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Young jazz dancers from Chatham’s All That Jazz Dance Company perform “Birthday Girl” in the Inspire Dance Challenge on Saturday at the John D. Bradley Convention Centre. This performance took first overall in large group junior competitive jazz for 12 and under. It also won a special award. Three local schools competed in the event, which featured a wide range of styles of dance including lyrical, jazz, contemporary, hip-hop, musical theatre and more.

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The annual public sector salary disclosure list is out, and more than 650 members of that list work in Chatham-Kent or for organizations with offices in our municipality.

For the first time since the club’s inception in 1996, more than 100,000 people from across Ontario are on the list, also known as the sunshine club. People who made $100,000 or more make the salary disclosure list.

Here are some local highlights, and The Chatham Voice has included lists of sunshiners from each organization on our website at www.chathamvoice.com: • A total of 148 municipal employees are on the sunshine list, with David Colby, medical officer of health, topping the group with a 2014 salary of $214,847.40. Dennis Poole, chief of police, brought in $206,618.87 and CAO Don Shropshire, who made $192,807.40 in 2014.

• Chatham-Kent Integrated Children’s Services placed 18 people onto the list. The highest wage earner is someone who hasn’t worked there since the summer of 2013.

Mike Stephens, a former CEO, retired in August of 2013, but accrued vacation kept him officially employed there until October of that year.

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A future for Future Shop

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Mayor Randy Hope topped the mayoral polls and last fall’s election spending list, according to documents filed with returning officer Judy Smith.

Hope spent $11,499, including donations from himself ($2,402); and contributions of $750 from Brian Peifer, Roch Gaudrault, Dan Warrener, Sun Myung Jung, and C. Edwards of Toronto. Marc Litfin of LaSalle, Fred Neclario and Michelle Neclario (represent-

ing numbered companies), Brad-Lee Meadows and Alta Gas. Rosatti Construction of Windsor donated $500.

Marjorie Crew spent $8,283 with the only contributions of $500 or more coming from herself ($709) and TBO Enterprises ($500).

Ian McLarty spent $5,554, including $300 from himself, $750 from Gerry Doher and $500 from John Verkaik.

Jeff Bultje was next at $4,546, with major contributions coming from himself, $2,400, and Jim and Yvonne

Bultje at $500.

John Willatt ran the lowest cost campaign at $658.

Candidates Steve Brent and Reno Lachapelle failed to file expense papers.

Mayoral candidates were allowed to spend up to $73,676.

The top three council spenders were Darrin Canniff, ($9,626), Doug Sulman ($7,530) and Clare Latimer ($6,396).

For the full list visit www. chatham-kent.ca under mayor and council candidates list.

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Yet he made the 2014 list with earnings of $159,468.40.

That dwarfs what his replacement made in 2014. Stephen Doig, who took over at the end of March in 2014 on a full-time basis, made $113,905.83 last year.

• Colin Patey, president and CEO of the Chatham-Kent Health Alliance, brought home $295,742.82 in 2014, topping the 67 people the organization had make the sunshine list.

• Nearly 150 staff from the Lambton-Kent District School Board are on the list this year.

Director of Education Jim Costello tops the list with a 2014 salary of $205,075.54.

He is joined by superintendents of education, principals, vice-principals, as well as some secondary and elementary school teachers.

• The St. Clair Catholic District School Board placed 63 people on the sunshine list, with Dan Parr, director of education, atop the earnings list at $204,115.30.

Parr succeeded Paul Wubben, who retired in the summer of 2013, yet still made the list of $100,000-plus salary types. He retired with four months to go in 2013.

Principals, vice-principals, superintendents of education, some teachers, as well as several consultants made the list.

Parr said there are several reasons an employee lands on the list after retirement.

They include time owing for

overtime, a buy out for unused vacation days, or agreements to have some salary or time-owing paid out over time, rather than immediately upon retirement.

“These are just a few reasons,” Parr said in an e-mail.

“The specific explanation about any employee is found in his/her contract with the employer. The sunshine list legislation does not call for employers to release clauses in individual contracts.”

• Ten people from the Erie St. Clair Local Health Integration Network made the list, led by CEO Gary Switzer at $289,900.

• St. Clair College, with campuses in Chatham and Windsor, had 156 people on the list. Lynn McGeachy Schultz, principal of Thames Campus, made $102,999.90 last year.

• Local MPPs Monte McNaughton and Rick Nicholls are on the list. McNaughton’s salary for 2014 was $116,550, while Nicholls, who was deputy chair of the committee of the whole, hauled in $123,572.51.

• Lu-Ann Cowell, executive director of Community Living Chatham-Kent, made $110,173.60. She’s the lone sunshine representative from that organization.

• The Erie-St. Clair Community Care Access Centre – led

by Patricia Khan, senior director of patient services and chief professional practice and her salary of $152,430.92 – placed 18 people on the list.

• Kevin Smith, CEO of Goodwill Industries of Essex Kent Lambton, is the lone local from that organization on the list, as he made $128,191.61 in 2014.

• Twenty people from Transform Shared Service Organization, which supplies support services to a number of regional hospitals in southwestern Ontario, are part of the sunshine list. Included is Shona Elliott, CEO, who made $234,018.40.

• Ronald Elliott, executive director of Westover Treatment Centre, made $234,018.40 in 2014, and is the only member of that organization to land on the list.

• The Lower Thames Valley Conservation Authority plopped two people onto the sunshine list, with Don Pearson, general manager, earning $114,957.60.

• Judges Lucy Glenn and Paul Kowalyshyn are on the list with 2014 salaries of $287,938.04.

• Crown attorneys are on the list. Local Crown Rob McDonald is listed with a salary of $198,208.62, which is a couple thousand dollars lower than the assistant Crowns working in Chatham-Kent.

• Four staffers at the Chatham-Kent Community Health Centres made the list, with physician Dr. Vishal Chawla leading the way with a 2014 salary of $372,521.52.

To look at the list, visit www. ontario.ca/government/ public-sector-salary-disclosure.

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Zombies invade Bowl for Kids’ Sake

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This year marked another successful year for the Big Brother Big Sisters’ Bowl for Kids Sake fundraiser with more than $12,000 raised locally and more donations still flooding in. The national event, which helps local children receive mentorship, was held at Chatham Bowlerama on Sunday and has received support from the Chatham-Kent community for more than 30 years.

Eight candidates ineligible in ’18

By Bruce Corcoran bruce@chathamvoice.com

Eight candidates from last October’s municipal election will not be able to run for office next time around.

The eight did not file their audited reports of election finances by the deadline of 2 p.m. Friday, according to Judy Smith, municipal clerk.

