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Chatham singer ready for ‘Next Weekend,’ his first single

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Chatham’s Ryan Bradley, shown here between sets at Blazin’ BBQ, is headed to Nashville. Bradley will record a couple of singles, which will be released in Canada in May.

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Two more people announced March 31 they plan to run for council, while a third filed his papers to return to office as a school board trustee.

Mark Authier of Tilbury announced he is seeking a seat for Ward 1, West Kent. Authier is the first person to file to run in that ward for the Oct. 27 municipal election. No word on the plans of incumbents Brian King and Bryon Fluker.

Meanwhile, Eric Schrank filed to run in Ward 6, Chatham. He joins incumbents Derek Robertson and Michael Bondy, as well as other hopefuls Ed Broad, Penelope Duchesne, Mark Holman, Kirk Hooker, Brandon Houston, Aaron Hurst and Chad Sauve.

Scott McKinlay is seeking re-election as a trustee for the Lambton-Kent District School Board.

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‘Not Toronto’ blitz in the works for C-K

On parade

By Bruce Corcoran bruce@chathamvoice.com

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Celebrity chef Bob Blumer was a special guest at this year’s Foundation of CKHA’s 12th Annual Parade of Chefs on Thursday, April 3, where diners enjoyed a seven-course meal featuring the very best of local talent and cuisine at Club Lentinas.

An unnamed organization in Chatham-Kent wants to get in the faces of Torontonians and tell them to leave their city and come west – to C-K. Mayor Randy Hope and municipal CAO Don Shropshire would only say the organization is a “partner group,” and not a direct wing of the municipal government. The group hopes to market “Not Toronto,” to that city’s masses.

And Hope loves it.

The concept is to hold a high-profile event in the heart of Toronto – and Hope is slated to be involved – as well as pumping information, including a video, out on social media proclaiming that Chatham-Kent is not Toronto.

The mayor isn’t worried about any potential backlash from Toronto politicians or media – if the Not Toronto blitz is done properly, he said.

“What’s bad about it? It’s just about facts. They’re showing people where they live and showing

what Chatham-Kent has to offer,” Hope said of the plan. “I’d do it, but if you don’t do it right, you’ll end up with egg on your face.”

Hope said the key is to focus on all the problems Torontonians face.

“They all know they have a (traffic) congestion problem, a transit issue, and extraordinary housing prices,” he said. “How do you dispute fact? We are not creating a myth.”

In terms of critics countering with the fact Toronto has more entertainment and activity options for citizens, Hope said we are an hour away from Detroit, Windsor and London, and there are plenty of options nearby as a result.

The in-your-face approach is an outside-thebox approach, Hope said, and some people may not be comfortable with that.

“I don’t have a problem stepping out of the box.

This is designed to grab attention. You need to.

Competing in a market where you want people to pay attention to you, it’s Davis versus Goliath,” he said.

Meanwhile, Shropshire stayed at arm’s length from the initiative.

“That’s their launch; their campaign. They’ve talked to the mayor about it,” he said of the unnamed group. “But if we are going to be successful to raise awareness about our community, it gives

us an opportunity to talk about what’s great about Chatham-Kent. I think we would do some things a heck of a lot better than Toronto.”

Hope thinks the event would take place in the coming weeks, unless the organizers have a change of heart.

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Take that, Toronto Chatham-Kent is preparing to put on its gloves on for a new round of marketing, with news that an as-yet-unnamed group is backing an initiative to get the attention of Canada’s largest city.

Apparently, we’re about to charge into the heart of Toronto with a campaign called “Not Toronto.” It’s supposed to be edgy and bold. If what we’ve heard so far is true, those terms may not quite do it justice.

The idea is to convince the city-dwellers that Chatham-Kent is a better place to live than, well, Toronto. We’re going to do that by holding an event in their backyard in which we show GTA’ers just how bad they have it. Our mayor’s on board to take part.

We don’t usually think of Mayor Randy Hope as being “delicate,” but unless he has the nerves of a bomb disposal squad veteran, this could end up in a big “kaboom.”

If we’re going to pick a fight, we suppose taking on the biggest city in the country has some merit.

If we win, no one else is going to mess with us, and if we lose, well, no one thought we’d win anyway.

We wish the mayor and his backers all the luck, but if Torontonians take offence to our gentle nudging about their dreary existence, here are some additional reasons to convince them we’re a better place to hang your ball cap.

• We have as many Stanley Cups as you do this century.

• We’re the destination of choice for religious refugees.

• We’ve been Beiber-free for like, forever.

• Anyone under 70 is a young-un.

