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Almost-one-year-old Kiroa MacRae of Chatham celebrated her first Thanksgiving Day dinner at the St. Joseph’s Spirit and Life Centre Friday. Turkey and all the trimmings were served to some 200 people, courtesy of Entegrus and St. Vincent de Paul. More than 40 Entegrus employees took part in the event, now in its fourth year.
If Emer Dudley could sing and Kathy Skinner liked history, the medical community in Wallaceburg would have been deprived of two of its most dedicated members. Instead, Dr. Dudley and registered nurse Skinner are celebrating a combined 100 years in the medical field, most of them in Wallaceburg. The Wallaceburg Community Medical Centre duo took time recently to look back on their long careers as well as the future of health care. Emer was living in her birthplace of County Cork, Ireland and desperately wanted to be a teacher. “I wanted to be a National School (elementary) Teacher, but if you couldn’t sing you had to have incredibly high marks and I didn’t. I was top middle of my classes. You actually had to pass a singing exam and I couldn’t sign my way out of a paper bag. I tell people I went to medical school because it was easier,” she laughed. Although she was a raised in a medical family, her physician mother
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didn’t want her to enter the profession. “My mother did everything to discourage me,” she said. “She would take me up at 3 a.m. when she had to see a patient just to let me know what it was like.” Her family’s home contained her mother’s medical practice. “The office was in the house and we had to stitch people up every Sunday because the hurling pitch was behind our house. We would keep getting these guys coming up to the house with the blood running down their head.” “My father would occasionally answer the door and most of the guys didn’t know that it was actually my mother was the doctor. He’d answer the door and we’d hear this thud and think ‘oh no, not again’ because my father would faint at the sight of blood.” “The poor guy at the door would say ‘is it so bad that the doctor fainted?’ and I would just say, no he’s not the doctor and tell them to come in.” “Once I got into medicine, I loved it. I couldn’t imagine doing anything else.”
Kathy started nursing training in 1956 at Public General Hospital in Chatham. “I didn’t see any use in learning more history and my friend had started in nursing and was having fun so I enrolled. We lived in residence at the time.” She was one of 21 students who graduated in 1959 but was doing practical nursing long before her three years were up. “We were thrown in the deep end,” she said. “We had an overall supervisor but we were in charge of floors and teaching other nurses after our first year.” After working in Chatham and the United States, she came back to Wallaceburg in 1975, working in the intensive care and emergency departments at Sydenham District Hospital until retiring 14 years ago. She was retired for all of two weeks when she joined Dr. Dudley. “I didn’t know what to do with myself, I’d always worked.” “She was snapped up pretty quickly,” Emer said. “Kathy was reason I came to Wallaceburg.”
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Emer had immigrated to Newfoundland and in 1983 was looking to move to Ontario when she toured a number of hospitals. “I looked at Fort Erie but it only had 29 deliveries and Wallaceburg had 350 that year,” she said. “The Tuesday before I was going to tour some hospitals, I saw an ad in the Canadian Medical Journal for Wallaceburg and it was in driving distance so I came. I arrived at 11:45 and out of the six places I toured, Wallaceburg was by far the friendliest. Kathy greeted me with a coffee, and a place to sit before my interview. I came for a year and I’m still here. Wallaceburg had a totally different atmosphere. I was welcomed.” Both women say there has been a de-personalization of medical care over the years and an increas-
ing emphasis on technology as opposed to personal interaction. “I see a lot more people released who really don’t have anyone to care for them but they have to be processed out of hospital,” Emer said. Kathy said young mothers are being sent home with 36 hours of delivery and complications result. Emer said increased bureaucracy has hampered medical care throughout the system. “Eric Hoskins (Minister of Health and Long-Term Care) has a lack of respect for grass roots medicine. The best thing he has going for him in Ontario is a good primary care system but he has a total lack of regard for what we do. He has upset people that haven’t been upset for a long time.” She said the current family health team model now under review was
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a great improvement but has been plagued from a fatal flaw from the beginning. “They made a major mistake because the capitation rate is too much and they don’t pay enough fee for service,” Emur said. “We get paid a lot for having someone rostered as a patient on our books but we get ten 10 per cent of the $33 dollars paid through OHIP for an office visit. “Every time a patient comes in the physician gets $3 dollars.” She said the result is large clinics with a huge number of rostered patients but with doctors only working a couple of days per week because there isn’t a lot of money in actually seeing patients. “We all knew it wasn’t going to last but it was better than in the mid 1990s when I was working 130 or 140 hours per week and making less than minimum wage on their formula. They just took a problem and went too far the other way.” Kathy said she’s glad
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Registered Nurse Kathy Skinner and family physician Dr. Emer Dudley share a smile as they look back on a combined 100 years of medical service to the community. The two have worked together in private practice and at Sydenham District Hospital in Wallaceburg since Dr. Dudley emigrated from Ireland more than 30 years ago.
