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Paramedics opposed to joining CK fire service

By Jim Blake jim@chathamvoice.com

Chatham-Kent council will be putting the safety of local residents at risk if it approves a plan to merge fire and EMS services, a spokesman for the paramedics said Monday.

Mike Stinson, a paramedic with 13 years of local experience, said, “You don’t have to look much further than recent history in Ontario to see that a blended EMS - fire model has not worked.”

Chatham-Kent Fire and Paramedic Chief Ken Stuebing presented council last month with a plan to combine the two services.

Council will be examining the issue again June 13.

Stinson said since ambulance services were downloaded from the province to local municipalities in 1999 there hasn’t been a successful blending of the two services.

“At that time, the Owen Sound fire department took over EMS and ultimately it failed in 2004 and the EMS went back to being its own entity.

“Quality of patient care will suffer,” he said.

“They may be very good firefighters but medicine isn’t their highest priority.”

Ryan Dolby, a representative of the healthcare sector of the Service Employees International Union, (SEIU) said although firefighters do receive some medical training, their skills aren’t on par with paramedics.

“To suggest they can just get re-certified and take care of patients, I would be really concerned – to suggest we can just merge overnight.”

An online petition supporting the retention of a separate EMS service has 1,580 signees as of Monday.

Stinson said a 2013 independent study in Toronto looked for efficiencies in combining the two services.

“They came back with a 350 page document, they interviewed stakeholders and managers and came back and did not recommend any kind of amalgamation.”

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Will merger result in any job losses?

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Stinson said there has been no contact between the fire department and front-line EMS or its representative regarding the amalgamation.

“We have questions about job loss,” he said.

“I’ve been here 13 years, we have others who have been here a lot longer. I love what I do. I chose EMS and they (fire department personnel) chose fire.”

He said the 48 full-time and 40 part time paramedics require annual certification from their base hospital.

“We have an amazing amount of checks and balances. Our regional base hospital currently has no relationship with the Fire Department. In fact, the base hospital has expressed grave concerns in letters over a fire medic model and the risk it may cause to patients in Chatham-Kent.”

That program, which proposed increased medical responsibilities for firefighters was criticized on many fronts including Unifor, the SEIU, the Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU) and the Canadian Union of Public Employees, (CUPE), the Ontario Association of Paramedic Chiefs and Ontario Base Hospitals.

Stuebing said many issues raised by paramedics aren’t valid.

“There is no suggestion anywhere that we would send anything less than fully qualified personnel on any call,” he said.

“This is not related to the fire-medic idea.”

“Our goal is to follow the Ambulance Act, apply for an ambulance license and have employees with skill sets so that one day the person will be fully qualified to be on an ambulance and the next day they could be on

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From left, paramedics Beth Durocher and Belinda Keith, along with the help of Macey Durocher, 5, loaded up an ambulance full of food on Victoria Day. In less than 48 hours, local paramedics donated non-perishable food items and $800 in cash – which Keith promptly turned into a lot more food courtesy of the folks at Food 4 Less in Chatham – to take to the Salvation Army for its food bank. Keith considered it a fitting kick off to paramedics’ week. EMS staff also held two barbecues and open houses at the base on Richmond Street May 24 and 27, as well as a CPR demonstration and blood pressure clinic at Thamesview Family Health Team on May 25.

a fire truck.”

He said the model is being used in Western Canada and the United States. He said the system didn’t work in Owen Sound because of a change in political

leadership that didn’t support the initiative.

He said under the model he has suggested, there would be more full-time jobs and less part time jobs although exact numbers aren’t known.

“Council has asked us to come back with more information and some of that will impact costs and possibly personnel so until council makes a decision, I can’t give specifics because I don’t

have them.”

“We’ve simply looked at the best way to deliver service,” he said. “It’s part of our job and we will follow council’s direction on the matter.”

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Fellow staffer Jan Reinhardus agreed.

“We want them to come in with questions and leave with answers,” she said.

Sterling said aside from

the vendors, there will be fitness demonstrations, Zumba, yoga, core flex training, and more.

Reinhardus said ALC staff hope to build upon the success of their seniors’ expo to check out the fitness options.

“This hasn’t been show-

cased in quite some time,” she said. “It’s a natural fit for the centre.”

“Since I’ve been here, there hasn’t been a chance to showcase the fitness element here,” Sterling said. “And this is not just for seniors.”

Reinhardus said fitness classes at the ALC are for more than members.

Aside from the members’ classes, instructors will rent out rooms at the facility for other age groups.

Sterling said one popular class offered at the ALC is L.I.F.E – low impact for everyone – fitness. About 50 people take part in the classes, and most are over the age

of 60.

“They can keep up with the best of them,” Sterling said. “We have a great time and they are getting their workout.”

Sterling said the price for taking the fitness classes at the ALC for members is too good to pass up.

“It’s $35 a year for a membership and we do all these fitness classes.

That price and a $2 participation fee is very reasonable,” she said.

There is no admission for the expo, which runs from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., and there will be door prizes.

Sterling said the kitchen will be open, and a healthy lunch will be available.

ALC fitness expo slated for Saturday

By Bruce Corcoran bruce@chathamvoice.com

Coinciding with National Fitness Day, the Active Lifestyle Centre is hosting a Fitness Expo June 4.

ALC staffer Cheryl Sterling said the expo, which will feature more than 20 vendors, is for the community at large, not just centre members.

“This if for people who

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Energy plan risking billions: Lindsay Boyd

By Jim Blake jim@chathamvoice.com

Mishandling of the province’s energy sector has put billions of dollars of investment at risk according to a senior Union Gas official.

Lindsay Boyd, Director of Municipal and Aboriginal Affairs for Union Gas told a crowd of 150 people Thursday night the province’s leaked Climate Change Action Plan (CCAP) is a “watershed event.

“It’s a death knell for new investment (in Ontario) if the government doesn’t get this right,” he said.

The CCAP would make the use of natural gas more expensive and eliminate it as a heating option for homes through a phase-in program over the next several years.

Boyd said Union Gas invested a billion dollars in pipelines within the last 12 months and had planned another billion next year. “That’s all at risk,” he said.

He said 1,800 acres of greenhouse expansion plans in the Leamington area known as the “panhandle project” has been called into question by

the CCAP. “Business hates uncertainty and the uncertainty that this has created is unbelievable. I hate to see the one product that’s keeping it affordable for business to stay in Ontario left in this position.”

He said Premier Wynne’s assurance last week that the components of the CCAP won’t be carried through aren’t enough on their own to restore confidence in the province’s energy plans.

“I heard from a greenhouse grower in Leamington who told me his bankers have told him he may be paying more (for financing) because there is an increased risk that his number one feedstock (fuel) may go up due to taxes or be banned. That’s how quickly this kind of statement can spin out of control. Who knows how much money this has already cost?”

He said Union Gas operates on a 20 to 40 year pay back on investment but may have to charge more in some instances.”

“If CCAP is implemented our rate of return just went way down,” he said.

“We can’t assume (business customers) will be in business.”

Boyd said there are 30 Ontario communities “right now” who want natural gas extended to them not just for heating but also for economic development reasons.

“I was chair of the Windsor-Essex Development Corporation for five years and the number one question investors would ask about a property was about the access to natural gas,” he said.

