (CHAP). FSK’s Marjorie Crew said there is a driver willing to the pandemic and rising do the drive, we will take fuel prices due to the war you.” CHAP has nine vans, in Ukraine have cut their which are numbers. driven by But it has “What I enjoy about their pernot cut the it is the people. I talk sonnel with need. specialized CHAP pro- to them when we are training for vides ser- travelling. I learn a lot vices to help about them; where they wheelchair seniors and come from, sometimes a c c o m m o dations. adults with it’s different countries. There are long-term also the disabilities It’s a social aspect.” volunteer m a i n t a i n - Volunteer Stephen Wright drivers, their indewho handle about half the pendence. Prior to the COVID-19 workload. Volunteer drivers do repandemic, Crew said there were 55 drivers signed up ceive a set mileage rate, to volunteer their services Crew said, enough to covto take clients to medical er fuel and wear and tear appointments and other on one’s vehicle. Stephen Wright has voldestinations. Now, there unteered for CHAP for the are 42. Bev Webster, transpor- past six years. He said he
loves it. Wright said he took an interest shortly after retiring from Continental. He attended a volunteer fair at the W.I.S.H. Centre and connected with Crew there. He’s glad he made the decision. “I love driving. This is a perfect fit,” he said. “What I enjoy about it is the people. I talk to them when we are travelling. I learn a lot about them; where they come from, sometimes it’s
different countries. It’s a ant for them as possible,” social aspect. I’m learning Wright said. from them.” Anne Kominek is certainHe’s also trying to make ly at ease with Wright. them feel relaxed by enShe called him “a gentlegaging them man,” and in conversa- “I don’t drive, so I said CHAP tion. is essential have to depend on “I strike up to her, and CHAP. It helps me a conversahas been for tions so they lot.” the past 12 can feel at - CHAP client Anne Kominek years. peace. Some “I couldn’t people are very anxious be without it. I use it for with new people. I try to everything I can,” she make sure it is as comfort- said. “I don’t drive, so I able for them and as pleas- have to depend on CHAP.
It helps me a lot.” In 2021, Wright made 202 round trips, totaling 7,646 kilometres. He said most of the driving is local, but he’s taken clients as far as Orillia and Toronto in the past. Trips to Windsor and London for medical appointments are regular occurrences as well. Anyone wanting to volunteer their time and vehicle can contact the CHAP program through www. familyservicekent.com or call 519-354-6221.
offers the fourth shot to individuals aged 60-plus as well as First Nation, Inuit and Métis individuals and their non-Indigenous household members aged 18. The shots will be doled out at a recommended interval of five months after receiving their last shot.
Due to the increased demand that the new eligibility will result in, CK Public Health is increasing the number of clinic days being offered to the public. The 730 Richmond St. clinic will now offer jabs on Mondays from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Wednesdays from 1:30 p.m. to
7:30 p.m., Fridays from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., and Saturdays from 9 a.m. to noon. The clinics will also provide first, second, and third doses for any C-K resident aged 12 and up, as well as first and second does for those aged 5-12. Anyone seeking a fourth dose must book
also available at some local pharmacies. Anyone with questions regarding their eligibility around any dose are asked to visit COVID-19 Vaccine - CK Public Health (ckphu.com) or call 519-355-1071 ext. 1900 or e-mail covid19@ chatham-kent.ca.
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Volunteer CHAP driver Stephen Wright helps client Anne Kominek get to the grocery store recently. CHAP is looking for more volunteer drivers to help with the increasing workload helping seniors get to and from various appointments and needs.
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C-K seeking ECEs to help expand local child care
It’s play time at the YMCA-Indian Creek child-care facility. A recent joint announcement by the federal and provincial governments will drastically reduce the per-day cost of child care for families, and local officials would love to expand operations, if they can find early childhood educators.
