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Cops amend undergarment policy

Glenn on July 14 to dis- dangerous driving after miss an impaired driv- allegedly side swiping ing charge from March 7, her ex-boyfriend’s car The Chatham-Kent Po- 2015, where the accused several times in July also lice Service has amend- Chatham woman’s law- complained to the media ed its policy of requiring yer said her rights were about having to remove women to remove their violated by being asked her bra while in custody.

The policy previously bras while in police cus- to remove her bra, Chief tody from a blanket poli- Gary Conn it was a “cat- was that any item which cy to a case-by-case basis, alyst for us to review our could be used as a ligapolicies and procedures.” ture – such as necklaces, effective July 25.

A second woman ar- ties, shoelaces and bras – Responding to a decision by Justice Lucy rested for mischief and were removed from any Run Date: Aug 4, 2016 Chatham Voice (10.333" x 2.143") Full Colour EOR#7606

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accused person in police custody, no exceptions.

“As a result of this, we reviewed all our policies and procedures and now for undergarments, which includes bras, if the sergeant lodging the prisoner has independent grounds to believe that the undergarments could possibly be used to self-harm or harm an-

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other person, man or woman, then these may be removed and stored in accordance with our procedures surrounding other property,” Conn explained in an interview with The Voice.

With the amended policy requiring sergeants to explain why they felt a prisoner needs to remove items such as a bra, Conn

said they have to specify the grounds, such as if a person is known to have suicidal tendencies, has a violent disposition, has made threats to harm themselves both past or present, or if they are flagged in the system as possibly suicidal.

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Safety trumped comfort

have a situation where These would warrant we have competing rights grounds for removal of – safety versus dignity,” undergarments, both at Conn said. “Naturally, we headquarters and while at should always court while in postrive to provide lice custody. both, however, Conn said comif the situation mon law allows doesn’t allow that police to seize and both are going to hold any item that be provided to may cause harm the utmost deto themselves gree, then safety or an officer unhas to take precetil the accused dence.” is released from The Chatham Gary Conn custody, and the woman arrested main reasons why for impaired was wearare to prevent escape, pre- ing a long-sleeved brown serve evisweater and dence and “Our history has track pants, most impor- shown that we have according to tantly, for had hanging attempts Conn, and everyone’s was told in our cells and one safety. by a female “There is a in particular where a sergeant high liabili- woman used her bra she would ty attached to hang herself, and have to reto our offi- thankfully, a sermove her cers and our bra.

She was geant and constable service once taken into a a person is performed CPR and room with placed un- revived her.” no video der arrest - Chief Gary Conn camera and and is in the female our custody, and we may sergeant asked for her bra, Continued from page 1

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The blue jumpsuit draped over the booking desk at Chatham-Kent Police Services headquarters is offered to people, men and women, who have been asked to remove undergarments as part of the booking procedure.

which the accused took off without taking off her shirt and handed it to the officer. She was given the option of wearing a full-cover blue jumpsuit over her clothes, but declined the offer.

“In this particular case, our primary concern was safety and the taking of clothing that could be used as a ligature for self-harm

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or strangulation,” Conn explained. “Our history has shown that we have had hanging attempts in our cells and one in particular where a woman used her bra to hang herself, and thankfully, a sergeant and constable performed CPR and revived her. So, obviously, based on past experience we are very cautious. We may be even more cautious than others when it comes to this issue.

“I want to emphasize the fact that both of these individuals were handled with the utmost dignity.

We take training surrounding this issue very seri-

ously,” Conn noted. “Our officers are provided sensitivity training at the Ontario Police College, also during recruit orientation training when they return from the college, and also with some our professional partners such as the Sexual Assault and Crisis Centre as well as Victim’s Services, which is provided to all our officers during our annual in-service training.”

With the new policy now in effect and communicated to all members of the service, Conn said safety of prisoners in custody and officers will continue to be a priority, and he has offered the video of the booking process for viewing once the 30-day period for the Crown At-

torney’s office to appeal Justice Glenn’s decision has passed to emphasize that officers involved treated the accused with professionalism and courtesy.

“If some media outlets or the court of public opinion is going criticize us for, in this particular case, seizing her bra, then I’m glad that we are being criticized for erring on the side of caution and having her safety as our primary concern,” Conn said. “I would sooner have some of the media headlines we’ve received versus one that reads, ‘Prisoner found dead and police negligent for ensuring their safety while in their custody.’”

