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Photographer Sarah Williams, 27, has long been bitten by the travelling bug. The Chatham-Kent native is pictured here living her dream, capturing life in Fiji with her camera.

C-K’s Sarah Williams eschews material items to enjoy life

By Bruce Corcoran bruce@chathamvoice.com

As we bundle up to get through another Canadian winter, a local woman is living her dream in the South Pacific.

Sarah Williams, 27, has traded her parka for a swimsuit as she follows her heart rather than the ruts people so typically cut in the ground around them.

Remember our last two very cold winters? How we had to shovel and then shovel some more snow? Williams spent that time working in the sun and surf in Fiji.

Since the fall of 2009, Williams has embraced life, especially the outdoors, chasing dreams

rather than thinking about what could have been.

“Sitting is not my style. My dad always told me, ‘You can sleep when you’re dead.’ I think I take that too literally sometimes,” she said.

Williams, who grew up in Raleigh Township, developed a passion for the outdoors at an early age.

“We were on a farm where I spent most of my life playing in the dirt and building forts. I was always outside and adventuring somewhere.”

Her adventuring spirit wound up behind a camera in 2005, due to a car crash. The accident on Charing Cross Road slammed her head into the

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“I suffered many injuries, however, the short-term memory loss and the fact I was missing half my face were things that took a while to get past,” she said. “When I was recovering from home, I had so much time on my hands, I picked up a camera and just started to snap away.”

Her shutterbug therapy led her to take photography at Fanshawe College. But after focusing on commercial and fashion photography, Williams admits she wasn’t sure where her career would lead her.

A trip to Holland with a friend altered her life.

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Following her trip to Holland, Williams went to Hawaii in early 2010 with her parents, and actually moved to Australia that August.

From there, she returned to Hawaii the following spring, and then onto California before returning to Chatham-Kent.

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Williams then spent time in Banff photographing wolves.

In fact, she published a book on them.

Trying to capture the wolves in their natural habitat was a time-consuming experience, but one Williams loved.

“It was beyond patience. You could travel and look for animals for days, weeks or even months before you get that ONE shot you were looking for,” she said. “That’s why I have named my photography business Beyond Photography.

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Following Banff, Williams And what does a person backpacked across Europe, who is in love with simply trekked to Washington, D.C., enjoying life around the Jamaica, Arizona, and in Oc- globe do to better herself? For tober of 2013, she first set her Williams, it’s back to school. eyes on Fiji.

She’s going to the University Williams volunof the South Pacific teered on a twoin Fiji. Her plan is week spinner dolto turn her passion phin research project for seeing the world and was drawn to into a full-time – or the South Pacific arfull time enough for chipelago. her – job.

“I fell in love with She’s double majorthe culture, the ing in international people, the ocean. business and marTraveling can be exketing, as well as hausting. So once Sarah Williams tourism and hospiin a while it’s nice tality. to stay in one place for a “It wasn’t until this year bit,” she said. “But Fiji isn’t that I decided I needed to just a sit still place, there is further my education to be so much to do and so much able to keep up this lifestyle to adventure for such a forever. So a three-year comsmall country. From hiking, mitment in one place was a white-water rafting, skydiv- wild one,” she said. “I can ing, scuba diving, fishing, be my own full package and and surfing, you can do it all hopefully this will help me there. There is by far never continue to travel the world a dull moment while I have forever, but have a good paybeen in Fiji.” ing job too.”

Williams said she has So far, Williams has traded learned a great deal during off long periods of travelling her short time in in the South with intense times of work.

Pacific country. And it’s not Her time away, to her just her rescue and dive mas- is “working holiday visa ter certificates. stuff,” but her time back in “I have gained a respect Chatham-Kent is simply to for things I never thought I fund her passion for travel. would. It taught me to live “When I come home, I without things I wanted work a minimum of three and put in perspective what jobs at a time and can work I needed,” she said. “Fiji up to 18-20-hour days for taught me the true meaning months straight and no days of living again. It’s back to off,” Williams said. “But that the simplicity of life, and the makes it so I have no time to Continued from page 1

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Still, regardless of “champion budgeting,” sometimes it’s not enough.

“I have definitely fallen short a few times, but that’s when my amazing parents always help me out to allow me to continue to follow my dreams,” she said. “They are the best support group anyone could ever ask for.”

