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By Jim Blake jim@chathamvoice.com

Jolly Bimbachi is hoping to be able to speak with her son Omar on his birthday Monday but she’s aware that may not happen.

Omar, who turns seven, and his five-year-old brother Abdel-Ghaniy (A.G. for short) haven’t seen their mother in almost a year after Jolly’s husband (and the boys’ father) Ali Ahmad didn’t return from a trip there last May “He’s kidnapped them,” she said. “It’s been the worst time of my life.”

A native of Lebanon who moved to Canada when she was eight, Jolly had returned to Lebanon to teach when she met her husband.

They married in 2008 and came back to Canada in 2012.

“When we met and got married it was always our plan to come back and live in Canada,” she said.

“There was never any discussion to the contrary.”

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Abby Tedley completed her first year of junior girls’ basketball at Victor Lauriston recently. The autistic Grade 5 student is popular with teammates and the entire student body. Here, front row left to right, are teammates Madison Schatz, Abby and Brooklyn Duquette while in the back row coach Tawnya Carruthers is flanked by educational assistants Carolyn Burton and Tracey Travis. See story on page 2.

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Abby’s on the team Autistic girl an inspiration to Victor Lauriston school

By Jim Blake jim@chathamvoice.com

Abby Tedley knew what do to.

Late in last week’s final home game, the Grade 5 student took a pass at the top of the key.

She then took her trademark hop, tossed the ball up and got “nothing but net” as the ball swooshed into the basket.

It was another two points for Abby and her Victor Lauriston Lions but it meant a lot more to her teammates, the crowd and her entire school. The moment was marked on the school’s twitter account: twitter.com/victorlauris-

ton.

It was the end of the season for Abby, but it marked a beginning for so much more.

Abby has autism and when the crowd went wild, it provided an exclamation mark to a year where she’s become an inspiration to some and a friend to many more.

How Abby came to be on the team reads like fiction.

“We noticed that every time she had the chance, she was shooting baskets,” said Tracey Travis, who along with Carolyn Burton, form Abby’s Educational Assistant Support team.

“We looked at having

her play last year but the schedule just didn’t work.

She’s not on the team because she has autism, but because she’s really good for it,” Travis said. “She has a passion for it,” Burton added. “She absolutely loves it. Every recess she plays basketball spring, winter or fall.”

Contributed image In order to maintain envi- Abby Tedley’s passion for shooting hoops at every opportunity landed her on the court this ronmental stability, Abby year. “She’s not on the team because she has autism, but because she’s really good for it,” plays only home games. educational assistant Tracey Travis said.

“It’s comfortable and familiar for her, “Bennett had painted her own face to raise a flag. As she did them to give her a shot,” so, the student body spon- Madison said. said. with the number.

“She’s really good at de“We didn’t really know Abby has attended the taneously broke into a fense too,” Brooklyn said. what to expect,” said Tra- school since kindergarten chant to Abby, Abby.”

Both Travis and Burton “If you tell her to stay with vis. “We gave her the op- and is well known for her portunity smile and credited the atmosphere number 15, that’s what to succeed “We noticed that happy atti- at the school where Erin she does.”

VanDeWiele is principal, Coach Tawnya Carbecause she tude. ruthers said Abby’s atloves bas- every time she had “She can’t as playing a key role.

“Inclusion is in the air titude helps the team as ketball. It’s the chance, she was go down the much as her physical been amaz- shooting baskets. She hall without here,” Bacik said.

“Tracey and I are both skills. ing.” everyone absolutely loves it.

“Her enthusiasm is conS u p p o r t Every recess she plays high-fiving firm believers that if you from her her and say- give somebody the oppor- tagious, whether she’s tunity, just look at what on the court or waiting teammates basketball spring, win- ing hello. and the en- ter or fall.”

Vice-prin- they can do,” Burton said. for her turn. She’s a good Victor Lauriston oppo- shooter and she dribbles tire school - Tracey Travis cipal Scott communiBacik said nents for the most part the ball well.”

As for Abby, she sums ty has been phenomenal, the entire school popula- have been really supportive as well, Travis said. the situation up in a few Burton said. tion is behind her.

Fellow students Brook- sentences.

During a game earlier in “She has 300 fans,” he lyn Duquette and Mad“I love basketball – I’m the year, supporters paint- said. ed Abby’s uniform numAt a recent ceremony ison Schatz said Abby is on the team,” she said.

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That option become more crucial due to the political instability in the region.

“We were in Tripoli (in northern Lebanon) and there was fighting and a lot of strikes.”

The couple applied to move to Canada in 2010 but civil war in Syria derailed the process.

“I was worried for my kids’ safety,” she said. “We wanted them to be safe.”

The couple was settling into a comfortable life here.

Jolly found work as a professor, her husband took a course in English and eventually secured a job as well.

“Life was good, as far as I knew,” she said. “I put the boys in French Immersion.

The kids were two and three and a half when we came here and they didn’t speak a word of French.

Within a year of starting at school, they were exceling.”

Her husband and the two boys left May 18 and were supposed to return a month later.

“My husband’s mother

wasn’t well and he was going to sell a house we owned there. After he’d been there for a short time I got a call from an uncle in Lebanon saying the boys aren’t coming back.”

Frantically, she called and Ali told her he’d been planning his actions for 18 months.

“He confirmed it – it was always his plan,” she said.

“I didn’t want the boys to go because I knew I would miss them so much but I had no idea this would happen. It’s not the typical cliché story.”

Jolly’s contact with the boys is infrequent and sporadic.

“I usually get a call from them at about the time that would be their bedtime in Lebanon,” she said. “They’re tired and sometimes cranky. I know my boys, when they need to sleep they need to sleep.

We don’t get to talk much at all.”

Jolly received full custody of the children in October but has resisted the urge to go to Lebanon to get the children back.

“I’m worried about go-

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ing because (according to Lebanese law) as long as we’re married he has the right as my husband to stop me. He could take my passport and make me stay there,” she said. “I’m in the process of divorcing him but even then it will be difficult on my own.”

Jolly has been in contact with the Chatham-Kent Police Service who are investigating her kidnapping complaint, Foreign Affairs Canada and Chatham-Kent-Essex MP Dave Van Kesteren.

Jolly said her husband took their savings and a lot of personal property when he left, making life financially difficult.

“The money’s gone,” she said. “It’s taken me months just to get back on my feet.”

