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across town to watch her granddaughter play elementary school sports is questionable. “Even when I have a couple of dollars left, which is rare, you never know what’s going to come up. When the money’s gone, it’s gone.” A bus driver for several years, Patricia gave up her
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“I want to get over this so I can get back to work. Ninety percent of the people I know on OW (Ontario Works) or disability want to be working.” She said the isolation caused by not having a car or being able to afford to get around makes the situation worse.
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“I was back on Ontario Works and I’m so grateful for counseling and programs like Operation Backpack and Operation Cover Up because they gave my children help when I couldn’t. I learned not to be judgmental because we can’t always control our circumstances.” She said her return to the workplace has been liberating and uplifting. “I’m employed full time in a job with benefits. I love to go to my job in the morning and know I’m making a difference. I don’t sit at home by myself, bored and watching the same TV shows.” She said she doesn’t even want to think about where she would be without the help of social agencies. She said having to choose between medication and food or paying for electricity happens “far more often than people know.” “Even that second pair of shoes kids need at school can be a burden if you have no extra money at all.” She said introduction of a living wage in Canada would help many people and make better employees. “If someone doesn’t have to worry about eating that day, they can be a better worker and a healthier person.” She said although “I’m so happy where my life is now”, there are plenty of other people who haven’t been able to make it out of extreme poverty.
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“You withdraw into yourself because you can’t go anywhere. The circle becomes pretty small.” She hates what she sees as a stigma of living in assisted housing. “They call my granddaughter and her friends ‘co-op kids’ and the children from the rich houses aren’t allowed to play with her. I hate that. It’s like they wished we didn’t exist.” Suzie, a mother of three and a grandmother, has seen both sides of the poverty line. “I was raised by a single mom who did her best to take care of us. She was able to work and we were on social assistance but we never went without anything. I’m sure she sacrificed a lot but growing up I didn’t think much of it.” Although Suzie didn’t finish her education, she said she never had problems finding employment. A divorce changed her life and she went on Ontario Works “to be back on my feet.” “I got my college education and completed courses for a law clerk and office administrator in my 30s with children,” she said. “It was a busy time.” When her youngest child was diagnosed with ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) she made the choice to leave work and provide care for him at home.
“If my bills are paid and I have a roof over my head and something to eat, I’m ok,” she said. “Sure it would be nice to go to the movies or buy a $50 sweater but when it comes down to it, what matters the most is being thankful and I am.” For Rachel, a choice she made 30 years ago came back to haunt her decades later. When she was young, she was found guilty of possession of marijuana. “I was stupid and young. I got caught once and never did it again but I’m paying for it like it was yesterday.” She said the conviction meant little during her career until she was laid off. Rachel said she isn’t even allowed to volunteer for organizations wanting a background check. “It makes you feel less than worthless for something that happened so long ago.” She said her Ontario Works counselor has been helping her through the process to get a pardon. “I wouldn’t even know where to begin and I wouldn’t have had the money for it,” she said. “I’m nearly through the process and it’s like I’m getting my life back.” She said living on the $656 given to individuals each month is nearly impossible. “I’ve thought about getting a room mate but I like my independence,” she said. “A living wage or guaranteed income would be much better.”
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When Michelle Grzebien needs to be reminded of her legacy, all she needs to do is take a drive around Chatham, from the WISH Centre to the Chatham-Kent Children’s Treatment Centre to the Chatham-Kent Health Alliance campus on Grand Ave. All are reminders of her 27 years in local fundraising in which she’s raised more than $40 million for community projects. Michelle has announced her retirement from executive director’s post at the Chatham-Kent Health Alliance Foundation, effective Nov. 1. “A lot of people don’t like asking for money but if you truly believe in what you’re doing it’s not that hard,” she said. A Chatham native, Michelle returned from Ottawa to lead one of the first foundation-based projects in Chatham, the Lester B. Pearson Centre, now part of the Chatham-Kent Children’s Treatment Centre. “It was 1989 and I had to create a foundation and raise $500,000 which was a lot of money,” she said. “The only other group that was doing that type of fundraising was the United Way. It made it more
difficult since at that time, children’s mental health was viewed as something that was an issue for parents, not the community.” The effort took three years and she credited a strong board with helping her in her rookie campaign. “John Bergeron, the owner of the McDonald’s Restaurant in Wallaceburg was my first board member,” she said. “Rex Crawford put me in touch with him and away we went. We had Randy Hope who was the MPP at the time.” The next two years were spent getting the bricks and mortar portion of the WISH Centre ready. “It was a different campaign but I had the support and help of the J.G. Taylor Community Foundation and the Sertoma Club when Jim Anderson was president,” she said. “Tim Cross was awesome to work with as was Ivan DeNure of Chatham Coach Lines.” Michelle said her office was in the soon-to-betorn down coach line bus barns. “I had big raccoons above my office and Ivan would stop in and ask me if I was okay by myself,” she said. “I told him I was all right but I was terri-
fied. It was worth it, the centre turned out to be a wonderful asset by the community. It’s still used by so many people.” Michelle was then executive director at the Canadian Lung Association for five years, during which she was also a key factor in bringing the Ontario Special Olympics Summer Games to Chatham. “The core group of the Special Olympics became the committee that helped bring the Festival of Trees at the Lung Association,” she said. “What a great group to work with.” She signed on with the Chatham-Kent Health Alliance to raise $20 million for a new hospital in 1999. “The Your health, Your future campaign was massive for Chatham-Kent,” she said. “There were a lot of key people involved including Wes Thompson Sr. who opened every door in Blenheim for me. He became a wonderful mentor to me.” After being named executive director of the foundation in 2005, Michelle had numerous campaigns including a $2.7 million drive to raise funds for physician recruitment. Her favourite campaign was the one to raise money for the hospital’s MRI
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(Magnetic Resonance Imaging) equipment. “It’s my favourite, hands-down,” she said. “Everyone in the community wanted it and I had plenty of help from Dr. John Button and Dr. Mein Ye. We raised $3.5 million in two years.” One of her most interesting activities resulted from a visit by the Chatham Homebuilders’ Association. “Wayne Faas, Clare Curtis and Mike Vandersluis came to my office in January and said they wanted to build a house in 36 hours and beat the guys in Windsor who had done one in that time. They said they wanted to sell it, not raffle it and I stood back and let them get going. They built the house in Windsor in just 29 hours. There was such excitement in the community over it,” Michelle remembered.