That support group – parents Brian and Lisa Williams – are also where Williams gets her wanderlust.

“It helps that Dad is a pilot and Mom is a travel-aholic, so I definitely inherited the gene,” she said.

Williams for the most part, laughs off material things.

“Money isn’t good to you when you’re dead and you do only live once,” she said.

“I don’t need electricity all the time; I don’t need a phone attached to me; I don’t need hot water,” she said. “But it’s funny how things go, as I can’t live without hot water in Canada.”

Williams encourages others to follow their dreams.

“Life is not meant to be spent in one place. I think we are meant to take adventures to find out where we truly belong,” she said. “I always say I would rather have a passport full of stamps then a house full of stuff.”

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By Jim Blake jim@chathamvoice.com

Local conservation groups are speaking out about reports that a Chatham-Kent couple is being subjected to trespassing and illegal hunting spillover from a tract of crown land near their Pinehurst Line home.

Malcolm and September MacAlpine went public with their concerns last week and have filed suit against the provincial government, alleging illegal hunting activities are making it impossible to enjoy their property that adjoins the Harwich Tract Crown Forest.

The couple claim hunters have trespassed on their land, disregarded restrictions on the use of guns on the crown land, ignored hunting regulations and engaged in vandalism.

Sean Miller, president of the 400-member strong Kent Cloverleaf Conservation Club, visited the site and said while the public shouldn’t jump to conclusions, he’s troubled by actions noted in the article.

“Anyone who is tres-

passing on private property or shooting up signs or possibly drinking alcohol when hunting shouldn’t call themselves a legitimate hunter,” he said. “If we had a member who was doing that, we’d kick them out of the club.”

Miller said the club, now in its 51st year, stresses the key points of safety and conservation.

“It gets back to proper ethics.”

He said proper signage and enforcement should weed out “a few bad apples.”

Joe Pinsonneault, president of the Dover Rod and Gun Club, said his group was founded more than 60 years ago with the idea of teaching safety and conservation, a goal that hasn’t changed.

“You need to respect nature,” he said. “There is no excuse for violating the rules of common decency and safety. If we want our children and grandchildren to hunt and enjoy the outdoors, we need to be good stewards and good examples.”

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stresses the importance of obeying the law.

“There are proper places to shoot and a right way to go about it,” he said.

Former Chatham-Kent councillor Art Stirling said he feels the frustration of the MacAlpines.

“I’m flabbergasted that

this issue has gotten to this point,” he said. “I was asked by the MacAlpines to become involved and met with several parties including the MNR,” he said. “I thought that with local support from the Chatham-Kent Police and municipality, the matter

could have been handled.

In the end, I get the sense the natural resources people and the MTO (Ministry of Transportation) just blew them off.”

He said with re-construction of the 401 overpass looming, the area will be teeming with workers.

“Construction people will be at risk because government ministries aren’t taking action.”

He said the MacAlpines are the last people he expected to take action.

“All they want is to be left alone to enjoy their property.”

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Calming influence Mobile Crisis Team celebrates its 10th anniversary

By Jim Blake jim@chathamvoice.com

The first few seconds of any police call are potentially the most dangerous, but thanks to a groundbreaking effort between Chatham-Kent police and mental health officials, officers have much needed backup.

Now marking its 10th year, the Mobile Crisis Team has helped defuse thousands of calls by assisting police in dealing with people in traumatic situations.

For the past five years, the team has consisted of Chatham-Kent Police Service Constable Brent Milne and psychiatric nurses Dan Saunders and Christine Cogghe.

When police encounter situations where someone’s mental state is an issue, members of the crisis team are called to the

scene.

“Chief (Chatham-Kent Police Service Chief Gary) Conn has said that between 75 and 80 per cent of calls are identified with socio or economic issues,” Milne said.

“Present day policing has an element of uncertainty that is greater than perhaps ever before.”

Once police determine that there isn’t imminent physical danger or criminality at a scene, crisis team members can assist in assessments and help determine the best course of action.

Last year, the team was involved in 700 incidents, conducted 364 follow up investigations and did 98 assessments.