Jolly is getting support from her friends, students and those in the community who know the situation.

A friend of Jolly’s from Mississauga started a petition on change.org April 10 asking Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to intervene.

Since that time, the petition has garnered support from virtually every part of the world including Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Australia and the United States.

Sentiments include: This is inhumane. This woman deserves her children. – Trish Roche, Ottawa, Canada I am signing this petition because I want these kids to go back to their mom, it’s not fair what happened to both the mom and the kids, I am a mother of 4 kids and I would die if my kids have been taken away from me. – Abir Gadalla, Fremont, CA The court gave custody to mom; that is where the kids should be no matter what laws there are between countries. – Sondra Lahay, Windsor, Ont. I’m signing because no child deserves to be separated from his mom! – Assia Hammoud, Tripoli, Lebanon Jolly said international parental kidnapping is an

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Jolly Bimbachi with a photo of her two boys Omar and A.G. She hasn’t seen her children since her husband took them to Lebanon for a vacation and didn’t return.

epidemic threat that has separated many children from their parents.

“This cannot continue to go on,” she said. “So many lives have been destroyed already.”

While she waits, Jolly fills her Facebook page with photos and notes about her boys.

An item she originally posted a year ago recently showed up on her feed. It

was a series of photos of AG dated April 20, less than a month before he left.

“This little monkey is the sweetest kid you could ever meet. He changed my world since the first day I laid eyes on him. I am not just saying that because he’s my son. I’m just so lucky to have such a special boy. Today he called me his best girl.”

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New day for Wallaceburg health care?

By Jim Blake jim@chathamvoice.com

In a meeting that was loud, passionate, boisterous and optimistic, the Sydenham District Hospital Corporation board of directors received membership approval for what they believe will be a model for the next generation of small rural hospitals in Ontario.

A crowd estimated at more than 450 attended a meeting of the hospital board to hear plans for the future of health care in the community.

What they heard was a total denouncement of plans by the Chatham Kent Kealth Alliance to close the SDH Emergency

Department and replace it with a 7 a.m. to 11 p.m. walk-in clinic with no physician on-site.

Walpole Island Council as well as the SDH board rejected that plan. It remains “classified” although much of its contents were revealed at the meeting.

SDH board member George Lung outlined a plan for what he called “the beginning of a new era of hospital care in this area.”

The plan includes: • An integrated healthcare delivery system; • Co-location with healthcare service providers; • 24/7 Emergency Department; • Professional staffing, includ-

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A standing-room only crowd estimated at 450 people filled the UAW hall in Wallaceburg last week to discuss the future of the Sydenham District Hospital’s Emergency Department. The hall parking lot was full, as were streets and parks surrounding the building.

ing physicians, nurses, nurse practitioners; • All necessary ancillary services for the ED (e.g. diagnostic and laboratory); • Helipad; • Combination of medicine and observation beds; • Maintain the ability to accommodate Sarnia/ Chatham overflow; • Governance under the SDH board (continued corporate membership); and • A facility that will allow for future expansion in a site to be determined.

In addition to the reclassification, the board will seek Wallaceburg, Walpole Island and St. Clair Township be formed into a new district of the Erie-St. Clair Local Health Integration Network (LHIN), which will work jointly with other healthcare organizations.

Lung said the SDH proposal is based on a model approved by the Ontario Hospital Board and endorsed by the Ministry of Health.

The day before the meeting, officials from the local chapter of the Ontario Health Coalition met in Queen’s Park.

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As a result of that meeting provincial Health Minister Eric Hoskins issued a statement noting in part, “I want to assure the community that there are no plans whatsoever to close the hospital’s Emergency Department.”

“In addition, any proposals to alter the service level of the hospital would need to be approved by all members of the Alliance and the Erie St. Clair LHIN, and would require extensive community consultation and discussions with my ministry. Neither the LHIN nor my ministry have received any such requests,” Hoskins added.

SDH board chairman Sheldon Parsons said his board would proceed with plans to secure approval and funding for the project with or without CKHA’s blessing.

“As of right now, there is no CKHA since the other two boards (Public General and St. Joseph’s) have said they are suspending governance,” he said.

“We have consistently said we will work with anyone who wants to partner with us but we will take our plans directly to the LHIN (Erie St. Clair Local Health Integrated Network) and the minister if necessary.”

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lieves local residents deserve more than what’s in the CKHA proposal.

“We have approximately 25,000 people from North Kent, South Lambton, St. Clair Township, Walpole Island, Dresden and Wallaceburg,” he said. “A part-time clinic without a doctor on site isn’t adequate.”

Lung said board members couldn’t approve any plan that would drastically decrease the level of health care for the area and doesn’t believe such reductions are necessary.

“We wonder why other hospitals within the southwest region and within our LHIN have not experienced these same reductions. Petrolia, Leamington, Newbury and Strathroy seem to have weathered these crises much better,” he said. “Either their administrations have managed differently to maintain these services or CKHA has voluntarily done more than we needed to do.”

He said the board is open to greater partnerships with Bluewater Health that operates hospitals in Sarnia and Petrolia.

“For the past 17 plus years, the Hospital Boards in Chatham were treating Sydenham like a corporate piggy bank,” he said.

“Every time they ran into trouble, they withdrew our cash, our services, our equipment, even, as some suggested, our supplies.”

Lambton-Kent-Middlesex MPP Monte McNaughton said he saw a “huge outcry” from the community.

“There’s been a line drawn in the sand that the community demands 24/7 emergency health care. I’ll be taking that message to the minister.”

CKHA CEO Colin Patey told the crowd the real issue is that “hospital funding is clearly not enough. If you want to challenge the government, please do; it makes my life a lot easier.

I take no pride in eliminating any service from anyone.”

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Health care war of words continues

The real and philosophical battle over health care for residents in the North Kent, south Lambton and Walpole Island First Nations shows no sign of abating.

The Chatham boards suspended governance earlier this month as the result of the SDH board refusing to support Chatham Kent Health Alliance CEO Colin Patey’s plan to close the Wallaceburg hospital’s emergency department and replace it with a 7 a.m. to 11 p.m. clinic with no doctor on site.

Jane Havens, acting chair of the Public General board and spokesman for both it and the St. Joseph’s Board, said those boards have no interest in returning to the current system since “there is no common vision” on health care.

