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Chatham-Kent staff and representatives of the Kent Law Society will be meeting Nov. 26 to determine how best to implement planned changes in municipal and provincial procedure regarding burial plots. Kent Law Association President Jay Johnson said he would welcome the opportunity to discuss potential changes. “(This) was the first I’ve heard of this so we’re very interested in finding out what has to happen and what our role might be,” he said. “Any time you’re dealing with families in stress, even minor changes can have a serious impact.” The meeting came about at the request of C-K councillor Carmen McGregor at last week’s council meeting where she successfully argued to have the matter of how the municipality handles the issue of cemetery plots and burial fees put on hold. McGregor had the bylaw tabled due to concerns over increase in fees and a lack of consultation regarding how lawyers are going to comply with the changes. The new bylaw would require lawyers to provide proof of ownership of the plots before an individual could be buried in them. “In many cases, the plots have been
handed down from generation to generation and to expect someone to find the will of the original purchaser and trace it through two or three generations in the time between death and burial is impractical,” she told the Voice. “The last thing a grieving family needs to is to not to be able to bury someone due to bureaucracy.” Municipal solicitor Dave Taylor told Chatham-Kent council that there have been meetings with funeral directors, outlining the changes and that there hasn’t been any problems. McGregor said she’s heard otherwise from funeral directors and lawyers who want to be in compliance with the changes to the Funeral, Burial and Cremation Services that was amended three years ago. “We need to consult with the lawyers to make sure what we expect can be accomplished,” she said. McGregor is also concerned with the change in prices brought forth in the bylaw, noting that the transfer of ownership fee is increasing from $46 to $181 and the death registration fee will rise from $18.71 to $64.50. The new fees were based on the average of fees from Hamilton through Windsor. McGregor noted that some other fees associated with burials such as grave opening are higher in Chatham-Kent than elsewhere.
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The Johnathan Daniel Stone Fund is back on for the second year in a row and Community Living Chatham-Kent is now accepting applications. The fund will be used to support initiatives to
assist children and their families who have been diagnosed with autism, or other intellectual disabilities. The fund can be utilized for recreational activities, educational workshops for parents and siblings, vocational and life skills develop-
ment, and assistive devices such as iPads. Two $1000 awards will also be presented to the winning families. This particular fund celebrates the life of Johnathan Daniel Stone, a child who had autism. Daniel was a student at Indian
Creek Road Public School who loved to cook, swim, and spend time with his family at the beach. He died suddenly in May of 2013. Last year’s two winners of the $1000 awards were the family of Amiera Black, and Cruz Moco.
Black used her award to purchase an iPad as recommended by her therapist. Moco currently is using his award to hire a developmental support worker for transportation to a behavioral intervention program in Blenheim.
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Scott Williston may have been the most surprised person among the 150 present when he was named this year’s Mr. Goodfellow Nov. 5. The 53year old joined his father Phil, mother Mary and brother Craig in receiving the honour, recognizing his contributions to the Goodfellows’ “No Child Without a Christmas” campaign beginning when he was a small child. “I can remember helping pack toys when I was just a kid,” he said. “It was freezing in the barn but everyone was there. That’s just what we did at Christmas. Goodfellow Tim Mifflin said fellow committee members hid the identity of this year’s winner from Williston, despite the fact Williston is on the selection committee. It was only when during the introduction it was announced that the parents of this year’s recipient had their first date while helping Goodfellows that he began to realize he had won. Williston has been a Goodfellows board member for more than a decade and has been president for the past five years. Mifflin said Goodfellows had an exceptional fundraising season last year, spurred on when the public learned that thieves had stolen a significant portion of items collected for the drive. Last year, the Goodfellows raised $173,000, leaving a surplus of $35,000 that will be carried over to
this year’s campaign. Williston said the community of Chatham is the real Mr. and Mrs. Goodfellow since without contributions, the group’s effort would be in vain. More than 1,500 families and individuals were given Christmas baskets and gifts last year. Attending the 61st annual banquet was Lynn Shomaker, the international president of the LaSertoma service club. The Ohio resident said, “Sometimes we forget there are parents who cannot afford presents, cannot afford Christmas. You are the answer to their prayers. The gifts you give are more than presents … they are hope, wrapped in love.” The Chatham and Thamesville LaSertoma groups have donated more than $50,000 since their first $75 donation in 1962. “They have never missed a year,” Williston said. Ten groups stepped up with donations at the banquet, totalling approximately $15,000, including $5,300 from two Union Gas groups and $7,000 from the seventh annual Spooktacular. The presidents’ award went to Boston Pizza management and staff for their campaign to donate tips to the Goodfellows’ campaign. Certificates of appreciation for helping with toys were given to Howie Morgan, the Lewis family, Matthew and Tiffany Beselaere and Mathew and Bailey Peseski. Lena Sikkema, Tina De Kievit, Corry Putters and Margaret Van Patter were
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Debt unpaid This week is full of tributes, and rightfully so, for the sacrifices of Canadian servicemen and women who have given their lives so that we may enjoy the freedoms of democracy. For more than a century, Canadians have been known for both their ferocity in battle and their extraordinary ability as peacekeepers. It is a dual legacy unmatched by any other country. Unfortunately, we have in recent years, developed a third legacy which must be scrapped now. It is time we acknowledged that Canada’s veterans are more than just photo props for politicians once a year, that our government and nation must be judged by our deeds much more than by our words. Changes in the way war is waged and advances in medical science have meant fewer fatalities for our forces but a greater number of soldiers returning home with wounds not of the flesh but of the mind. Returning veterans realized it, their families realized it, medical professionals realized it but the government refused to do so. Horror stories of veterans having to prove over and over again that they lost a limb, the staggering number of suicides by military personnel and the financial abandonment of them once they served their purpose were juxtaposed with the arrogance of former Veterans’ Affairs Minister Julian Fantino and the gold-plated pensions MPs received compared to the pittance given real heroes. The 2006 Veterans’ Charter leaves disabled veterans with a maximum monthly impairment allowance of $1,753 ($21,000 per year) although most receive less than $600 per month. The amounts are taxable. The maximum lump-sum payment for total disability is $306,698, tax-free or $7,667 per year if the veteran lives 40 years. Less than 200 of the 45,000 veterans granted pensions received the maximum. Despite changes enacted in 2012, MPs still receive a pension most only dream of. The payout costs for those who retired before, or were defeated in, last month’s election, will top $11 million in severance and $5.3 million annually in pension money. We need to realize that the cost of war includes the cost of taking care of those who fight it. The Liberal government has promised reform in this area. We will be watching and waiting, albeit not patiently.