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Cendy Knight receives a helping hand from Al Eves as she sets up shelter for the night at the Haven for Homeless Men’s second annual Boxes and Blankets fundraising event held at The Commons outside the Downtown Chatham Centre on Oct. 21. Participants put themselves in the shoes of the homeless for one night, in hopes of raising awareness while the winter season approaches. The New Beginnings House’s A Point of Hope run a program three days a week, providing assistance to those who step through the door at 183 Wellington St. W.. Those wishing to make a donation or get involved as a volunteer are welcome to stop by location’s office, or call 519-351-4010 for more information.
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got really emotional, knowing that we’d really done it.” She said Chatham-Kent has been amazing in its support of community projects. “It is a wonderful place for donors and volunteers,” she said. “We’re very rarely turned down for volunteers and once we get them, they just stay on. It’s great.” Michelle said donors such as Andy Faas; “my first million dollar donor”, Frank Call me today for your FREE Uniac and George Credit Check and Mortgage Analysis Morris underscore the strength of the community. “From the Sisters of Crystal Robinson | 519-365-9198 Brokerage #10287 crystal.robinson@mtgarc.ca Agent#M16001046 St. Joseph to the people
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One of her most emotional moments came when she was sitting in her office and saw workers taking the roof off a portion of the hospital. “We always thought we’d get an MRI but we didn’t have the funding so one day I saw the roof come off and a crane lifted an MRI device off of a massive transport and dropped it into the room. I
who give whatever they can, the support locally has been exceptional. I feel proud of what’s been accomplished.” She sad the timing of her retirement had a lot to do with leaving the foundation in the hands of incoming director Fannie Vavoulis. “We have great staff members at the foundation and Fannie will lead them toward a great future.” Michelle said she plans to rest for a while and then volunteer her time with various groups. “I don’t want to do fundraising but I’ve got a lot to give,” she said.
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YMCA honours 2 Chatham supporters By Mary Beth Corcoran mary@chathamvoice.com
Two long-time Chatham residents who have played a huge role in bringing the Chatham-Kent YMCA to where it is today were honoured Monday on the YMCA Wall of Distinction. John Lawrence and Darcy McKeough were inducted into the Fellowship of Distinction with a permanent plaque on the wall at the YMCA. Lawrence was a YMCA board member from 20022010, and in 2010-2011, he helped lead the groundbreaking campaign to build the current YMCA in Chatham. Lawrence currently serves as director of the Chatham-Kent YMCA Foundation, is a member of the YMCA Planned Giving Committee and the YMCA Strong Kids Campaign Cabinet. McKeough, the son of a founding member of the Chatham-Kent YMCA and former long-term area MPP, started as a board member with the YMCA in late 1950s and has been a key strategic advisor for many years. In 2009, he served as Honourary Campaign Chair for the YMCA capital campaign, and was
instrumental in helping secure $8 million in government funding. At the unveiling of the Wall of Distinction, Jim Janzen, president and CEO of YMCAs across southwestern Ontario, acknowledged the contributions of both men, and the vital roles they played in bringing a new, fully accessible building to Chatham. When asked to say a few words, McKeough said while it is an honour to be acknowledged, what the building represents is what really matters. “What’s on the wall isn’t so important; what’s important is seeing the programs here in action and seeing the kids in the Play Zone,” the former MPP said. “It was a big project and it’s here because of a lot of hard work by a lot of people.” Lawrence, asked about why he enjoys being involved in the YMCA, said a big part of it is the people he works with and having a building accessible to the whole community. “I really think it’s about the folks I work with. They are a great bunch of people. It was really rewarding when we first opened the Y and there were all these folks who
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John Lawrence, left, and Darcy McKeough stand with the new display at the Chatham-Kent YMCA which honours their induction into the YMCA Fellowship of Distinction, the highest award given to individuals who have played instrumental roles in bringing the vision of the YMCA from an idea to bricks and mortar.
came in for the first time because it was accessible now,” Lawrence said. “It’s really great to see
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First-world realities here in C-K The phrase “first-world problems” is one we hear a lot when people complain about things that can be considered trivial compared to the abject poverty in third-world countries. During Poverty Awareness Week this month, the people behind Prosperity Round Table shone a light on what it means to be poor in one of the richest countries in the world. Here in Canada, in Ontario, in Chatham-Kent, we have people who have to choose between paying rent and buying food, or paying their hydro bill or buying clothes for their kids. And these are people on Ontario Works and Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP). There are people who abuse the system, yes. And there are the people who genuinely need a hand up because they can’t afford to pay the bills while earning a minimum wage at a job with no insurance for the dentist or eyeglasses. It is far more advantageous to apply for Ontario Works where they can get dental care and prescription drugs paid for. Our system is broken. People go on Ontario Works because minimum wage doesn’t support their families, but small business owners can’t afford to keep supporting the ever-increasing minimum wage so they lay people off or close down completely. Then people are unemployed and can’t find work and have to apply for Ontario Works… Poverty is a constant cycle with massive gaps in support. Food banks were supposed to be stop-gap measure to help through a crisis, but here we are years later with food banks, churches and community organizations stepping up to supply meals, warms coats, backpacks, school supplies, Christmas hampers, and all the things people used to be able to supply for themselves with an honest wage for an honest day’s work. The divide between the well-off one per cent and the poor just keeps getting wider. Unless the government wakes up and addresses the issue as a whole – not just piecemeal – the problem will just keep getting worse. Poverty is everyone’s problem. In Chatham-Kent, we are extremely fortunate to have a community that rallies behind groups and organizations that are there to help people fill the gap. So, no, we don’t know what it’s like to live in a place like Haiti, where people are lucky to survive the day, but we do live in a first-world country where a huge part of our population goes to bed hungry or cold or sick. That should not be acceptable for anyone.
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Council must be held accountable Sir: We appreciate Bruce Corcoran’s opinion article, “Council requires counselling,” in the Oct. 20 Chatham Voice. Finally the public will be learning the truth if they
are at all concerned. We all stand to loose a great deal in our beautiful municipality if we don’t wake up and first come to the aid of
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funded. Mayor Hope needs to visit his constituents that voted him into office and pay his wages. Bill & Carolyn Cornish Wallaceburg
Sir: I wish to congratulate Jim Blake on his latest endeavor. I have admired Jim and his team for the last three years – it can’t really be three years, can it? – as they continued to publish an
independent newspaper. Having spent 25 years in the newspaper business. I had my doubts, but, seriously, I prayed for its success.
