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Dozens of pairs of children’s shoes adorn the base of a monument on Walpole Island First Nation erected in 2002 to honour the children from Walpole Island who attended residential schools. Members of the First Nation community brought the shoes following the discovery of the bodies of 215 children at a residential school in Kamloops, B.C. See story on page 2
Elective surgeries at the Chatham-Kent Health Alliance are back and expanded operating room hours are in the wings. According to Lori Marshall, president and CEO of CKHA, outpatient and day surgeries, such as hernia repairs and some joint procedures, came back online May 25. But how the hospital goes forward to clear a backlog of some 2,400 surgeries will depend on the organization’s soonto-be released 2021-2024 strategic plan. Decision making by the hospital will be aligned with findings by the Chatham-Kent Ontario Health Team, Marshall explained, which is currently conducting a survey of patient health care. In the end, Marshall said it all comes down to timing, with the length of surgery wait times marking how the hospital “measures our success.” Part of the plan, she said, will likely include adding operating room hours on evenings or weekends and better optimization of existing op-
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Vaccine effort ramps up
By Pam Wright Contributing Writer
The final week of May saw Chatham-Kent’s COVID-19 vaccination effort hit two major milestones. And according to health unit communications spokesman Jeff Moco, the team is poised to set another. Over a seven-day period ending May 29, health officials dispensed 7,887 shots of vaccine and hit a goal of immunizing 50,000 residents over the age of 16. That’s nearly half of the local population.
Moco said the team hopes to best last week’s performance by getting 8,000 shots in arms this week. “We are quickly ramping up vaccinations in Chatham-Kent as our vaccine supply has increased recently,” Moco told The Voice on Monday. “We will be running clinics for six full days this week at the Bradley Centre.” The week of June 7 will see the clinic operate for four days at the Bradley Centre. In addition, a mobile clinic in Bothwell will be held June 8 where the Moderna vaccine will be
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Dr. David Colby, Chatham-Kent’s chief medical officer of health, celebrates CK Public Health surpassing 50,000 vaccinations last week. Public Health officials say vaccinations are ramping up even more this week.
given out. A family clinic aimed at youth aged 12-17 years and their families is planned for Wallaceburg June 14. The team will be dispensing the Pfizer vaccine.
The eligibility criteria for the vaccine has expanded yet again and people aged 80 years and up are now able to book their second dose. The AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine is be-
ing offered at an accelerated pace with a 10-week interval for individuals who received their first dose between March 10 to March 19. As well, beginning this week, anyone who re-
ceived their first dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine from March 10 onwards will be eligible to receive a second dose of the vaccine at a 12-week interval, with appointments based on the timing of the first dose.
Mass impact from discovery of mass grave
By Pam Wright Contributing Writer
“Extremely heartbroken.” Those were the words Walpole Island First Nation Chief Charles Sampson used to de-
scribe the community’s feeling following the discovery of 215 children in a mass grave at the Kamloops Indian Residential School in British Columbia. Children’s shoes of all shapes and sizes have been set at the
foot of a monument erected in 2002 to honour the children of Walpole who were plucked from their homes and taken to schools where they often suffered horrific abuse. Flags on Walpole have been lowered and orange flags are in place to hon-
our the 215 youngsters who left home never to return. “Our hearts and prayers go out to the families,” Chief Sampson said in a media release Monday. “We pray you will have peace and healing.” Sampson said justice must be sought for all the lost children
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and families “broken” by residential schools, asking, “Where is the justice for Anishnebek people?” Towards that end, Bkejwanong Territory Council of the Three Fires is calling for a National Day of Mourning and asks that the “Indian Policy,” carried out by the Canadian government and churches be investigated under an international court of law. The Three Fires Council is also calling for Canada to be held accountable for “crimes against humanity” that include genocide and ethnic cleansing. On behalf of his people, Sampson asks all Indigenous residential school residents be accounted for. Those that are missing must be identified, he said, and given proper ceremonial burial. Finally, the council calls for Canadian history books and teaching materials be rewritten to expose the reality of how the Anishnebek children and their families were treated. The Kamloops school was operated by the Catholic Church from 1890 to 1969.
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Kayakers pull 750 lbs. of trash from Sydenham River By Pam Wright Contributing Writer
Cool temperatures and brisk winds didn’t stop paddlers from cleaning up the Sydenham River Saturday. In fact, a small but ambitious group managed to retrieve 750 pounds of junk that had been dumped in the river at Wallaceburg. Tires, scrap metal, plastic, green slag glass from the town’s old glass factory and a Walmart grocery cart were some of the items collected. The cart ended up com-
ing in handy as it was used to ferry items to the scale and then on to trash bins. Randa Speller, one of the ground crew who stayed on land to help collect and weigh the garbage, called the event a “competitive treasure hunt.” All told there were 15 kayakers who did their part to cleanse the waterway as part of the Spring Sydenham Paddle and Clean. Not everything found is retrievable with a kayak. Speller said a waterlogged couch and chair were discovered but the
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Nancy Kohajda hoists a tire brought in by Dave Hould of Blenheim during the Spring Sydenham Paddle and Clean event held in Wallaceburg on Saturday. Volunteers yanked 750 pounds of trash, including that tire and the shopping cart, out of the river.
size, plus the accompanying slime, made it too big of a job for the pad-
dlers. “I guess it smelled really bad,” Speller said.
