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CKHA, Vavoulis outlined recent progress in her Engage newsletter, a copy of which was obtained by the Chatham Voice. The newsletter addresses points of concern from a provincial investigator’s report.

One item of note for residents in the Wallaceburg area is action on the noted deterioration of the Sydenham Campus hospital building itself, including almost $750,000 worth of investment “in an effort to bring back up to date some of the underlying facilities and systems at the hospital,” Vavoulis said in the newsletter. The projects include a new heat exchange unit for hot water, security systems, and water testing and filters.

The newsletter added “these sorts of foundational investments are essential in order to keep the facility operating and must be made before program investments can be contemplated.”

The Chatham-Kent Health Alliance is continuing to realign its pieces, with more personnel changes and investment announced recently.

According to CKHA interim President and CEO Ken Deane, Fannie Vavoulis has been appointed as the new Director of Communications.

Vavoulis takes on the role after close to six years position with the Alliance as physician recruiter and more recently as director of development for the Foundation of the CKHA. Wellknown in the community, Vavoulis is also past-president of the Rotary Club of Chatham.

Former communications director Zoja Holman will be using her organizational skills as the point Sarah Schofield/Special to The Chatham Voice person in her new role Five year-old Colton Konecny got a chance to deliver his wish list to Santa Claus in person at this year’s Christmas in Musas Director of Corporate koka event at The Chatham Armoury on Friday.

The annual fundraising event which features a community night, breakfast Transformation. with Santa and more than 30 beautifully decorated trees that were raffled off, helps send hundreds of St. Clair Catholic In an update to staff, phyDistrict School Board students to the Muskoka Woods Leadership Camp each year.

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Investment for Sydenham Campus its structure compared to In an interview with The other hospitals of similar Voice, Deane confirmed size and scope and work the need for investment. from there. Efforts are al“There are 18,000 patients ready underway to look that come at a new t h r o u g h “Looking at the overstructure that site,” that “solidiDeane said. all system, we need fies the role “Looking at to optimize our assets of physithe overall and provide the best cian leaders system, we quality health care to working need to op- the community of Cha- with adtimize our ministrative assets and tham-Kent.” leaders in provide the - CKHA’s Ken Deane providing best quality oversight to health care to the commu- clinical programs and sernity of Chatham-Kent.” vices.”

Another point addressed Deane said a foundafrom the investigator’s tional piece of a high-perreport is the re-organi- forming hospital is the zation of administration relationship between adand medical leadership. ministration and mediCKHA intends to look at cal staff, and working in Continued from page 1

partnership to deliver the highest quality programs and services to the public.

With a new structure, positions have been posted and interviews are being arranged, with the goal of announcing a new chief of staff and new chiefs/medical directors in the coming weeks, the newsletter states.

An observation by the investigator regarding an organization culture “frequently described by hospital and medical staff to be one of fear, intimidation, distrust and an unsafe environment in which to voice their opinions without retaliation” has led to three initiatives by the CKHA. The first step is a survey

for staff and physicians launched Nov. 24 to gather input to share with all departments. The second is the setup of a Workplace Violence Committee made up of staff, patient relations advisors and physicians to ensure a safe and secure workplace.

And third is the launch of a Whistle Blower Hotline in early 2017 that will be managed and operated by a third-party vendor to ensure issues can be reported confidentially.

“A hospital is a community of people who work together and we need to foster and nurture a healthy workforce, and you can’t fix what you don’t know,” Deane said.

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To ensure input from all over the municipality the hospital serves, Deane said they developed terms of reference for a Rural Advisory Committee.

“Chatham-Kent has a population of 110,000 and its important to make sure we have input from all of the region we serve,” Deane noted.

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a new CEO has also began, with a patient representative sitting in on the interviews. Deane is very positive about the process.

A video developed by Rich Barry and the communications department has received positive feedback from the Ontario Hospital Association for its creative approach to recruiting the next CEO. The video features staff from the hospital describing what they want to see in a new CEO and a fouryear-old patient with new insulin pump asking, “Do you have what it takes to be a CEO?” “With the cailbre of individuals who have applied, I am very optimistic,” Deane said.

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The dynamic Detailleur duo Brother and sister work to fill a pickup truck with food for Salvation Army

By Bruce Corcoran bruce@chathamvoice.com

At a glance, Alyah and Noah Detailleur are typical adolescents, but the staff at the local Salvation Army will tell you otherwise.

Alyah, 10, and Noah, 12, dream big when it comes to helping people. For the third straight year, the kids donated to help those in need.

This time around, it was a pickup truck load of food and toiletries, which they handed over to the

Salvation Army Friday. ing a canned good here, “We filled our whole or a box of pasta there, dining room,” Alyah but rather bags of goods. said.

The supM u m m y “They were giving like port came – Melva from such a D e t a i l l e u r three bags. Or they wide range of people – posted on would just randomly F a c e b o o k show up on our doorthat the what the step to donate.” family had kids had - Noah Detailleur to plan for planned, two days and it of pickups spread like wildfire. around the community.