My prayers were answered. After all, God opened the Red Sea and he fed thousands of people who were listening to Jesus preach. Whether you believe in
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CKHA eliminates Padfield’s position By Bruce Corcoran bruce@chathamvoice.com
The restructuring continues at the Chatham-Kent Health Alliance (CKHA). Just over a month after Colin Patey was ousted as CEO, another high-ranking administrator is no longer with the organization. Sarah Padfield has left the organization, according to Ken Deane, CKHA’s interim president and CEO. Padfield’s position of chief operating officer has been eliminated. “On behalf of the organization, I thank Sarah for
her service and contribution to the Chatham-Kent Health Alliance,” Deane said in a release. Deane, who has been on the job for less than two months, said changes were warranted to help the Alliance evolve. “Over the past six weeks, I’ve developed an appreciation for the organization. I’ve looked at the organizational structure and how it supports and enables the organization moving forward,” he said. “I concluded we need a more balanced focus, as we need to ensure we are organized in such
a way to have a really strong focus on patients through our programs; a strong focus on our people here, working towards a healthy work place; and third, performance – we need to make sure we meet our financial goals.” Deane said not every hospital has a chief operating officer, and that position’s duties can vary greatly from facility to facility. “That position changes from hospital to hospital. It even takes on different forms at different times through an organization’s history,” he said. “We
didn’t have it; we created it; and now as part of our evolution, we are moving out of it.” Deane added there was a need for “greater balance around the senior management table.” CKHA officials say Willi Kirenko stays on as vice-president and chief nursing executive with responsibility for clinical programs and services including pharmacy, laboratory services, and diagnostic imaging. Debbie Ancocik has been appointed vice-president with responsibility for human resources, occupa-
tional health and safety, partnerships and system integration. CKHA officials say Ancocik has worked in local health care for more than 40 years, most recently as director of employee services and labour relations with the Alliance. “I have always loved what I do and this incredible organization. I am humbled to have the opportunity to serve CKHA as vice-president and look forward to taking on this exciting new role,” Ancocik said in a release. Deane said he has high confidence with the staff
at the Alliance. “There are some wonderful people here that I’ve had the chance to meet.” The organization will begin recruiting for a vice-president with responsibility for finance, decision support, hospital information management, and operations. “The V-P of finance is to make sure we have the right financial management systems and programs in place. We need to fulfill our feduciary duties for the best value for the money,” Deane said.
World-renowned artist/activist returns home States unveiling her work on Capitol Hill, Lane’s achievements are history making all around. “I first started creating art as a very young child in Chatham-Kent,” says Lane. “I didn’t have any art supplies to speak of, so once at my grandparents’ farm, I brought my porcelain doll down to a small stream on the property, and sculptured the doll out of mud from the riverbank. I didn’t think about it, I just did it.” The Rotary Club of Chatham
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Internationally renowned sculptor and social justice activist Artis Shreve Lane will headline the 77th annual banquet of the Rotary Club of Chatham on Oct. 28. Lane has always been in the centre of history; making it, creating it and reflecting it. From her earliest childhood in a tworoom schoolhouse for black children to standing alongside the First Lady of the United
also has a longstanding history – the club itself turns 95 on Nov. 1, and the annual banquet is on its 77th edition. And her accomplishments are legion. She was the first black woman to win the Dominion of Canada Award at age 15, the first black female student at the prestigious arts university Cranbrook Academy in Michigan, and created the first-ever memorial to an African-American
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LeClair to question Colby over well water
By Mary Beth Corcoran mary@chathamvoice.com
North Kent Coun. Leon LeClair has been asked by the residents in Dover to talk to Dr. David Colby, Chief Medical Officer of Health, about his assertion in the media that there is no risk to human health from black well water in Dover. At a public meeting recently hosted by the Water Wells First group, the Chatham-Kent councilor said he would sit down with activist and Water Wells First spokesperson Kevin Jakubec to discuss what could be done about the well water situation for some Dover residents who say their well problems started after the wind turbines were constructed near their property. LeClair met with Jakubec recently and, according to a release from Water Wells First, will be asking Dr. Colby to “provide an
evidence supporting his opinion that there is not really a risk to human health from drinking well water contaminated with particulates from former Dover Township water wells.” The group questioned what qualifies Dr. Colby to give an opinion on ground-borne vibration studies and are asking him to “scientifically investigate and confirm on behalf of our community what are the physical characteristics and chemical compositions of the sediments that are contaminating water wells in the former Dover Township.” “Dr. Colby should execute his duties of office and determine, using evidence-based medicine instead of conjecture, if any toxicity risk is posed to the population both in short and long-term exposures,” the release stated. Chatham Coun. Michael Bondy, said he had a notice of motion ruled out of order but had
plans to re-introduce it at Mon“It’s big issue and it’s being companies first came to town, day’s council meeting regard- swept under the rug,” he add- council wasn’t aware of any ising official representation on ed. “Why would they make that sues with wells, but now that the Thames Sydenham Region up?” they do know, it’s time to take a Source Protection Committee, a The Chatham councilor add- stand. group tasked with identifying ed that when the wind turbines threats to drinking water, including ground water sources. Bondy said he is concerned with the fact the municipality isn’t taking action now that they have been made aware of the issues with the Dover Holiday Season wells. “I have five children is just around and if I turned on my tap the corner! and black water came Home of out, I wouldn’t be drinkDon’t be left ing it, I’d be out of there,” out in the cold! Bondy said. “The muFamily owned & operated since 2001 nicipality has not even acknowledged this as a “Wrap yourself in good taste.” problem. We’ve ignored the whole thing for fear Oriole Winery is the only store in of upsetting the wind Southwestern Ontario that uses turbine companies.