she’s grown up with technology but would find it intimidating to be starting out now without the practical knowledge of how to use it. Emer said Kathy’s judgment is second to none. “She is great with the little two year old ‘stinky poos’ as she calls them. She can get shots into them before they even know what’s going on. Her breadth of experience
is amazing and we rely on each other’s judgment.” Kathy said the practical part of nursing training was an important part of her education. “Most student nurses are very good but they don’t have the overall depth of knowledge and they’re taught more theory than practical. It’s fine to know theory but you have to know how to apply it.” Both Kathy and Emer say
it’s difficult when longtime patients die. “We’ve taken care of families for generations and when a patient of 30 years dies, it never gets any easier.” With a patient roster that ranges from two-day-olds to those over a century, there is no such thing as an average day. “We run,” Emer said. “It keeps you busy.”
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As the Chatham-Kent Hospice enters its fall fundraising campaign, the Geddes family shone a passionate light on just what takes place there when a loved one spends his or her final days at the hospice. Mark Meko, whose grandfather Don Geddes came to the hospice in June, couldn’t say enough about the staff. “To say the staff is excellent would be an understatement. They are phenomenal,” he said. “They knew when to step in and put their arms around the family when needed, and when to step back.” Meko added the attention to detail in the design of the rooms is impressive as well. “We really appreciated the little nuances. You do that when you are there 16-17 hours a day,” he said. Even simple things such as having a wastebasket that’s stored in a cupboard, out of sight – and emptied with access from the other side of the wall so the family isn’t disturbed – stood out in his mind. Faye Geddes, Don’s widow, considers the hospice and its staff very special. “I don’t think the people of Chatham-Kent realize
what they have here,” she said. Or how accommodating the hospice and staff are. “At 9:30 in the morning, it was decided Don was to come to the hospice. By 1:30 that afternoon, we were on our way here,” she said. “Don was wheeled into this wonderful, quiet atmosphere. It’s like a little bit of heaven. “This is a place where you know your loved one is truly, truly taken care of.” Michelle O’Rourke, director of hospice care, said the goal is to have a welcoming place where families want to bring their loved ones. “It’s ‘what can we do right now, and how can we help?’” Staff is very flexible, she added, as many a family celebration has taken place at the facility, including a recent Thanksgiving party, a wedding and birthday parties. “It’s awesome that families feel so comfortable here to ask about holding celebrations with their loved one,” she said. Maureen Geddes, Faye and Don’s daughter, stressed the hospice’s environment and staff are top notch. “To be able to come here and have him die with dignity meant a lot,” she said. “And there is plenty of space for family so we
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Maureen Geddes discusses her family’s experience while her father spent his final days at the Chatham-Kent Hospice earlier this year. Her mother, Faye Geddes, and son Mark Meko also spoke about the very supportive staff and overall positive experience the family had during Don Geddes time there.
raising goal. Since the hospice opened in April, it’s been a busy place. Executive director Jessica Smith, said as of Oct. 5, staff had served 93 families. The occupancy rate averaged more than 80% to date, and was up to 94% in September. Jodi Maroney, executive
could all be with him.” She added the staff at the hospice exude compassion. “I met kindness from every smiling person I met here.” Steve Walker, vice chair of the hospice foundation, said the goal is to provide families with as comfortable an experience as possible while a family member is there. “We are raising funds to help provide compassionate endof-life care,” he said. The Erie St. Clair Local Health Integration Network provides $900,000 a year to pay for direct health costs, but Walker said more money is required to run the facility. The foundation has set an annual $850,000 fund-
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pice and raise awareness,” she said. “We really want people to understand the benefits of the hospice.” The hospice foundation will hold its first gala fundraiser Oct. 14 at the Links of Kent. A few tickets as of press time were still available. To order yours, call 519-354-3113.
