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On Remembrance Day, while some of us braved the elements to attend a ceremony honouring our veterans, the Branch 642 Royal Canadian Legion pipe band tries to attend them all. Well, as many as they can.

Pipe band spokesperson Dottie Laurie said the band always has a very busy schedule for Remembrance Day, and they wouldn’t have it any other way.

“This is what we’re about. That’s why they are part of the band. It’s because of the veterans and what the Legion stands for,” she said. “It may be our busiest and hairiest week for the year, but it’s also our best” It actually started Nov. 6, Laurie said, as one of the band’s pipers was up in Florence, piping for a church service in that community.

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Under cloudy skies, biting winds and drizzle, over 100 people gathered at the Chatham Cenotaph downtown for the Remembrance Day ceremony Friday morning. The sun eventually emerged, as veterans, dignitaries and families of veterans laid wreaths, including this representative of the Canadian Navy.

Push for Change gathers momentum

By Mary Beth Corcoran mary@chathamvoice.com

With each step he takes, pushing a grocery cart in a cross-Canada trek, Joe Roberts brings the elimination of youth homeless-

ness one step closer.

Starting in Newfoundland May 16, Roberts began the journey he has been training for three years to undertake – a 9,000-kilometre walk to raise funds for The Up-

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Members also attended ceremonies Nov. 9 at Chatham Christian School and Nov. 10 at Chatham-Kent Secondary School.

On Nov. 11, the band had pipers in Thamesville, Merlin, Blenheim and Ridgetown. The bulk of the band played at the indoor ceremonies at the John D. Bradley Convention Centre.

“We try to participate

in all Remembrance Day ceremonies throughout the community as best we can,” Laurie said.

“What’s a Remembrance Day service without a piper?”

The main contingent shifted from the Bradley Centre to Branch 642 Legion over the lunch hour, before meeting up with its stray pipers in the early afternoon for the ceremony in Erieau.

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“A lot of band members donate their vacation time off to participate. It’s a given. Nobody blinks an eye at doing that,” she said.

Laurie said the friendship as a group is what amazes her about the band.

“The camaraderie is incredible. It’s like everyone is best of friends,” she said. “It’s more than a feeling of being a member of a group. We share a common bond.”

The pipe band has 17 members these days, Laurie said, and is looking to fill out the ranks somewhat.

“We’re working to get the word out for new members.

Beginners’ classes are starting now for drums and pipes.”

Laurie said for anyone wanting to learn how to play the bagpipes, it takes about a year to become proficient. She’s currently

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Members of Branch 642 Royal Canadian Legion pipe band perform at the Remembrance Day ceremonies at the Bradley Centre on Nov. 11. The band had members scattered across the municipality at various ceremonies on the day, and joined up at the Erieau event in the early afternoon.

a drummer in the band, but is in the process of learning how to play the pipes.

She’s got a good teacher: her husband, Dick Laurie, who has been in the band for more than five decades. He’s the longest-serving band member.

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The oldest band member is in his 80s, while the youngest is 14, but there is a nine-year-old boy learning to play as well, Laurie said.

The youth movement is cherished.

“When you get someone who is young like that and they pick it up rather quickly, we’ve got them for several years before they leave for university,” Laurie said.

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By age 19, was pushing a shopping cart around the streets of Vancouver to collect bottles for money.

“Lived experience is the most powerful weapon,” Roberts said in a phone interview with the Chatham Voice. “At 17, I had no home and no school and I lost those two columns of support, which for a teen is disastrous.”

“I was lucky I had a system and supports; my mom and an OPP officer.

They got me in a treatment program that led to me going back to school and graduating.”

Roberts knows he was one of the lucky ones that had the support to turn his life around, and within 12 years, he “went from a kid pushing a shopping cart to the cover of a magazine” as a successful entrepreneur.

“With a better system of supports, I may not have been homeless,” he noted.

Making a change to the system is what Roberts and his Push for Change campaign is all about. He wants to engage and inspire youth and the communities where they live.

“About 98 per cent of young people are sitting in a classroom and we need to invest inside those schools to better protect young people,” Roberts explained.

“Prevention models, like The Raft in Niagara, have done a good job in schools to help

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Joe Roberts uses a shopping cart as a symbol of youth homelessness during his cross-country journey, Push for Change, to raise funds for and awareness of the issue.

youth. Keeping them engaged in school is a longterm poverty reduction strategy.”