“Sometimes all that’s needed for someone is a follow up; talking to the individuals, seeing how they’re doing and letting them know of

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Chatham-Kent’s Mobile Crisis Team has been one of the leading groups of its type in the province. Here, left to right, are psychiatric nurses Christine Cogghe, Dan Saunders and Chatham Kent police constable Brent Milne.

services that might help out in their particular situation,” Cogghe said.

“We’re there to help them get help.”

Milne said when crisis team members show up at a scene, it often eases tension. “There is often a de-escalation of the scene right there when they see Dan or Christine,” he said. “They understand

and police can assume a role of support.”

“We may have had previous dealings with an individual and we can see the current incident has a mental health component to it. It’s important to them that they know we’re not the police and their assessments are kept confidential.”

Milne said all officers re-

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ceive some mental health situational training at the Ontario Police College but ongoing reinforcement is key.

“We do provide training to CKPS members in a formal sense but there is a real benefit to officers to see how the crisis team works in action,” he said.

“On-the-scene training just by observation is invaluable.”

In his annual report, Conn noted police are in the process of establishing a vulnerable persons’ registry to assist families and individuals who may be at risk of falling into a crisis.

Saunders said the crisis team has another benefit in clearing officers to return to duty sooner.

“We don’t have as many front line officers at the hospital for assessments since they’ve already been done,” he said.

Milne said former deputy chief Claire Wiersma and Sgt. Jim Biskey provided strong support for the crisis team as well as the HELP team which proceeded it.

Saunders said for several years, Becky Elgie of the Chatham-Kent Health Alliance was the only nurse on the team.

Cogghe said the local mental health care system has evolved a great deal over the years from

when it operated in “silos.”

She said the team uses unmarked cars to transport individuals.

“If you’re in distress, you don’t need to be driven away in a police car,” she said.

She said there is less of a stigma to mental health than in years past “but we’re not there yet” in terms of acceptance.

The local team has been recognized a number of times for its best practices and has even helped establish similar programs in other communities such as North Bay. “Programs are much more widespread than they used to be,” Milne said.

Working in the mental health field has its own set of pressures but when they have issues, the team members talk to each other.

“We have a friendship as well as our professional relationship,” said Milne, who’s being transferred out after five years with the team.

“There comes a time when everyone needs a break,” he said. “I’ve been treated like one of their own by the mental health professionals and I know when Dan or Christine are at the station, they’re one of us.”

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High speed on fast track, says WOWC

By Jim Blake jim@chathamvoice.com

Simcoe County Warden Gerry Marshall said he’s more optimistic than ever that the federal government will support high speed Internet to rural communities across this part of the province.

Marshall, the vice chair of the Western Ontario Wardens Caucus, (WOWC) said he hopes to have a proposal before Ottawa within four to eight weeks.

“Infrastructure is more than just roads and bridges,” he said. “The wardens have been working on SWIFT (South Western Integrated Fibre Technology) for several years. It is crucial to our economic growth.”

Marshall said “Small town rural Ontario is facing business decisions outside of their scope,”

without high-speed broadband networks.”

He said many of the 322 communities within the WOWC don’t even have the opportunity to succeed globally because decisions are made not to go to communities which don’t have high speed service.

Speaking at the WOWC annual meeting in Chatham, he said individual residents are also unable to enjoy the benefits of email, Internet browsing and other activities urban residents take for granted.

Wellington County Warden George Bridge, who is heading economic development issues for the WOWC, said he believes the group is gaining the ear of the province.

“We met with the premier last year and she told us we need to have a unified voice west of the

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GTA,” he said. “Whether we’re talking a small rural community or a city the size of London, we all have some synergies in key issues.”

Bridge said the group represents 3.5 million Ontario residents but hasn’t been as vocal as it needs to be.

Chatham-Kent Mayor Randy Hope, who was re-elected chair of the group, agreed.

“We’re getting drowned out by the GTA,” he said.

“We need to use our strength in numbers and our diversity to make sure our needs are heard.”

Hope said he’s glad Jim Blake/The Chatham Voice WOWC broadened its ex- The Western Ontario Wardens Caucus held its annual meeting in Chatham last week. Chaecutive structure. tham-Kent Mayor Randy Hope remains chair of the group while Simcoe County Warden Gerry “I welcome Jerry and Marshall, left, and Wellington County Warden George Bridge was named to the executive.