• There are no hills to climb.

• The grass is really greener – the lake too, sometimes, but that’s another story.

• All the free firewood you want is piled along the 401.

• You wanted wind turbines to power your homes in Toronto. Get a look at them first-hand right here in Chatham-Kent!

• When people bare their teeth here, it’s called a smile.

And the topper: • We didn’t elect Rob Ford.

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Opinion

It’s time to stop C-K’s decline SIR: In a rating of Best Places To Live In Canada, according to MoneySense magazine, Chatham-Kent is rated 182 out of 201 in a comparison with cities of various sizes.

In a ranking of medium-sized cities our size, we are 45th out of 46, second-worst only to Cape Breton where the unemployment rate is 16.5%.

Fortunately the ratings didn’t take into account tree cover (we’re the worst in Ontario), air quality (among the worst in Canada), Chronic Health conditions (among the worst in Canada), waterfront development (ugly Chatham downtown waterfront, weed-clogged Rondeau Bay, silted Mitchell’s Bay, pollution-closed beaches), municipal water quality (yellow water days each August), vibrancy of our downtowns (Chatham’s is a basket case).

So maybe we got off lucky.

So what are our options?

1. Leave. Go to a higher-ranked community.

But no, C-K has already lost too much population.

That’s one of the things that got us the low ranking. We don’t want to start a death spiral.

2. Ignore the flaws and sell like hell. There’s been a lot of that lately – municipal “branding,” attractive but bogus municipal video (one features smiling cyclists implying this is a cycling-friendly community; it isn’t), a chamber of commerce leader committing to the sell, the mayor’s Asian trips.

Selling is needed, but without development of the quality of the product, it’s known in advertising and public relations circles as “putting lipstick on a pig.”

If the quality of the product doesn’t match the window dressing, the sales will backfire.

3. Shift the focus to

building a quality product. Keep selling, but as quickly as possible fill in the weak spots.

We know what they are – just take off the blinkers.

The shift in focus will cost money in the short term.

If a candidate in the next election tells you that his/ her first priority is keeping taxes low, cover your ears and run away fast.

The strategy of cutting investment in our communities to achieve lower taxes has got us to 182nd place. If it continues, our “race to the bottom” will be successful. Want to try for 201st place?

The Age-Friendly Chatham-Kent program announced recently is an example of what’s needed, but with three typical Chatham-Kent flaws: • The program was developed by the World Health Organization (WHO) 10 years ago.

Where have we been for

the past decade?

• The front-end work (survey and focus groups) will take until sometime next year. Please don’t wait until then to start productive work.

After 10 years, the WHO will have a clear idea on what makes an age-friendly community.

We don’t have to reinvent that wheel.

• The program is being devised and run by a committee.

Municipal council doesn’t act on input from committees. It ignores the input from the Community Strategic Planning Committee, it stymied the Active Communities Steering Committee until it resigned, and reports from the other committees are politely “received for information” with no concrete follow-up.

Best wishes to the committee in your important work.

John Sigurjonsson Chatham

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Ex-Navistar employees set to dine

1948, when the Richmond Street facility opened.

And now that plant is As demolition continues being demolished, nearly on the old Navistar plant five years after Navistar in Chatham, a group of pulled its operation out of former employees will Chatham.

“I hate it,” Addley said gather later this month to of the demolition of his reminisce.

The 15-Year and Retirees old workplace. “There banquet takes place April are a lot of people with 25 at Branch 28 Legion on different opinions. And St. Clair Street. The gath- there are people who ering has taken place ev- were working in the plant in 2009 ery year for who are the past six “The banquet is not a still waiting and a half political thing. It’s just for a settled e c a d e s , an event for people to ment. organizer “It’s unforCy Addley get together.”

- Cy Addley tunate that said. we don’t “It started in the old plant originally. have a place like that to It was a 20-year employ- keep the young people ees banquet and proceed- in Chatham anymore. We ed from there,” he said. “I haven’t really got any indon’t know what year it dustry anymore.”

But those issues are left started, but since it was in the old plant, that means at the door for the banit goes at least as far back quet, Addley said, as the dinner is about camaraas 1948.”

Addley said Internation- derie, not management or al Harvester purchased the union.

“The banquet is not a the Chatham Wagon Works in 1910 and oper- political thing. It’s just an ated out of a facility on event for people to get toGrand Avenue East until gether,” he said. “There’s

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nothing for anyone to gain from it.”

Well, with the exception of a full stomach and a visit with old friends.

Addley, who retired from Navistar in 1991, said he got involved with the committee organizing the banquet initially intending to help out for a year or two. That was three decades ago.

