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Editor’s note: This is the second part of what is now a three-part series on human trafficking in Ontario. “Human trafficking – the recruitment, transportation, transfer, harbouring or receipt of persons by improper means (such as force, abduction, fraud, coercion, deception, repeated provision of a controlled substance) for an illegal purpose, including sexual exploitation or forced labour.” – Ontario Women’s Directorate,
June 30, 2016 The very definition of human trafficking is enough to make parents hug their teens just a little closer, but to know that the Ontario government acknowledges Ontario as a major centre for human trafficking in Canada – accounting for roughly 65 per cent of police-reported cases nationally – is a huge wake-up call. On June 30, the Ontario Women’s Directorate (OWD) announced a strategy to end human trafficking, with a promise to invest $72 million
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for increasing awareness, co-ordination, investigation, prosecution and supports for victims. “Human trafficking is a complex and often hidden crime that results in serious and long-term trauma for survivors. Human traffickers prey on the most vulnerable in our society and use different tactics to control, abuse, exploit and profit from victims,” the announcement read. According to a spokesman for OWD, Deborah Lamb, Senior Communications Advisor, the strat-
egy is a four-year plan. “Drawing on feedback from stakeholders, expert analysis, research, successful initiatives from across the province and from other Canadian jurisdictions, the strategy rests on four pillars of action: provincial co-ordination and leadership, prevention and community supports, enhanced justice sector initiatives and Indigenous-led approaches to support new and existing culturally relevant services,” Lamb said. “Work is getting underway on all the pil-
lars and I look forward to sharing next steps ... in the coming months.” For Laurie Scott, MPP for Haliburton-Kawartha Lakes-Brock and Ontario PC Critic for Women’s Issues, what the Ontario government has promised since February is not enough. Scott introduced a private members’ bill, Saving the Girl Next Door Act, 2016 to allow the courts to issue a protective order for victims over the age of 15 to protect against a trafficker for a minimum of three years, allow survivors to
sue a trafficker as a form of restitution, and expand the provincial sex offender registry to include human trafficking as a sex offence. Canada, as a whole, and Ontario in particular given the prevalence of the crime here, have been called out by the United Nations, several anti-human trafficking non-profit groups such as Voice Found, and the U.S. State Department for not doing enough to combat the crime and provide support for victims.
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“In its 2016 annual report on Trafficking in Persons, the U.S. State Department singled out Ontario for its lack of child protection legislation for youth over the age of 15,” Scott said in a statement. “Changes to the law are urgently needed in Ontario to protect our youth because as one survivor told me, ‘No 16-year-old consents to being a prostitute.’” Manitoba and Alberta have raised child protection laws to 18, and Scott said Ontario needs to follow suit. What Scott said also needs to be a priority is co-ordinated approach province wide to combat trafficking that includes all levels of law enforcement and a dedicated team of crown attorneys and judges, similar to the guns and gangs task force and Internet child exploitation team. “In the announcement of the $72 million, there are no timelines, no dates, no funding for police,” Scott said in an interview with The Voice. “It is very watered down and very poor, and announcing it on a Friday of a long weekend is really a disservice to the whole issue.”