The eight are mayoral

candidates Steve Brent and Reno Lachapelle, council candidates Mona Natvik, Bruce Caldwell, Mark Holman and Lynn O’Brien, as well as school board trustee candidate Michael Genge.

Holly Sullivan, who had put her name in for Ward 1, but withdrew before the election, also did not file election finance information. Smith said even though she didn’t run, the

Municipal Elections Act required her to file her finances.

Brent, who finished third in the quest for mayor with 5,603 votes, said he doesn’t plan to file his financial statements because he won’t seek elected office in three years.

“The people of Chatham-Kent had their opportunity to choose change and they opted for the status quo,” he

said. “I intend to fully devote my time to my family and my business clients and whatever volunteer opportunities make sense for me.”

Smith said the eight are ineligible for the 2018 municipal election, but could run again in 2022 if they so desired.

“They lose the right to take part in the next election,” she said. “Even if they submitted tomor-

row, they can’t run.”

She said there was no massive rush of last-second filers, as municipal staff received one on Friday and three a week earlier.

Candidates received notification via registered mail a month ago reminding them of the filing

deadline, Smith said.

Eight candidates from the 2010 municipal election received a similar ban against running this time around.

By law, every individual or organization contributing $100 or more to an election campaign must be listed.

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Students learn about Camino pilgrimage

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Participants in the El Camino Walk March 26 in Chatham walk down Wellington Street towards one of the local charities where they made donations. About 70 Grade 8 students from three local schools learned of the actual Camino Walk in Spain where people conduct an 800-kilometre pilgrimage to reflect on their lives.

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About 70 Grade 8 students from a trio of Chatham elementary schools got a small taste last week of what it’s like to take part in the Camino Walk.

The Camino de Santiago is an 800-kilometre pilgrimage trail in Spain.

It began centuries ago as a pilgrimage to the relics of the Apostle James, interred in the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela.

The students – from Georges P. Vanier, St. Joe’s and St. Ursula’s – didn’t embark on such a massive trek March 26, but they did hear from two people who have walked the trail, and got a feel for the dynamics of the adventure.

According to Sue McMath, co-ordinator of youth ministry for St. Joseph and St. Ursula Parish, the walk is modelled on the pilgrimage, where participants take no more than 12 lbs. of items in their backpacks and walk the trail, taking time to reflect on their lives and the need to become more like Jesus Christ.

The El Camino Walk Thursday was a one-day

retreat for the Grade 8 students. They left all electronic devices at home and were to take donations to the various charities they visited that day.

Richard and Fran Lucid of Ridgetown have done the real walk, and they talked about it to the students. Geraldine Campbell, president of the St. Joseph-St. Ursula St. Vincent de Paul, said the kids were glued to the presentation.

Afterwards, the students left the Spirit and Life Centre on Wellington Street, taking their donations to Outreach for Hunger, St. Vincent de Paul’s Store, the W.I.S.H. Centre, and Canada Feeds the Children.

Participant Alex Bechard of Georges P. Vanier, said the day was “really motivating,” especially the presentation by the Lucids.

“Today, it’s a bit representative of what it’s like to do the walk,” she said.

“We all felt like how it is to do a little walk and help others.”

Evan McGregor, also from Vanier, considered the day a snapshot of “a journey through life.”

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Service plans to continue to Celebrate Life

Local man discusses his cancer journey

By Bruce Corcoran bruce@chathamvoice.com

George Service could be the poster child for the Celebrate Life Fashion Show.

The event, taking place April 8 at Club Lentinas, is a fundraiser for the Canadian Cancer Society, but is also done to honour cancer survivors.

All models in the event have battled, or are currently fighting cancer. Each one shares his or her personal cancer journey with the audience.

For George, he has quite the tale.

“I spent 10 of the last 12 years taking care of my wife when she was in the final stages of her cancer,” he said.

And in December, doctors told George he has stage 4 prostate cancer. “This is my disease too.”

A stage 4 diagnosis indicates the cancer has metastasized outside its area of origin.

The president of the Kiwanis Club of Chatham-Kent remains upbeat despite such a serious prognosis.

“I can’t wait to walk down the runway,” he said, admitting he’s never been to the event. “Some of my very good friends have been involved for many years.”

George said he and other cancer survivors will model

some formal wear and casual wear, but “no bathing suits. I wouldn’t wish that on anybody – to see me walk down the runway in a bathing suit,” he joked.

George draws his strength from his memory of his wife, Jo-Anne, whose cancer began in her kidneys.

“She was my inspiration.

She lived with cancer for 33 years,” he said. “Our son was only three when she was first diagnosed. She said, ‘I can’t die yet. I’ve got to live to see my sons grow up, get married and get educated.’ She refused to give in.”

The family had to understand how to address cancer.

George said finding a book on the disease changed the couple’s perspective.

“We discovered the book, ‘Cancer is a word, Not a Sentence,’” he said, referring to the Robert Buckman book.

“It’s kind of the way we lived.”

But in 2002 she suffered a relapse and George looked after her until her death in 2013.

And now George has “the word.”

He is undergoing hormone treatment for his cancer, and will begin a round of chemotherapy shortly after the fashion show.

In fact, his appointment with

the oncologist is the morning of Celebrate Life.

But that evening, George looks forward to the event.

“It will be a chance to share my cancer story and let people know cancer is a word, not a sentence,” he said. “It does need to be dealt with and you have to live with it.”

George urges people to pay attention to their bodies.

“One of the biggest reasons it has gotten to stage 4 is I ignored a lot of the warning signs as I was taking care of my wife,” he said.

Such signs for George were frequent urination, getting up several times a night to urinate and difficulty urinating.

“When I went to the doctor in October, I told him I was probably a little overdue for my PSA (prostate-specific antigen) test. He said I was two years overdue.”

The test revealed elevated levels and resulted in George being referred to a urologist for a biopsy, which led to a bone scan and referrals to the London cancer clinic.

George also plans on walking the victory lap at this year’s Relay For Life event on June 13.

Furthermore, he intends on visiting one of his sons next April where he lives in China.

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Chatham’s George Service will be one of the models for this year’s Celebrate Life Fashion Show, which takes place April 8 at Club Lentinas.

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We can’t afford you For nearly 20 years, Ontarians have seen the number of the public sector salary disclosure list (AKA the Sunshine Club) continue to balloon. This year for the first time the provincial number topped 100,000 people, as 111,440 persons on the public purse had pay in excess of $100,000.

That represents a 13.9% increase in one year. A decade ago, there were 23,000 people on the list.

Locally, the number is more than 600. It’s actually difficult to pin down an exact number because the province releases the information in such a way that if you’re not sure what you’re looking for, it’s difficult to find.

