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Allie Cavacas, in the doghouse as Snoopy, and Holly Mariconda were co-directors of the play, A Charlie Brown Christmas, for Christmas in Muskoka held last week at the Armoury of Chatham. Both are students at Ursuline College in Chatham.

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More than 120 people packed a meeting room Nov. 30 to show their support to erect concrete barriers along Highway 401.

Organizers of the Build a Barrier meeting were amazed at the support.

“We had no idea how many to expect. It was just packed,” Chatham-Kent

Essex MPP Rick Nicholls said of the turnout at the Active Lifestyle Centre.

A 119-kilometre stretch of Hwy. 401, from Hwy. 4 in Lambeth to Queen’s Line in Tilbury, has no barrier to prevent vehicles from crossing the median and heading into oncoming traffic. There have been serious, even fatal, accidents this year along that stretch of highway.

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Christmas in Muskoka spreads cheer just keep growing since Christmas in Muskoka first started seven years The Armoury of Cha- ago.

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He added that Community Night on Friday this year was also a huge success with hundreds of canned good donated as an entrance fee, filling a canoe three times over.

There were 34 trees done up this year by schools, businesses and community organizations in themes like Marvel comics, Barbie and old-fashioned Christmas. Event goers pay for ballots to put in the box beside their favourite tree and have a chance to win it.

The event is a fundraiser to help Grade 7 Catholic students go to leadership camp.

“In May, all our Grade 7s and about 120 students leaders from Ursuline College will go down to Muskoka Woods camp for four days and three nights. It costs a little over $400 per student and this event will go towards

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Mallory Mariconda took the time to check out the 34 decorated trees available to win at the Christmas in Muskoka fundraiser at the Armoury of Chatham on Sunday. The event raises funds to send Grade 7 students to the Muskoka Woods leadership camp in May each year.

paying for some of that.

It’ll cut their costs in half and makes it much easier on our schools,” Moynihan explained.

It takes hundreds of volunteers to put on an event of this size, Moynihan said, and many retired principals help fill in the ranks, along with high school leaders.

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“This is our first time co-directing. We were involved before with choreography,” Mariconda noted. “It’s a really unique experience to be involved in this and there is no club like it at the Pines.

It really gets you into the Christmas spirit.”

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“We feel very fortunate to have so many community sponsors. This is our seventh year, and if we’re good this year, we anticipate hitting the $500,000 dollar mark for money raised,” he noted.

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They include one that caused the deaths of Sarah and Freya Payne in August when a tractor-trailer crossed the centre median and hit them head on.

“This is a we-care community. People are concerned about the safety of our highways,” Nicholls said. “And so they are rallying together.”

Alysson Storey, friends of Sarah and Freya Payne and a driving force behind the Build-a-Barrier movement, was equally impressed with the support last Thursday.

“It was a great turnout. It’s obviously an issue that is really resonating with people,” she said. “There were a lot of good questions. A lot of people shared stories on how concrete medians saved their lives or the lives of a loved one.”

Those in attendance included people who lost loved ones or friends along that stretch of highway, first responders, and interested citizens.

Nicholls said the effort to get the government’s attention has worked.

“We’re starting to get some traction. I’ve been working with government officials to see what can be done,” he said.

But what might be erected is a cable barrier, a cheaper and faster-to-install option than concrete. Nicholls and Storey don’t like the idea.

“We need concrete. It’s probably the most expensive option, but it’s permanent,” Nicholls said. “If you have a vehicle that loses control and could possibly cross the median and go into oncoming traffic, they’ll bounce off a concrete barrier – their speed is drastically reduced. They’ll be some sideswipes as the vehicle comes back into its lanes, but these aren’t head-

on collisions.”

“We don’t want the cheapest option. We want the safest option,” Storey said. “There shouldn’t be an argument.

Why are we putting a dollar sign on the cost of our loved ones’ lives?”

Nicholls said a retired firefighter from Leamington spoke up at the meeting against the use of cable barriers.

“He’s seen what cable barriers can do to people in convertibles and on motorcycles.

They lose limbs,” he said.

“We don’t want that. We want something that will stop a vehicle.”