With the Upstream Project, Roberts explained, schools would monitor, in real time, 15 different metrics that are pointers to trouble such as attendance.

“It identifies kids that are at risk – mild, medium and acute – and then someone intervenes to see what the child needs and what resources they need.”

Roberts also said there

is a need for collaborative models, especially in small communities where they don’t have big budgets and a line item just for homeless initiatives.

“I am inspired by small communities who are working together,” he noted. “Many can see the problem but are painfully unarmed to help kids. The kids in trouble don’t stick around the small communities and that’s where they have the most support.”

As he has travelled the

east coast and moved into Ontario, Roberts said the interest in his campaign has picked up, with more people lining the streets to greet him in the small, rural communities along his route. As he spoke on the phone with The Voice, horns honked in the background and Roberts was greeted with shouts of support.

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“Inspiration is the ignition and everyone has it inside of us, but some get stuck; you aren’t activating the bigger you.”

The biggest problem right now, Roberts said, that affects homeless youth is the lack of awareness of the issue.

“Not only are the people invisible, but the organizations that serve them are as well,” he noted.

He used the symbolism of windows we can look through to see the issue.

One is looking with compassion, which is the right thing. The next is with pragmatism, which is the smart thing and the last is with indifference, ignoring the issue and Roberts said it is everyone’s job to eliminate the latter.

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He said the supports in communities are 10 years behind the research gathering and the majority of investment has been in emergency and crisis help, and not a lot in prevention.

Roberts said his goal is to invest in rolling the prevention model out, starting small at first with those school boards who are ready for it. He would like to see a high school screening program in every school board across the country.

“For every dollar invested in prevention, we can save the taxpayers $3-4,” Roberts noted. “When there is a rise in homelessness across the country like we’ve seen in Canada, when it is across the board, that is a systemic breakdown. Close to 35,000 young people compromise themselves, turning to drugs and crime on the streets. We can’t eradicate all the woes of society, but we can change the way we address it.”

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Company looks to hire 75 staff The Chatham Voice

Cross Country Trailers in Blenheim is looking to expand its workforce with skilled labour.

The company will host a job fair at the John D. Bradley Convention Centre Nov. 22. It’s looking to add 75 positions, including welders, fitters and fabricators as soon as possible.

Stuart McFadden, the municipality’s acting director of economic development, said Cross Country is busy these days.

“The company’s order board is full right through 2017,” he said.

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a company that is an industry leader in building a wide variety of truck trailers.

The firm has even built a welding training module on site at its Solvay Drive location.

The Manitoba-based firm opened a Blenheim location nearly four years ago and currently employees 105 workers.

“We’ve got an exciting year ahead of us. With the added production capacity, will need the 75 additional employees to full fill our requirements,” said company CEO Dave Dyck.

The job fair will last from 1 p.m. to 7 p.m. with on-site interviews.

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Cleanup was on hold Saturday at Chatham Physiotherapy following a Friday night explosion in the apartment above the business, as Fire Marshall investigators tried to piece together what happened.

Explosion under investigation The Chatham Voice

Officials probing the explosion and resulting fire on Queen Street in Chatham Friday night continue to search for a cause, as of press time.

About 9:15 p.m. Nov. 11, an explosion occurred at 202 Queen St., home of Chatham Physiotherapy, blowing out the front window and sending glass across the street.

One person was taken to

hospital with injuries as a result of the fire, police say.

Police and gas crews remained on scene Saturday as investigators from the Office of the Fire Marshal examined the scene.

alarm checks to residents.

The objectives of the CHIRP program is to talk to the community about the importance of smoke and carbon monoxide alarms in their homes; regular maintenance of these alarms; as well as; home escape planning and being prepared for emergencies.

Firefighters from all 19 stations have visited homes and delivered door hangers across Chatham-Kent. As a

result, the municipality has been getting daily calls and website referrals for home alarm checks. Five times the number of homes have been reached as during past years.

C-K Fire Paramedic Chief Ken Stuebing said the program, developed by public educator Whitney Burk, has received positive feedback from both-full time and volunteer firefighters and has been popular with the public.