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“Wish I wasn’t me but I’m OK to be me.” That seemingly paradoxical statement sums up the journey of what it’s like to have been Mike Neuts in the 18 years since his son Myles died after being hung from a coat hook in a Chatham elementary school washroom. Neuts has taken the incredible pain and anguish of that experience and has forged the non – profit Make Children Better Now (MCBN)), which was to celebrate its 11th anniversary Oct. 25. The aim of MCBN is to raise awareness about Mental Health Issues among young people; especially the issue of bullying that he says caused his son’s death. A police investigation failed to result in charges against the two boys Neuts says he believes were involved in putting his son, a small 10 year – old in fifth grade, on a hook on the back of a washroom stall door. A six-week coroner’s inquest resulted in the reason behind the death as undetermined. Nine of the 24 recommendations made by the jury have never been acted on. Neuts believes the Coroner’s Office and Inquest’s need an overhaul to do what they are supposed to do. Myles was found unconscious February 6, 1998. Six days later, his parents took
him off life support. After spending tens of thousands of dollars on legal advice, Neuts chose to represent Myles and his family at the inquest, a decision that helped ultimately determine the future direction of his life. “I was able to learn all of the things I wouldn’t have otherwise, with having legal representation” he said. “I was able to look those boys in the eye and I knew what had happened.” He said before the inquest began, he was sure he needed an undetermined verdict to do proper justice for Myles and the Neuts family. “Everyone thought I wanted a homicide verdict,” he said. “I didn’t. I know those boys didn’t mean to kill my son, but I also know that they had motive to bully him.” The grief and sense of loss was almost too much to bear. Neuts left his well-paying job at Navistar for 8 months in 1998 and another two months for the inquest in 2000, suffering financial hardship and was concerned about what the future held for his wife Brenda and other son Dane. “I had all the nagging doubts and anger in me,” he said. “I wanted justice and vengeance. I wish I had taught him to fight so he wouldn’t be picked on. I made sure I taught Dane.” Knowing that bullying is a learned behaviour, Neuts decided to set out and change
attitudes and eventually a system that he believed ignored the issue. He began speaking out about bullying, starting with his comments during a symposium in 2000 called by Chatham-Kent Police Chief John Kopinak to answer questions of the local police investigation and children’s behaviour. “There are a lot of people who helped me along the path, and John is one of them,” he said. “Unofficially Myles case was still open until February this year when after five police chiefs and 18 years, Myles belongings were returned to the family. Even if one of the boys came in and confessed I don’t think anything would be done. I don’t know if they kept the case open for me or because those who were there felt so bad that nothing was officially answered.” Since his first speech, Neuts said he’s spoken to more than 250,000 students across Canada. “I do it to change the attitude about bullying in the general school population but I especially want to reach those who are at risk of becoming bullies and to help victims to overcome bad decisions and thoughts of self-harm and suicide. Those are the kids who need to know that what they’re doing isn’t all right and there are ways to work out the issues which make them bullies and/or victims.”
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Fundraiser to help feed education By Bruce Corcoran bruce@chathamvoice.com
It’s all about brain fuel. That’s the essence of Bowling for Hunger and Education, a fundraiser event set to take place Oct. 29 at Bowlerama in Chatham. Outreach for Hunger and the St. Clair College Scholarship Fund are the recipients of proceeds of the event. Teams of four will raise a minimum of $500 to take part. Jeff Burrows of St. Clair College is the lead hand in the fundraising effort, but he’s got some close friends on board as well, teaming up with Brenda LeClair of Outreach for Hunger, Bruce Cockburn of Bowlerama, and Paul Haslip of RBC. For Burrows, who is also well known as the drummer in the Canadian rock bands the Tea Party and Crash Karma, teaming up with this fundraising crew just made sense. He said he connected with LeClair while he was a DJ at a now-defunct rock radio station that served Cha-
tham and Windsor. “I was in radio and I did a lot of local charity work, such as Jeff in a Box, where we raised funds and canned goods for Outreach for Hunger,” he explained. “I really like her attitude,” he said of LeClair. “She’s knocking on doors and making stuff happen.” Burrows also befriended Cockburn while working in radio. Haslip, a longtime Tea Party fan, got to know Burrows through a mutual friend. All believe deeply in charity work. LeClair sees this as an excellent partnership. “Education is the gateway out of poverty,” she said. “And it’s hard to learn on an empty belly.” Burrows, who works with St. Clair College in procuring funding to provide scholarships, said the dollars raised from the bowling event, at this point, are almost secondary to the impact of raising awareness. “It is the awareness that is needed.”
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From left, St. Clair College’s Jeff Burrows, Outreach for Hunger’s Brenda LeClair, RBC’s Paul Haslip and Bowlerama’s Bruce Cockburn are the organizers behind the Bowling for Hunger and Education event slated for Oct. 29 at Bowlerama.
LeClair said everything is appreciated. “Financial support is just as important as the food,” she said, adding Outreach staff can purchase specific food staples that donors may have overlooked or are in short supply. “We only shop locally.” She added the need continues to grow by as much as 30-40 families each
month. Burrows said the night would be one fun party for people of all ages. “He’s got the lights down and the music thumping,” he said of Cockburn. Cockburn stressed the family nature of the evening, running from 9 p.m. to midnight. “They can get in as much bowling as they can,” he
said of participants. LeClair appreciates Burrows continued fundraising efforts. “Jeff is an amazing friend of Outreach,” she said. “This is just like another Christmas gift.” Burrows is the mastermind behind The Saints – an all-star Windsor band – and their Sleighing Hunger fundraiser effort each
year. The group holds a fundraising concert in Windsor each year, and it continues to grow. Outreach for Hunger is one of the food banks that benefits from the proceeds of the concert and CD sales. To take part in Bowling for Hunger and Education, contact Outreach for Hunger at 519-351-8381.