The corridor between London and Windsor may not have the same overall vehicular traffic volumes as compared to the 401 to the east, but Nicholls said the number of transports on that road is “massive.”

Storey agreed.

“It seems every other vehicle is a tractor trailers these days, and it’s only going to get worse,” she said, pointing to the second bridge crossing planned for Windsor and Detroit that has a 2022 expected completion date.

Storey and Nicholls said winter is coming and with it comes cooler temperatures, blowing snow and poor road conditions.

“There’s no room for error.

You are across that median in the blink of an eye. When you’re coming into oncoming traffic, usually the only result is death,” Storey said.

“That stretch between Queen’s Line and Bloomfield Road is dangerous because of the curves and the wind,” Nicholls said. “We’ve had several occurrences where trucks hit ice, lost control in a bend and went straight across. They ended up in

the far ditch across the other lanes.”

Storey said the lack of a median along that stretch of the 401 is an old issue. What’ frustrating for her is so far nothing has been done to solve it, and people are dying because of it.

“They seem to have lots of money for what they call 401 safety improvements in a Liberal-friendly riding in Cambridge,” she said of the Kathleen Wynn government.

“They’ve also got three lanes and concrete medians there.

Political stripes shouldn’t matter when saving lives.”

Cambridge MPP Kathryn McGarry announced that an additional $96 million is headed to that community to improve safety and traffic flow through Cambridge on the 401.

Nicholls said following last week’s Build a Barrier meeting, the government is reconsidering the cable barriers.

“There’s no indication they’ll go concrete, but they’re doing more investigation into it,” he said.

Storey credited Nicholls with his aggressive pursuit in this matter.

“Our own MPP is the hardest working MPP on this issue. Rick has done an amazing job advocating for us,” she said.

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Breakfast with Santa at the WISH Centre isn’t just an annual event in Chatham; it’s a very busy one.

More than 300 people turned out for Saturday’s breakfast, Christmas crafts, and a chance to see Santa and Mrs. Clause up close.

The event, put on by East Side Pride, is in its seventh year, or-

ganizer Marjorie Crew said.

“It just keeps growing,” she said.

There is never any shortage of volunteers either, as police and firefighters join forces to cook and serve the food, which was free for all children in attendance.

When Santa and Mrs. Claus stepped into the WISH Centre about 11 a.m., they were received like rock stars. Kids

jumped out of their seats and rushed up to give them hugs and to say hello.

Soon thereafter, they lined up to give the jolly bearded fellow their Christmas wish lists as well.

One family of Syrian refugees took part in the breakfast this year, Crew said, adding they were more than wel-

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Members of Water Wells First (WWF) are concerned their voices won’t be heard after seeing an ad for input on a noise bylaw exemption for the North Kent 1 Wind Farm.

The ad put in local papers by the municipal Building Development Services asks for input from citizens about allowing the wind farm company construction team to get a noise bylaw exemp-

tion so they can continue to pour foundations and erect turbines during the night, on Sundays and on holidays from Dec. 1 to March 31.

The problem, according to WWF members, is that the ad was not put in papers until the week of Nov. 27, giving people a very small window to respond.

Yvonne Laevens, a resident in North Kent and WWF member, said she called the municipality and was told that the date

was Dec. 1 but people could continue to submit any objections for the next week.

“That’s all well and good, but how are people reading the ad supposed to know that?” Laevens

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The group feels allowing the company that they allege is wrecking their well water to make more noise during the night and holidays only adds insult to

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Build the barrier Is it about money?

Is it about time?

That’s what proponents of the erection of a barrier along Highway 401 through Chatham-Kent are asking the provincial government.

But these really aren’t the right questions. In fact, there is only one right answer: It’s about human lives.

People have died needlessly along the 401 between Queen’s Line in Tilbury and Colonel Talbot Road (Hwy. 4) west of London – a 119-kilometre stretch of four-lane highway that has only a patch of grass separating the eastbound lanes from the westbound lanes.

Grass does little to stop an out-of-control tractor-trailer from careening across all lanes of traffic to slam head on into a vehicle travelling the opposite direction.

The barriers are up along the 401 pretty much everywhere else from Windsor through Toronto in this section of the province.

Why not here?