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Perspective brings peace Sir: In response to (national) articles written about J.R., John Robert Gallagher killed last Wednesday by an ISIS suicide bomber, we quote Jim Costello. Mr. Costello, director of education for the Lambton Kent District School Board, was principal at Tilbury District High School when Gallagher attended there. We quote two comments by Costello: “He (J.R.) always demonstrated a concern for fairness and fair treatment for all in the school.”
Again, Costello understood: “It’s exemplary of his character that he died while trying to promote fairness and justice for all in the world.” Last night, we attended graduation ceremonies for our granddaughter at TDHS. The we being her sibling, parents and grandparents who had also attended TDHS. In watching, we felt pride in the school and our community. Graduates honoured included exemplary fairness of
nations, faiths and abilities. On stage walked Black, Native, Mennonite, Muslim and a Small Person side by side with those of us whose ancestors came to Canada generations ago. Tilbury is a Mosaic of Peace. Like Gallagher, we too had a son Jon, who went directly from TDHS graduation to enlist as a soldier. His words to his mother before leaving for his first of three tours of duty in Afghanistan were the same as Galla-
gher to his mother Valerie Carder. His concern was the unfair treatment of children and women. He also had the assuring words spoken by Gallagher: “Mom, I intend to come back”. Yes, assuring words are nice. Yet, his final words gave blessed assurance; “but if I don’t, just know that we will spend eternity together”. Perspective brings peace. Our John came back and is now retired. Jim & Doreen Stonehouse Tilbury
Politicians missing the point Sir: I am writing about something that has bothered me for years.and that is why the Conservatives have treated First Nations people like animals. Many of the reservations are on the poorest land in
Canada. The housing and quality of water is not at the quality that most Canadians are used to. It is time to elect a government that treats all
the people equal. It is time we do something about the killing of aboriginal women. I believe the reason Harper lost the election was his arro-
gance. I also believe this is the reason Randy Hope should. They forget that the people are their boss. Jack Long Chatham
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Nicholls seeks PTSD coverage for first responders By Jim Blake jim@chathamvoice.com
Chatham-Kent-Essex MPP Rick Nicholls said Liberal partisan politics is getting in the way of needed psychological help for first responders in Ontario. “In my role as critic for community safety and correction services, I see the need for first responders to have post-traumatic stress disorder coverage,” he said. “I’ve been pushing for it and our party is backing an NDP bill to make it happen. We just can’t get the Liberals to tackle the issue.” Nicholls said a recent car accident north of Toronto that claimed the lives of three children and their grandfather has caused significant stress for those on the scene with eight of 15 paramedics taking time off to deal with the issue. “It’s been said by EMS officials that the crash has been the greatest single incident
in terms of stress in decades,” Nicholls said. “When we bring the matter before the house, the Rick Nicholls Minister tells us that the government is working on a bill of its own. This isn’t about whom takes credit; we have a bill that will work right now. We don’t need to take more time to study the issue. Let’s get action.” “Our government must send a clear message to our first responders that PTSD is real and it doesn’t make you less of a person to admit you need help,” Nicholls stated during question period. “We are once again calling on the Minister and House Leader to bring the NDP’s bill forward. When can our first responders; our heroes, expect to see it before the House?”
Instead of committing to get the bill before the house immediately, the government stated that they are going back to the drawing board to make their own bill and offered no timeline for when the Legislature can expect to see it. “To summarize my response to you, I think we can do better than Bill 2,” said Minister of Labour Kevin Flynn, responding instead of Community Safety and Correctional Services Minister Yasir Naqvi. “I don’t know why the government wants to delay helping our heroes. The Liberals’ insistence on presenting their own bill means it will take many more months to offer PTSD support to first responders, when they could simply support a bill already before the Legislature and strengthen it in committee,” Nicholls concluded. Nicholls question can be seen here: youtu.be/b_Z09h5dtHs.
Say yes to the dress again The Chatham Voice
It’s time again to pull out your formal blast from the past clothes for the fourth Annual Say Yes to the Dress fundraiser to benefit the Chatham-Kent Hospice Nov. 21 at the John D. Bradley Convention Centre in Chatham.
This event boasts a fun, energetic atmosphere where women and men come dressed to impress in formal wear from the past, present and future, such as 80’s prom dresses, mother of the bride dresses, 70’s disco suits and wedding dresses. Organizers of the event said the fundraiser features
a 3-course dinner, live entertainment, dancing, a silent auction and many free giveaways. Tickets for Say Yes to the Dress are $60 and available at Radiance Massage Therapy and Spa, the event’s signature sponsor or by contacting the organizers on Facebook or at syttda2014@gmail.com.