For perspective sake, there are more people making $100,000 in Ontario than there are people in Chatham-Kent.

A few years ago there was a pushback by some in the public sector claiming that $100,000 isn’t what it used to be. Fair enough.

Neither is the middle class, which has been largely decimated by globalization, free trade deals that benefit foreign nations over our own, massive downsizing of manufacturing and mismanagement of our natural resources (such as oil) which sends profits overseas.

The well-paid industrial jobs of a generation ago have been replaced by jobs paying a half to a third of what workers once earned.

Compared to the devastation of the private-sector middle class, the public-sector brothers and sisters (more highly unionized than any other) have had a cakewalk.

There needs to be a distinction drawn between value of work and ability to pay.

This is about the latter, not the former.

In public service, as in any sector, there are those who excel, those who are competent and those who are below that line.

The ability to pay in the private sector is based on market conditions and the success of their employer.

The ability to pay in the public sector has no such restriction. Governments raise taxes to pay for their mistakes that are unfortunately too numerous to mention here.

Note the scores of provincial boondoggles where those responsible leave with golden parachutes.

The shrinking middle class continues to be squeezed by government ineptitude while those delivering the services continue to benefit from a system based on the tax gathering ability of an economy long gone.

We’ve already reached the tipping point. We just can’t pay so much to so many.

When we have hundreds making 30% more than the average wage locally, we’re close to creating a ruling bureaucratic class.

Of such things revolutions have sprung.

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Examining future rink options Sir: Regarding Memorial Arena and possible upgrades. In last week’s letter to the editor “Contest raises arena questions,” Brian Cleeve brought up some really good points about what to do with any money won for upgrades to our grand old ice skating and exhibition barn. Despite its age, this structure could probably last a long time yet, if more dollars were invested in its upkeep.

As for building a new twin pad arena, this is an idea that has been tossed around for at least 10 years since I first heard about that proposal, and due to changing financial and employment situa-

tions and other costly projects needed in Chatham-Kent, it seems that many of us will not see this twin pad project happen in our lifetime, despite the great love of indoor winter ice sports in our larger community of Chatham-Kent.

I have also heard that there are other arenas in our municipality that are underutilized, and others that probably could also stand improvements to their structures as well.

A more reasonable and possibly less costly solution, that has also been previously suggested, would be to build a new indoor ice pad connected

to Chatham Memorial Arena, approximately where Kinsmen Auditorium used to stand. The Kiwanis soccer stadium next door would probably have to be moved to another location, but this may not cost as much as building a new twin pad arena somewhere else. With much proper planning, budgeting, and of course, fundraising, the project might be more viable than tearing down Memorial Arena and trying to build a new twin pad arena somewhere else.

This idea has been floated around in past discussions, but again, a new twin pad arena is,

probably not likely in the near future. It is more likely upgrades to Memorial Arena in Chatham will be all that can be done for the immediate future.

A job well done, though, to Chad Peterson and the committee that did the work to the project to bring money to try and help with some of the much-needed work to keep Chatham Memorial Arena operable and open for the future.

Oh, yes, I did vote a number a number of times to support the work of Chad and the rest of that committee!

Frank Doyle Chatham

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Evolution of Crime Stoppers

When C-K Crime Stoppers began in 1987, a young Dennis Poole co-ordinated it

tative of Crime Stoppers International, spoke at the luncheon and highlighted how things are changing, not just in this With the chief of the Chatham-Kent province, but around the globe.

He said human trafficking is the fastPolice Service set to retire next month, he went for a trip down Memory Lane est-growing crime in the world. There are more than 30 million Wednesday.

Chief Dennis Poole, who “It was a strong board slaves around the planet, in an industry worth an eswill step down in late that made it go, right timated $40 billion.

April, received a plaque “It’s in our own backdetailing the first year of across the county.” yard,” he told the gatherCrime Stoppers in Kent - 1987 chair Marg Illman ing of police, sponsors and County – 1987. Not only was it the first year Crime Stoppers media.

In Ontario, terrorism tips are on the took to the phones to receive tips on local crimes, but Poole was the officer as- rise, up 300% in 2014 from the previous year, Forster said. signed to the organization.

He added that animal smuggling is a On the plaque were new articles on Crime Stoppers clipped out of local growing concern. Internationally, only narcotics, counterfeiting and human newspapers.

He and Marg Illman, who was the in- trafficking are more prevalent.

For what started as an organization augural local Crime Stoppers chair in battling property crime 1987, discussed that first year. She said the idea to “Arrests and recovery and drugs, things have start the program local- of property and number changed over the past ly came when she was at of cases remained con- three decades.

“Anti-terrorism, human a conference with thensmuggling, and animal chief Tom Bird and she sistent. We were still smuggling ... it is so difthought Crime Stoppers getting good tips.” ferent now than in 1987,” would work even better in - Dave Bakker Poole said. “I can’t believe a smaller community than a large city, as neighbours know more Crime Stoppers is taking tips on anti-terrorism.” about one another in small towns.

David Bakker, the officer who is curPoole credited the board as the driving force behind Crime Stoppers getting go- rently overseeing Crime Stoppers operations in Chatham-Kent, 2014 was ing locally 28 years ago.

“There were some heavy hitters on that another solid year for the organization, even board,” he said.

Illman agreed.

“Your program is rec- though call volume was lower “It was a strong board ognized worldwide for than the previous that made it go, right year. across the county,” she your efforts.”

- Ontario chair Dave Forster “Calls around said. the province Illman said in the beginning, board members would pay off the were down about 10%. But arrests and recovery of property tipsters out of their own pockets.

In some ways, little has changed over and number of cases remained the years with local Crime Stoppers’ ef- consistent,” he said. “We were forts, according to Poole. He described still getting good tips.”

C-K Crime Stoppers received the people involved with the program today as “a long-serving, very dedicat- more than 600 calls last year, ed group of volunteers. Without these leading to 84 arrests and 240 board members and community sup- charges laid. The total dollar value for drugs seized and port, we wouldn’t be as successful.”

Then again, there has been some evo- property recovered topped lution. Dave Forster, head of Ontario $400,000.

To date, the organization has Crime Stoppers and Canada’s represenBy Bruce Corcoran bruce@chathamvoice.com

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From left, Dave Forster, head of Ontario Crime Stoppers; Dave Bakker, co-ordinator for Chatham-Kent Crime Stoppers; Marg Illman, inaugural chair of the local Crime Stoppers in 1987; Dennis Poole, chief of police and the original co-ordinator of C-K Crime Stoppers; Angie Shreve, chair of C-K Crime Stoppers; Luce Cools, board member.

handled nearly 24,000 calls, resulting in nearly 6,000 arrests, more than 14,000 charges, $9.7 million in property recovered and a staggering $85 million in drugs seized.