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Cancer treatment gap causes fear here Funding dispute results in shut down

and then on May 25 I was told the machine was down and I wouldn’t be A Chatham woman able to have the test.”

As a survivor of cancer forced to wait more than a month for a vital diag- ten years ago, she said she nostic cancer procedure knows how much attiis imploring the province tude plays a role in health.

“I’m a fighter,” she said. to acknowledge how lack of funding is harming pa- “But when they tell you that you can’t even fight tients.

The woman, a Chatham because they don’t know senior who is battling exactly what has to be lung cancer, spoke to the done, it’s very hard. I beVoice in her home recent- lieved the worst, that I was too far gone for help.” ly.

The woman, who start“I want people to know because they need to be ed chemotherapy this very angry with what’s week, said she was told going on,” she said on the the PET scan would have given her condition doctors the she not be “I’m a fighter. But information identified. when they tell you that she needed “I don’t want this you can’t even fight be- within two to be just cause they don’t know days.

“I don’t about me – exactly what has to be think people it could be done, it’s very hard. I understand anyone’s isbelieved the worst, that how long sue.” a month is The wom- I was too far gone for when you an was in help.” don’t know the pro- - Chatham woman if you are cess of being scheduled for what’s going to live or not,” she known as a PET (positron said.

The unit, operated at a emission tomography) scan – a diagnostic test private diagnostic clinic that provides much need- in Windsor, was receiving ed critical information on $300,000 in annual opercancer treatment options, ating funds, which is less when she was informed than 20 per cent of the the only unit in this side allocation given a similar of London was being shut unit in Sudbury.

After submitting varidown in a funding disous requests for funding pute with the province.

“I went to the hospital in without success, the unit Chatham on May 16, the closed in May. A private day after I started cough- citizen in Windsor has ing in a funny way,” she since donated $100,000 said. “They scheduled me to restore operations on a for a CT scan right away temporary basis.

Chatham-Kent-Essex and I was referred to a lung specialist in Wind- MPP Rick Nicholls said sor. Everyone in Chatham the province has a double and Windsor was great standard for health care.

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A Chatham woman fighting cancer said she had to wait more than a month for an important diagnostic procedure, due to a funding dispute between a system operator and the province.

“If you live in Sudbury you can get a PET scan, but in this area, with some of the highest cancer rates in Ontario, you’re out of luck,” he said.

The cancer patient said Nicholls intervention helped get her an appointment for a test in Mississauga in June.

“I’m grateful for Rick’s help but no one who has cancer should have to wait more than a month over something like this,” she said.

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“Our first priority was to find an alternative site for the 60 or so people who needed the test,” she said.

“To the best of my knowledge, we have taken care of that and we’re working to ensure that on a shortterm basis, every patient is taken care of as quickly as possible. If someone is having issues, I would ask that they contact us immediately.”

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the extent that we would need to be involved, we’re certainly prepared to do what we can,” she said.

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‘Peace begins with me’

By Bruce Corcoran bruce@chathamvoice.com

Braving hot, humid conditions, a group of international long-distance runners stopped in Chatham briefly July 27 to deliver their message of peace.

The Sri Chinmoy Oneness-Home Peace Run arrived at the Chatham-Kent YMCA and spoke to a number of the Y’s camp kids.

The message? Peace begins inside you, said runner Arpan Deangelo, from New York City.

“World peace starts with the individual, if we work on ourselves,” he said.

“Runners can run long distances delivering the universal message, ‘Peace begins with me.’ The re-

lay torch is a symbol of passing on that message.”

Runners on the North American leg of the journey are from as far away as Hungary, France, Ukraine, Bali, Iran, Czech Republic and even Australia. Canadian and American distance runners are also part of the group.

Deangelo said the runners began their trek from his hometown in midApril, and they’ll return there in mid-August.

From New York, they headed south as far as Orlando, Fla. before turning west, hitting places such as Jackson, Miss.; St. Louis; Santa Fe, N.M.; and San Diego. From there they headed north into Canada, travelling east to Winnipeg before dip-

ping back into the U.S. and returning to Canada through Windsor.

The runners will spend a total of 10 days in Canada.

The Sri Chinmoy run, named after its late founder began in 1987. It

has expanded to include 140 countries.