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It takes more than just talent Olympic, world champion says heart needed at top levels championships and seven provincial titles. Jones said with the high level of talent nationally and internationally, what often separates winners from competitors is the ability of a team to bond, to work together and be greater than the sum of its parts. “Curling is both an individual and a team sport,” she said. “There isn’t anything that I do that doesn’t require the help of Kaitlyn (vice Kaitlyn Lawes) Jill (second Jill Officer) or Dawn (lead Dawn McEwen). We need everyone’s ability to win at this level. Call it chemistry or whatever you like, your team has to bond or you aren’t going to
have success.” She said the team’s goal in Sochi was Winning takes more than talto live in and ent. enjoy the moCurling at a world-class level ment and try takes athleticism, skill and into stay one credible precision. step ahead of But if you want to win, you the competineed something more than tion. physical gifts. “This is According to Canadian Olymwhere the pic Gold Medallist Jennifer team togethJones, above all, you need heart. erness comes Jones should know. She led in,” she said. “I Canada to an undefeated relike to try the Jim Blake/The Chatham Voice cord at the 2014 Sochi Olympics unexpected to Jennifer Jones spent part of her visit to Chatham last week teaching young curlers the finer in Russia. Her resume also inbe daring and points of the game. A luncheon at the Grantie Club at which Jones spoke raised $1,500 for cludes a 2008 World Women’s unorthodox. I junior curlers. Curling title, five Canadian know I have the confidence of women’s curling here and that we were able to raise some of my team and I know around the world,” he said. money for them as well.” To maintain her edge, Jones that no matter what, we “She has a tremendous amount of pride in what she’s accomthrows a minimum of 64 rocks aren’t afraid to lose. That plished but she doesn’t have an every day (the equivalent of gives us a real edge.” several games’ worth) and folJones visited Chatham ego.” Jones provided instruction for lows a strict training regimen. last week as part of her about 40 junior curlers at the She credits the Olympics with duties at National Bank Financial where she is Chatham Granite Club Thurs- bringing curling to the forefront day and spoke before a sell-out of Canadian sport consciousSenior Legal Advisor. ness but noted it has also meant Local NBF Investment luncheon at the club Friday. The event raised more than so much more commitment. Advisor Brian Glov“The best teams are working er said having Jones in $1,500 for junior curling in Chatham meant a lot to Chatham. “I love working with year round so we need to make kids, they have so much en- that commitment as well,” she local curlers. “Jennifer is the face thusiasm,” she said. “It’s great said. “The days when a local team could get hot through zones and provincials and make a run nationally are fewer than they used to be.” She describes winning at Sochi as an “out of body” experience. “I’m a mom, and the feeling of winning at Sochi was as close to that kind of happiness as I can describe. It was as if we had won something for the whole country, my country. It was incredible.” The feeling intensified when the team returned home and people began sharing their stories of where they were and what they were doing when With over 25 years of nursing experience, Team Canada won. “I saw how much it meant to people, what a milestone it was is passionate about the care and well-being of older adults. and it made me appreciate it even more if that’s possible,” As Resident Services Manager, she believes strongly in the she said. promotion of fun, vitality and independence of seniors. Jones will play at the Canada Please come by and meet Rose and find out how she will next month and the Scotties make Maple City Residence feel like home to you. Tournament of Hearts next February as she compiles points leading to the next Olympic CALL FOR YOUR PERSONAL TOUR! trials. “I love the competition, my 97 MCFARLANE AVE., CHATHAM ON www.maplecityretirement.ca team is tremendous and we still have the ability and will to CALL 519-354-7111 FOR YOUR PERSONAL TOUR win,” she said. 97 MCFARLANE AVE., CHATHAM ON • www.maplecityretirement.ca
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House Tour back Nov. 21
By Mary Beth Corcoran mary@chathamvoice.com
Area florists will be working their magic to dress up Chatham homes in their Christmas finest for the 11th Annual IODE Christmas House Tour Nov. 21 and 22 from 1 – 4:30 p.m. The Captain Garnet Brackin Chapter IODE organize the event each year to raise money for local charities and part of this year’s proceeds $3,000 – is earmarked for the Chatham-Kent Hospice project, according to IODE member Marianne Johnstone. Johnstone said there are six homes, two in south Chatham and four in the north, as well as Holy Trinity Church on the tour that will get a Christmas makeover courtesy of several florists who have donated their services. “This is our 11th year
with the Christmas House Tour and we can do it because of the generosity of our florists,” Johnston said. “There is a lot work involved with planning, setting up and taking down after the tour.” Decorating is a first this year for Sarah Graham of Sarah’s Farm Market and her florist Cathy Wathy, who said some people are still not aware that her Queen Street location is also a full service floral shop. Stager Sue Simpson-Schultz is also working with Sarah’s to decorate the home chosen for them. Tickets for the tour are $20 each and available at BioPed Foot Care and at participating florists Sarah’s Market on Queen Street, the Purple Pansy, Glass House Nursery, Ross’ Nurserymen, Syd Kemsley, and Laurie Clark Floral and Designs, or by calling 519-354-0803 or 519-351-3126.
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Sarah Graham, left, of Sarah’s Farm Market on Queen St. and IODE member Marianne Johnstone showcase the eye-catching Christmas décor being planned for the 2015 Christmas House Tour on Nov. 21 and 22 in Chatham.