“We have difficulty increasing capacity because we don’t have enough quality ECEs. We may have an extra infant room we aren’t able to open because we can’t get enough ECEs to come in,” she said. The problem is wages. Emery said across the province they don’t “get paid the wages they deserve.” Local ECEs earn $18 an hour. “We pay our ECE’s less than we pay our garbage collectors. We need to pay them for the work they are doing,” she said, stressing the importance of stimulating children’s brains at an early age. “In early learning, people don’t really understand brain development for infants
and toddlers. The first two years are critical. I don’t think we recognize the work our ECEs are doing.” There are 3,200 child-care spaces in the licensed C-K system, and they’re all full, with a wait list that is growing. Emery said the municipality, if it magically had the staff, could add 1,000 spaces and still have people lined up. “We do have a huge wait list; more than 1,200. Since the (federal-provincial) announcement, 182 new applications have been added to the waitlist,” she said. One possibility to help with the backlog is to entice informal child-care services offered in the area, usually in private homes, to become licenced. Such
operations would be subject to additional guidelines, but would also benefit from being part of the federal-provincial program, Emery said. To help prepare for the infusion from the new agreement, she said the province is holding a professional development day for their ECEs on May 9. In Chatham-Kent, all municipally run child-care centres will be closed that day. Emery said between 3,000 and 5,000 ECEs will take part in a virtual gathering for all-day professional development. “We’ll have those critical conversations so they hear how important they are,” she said. “We want quality child care in Chatham-Kent. We have it and we want to grow it.”
cy (CFIA), a poultry farm in the municipality is one of the locations in Ontario and Alberta where the H5N1 strain of the avian flu has been discovered. CK Public Health per-
ing their direction. At this time, we can confirm that the situation is contained, and there is no risk to the general public,” a spokesman said. There are also reports of
the avian flu showing up in Markham, Wellington Centre, Selwyn and in Prince Edward County in Ontario in April. According to the CFIA, each location has been
quarantined, and the organization has established movement control measures and is recommending enhanced biosecurity for other farms nearby.
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Plant to double deliver The partnership between Enbridge Gas and Waste Connections Canada to harness the methane coming off the Ridge Landfill is great news for the area. Most importantly, the proposed gas plant slated for the landfill will cut down the methane emissions from the landfill. To put things in perspective, as the organic mass in a landfill decomposes, methane gas is released. And methane is 84 times more effective at absorbing the sun’s heat than carbon dioxide. That makes it one of the most potent greenhouse gases, and a big contributor to climate change. Figures from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency indicate 17 per cent of all methane emissions in that country come from landfills. Expect similar numbers in Canada. The Ridge, which has been operational since the mid-1960s, should supply enough gas to heat 18,000 homes in Chatham-Kent. The new $50-million plant that will convert garbage-generated methane into low-carbon renewable natural gas is expected to cut greenhouse gas emissions by an astounding 110,000 tonnes annually. The province is looking to phase out renewable natural gas emissions from landfills by the end of this decade. It’s good news on the environmental front, and it is good news on the employment front. Mayor Darrin Canniff said the operation will create about 50 good quality jobs. “This type of development represents the best of both worlds and puts Chatham-Kent at the leading edge of energy transition,” Canniff said. He’s right. The plant is the first of its kind in Ontario. Enbridge will add about six kilometres of pipeline to support the project. Hope is that construction begins sometime next year. It is hopefully the first of many in the province.
