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Organizers say it’s too early to tell just how much the community donated to The Gift on the weekend, but there is one thing they can agree on: They are overwhelmed by the support. Brent Wilken, one of the organizers of The Gift who was also heavily involved in the May 16th Miracle, said the giving spirit in Chatham-Kent is incredible. “There are so many different things; so much stuff. What you can tell when you walk into the (collection) warehouse is you can feel the thoughtfulness. It’s out of this world,” he said. Tim Haskell, president of Chatham Goodfellows, one of the organizations benefiting from The Gift, and lending volunteer support, said he’s experienced giving on an annual basis for his 43 years with Goodfellows, but the weekend’s donations still surprised him. “The volume, it caught me off guard. I was left

speechless. It’s awesome,” he said. “We’re getting stuff you wouldn’t think of. It’s unbelievable.” In the wake of the highly successful May 16 Miracle – where nearly 680,000 pounds of non-perishable food was collected across the municipality – the focus is now on ensuring no one in Chatham-Kent goes without a Christmas this year. Haskell said Goodfellows is but one organization benefitting from all the giving. “We’re splitting with other agencies in Chatham-Kent, whoever needs it so they can do their hamper program or feed the homeless. It’s crazy the amount of stuff donated,” he said. When he walked through the warehouse Saturday, the sheer volume got to him, Haskell said. “I get very emotional. It brings tears to your eyes when you see all this stuff. You know it will help so many people,” he said. “And this is on top of the people we normally take care of. We can help so many more people.”

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Volunteers sort through donations at The Gift’s Richmond Street warehouse in Chatham on Saturday. Organizers of the campaign were amazed at the support for those in need.

Wilken said he went into The Gift after The Miracle unsure what to expect, given how they were asking for toys, food and donations to help anyone in need. “There wasn’t as much food (as May 16) I would say, but there is still a lot of food, and so much good food,” he said. “There are hats, blankets and socks for seniors and homeless. There’s something in there for everybody.”

Chatham-Kent is known for its giving, and Wilken said that translates to donations of more than just material items. “The volunteers – people worked so hard with the community. They were so energized by the next car coming in,” he said of drop-off area volunteers and sorters. “Everybody was in such high spirits.” That despite a line up of vehicles Wilken estimated to be as long as a kilo-

metre waiting to drop off at The Gift’s Richmond Street warehouse in Chatham. “It was running like a clock. There must have been 15 cars unloading at once. People were just working their asses off,” Wilken said. “We planned for big, but it was just mindboggling.” Chatham Ballhawks coach Cory Lahey brought the whole girls’ team to the sorting station on

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Richmond Street. “It’s a good teaching moment for the kids to give back to the community that always supports us for the volleyball season,” he said. The team showed up at 11:30 a.m. and stayed until the sorting ended. Volunteers were working hard as bins quickly ran out, leaving them no choice but to move the donations to the door by hand. Continued on page 3

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sector,” Nicholls said. St. Clair College will be receiving $2.5 million. “Many of (our educational facilities) are in dire need of retrofits, or in some cases even new additions. The government has recognized that and as a result of that, we are providing funding to keep our students at top-quality colleges and universities,” said Nicholls who is also an alumni of the college. It is still undecided if the Chatham or Windsor campus, or both, will receive the facility upgrades. An additional $763,500 was provided to buy new instructional equipment. Nicholls said the funds are also important for the overall community – even though most students are not using the buildings during the pandemic – because attracting prospective students means long term growth in the local economy. Around 1,500 students are enrolled at the Chatham campus. “We very much appreciate the ministry’s recognition that we need high-quality facilities to deliver high-quality education,” said Patti France, president of St. Clair College in a statement.