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testing before the construction of any turbines and will receive groundKevin Jakubec, the ap- water and ground vibrapellant in the cancelled tion monitoring in each Environmental Review of the first three years of Tribunal hearing into the operation. Also part of the agreeNorth Kent One wind project, said he believed ment is that the ground w a t e r he had no communichoice but “There was no stepty liaison to abandon ping back so I took a committee his appeal side step so we could will see the once the ERT refused move forward and take company’s to grant him what we gained in me- contingency plan. an exten- diation.” All costs sion. - Kevin Jakubec for the The hearabove coning was cancelled last Wednesday ditions is to be borne by followed by the appeal Samsung and Pattern Dedismissal the following velopment. Jakubec was a key orgaday. Jakubec said he request- nizer of the grass-roots ed a 14-day extension group Water Wells First to introduce expert evi- but stepped aside when he became the sole appeldence. “There was no stepping lant in the case. The group had contendback so I took a side step so we could move for- ed that vibration from ward and take what we turbine construction and gained in mediation,” he operation endangers water well quality. said. The ERT dismissed JakuUnder the terms of the mediation, property own- bec request, saying it ers will be given baseline would put the length of By Mary Beth Corcoran mary@chathamvoice.com
the hearing past its sixmonth deadline. As well, the tribunal accepted the “uncontested expert evidence” of the North Kent Wind witness, Storer Boone of Golder Assoc. Ltd. that turbines wouldn’t affect water quality. Chatham-Kent officials cited that document as “a compelling multi-disciplinary report that cannot be ignored.” C-K Chief Legal Officer John Norton said the report, dated Sept. 16, “indicates that ground vibrations generated during construction and subsequent turbine operation on well water conditions is likely to be insignificant and will not influence the rate of radon within the groundwater.” Mayor Randy Hope said in a press release, “We insisted on evidence. Now that we have the evidence, we are satisfied that this appeal has been withdrawn.” Mike deBakker, speaking on behalf of Water Wells First, said in a release he
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Hospice is now part of our community When volunteers began discussing the Chatham-Kent Hospice five years ago, they knew there was a need and they believed there was the support for such a facility. Five years later, there is no doubt that the need and the support were real. The 10-bed end of life facility has provided comfort to 93 families since it opened in April with an occupancy rate of more than 80 per cent. Although it’s impossible to put a dollar figure on the value to families who have used the building at the corner of Wellington and Adelaide Streets, in the real world, funding is still an issue. Through the Erie St. Clair Local Health Integration Network, the hospice receives $900,000 a year to pay for direct health costs. Actual operating costs are nearly double that, with the Hospice foundation seeking to raise some $850,000 annually. Providing palliative care to patients and helping their families’ cope with the impending death of a loved one takes a certain commitment from staff and volunteers. It also takes the continued backing of the community. Given the blockbuster nature of the hospice’s building campaign fund that surpassed its $5 million goal by three quarters of a million dollars and also raised another quarter of a million to furnish the building, it could be expected that local residents would be tapped out. That doesn’t seem to be the case as hardly a week goes by without another donation being made to the hospice, ensuring its long-term viability. In a short time, the hospice has become an integral part of our community, a symbol that we care for and take care of, our own.