Boyd said the Leamington area has lost millions in investment due to its lack of a proper electricity system.

“We have growers who have been investing in Ohio because they can’t get the hydro they need.

Rick Nicholls has been working on it and it’s been a problem for ten years.”

Boyd said instead of treating natural gas as if its part of the problem, the province should be embracing it as part of the solution to a greener Ontario.

“As a company we believe without question we want to move to a lower carbon future but not at the expense of the economy,” he said. “There is no need for that.”

“In the last 25 years

we’ve been able to reduce by 15 per cent the residential household usage,” he said. “We believe in demand supply management. We have a goal of reducing and making sure that what is used is done so efficiently.”

He said natural gas for greenhouses is “a perfect symbiotic relationship” because growers take the carbon dioxide generated from combustion and use it to help the plants grow.

He said the use of renewable natural gas (a byproduct of burning) could be captured and used to fuel buses.

“In three years Hamilton will have 120 buses running on natural gas.”

He said Sarnia Lambton MPP Bob Bailey’s bill to promote use of liquid natural gas for tractor-trailers deserves immediate and full support.

Boyd said vehicles produce 35 per cent of pollution from fossil fuels.

“Let’s get the trucks switched over,” he said.

“That’s technology that we know will make a difference.”

Without use of natural gas in generation plants, the province can’t hope to meet its energy goals.

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A community workshop is being hosted at the Chatham-Kent Public Library on June 2 to help families and individuals find the most affordable option when contemplating home ownership.

The Prosperity Roundtable, in partnership with the library and the Chatham-Kent Association of Realtors, will host the workshop.

The format for the evening will be a panel discussion followed by a question and answer ses-

sion with the community experts.

“Many days home ownership feels within reach and then an emergency or an unexpected life event happens making those dreams all of a sudden disappear. This workshop is intended to give

families and individuals information about supports available in making their dreams a reality,” said Kate do Forno, Project Co-ordinator of the Prosperity Roundtable Chatham-Kent.

The workshop will run from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

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Lindsay Boyd, Director of Municipal and Aboriginal Affairs for Union Gas, addresses a gathering recently discussing the perils of the province’s Climate Change Action Plan.

ral gas, the demand for electricity will increase by about two and a half times what we’re producing now,” he said. “It

would take 20 years from right now to build a nuclear plant if everything went perfectly. I don’t see that being practical.”

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Public pressure key to energy fight

By Jim Blake jim@chathamvoice.com

Continued public pressure is the only way to ensure the provincial government doesn’t follow through on plans to eliminate natural gas as a fuel for heating according to a group of Southwestern Ontario MPPs. A “town hall” meeting arranged by Chatham-Kent-Essex MPP Rick Nicholls at Aristo’s last Thursday attracted a standing room only crowd of some 150 people.

The meeting was delayed 15 minutes to accommodate attendees concerned about the draft Climate Change Action Plan, a 57-page document which among its 32 “actions” includes changing the building code “so that new homes and small buildings built in 2030 are not relying on fossil fuels for their heating and cooling,” and that this policy

will be expanded to “all buildings before 2050.”

At a meeting in Calgary earlier in the day Wynne said the province would not follow through on portions of the CCAP, however, Nicholls said her statement doesn’t go far enough.

“The premier has been caught in a first-rate political mess and she’s scrambling to save herself,” he said.

Sarnia-Lambton MPP Bob Bailey said Ontarians must “keep their foot on the neck” of the government.

“We need more than a verbal commitment. The premier wouldn’t have backtracked if she wasn’t feeling the pressure.”

Bailey said more than 4,500 people have signed a petition from his office telling the government they want to have the right to heat with natural gas.

“We don’t believe this

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Chatham-Kent-Essex MPP Rick Nicholls speaks to about 150 people at a “town hall” meeting he and his staff organized May 26 to address concerns over the future of natural gas usage in Ontario.

was a deliberate leak or a trial balloon,” he said.

“This document was marked cabinet confidential and things of this nature just don’t go floating around. There has to be dissension in cabinet.”

Nicholls said the CCAP will cost thousands of direct and indirect jobs across province but will hit Chatham particularly hard.

“This may sound like a cliché but Union Gas is absolutely a pillar in the community,” he said.

“Anything that takes one

of our signature industries and threatens its survival for some political opportunism needs to be challenged.”

Lambton-Kent-Middlesex MPP Monte McNaughton said as the critic for economic development and infrastructure, he is concerned about the CCAP effect on what he termed an “already shaky” Ontario economy.

“Everywhere you turn, this plan will cost money,” he said. “The cost of electricity in Ontario is already through the roof,

we will have to spend millions retrofitting buildings, the cap and trade will drive investment out of the province and we’re already staggering under a $308 billion dollar debt.”

Bruce Rogers, an attendee at the meeting, said natural gas use is a major part of a solution to high-energy prices.

“We’re at the lowest (natural gas) cost since 1980,” he said. “They should be firing up every electrical generation plant they have.”

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cost of electricity is a major issue forcing manufacturing to leave Ontario and the CCAP will only drive the price higher.

Keenan, with a 54-year history in manufacturing, was so incensed with the provincial plan he had a large sign designed backing Union Gas. “It’s going up in my yard tomorrow,” he said. “We need to show some solidarity.”

Nicholls, Bailey and McNaughton all said the issue has galvanized public anger like none other.

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Bricklins smitten with Chatham-Kent

By Jim Blake jim@chathamvoice.com

Chatham-Kent earned a fan and may have even added a couple of residents after last week’s visit by automotive pioneer Malcolm Bricklin.

“Oh my god, I have not enjoyed myself like this in I can’t remember,” he said in an interview prior to riding in the RetroFest OLG Classic Car Cruise. “I am totally in love with the people here.”

Bricklin, who spent five days here, said he and his wife Sania are actively looking at buying a waterfront home here.

“I came here because Sania thought we would have a good time, and she was right,

as always,” he laughed.

“She’s already looking at real estate.”

The couple spends much of their time in Manhattan but the attitude of local residents has amazed them.

“Now that I’m older (he turned 77 in March), I appreciate people my age who have learned to live their lives with fun and continue to live their life with fun.

They’re not storing themselves until they die.”

“The people in this town live adventuresome, they play with their fire engines, they play with their ambulances, they play with everything; they walk around with smiles on their faces…you don’t get that everywhere.”

“A lot of people are worried about how many pills they’re taking or their next doctor appointment and it’s really depressing.”

Sania Bricklin was impressed with the generosity shown by locals.

“We went to someone’s home and she saw rhubarb growing,” he said. “She’d never seen it before and the next minute someone’s making a pie for her. Where do you get that kind of person?”

“It was delicious,” Sania said. “It was so thoughtful.”

“You’ll be seeing more of us for sure,” he said. “For my wife to be as happy as she is, that’s priceless to me. If she’s happy, I’m happy.”

Tri-board meet canned

By Jim Blake jim@chathamvoice.com

A planned tri-board meeting of the Chatham-Kent Health Alliance was cancelled last week due to a lack of quorum as the Public General and St. Joseph’s hospital boards continue their plan to suspend governance of the $140 million per year organization.

Members of the Sydenham District Hospital Board had attempted to proceed with a planned May 26 meeting but were informed the Chatham boards wouldn’t participate.