He said there are still a lot of former Navistar workers in the area. Last year, 165 people attended the banquet.

“I hope we even get more people. It would be nice. I’ve seen days where we’ve had as many as 240 people there,” Addley said. “But every year, we lose a few people. We still have a few that originally worked at the old plant.

Those people are all in their 80s or 90s.”

The dinner is for former employees only. No spouses or children are invited – unless they once worked at the plant too.

“It’s only for retirees, not spouses, because if everyone did come, we’d never get a place big enough,” Addley said.

The banquet is at 7 p.m.

April 25 at Branch 28 Legion at 304 St. Clair St., with doors opening at 5:30 p.m. Cost is $10.

Hamming it up at the outdoor show

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The first annual Chatham-Kent Boat, Powersports and RV show at the John D. Bradley Convention Centre last weekend provided local residents with a chance to shake off the winter doldrums and dream of the outdoors. Here, four-year-old Lucas Williamson takes his two-year-old brother Reid for a spin in one of the all-terrain vehicles on display. Stuart Galloway of 20/20 Show Productions, who organized the event, said Saturday’s crowd was impressive as soon as the doors opened.

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Gilbert said it would be Jamie McGrail, vice- a smart marketing move chair for C-K Agri-Devel- to provide the stickers for opment, said they want to farmers to put on their try and represent every- trucks. one in Chatham-Kent.

“If you’re going to want “We have plans to grow to provide an effective bigger,” McGrail said. program, you’ll need to “The stickers with logos provide the stickers,” she will be available to every- said. one.”

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Lev Tahor members arrested

By Blair Andrews Contributing Writer

Members of the Lev Tahor community

in Chatham-Kent were arrested following a raid by the Canada Border Services Agency last Wednesday morning.

The agency won’t say how many peo-

ple were arrested but reports range “Handcuffs … put him in the car and from four to as many as seven. all the children have to see it,” said HelAccording to a CBSA news release, the brans, outraged over the incident. “Day agency’s Enforcement and Intelligence after day, it’s going on … this anti-Seoffice executed a number of mitic (activity).” search warrants for suspected Wednesday’s raid was the latest invesviolations of the Immigration tigation involving the ultra-Orthodox and Refugee Jewish group that moved “Handcuffs … put him to Chatham from Quebec Protection Act. Several Cha- in the car and all the late last year. tham-Kent Po- children have to see it.

Members of the commulice Service ofnity have been the subject Day after day, it’s going of a lengthy investigation ficers were on the scene. And on … this anti-Semitic by child protection sermembers of (activity).” vices in Quebec and ChaChatham-Kent - Joel Helbrans tham-Kent.

Children’s SerYouth protection officials vices were also on hand to as- in Quebec allege that the children have sist with the care and custody been neglected, that girls have been of the children. forced to marry under the age of 16 and Joel Helbrans, a Lev Tahor the children are not receiving adequate community member, said at education. least two of the people arNone of the allegations have been rested were from Israel and proven in court. another was a U.S. citizen, Lev Tahor leaders have claimed they whose visa had expired two have been persecuted, arguing that the days ago.

200 members moved to Chatham last According to Helbrans, he November because the community’s rewas in the Lev Tahor school ligious studies were at odds with Queat the time of the arrest. bec’s curriculum.

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It was just a great, relaxing atmosphere, augmented with hamburgers and hot dogs, salad, cake and homemade cream puffs.

How to quiet eight boisterous children? Send them on a scavenger hunt in the neighbourhood, for starters. OK, so it was quiet in the house (I can’t vouch for the neighbourhood, but I doubt it).

Seriously, these youngsters went from chatty to dead quiet in a heartbeat after they got back. Put food in front of the ravenous junior masses and the decibel level drops right off – for a time.

Of course, cake has just the opposite effect. Sugar fires up their turbochargers.

But a few more trips running around the yard and house after dinner left the kids ready to relax and watch the birthday girl open her gifts.

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Bruce Corcoran cables from the satellite dish (that had been hanging loose for longer than the Christmas lights were up), I took a look inside the barbeque to assess the repair needs.

Off came the grills, which have about twothirds the cast iron they began with.

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Below that sat the burner, a very corroded burner that had several points along the joint where it had ruptured.

Holes in the burner and a dirty heat plate – gee, I wonder why the cooking area didn’t get consistent temperatures.

At that point, I took out the Shop Vac and sucked out all the crud in the bottom of the barbecue.

Then I took a wire brush to the sides and turned on the vacuum again.

I took stock. The barbeque main body is in pretty good shape. The heat plate, after a good visit from the wire brush, is still in decent shape.