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“It is quite an insane amount. Chatham is really doing a great job at giving back to people,” Lahey said. “It’s really nice to see that there’s going to be families getting a Christmas that wouldn’t normally get this kind of chance.” Ballhawks player Gaby Arbour, 16, said she volunteered for the May 16 Miracle as well, and felt that The Gift surpassed previous expectations. “This is just incredible to see. I’m so grateful to be a part of this community and it’s so beautiful to see how everyone comes together for this kind of

day. This brings us closer together,” she said. Volunteer Cathy Staal, who collected from porches and doorsteps in north Chatham Saturday, said donations poured in. After perhaps 15 minutes of collecting, the trailer of the pickup truck supporting their collecting was nearly full. Fellow volunteer Sue Cummings said the pickup team are a group of familiar faces. “We were part of the May 16th Miracle. We were not going to miss this either,” she said. Staal agreed. “We’ve been working on a project to help people in

poverty for a while. A lot of this is going to people in need. A lot of good organizations will benefit from this,” she said. “It’s wonderful. It’s exciting to be part of everybody giving.” Wilken said The Gift, like the May 16th Miracle, is not a registered charity. “This is the Chatham-Kent people doing what Chatham-Kent needs,” he said. Not a registered charity. This is nothing. This is the Chatham-Kent people doing what Chatham-Kent needs. • With files from Jenna Cocullo

Sue Cummings, Justin Park, and Cathy Staal show the donations from one residence on Maryknoll Road in Chatham on Saturday as they collected for The Gift, a groundswell movement that seeks to deliver toys, food, clothes and other items to those in need this holiday season.

were not linked to spread in that community. An outbreak in a school is defined as two or more confirmed cases of COVID-19 within a school community, where transmission has been confirmed to have occurred within the school. CK Public Health has notified the students, staff, parents and guardians.

All close contacts were directed to isolate and were tested. “If you have not been contacted by CK Public Health, no testing is required at this time. The school will remain open,” they stated in their release. “Please continue to follow public health advice to keep COVID-19 controlled in our commu-

nity.” On Monday the municipality officially moved into the Yellow Zone, also known as the “protect” level of Ontario’s COVID-19 response framework. Recently, the municipality was at the Green-Prevent Zone; the main difference being restaurants were allowed to stay open

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Over the weekend, Dr. David Colby, Chatham-Kent’s medical officer of health, declared a COVID-19 outbreak at Winston Churchill Public School. This is the first school outbreak in the municipality. Previous cases associated with schools

later. The limit of people that may be seated together at a restaurant has now been reduced to six, whereas it was previously 10. Any worker who has to come within two-metre contact of another individual is required to wear personal protective equipment (PPE) that provides protection of the eyes, nose

and mouth (ex. face shield or goggles.) In addition Chatham-Kent’s nightlife will be operating under a new schedule now, as nightclubs are only permitted to operate as a restaurant or bar and must shut down by midnight. Sports facilities have been reduced to 10 people indoors per room.

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100+ protest against COVID restrictions By Jenna Cocullo jenna@chathamvoice.com

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residents and individuals in surrounding municipalities such as Windsor gathered at Tecumseh Park for a rally before marching the streets of downtown Chatham. Laura Myers, a Wallaceburg resident, was one of the organizers of the Canadians for Freedom

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More than 100 people gathered on Saturday to take part in a freedom march and rally in Chatham, protesting the government-imposed restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic.

March for Chatham. She told the crowd that masks were about control not about health safety, believing the one per cent were trying to establish a new world order. Paul Pinsonneault, a Chatham-Kent resident who also spoke to the crowd, told the media that he believed media, governments and health professionals around the world were in on the COVID-19 pandemic,

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with money as the incentive. When asked if he believes that COVID-19 was real or not, Pinsonneault responded that he believed there was “a lot of confusion and people are going to die from different things that’s not necessarily COVID.” “It is obvious there’s a plan because it wouldn’t be happening in every country if there wasn’t,” he said. Pinsonneault said he went to a rally of 8,000 people in Toronto, with no masks and didn’t catch COVID-19. “I’m 67-yearsold, why ain’t I sick? I’ve heard the excuse that I’m lucky. Come on, you can’t get that lucky.” Pinsonneault

found it suspicious that lockdown measures have never been in place before. However, COVID-19 is the first large global pandemic since the 1918 “Spanish Flu” pandemic. SARS, Ebola, and MERS were not as easily transmitted. When asked what the end goal was, Pinsonneault said he believed it was to make money from the vaccine. One resident, William Webel, said he was attending to show his support for the freedom to not wear a mask. Webel, who cannot wear a mask for medical conditions, said he is mostly treated with respect when he shows up at pharmacies without the personal protective equipment. The main issue for Webel is the fear that one freedom will be taken away after another.