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NIMBY mindset rules shelter shift Editor: I read with dismay the article in your paper dated March 31, concerning the vote by council on the new location of the Chatham homeless shelter, which was conveniently brought forward at the eleventh hour by a group of investors, some of whom requested anonymity. Council rushed the process through without any consultation with neighbours of the building on Murray Street and without any consideration as to how it would be received. It’s just not a fair thing to do to a community without true consultation, and it looks, as of now, to be a fait accompli. Certainly, the people of that area, and ChathaKent as a whole, should remember how council treated them when the
November elections come around. I question the motives of the group of investors themselves, and also of the author of the “Kudos to developers over homeless shelter” letter in last week’s Chatham Voice. This group is not only heavily invested in the city, for which we are all grateful, but also in the downtown core. Surely it is blatantly obvious they have the ability to, and indeed are, doing what they can to move this homeless community to a less obvious area of the city in order to make them invisible to downtown visitors. They are the epitome of NIMBY (Not in My BackYard), exactly what letter writer Regina Stockus was denouncing the Murray Street residents for in her letter to
the editor last week. Would she really want these folks roaming around near her business or home? No, Murray Street, for her, is a great place for them. Far from downtown and far from her own place of business. I do hope, also, that readers appreciate who Ms. Stockus is. Unless there are two people by that name in this community, she is the former manager of leasing and special events for the Downtown Chatham Centre and is now CEO of a Chatham special events business. NIMBY indeed. Let’s be honest here – political correctness aside – nobody is keen on having a homeless shelter in their neighbourhood. Not on Wellington Street, not on King Street, not
on Murray Street. No matter where you live, be it the best area of town or the worst, everyone who lives where they do worked hard to get there and maintain their property. Nobody wants to see the unfortunates of society hanging around their homes or businesses. However, we are all aware that they have to find a place to shelter also, so can’t we all have a voice, and can’t we all have the opportunity to protect what’s ours and yet still do what’s right for these folks? Time is running out, we know, but there must be a solution found that is good for everyone, and everyone deserves a voice. Money talked. Council copped out. Rosemary Robb Chatham
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East side Chatham residents worried about the implications of the new emergency shelter proposed for Murray Street are joining forces. In a group interview with The Chatham Voice Sunday, several members of the Tecumseh Park Neighbourhood Association expressed dismay with the way the municipality has handled the prospect of a new shelter in their neighbourhood. The group – 150 strong – want answers. At the very least, said association member Paul Bourdeau, nearby residents want to see a concrete outline of how the shelter will be operated, with an emphasis on the way problems will be
managed. “We would like to see a plan and we would like written answers to our questions,” Bourdeau said. “We’ve made a lot of suggestions so far of things we’d like to see happen, but these haven’t been addressed,” he said. Dedicated police patrols, the installation of police cameras, improved lighting in the area, assurances that bio-waste such as dirty needles will be dealt with, and a detailed plan from the municipality of how the shelter will operate are among the items on the association’s wish list. “We want a plan and we want accountability,” Bourdeau stressed, noting the municipality isn’t adhering to its own policies of “transparency and
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A number of members of the Tecumseh Park Neighbourhood Association gathered Sunday in front of the vacant Victoria Park school to express their concerns regarding the establishment of a new emergency homelessness shelter at the site.
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shelter is being placed in a residential area. There’s a problem of known drug houses operating in the vicinity, Shultz noted, adding it seems like officials are sidestepping the issues of addiction and mental health when it comes to homelessness. “I am in opposition to placing a shelter within such close proximity to three drug houses,” Shultz said, noting statistics prove that addiction and substance abuse is the most commonly cited reason for the loss of housing. Shultz, who lived beside a homeless shelter in Toronto for eight years, said she is not against a shelter, but doesn’t think a residential area – far from downtown services – is the right fit. Anger over Chatham-Kent’s emergency homelessness shelter has been brewing for the past month.
On Mar. 7, the municipality was preparing to locate the shelter downtown at Hope Haven on Wellington Street. Objections were raised about the location with downtown merchants and business associations opposing the move. A petition advocating against Hope Haven garnered nearly 500 signatures. However, that plan was kiboshed when the municipality received “new information.” On March 21 council voted to allow the shelter to locate in the former Victoria Park School at 185 Murray St. A group of investors purchased the vacant school and offered the municipality a three-year free rent deal. Two public information meetings were subsequently held on March 29 and April 6. Tension ran high at both meetings, at times boiling over, with pointed anger directed at municipal employees
and councillors. St. Andrew’s United Church pastor Greg Simpson, who lives in the neighbourhood and supports the shelter, said people shouldn’t necessarily equate homelessness with drug addiction. “These are two totally different issues,” Simpson said, adding homelessness “has many different shapes” and is best addressed by providing supports. The shelter issue is further complicated by a tight timeframe. Currently housed at the Travelodge, the lease for the shelter expires on May 31. Officials said some 50 people will be turned out on the street if a location wasn’t found. The Tecumseh Park Neighbourhood Association was founded a number of years ago, however its members say they’ve been inactive for the past two years.