If provincial officials had their ears anywhere near a meeting last week in Chatham urging them to build concrete barriers, chances are they are still ringing from the vocal consensus in favour of the barriers.

The government knows a barrier is needed. It has been leaning towards cable barriers – steel cables held in place by regularly spaced posts – to help keep vehicles from sliding across into oncoming traffic. But when you consider the sheer volume of heavy truck traffic along the 401, you have to build something that is capable of stopping a fully loaded 18-wheeler.

You may as well put up guitar strings to stop 36 metric tonnes of freight-laden heavy hauler as it heads towards that family in a minivan travelling in the opposite direction.

Put up a concrete barrier and that truck stays on its side of the highway. Sideswipes and rear-end collisions are no treat, but they can be much more survivable than a head-on catastrophe.

Surely the lack of quick action on erecting barriers, or possibly going with the cheaper option, is not due to the political colours flying in Chatham-Kent?

Yes, we have a Conservative MPP, and a vocal one, while the government is Liberal.

But it’s about human lives, right?

After all, that’s the only correct answer.

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A tale of two dog owners Sir: An older lady neighbour down the street who has been grieving over the loss of her husband in the last month has a wonderful little dog named Rusty.

The dog who is 12, is the same age as his master in dog years and is very supportive and friendly.

Recently, our widow neighbour was taking little Rusty, all 20 pounds of him, for a walk along Mud Creek in the park at Queen Street and Indian Creek Road. In my neighbour’s words, “There was a man walking two

boxer-type dogs and while texting was holding his dog’s leash with his foot.” His dogs got loose and charged the woman, knocking her down and then one of the dogs grabbed little Rusty by the neck and head.

Naturally, Rusty was screaming in pain.

The owner of the other dogs did nothing to help while the woman was still on the ground. Eventually, Rusty escaped and the “texting” individual walked away as if noth-

ing had happened.

A gentleman who witnessed the incident helped the woman and Rusty to her car and offered help. She was just happy for his help and to get home. She was too traumatized to ask his name and thank him.

Rusty recovered from his wounds in three or four days, however, the widow went to emergency because of pain to discover she has a fractured pelvis and has been confined to bed rest while the crack heals.

My wife and myself have embraced the opportunity to take Rusty on his daily walks but there are a lot of unanswered questions. We hear about such callousness in large urban areas where one life is meaningless, but here in Chatham it is surprising.

We thank the stranger who offered help, because if he hadn’t witnessed the event, we don’t know what might have happened.

David Rourke Chatham

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This bylaw is applicable during cold weather alerts, issued

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and we are so pleased that he has taken on this very important responsibility,” said Dr. Zeke Milkovic, Chief and Program Medical Director of Family Medicine, said in a release. “He will be a great advocate for the local health-care needs of Chatham-Kent’s diverse rural communities.”

Wheeler practiced Family Medicine in Blenheim from 2001 to 2013 at which time he moved his practice to the Thamesview Centre for Family Medicine/Thamesview Family Health Team (TFHT) where he is currently practicing. He worked in CKHA’s emergency department for 15 years and provided intrapartum obstetrics for 16 years as well.

Since 2016 he has held the position of lead physician at the TFHT. Currently he practices full-time family medicine at TFHT in addition to inpatient hospital care, oncology care at CKHA and hospice care at the Chatham-Kent Hospice.

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6972 GRANDE RIVER $694,900

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35 BRIARDENE $344,900

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Recognizing signs of impairment

By Bruce Corcoran bruce@chathamvoice.com

Mere months into their careers as police officers, four Chatham-Kent Police Service constables received an intense course in testing drivers for signs of impairment.

The course took place in Chatham, and included test subjects who had

been consuming alcohol.

Constables Danica Quenneville, Destiny Pailey, Kyle Wright and Trevor Biskey took part in the program. They all joined the service in April.

Const. Chris Baillargeon, the lead instructor, said the training teaches the officers what to look for in terms of signs of impairment.

“The odour on their breath, bloodshot eyes or slurring of speech,” he said are big indicators.

Some people can show little signs of impairment.

They speak fine, despite having ingested more than the legal limit of alcohol. But Baillargeon said the eyes don’t lie.

“They can’t get used to the alcohol,” he said.