When asked to elaborate he said he believes it will happen in increments, first starting with conforming to the masks and then to the lockdowns, but did not specify what the end goal would be of these “conformations.” Some members at the march told The Voice that masks were harmful to individuals’ health and can cause death. No deaths from wearing masks have been recorded in Chatham-Kent. Others said there was evidence to prove that masks do not work. When asked by The Voice to cite where this information came from, no one provided an answer. The effectiveness of masks has been backed by the Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Health Canada, the WHO, and the Public Health Agency of Canada.

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Trusted sources Did you know that the media is the virus? That was the word on Saturday at the freedom protest in Chatham. That’s right, reading this newspaper, we guess, could make you sick, according to protesters. In reality, that’s not the case, unless you dramatically disagree with an opinion, a story or an editorial cartoon. Then, technically, your personal angst could make you physically ill. Another item also gleaned from the Saturday protest: Mask wearing is the first stage in establishing a new world order, and they can make you sick, according to protesters. We aren’t sure how the new order would come into being from masking up, however. If you don’t wash your mask, like any poor hygiene practise, there can certainly be some adverse health effects as bacteria could build up. But in regard to combating COVID, our own medical officer of health has long said social distancing and frequent hand washing both trump masking up, but when you can’t remain six feet apart, then a mask can help protect others. The effectiveness of masks has been backed by the Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, Health Canada, and the WHO. The one-per-cent elites are profiting from COVID; another claim from the protest. In this case, with the likes of Amazon’s Jeff Bezos pocketing an additional $48 billion in personal fortune during the pandemic, there are certainly some elites becoming even more, well, elite. Corporate greed is indeed alive and well. It is true that people are dying and will die as a result of other illnesses during the pandemic. That is a sad reality. Surgical procedures were delayed, and people’s mental health is taking a beating. But letting COVID run rampant would have meant overtaxing our health-care system and watching the virus ravage our senior population. We don’t envy those in government these days. Decisions on how to respond to the ever-changing pandemic are under a microscope, with one group saying too little is being done and the other saying it’s too much. There is no COVID guidebook, but there are guidelines. If more people followed the guidelines, there would be fewer people suffering through this illness, and we’d have squashed the curve by now.

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Opinion

Remember, ‘Kent’ part of Chatham-Kent Editor: The arena issue may be more critical than what municipal administration may understand. With or without amalgamation, Chatham-Kent is a rural-urban setting, affording us opportunity to attract seniors and young families with the two areas of a living environment, Chatham catering to urban tastes and our bordering communities catering to rural tastes. Roughly half of our revenue is generated from rural C-K. It’s a balancing act. C-K must invoke the rule of effective marketing, identifying the potential market of seniors and younger families and then affordably creating the environment to best attract them to C-K. We cannot do that without fully structured rural communities. We are only losing a combined cost of about $23,000 per month for all 10 arenas, representing only part of an amount our office has calculated lost monthly by C-K through its diluted level of managing. Remember, our arenas

were built to compliment growth, not to make a profit. An urban- rural area can be a marketable goldmine by maximizing investment revenues by securing a full diverse population of senior and new families, letting them choose an urban or rural setting, rather than just one or the other. You can’t tell people where they want to live. It is imperative we maintain an effective rural community infrastructure having libraries, arenas, education, entertainment, shopping, retail, commercial and industrial in the same fashion Chatham continues to do. Senior and young family investment is worth an average of about $725,000 per family. Four new investment families alone would pay our annual 10 arena operating deficits; keeping our rural arenas in full operation keeps a full rural infrastructure value, thus giving CK a market venue and best chance to