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Home sales in March remained brisk in Chatham-Kent, but were down from the record-setting pace of March 2021. What’s more, there are more homes for sale in the market. According to figures from the Chatham-Kent Association of Realtors (CKAR), 145 properties changed hands in March, down nearly 14 per cent from March 2021. Still, that was nearly 16 per cent above the five-year average and nearly a third better than the 10year average. So far in 2022, 371 units have sold, down nine sales for the first three months of 2021. The slowing market doesn’t worry Amber Pinsonneault, president of CKAR. “Home sales continued at a strong pace in March, down from last year’s astronomical record but still coming in well above all other years on record,” she said in a media release.” The price sellers are getting for their homes continues to rise. CKAR
figures indicated the average price of homes sold in March 2022 was $522,605, up by 25.3 per cent from March 2021. So far this year, we’ve seen the average price hit $507,600, up more than 29 per cent from last year. Despite seeing fewer sales, the heightened home price per sale meant the value of properties sold – $75.8 million – set a new record for the month of March. New listings rose by a dozen properties compared to March of last year. In fact, the number of new listings – 199 – was the largest increase in a March in a decade. “We’ve finally got some much-needed relief on the supply side in the form of new listings, which we’re hoping to see even more of as we enter the spring market,” Pinsonneault said. “Despite the surge of new supply in March, overall inventories are still hovering close to the lowest levels in history, which suggests that most of this additional supply is getting absorbed
Straight Talk with Nathan McKinlay Every community has a soul. Its traits and characteristics may be known to us, but often go unspoken. Sometimes the spirit of a town manifests itself in a way that strikes a chord across the community. This is one of these times. The community of Blenheim had a dog, and its name was Max. Max was a chocolate lab, and could often be found making his way around Blenheim with his owner and best friend, Butch. I have never known Max to wear a leash and was always amazed to see how closely and obediently Max followed Butch around. Many of the local shops would keep treats for Max for his visits, and he would receive pets from many a Blenheimite over the course of his day. When Max got sick, the community stepped up, raising money for Max’s medical bills. Sadly, on April 2, 2022, Blenheim’s dog passed away. The community of Blenheim did what it does best – it reached out to support one of its own. We were approached by the family to put a card uptown in the post office for Max and post a short obituary on our website. Was it orthodox? No. Were people offended? We received one formal complaint. Was it the right thing to do for the soul of our town? 100%. Thank you to everyone who reached out and posted an online condolence in memory of Max. If you knew Max or Butch, and have not had a chance to do so yet, I would invite you to post an online condolence now. We plan to print out the full list of condolences to Butch as a keepsake. It is moments like these that I love living and working in a small town!
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Arenas, other amenities, to get facelifts By Pam Wright Local Journalism Initiative pamwrightlji@gmail.com
A long list of upgrades, including to arenas, for many of Chatham-Kent’s amenities was approved by council recently. All told, the work carries a $4.5-million price tag. The largest big-ticket item is improvements to the municipality’s 10 arenas. A total of $1.2-million is slated for a variety of refurbishments, ranging from painting to ice plant upgrades. Chatham-Kent’s aging ice rinks continue to pose a challenge, as the median age of the rinks is about 50 years. The two newest facilities include the Tilbury Memorial Arena and Chatham’s Thames Campus Arena, which are 30 and 31 years old respectively. Wallaceburg’s Memorial Arena is the oldest at 74 years, with Chatham Memorial Arena second at 73 years. The age of the facilities is a cause of concern for some councillors. South Kent Coun. An-
thony Ceccacci questioned the wisdom of continuing to put money into old buildings. Ceccacci said he has attended a number of local arenas recently, and is wondering if maintaining older arenas is the best path forward. “You can only fix something so many times before it’s broken for good,” Ceccacci told council, asking if a succession plan is being developed to replace the aging arenas in the future. “I’m concerned there will be a catastrophic fail and we’re going to be in a very challenging situation,” Ceccacci noted. He said the municipality may find itself “behind the eight ball” when it comes to patching up older buildings. Rob Pollock, Chatham-Kent’s director of parks, recreation and cemeteries, said engineering assessments are carried out every five years, and currently all 10 arenas are in good shape. “We are examining them and all of the options that we have,” Pollock told
council, adding future considerations are being considered. Chris Thibert, acting general manager of infrastructure and engineering, said it’s important to put money away for asset management to fund future builds, so when the time comes, the municipality will be prepared and not “caught off guard.”