“We weren’t given a reason but since the date has been in on the calendar since last October I assume it has do to with the current situation,” said SDH board chair Sheldon Parsons.

The Chatham boards have refused to meet since the SDH board wouldn’t endorse elimination of traditional emergency department services in Wallaceburg.

“We’re prepared to carry out our governance duties under the Alliance agreement but we can’t do it without the other two boards,” he said.

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Sania and Malcolm Bricklin toasted Chatham-Kent last week prior to riding in the RetroFest OLG Classic Car Parade.

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Parsons said finance, audit, mission and quality issues have been unattended to as well as routine appointments of staff.

“The board needs to receive the final report of the quality improvement plan, our fiscal year ended March 31 and we haven’t met since so we can’t review our statements and proceed to audit, we need to approve some staff appointments and other items,” he said.

“I’m not sure how we can meet our provincial commitments at this point.”

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Leadership vacuum at the CKHA If front-line employees at the Chatham-Kent Health Alliance acted in the same manner as its board and senior administration, heads would roll and possibly lives would be lost.

Thankfully, there exists a level of professionalism that senior administration benefits from and would be wise to emulate.

The CKHA’s recently dormant public relations efforts chugged back to life with the joyous news that it had reduced administration expenses (of which we’re glad).

Of course they didn’t bother to say they’re still above average locally, provincially and federally.

They also chose to ignore the allegation that somehow they seem to have cost local health care a million dollars by mislabeling the Sydenham Campus.

No media releases to explain that one.

It’s par for the CKHA course where “bad news” (anything that hasn’t been sanitized and spun to make the Alliance look good) doesn’t exist.

Like a petulant toddler, the CKHA covered its ears and says, “I can’t hear you” to questions it doesn’t like.

This is what passes for management and governance.

It’s comparable to having a doctor tell you that you don’t have dandruff but not informing you that your sucking chest wound might be a bit of an issue.

The Alliance loves to tell you it has a plan to upgrade the emergency department in Chatham but find it impossible to say good things about the Wallaceburg emergency department, even after it was specifically praised by the province in a letter to head honcho Colin Patey himself.

They ignore the fact that emergency room wait times are too long or tell you the “bad numbers” don’t really mean much anyway.

They gush over hiring a new head of emergency medicine but decline to tell you he’s a part timer seemingly brought in for his ability to toe the policy line as much as his medical skills.

For months they carried around “facts” condemning the Wallaceburg campus only to find out the entire medical advisory team was clueless on what they actually meant.

We may get a spate of letters from employees telling us working at the CKHA is heaven on earth (much like the employees who were volun-told to stand in as props and clap on cue during a recent media conference) but if we do, we know who really wrote them.

Alliance officials seem to believe they’re in a world where no one has access to information or is entitled to an opinion but them.

We all suffer for that myopia.

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More information flow, please Sir: What a delightful week it was to read stuff on paper. First the mayor is “pissed off” at the province, then Jane Havens wants only “informed” letters written on the subject of Sydenham District Hospital, and finally there is the 56-page tome written by our presumptive head of municipal EMS services. Great reading!

Even better fire starters!!

First our mayor. He is quoted as being “pissed off” at the province because the province blindsided him and other mayors across the province with a leaked plan to abolish use of natural gas for home heating and other uses. Oops, there goes the natural gas fertilizer plant in Wallaceburg, but the good news is C-K can now sell the railway to nowhere assets.

Welcome to the club, Mayor. Now you know how taxpayers feel when you promote C-K as a “willing host” for wind turbines when so many citizens are dead set against them. Now you know how we feel when you grandstand that wind turbines and solar generation are responsible for closing coal-fired

generator plants, when nothing could be further from the truth. The coal plants were replaced by natural-gas-fired plants.

How did the Liberal Kool-Aid taste? Are you looking for a Liberal role in the future?

Then there was Jane Havens’ desire for only “informed sources” writing letters to editors. Jane, it is hard to be informed when truth is hidden from the public.

For example, when 2012 wage rates for fire personnel instead of current 2016 rates are used in presenting a business case for additional fire personnel hires, it is hard to be informed.

When Sydenham hospital gets a glowing report from the ministry of health, which just happens to get misplaced and never sees the light of day until ferreted out by an inquiring newspaper editor, it is hard to be informed.

When hospital boards lose a million dollars over four years by an incorrect classification of SDH and just sits on that information, it is hard to be informed. That is until

an inquiring newspaper editor makes this information public.

Being informed means being told the truth by administrations, bureaucrats, mayors, councillors and even hospital spokespeople.

Over to you, guys. The ball is in your court.

Finally “the tome” – 56 pages of drivel, gobbledygook and acronyms!

Bafflegab at its best. It reminds me of a frantic college freshman writing a term paper on some 101 level course who does not know his material, but falls back on the B&B approach. (Baffle them with Bullsh*t) What I take away from the service review is that an empire builder is determined to bring more power under his domain.

The model has not worked in various cities across Canada where it has been tried and failed.

A couple of quick questions pop into mind: • Who will replace all of the existing firefighters for two years while they attend college to get up to the basic level of EMS training that paramedics already have?

• Do patients want a paramedic who has been forced to work a 24 hour shift under the new plan making life and death decisions for them?

• Much of the funding for the existing EMS model (contracted to Medavie) comes from non-taxpayer dollars from Blue Cross.

How is it possible for an in-house solution to be even remotely less costly when these Blue Cross funds are only accessible through Medavie?

The solution is simple: Put in place a new five-year contract with Medavie, take the stress of this proposal circus off the backs of the existing, well-qualified and dedicated paramedics and let them get on with their jobs.

Food for thought: Incidences of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder are much higher in paramedics than any other first responder.

Statistically, the incident rate is at least two times higher. Yet, who received the most attention relative to PTSD? Firefighters and then the military.

Talk about a need for an informed public.

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No mystery to procedure delay times At that time, neither Ghosh nor any members of the medical advisory It turns out the mys- committee could explain tery of why the time in- the discrepancy when volved for one particular questioned by the media.

Parsons said the SDH emergency procedure delivered in Wallaceburg board has continued to is more than twice that ask Ghosh and Alliance of Chatham isn’t such a chief of staff Dr. Ranjith Chandrasena for an exmystery at all. planation Sydenbut have ham Dis- “We checked with received no trict Hospital Board other ER professionals response. “ W e Chair Shel- and the difference is don Par- quite easily explained.” c h e c k e d with other sons said - Sheldon Parsons ER profesSDH direcsionals and tors have been trying for months the difference is quite easto understand the reason ily explained,” he said.

Parsons said the SDH behind part of a presentation used by the Cha- board found that based tham-Kent Health Alli- on standard guidelines ance’s Medical Advisory from Windsor, a hospital Committee to justify clos- within a 90-minute drive ing Wallaceburg’s emer- is supposed to transfer a patient immediately, gency department.

The procedure involves which is what happens at the Chathe use of tham cam“clot bust- “We’re doing what’s pus. er” drugs right and what’s exSince Waladminislaceburg tered to pected by Windsor. isn’t withpatients in How the Alliance can in 90 mincardiac dis- use this to justify closutes, prototress. ing the Wallaceburg col is that The CKHA ER is beyond me.” clot-buster presented a - Kris Lee drugs are statistic that given in it takes cardiac patients 370 minutes Wallaceburg ER and once to get from Wallaceburg the patient is stabilized, to Windsor for further they are transferred to treatment as compared to Windsor.