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The Municipality Chatham-Kent MUNICIPALITY OFof CHATHAM-KENT Class Environmental Assessment Study The Municipality of Chatham-Kent will be holding a Oxley Drive / Sandys Street Sewage Pumping Station No. 11 PUBLICOF INFORMATION CENTRE NOTICE STUDY COMPLETION Regarding the upcoming planned work related to the In September 2015, the Municipality of Chatham-Kent initiated a Class Environmental Assessment (Class EA) Study PARRY BRIDGE 2016 REHABILITATION PROJECT to identify the preferred long-term sanitary servicing solution for the Oxley Drive / Sandys Street Sewage Pumping Keil Drive over the Thames River (Community of Chatham) Station (SPS) No.11 servicing area, located in the northwest area in the Community of Chatham. The purpose of this Public Information Centre is to inform stakeholders of the scope of work, traffic detour
Identification of a long-term servicing strategy is required to handle projected wastewater flows plan andsanitary timing of construction activities associated with the above mentionedcurrent project in and the Community of Chatham. in the area. It also provides an opportunity for the Municipality to address existing capacity and operational limitations with the existing SPS The No.11, originally 40 years ago as a temporary measure to accommodate the sanitary meeting will be heldinstalled on: servicing needs of theDATE: surrounding area. Thursday, April 21, 2016 TIME:
5:00pm – 8:00pm
The Class EA study has been completed in Civic accordance with the requirements of a Schedule B undertaking of the LOCATION: Chatham-Kent Centre – Atrium 315 King Street West, Chatham (Municipal Engineers Association, October 2000 as amended Municipal Class Environmental Assessment document in 2007, 2011 & 2015).AsThe Class EA study process this Public Information Centre will be anincluded: “open house” format, no formal presentation will be made. Representatives from the Municipality of Chatham-Kent, along with the Engineering Consultant, will be • Public and agency consultation; available to review the display boards and respond to any questions posed by stakeholders. Area • Identification and evaluation of sanitary servicing alternative residents, property owners, business operators and those solutions; who may have a general interest in this project are encouraged to attend thisnatural meeting. and economic environment; • Assessment of technical, socio-cultural, • Assessment of the impacts the proposed work;either: If you haveof any questions, please contact • Identification of measures to mitigate such impacts. Adam Sullo, P.Eng Director, Engineering and Transportation Transportation Division The preferred sanitaryEngineering servicingand solution for the Oxley Municipality of Chatham-Kent servicing area, as shown in the adjacent figure, 315 King Street West, Chatham ON N7M 5K8
and consists of: T 519-360-1998 Ext. 3307 • Construction of two new sewage pumping E adam.sullo@chatham-kent.ca stations and associated gravity David Charron sewer and forcemains.Engineering Technologist Engineering and Transportation Division New Sewage Pumping Station No.1 will be Municipality of Chatham-Kent located on a new site 315 to the northWest, of the Brown King Street Chatham ON N7M 5K8 Drain. Sewage Pumping Station No.2 will be T 519-360-1998 Ext. 3331 david.charron@chatham-kent.ca located on a new site Eon the Keil North Drive Extension, approximately 160 m south of Gregory Drive West; and, • Decommissioning and demolition of existing Sewage Pumping Station No.11.
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The preferred sanitary servicing solution was identified to best service the existing and future growth areas in northwest Chatham, while allowing flexibility in phasing construction and operation of the sanitary system in the area. The dual SPS strategy also creates an opportunity for a phased implementation approach which results in the lowest initial capital cost. In addition, the preferred servicing solution was found to be sustainable with minimal net impact to adjacent properties, lands, wildlife and natural environment. A Project File Report (PFR) documenting the planning and decision making process followed during the Class EA study has been prepared. By this notice, the PFR is being placed on the public record for a 30-day review period. Subject to comments received as a result of this Notice and the receipt of all necessary approvals, the Municipality of Chatham-Kent intends to proceed with the detailed design and construction of the new works as documented in the PFR. The report will be available for public review Monday to Friday: 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. staring on October 26, 2016 until November 25, 2016 at the following locations: Civic Centre 315 King Street West P.O. Box 640 Chatham, ON N7M 5K8 Tel: 519-360-1998
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Interested persons should provide written comments regarding the project within the prescribed review period to either of the following individuals: Adam Sullo, P.Eng. Director, Engineering and Transportation Municipality of Chatham-Kent 315 King Street West Chatham, Ontario, N7M 5K8 Telephone: 519-360-1998 Email: adam.sullo@chatham-kent.ca
Mike Elliott, P.Eng. Consultant Project Manager CIMA+ 101 Frederick Street, Suite 900 Kitchener, Ontario, N2H 6R2 Telephone: 519-772-2299 Ext. 6210 Email: mike.elliott@cima.ca
If concerns arise during the prescribed review period that cannot be resolved through discussions with the Municipality of Chatham-Kent, a person or party may request that the Minister of Environment and Climate Change make an order for the project to comply with Part II of the Environmental Assessment Act. This request (commonly referred to as a Part II Order) must be received within the above prescribed review period by the Minister at the address listed below and copied to Mr. Adam Sullo. If no request is received on or before November 25, 2016, the Municipality of Chatham-Kent may proceed with detailed design and construction of the project as outlined in the Project File Report. The Honourable Glen Murray Minister of the Environment and Climate Change 11th Floor, Ferguson Block 77 Wellesley Street West Toronto, ON, M7A 2T5
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Fireworks to return to Chatham Canada Day festivities By Bruce Corcoran bruce@chathamvoice.com
The committee working to rebuild Canada Day celebrations in Chatham is already promising to light up the sky next year, and extend the celebration over a couple of days. After two years of no fireworks for the Canada Day festivities in Chatham, they will return June 30, 2017, according to Chris Glassford, chair of the Chatham Canada Day committee. “We’ll kick off the whole thing on June 30, the night before,” he said, happy to have secured the fireworks display once again. “It’s a good feeling.” Glassford said the date change for the fireworks is in no small part due to the fact the last two fireworks efforts fizzled in the late planning stages of the event. “But this is a totally different committee. The last couple of years, the committee kind of let the ball drop and didn’t tell anyone,” Glassford said. The cancellations didn’t sit well with the company putting on the fireworks, he said, and now Chatham lost its slot with that firm for July 1. “The fireworks distribution company was getting upset that they weren’t notified they were no longer needed,” Glassford said. “So we lost our spot. We’ve put it on the 30th (of June) to try to get our spot back.” As a result, the fanfare will take place over multiple days and locations.
Glassford said the fireworks will light up the sky over St. Clair College – a spot deemed the safest place for the pyrotechnics. “St. Clair College is the preferred site by the people putting on the fireworks. They need specific spacing between the crowd and the show,” Glassford said. “The tree coverage in Tecumseh Park and new developments posed an issue.” On July 1, the Canada Day parade will return, winding through the heart of Chatham and ending up in Tecumseh Park, the location of the third phase of the celebrations. Glassford said the park will house a full-day family festival, and, yes, there will be an enormous cake. “That big cake – a lot of people on the committee stated that it’s a huge deal,” he said. The festival will also include vendors, entertainment, a family friendly beer garden, activities and kids’ zone. Glassford said there is a strong core on the Canada Day committee, but there is always room for more. “Ten of us are strong on the committee who show up to every meeting. And we have some who pop in and help out when they can,” he explained. “We’d love more people to be involved to help out with ideas and to form a consensus.” The committee will next meet Nov. 10 at the YMCA in Chatham at 7 p.m., and Glassford encourages anyone interested in helping to attend.