She said it appears Sydenham District Hospital board members (who under the Alliance’s governance agreement have veto power) believe Wallaceburg residents “have more right to safe, quality services” than the rest of Chatham-Kent.

Havens said a major stumbling block is the fact that SDH board members are elected at open board meetings by the hospital’s membership.

“One of the issues of governance that we have struggled with is that they (SDH members) see themselves as being elected by that membership.

It’s like trying to serve two masters. “ “They aren’t interested in the rest of Chatham-Kent,” she said. “We come wearing a Chatham-Kent hat and they come wearing a Wallaceburg hat.”

Members of the Chatham boards operate in a closed system in which applicants for the board must apply and be vetted in a confidential process before being approved.

Havens said Wallaceburg accounts for five per cent of the services and program activity of the CKHA but one third of the board’s voting power.

She said the provincial funding model has changed over the years and the SDH board members are unwilling to accept that.

She said funding is being directed away from hospitals to community-based functions because hospital care is the most

expensive option.

“We have been getting zero per cent or less some years while other sectors are getting four per cent. We’ve had to consolidate services but no one has been denied services.”

Havens said “we don’t believe you can negotiate the financial future of the Chatham-Kent (alliance), we don’t believe you can negotiate on issues of quality, safety and community access. We’re not going back to a governance model that doesn’t work.”

She said the boards have retained legal counsel.”

She said the local health integration network “has not been very helpful on the governance matter. They believe we should work it out.”

SDH board chair Sheldon Parsons said “we want to get together; we want governance to continue but we’re through with massive cuts in this part of the community,” he said.

If we can’t sort out our governance issues someone else will sort it out for us and that person will be from the Ministry of Health.”

In a presentation last week, Parsons said SDH had remained quiet on what he termed “ongo-

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Members of the Sydenham District Hospital Board and the Chatham Kent Health Alliance met last Tuesday as the board considered its options regarding health care in Wallaceburg. Notables attending were SDH board chair Sheldon Parsons (left) and CKHA CEO Colin Patey (second from right).

ing” governance issues.

“In our mind, our governance problems were resolvable, that they were a work in progress, that reasonable people would eventually understand that we were going to fulfill our fiduciary responsibilities to our members and to our communities. We weren’t going to go away. We weren’t going to cave to their pressures.”

He said SDH boards have faced “antagonistic attitudes that border on corporate bullying.

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“They ignored their responsibilities under the Alliance agreement and the Transition Protocol, agreements that had

been negotiated in good faith over a number of years. “ He said the SDH board has also retained legal counsel and will proceed with taking its plan to provincial authorities for approval.

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Don’t ask A generation or two ago, when a doctor gave you a diagnosis, you accepted it.

Gradually the phrase, “I want to get a second opinion,” became part of the medical lexicon.

Lives have been saved because people asked questions.

Questioning is generally a good thing, unless of course, you’re questioning the actions of what used to be known as the Chatham-Kent Health Alliance.

In that case, prepare to have your motives, knowledge, right to ask and even your residency questioned.

The two Chatham boards voted to suspend the governance of the hospital because the Sydenham District Hospital board wouldn’t agree with them. They violated a legal agreement because they couldn’t get what they want or what the CEO wanted.

We wanted to ask the Erie St. Clair Local Health Integration Network what they thought of that and a host of other questions, but after days of seeking even 15 minutes of interview time, we received a “we’re looking into things” kind of statement.

As we’re going to press, the LHIN has announced a public meeting. We’ll let you know on chathamvoice. com if they have anything more substantial than that.

The entire affair indicates a systemic arrogance in the health-care administration. CEO’s cannot be doubted, boards don’t have to be publicly elected and LHIN officials don’t have to answer questions.

The former alliance board members claim they speak for all of Chatham-Kent. It’s difficult to reconcile that with the fact they aren’t chosen by the public, and seem openly contemptuous of those who opposed them.

Any group chosen in secret by like-minded individuals can fall victim to “groupthink” a phenomenon where members suppress dissenting views, isolate themselves from outside influences and develop what some call an “illusion of invulnerability” The former Alliance portrays the issue as one of “lay people” who are questioning a group of experts, when much of the discussion involves the opposite.

One aspect of what really needs to be discussed is how LHINs and hospitals across Ontario operate emergency departments in centres far smaller than Wallaceburg, admit patients more quickly and spend far less on administration.

Presumably, qualified individuals operate those institutions as well, yet they have a different viewpoint. Perhaps we could learn something.

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Opinion

Funding cuts frustrate doctors Sir: In the last six months, I, along with 11,000 other Concerned Ontario Doctors, have watched with frustration as the Ontario Liberals have instituted drastic funding cuts and short-sighted policies have undermined services provided by frontline doctors.

Many struggle to keep their practices afloat.

Although their offices are small businesses, doctors prioritize patient care over profit. However, escalating cuts in 2015 forced many to reduce staff, services or worse, close their clinics.

A survey of Ontario physicians reveals that over 80% are burned out.

Each week, more doctors leave or retire earlier than planned. and no one is replacing them.

No community is immune to the impact of reckless Liberal decisions.

In Chatham-Kent, we can clearly see the effect.

Our emergency departments, inpatient wards and operating rooms are bursting at the seams, yet funding is cut again.

Pregnant women struggle to find local obstetricians for their care. Access to tertiary services in London and Windsor is almost impossible to obtain. Funding for hip and knee replacements was exhausted in December.

Specialist funding for management of common illnesses like diabetes, heart failure, colitis, addiction, cirrhosis and kidney disease was also slashed. Wait lists grow because fewer specialists are available.

Chatham-Kent is one of the most underserved areas of the province, but the government has closed the doors to new graduates. We are not “a high needs area.” Liberal bureaucracy stops new family doctors from starting a practice that includes fundamental services like house calls, inpatient care, psychotherapy, obstetrics, or palliative care.

When I came to this community 20 years ago, the government had cut physicians and services.

Hundreds of doctors left Ontario. One in three patients had no family doctor. The government took 20 years to fix that mistake.

The people of Chatham-Kent can’t afford to remain silent any longer.

All of us – past, present and future patients – should be furious that the Liberals have capped health care funding below the rate of inflation, or actual patient need.

Enough is enough. We cannot keep doing more with less.

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C-K cemetery bylaw explained Sir: Recently, a letter to the editor was published regarding the new municipal cemetery bylaw that was approved by council on March 21.

