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By Jim Blake jim@chathamvoice.com

Shirley Roebuck has a message for Chatham residents who may be unconcerned about what she feels is the imminent closure of Sydenham District Hospital.

“They’re coming for you next,” she said. “Unless there is a change in management attitude or the provincial funding model, they will be cutting services here and you won’t have Wallaceburg to fall back on when you have the 14 hour wait times at emerge in Chatham.”

Roebuck, a retired Registered Nurse, chaired a meeting in Wallaceburg Thursday aimed at marshaling support for continuing emergency department care for the 25,000 people in the SDH catchment area.

The meeting resulted in the formation of a local chapter of the Ontario Health Coalition that is joining forces with the Save Our Sydenham com-

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At last month’s meeting of the SDH board, Chatham Kent Health Alliance officials said a decrease in provincial funding left the group with a $1.8 million deficit. It is currently spending about 30 per cent more for emergency services than is allocated.

Alliance CAO Colin Patey said the administration is preparing a proposal for a $10 million investment to replace Sydenham Hospital but its contents haven’t been finalized.

Despite repeated questions, Patey refused to say whether the plan would include an emergency department.

The plan is to be made public at an April 19 meeting in Wallaceburg.

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ER closure will cost lives: Wesley

By Jim Blake jim@chathamvoice.com

Wallaceburg councillor and health-care advocate Jeff Wesley said Thursday a decision to close the emergency department at Sydenham District Hospital would cost lives.

Wesley told a crowd of 150 at a meeting last week he has been approached by medical professionals from the Chatham-Kent Health Alliance who can’t speak out about the speculated closure.

“EMS, doctors and hospital staff all tell me the same things….they feel extremely

intimidated to speak out. I told them I’ll be your voice.”

A recent call from a doctor left him shaken.

“He (the doctor) said in several instances, they (Wallaceburg ER staff) are the difference between life and death.”

“I’m telling you right now,” Wesley said the doctor told him.

“Based on my years and years of experience in the emergency department in Wallaceburg that if you close that emergency department and you start shipping everything to Chatham 100 per cent….there are people who are going to die.”

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15 to 20 additional deaths per year.”

CKHA officials said they would not comment directly to Wesley’s claim of intimidation, but released a statement noting it is a four-time recipient of a Gold quality Healthcare Workplace award from the Ontario Hospital Association and holds regular meetings to engage staff and physicians.

It goes on to state the CKHA has adopted a whistleblower policy “to encourage and enable the good faith reporting of serious alleged or potential improper conduct or wrongdoing and/or violations of hospital policies related to ethical behaviour or business conduct, without fear of reprisal.”

Wesley and fellow councillor Carmen McGregor plan to introduce a notice of motion asking Chatham-Kent council to add its voice to those opposing any emergency department closure.

“It’s going to do two things,” he said. “ One, its going to show them all the values of keeping the Wallaceburg ER open in Wallaceburg not just for Wallaceburg but for all the surrounding areas in Chatham-Kent, but also we’re going to show them how this is just a tax shift away from the Chatham-Kent Health Alliance.”

“The cost of ambulanc-

es to cover the area is going to go through the roof and offset any savings,” he said. “And you know who’s going to pay for the ambulance costs? All of the residents of Chatham-Kent.

The Alliance saves money, downloads cost onto the municipality and north Kent residents get poorer medical care. That’s the best solution the CKHA can come up with?”

During the meeting, residents formed a local chapter of the

Ontario Health Coalition. That group is joining forces with the Save Our Sydenham committee and the Sydenham District Hospital Board to maintain health services in Wallaceburg.

Conrad Noel of the SDH board said memberships have doubled in the past month to 170 but he’s hoping to get to the 300 mark by the time CKHA officials unveil a plan to replace the hospital April 19.

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Emergency rooms running red

By Jim Blake jim@chathamvoice.com

Chatham-Kent residents made more than 61,000 visits to emergency rooms in Chatham and Wallaceburg during the last 12 months and with each one, the Chatham-Kent Health Alliance went deeper into the red.

Figures obtained from

the CKHA show the Grand Ave. campus carried the bulk of the load with more than 44,000 visits for the fiscal period ended March 31 while the Sydenham campus recorded just under 17,000.

According to the provincial funding model, the Alliance is paid $5,455 for each “weighted visit” while it costs between $6,200 and $7,200 to fund

the emergency department for each such occurrence.

Alliance Chief Operating Officer Sarah Padfield explained that under provincial funding formulas, each ER visit is weighted according to its severity.

“A weighted ER visit is essentially the way we are able to equalize the visits based on complexity and resource intensity,” she

said.

A patient with a multi trauma condition could count for .8 of a weighted visit while someone with a cough or sore throat could count for considerably less.

“The ranking is based on the amount of resources needed to treat a patient,” she said. “It’s important because it creates a way to make an apples to apples

comparison of emergency department activity.”

The number of weighted visits in 2015/16 was 2,418, down from 2,614 in 2013/14 and 2,599 in 2014/15.

“We’re 31 per cent higher on a cost-based variance to funding,” she said.