increase growth. In 2018 a leakproof proposal was provided to the municipality for the sole purpose of re-balancing C-K’s urban-rural investment by maintaining hard and soft-core infrastructure by giving our rural communities equal profile and equal opportunity through the municipal website. It seemed to fall on deaf ears. It’s almost as if C-K wants to abandon the rural area to make room for all the financial support to go only to Chatham at the rural expense. The proposal guaranteed anyone visiting the C-K web portal would automatically be introduced and welcomed to the Municipality of Chatham-Kent, identifying and automatically marketing each rural community rather than just Chatham. The site would automatically feature each community, with a “mouse over” bringing up each rural community amenity for shopping, recreation, education,

theatre, retail, commercial, investment opportunity, annual events and allowing each Chamber and BIA to piggyback on the site to introduce their community’s attributes. Additionally, the presentation called for C-K to publish quarterly infrastructure investment so each community resident would know what’s being invested in their area. Overall, every visitor/ investor to C-K’s website would readily understand that Chatham-Kent is not just Chatham but is comprised of 23 fully equipped and serviced communities. Our experience with the municipality would describe them wanting at times to do things their way rather than the right way. Dismantling our rural communities would be a continuance of ongoing mistakes. To obtain a courtesy copy of the rural urban marketing website proposal, please e-mail john@municipalprojects. ca John Cryderman Chatham

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Award-winning beer, right here in C-K to brew to style. But some beers style.” we brew just don’t fit into a catSons of Kent management The beer was brewing, but egory. We had to be smart in has gone from wondering how it didn’t have a what we picked to COVID-19 would impact its name. submit,” Chrysler business to adapting to today’s “We were trying to “We were try- come up with a name. said. realities. When watering holes ing to come up Overall, the Sons all over the province were shut with a name. It It was during the secentered six beers. down at the start of the panwas during the ond week of the panAside from the demic, Sons of Kent put more second week demic restrictions. The medal beers, they energy and resources into canof the pandem- toilet paper panic had also entered their ning and bottling to sell in LCic restrictions. 1792 English Ale, BOs and Beer Stores, as set in.” The toilet paper Patio Pils Ger- well as out of their own - Colin Chrysler panic had set in. man-style pilsner, retail store on site on And we just love and Festbier, their King Street East. the Douglas Adams mindset,” Oktoberfest offer“ T h a t “Our 8-Track is probChrysler said. ing. beer-to-go Don’t Panic, is the name of a Chrysler said ably one of my favoumodel was compendium to The Hitchhik- there are other rites, but it’s not quite the way to er’s Guide to the Galaxy Series, beers they brew go. We’re and to the Sons, it was a perfect that they are ex- an IPA and not quite a packing fit. tremely proud of, pale ale per the style more beer As for entering it in the but didn’t think guide. The judges now than awards, that came together they’d win any- might say it’s fantastic we have about as quickly as brewing the thing. in the past. beer, but still give it a first batch did. “For me, I have zero as it doesn’t fit W e ’ v e “We threw that into the compe- to pick things more than tition as a gamble. We thought I think have a into the style.” doubled it was a great beer,” he said. “It chance. Our - Colin Chrysler our canwas a COVID-influenced prod- 8-Track is probning this uct, but we’re going to keep ably one of my favourites, but year compared to last,” making it.” it’s not quite an IPA and not Chrysler said. “We’ve Entering the competition can quite a pale ale per the (Ontario been able to pivot and be a challenge for brewers, de- Brewing Awards) style guide,” make it work. And we spite the fact there are 36 cate- he said. “The judges might say are super thankful for gories. it’s fantastic beer, but still give the support from the “As a brewer, you really want it a zero as it doesn’t fit into the community.” Continued from page 7

As for what the future holds, Chrysler said the next thing on their radar is seasonal beer. Mammoth, another strong, dark beer, will resurface in the near future. Ponyboy Gold, an ale from the early days of Sons of Kent will be back for sale. And the popular Coco B-Ware coconut porter will be back as well.