CHATHAM-KENT CITIZEN REVIEW COMMITTEE MUNICIPALITY OF CHATHAM-KENT ON COUNCIL COMPENSATION The Municipality of Chatham-Kent will be holding a

Chatham-Kent Council approved the establishment of PUBLIC INFORMATION CENTRE a Citizen Review on Council Regarding theCommittee upcoming planned work related to the Compensation to review Council compensation and recommend adjustments to Council of remuneration PARRY BRIDGE 2016 REHABILITATION PROJECT members of Council.

Keillevels Drivefor over the Thames River (Community of Chatham) The Committee will be responsible for evaluating The purpose of this Public Information Centre is to inform stakeholders of the scope of work, traffic detour current Council remuneration market plan and timing of construction activities associated with levels, the aboveconsider mentioned project in the Community of Chatham. competitiveness with municipal comparators and recommend adjustment(s). Council compensation The meeting will be held on: Bruce Corcoran/The Chatham Voice has not been market adjusted since 2004 although it Chatham-Kent YMCA camp kids had the opportunity to meet with Sri Chinmoy peace runners July 27, and hear their message DATE: Thursday, April 21, 2016 has been adjusted in some years for inflation.

TIME: 5:00pm – 8:00pm of how global peace must start at the individual level.

LOCATION: AtChatham-Kent Civic Atrium this time, we Centre invite–residents of Chatham-Kent to 315 King Street West, Chatham volunteer on the Citizen Review Committee on As this Public Information Centre will be an “open house” format, no formal presentation will be made.

Council Compensation. It is expected that the Representatives from the Municipality of Chatham-Kent, along with the Engineering Consultant, will be available to review the display respond to any questionsNovember, posed by stakeholders. Area Committee willboards meetandSeptember through residents, property owners, business operators and those who may have a general interest in this project with recommendations coming back to Council in are encouraged to attend this meeting.

December, 2016.

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DeVries and Woudwyk sprinted to the area and cornered the fawn, then scooped it up in their arms and headed back out the door.

The fawn was “screaming” like a goat and kicking. DeVries got head butted, but wasn’t hurt because of his hard hat.

One of the employees of the store had a pickup truck. She dropped

As they drove down the street, he did get some looks and a lot of admiration for his now docile passenger. The fawn was released and it scampered off into the brush The construction workers are glad the deer is fine.

“It would have been a mess if it got into the grocery store,” said Woudwyk.

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The Presidential Suite at Chatham’s Retro Suites Hotel features some unique artwork and furniture. Then again, so does every room in the boutique hotel, especially the 12 new rooms unveiled to the public July 28.

Retro Suites manager Tina Childs sits on a unique chair in the Wild, Wild West suite at the hotel. It’s one of a dozen new rooms at the downtown Chatham boutique hotel.

Retro Suites – one of a kind

the 12 new hotel suites and a conference room.

It now has 45 guest suites The Retro Suites Hotel and seven long-term in downtown Chatham apartments, and sports opened its doors to show- many a unique feature.

Visitors Thursday gazed case its 12 new rooms July 28, and the public re- in awe of the variety of lighting pieces, artwork, sponded.

Hundreds of people and furniture.

But it seems most eyes showed up to check out the rooms, each of which gravitated to the bathis decked out in its own rooms – all extremely spacious and bright. They one-of-a-kind style. feature exFrom the G a m e s “It’s totally different on tensive cetile R o o m , the inside. You have no ramic and large which fea- idea how big it is until glassed-in tures footshowers. ball field you look around.”

Hotel manc a r p e t i n g , - Hotel manager Tina Childs ager Tina two flat screen TVs and even a Childs, who just joined boxing heavy training the Retro Suites team in bag hanging from the April, wasn’t surprised ceiling; to the spacious by all the foot traffic Presidential Suite, which Thursday.

“It’s totally different on has a massive chandelier, a two-person soaker tub the inside,” she said of the hotel. and 22-foot “You have c e i l i n g s ; “You’re in a hotel, but no idea how each room it certainly doesn’t feel big it is unis indeed that way.” til you look unique. around.”

The bou- - Fannie Vavoulis, on the That intique ho- Log Cabin suite c l u d e d tel opened in 2002 with four suites, a few friends of hers and is owned by Rob and from Toronto, who were Cathy Myers. Over the floored by the size of the years, they have expand- suites.

“I took them on a tour ed, most recently adding

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and they said, ‘This is bigger than our apartment,’” she said. “And that was just one room.”