She said a Freedom of Information request revealed that only $190,997 of $1.95 million committed in 2011 was actually directed to support community agencies fighting human trafficking. With only a 7% conviction rate currently, and sometimes a three-year wait for court cases, she said victims need more support, from the time they are rescued through the court process and to building a new life. “The bill is just one of many steps that need to be taken,” Scott said. “It’s been passed, but they have done nothing with it. The government could take immediate action, but have chosen not to. “There are a ton of models out there (for victims of human trafficking), we don’t need to re-invent the wheel. The victims need wrap-around support services; they can’t wait three years for a court date. There is a patch-work of services out there and they need to be co-ordinated.” An example of the business community working to help combat human trafficking, Scott said, is the Greater Toronto Hotels Association which
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has training for staff to look for signs of possible victims, and the training for municipal clerks that issue licences to exotic dancers. Some municipalities even have programs for taxi services to report possible trafficking. OPP Regional Abuse Issues Co-ordinator for West Region, Det. Sgt. Kimberly Miller, said community support is an important element in helping victims. “The police can’t do everything; we need community support and we need to have the supports in place for the victims to get the treatments they might need,” Miller said. Victims may need medical treatment, may suffer from post-traumatic shock,
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have addiction issues, children to care for and may need the basic necessities of life like food, clothing and shelter. Victims are often isolated, beaten, have food withheld, are threatened with revealing photos to their family, have family members threatened or fear for their own life if they don’t do exactly as they are told. “It’s important to get them help and supports right away because you have no idea what they have been through,” Miller, who operates out of the Chatham OPP detachment, added. And while the crime has a victim and perpetrator, there is the third component to human trafficking – the “johns” or clients who are willing to pay for sex. The clients don’t fit any partic-
ular profile, she said, and can be from any walk of life willing to pay for sex. Awareness and education at all levels – talking about it in our schools, around the dinner table at home – can help to stop our kids from becoming victims. “The more people understand about it, the more sensitive they will be to it,” Miller said. “Our area may not be destination, but it is a source. That’s why our girls need to be educated and aware.” Anyone who needs help or may know of a victim who needs help can call the OPP at 1-888-310-1122, the Chatham-Kent Police Service at 519-436-6600 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.
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Parry Bridge repairs on schedule By Bruce Corcoran bruce@chathamvoice.com
Traffic congestion south of the river in Chatham will start to improve Sept. 2, as two lanes of the Parry Bridge on Keil Drive will open as scheduled. Adam Sullo, director of engineering and transportation, said municipal
staff recently received a revised schedule from the contractor, and the information confirmed staff predictions. “Two lanes will open Sept. 2 by the end of the day,” he said. “We’re expecting the full four lanes will probably be open just before Thanksgiving.” The target completion
date for the entire project – rehabilitating the entire bridge – should be done by the end of October. Sullo said the timeline is what was originally planned, although municipal staff had hoped for a pleasant surprise. “We had clauses in the contract to say Sept. 2. That’s the timeline we
set, but we had hoped to be open a few weeks in advance of that,” he said. “But we’ve had a few hiccups in regards to ordering some materials.” Still, everything is on schedule. “Currently, all structural reinforcing is finished on the main structure,” Sullo said. “They are in the process of replacing the sidewalks. We’ll have one sidewalk lane open Sept. 2.” Sullo warned construction at the bridge would get worse before it gets better. “We’re looking at the week of
Aug. 22, shutting down the intersection on the south side of the bridge,” he said, referring to where Keil Drive meets Riverview Drive. Sullo anticipates the intersection would be closed for about two or three days. It has been an inconvenient summer on the roads in central Chatham. Sullo said staff have certainly heard from the public over the bridgework. “There has been a lot of frustration. The traffic volumes people have seen on places like Lacroix Street are above normal. And a left from King Street onto Lacroix has frustrated some,” he said. People have asked for an
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A standing-room only crowd at its first public meeting has convinced the grassroots local group Water Wells First it’s on the right path in its effort to ensure a proposed wind turbine project in North Kent doesn’t damage area wells. The crowd, estimated by organizers at nearly 300 people, spilled into adjacent hallways and a patio at Country View Golf Course to hear stories of residents affected in the former Dover Twp. and action needed to prevent the same issues in the former Chatham Twp. “People are concerned and they have every right to be,” said organizer and Water Wells First spokesman Kevin Jakubec. “People had no idea what they were getting into in Dover but it’s no secret that wells are filling up with sediment in areas near turbines. We need to stop this project from proceeding until we understand how it can be accomplished without harming the aquifer.” Jakubec has filed an appeal with the Environmental Review Tribunal in an attempt to have the North Kent wind project permit re-opened. That appeal has temporarily stopped the project, which is slated to include up to 90 turbines. “We have a strong scientific case but it’s going to cost us
$200,000 to bring in the experts and convince the tribunal,” he said. Michele Howes and Ron Tetrault, who have a turbine near their home in Dover, said she’s spent $8,000 on a filtration system that isn’t able to keep up with the sediment and smell. “I’ve replaced a washer full of sand and a dryer full of sand,” she said. “Our animals would rather go to the ditch than drink our water.” The couple drinks bottled water, do their laundry in Chatham and go elsewhere to bathe. She said the well has had problems since installation of the turbine three years ago. “We can’t be doing this dayafter-day,” she said. Dover resident Gord Dunlop said there are “big problems” in the community. Although he has turbines on his property “I’d say no if I had to do it again.” Initially, Jakubec said most people believed the sediment problem was related to the “piling” method in which turbine foundations were driven into the ground but now there is evidence operation of the turbines is also a problem. Earlier this year the Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change recognized that vibration can cause water problems but only required turbine companies to supply bottled water to affected residents.