“We try to have new beers coming out all the time. Either fruity and sour or big and bold. We try to have a beer in our brewery that is a taste for everyone,” he said.

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Hey they just sang for you, and this is crazy, but here’s their number so pick them maybe! Music students at St. Angela Merici Catholic School are on a mission to celebrate Canadian music while also winning some new musical instruments. On Monday the Grade 7 and 8 class was found singing “Call Me Maybe” by Canadian singer Carly Rae Jepsen and filming a video for the CBC Music

Class Challenge. Every year the CBC challenges music educators across Canada to teach their students a Canadian song from a pre-approved playlist. Students and their teachers are asked to submit a video of the performance. The year, CBC asked the video performances to film within their recommended provincial safety measures. The group had been practicing over Google Meet for the past four weeks until they were ready to

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The 31st Annual Christmas Wish Tree campaign has kicked off in support of Chatham-Kent Health Alliance’s (CKHA) new urology services. The campaign provides an opportunity for members of the community to celebrate the memory of their loved ones by making a donation in their honour. For each donation, a light will be added to the Christmas Wish Tree in recognition, and their loved one’s name will be published in local newspapers.

“Although our holiday festivities may look a bit different this year, due to Covid-19, it was important for us to ensure this long-standing tradition in Chatham-Kent continued no matter what,” Greg Hetherington, CKHA Foundation Board Chair, said in a media release. “We’ll be making some changes to our tree lighting ceremonies, but the way in which our community can honour their loved ones will be the same.” Those changes include a new virtual format, which will feature for the first time in the cam-

paign’s 30-year history, a live broadcast of both ceremonies on YourTV Chatham-Kent, as well as through the CKHA Foundation’s Facebook page @ ckhafoundation. This year’s campaign is already seeing solid support, as local businesses have come on board to provide sponsorship. “We are beyond grateful for how our business community has come together to support us this year,” Mary Lou Crowley, President & CEO of the foundation, said. The foundation has also received a gift from Bob and Robin Hockney, who

have offered to match every donation received between now and Nov. 30, dollar for dollar, up to $25,000. The retired local business owners have lived in Chatham-Kent for 31 years and both expressed their gratitude for the generosity they have received from this community, which inspired them to give back. “With Bob and Robin’s incredible support, we will be able to double the impact that each donation is making on local health care, which is truly heartwarming,” Crowley said. Members of the commu-

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COVID-19 isn’t stopping new businesses from opening up. On Friday, a dozen residents lined up outside Savemax Liquidation Centre on James Street, patiently waiting for the doors to open on its first official day. Chatham-Kent’s mayor, the community’s councillors, Carmen McGregor and Aaron Hall, and the director of Economic Development,

Stuart McFadden, were also there to mark the occasion with a ribbon cutting. “The local community is very supportive, from the very first day,” said owner Usman Dogar. “Everybody has been so excited since I came here and everybody loves it. So I’m looking forward to a good future here.” Dogar and his family hail from Toronto, but wanted to expand their businesses into the Chatham-Kent after testing out several other suc-

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Dresden resident Stuart Kiar, the mind behind Dresden Shines, hangs Christmas decorations to light up the community.

Thursday, November 26: • Come join us at The Chatham Legion, corner of William & Colborne St., Chatham from 11:00am-6:00pm. The kitchen is open to serve lunch from 11:30am-1:30pm. Today’s special is Spaghetti & Meat Sauce with Garlic Bread. Everyone Welcome.

• Come join us at The Chatham Legion, corner of William & Colborne St., Chatham from 11:00am-6:00pm. The kitchen is open to serve lunch from 11:30am-1:30pm. Today’s special is meat loaf dinner. Everyone Welcome.

• Come and join us at the Chatham Moose Lodge at 850 Richmond St. for a turkey dinner with the trimmings from 11:00am1:00pm. It’s our way of enjoying U.S. Thanksgiving. Everyone welcome.