The eye test, where an officer holds a pen or a finger at eyebrow level several feet in front of the subject, and then moves it from side to side, telling the subject to follow it only with their eyes, lets the officer observe involuntary eye movements.

Such movements are small twitches for a typical sober person and are

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barely perceptible even to a trained eye, but add alcohol and those twitches become more pronounced.

Pailey said the recent field sobriety training provides officers with added insight and knowledge at an early stage in their careers.

“As a young officer, we have been exposed to some of this ... of what it is going to look like on the road,” she said. “All four of us have dealt with people with substances in their systems. It depends on the day, it depends on the situation as to how the person responds.”

As part of the in-house testing, the four officers spent two days with test subjects that consumed various quantities of alcohol and showed different levels of impairment.

In a couple of cases, the subjects consumed large quantities of alcohol, but on quick inspection showed little, if any, signs of impairment ... until the officers in training performed the eye test.

Wright said the training with the subjects has illustrated the need for officers to know what they are doing in conducting the field sobriety testing.

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The work has become the most performed and recorded choral piece in North America. The program includes “Ev’ry valley shall be exalted,” “For unto us a child is born,” the famous “Hallelujah” chorus, and more.

St. Andrew’s United Church brought the Windsor Symphony Orchestra to Chatham in 2015 when it was a nearly sold-out crowd.

Tickets for the Chatham performance are available from the church office Monday to Friday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., the Cultural Centre box office or cktickets.com. For further information, contact 519352-0010 or www.standrewschatham.org. Doors open at 7 p.m.

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WSO to perform Handel’s Messiah in Chatham Friday night

The Windsor Symphony Orchestra is returning to Chatham to perform Handel’s Messiah at St. Andrew’s United Church in Chatham on Dec. 8 at 7:30 p.m.

WSO’s assistant conductor Peter Wiebe will conduct the performance that features four esteemed soloists and the 75-voice WSO Chorus conducted

by Dr. Bruce Kotowich, chorus master.

This concert of Handel’s magnum opus features soloists Chelsea Van Pelt, Soprano, Meagan Larios, Alto, Karim Sulayman, Tenor, and Clarence Frazer, Bass.

Messiah, written as an oratorio for Easter and Lent, is now closely as-

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Baillargeon said the officers are being trained to determine if a driver is showing signs of having more than 80 milligrams of alcohol per 100 millilitres of blood. But threeday suspensions occur at 50 mgs.

“If they feel the driver is over 80, then they are going to bring them in. If

not, they would administer an alcohol screening device test to see if it shows a warning,” he said.

The field sobriety course also included education on what to look for in a driver for signs of impairment by drugs.

Baillargeon said a standard field sobriety test officer may test a driver for

alcohol impairment, but if they feel the driver isn’t impaired by alcohol, they have the power to arrest for drugs and to bring the driver into the station for follow up testing.

If a drug recognition expert officer is not available, the field sobriety test officer can evaluate the driver and give a threeday license suspension,

he said.

With changes to the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act coming, more is being done to train up officers.

“The government has just recently supplied funding for the training before the new legislation comes into power,” Baillargeon said. “We want them to have this training.”

Wright said such training is “really beneficial” and helps officers when on patrol.

He explained a police officer can’t just pull a car over without cause.

“We can’t just arbitrarily pull over a vehicle.

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Constables Trevor Biskey, and Danica Quenneville have their practice subjects, constables Kyle Wright and Destiny Pailey, follow their pens with only their eyes during training last week with the Chatham-Kent Police Services. The four young constables took part in standardized field sobriety test and drugs that impair driving courses.

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But once a vehicle is pulled over, these constables are now armed with the knowledge on how to conduct field sobriety tests, such as testing a driver’s motor skills by having them walk heel to

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Baillargeon said typically field sobriety training takes place at out-of-town sites such as the police college in Aylmer.

“Two years ago, I trained 12 people. This will be another four. But this is the first time for Chatham-Kent training in our facilities,” he said.

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This company has Pride

Canadian Executive Search Group donates $2K towards crosswalk

By Bruce Corcoran bruce@chathamvoice.com

Less than two weeks after the municipality asked for donations to help make the Rainbow Crosswalk a reality near the Civic Centre, a local company stepped forward to make it happen.