The grills are still OK. Off to the Internet to price parts, and see what a replacement barbecue would cost.

No surprise, but I was soon on my way out the door with my assistant/advisor in tow – our daughter – and we headed off to a hardware store to find replacement parts.

I got the burner, but fell short in the immediate quest to replace the grills. But that’s fine, as the burner was the only must-replace-now element on the barbecue.

I got that installed before we had to head off to the aforementioned birthday party, and will likely have tested everything with a meal or two by the time you read this column.

Now that the barbecue had its spring cleaning, it is time to focus on some leaf removal around the back of the house, espe-

cially around the beverage fridge that I stupidly left out over the winter (yeah, another don’t ask moment). I have a friend in New Jersey who leaves a colour TV out in all elements, so maybe I mentally thought I’d see how a fridge would fare.

Yes, his TV still runs. It could be the fire he lights in the chiminea beside the plastic-encased television dries everything out nicely.

At least our fridge was unplugged, right? Once I suck all the leaves out of the back of it, I think I have a decent shot of it running properly.

And if it doesn’t, it is quite an old fridge and doesn’t owe us anything.

We bought it about a decade ago from someone who acquired it in a yard sale. So we are at least third owners on a unit that’s probably close to 20 years old.

Still, I’m crossing my fingers.

As for the pond, yeah, I’ll get to that too. The fish are a patient lot.

• Bruce Corcoran is the editor of The Chatham Voice.

Contact the writer at bruce@ chathamvoice.com.

Red Skelton tribute for Outreach for Hunger April 12 make it perfect, studying and watching all of the Red Skelton material he could get his hands on. When Red Skelton’s estate and Red’s widow, Lothian approved of the show, Mullica took to the stage to tell people of the great Red Skelton.

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The Arts

Her Irish eyes are smiling

Local dancer to compete in Irish dance world championships

By Bruce Corcoran bruce@chathamvoice.com

A decade of dedication has paid off for Chatham’s Claudia Cox, who is heading to England to compete in the World Championships of Irish Dance.

Cox, 14, qualified for the worlds at the Eastern Canadian Championships in November and competes in London, England April 14.

Cox said she became hooked on Irish dance after seeing her first show at the tender age of four. It happened to be “Irish Fire,” choreographed by Devin Cornell, who runs the Cornell School of Irish Dance in Chatham.

“The sound of the hard shoes ... the way it works to the music” is what Cox said hooked her on Irish dance. “Since then, it’s stuck with me,” Cox said.

At the time, Cornell didn’t offer classes for beginners, but fortunately for Cox, that soon changed. By age five, she started at the school.

She’s gone from practicing half an hour

once a week to five days a week, between 12-15 hours total.

Cox hopes to turn her dancing into a career.

“I have so much time put in, I don’t see myself doing anything else,” Cox said, adding that in five years she sees herself “performing in a dance show and touring.”

But more immediately, it’s the stage in London that matters. She flies out April 10 and competes four days later. The world championships run until April 21. Cox and her family will watch some of the competition, but also treat the time as a vacation, returning April 20.

At the eastern regionals in November, Cox said about half of the competitors qualified for nationals, and from that group, about 15% qualify for the worlds. She’s the first Cornell student to compete at

the worlds.

And now, she’s about to compete on the global stage.

“I look forward to the competition,” she said. “A dream is just being on the stage.”

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Business

Home-based businesses draw a crowd vince the people of Chatham-Kent that shopping locally is a viable and If you are like a lot peo- smart option.

Nancy Brown Nurse ple, you can go into your kitchen cupboard and moved to Chatham last see your Epicure spices October from London for in their tidy Tupperware her husband’s work as containers and your Enjo executive chef at the John or KD cleaning cloths D. Bradley Convention ready for duty. Or go into Centre, and so far, is enyour bathroom cabinets to joying Chatham with her reach for your Arbonne, two children Carter, 8 and Mary Kay or Avon cos- Caiden, 3.

“I love it. Chatham has metics and skin care products, while enjoying the that small-town feelfragrances of your Scent- ing with the amenities,” Nurse said. sy warmer One thing or Partylite “I thought, ‘Why not she found candles. create a vendor event difficult, as a C h a n c e s to showcase all the person with are, you got a homethese items local business?’ It bebased busifrom a came so big, so fast, I was home-based didn’t have time for my ness, meeting and business. own business. From networking H o m e - the feedback, it was with othbased businesses are needed and it just gets er people. popular be- bigger and better every That’s when she came cause they day.” up with offer us - Nancy Brown Nurse the idea of things we need and things we use on developing a social-neta daily basis. On the other working site aimed at enside of the coin, the people couraging locals to take who sell these products or advantage of everything unique craft ideas of their that home-based busiown making are usually nesses have to offer.