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The early years of the Chatham cenotaph Jerry Hind Special to The Voice
Editor’s Note: This is the first of a three part series on the history of the Chatham cenotaph. The second and third parts will follow in the coming weeks. There has been much written in the local press since Mayor Randy Hope suggested at a C-K council meeting on 8 June, 2015 that the cenotaph on 6th Street should be moved to the Veteran’s Tribute Garden on the north side of the Thames river between 3rd and 5th street bridges. Perhaps a better understanding of why the “Soldiers Memorial”, as it was first known, is still important to many as a tribute to the 697 men and women who gave their lives in the conflicts of the 20th and 21st century’s. The commemoration of the Great War 1914-18 was not what we have come to expect today. The modern world had never seen such a conflict that consumed empires and soldiers, sailors, and airmen, not to mention civil populations caught between enemy forces. Canada alone had some 600,000 men and women in uniform serving overseas, with 62,000 fatalities. Of the 3,698
enlistments from C-K 356 became fatalities. When the survivors of the 1st Great War returned they received a sincere welcome home. For those who had served there was a need to get back to a civilian life at the same time a strong poll to remember those friend and comrades that would never return. The politicians thought of setting aside 19 July as a commemoration of signing of the Paris Peace Treaty. They did not see the importance of 11 November, “Armistice Day”, when the killing stopped, so it was that 19 July 1919 became Peace Day, observed in England and the Commonwealth. However that day in 1920 England turned out to be a day of riots by ex-servicemen who had not yet received their back pay and allowances. In 1921 the veterans in Chatham & Kent continued to meet at the mausoleum at Maple Leaf cemetery for their service of remembrance. About the same time in Chatham, “an insignificant few” citizens had already begun planning for a “Soldiers Memorial” to be a fitting remembrance to those who fought in “the war to end all wars”. J. D.
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The Chatham cenotaph, as seen in 1925, with an artillery piece at its base.
Ellwood had suggested that, “some sort of memorial to the city and
county boys” be erected in Chatham. There was also a movement to
acquire some German war memorabilia, which happened in 1925. The 24th Kent Regiment Chapter of the I.O.D.E. met in the Armory on 6 October, 1922, to pledge $1,000 for a “Memorial Monument”. By 5 February, 1923 a motion for a debenture of $15,000 was put before the City Council which led to By-law 1866 dated 23 Feb. 1923. A subsequent vote of the rate-payers 2 April failed to pass 706 to 847. On the very next evening at First Presbyterian Church in Chatham and that evening $4,503 dollars were raised with the object of raising the whole amount requested in the defeated debenture. “The memorial fund will be representative of the entire county and not confined to Chatham alone.” By 28 June A. Skirving, secretary of the War Memorial Committee announced that the contract had been let and material was ordered and notice had been sent to the council to “carry out its part regarding the completion of the 14 x14x8 foot deep foundation.” McIntosh Granite Co. would supply the stone and F. G. Tickle & Sons the figure. The City of Chatham would give the land at the northend of 6th Street for the
purpose of a “Memorial Square” to the War memorial Committee. The whole structure when completed would cost $15,000 and weigh 190 tons. Excavation began on the 9th of October, 1923 with C. H. Colby the contractor to move the materials for the monument. The memorial was completed on 8 November, just in time for the unveiling by Lieut.- Gov. Harry Cockshutt. The center of ‘Memorial Square’ was reserved for the Lieut.-Governor and his official party, a soldiers firing party and the mothers and widows of the fallen. The left side was reserved for the military units and the Salvation Army Band and a “specially erected platform” for 500 school children’s choir. The public were afforded the area along King Street and across McGregor’s Creek. This would be the beginning of a tradition of gathering on 11 November, “Armistice Day” later referred to as Remembrance Day. In 1923 many in the crowd were moved to tears. After the carnage of the Great War no one could contemplate a repeat just sixteen years later with the start of WWII.
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Grade 9 students learning the ropes
By Mary Beth Corcoran mary@chathamvoice.com
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Allie Doran, 14, a Grade 9 student at Chatham-Kent Secondary School, spent Nov. 4 at The Chatham Voice as part of Take Your Kid to Work Day.
Grade 9 students could be found in workplaces all across Chatham-Kent last week for Take Your Kid to Work Day. In some cases, businesses and organizations weren’t able to take kids due to safety or confidentiality issues, so students had to find alternate “parents” for the day. CKSS student Allie Doran, 14, spent her day at the Chatham Voice, learning about what it takes to put together a weekly community newspaper. In her first year of high school, Doran said the change is big. “There are so many new people, it’s a different experience from elementary school,” the Grade 9 student said. “We had 310 students at King George and there are over 1,000 at CK.” Right now, with only two months in, Doran
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when they get older and can get that experience,” Doran said. “You can find out now if you like it before you get a job.” Doran’s goal is to become a speech therapist. “When I was younger, I had a hearing problem. I couldn’t hear properly and it affected the way I talk. A speech therapist helped me so now I can talk perfectly and I want to help kids do the same,” Doran explained.
