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He added loading zones have been marked. “As we move down the street, we are instituting commercial loading/unloading zones.” “There are rules, but nobody is enforcing them,” Giles said. “I watched the loading zone get filled up by normal vehicles. The drivers said they didn’t see the signs. And most available downtown parking spots are filled up by employees that work down here.” Chepeka said a member of the construction team gave all area businesses advanced warning that the project was to take place. Giles said that advanced notice arrived as the cones were being placed in the street.
“The real sad part is we didn’t have much of a heads up. The contractor came in the morning. I feel like I showed up to Christmas morning and got a big lump of coal,” he said. Bondy said he isn’t pointing fingers at anyone, as the project was planned more than a year ago. But downtown construction is a business and traffic nightmare. Along with the lamppost replacements, Third Street Bridge is being replaced, and Wellington Street at Lacroix Street is a mess with sewer replacement. “It takes the steam away from the downtown businesses,” Bondy said. Chepeka said the project will be completed in stages, with the
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King Street, west of William Street, is currently one-way only, as crews work to replace aging lampposts.
first being from William Street to Sixth Street, and then from Sixth to Fifth Street. “Everybody has to put up with a little inconvenience to get some improvements on the street,” Chepeka said. “It’s un-
fortunate, but I feel we’ve tried our best to accommodate everyone. This is a well-thought-out project.” He said, weather permitting, the project could move down the road by early next week.
Meanwhile, Giles wonders how it’s impacting other businesses in the area. “Patios, you’re going to be out there eating your sandwich with concrete dust in your face,” he said.
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ging 13 per cent behind the provincial average. Colby said he doesn’t want to see Chatham-Kent playing “catch up,” adding prevention is a far better strategy than reaction. The local rate for fully vaccinated adults has reached 61 per cent, but Colby said there is still a long way to go as the highly contagious Delta variant has arrived in Chatham-Kent.
For youth aged 12-17, 49 per cent had received one jab, while just 18 per cent had received a second dose, as of Monday morning. Also as of Monday, we were down to just five active cases, however, Public Health officials said at least four of them were of the Delta variant. Colby said the virus — which is 67 per cent more transmissible than COVID-19’s
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day, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. The Pfzier BioNTech vaccine will be administered. A special youth and family pop up clinic will be held at Kingston Park Friday from 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. as well. Colby said Chatham-Kent has made getting a first dose of vaccine easier.
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tham-Kent. They are also able to determine if the respondent is a human or a bot. Shropshire said the online tool is just one piece of information council will use in its decision-making process, adding there are many factors that come into play. An incentive for woodlots owners to preserve forest cover is part of what’s being examined, he said. “The directive we’ve received from council is to determine what types of incentives should be considered,” Shropshire noted. A timeline as to when the final results will be tabulated and delivered to council is still up in the air, Shropshire said, adding a more fulsome response is still a ways off. However, he said council should receive an update on the process next month. The 120-day temporary bylaw expires Aug. 24.