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With two vendor events at Lawson Hall in Chatham under her belt, including the Fundraiser for Aubri this past weekend, Nurse already has another event, a Mother’s Day Tea, planned for May 3 at the Bradley Convention Centre. Tickets are $35 for adults, $10 for kids 6-12 and includes an appearance by Miss Teen Chatham-Kent World 2013, entertainment for little ones by Alice, and a gourmet sandwich and dessert bar.

Vendors for the events come from varied genres, from financial advice to a selection of spices to skin care products to unique and affordable handcrafted items.

Kathy Anderson, creator and artist of Forks & Fashion, is one of the many vendors who joined the Fundraiser for Aubrie vendor event this past weekend. She hand crafts unique and one-of-a-kind statement jewelry from silver flatware, and loves every dirty, exhausting moment of it.

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Business

Big things can come from small businesses

Continued from page 13

Anderson isn’t the only one who decided to make the leap from hobby to small business. Carrie-Anne Bauer, a Grade 13 student at Lambton-Kent Composite School in Dresden, took an idea when she was eight years old and has translated it into a charitable organization that has raised close to $100,000 to house, heal and support orphans and families in Africa.

Bracelets for Hope came about when Bauer saw a commercial about one child in Africa dying of AIDS every five seconds. She lived in Perth, Ont. at the time. The story shifted her safe world on its axis and opened her eyes to the plight of the poor.

“It just popped the safe bubble I lived in, and I was

so upset, I cried for days,” she recounted. “I asked my mom what we could do, and I decided to raise $50,000.

The first year we raised $1,000.”

Realizing that just wasn’t enough money, Bauer decided to make bracelets.

The project grew from there.

In 18 months, she had the $50,000 and the project exploded, with bracelets being shipped all over.

A health clinic, schools, playground equipment and homes for widows and orphans have all been funded

by Bauer and her group of volunteers’ efforts.

Local artist Candice Emery, who has her art displayed at Art Space in Chatham, also started a business from seeing custom-made tray chalkboards and wanting one for

herself. Her unique designs come from her artistic background and offer a different and local hand-made gift idea. At the vendor event, she had an opportunity to showcase her designs and let the people in Chatham know they don’t have to go out of town for quality, hand-made crafts and designs.

That, ultimately, is the goal of the Shop Local Chatham Kent group started by Nurse – to give local home-based business the chance to showcase what they have to offer in an affordable manner that will reach a large audience.

For more information about local vendor events, businesses and how you can shop local, go to the Shop Local Chatham Kent Facebook page.

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Kathy Anderson of Forks and Fashion showcases her unique hand-crafted jewelry made from silver flatware at the Shop Local Chatham Kent vendor event Fundraiser for Aubri on Saturday at Lawson Hall in Chatham.

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Business

Entegrus honored for communications

By Bruce Corcoran bruce@chathamvoice.com

Local power distributor Entegrus scooped up the Electricity Distributors Association (EDA) Public Relations Excellence Award recently.

Entegrus won the award for its work explaining the global adjustment charge to local commercial and industrial customers, Erin Bordeau, conservation program manager at Entegrus, said in a release.

“Entegrus organized and hosted the event ‘Taking Charge of your Energy Costs,’ which was held on Dec. 4 of last year,” she said of an event held to address concerns and questions from its commercial and industrial customers.

That meeting allowed customers the opportunity to have a face-to-face conversation with representatives

from Entegrus, the Ontario Power Authority (OPA), and the Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO), on a variety of topics, including global adjustment, energy efficiency and sustainability.

The global adjustment charge accounts for the differences between the market price and the rates paid to regulated and contracted generators and for conservation and demand management programs, according to the IESO website. The adjustment covers the cost for providing both adequate generating capacity and conservation programs for Ontario.

Jim Hogan, president and CEO of Entegrus, said the global adjustment charge has been on everyone’s electricity bills for some time, but “last fall, it became a significant number. It became challenging and confusing for some of our larger customers, prompting us to hold the event last fall.”

Hogan said a guest speaker, Jim Harris, who is very knowledgeable in energy conservation, gave companies advice on how to save money.

“He provided some good insight to companies on how they can be profitable by conserving energy,” Hogan said.

“The customers thought it was a good event.”

He said Entegrus would hold more face-to-face events in the future to help customers understand their energy bills and consumption habits.