Unfortunately, the writer provided a personal interpretation of this bylaw that has caused a great

deal of confusion and stress for local interment rights holders.

The writer is of the impression that the bylaw section regarding abandoned graves is unique to Chatham-Kent and suspects that the mu-

nicipality is planning to reclaim unused graves for resale.

This is simply not true. This is not a business practice being considered for use nor has it been done in the past.

This bylaw is a provin-

cial statute that applies to all cemeteries in Ontario and is intended for larger communities that find their existing cemeteries at, or approaching, capacity. It has been disclosed in Chatham-Kent bylaws for many years.

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Voice editorial just verbal junk, reader says Sir: I read with disappointment Jim Blake’s recent editorial entitled “Open or Closed.”

This is a disgraceful example of the media stirring the pot and spouting out yet again the verbal junk that has been the editorial fodder of late.

Never mind if the healthcare debate is open or closed. It is close-minded people who seek out the sensational and largely untrue elements of this sad debate and print them over and over again. The SDH board chooses to meet at the Wallaceburg union hall because their meetings must all be in the boundaries of Wallaceburg. Their meeting place is their choice. But I have spent seven years and hundreds of volunteer hours sitting at the CKHA board table, and trust me when I say that you have it entirely wrong

about them being in any way “cushy.”

The leadership at CKHA has had no secret meetings to sell an unpopular idea as you suggest. On the contrary, they have engaged highly respected community partners in a much-needed dialog, for over two years and using the collaborative and integrated process required by the Erie St. Clair LHIN. The only “non-takers” as you call them, are the Sydenham District Hospital Board, and the Wallaceburg community.

As for the “highest admin costs and highest ER wait times in the province” – shame on you for sensationalizing an untruth. We may have poor ER wait times for non-acute visits, but we are No. 3 of 74 Ontario hospitals for serious acute visits, a remarkable accomplishment, I think.

That is after all what a true emergency department is about.

I know that I am willing to wait some time, maybe even a long time, if I come to the ER and need a splint, knowing that I will be seen lightening quick if I am having a stroke.

I won’t “go along to get along” if it jeopardizes the financial sustainability of my family’s health care. Thank goodness that some of us will not compromise on what is right.

Health care is complicated. It takes a long time and a lot of effort to understand. It takes open-minded people to appreciate the changes that have happened in the last 10 years and continue to change every day.

At The Public General Hospital, the members are the board. We choose

a skills-based board over community members who think they know everything about health care the first day they join the board, and who use it as a platform to advance their own personal agendas.

We have no problem with the community having a voice, when they express an opinion, and even when they jump the queue. But please save us all from those who continuously spout drivel that is so uninformed and misrepresentative of the truth, that it does not even bear repeating.

It is so easy to be an armchair critic isn’t it?

People can pretend to be experts, but they clearly are not. The boards of PGH and SJH have tried to take the high ground up until now, but enough already.

Cemetery staff there to help Continued from page 6

That’s also true with the former Town of Blenheim’s Evergreen Cemetery Bylaws, where the graves the writer has referred to are located.

Cemetery frontline staff expend a great deal of compassion and time with clients to ensure they understand the best route to achieving their often-immediate needs.

Cemetery staff is definitely not in the business of creating barriers to people at such a stressful time, and work with families to assist with the required process and ensure their wishes are carried out.

The process to transfer or use graves that an applicant does not own is very transparent and is in accordance with provincial inher-

itance law. Anyone with a valid ownership claim will have no difficulty transferring lots. Proof of being an estate trustee (executor), or being a direct heir, along with a sworn statement and a transfer fee (in cases of ownership change), will satisfy requirements in most situations. When the applicant is a direct beneficiary of the original owner of the lot, cemetery staff will also provide the statement form to assist with the process.

The Cemeteries By-Law and Interment Policy are available for review at chatham-kent.ca/cemeteries, or can be obtained directly from the cemetery office. It is strongly encouraged that questions regarding the municipality’s bylaws or interment policy be direct-

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Walpole elder changing health care

80-year-old takes ER issue to band council

after him when I’m gone eh? I just made up my mind that I’m going to go to council and ask them why they’re not supporting the hospital.”

“I lined up a few speakers; Jeff, (Wesley), Sheldon (Parsons) that retired nurse and ex Chief Joe Gilbert,” she said. “Once they heard what could happen, of course they said ‘yes.’”

By Jim Blake Walpole council supported 24-hour emergency medical jim@chathamvoice.com service. And Chief Dan MisAn 80-year-old Walpole Island kokomon offered a copy of the elder who in her words, “just CKHA confidential report to made up my mind,” played a Wesley, a Wallaceburg Coun. key role in helping form what and former SDH board chair. He said the docuis being hailed as a new future “I was really nervous. I ha- ment confirmed what CKHA offor Wallaceburg ven’t been in good health ficials had tried health care. to hide.

Jean Wright- lately, and I know how Wesley said man petitioned many of my friends and Miskokomon’s Walpole Island family need that hospital.” action showed Council April - Walpole Island elder Jean attempts by the 12 to hear con- Wrightman CKHA to dicerns about vide the comwhat was then the rumored closure of the Emer- munity had failed. He said the gency Department at Sydenham SDH board had tried numerous times to get copies of the report District Hospital.

“I was really nervous. I haven’t for himself and councillor Carbeen in good health lately, and I men McGregor without success.

“Dan said to me, ‘You don’t know how many of my friends and family need that hospi- have a copy of the report – I’ll tal,” she said. “I’m 80 and my give you mine.’ If the CKHA son uses emergency a lot and has any beefs about me reading I thought who’s going to look from the report, they can take

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Walpole Coun. Rex Isaac said not only did council commend Jean for he work, the report led to council’s unanimous support for the hospital and 24/7 emergency medical care.

In recognition of her efforts, the SDH board amended its bylaws to provide her with honorary membership in the corporation.

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The preview night is from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. on May 11. The bargains continue for the rest of the week, from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. on May 12, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on May 13, and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on May 14.

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Sydenham District Hospital Corporation board members Sheldon Parsons (left) and Herb John present Jean Wrightman with an honourary membership to the corporation in recognition of her efforts in promoting local health care.

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Vets’ graves tended by anonymous caregiver

By Jim Blake jim@chathamvoice.com

A simple, unsigned letter delivered to Jerry Hind’s house April 15 re-confirmed his belief that the work being done by the Gathering Our Heroes effort has gone far beyond his personal circle of friends, veterans and acquaintances.