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Left-turn lights poorly managed Sir: As of at least mid-September, the left turn light at Churchill Street and Grand Avenue, which has detained drivers without just cause since last fall, is now almost currently useless. Churchill Street is blocked for repairs, as is the sidewalk, making access to the crosswalk button for Grand Avenue unavailable. Unless recently adjusted, the
red light on Grand Avenue, however, continues to stop traffic. Its only saving grace is that anyone wanting to cross Grand Avenue at this location need only wait for the light to change. The reality is that on average only one in 100 times the light stops traffic, a pedestrian will be crossing. It’s unfortunate
that such a nuisance light requires major surgery to rectify. Also, unless it has recently been adjusted, a similar scenario has existed at St. Clair Street and Gregory Drive, as well as the next controlled intersection at the Super Store Gas Bar. Within the past two months I’ve been stopped on St. Clair Street at both
locations with no one waiting to turn or cross. This is most noticeable in the later evening hours. Patience is a virtue, but that’s not what these lights were installed for. It does, however, detain traffic a little bit more in on the outskirts of town. As for the reasoning, if any, I can only speculate. Brock Turner Chatham
Snail mail hard to replace in some ways Sir: Just a wonderful story by Jim Blake in The Chatham Voice Aug. 28 of the 65-year-old pen pal friendship between Shirley and Kathleen; between England and Canada. It’s too bad to read they might not be able to visit one another so much because of health insurance costs. Yes, it has curtailed
many seniors’ travels to overseas destinations I’m afraid, or even that some insurance companies won’t insure you at all. I would certainly not entertain an overseas trip, even with insurance. One cannot really trust them 100 per cent. Getting back to Shirley
and Kathleen: this method of communication will never really take the place of a hand-written letter. Even if one can see a person’s face or hear them speak. When my sister was alive in England, we must have written reams back and forth. When one of us
sent off a letter, we would start a diary letter again. It is amazing what each one of got up to each day. Wonderful memories, unfortunately not lost to technology, but to death. She did live to 92 so that’s pretty good. She passed away seven years ago. Ruth Draper Chatham
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“From Memphis to Folsom” stars the amazing Jim Yorfido as “The Man in Black”, widely considered the number one Johnny Cash tribute in the world. Yorfido truly captures the captivating look and striking Baritone voice of Johnny Cash in concert. Joining Jim on-stage will be his stunning wife Pam Yorfido performing as June Carter, and the hilarious John Jackson paying tribute to legendary Canadian icon Stompin’ Tom Connors. As a special bonus on the Chatham show, the multitalented Pam will also perform a tribute to country queen Tammy Wynette. Musically, the show covers the entire career of “The Man in Black” including Johnny’s early hits on Sun Records (“I Walk The Line”, “Folsom Prison Blues”), his prison albums (“Boy Named Sue”), Johnny’s signature tune “Ring of Fire”, and of course, the sing-along duet with June Carter, “Jackson”.
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Songs from Stompin’ Tom are guaranteed to “raise the roof” at the theatre, include “Bud The Spud” “Sudbury Saturday Night” and the Canadian classic “The Hockey Song” amongst the many audience favourites. Tammy Wynette charttoppers will include D-I-VO-R-C-E and the timeless anthem “Stand By Your Man”.
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Changing minds about poverty By Jim Blake jim@chathamvoice.com
As Chatham-Kent marks Poverty Awareness Day next week, one local expert in the field says a fundamental shift in society’s attitude is the only way to make major inroads on the issue. Prosperity Round Table co-ordinator Kate do Forno said the realization that poverty affects everyone might be the catalyst needed to bring about changes. “Even if you aren’t having financial stresses yourself, just about everyone in our community knows someone who is,” she said. Do Forno said there are a lot of people “doing wonderful work” to help those less fortunate but they are unable to get ahead of the curve. “It gets down to people having secure, full time jobs with a wage that will
allow them to support their families,” she said. “We can help those who have fallen through the very wide cracks in the system but much of what is done is by nature temporary. Unfortunately, poverty is not a temporary problem.” The prosperity roundtable consists of 59 local organizations that have joined forces to better use resources and provide aid to the estimated 17 per cent Chatham-Kent residents who are live below the poverty line. A roundtable committee will be revealing what it believes should be a “living wage” in Chatham-Kent and presenting a number of employees who have committed to paying employees that amount. “We’re very sensitive to the needs of small businesses that may be hard
pressed to make ends meet now,” she said. “We are certainly not targeting or blaming them, but instead encouraging a wider look at the problem so perhaps senior governments can provide assistance of some form.” Do Forno said with usage at local food banks increasing; she believes the problem is growing. “There are people who are holding minimum wage jobs who still have to use food banks,” she said. Monday, Oct. 17 will see a flag-raising at the Civic Centre and a presentation before Chatham-Kent Council that night. The living wage discussion will take place Tuesday, a Diverse City Party will be held at the Kent 1874 Saturday and social activist Dierdre Pike will speak on poverty reduction as a social justice imperative Monday, Oct. 24.