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The Kent to host Christmas Fayre The Chatham Voice
Chatham’s newest event venue, The Kent 1874 welcomes area artists and artisans for a Christmas Fayre, in aid of United Way of Chatham-Kent. The Fayre takes play Nov. 19 from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. The $10 entrance price includes light refreshments created by Chef
Angie of Gatsbys, music by Tom Lockwood and a chance to win door prizes donated by vendors. A cash bar will be available. Unique jewelry, hand-crafted candles, specialty steeped teas, gourmet oils & spices, Diva handbags, elegant body and bath items, cards, paintings, prints, dolls, Christmas decorations and antiques
will all encourage early Christmas shopping. Aimee June and Kelly Bayda, Co-chairs of the United Way 2015 annual appeal, stated in a media release, “We are pleased that these talented local artists are supporting local charities who help our local population in so many ways and we are grateful that Cogeco, our local television, are spon-
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soring the event for the first time.” Tickets are available at the United Way offices at 425 McNaughton Ave., Chatham, at Mitton’s Jewellers in Ridgetown and from United Way Board members. Tickets will also be available at the door. The Kent is located at 124 William St. S. in Chatham. For further infor-
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$195 per person 2 Day Inclusive: r. Jean Clinton e Developing Brain and Children’s Mental All 4 Doctors are leading and Health dedicated Conference & Key Note dinner researchers of Children’s Mental Health nne-Marie Hourigan tired Judge, Ontario of Justice Top Row: Court Left to Right: $150 per person: 2 Day Conference om Justice to Education Dr. Leena K. Augimeri, Dr. Debra Pepler rry Mason Row: Justice left to right: $50 per person: Key Note Dinner om Policing toBottom Restorative Dr. Karen Minden, Dr. Jean Clinton r. Karen Minden, C.M. with Chair person of MCBN ~ Mike Neuts dictions ike Neuts yles and Mental Health: A Parent’s Perspective For more information please contact onald Nicholls Marg Beintema: 519-358-1451 X 2240 original Children’s Mental Health marg@makechildrenbetternow.org s. Leah Parsons & Ms. Carol Todd e Story of Our Daughters’s Rehteah & Amanda Kassya Kevany: 519-358-1451 X 2247 ber Bullying and Suicide kassya@makechildrenbetternow.org r. Debra Pepler llying & Healthy Relationships To register: Cash, Cheque or Money Order r. Marjorie Phillips Payable to : Make Children Better Now arning Disabilities and Mental Health (LDMH) 12854 Longwoods Road, ula Reaume-Zimmer cess Canada in Chatham-Kent Thamesville ON N0P 2K0 In partnership with outh Panel
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veld. “Visit the Ontario SPCA Kent County Animal Centre to take part in iAdopt for the Holidays and change an animal’s life this holiday season.” The Ontario SPCA Kent County Animal Centre invites you to take part in the iAdopt contest. Step 1 – Enter grand prize contest to win free pet food for a year. Step 2 – Post a picture of your adopted pet on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram using the hashtag #iAdopt for chances to win weekly prizes. Step 3 – Repeat steps 1&2 daily from Nov. 1 – Dec. 31 and Go Hug Your Pet! To learn more about iAdopt for the Holidays or to enter the contest, visit www.iadopt.ca.
Take part in iAdopt
The Ontario SPCA Kent County Animal Centre invites you to drop in and take part in the national pet adoption drive, “iAdopt for the Holidays.” iAdopt for the Holidays will run from November 1 to December 31 at Ontario SPCA Animal Centres across the province with the goal of getting as many animals placed into loving forever homes during the holiday season as possible. “With people having time off from work and being home together as a family, the holidays are a great time to welcome a new furry companion into your home,” says manager Kim Sonne-
Grant Connect offered at C-K libraries The Chatham Voice
Chatham-Kent Public Library offers access to the Grant Connect online database for fundraising research. This online tool aims to connect charities with funders who share their causes. With Grant Connect you can research over 10,000 Canadian foundations, 550 corporate giving programs, 175 government grantors and 120 American foundations that
make grants to Canadian organizations. Grant Connect provides a description for each grant program in its searchable database including multiple years of financial and giving history, detailed application guidelines, biographies for decision makers and more. Access the Grant Connect database at any Chatham-Kent Public Library branch and visit CKPL online at ckpl.ca for more information.
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It may have been a $100,000 campaign but it brought a million dollar smile to the face of two and a half year old Jaxson Stange this week as he played with a variety of musical instruments purchased through the Chatham-Kent Children’s Treatment Centre Foundation’s Kids Can’t Wait campaign. Jaxson takes part in the music therapy program at the centre. It’s a way for him to overcome his current difficulty with verbal communication, said Heather Sarson, one of his therapists. “We’ve waited a long time for this,” she said. “It makes a huge difference to the children.” The campaign grew from the treatment centre need for equipment for which it could not obtain provin-
cial funding. The campaign began in the autumn of 2014 and received recent support from the Blenheim SunLife Financial golf tournament and Chatham-Kent Police Association golf tournaments held this summer The list includes materials and related costs for the centre’s popular Music Therapy program, development costs of enhanced outreach services, the creation of a specialty autism treatment area, accessibility and safety enhancements, upgrades to the physiotherapy and occupational therapy programs, and maintenance and programming costs for the centre’s hydrotherapy pool. Shelby Sanchuk, the foundation’s manager of communications and donor relations said she was thrilled with the tremendous support shown by
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Children’s Treatment Centre of Chatham-Kent therapist Heather Sarson and two-and-a-half-year old Jaxson use a keyboard during a therapy session last week. The music therapy program has benefitted through the Kid’s Cant Wait campaign that topped its $100,000 goal.
the community. Sanchuk said there will be another assessment to
prioritize the centre’s additional requirements going forward.
“We’re working away at establishing the needs of the centre and what the
centre will be needing from the foundation in terms of support.”
tinues to meet the growing services and capital building needs of the
Centre,” Grail said. “The Foundation is excited about its future directions
and continuing to move forward with raising awareness and providing
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The Children’s Treatment Centre of Chatham-Kent Foundation has appointed Mike Genge as its new Executive Director. The announcement was made by the Chair of the Foundation Board, Michael Grail. Genge brings with him 22 years of direct fundraising experience, working on various local fundraising boards such as the
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Mike Genge is the new executive director of the Children’s Treatment Centre of Chatham-Kent Foundation.