Childs’ favourite room in the hotel is the Log Cabin. It features floor-toceiling wood and a large

handcrafted river-rock fireplace with a mantle made from a reclaimed white pine floor joist from the original building.

“I feel like I’m away in the woods,” she said.

She admits the Presiden-

tial Suite isn’t far behind on her list of likes.

“For the grandeur, definitely the Presidential Suite.”

Fannie Vavoulis, who co-ordinated the tours Thursday, is also a fan of

the Log Cabin suite.

“You’re in a hotel, but it certainly doesn’t feel that way,” she said.

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Listen to landowners In a twist worthy of a mystery novel, the technological advance that is supposed to be saving Ontarians from the evils of carbon emissions may be ruining the very water beneath our feet.

Disturbing allegations concerning the number of wells in Dover Township that have been damaged by construction and operation of wind turbines should be raising issues locally and provincially.

Whispers that formerly clean wells have been filling up with silt have been circulating for years.

Whether it was the confidentiality agreements turbine landowners must sign or their belief that it was only one or two wells, the story (and residents) remained largely ignored.

Citizens’ advocacy groups have formed and believe as many as 20 wells may be affected. However, they lack the resources to be on any sort of level playing field with turbine companies or the province.

Local and provincial politicians are trying to seek answers but as in any mystery novel, the question becomes whom do you trust?

The Renewal Energy Act, under which wind power is incredibly over subsidized, doesn’t offer much hope when it states that landowners with affected wells are entitled to bottled water until the problem is sorted out.

That section appears to have been prepared by someone whose life experience doesn’t extend outside of the GTA. While those who have turbines and water problems have at least an appearance of remediation, what of the neighbouring landowners without turbines whose wells are damaged?

And since water (at least as far as most are concerned) is a shared resource, what are the rights of the community as a whole?

Since Chatham-Kent has been a welcome host to turbines, has it forfeited its right to raise questions?

We agree with councillor Michael Bondy who will ask council to seek a moratorium on projects until answers are provided by the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change.

Delaying projects, if it comes to that, is a small price to pay for the assurance that our groundwater will be safe for future generations.

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THURSDAY, AUGUST 4, 2016

Opinion

Looking at our own backyard Sir: Recently, I decided to check out Google Earth just to see what my house and community looks like from space, the kind of thing you can do when you are retired and the weather isn’t ideal.

It’s amazing that I can look down on our municipality the same way I could look down on my backyard from the second storey of my house when I was a child.

I can also compare our municipality with our neighbouring municipalities the same way I could compare my yard with my neighbours’.

I would encourage everyone to take a couple minutes to take a look for yourselves. What you will see when looking at the map of our municipality is an expanse of light area with a number of small spots dotting the municipality and a couple of large dark spots in the Rondeau area and Moraviantown. The dark spots are the treed areas.

If you are my age, the dots of trees may be diffi-

cult to see. You may be surprised with the lack of trees outside of Rondeau and Moraviantown.

When comparing the forest cover in the municipality with other areas of the world, I made the following observations.

Chatham-Kent has a forest cover of approximately 4.3%. That is a number that was estimated before the big slashand-burn episode during the tree by-law debate a couple of years ago, so it can be argued that it is even lower, but I will go with that number. That puts us about equal with the sub-Saharan countries of Chad, Mali and Sudan and below the desert countries of Oman and Iran.

If you just consider the area that does not include provincial parks or first nation territories that are not really under the management of the Chatham-Kent municipality, then the forest cover in the area controlled by the

municipality is about 1.7%.

Now you fall below desert countries like Syria and Iraq.

The good news is that we are doing better than Antarctica, Egypt, Kuwait, and the state of Nevada.

Looking at our more immediate neighbours we have Essex at 8%, Lambton 10.5%, Elgin 15.2% and Middlesex with 12.3% forest cover. Looking at our neighbours to the south with large farm communities, we have Ohio with a forest cover of 28.9 % and Indiana at 18.9%.

There are some groups in Chatham-Kent doing great things when it comes to planting trees, but they are struggling to keep up with the number of trees lost each. And there are two problems with new plantings. They take 20 years to reach any degree of maturity and when planting new trees you do not get all of biodiversity like the small

ground cover plants, wildflowers, insects etc. that birds and animals need to survive.

Chatham-Kent is one of the main flyways for birds. We can either be a major contributor to the health of our environment or a major threat.

The fact that there are more than 200 species of animal and plants at risk in Ontario and a third of the migratory birds are under threat of extinction (Bird Studies Canada).