“All kinds of people on “They were giving like Facebook wanted in, and three bags,” Noah said. their friends wanted in,” “Or they would just ranAlyah said. domly show up on our People weren’t donat- doorstep to donate.”

“It wasn’t just people we knew,” Melva added.

Their mom said they are always thinking about helping others.

“All year, they give to the Salvation Army,” Melva said. “When we get groceries, they pick up a few things each time.”

Alyah said the donation that she liked the most was that one woman brought several bags of toiletries. Capt. Stephanie Watkinson of the Salvation Army agreed.

“When I see things like

toiletry items, it gives me great pleasure,” she said.

“Some people come in and ask for a bar of soap and we may not have one.”

She added that the efforts of Noah and Alyah energize everyone at the food bank.

“This is amazing. It makes you feel wonderful,” she said. “It shows every little bit helps.”

The giving spirit of Noah and Alyah started three years ago.

“We were in Toronto.

We were getting ready to leave and I saw a homeless person with a sign that said, ‘Please give me money. I’m hungry,’” Alyah said.

“She gave him some food, and coins out of her own purse,” Melva said.

That’s how Alyah works.

She said she recently saw someone down on his luck on Queen Street in Chatham, so she went over and gave him some candy and water.

The previous two years, the kids worked to have blankets, hats and mitts donated to help keep homeless people warm.

This time around, collecting food was only part of their effort, as they also set aside a parcel of the family’s backyard garden and planted green beans, peppers, tomatoes, and strawberries, specifically for the food bank.

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Power play in C-K Natural gas availability, not hydro prices impacting development locally

By Bruce Corcoran bruce@chathamvoice.com

While one Southwestern Ontario company recently announced it is expanding elsewhere due to high electricity prices, the cost of power has yet to surface as a deal killer locally.

This from Stuart McFadden, acting director of economic development for the Municipality of Chatham-Kent.

“Have I ever spoken with a company that is looking at Chatham-Kent and decided not to come here because of hydro prices? No,” he said. “Has it been part of the discussion?

Yes.” Kingsville’s Mucci Farms recently announced it is expanding into Ohio due to this province’s high electricity costs.

McFadden said the reliability

of Ontario electricity is a plus for business here, citing the case where a company based in Chatham also has an assembly line in a U.S. state where electricity is cheap, but unregulated.

“The problem they found that in the U.S., it wasn’t reliable.

The infrastructure wasn’t robust. They were having brownouts,” he said.

That led to outages and assembly line shutdowns.

“It doesn’t matter how cheap it is, if I don’t have it when I need it, that’s a huge problem,” McFadden said. “We need a robust system that will provide clean, pure power to the walls of the companies so that their equipment operates properly. And I believe our system is more robust, and has the ability to give the customers the power they want.”

McFadden said another key element that comes up is the opportunity for establishing a co-generating plant, where a company can use natural gas to generate electricity for its operations, and also make use of the heat created in the combustion process.

He would like to see improved opportunities for businesses to develop co-generation plants.

“Can you imagine a scenario where you have three or four companies on the same road and collectively invested in a cogen plant and all benefitting,” he asked. “Think of the reduction in greenhouse gas emissions.”

He said companies also discuss solar power opportunities for additional revenue or to lower the utility bill.

“Those are a lot of the things we’re talking about,” he said.

The partnership between Truly Green and GreenField Specialty Alcohol on Bloomfield Road attracts attention, McFadden said. Excess heat and carbon dioxide from GreenField is piped under the road to Truly Green, which in turn utilizes both in its growing cycles. In the process, which is still in development, both facilities will cut their carbon footprints, possibly by as much as 16,000 tonnes a year.

McFadden said companies have heard of this co-operative effort and wonder if there are options for their businesses as well.

And while electricity prices have not scared away business as of yet, McFadden said availability of natural gas has.

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Ontario may have high electricity prices, due in part to massive renewable energy subsidies, but it hasn’t been a deal breaker so far in Chatham-Kent for development.

government phasing out natural gas use for home heating, and replacing it with electricity.

According to the working document, the plan would require that all new homes built in Ontario in 2030 or later be heated without the use of fossil fuels.

Natural gas availability in rural Chatham-Kent would be attractive to greenhouse operations, and that potentially means more jobs and commercial taxes for the municipality. McFadden said several operations are in the discussion phases.

“Some are in the planning phase. We are working on a fairly significant project that would potentially open the door for a significant increase in the greenhouse industry in Chatham-Kent,” he said.

This is an industry sector that is seeing annual growth rates of between four and eight per cent, he added.

because of natural gas infrastructure,” he said. “We had a very large greenhouse operation take out options on 250 acres of land. But where they were looking just didn’t have the infrastructure. The cost to get natural gas there was just too cost prohibitive.”

At a time when the provincial government seems focused on renewable energy, McFadden would like to see improvements made in terms of natural gas.

“I keep hearing about our need to reduce natural gas usage and turn our thoughts towards more electricity in the future,” he said.