At the Nov. 20 council meeting, council opted to install the crosswalk at the corner of King and Second streets in Cha-

tham.

The crosswalk will cost about $8,000, due to the specialized paint required for pavement markings.

Provincial funding will cover $6,000 of the cost, leaving the municipality with a $2,000 share.

The stipulation by council Nov. 20 was for there to be no municipal tax dollars used to paint the crosswalk, which is designed to promote inclu-

sion for the LGBT community in Chatham-Kent.

The plan was to ask for donations from the individuals and businesses, but the Canadian Executive Search Group (CESG) changed all that by offering to foot the entire $2,000 bill.

Kyle Pinsonneault of CESG said it was an easy decision.

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Pride and are happy to see Chatham-Kent support Pride more visibly,” he said.

Marianne Willson, president of CK Pride, said efforts to have the Rainbow Crosswalk installed in Chatham-Kent began about a year ago. With the support of the

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This is a in C-K. start,” he - Kyle Pinsonneault Once it said. reached the Willson point where some public agreed. financial support was re“This sort of support quired, Pinsonneault said from the private sector is that was when he started a huge boost. It’s just the seeing some negative beginning of bigger and comments on social me- greater things,” she said. dia and wanted to make Pinsonneault, meansure the funding was in while, hinted CESG place. would be interested in “It shows acceptance continued financial supand it shows it doesn’t port of inclusivity in matter who you are,” he Chatham-Kent. said of the crosswalk’s According to municipal impact. “This communi- officials, the Rainbow ty is 50 years behind the Crosswalk should be in times. Just look at the place by the middle of comments on social me- next year. dia.”

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Family Service Kent is pleased to bring Sheldon Kennedy, former NHL player and author of “Why I Didn’t Say Anything,” to the Kiwanis Theater in Chatham next March.

Kennedy skated for three teams in his eight-

year NHL career, but he is likely best known for his courageous decision to charge his Major Junior Hockey League coach with sexual assault for the abuse he suffered while a teenager under his care.

Since then, Kennedy has become an unofficial spokesperson for

millions of abuse survivors around the world, speaking about the importance of hope for survivors, an end to the stigma surrounding sexual abuse, and his desire to see meaningful penalties given to perpetrators As a non-profit organization that provides a wide range of coun-

selling and community support services, Family Service Kent appreciates the importance of the message Kennedy has to share.

“The mission of our agency is to support, empower and advocate for individuals and communities to reach their full potential. With his

compelling personal story of personal trauma and influencing positive change, we believe that Sheldon Kennedy embodies the spirit of what we strive to achieve,” said Brad Davis, executive director of Family Service Kent.

Tickets for the March 22 event can be purchased

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For further information about this event, please contact Marjorie Crew at Family Service Kent at 519-354-6221, ext. 241.

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Union Gas puts campaign over $1M mark

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Union Gas campaign champions for the United Way reveal the amount raised this year – more than $600,000, roughly one-third of the campaign goal this year of $1,725,000.

Numerous fundraising events led by employees were held throughout the year to raise money, according to Mary Lynn Lister-Sandavy, the Community Investment Co-ordinator.

“The bulk of the money comes from employee payroll contributions but we had chili cook-offs, gift card sales, and the company matches the amount,” she noted. “It’s always a challenge; we’re always wondering if we’re going to get to our

total but we have a dedicated campaign.”

Union Gas matches each individual employee and retiree donation dollar for dollar.

A fundraising partner of the United Way since the beginning, Union Gas has been helping raise funds for decades.

“I would like to say thank you to Union Gas and its hundreds of employees who have brought hope and strength to the thousands who are in need of support”, said

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Across Ontario, the Union Gas total raised this year is $1,009,476 for the United Way. At the big reveal recently for the tally at the Union Gas offices on Keil Drive in Chatham, staff campaign champs turned the numbers to applause.

“At Union Gas, we are proud of being active members in the communities we serve and working with our community partners to help improve the lives of individuals and families,” said Steve Baker, president, Union Gas. “Every year, our employees and retirees put their heart and soul into the campaign. They demonstrate their strong commitment to our communities and work hard to raise funds to support the United Way and the work they do to improve the quality of life for people in need.”