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TEDx event best one yet, organizers say By Bruce Corcoran bruce@chathamvoice.com
With the third annual TEDx Chatham-Kent barely in the books, organizers are already looking ahead to next year. John Lyons, who along with Fannie Vavoulis, Kathy Hoffman and Peter Martin, produced this year’s TEDx, said they already have a theme in mind, and are driven to make it even better than this year’s offering. Speaking of themes, “Driven” was this year’s underlying commonality. A total of 19 speakers and performers addressed the crowd at the Oct. 20 TEDx at the John D. Bradley Convention Centre.
“It was awesome. That was our busiest day yet,” he said. This time around, while the producers approached a number of people to see if they’d be interested in speaking, they also put out a call for speakers. More than half the folks who spoke or performed at the event answered the call. In fact, the response was so great, they had to turn people away. “We don’t take everybody; we only took 11 of the more than 30 applicants,” Lyons said. “We were looking for diversity in our panel and wanted to make sure each was topical to our theme.” That selection process played a big part in Adam
Ludolph taking the stage this year. “Adam was one of my favourite speakers. He actually applied last year and didn’t make it,” Lyon said, adding Ludolph’s story on battling mental illness didn’t quite fit the Food for Thought theme. Lyons said while this was the third annual TEDx here, there was an 18-month gap between events this time around. “We had done them previously in the spring. It was too risky with the weather. We needed to mitigate that risk, so we moved it to when the weather would be a little nicer,” he said. And now, next year already looms. Well, it’s
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Essex’s Susan Whelan opened the third annual TEDx Chatham-Kent event. She discussed her time as an MP, her efforts working in the non-profit sector, and her battle with breast cancer.
lurking somewhere over the horizon, actually. “We’re all super pumped for next year already. We always look back and say, ‘We should have done this,’ ‘we should have done that,’” Lyons said.
“At the end of the day, it’s all about our speakers and the ideas and what they are saying.” Lyons pledged the producers would continue to seek out “amazing speakers” for future TEDx CK
events. “We really feel the experience and we want to keep growing, so you’re not just walking in and plunking your butt down. We want you to be inspired,” he said.
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Be patient on the roads, people Remember when we all learned that two wrongs don’t make a right? How about when one wrong on yellow makes for two more wrongs on a red? Yes, I’m talking about drivers in Chatham-Kent. While heading south on St. Clair
Street recently, I arrived at the busy intersection at Grand Avenue, and entered the left-turn lane expecting to not be able to make the turn due to the traffic volume. That and the fact I was the third car in the turning lane and had a
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strong feeling the light was about to change. Sure enough, it turned yellow. Note to too many Chatham drivers: That’s the colour that warns you the light is about to turn red and a driver’s response is supposed to be to stop if you can. On a clear, warm, dry day, a southbound pickup in the left-hand lane could have stopped, but the driver kept going. Bad driving decision. And that decision prevented the person in the northbound left-hand turn lane from making his turn on the yellow light. But rather than back up a little bit and wait it out for the next light, he opted to turn anyway. Another bad decision. Meanwhile, the person two cars in front of me turned at the yellow light, because northbound through traffic behaved accordingly, and allowed the driver, who had pulled a ways out into the intersection, to clear out of the way. Good decision. And suddenly the guy behind
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that car opted to turn as well, as the light turned red. Duh. I don’t understand people with such habits in Chatham-Kent. When you pull a selfish move like that, chances are you’ll be waiting at the next light when the car that was at the light behind you—the person who obeyed the law – catches up to you. Being in a hurry around here might save you 30 seconds or so by the time you get to your destination in Chatham. Is risking an accident or a ticket worth that chump change in spare time? What’s bugging you?
There’s a nasty bug going around. Our daughter caught it last week. She took ill about 9:30 one evening and spent from then until about 4:30 in the morning being sick every half hour. It calmed down for all of two hours and then started up again. This stomach flu came with a fever as well. We were worried about dehydration, and tried to get her to sip Gatorade to replenish electrolytes too. Yes, that was my idea. Massive stomach pain. We switched over to ginger ale – my wife’s idea from the beginning – and while the first effort resulted in her expelling the Gatorade, from then on, she slowly began to improve. After 16 hours of being physically ill, that phase stopped and she could
finally catch a catnap. Mary did the lion’s share of the parenting on this, being the through-thenight trooper, holding her hair, etc. and stayed with her the next morning. I spelled her off about 2 p.m., bringing the laptop home to be able to continue to work. But after binge watching Grey’s Anatomy (ugh, I can’t believe her friend Jessie got her watching that soapy drivel), and after her stomach stopped rejecting everything, she finally acquiesced to trying to close her eyes. I didn’t want to even type to disturb her, and I didn’t want to fall asleep in the chair near her as I feared my typing would keep her awake or my snoring would. So, I scanned news websites while she actually rested. She awoke about an hour later, asking how long she’d been out. She looked over at me and said, “I think I watched too much Grey’s Anatomy. I dreamt I was a surgeon and I was performing surgery.” Even while ill, this kid still maintained her sense of humour. Later that evening, after watching the Jays lose, I returned to the living room and discovered she and her mother watching more of that darned show. Only another 10.5 seasons to go and she’ll be caught up...
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The guys in the local band Walkin’ 47, with the help of the CK Mountaineers, are putting on a fundraising event Nov. 12, in honour of The Tragically Hip’s front man Gord Downie. Proceeds from the show will go to the Gord Downie Fund for Brain Cancer Research at Sunnybrook Hospital. Downie is suffering from terminal brain cancer.