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The federal government has appointed an independent task force to identify options for the future of our postal service. It says that everything but postal privatization is on the table. This fall, a parliamentary committee will be consulting with Canadians on postal service and the options identified by the task force It will make recommendations to the government by year’s end. Let the committee know what your key issues are: • Getting your home delivery back? • Expansion of home delivery? • Keeping your public post office? • Greening the post office? • Creating services that support seniors and people with disabilities? • Bringing back our postal bank for more inclusive, accessible financial services for everyone? Have your say on the future of Canada Post by: 1. Filling out an online survey until October 21, 2016 at 11:59pm at: parl.gc.ca/OGGO-e. Paper surveys are available upon request. 2. Attending one of the public consultations being held across the country. For more information, go to: http://www.parl.gc.ca/ HousePublications/ Publication.aspx?Languarage=e &Mode=1&Parl=0 &Ses=0& DocId=8391013. Information on western and northern locations to come. You can get updates and more information at CUPW.ca/canadapostreview Produced by the Canadian Union of Postal Workers There is an open ended question at the end where you can add your ideas and concerns. You may wish to: 1. Point out that the survey does not consider all options. 2. Propose that Canada Post expand money-making services. 3. Suggest that our public post office be used to achieve government objectives such as improving service to Indigenous people and lowering greenhouse has emissions.
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Our population is aging and we need to keep our communities connected. Canada Post used to have a service called Letter Carrier Alert that allowed letter carriers to monitor seniors and people with disabilities. Many letter carriers still informally check up on their neighbourhoods and the people on their routes. In partnership with municipal governments, communities, health care providers and seniors, we can keep doing this, helping older Canadians to remain in their homes for as long as possible. France and Japan have similar services in place now. According to the Inspector General of the United States Postal Service, a similar service in the US would generate $12.6 million in revenues annually if just one per cent of its 12.5 million older adults that live alone signed up.
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PAWR earns animal control contract By Jim Blake jim@chathamvoice.com
Nearly three years of dedicated volunteer service paid off for a local group that has been awarded a contract to provide animal control services for Chatham and South Kent. Council Monday night chose Pet and Wildlife Rescue (PAWR), over the Sarnia district Humane Society, to provide the service at a cost of $627,200 for the period from November 11 this year through March 31 of 2018. The current provider, the Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals did not bid. It will continue to fulfill its legislated mandate to investigate animal cruelty as a partner of the municipality. PAWR co-founder Myriam Armstrong, who will manage the operation, said the dedication of volunteers and widespread community support made her organization what it is. “We’ve been operating since January 1, 2014, on donations and volunteer efforts,” she said. “We’ve
taken in more than 900 animals and we’ve never asked for any formal help. These people are helping because they care.” She said PAWR has an extensive group of more than 90 volunteers including a strong network of foster homes for pets. “People might think we’re relatively small but we spent $90,000 last year alone on veterinary bills,” she said. “We have more of a track record than many people know.” The first order of business is to speak with OSPCA staff to determine if they are interested in future employment. “We don’t want to lose that continuity so we will be seeing who is a fit for our group,” Armstrong said. She said the group is making plans for a thorough cleaning of the current municipally-owned animal shelter on Park Ave. “We’re very hopeful for plans underway for a new animal shelter but that’s still down the road a bit so we will need to do what we can to make the current facility work as well as possible. We need
to make it a welcoming environment for these animals that are highly stressed when they come in.” The PAWR offer was recommended by municipal staff despite the fact that the Sarnia group has several decades of experience. “I think they looked at what we’ve been able to do with what we’ve had to work with and saw that we were up to the job,” she said. Judy Smith, manager of municipal governance and clerk of Chatham-Kent, said in her report that both groups were closely ranked based on cost, experience, references, equipment and facilities. As part of the contract, PAWR must provide the municipality with annual audited financial statements
which shall be made available to the public on the municipal website and it must remit 15 per cent of donations received to be held by the municipality for repairs
and capital updates to the Chatham-Kent shelter. It must also continue to be operated by a board of directors comprised of volunteers who reside or
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The Chatham-Kent Police is aware of the ‘creepy clown’ hoax circulating across social media, according to CKPS Public Information Officer Renee Cowell. “Our Youth Officer is working very diligently with local school officials to ensure the safety of all students across our community,” Const. Cowell said in a statement. “At this time, there have been no official ‘clown sightings’ reported to our police service and we’re working towards getting sites removed by the students who posted them.” The CKPS would like to remind everyone that although it is not an offence to dress in this fashion, po-
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As of press time, municipal officials had said the Parry Bridge on Keil Drive was to open all four lanes by the end of the day Oct. 12. The bridge, following a summer of closure, opened a single lane in either direction in early September, but was to
have full flow in either direction by the end of the day Wednesday. Municipal officials stress the bridge is still considered an active construction zone, and crews hope to complete the final work on the bridge by the end of the month. The current load posting of 18/28/36 remains in effect until further notice.