It’s the second clean-up paddle of the Sydenham organized by Chatham
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37-ton addition to local park By Bruce Corcoran bruce@chathamvoice.com
What does it take to move a rock? Muscle, right? Well, it turns out it takes a great deal more than that to move a massive 37-ton boulder from Morpeth into a park in Chatham. That’s what the McKeough family found out in recent years, but they are all smiles these days after the boulder – which stands about seven feet high, 12 feet long and 10 feet wide – is now resting in McKeough Park on Grand Avenue in Chatham. Stewart, who is 99, and orchestrated the boulder’s relocation, said the move had been in the
works for a year, but finally came to a conclusion on May 21. The giant rock came from the Talbot Trail farm of Doug Desmond, which has been in his family for more than 200 years. The massive boulder is a glacial erratic, a rock that was moved by glaciers 30,000 years ago and then left behind when the glaciers melted. Donating the rock was one thing. Moving it in modern times was an altogether different story. The McKeoughs approached several local companies about transporting the rock, but the sheer size of the boulder left them scratching their heads. “We tried several different people. A few looked
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Stewart McKeough, left, and Doug Desmond pose in front of a massive 37-ton boulder Desmond donated to McKeough Park in Chatham. A team from St. Thomas moved the rock from Desmond’s Morpeth-area farm on May 21 to the park.
at it and said it was just too big, that they didn’t have the equipment,” Stewart’s daughter Bonny McKeough said. But Yarmouth Group Inc. from St. Thomas offered to give it a try. They came on May 21 and moved it. They lifted it up with a large crane, put it on a flatbed and drove it into the park. It took some help from Mother Nature to make
the move possible as well. The dry spring left the ground hard, allowing the heavy vehicle to enter the park and not get bogged down in wet soil. McKeough Park is named after William Stewart McKeough, who was killed in the First World War. His nephew, Stewart, took an interest in the park about eight years ago, at age 91. The park was in some
disrepair so Stewart decided to plant a variety of Carolinian trees on the property. Stewart also added a variety of large rocks to the park, but nothing as large as what landed there May 21. “We couldn’t find many big rocks, and ones we did, the owners didn’t want to give them up. We went to a quarry near Leamington and got
some limestone, but we wanted granite,” Bonny said. The idea is to have the park as an educational area for local students, given its close proximity to Ursuline College Chatham. Most of the trees are labelled. At some point the rocks will be too. The students can go there and learn.
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Licences needed to stop, fish in territorial waters around First Nation “We hope this will bring awareness and help cover costs of enforcement,” JenBoaters planning to drop kins said. Sport fishers who want to anchor in the blue-jewelled waters surrounding Walpo- try their luck in Walpole’s le Island now need a special waters are also required to purchase a fishing licence $100 licence to do so. Effective June 1, the First from the band but will not Nation community is requir- require the additional pleaing marine travellers to pur- sure craft licence. Jenkins said fishers tend chase the document if they want to stop to enjoy the to be more respectful when practicing the sport and scenery. However, a licence is not re- don’t normally cause damquired for marine traffic that age as they leave a “lighter environmental footprint.” is just passing through. Education by marine paAccording to James Jenkins, chief executive officer trols is the first option in for the band, the move is an the endeavour, Jenkins exattempt to protect Walpole plained, but fines will be levied if necesIsland’s rich sary. bio-diverse ar- “We’re trying to put Signage deeas from peoa stop to the damage tailing the new ple who don’t show respect that can be done to our rules will be ecologically sensitive posted and for nature. the communiS e a d o o i n g areas. We hope this ty will double and water ski- will bring awareness the number of ing will no and help cover costs of resource patrol longer be perofficers it has mitted in Wal- enforcement.” on hand. pole waters, - Walpole’s James Jenkins The pleasure but non-motorized craft such as kayaks and craft licence, which can be canoes can be used and will purchased at a number of locations and online, comes not require the licence. “We’re trying to put a stop with a map that indicates to the damage that can be areas where boating is aldone to our ecologically sen- lowed, and highlights spots sitive areas,” Jenkins said, that are off limits. Walpole Island First Nation adding speeding boats are a is also known as Bkejwanong major concern. Reckless operation of wa- Territory, an Anishinaabeterm meaning, tercraft, which includes stop- mowin ping to use beaches, can se- “Where the waters divide.” It’s an apt title as the First riously harm significant bird nesting and fish spawning Nation is made of up six isareas, Jenkins said, adding lands interspersed by a numcollected fees will be used ber of tributaries that are part to protect areas and step up of the only major river delta in the Great Lakes, where the patrols.