Parsons said it takes only 162 in Chatham.

The variance was used one to two hours under in public presentations most circumstances bebefore services clubs, fore patients are considcommunity meetings and ered stable enough to be

by Dr. Indraneel Ghosh, transferred. When they (CKHA chief of emer- are stable, they are transgency medicine), during ferred by ambulance with a media conference last a nurse, however, if the drug has been effective, month.

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Joyce Feher was one of more than 3,000 local residents who voted in a province-wide referendum regarding health care cuts in Ontario. The petition, organized by the local chapters of the Ontario Health Coalition, had two questions. Residents voted 3,033 to six to a question to stop health care funding reductions and 3,032 to zero in favour of stopping the closure of the Sydenham District Hospital.

there is “no race to get to Windsor in most circumstances.”

Parsons said it is “mind boggling that kind of a simple answer wasn’t known before (it was identified) as being a problem.”

“An ER professional like Dr. Ghosh ought to have known this,” Parsons said. “With all of his credentials, he ought to have known this or he should have thought to talk to ER professionals who had the answers before the doubt was cast.”

Parsons said the issue was “presented without any answers to mission and quality meetings within the CKHA and was presented to other (health care) partners as justification for the plan (to close Wallaceburg’s ER).”

“When we (SDH board) were aware this was going to go public we asked

that it be presented and explained to us so we could understand it.

“The Medical Advisory Committee, under the leadership of Dr. Chandrasena informed us that was not the way he was going to proceed and then basically ignored our request,” he said.

Kris Lee, SDH board member, said following Windsor standards seemed like a logical idea.

“We’re doing what’s right and what’s expected

by Windsor. How the Alliance can use this to justify closing the Wallaceburg ER is beyond me.”

Attempts to reach the CKHA for comment were not returned.

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Admin costs drop at CKHA

By Jim Blake jim@chathamvoice.com

Shedding the former Central Ambulance Communication Centre in Wallaceburg dropped administration costs at the Chatham-Kent Health Alliance from 8.6 to seven per cent in the most recent Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) statistics.

In a media release last week, Alliance President and CEO Colin Patey said moving the operations and management of the centre to Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in 2014 resulted “in an immediate and notable reduction in administrative costs.”

Patey said actual CKHA administration costs are lower than the CIHI figures, however, those figures weren’t independently verifiable.

Despite the decrease, the CKHA remains above the

provincial average and remains seventh highest among the 33 medium sized community hospitals.

The average cost of administration at Ontario hospitals dropped to 5.6 per cent, a trend that carried across the country, as the national average is now less than 4.5 per cent.

Among hospitals in the Erie St. Clair LHIN, Windsor has a 4.8 per cent cost, Leamington is next at 5.8 and Sarnia is at 5.9. Sarnia and Windsor are classed as large community hospitals.

The CKHA allocated 8.6 per cent of the $140,832,994 it spent in the fiscal year ended in 2014, or just over $12 million, for administration.

There are no audited financial reports available for the Alliance for last fiscal year since the two Chatham boards suspended governance and haven’t met since March.

THURSDAY, JUNE 2, 2016

News

Goodwill celebrates successes

Mary Beth Corcoran/The Chatham Voice

Celebrating a very successful conclusion to a Goodwill Industries pre-employment program in the construction field (Project 21), partners gathered at the Kevin H. Smith Recycling Centre in Chatham to see the end result. Out of 20 participants chosen to learn about construction, 10 were chosen to build – under supervision of people in the industry – a new lunchroom and washrooms at the Centre. The 10 participants learned job skills to help them get hired in the construction industry. Pictured are, from left, Michelle Repuski, Goodwill Director of Workforce Development, Ken Hyra, Anne Lannan and Mark Bandura of Dragonfly Media who produced the video to promote the program, Heather Allen and Wendy Smith with Goodwill and Project 21, Emma Coulter and Dennis Naemsch with program sponsor Home Depot, and Goodwill CEO Kevin Smith. Project 21 was able to proceed thanks to sponsors in the industry and the Goodwill Register Roundup program that encourages Goodwill customers to make donations right at the register.

The figures are compiled from 11th to 10th lowest by the CIHI, a federally with a cost of $5,369. It funded non-profit group. ranks just below the proIt uses administration vincial average of $5,407. costs and the cost of a Other local hospitals are standard hospital stay as Windsor $4,571, Leambenchmarks for efficiency. ington $4,925 and Sarnia In that category theT:10” $5,583.

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a 4.9 hour wait was worse among 31 reporting hospitals. The provincial average was three hours.

Leamington is the third worst in the province among medium sized hospitals with a 4.3-hour wait.

Investing in new and better ways for all Ontarians to get the care they need means: • 700 new doctors and specialists • 35 hospitals currently being renewed, modernized or expanded • $250 million invested in home and community care • $345 million invested to improve wait times and access to care These investments ensure a strong health care system for both today and tomorrow.

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takes to see a physician in emergency department, there has been no change.

CKHA remains the second worst in hospitals of its size with a 4.5 hour wait before being seen by a physician.

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News

SDH board hires consultant

By Jim Blake jim@chathamvoice.com

Undeterred by the refusal of St. Joseph’s and PGH hospital boards to meet, members of the Sydenham District Hospital board are proceeding with their own plans for health care in North Kent, Walpole Island First Nation and south Lambton communities.

“We’ve hired Shore Consulting of Toronto and we’re already well underway in meeting with partners in the system,”

said SDH board chair Sheldon Parsons. “We’re aware that the current SDH building is beyond its useful life so we need to begin the process.”

The St. Joseph’s and Public General Hospital board portions of the CKHA suspended governance April 6 when SDH officials wouldn’t back a plan to close the Wallaceburg campus’ Emergency Department and replace it with a part-time clinic with no physician on site.

Parsons said the key factors in the SDH plan are

community involvement, partnerships and inclusion.

“We’ve hired an independent review team whose job it is to find out what our partners want and need and how we can integrate this into a plan going forward,” he said.

“It’s very grass roots driven involving the people who will be served and vital input from the medical professionals who will be serving them.”

He said the SDH group has adopted a four-part

philosophy.

“Our motto, is promotion, prevention, care and support,” he said. “It’s a global approach to a healthy community.”

Parsons said the consultant’s report would be made available at the SDH annual meeting June 23 in Wallaceburg.

“We need approval of our members,” he said.

“They supported our vision, but we want to go back to them with some meat on the bones so to speak so they can have a clearer picture. If we get

their approval we will send the plan up the line to the Alliance, if we get the opportunity, to the LHIN (Local Health Integration Network) and the minister of health.”

Parsons said the outline of the plan is to have as many health care functions as possible group around a 24/7 emergency department staffed by physicians.

“The concept is what the community wants and it’s based on the province’s mod-

el for small rural hospitals,” he said. “It’s part of a community health care plan.”

Initial cost estimates are that the project would be in the $10 million range.

Parsons said SDH has been keeping the LHIN appraised of its actions and is prepared to share its information. “They have known and will continue to know exactly what we’re doing.”