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Highgate centre for the arts undergoing expansion By Jim Blake jim@chathamvoice.com
Six years after it was saved from the wrecking ball, the Mary Webb Centre has broken ground on an expansion that will allow it to serve the greater Chatham-Kent community for generations to come. A $249,000 federal heritage grant and local community efforts are funding an expansion and a plan to increase accessibility to the 100-year-old
former United Church that has become a magnet for musical performers due to its intimacy, unique design and acoustics. “It is an absolute oneof-a-kind building,” said centre spokesman Marg Eberle. “We thought there might be a hall like it in Boston but we checked it out and we can’t find anything quite like it.” The circle in the square construction provides the 250-seat venue with acoustics that have
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Even the stage and the building’s 100 year-old wooden front doors have been reconstructed and restored. The centre has developed a gallery containing works from a roster of some 50 contributors. For more information on the centre’s concert series, visit www.marywebbcentre.ca.
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Shepard’s Way Inn is the recipient of nearly $2,000 in donations from the Apollo Property Management and Food 4 Less. The not-for-profit restaurant is facing financial difficulty after having to replace several pieces of equipment this year. Here John O’Brien of Food 4 Less and Heather Woodhouse, Apollo property manager present a gift certificate to Inn operator Theresa Nadeau. Shepard’s Way will also hold a walk-a-thon Oct. 22.
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Child Abuse Awareness Month is observed every year in October. Mistreated or neglected children have become a preoccupation for more and more health professionals because many of them agree that the number of reported cases is generally much lower than the true number of children actually being abused. According to Jeff Latimer, who has prepared a report for Health Canada entitled “The consequences of child maltreatment: A reference guide for health practitioners,” it’s difficult to know the extent of the problem in Canada. Research has shown that, every day, a large number of children are exposed to serious acts of violence and neglect, resulting in grave, long-term repercussions. In addition to the damage abused children suffer in the short
term, maltreatment is also associated with a multitude of additional problems that only surface in the teenage years and beyond. By reporting proven or even suspected cases to child protection officers, health practitioners can offer abused children the opportunity to escape violence and put an end to their victim status. Healthcare professionals have certainly helped to contribute to the well-being of young Canadians over the last few years; however, a great deal of progress still must be made. To obtain further information on this subject visit Health Canada’s website, at www.hc-sc.gc.ca.
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Do you care enough to wear pink? By Jim Blake jim@chathamvoice.com
Chatham-Kent firefighters will be bagging groceries and selling t-shirts this weekend as part of their Care Enough to Wear Pink fundraising effort to raise money for breast cancer groups. Firefighters Sidney Vilaranda and Barrie Christie decided only two weeks ago to bring the awareness program to Chatham-Kent for the first
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Chatham Kent firefighters and supporters are launching a Care Enough to Wear Pink campaign at two Chatham grocery stores this weekend. Pink t-shirts will be sold for $20 with proceeds going to cancer awareness and research groups.
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Water festival gets a sunny break By Jim Blake jim@chathamvoice.com
For four years, Don Hector planned and waited through fog, rain and labour disputes. He finally got what he was looking for last week with three days of sunny weather and the largest Chatham-Kent and Lambton Water Festival ever. More than 1,800 elementary school students, 350 secondary school and adult volunteers crammed their way into C. M. Wilson Conservation Area to learn about the importance of water in every aspect of their lives. “It’s been a long time coming but it’s worth it,” said Hector, who has been the event co-odinator for several years. “We have had a core group of volunteers who have never wavered, despite what we’ve been through.” Hector said the purpose
of the event is to educate Grade Four and Five students from the area about something they too often take for granted. “We live in a rich area with lakes and rivers all around us,” he said. “We turn on a tap and water comes out. We often don’t realize how lucky we are.” The festival had 41 different stations including topics such as the “Saturday night bath” to learning “where it goes when I go.” Hector said the Chatham Sunrise Rotary and Kiwanis clubs have been solid supporters of the festival. “We’re getting more partners all of the time,” he said. “It’s a very strong program with an important message.”