I will let the readers determine whether we have been a positive or negative influence.

I wonder how many endangered species there are in that pile of trees I see along the 401 as I travel to London. We’ll never know.

There is one benefit to the lack of forest cover in our municipality. A large tree cover would block the view of the majestic windmills throughout the municipality and who wants that?

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A tempest in a C cup What was intimidating, going through arrest procedure, or giving up the bra?

I have sat back and watched the drama unfold over the two women – arrested for allegedly committing two separate crimes – who feel their rights were violated by being required to remove their bras while in police custody.

And before you go running for the pitchfork and torches, yes, I am a female and believe in women’s rights and that everyone should be treated with dignity and respect.

That being said, I don’t understand how the Chatham-Kent Police Service and its officers “humiliated and intimidated” these women. CKPS Chief Gary Conn has offered up the booking video for people to see exactly how the woman who was charged with impaired driving was treated by the officers involved. As well, the practice of removing bras when in custody has been in place as far back as the 1990s when a woman tried to strangle herself with her bra in a cell but was thankfully revived.

I am one of those people brought up to respect authority, but also to speak up for myself if I feel I am being treated unfairly. I’m lucky and I know not all people have had life experiences that give them the confidence to be their own advocate.

But a teacher? Who co-operated fully with everything she was asked to do, accord-

Mary Beth Corcoran ing to court reports, and at no time lodged a complaint after her arrest March 7, 2015 through proper channels?

Yep, I don’t get it.

She was offered a jumpsuit to cover her clothes before her breathalyzer test, according to police, but declined.

With no previous record, the woman certainly wouldn’t have known what to expect.

Anybody who has never been arrested or gone through the arrest process before would probably feel humiliated and intimidated simply because you are in a police booking area for allegedly breaking the law.

That in and of itself would be intimidating and humiliating to a first-timer, especially when family members, co-workers and employers find out.

Does that mean her rights were violated? I don’t think so. The police don’t humiliate prisoners by booking them; people tend to do that to themselves.

The police officers are simply doing the job we demand they do – keep us safe, even if that means from ourselves. Projecting their

feelings and blame onto the officers just doing their job is just plain wrong to me. Arresting officers get assaulted, threatened, spit on, puked on, urinated on and have feces thrown at them, and still have to remain professional.

They are human beings, just like the people they arrest.

Whatever happened to making people accountable for their actions? That goes for police as well. Nobody’s perfect; that’s why we have laws and police and courts and appeals and oversite committees.

The law shouldn’t be used to try and avoid punishment. If the police legitimately did something wrong, that’s on them, but requiring women to take off their bra while in custody – I don’t believe is one of them.

For years, no one has complained about being asked to remove her bra in custody here, so why now?

Would I want to sit there for hours without a bra on under my clothes? Not really, but I would have taken the jumpsuit.

And if a woman dies in custody from strangulation with a bra, shame on our legal system that allows a Charter of Rights technicality to take precedence over human life.

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When 13-year-old I was about the youngest Shawn Segeran started volunteer they had.”

He continued, moving volunteering at the Chatham-Kent Health Alli- up in responsibility.

“I played a lot of roles”, ance, more than a decade he said. “I ago, they would ask had to find “They had to make patients if him a job. a job for me. I started they needed When he anything, r e t u r n e d sorting magazines in a blanket July 4, Dr. waiting rooms and in or a glass S h a w n the ER. What kind of of water.

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“They had to make a job helping out.”

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Even though the school year seemingly just wound down, Operation BackPacks is in fall prep mode.

The program aims to provide local children with new backpacks and school supplies – the tools they need to achieve aca-

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“The start of a new school year is an exciting time for most children, but for some children, it is a time of emotional and academic challenges.

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dents start at a disadvantage that only worsens as the school year progresses,” says Michelle Root, assistant co-ordinator.

With support from Giant Tiger, Staples, the United Way of Chatham-Kent’s Women’s Leadership Council and numerous local organizations and businesses, Operation

BackPacks hopes to serve every child and family in need throughout Chatham-Kent.

Parents or guardians can request a backpack for their children online by visiting www.uwock.ca.

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You can support this program by donating money, supplies or your time! The easiest way is to sponsor one or multiple backpacks at $25 each. Sponsoring a backpack allows co-ordinators to monitor the quantity of supplies and ensure each child receives a similar backpack.