St. Clair River empties into Lake St. Clair. In 1987, the St. Clair River was designated a binational Area of Concern by the Canadian and U.S. governments because of heavy use by industry and cities in upstream communities. However, studies shows remedial action taken in the past 30 years has improved water quality in the region. Boaters who want to travel from the St. Clair River to Lake St. Clair must navigate through one of the rivers within the First Nation community, mainly using the Chenal Ecarte – known as the Snye – the Johnson Channel or the St. Clair River. Walpole Island First Nation is a 137.47-square-kilometre area. It is unceded territory meaning its people never legally signed away their lands to the Crown and is inhabited by Ojibwe, Potawatomi and Odawa peoples. Jenkins said because the border is currently closed, American boaters won’t be part of the licensing program yet, but that will change when restrictions are lifted. There is an online option to purchase the licence or it can be obtained at Walpole governance building, Bkejwanong Gas Station, Chematogen Camp store, Willow Beach Trading Post and Gary’s Taxidermy and Tanning. For more information, contact 519-627-1481 or chiefexecutiveofficer@wifn.org.
urban settlement areas. The bylaw, approved by council on May 10, is temporary for one year and applies to defined areas surrounding communities. Greenhouse development is
permitted outside those defined areas. A story that appeared in The Voice May 27, did not define the restriction as being limited to defined areas. The Voice regrets the error.
By Pam Wright Contributing Writer
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The boat launch at McDonald Park west of Wallaceburg is located on the Snye River that borders the eastern side of Walpole Island First Nation.
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Support one other Does anyone remember what “normal” looks or even feels like? Attending an event with more than your immediate family, or, now, five people from multiple households? Imagine attending a concert with hundreds, if not thousands, of other people? A sporting event? A summer event, such as RetroFest? Well, the old “normal” might never return, but an altered near normal could be a matter of a few months away, if we call keep doing our part. COVID-19 has kicked us all in the shins. People have died, while others have suffered lingering health effects. And then there are the countless others impacted by COVID-19 while not even contracting the virus. We’re talking about the mental health plague, untold economic pressures on individuals, couples, families and small businesses. It’s not pretty, and much work needs to be done. As mentioned, we can all do our part. For those willing – and in Canada, that’s about 88 per cent of the population – sign up and get vaccinated as soon as possible. Second shots are already going into arms in Chatham-Kent. Vaccinations are increasing as well, as CK Public Health did nearly 8,000 last week and hope to do more this week. If you don’t want to get vaccinated, that’s your choice. Just respect the decisions of the rest of us. Regardless of who got jabbed or plans on getting jabbed, we can all help by checking in on friends and family members who may be isolating, either by choice or by the stay-at-home order, which is slated to end this week. Mental illness is just that: an illness. It requires treatment and should not be stigmatized. In terms of economic distress, if you have the ability, we urge you to support local business whenever and wherever possible. Take out meals from local establishments are one way to do that. Opting to shop local, online, over Amazon, is another. When stores open up again, support local business to help our economy grow again. It’s not rocket science, but it takes all of us to put aside selfish thoughts and be considerate of others for this to work.
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International image reversed Editor: Concerning the May 20 issue of The Chatham Voice, it contained an aerial photo of the International Truck Plan. It was a great photo, but it is a mirror image. Take a close view and I will tell how I know. The saw-tooth roof image of the main plant just didn’t seem to look right to me at first. If you take a look at the photo to the right side, you can see a road, which is actually Merrit Avenue. Also on the right side of the photo of the main
plant, you will see a section that has the I/H logo and also says International Trucks reversed. In front of that is the main gate security entrance that should be on the east side of the plant not on the west. If you take another look at the photo on the left side, you can see a brick building surrounded by trees next to the company parking lot. This was the former Bank of Montreal for a while, on
the west side of the plant. At the rear of the photo you can see the CNR rail tracks with a row of boxcars, take a close look and your can see the logos on them are reversed. But the biggest give away that this is a mirror image, is the water tower. It should be on the west side of the plant not the east side as in the photo. It is still a great photo though. I love it, and will forever remember it; I
delivered many a load of parts that I took to this plant over the years. Keep up the good work. Garry Gee Chatham-Kent Editor’s note: Thanks to readers such as Garry, we looked at the image closely, flipped it and saw that it was indeed reversed in our paper. We utilized the image as it was sent to us by the Chatham-Kent Museum. We’ve contacted the good folks there and they will be rectifying the issue.
Kindness of others appreciated Editor: I am a senior who was shopping for plants recently. There was quite a long line of buyers who were waiting to check out before me. It
was quite warm. A lady approached me and invited me to complete my purchase before she and her
husband in the line up. It’s nice to know there are still considerate people in our community.