Bakker said calls are on the rise already for this year.

Forster said Chatham-Kent’s success

with Crime Stoppers receives recognition beyond our borders.

“Your program is recognized worldwide for your efforts,” he said.

Bakker’s goals for 2015 are to unveil a new website, create a Facebook page and get C-K Crime Stoppers sending and receiving tweets.

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Chamber celebrates business excellence Shovels are to go into the ground this month, with completion anticipated later this year.

Victory Ford Lincoln earned corporate citizen of the year honours, with Don “Sparky” Leonard accepting the award.

“It’s awful humbling,” he said of the dealership earning such praise. Leonard is a believer of working hard to help others.

“When you think you should work to make the world a better place, it’s a no brainer,” he said of committing to help the Chatham-Kent community. “To be recognized is really nice.”

Victory Ford assists a host of charitable groups and youth organizations with its fundraising efforts. But the support is also quite hands on, as many staff members are part of local organizations and groups, Leonard said.

“Many of our employees get involved outside the store,” he said. “We are part of the fabric of the community,” he said.

Leonard thinks more people should become involved in making Chatham-Kent a better place, rather than just talking about it and looking at a problem without taking action.

“If we approached everything we could do in our community to roll up our sleeves and make it work, it will happen.

If we watch, it will pass us by,” he said.

Emily Meko of Eat What’s Good earned two awards from the Chamber this year, business professional and entrepreneur

By Bruce Corcoran bruce@chathamvoice.com

The Chatham-Kent Chamber of Commerce held its 127th annual Business Excellence Awards Thursday night, patting some local movers and shakers on the back in the process.

Topping that list was Barry Fraser, who was named citizen of the year.

Fraser, well known in local and provincial agricultural circles, is also a long-time Rotarian, and is on the Chatham-Kent Hospice board of directors. He will take the reins as District Governor for Rotary in two years, representing all seven Chatham-Kent clubs, as well as a number in southeast Michigan.

He said being named citizen of the year is “very pleasant and humbling.”

Fraser loves the annual awards, as he believes in recognizing people for their contributions to the greater community.

His most recent focus has been the hospice. It began during his fours years as head of the St. Andrew’s Residence board of directors and continued as vice-chair of the hospice committee.

To see the project go from the conceptual phase to ready-to-build in such a short period of time is awesome, Fraser said.

“I have a great sense of satisfaction to see it developed,” he said.

He added all seven local Rotary clubs, along with the district, have pledged a combined $177,500 to the project.

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The Chatham-Kent Chamber of Commerce held its annual awards banquet March 26, with a number of individuals and businesses being recognized. Back row, from left, Bob, Diane and Lisa Devolder of Devolder’s Farms, Brad Goldsmith and Kevin Deacon of Southwest Granite & Glass. Front row, Don “Sparky” Leonard of Victory Ford, Emily Meko of Eat What’s Good, Jessica Weaver and Barry Fraser, youth entrepreneur of the year and citizen of the year respectively.

of the year. Her store on St. Clair Street hasn’t even been around for a year, but she’s now busy shipping vegan and gluten-free product and produce to outlying communities, and is poised to go beyond our borders.

Meko has operated the business for the previous four years as a seasonal operation while she was in school.

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Devolder’s Farm earned Industry of the year. The seed company is an anchor business in Dover Township.

“It’s so nice to be recognized and supported by the people in the community,” Lisa Devolder said. Her parents Bob and Diane are the majority owners.

“We are shocked and humbled and the employees are excited,” Devolder added.

She sees the awards night as a great chance to point out the positive efforts of local businesses and individuals.

“There’s a lot of good in this community,” she said. “You can remind people of this with events like this.”

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HOME & GARDEN

Choose doors and windows with care Special to The Voice

Your doors and win­ dows serve both as pro­ tection against the out­ side and insulation for your home. Of course, you also want doors and windows that com­

pliment the rest of your home.

The most popular ma­ terial for front doors is steel. Easy to maintain and durable, it also gives excellent value for mon­ ey. In addition, it’s ide­ al for all architectural

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Windows can give ca­ chet and personality to any residence. But they have to be cho­ sen with care.

Casement windows are among the most popular.

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Make your bathroom a showpiece

Special to The Voice

An up-to-date bathroom: a home showpiece

Design trends this year are showing bathrooms that complement the rest of the home, all while being a universe unto themselves. Fitted out in nature-spa style, with black and white contrasts or cheerful colours, the trendy bathroom exudes style.

The latest trends are driven by the desire to purify this room and free it of any superfluous ele-

ments. Floating vanities give an impression of opulence and facilitate cleaning. Similarly, vessel sinks are also suspended or placed on a wall-mounted countertop. In the same vein, freestanding baths are in, as well as walk-in showers with completely transparent glass walls.

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Trend: black and white

Black adds drama to otherwise neutral bathrooms and can be used in the ceramics, faucets, accessories, fixtures, or wall colour. Sometimes the colour of the paint is the only way your budget will allow you to add a touch of novelty to the bathroom, but with black, it may be enough.

Trend: colourful

Another big trend this year is to set the mood by adding touches of colour.

This mostly involves resin vessel sinks or toilet seats, as well as a variety of ac-

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There are many trends from which to choose when upgrading your bathroom.

cessories in funky colours to set the tone. There’s also the possibility of incorporating a strip of trompe-l’œil PVC into the flooring or wall, either for the colour or the effect that the material gives.

Trend: nature

Creating a bathroom inspired by nature is all

about cultivating a Zen atmosphere. The key to this style is natural looking vessel sinks and streamlined open- or waterfall-spout faucets that leave you contemplating the flow of the water and soaking up its power to calm. Wood and plants should be incorporated into this type of design.

Moreover, ceramic floor

tiles that imitate a barn’s wood floor are a must in a Zen style bathroom.

Home centres and bathroom specialty stores are full of inspiring ideas and specialists just waiting to help you. Remember that if you identify your needs and tastes before going shopping, you’ll optimize your consultation time.

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Home & Garden

Time to light up your home

Special to The Chatham Voice

Every room in the house has its own lighting require­ ments. However, there a few ge­ neral rules about home lighting that can help you guarantee a warm and wel­ coming living space.

The experts recommend two types of ligh­ ting in a room. First, there is general ligh­ ting, which comes from a ceiling light or a halogen lamp. This kind of source sends a rather flat and bright light into the entire room.

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The right garden shed can not only help with storage but can be a valuable outdoor decoration for your home.