The envelope, which carried no return address, contained a hand-written note, a series of photographs of gravesites and was marked “attention for hero soldiers.”

“Mr. Hind,” it began “I don’t know these soldiers/gentlemen – but as they are near where my family are buried, when I am able to go to the cemetery – as I see them always covered with dirt

and almost covered – I usually clean them up as good as I can.”

“When they have the Memorial Day, (the letter continues), the flags are only on the soldiers in the cemetery – many people are not advised or notified of soldiers outside the field so I or other family members take a flag and flowers for these two gentlemen. It seems they have no family that even goes there for either one or maybe all family have passed as well.”

The letter concludes with the following: “It is a shame that they get forgotten when outside the memorial or all [the] family passed and no one even puts a small flag of remembrance.

Maybe you can look into these three soldiers

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Jerry Hind, curator of the Gathering Our Heroes project, recently received a surprise letter. The anonymous letter is from someone who is caring for the graves of local veterans from the Second World War.

because I know “you do care”.

Thank you – from another Soldiers child.”

Hind said many veterans’ graves dot the cemetery and aren’t always maintained.

“People get old, pass on and families move,” he said. “It doesn’t necessarily mean a lack of respect

but it means a lot when a member of the community steps up this way.”

The two graves mentioned are those of John Willmore and Leslie Peck, both of Chatham.

Willmore was a Gunner with the Royal Canadian Artillery. He enlisted in June of 1941 and was discharged on December 1, 1945. He died in 2006.

Peck, a member of the Kent Regiment, survived the war and

died Dec. 30, 1976.

Hind said the letter writer is likely a longtime resident of Chatham since he or she seems to know something of the two men.

“I believe that Fred Peck was the vegetable seller; my father was a delivery boy for him before the war,” Hind explained.

“Wilmore I believe was an ex-police officer (but) I’m not sure about that either. The police officer, I believe was Edward Roy “Ted” Willmore who also

severed in WWII overseas with the Canadian Scottish Regt.”

Hind said the Gathering Our Heroes effort he helped launch four years ago and still curates, has taken on a life of its own.

“We get inquiries all of the time from Canada, the United States and Europe from someone looking for information about a loved one from Chatham and area,” he said. “The database now has more than 8,000 heroes in it.”

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Ridge Landfill expansion sought

By Jim Blake jim@chathamvoice.com

Progressive Waste Solutions is in the process of applying for an expansion of operations at its Ridge Landfill site that could assure its viability for the next two decades.

Project manager Cathy Smith said the process involves having the province approve land within the site.

Only 350 acres of the 800acre site is approved to accept waste. Approval by

the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change would mean another 200 to 250 acres would be available.

The company will host a May 3 open house meeting in Blenheim to get residents’ feedback. The open house is from 5-8 p.m. at St. Mary’s Hall, 94 George St. in Blenheim.

Smith said her firm is also seeking approval to accept waste materials from across the province, although she doesn’t expect there will be a major

change in the way the site operates.

“There are two kinds of licences; those that allow us to accept material from adjacent areas and another that allows province-wide material.

If approved, it will just give us more flexibility to accept material if the need arises.”

There would be no change in the type of waste permitted, nor would the site accept more than its current 1.3 million tonnes.

She said the plan should

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be submitted to the province by August with the earliest approval being toward the end of this year.

Development of the new

portion of the site would still be four years away.

Smith noted in addition to taxes, the municipality receives $2.3 million as a

royalty payment for hosting the site. The firm also makes donations to the Ridge Landfill Trust for community projects.

Nominations open for C-K senior of the year The Chatham Voice

In recognition of Ontario Seniors Month, the 29th annual senior achievement awards take place on June 17 at the Blenheim Recreation Centre.

The Municipality of Chatham-Kent, Mayor Randy Hope and council recognize and honour local seniors age 60 and up who have achieved significant goals and made an outstanding contribution

to the citizens of Chatham-Kent.

Hope endorses an impartial selection committee that selects the Chatham-Kent Senior of the Year.

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Presentation of the awards will take place at 11:00 a.m. June 17 at the arena, located at 199 King St., Blenheim.

For more information, please contact the Senior Expo committee chairperson, Coun. Karen Herman, at 519-436-3206 or the mayor’s office at 519360-1998, ext. 3001.

Story touches historian’s heart Continued from page 10

He said he and three researchers have read every issue of the Chatham Daily News from 1939 to 1946, looking for information as part of the project.

“You never know where you’re going to find something useful,” he said. “An

item from one person or family will sometimes lead you to information to track down scores of others.”

Hind can be contacted at 519-352-2574. The group’s website is gatheringourheroes.ca.

Hind said he hopes the letter writer reads the Voice and

will contact him.

“I want to thank him or her and tell them ‘you did the right thing’. It’s obvious that the person behind the letter isn’t looking for anything but I’d like them to know just how much the story touched my heart,” he said.

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Everyone has a story

By Jim Blake jim@chathamvoice.com

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changes from previous years, including a move from a 12 to a six-hour format.

“The move from a 12hour format to six hours is to make the entire event more accessible and family friendly,” she said during a recent meeting.

“We have a lot of people who want to be involved for the full event but can’t physically do 12 hours, or have children and can’t make that commitment.”

The event will feature the same food, entertainment and family activities as last year, only in a shorter time frame.

“We’re finalizing the musical entertainment on the main stage as well as the children’s program,” she said.

“We’ve shortened it from the 12 hours the year before to make the relay more accessible,” she said. “We will still have all of the fun and events, we’re just going to compress it into a shorter time frame.”

The Relay will feature the survivors and luminary laps as well as special laps featuring, glow sticks and beach balls.

Soccer balls and 80’s workout themes will also

When Joan Byng talks about the reality of cancer and the hope provided

by Relay for Life, she’s aware that her story isn’t unique.

That’s exactly the point.

Joan, who is this year’s Relay for Life Community Champion, spoke before Chatham-Kent Council last week in the hope that adding her story to those of others will inspire more people to action.