C-K’s Feature Act June 13

By Raquel Sa Special to The Voice

Help Chatham-Kent talk about Chatham-Kent at the celebration of Chatham-Kent’s Feature Act and discussion on the 20-year strategic plan; CK Plan 2035, being held June 13.

“The greatest achievements come from well laid out plans.

CK Plan 2035 integrates and consolidates many of Chatham-Kent’s plans and strategies to give us that common agenda for long-term goals that will allow our communities to prosper,” said Coun. Carmen McGregor.

The Feature Act program showcases projects of Chatham-Kent that enhance the quality of life for businesses

and citizens.

WalkCK hosts a series of free guided hikes and will be showcased through the Feature Act Recognition Program. The goal of WalkCK is to introduce, educate, and celebrate Chatham-Kent’s diverse habitats while walking outdoors in the natural environments offered in our community.

This will be the second televised show of the CK Community Development Forum for this calendar year.

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Mayor ‘pissed’ at the province over natural gas

By Bruce Corcoran bruce@chathamvoice.com

Don’t mess with natural gas in this province.

That’s the message from Chatham-Kent Mayor Randy Hope during his annual breakfast address to members of the Chatham-Kent Chamber of Commerce.

As he detailed the municipality’s long-term strategies, he also showed how much he supports one of the largest employers in Chatham-Kent – Union Gas. “I’m totally pissed at the provincial government,” he said candidly, referring to the recent document leak that indicates the Wynne government wants to phase out natural gas heating by 2050.

Environment Minister Glen Murray has since said there are no plans to cut out natural gas, but the government refuses to provide any details of their looming cap-andtrade climate change plan.

Hope is worried they’d still in some way heap

additional taxes onto natural gas.

“You’ve angered me,” he said, referring to Murray.

“You are not going to interfere with natural gas.

It’s one of Ontario’s key economic drivers. The economic impact to this community is so important.

“Don’t think you need to be a leader in destroying our economy just to be a leader.”

Hope added the municipality would “lead the charge” against any plan to reduce natural gas in the province.

“I will turn this province upside down,” he said.

“I’m not going to let off. I don’t want this to be cost prohibitive.”

Hope said this municipality cares about climate change, and wind turbine projects inside our borders provide 23% of the province’s wind energy, enough power to provide energy to 334,000 homes in Ontario.

“We care about the climate. Chatham-Kent has done its part,” he said.

“Yes, I support green energy; yes, I support clean air ... but natural gas is important. We were doing our part to reduce the use of coal-burning plants, but how far do you go?”

Hope stressed how important it is in Ontario for homes to be heated by natural gas, and how the greenhouse industry relies heavily on it for heating purposes.

He said he spoke recently with the president of the Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO), Gary McNamara, over the province’s stance, and confirmed AMO does not support negatively impacting natural gas in the province.

In fact, Hope said if things don’t change, this year’s AMO meeting in August could become a very heated one.

“We don’t do emergency resolution at AMO. But this might be the year.”

Meanwhile, he told the gathering about CK Plan 2035, which is a longterm strategy that would guide all elements of

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Mayor Randy Hope addresses a gathering of members of the Chatham-Kent Chamber of Commerce Wednesday morning at Retro Suites in Chatham.

municipal planning and action to create a community “where everyone who wants to work is able to work in meaningful employment ... and a healthy, active, safe, accessible community within a healthy natural environment and a healthy built environment.”

“With the 2035 plan, we have to be more organized bringing communities together. This is a collaborative approach,” Hope said. “We need to come up with a comprehensive plan.”

Community councils

and groups are part of that plan, he added, and feedback is encouraged.

The next community engagement forum on June 13 in council chambers will detail the plan for the public. Hope would like to hear from citizens, adding it’s one thing to gripe to friends around a table, but another to provide context to municipal officials directly.

“We want to listen, but we can’t hear if you aren’t talking,” Hope said. “We need people to engage.

Give us your views.”

Hope added that the

plan wouldn’t lead to some utopian community, as there are financial realities involved in running the municipality.

“We can’t be everything to everybody. We can’t fix every road every year,” he said. “We need to set a path and a direction. It can’t change every four years.”

Hope said there will very likely be a need to make changes or tweaks to elements of the plan over the next 20 years, but stressed the need to have the overall objectives set out and maintained.

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THURSDAY, JUNE 2, 2016

Business

GreenField world leader in efficiency

By Mary Beth Corcoran mary@chathamvoice.com

It took five years and a $13.8 million investment in equipment efficiency upgrades, but the GreenField Specialty Alcohols plant in Chatham is now a world leader in energy efficiency.

GreenField celebrated the completion of the project, which included the installation of a second cogeneration unit and enhancements to the plant’s cooling system with project partners Entegrus, and the Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO).

According to plant manager Angelo Ligori, the project will result in massive savings in energy costs.

“We’re expecting electricity savings to total nearly $2 million annually because of these two projects,” Ligori said. “That’s substantial savings that will give us a competitive advantage.”

The project was part of the IESO’s Save on Energy program,

which GreenField qualified for and received an incentive of more than $5 million to help offset the cost of the upgrades.

Not only does the project increase efficiency and save energy costs, IESO Vice-President Terry Young said the upgrades save 40 gigawatts of energy, which is the equivalent of taking 3,800 homes off the energy grid for a year.

Young spoke to the assembled staff and guests, praising GreenField for taking part in the program.

“GreenField has demonstrated that it is a leader in its commitment to energy efficiency and to help foster a culture of conservation in Ontario,” Young said.

“Conservation is not about doing less, it’s about doing more efficiently and getting more for less.”

With energy costs as the second most expensive budget item for GreenField, the cost savings will help the company remain competitive in the 40 countries around the world where they

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GreenField Specialty Alcohols celebrated the completion of a five-year, $13.8 million project, receiving over $5 million back from the Save On Energy program. From left, Plant Manager Angelo Ligori, Bob Delaney, MPP and PA to the Minister of Energy, IESO Vice-President Terry Young, GreenField head office manager Malcolm West and Jim Hogan, President of Entergrus.

sell alcohol, said Malcolm West, from GreenField’s head office. He also thanked Entegrus for its valuable technical assistance in Notice of Public Information Centre implementing the equipIndustrial/Employment Community Improvement Plan ment upgrades.

Jim Hogan, president Municipality of Chatham-Kent of Entegrus was also on hand, and had nothing The Municipality of Chatham-Kent will be holding a Public Information but good things to say Centre on Wednesday, June 8th from 5:00 to 7:00 pm, 2016 with a short presentation at 5:30 p, in Chatham-Kent Council Chambers, 2nd floor, 315 King Street West, Chatham, ON.

about the partnership, helping GreenField apply for and access the IESO incentives, and work done by his team over the fiveyear span of the project.

“Greenfield is now taking 3% of what they would be taking from us (in terms of energy consumption), taking similar to a local grocery store with these two generators; that’s amaz-

ing,” Hogan said.

“Entegrus has IESO funding available for our commercial and industrial customers looking to upgrade their inefficient equipment,” he added.

Customers can find about more about the incentives by visiting saveonenergy.ca or e-mail conservation@entegrus.com.

The purpose of the meeting is to present the Draft Industrial/Employment Community Improvement Plan to the Community and to receive comments.