The company’s United Way theme, “We Give Today, To Improve Tomorrow,” reflects the heart of the campaign, and it also reflects employees’ spirit of giving.

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By Bruce Corcoran bruce@chathamvoice.com

Not sure what the safest route home is during a winter storm? There’s an app for that.

The municipality recently launched a website where visitors can see which roads Public Works crews have most recently cleared.

Miguel Pelletier, director of Public Works, said the site, which can be accessed by smartphones as well as computers and tablets, allows people to see where the plows have been.

“If someone has to go somewhere, they’ll have a chance to see where a plow has been recently. People can plan their routes better,” he said. “If you have two roads to choose from and one has been cleared while the other has not, you will be able to make your choice based on this information.”

To click on the site, go to https://www. chatham-kent.ca/ Maintenance/Pages/ Plow-Tracker.aspx All of the municipality’s 56 snowplows and 21 graders are equipped with GPS tracking devices. Information from those devices will now be available to the public.

The buttons on the app allow the public to see where the plows have been for the past two, four, 12 or 24 hours, he said.

Pelletier cautioned there is no plan to show projected routes, only where plows have been.

“We’re not going to show

the route where the plow is going to be. We don’t want to create an expectation. We sometimes have to redirect a snowplow,” he said.

Pelletier said Chatham-Kent isn’t the first municipality to offer up such information to the public, but expects it will be well received.

“When I first got here about three years ago, we used to get a lot of calls asking when the plows were going out,” he said.

“This allows us to go to the public and they’ll be able to engage with us and see where the plows have been.”

He stressed if someone has problems with the site, they can contact the municipality.

“Right now, we have the ability to make some changes. For example, if there’s a demand that people want to know where they (they plows) have been in just the last hour, we can make some adjustments,” Pelletier said. “We’ll wait until we get some feedback.”

He added the peak period for snow clearing is on weekdays in the winter months along bus routes.

“We try to make sure we have as many school bus routes cleared up as we can. Then we focus on the regular bus routes in town,” he said.

Pelletier reminds people to be patient on the roads at all times, especially when encountering a snowplow. He encourages drivers to not follow too closely or pass a plow either.

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Thursday, December 7, 2017 • Open euchre and bingo at The Chatham Legion, William & Colborne St., Chatham.

Open euchre at 1:00pm. Bingo starts at 7:00pm.

• Music with Ted at 2:00pm. Meadow Park, Sandy St., Chatham.

Friday, December 8, 2017 • A Windsor Symphony Orchestra Christmas Tradition: Handel’s Messiah at St. Andrew’s United Church at 7:30pm. Doors open at 7:00pm. Tickets $25/advance, $30/ door, $10/student available at St. Andrew’s United Church office, Chatham Cultural Centre box office or cktickets.com.

• Give to the men’s haven. Accepting all the trimmings for a turkey dinner which we will offer to those in need on Sunday, Dec. 17. Drop off your Advent Gifts from 1:00pm-3:00pm or 7:00pm-9:-00pm at 183 Welling St. W. • Entertainment with Big Mike at 2:00pm.

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• Kim’s Musical Family at 10:30am. Meadow Park, Sandy St., Chatham.

• 3rd Annual Christmas Craft Show from 9:00am-2:00pm at the Dresden Arena.

Santa will be there from 11-12:30pm. Over 30+ vendors. Admission is fee but would appreciated any donations for the Dresden Food Bank.

• Vendor Show at the Royal Canadian Legion, Chatham, William St. 9:00am2:00pm. All proceeds to the Legion. We have many vendors.

Sunday, December 10, 2017 • Bingo at the Ridgetown Legion Br. 243, 75 Main St E., Ridgetown. 2:00pm-4:00pm. $10 admission includes 4 cards. Jackpot $200.

• St. Joseph’s K of C Council #10436 Breakfast from 9:00am-12:30pm at the Spirit & Life Centre, 184 Wellington St. W., Chatham. 2 meats, hashbrowns, scrambled eggs, french toast or pancakes, toast & fruit cocktail. $7/plate. $4 for children 6-12. Children under 5 free.