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Chatham-Kent’s CHIRP (Chatham-Kent, Homes, Informed, Ready & Protected) program is gaining province-wide attention.

During the Nov. 1 session of the Ontario Legislature Oxford MPP Ernie Hardeman referred to the “great work” being done through the program in which Chatham-Kent firefighters provide free home

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Fresh paint, fresh start at animal shelter

By Bruce Corcoran bruce@chathamvoice.com

Volunteers had a busy time of it over the weekend at the animal shelter in Chatham.

Pet and Wildlife Rescue (PAWR) took over the shelter from the OSPCA at 4:30 p.m. on Friday, and immediately began renovations.

At the same time, donations of food poured in after someone broke into a garage Thursday and stole a large quantity of dog and cat food, along with a supply of leashes, outerwear and collars. All the food and equipment was earmarked for the shelter, and was being stored until PAWR was to take over the shelter.

A 31-year-old Chatham man faces charges in connection with the theft, and police recovered the stolen goods.

But the outpouring of support was appreciated, Myriam Armstrong, operations manager for PAWR said.

“The community has really come together,” she said, adding that by Saturday morning the donations had nearly matched what had gone missing.

She doesn’t understand what prompted the theft from the Edgar Street residence.

“We were still in shock,” she said of the theft. “We’d been accumulating supplies. They took used cat litter boxes. I wonder what the street value is on that.”

Aside from accepting the donations, volunteers and staff were also busy over the weekend replacing the ceiling and floor, and painting the walls.

Along with PAWR staff and volunteers, a team of Junctura construction staff helped out as well on the weekend. Armstrong said the construction employees donated their time for the renovation work.

The long-term concern for PAWR with the animal shelter is one the OSPCA dealt with for years, a lack of space.

Armstrong worries about overcrowding.

“We had no data on how many animals were taken in over a year,” she said.

But she and her crew are getting an idea, as they already took in three cats 18 hours into their takeover.

Armstrong said the OSPCA, the previous operators of the

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shelter, took all the stainless steel cages that were at the shelter, but left the fibreglass cages.

The shelter has six employees and 80 volunteers, and about 40 foster homes for animals around the municipality, she said.

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Sad state of voter turnout Yes, Donald Trump was elected president of the United States last week. It’s a stark reality that we here in Chatham-Kent, and in every democratic region around the globe must remember: the people have the power, should they choose to wield it.

The pre-election polls indicated Hilary Clinton would become the first female president of the United States.

And then people went to vote, and just as importantly, didn’t.

Four out of every 10 eligible voters didn’t bother to cast their ballot. While Trump and Clinton had very similar number of votes, the reality is that only about a quarter of eligible voters cast those ballots for either one of them.

Instead, the U.S. elected a man many call a racist and a misogynist; one with an short temper who has access to the nuclear launch codes.

They also elected a man who has never run for office at any level; an anti-politician, so to speak.

While one side will say the country put in place a possible megalomaniac, the other side will say they voted for change, sick and tired of the same old, same old. Yes, Clinton would have been the first female president of the United States, but she has spent decades immersed in the political filth that a growing number of Americans believe is staining government, as her husband, Bill, was a longtime politician, becoming governor of Arkansas and eventually president himself, before she waded into the fray.

Social media lit up the night of the election and the next day, as scores of people in Chatham-Kent, and around our nation, expressed shock that our neighbours to the south could elect someone such as Trump. Many of the people speaking out were women.

It’s interesting to note that some 53 per cent of white female voters in the U.S. voted for Trump.

Again, that’s 53 per cent of the white women who bothered to vote.

We’ve seen what low voter turnout can do here.

Randy Hope is a highly criticized mayor here in Chatham-Kent. But he’s serving his third term right now.

In a city of 100,000-plus people, he returned to office in 2014 with just over 9,200 votes, fewer than 12 per cent of the eligible vote. Only 42 per cent of eligible voters bothered to cast a ballot. Deplorable.

Provincially, our voter turnout hovers around 50 per cent. And so many of us are stunned Kathleen Wynne is in power, running up our provincial debt as we see hydro rates continue to climb and manufacturing jobs continue to leave the province.

Your vote does count. Just look to the south for verification.

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OSPCA efforts appreciated Sir: I want to thank the OSPCA for their many years of service to the citizens and animals of Chatham-Kent. I n the Oct. 13 edition of The Chatham Voice, an article was published announcing that PAWR had recently earned the animal control contract.