IHS hydrogen units now in production

By Bruce Corcoran bruce@chathamvoice.com

A local facility is building it and now it’s time to see who will make use of a pollution-reducing, efficiency-increasing device for diesel engines.

Innovative Hydrogen Solutions (IHS) recently certified the first units coming out of the assembly area inside Cross Country in Blenheim, which has been contracted to build the components.

IHS’s device is a hydrogen injection component that’s an after-market add on for diesel engines which can significantly reduce particulate and nitrous oxide emissions from the exhaust, according to company officials.

Joe Williams, president of Innovative Hydrogen Solutions, was in town recently to examine the production line before giving final approval.

“I was quite pleased,” he said. “Dan (Brown of Cross Country) has done a great job with those guys.”

Williams said the first units are earmarked for Mexico for installation on trucks there, but he’d like so see some local installation in the near future.

“I would like to get a couple

of units on Chatham-Kent vehicles,” he said.

Williams said IHS is committed to this community and would like to see the municipality benefit from the product and showcase it at the same time.

Chatham-Kent Mayor Randy Hope said he is familiar with the IHS module’s concept, but has to discuss such an installation with fleet services personnel and perhaps Entegrus to see if it’s a viable option and to work out details. He added with the rising price of diesel fuel, the components are becoming more relevant all the time.

“Everyone’s looking for less pollution and more fuel efficiency,” Hope said.

Williams said the IHS hydrogen unit enhances the combustion of diesel fuel and makes for a much cleaner burn. Fuel efficiency is enhanced by an average of 7.5% on typical long-haul trucks, Williams said, while the unit also results in lower maintenance costs, as filters don’t have to be changed out as often.

Meanwhile, production is underway at Cross Country, and Williams said 500 units will roll off the line in the next two years. The market,

for the most part, is outside our borders, especially overseas.

Williams said a joint venture in Germany and Poland could see components shipped there, while South African and Australian companies have contacted IHS to see about building the IHS modules in those countries.

“We said no. All units will come out of Blenheim,” he said. “They (Cross Country) have got lots of space to this.”

The production line, with its present allocated space inside of the Cross Country facility, can produce about 500 units a year, Williams said. Including on-site storage, it takes up less than 1,800-square-feet of space, and there is room for expansion into as much as 40,000 sq. ft.

He sees the potential for growth as looming just around the corner, with markets opening up closer to home, as the states of California and New York will shortly introduce much tougher laws on air pollution.

“This will benefit IHS,” Williams said. “The module will make trucks compliant and even provide a return on investment” for the truck owners.

Thursday, April 10, 2014 • Chatham OEYC presents: You Make The Difference. A great 9 week program for parents and children (1-4 years). Have fun while improving your child’s social skills and learning abilities.

April 10 - June 5. 1:15pm-3:15pm. Register 519-358-1451 x0. 215 Murray St. • Catalogue Workshop at the Chatham-Kent Public Library, Ridgetown location from 2:00pm4:00pm. This FREE workshop will teach you how to search for books, magazines, DVD’s and more! Space is limited, so sign up today! Please register by calling your local branch or emailing cktechtrain@chatham-kent.ca.

• 54th Annual Lenten Noon Hour Interdenominational Services “A Journey of Faithful Servants” from 12:10-12:35 at Christ Church, 80 Wellington St. W., Chatham. Topic: Serving in Love. Luncheon to follow service.

Friday, April 11, 2014 • Catalogue Workshop at the Chatham-Kent Public Library, Wallaceburg location from 2:00pm4:00pm. This FREE workshop will teach you how to search for books, magazines, DVD’s and more! Space is limited, so sign up today! Please register by calling your local branch or emailing cktechtrain@chatham-kent.ca.

• Kent County Branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society presents Black Militia of Kent County.

Elise Harding-Davis will discuss the involvement of the Black Militia in the War of 1812. Held at St. Andrew’s Residence, 99 Park St., Chatham at 7:00pm. Open and free to the public. For more information visit www.ogs.on.ca/kent.

Saturday, April 12, 2014 • Meat draw at Branch 628 Royal Canadian Legion, William & Colborne St., Chatham, from 4:30pm-6:00pm, followed by a dance from 7:00pm-11:00pm with Moxie Boys.

• All You Can Eat Spaghetti Dinner at Holy Trinity Anglican Church, corner of Selkirk and Victoria Ave., Chatham. Anytime between 5:00pm-7:00pm. Adults $8.00 each, children (12 & under) $4.00 each. Family maximum $20.00. For tickets call the church office at 519-354-1072. Please join us, everyone is welcome.