Funding for arena upgrades is coming from Chatham-Kent’s lifecycle reserve funds. Other improvements approved by council include: • A total of $66,250 will be spent upgrading and maintaining the municipality’s seven outdoor pools, all of which are more than 50 years old. In addition, Cha-
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The long-awaited rehabilitation of Wallaceburg’s water tower has begun. The $3.7-million upgrade to the Joseph Shaw Wallaceburg Elevated Storage Tank will see improvements and maintenance work carried out at the Otter Line site located in the town’s northeast corner. A Chatham-Kent Public Utilities Commission media release indicates the work will allow the tank
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Residents not tickled over pickleball By Pam Wright Local Journalism Initiative pamwrightlji@gmail.com
The good news is that Chatham-Kent has received funding for 10 new courts for the wildly popular sport of pickleball. The bad news is many residents living near a Chatham park that’s designated to receive six of the 10 courts don’t want it. Linda McCormick is one of those neighbours and she’s questioning the wisdom of the municipality’s decision to place the courts in quiet Ellis Park on Chatham’s north side. The long-time Lancefield Place resident said the neighbours of the park don’t want Chatham-Kent to put the courts there. “People are pretty upset,” McCormick said in a recent interview. “This park is very quiet and people don’t want the neighbourhood to change.” McCormick said neighbours living near Ellis Park want it to be maintained as a peaceful and quiet green space. She’s hopeful the pickle-
ball courts aren’t a done deal. “There are better places for it,” McCormick added. She cited nearby Kingston Park as a better fit, noting the much larger park has parking and washroom facilities. Ellis Park has neither, McCormick noted, adding it’s her understanding trees will have to be cut down to accommodate the new courts. “Chatham-Kent already doesn’t have as many trees as we need,” she said. McCormick said she appreciates the fact pickleball is a popular pastime and citizens want the facilities, but believes Ellis Park is a poor choice. Ten new pickleball courts are in the works for the municipality, thanks to a $430,000 Community Building Grant received from the Ontario Trillium Foundation. The money will cover 80 per cent of the project costs. Along with the six courts at Ellis Park, Jaycee Park in Wallaceburg is getting two courts and Jackson Park in Dresden will
also be home to two new courts. The grant requires the project be completed on municipal land and that the construction be a new build.
• Come join us for lunch at the Chatham Moose Lodge, 850 Richmond St from 11:00am to 1:30pm. Everyone welcome Friday, April 15, 2022: • Come join us at The Chatham Legion, corner of William & Colborne St., Chatham from 11:00am-9:30pm. The kitchen is open to serve lunch from 11:00am-1:30pm. Supper will be served from 4:00pm6:00pm. No orders after 5:30pm. We will be serving fish & chips only for our Good Friday Special. Take out is also available by calling 519351-8733 or 519-351-5639. Everyone welcome. • Friday Night Meals at the Merlin Legion, 2 Stanley St., Merlin. 4:30pm-7:00pm. 5pc perch dinner $17.50, 3pc perch & 2pc chicken combo dinner $17.50, 3pc Merlickin’ chicken dinner $12.50. Meal includes potato, veggies, coleslaw, bun & dessert. Please call your dinner order in - this helps us to have things ready for you. 519-689-4884. Saturday, April 16, 2022: • Morning Breakfast Program at First Presbyterian Church (corner of Fifth St. and Wellington). A delicious and nutritious breakfast served free of charge from 9:30am-11:30am. Take out only.