You can also donate your time by volunteering to help pack and distribute backpacks during the last week of August.

For more information about how you can become involved please contact Mary Symons, Good Neighbours co-ordinator at 519-354-0430 or goodneighbours@uwock.ca.

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The municipality will be spending nearly a million dollars in an attempt to stabilize a section of the Thames River bank near the intersection of Riverview Line and Heritage Road.

Henry Heyink Construction of Chatham was the lowest of seven tenders for the work at $946,036, including HST. The winning bid was more than $100,000 below the estimated cost.

The steep slope of the

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Work to reduce erosion on this section of the Thames riverbank will begin in September at a cost of just under $1 million.

ing along the upper portion.

There will also be a new surface water collection

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Police offer anti-scam advice

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The Chatham-Kent Police Service has some good advice for homeowners to avoid being scammed by people offering services and then taking money and running.

Sooner or later every home needs repairs or improvements.

Home improvement scams usually start with a telephone call or someone knocking on your door offering to ‘help’ you with home repairs. Fraudsters demand partial or complete payment in advance, followed by poor work or no work at all.

With summer upon us, the CKPS would like to offer the following tips to help prevent homeowners from being the victim of a home improvement scam: Be cautious if: • They tell you that your safety is at risk – you need to make repairs immediately • They just happen to be doing work in the area and have left over materials • The deal is only good for ‘today only’ • They talk fast and pressure you to sign a contract or pay money upfront • ‘Special offer’ just seems too good to be true – trust your gut instincts

• They tell you that they saw your home needed repairs and they took the initiative to fix your home, now you owe them money.

Be prepared by: • Decide what / if any repairs are actually necessary and how much you can afford to spend • Talk to family and friends to get names of reputable contractors • Do not pay for repairs in advance

• Ask for identification to confirm that they are a legitimate tradesperson • Do not let them in your home or provide them any personal / financial information, especially if you didn’t initiate the contact • If you feel pressured or threatened by their presence on your property, ask them to leave. If they fail to do so, call police immediately.

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Open euchre at 1:00pm. Bingo starts at 7:00pm.

Friday, August 5, 2016 • Music in the morning with Randy Grey in the West Lounge at 10:30am at Meadow Park, 110 Sandy St., Chatham.

• Cold plate lunch at BR.243 Royal Canadian Legion, Ridgetown. Sponsored by the Legion Ladies Auxiliary from 11:00am2:00pm. $7.00.

• Meal and fun darts at The Chatham Legion, William & Colborne St., Chatham.

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Saturday, August 6, 2016 • Meat draw and dance at The Chatham Legion, William & Colborne St., Chatham. Meat draw from 4:00pm-6:00pm.

Dance from 4:30pm-9:30pm featuring The Marquis.

Sunday, August 7, 2016 • Welcome new musical entertainer Stuart Wicks performing in the West Lounge at 2:00pm at Meadow Park, 110 Sandy St., Chatham.

• Head & Neck above cancer 5km Charity Walk. 12:30pm start (registration at noon) at Western University Campus at TD Waterhouse Stadium. Free parking, water/ snacks. www.lhsf.ca/headandneckabove cancer.

•Lady J’ai Mac & Friends will perform at Two Creeks Conservation Area, just north of Wheatley at 6:30pm. Music from the 60’s to today from pop and rock to country.

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Monday, August 8, 2016 • The CKFG presents “Remember” starring Christopher Plummer at 7:00pm at the Capitol Theatre. $10 cash or purchase a 2017 membership at $50 for 12 months.

• Senior Euchre at The Chatham Legion, William & Colborne St., Chatham at 1:00pm.

Tuesday, August 9, 2016 • Mike and Melody will perform in the West Lounge at 2:00pm at Meadow Park, 110 Sandy St., Chatham.

• Open Euchre at The Chatham Legion, William & Colborne St., Chatham at 1:00pm.

Wednesday, August 10, 2016 • Richard St. Denis will entertain in the West Lounge at 2:00pm at Meadow Park, 110 Sandy St., Chatham.

• Pepper at The Chatham Legion, William & Colborne St., Chatham at 1:00pm.

Thursday, August 11, 2016 • The Torrence Sisters will entertain in the Main Dining room at 2:00pm at Meadow Park, 110 Sandy St., Chatham.

• Open Euchre at The Chatham Legion, William & Colborne St., Chatham at 1:00pm.