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A rise in the number of drug overdoses and deaths on Walpole Island has led acting Chief Burton Kewayosh, with the full support of council, to declare a state of emergency. Walpole Island First Nation (WIFN) has been in a state of emergency regarding COVID-19 since March 23, 2020. The second emergency declaration will mobilize internal and external resources in the areas of law enforcement, security, mental health, community wellness supports, and bridge security. The declaration will also facilitate access to funding from outside agencies. “We are grappling with a drug pandemic that has affected communities across Canada,” Kewayosh said in a media release. “We have seen the evidence of harmful drug addictions and the deterioration of
mental health across our community, and the COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated this trend.” He added the recent discoveries of unmarked graves at residential schools across the country have not helped. “This has been compounded with traumas triggered by the uncovering of mass graves at residential schools. We cannot begin to address this problem without acknowledging that this is a spiritual impasse that is at the core of our community at this time. Healing must take place across our community,” Kewayosh said. A bridge checkpoint will be put back in place. The short-term plan is to focus on the supply of illicit drugs and to support those with addictions. The long-term plan will focus on quality of life for youth and access to health and recreational opportunities, which will include but not be
Veteran DJ signs off
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And just like that, after 35 years, Greg Hetherington unplugged his microphone. The veteran radio personality is now off the air – permanently, he said, with his short-term focus being preparation for the next federal election. Hetherington, primary owner in Five Amigos Broadcasting, which owns CKXS FM in Wallaceburg, as well as a couple of other stations to the east and north in Ontario, recently was acclaimed as the Liberal candidate for Chatham-Kent– Leamington. So after decades of being the morning voice to many residents in the region, he is stepping away from the broadcast booth. “We knew if we won the nomination we’d come off the air to make it 100 per cent my focus so we can
win this thing,” Hetherington said. He said it ethically seemed like the right decision as well. “It’s about ethics, honesty and transparency. It would certainly be an advantage to be on the air. I wouldn’t use it, but...,” he said. Jay Smith has replaced Hetherington on CKXS’s morning show. “This will be Jay and Robyn (Brady)’s show,” Hetherington said. “If I lose, there are other jobs in the company I can do.” The veteran broadcaster attempted to replace Bev Shipley as the federal Conservative candidate in Lambton-Kent-Middlesex in 2019, but that bid fell short. He said had he won that nomination, he’d have stepped away from being on air then. As for the shift in parties, Hetherington said he learned a great deal during the nomination process three years ago.
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Dark move over lights As we shuffle our feet forward in the province’s Roadmap to Reopening, Step Three arrived just in time to see a downtown improvement initiative trip up King Street businesses. It’s sad that the project, 18 months in the making, was not rescheduled. Crews are at work replacing aging streetlamps along King Street, having started last week at William Street and continuing eastward. Yes, the streetlamps are old. As municipal officials said, they can’t even get replacement parts for them anymore. But the timing is extremely unfortunate. Just as businesses were able to allow more people into their stores after weeks of extremely limited traffic, following months of curbside only activity, King Street is a one-way route between William and Sixth streets for the rest of this week at least. And that one-way restriction will shift eastwards as the replacement effort moves in that direction. Businesses in the area said they were enjoying a renewal of client visits, only to see parking along one side of the street vanish, and with it much of their in-store customers. There needs to be more communication between the municipality and local businesses. C-K officials have repeatedly said they have the interests of small business at heart, but then don’t walk that walk, especially down King Street. For years, that part of King was a mess due to construction at Boardwalk on the Thames. Businesses closed as people avoided that section of the downtown. And now, just as businesses look forward to welcoming back customers, parking and ease of access gets chewed up. We understand the lamps are old and outdated, but could the project not have been pushed back to mid-September? Let retailers and downtown consumers reconnect and let cash flow return to many struggling businesses. Unfortunately, municipal staff too often exist in a civil service bubble and don’t truly comprehend what small businesses are suffering through these days. Any support at this time would be greatly appreciated, while any roadblocks will be met with extreme disdain. Such things can be worked out, as long as both sides communicate. That just does not happen often enough.