• Come join us at The Chatham Legion, corner of William & Colborne St., Chatham from 11:00am-9:30pm. There will be a meat draw at 3:30, 4:30 and 5:30pm. The kitchen is open to serve lunch from 3:00pm-5:30pm. Entertainment by D.A.M. Band from 4:30-9:30pm. Come check out our menu. Everyone welcome.
• Come join us at The Chatham Legion, corner of William & Colborne St. Chatham from 11:00am – 9:30pm. The kitchen is open to serve lunch from 11:00 – 1:30pm. Our daily special is meat loaf dinner. Come check out our other daily specials. We have Pepper at 1:00pm and fun darts at 7:00pm. Everyone is welcome.
• Euchre Fun Day at RC Merlin Legion Branch 465, 2 Stanley St., Merlin. Play time 1:00pm. Pay out top male and female. Come support our local branch. $5/person to play. Lunch available - kitchen open at noon. Everyone welcome.
• The Chatham-Kent Quilters’ Guild meets via Zoom on the third Wednesday of every month. Everyone is welcome to join us, including non-members. Non-members will pay a $5 fee per meeting and can enjoy our presentations, guest speakers and all of the other fun at our meeting. Our membership fee is $50 per year and this entitles you to our newsletter and all of our regular meetings free of charge. You are welcome to contact us through our Facebook page or our website www.ckquiltguild. com to get more information
Sunday, April 17, 2022: • Enjoy a home cooked breakfast at the Chatham Moose Lodge, 850 Richmond St for Easter Sunday from 9:00am to noon. Everyone welcome. Tuesday, April 19, 2022: • Come join us at The Chatham Legion, corner of William & Colborne St. Chatham from 11:00am – 9:30pm. The kitchen is open to serve lunch from 11:00am – 1:30pm. Today’s special is spaghetti with meat sauce. Come play Euchre at 1:00pm or spend the evening playing Euchre or Shuffleboard starting at 7:00pm. Everyone is welcome. Wednesday, April 20, 2022: • Kent Coin Club meeting in the boardroom at Memorial arena, (80 Tweedsmuir Ave Chatham) 7:00pm. New members and guests welcomed. Come see what we’re about. For more info contact President Paul Robb (probb1@ cogeco.ca) (289-228-2817).
until April 18. There’s a further complication. Some of Chatham-Kent’s rural communities feel they have been snubbed in the pickleball court location process.
As a result, South Kent. Coun. Trevor Thompson has put a motion to council that would see pickleball courts be considered in the municipality’s rural communities.
Bruce Corcoran/The Chatham Voice
Ellis Park in north Chatham is the proposed site for six pickleball courts. However, local residents aren’t fans of the idea.
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Thursday, April 14, 2022: • Come join us at The Chatham Legion, corner of William & Colborne St. Chatham from 11:00am – 9:30pm. The kitchen is open to serve lunch from 11:00am – 1:30pm. Come check out our daily specials. Everyone is welcome.