“I’m of the opposite mindset.

We need to expand natural gas throughout rural Ontario so people can take advantage of a less-costly resource and help businesses be more profitable.

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Group ships food, clothing overseas to help those in need

By Bruce Corcoran bruce@chathamvoice.com

Their payment comes in coffee and camaraderie, and the knowledge that they are helping to make a difference in children’s lives half a world away.

For the past decade, the volunteers at Canadian Food For Children (Chatham-Kent) have sent food, clothing, toys, bedding, school supplies, and bicycles – basically if it’s needed, they’ll send it – to help children overseas.

The organization began in Toronto in 1985, started by Dr. Andrew Simone and his wife Joan, at the behest of Mother Theresa.

In 2006, Sandra and John Van Raay started the local wing of the group.

Much of what the local branch of the charity does today would not be possible if not for Frank Van Oirschot, who owns the Inshes Avenue building in which CFFC CK is housed.

It started in two rooms, and has now grown to occupy more than 10,000 square-feet of space in the building’s basement, with a main-floor office.

The group doesn’t pay rent, or hydro; and no one who helps out receives a paycheque; all the work is done by volunteers.

And there is no shortage of labour, as so far this year, they’ve sent off 15 54-foot tractor-trailers filled to the ceiling with donated goods.

“We started with ordinary trucks,” Sandra said. “We’d be happy with two or three truckloads. Now we’ve sent out 15 transport trucks this year.”

And a 16th is in the process of being loaded.

Sandra said the support from the community in terms of donated goods, and the work ethic of the volunteers, is impressive.

“We get humbled all the time by what people are doing,” she said.

Two mornings a week, the local team gathers, taking in donations and sorting through items received. From suitcases full of gently used clothing, to boxes of school supplies, to bicycles and even old sewing machines, the basement has nooks and crannies of space filled with items. Some are newly arrived and waiting to be sorted,

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Canadian Food For Children volunteer Mary Giesbrecht repairs a sewing machine that will be shipped overseas to help those in need. Giesbrecht fixes about 200 machines a year.

while others are packaged and ready for shipping.

The latter have tags letting people at the eventual destination know where they originated.

Sandra said the volunteers really enjoy receiving photos

from the destination points showing children with the donated items.

When it comes to sending food overseas, Sandra said CFFC shops locally and receives local donations from area businesses. The latest support group is

Southwestern Ontario Gleaners, an operation that takes donated fruits and vegetables and dehydrates them for no charge.

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More positives at CKHA A month ago, we expressed cautious optimism in the cleanup crew tasked with rebuilding the administration oversight at the Chatham-Kent Health Alliance.

Ongoing efforts have only further solidified our optimism.

In a recent internal newsletter, new director of communications, Fannie Vavoulis, detailed ongoing personnel and structural changes and spending.

We received a copy of the document and called hospital personnel for comment.

In the past, just us having the internal newsletter may have elicited outrage from upper management.

This time around, interim CEO Ken Deane called us back in short order and discussed plans in detail.

Included in that is planned investment in the Sydenham Campus. When is the last time a CKHA overseer chose to spend to upgrade Wallaceburg’s hospital?

Deane, as well as provincially appointed supervisor Rob Devitt, won’t be here for the long haul, but they have pored over reams of documents and looked at the problems at the alliance from all angles, it seems. And they seem to be constructing a strong foundation for the future.

Plus, they’re listening. Not just to patients, but just as importantly, to staff. As the internal newsletter stated, in the past the organizational culture was “frequently described by hospital and medical staff to be one of fear, intimidation, distrust and an unsafe environment in which to voice their opinions without retaliation.”

Now, the alliance is working to improve relations between medical leadership and administration.

Positions at both levels have opened up and interviews will take place in the near future with the goal of announcing a new chief of staff and new chiefs/ medical directors in the coming weeks, the newsletter states.

This open realignment of the alliance is refreshing.

Straight shooting in past years wasn’t the strong point of CKHA administration. But that’s what led them to requiring Devitt to be appointed by the government.

Again, it’s still fairly early in the process, but Devitt and Deane seem determined to find the proverbial square pegs for the square holes, all while preaching transparency.

They are also in the process of establishing a whistle-blower hotline for personnel as well, one that will be managed by a third party.

The alliance sorely needed change, and, the temporary leaders appear to be making changes for all the right reasons.

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Opinion

Crow cull not the only option Sir: The last few weeks there have been a number of articles that suggest the way to handle the crow problem is to start shooting them. I would like to offer an alternative suggestion that may cost us some start-up money but would rather be a more humane way to handle the situation.

First off, one does not have to go too far to realize how smart crows are; one has only to ask the question on Google and you will get a number of video’s showing things the crows do that other birds do not. Having done a bit more reading on the Internet, this is not a problem unique to Chatham.

Polly Goodfriend Swan on Oct. 27, 2014 wrote: “I live in upstate NY and every late fall, millions

of crows come from everywhere to roost in this town.

I love watching and listening to them but my family is the only one that does!