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Are tools, gardening accessories and out­ door cleaning prod­ ucts piling up in your home? Does the idea of parking your car in the garage seem out of the question because there’s not enough room?

Here’s a solution: de-clutter your home and ga­rage by buying or building an outdoor storage shed.

There are hundreds of styles of prefabricated sheds to suit all needs and budgets. Handy­ men (and women) will also be thrilled by the amazing number of DIY plans available on the market. But wheth­ er you want to buy or build yourself, be sure to consider the follow­ ing points before you get started: • The space re­ quired. Sheds come

in all ima­ ginable for­ mats; it’s im­portant to have enough room for all your things without ha­ ving a shed that’s way too big. Tip: Make a list of all the items you plan to store in the shed so you have a better idea of the space you need.

• The location in the yard. Measure where you want to build the shed and make sure there are no obstacles in the way (branches, electrical wires, etc.).

• The material.

Do you need a fair­ ly temporary storage space, or a building that will last you for as long as you live in your home? From wood to plastic and aluminum, every con­ struction material has its strengths and weaknesses. In ot­ her words, you should clearly identify your

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tary lighting. This kind of lighting provides a more in­ timate and cozy atmosphere or highlights specific features in the room. Examples would be a table lamp in the hall or a pe­ destal lamp at the end of a sofa. This type of light­ ing is also used for kitchen countertops, workstations, or as a spotlight on a painting.

For the latter purpose, table lamps and wall sconces can help you achieve the de­sired result.

In the kitchen, it is essential to have plenty of light in the sink and cooking areas. Here, recessed halogen lights with

wide coverage are entirely appropriate. A pendant light fitting equipped with a dim­ mer for over the dining room table is perfect for either a fa­ mily meal or a romantic sup­ per for two. Be sure to install it at the correct height so that no one is dazzled when they look up.

To encourage conversation in the living room, the focus should be on creating a qui­ et, cozy atmosphere by using several types of lights. Place recessed lights, torchiere floor lamps with different light intensities, and table lamps in strategic locations.

new concrete will not match the older concrete and this is a fairly disruptive method.

The area cannot be walked or driven on for some time.

The second option is to use re-leveling grout. This tends to add additional weight, making the problem worse.

Additional grout may dis­ lodge if it does not bond well to the existing slab and again, it does not address the actual problem.

Up next is mudjacking. This has been a popular method for some time but is becom­ ing far less popular, mainly due to its failure rate. The holes in which the grout is injected into are roughly 2” wide and that grout -which is used to attempt to lift the concrete- is so heavy that the psi level in which it’s in­ jected into those holes tends

to make it shoot out from other holes, causing a mess.

The cure time is typically 1-2days, the material can erode and it of course is so heavy, it can actually make the problem worse.

The final option is to use foam…yes, foam. Very sim­ ilar to the popular spray foam insulation, this denser foam is injected under the sinking concrete, fills the voids and lifts the slab back up neat and tight. Here’s how. Small 5/8” holes are drilled through the concrete and the light (2lb per cubic foot) polymers are injected under the slab which start expanding to fill the voids.

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Each of these conditions create a void under the con­ crete slab. If the concrete is not strong enough to span the void, the slab will crack, break and settle into the void.

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said.

An hour after they returned home, Megan was Wallaceburg’s Megan on the couch covered in a Krogman was a happy rash, with a return of the and healthy seven-year- fever and pain.

Crystal old girl, said they enthusiastic “It was scary. I was saw the about life. really young when it doctor two Howevdays later, in June happened. It always er, and by 2012, Me- hurt to move ... really, this point, gan’s health really bad.”

Megan was took an un- - Megan Krogman so sick and expected weak that turn.

“It was scary,” Megan Crystal had to carry her said about the entire or- into the clinic.

The doctor sent them deal. “I was really young when it happened. It al- immediately to the local ways hurt to move ... re- hospital where her fever spiked, and she was in ally, really bad.”

Megan’s mother, Crys- severe pain.

They called the pediatal, said after many visits to the doctors, accompa- trician, who immediately nied by emergency trips had her admitted back to to the hospital, their fam- Chatham hospital.

Crystal said he started ily discovered that she was living with juvenile doing blood tests, trying to figure out what was idiopathic arthritis.

“Megan was always a wrong.

The next morning, when happy, healthy and great kid that just flew through some of the blood tests life ... everything went came back, he said the lab results were so conher way,” Crystal said.

Before Megan’s diagno- cerning she needed to be sis, Crystal said they took transferred to the LonMegan to an ER in Cha- don hospital.

Megan stayed there for tham, where a pediatrician admitted her to the nine nights.

Crystal said she was unit for dehydration.

She had a fever and pain started on indomethacin that evening, but woke to decrease the inflamup feeling great the next mation in her body and morning, and was dis- was soon able to walk charged with instructions and function again.

They continued to test to see their family doctor two days later, Crystal her for many different

By Aaron Hall Contributing Writer

Aaron Hall/ Special to The Chatham Voice

Wallaceburg’s Megan Krogman, with her pet bunny, Holly. Krogman is battling juvenile arthritis.

things, including a bone marrow aspiration for leukemia, which came back negative.

When Megan was discharged, the doctor said that she would continue to improve and that the virus that had attacked her body would be out of her system within six weeks, Crystal said.

However, in a few weeks the fever returned at least once a day and

the rash appeared for Finally, the diagnosis several hours a day. came: systemic juvenile Ultimateidiopathic ly, Megan “It was like Megan dis- arthritis. was taken appeared and another “It was a to the Hoslong time pital for child that I didn’t know getting the Sick Chil- took her place. I had to diagnosis,” dren in To- mourn for my daughter, C r y s t a l ronto and as I thought she was said. a team of After this p e d i a t r i c gone forever.”

Megan con- Mom Crystal Krogman rheumatoltinued to ogists exhave pain amined her. in her joints, mostly

shoulders, hips, and ankles, as well as the fever.

The medication led to weight gain, which made her feel “ugly” – and her appearance changed so rapidly that people close to her didn’t even recognize her, Crystal said.

She became anxious, depressed, and only seemed to talk about her disease, making it very difficult to keep friends at school.

Her blood pressure rose as a result of medicine, putting Megan on medication for high blood pressure.

Crystal said another one of the side effects was mood swings, leading to Megan having terrible tantrums.

She was so angry and frustrated.

“It was like Megan disappeared and another child that I didn’t know took her place,” Crystal said. “I had to mourn for my daughter, as I thought she was gone forever.”

In May 2013, Megan started biweekly infusions of Actemra.

“This is really what got things under control,” Crystal said.

The IV infusions helped get Megan weaned off other medication, she slowly started to lose weight and her personality returned.