“It’s just insane,” he said of the bottled water solution. “We’re not Flint, Michigan.” Area resident Lee Montgomery noted that no mayor or council members attended the meeting. “Have some guts, stand up and be counted,” he said. MPP Rick Nicholls said council helped “create this monster” by being willing hosts to the turbines of which more than 450 dot the Chatham-Kent landscape. Prior to the meeting, Nicholls said countries go to war over water because without it, they have nothing. “I will stand up for the community and go to war against the government and these industrial turbine companies.” “To have these industrial wind turbines come along and do what they’re doing is absolutely insane,” he told the crowd. “They put profit ahead of life; well I put life ahead of profit.” Jakubec said the group believes vibration suppression technology used in other turbine developments should be used in North Kent. “It’s a sensitive area,” he said. “There needs to be recognition of this and measures put in place now, before more harm is done. We’re not anti-wind, but we don’t want turbines at the expense of the aquifer.” Jakubec said the aquifer that provides ground water to area residents is 12,000 years old and should be protected.
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An issue of trust Underlying all of the discussion regarding potential ground water problems and wind turbines the real issue is one of trust and representation. The hundreds of local citizens who turned out to a Water Wells First meeting at Country View Golf Course last week simply don’t believe anyone is looking out for their interests. That lack of trust breeds fear and anger and although there were some of both on display, the meeting stayed remarkably on point. The leader of Water Wells First, Kevin Jakubec, has won the right to place an appeal before the Environmental Review Tribunal in an attempt to have the North Kent wind project permit re-opened. All he needs is an estimated $200,000 to do so. It’s both admirable and ridiculous that this group should have to go to such lengths to protect well water when the governments representing them do not. It is clearly the province’s responsibility to ensure that no harm comes to wells due to wind farms. That it failed in Dover Twp. is as undisputable as the dirty water and sand-filled wells being experienced by residence. The province should be bending over backwards to ensure the same thing doesn’t happen in the future by – at its own expense or that of the wind farms – testing each well and supplying that information to landowners. Secondly, now that the Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change recognized that vibration could cause water problems – it should prepare plans to address that issue at no cost to landowners. In both cases, Chatham-Kent council should be demanding the same. Being a willing host to wind farms does not mean forfeiting the water quality of wells serving thousands of acres. If wind farms can’t be located in certain geological conditions, that should be the end of the discussion. If special measures are needed to allow the projects to proceed, then put them in place. In its zeal to embrace the Green Energy Act, the province cannot be so short-sighted as to perhaps permanently disrupt water to local residents any more than council can justify looking the other way in return for bags of money.