A PAWR founder stated that she felt council looked at their group and what they were able to accomplish with what they had.

I would like to acknowledge the OSPCA staff for decades of working with what they had; an old, small, cinder block building that was too crowded for the number of people coming in with animals, or trying to view the ones for adoption. It was not a great environment for the staff and animals, but over the years they kept it as clean as possible and

would freshen the walls with a new coat of paint.

They added a trailer to accommodate more cats, as there are thousands that come through the door each year.

The Chatham-Kent OSPCA had the ability to transfer animals, and especially cats, to other shelters they are affiliated with when space was available. I was advised that as many as 500 cats

had been transferred one year, and sometimes 20 at a time.

I had always hoped to see the dedicated staff move to a new, modern shelter which they deserved after so many years of struggling.

Times change, but I hope they will always be remembered for the great work they did with what they had.

Mary Humphrey Chatham

CKHA right to remove Padfield Sir: Sarah Padfield, former chief operating officer and I had many a confrontation – about Sydenham District Hospital’s (SDH) rural/small status; the Chatham-Kent Health Alliance’s interpretation of the Alliance Agreement; and SDH questionable financial statements.

She was a tough lady, a fighter, something I respected, but she was wrong. Even so, before Padfield was with CKHA, it took me from June to

February just to obtain a copy of the Alliance Agreement.

Other examples, when then-Premier Dalton McGuinty announced that due to the uniqueness of rural/ small hospitals, they were eligible for extra funding, I filed a Freedom of Information (FOI) request with the Ministry of Health to check SDH’s status. Voila, there was Wallaceburg in black and white.

However, after confront-

ing Padfield with this information, CKHA filed their financials under one number instead of the usual three (one for each of three hospital in the Alliance). The results?

Wallaceburg was delisted.

Other FOI requests made directly to CKHA were similarly circumvented.

It was corporation membership that enabled me to become involved.

The support of the

community, the 500-plus other members and the excellent SDH board have brought us to this point.

So please, interim President & CEO Ken Deane, and Superintendent Rob Devitt, do not change the structure of the SDH Corporation. This will assure that you fulfill the “fiduciary duties for the best value for the money” for the Wallaceburg community too.

Anne Stewart Wallaceburg

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dry goods for the Salvation Army food bank and Christmas food hamper programs.

“When I was a little girl, if it hadn’t been for the Salvation Army, I never would have had a Christmas,” Dick said. “I like to remember them for what they did for me.”

With a single parent struggling to make ends meet, Dick knows first hand how much the Salvation Army helps families in need, a job they have been doing in Chatham for well over 100 years.

Salvation Army Capt.

Stephanie Watkinson, Community Ministry Director of the Ontario Great Lakes Division, said this month, the organization will be celebrating 134 years in Chatham. Accepting the donation from Dick, Watkinson said the Salvation Army relies heavily on the community to keep its programs run-

ning – four food banks, the Christmas toy and food program, and the housing, budgeting and gardening support programs to name a few.

For Dick, the Sally Ann (as it is affectionately known in the community) is a reminder of good things in her childhood.

“Our mother raised four of us by herself. I remember Mom having to go to work and coming home so tired,” Dick said. “It was hard on her but you don’t appreciate that until you are older.”

Her family had to move around a lot, according to Dick as some landlords weren’t accepting of four kids running around.

“We got the Christmas baskets and I remember getting an orange and some grapes, and that was the only time in the year we would get them,” Dick reminisced. “We also got these long brown stock-

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Salvation Army Capt. Stephanie Watkinson takes in all the food items donated with long-time Chatham resident Naomi Dick. For her 85th birthday party, instead of presents, Dick asked for donations for the Salvation Army food bank and Christmas basket programs.

ings that we had to hold up with those rubber jar rings but they kept us warm.”

The senior said she is hoping by sharing her

story she can inspire other people to help out and make donations to the Salvation Army so people living in poverty can experience a good Christmas.