• Saturday afternoon dance featuring Ridge Road in the clubroom of Branch 28 Legion, 304 St. Clair St., Chatham from 4:00pm-8:00pm. Also will be hosting a meat draw and BBQ by the Ladies Auxiliary. Everyone welcome.

• Chatham St. Andrew’s United Church Women are hosting a muffin party and bake sale from 9:30am-11:30am in Fellowship Hall. A free will offering is requested at the door.

• Purses with a purpose. 2:00-4:00 at Studio One in the Chatham Cultural Centre. Tea and sweets and 5 chances to win 1 of 20 beautiful puses donated by local business. (wine will be available too) The Zonta Club of Chatham-Kent and the CK Library are collaborating on this exciting event. $25, tickets available at the local branches of the library or from Zontians.

Sunday, April 13, 2014 • Jamboree at Branch 628 Royal Canadian Legion, William & Colborne St., Chatham. Admission $2.00 from 2:00pm-6:00pm with Just Country Boys. Everyone Welcome.

• An Easter journey of the Lord Jesus Christ’s life through an inspiring presentation with musical selections, video clips, and scripture passages detailing His birth, ministry, death and resurrection. An evening for family and friends at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 21 Detroit Dr at 7:00pm. FREE admission with light refreshments to follow.

• St. Agnes Soup Kitchen Soup Sampler, 52 Croydon St., Chatham, 12:45pm-2:00pm. Over 15 delicious home-made soups to sample. Admission is free-will offering. Everyone welcome.

Monday, April 14, 2014 • The Chatham-Kent Film Group is presenting the film “Philomena” at Galaxy Cineplex Theatres.

There will be two showings: 4:00 and 7:00. No advance tickets. Closed captioned. $8 members, $10 non-members. Cash only. For more information call 519-359-8455.

• The Blenheim-Harwich Horticultural Society’s meeting will be held at Trinity Anglican Church lower meeting room, 59 Ellen St., Blenheim. Emily Debrota is guest speaker she will be giving you the latest buzz from the OHA and having a Q&A for all your concerns regarding your spring gardening. Enjoy a great evening of gardening. Refreshments supplied. For more details phone 519-676-4541 or 519-354-8320.

• Euchre Card Party sponsored by Fairpourt Rebekah Lodge, Dresden will be held at Christ Church Anglican Hall, Dresden at 7:30pm. Prizes, Dutch auction & lunch. $3.00.

Tuesday, April 15, 2014 • Shuffleboard, pool and darts at Branch 628 Royal Canadian Legion, William & Colborne St., Chatham starting at 6:30pm. Everyone Welcome.

• It’s movie time at the Chatham Branch of the Chatham-Kent Public Library. Jobs starring Ashton Kutcher will be shown at 2:00pm.

Wednesday, April 16, 2014 • Muffin Party and Bake Sale at Fletcher United Church, 22544 Merlin Rd. from 9:30-11:30am.

All are welcome.

Thursday, April 17, 2014 • 2014 Tilbury Senior Information Fair. 10:00am-2:00pm. Ryder Hall, 49 Dupuis St., Tilbury. Free admission, free lunch (noon), free draws, free information, free entertainment. Information to support healthy lifestyles for Seniors and their families. All Welcome!

• 54th Annual Lenten Noon Hour Interdenominational Services “A Journey of Faithful Servants” from 12:10-12:35 at Christ Church, 80 Wellington St. W., Chatham. Speaker: Ven. Paul Millward.

Luncheon to follow service.

Saturday, April 19, 2014 • Meat draw at Branch 628 Royal Canadian Legion, William & Colborne St., Chatham, from 4:30pm-6:00pm, followed by a dance from 7:00pm-11:00pm featuring Jig’s Dinner. Everyone Welcome.

• Come and enjoy the music of Joan Spaulding at Branch 28 Legion’s Saturday afternoon dance at 304 St. Clair St. in the clubroom from 4:00-8:00pm. A meat draw and BBQ will also be available. Everyone welcome!

Toastmasters meetings held Mondays at Green Field Ethanol, 275 Bloomfield Road, Chatham. Open to guests. 6:30pm-8:00pm. cktoastmasters@gmail.com Chatham-Kent Metal Detecting Club Meetings Last Thursday of the Month at Evangel Community Church, 76 Sandy St., enter at the back door.

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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.