George,” he said. “It He said the group inmakes a difference when Chatham. They know we political force.

“We’re a more progres- tends to lobby for greater we have different voices have a lot of people besive energetic and unified natural gas availability, as raising the same message. hind us.”

Senior government can’tT:10” He said the WOWC is voice than ever before. well as infrastructure for transportation. just say it’s that guy from coming into its own as a We’re just beginning.”

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What’s our legacy?

If there’s one thing the recent Chatham-Kent budget process showed us, it is that until we can reconcile our past, we’re not going to move into the future.

We have a vocal minority in this community more interested in the past than in the future and we have a number of politicians who cater to them.

The most visible symbol of this is in the argument over bricks and mortar, but that mindset runs much deeper.

Council thinks nothing of spending hours deliberating the smallest of details because someone somewhere might be offended that things now aren’t as they once were.

The result is we pay lip service (if that) to building a community we can all be proud to call home.

If the rationale of this mindset is to keep things as they are, we’re fighting a losing battle. Nothing ever has or ever will remain the same. The only constant is change.

We, and our leaders, must decide if our legacy will be “we tried to hold on to the past and failed” or “we seized our opportunity and built something for future generations.”

Every building we occupy, every activity we engage in, was once something new that replaced something old.

If you could replace a couple of nearly vacant schools, an aging library, a meeting facility and a municipal building that is on the verge of being condemned with a single new state of the art building and have senior levels of government pay for most of it, would you?

For a surprising number of people, that answer would be no.

If you’re one of the citizens that tell councillors their main function is to protect the status quo, stop it.

The status quo isn’t working.

If you’re a politician, don’t be afraid of voters putting you on the hot seat. If you didn’t realize that was part of the job, you do now.

We can’t have government based on who yells the loudest.

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Respect school crossing points Sir: Crossing guards in this city take their lives in their hands stopping traffic for children. The school crossing on Baldoon Road for children that go to Our Lady of Fatima is a dangerous street.

They are having trouble even getting a person to be crossing guard at that street. So far standby crossing guards Susan and Judy have been

doing it. An incident two weeks ago happened in the morning.

Susan fell on the ice and dislocated her shoulder. She could not get up, and nobody stopped to help her. One car even drove around her. Come on, people, where is your common sense?

Is there nobody out there that would like an

extra $240 a month for half an hour in the morning and half an hour in the afternoon just to keep our children safe? Going through the crosswalk is now illegal and carries a $130 fine.

So please all you who drive over the speed limit just because that road is straight, please remember that a school

zone means slow down and watch out for the signs for school crossing – you can’t miss them if you pay attention and stay off your phones.

I will be doing the job temporarily until the end of April, so I will have my digital camera with me to try and catch licence plate numbers.

Sir: May I suggest there is an easy $1 million waiting to be accessed that could reduce the impact of any tax increase on Chatham-Kent residents and businesses? Council should sell half of the former CSX Rail line.

The purchase of the rail track, and the continuation of rail service, was seen as an important economic measure, particularly by residents and businesses in Wallaceburg and Dresden who wanted rail access for their products.

The purchase was

referred to a government panel to determine the final price, after the council and CSX could not reach agreement, however, when the proposal to purchase, at the cost of approx $4 million, came before council, it was somewhat confusing as Economic Development staff included their supporting documentation an option to sell the rails and ties to CP Rail for $3.2Million, thus turning the rail track into a trail.

While the offer to sell

the rails and ties has expired, I believe that CP could still be persuaded to reopen the deal but only for section running from Dresden to Chatham, thus retaining access for goods and services to move into and out of Wallaceburg, Tupperville and Dresden by rail.

South of Dresden, the elevators at Turnerville have been demolished and the elevators at Eberts have been functioning with truck only access for some time now,

and there is no longer a need for CSX trains to travel from Sarnia to Chatham as CSX now has access to the CN tunnel from Sarnia to Port Huron.

The distance from Wallaceburg to Dresden is approx 20kms, as is the distance from Dresden to Chatham so Council should be able to get $1Million from CP for the rails and ties from the Dresden to Chatham section of the line.

Bev Perrin Chatham

Municipality should sell part of rail line

John Willatt Chatham

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Former CKSS teacher killed near Ottawa from a gunshot in his home Feb. 11.