Thursday, December 3: • Come join us at The Chatham Legion, corner of William & Colborne St., Chatham from 11:00am-6:00pm. The kitchen is open to serve lunch from 11:30am-1:30pm. Today’s special is Spaghetti & Meat Sauce with Garlic Bread. Everyone Welcome.

Friday, November 27: • Come join us at The Chatham Legion, corner of William & Colborne St., Chatham from 11:00am-6:00pm. The kitchen is open to serve lunch from 11:30am-1:30pm. Supper will be served from 4:00pm-6:30pm. Tonight’s specials are liver & onions or fish & chips. Seating is limited to 50, but take out is also available. Everyone Welcome.

Friday, December 4: • Come join us at The Chatham Legion, corner of William & Colborne St., Chatham from 11:00am-6:00pm. The kitchen is open to serve lunch from 11:30am-1:30pm. Supper will be served from 4:00pm-6:30pm. Tonight’s specials are roast beef dinner or fish & chips. Seating is limited to 50, but take out is also available. Everyone Welcome.

Saturday, November 28: • Come join us at The Chatham Legion, corner of William & Colborne St., Chatham from 11:00am-6:00pm. There will be a meat draw at 3:30pm, 4:30pm & 5:30pm. The kitchen is open to serve lunch from 3:00pm-5:30pm. Come check out our menu. Everyone Welcome.

Saturday, December 6: • Come join us at The Chatham Legion, corner of William & Colborne St., Chatham from 11:00am-6:00pm. There will be a meat draw at 3:30pm, 4:30pm & 5:30pm. The kitchen is open to serve lunch from 3:00pm-5:30pm. Come check out our menu. Everyone Welcome.

Wednesday, December 2: • Victoria Avenue United Church Food Shopping Card & Pantry Program (please bring photo id, limited number of cards available) held at St. Andrew’s United Church (Memorial Garden Entrance - Wellington Street) Every Wednesday from 9:00am to 10:30am. Covid-19 provisions, contact tracing in place, masks required, hand sanitizer provided.

November 23 - 27: Apollo Property Management & Realty Connects Inc. 10th Annual Toy Drive. Collecting new unwrapped toys & non perishable food items. Drop off locations: 186 Chatham St, Blenheim 9am-4pm; 419 St. Clair St., Chatham 9am-4pm. All food and toys will be donated to the Salvation Army.

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The May 16th Miracle has rippling effects. Not only did it inspire The Gift (see page 1) but it also inspired one community in Chatham-Kent to shine some light on businesses during the pandemic. Dresden lawyer Stuart Kiar was inspired after the May 16th Miracle and gathered the same volunteers to launch Dresden Shines. “And the day after I was thinking about all the good work being done and what can we do to sort of keep everybody involved,” he said. The initiative is a collaboration between multiple community groups and sponsors to decorate mainly businesses and also homes with Christmas lights. Normally Dresden hosts the Christmas Night Market, an event where a section of the downtown is shut to car traffic, and residents have a chance to browse local vendors for their holiday shopping. “The purpose is to lift community spirit and also to fill that (the market’s) void because it’s been such

a big part of the community every year,” Kiar said He is also hoping the downtown Christmas beautification will attract nearby residents to visit Dresden and support local shopping. The market would normally attract 10,000 individuals to the community of approximately 2,500 people. Shops will remain open until 8 p.m. every Thursday. Kiar and his co-organizers are also encouraging Dresden residents to decorate their homes with a community “cup” to be given out as a fun incentive to motivate neighbourhoods to work together. An Illumination Tour will be safely given to visitors in the form of a drive through event. More events will be released on the Dresden Shines Facebook page. “When we work together, Dresden Shines,” Kiar said. The long-time Dresden lawyer has been busy assisting with various projects in his adopted hometown since moving here in 1996. He recently received the Wallaceburg and District Chamber of Commerce BIA award for Dresden.