Hoping to pay it forward, I made a meal for a handicapped man. M.E. Cadotte Chatham-Kent
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A popular Christian music series that’s been going strong in Dresden for more than 40 years has a new name and a new permanent location. Formerly billed as “Sunday Evening in the Park,” the event – now known as “Dresden Christian Concerts” – has a new permanent home at Total Grain Systems/Sydenham Electric. The new season is set to begin June 27 and will run every Sunday until
Labour Day weekend. Rev. Colin Paterson, chairman of the organizing committee, said the COVID-19 public health protocols will be strictly followed throughout the season. “We’re going to be encouraging people, at least in the beginning, to remain in their vehicles,” Rev. Paterson explained. A change in location was also necessitated, Paterson noted, as Jackson Park is no longer available. After a new fence was installed by the municipality, vehicle access
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The Dresden Christian Concerts 2021 debut June 27 and will feature OneA-Chord with Rev. Terry Clyne. The concert series is put together by the Dresden and District Ministerial Association, which represents 13 local congregations. Season schedule: July 4, Tina Pumfrey with Rev.
Andrew Zomerman; July 11, Fish with Rev. Gord Tetley; July 18, Marc & Kim Reid with Rev. Colin Paterson; July 25, Mercy with Rev. Barry Kentner; Aug. 1, Sky Terminal (special all-ages event) with Pastor Nichelle Howarth; Aug. 8, Talent Night with message from Edwin Taylor; Aug. 15, Caribbean Night with
Infrared with Pastor Ira Simpson; Aug. 22, Jeff & Tim with Rev. Terry Clyne; Aug. 29, Derrick Drover with Rev. Rob Elka; Sept. 5, The Chapelaires with Rev. Andy Cornell. For more information contact cdpaterson52@ gmail.com or call 519350-1003.
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nity. Community members can participate in the Community Better Challenge as an individual or small group for a chance to win weekly prizes through Partic-
will be randomly drawn and featured on the Chatham-Kent Trails Social Media pages. Those featured will win prize packs from Chatham-Kent Tr a i l s , Public
ipACTION. For more ParticipACTION options, join them for their RetroACTIVE fit break every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday at noon on Facebook Live. To enter, download the ParticipACTION app; submit any physical activity you engage in throughout the week; submit a photo each week to CKTrails@chatham-kent.ca of yourself, family or friends cycling on trails and pathways within Chatham-Kent to be entered into a random draw for prize packs each week and be sure to include names, the community and trail or street name. Each week two photos
Health, Ontario Parks and Lower Thames Valley Conservation Authority. The prize packs contain a CK Trails branded back pack; a bike repair kit, bike pump, lights, bell, CK Public Health branded water bottle, LTVCA parking pass. Four prize packs will also include an Ontario Parks 2021/2022 Park Pass. The Chatham-Kent Trail Booklet, the Chatham-Kent Safe Cycling Handbook and the Chatham-Kent Cycling Map can all be found at any open Municipal Service Centre, Libraries for curbside pick-up, Rondeau Provincial Park and Smith Cycle.
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Download an app and get pedalling; it just might win you a new bicycle. June is Bike Month, and two municipal departments, with the support of Ontario Parks and the Lower Thames Valley Conservation Authority, are again holding a Bike Month Contest. The contest takes place from now until June 30. Just download the ParticipACTION app to get started. The contest encourages residents to rediscover the benefits of cycling, including improving physical health, reducing emissions and air pollution, which improves the air we breathe. At the end of this event, municipal officials will be tracking all collective activity in support of Canada’s ParticipACTION Community Better Challenge. Every minute counted tracks towards the Municipality of Chatham-Kent’s score and increases the chance of C-K being named Canada’s Most Active Commu-
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Opinion
Business survival versus human lives Editor: This is a letter in response to Diane Watson (“We must all do our part to get through pandemic”) and David Goldsmith (“Selfish people, selfish protest) in The Chatham Voice recently. To begin with, anti-lockdown protesters should not be blamed. I am not one. Since we are in our third lockdown, what did you expect from people? They were probably in fear of losing their homes, businesses and other property to the banks and other financial institutions. The real problem is government and all the MPs and MPPs in Ottawa and
Toronto. Canada is a Third World country when it comes to medical supplies, equipment, drug manufacturing and research. At one time, Canada manufactured drugs and did research in Canada. But that all changed with the Harper government. Both the province and the feds should be giving big time incentives to locate drug manufacturers, research, medical supplies and equipment in Canada so that we can become independent and not have to depend on other countries to maintain our health. This is why we are in the mess that we are in.