According to published The loss of a municipal reports, a second man councillor in Eastern On- found at the home – also tario is being felt here in with a gunshot wound, died later in hosChatham-Kent. pital.

Bernard CamerCameron’s on, 65, who was daughter, Sarah, in his second was also woundterm serving the ed.

Almonte Ward Police say it in Mississippi was an apparent Mills, Ont., was murder-suicide, a former teacher as the other man at Chatham-Kent was the daughSecondary School. He died Bernard Cameron ter’s former com-

By Bruce Corcoran bruce@chathamvoice.com

mon-law ative writspouse. Ac- “Those are the kind ing in the cording to of guys who can help local politithe OPP, the shape young minds. cian’s final man shot They are so creative in year of high and killed school.

C a m e r o n , the way they think.”

“He was intriguing. I w o u n d e d - Derek Robertson his daughfound most ter, and then turned the English teachers to be a gun on himself. little out there. He was For Chatham Coun. no exception, and I mean Derek Robertson, the loss that in the most respectis twofold. He said the ful way possible,” Robtwo were first elected to ertson said. “Those are office the same day – Oct. the kind of guys who can 23, 2010 – and Cameron help shape young minds. taught Robertson cre- They are so creative in

the way they think.”

He described Cameron’s teaching style as very engaging.

“Their minds encourage young people to be bold in their thoughts and their sentiments and statements,” he said.

“They maybe break you out of what was once a little bit of a shy shell.”

Cameron had such a big influence on Robertson

Fundraiser for Syrian refugees set for Feb. 20 in Chatham

By Jim Blake jim@chathamvoice.com

Four local church groups responsible for bringing Syrian refugees to Chatham-Kent are holding a fund raising pasta supper Feb. 20.

Sister Eleanor Gleeson, a spokesperson for the effort, said the combined Catholic churches in Chatham are holding

the event at the Spirit and Life Centre (formerly St. Joseph’s Auditorium) from 5 – 7 p.m.

The cost is $10/adults, $5 for children ages 5 – 12 and free for children under 5. Gluten free and vegetarian pasta will be available She said the costs for setting up a home for the family took several thousand dollars not covered

by the federal government.

“We have some wonderful volunteers who have been helping out with all of the every day chores such as getting groceries and medical appointments but there are still some costs as well.”

Right now, she’s on the lookout for some soccer shoes and shin pads for children ages seven, eight

and 14.

“There is so much paperwork involved and even though the parents are going to adult language and learning courses it takes time,” she said.

She said the community response has been “fantastic. People are opening their hearts and making things easier,” she said.

“Everyone’s beginning to fit in.”

Local home sales dip in January The Chatham Voice

After a hot 2015 in local real estate sales, this year started a bit slow, according to the Chatham-Kent Association of Realtors.

January sales were down about five per cent from last year, association president Barb Phillips said.

“Residential sales in January 2016 were fairly average for the month coming in just a handful of sales below the five and 10-year January stats,” she said. “Inventories nevertheless are running

at some of the lowest levels since the late 1990s, so there is the potential for further upward price pressure this year. With interest rates at an all time low, now is the time to beat the spring rush if you are thinking of buying or selling.”

The average price of homes sold in January 2016 was $153,204, up 1.2 per cent from January 2015. New listings numbered 169 units in January, a decrease of 5.3 per cent from the same month last year. There were 482 active residen-

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that the latter asked the former to sign his yearbook.

“Best of luck, Derek, don’t lose sight of what counts.”

Robertson wishes the two had reconnected.

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Armed with locally grown food and cold, hard cash, members of the Kent Federation of Agriculture (KFA) celebrated Food Freedom Day Feb. 9 by donating to local food banks.

The KFA delivered about $2,600 in donations to Outreach for Hunger and the Salvation Army food bank, as well as thousands of pounds of produce and meat.

In fact, Kathy Delanghe of the KFA said one donor gave 2,000 pounds of fresh fruit and vegetables.

Food Freedom Day is the day when the average Canadian has earned enough money to pay for his or her grocery bill for the year. This year, it is 40 days into the year.

Kim Cooper, an agricultural specialist with the municipality’s economic

development team, said many people take their food for granted locally, as so much of it is grown here, and prices are very reasonable, for the most part.