“The high cost based variance (30%) means that we are providing the number of expected ED

visits at a cost that is 30% higher than the amount we are being funded.

There are multiple reasons for this, including the fact we are running 2 departments in 2 different sites – a factor for which the funding formula does not take into account.”

The information came to light as the alliance struggles with the future of the Sydenham Campus.

has already garnered support from nearby rural and First Nations communities Walpole Island First Nations council member Rex Issac said solidarity is important.

“Walpole supports health care for all our people in our community because this is our com-

munity,” he said. “We all last year, with about two grew up together.” thirds of those in ChaHe said tham. c i t i z e n s “Rural Ontario de“ T h e y d e s e r v e pends on rural sercan’t begin to know to handle if their vices. This is not just the volhealth-care a Wallaceburg issue. ume,” Roedollars are There’s been a system- buck said. being spent atic defunding of rural “We have wisely. ambulancOntario.”

“I think we es coming - Emery Huszka need a comto Wallaceplete evaluburg every ation of the LHIN. I don’t week with patients that think that’s been done.” can’t be seen because Emery Huszka, Ontario Chatham is too busy. president of the Nation- Not to mention the peoal Farmers Union from ple from Chatham who Bothwell, spoke in sup- drive here because they port of the effort. can’t get in for hours and “Rural Ontario depends hours.” on rural services. This is Natalie Mehra, Execunot just a Wallaceburg tive Director of the Onissue. There’s been a sys- tario Health Coalition, tematic defunding of ru- said her group of 80 volral Ontario.” unteer-driven chapters, He said agriculture is is planning a spring refone of the most hazard- erendum asking Ontarous occupations and we ians to vote against furtake it for granted that ther health care cuts. when a farmer has an “There are unprecedentaccident, medical care ed cuts across the provwill be available. “We ince,” she said. “We’re fully support this effort. looking at situations We need to ask those in such as in Welland where charge ‘how dare you they’re closing five hoschallenge the basics of pitals in the area to build our life’?” one super hospital. That Emergency department project is ten years away visits at the CKHA to- but they’ve already starttalled more than 61,000 ed closing hospitals. This

is very, very bad. It’s the worst I’ve seen in years.”

She took aim at CKHA management.

“If Sydenham District Hospital is not viable it’s because they made it so. These are decisions

made by human beings and they can be changed.

Your CEO was hired to run two hospital sites, not one. If he can’t do his job, then he needs to be held accountable for it.”

Health coalition gaining local support

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The day before that, members of the coalition will be heading to Queen’s Park for a Day of Action to petition both government and opposition MPPs and provincial health ministry officials about the need for emergency care in the area.

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Retired registered nurse Shirley Roebuck spoke before about 150 people at a meeting in Wallaceburg April 7, warning residents that ongoing cuts to health care will affect not only Wallaceburg, but the Chatham campus of the Chatham Kent Health Alliance as well. The meeting saw the formation of a local chapter of the Ontario Health Coalition.

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C-K goes abroad for assistant fire chief happy with the choice made by the municipality’s selection team.

“Eight candidates were Chatham-Kent’s newest including assistant fire chief won’t interviewed, be coming from around four internal applicants,” the corner, or even any- he said. “The committee where in Canada, and was impressed by Chris’ that has at least one coun- skill set. We’re moving our focus cil member to fire prea s k i n g “He’s not a pediatric vention as questions. opposed to The Cha- neurosurgeon. This more tham Voice guy is an elevated fire- the traditional b r o k e fighter. If we’re going firefighting the story to pay this guy a lot of role, and he last week money, we should be topped the that Chatham-Kent paying someone local.” list of skills and experihas hired - Coun. Michael Bondy ence.”

Chris Case, Shropshire said there a member of the fire service in the municipality of were 23 applicants, and the job was advertised in Merseyside, England.

Chatham Coun. Michael accordance with municiBondy said he’s not sure pal policies.

“We can’t control who why the municipality couldn’t find a qualified applies for any job,” he said. “There were no specandidate in Canada.

“He’s not a pediatric cial favours and we didn’t neurosurgeon. This guy recruit anyone.”

He said Case had to conis an elevated firefighter,” he said. “If we’re going to vince federal immigration pay this guy a lot of mon- authorities that his skill ey, we should be paying set was strong enough that he wasn’t taking a someone local.

It would be like hiring job that could have been a Public Works guy from filled by a candidate from India because he really Canada.

“I’m glad that someone grades roads well.”

Chatham-Kent CAO who has the ability to Don Shropshire said he’s take his talent anywhere

By Jim Blake jim@chathamvoice.com

in the world has chosen to live in Chatham-Kent,” Shropshire said.

He said Case’s moving expenses will be within municipal standards, with any additional expenses being paid by him personally.

Bondy expressed concern about why the fire department doesn’t have qualified internal candidates ready to move up.

“I’m not confident in the department’s succession planning if we have no one who can step in when we have a vacancy,” he said. “Going to England seems a stretch.”

Shropshire said Fire and Paramedic Chief Ken Stuebing met with all internal candidates after the process to discuss career development.