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Trafficking series an eye opener Anyone who is a regular reader of The Voice knows I am the mom of a 14-year-old daughter. Yep, Bruce and I talk about her all the time because she really is a pretty cool kid. We thank God for her every day. I think that’s why doing the research on our series on human trafficking, hearing victims’ stories and seeing the devastation this crime wreaks on these young girls hits so hard. I can’t imagine that happening to any young girl, let alone my own child. Brenna has listened to me come home day after day, blown away by what I’ve read and heard, especially so close to home. We’ve talked about it oneon-one and as a family, and with her friends – the dangers of talking to strangers on social media, giving out any personal information, alcohol and drugs at parties, and trusting no one who isn’t well-known to them. I don’t want to scare her, but I also want her to be aware of the dangers young girls face every day, no matter where they
Mary Beth Corcoran live, just because they are girls. In our society, even now, females are viewed as sexual objects. We are encouraged, not just by men, but by other women, to be prettier and sexier; to use this product or wear these clothes to achieve those goals. And the females they target are getting younger and younger. How an 11-year-old can be viewed as a sexual object by a potential john is beyond rational thinking, and for johns to be seeking girls in that age range, to me, is disgusting and depraved. Yet, the amount of child exploitation going on around us, in our own community even, is staggering – from child pornography to sexual assaults to being forced into the sex trade. And what are we doing about it? We have people
such as Det. Sgt. Kimberly Miller with the OPP and MPP Laurie Scott. They are people who are obviously very passionate about bringing awareness to the issue. We need a hundred more people just like them. Non-profit organizations and faith-based groups are doing what they can in very creative ways, but we need more people to start looking out for their kids, their kids’ friends, their neighbours’ kids and any child that may be living in hell due to exploitation, be it sexual or any other kind. As members of our community, we need to stand up for the vulnerable teens, be outraged at the ads for sexual services here in our own community on backpage.com, communicate with and educate our girls on how to stay safe, practice tough love and never give up on a difficult teen going through tough times. Instead of judging teens with addiction problems or who we think are “boy-crazy,” help them be safe and educate them on healthy relationships and
wise choices. And if you are not sure how to do that, ask for help. There are so many people and organizations willing to listen and assist. Manipulating a young girl’s emotions is easier than we think. Some of the stories you hear of survivors of human trafficking will make you break down and cry because they truly believed the pimp’s “love” was the only kind they deserved or would get. Their bodies and spirits are broken by the traffickers, and healing is a long and difficult journey. If there was ever a time to become an advocate for our teens, that time is now. They need our love, our support, our patience and our protection more than ever in a society that continues to de-value human life and put greed ahead of everything else. But I have faith. I would put an angry mother with a child to protect up against traffickers any day of the week. We have more power working together and a mom’s spy network would put the CIA to shame.
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with a page of information on the home, to all the realtors. MLS – multiple listing service – eventually came into being, providing realtors with a book of local listings to show clients. The introduction of the Internet further expanded the dissemination of information. Yes, things have changed over the years. When Darcy got into the business, a typical bungalow sold for between $15,000 and $20,000. But his first sale turned out to be a 50-acre farm, which sold for $40,000. “My 5% commission was $2,000. That was about half of what I had made in a whole year at the programming job,” he said. This spring, Darcy said he closed his highest-priced deal of his career, a home on the Thames River for $530,000. “The people moved back to Chatham from Toronto. That’s where the business is coming from now,” he said. He said that influx of homeowners is what sparked the hot housing market locally. “The people are really happy to locate here. It’s warmer. Everything gets greener about two weeks earlier,” he said. Given the different hours for real estate sales – you are at the beck and call of your clients, and showing homes happens when they are available, sometimes on very short notice – Darcy said he wouldn’t have been able to do it without strong family support. “My wife, Mary, has been fantastic. She has always taken on an interest and always understood when I had to leave to work,” he said. The couple has four grown children – a doctor, lawyer, nurse and municipal staffer – living as far away as Toronto, Sudbury and San Diego. Through it all, Darcy evolved as well. He went from a real estate agent to running his own office. He partnered with his father for a time, running Want & Want, to adding staff and changing the name to Want & Associates.