Enough with the negativity Editor: Chatham does not deserve negative letters. When I read the opinions of Linda Hind (“Reader will believe it when she sees it”), I was saddened. Yes, there are deep angers against many past failed business endeavours; but I wish to note they did not happen to the entrepreneurs undertaking the effort to revitalize the old Navistar property. These three new owners of the site are well established in many areas and in many businesses in Chatham-Kent, and have proven their ideas and quests have been
successful. They do not dole out their investments based on hope, but on past research and experience. They will soon have definite and solid businesses established on that site. Negativity, especially in times of a pandemic, has detracting effects on investments and even on the spirits of many hoping this project will come to fruition – as it will! New employment, new futures, and renewed belief in all of Chatham-Kent. Gail Giles Chatham
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Chatham native develops web tool Many news outlets, including The Chatham Voice, utilize WordPress A Chatham woman for the uploading of inforhopes to help reduce mation to their website. Her plugin works in a the stigma surrounding mental illness through a similar manner as how special software program spell-checking tools automatically check for she’s developed. spelling K a r i s sa Gall, a “Journalists should be m i s t a k e s . M e d i a journalist who grew as willing to write about G u i d e - o Matic auup in Cha- depression as breast tomatically tham and cancer. This plugin checks draft began her will help them do so career here, ethically and efficiently, WordPress posts for teamed up words and with the with confidence.” phrases that C a n a d i a n - Chatham’s Karissa Gall have been Journalism Forum on Violence and identified as contributors Trauma to launch the Me- to stigma in the third edidia Guide-o-Matic, a free tion of Mindset: Reportplugin on the WordPress ing on Mental Health. Gall, who obtained her platform. By Bruce Corcoran bruce@chathamvoice.com
masters in journalism from Carleton University in 2018, developed the idea to come out with the plugin while at the Ottawa school. But it began earlier south of the border. “It’s a bit unique for a masters’ project for a journalism degree. This usually entails a documentary or a long-form piece,” she said. Gall credited NYU journalism professor Jay Rosen for sparking the idea. She attended that university in 2016. “He challenged us to solve a problem in media,” she said, referring to her time at the school. “It’s all about trying to solve that problem. The simplest way to add value is to save the user time.
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Chatham’s Karissa Gall has developed software aimed at making it easier for journalists to avoid using terminology that could lead to stigma around mental health.
This will save people time.” Gall hopes it will help educate journalists on which terms are acceptable and which aren’t, as well as giving reporters confidence when tackling mental health stories. Stigma can cause people to avoid seeking mental health treatment, under-reporting of illness, and under-provision of mental health services.
At the same time, with everyone’s mental health being tested by the pandemic, asking for help is more important than ever, Gall said. Gall worked with Ottawa-based digital marketing firm Flewid to develop the plugin, with partial funding from the Forum. She said the tool was developed for WordPress because it is the most popular content management
system in the world. “My hope is that newsrooms and other types of organizations around the world will download and enable this free tool,” she said. “As André Picard wrote in the foreword for Mindset, journalists should be as willing to write about depression as breast cancer. This plugin will help them do so ethically and efficiently, with confidence.”
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Entegrus Powerlines won big at the Ontario Electricity Distributor’s Association’s annual awards. The association held its annual awards May 20, virtually celebrating achievements in the electricity distribution sector. Entegrus Powerlines received
top honours for the 2020 LDC (Local Distribution Company) Performance Excellence Award (LDC of the Year). “Thank you to the EDA for this recognition. To achieve this prestigious award during a pandemic year amongst such impressive LDC nominees, is truly an honour and most importantly a testament
to the dedication of our staff, and the support of colleagues and shareholders,” Jim Hogan, president & CEO of Entegrus, said in a media release. “2020 reminded us that we are all in this together. Our industry proved once again that during times of crisis the collective efforts of our staff and industry partners can unite us to achieve success while most importantly pro-
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THURSDAY, JUNE 3, 2021
HUMAN TRAFFICKING
Human sex trafficking is one of Canada’s fastest growing crimes, and is a complex and often hidden crime that involves treating victims like possessions that can be bought and sold.
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It happens in our communities.