The vacancy was created when deputy chief Rick Arnell took a position in Essex County in February.

Although the department hasn’t issued any release regarding Case’s hire, Bondy said he has had several calls from taxpayers concerned with the move.

“When we hired our chief, we didn’t hire locally; now we’re heading out of the country,” Bon-

dy said, as Stuebing came from Manitoba. “We talk about buying locally; why can’t we hire locally. It’s a hard sell to tell me no one was qualified. I have no doubt he (Case) has qualifications, but there’s a lot of discontent that another high-priced job is given to someone so far away.”

The appointment of Case will mean Chatham-Kent has four assistant fire chiefs, Ric Scharf, Bob Davidson, and Alan DeVillaer, although DeVillaer’s position involves the paramedic arm of the department.

Shropshire said Chatham-Kent has 460 firefighters and by “any measure” the department is a “lean operation.”

Of that number, 350 are volunteers located in 16 departments across the municipality, each with their own volunteer chief and deputy chief.

Figures from the departments website indicate 62 “career personnel” under operations.

In addition to the chief and deputy chiefs, the department has seven fire captains, four senior fire captains, two fire inspectors and one fire prevention officer.

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Fire hire creates controversy The news that the Chatham-Kent Fire Department hired an assistant fire chief from England broke over the municipality like a thunderstorm last week.

When the Voice first reported the story, there was an outpouring of opinion, most of it centered on how Chatham-Kent went abroad to fill the position.

Actually, the municipality didn’t “go abroad”; the applicant applied here. The fire department couldn’t reject an applicant from England any more than it could reject someone on the basis of skin colour.

When it comes to hiring locally for fire chiefs, you have to go back a long way. The late Jim Anderson in 1989 had a decade of tenure before amalgamation brought the trend (not just in the fire department) of being attracted to bright, shiny degrees.

We want the best and brightest, so the story goes.

Those impressive credentials haven’t resulted in a suitable internal candidate for chief nor a succession plan to speak of.

Given the historic absence of females in its management perhaps a diversity program may be something else for the department to develop.

It didn’t help the fire department’s image that news about the applicants’ hire (down to the details of a celebratory dinner before it was official) was fairly common knowledge in the community before Chatham-Kent council was aware.

Given the fact that council had adopted a “handsoff” policy toward staffing issues, perhaps that situation may be reviewed.

Although we didn’t publish what, in retrospect seems like a departmental justification for the hiring, we wish the new assistant chief well.

With the number of large scale fires becoming thankfully more rare, his expertise in fire prevention will perhaps see the day when firefighters’ main responsibility will be the odd vehicle or brush fire.

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Last week’s announcement that we’ve decided to partner with CityMedia to expand our online reach and improve the digital package for our readers and advertisers was one of those “feel good” moments.

We had thousands of online views, as well as phone calls, e-mails and plenty of congratulations.

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We’re owned by C-K Media which is owned

by Bruce and myself, the same as always.

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We looked long and hard to find a firm that had our beliefs and just as importantly, had a skill set that will bring added value to the money you spend with us.

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Like anything though, there were a few people who wondered what this meant for The Voice.

To begin with, it doesn’t mean anything in terms of ownership, despite a

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Smart, easy decision to save dogs Sir: In our municipality, we have had individuals arrested for dog fighting. To date, these people have numerous charges against them and three of the 24 dogs (pit bulls) have been already destroyed. The other 21 dogs are housed at an undisclosed location until our justice system works out the details and the outcome for these dogs.

These dogs were unfor-

tunately raised by people who only wanted one thing: to raise them as fighting dogs for their own financial gains.

There have been many organizations who have not asked for money, but only have the best interest at heart and that is to rehabilitate the 21 remaining dogs, which has happened to numerous pit bulls and other dog

breeds in the past with much success and they go to forever homes.

The original owners of the 21 dogs have signed them over for rehabilitation, but this has come to a halt.

A law from 1998 of banning pit bulls in Ontario is stopping this transfer in Ontario and out of province. This law can be amended to have them released to one of these

organizations that have offered to help these dogs at no cost to our municipality.

If someone puts their hand out and offers you a solution for the positive benefit to all, be gracious enough to accept the offer and then start on amending that law.

For the sake of all dog breeds, save the 21.

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Bayside brew hits local LCBOs

By Bruce Corcoran bruce@chathamvoice.com

Craving a can of Long Pond Lager? Look no further than one of two LCBOs in Chatham-Kent.

The folks at Bayside Brewing Co. are all smiles these days after learning the LCBOs on Wellington Street in Chatham and on Marlborough Street in Blenheim – along with a number of agency grocery stores in small communities in the region – will carry cans of Bayside’s beer.

The Chatham downtown location and the agency stores, including the Pain Court Market and Erieau Marina, feature all four Bayside beverages – Long Pond Lager, Lighthouse Lager, Honey Cream Ale and Bronzeback. Blenheim’s LCBO will just carry Long Pond.

Expansion to other LCBOs in the region could come quickly.

Nancy Cowan, one of the co-owners of Bayside, said it’s been a long effort to get their beer into the liquor stores.