Alice Uher, part of the KFA’s Food Freedom team, has been involved with Food Freedom Day for years, but said this is just the second year the KFA has really promoted it.

“This is more proactive,” she said. “This is safe food; Chatham-Kent food. There is so much generosity in this community.”

That generosity is greatly appreciated, Capt.

Stephanie Watkinson of the Salvation Army said.

To many food bank users, canned and boxed items are their staples.

“Fruits and vegetables are just like gold to us,” she said. “This is just a welcome surprise.”

Brenda LeClair of Out-

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Representatives came together Feb. 9 to celebrate Food Freedom Day, the day of the year where the average Canadian has earned enough money to pay his or her grocery bill for the year. From left, Kim Cooper, Municipality of Chatham-Kent; Harry Lawson, Kent Federation of Agriculture (KFA) and Grain Farmers of C-K; Jay Cunningham, Scotiabank; Alice Uher, Uher’s Performance Feeds; Lorrie Handsor, Farm Credit Canada; Mary Anne Udvari, KFA; Brenda LeClair, Outreach for Hunger; Amy Dodman, Roesch Meats and More; Cindy Parry, Outreach for Hunger; Capt. Stephanie Watkinson, Salvation Army; Rob Chambers, Kent Cattlemen Association; Don Martin, Truly Green Farms and Cedar Line Greenhouses; and Jacques Tetreault, C-K Agri-Development Committee.

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Jacques Tetreault, a local farmer, said locally grown food is in abundance.

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Uher said the donations to food banks could encourage consumption of local food.

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Something for everyone at Expo

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Seniors looking for everything from financial advice to travel informa-

tion to lifestyle and hobby tips flocked to the Active Lifestyle Centre on Mer-

ritt Avenue in Chatham Friday.

The occasion was the seventh annual Senior Resource Expo, an event Linda Lucas of the ALC said is one of the most popular of the year.

“We have more than 75 exhibitors so there really is something for everyone,” she said.

“Today’s seniors have a much more active and diverse lifestyle than ever before so you’ll find traditional exhibits about health care along side people who are providing information

about athletics, arts, crafts and hobbies.”

Fran McGoldrick, one of the attendees said she was impressed with the event.

“You never know what you’re going to see next.”

Lucas said the event was staged with the help of the Ontario Seniors Secretariat and the Older Adults Centres Association of Ontario (OACAO).

“The OACAO helped us supply the lunch,” she said. “Feeding hundreds of people takes some doing but with their help and our volunteers, we get it done.”

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Nicholls to introduce private members bill

Aims to stop stray current in rural areas

Haldimand County, O x f o r d C o u n ty, Brant C o u n t y and BlandBy Jim Blake ford-Blenjim@chathamvoice.com heim Township have Chatham-Kent-Essex MPP e n d o r sed Rick Nicholls Rick Nicholls hopes party polthe idea of his itics can be put aside when he bill. introduces a private members Stray current occurs when bill Thursday to eliminate surplus energy from the powstray electrical current in rural er grid travels through the areas. ground from systems that “This is a probuse the earth as lem that has “This is a problem that “ground” rather been going on than having a for years and the has been going on for closed loop sysmore we find years and the more we tem. out about it, the find out about it, the Nicholls called more important more important it is that the problem “exit is that we put ecution through we put a stop to it.” a stop to it,” he - Rick Nicholls electrocution”, said. and the effect “It’s not an isof uncontrolled sue of blaming someone for electricity on livestock may something done decades ago just be the beginning. but one of admitting we know “It’s no longer just a theory, better now and fixing it. We there is evidence that it is haphave evidence of the damage pening in electrical systems it is doing to livestock and right across North America there is growing concern of that use this system,” he said. the effects on people.”

Nicholls said farm animals, Nicholls could be presenting particularly cattle, are being the bill as early as next month greatly affected by the probbut may defer it as he contin- lem. ues to gather evidence and “There is one farmer near support for the bill.

Drumbo who has lost 100 So far, the municipalities of head of cattle over the years,”

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he said. “That’s a million dol- utility-operated systems contribute to stray voltage on lars.”

He said the voltage causes farms.

The hands-on pilot is comvarious growths and anomalies in the animals’ systems plete and provided an opporincluding sores and infections tunity to learn and identify that don’t respond to antibi- solutions. We are currently otics and a higher-than-usual reviewing the results and will number of spontaneous abor- implement all solutions that we and the OFA identify. This tions in cattle.