And it’s happening here in our own community of Chatham-Kent,
where traffickers target vulnerable teens through luring, coercion, manipulation and exploitation – promising money, opportunity, love, stability and popularity. It is referred to as “The Game.” Traffickers move their victims along the busy Highway 401 corridor to avoid detection, and, according to the Chatham-Kent Police Service, the crime has been identified as an issue in this municipality. According to Statistics Canada, 97% of victims of police-reported human trafficking were women and girls. 45% of all victims of police-reported human trafficking were between the ages of 18 and 24. 28% were under the age of 18. Ontario, which accounts for 39% of the total Canadian population, has accounted for 68% of all police-reported human trafficking incidents since 2009. Someone might be a victim of human trafficking if they: Someone might be being groomed for sex trafficking • are not allowed to speak for themselves and their activities are if they: controlled by someone else • are withdrawing from family and friends • are under 18 and involved in prostitution or sex work • are being secretive about their activities • are unpaid or paid very little to work and seem to be treated poorly • have a new boyfriend, girlfriend or friend who they won’t introduce (long or unusual hours, not allowed breaks or forced to live in poor to friends and family conditions) • suddenly spend time with an older person or people • are repaying a large debt through labour or sex • begin staying out more often and later • seem fearful, anxious, depressed, submissive, tense, nervous or • are absent from school or there is a decline in school performance paranoid (they may avoid eye contact or seem fearful around police) • begin wearing more sexualized clothing • show signs of abuse, such as bruising, cigarette burns or fractures • have new clothing and jewellery that they can’t afford to buy •It have tattooing or branding symbols, particularly names happens • suddenly have a new or second cell phone with a secret number • don’t have their own belongings or money, and don’t control their in our own passport or other documents Labour trafficking •communities. seem malnourished or lack medical care Language like “forced labour,” “servant” and “servitude” are • move frequently and may not know their surroundings well sometimes used when talking about labour trafficking. There • have been reported missing have been labour trafficking cases involving construction, People at risk of sexual human trafficking manufacturing, mining, hospitality, salons, agriculture, domesAnyone can be at risk of being trafficked, however there are some risk tic work, sales and other industries. Labour traffickers often factors that can make someone more vulnerable. take away passports and other documents, and sometimes People who are at higher risk of being sex trafficked are: control where the person stays. Debt bondage is a form of • women and girls (though boys, men and people who are LGBTQI2S are also targeted) labour trafficking where a person is told they must work to • homeless and marginalized youth pay off a large, unexpected and illegal debt. People in other • youth who struggle with self-esteem, bullying, discrimination, poverty, countries and newcomers may be recruited by someone from abuse, isolation and other social or family issues their home country or from Canada who makes false promises • Indigenous women and girls about what a job is and how much it pays. The person may • people with addiction, mental illness and developmental disabilities not know their rights in Ontario, may not know how to get help There are cases where none of these risk factors are present. In those and may fear reporting to police. cases, traffickers often target very young people, identify and fulfill their needs, and then use that dependence to control and exploit them. If you are a victim/survivor of If you are a victim/survivor of It happens forced prostitution or forced labour, in our 24/7 Crisis line support If you are a victim/survivor of If prostitution you a victim/survivor of If you areare a victim/survivor of labour, communities. forced orcan forced or think someone is, we help. for women experiencing abuse forced prostitution or forced labour, forced prostitution forced forced prostitution or forced labour, or think someone is,orwe canlabour, help. or think someone is, we can help. or think someone is, we can help. or think someone is, we can help. 1-866-863-0511 1-866-863-7868 TTY CALL www.awhl.org/online-chat 1.833.900.1010 CALL CALL
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Community Events Friday, June 4, 2021: • The Chatham Legion Br. 642, corner of William & Colborne St. Chatham will be taking orders after 11:00 a.m. for tonight’s supper. Tonight’s specials are Meat Loaf, Potato & Veggies or Fish & Chips. All meals include coleslaw and dinner roll. $10.00 plus tax. Please phone 519-351-8733 or 519-351-5639 to place your order. Take Out Orders Only. Everyone Welcome. • Friday night pickup supper at the Chatham Moose Lodge, 850 Richmond St. will be an Oven-baked BBQ Chicken with baked potato, Vegetable, salad and a bun for $10. Please call daily from 1 to 4 P.M. at 519-3528291 to place your order. Friday, June 11, 2021: • The Chatham Legion Br. 642, corner of William & Colborne St. Chatham will be taking orders after 11:00 a.m. for tonight’s supper. Tonight’s specials are Bacon Cheeseburger with fries or Fish & Chips. $10.00 plus tax. Please phone 519-351-8733 or 519-351-5639 to place your order. Take Out Orders Only. Everyone Welcome. • Friday night pickup supper at the Chatham Moose Lodge, 850 Richmond St. will be a Lasagna dinner with a Caesar salad and a bun for $10. Please call daily from 1 to 4 P.M. at 519-352-8291 to place your order. Saturday, June 12, 2021: • Saturday Morning Breakfast Program at First Presbyterian Church (corner of Fifth St. and Wellington). A delicious nutritious breakfast served free of charge from 9:30am-11:00am. This will be TAKE OUT only. Sunday, June 13, 2021: • 10 am-2pm, the Chatham Lions Club is hosting a Document Shredding Event at Maple City Mini Storage at 7690 Queen’s Line Chatham. Bring boxes and bags of documents that need to be shredded for your protection. Iron Mountain Document Shredding Service will securely shred your documents. The catch? Banker Boxes and similar size boxes will cost you a donation of $10 per box; regular grocery bag is a $5 donation each and large bags is a donation of $7. All the money raised is ready for local community needs doing what Lions always do – “We Serve”. For further info please call 519-354-1836 or email at info@chathamlionsclub.ca Completely contactless, curbside drop off. Check out the Chatham Lions Club at https://e-clubhouse.org/sites/chathamon/ Friday, June 18, 2021: • The Chatham Legion Br. 642, corner of William & Colborne St. Chatham will be taking orders after 11:00 a.m. for tonight’s supper. Tonight’s specials are Ham & Scallop Potato & Veggies or Fish & Chips. All meals include coleslaw and dinner roll. $10.00 plus tax. Please phone 519-351-8733 or 519-3515639 to place your order. Take Out Orders Only. Everyone Welcome. See all upcoming listings at chathamvoice.com. Send events to bruce@chathamvoice.com or michelle@chathamvoice.com.