“Our strategy has been to go down the craft (beer) path with the LCBO,” she said. “We’ve been working on this for two years.”

Cowan said the LCBO has a lengthy process before approving a product for its shelves, including a label review, product review and tasting.

“They carry thousands of products, sourced globally. They have a high degree of quality control,” she said. “You have to

meet all their value tests.

“We’ve run the marathon, but it was well worth it.”

Owned by Cowan, Ken Royal, Frank Thompson, and Josette deBrouwer, Bayside has come a long way since it opened in the summer of 2012, brewing beer and serving food and beverages on a side patio of its Erieau location.

“Our original goal was to make an investment in Chatham-Kent that kept us busy and stimulated the local economy a bit,” Cowan said. “It’s just taken off like crazy. We’re still investing everything we make right back into it because it’s growing so fast.”

It’s not just the beer that keeps Bayside ownership and staff hopping, as the restaurant attracts a crowd.

“We thought it would be a little spot to have a pint,” she said of the brew pub. “But we’re busy all year.”

The success is thanks to everyone involved, Cowan said.

“There has been a lot of hard work. We have a great team here,” she said of Bayside personnel.

As for the future, Cowan said there are many options. With Bayside beers going into provincial liquor outlets in the region, she said production will increase.

“We’re going to have to revisit the business plan.”

Bayside currently has its beer canned offsite, at 1,000 litres a

Shop, buy local We continue to go after the stories that matter to you. We won’t be content to be spoon-fed media, regurgitating whatever those in authority tell us.

That determination and dedication to local content means you’ll get the best we can do.

We’ll tell you that we believe you should vote. We won’t tell you to vote for someone because our corporate masters tell us to.

We owe our allegiance to our community, not a holding company somewhere.

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To our readers, we ask you to shop at the fine stores and businesses that advertise in our newspaper. And to businesses, we suggest taking the shop local, buy local approach to advertising as well. Invest your advertising dollars with locally owned businesses who share your commitment to the community.

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Bayside Brewing Co. owners, from left, Ken Royal, Nancy Cowan and Frank Thompson celebrate with LCBO beer ambassador Rob Shaw over the fact LCBOs in downtown Chatham and Blenheim are now selling the local craft beer.

batch, a couple of times a week.

They will soon be at capacity with the onsite craft brewery.

Options are to stay the course with what they have, or look at expansion, possibly in Erieau, Blenheim or perhaps even Chatham.

For now, Cowan said they’ll enjoy the moment of getting their beer into LCBOs. “It actually hasn’t sunk in yet,” she said of the accomplishment. “Maybe when we walk into the LCBO and see our madein-Chatham-Kent product on the shelf.”

As the Bayside cans rolled into the downtown Chatham LCBO

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C-K Hospice set to open its doors

By Bruce Corcoran bruce@chathamvoice.com

The movement behind the Chatham-Kent Hospice tied up a lot of loose ends recently, and held a ribbon-tying event April 5 to open the facility.

The opening comes just 33 months after a hospice board was formed and work began to drum up support for the 10-bed end-of-life care facility in Chatham.

Dozens of people packed the hospice’s great room area to celebrate the grand opening Tuesday, and toured the facility.

As for the ribbons, Jessica Smith, the hospice’s executive director, said they brought strong symbolism.

“Red represents compassion, blue represents peace, yellow represents joy, purple represents honour and green represents encouragement,” she said.

For Jennifer Wilson, the chair of the hospice board, there was other symbolism at work bringing the hospice from concept to reality in such a short period of time.

“Courage, faith and community are three resounding characteristics that have gone into this,” she said of the hospice.

The community element shone through repeatedly, she added, as the public started donating for the hospice even before organizers had their charitable number.

“The community supported us all the way.

They were there,” she said. “They blew our socks off. We exceeded every single target.”

With a goal of raising about $5 million to build, furnish and help operate the hospice, the board found themselves with about $5.8 million instead.

Thanks in no small part

to that community support, Wilson said in the span of 33 months, the hospice went from talk to completion. She added most hospices take a decade to get built.

She also credited the municipality for stepping up. Council’s decision to give $1.5 million in funding was, at the time, the largest financial commitment from a municipality to a hospice in the province, Wilson said.

Chatham-Kent Essex MPP Rick Nicholls credited Wilson and the board for their efforts.

“Jennifer and the board worked hard on this project,” he said. “Volunteers help jobs come in under budget.”

He described the hospice as a “labour of love” that the entire community rallied behind.

“This community has its priorities straight.

They pull together,” he said.

Bruce Corcoran/The Chatham Voice

The courtyard of the Chatham-Kent Hospice is typical of the entire facility – serene and welcoming. Ten waterfalls represent each of the rooms at the hospice. Organizers held a grand opening ceremony April 5, and dozens of folks packed the great room to hear speeches and celebrate. The celebrations continued throughout the week, with VIP tours Wednesday evening, and public open houses on the weekend.

Chatham Robertson, proponent pice said

Coun. Derek a long-time of the hosTuesday was

his “happiest day” as a councillor.