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To him, being such a hero His latest release, Chatham N’ Kent’s Heroes, focuses on 100 could also include saving a of this region’s unsung heroes, child from starving, or the work Bruce Corcoran/The Chatham Voice the nurses from Fred Osmon has penned his sixth book, Chatham N’ Kent’s Heroes. It contains stories of 100 unsung heroes of and it was his rethe VON do on a Chatham and Kent County over a 100-year span. search into the “People leave their daily basis. history of minor “Those womball in Chatham work, see a situation, He has a book-signing en come into event at the Chatham and baseball in throw themselves into the region in it, save someone’s life, people’s homes branch of the public ligeneral that led get back in the car and during palliative brary on Dec. 10 from 2 care lots of times him to search out continue on their way.” and quietly go p.m. to 4 p.m. these heroes.

For anyone wishing a - Fred Osmon about their work. copy of the book, they “I was doing the You never read can contact Osmon dihistory of baseball in Chatham N’ Kent, and what’s going on,” he said. rectly as well, at osThen there are volunteers, monre39@gmail.com.

I was going through a lot of newspaper articles. I came up such as the Chatham GoodfelThis is Osmon’s sixth with a lot of unsung heroes,” he lows, an organization to which book. His seventh – Our said. “I started a file, and as a Osmon has long been affiliated. Town, I Remember, I Re“All these people are heroes member – is in the final result, I’ve got a book.”

Osmon said as he scanned the and the kids don’t know them,” stages and should come E v e r y Tu e s d a y - 1 0 : 0 0 a m , newspapers on microfilm look- he said of the organization out next year.

1:00pm, 3:30pm sessions “All in Package” ing for stories on baseball, he that delivers toys and food to Other works include $ available any session on Mondays 300 extra giveaways kept coming across pieces writ- children and families in need several cookbooks, offer$ $ ten on everyday people going during the holiday season. ing both healthy recipes for “Seniors Only” Osmon said the book is writ- and those for cookies, as above and beyond.

But he added he received in- ten in “Readers’ Digest” style, well as his two books on PLAY - O! ER. O T S Y A spiration while in church, as the as “you read the story and the baseball in the area.

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Chatham’s Wright makes history with world gold

By Mary Beth Corcoran mary@chathamvoice.com

For a para-athlete who made gold medal history recently, Chatham’s Patricia Wright is incredibly humble and grateful.

Participating in the 2016 Senior World Karate Federation championships in Linz, Austria, Wright came home with a gold medal in the para-athletes kata division.

“It was a tough win. It was very exciting. When I went there, this being my first time going to WKF Worlds, I was anticipating maybe being in the top 10, and then when I won my sub-division,” Wright explained with a huge smile.

“I was excited at that and then going to the finals, I was anticipating being

second because the girl Natalie (Olsen of Alberta), also a fellow Canadian, I had lost against her before. She’s also a black belt whereas I’m a brown belt.

And then when I came out first, I was shocked, excited, thrilled and in awe.”

Wright’s Sensei from Zanshin Dojo, Daniel Whittal wasn’t able to be in Linz due to his busy schedule as a lawyer, but got up very early to watch the live stream of the competition.

“The whole karate club is very excited for Patricia and very proud of her,” Whittal said. “That’s the first time a Canadian has been a world champion, has gotten a gold at this level so that’s history-making; not just in the para karate divisions but

in any division, it’s the first time any Canadian has received gold so it’s pretty incredible.”

For Wright, who also happens to the co-chair of the United Way fundraising campaign this year, the win caps a gold medal win at the Canadian championships in Vancouver earlier this year.

To help her celebrate, her friends and colleagues at the United Way had Frank Thompson’s double decker bus take a victory lap around Chatham recently with Wright up top and she was presented with a certificate of achievement from the Municipality of Chatham-Kent by Whittal on behalf of the mayor.

“It hadn’t sunk in and I was excited to realize that I had actually beat a

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Para-athlete Patricia Wright was welcomed back to Chatham last week with open arms, and a double-decker bus.

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Wright said that is still a number of years down the road so she still lots of time to train and learn some more advanced katas.

“I’ve got a number of years still to get my black belt so I’ve been okayed to learn black belt katas and go from there, progress from there, and keep competing,” she added.

As para athlete, Wright is an inspiring example of what a person can achieve through hard work, determination and support.

“My main goal is to bring more awareness to athletes with disabilities. Karate is not just a sport for main stream athletes, it’s for everybody. Anybody can do

anything and that’s what I’m pushing. Anything is possible,” Wright said.