Existing pickleball or tennis courts are not eligible for the funding. A survey on the pickleball issue on Let’s Talk CK, located on the municipal webpage, is ongoing
Thursday, April 21, 2022: • Come join us at The Chatham Legion, corner of William & Colborne St. Chatham from 11:00am – 9:30pm. The kitchen is open to serve lunch from 11:00am – 1:30pm. Come check out our daily specials. Everyone is welcome. • Come join us for lunch at the Chatham Moose Lodge, 850 Richmond St every Thursday and Friday from 11:00am to 1:30pm. Everyone welcome Send your coming events to bruce@chathamvoice.com or michelle@chathamvoice.com
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OLDERSHAW: James Lyle “Jim”
It is with broken hearts that the Oldershaw family announce the passing of James (Jim) Lyle Oldershaw. After struggling with Muscular Dystrophy for many years, Jim passed peacefully, on Friday, April 8, 2022 surrounded by his loving family. Jim was the youngest son of Maurice (1984) and Marion (nee Paul 1989). He will be lovingly remembered by his wife of 45 years, Betty (nee Bridgen) and forever loved by his children James Craig Oldershaw, Kathryn (Katie) Lynne Thornton (Matthew) and Alan Blake Oldershaw (Melissa). He was the very proud Grandpa of his girls Lila, Ava, Emma and Olivia. Jim, a brother of Blake Oldershaw and Paul Oldershaw and “Uncle Gertie” to his favourite niece Allison (Shelley Beardshaw). Jim will be missed by his good friends Paul and Emma Peco, Donna Oldershaw, the Beaverton crew and all his wonderful golf and baseball buddies. Jim worked at Oldershaw’s, Navistar and eventually found his niche with a long successful career as the past owner of Gary K. Stewart Insurance, where he excelled at doing the very best for his customers. Jim’s passions extended to sports of any kind; at Tecumseh high school he was the “jock” and the famous “Mr. Valentine”. Jim played every sport well and in adulthood he shifted to coaching; Tecumseh Braves basketball team, Chatham Minor Baseball and Chatham Minor Hockey. Later he coached his son Alan in travel baseball and cheered Katie and Craig in swimming, golf and hockey. As an adult, Jim curled, played Slo-pitch and golfed as often as he could get away from home and always had a competitive edge. As his MD progressed, he loved a good bag of Lay’s potato chips, watching any old pirate and cowboy movies and TV shows from Bonanza to Murder She Wrote. Sports, of course, always came first and he was watching Tiger’s return to the Masters. He did enjoy a little “Fox” News and was an expert on what was going on in the world, loving a good debate. Jim was past President of Chatham Minor Baseball, Chatham Granite Club and Maple City Country Club. Jim loved to look at the big picture and see what could be improved with fairness, diplomacy and thought. Family received friends at the Funeral Home, 459 St. Clair Street, Chatham on Tuesday, April 12, 2022 from 2:00 - 4:00pm and 7:00 - 9:00pm. A Celebration of Jim’s life was held at the Funeral Home at 11:00 am on Wednesday, April 13, 2022. Cremation to follow with an interment to be held at Maple Leaf Cemetery at a later date. Please consider donations to Chatham Minor Baseball or Chatham Kent Hospice Foundation. Online condolences may be left at www.mckinlayfuneralhome.com McKinlay Funeral Home, 459 St. Clair Street, Chatham, 519-351-2040.
Thank You Susan’s Spiel - 2007 - 2021 Our last Susan Spiel was held on December 4, 2021. Since Susan’s passing in 2006 this bonspiel has raised just over $70,000. These funds have been used to purchase smart boards, text books, iPads, programmable robots, readers and library books for local schools. In addition these monies allowed us to bring in authors, musicians, artists and storytellers to inspire our young students. They also permitted us to do community based events at the Jean Gordon Theatre, our public library and the former Sydenham Residence. None of this would have been possible without the support of the Sydenham Community Curling Club and its members. To everyone who curled over the years, thank you for your participation. We will remember all the good times had on and off the ice. We would like to thank our dedicated volunteers led by Brian & Sue Skinner, Henry & Barb Jaruga, and Rick Nead. A thank you to the dish staff Brad & Diane Blackburn and Don Burgess. To all those people who contributed prizes, especially Brad Eggett at New Vision, Jane Nead at Beauty Encounter, Al & Kevin at Express Yourself, and Community Living. Thanks to Bill Springett, for supplying all the lunch meats for our spiel. A big hug to Jean Bolt whose pottery creations graced our auction table every year. A shout out to Greg Heatherington at CKXS Radio for giving our little bonspiel a voice. This spiel would not have been so successful if it were not for Mark Childs and his staff at the Black Goose for all of their wonderful dinners. To Becky Stolicker for her delicious deserts. We would like to recognize Peter & Brenda Glasgow and family for their donation of the Christmas cheer boxes. The contents of which made it very easy to sell raffle tickets. To our committee members Sharon Smith, Nancy Stewart, Lindsey Talach and Bob & Kareen Springett, thanks for your inspiration and direction. Bob and Kareen also deserve a special nod for all their work on the quizzes that befuddled curlers who may have thought they were smarter than a fifth grader. To all the people who have helped share in this journey, your efforts have educated and inspired a whole generation of our young students to read, learn & grow. Thank You from: Mark, Heather, Olivia and Natalie Talach, Jamie, Chris, Jackson and Kaitlyn Weishar, Lindsey Talach and Broni Talach.