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Loved and missed by Mary Jane, children, grandchildren and great grandchildren

We wish to express our grateful thanks to all who expressed kindness to us and our family on the loss of our sister, aunt and great aunt Brenda Anderson. Special thank you is given to Kirk and Pauline Ivens for their help and kindness to Brenda over the years and to us at this time. We also express our thanks to Chatham Police and EMS for their care and concern in our time of need. Thank you to the McKinlay funeral home staff for accommodating and guiding us during COVID 19 challenges. Sandra and Bill Harrison and Connie Prevett

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Jade was the 1st Princess of her generation. Abigail has a brother Hudson, her grandparents are Jon D.A. and Jodi Dawn Stonehouse of Frankford, ON. ~ Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you, before you were born, I set you apart. 1.5A Jeremiah (NIV) ~

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Birth Announcement

ABIGAIL NEVA DAWN MOELKER

November 27, 2020

In Memoriam

Jim & Doreen Stonehouse announce the birth of their first great-granddaughter

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OBITUARIES Jerome Zahorodney 67, Tuesday, November 10, 2020 Kendrick Funeral Home

Linda “Willy”Summerfield 75, Tuesday, November 17, 2020 McKinlay Funeral Home

Maria Corsini 97, Monday, November 9, 2020 Kendrick Funeral Home

Marjorie J. Smith 81, Thursday, November 12, 2020 McKinlay Funeral Home

Martin VanHeesch 87, Wednesday, November 18, 2020 Blenheim Community Funeral Home

Marvin (Mike) Thomas St. Peter 82, Saturday, November 21, 2020 McKinlay Funeral Home

Adrianus Johannes DeRooy 90, Monday, November 15, 2020 Hinngan-Peseski Funeral Home

Mary Catherine Bunning 96, Saturday, November 21, 2020 McKinlay Funeral Home

David Kevin Thompson 55, Friday, November 20, 2020 Hinngan-Peseski Funeral Home

Sawyer Tetrault Wednesday, November 11, 2020 Life Transitions

Joanna Petronella Monden 77, Wednesday, November 18, 2020 McKinlay Funeral Home

Phyllis Wolfe 90, Wednesday, November 18, 2020 Life Transitions

John Thomas Sims 82, Wednesday, November 18, 2020 McKinlay Funeral Home

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THE CHATHAM VOICE

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2020

Hospice is home for the holidays How a difficult time is made easier by Hospice care Christmas 2018. The beginning of our family’s journey was unknown to us. Christmas was wonderful - my son-inlaw cooked Christmas dinner; we took pictures. As a family, we loved the Christmas season. For many years, my husband, Norris would dress the part of Santa for our family and other’s enjoyment. Everything seemed “normal”. All was well, or so we thought. In January 2019, our family was shocked into grief when my son-inlaw, Jacob, died unexpectedly. Little did we know, my husband would pass one year later. When Jacob died, Norris was battling a bout of pneumonia. Throughout the year, he fought to get better until the fall when he started to decline rapidly. I cared for Norris at home and had gone into “nurse mode” until he was hospitalized in mid-November. A month later, he was moved to Chatham -Kent Hospice. Our family found the Hospice environment to be quiet, kind, supportive and private. There were none of the barriers we would have experienced at home… it was comforting. Being able to stay overnight with Norris was such a blessing. I could wander the halls in the quiet of the night while Norris rested. It gave me time to be me and collect myself.

Hospice gave us permission to be ourselves. I no longer had to be “nurse” but could just be his wife. Norris had the opportunity to dress up as Santa one last time to the enjoyment of our family as well as others at Hospice. He loved being Santa and this made him, and all of us, very happy. We also enjoyed a Christmas dinner together as a family.

When my husband passed, I experienced sadness beyond belief. Now it was my turn on this grief journey.

Through the support I received while at Hospice, I was set on a path of grieving that was best for me. On this journey, I am able to grieve in my way, on my own schedule and have found spending time in nature to be very We had some familiarity with Hospice helpful. Our family is forever grateful prior to this because we had known a for the care and compassion shown to all of us! few people who had called Hospice, home. After my son-in-law died earlier that year, my daughters also found In memory of Norris Reynolds shared support in the Art Therapy program by his wife, Joyce, and family. offered as part of the Grief and Bereavement services.

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