A Tragic, but Hip tribute Bands to put on concert in honour of Gord Downie
hard at work learning another 35 Tragi- the road in that condition. You realize cally Hip songs.” how precious life is and we want to help For Walkin’ 47 members, Denys said the out for the research.” As for the venue – The Kent 1874 – DeRenowned Canadian singer Gord Hip has long been a part of their lives. “I rememnys is looking forward to Downie’s support in Chaber seeing “They are probably performing there. tham-Kent continues to “We’ve seen them on them in high “I’ve heard so many great grow. school. I went what motivated me to things about it. We thought After two groups orga- tour and saw the final Detroit pick up a guitar in the of it as a great venue acousnized fundraising events show. It was emotional. to to see them first place back in high tically and environmentalaround the final concert of We wanted to raise during the school. They have ly, “ he said. “It’s a very hisDownie’s band – The Trag- money to help out any Fully Com- been the sound track toric and very cool venue.” ically Hip, local musicians pletely tour. Tickets to the Nov. 12 are now teaming up to help way we can.” Ever since to our lives.” show are available through raise more money for the - Walkin’ 47’s Jason Denys then, I’ve - Walkin’ 47’s Jason Denys The Kent’s website, http:// front man’s charity. www.thekent1874.com/ or Walkin’ 47, with special guests the CK been a really big fan,” he Mountaineers, are hosting a show Nov. said. “They are probably what motivated at Tony’s One Stop Music Shop. Doors 12 at The Kent 1874. Tickets are just $10 me to pick up a guitar in the first place open at 7 p.m. and the music starts at 8 p.m. and all proceeds are going to the Gord back in high school. “They have been the sound Downie Fund for Brain Cancer Research track to our lives.” at Sunnybrook Hospital. Denys said he and his band Walkin’ 47 bassist Jason Denys said they just want to help a man and a band mates are in awe of what Downie is doing. The bassist they’ve all admired for years. “We’ve seen them on tour and saw the – a family doctor – said he’s final show,” he said of the Aug. 10 concert seen what brain cancer can in Kingston that the CBC broadcast live. do. “I’ve seen patients unfor“It was emotional. We wanted to raise tunately go through brain money to help out any way we can.” Denys said the band is busy learning a cancer. The impact it has on It can also provide for today. themselves and the family is bunch of new Tragically Hip songs. I'll show you how a life insurance policy with living “All the guys in the band have played enormous,” he said. “I adbenefits can help your family with both long-term for years and we’ve done a lot of Trag- mire (Downie) immensely and short-term needs. ically Hip songs,” he said. “We’ve been to have the courage to go on We put the life back in life insurance.™ CALL ME TODAY. By Bruce Corcoran bruce@chathamvoice.com
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Thursday, October 27, 2016 • Open euchre at The Chatham Legion, William & Colborne St., Chatham at 1:00pm. Friday, October 28, 2016 • Crazy about Cats from 2:00pm-4:00pm at the Tea Connection, 15 King St. East, Chatham. Call for more details 226-6710081. • Meal and fun 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 & chips for $9.00. One meat draw. Open darts at 7:30pm. • Meadow Park Chatham welcomes Mike and Melody entertaining in the West Lounge at 2:00pm, 110 Sandys St., Chatham • Spooky 1905 Halloween PD Day at the Chatham Cultural Centre from 9:00am-4:00pm. $35/child. Children age 7-10 will spend time at the Milner Heritage House and Studio One. • Monster Mache PD Day at the Chatham Cultural Centre from 9:00am-4:00pm. $40/child. Ages 6 and up. Dress for a mess and create your own 3D monster. All materials supplied. Saturday, October 29, 2016 • Sprucedale United Church Garage Sale from 8:00am-11:30am at 493 Victoria Ave. Chatham. Great variety of items! • Meat draw and dance at The Chatham Legion, William & Colborne St., Chatham. Meat draw from 4:00pm-6:00pm and dance from 4:30pm-9:30pm featuring The Marques. • Water Street Dog Park Howloween event from 10:00am-11;00am at the dog park. Feel free to dress up your dogs and yourselves and join us for an hour of walking and socializing. Monday, October 31, 2016 • Senior euchre at The Chatham Legion, William & Colborne St., Chatham at 1:00pm. Tuesday, November 1, 2016 • Book Club from 2:00pm-4:00pm at the Tea Connection, 15 King St. East, Chatham. Call for more details 226-671-0081.
Wednesday, November 2, 2016 • Intro to 3D Printing Workshop from 6:30pm-7:30pm, Nov. 2-30. Registration is required, space is limited. Please call 519-354-2940 or visit search.ckpl.ca and search “3D printing” to register. • Patricia M Production Monthly Luncheon Fashion Show at Glitter’s Fun Eatery, 162 King St. Phone 519-352-0820 for reservations. Fashions by The Loft and supporting the Chatham Good Fellows. • Questions Save Lives: Medication Safety Community Forum from 6:30pm-8:30pm at the Chatham-Kent Health Alliance. Refreshments & door prizes. Event held at the Frank & Mary Uniac Auditorium, near the entrance to the Emergency Dept. For more info contact Nancy Kay at nkay@ ckha.on.ca. Friday, November 4, 2016 • Roast beef dinner at Chris Church, 80 Wellington St. W., Chatham. Doors open at 5:30pm with dinner at 6:00pm. Tickets are $20 each. Call Church office at 519-352-1640 for tickets. • Turkey supper with all the trimmings at St. Andrew’s United Church, South Buxton. Sittings at 4:30pm, 5:30pm and 6:30pm. Tickets are $18 for adults and$6 for children 6-12. Take outs available. Call 519-689-4408 and 519-689-7767 for tickets. Saturday, November 5, 2016 • BINGO! East Side Pride Fundraiser at 6:45pm at the WISH Centre. $10 for entry cards - $1 extra cards. Cash Prizes. 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
Swiffer hopes to sweep some funding towards Habitat for Humanity’s ReStores. The P&G subsidiary is helping to mark 25 years of ReStore by $1 for every ReStore transaction from now until Oct. 31, helping more families build strength, stability and self-reliance through affordable Habitat for Humanity homeownership. And that includes the local ReStore on Riverview view Line in Chatham. ReStores are home and building
supply stores that accept and resell quality new and used building supplies, home furnishing, appliances and décor. Habitat’s ReStores accept donations of secondhand, overstocked and discontinued items, as well as salvageable building materials donated by manufacturers, stores, contractors and individuals. Proceeds fund Habitat for Humanity operations and homebuilding projects in communities across the country. To provide additional incentive, Swiffer is also giving out a free Swiffer Duster with all purchases while supplies last.