“She slowly became Megan again,” she said.

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Despite progress — the survival rate is now at 63 per cent — more Canadians die of cancer than any other disease. That’s why funding activities are organized throughout the month of April to help prevent cancer and fund research; it’s so that one day we can win the battle against this disease that kills 210 Canadians every day.

You can contribute to the fight against cancer by purchasing a bouquet of daffodils, which are a symbol of renewal, hope and courage. You can also wear a daffodil pin as a sign of solidarity with those who are fighting for their lives; you’ll be doing so along with all their families, and with the families of those who have lost their battle. You can also donate time or money or help raise funds.

Lastly, you can fight against cancer by taking care of your health and minimizing your risk of developing this disease. Even though you have no control over your age and your genes, you can control other risk factors, such as smoking, alcohol use, physical inactivity, chronic stress and sun exposure.

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Megan, now in Grade 5 at Wallaceburg Christian School, said she enjoyed the “art therapy” in London while she was doing her infusions.

“We could go and I could colour, draw and I could do all sorts of stuff while I was waiting for my bed to be all ready. I made a bear mask ... I would start a project and every time I came back I would work a little bit more on it.”

By December of 2013, Megan received a wish from the Children’s Wish Foundation for a Disney Cruise.

“Megan had to be in a wheel chair for a lot of it because she was in pain, but she still had a great time,” Crystal said.

Fast-forward to September 2014, and Megan was taken off of her IV infusions.

“It has been six months and at this point she is doing very, very well,” Crystal said. “We’ve also seen a naturopathic doctor who tested food intolerance because she was still having some pain.”

Crystal said they discovered Megan has an allergy to dairy, gluten and eggs.

“When she is completely dairy, gluten and egg free, she has no pain, she’s just a normal kid,” she said. “When she does have those things, she does have some pain, but is doing quite well.”

With systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis, 50% of kids grow out of it by the time they are 18 or 20, Crystal said.

“The other half deal with it their whole lives,” she said. “However, with this new drug, Actemra, they are trialing with kids ... it has only been in Canada for a few years.

They are finding that a lot of kids that go on that med, if they respond to it quickly, they are often cured and they never get another flare up. So we do realize that Megan could get another flare up, but we are hoping and praying that this is the end of it.”

Crystal said financially, the Trillium Foundation covered half of Megan’s treatments while the other half was covered by a program through Roche, the drug company that makes Actemra.

Arthritis is the leading cause of disability in Canada and affects one in six Canadian adults, and over 24,000 Canadian children also suffer with the pain of arthritis.

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Life

I.O.D.E. honours humanitarian Hicks

By Bruce Corcoran bruce@chathamvoice.com

John Hicks is a master juggler.

When he’s not working as a constable with the Chatham-Kent Police Service, he is

often hard at work helping others.

Such compassion earned Hicks the Community Service/ Humanitarian Award from the Chatham Municipal I.O.D.E. Chapter recently.

To some, the long hours and odd shifts of policing make it difficult to commit to much else. But to Hicks, the long periods of down time work out just fine.

“Four (days) on, four off – we’re able to make accommodations a lot of people can’t as far as getting days off during the week to work on projects.

I think it affords me time to do service work. As much as I can, I get involved in the community,” he said. “It’s a double edge, though, as you may not be able to help on a weekend.”

Hicks is a veteran police officer, with more than 25 years on the job. He started with the Wallaceburg Police Service in 1990.

While with the CKPS, Hicks has worked in many areas of policing, including general patrol, criminal investigations, and in mental health interdiction (HELP Team).

He has also been on two peacekeeping missions abroad, first as a member of the armed forces to Cyprus in 1989-90, and later as a member of the war crimes investigation unit to Kosovo from 2001-02.

Name a cause or a need, and chances are Hicks has been involved.

From the Canadian Cancer Society, Tim Hortons Camp Days, Tim Hortons Children’s Foundation, the Heart and Stroke

Foundation, Outreach for Hunger, Teen Challenge Farm (an addiction recovery program for young men), Eastside Pride, and various local soup kitchens, Hicks has helped.

But his giving goes beyond our borders. Hicks has done Missionary work in Honduras and India through Praise Fellowship Church.

“I’ve been able to go abroad and travel through work assignments and through my church,” he said. “I am a believer in Jesus Christ. I’ve travelled with my pastor (Michael Koppes). I like to be led by the spirit. There is so much need out there.”

Hicks said his travels to India will stay with him forever.

“Going to India for three weeks travelling around the $ villages was life changing.

The people are so happy with what they have, and they have so little,” he said.

While in India, Hicks worked with orphans and lepers.

“Just to give them a hug and let them know they’re loved. It was quite a trip,” he said.

Koppes is not only Hicks’ pastor, but also a police chaplain, and, more importantly, the man who saved Hicks’ life in 2012.

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THE FOUNDATION OF CHATHAM-KENT HEALTH ALLIANCE BOARD OF DIRECTORS Invites expressions of interest for the Volunteer Board of Directors and Five Board Committees The Foundation of Chatham-Kent Health Alliance (CKHA) Board is seeking volunteer candidates from the Municipality of Chatham-Kent who have an interest in enhancing the quality of healthcare available to the citizens of Chatham-Kent by raising funds and providing other resources to support CKHA. Be a part of a compassionate organization and contribute your skills and experience to a progressive governance team focused on community development, financial literacy and fundraising to support local healthcare at CKHA’s Chatham and Sydenham Campuses.

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While paired up for a patrol in Wallaceburg, Koppes noticed abnormal behaviour from Hicks, recognizing the signs of stroke.

Hicks said had Koppes not been with him, he doubts he would be alive, as he would not have realized the severity of the illness and gone to hospital so quickly.

“I’ve been blessed. The Lord’s taken care of me,” he said.

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Thursday, April 2, 2015 • Easter Bake Sale at Chatham Retirement Resort, 25 Keil Dr. N., Chatham from 11:00am-2:00pm. come and help support the Activities Dept.

• Easter Super Bingo at 2:00pm at the Chatham Retirement Resort, 25 Keil Dr., N., Chatham. This is our annual Easter Bingo with enhanced prizes.

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Friday, April 3, 2015 • Meal and darts at the Chatham Legion, William & Colborne St., Chatham. Dinner 5:30pm-7:00pm, fish & chips or roast beef for $8.00. One meat draw. Open darts at 7:30pm.

• St. Joseph’s Knights of Columbus Council #10436 are putting on a Fish Fry at the Spirit and Life Centre, 184 Wellington St. W., Chatham from 4:00pm-7:00pm serving perch or pickerel, baked potato or french fries, coleslaw and bun. $15 per adult, children 6-12 is $7.00. Children under 5 are free. We will do take out orders as well. Phone 519-354-0091.