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THURSDAY, JUNE 3, 2021
Sports/Life
Revved up for fun in Merlin By Pam Wright Contributing Writer
The Smolders family is headed in the right direction. All four members are gearing up for a second season of competitive go-kart racing at the Merlin-area track they built from scratch. It looks like the family will be able to plan ahead too following Chatham-Kent council’s approval of a three-year zoning bylaw amendment request from Dan and Brenda Smolders to allow Route 1 Raceway to operate. According to Spencer Smolders, who shares the track’s responsibilities with his parents, and brother Alex, the facility will be open for business as soon as Ontario takes the next step in reopening
the province. “As soon as Doug Ford moves Ontario into stage one, we’ll be going ahead,” Spencer told The Voice in a recent interview. Route 1 Raceway is looking at hosting races every two weeks throughout the season and have tentatively scheduled 14 events. Last year the facility hosted eight competitive races, with the majority of them taking place on Friday nights. Route 1 Raceway is a silver lining that came out of the COVID-19 pandemic. The closure of the U.S. border prompted the long-time go-kart family to come up with a homegrown solution, as they were no longer able to travel south of the border to pursue the pastime. “We had nowhere to race
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Rout 1 Raceway, a go-kart track near Merlin, will open as soon as the province allows it to do so under the Reopening Ontario strategy.
that was open to the public,” Spencer said. So they decided to go for it and build their own. They rented a backhoe for a week – even though none of them had any experience with heavy equipment – and got it done creating a 1/10th of a mile blue clay track that
features 125-foot long straightaways and 100foot corners. The Smolders also dug a pond to collect water to use if needed. It’s still not clear how many spectators will be allowed to attend races at Route 1 this year. In 2020, 100 racers and fans were
permitted provided they followed public health guidelines. Route 1 averages about 65 go-karts a show, Spencer said, which includes eight different classes, with racers ranging from five years old to 60.
Brenda Smolders said go-kart racers are part of a close-knit community as everyone gets in on the action. “Everyone is out here with one goal in mind,” she said. “It’s one big family.”
CKHA 50/50 returns for 2021 The Chatham Voice
The Chatham-Kent Health Alliance Foundation (CKHAF) has once again lit the fundraising torch. Foundation officials said they brought back the Igniting Healthcare 50/50 FUNdraiser. Tickets for what has become Chatham-Kent’s biggest 50/50 lottery are now on sale. Last year’s raffle raised a total of $345,740, surpassing its own record from the previous year for the largest online charitable 50/50 lottery in Southwestern Ontario, and made Emily Geroux from Highgate $172,870 richer. “The Igniting Healthcare 50/50 provides a really exciting opportunity to raise funds for our hospital,” Mary Lou Crowley, president & CEO of the CKHA Foundation, said in a release. “We have been so If it is your dream, we can build it.
blessed to have such incredible support from our community – it really is the community who makes this campaign so successful.” Proceeds from this year’s fundraiser will support cardiac care at CKHA through the purchase of new electrocardiograph machines for both the Chatham and Wallaceburg sites. “Cardiac health affects so many people in our community, and they rely on having the best equipment
available when they need it most,” said Greg Hetherington, chair of the CKHA Foundation. “Regardless of who takes home this year’s jackpot, the real winner will be the patients at CKHA.” Tickets are also available online, along with real-time tracking of the constantly growing jackpot at www.ignite5050.ca. This year’s draw will take place on Aug. 5 at 1 p.m. in Chatham.
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Mary Castein ~ June 3rd, 1930 - August 5, 2009 Married June 4th, 1949 We all miss you more at this time of the year Mary. We’ll meet again, don’t know where, don’t know when, but I know we’ll meet again some sunny day. Keep smiling through just like you used to do till the blue skies drive the dark clouds far away. Absence makes the heart remember. T.T.F.N. All my love, B
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Gordon passed away, comfortably with his family by his side at the CKHA - Chatham Campus on Saturday, May 22, 2021 at the age of 72. He was born in Chatham and was the son of the late Alice (nee Ford) and Leslie Wilson. Beloved husband of the late M. Paulette (nee Bekolay) Wilson (2010). Dear brother of Lesley Raven-Cashmore (Richard Cashmore). Loving father of Gordon Jr. (Karla), Jim (Shelly), Scott (Lori), Robert (Angela) and Heather (Dave). Sadly missed by 12 grandchildren. Fondly remembered by many nieces and nephews. There will be a Celebration of Gordon’s Life at a later date. Arrangements entrusted to the Kendrick Funeral Home - Chatham Celebration Centre, 4 Victoria Avenue, Chatham, ON, (519-352-2390). Donations in memory of Gordon to the Heart and Stroke Foundation would be greatly appreciated by the family. Memories can be shared with the family at kendrickfuneralhome.com
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Curio cabinet with all figurines included. $1500. Call 519-350-2996.