Chatham-Kent Women’s Centre, the Chatham-Kent Health Alliance Hospital Foundation, and the C-K Hospice, to name a few, raising over $30 million dollars in Chatham-Kent to date. “Mike’s previous leadership roles and his experience from serving on the Foundation’s Board of Directors for the past three years should serve him and the Foundation well in reaching the organization’s goals and objectives,” Grail said in a media release. “Mike will be ‘hitting the ground running’ by coming in with years of fundraising experience, existing relationships and a strong knowledge of the Foundation’s operations.” The Foundation board and staff are looking forward to working with Genge in a more direct fundraising role, leading a capital campaign and working closely with the Foundation staff. “Mike’s experience is undoubtedly a great fit as the Foundation con-
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Models at Glitters on Nov. 4 featuring fashions from The Loft are from left, Carolyn Lancaster, Cheryl Zvaniga and Bonnie Lutz.
Food, fashion for charity The Chatham Voice
Glitters in Chatham hosted this month’s fashion show from Patricia M. Productions. The models dressed in fashions by The Loft and showcased them to a full house at the restaurant Nov. 4.
Patricia Robbins puts on the fashion shows regularly, with different host restaurants, clothes boutiques and non-profit organizations. This month, the Chatham Goodfellows is the charity that will benefit. Coming up from Patricia
M. Productions are shows “She Sparkles” Nov. 13 at the Glasshouse, Holiday Fashion Tour Nov. 18 at Rossini’s Restaurant and a Luncheon Fashion Show Dec. 2 at Links of Kent. For more info on the shows, go to www.patriciamproductions.weebly.com.
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June, said, “It is initiatives like these that make our municipality special and a welcoming place to live and do business. It shows how a local group cares about creating a community. Chatham-Kent should be a place where everyone prospers and has options to be active, healthy, and successful.”
The CK Community Leaders’ Cabinet has recognized volunteers of the Chatham and Wallaceburg dog off-leash committees for their work in enhancing parks in those communities. Chatham-Kent is home to two dog parks – one in Wallaceburg called Happy Tails Knights hold fundthat is located at raising dinner 181 Baldoon Rd., and the other in The St. Joe’s Chatham called Knights of CoJohn Waddell Park lumbus Council at 59 Water St. #10436, sponsored “These volunteers a fundraising dinhave demonstratner recently at the ed real long-term Spirit & Life Cendedication in imtre Hall at St. Joe’s proving our community’s quality Parish sight on Wellington Street of life, and they deserve to be rec- in Chatham. ognized for it,” said Mayor Randy The dinner was to support the Hope. annual Diocese of London appeal The Feature Act recognition to support the seminarians at St. ceremony was held at the Civic Peter’s Seminary in London as Centre during the Chatham-Kent the students prepare for religious Community Development Forum life as priests, deacons, and othOct. 19, a regular televised discus- er religious work within the Rosion forum hosted by the Munic- man Catholic Church of The Latin ipality of Chatham-Kent and TV Right. COGECO. The dinner was also accompaFeature Act is a recognition pro- nied by a silent auction, and 50/50 gram of the CK Community Lead- draw. The participants feasted on ers’ Cabinet in partnership with a variety of breads and perch for the Chatham-Kent Chamber of the main course, in keeping with Commerce and the Wallaceburg religious tradition for this occa& District Chamber of Commerce sion. that thanks citizens for building a Grand Knight David Bondy was better Chatham–Kent. hoping that this year’s dinner doyears the Battery Boy has recycled oldwould batteries. Speaking ofFor theover dog30parks, nations to the seminary exchair Our of the Chatham-Kent Chamceed the $2,000 plus raised at last ongoing commitment to a healthy environment can pay you cash ber of Commerce, Christopher year’s initial fundraiser.
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UCC students get rained on, scare hunger Halloween food drive
By Mary Beth Corcoran mary@chathamvoice.com
As part of the Ursuline College Chatham We Scare Hunger event on Halloween, more than 200 students and volunteer drivers gathered over 13,000 canned goods and food items for local food banks, including Chatham’s Outreach for Hunger. The annual event, now in its 10th year, is organized by the UCC Me to We club, a group of students who raise money to help with global hunger and poverty, and collect donations locally for area food banks. According to UCC teacher Kathy Kearns, one of three teachers involved with the club, Me to We is
part of Free the Children, started by then teenager Craig Keilburger. Free The Children is an international charity committed to delivering a sustainable development model that empowers people to transform themselves, their families, their communities and the world. Kearns, along with fellow teachers Lisa Serruys and Chris Gutteridge, guide the students in their fundraising efforts. For the second year, Don Leonard at Victory Ford donated the use of his trucks and drivers to deliver the canned goods to the food bank. The donations gathered by students in Ridgetown, Blenheim and Thamesville stay in each community.
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Ursuline College Chatham students loaded up approximately 13,000 canned goods and items for area food banks collected on Halloween for the annual We Scare Hunger event. Students in the Me to We club organize the event each year as part of their local initiative to help people in need. In front, from left, Sarah Thompson, Grade 10, Gwendolyn Mitchell, Grade 12 and Don Leonard from Victory Ford help load the truck. In back is Morgan Dekker, Grade 11 and Lisa Liu, Grade 12.