Jim Blake/The Chatham Voice Her life was severely imChatham-Kent Councillor Doug Sulman is off and running as he accepts a Relay for Life baton from Krissy Rioux pacted my her mother-inof the Canadian Cancer Society. The annual event will take place Saturday June 11 at CKSS. law’s sudden death after a “short, out of the blue, be incorporated through- see the impact that Relay cancer research. The ChaAs part of a warm-up for battle with cancer nearly out the night. for Life has on them,” she tham event is seeking to the event, there will be a 15 years ago, just as the “We’re also bringing said. “Every year, I see raise more than $100,000 Relay for Life “Stuff Sale” first RFL in Chatham was back some of the favour- that we are making a dif- this year. to be held at Thames Lea being planned.” ite features of years past ference in the fight against Due to research, 83 per Plaza this Saturday from She and her husband including team signs and cancer and in the lives of cent of children and 63 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. featuring Tom took the opportunity designated team sites at survivors and their fami- per cent of adults survive a barbeque and a Ford to become involved and relay,” said. “We didn’t lies. We are having an im- at least five years after Drive 4UR Community she continues to be a part have them last year and pact on our community.” their cancer diagnosis. test drive event. of the Relay 14 years later. they were missed.”

Cindy Vinall of the CanFor more information on For more information on “It was one way that Byng said, for her, the cer Society said last year registering to walk, form- that event, call 519-352my husband, Tom, and I event means hope.

331 communities raised ing a team or volunteer- 3960. could honour Mary-Lou “Over the years, as I more than $34 million for ing, go torelayforlife.ca. and at the same time, fight have seen more this dreaded disease that and more survitook her from us so quickvors around the ly and without warning,” track, as we celshe said. ebrate their jourJoan will be among those ney and their lighting the hundreds strength, I also of luminary candles Saturday, June 11 at the Chatham-Kent AthNunzio Spadafora, letic Complex.

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The Arts

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The St. Clair College Capitol Theatre hosts more than large-scale events. The local venue is typically busy for about 250 nights of the year, manager Lesley Grand said.

Capitol Theatre a busy venue

By Raquel Sa Special to The Voice

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and summer camps keep the Capitol very busy.

Well-known names such as The Trews and The Irish Rovers have been seen at the Capitol as well. The theatre is also hosting the legendary Gordon Lightfoot as well as an upcoming tribute to Elvis Presley in concert.

The Mainstreet lounge offers a birds-eye view of downtown Chatham and

features two spacious outdoor patios. Last summer, the theatre presented a songwriter’s series that featured a different local songwriter every Friday night on the patio. Country music, pop, folk, jazz and more, the event sold out every week.

The patio event is scheduled to start again on June 3 and continue every Friday in July and August, except for July 1.

The community, as well as visitors from Toronto and the U.S., have been very supportive of the theatre and have left with

excellent reviews.

“Great acoustics, friendly staff, not a bad seat in the house!”

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The 1920 entertainment venue has been lighting

up the theatre scene since it reopened in 2010.

“Over the past three years, the theatre has been in use an average of about 250 nights a year, and looks to be presenting shows for many years to come,” Lesley Grand, general manager of the theatre, said.

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Thursday, April 28, 2016 • Open Euchre at 1:00pm at The Chatham Legion, William & Colborne St., Chatham.

• The Knights of Columbus are hosting a Religious Vocations Appreciation Night in recognition of our priests, deacons and nuns. Beginning at 5:00pm at the Spirit and Life Centre, 184 Wellington St. West, Chatham, the evening will include entertainment and a roast beef dinner at a cost of $20. For tickets and info please contact Frank Lazzarin 519-351-3852 or email kofc1412@gmail.com.

Friday, April 29, 2016 • Meal and Fun darts at The Chatham Legion, William & Colborne St., Chatham.

Dinner from 5:30-7:00pm with choice of liver and onions, roast beef or fish & chips for $9.00. One meat draw. Open darts at 7:30pm.

Saturday, April 30, 2016 • Plant Sale at Calvary Church, 34 Victoria Ave., Chatham.

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8:00am-1:00pm at the Thames Lea Plaza, 711 Grand Ave West. (old Target parking lot) Sunday, May 1, 2016 • Madarin MS Walk - Chatham-Kent.

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Monday, May 2, 2016 • The Chatham-Kent Film Group presents the acclaimed documentary “Al Purdy was Here” at the Galaxy Cineplex. Shows are at 4:00pm and 7:00pm. $10 admission. No advance tickets. 519-359-8455.

• NEW! Storytelling Circle from 7:00pm9:00pm at the Shrewsbury Community Centre, 112 New Scotland Line. Open to all ages, and a particularly warm welcome to those who may consider themselves as elders with wisdom to share. If you are not a talker or a speaker we need good listeners too! A donation jar will be at the door to collect for the utilities used at the Centre.

• Senior Euchre at The Chatham Legion, William & Colborne St., Chatham at 1:00pm.

Tuesday, May 3, 2016 • Container Gardening Workshop from 6:30pm-8:00pm at the Chatham branch of the CKPL. Guest speaker Bill Ross will discuss tricks and tips of growing successful container garden. Admission is free. Registration is required. Visit ckpl.ca for info.

• Tilbury OEYC presents: Helping your child to speak clearly. 10:00am-11:00am.

Register at 519-358-1451 x0. 43 St. Clair St., Tilbury.

• Open euchre and 2 person team euchre at The Chatham Legion, William & Colborne St., Chatham. Open euchre is at 1:00pm. Evening (2 person team) registration is at 6:30pm and starts t 7:00pm.

Wednesday, May 4, 2016 • Chatham’s St. Joseph’s Nurses Alumni is hosting its annual Alumni Lunch at Club Lentinas. Cost: $22.00 Reservation only.

Phone 519-723-9461.

• Feed your Mind . . .a unique Literacy and Nutrition program designed to promote learning and healthy eating for children ages 3-6yrs and their parents. 11:00am1:00pm. St. Michael’s Hall, Maple St., Ridgetown. Please register 519-358-1451 x0. Space is limited!

• Pepper and fun darts at The Chatham Legion, William & Colborne St., Chatham.

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

Thursday, May 5, 2016 • Ridgetown OEYC presents: Story Time with the Librarian! Join us for circle time, filled with songs, rhymes and stories.

10:30am-11:30am. 20473 Victoria Rd. • Open euchre and bingo at The Chatham Legion, William & Colborne St., Chatham.

Open euchre is at 1:00pm. Bingo is at 7:00pm. Doors open at 6;00pm.

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.

Free tea, coffee & fellowship.