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Grade 5 student Cameron Rand of Sarnia gets a helping hand from Jeff Brown of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry in making a fishing lure during the annual Chatham-Kent and Lambton Water Festival. The event attracted record crowds of area students during its three day run.
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Thursday, October 13, 2016 • Rod Wellington, Author will visit the Chatham branch of the CKPL from 6:30pm-8:30pm with his new book River Angels. • Open Euchre at The Chatham Legion, William & Colborne St., Chatham at 1:00pm. Friday, October 14, 2016 • The Kent Branch of The Ontario Genealogical Society meeting at McKinlay Funeral Home Reception Centre at 7:00pm. Parking is available in the St. Clair Plaza at 463 St. Clair St., Chatham. Everyone is welcome. Historian and author Chris Carter sheds light on early Kent County. • Karaoke at the Merlin Legion Br. 465 from 6:00pm-10:00pm. 2 Stanley St., Merlin. • Crazy about Cats from 2:00pm-4:00pm at the Tea Connection, 15 King St. East, Chatham. Call for more details 226-671-0081. • The Kent Historical Society presents the ninth year of Cemetery Strolls on Friday, October 14h and 21st and Saturday, October 15th and 22nd. Tours leave at 7, 7:30 and 8 pm each night and last about 2 hours. For more information or tickets, contact (519)3512958 or (519) 436-2058. • The Essex and Kent Scottish Association invites its Regimental families to the Reunion and Banquet taking place Oct. 14,15 & 16. . Visit http://www.ekscot.org. • First Presbyterian Church Broasted Chicken Dinner catered by the CAR BARN in Wheatley. Take out and gluten free available. Advance tickets only. $18.00 adults, $8.00 kids 6-12. 5 & under free! • Br.243 Royal Canadian Legion, Ridgetown is holding a soup and sandwich lunch sponsored by the Ladies Auxiliary from 11:00am-2:00pm. • Meal and darts at The Chatham Legion, William & Colborne St., Chatham. Dinner from 5:30pm-7:00pm with choice of cabbage rolls, roast beef or fish and chips for $9.00. One meat draw. Fun darts starts at 7:30pm. Saturday, October 15, 2016 • Antique Show & Sale at the Chatham Banquet and Conference Centre, 280 Merritt Ave., Chatham from 10:00am-4:00pm. $5 admission fee. 50/50 draw, door prizes, bake table. • I.C.R.P.S. Devil Dash 5K run/walk at Indian Creek Road Public School. 8:45am Mini Devil Dash (100m for 4-8 year olds). 9:00am ChipTimed Walk/Run. Mini Devel Dash is $10, Students is $15 and Adults is $30. Go to https:// raceroster.com/events/2016/10170/devil-dash to register. • 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 Blast from the Past. Sunday, October 16, 2016 • Bingo at Br. 243 Royal Canadian Legion, Ridgetown. Sponsored by the Legion Ladies Auxiliary from 2:00pm-4:00pm. Entry fee $10 includes 4 cards. Jackpot is $200.