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More confusion in the woodlot Editor: As a consequence of halfway to boiling point temperatures: 300plus wildfires are raging in B.C., hundreds of humans have died, poultry and livestock are dying from heat exhaustion, cattle are being marketed in order to avoid dying of thirst and multiple municipalities in Manitoba have been declared agriculture disaster areas. And this is just in Canada! Here in C-K this year, we have already had severe weather anomalies with a drought and a recent deluge, resulting in significant crop damage. At the same time, based on recent media releases and appeals to councillors, we have those who claim to be agriculture leaders promoting climate change denial rhetoric. For the leadership of the KFA and the OLA to suggest at the same time that they are in support of
agricultural sustainability is simply bizarre. One does not have to believe the scientists or the agriculturalists with OMAFRA, the OFA, the University of Guelph, or the more astute landowners within C-K. All one has to do is watch the news in order to conclude that pretending we are on another planet is myopic and irresponsible. We must enact immediate collective measures in order to protect our valuable agricultural industry and our community as a whole. This is not complicated, as one only needs to implement the directives from areas such as OMAFRA, and the University of Guelph. These required measures certainly do not include the failed Natural Heritage Strategy, which has cost us hundreds of acres of mature woodlot within
C-K. Although the LTVCA lived up to its commitment in this initiative, the other two critical participants failed miserably. The municipality agreed to approximately 30 commitments, with few fulfilled. The document was basically put on a shelf. It was common sense that without a bylaw some form of encouragement/enforcement would obviously have to be in place so that the blatant clear cutters would at least be discouraged from destroying and burning their woodlots. Otherwise, the strategy would be useless. It was my understanding that it was agreed that the KFA leadership would assume this necessary role. The argument that peer pressure was the best approach certainly
seemed logical and may have been effective if it had actually been done. A comment that is obviously intended for the gullible is that C-K already has many landowners who are good stewards of the land. This is obviously correct, as I know many of them. This point is all smoke and mirrors and has never been disputed. It is simply intended to be a distraction from the basic factual intent of the proposed bylaw, which is to prevent the uncontrolled clear cutting and the burning of woodlots by the irresponsible. This would be the same as found in the bylaws of neighbouring jurisdictions. At the same time, responsible landowners would have no restrictions on their woodlots other than following best management practices.
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The Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 will have a familiar face for many this year. Ridgetown native Chris von Martels will take his equestrian talents on the world’s biggest stage and hopes to bring home a gold medal for his country. Despite not being selected for the 2016 Rio Summer Games, von Martels is now heading to Tokyo after being nominated by Equestrian Canada for his first Olympic team. von Martels is based in
Wellington, Fla., where he sells and trains horses at the von Martels Dressage equestrian facility. His family has worked with horses for generations. “We’ve always had horses here on our farm in Ridgetown,” said his mother, Debbie von Martels. “So it was a very natural progression that he had a love for horses. Chris and the sister have ridden horses since they could walk.” Like most Canadians, von Martels grew up playing hockey. Despite always having a love and passion for riding, von Martels got a late start to
the game and did not start competing at a provincial level until he was 13 years old. According to his mother, von Martels will be taking his horse Eclips to compete in the Olympics – a horse he has only been riding for about a year and a half. In 2015, Chris von Martels won two medals at the Pan Am Games in Toronto. It was his debut at a major games and his first time on a senior national team. He won bronze in the individual dressage final. He also won silver in team dressage.
In addition to already not paying property tax on their woodlot, it is
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Dressage Canada Athlete of the Year for 2015.
negotiated for woodlot maintenance. That would be a win-win for our community. Also, how many retired responsible landowners have sold their land, only to be devastated when, without a bylaw, the first activity of the new owner is to destroy and burn the woodlot that they valued. Perhaps the bylaw opponents should think beyond themselves. It is abundantly obvious that the tide of climate change is fast approaching and that the most susceptible area is agricul-
ture. The best soil in the world is useless against adverse weather. Out-of-date emotion and rhetoric is naive and no longer in the best interest of our community and sustainable agriculture in particular. It is also critical that the municipality must commit to setting an example. How can we ask landowners to step up when the municipality has been so deficient for decades in adhering to their own multiple strategic planning environmental commitments?
The obvious first step is to pass the Woodlot Protection Bylaw with the inclusion of an incentive for woodlot owners. We should also publicly recognize local landowners who demonstrate exceptional stewardship. These conscientious citizens continue to demonstrate in a tangible manner the well-known fact that any successful community is not built on selfish rights, but on common responsibilities.