The city council spends hundreds of dollars to try and chase them out of town every year! It is terrible. They use explosives, guns and laser lights. They even kill some; they are planning a big kill this year. It makes me sick!

“My family is only nature lovers and non-hunters. If any study is being done on this problem, please come here to this town and help talk to the city council. I dread winter now because of the hazing of the crows, I wish someone would know how to make this town not the major roost

for the entire northern NY area.”

Anyhow, I am wondering if it’s food & shelter (roosting) that they are after? If so, why don’t we provide them a location where they can do just that, one that is away from the city?

I am thinking a pond somewhere by a bush would be an ideal spot.

If we provide them with ample food and a place to roost (shelter) that is safe, why would they come into town at all?

I could visualize a location where the birds have gathered around to feed and as has been said, roost or socialize. It might even be possible for feeder posts or bins to be set up to encourage easy access to food.

Can you visualize web

cams set up so people can log in and get a look at the situation? What about the radio stations reporting what the crow count is for the day? There certainly can be a humorous and more positive spin to the situation if we deal with it appropriately.

Perhaps Chatham-Kent could lead the way in working with such an intelligent species rather than doing what upstate New York is doing?

I for one would rather see Chatham-Kent as the city who doesn’t kill crows to solve the problem but rather as the city who embraces the problem and has found another way perhaps unique way of handling it.

Bob Christie Chatham

Trudeau’s Castro comments revealing Sir: Then it was the gun registry, now it’s surrender the way we vote. Justin Trudeau’s expressive praise and condolences on behalf of all Canadians towards Fidel Castro’s death, in his

usual grandiloquent style, continues to represent Canada as an easy target for those with a domineering mind set.

It would have been

better for us if he had remained silent.

Despite Trudeau’s religious fervour as a feminist and human rights advocator, the Liberal pattern and

his comments continue to identify with the former Cuban leader’s undemocratic and dangerous way of governing.

Brock Turner Chatham

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Opinion/News

Copper theft a problem in Chatham-Kent Sir: I find it despicable, not just criminal, to the lengths that thieves are going to in stealing copper from everywhere around our municipality as well as other areas. One only has to turn on the local television news or open up the newspaper to see, hear, or read about thefts that seem to be happening almost daily.

As I was helping out in putting up our church’s nativity scene recently, I was aghast at the damage that a recent attempt of steal-

ing copper from our church had caused. A plaque, which tells viewers that our church is an Ontario Heritage Sight, appeared to have literally been yanked out of the wall of the church, possibly with some sort of crowbar.

I would guess the thieves thought that it had copper in the plaque and was available for possible sale to the local scrap yards. This was just one of a number of thefts at our church in the past year, as the trouble makers have stolen drain

pipes and even metal protecting lightning rods from our church.

It is time the courts or people who pass the laws in this area crack down not just on the copper thieves, but on those who accept stolen copper for cash as scrap metal. How and when this should be done I am sure can be worked out among those whom set up our laws for those of us who live in our country, be it federal, provincial or local.

Frank Doyle Chatham

Crows poop way too much to be a tourist attraction Sir: After just reading in one of our local papers that Chatham has a big crow problem, I then picked up The Chatham Voice of Nov. 24 to read the same kind of letter by Frank Doyle he wrote maybe two or three years ago about how the crows would make a good drawing card for tourists to Chatham.

Now there’s a dream

world if you like. For one thing, people would definitely only go out in daylight hours.

If they ventured out at dusk or nighttime they would need an umbrella no matter how fine the weather was, as they would be bombarded. They would need to wash their umbrella every day or throw it away.

At most business buildings

that have a good sized tree, or at nearly all the churches in town, underneath is a mess and getting to be unhealthy more and more each year.

What about our environment we keep talking about?

Crow tourism I’m sure won’t work. What is next?

Ruth Draper Chatham

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Heads, up parents, as the municipality cancelled its school crossing guard program at the end of November.

According to the municipality, some community groups and businesses are banding together to provide or organize vol-

unteers to help children crossing streets to get to school.

But municipal officials stress they are not involved in co-ordinating this effort, or supervising, training or providing insurance coverage.

As well the municipality did not screen these adult volunteers.

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W.I.S.H. Centre breakfast keeps growing

By Mary Beth Corcoran mary@chathamvoice.com

In its sixth year, the popular Breakfast with Santa event organized by East Side Pride just keeps growing, with well over 300 parents and kids coming out this year.

Held Saturday morning at the W.I.S.H. Centre in Chatham, the community came out in force to eat, drink and be merry.

Organizer Marjorie Crew said the event brings people together and would not be possible without the groups that partner with them – the Chatham-Kent Police Service, the Chatham-Kent Fire

Department and the W.I.S.H. Centre.

“This has become one of our biggest events and we are certainly not short on manpower,” Crew noted. “The police officers do all the cooking back there and serve the food with firefighters. You can do anything when you have good partners.”

