THE CHATHAM VOICETHURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

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A tribute to a Thamesville gear head

By Pam Wright Local Journalism Initiative pamwrightlji@gmail.com

Art Kemp’s friends are convinced the long-time community builder was smiling down from heaven Saturday. The day marked the first-ever Art Kemp Memorial Car Show, put together to honour one of Thamesville’s favourite sons who passed away earlier this year. “It’s a chance to get together and honour our friend,” said Brad Smith of the Thamesville Sertoma Club, adding Kemp, a life member of the club, was “gone too soon” at age 64. Brad’s wife Susan, who helped organize the event in just three week’s time, said support for the event was overwhelming, giving people an opportunity to visit and see friends for the first time in a long while. Thamesville’s Threshing Festival and its Back to the Future event have been cancelled because of COVID-19 for two years in a row. “It’s a way for the community to come together,” Susan explained, adding Kemp was a familiar face in town and always ready to lend a hand no questions asked. Kemp was also a full-on gear head, which is why his friends chose a car show as a means to honour him. Kemp’s friends got together and fired up two of his collector cars Saturday morning, including a 1966 Mustang Coupe and a 1989 724 Cavalier, for display in the show. Wayne Doskas, a lifelong friend of Kemp, said the tremendous show of support for the event could mean it will become an annual event. The show was a joint effort between the Thamesville Improvement Association and the Thamesville Sertoma Club.

Pam Wright/The Chatham Voice Junior Leslie, Anna Smith and Junior’s daughter Grace Leslie stroll down the main drag taking a look at the many cars on display in Thamesville during the inaugural Art Kemp Memorial Car Show.

Most councillors vaxxed; some decline to say

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He received his first shot of Pfizer at the Bradley Centre clinic in May. “I only wish I could have got it sooner,” Canniff said.

Wallaceburg Coun. Car-

men McGregor received her vaccine within days of her eligibility. As a member of the CK Public Board of Health, and the South Western representative of Local Public Health Agencies at the regional level, McGregor is committed to the facts. “I believe fully in the science that has been provided by WHO and our medical officers of health, both federally and provincially.”

West Kent Coun. Me-

lissa Harrigan, who also works in health care, is fully vaccinated to “support her community,” adding that even if she contracts COVID-19, her symptoms will be lessened, thereby reducing the chance of hospitalization. She also doesn’t want to put vulnerable family members at risk. “In a nation where public health care is part of our values, we need to collectively take action to protect our health system,” Harrigan explained.

South Kent Coun. Trev-

or Thompson also has both his shots. He believes in public health medicine and said we only need to look to the past for proof. “Take a walk through Maple Leaf Cemetery,” Thompson advised. “Before vaccines and modern medicine, we used to stack human bodies like cordwood; human suffering, from hell to breakfast.”

Chatham Coun. Brock

McGregor is another councillor who has received both shots of the vaccine. The naturopathic doctor said he did it to protect his family, community and the people he works closely with. “Equitable access and use of vaccination is a key component in improving outcomes, controlling the spread of COVID-19 and minimizing the impact the pandemic has on our community,” McGregor said. “Like everyone, I look forward to the end of the pandemic and a return to normal.”

Chatham Coun. Mar-

jorie Crew has both her shots. “I am fully vaccinated,” she said. “I eagerly got the vaccine to protect my family, my friends and my community. I trust the science behind it,” Crew explained. “I believe that the vaccine is one of the best tools that we have to beat the virus.”

Wallaceburg Coun. Aar-

on Hall got his first and second mRNA doses as soon as he was eligible in the spring, saying he based his decision on advice from WHO and medical officers of health at all levels. “I believe vaccination against the COVID-19 virus is the best way to protect my community, my family and myself.” Increasing our vaccination rates is the ticket out of the pandemic, Hall noted, adding he encourages everyone to “roll up their sleeve to receive the shot.”

South Kent Coun. An-

thony Ceccacci, who also works in the health-care sector with seniors, said he’s been fully immunized for quite a while as he qualified for the vaccine early because of his job. “As soon as I was able to get it, I got it,” Ceccacci said. “I work in a highrisk setting and it was the most responsible thing to do to protect my team and seniors I work with. Plus, I want to keep my friends and family as safe as possible.”

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