The purpose of the Industrial/Employment Community Improvement Plan is to establish a planning and economic development framework of financial incentive programs designed to stimulate private sector investment considered necessary to meet identified community improvement objectives of the Municipality.

Industrial and employment lands across the Municipality represent important economic areas/assets within Chatham-Kent, the comprehensive development of which represents an important investment in economic activity. The proposed Community Improvement Plan allows for a program suite of financial assistance to eligible registered owners and tenants of industrial/employment lands and buildings within an identified Community Improvement Project Area in developing their properties, where such development meets the objectives of the Community Improvement Plan.

For more information on the Draft Industrial/Employment Community improvement plan, please visit our website at: www.chatham-kent.ca or contact the: Economic Development Services’ Office 445 Grand Avenue West Chatham, Ontario N7M 5K8 Phone: (519) 351-7700 ext. 2033 Email: geoffw@chatham-kent.ca

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Business

Size doesn’t deter Leemark Dresden firm takes on the world

By Jim Blake jim@chathamvoice.com

If you blinked, you might miss Leemark Enterprises as you drive by the firm’s Irish School Rd. location.

It’s a safe bet, however, that is about all that gets missed at the Dresden-area mould and die manufacturer.

Tucked in the 6,200 square foot building is some of Canada’s leading edge Computerized Numerical Control (CNC) equipment.

The company took part last week in an open house organized with the help of the Chatham-Kent Economic Development Department.

For owner Dave McCaughrin, purchasing the latest technology is a strategy that has paid off and kept his business and its five employees going strong while others in his field fell by the wayside.

“We aren’t going to be the biggest shop in the world but there’s no reason we can’t be as good as anyone else,” he said. “We need to be able to respond to customers’ needs. We need to be able to run with the big dogs or stay on the porch.”

Walking through the shop, he points out machine after machine that illustrates his thinking.

“This machine is 12 years old and it was the first machine that was PC based,” he

said. “Instead of program- house and Wright said “evming it, you just plugged ery conversation here today in your network cable and was a highly meaningful dumped the program right conversation.” on the machine.”

The day included tours by “This is the first P200 in secondary school students, Canada, and he’s the first something Stu McFadden, P300 in Canada,” he said. deputy director of economic “And this one (pointing development, said is vital. at his newest acquisition, “We need to get kids out to a 2016 Okuma Machining workplaces so they can see Centre, a 5-axis unit) is the first-hand what the work is first of its size in Canada.” like and determine if they The revolutionary think- want to have a career in a ing at Leemark doesn’t end particular field,” he said. with equipment, however.

McCaughrin concurred, The company is involved noting that a student he with joint venture initiatives hired from a co-op program in which a group of smaller 15 years ago is still with the shops co-operate on large firm. contracts.

“The whole point is to give Controller Janet O’Mara them exposure. One trip to a said the idea of a mini-con- company can be worth more sortium makes sense for her than surfing the web.” firm.

Leemark was founded in “We’ve been speaking with 1976 and primarily manuthe Excellence in Manufac- factures moulds and dies for turing Consortium,” she the automotive industry. said.

“We learned the shops sus“It’s a different approach,” riving were those that had said McCaughrin. “It used a lot of experience or were to be hush, hush and every- producing extremely high thing was a trade secret. By quality,” he said. “We’ve working together we can bid used that as a blueprint to on larger, more profitable go forward.” contracts that we couldn’t do alone.”

Geoff Wright of Chatham-Kent economic development said cel- by Gary ebrating local success Patterson and bringing the business sector together is BROTHERS IN ARMS…The Moore brothers each an important part of picked up wins today as Brad Moore drove 28-1 longshot SALEM BY YOU to victory in the second what his group does.

“Tourists don’t know race while brother Andy Moore took 9-1 shot P J borders and neither LUCKY LASS to the winner’s circle in the fourth race. do manufacturers,” he DADDY/DAUGHTER DAY…Dennis Duford drove said. “They just want SYLVIA VAN HALL to a win and ABES EARL to a to get the job done ef- second place finish for his daughter Ashley Duford who is the trainer while owner/trainers Todd and fectively.”

Brittany Kennedy each had horses in today as well.

A number of business and financial groups AGELESS WONDER…Ron Topping was in the attended the open race bike behind BELLA B GOOD this week. The

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Enviroshake to expand in Chatham Smith, general manager of the Richmond Street operation that produces roof shakes and slate When U.S. companies take from recycled materials.

“They said in over Canadian all probabilic o u n t e r p a r t s , “We showed them the ty they would all too often we people – here in our move this facilisee the Canadian production facility and in Chatham – ty to Michigan,” shipped south of and the CEO said we will he said, where the Utah-headthe border. now become the centre That was the for manufacturing excel- quartered company had an exfear for Chalence for their entire line isting operation. tham’s Envi“We showed roshake when of roofing products.” them the people Headwaters Inc. - General manager Pat Smith – here in our fawas negotiating to purchase last fall. And that cility and in Chatham – and the was the plan, according to Pat CEO said we will now become

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By Bruce Corcoran bruce@chathamvoice.com

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Enviroshake general manager Pat Smith, right, shows off the roof shake moulding process at the Riverview Drive facility on May 27. He also announced plans to expand the operation.

the centre for manufacturing excellence for their entire line of roofing products.”

The two production lines currently in operation will double by the end of the year, and eventually expand to eight, Smith said. Enviroshake will go from 16 full-time staff to 60, and there’s potential for further growth if Envi-

roshake is given any production lines outside of the roofing stream.

“It bodes well. I have never seen a U.S. company buy a Canadian company and move their lines to Canada,” he said.

“That’s a huge endorsement for Chatham-Kent.”

C-K Mayor Randy Hope is impressed with Enviroshake.

“Enviroshake makes it (C-K) greener,” he said. “They recycle

used material into a new product that adds value to a house.”

Smith said the company began by just making shakes – which look like wooden shingles, but last much, much longer. The slate came into production only a few years ago, but now comprises 40% of Enviroshake’s business.

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Business

Howard Mutual donates $50K to CKHA The Chatham Voice

The Howard Mutual Foundation recently gave a $50,000 boost to the Chatham-Kent Health Alliance’s Diagnostic Imaging Equipment Renewal Campaign.

“We are so grateful for this immensely generous donation from the Howard Mutual Foundation,” says Michele Grzebien-Huckson, Executive Director, Foundation of CKHA. “This contribution has provided a significant boost to our efforts to raise $6.9 million for the CKHA Diagnostic

Imaging Equipment Renewal Campaign and has brought us one step closer to bringing new state-ofthe-art equipment to our community.”

As part of the Foundation of CKHA’s directive to raise funds to support CKHA’s Highest Priority Needs, the $6.9 million campaign was launched in late 2014.

This new diagnostic imaging equipment will serve almost every program offered at CKHA and is key for diagnoses in a multitude of cases, including heart, stroke, cancer, orthopedics, reha-

bilitation, obstetrics and gynecology, just to name a few.

To date, more than $3.8 million has been raised for this campaign.

King George raises funds for fire victims

Students, staff and parents at King George Public School in Chatham showed their big hearts Monday, raising funds for the Canadian Red Cross and the victims of the fire that devastated the community of Fort McMurray, Alta.