With the breakfast from the beginning as well is CKSY radio personality Chris McLeod, who also pitches in and volunteers. Crew joked that so many people volunteer to help at the event that she sometimes has to create a job for those wanting to be involved.

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Ieesha Collier, left, and her sister Kaylin Collier, visited with Santa and Mrs. Claus at the East Side Pride Breakfast with Santa at the W.I.S.H. Centre on Saturday morning and were excited with the treat bag Santa brought for them.

In the end, it is all about bringing the community together for a free event.

“Some people don’t go because they say they can afford to buy breakfast but that’s not what it’s about,” Crew add ed. “It’s about community coming together and enjoy- A Women’s Health + Wellness Day – Devoted to Helping You ing time together.”

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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2016

News

Women’s Centre honours victims of violence with luminary ceremony

By Mary Beth Corcoran mary@chathamvoice.com

To end Violence Against Women Prevention Month, the Chatham-Kent Women’s Centre held a luminary ceremony to remember the 29 women and children who were killed as a result of intimate partner abuse from 2013-2014 In Ontario.

Close to 20 people stood in the dark with a luminary bag naming one of the victims outside the women’s centre the evening

of Nov. 30 after a short ceremony with executive director Karen Hunter and board chair Darlene Smith.

According to Hunter, data collected from media reports between 1990 and 2014 in Ontario by the Ontario Association of Interval and Transition Houses (OAITH) recorded 689 women who were killed by their intimate partner.

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Children are also victims and the data obtained by OAITH includes 52 children killed who were 19 years or younger.

“The Chatham-Kent Women’s Centre would like to read the names of the 29 women and children murdered in Ontario to remember and honour them and lend our support to the courageous women and children who continue their journey to a violence- and abuse-free life,” Hunter said at the ceremony.

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Margaret Trudeau has also lived with a bi-polar disorder.

She’ll be in town to share her personal stories and to remind everyone about the importance of nurturing the mind, body and spirit.

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Honouring the memory of women and children who were killed by an intimate partner, Chatham-Kent Police Chief Gary Conn joined Chatham-Kent Women’s Centre executive director Karen Hunter, centre, and board chair Darlene Smith and community members in lighting a luminary recently to wrap up Violence Against Women Prevention Month in November.

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Life

A healthy, active pilot project Nutrition, exercise top the list

By Mary Beth Corcoran mary@chathamvoice.com

The Thamesview Family Health Team has partnered with the Maple City Mile Run Club and the Community Health Centre for an eight-week pilot project at Victor Lauriston Public School, teaching the Grade 5 and 6 class a learn to run and nutrition program.

Concluding the successful project Friday, about 20 students participated in a 5K run under the supervision of Doug Robbins with the Maple City Mile Run Club. Robbins said they started with teaching the kids how to run, but also wanted to help kids want to be more active and proud of their accomplishments.

“It started with the mechanics of running but it

was more about building endurance and giving the students the inspiration to get moving,” Robbins said as he waited for the first of the runners to come in on Friday. “Childhood obesity is up 25 per cent, including here in Chatham-Kent and we want to try and reduce screen time and increase endurance so they can keep moving.”

Robbins said the feedback from the students has been very positive, as they gain confidence each week from the progress they made.

“There has been very positive peer pressure with the students encouraging each other and their confidence has gone up a lot,” the running coach said. “It’s not about whose first or last, it’s about sparking that

confidence and making it grow, whether it be in public speaking or running, and teaching them how to feel comfortable in their own skin.”

Robbins said the program started with 20 students and finished with a core group of 15 participating in the 5K run, some of whom had never run that far before. As a small pilot project, Robbins said it has been very successful and that “Victor Lauriston has been an incredible platform” to start it off.

TFHT nutritionist Coraine Wray has also been in the school for the past eight weeks, working with Grade 5 and 6 students on proper nutrition, helping them come up with healthy lunch and snack ideas and teaching them basic cooking skills.

Wray said she has also

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Thamesview Family Health Team nutritionist Coraine Wray, left, was at Victor Lauriston Public School Friday for the conclusion of an 8-week pilot project teaching Grade 5 and 6 students about proper nutrition. Making cookies with her are Dawson Hodges, co-op student from McGregor Secondary School, Mackenna Lopresti, Kaden Lovell (standing), Zachary Eldridge and Aidan Reeves.

been introducing them to healthy food items they may not have tried before such as lentils and kidney beans and how they can be incorporated into a meal made from scratch.

“The feedback from the students has been very good from what I hear,” Wray said. “I’ve even had other students mentioning that something smells good coming out of the

kitchen and they want to see what we’re doing.”

With the success of the pilot project, the partners in the program will be looking at expanding it to other schools.

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Come baCK for the holiday season

Events geared towards young adults in hopes of enticing them to return home

By Bruce Corcoran bruce@chathamvoice.com

As university and college students return to Chatham-Kent for their Christmas break, the municipality’s baCK to C-K team hopes to remind them to consider a permanent return when they’re done their schooling.

It’s the fourth annual baCK to Chatham-Kent Home for the Holidays initiative.