“There is a tingle in the will also help shape Hydro ground and they (cattle) feel One policies with our farming it,” he said. “In many cases customers and communities.”

As the Community Safethey don’t drink because the water has current in it and ty and Correctional Services Critic, Nicholls said he has they stay away.”

Hydro One and the Ontar- significant concern that residents living io Federation of Agriculture “I have a fear that the along the power transmission launched a joint issue will be buried lines are being study of the is- unless the legislature affected. sue last year, “There have however, results takes a firm stand and haven’t been demands that changes been far too many anecdotmade public. be made. Hydro One al incidents of “I have a fear can be very selective that the issue in what they study and cancer and other health issues to will be buried just ignore them. unless the leg- report.”

We know paceislature takes a - Rick Nicholls makers are an firm stand and demands that changes be issue for anyone living near made,” he said. “Hydro One the lines and we’re learning can be very selective in what more all the time,” he said.

“There is no reason we should they study and report.”

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This winter hasn’t been so bad for us, unless you count the number of times your car windows have frozen shut.

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Ahh, winter in ChaI’d bring up tham-Kent. It’s like drive-thru etiquette that old Bits & Bites here, but Jim Blake commercial: “Every eloquently covered handful is a whole that issue many new ball game.” months ago in a brilWe never know liant tongue-in-cheek what we’ll get in column.

Bruce Corcoran C-K for winters. The This would be a fine previous two were so addition to his list. brutally cold that when Being from northern the cold snap descended upon Ontario and Quebec, I may be a bit us last week, I was saying it was more experienced in the deep chill merely “fresh” outside and people than some others. There are some usually agreed. things you do and some you don’t Yep, -10C is “fresh” compared to to get through it.

-15 or -20 of a year ago. And it’s When it’s darned cold out, be not that bad when the sun is shinaware things will ice up if you ing and still melting snow. wash your car. With all the salt on But one thing we can generally our roads, our vehicles quickly get count on at times over our C-K covered in it. And it gets on our winters is the flash freezes. One coats as we get in and out of our day, it’s unseasonably warm with vehicles. rain, followed by an afternoon A trip through the car wash can rapid cool down and an overnight give you and your vehicle a break. chill that leaves us with slick walk- But when it’s -10C, things freeze ways and frozen car windows. up fast. The water doesn’t usually It’s humorous to see people react have time to dry before it freezes. to such conditions. For instance, If you don’t wipe down where on Friday morning, as I was at your door meets the car, it can the drive-thru grabbing a bagel, freeze shut. Ditto for your car the woman in front of me popped locks. And wipers may not funcopen her door to place her order at tion properly. the speaker. She actually got right I take a towel to wipe down the out of her car and walked up to rubber on the door right after I’m the window to pay for her coffee. done at the car wash.

When your window doesn’t go Regardless of what you do, down, to me, you park your vehiyou’ll likely end up with frozen cle and walk in the restaurant. windows, just like the lady at I try to plan ahead. If I really the drive-thru. Until your vehihave to get something on the way cle heats up and you are able to to work, I try that window as I’m wiggle the windows free, there’s heading down our residential not much you can do about that, street. If it doesn’t come down, unfortunately.

I’m either walking in at the coffee Just remember, spring is on the shop, or going straight to the way and this winter has been office. downright tropical compared to But props to the lady for turning what we endured the previous the drive-thru into a walk-up. two years.

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Zach Moore/Special to The Chatham Voice

The Chatham-Kent Black Historical Society inside the W.I.S.H Centre in Chatham.

Local schools no longer visit C-K Black history display

By Zach Moore Special to The Voice

The richness of local Black history is undeniable to most, but if you had to judge its value by the number of students who visit the Chatham-Kent Black Historical Society Display at the W.I.S.H. Centre, you might think otherwise.

Society Board Member Dorothy Wallace says that Black History can’t just be watched on a TV show or a movie: It has to be taught to people, focusing more on the youth.

“We celebrate once a year, in the shortest month of the year. I have yet to see a school teacher bring her children into this place,” Wallace said.

“If we don’t get the young kids and the schools in the system, who do we teach it to?”