Friday, August 12, 2016 • New musical guests Don & Bonnie will perform in the West Lounge at 1:30pm at Meadow Park, 110 Sandy St., Chatham.

• Meal and darts at The Chatham Legion, William & Colborne St., Chatham. Dinner from 5:30pm-7:00pm with choice of 1/2 roast chicken, roast beef or fish and chips for $9.00. One meat draw. Open darts stats at 7:30pm.

Saturday, August 13, 2016 • Meat draw and dance at The Chatham Legion, William & Colborne St., Chatham. Meat draw from 4:00pm-6:00pm. Dance from 4:30pm9:30pm featuring Unity.

Sunday, August 14, 2016 • The Diggers will perform at Two Creeks Conservation Area, just north of Wheatley at 6:30pm. Three big male voices, three fine musicians performing the songs of England, Ireland and Scotland.

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BMO helps C-K Hospice The Chatham Voice

BMO Financial Group donated $15,000 recently to support the ongoing needs of the Chatham-Kent Hospice.

“At BMO we strongly believe that we have a responsibility to work closely with and help improve the communities in which we do business,” said Bob Ferris, Regional Vice President for BMO Bank of Montreal. “Being a good corporate citizen is an extremely important component of our overall success, and we aspire to be key contributors to the strength and success of our communities.”

“Now that we are operational, Chatham-Kent Hospice will continue to rely on donations from the community to help us meet our annual budget. This generous gift from BMO will help us ensure that specialized, end-of-life care is available to our community,” said Jodi Maroney, Director of Development for the hospice.

Enbridge donates $5K to CHIRP

Enbridge partnered up with the local fire service again, this time donating $5,000 to help purchase smoke alarms and batteries.

It’s for Chatham-Kent Homes: Informed, Ready & Protected (CHIRP), the name of the smoke and carbon monoxide program put on by the Chatham-Kent Fire Service.

Enbridge donated the money through the Safe Community Program.

From June through October, firefighters visit homes to ensure they smoke and carbon monoxide alarms are working properly. They also help inform families about the importance of having home escape plans and being prepared for emergencies.

CLAC donates to pet rescue group

Chatham-Kent Animal Rescue recently received a $2,500 donation from the Christian Labour Association of Canada.

Laurie King, a CLAC member who works at Eden Villa, nominated the animal rescue organization for a donation from the union’s Building Communities Together program.

“CK Animal Rescue is a registered non-profit organization that runs entirely on donations and community support,” King said.

“CK Animal Rescue takes in local

owner surrenders, as well as dogs from high-kill shelters that are scheduled to be euthanized. We place dogs and cats into approved foster homes until adoptive homes are found. We also provide classroom presentations to teach school aged children about compassion and kindness towards animals. This donation will go towards the medication and care for our animals.”

CitiFinancial comes to Chatham

CitiFinancial opened a new branch in Chatham this month.

The financial services business set up shop at 453 St. Clair St. The team of CitiFinancial Lending Specialists, led by Branch Manager Aaron Poissant, will work with customers to deliver personalized loan solutions that meet their borrowing needs..

“We’re delighted to open our latest branch in Chatham,” Poissant said. “CitiFinancial takes pride in being a good neighbour and making a difference in the communities where we live and work. We look forward to establishing roots here.”

Sod Buster raises $30K

More than 300 people took part in the second annual Sod Buster event in Ridgetown recently.

The 5K walk/run took place at the Ridgetown Campus of the University of Guelph. All proceeds from the event will go towards a proposed new crop research and innovation centre.

Funds raised in the community to date total about $3 million.

The Sod Buster brought in about $30,000.

Optimists donate $4K

The Optimist Club of Chatham recently donated $4,000 to the CKHA Diagnostic Imaging Equipment Renewal Campaign. These funds were raised at their recent golf tournament.

“We are so grateful for this generous donation from the Optimist Club of Chatham,” says Michele Grzebien-Huckson, Executive Director, Foundation of CKHA. “This contribution has provided a boost to our efforts to raise $6.9 million for the CKHA Diagnostic Imaging Equipment Renewal Campaign and has brought us one step closer to bringing necessary new state-ofthe-art equipment to our community.”

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Arts/Business

Gallery hosting ‘must-see’ exhibit The Chatham Voice

“Contrarieties & Counterpoints,” an exhibition of Ottawa-based painter Melanie Authier, was recently named by Canadian Art Magazine as one of the top “must-see” exhibitions in Canada.