Caress Lee Carpenter, marketing co-ordinator for community attraction and promotion, said the timing of the holiday baCK to C-K effort is perfect.

“Lots of people go off to school each fall. We’d love them to come back when they’re done school for the semester, and bring friends to see what Chatham-Kent has to offer,” she said.

On tap this month will be a young professionals entrepreneurial showcase at the December Chatham-Kent Chamber of Commerce Business After Hours event. This takes place Dec. 21 from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Club Lentinas.

There will also be a Memories on Ice sponsored-skating event at Erickson Arena Dec. 23 from 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.

The events are geared towards the returning post-secondary students, Carpenter said.

The municipality is also running video advertisements in Galaxy Cinemas prior to movies running, showing success stories of people returning to the community.

Victoria Bodnar, co-ordinator of resident attraction and retention, said in a media release that “by showcasing the many stories of people who come baCK to Chatham-Kent, baCK aims to encourage those originally from the area to consider returning.”

Carpenter knows firsthand what it’s like to go away to school and ultimately return to Chatham-Kent.

But it was a plan she had when she left.

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Mayor Randy Hope and Caress Lee Carpenter, marketing co-ordinator for community attraction and promotion, promote the baCK to Chatham-Kent initiative at a recent flag raising.

“I remember it well. I went to the University of Windsor, and I always had intentions of coming back. I’m a homer,” she said. “I didn’t want to wait 15 years before I could afford to do the things I wanted.”

Carpenter said living in large urban centres can be extremely taxing on a young person’s finances.

“I like the lower cost of living here.

I can put my degree to use,” she said, “and I believe others can do the same for the most part.”

Carpenter said young professionals are coming back to the community, and not just as employees.

“We feel people are coming back and starting their own businesses, bringing their expertise here,” she said. “We hear from entrepreneurs how supportive this community is.”

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Business

Little shop of flowers

Syd Kemsley Florist has served Chatham for 60 years

By Bruce Corcoran bruce@chathamvoice.com

In celebration of six decades of serving Chatham and area, Syd Kemsley Florist brightened up Friday for everyone who visited, handing out roses in appreciation.

Melodee Delarue, whose grandfather, Syd Kemsley, opened the shop on Dec. 1, 1956, said a great deal has changed over the years, while the core values have remained the same.

When the shop opened 60 years ago at its Grand Avenue West location, everything west of it was nothing but farmland. Today, it’s in the heart of a retail section of the city.

Delarue said it’s stayed in the family over the years, supported by a solid corps of customers.

“It’s a feat to be here this long. A lot of small businesses can’t stay around,” she said.

Delarue took over operations of the shop seven years ago from her parents.

“It’s part of our family,” she said of the store. “I

worked here after school as a teen. I continued to like it. I always liked designing floral arrangements.”

Her time at the shop began at a very young age.

She said her parents used to have a crib at the shop.

Another constant over the years has been the staff. Today, the lowest tenure of any staff member is 26 years.

“We’re like a family,” Delarue said.

Employee Bernadette Delarue, who is related to her boss through marriage, agreed.

“I started here when I was 23. They saw me get married and have kids,” she said. “If you really love what you do, it isn’t work.”

Delarue agreed.

“My favourite part is designing arrangements.

I love it when someone gives me free reign,” she said. “But we all enjoy interacting with the public.”

Delarue said the store’s longevity wouldn’t have been possible without a dedicated clientele. She said the shop has done

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Melodee Delarue and her staff at Syd Kemsley Florist recently celebrated the shop’s 60th anniversary.

flower arrangements for customers’ weddings, and then their children’s weddings.

In fact, the shop’s impact can linger with customers

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“People move away from Chatham-Kent, but still call in to place orders for their family,” Delarue said.

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The family feel of Syd Kemsley could someday be in jeopardy, however, as Delarue said her children – a son and a daughter – don’t seem all that

interested in running the business. She holds out hope.

“But in high school, I didn’t even think about doing this,” she said.

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$25K boost for speech and audiology services The Chatham Voice

Children receiving speech and audiology services from the Children’s Treatment Centre got a huge boost recently from Sertoma members.

The Sertoma Foundation of Canada, on behalf of the Thamesville Sertoma and LaSertoma Clubs, and the Chatham Sertoma Club, presented the Children’s Treatment Centre Foundation with a cheque for $25,500 in support of the Centre’s Speech and Audiology programs.

The services are open to all ages, allowing the Centre to keep children with long-term disabilities on caseload, and accept new adult referrals. The Children’s Treatment Centre is the only facility in the region that is not-for-profit and has certified audiologists providing services to all ages.

Over the past four years, the Sertoma Foundation has donated more than $115,000 to support the Centre in purchasing needed equipment, allowing the audiologists to perform specialized diagnostic testing to children and adults in our community.

“The Sertoma Foundation’s support of the Centre is invaluable,” said Sandra Dekok, Audiology Service Manager. “Their continued assistance will allow us to reach out and support our community in countless ways.”