Tuesday may have marked the grand open-

ing, but tours continued throughout the week, ending with public open houses on the weekend.

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TV spotlight focuses on Retrofest

By Jim Blake jim@chathamvoice.com

Jim Blake/The Chatham Voice

Len Langois of the Kent Historic Auto Club and Connie Beneteau of the Historic Downtown Chatham BIA show off some of the commemorative merchandise being sold to support this year’s Retrofest.

A trip to this year’s Retrofest could wind up with you being on television.

My Classic Car TV will feature the massive celebration of all things automotive, with show host Dennis Gage and his crew staying at the Retro Suites Hotel and doing TV clips throughout the weekend, to be produced into a 30-minute TV show to be aired at a later date.

Kelvin Halbawer of the Chatham-Kent Canoe Club and a fan of Retrofest, made the request of Gage three years ago and this year, Gage contacted Len Langois of the Kent Historic Auto Club.

“We’re celebrating our 45th Anniversary and we were very receptive to Dennis coming down,” he said. “Retrofest is a terrific community event.”

In order to commemorate the club’s anniversary, RetroFest’s “Sweet 16”

April is Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Month

hallmark year and My Classic Car TV, the Historic Downtown Chatham BIA is selling t-shirts, hats and hoodies.

BIA project co-ordinator Connie Beneteau said the shirts will be two sided with the front of the shirts prominently displaying RetroFest 2016 and the KHAC logos, and the back of the shirt will feature Dennis Gage from My Classic Car TV and his notorious handle-bar mustache.

She said sponsors RayMac Auto Parts, Retro Suites and Ericson Manufacturing were key to bringing the show to Chatham.

The commemorative T-shirts will be on sale now for pre-orders through the BIA. For information on ordering email the BIA info@downtownchatham. com or through its RetroFest Facebook page.

Although the event will take place May 27 and 28, festivities will get revved up with a special appearance by legendary auto manufacturer Malcolm Bricklin who will appear at the Capitol Theatre May

25.

The 77-year old Bricklin, a founder of Subaru of America, sold his stake in the firm in the 1970’s to develop an auto manufacturing industry in New Brunswick.

There he produced some 3,000 of the iconic gullwinged cars that bear his name.

The Friday night festivities will kick off with the OLG Classic Car Cruise, a 600-vehicle event featuring trucks and cars spanning several decades.

Downtown King Street will be closed Saturday as the Kent Historic Auto Club car show takes over the downtown area with hundreds of classic cars parked along the streets for the competition.

The event is being expanded with rides, entertainment and attractions at Tecumseh Park, featuring a larger section of free and sponsored rides, a beer garden and entertainment sponsored by Big Brothers and Sisters.

Live entertainment will take place from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Friday and Saturday.

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CKSS takes part in Native Studies art The Chatham Voice

Denise Helmer-Johnston’s Native Studies class at Chatham-Kent Secondary School recently caught everyone’s eye with the bright and colourful native art they created.

The Grade 11 and 12 class, with guidance from artist Mark Reinhart, spent some time creating yarn art in the courtyard of the school, as well as an artwork of coloured duct tape.

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deals with many false stereotypes.

The school will continue to

CKSS students pose with native string art they created recently in the school’s courtyard.

appreciate Native cultures in many different ways in the future.

Raquel Sa/Special to The Chatham Voice

Appreciating Chatham-Kent artists The Chatham Voice

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Breaking Barriers is a new exhibition opening on April 29 at the Thames Art Gallery. It will include more than 30 local artists, and is an exhibition that will create an understanding of lived experiences.

The gallery allows for artists to have many opportunities in selling their art, and getting their

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The music lives on Local woman still helping out with Kiwanis Music Festival 72 years later

By Jim Blake jim@chathamvoice.com

It was the spring of 1945, World War Two was ending and Kiwanian Lyle Alexander organized what he called Kiwanis Music Day. Eileen Richards was there that day – and 72 years later, she’s still helping out with the Chatham landmark institution known as the Kiwanis Music Festival. “We just went to the (Tecumseh) Park and sang,� she said. “I was in, I think, Grade 11 at CVS (Chatham Vocational School). We just walked across the street.�

From a one-day event with a few schoolchildren and bands, the Festival has grown to a nearly two-week event with more than 700 entrants.

Eileen served as secretary of the festival for 11 years from 1961 to 1971 and the 87-year-old remembers many of the events as if they had taken place yesterday. “The first year we had accordions in the syllabus, we had a massive fire downtown,� she said. “I was standing at the window of Wesley Hall (in St. Andrew’s) on a Friday night when a large fire happened at the corner of King and Fifth Streets. The Royal Bank, McCall’s Drug Store and Spencer Stone Dry Goods burned that night. I remember watching the flames through the window and hearing the accordion music in the hall behind me.�

The biggest change since Eileen was secretary has been in the use of computers. “All the entries came to the house, 880 to 900 of them and I had to handle them all manually,� she said. “My husband Lloyd bought a 4 X 8 piece of press board, put it in the basement and we used small cards to time the entire festival, making sure nothing overlapped and out of town performers could be here and not have to travel too many times. That’s all done with a computer now.�

Eileen said she was just “one among many� who have held secretary duties, naming Margaret Johnson, Jean Peck, Jim Pepper and Janet Bradden among the dedicated supporters of the event. “Don’t make this story about me,� she said. “I received far more from the festival than I put into it.�

She said it was a pleasure working with so many

community minded citizens. “I wonder if Mr. Alexander would ever dream that his son Bill would be festival chairman or that 22 years later, his son, Gordon, would take a turn as chairman.�

She described her overriding memory of “those men, those wonderful Kiwanians�, who really put their heart into it. “I remember Lawrence Kerr coming in from the farm with his boots on and sitting in my kitchen while we would come in here with his boots on from the farm and we’d figure out what was going on with the money,� she recalled.

For many years, festival adjudicators came from Europe and were treated as celebrities. “We were part of the Federation of Canadian Music Festivals and these judges would come from England and Ireland, mostly, and they would tour Canada, adjudicating right across the country.�

She said, “most of them were liked. I remember they would give good comments and the students would pay attention and then the teachers would say I’ve been telling that child that all along.�

She fondly remembered dinners hosted at the William Pitt Hotel, current site of the Downtown Chatham Centre. “This little girl from the country never stepped foot in the William Pitt Hotel until then.

I would be invited to the dinner and winners of the festival would perform. It was just a lot of good old stuff.�

She said one year the Kiwanians sent her as a local representative to the national music festival convention in Victoria, BC. “They gave me $200 to go to the convention in Victoria and that covered it,� she said. “The whole family went and we camped in a trailer along the way. I got to go to the Empress Hotel in Victoria. Another time I got to go to Charlottetown,

Prince Edward Island.�

She said the media helped make the festival what it is today. “The Chatham Daily News, the Windsor Star and the London Free Press were on site every day,� she said. “Bob Boughner (of the News) put us on the map.

It (1961) was his first year. He came and he had so much energy and he was full of it.�

Win Miller (of the Free Press) presented me with white gloves at the end of one festival because she thought the work (I had done) was well done and worth it. In those days we had to record all the scores and get them to the papers each day.�

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Thursday, April 14, 2016 • Open Euchre at 1:00pm at The Chatham Legion, William & Colborne St., Chatham.

• The Chatham Horticultural Society is meeting at the main library in Ursuline College (Pines) at 7:00pm with speaker Kim cooper. Everyone is welcome!

Friday, April 15, 2016 • Meals and fun darts at The Chatham Legion, William & Colborne St., Chatham.

Dinner from 5:30pm-7:00pm with choice of ham & scalloped potatoes, roast beef or fish and chips for $9.00. One meat draw.

Fun darts starts at 7:30pm.

• Free PA Day program at First Reformed Church, from 8:30am-3:30pm for ages 4-10 featuring Crazy Raisy-kids music & a visit from a Chatham-Kent veterinarian followed by crafts, music, stories, exercises and sport. Lunch and snacks are all provided at no cost. Please call 519-351-0046 for registration.

• St. Ursula’s Catholic Women’s League is hosting a pasta dinner at St. Ursula Parish (205 Tweedsmuir Ave. West) in the meeting room. The dinner is from 5:00pm-7:00pm. The meal with include salad, pasta and meatballs, rolls, dessert, and coffee, tea, or juice.

Takeout is available, but you must have purchased advanced tickets. Tickets are $10 for adults, $5.00 for children 5-10, and children 4 and under free. Tickets available at the Parish office. The funds raised will be used to purchase a new funeral pall and chasuble for the parish.

Saturday, April 16, 2016 • Meat draws and dance at The Chatham Legion, William & Colborne St., Chatham.

Meat draw from 4:00pm-6:00pm. Dance from 4:30pm-9:30pm featuring Tim McLean.

• Garage/Vendor Sale at the Spirit and Life Centre, 184 Welling St. W., Chatham.

9:00am-11:30am.

• Purses with a Purpose will be held at the Active Lifestyle Centre from 2:00pm4:00pm (doors open at 1:30pm for viewing) Tickets at $25 and include tea and a delightful selection of homemade goodies a well as 5 raffle tickets. Entrance tickets available at the Chatham branch of the CKPL. • Saturdays at 7 at St. Andrew’s. Denise Pelley in Concert. St. Andrew’s United Church, Chatham. 7:00pm. Free will offering ($10 suggested). Doors open at 6:30pm.

For further info go to www.standrewschatham.org.

Sunday, April 17 2016 • Merlin Legion Breakfast from 10:00am1:00pm. Eggs, bacon, sausage, ham, potatoes, french toast, pancakes, dessert, juice, coffee and tea. All for $10.00 and kids eat 1/2 price.

• The Knights of Columbus Council 9693 Pain Courts 23rd annual Wild Game Supper and Charity Auction at the Immaculée Conception Hall in Pain Court. Miracles for Lainey & Dante! Tickets are $35.00! Auction starts at 4:00pm followed by Supper!