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Community Events Wednesday, July 21, 2021: • Victoria Avenue United Church’s Food Shopping Card & Pantry Programs (please bring photo identification, limited number of cards available) held at St. Andrew’s United Church (Memorial Garden entrance - Wellington St.) from 9:00am-10:30am. Covid-19 provisions / contact tracing in place / masks required / hand sanitizer provided. Friday, July 23, 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 lasagna or fish & chips. All meals include coleslaw and dinner roll. $10.00 plus tax. Cash Only. Please phone 519-3518733 or 519-351-5639 to place your order. Take Out Orders Only. Everyone Welcome. • Friday night supper at the Chatham Moose Lodge, 850 Richmond St. will be a spare rib dinner with a baked potato, baked beans, coleslaw and a bun for $15. This meal will be for dine-in or pickup. Dine-in will be served at 5:30 and pickup will be at 6:00 P.M. Please call daily from 1 to 4 P.M at 519-352-8291 to reserve your meal. Saturday, July 24, 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 a TAKE OUT only. Sunday, July 25, 2021: • Mercy with Rev. Barry Kentner performing at Dresden Christian Concerts, 1233 North St., Dresden. 6:30pm. Drivein concert featuring 50 minutes of live music and a 10 minute message from a local pastor. The concerts are free but an offering will be taken. • St. Andrew’s United Church in Chatham is pleased to invite all those wishing to worship in person located at 85 William St. in Chatham. Currently under the guidelines from the Ontario government we are permitted to have 100 people join us in our sanctuary. All COVID guidelines will be followed; masks worn, information collected for tracing purposes, social distancing in the building, and verbal screening in place. We invite anyone wishing to join us to register on-line at standrewschatham. org, call our office at 519-352-0010 or arrive Sunday morning to register in person! Worship services will continue both in person on Sunday mornings and on-line. Wednesday, July 28, 2021: • Victoria Avenue United Church’s Food Shopping Card & Pantry Programs (please bring photo identification, limited number of cards available) held at St. Andrew’s United Church (Memorial Garden entrance - Wellington St.) from 9:00am-10:30am. Covid-19 provisions / contact tracing in place / masks required / hand sanitizer provided. Friday, July 30, 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 liver & onions, potato & veggies or fish & chips. All meals include coleslaw and
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dinner roll. $10.00 plus tax. Cash Only. Please phone 519-351-8733 or 519351-5639 to place your order. Take Out Orders Only. Everyone Welcome. Saturday, July 31, 2021: • Yard Sale at 270 Inshes Ave., Chatham, 8am to 2pm, 10am BBQ starts. All proceeds going to CK Animal Rescue. Sunday, August 1, 2021: • Sky Terminal (special all-ages event) with Pastor Nichelle Howarth performing at Dresden Christian Concerts, 1233 North St., Dresden. 6:30pm. Drive-in concert featuring 50 minutes of live music and a 10 minute message from a local pastor. The concerts are free but an offering will be taken. Wednesday, August 4, 2021: • Victoria Avenue United Church’s Food Shopping Card & Pantry Programs (please bring photo identification, limited number of cards available) held at St. Andrew’s United Church (Memorial Garden entrance - Wellington St.) from 9:00am-10:30am. Covid-19 provisions / contact tracing in place / masks required / hand sanitizer provided. Saturday, August 7, 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 a TAKE OUT only. Sunday, August 8, 2021: • New! Talent Night with message by Edwin Taylor performing at Dresden Christian Concerts, 1233 North St., Dresden. 6:30pm. Drive-in concert featuring 50 minutes of live music and a 10 minute message from a local pastor. The concerts are free but an offering will be taken. Wednesday, August 11, 2021: • Victoria Avenue United Church’s Food Shopping Card & Pantry Programs (please bring photo identification, limited number of cards available) held at St. Andrew’s United Church (Memorial Garden entrance - Wellington St.) from 9:00am-10:30am. Covid-19 provisions / contact tracing in place / masks required / hand sanitizer provided. Sunday, August 15, 2021: • New! Caribbean Night with Infrared and Pastor Ira Simpson performing at Dresden Christian Concerts, 1233 North St., Dresden. 6:30pm. Drive-in concert featuring 50 minutes of live music and a 10 minute message from a local pastor. The concerts are free but an offering will be taken. Are you affected by someone else’s drinking? Al-anon can help! Call - leave message - 519-350-3462 Books For Children in Chatham-Kent IMAGINATIONink is now collecting new and gently used books and donations. 1000 books are needed for gifting throughout Chatham-Kent. Donations can be made by contacting Patricia at 519-676-8140 or email patriciablonde@ teksavvy.com. Pick-up is available. Send events to bruce@chathamvoice.com or michelle@chathamvoice.com