For Chatham’s Darcy Want, it was just another day at the office. But Darcy, 71, recently celebrated a milestone: half a century selling real estate in Chatham. “I’m an old guy. Here I am,” the Re/Max agent joked. To him it’s that simple, although he admits he doesn’t know of anyone else who’s been selling property in the area for as long as he has. To honour his years of serving the people of Chatham-Kent, Re/Max is holding an open house drop-in for Darcy on Aug. 26, starting at 1 p.m. Real estate sales are in his blood. Darcy’s father, Gord, went into real estate in Chatham back in 1951, when Darcy was six. The son paid attention to many a conversation around the dinner table. “He was a real talker,” he said of his father. “We grew up hearing all about the real estate deals.” When Darcy was done school and had to pick a career, he was too young at the time to become a realtor. In the 1960s, you had to be 21 to do so. So he started down another career path, computer programming. After nothing more than an aptitude test, he landed a job as a computer programmer at Emco Brass in London. “They told me what eight bits meant and sent me to Toronto to take a course,” he said. But his father’s career path was lingering in the back of Darcy’s mind. After lasting a year at Emco, he joked he saw an advertisement on the back of a cereal box, which helped him make up his mind. “I knew what I wanted to do. So I went down to the guy who ultimately gave me my real estate licence, who also happened to be the same guy who gave me my shotgun permit,” he laughed. “I received a little blue book and memorized the regulations.” That was in 1966, 50 years ago. Helping Seniors Live “I was the 18th person who could Independently at sell real estate in the city,” he said. Home “There was a large influx after that.” Darcy said real estate sales were Transportation. Frozen Meals. Home Helper. quite simple when he first started. Support Services “You’d get dressed up in your suit, and people would walk in or call you on the phone,” he said. But that soon progressed. Darcy recalled the local realtors started a system called Photo Listings where a secretary would take a photo of a house up for sale, make 20 copies and distribute the photos, along
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Songwriter Jesse Verleye, left, with the support of Saint Ends band mates, including Shawn Beaulieu, performs in the second floor lounge at the Chatham Capitol Theatre Friday evening. It’s part of the summer Song C!rcle Friday shows put on by Julie Ross, highlighting local songwriters and their music. About 70 people packed the lounge to hear Verleye and Saint Ends play. Song C!rcle performances normally take place on the second floor patio, but the threatening weather Friday forced the event indoors.
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Darcy said they became affiliated with Royal LePage for a time, before changing to Re/ Max. But by the time Darcy reached the age of 65, he was ready to slow down ... a bit. He said Peggy Van Veen was looking to become a broker of record and franchise operator for Re/Max, so he sold his office to her. Four years later, she sold to Rocky Gaudrault, and Peggy remained broker of record. They are all in it together now. “It has been a lot nicer having the support staff,” Darcy said. “He (Rocky) has got a really nice, comfortable office
for us to work in too.” “We’ve got three owners, really,” Rocky said. “Peggy’s still the broker of record, and Darcy backs her up.” Rocky has nothing but respect for Darcy. “He is part of what makes the office tick. He is always positive and supportive,” he said. “And since I’ve been here, he’s increasing his productivity. He seems rejuvenated. Plus, he’s contributed to Chatham-Kent in a very big way over the years.” So when will Darcy hang up his sales jacket? No time soon, if he has his way. “I can’t imagine the pressure of trying to save enough
money to the point I thought I could retire,” he said. “If you just keep working, it all works out.” Rocky said Darcy is an active, fit man for his age, so he also doesn’t see him slowing down any time soon. But Darcy has pulled back from some of his other commitments. After being part of a number of service clubs, he said he’s stepped away to spend more time with his wife. But at work, he’ll continue to make people smile. “You still want to just satisfy people. They light up when they get the house they want,” he said.