According to Grade 1 teacher Shawne Wilton,

the primary, junior and intermediate students took turns running fundraisers to help out the cause.

Over $800 was made with the primary grade’s bake sale, $300 with the junior grades selling tickets to chew gum, sit with friends and listen to music and another $300 was collected by the Firefighters versus Grade 8’s baseball game. A total of $1,300. 35 was raised.

“It started like a seed and blossomed into all this money we are donating to the Canadian Red Cross,” Wilton told students during an assembly Mon-

day. “Doesn’t it feel good to help others?”

“We teach kids about community and to look after each other and everyone pulled together; students, staff and parents were all bringing something in,” Wilton added.

“We’re a small school (329 students) and to see how much everyone pulled together really warms my heart.”

Janet Brunschot, representing the Canadian Red Cross was at the assembly to accept a cheque from the student body and thanked them for their generosity.

“On behalf of the Red Cross, I want to thank you. What an awesome outpouring of caring from this school. I applaud

you,” Brunschot told the students to loud cheering.

May Court helps VON program

The May Court Club of Chatham has donated $1,500 to the VON Chatham-Kent Kids Circle Program. The money will be specifically used to run a Bereavement Camp for children aged 4-12 this summer.

“I made new friends at the camp who lost a loved one like me” said Kaylee Crow, a 2015 camp attendee.

May Court itself runs programs at several schools in the Chatham area by supplying nutritional snacks to about 23 schools and a breakfast program to one school.

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• Soup and sandwich at BR.243 Royal Canadian Legion, Ridgetown. Sponsored by the Legion Ladies Auxiliary from 11:002:00pm. $7.00.

• Meal and darts at The Chatham Legion, William & Colborne St., Chatham. Dinner is from 5:30pm to 7:00pm. Choice of lasagna with caesar salad, roast beef or fish & chips for $9.00. One meat draw.

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Saturday, June 4, 2016 • Classic Car Show from 9:30am11:30am (rain date - Sat. June 18) Cars will be on display in the St. Andrew’s Residence parking lot. BBQ, 50/50 and raffle prizes!

the CKPL. Learn how to protect yourself and your money with RCMP Sgt. John Mecher. 6:30pm-8:00pm.

• George Wilson will entertain in the West Lounge at 2:00pm at Meadow Park, 110 Sandy St., Chatham.

• “Spotlight” will be shown at 7:00pm at the Capitol Theatre on King St. W. There will be one showing. Advanced tickets may be purchased at cktickets.com or at the Cultural Centre box office. Tickets may also be purchased at the door, which will open at 6:00pm. Tickets are $10 cash. facebook.com/ckfilm.

Tuesday, June 7, 2016 • Mike & Melody will entertain in the West Lounge at 2:00pm at Meadow Park, 110 Sandy St., Chatham.

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

Wednesday, June 8, 2016 • Jeremy Smith will perform at the Strawberry Social at 2:00pm at Meadow Park, 110 Sandy St., Chatham.

• Tupperville Community Wide yard sale until 12:30pm. Zion United Church bake sale. Sausages, hot dogs, cold drinks. Local vendors on site.

• ALC presents “Intouch” Fitness Expo. Free admission. 9:00am1:00pm at 20 Merritt Ave. Great Health & Fitness Information. Lots of Giveaways. Fitness Demonstrations.

• Meat draw and dance at The Chatham Legion, William & Colborne St., Chatham. Meat draw from 4:00pm-6:00pm.

Dance from 4:30pm-9:30pm featuring Don & Bonnie.

Sunday, June 5, 2016 • Walk a Mile In Her Shoes from 11:30am-2:00pm. For registration and pledge forms visit our website at www. ckwc.org or contact Tracy Lucio at 519351-9144, ext. 279.

Monday, June 6, 2016 • Senior Euchre at The Chatham Legion, William & Colborne St., Chatham at 1:00pm.

• Free PA Day program at First Reformed Church, corner of Lacroix and Indian Creek Rd., Chatham. Featuring a visit to the Links of Kent followed by crafts, music, stories, exercises and sports.

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Ages 4-10. 8:30-3:30pm.

• Red Cross Babysitting Course at Thames Campus Arena. 9:00am-5:00pm. $52.43. www.chatham-kent.ca/recreation.

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• Chatham Blood Donor Clinic at the Spirit & Life Centre - St. Joseph Site from 1:00pm-

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

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Of summer breezes and sweet cars Summer may not officially be upon us, but the past two weekends certainly have us feeling like it is here – well unless you are a kid stuck in school for the next three weeks.

Sliding back to the Victoria Day weekend, the weather may not have been perfect, but I had a great time at a buddy’s 50th birthday bash in his backyard.

John cranked the half-century mark earlier in May, but smartly scheduled his party for the long weekend.

He’s good friends with Mike Uher of the local music duo Toast & Jam, and the group performed in his backyard, pumping out tune after tune that was right in my music wheelhouse.

The Eagles, Genesis, David Wilcox and Barney Bentall & The Legendary Hearts were a few of the awesome surprises the guys delivered.

Toast & Jam played at Relay For Life in Chatham, which I chaired for two years, but I was always too busy while they were up performing for me to listen to fully appreciate their talent.

That changed at Johnny’s.

Talk about stepping back in time.

All house parties when I was younger ended up in the kitchen.

Where were we after the sun set?

In the kitchen.

Good times.

This past weekend delivered lots of yard work, and a small thing called Retrofest. Yes, I am being a wee bit sarcastic.

Retrofest rocked! It’s always a great atmosphere. Hundreds of vintage and unique automobiles, and thousands of people congregate downtown on the final Saturday of May. The event turned a sweet 16 this year, and aside from a brief down-

Bruce Corcoran pour, it was a beautiful, well-attended event. Mobile works of art, maintained and restored with love, were parked all along King Street in downtown Chatham.

Thousands of folks flocked to the core to take in the sights and sounds. Vintage 1950s and ’60s rock ’n’ roll played over the speakers. “Elvis” performed in front of the Tasty Lunch.

I urge all councillors who voted against funding the tourism centre at RM Classic Cars, and as a result killing the company’s Classic Car Exhibit, to take a good look at some of the photos in our paper this week. You’ll see the draw that classic cars have for this municipality. People do indeed come from many miles away to check out vintage autos.

I talked to one man, Rick, who told me his daughter’s university friends came down to visit because they’d heard about the event. We’re talking about a group of young women interested in a classic car extravaganza – not your stereotypical gear heads.

They were part of a crowd of people of all ages who enjoyed Retrofest.

Thumbs up to the Historic Downtown Chatham BIA and the members of the Kent Historic Auto Club for such a great event. Every club member I encountered showcasing their vehicles was a great ambassador to Chatham-Kent.

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Free tea, coffee & fellowship. Sundays from 2:30pm-4:00pm. 146 Lacroix St., Chatham.

Chatham Lawn Bowling Club invites everyone to try Lawn Bowling, every Mon., Wed, & Thurs at 6:45pm in Tecumseh Park.

Zonta Club of Chatham-Kent requires volunteers for 3 hours shifts for the upcoming Annual Garden and Pond Tour (June 25 & 26) Contact Jennifer at mccatch@ sympatico.ca if you are able to assist.