Saturday, April 4, 2015 • Meat draw and dance at the Chatham Legion, William & Colborne St., Chatham. Meat draw from 4:00pm-6:00pm. Dance from 4:00pm-10:00pm featuring Odyssey. Everyone Welcome!

Tuesday, April 7, 2015 • Movies at your Library! Foxcatcher will be shown at 2:00pm at the Chatham branch of the CKPL. Starring Steve Carell & Channing Tatum.

• Shuffleboard, pool and euchre at the Chatham Legion, William & Colborne St., Chatham starting at 7:00pm. Everyone Welcome!

Wednesday, April 8, 2015 • Blood Donors Needed! The Spirit & Life Centre - St. Joseph’s Site, 184 Wellington St., West., Chatham. 12:30pm-7:30pm.

•Music by The Lois Singers at Chatham Retirement Resort at 2:00pm. This choir is definitely one of our residents favourite groups. Great entertainment.

• Richard St. Denis will perform at 2:00pm in the West Lounge at Meadow Park Chatham, 110 Sandy St., Chatham. Family Tradition will perform at 6:00pm.

• Celebrate Life Fashion Show at Club Lentinas.

Doors open at 6:00pm and the show starts at 7:00pm. Tickets are $45 each and include door prizes, coffee/tea and hors d’oeurves. For more information or to reserve your tickets please call 519-352-3960.

• Fun darts at the Chatham Legion, William & Colborne St., Chatham starting at 7:30pm. Everyone Welcome!

Thursday, April 9, 2015 • Blenheim OEYC presents: Dental Visit. Join us for tips on keeping your child’s mouth healthy and info on financial assistance for dental coverage.

182 King St., Blenheim. 10:00am-11:00am. Register at 519-358-1451 x.0.

• Ridgetown OEYC presents: Toddler Time. Bring your toddlers and join us for a 4 week fun-filled program of music, movement and stories! (1-3 years) 10:30am-11:30am. Register at 519-3581451 x.0.

Friday, April 10, 2015 • Ukrainian Research - Wayne Vizniowski, from the London Middlesex Branch OGS will share his adventures in his Ukrainian research and travel.

7:00pm at St. Andrews Residence, 99 Park St., Chatham. Open and free to the public.

• Meal and fun darts at the Chatham Legion, William & Colborne St., Chatham. Dinner from 5:30pm-7:00pm. Choice of ham & scallops, roast beef or fish & chips for $8.00. One meat draw.

Open darts at 7:30pm. Everyone welcome!

Saturday, April 11, 2015 • Meat draw and dance at the Chatham Legion, William & Colborne St., Chatham. Meat draws from 4:00pm-6:00pm and dance from 4:00pm10:00pm featuring Unity. Everyone Welcome!

• Purses with a Purpose from 2:00pm4:00pm at Studio One. Delightful tea party and a chance to win 1 or 20 fabulous purses, all donated by local businesses. Support Zonta and your local library. Tickets are available now for $25 at the Chatham Public Library.

• Swap Meet at Kent Cloverleaf Conservation Club, 9092 English Line, Chatham. 9:00am-1:00pm. Free admission. Lunch and refreshments available. For information call Don or Karen at 519-351-6780.

CHAP Volunteer DRIVERS Needed for Chatham-Kent. CHAP helps Seniors live independently at home! Drive seniors to appointments, groceries, banking, etc. in Chatham-Kent. Contact Marjorie for further info CHAP 519-354-6221 ext. 241.

Chatham-Kent Metal Detecting Club Meetings Last Thursday of the Month, 7:00pm at Evangel Community Church, 76 Sandy St., enter at the back door. Guests Welcome.

VON Volunteer Visiting opportunities available call Jan 519-352-4462 ext. 5227 Toastmasters is a place where you develop and grow - both personally and professionally. Meetings are a learn-by-doing workshop in which participants hone their speaking and leadership skills in a no-pressure atmosphere. Guests are always welcome. Join the Chatham-Kent Toastmasters at GreenField Ethanol, 275 Bloomfield Road on Mondays from 6:30 – 8:00pm.

Royal Canadian Air Cadets 294 (Kinsmen) Squadron is looking for new members. If you are between 12 and 18 years of age and have an interest in aviation, camping or just meeting new friends we invite you to visit us any Monday at 6:30 pm at the Chatham Armoury 280 Bloomfield Rd in Chatham. You can also contact us at 519-352-7090.

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

Time to party, Chatham-Kent!

Congratulations on the Chatham Hockeyville folks, and the people who voted, for getting Chatham-Kent into the final two for the Kraft Hockeyville contest.

We went up against North Saanich, B.C. Voting ended Monday at midnight.

Both communities will receive $100,000 in arena upgrades, but the winner also gets to host an NHL preseason hockey game.

The top community is to be announced Saturday night on Hockey Night in Canada.

If you want to be in on the party Saturday, head to Memorial Arena.

The house will be rocking, by the sounds of it.

According to Chatham Hockeyville committee member Dennis Parker, there will be a three-onthree road hockey tournament, hockey fitness clinic, skills competition, music playing throughout the day, and everyone can watch a big screen inside the rink in the evening when the winning community is announced.

Brooklyn Roebuck, Face 4 Radio and The Chasers will keep the tunes cranking.

The road hockey tournament is a throwback effort. Don’t bother coming as a team, because after-school rules are in effect.

“Bring your sticks. We’ll put them in a big pile and choose them that way,” Parker said, referring to the unbiased and random method of tossing hockey sticks into separate piles to choose teams.

CBC will also be on hand, shooting the festivities for broadcast on Hockey Night in Canada.

Parker said the committee asks that people who come to Saturday’s festivities to bring a Kraft food item as a donation to Outreach for Hunger.

Chatham-Kent may just be the online voting king of Canada. We did it with Monopoly, landed a TSN broadcast in Wallaceburg, and now reached the top two for Hockeyville.

It’s somewhat ironic, actually.

Many folks will say we are overflowing with negativity in this community, especially in terms of online commenting on various local media sites, particularly the ones that let people hide behind anonymous screen names. But we seem to also have incredible community support and spirit. When there is a cause that needs championing, people come out in massive force to do so.

That’s pretty incredible and humbling. It’s something of which we should all be proud.

As for the naysayers, I don’t think we have more than most any other community. Just look at other media sites in other cities. It’s pretty nasty stuff when people don’t have

Bruce Corcoran to back up their remarks with their name. That’s certainly not unique to Chatham.

What causes me to shake my head is when people are still saying Chatham gets everything and the outlying communities get nothing.