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Friday, November 13 • CK Addictions Awareness Conference from 9:00am-4:00pm with registration starting at 8:30am at Club Lentina’s in Chatham. The cost to register is $115. Please call 519-397-5455 ext.112 or email beth.kominek@ckchc.ca •The Kent County Branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society is holding their monthly meeting at 7:00pm. Guest speaker will be Debra Honor who will discuss where to find wills and their importance to family history. St. Andrew’s Residence, 99 Park St., Chatham. • Free Movie Night - “Let’s Talk About It” 7:00pm at the St. Clair College Capitol Theatre! The Chatham-Kent Women’s Centre is asking Movie Guests to support the centre by bringing a towel or a self-care item. • Chatham-Kent Museum Gift Shop Christmas Open House from 1:00pm-9:00pm at the Chatham Cultural Centre, 75 William St. N. Chatham. Door prizes and give aways. • Meal and fun darts at The Chatham Legion, William & Colborne St., Chatham. Dinner at 5:30pm to 7:00pm with choice of chicken, roast beef or fish and chips for $8.00. One meat draw. Fun darts start at 7:30pm. Saturday, November 14 • Angels and Snowflakes Christmas Bazaar at the Blenheim United Church. 10:00am-1:30pm. Lunch 11am-1pm for $7.00. Proceeds will support Blenheim Seniors Centre Building Fund and Blenheim United Church. • The Chatham branch of the CKPL presents: Recycled Readers book club for adults who enjoy children’s literature. Join us at 10:00am to explore The Diary of Anne Frank. • Vendor and Bake Sale at Calvary Church, 34 Victoria Ave., Chatham from 9:00am-1:30pm. • Sixth Orchid Show & Sale, 14th and 15th at Colasanti’s Tropical Gardens hosted by the Essex County Orchid Society. 10:00am-4:00pm. Free admission. • Christmas Bazaar & Bake Sale at First Reformed Church, 632 Lacroix St. 9:00am-1:00pm. Something for everyone. Lunch available. • Meat draw and dance at The Chatham Legion, William & Colborne St., Chatham. Meat draw from 4:00pm-6:00pm. Dance from 4:30pm9:30pm featuring Unity. Sunday, November 15 • Celebrate the Harvest All you can Eat Chicken Dinner at the Armoury Banquet Centre, 44 William St. N., Chatham. Full bar, activities for children, silent auction. Doors open at 3:00pm Dinner at 5:00pm. Tickets available at Blessed Sacrament St Agnes Parish Office, 52 Croydon, Chatham. Adult (12 and older) $22. 3-12yrs $8 and under 3 years is free. Proceeds to Blessed Sacrament - St. Agnes Youth Ministry. Monday, Novmber 16 • The Blenheim-Harwich Horticultural Society invites you to their annual pot luck super at 6:00pm. Bring your favourite dish and share in a night of good food, good fun and good friendship. Contact Sherry Godfrey 519-676-4541 or Terri Dent 519-354-8320 for more details.
• Senior Euchre at The Chatham Legion, William & Colborne St., Chatham. Afternoon at 1:00pm. Tuesday, November 17 • Christmas sale at St. Vincent de Paul Thrift store. Now until Christmas.’’ • Foot Care Clinic at the Active Lifestyle Centre, 20 Merritt Ave., Chatham. • Shuffleboard, open euchre and 2 person team at The Chatham Legion, William & Colborne St., Chatham. Shuffleboard starts at 7:00pm and afternoon open euchre at 1:00pm and evening 2 person team euchre registration at 6:30pm. Starts at 7:00pm. Wednesday, November 18 • Blood Pressure Clinic at the Active Lifestyle Centre, 20 Merritt Ave., Chatham. • Patricia M. Productions presents fashions from Chatham-Kent Holiday Fashion Tour. Outreach for Hunger Dinner & Fashion Show. 6:00pm @ Rossini’s Restaurant. Call the restaurant for reservations. 519-352-2920. • Pepper and fun darts at The Chatham Legion, William & Colborne St., Chatham. Pepper at 1:00pm and open darts starting at 7:30pm. Friday, November 20 • Colour with Karen! The Chatham branch of the CKPL presents a stress free PD Day. Begins at 10:00am. Registration is not required. • Santa Claus Parade starts at 6:00pm on Sandys St. down King St. around 7:00pm and ends at the Wish Centre. • Free PA Day program for ages 4-10 at First Reformed Church, corner of Lacroix and Indian Creek Road featuring mad Science, crafts, music, stories, exercises and sports. Lunch and snacks provided. Please call 519-351-0046 for early registration. • Karaoke Pub Night at the Active Lifestyle Centre, 20 Merritt Ave., Chatham. 6:00pm-9:00pm. $2.00 cover charge. • PA Day Drama Fun with Take A Bow Productions. 9:00am-4:00pm. All materials included. Cost $44.00. cktickets.com, 519-35-8338, Cultural Centre Box Office, 75 William St. N. Community Designated Drivers Association (CDDA) HomeJames - Before you head out to a holiday celebration, make sure you save the CDDA Home James phone number 519-3513353 to your phone so that you can get a safe drive home later in the evening. Volunteers provide patrons a safe, free (donations accepted which 100% go to youth groups in CK) ride home in their own vehicle. CDDA HomeJames runs in Chatham on Nov. 20, 21, 27, 28 and Dec. 4, 5, 11, 12, 18, 19, 26 and 31. For more info or to volunteer for any of the nights of operation email cddachathamkent@hotmail.ca. Submit your coming events to bruce@chathamvoice.com or michelle@chathamvoice.com
New hip 1, yard work 0 What a difference a year – and a new hip – makes. I spent five hours Saturday doing yard work, with the help of my wife, and felt great. A year ago, my right hip would have had me take breaks about every half hour to 45 minutes, and I’d have been lucky to get done half of what we accomplished Saturday. With the late fall this year, the leaves lingered on our trees, before dropping en masse over the past week or so. Sure, there are still some leaves on our maples in the backyard, but the big oak is empty. So it was a matter of clearing leaves and then giving the grass a final cut. I moved patio furniture and broke out our lawn vacuum – the one that looks like a push mower for the most part, except for the air intake across the front that sucks leaves through an impeller, mulching them and dumping them into the bag attachment. It’s so much easier than raking, as you can dump more leaves into bags because of the mulching process, and you aren’t endlessly bending over to pick up handfuls of leaves after raking them into a pile. When there are lots of leaves, it does take a while as you have to go back and forth over the same spot, much like vacuuming a carpet, to suck up most of the leaves. Between the leaf gathering and the mowing, we got three quarters of the lawn done before I had to take a trip to the yard depot with a full pickup truck of bagged leaves. Always a popular spot in the spring and fall, it’s never a surprise to see someone you know at the depot. I spotted a friend, Ralph, there, and we chatted about the Irish Rovers event the night