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lake. Speeding vehicles leave the parking lot and they don’t slow down. Whether it’s a bump or a hump, “We have this beautiful new officials hope some man-made bike trail that we are encouraglumps at the Dover Beach Park ing everyone to use,” McGrail parking lot will help protect ressaid, “and right now we have a idents and visitors in Mitchell’s really big problem with the safeBay. ty of being on that bike trail in At its July 12 meeting, Chathat area.” tham-Kent council endorsed a McGrail called it a “true hazard,” adding Chatham-Kent has a responsibility to ensure residents and users of the trail that it is safe. Located at the southwest end of Main Street, “Amanda and I would like to thank the community for By Pam Wright Contributing Writer
motion from North Kent Coun. Jamie McGrail to put speed humps at both the entrance and exit to the municipally owned lot. According to McGrail, a combination of heavy traffic and disrespectful motorists has created a dangerous situation for users of the new bike trail that runs the length of the parking lot to the
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Chatham-Kent is throwing its support behind maintaining access to long-term care in the community of Tilbury. At a recent meeting, council endorsed a motion from West Kent Coun. Melissa Harrigan directing staff to work with the Ministry of Long-Term Care, the owners of the Tilbury Manor Nurs-
ing Home and other other interested developers and stakeholders to explore options. The motion comes on the heels of a decision by the province to allow Arch Corporation to add 75 beds to a new 160-bed facility to be built in Belle River in Lakeshore. It means Arch Corp. will close the beds in Tilbury and move them to Essex County.
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to draw these people in,” Pinsonneault said, adding the proposed traffic calming measures are a cheap fix. Chatham-Kent general manager of Infrastructure and Engineering Thomas Kelly said McGrail’s ask was a “new and unique” request, adding he’s concerned the action will set a precedent, meaning all communities will warrant the same level of service. Kelly told council the department has received strong feedback from public works employees that speed barriers make it harder to keep the lot clear in the winter.
the Lake St. Clair beach and pier draw thousands of visitors on a regular basis. However, members of council had differing opinions of how the issue should be addressed and a lengthy discussion took place following a motion from North Kent Coun. Joe Faas. He requested the matter be put off so staff could investigate the matter further. But the deferral motion was defeated. East Kent Coun. Steve Pinsonneault, who said he spends a lot of time at the Bay, called the area in question a “race track. “We’ve spent tons of money
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Coffee for a cause The 425 is hosting a free coffee giveaway on Saturday, with donations going to help R.O.C.K. Missions. Life Transitions’ James and Lee-Ann MacNeil are behind the effort. James MacNeil told The Chatham Voice his wife saw that July 24 is National Drive-Thru Day, and the couple thought it would be an awesome way to hand out some morning coffee to the public, maintain social distancing, and help R.O.C.K, which aids local homeless. “The United Way was very kind to let us use their location, as it is a one-way drive around their building,” MacNeil said. He added it made sense to work with R.O.C.K. Missions after the prevalence of local homeless
individuals increased during the pandemic. “If you grew up here, you didn’t see homeless people when you were younger. I didn’t see them when we first moved here 18 years ago,” he said. He credited R.O.C.K. volunteers with tackling a very challenging issue. “It’s very complicated. One guy needs a helping hand, another is really deep in a mental health situation,” MacNeil said. He knows handing out free coffee and asking for donations won’t solve Chatham-Kent’s homeless situation, but it can help. “This is a simple act of a citizen saying they can’t fix the problem but can alleviate some of the pressure,” he said. The giveaway takes place between 8 a.m. and 10 a.m. Saturday at 425 McNaughton Ave. W.
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