Lawn Chair cushions $10; Aluminum pipe, 17ft $25; File cabinet, 18 wide $25; Propane bbq $65; 26” bike wheel tire & tube $20; mountain bike, 20” wheels $35; Large outside firepit with screen, no rust holes $125. Call 519-351-4490.
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Silk Cemetery Saddle Arrangements. Everyday/Holidays. Readyto-go. Many colours available. $30. Call 519-354-3411. Curio Cabinet with Crystal. $350. Call 519350-2996. Mirror with table and decorations included. $690. Call 519-3502996.
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For Sale Cherry wood armoire $200. Call 519-3502996.
Single axle, flatbed, trailer; 4 removeable racks; good tires; 12ft x 6 3/4ft; priced good. Information call 519351-6007.
Surrounded by family, Beatrice “Bea” Barry (nee Kelly) passed away at Chatham-Kent Hospital on May 29, 2021 at the age of 77 after a lengthy illness. Loving mother of Wayne (Renate) Barry, Carol (Bruce) Wright and Janice (late Ivan) Barrette. Grandma to Marcus, James, Landon, Nikki and Monica. Great-grandma to Sante, Sierra, Selena, Dominick, James, Olivia, Lillian, Hunter, Riley and Connor. Dear sister of Norma Jean (Al) Primeau, Jim (Joanne) Kelly, Don (Lois) Kelly. Predeceased by parents Dan and Norma Kelly, brother William “Bill” Kelly and grandson Lyle Wright. Bea will be remembered as a feisty, selfless woman with a heart of gold. She was an avid fisher and enjoyed taking the grandchildren to Erieau. She was always there when you needed her most, whether it was a helping hand, lending an ear to listen to your problems or just sitting in silence for some company. Her family will miss her dearly. Family welcomed other family and friends to share memories on Monday, May 31, 2021 at McKinlay Funeral Home, Chatham between the hours of 2:00pm and 3:30pm. Cremation will take place with a private family burial in Arnold Cemetery, Chatham. Donations to Diabetes Canada in memory of Bea would be greatly appreciated. McKinlay Funeral Home, 459 St. Clair Street, Chatham, 519-351-2040.
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OBITUARIES Rea McGuire 83, Thursday, May 20, 2021 Blenheim Community Funeral Home
Thomas “Boo” Bechard Tuesday, May 18, 2021 Life Transitions
Tina Hazlett (Wardle) 50, Monday, May 17, 2021 Blenheim Community Funeral Home
Roy “Danny” Chandler 77, Thursday, May 27, 2021 Life Transitions
Janet Schouppe 79, Friday, May 21, 2021 Hinnegan-Peseski Funeral Home
Jon Brown 76, Saturday, May 29, 2021 Life Transitions
Audrey Wickware Higginbotham 89, Saturday, May 22, 2021 McKinlay Funeral Home
Mrs. Lois Eberlee 94, Wednesday, May 19, 2021 Alexander & Houle Funeral Home
Stanley Solski 90, Thursday, May 20, 2021 McKinlay Funeral Home
Mr. Ralph Baker 77, Saturday, May 22, 2021 Alexander & Houle Funeral Home
Marisa Devolder 58, Saturday, May 22, 2021 McKinlay Funeral Home
Miss Rachel Reaume 30, Friday, May 21, 2021 Alexander & Houle Funeral Home
Fred Gale 86, Saturday, May 22, 2021 McKinlay Funeral Home
Mrs. Donna Tape 90, Sunday, May 23, 2021 Alexander & Houle Funeral Home
Doris Butler 79, Thursday, May 27, 2021 McKinlay Funeral Home
John Bultje 88, Friday, May 21, 2021 Kendrick Funeral Home
Bill Brackett 93, Saturday, May 29, 2021 McKinlay Funeral Home
Gordon Wilson 72, Saturday, May 22, 2021 Kendrick Funeral Home
Bea Barry 77, Saturday, May 29, 2021 McKinlay Funeral Home
Richtje Kramer 99, Sunday, May 23, 2021 Kendrick Funeral Home
Ronald Stead 63, Thursday, May 20, 2021 Life Transitions
Leo Moynahan 79, Friday, May 28, 2021 Kendrick Funeral Home
Glen Morrin 82, Saturday, May 22, 2021 Life Transitions
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