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Blondeel, Jean Marie (Zumach) Jean passed away peacefully on Sunday, April 3, 2022 at the Copper Terrace LTC at the age of 79. She was born in Niagara Falls, ON and was the daughter of the late Milton and Bessie (Brando) Zumach. Beloved wife of André “Andy” Blondeel. Dear mother of Robyn (Neil) Calvert. Remembered by stepdaughters, Vonnie Burke, Bonnie (Tim) Burlington, Connie Santavy and Gina Blondeel. Sadly missed by her grandchildren, Haiden, Sakatya, Ben, Shannon, A.J., Brayden, Chase, the late Tyson, Kyle and many great-grandchildren. Dear sister of Robert (Carol), Bud, late Fred and the late David. Arrangements have been entrusted to Kendrick Funeral Home – Chatham Celebration Centre, 4 Victoria Ave, Chatham, ON (519-352-2390). Donations in memory of Jean to the Alzheimer Society of Chatham-Kent or the Parkinson Society Southwestern Ontario would be appreciated.
In Memoriam In memory of Dennis Watson April 17, 2021 We though of you with love today, But that is nothing new. We thought about you yesterday, And days before that too. We think of you in silence, We often speak your name. All we have now are memories, And your picture in a frame. Your memory is our keepsake Which we’ll never part. God has you in his keeping, We have you in our hearts. It broke our hearts to lose you, But you didn’t go alone. For a part of us went with you, The day God took you home.
Sending you all of our love. Mom and Dad, Alex and Sydnie, Karrie and Mike, Connor, Tyler and Courtney.
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OBITUARIES Bill Bentley 88, Sunday, April 3, 2022 Blenheim Community Funeral Home
Michael “Mike” Beaton 70, Tuesday, April 5, 2022 McKinlay Funeral Home
Gary Pickering 78, Monday, April 4, 2022 Blenheim Community Funeral Home
Jean Burleigh 96, Wednesday, April 6, 2022 McKinlay Funeral Home
Doris Ward 92, Thursday, April 7, 2022 Blenheim Community Funeral Home
Jim Oldershaw Friday, April 8, 2022 McKinlay Funeral Home
Jean Blondeel 79, Sunday, April 3, 2022 Kendrick Funeral Home
Barbara Brooks 89, Friday, April 8, 2022 McKinlay Funeral Home
Katharina Banman 77, Thursday, April 7, 2022 Kendrick Funeral Home
John Van Ry 71, Sunday, April 3, 2022 Alexander & Houle Funeral Home
Franz B. Klassen 89, Thursday, April 7, 2022 Kendrick Funeral Home
Lyle McCormick 92, Monday, April 4, 2022 Alexander & Houle Funeral Home
Janice Harris 94, Thursday, April 7, 2022 Kendrick Funeral Home
Debra Rice 66, Saturday, April 9, 2022 Alexander & Houle Funeral Home
Irena Wolanski 95, Tuesday, April 5, 2022 Hinnegan-Peseski Funeral Home
Sheila Mann 90, Saturday, April 9, 2022 Alexander & Houle Funeral Home
Lawrence “Larry” Card 75, Friday, April 1, 2022 Life Transitions
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