VON Volunteer Visiting opportunities Available call Jan 519-352-4462 ext. 5227 Submit your coming events to bruce@chathamvoice.com or michelle@chathamvoice.com

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THURSDAY, APRIL 10, 2014

Sports Corrente back on the mound

Lefty hurler turns stitches into strikeouts after 2nd major surgery

A Tommy John surgery is a reconstruction of the ulnar collateral ligaFor many baseball play- ment in a players’ elbow, ers, a Tommy John sur- which is replaced by a gery can mark the end tendon from elsewhere of a career. Coming back in your body, and typifrom two such surgeries cally takes a year to fully to compete at a high level recover from. Corrente, is almost unheard of; but who played for Erie that’s exactly what Cha- Community College pritham’s Rich Corrente has or to attending St. Catherine Coldone this lege, which season.

“This is my first year is located in C o r r e n t e healthy again and Kentucky, is is playing relieving now for the one of few for the St. pitchers to C a t h e r i n e Patriots, it’s been a return to C o l l e g e good season. My arm competitive Patriots in feels great and I feel action folthe NAIA’s that I am in better lowing two Mid-South shape than ever. I feel such surgerConferies. ence, after that I’ve put up good “My first r e t u r n i n g numbers.” one ocfrom two - Chatham’s Rich Corrente curred in To m m y John surgeries over the 2010 during my first year at Erie Community Colpast four years.

“This is my first year lege,” Corrente explained healthy again and reliev- about his two surgeries. ing now for the Patriots, “One day I just could not it’s been a good season,” throw the ball or straightsays Corrente. “My arm en my arm out. My secfeels great and I feel that ond one occurred in 2012 I am in better shape than at St. Catharine College ever. I feel that I’ve put where I am now. It just was from overuse of my up good numbers.”

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elbow and not enough rest to where my ligament was stretched and the best bet was to have surgery.”

From not being able to throw a ball, or even straighten his arm, to competing again in college baseball, Corrente knew he would return from the surgery to play.

“After surgery, I planned on making a comeback to baseball no matter what.

I was going to work hard and prepare for the best and make it back strong and healthy.”

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has other goals. ing there this summer,” “What I am hoping to explained Corrente. personally achieve this Following that, Corrente season is to complete a hopes he’ll have a shot at whole season with no in- fulfilling his own profesjury and pain free, put up sional baseball dreams. good stats, and help the With the work ethic and team get wins.” dedication to the game Corrente has one more Corrente has demonstratyear of eligibility, which ed following his surgerhe plans to use with the ies, it’s clear that anyPatriots. This summer, thing is possible for the he’ll take the same route Chatham product. as another Chatham base“My long-term goal for ball product, Larry Balk- baseball is to make it prowill, did. Balkwill played fessional. I plan to work in the Intercounty Base- hard this season and this ball League (IBL) with summer, get my velocithe London ty up and Majors be- “This will not be my work on my fore signmechanics ing his first last season, I have one to improve profession- more year of eligibility my velocity, al contract left for baseball that and it will with the I will be using next help with S o n o m a season with the Pathe elbow.”

Stompers of The Burlthe Pacific triots. I just signed a ington BanAssociation couple weeks ago with dits season of Profes- the Burlington Bandits opens on sional Base- of the IBL, so I will the road ball. Cor- be playing there this when they rente will visit Toronattempt to summer.” to on May 4, follow a - Chatham’s Rich Corrente around the similar path same time as he suits up with the his St. Catherine College IBL’s Burlington Bandits. season will end should “This will not be my last the Patriots enjoy a long season, I have one more playoff run. year of eligibility left for baseball that I will be us- • Ian Kennedy is the owner/ ing next season with the editor of the Chatham-Kent Patriots. I just signed a Sports Network. For more couple weeks ago with on the local sports scene, the Burlington Bandits of please check out his website the IBL, so I will be play- at www.cksn.ca.

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Life Library calls on little superheroes

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The Chatham-Kent Public Library (CKPL) may not have the Bat Signal to flash into the night sky, but it is calling on all the little superheroes in Chatham-Kent.

The children’s room of the library hosts a Superheroes 101 class April 29 at 6 p.m. Kids will create a superhero name, a mask and a bracelet of power and will receive skills training in agility, leaping, strength, super vision and brain power.

The budding superheroes will receive their own official certificates welcoming them into the CKPL Justice League.

And since it is a gathering of superheroes, costumes are welcome.

For more information, call 519-3542940, ext. 247.

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Clowns, from left, Taytum McLean, Karen Jones, Maya Griffieon, Kaden Paquette, Jenessa Blomme and Terri Rawlings led the staff and students at Our Lady of Fatima School in Chatham in their Clowning for Kids effort April 1. Students paid $2 to wear the noses, with proceeds going to the Children’s Treatment Centre of Chatham-Kent. Fatima was one of many schools in Chatham-Kent to take part.

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