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Paging Ms. Armstrong Local teen heads to Queen’s Park to work as page

By Bruce Corcoran bruce@chathamvoice.com

P I Think NK !

Chatham’s Victoria Armstrong is one determined teenager.

The 13-year-old Victor Lauriston student is off to Toronto this week to serve as a page at

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“It’s all about knowing what you are supposed to do. You have to have a ton of stuff memorized – your duties as a page, to patrol the west lobby, and do the water station and deliver bills and motions around the chamber,” she said. “And you also have to memorize the names and faces of the MPPs.” On top of that, Victoria has some big shoes to fill. Her older sister Sarah served as a page in 2012, albeit only for a few days. Mother Lora said then-Premier Dalton McGuinty’s proroguing of government that year resulted in a short stint for Sarah.

To help with the memorization, Victoria has a large cardboard display of all MPPs, where they sit in the Legislature, and to which party they are affiliated.

One familiar face in the Legislature will be Rick Nicholls, MPP for Chatham-Kent Essex.

Victoria volunteered in the MPP’s office. But she can’t show any favouritism while working as a page.

“I cannot favour any party or person over anyone else. I have to be non-partisan,” she said.

“You have to watch your mannerisms to ensure you don’t offend anyone.”

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Victoria Armstrong, 13, studies names and faces of Ontario’s Members of Provincial Parliament as she heads off to serve as a page for three weeks.

When she’s not working as a page, Victoria will be into the books, as her schooling will continue, even though she’s hundreds of kilometres from home.

“I had to hand in forms to my teachers and vice-principal so that they’d support me and give me homework that would be taught,” she said. “I’ve handed in a couple of assignments early too.”

Still, it’s not all work and school over the three weeks for Victoria.

“On Fridays, we get to go on field trips and explore Toronto,”

she said. “I’m looking forward to going up the CN Tower.”

During her time in Toronto, Victoria will be billeted with the family of another page, she said.

While away, Victoria, one of six siblings, will be missed around the house, as she babysits her two youngest sisters, a task her younger brother will have to take over in the short term.

Her mom, Lora, said the family supports Victoria in her decision to become a page.

“We are all excited and happy for Victoria, as she chooses to engage in opportunities like this,” she said.

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Construction presentation a hit The Chatham Voice

Chatham-Kent Home Builders Association presented Careers in Construction for the first time at Chatham Christian School recently.

Led by Past President Dan Vanmoorsel of Dresden Ready Mix and Executive Officer Kevin Owen of Owen Flooring, the first Chatham-Kent Careers in Construction presentation was a success.

The presentation is something that members of CKHBA have been designing and working on for a little over a year, driven by Vanmoorsel.

The idea, according to Owen, is to go into high schools and talk about the different career opportunities in the construction industry.

“Our program is designed to engage youth and get them talking and

thinking about a career in construction,” Owen said.

He said more high school Careers in Construction presentations are currently being booked for Vanmoorsel, himself and the CKHBA. “CKHBA had a great experience with the presentations at Chatham Christian School and are very excited to present at Ursuline College ‘The Pines,’ along with the other high schools in the area,” Owen added.

Vanmoorsel said the intent of the program is to create more awareness in high school students about different career paths related to construction, and answer questions.

“The purpose for Careers in Construction is to educate youth on the possible career opportunities

available in construction, as well as the advantages that come with them,” Vanmoorsel noted.

There is a need for more skilled labour, Owen said.

“One of the biggest challenges of running a residential construction or renovation company is finding skilled employ-

ees and hopefully speaking to youth about their future will help change that.”

Vice-Principal Tom Deelstra of Chatham Christian School had positive feedback about the presentation to his students.

“The CKHBA presentation on Careers in Con-

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Dan and Kevin were informative and engaging.

They were able to show our students specific examples of how there are many viable career options in the trades, including right here in Chatham Kent,” Deelstra said. “Their presentation style drew our

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Bob Kennedy of Water Elite on St. Clair Street recently celebrated four decades in the water business.

Providing water for 40 years

By Bruce Corcoran bruce@chathamvoice.com

At the age of 19, Bob Kennedy wasn’t sure what he wanted to do with his life, but he knew that the next opportunity that came his way would see him pour his heart and soul into it.