Haunted fun with local police Oct. 30 The Chatham Voice
The Chatham-Kent OPP is rolling out the fun carpet at its Park Avenue offices Oct. 30. The officers are hosting a Haunted Halloween event, in partnership with the Shop with a Cop committee, Chatham-Kent Police Service
and elements of the United Way of Chatham-Kent. From 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., children 2-14 are invited to take part in pumpkin carving, face painting, a kid-friendly haunted house, and a hot dog BBQ. Donations of gently used jackets will be accepted for Operation Cover-Up as well.
Selkirk Bridge has load limit in place The Chatham Voice
There’s a load restriction in place over one of Wallaceburg’s bridges. The Lord Selkirk Bridge on McNaughton Avenue over the Sydenham River has a restriction of 15 tonnes on it until further notice. Municipal officials say the weight
limit is due to ongoing bridge inspections, and will likely be in place for several months. Chatham-Kent engineering personnel are reviewing the best course of action to restore the bridge. A detour for heavy vehicles will be in please until further notice.
“I am so thankful to our community for the donation of our coats. They allow us to keep warm over the cold winter months.” Please visit www.uwock.ca for more stories of people helped right here in Chatham-Kent.
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Hospice gala raises nearly $30K The Chatham Voice
Citizens continue to support the Chatham-Kent Hospice in big ways. On Oct. 14, the hospice foundation hosted a benefit gala, which is hoped to become an annual event, raising nearly $30,000. The theme of “Changing Moments, Changing Lives” was reflected in auction “experiences” bid on by the 200 guests that evening. “Our thanks go to the guests in attendance, the businesses and individuals who donated auction experiences and the generous sponsors for their support. It was a real community effort for a great community need,” John Lawrence, foundation board chair, said. The Benefit Gala was part of the Fall Fundrais-
ing Campaign with a goal of $300,000 for ongoing operational expenses as well as to raise awareness of the benefits of residential hospice services. Cookies raise $16K for treatment centre
The Children’s Treatment Centre of Chatham-Kent Foundation benefitted in more than $16,000 in smiles. Recently, Tim Hortons locations in Chatham, Dresden and Wallaceburg participated in the national, weeklong Smile Cookie campaign, donating all of the local proceeds from
every Smile Cookie sale to the Children’s Treatment Centre Foundation. From Sept. 12 through 18, residents in Chatham-Kent indulged in Tim Hortons’ $1 Smile Cookies, eating their way through $16,220, all in support of the Children’s Treatment Centre Foundation. “The Children’s Treatment Centre and Foundation are excited that local Tim Hortons decided to support us, for the second year, with their Smile Cookie campaign,” said Mike Genge, Executive Director of the Children’s Treatment Centre Foundation. “The Smile Cookie campaign was an exciting, tasty fundraiser that all of Chatham-Kent wanted to support and enjoy.” Tim Hortons’ Smile Cookie campaign began
in 1996 as a way to help raise funds for the Hamilton Children’s Hospital, and has grown to become a major fundraising event at Tim Hortons restaurants. Nationally, Tim Hortons restaurant owners support 460 Canadian charities, hospitals and community programs through the campaign. Last year’s campaign raised over $6.3 million across Canada- and Chatham-Kent raised $11,060 of this total for the Children’s Treatment Centre Foundation. Tourney raises $43K
The Foundation of Chatham-Kent Health Alliance (CKHA) hosted its 11th Annual Pro/Am Golf Tournament this summer, with an estimated $43,000 raised. This year’s tournament
saw over 120 golfers and 30 club professionals enjoy a day of golf at Maple City Country Club in support of the Foundation of CKHA’s $6.9 million CKHA Diagnostic Imaging Equipment Renewal Campaign. Driven to Give
Victory Ford Lincoln recently hosted a Driven to Give event in support of the Children’s Treatment Centre, and Bentley’s Journey, to raise funds and awareness for MECP2 Duplication Syndrome. The event brought in over 200 individuals, and raised $7,500 for the Foundation. The afternoon featured face painting, door prizes, a bouncy castle, BBQ, and of course, test driving some Lincolns. For every individual who came in to
register to test drive a Lincoln, Victory Ford Lincoln donated $50 to the Children’s Treatment Centre Foundation. The event was proposed to Victory Ford Lincoln by Jeff and Amanda Ameel. Jeff works at Victory Ford Lincoln, and the family accesses Centre services for their son, Bentley. Bentley was recently diagnosed with a rare genetic disorder, MECP2 Duplication Syndrome, that affects his physical, intellectual and developmental abilities. Bentley has been receiving services from the Centre since he was 5 months old, and the Ameel’s worked with Victory Ford Lincoln to host this event to raise awareness for both Bentley’s Journey, and the Children’s Treatment Centre Foundation.
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Fun Stuff 32 Thin porridge 33 Apiece 34 Martini ingredient 36 Gumbo base 37 “Hogwash!” 39 Sleeping bag closers 41 Exact 43 Burst 44 Stole 46 Cardiff ’s people 50 Suitor 53 Uncooked 55 Hindu princess 56 React with boredom 57 Clay, now 58 Mouthful of drink 59 -- Stanley Gardner 60 Coop dweller 61 To the -- degree
ACROSS 1 Fire residue 4 One of the Seven Dwarfs 7 Spruced up 11 Dazzle 13 Historic period 14 Related (to) 15 Caffeine-rich nut
16 Battle 17 Dissolve 18 Okefenokee, e.g. 20 Traditional tales 22 Conger, for one 24 The Enlightened One 28 Knot for human consumption?
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DOWN 1 Requests 2 Pack away 3 Hawaiian dance 4 Morning moisture 5 Verbal 6 Chocolate substitute 7 B-list braggarts 8 -- out a living
9 Have a bug 10 Explosive letters 12 Old music-based game show 19 Candy known for its dispensers 21 Carpet 23 Lower limb 25 Top-ranking noble 26 Mr., in Munich 27 “Sad to say ...” 28 Energizes, with “up” 29 Grate 30 Reverberate 31 Claiborne of fashion 35 Pinch 38 Court 40 “Bam!” 42 O’Donnell of TV news 45 Hardy cabbage 47 Home turf? 48 Fit of peevishness 49 Lofty 50 “See ya” 51 Listener 52 Puncturing tool 54 Triumph
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