Sundays from 2:30pm-4:00pm.

146 Lacroix St., Chatham.

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

THURSDAY, APRIL 28, 2016

C-K council expenses under budget

By Jim Blake jim@chathamvoice.com

It cost Chatham-Kent taxpayers $621,412 for council salaries and expenses last year, $20,000 less than budgeted.

Municipal financial services director Gord Quinton said the variance is due to some council members not using their full allotment for items such as conferences.

“The budget is made with the assumption that each council member will attend an out of town conference each year,” he said. “For various reasons that doesn’t happen each year.’

Mayor Randy Hope led the way, receiving $83,795 in base salary and another $13,056 in honorarium related benefits. Taxpayers also paid $3,075 for his office equipment (including cell phones, fax machines and other telecommunications expenses).

According to a report to council, “in the case of the mayor, there is an 18.98% benefit included covering CPP, EHT, medical and pension provision (benefit $12,904, HST credit ($2,848).”

Municipal council members in Ontario aren’t required to pay taxes on one third of their incomes.

The mayor also incurred $12,336 in local and $16,921 in international travel for a total of $29,257.

Each of the 17 councillors received an honorarium of $26,542 and honorarium related benefits of $152.

Councillors receive lap top computers, cell phone and expenses and fax machines as well.

Chatham Councillor Michael Bondy spent $1,596 in the category while South Kent Councillor Frank Vercouteren spent $1,514.

Councillors Sulman, Wesley, Thompson, VanDamme, Herman,

Carmen McGregor, Myers, Pinsonneault, Robertson, and Fluker spent between $500 and $1000 while councillors Brock McGregor, Leclair, Faas, Canniff and Authier spent less than $500.

In terms of travel and training expenses, new councillors Van Damme and Carmen McGregor led the way with Van Damme receiving $6,431 and McGregor, $3,852.

Topping the $2,000 mark were Vercouteren ($2,716) and Herman ($2,321).

Next were Brock McGregor ($1,892), Wesley ($1,880), Pinsonneault ($1,568), Thompson ($1,567) and Sulman ($1,058).

The final group included Robertson ($302), Canniff, ($246), Bondy ($122) and Leclair ($119).

Claiming no travel or training expenses were Bryon Fluker, Robert Myers and Mark Authier.

The mayor and council members receive 49 cents per kilometre for travel to meetings, the same amount as municipal staff.

Unlike council members in larger centres, Quinton said Chatham-Kent councillors don’t have a discretionary budget set aside.

“Centres such as London and Windsor council members have money set aside that they can spend in their wards,” he said.

“That doesn’t happen here.”

Councillors in each of Windsor’s ten wards received $40,000 to be spent on ward projects while London councillors received a $15,000 annual expense fund.

The practice came under fire during the 2014 elections when critics described the money as “slush funds” for re-election after some elected officials bought television cameras for their own internet shows or bought tires for their personal vehicles.

Library offers virtual cards The Chatham Voice

Instant access to thousands of eBooks, movies, audiobooks, and magazines. Unlimited downloading and streaming. The Chatham-Kent Public Library invites residents to register online for a virtual library card.

Virtual card applications are available at ckpl.ca and are open to residents of Chatham-Kent over the age of 16. Cards will be valid for two years.

The easily accessible virtual library has been a way for the community to use the library’s resources from

home.

The loan period for eBooks is seven to 14 days, seven to 21 days for audiobooks, three days for movies and TV shows and seven days for music.

Renewals are permitted if no holds have been placed.

Electronic materials are returned automatically so late fees are never a concern. eReaders are available at the library to sign out and try at home. They can be taken out for up to 14 days.

For more information, or to apply for your own virtual library card, visit ckpl.ca.

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RM brings back Cars & Coffee The Chatham Voice

Glimpse inside one of world’s leading restoration facilities for collector cars at this year’s Cars & Coffee events kicking off on May 7 at RM Auto Restoration.

Cars & Coffee was introduced last summer with each event attracting more than 100 cars, and enthusiasts, travelling from as far away as Toronto.

Auto enthusiasts are encouraged to bring out their classic rides for display of an impromptu car show.

Preview auction vehicles slated to go under the RM gavel this summer, and tour the exclusive RM Classic Cars Exhibit that is opening its doors specifically for the event,

The Downtown Chatham Centre is announcing that the Miss Retrofest online photo contest has been revamped and is continuing for 2016 in time for Retrofest weekend on May 27 and 28.

Some changes will be made to improve the contest for its third year.

Submissions will require a photo of the contestant dressed in retro fashions and a few words on why they love being “retro.” Interested participants must be 18 years or older.

Submissions will be accepted at facebook.com/downtownchathamcentre until April 29.

From there a panel of judges will select a winner then release five runners-up to a voting process to win the title of “People’s Choice.”

Miss Retrofest 2016 will be announced on May 4. Voting for the “People’s Choice” will start May 10 both online and inside the mall.

All contestants that entered will be part of a special display inside the mall that will recognize the ladies leading up to the Retrofest weekend.

The winner will receive a VIP treatment during Retrofest which includes riding as a guest of honour in the OLG Classic Car Cruise, a personal stylist and shopping spree at Suzy Shier, retro make-over from The Hair Studio at Sears and Gloss Wedding Make-up & Esthetics, a pin-up inspired photo shoot with April Colby Photography, and presenting plaques at the Retrofest award ceremony.

The Miss Retrofest contest is open to all women but are asked that all photos are kept classy - no lingerie, nude or overly sexual pictures will be accepted.

For further details visit downtownchathamcentre.ca or e-mail Jaclyn Gillier, Miss Retrofest organizer and fellow retro fashion enthusiast at jaclyn@downtownchathamcentre.ca.

Crawford named prez of OCSOA The Chatham Voice

One of the St. Clair Catholic District School board’s superintendents of education was recently named president of the Ontario Catholic Supervisory Officers’ Association at the annual general meeting in London recently.

“It is important that OCSOA’s voice in support of Catholic education and Catholic educational leadership in Ontario is ardent, informed and united,” Deb Crawford said.

Crawford will be leading the On-

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Earth Day showcase

providing attendees with the opportunity to inspect an incredible assortment of historic and rare rides.

Win a test on the RM dynamometer through a raffle draw. Proceeds will benefit a charity established at the Foundation of Chatham-Kent Health Alliance in the name of RM’s dear friend, Dana Brezzi.