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

NOTICE OF NOISE BY-LAW EXEMPTION REQUEST The Municipality has received a request from the Canadian Cancer Society for an exemption under Schedule 2, Clause 2 of the Chatham-Kent Noise By-law 41-2004. The request is to allow music on the main stage at the C.K.S.S. Athletic Complex, located at 285 McNaughton Avenue East, Chatham until 12:00 a.m. The specific date of this request is Saturday, June 11, 2016.

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The Arts

A walk in two worlds exhibit

By Raquel Sa Special to The Voice

Art enthusiasts filled the ARTspace gallery May 19 at the opening reception of Darla Fisher-Odjig’s solo exhibition, Cowboys & Indians.

Fisher was born in Sault Ste. Marie of Odawa, Ojibwa and Pottawatomi lineage.

Even from a young age, Fisher already had negative thoughts about herself and her native culture. She knew that the Indian would always lose when playing Cowboys and Indians.

She wanted to be the cowboy.

Fisher published My Healing Journey: A Walk in Two Worlds, in 2009, a book made up of journals that she has accumulated over the course of 15 years. Her journals guided the process of creating her paintings.

Beside each painting hangs one of the journals from the book.

“The process of painting from My Healing Journey was very therapeutic for me and I have a very deep and personal connection with each painting,” said Fisher.

Cowboys & Indians is 1958 frozen in time, an honest remembrance of a First Nations child growing up off reserve, in a “not-so-politically correct” society.

The paintings were of empa-

thy and perseverance, depicting images that address the sociological effects of life off the reserve.

Fisher painted with bright colours and depicted sad emotions to create a polarized idea in her work.

The artist worked on the four paintings and one installation for a year, some being finished in a month’s time.

As a young child, Fisher painted with what was available to her – wooden boards as canvas and her father’s house paints.

They spoke passionately about the rides they had restored, and enjoying sharing tales with passersby and fellow car enthusiasts.

All in all, it was a great vibe downtown on Saturday.

And when I wasn’t downtown, I was cutting grass, pulling pesky weeds, or scorching the darned things to death.

This spring was a weed utopia. I have weeds I’ve never seen before.

Yank, pull and torch.

I have a weed torch. It looks like a cane with a nozzle at the base and a screw-in adapter at the end of the handle where the propane tank attaches. The idea is to heat the protective coating on leaves so the plants can’t hold moisture or photosynthesize. They can’t feed, so they die.

Some weeds, such as dandelions, are pretty darned hardy, so they can take repeated scorchings before they actually die off. Others are one-and-done types.

In the spring, I try to use the torch on our walkways in the backyard weekly, so after a couple of passes, most of the annoying weeds are

ARTspace until June 25. There is also printmaking featured in the front window display done by Visual Arts students from Chatham-Kent Secondary School.

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toast. I hit them on the long weekend, and again on Saturday. Next weekend, I’m hoping all that will remain is a quick burning of the dead vegetation, and I can move onto the interlock driveway.

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Yes, I keep water and the hose handy while I burn. No, I don’t burn into the gardens where we have mulch.

It’s a task that is slow, but rewarding, as you can see the progress in your work.

Mary and I weeded the front garden and one side garden recently as well. It’s amazing how much better things look when the unwanted green is hauled out of the way.

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CLASSIFIEDS Obituary

Anniversary

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The family of the late Rose Marie Rose wish to express our heartfelt thanks to our family, friends, neighbours & co-workers, for the many acts of kindness received on the occasion of the death of our loved one. Your visits to the funeral home & condolences offered will never be forgotten.

A very special thanks to staff at Riverview Gardens - 4 west for the exceptional care & comfort given to Rose during her time there. We would also like to thank Pastor Alan McIntyre for officiating.

Born July 6, 1927 in Wallaceburg, Ontario.

Passed away peacefully on March 10, 2016 at 88 years old. Reunited with her beloved husband James (2014), her daughter Barbara Ecclestone (2013). Pre-deceased also by her brother Lloyd Babcock (surviving with Jean).

Cherished Gram of Tracy Goly (Scott Copland), Brooke & Ryan. Dear sister of Walter (Marjorie) Babcock. Beloved aunt to her many nieces and nephews. Very special sister-in-law and friend of the late Vi Murphy. She will be deeply missed by her dog Ginger. Alma managed Reids Jewellery in Vancouver, BC for many years and had such a special way of treating her customers.

She had a passion for making special bows for retail or personal gifts, and anyone could recognize a bow made by Alma. Words can not express all the wonderful things and memories about her. Her memory will live on in our hearts forever. A special interment in memory of Alma, James and Barbara will be held Saturday, June 4, 2016 at 11am at Dresden Cemetery (296 Trerice St. E., Dresden) A Luncheon will follow at the Legion in Chatham on William St. Arrangements entrusted to Families First, 1065 Lauzon Rd., East Windsor, 519-969-5841.

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Roofing

Tree Service

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Small fenced yard. Has lots of storage space. Price right, $79,000.

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Rentals

St. Andrew’s Terrace, safe, secure living for 55+ senior tenant. 2bdrm, 1bath, appliances, washer/dryer and ample storage.

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Mrs. Bessie Owen 89, Friday, May 20, 2016 Alexander & Houle Funeral Home

Joshua Baylis 18, Saturday, May 21, 2016 Hinnegan-Peseski Funeral Home

Mrs. Kathleen Vera Taylor 95, Tuesday, May 24, 2016 Alexander & Houle Funeral Home

Daniel Martins 78, Sunday, May 22, 2016 Hinnegan-Peseski Funeral Home

Mrs. Cora Doolittle 76, Tuesday, May 24, 2016 Alexander & Houle Funeral Home

Sr. Margaret Rose Eckert 93, Wednesday, May 25, 2016 Hinnegan-Peseski Funeral Home

Mr. Frank DeBresser 72, Thursday, May 26, 2016 Alexander & Houle Funeral Home

Michael Killby 52, Saturday, May 21, 2016 McKinlay Funeral Home

Mr. Riven MacLean 97, Friday, May 27, 2016 Alexander & Houle Funeral Home

Carl Willson 61, Monday, May 23, 2016 McKinlay Funeral Home

Sheilia Rabideau 59, Sunday, May 22, 2016 Denning’s

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Arthur “Paul” Shillington 75, Thursday, May 19, 2016 Blenheim Community Funeral Home

Donald Darby 84, Wednesday, May 25, 2016 McKinlay Funeral Home Thomas O’Bee 92, Friday, May 27, 2016 McKinlay Funeral Home Donald Howard 80, Saturday, May 28, 2016 McKinlay Funeral Home

Erhardt Lothar “Al” Kaden 83, Wednesday, May 25, 2016 Blenheim Community Funeral Home

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THURSDAY, JUNE 2, 2016

Retrofest!

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Wood Seguin talks with Al Patterson about Seguin’s 1930 Ford Coupe, which he actually purchased from Patterson and then rebuilt.

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Retrofest attracted the young and old alike, as the plethora of classic cars had everyone gawking hither and yon.

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The custom-built engine of a 1977 Pontiac Firebird.

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Liam Ray and his big sister Juliet were cozy in their wagon as they waited out Saturday morning showers at Retrofest.

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Stan Gillier polishes his 1967 Chevy Camaro after a little rain sprinkled down over Retrofest on the weekend in Chatham.

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