Bruce Corcoran before at the Capitol, a great show according to Ralph. Back home, it was time to try to finish off the yard. This was the thickest area of leaves, as it was right under the mighty oak. I got four more large bags full before Mother Nature decided to encourage me to call it a day. I ran out of steam as the sky started to spit. With perhaps a 10-foot-by-10-foot area left to do, I didn’t wait to see if it was just a brief bit of drizzle. I had some aches popping up, including the hip, so I decided to put the tools in the shed and head indoors. I have a little of the backyard left to do for next weekend, as well as the front, but that’s just fine with me. Another big thumbs up for my new hip. And to think I was considering delaying surgery. Quality of life is something you should never take for granted. Even with such mundane things as yard work. Suffering from the time shift
Is anyone else still a bit out of whack with the time change? Sure, it took place Nov. 1, but my internal clock still has me waking up well before the sun comes up. I used to enjoy when the clocks fell back an hour. It’s light out earlier, meaning it was easier for me to get up each morning.
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Audio theatre CDs released The Chatham Voice
Bringing back memories of Christmas past and the magic of good story-telling, Voices in the Wind Audio Theatre released a three CD set recently, just in time for the holiday season. A Special Holiday Collection features “The Spirit of Christmas Day” with the sequel “The Week After It’s Christmas Day”, “A Christmas Carol” and “Alice in Wonderland” and is being released globally, available in bookstores and major online sites in 25 countries. The set offers three full hours of holiday entertainment and the audio dramas feature world class voice talent from New York, and closer to
home, from Huntsville, Windsor, Chatham and Toronto. Chatham-Kent’s own David Farquar, producer of the set, said the set is sure to be a hit with families and the start of a holiday tradition. “It makes a great stocking stuffer that can be enjoyed with the entire family over and over, for many holiday seasons to come,” Farquar said in a release. “The reviews from critics have been overwhelmingly positive and for that we are extremely grateful.” The Spirit of Christmas Day by George Zarr is an uplifting and humourous story filled with an inspirational message of hope. John (Keith Burnett), a stressed-out working fa-
ther, embarks on a journey of reconnection with the true meaning of today’s Christmas. A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens tells the classic tale of a miserly man (Michael Dick) who comes to realize the true spirit of Christmas. Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll comes to life again in this dramatized version of the timeless classic, with stellar performances by Georgia Lee Schultz as Alice and multi award-winning Barbara Rosenblat as Mouse, Duchess, Cheshire Cat and the Queen. The CD set is available online from Chapters/ Indigo, Barnes and Noble and Amazon as a digital download, digital rental or MP3 CD.
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Voices in the Wind Audio Theatre released a three CD set recently, just in time for the holiday season. For more information about the release go to www.voicesinthewind.ca.
Clock change has its share of detractions
Simmering soup on the Big Green Egg, with I’ve reached the stage in life where my it set to indirect heat, is awesome. Cooking internal clock keeps its own time. Not only with the lid off of a Dutch oven, you can get do I wake early, but I quite often hit the some smoky flavour added to your soup as personal snooze button while watching it simmers. sports events, or most any television in the We did chili on the Egg last year and it was evening. This past Sunday night’s Cowamazing. boys-Eagles tilt was an exciting one that went into overtime. I missed it. I closed my eyes on a commercial break with about five minutes left in regulation and opened them sometime later to the news broadcast. I remember as a teen seeing a friend’s father regularly nap during a ball game or hockey game. I laughed, saying I’d never do such a thing, as the games were too exciting. BEFORE AFTER Yeah, right. WE ENCAPSULATE CRAWL SPACES! With me apparently not adjusting (at least so far) to the mornings, I PROTECTS HOMES FROM: am also impacted by the evenings. Smells & Odours Mould & Mildew Now it gets dark so early that by Loss of Storage Space Bugs & Critters the time I would go to barbecue Structural Damage Energy Costs weeknights, the sun has set. I’ve got a light in the backyard, but it’s YOUR LOCAL SOURCE RIGHT HERE IN CHATHAM! not the same as sitting outdoors in daylight as the meat cooks. Oh, I’ll do it all right, but... The best time to barbecue at this time of the year is on the weekend. I can cook a variety of items in dayCONTACT US FOR A light that way, and we can consume them over the course of the week. My wife is on a soup kick, which is fine by me. I love soup and stew. But she and her sister have been Advancedcrawlspace.ca cooking on the stove. I need to get them into the Egg-sperience. Continued from page 16
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