Complimentary donuts and coffee will be supplied at each event for the first 250 guests, courtesy of RM Auto Restoration and Tim Hortons.

The event runs from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m., rain or shine.

Cars & Coffee will continue on June 11 and July 9.

RM Auto Restoration is located on 1 Classic Car Dr., north of Blenheim.

Miss Retrofest is revamped The Chatham Voice

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tario Catholic Supervisory Officers’ Association for 2016 to 2017.

At a special Mass on April 15, Crawford and the newly chosen OCSOA Executive, as well as St. Clair Catholic’s newly appointed superintendents of education, Laura Callaghan and Scott Johnson, received a blessing and commissioning.

“The OCSOA annual general meeting is always a tremendous celebration of the important work of Catholic education in our province,” Dan Parr, director of education with the St. Clair board, said.

Jim Blake/The Chatham Voice

Students at St. Ursula’s School celebrated Earth Day Friday with a visit from Rondeau Provincial Park employees Gabby Nichols and Caitlin Sparks who talked about the park’s unique natural features and habitat.

Notice of Commencement –Terms of Reference & Notice of Public Open House Ridge Landfill, Blenheim, Ontario Progressive Waste Solutions Canada Inc. (PWS, formerly BFI Canada Inc.) is initiating a study under the Environmental Assessment Act to expand the footprint of the existing Ridge Landfill.

The Ridge Landfill has been serving the Chatham-Kent community for 50 years and will reach its approved capacity by approximately 2022. An expanded Ridge Landfill would continue to provide long term residual waste disposal capacity beyond this time frame to help Chatham-Kent and Ontario meet the needs of a growing population.

The Process This study will be carried out in accordance with the requirements of the Environmental Assessment Act (EAA). The first step in the process is the preparation of a Terms of Reference (ToR). The ToR will set the framework for addressing the EAA requirements, including the alternatives that will be considered and the public consultation activities that will be carried out. The ToR requires approval by the Minister of the Environment and Climate Change.

Consultation Public consultation is a very important aspect of this process.

Members of the public, agencies, Indigenous communities and other interested persons are encouraged to actively participate in the planning process by attending consultation opportunities or contacting PWS to provide comments or ask questions.

You are Invited to a Public Open House!

The first Public Open House for the proposed Ridge Landfill Expansion will introduce the project and provide information on the terms of reference process.

Time & Date: May 3, 2016 from 5:00pm - 8:00pm Location: St. Mary’s Hall, 94 George St, Blenheim, ON

Consultation opportunities will be held throughout the planning process and notice will be provided through advertisement in the Blenheim News Tribune, Chatham Daily News, Chatham This Week and Chatham Voice; distribution to the project contact list; and through postings at www.ridgelandfill.com. Please visit the website to sign-up to be on the project contact list.

For further information please contact: Cathy Smith Project Manager Progressive Waste Solutions Canada Inc. T: 519-676-5000 E: cathy.smith@progressivewaste.com Under the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act and the Environmental Assessment Act, unless otherwise stated in the submission, any personal information such as name, address, telephone number and property location included in a submission will become part of the public record files for this matter and will be released, if requested, to any person.

Notice published (April 20, 2016)

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With deep sadness the family of Clark Pepper announces his passing at the age of 94 on Monday, April 18, 2016 at Riverview Gardens, Chatham. Husband of the late Marcella Pepper (2006). Father of Alma and her husband Anthony Kuni. Grandpa to Darren Kuni & his wife Karyn and their children Hudson and Shane, Leanne Hughes & her husband Philip and their children, Spencer, Haley, and Carter.

Predeceased by his parents, Wesley & Lenna Pepper, siblings Donald, Alfred, Dorothy, Lily, Grace, Ada, and Ina. Survived by his sister Reta, brothers Robert, Bert, and sister-inlaw Rose Marie Pepper.

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A special thanks to the caring staff of Extended Care at the CKHA, Chatham and 5 West at Riverview Gardens for your care and compassion to our father and family.

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Garage sale Sat. April 30, 8-11am, 82 West St., Chatham. Fridge, small appliances, toys, much more!

Roofing

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Shrub and hedge trimming. Trimmings trucked to compost pile. Call Dave 519-354-8646.

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Happy 60th Anniversary on May 5, 2016 Pat & Sylvia King Open House May 7th, 2016 82 Braemar Blvd.

3:oopm-6:00pm Donations of canned goods appreciated!

OBITUARIES John Clark Pepper 94, Monday, April 18, 2016 McKinlay Funeral Home

Tracey Couture 50, Monday, April 18, 2016 Hinnegan-Peseski Funeral Home

Robert Hainge 50, Wednesday, April 20, 2016 McKinlay Funeral Home

Colleen Smith 66, Monday, April 18, 2016 Hinnegan-Peseski Funeral Home

Ginette Marquis 68, Wednesday, April 20, 2016 McKinlay Funeral Home

Miss Barbara McCrae 73, Wednesday, April 20, 2016 Alexander & Houle Funeral Home

Walter Jaques 78, Wednesday, April 20, 2016 McKinlay Funeral Home

Mrs. Barbara Lecuyer 84, Monday, April 18, 2016 Alexander & Houle Funeral Home

Angela Grace Hillman-Balfour 93, Thursday, April 21, 2016 McKinlay Funeral Home

Mr. John Arthur Anderson 80, Thursday, April 21, 2016 Alexander & Houle Funeral Home

Chantelle Sekerak 44, Friday, April 22, 2016 McKinlay Funeral Home

Mr. Czeslaw Chrapek 80, Thursday, April 21, 2016 Alexander & Houle Funeral Home

Nancy Devos 78, Friday, April 15, 2016 McKinlay Funeral Home

Gordon Lloyd Renaud 73, Monday, April18, 2016 Denning’s of Chatham

Catherine Brackett 91, Monday, January 4, 2016 McKinlay Funeral Home

Eleanor Marjorie Mortimer 96, Friday, April 22, 2016 Denning’s of Chatham

Doris Ruth Anderson 91, Wednesday, April 20, 2016 McKinlay Funeral Home

See full obituaries at www.chathamvoice.com

Maxine Guyitt 78, Saturday, April 23, 2016 McKinlay Funeral Home Doreen Ethel Faflak 90, Monday, April 19, 2016 McKinlay Funeral Home

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