And where did it open? At the Thames Art Gallery in Chatham.

In an article on Authier, Canadian Art declared, “Her works elegantly morph and layer various shapes, lines and textures to create a kind of deep visual space. As such, they bridge abstraction and representation to offer ‘improbable environments’ which reveal new insights and pleasures upon sustained looking.”

In the last of her artist poems before leaving her position as the Cultural Centre’s Writer-in-Residence, Kara Smith wrote, “The artist works her sacred magic inside crystal caves.

Wands of flat brushes wave ink of elderberry and linden, angelica and jasmine upon her transparent sheet.” At the opening as part of the Summer Art Crawl, renowned writer, lecturer, and curator Robert Enright

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“Contrarieties & Counterpoints,” an exhibition of Ottawa-based painter Melanie Authier, is on display at the Thames Art Gallery. It’s listed as a “must-see” exhibition by Canadian Art Magazine.

(guest curator of the exhibition) exclaimed, “The Thames Art Gallery is consistently punching well above its weight and is seen by Canadian artists as one of the prestigious venues for their work.”

This exhibition has been orga-

nized by the Thames Art Gallery in collaboration with the Ottawa Art Gallery, Art Gallery of Guelph, Montreal’s Galerie de I’UQAM, Kenderdine Art Gallery in Saskatoon, Mount Vincent University Art

Timmy’s owners donate $7,600 to treatment centre

Continued from page 12

The Children’s Treatment Centre and Foundation recently received a nice pat on the back from local Tim Hortons owners.

Following the organization’s annual general meeting, the local Tim Hortons owners presented the foundation with a cheque for $7,643, from funds raised through local Tim Hortons’ employee matching program.

Event raises $2,200 for Fort McMurray

Chatham-Kent Fire & Emergency Services and Monsignor Uyen Catholic School teamed up with The Toronto Blue Jays Baseball Team and the Fire Marshal’s Public Fire Safety Council for the Swing into Summer Safety campaign.

This municipality was was selected to host one of five town launch events.

The school held a contest which included decorating classroom doors with the Swing Into Summer Safety theme and the class which returned the most completed Family Home Escape Plans won a kickball game against the CKFES team.

The day raised more than $2,200 to help with relief to Fort McMurray.

LaSertoma supports two local causes

Chatham LaSertoma Club has been busy of late, supporting various causes.

The club donated $1,000 for Access Open Minds Chatham-Kent in an effort to support both literacy and children’s mental health.

As well, the club donated 10 digital clocks to the Chatham-Kent Hospice IODE rewards local grads

The Garnet Brackin chapter

of the IODE recently handed out scholarships for local students.

Tayah Clarke of Chatham-Kent Secondary School, Rachel Vanheule of Ursuline College Chatham, Amy Koomans from Chatham Christian School, Angelika Michaud of Ecole Secondaire de Pain Court, and John McGregor Secondary School’s Georgiana Gardner each won $500 scholarships.

Business Social Network donates to CKHA

The Business Social Network in Chatham-Kent recently donated to the CKHA’s Oncology Gift Basket Program.

The donation developed from Fill the Gap, a networking event for Chatham-Kent Businesses and Community Entrepreneurs, where attendees donated every day essentials to patients receiving care at CKHA.

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Services Offered Carpenter with all the tools.

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Call 519-809-2134.

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OBITUARIES Robert ‘Erik’ ‘Rosey’ Rose 51, Sunday, July 24, 2016 McKinlay Funeral Home

Mrs. Betty Ann Moon 72, Wednesday, July 27, 2016 Alexander & Houle Funeral Home

Margaret Patricia Wilson 78, Sunday, July 24, 2016 McKinlay Funeral Home

Mrs. Beverly Anne Mellow 65, Thursday, July 28th, 2016 Alexander & Houle Funeral Home

Ben ‘Bennie’ Richie 89, Tuesday, July 26, 2016 McKinlay Funeral Home

James VanNeck 81, Wednesday, July 27, 2016 Blenheim Community Funeral Home

Josef ‘Joe’ Smit 80, Wednesday, July 27, 2016 McKinlay Funeral Home

See full obituaries at www.chathamvoice.com

Lorraine M. Bedford 86, Sunday, July 24, 2016 McKinlay Funeral Home Mrs. Barbara Benore 82, Wednesday, July 27, 2016 Alexander & Houle Funeral Home

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Construction

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