From one foundation to another: $20,000

The CKHA Diagnostic Imaging Equipment Renewal Campaign received a $20,000 boost recently.

The Howard J. Rees Foundation made the donation to the Foundation

of Chatham-Kent Health Alliance Nov. 25.

“We are so grateful for the continuous support from the Howard J. Rees Foundation,” says Candice J e f f r e y, Development and Communications L e a d , Foundation of CKHA. “ T h i s contribution has provided a significant boost to our efforts to raise $6.9 million for the CKHA Diagnostic Imaging Equipment Renewal Campaign and has brought us one step closer to bringing new state-ofthe-art equipment to our community.”

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Children’s Treatment Centre of Chatham-Kent staff and foundation members accept a cheque for $25,500 from the Sertoma Foundation of Canada recently on behalf of the Thamesville Sertoma and LaSertoma Clubs, and the Chatham Sertoma Club.

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Chatham-Kent Firefighters recently raised more than $7,500 through their Brave Enough to Wear Pink Campaign.

The $7,672 in proceeds benefitted two organizations which included the Breast Cancer Society of Canada and the Firefighters Cancer Support Network.

“It was amazing to have people come up and share their story of how this disease has impacted their lives. I never realized the gravity of how many lives breast cancer affected within our community,” Sidney Vilaranda, secretary of the local firefighters’ association, said in a release.

Along with raising money, firefighters helped bag groceries and handed out information about breast cancer awareness at the Real Canadian Superstore and Sobeys every Saturday throughout October.

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• Stuart Wicks will perform in the West Lounge of Meadow Park Nursing Home, Sandy St., Chatham at 2:00pm.

• Mixed euchre night at the Merlin Legion, 2 Stanley St, Merlin, bring a dish! Start time 7:30pm sharp!

• Vendor sale at the Royal Canadian Legion Br. 642, William St., Chatham. 9:00am-2:00pm.

Avon, Tupperware, Scentsy, 31, Natural products, Pampered Chef, knitting, etc. Bring a donation for the Salvation Army Food Bank.

• A Child’s Christmas Visit at Milner Heritage House from 6:00pm-7:15pm. $10. Children will listen to Christmas stories while stringing and eating popcorn, playing traditional games and exploring the 1905 Christmas decorations. Children 5-7 years and parents are welcome to stay.

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• The Torrence Sisters will entertain in the West Lounge of Meadow Park, Sandy St., Chatham.

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Friday, December 9, 2016 • Meal and fun darts at The Chatham Legion, William & Colborne St., Chatham. Dinner from 5:30pm-7:00pm with choice of meat loaf, roast beef or fish & chips for $9.00. One meat draw.

Fun darts at 7:30pm.

• Karaoke and meal at the Merlin Legion, 2 Stanley St., Merlin. Karaoke 6:00pm-10:00pm.

Lasagna 5:30pm-7:00pm. $10.00.

• Christ Church Chancel Choir invites you to share in our Sounds of the Season. Caroling from 6:30-7:30pm. Hot cider available. Sanctuary doors will be open. Free will offering will be accepted with proceeds going to All For Kids. 80 Wellington St. W., Chatham.

Saturday, December 10, 2016 • Meat draw and dance at The Chatham Legion, William & Colborne St., Chatham. Meat draw from 4:00pm-6:00pm. Dance is from 4:30pm9:30pm featuring Fat Cats.

•Bill Maynard will perform in the main dining room of Meadow Park, Sandy St., Chatham at 2:00pm.

• Santa’s Visit to Merlin from 12:15-3:00pm at the Merlin Legion Br. 465. Lunch at 12:15pm.

Face painting & balloon artist.

• Holiday Sing-Along at Chatham Branch of the CKPL at 10:30am. Everyone is welcome to the Community Living Café where carols will be sung with special guests.

Sunday, December 11, 2016 • Merlin Legion Br.465 Jamboree. Host band “The Marquis”. Doors open at 2:00pm. 3:00pm7:00pm. Admission $5.00. 2 Stanley St., Merlin.

• Bingo at BR.243 Royal Canadian Legion, Ridgetown. Sponsored by the Legion Ladies Auxiliary from 2:00pm-4:00pm. Entry fee is $10 includes 4 cards. Jackpot $200.

Monday, December 12, 2016 • Senior euchre at The Chatham Legion, William & Colborne St., Chatham at 1:00pm.

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Tuesday, December 13, 2016 • Book Club from 2:00pm-4:00pm at Tea Connection, 15 King St. E., Chatham. Call for more details 226-671-0081.

• Open euchre and 2 person euchre at The Chatham Legion, William & Colborne St., Chatham. Open euchre at 1:00pm, 2 person at 6:30pm to register and play at 7:00pm. $5.00 per person.

• Meadow Park, Sandy St., Chatham welcomes MPP Rick Nicholls for a sing-a-long in the Main dining hall at 10:30am.

• Mike & Melody will perform in the West Lounge of Meadow Park, Sandy St., Chatham at 2:00pm.