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For Ian Wheatley, there’s only one way to see a country – even if you have to go around the world do to it. The retired Australian was one of 154 riders on the Great Waterfront Trail Adventure who bicycled through Chatham-Kent last Tuesday and Wednesday. The adventure had riders touring from Pelee Island to Grand Bend from August 7-12. In Chatham-Kent, they paralleled the Thames River for much of the way travelling along Riverview Line where they stopped at St. Peter’s Roman Catholic Church. The group later travelled through Pain Court and visited in Mitchell’s Bay before stopping for the night in Wallaceburg. “I ride so I can see places like this,” the retired steel industry worker said. “There is no way in the world you would be able to see this from a major highway or even in a car.” While the riders stopped for fresh local watermelon and wraps prepared by parishioners, they raved about the benefits of cycling. Mike Humphries of Richmond Hill, laughed that he had “avoided cycling” for 40
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Canadian craft brewers and wineries need greater access to Canadian markets if they’re going to achieve their place in the international markets. That was the message sent by Interim Conservative Leader Rona Ambrose, B.C. MP Dan Albas and local MP Dave Van Kesteren recently in pushing for greater free trade between provinces. In what they’re calling the “free the beer” tour, Albas said while the federal Conservative government had been making inroads in decreasing trade barriers, the work must continue at the provincial level. In January, the Liberal majority blocked a Conservative motion requesting the provincial government ask the Supreme Court whether Canadians have a right to unfettered trade across provincial lines. His riding in the Okanagan Valley is home to craft brewers and wineries, a similarity he noted to southwestern Ontario. He called the Canadian beer and wine sector “top notch” and able to complete internationally when it gets the opportunity. He pointed to Australia, France and Italy as countries that have “very strong domestic consumption.”
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Monday, August 22, 2016 • Ernie Miller will perform in the West Lounge at 2:00pm at Meadow Park, 110 Sandy St., Chatham.
Friday, August 19, 2016 • Welcome to “The Reids” performing in the West Lounge at 2:00pm 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 ham with scalloped potatoes, roast beef or fish and chips for $9.00. One meat draw. Open darts stats at 7:30pm. • Carpe Nocturne, the final ghost walk of the summer at 8:00pm leaving from the Retro Suites Hotel. Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for children (12 and under). Phone 519351-5885 to reserve. Saturday, August 20, 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 Tim McLean. • Polish Festival at Our Lady of Victory Church, 490 St. Clair St., Chatham from 6:00pm-11:00pm. Polish foods for eat in or take out (pierogies, cabbage rolls, kielbasa and more), music and dancing, a deluxe photo booth and lottery. • Pasta Dinner & Bake sale from 5:00pm7:00pm at Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church, 455 McNaughton Ave. West. Tickets at Whittal + company, 43 Victoria Ave, 519-3529136 or Patricia Wright 519-365-5124. Help send a local para-karate athlete to the World Karate Championships in Linz, Austria. • Steak BBQ Fundraiser to support community and youth activites through East Side Pride. Tickets $20. 6:00pm. Imperial Club. Cash bar. Email: mcrew@eastsidepride.ca. Sunday, August 21, 2016 • Polish Festival at Our Lady of Victory Church, 490 St. Clair St., Chatham from 12:00pm-6:00pm. Polish foods for eat in or take out (pierogies, cabbage rolls, kielbasa and more), music and dancing, a deluxe photo booth and a lottery. Concert at 3:00pm and the Wawel Folk Ensemble at 4;00pm. Bring the family! • Dale Butler & Friends will perform at Two Creeks Conservation Area, just north of Wheatley at 6:30pm. This is the Two Creeks house band. Come sing with Dale. Art in the Park Tilbury from 10:00am-6:00pm at Memorial Park. Free admission.