• “Seeking the KING . . . the Journey to Bethlehem!” A musical celebration presented by Jubilee Chorus at 7:30pm at St. Andrew’s Church (85 William St. S., Chatham) Free concert will also feature Andrew Derynck. An offering will be collected.

Monday, December 11, 2017 • Open Euchre at St. Clair Community Estate at 7:00pm. All are welcome!

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• Chatham branch of the CKPL Chess Club from 6:00pm-8:00pm. No registration required, all ages and skill levels welcome.

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• Misty Melodies karaoke afternoon at 1:30pm. Meadow Park, Sandy St., Chatham.

Take the time to use the intersection What’s up with pedestrians who jaywalk across St. Clair Street in Chatham a stone’s throw from the nearest lighted intersection?

Take the extra steps, press the crossing button, and use the traffic light to your advantage.

Drivers along St. Clair aren’t all inclined to slow down or move out of the way for your illegal trek across the road. Some are pretty inattentive at the best of times.

For that matter, what’s up with the brave people who ride their bikes on St. Clair Street? You have more guts than I do, and I hope we don’t see those guts out on the roadway if you’re hit by a car.

C-K drivers scare me to the point there is no way I’d ride a bike on St. Clair. The sidewalk? Sure, although that’s illegal.

But I’d likely take an alternate route, such as Victoria Avenue, as it has bike lanes, and drivers along that route don’t seem to be in quite the distracted hurry that the folks cruising along St. Clair are.

As for E-bike riders, they do slow down traffic as these bikes just don’t have much in the way of top speed. But at least they have better lighting than what most cyclists around town seem to utilize.

Turning lane? What turning lane?

One of my biggest pet peeves (aside from the Chatham Left) while driving is when someone doesn’t take advantage of a leftturn lane. Many of our busiest roadways, such as Keil Drive and St. Clair Street, have left-turn lanes along long stretches, to move cars over and out of the traffic lanes.

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These help with traffic flow and lessen the likelihood someone turning left is rear ended.

Yet you can throw all that out the driver’s side window when someone opts to sit in the left lane and turn left, ignoring the turn lane that’s right beside them!

Use the turn lane, please. I beg you. You’ll help keep my blood pressure in check.

And then there are the people who abuse that turn lane – the ones who get into it a half a block before they need to turn. Some do it to bypass vehicles stopped at a traffic light. Others don’t seem to know any better.

Both receive rude awakenings when someone pulls into the turning lane while heading in the opposite direction, intending to turn left in short order. Both vehicles wind up unable to complete their turns until one of them moves back into traffic and around the other vehicle.

In other words, use the left-turn lane, but don’t abuse it. Get into the lane at a reasonable distance before you need to turn – not too early, or not at the last second (you’ll interrupt traffic flow, which is what the lanes are designed to avoid).

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Abuse of the English language Continued from page 20

Few things have mangled the English language as effectively as texting, but it seems outright laziness – as in not caring enough to say or write things properly – is the worst offender.

Here are some of the biggest ones that I hear and inwardly cringe: “Let me axe you a question.”

What, are you trying to chop a query in half? It’s “ask.” Say it slowly, say it over and over again until you get it right!

“I got mines.” You have precious metal sources below ground? Sadly, “mine” is made possessive by some to become “mine’s.” That makes zero sense because “mine” is already possessive.

“Supposebly, we were to be home by 11 p.m.” It is “supposedly,” people! With a “D.” Go to the mirror and say it properly, repeating it until you get it right.

As for the written word, the misuse of words can leave me reaching for a drink.

“I’m better then you at this.”

When did you get better?

Then? Huh? It’s “than,” not “then.” Then speaks of time; than is a comparative.

“There music rocks!” What, the music over where? There?

Now, if you are talking about the performers, it’s “their.”

The there/their/they’re confusion really isn’t confusing.

One is a conjunction of “they are” (they’re), one refers to a location (there) and one is a possessive (their).

How can our school systems pump people out with such poor and incorrect grammar?

It’s one thing to misspeak periodically (guilty as charged), or verbally mangle a word here and there (again, guilty as charged), but repeated misuse of words is a sign of grammatic indifference.

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The online community, be it social media or video gaming, is a constant disappointment.

People seem to feel that hiding behind a screen name gives them the ability to say or type anything they like, without fear of repercussions. Talk about ignorant.