• The Voice of Triumph Church, 135 Queen St., Chatham, is hosting an evening of anointed singing and dynamic preaching with Pastor Dorman Pollett Jr. from the Windsor area, and singers from Chatham and area. Evening begins at 7:00pm and admission is a free will offering with light lunch to follow. Monday, October 17, 2016 • Meadow Park Chatham welcomes back the Torrence Sisters performing in the Main dining hall at 2:00pm, 110 Sandys St., Chatham. • Senior Euchre at The Chatham Legion, William & Colborne St., Chatham at 1:00pm. • Stonecroft Ministries (Now RSVP Ministries) is celebrating 50 years and you are invited to celebrate with the Chatham, Leamington, Sarnia and Windsor groups at 10:00am at Colasanti’s in Ruthven, Ontario. Tickets are $20 and available at Gospel Text on Grand Ave. in Chatham or from Maureen Street, 519-354-5278. Tuesday, October 18, 2016 • Book Club from 2:00pm-4:00pm at the Tea Connection, 15 King St. East, Chatham. Call for more details 226-671-0081. • Meadow Park Chatham welcomes George Wilson entertaining in the West lounge at 2:00pm, 110 Sandys St., Chatham. • Shuffleboard at 7:00pm at The Chatham Legion, William & Colborne St., Chatham. • Open Euchre and 2 person euchre at The Chatham Legion, William & Colborne St., Chatham. Open euchre at 1;)0pm and 2 person at 6:30pm, register and play at 7:00pm. $5.00 per person. Wednesday, October 19 • Meadow Park Chatham is having all NEW Afternoon on Broadway in the main dining room at 2:00pm, 110 Sandys St., Chatham. • Pepper and fun darts at The Chatham Legion, William & Colborne St., Chatham. Pepper at 1:00pm and darts at 7:00pm. Thursday, October 20 • Open Euchre at The Chatham Legion, William & Colborne St., Chatham at 1:00pm. 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
Mr. Blake, we will miss you In a few days’ time, Jim Blake will walk out of our office. On Oct. 17, he starts work with the municipality as its communications officer. When the rest of us at The Voice come to work next Monday, there will be a void here; Jim won’t be at his desk. But he’s still part of The Voice family; and he always will be part of our family. The ONLY thing that will be different around here is the fact you won’t see stories with Jim’s byline on them, or with his personal writing style as he takes an indefinite leave of absence. We’ll still cover the news the same way this paper has for the past three-plus years: with an intense focus on local people doing extraordinary things, local events and local news of key interest to our readers. And that will most certainly include stories, feature articles and editorials pertaining to the people and operations of the municipality of Chatham-Kent. Jim has done an excellent job taking the lead in terms of reporting and penning editorials relating to the activities of the municipality. We won’t suddenly change our tact just because he is not an everyday feature here, or because he’s working over there. I, and Fatima, Michelle, Mary Beth, Darlene and Nadine, will miss his everyday presence. But we are all still close to him as friends. In terms of editorial writing, we will be replacing one Ontario Newspaper Award repeat nominee for another, just as we did many years ago at another newspaper. Back in 2001, Jim hired me to be
Bruce Corcoran the municipal affairs reporter at the Chatham Daily News. He was managing editor at the time. A year later, he shifted to publisher and I accepted the role of assistant managing editor shortly thereafter. It was a position I’d held previously at the Lindsay Daily Post. He gave up his editorial writing duties; I took them over. Seamless. Through it all, we developed a friendship. Heck, after my initial interview with Jim, I really took a liking to the guy – even when he actually hired someone else to fill the position (the dude took another job and never showed up to work here, opening the door for me), I held no grudge. That friendship solidified over the years. He cried with me at the passing of my father-in-law, George Marlatt; I shed tears aplenty at the death of his wonderful wife, Heather. Yes, Jim is vacating his chair in our office. But he is still like family. This newspaper’s foundation is something he and I built. Together, we hand picked our staff. Because of that strong support crew, we have in place the tools to continue. We will miss his everyday presence, and the work he contributed as a direct member of the team. Continued on page 17
“Beyond the Bell is an amazing program. I have seen a huge improvement since my child started. Thank you to the United Way for helping to make this happen.” Please visit www.uwock.ca for more stories of people helped right here in Chatham-Kent.
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What I won’t miss is sharing a beverage after a busy week, Jim stopping by for a sampling on something grilled on the Big Green Egg, yelling at the TV on a Sunday afternoon while watching football together, or enjoying a bonfire in his backyard. Why won’t I miss them? Because we will continue to hang out together. That’s what friends do. As for his taste in sports
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their work area. I arrived Friday to balloons hanging from the ceiling, sparkles galore sprinkled on my desk, party hats adorning my computer speakers, and a few other treats. So, Fatima had to climb up on my desk to hang the balloons (Michelle, the Sparkle Queen, is too short), and Michelle took great joy in altering my desktop image. It went from being a shot of Wrigley Field, home of my adored Chicago Cubs, to a photo of a rather wonderful Oakland Raiders fan. Try doing that in a corporate environment. To say I chuckled when I arrived at the office would be an understatement. As I type this, the day is far from over, and Mary and Darlene seemed to each walk
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