I saw a social media post saying the person voted for another rink because of that mindset.

Wow. I live in Chatham and voted repeatedly for Wallaceburg to land the TSN broadcast. I think a heck of a lot of Chathamites did the same thing.

I chair the Relay For Life in Chatham this year, as I did in 2014. The provincial arm of the Canadian Cancer Society decided to fold the Wallaceburg Relay back into Chatham (it started this way more than a decade ago) for this year. That irked some folks from Wallaceburg to the point they’ll go all the way to Blenheim for the Relay event there rather than come to Chatham, because Chatham gets everything.

As long as they continue to support the event and the Cancer Society, that’s all that matters.

Dance, dance, dance

Well, dance competition season opened for the Corcorans – specifically our daughter – on the weekend.

She spent Saturday at the John D. Bradley Convention Centre at the Inspire competition, taking part in six dances during the day.

As a dance dad, my support duties are typically little more than cheerleader and gopher. With a 13-yearold daughter, that meant heading home to find things she’d forgotten to pack with her costumes.

Mary has the tougher job – hair and makeup. Those quick changes between dances are quite taxing.

As for the girl, well I guess the dancing is taxing as well.

I lasted for four of the six dances.

The music, especially the repetition, gets to me after a while. And someone had to go home and barbecue dinner, right?

It was a tough task, but I worked my way through it.

But it would be nice if the weather was just a little warmer. I am tired of sub-zero barbecuing temperatures. Bring on the heat. Or at least seasonal temperatures, because 10C (50 F) would seem downright balmy to me right about now!

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Radio CK on the air

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The Arts

Online radio station features all local artists

By Jim Blake jim@chathamvoice.com

In less than a month, an all-local online radio station went from an idea on social media to reality.

Radio CK (radiock. ca) was conceived by Thamesville actor and film producer Florin Marksteiner as a way to provide a non-profit platform for local musicians, artists and others to get their message across locally and around the world.

“I just had this idea that we needed something to show just how much talent we have locally, so I put up a Facebook page March 3,” he said. “I had no idea whether people would agree with me and help make something work or if it wouldn’t work.”

Marksteiner said he’s been amazed at the response.

“I’ve been getting all kinds of texts, e-mails, Facebook messages and calls,” he said. “It’s been one step at a time but there has been so much enthusiasm. Without that, this wouldn’t be happening.”

Marksteiner said the station will not accept advertising (although it will accept donations) and is a volunteer venture.

“Since we don’t have to be concerned with making a profit, we can concentrate on the local talent without worrying about being in a certain format.

Our audience is anyone who has an interest in

local music, culture and art.”

The station will be operated out of Marksteiner’s Thamesville professional-grade studio.

Marksteiner said he’s seeking local musicians.

“We have had some interest through our Facebook site and word-ofmouth. If you’ve got something you want us to play, get in touch with us through the site,” he said.

“We are inviting everyone that wants to be broadcasted, any artist, no matter if is music, painting, photography, sculpture, DJ, anything, to participate and be hosted in our live shows and on our website with links to their social media and their music sto res.”

The station will feature other programming as well.

Myrna Jewell, a Wallaceburg writer originally from Saskatchewan, will manage the station’s content.

David Farquhar, whose Voice in the Wind project has brought him international recognition, is bringing his audio production skills and some programming to the station.

“We have Jamie Rainbird from the Economic Development Centre who will do a series on starting a business, Mary Ellen Herder who will do a segment on the upcoming week’s events, Lori Turner is doing a feature on the CK job market, and Will Carey that will do a series on personal finances,” he said.

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Jamie Rainbird and Florin Marksteiner take a break during recording a local show for Radio CK, an online station which begins broadcasting April 1.

A special program will feature Nathaniel Peter Wortner and Mihai Branzanw with “TeenTalentTalk” where they will chat with C-K students about their talents and plans for their music careers.

The station will also have a distinctly local feel from the past.

“We are collaborating with Chatham Archive and we

are able to use all their info from their database, which means we’ll be able to have information on the local music artists,” he said.

“We are inviting everyone that wants to get involved and wants to give something to the community of Chatham-Kent to contact us and we’ll discuss how they can con-

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My dog always has fleas. What can i do?

1. Eliminating fleas from your dog. 2. Controlling fleas in the environment. Dogs and cats share the same fleas. It is important that all pets in your home are on a flea preventive. Treating your pet for fleas has never been easier. With the many choices we have today, we can provide you with the safest and most effective flea preventive for your pet’s needs. When it comes to environmental control, we must first understand the flea life cycle.

Apart from irritation, are fleas particularly harmful?

Fleas can cause anemia, especially in young or debilitated dogs. A single female flea can take up to 15 times her body weight in blood over the several weeks of her adult life. In addition, fleas can carry several diseases and also act as vectors to spread one of the most common tapeworms of the dog and cat, Diplylidium caninum.

How do I prevent fleas on my dog?

Successful flea control includes treating both the environment as well as your pet. Shampoos, sprays, powders and spot-on preparations are all available. Be sure to consult your veterinarian to choose the most effective and safe flea products for your home and pet. Environmental preparations are becoming increasingly sophisticated. Remember that most products are only effective against the adult flea. Your veterinarian can provide you with flea products that contain Insect Growth Regulators (IGR’s) that will help destroy the flea eggs and larvae. Before applying any environmental product, we recommend vacuuming your carpet to stimulate the pre-adult fleas to emerge from their protective cocoons. Be sure to discard the vacuum cleaner bag after its use.

My dog lives most of his life outside. What should i do?

Concentrate on dark, shaded areas. Spray a product containing an IGR and repeat every 14-21 days for three to five applications. The newer topical and oral flea preventives will greatly assist you in solving your flea problem. With persistence and patience, you and your pet will be flea-free in no time!

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Emma Marinigh Monday, March 23, 2015 McKinlay Funeral Home

Norman O. Goure 69, Friday, March 27, 2015 McKinlay Funeral Home

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Doris French 99, Tuesday, March 24, 2015 McKinlay Funeral Home

Betty Joyce La Marsh 73, Saturday, March 28, 2015 McKinlay Funeral Home

Helen McNear 95, Tuesday, March 24, 2015 McKinlay Funeral Home

Leona (Emery) Loveday 81, Saturday, March 28, 2015 Hinnegan-Peseski Funeral Home

Jean Spence 92, Wednesday, March 25, 2015 McKinlay Funeral Home

Maurice Houle 89, Sunday, March 29, 2015 Hinnegan-Peseski Funeral Home

Lillian Roy (King) 87, Wednesday, March 25, 2015 Hinnegan-Peseski Funeral Home

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THE CHATHAM VOICE

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