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Monday, April 18, 2016 • Senior euchre at The Chatham Legion, William & Colborne St., Chatham starting at 1:00pm.

• Ernie Miller will perform in the West lounge at 2:00pm at Meadow Park, 110 Sandy St., Chatham.

• Blenheim-Harwich Horticultural Society meeting at 59 Ellen St., basement meeting room at 7:30pm.

Tuesday, April 19, 2016 • Shuffleboard, open euchre and 2 person team euchre at The Chatham Legion, William & Colborne St., Chatham. Shuffleboard starts at 7:00pm. Open euchre starts at 1:00pm and evening 2 person team euchre registration is at 6:30pm and starts at 7:00pm.

Hottest March in home sales in a decade The Chatham Voice

House sales were hot in March in Chatham-Kent, with the area seeing an increase of 42.5 per cent over this time last year.

According to the Chatham-Kent Association of Realtors, residential sales activity recorded through the MLS system numbered 114 units in March. Sales numbered 257 over the first three months of the year, up 17.9 per cent on a year-over-year basis.

“Sales activity this March hit the highest level for the month in a decade, which stretched the yearover-year comparison even more,” said Barb Phillips, President of the Chatham-Kent Association of Realtors. “Things don’t seem to be letting up in April either.”

The average price of homes sold in March was $151,279, down 7.6 per cent from March, 2015.

New listings numbered 177 units in March, a decrease of 14.1 per cent from the same month last year.

There were 506 active residential listings on the Association’s MLS system at the end of March 2016.

This was down 6.8 per cent from March last year, and marked the lowest level of supply at the end of the first quarter of the year since the late 1990s. There were 4.4 months of inventory at the end of March, down from 6.8 months a year earlier and well below the long-run average for this time of the year.

The number of months of inventory is the number of months it would take to sell current inventories at the current rate of sales activity.

• Rotary TV BIngo in the West lounge TV room at 7:00pm at Meadow Park, 110 Sandy St., Chatham.

Wednesday, April 20, 2016 • Pepper and fun darts at The Chatham Legion, William & Colborne St., Chatham.

Pepper at 1:00pm and open darts at 7:30pm.

• Join the Active Lifestyle Centre (20 Merritt Ave) and the Parkinson Society for a Wellness & Parkinson’s education Seminar covering nutrition, cognition and activity. Seminar in room-1 at the centre from 6:00pm-8:00pm. Everyone Welcome!

• Muffin Party and bake sale at Fletcher United Church, 22544 Merlin Road from 9:30am-11:30am. All are welcome!

CK Metal Detecting Club Meetings - Last Thursday of the Month, 7:00pm in the Kinsman Room, Erikson Arena, 341 Delaware Ave., Chatham. Guests Welcome.

Toastmasters is a place where you develop and grow - both personally and professionally. Meetings are a learn-by-doing workshop in which participants hone their speaking and leadership skills in a no-pressure atmosphere. Guests are always welcome. Join the Chatham-Kent Toastmasters at Green Field Ethanol, 275 Bloomfield Road on Mondays from 6:30pm – 8:00pm.

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Sports

Cougars aim for safe tackling

By Jim Blake jim@chathamvoice.com

In an effort to reduce and prevent injuries, the Chatham-Kent Cougars Football Club is mandating a new tackling system for its 550 players.

Club president Selwyn Jordan said the organization is standardizing the method that effectively removes the players’ head from the process.

“It really focuses on keeping the player’s head up, putting the head to the side, and wrapping the opponents’ thighs,” he said. “This is often taught without players wearing any equipment.”

Jordan said many coaches have already been using the system but making it mandatory is a step in the right direction.

He said the method is currently being taught by National Football League teams including the New England Patriots and the Seattle Seahawks.

He praised the efforts of the NFL and the Canadian Football League in addressing concerns regarding players’ safety.

The movie, “Concussion”, which deals with NFL head injuries raised questions about the sport’s safety.

“The movie played a role, no doubt, but remember the issues it portrays were several years old,” he said. “Professional leagues have taken huge steps since then.”

He said the slower pace and smaller size of minor football players result in lesser force and fewer injuries than those seen in professional leagues, however, the Cougars program has always stressed safety.

“Our protocol is that if a player displays any sign of injury, we take action. The phrase is ‘when in doubt take them out.’

If a player exhibits signs of possible trauma, we remove them from the game and require that they get a note from their doctor before they can play again.”

Kevin Allman, Cougars board member said in a media release “consistency means safety, if all coaches at every level are teaching the same method the exact same way, players who move through the system will become experts.”

Jordan said football remains a safe sport with many advantages.

“It is fun, challenging and exciting.”

He said players learn team work, develop self-image, motor skills and co-ordination.”

“The emphasis on safety doesn’t take away from the competitive nature of the sport,” he said. “It’s about changing the

way things are done and evolving. Even the Madden NFL video game is showing the proper techniques.”

Jordan said the Cougars will once again host the NFL/CFL Canada clinic for boys and girls ages six through 16, April 19

and 21.

The program provides skill instruction for every position and is divided according to chil-

dren’s’ age and size.