That was back in 1976, and Kennedy, who suffered a football injury that dashed his hopes of playing pro ball, took a job with AquaSoft in Brantford.

He dove into the job headfirst, and three years later, was given the task of running the company’s Chatham outlet.

“Basically, I was moving to

Chatham in two weeks,” he said. “As young as I was; 22, and a branch manager.”

He said he has no regrets for making the move.

“Chatham is a great place to do business. There is a very loyal customer base.”

Back then, the work was mostly water softeners and filtration, he said. While it’s still a mainstay with Kennedy and Water Elite, the refillable bottled water side of the business has really taken off.

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• Cycle Liberation Tour fundraising breakfast from 10:00am-1:00pm at the Chatham Legion, William & Colborne St., Chatham.

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• St. Joseph’s (City) C.W.L. Annual Pennysale from 7:00pm-9:00pm. Doors open at 6:00pm at the Spirit and Life Centre, 184 Wellington St. W., Chatham. Pennysale, 50/50 draw, gourmet table, hot dogs and chips available. No admission. Fun for the whole family.

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• Entertainment with Ted in the West Lounge of Meadow Park Nursing Home, Sandy St., Chatham. 2:00pm.

• Men’s Euchre League at the Merlin Legion, 2 Stanely St., Merlin at 7:30pm.

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Pepper at 1:00pm and darts at 7:30pm.

CK Metal Detecting Club Meetings Last Thursday of the Month, 7:00pm in the Kinsman Room, Erikson Arena, 341 Delaware Ave., Chatham. Guests Welcome.

Come Write In! Tuesday, Nov. 1 - Nov. 29 from 5:00pm-8:00pm. Write your novel at CKPL. This fall the Chatham-Kent Public Library invites everyone to “Come Write In” with the National Novel Writing Month Challenge. This program is for all writers looking for some inspiration, a quiet place to work or a chance to meet other “Wrimos.”

Submit your coming events to bruce@chathamvoice.com or michelle@chathamvoice.com

Friends may travel in herds My daughter has some pretty awesome friends. And loud.

But then again, when a group of kids gather and they’re quiet, that’s when you worry.

On the weekend, Brenna had some buddies over for a bit Saturday and Sunday. Lots of laughs upstairs while Mary and I retreated into the basement. I suppose it should be the other way around, but I’m partial to the basement for video gaming, sports watching, and adult beverage enjoyment.

Anyway, the girls got together and put on Brenna’s Bluetooth speaker, a Bob Marley item we got her for Christmas last year. I’m told some of the kids laugh at it because they think it’s got marijuana symbols on it, but the fact is the outer skin is made of hemp and the leaves look remarkably similar.

But if you were to smoke hemp, nothing would happen.

That little speaker can kick out the sound (yes, I’ve tested it out with tunes of my own, but it seems to get a steady stream of hip-hop and pop through it for the most part).

They take it with them as they walk around the neighbourhood or go to the park, or have it playing as they’re laughing and chatting.

Bruce Corcoran And eat. These girls have good appetites (typical teens). Fruit, pizza, chicken wings, you name it, they’ll tear into it. They have to keep their fuel tanks topped up, considering their energy levels.

The girl talk turned to this weekend’s semi-formal. Brenna modeled her little black dress for us Sunday night (Thanks I’m told to her BFF Allie). To say she looked awesome in it would be an understatement.

To say my nerves twitched as a father would also be an understatement. Darned kids grow up too fast. There will come a time when I’ll have to man the front porch old-school style to keep the boys away.

She and her gang of gals will be at our house Friday night, preparing for their semi-formal.

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OBITUARIES Eugene “Sonny” Garrod 83, Friday, November 11, 2016 McKinlay Funeral Home

Mr. Raymond Osmon 2016 Alexander & Houle Funeral Home

Audrey Hunter 86, Sunday, November 6, 2016 McKinlay Funeral Home

Bert Simmons 90, Saturday, October 29, 2016 Hinnegan-Peseski Funeral Home

Lambert Plat 86, Monday, November 7, 2016 McKinlay Funeral Home

Sr. Mary Doris Pook 97, Friday, November 11, 2016 Hinnegan-Peseski Funeral Home

Ralph Lusk 85, Tuesday, November 8, 2016 McKinlay Funeral Home

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Dave MacPherson 57, Friday, November , 2016 McKinlay Funeral Home Ethel Haddock 95, Sunday, November 13, 2016 McKinlay Funeral Home

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Life

AutoLiv employees support C-K hospice The Chatham Voice

What started out as an Open House for operators and their families ended up becoming much more, raising $3,500 to support the ongoing operational needs of the Chatham-Kent Hospice.