Board member Gwen Robinson pointed out there used to be tours done by schools years ago. She also has been in schools in previous years, and to her it was “really wonderful” to talk to children about whatever questions they would have about Black History, and try to answer them in the best way possible. She said it now has slacked off quite a bit.

Wallace said the group has had some interactions with the kids that are usually at the W.I.S.H Centre, but the public doesn’t bother to look inside the room.

“People have walked past this room, and I don’t mean children. I mean grown adults who have lived

in Chatham all their lives. They didn’t even know this was here,” said Wallace. “I don’t know what we can do to say, ‘Hey, we are here!’”

With Black History month fast approaching, members of the society are reaching out to the public to encourage them to learn more about Blacks in Chatham and the former Kent County.

The society formed in 1994 and moved into the W.I.S.H Centre in 1996, and wants the public to know about who they are.

“Black History is terribly rich in Chatham-Kent,” Robinson explained. “When I tell people Chatham was the home to seven black doctors between 1840 and 1870, they look at me like I am crazy, but the facts don’t lie.”

Robinson said the society is trying to basically get the truth out to people.

“Black History is not just important for Chatham-Kent. It’s important for humanity, because we’ve been left out of the textbook and the history, so it’s up to us to tell the story as honestly as we can.”

Robinson also wrote a book called, Seek The Truth: A Story of Chatham’s Black Community, which was released in 1986. Robinson said she has another book to be released, but they still have yet to name it, and it has more truth inside that has yet to be released.

“So many things have happened since then (the first book being published),” Robinson said.

WALLACEBURG & AREA WATER SUPPLY REVIEW MUNICIPAL CLASS EA PUBLIC INFORMATION CENTRE 4 The community of Wallaceburg and surrounding area obtains its municipal water from the Wallaceburg Water Treatment Plant (WTP), which was constructed in 1946 and has undergone major upgrades in 1948, 1980, and 2009. The WTP raw water intake is located in the Chenal Ecarte, which is fed by the St. Clair River.

The Wallaceburg Distribution System is also interconnected with the Lambton Area Water Supply System (LAWSS), St. Clair Township Distribution System and the Chatham-Kent North Kent System.

The purpose of the Wallaceburg & Area Water Supply Review Municipal Class Environmental Assessment (Wallaceburg Class EA) is to provide an environmentally sensitive and sustainable framework to assess the various water supply alternatives within the study area. Specifically, but not limited to, the Wallaceburg Class EA will include an evaluation of the existing Wallaceburg WTP as well as alternative water supply options including potential interconnections with other existing systems.

Stantec Consulting Ltd. has been retained by the Chatham-Kent Public Utilities Commission to complete the Wallaceburg Class EA. The project is anticipated to address the requirements of a Schedule C Class Environmental Assessment and will be conducted in accordance with the Municipal Class Environmental Assessment process (Municipal Engineer’s Association, as amended in 2007, 2011 & 2015). Under this process, agency and public input is invited for incorporation into the planning and design for this study. The fourth Public Information Centre is to provide a project update and will be held on: Date: Time: Location:

Thursday February 18, 2016 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM (presentation to start at 7:00 PM) U.A.W. Hall, 88 Elm Drive South, Wallaceburg, N8A 5E7

If you have any comments, questions, or concerns, or wish to be added to the project mailing list, please contact: Rob Bernardi, P.Eng. Facilities & Systems Manager Water & Wastewater Services Chatham-Kent Public Utilities Commission 325 Grand Avenue East, PO Box 1191 Chatham ON N7M 5L8 Tel: 519-436-0119 ext. 306 Fax: 519-352-3432 Email: robbe@chatham-kent.ca

Nelson Oliveira, P.Eng. Project Manager Sector Leader, Water Stantec Consulting Ltd. 171 Queens Avenue, Suite 600 London ON N6A 5J7 Tel: 519-675-6620 Fax: 519-645-6575 Email: nelson.oliveira@stantec.com

Following the Public Information Centre, further comments are invited for incorporation into the planning and design of this project and will be received until March 4, 2016. Presentation and background material will be provided on the Chatham-Kent website.

Personal information collected and recorded at the Public Information Centre or submitted in writing on this subject is collected under the authority of the Municipal Act, 2001 and will be used by members of Council and Municipal staff in their review of this study.

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