For more information on the program, visit chatham-kentcougars.com/nfl-clinic/

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OBITUARIES

Simone Mackelberg 81, Tuesday, April 5, 2016 McKinlay Funeral Home

William “Bill” Vandenborn Saturday, April 9, 2016 Hinnegan-Peseski Funeral Home

Helen Matilda Labadie 95, Tuesday, April 5, 2016 McKinlay Funeral Home

Mr. Steven Cocks-Case 29, Saturday, April 2, 2016 Alexander & Houle Funeral Home

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Michael “Mike” Cloutier 40, Wednesday, April 6, 2016 Hinnegan-Peseski Funeral Home

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Louise Nalewayek 93, Thursday, April 7, 2016 Hinnegan-Peseski Funeral Home

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ALREADY DRIVING A NISSAN? OUR LOYALTY PROGRAM HAS GREAT OFFERS! VISIT CHATHAMNISSAN.COM Offers available from April 13 – April 18, 2016. ≈Payments cannot be made on a weekly basis, for advertising purposes only. **My Choice Bonus cash $500 // $750 // $1,000 // $1,500 // $2,000 is applicable to 2016 Micra // 2016 Sentra // 2015 Micra, 2015 Sentra, 2016 Versa Note, 2016 Altima, 2016 Juke, 2016 Rogue, 2016 Murano // 2015 Altima, 2015 Pathnder // 2016 Pathnder. *Representative monthly lease offer based on a new Altima 2.5 SL (T4LG15 AAAOO). 0% lease APR for a 12 month term equals monthly payments of $638 with $0 down payment, and $0 security deposit. First monthly payment, down payment and $0 security deposit are due at lease inception. Payments include freight and fees. lease based on a maximum of 20,000 km/year with excess charged at $0.10/km. Total lease obligation is $7,661. $1,000 My Choice bonus cash included in advertised offer. $180 lease cash applicate on Altima 2.5 SL (T4LG15 AAAOO) included in advertised offer. †Representative nance offer based on a new Altima 2.5 SL (T4LG15 AAAOO). Selling price is $24,879 nanced at 0%/0% APR equals 24 monthly payments o f$1,037 monthly for a 24 month term. $0 down payment required. Cost of borrowing is $0 for a total obligation of $24,879. $1,000 My Choice bonus cash included in advertised offer. ≠Representative monthly lease offer based on a new 2016 Rogue S FWD CVT (Y6RG16 AA00)/2016 Rogue SV Special Edition FWD (Y6SG16 AA00)/2016 Pathnder S 4 X2 (5XRG16 AA00)/2016 Murano S FWD (LXRG16 AA00). 1.49%/1.49%/2.99%/2.99% lease APR for a 60/60/60/60 month term equals monthly payments of $258/$289/$384/$346 with $0/$0/$0/$0 down payment, and $0 security deposit. First monthly payment, down payment and $0 security deposit are due at lease inception. Payments include freight and fees. Lease based on a maximum of 20,000 km/year with excess charged at $0.10/km. Total lease obligation is $15,468/$17,330/$21,908/$20,748. $1,000/$1,000/$2,000/$1,000 My Choice Bonus cash included in advertised offer. $75 lease cash applicate on 2016 Rogue S FWD CVT (Y6RG16 AA00) ▲Models shown $37,474/$37,379/$48,924/$45,924 Selling price for a new 2016 Rogue SL AWD Premium (Y6DG16 BK00)/2016 Altima 3.5 SL (T4SG16 NV00)/2016 Pathnder Platinum 4x4 (5XEG16 AA00)/2016 Murano Platinum AWD (LXEG16). * ±≠▲Freight and PDE charges ($1,795/$1,750/$1,795/$1,795) air-conditioning levy ($100) where applicable, applicable fees (all which may vary by region), manufacturer’s rebate and dealer participation where applicable are included. License, registration, insurance and applicable taxes are extra. Offers are available on approved credit through Nissan Canada Finance for a limited time, may change without notice and cannot be combined with any other offers except stackable trading dollars. Vehicles and accessories are for illustration purposes only. See your dealer or visit Nissan.ca/Loyalty. 1 The Blind Spot Warning System is not a substitute for proper lane changing procedures.

The system will not prevent contact with other vehicles or accidents. It may not detect every vehicle or object around you. 2Lane Departure Warning System operates only when the lane markings are clearly visible on the road. Speed limitations apply. See Owner’s Manuel for details. 3Parking aid/convenience feature. Cannot completely eliminate blind spots. May not detect every object and does not warn of moving objects. Always check surroundings and turn to look behind you before moving vehicle. MOD operates at vehicle speed below 5 mph.^Ward’s Large Cross Utility Market Segmentation. MY16 Pathnder vs 2016 and 2015 Large Cross/Utility Class. 2016 Sentra/2016 Rogue recognized as IIHS top safety picks when equipped with Forward Emergency Braking. For more information see www.IIHS.org. See your participating Nissan retailer for complete details. ©2016 Nissan Canada Inc. and Nissan Canada Financial Services Inc. a division of Nissan Canada Inc.

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