• Enjoy some beautiful seasonal music with the C-K Singers and friends at Sprucedale United Church at 7:00pm. Freewill offering. Sing-along and more! All are welcome!

Wednesday, December 14, 2016 • Pepper and fun darts at The Chatham Legion, William & Colborne St., Chatham. Pepper at 1:00pm and darts at 7:00pm.

• Chatham Blood Donor Clinic from 1:00pm7:00pm at the Spirit and Life Centre, St. Joseph Site, Wellington St., Chatham.

• Resident & Family Christmas Social with special musical guests Ryan St. Denis and Crystal Gage at 6:30pm at Meadow Park, Sandy St., Chatham.

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Fake tree, real holiday fun For the first time in our daughter’s history, we went artificial for our Christmas tree. And I think we’re quite happy with the results.

The previous 13 years, we’ve purchased from the Boy Scouts.

Selection, of course, was based on size to fit the desired space. But also smell.

After all, that’s a big selling point for having a real tree in your house for the holidays – the wonderful pine or spruce scent.

This time around, my wife lit a scented candle.

As for the tree selection, I took our daughter with me to look at our options at Canadian Tire. Naturally, I shopped local.

We had to send photos back to Mary Beth for advice – hey, I had input on price range, but wanted the two experts to agree on the tree.

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I recall older artificial trees where you had to install each and every branch. They also looked, well, artificial. This tree looks so much better.

So, with the Oakland Raiders-Buffalo Bills football game on mute, and a selection of Christmas tunes blaring from Brenna’s Bluetooth speaker, we decorated the tree.

I missed enough of the game action to not get too discouraged when the Raiders fell behind by 15 points in the third quarter, but got to see them mount their big comeback.

I also got to listen to the action when Michael Buble ran out of batteries – or at least Brenna’s laptop did, ending the Christmas music.

Despite the fact it was just our family trimming the tree, we weren’t alone shortly thereafter.

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Brenna FaceTimed one of her friends who is recovering from an illness. After nearly a week in the hospital, her girl pal came home late last week and is still working to get her energy back. I’m told she’s even more gaga over Christmas than Brenna is, but I find that hard to believe.

So our kid connects with her buddy, and then proceeds to walk around the living room, holding up her phone and showing all the decorations, and the tree. Our efforts met with a thumbs up from Brenna’s buddy, as well as her mother.

I never cease to be amazed at how technology is changing our lives. In the past, you’d be on the home phone telling friends about goings on, but now, FaceTime and Skype allow face-to-face conversations, regardless of each other’s whereabouts.

And what better way to use that technology than for Christmas conversations?

the seats.

Cleaning the tub as it drains is easy. Ditto for filling it back up. But that takes a good 40 minutes or so to refill.

And that is when I caught my chill. I should mention that as I sat outside waiting for the tub to fill, my intelligent wife warned me to stay warm. My response? Grab a beer from the fridge outside, sit down and check my cell phone.

The beer had to sit for a bit, as it was slushy. I added another layer of clothing, but my thin pair of deck shoes let the cold creep in via my feet. I didn’t bother wearing gloves either.

Duh. But as soon as I added the chemicals and put away the hose, I retreated indoors and wrapped up in a blanket. Finally, my feet warmed up hours later.

And the next morning, I woke with a persistent cough.

I credit Mary Beth for not using “I told you so” on me this time around. I guess she could drop those four words on me almost daily, really.

So I sit here, wheezing (asthma and chest colds do not mix well), coughing and exhausted.

But I am trying not to revert to the classic Big Baby routine that can take over men when

they get sick. It seems women can fight through all sorts of ailments with hardly a whiny word. But guys tend to behave as if we are on our deathbed when we are down with a cold.

I will ask nicely for some hot chocolate here and there, and a blanket or a glass of water when she’s up, but hopefully that’s about it.

The wheezing might chase her to another room, however.

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Cough, cough

Scientists may have debunked the longtime myth that cold weather won’t make you sick, but I caught a chill Saturday, and as I write this column, I have a full-blown cold.

Full blown, as in blowing my nose and hacking up a lung.

I believe it started Saturday.

I went outside mid-afternoon to bag leaves and clean out the hot tub.

Draining, cleaning and refilling the hot tub is a long effort.

You have to cycle a degreaser through the system for two hours before you can start the drainage procedure.

So as that cycled, I bagged leaves.

When I do yard work, I get lost in my thoughts and become rather oblivious to my surroundings except for the task at hand. So when my brother-in-law Tom walked up to me in the backyard, I jumped about four feet in the air. I wouldn’t be surprised if I let out a rather less-than-masculine yelp as well.

Good for a lot of giggles.

Thanks, Tom. When it came time to drain the hot tub, I used a very cool siphon tool that came with the tub when we bought it used several years ago. It is essentially just a four-foot-long tube of clear plastic with about 10 feet of flexible hose attached. You work the tube up and down to force water up it until you get the suction going and it drains the tub in about 20 minutes.

You can use it as a water vacuum to suck up any particles in the bottom of the hot tub, or on

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