• Senior Euchre at The Chatham Legion, William & Colborne St., Chatham at 1:00pm. Tuesday, August 23, 2016 • Open Euchre at 1:00pm at The Chatham Legion, William & Colborne St., Chatham. Wednesday, August 24, 2016 • Pepper at 1:00pm at The Chatham Legion, William & Colborne St., Chatham. Thursday, August 25, 2016 •George Wilson will entertain 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. Friday, August 26, 2016 • Meal and darts at The Chatham Legion, William & Colborne St., Chatham. Dinner from 5:30pm-7:00pm with choice of Liver and onions, roast beef or fish and chips for $9.00. One meat draw. Open darts stats at 7:30pm. Saturday, August 27, 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 Roses. Are you Chatham-Kent’s best handyman? Teams of 2 can now register for the C-K Habitat Handyman Challenge. Saturday, October 1. Registration closes September 12, 2016. Space is limited. Lots of great prizes! www.habitathandyman.com for more info! CK Metal Detecting Club Meetings - Last Thursday of the Month, 7:00pm in the Kinsman Room, Erikson Arena, 341 Delaware Ave., Chatham. Guests Welcome. Chatham Lawn Bowling Club invites everyone to try Lawn Bowling, every Mon., Wed, & Thurs at 6:35pm in Tecumseh Park. Newcomers welcome. 3 free lessons and games. Ages 10 and up. Toastmasters is a place where you develop and grow - both personally and professionally. Guests are always welcome. Join us at Green Field Ethanol, 275 Bloomfield Road on Mondays from 6:30pm – 8:00pm. Submit your coming events to bruce@chathamvoice.com or michelle@chathamvoice.com
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Little Sisters Gabby and Angelica showcase the raffle tickets for the 2016 Harley-Davidson Heritage Softail motorcycle Big Brothers Big Sisters in Chatham-Kent is raffling off as part of Bike Fest.
Bike Fest CK rumbles back to Chatham
By Bruce Corcoran bruce@chathamvoice.com
Calling it one of the organization’s biggest fundraisers, Nan Stuckey of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Chatham-Kent said preparations are well underway for this year’s Bike Fest CK weekend in Chatham Aug. 27-28. She said it’s a year-round effort, and credits a strong committee with making it possible. This is the 11th year the organization is raffling off a new Harley-Davidson. It began with just the motorcycle being raffled off. “Two years ago, we turned it into BikeFest,” she said. “And this year, it’s a two-day event.” For bike enthusiasts, the day either begins in Tecumseh Park or in Wallaceburg. If you’re riding, the Big Brothers Big Sisters escorted ride leaves James Street in Wallaceburg at 10 a.m. and bikers will tour through parts of northern Chatham-Kent before arriving in downtown Chatham between 11 a.m. and 11:30 a.m., Stuckey said. For people not on the ride, the vendors open in Tecumseh Park at 9 a.m. There’s also a motorcycle showcase, which will be judged and prizes awarded, music and entertainment, face painting for the
kids, a beer garden, and the motorcycle draw. In fact, Stuckey said there will be five $100 prize draws leading up to the bike draw at 8 p.m. There are still some tickets still available. Contact the Big Brothers Big Sisters office in Chatham at 519-351-1582 or visit bikefestck.ca to see where you can get them in your area. Also on hand Saturday will be a motorcycle simulator, Stuckey said. “Adults can get a sense of what it’s like to be on a motorcycle,” she said. Last year, the bike showcase took place on William Street near Tecumseh Park, but Stuckey said this year it will happen on King Street. “There just wasn’t enough room on William Street last year,” she said. The showcase event is free to any type of motorcycle, and prizes will be awarded for modified, radical, best paint, vintage and best of show. The second day of Bike Fest is out at Duke’s Harley-Davidson just south of Highway 401. A HOG Poker Ride and pancake breakfast will kick-start the day. The motorcycle simulator will also be out there, as well as a burnout pit, Stuckey said, plus entertainment and a bike tune-up trailer.
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Lessard breaks arm, still earns silver Summer games end in pain for Dresden’s Jayk Lessard By Jim Blake jim@chathamvoice.com
Jayk Lessard was feeling confident heading into his gold medal-wrestling match Saturday in the Ontario Summer Games. Competing in the 115 kg category representing southwest-
ern Ontario, the 16-year-old Dresden resident had dominated his competition. Twelve seconds into the match against Cole McGee of eastern Ontario, the two competitors landed on Lessard’s right arm, breaking it in two places.