“I approached the committee about a fundraiser for Chatham-Kent Hospice and their response was ‘let’s do this.’ Our team worked together and the momentum and excitement grew.” AutoLiv’s Gail Almeida said.

The committee orga-

nized a raffle for a number of prizes donated by Autoliv employees, Tilbury merchants and Autoliv suppliers.

They also auctioned off donated artwork.

Painting the rink pink

Representatives from the Dresden Jr. Kings presented a cheque for $1,000 to the Foundation of Chatham-Kent Health

Time to flee?

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My wife advised me to be scarce, as it might get loud. I plan on offering my barbecuing services for the young ladies, staying outdoors with my own music for as much as possible.

If those services aren’t required, then it’s back to the basement until a ride is required to the event. And if they need any angry glares at boys on their behalf, I’m their man.

Birds of a feather

A few weeks back, I

mentioned the swarming swallows along Merlin Road that form a murmuration – a large flock of the birds that move in unison.

I haven’t seen them of late, but did get an up close and personal glimpse with some turkey vultures while out Merlin way last week.

One was enjoying some road pizza on the shoulder as I approached. The large, red-headed ugly bird didn’t even look up from its meal as I drove by.

THE CHATHAM GOODFELLOWS

The Chatham Goodfellows will be out in your neighbourhood on Monday, December 5th for their annual Porchlight Campaign.

Volunteers will begin from the Spirit and Life Centre (formerly St. Joseph Auditorium) at 5:30pm.

Please leave your porchlight on and give generously!

NO CHILD WITHOUT A CHRISTMAS

Alliance (CKHA), representing the proceeds f r o m P a i n t the Rink Pink.

T h i s year’s Paint the Rink Pink took place on Oct. 28 at the Lambton-Kent Memorial Arena and featured an OHA game between the Kings and the Amherstburg Admirals.

Contributed image

Ross Stennett hands over a cheque for $1,500 to Theresa Nadeau of the Shepherd’s Way Inn. Stennett raised the funds through a recent walk-a-thon, matching dollars raised with money of his own. The funds will go towards operating and equipment costs.

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Fun Stuff 32 Whopper 33 Spy org.

34 Cried 36 Pismire 37 Dish damage 38 Cabbies 40 Otherwise 41 Bizet work 43 Online image 47 Mauna -48 Leading comedian 51 Gun the engine 52 Manitoba native 53 Black, in verse 54 Whatever number 55 Stampeding group 56 Went under

ACROSS 1 Wagon 5 Part of MYOB 9 Young fellow 12 Lotion additive 13 Small plateau 14 Bobby of hockey 15 Very hush-hush 17 Shell-game item

18 “A Streetcar Named Desire” role 19 German artist Max 21 Form of 22-Across 22 One of the media 24 Millinery 27 Winter mo.

28 Elevator name 31 Past

This week’s answers

DOWN 1 Long-running Broadway musical 2 Greatly 3 Lariat 4 Magnetic flux measures 5 Village People hit 6 “-- the ramparts ...”

7 Work with 8 Assessed

9 A-one 10 Belligerent god 11 “Phooey!”

16 Shade provider 20 2016 Olympics city 22 Jockey’s handful 23 Help a hood 24 Hee follower 25 Time of your life?

26 Lacking balance 27 Criticism 29 Midafternoon, in a way 30 Fool 35 Pitch 37 Construction site machinery 39 Hidden complication 40 Eggs 41 Callaloo ingredient 42 Hammerhead part 43 Sleeping 44 Forbidden (Var.) 45 Soon, to a bard 46 -- and file 49 Raw rock 50 Apiece

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CLASSIFIEDS Birthday

Birthday

John Malott’s 90th Birthday Join John and Family for a come and go!

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A special thank you to all the nurses and PSWs for the care and compassion shown to Murray at his home during his illness.

All acts of kindness and compassion during this time will not be forgotten.

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