You can’t hide. If you commit a hate crime online, the powers that be can track you down. If you use a racial epithet, you’ll get reported and probably banned from whichever online communication program or vehicle you are using.

But what’s possibly worse than the trolls who comment in this manner are the web designers who didn’t think it would

happen.

I was the managing editor of the local daily newspaper, working for Osprey Media a decade ago when, at an editors’ conference, the web-smart, communications-ignorant tech folks rolled out the new websites, complete with unfiltered commenting. Many of the managing editors worried about what people would post in the comments following the story if

left unchecked, and with the ability for commenters to hide behind screen names. But the web designers won out and the websites went live.

It seemed most everyone in the company – aside from the editorial departments – were surprised when the comments quickly turned ugly, with a slew of personal attacks against other commenters, or subjects in the story.

To say the commenting was bad would be a gross understatement. There were times when comment strings got turned off one article, but the trolls continued their tirades on other unrelated stories.

Giving trolls some perceived anonymity online is akin to dipping a toe into a pond of hungry piranhas.

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ACROSS 1 Use an old phone 5 Plastic user’s accumulation 9 Yon bloke 12 Resting 13 Neighborhood 14 Expert 15 Shipwreck site

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Fun Stuff

16 Ancient Briton 17 Say it’s OK 18 It’s right on the map 19 Shell game need 20 Took the bus 21 -- canto 23 Mainlander’s memento 25 Flower cluster

28 Heckle or Jeckle 32 Baking potato 33 Any of four that chase Pac-Man 34 Aberration 36 Last syllable of a word 37 Ultra-modernist 38 Meadow 39 Dressed 42 State of matter 44 Infamous lyre player 48 Fond du -49 Abrupt 50 Fed 51 Bonfire residue 52 Soft cheese 53 Dryer collection 54 “How come?”

55 Celeb 56 Therefore DOWN 1 Tragic 2 Concept 3 Hearty quaffs 4 Forgotten, maybe 5 Spotted horse 6 Huron neighbor

7 Soothe 8 Body art, for short 9 Good ring?

10 On the rocks 11 Apportion (out) 20 90 degrees 22 Overact 24 American emblem 25 Carnival city 26 Throw in 27 Scoundrel 29 Luau bowlful 30 Doctrine 31 Greek H 35 Dairy-section item 36 Overcoat named for a region of Ireland 39 Talon 40 Whip 41 Sore 43 Bocelli showstopper 45 Eastern bigwig 46 Pealed 47 Aware of 49 Letterman’s employer

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Birthday

Happy 95th Birthday Marjorie Newcombe Open House Dec. 10 from 2-5pm at the Senior’s Happy Club, 96 London Rd., Thamesville.

In lieu of gifts a donation to the food bank would be appreciated.

Services

Christ Church welcomes everyone!

You don’t need money to join!

You don’t have to sign a contract!

We don’t take attendance!

Christ Church welcomes everyone – whether you are just browsing or more devout than the Archbishop of Canterbury; if you just got out of jail or are citizen of the year; if you still need a nightlight or doze off to Murder She Wrote; poor as a church mouse or rich as Midas – we welcome you and all those in between.

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Dolores Bastien 90, Thursday, November 23, 2017 McKinlay Funeral Home

Mr. Terry Moon 75, Wednesday, November 29, 2017 Alexander & Houle Funeral Home

Gladys Humphrey (nee Crompton) 92, Thursday, November 30, 2017 McKinlay Funeral Home

Tara Vitek Ciarma 40, Wednesday, November 29, 2017 Alexander & Houle Funeral Home

Sr. Rita Miller 94, Monday, November 27, 2017 Hinnegan-Peseski Funeral Home

Peggy Holdaway 82, Monday, November 27, 2017 Blenheim Community Funeral Home

Glenn Frederick Torrance 90, Saturday, December 2 2017 Denning’s

Robert Roy 74, Tuesday, November 28, 2017 Blenheim Community Funeral Home

See full obituaries at www.chathamvoice.com

Maurice Marsh 71, Wednesday, November 29, 2017 Blenheim Community Funeral Home

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Dona Katherine Noah 90, Friday, December 1, 2017 McKinlay Funeral Home

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