“I knew something was wrong right away,” Lessard said. “There was a lot of pain.” The match was immediately ended and shortly after Lessard was on his way to hospital in Mississauga for the official diagnosis. “I’ll be in a cast for the next six weeks,” said Lessard who is entering Grade 11 at Ursuline College. Lessard, who’s only been wres-
tling for two years, individually earned a silver medal but he’s also proud that his point total helped his team earn an overall bronze. Heading into the final, Lessard had won each one of his matches in decisive fashion, pinning his opponents each time in less than one minute. Matches can take up to a pair of two-minute rounds to complete, although wrestlers who
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Local MPPs Rick Nicholls and Monte McNaughton have come out swinging against plans to remove the collective bargaining powers of the Ontario Processing Vegetable Growers. McNaughton, (Lambton-Kent-Middlesex) said the proposal by the Ontario Farm Products Marketing Commission is a misguided attempt to correct a system that isn’t broken.” “For 70 years, the system has been good for the processor and the grower,” he said. “It provides a stable price and has allowed the industry to thrive.” Under the proposal, an advisory committee would replace the provincial body, although details of the committee haven’t been provided. McNaughton said on occasions when the processors and growers haven’t been able to bargain a price, the matter has gone to arbitration which has at times favoured each of the two sides. “It’s a good system of checks and balances.” “This has serious consequences for the 400 vegetable growers. The uncertainty will force some out of the market.” He said he has held two public meetings with farmers and the overwhelming sentiment is that the change is unnecessary. Nicholls said of government claims that there has been consultation, “I don’t believe a word of it. We’ve done more with the meetings we’ve held here than the entire Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs,” he said. He said he questioned the motives behind the 45-day consultation period that expired August 12. “Farmers are in harvest; this is one of the busiest times of the year,” he said. “They don’t have time to respond. I think that’s what they (provincial officials) were hoping for.” He said he’s written to Minister Jeff Leal. “I’m appealing to his more noble motives. This just isn’t right and he should know that.”
accumulate 10 points automatically win at that point. He plans to take the fall and winter off to heal and train but plans to resume the sport in the spring. “I’m really happy that I competed and the way I was going I think I could have won,” he said. “It was just an awkward way that we went over.” Despite the pain, he said, “I’d do it again, if I could.”
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Fun Stuff 36 401(k) alternative 37 Peel 39 “Don’t sweat it” 41 Trig ratio, for short 43 “Peter Pan” dog 44 Atmosphere 46 Lowly soldier 50 Super-easy decision 55 Fish eggs 56 British noble 57 Leslie Caron role 58 Pistol 59 Salver 60 Bit of plankton 61 Conclusion
ACROSS 1 Express 4 Leprechauns’ dances 8 Quest 12 Area 51 vessel 13 Arm bone 14 Sandwich treat 15 Tatter 16 “Consider it done”
18 Pat down 20 Charged bit 21 Consider 24 “Greetings, pardner” 28 Nolan Ryan specialty 32 Soft cheese 33 Brewery product 34 One’s performances?
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DOWN 1 Go from website to website 2 In the distance 3 Boo-Boo’s mentor 4 Promotional trips 5 UN workers agcy. 6 Econ. statistic 7 Ganges garment 8 Rub elbows 9 Web address 10 Born 11 Male turkey
17 Reaction to fireworks 19 “Star Wars” initials 22 Harrow rival 23 Crenshaw, for one 25 Legal document 26 Tragic 27 Calendar period 28 DEA agent 29 Hodgepodge 30 Coop group 31 Actress Downey 35 Punch-bowl contents, maybe 38 With all one’s heart 40 Pitch 42 Spy org. 45 Latvia’s capital 47 Incite 48 Proper subject? 49 Incline 50 Profit 51 Rowing need 52 Lingerie item 53 Zero 54 Early bird?
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