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Co-worker gets chilly support Sister battling ALS
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Many people are participating in the ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) Ice Bucket Challenge because they think it’s a fun way to raise money for a charity. For others, it hits closer to home. For Shae-Lynn Jewell, an employee at Meadow Park Nursing Home in Chatham, being challenged was a way for her to support co-worker Mary Ann Ludwig, whose sister, Suzanne, was diagnosed with the devastating disease in 2012. What started with a few people turned into a party Friday afternoon as more than 40 employees, family members and a resident took to the parking lot at Meadow Park and raised $500 for the Windsor chapter of the ALS Society in honour of Suzanne Sakaguchi. Wearing purple shirts, Mardi Gras beads and wrist bands in support of ALS patients, the people involved in the challenge lined up domino style and started pouring various-sized buckets of ice water over their heads
while “Ice, Ice, Baby” by rapper Vanilla Ice played in the background. Ludwig said she was overwhelmed by the support she has received from her co-workers as she and her family help Sakaguchi deal with the mental and physical challenges of having ALS. “She lives in Edmonton and has two young kids and we have been travelling back and forth to help her and her family,” Ludwig said. “Her disease has progressed quickly and it is very difficult to get private care.” The ALS clinic at the hospital in Edmonton has been great, according to Ludwig, in supplying support services such as the necessary equipment, and dietician and therapeutic services for breathing and swallowing issues, and counselling for the entire family to help deal with the effects of the disease. The support allowed Sakaguchi to stay at home as long as possible. Moved to tears by the generosity and support of her co-workers, Ludwig thanked everyone for participating, and Jewell for organizing the event.
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Meadow Park Nursing Home staff ended August on a fun note, taking part in the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge. One of the staff members’ sisters has the disease. See more ice bucket challenge coverage on page 2.
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Trevor Legary, Danny Wright and Tyler Hatton wrote the script for David versus Goliath, with Chatham playing David and ALS acting as Goliath Sunday. The little guy may not have defeated the giant, but he did help fuel the battle against the cruel antagonist. ALS – amyotrophic lateral sclerosis – is a deadly disease with no known cure. The ALS Ice Bucket Challenge soared through social media like wildfire in recent weeks, with people dumping buckets of ice water over their heads and chal-
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lenging three of their friends. Legary thought too often people were raising awareness but not donating. He wanted to make a difference and involved a community. Wright said the concept was developed and sent out on Facebook to have folks from around Chatham show up at Tecumseh Park Sunday and take part en masse. They raised an estimated $2,500 Sunday, with a large chunk -- $750 – coming in an auction to dunk Mayor Randy Hope in a tank filled with ice water. For the full story and video, go to chathamvoice.com.
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Veterans’ Tribute Garden is at times a serene place in Chatham. It sits between the two Thames – Thames Street and the Thames River. As peaceful as it is, the garden has its share of wrinkles. That’s why the Veterans’ Tribute Garden Association is giving it a facelift. Association member Robert Laidlaw Ondrovcik said the first phase of that cosmetic surgery took place last year. It involved adding a new sign on the street side of the park and a handicap-accessible sidewalk in the centre of the park. The second phase is underway. On Aug. 28, staff from Ross’ Nurserymen erected a new flagpole, around which will go a new garden, Laidlaw said. The ship’s anchor that’s in the east end of the park near the river will be shifted further west. A retaining wall is going in on the west side of the property, as will another handicap-accessible sidewalk. Elevated flowerbeds are in the works as well, Laidlaw said. “Our long-term dream is to put in a water healing garden,” he said, pointing to the centre of the park. “The waterfall is dead. It leaks and isn’t fixable.”
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From left, Bill Ross and, yes, Bill Ross of Ross’ Nurserymen get a little help from Robert Laidlaw Ondrovcik in putting up a new flagpole at Veterans’ Tribute Garden on Thames Street in Chatham Aug. 28. The new pole is part of the second phase of revitalization taking place at the waterside park.
That waterfall is located near the river. It is currently fenced off and inactive. Laidlaw said the municipality would love to see it removed as well, as it is a problem whenever the Thames
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This Memorial Tribute is dedicated to those in Blenheim and Chatham for whom trees have been donated from September 1, 2013 to August 31, 2014 In 1967, the Lower Thames Conservation Authority acquired the 30 hectare property known as C.M. Wilson Conservation Area, named after Clarence Michael Wilson, a previous Chairman of the Authority. In 1997 McKinlay Funeral Homes partnered with the Lower Thames Valley Conservation Foundation to designate a memorial forest site in this Conservation Area.
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Steve Brent, come on down! You’re the latest contestant on “The Race for Mayor!” Brent, of Wallaceburg, today became the sixth person to file nomination papers to run for mayor in Chatham-Kent in this fall’s municipal election. He joins Jeff Bultje, Marjorie Crew, Reno Lachapelle, Ian McLarty and John Willatt in the quest for council’s top seat. Incumbent Randy Hope has long said he will run again. But not everyone was stepping up to the election plate last week. Holly Lynne Sullivan, who had announced she was running in West Kent, Ward 1, withdrew last week. Meanwhile, Lynn O’Brien and Larry Vellinga joined the fray to run for council in Chatham, Ward 6. A total of 19 people are now running in Chatham. That means there are more than three candidates for every seat.
The two join incumbents Michael Bondy, Bob Myers, Derek Robertson and Doug Sulman, plus hopefuls Ed Broad, Darrin Canniff, Penelope Duchesne, Mark Holman, Kirk Hooker, Brandon Houston, Aaron Hurst, Brock McGregor, Matthew McReynolds, Karen Robinet, Chad Sauve, Eric Schrank and Dale Van Dusen. With Sullivan’s withdrawal in Ward 1, that leaves Mark Authier, incumbent Bryon Fluker and Rudy Towes as the three candidates seeking two seats. Gary Clarkson is seeking a seat on council representing North Kent, Ward 4. Clarkson, a Dresden resident, filed his nomination papers Aug. 26. He joins incumbents Joe Faas and Leon Leclair, as well as newcomer Marc Reid, in the quest to earn one of the two North Kent seats on council. The municipal election takes place Oct. 27.
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Enbridge donates cash to fire department for thermal imaging cameras By Bruce Corcoran bruce@chathamvoice.com
The Chatham-Kent Fire Department has two more “essential” firefighting and lifesaving pieces of equipment, thanks to a renewable energy company. Enbridge Green Energy donated $13,500 towards the purchase of two thermal imaging cameras. Bob Davidson, assistant fire chief, said the value of the cameras goes way beyond the price tag. “These things will save lives. These things will save property loss,” he said. “These cameras are essential. They allow us to see into the fire. We can find
people who may be lost in the fire. We can also use them to help find people who are lost on the ice in the winter.” Davidson said the fire department does not have enough cameras to outfit every station in the municipality. These two will be divvied up between a full-time station and a volunteer station. One camera will go to Station #2 in Chatham, while the other will wind up at one of the volunteer stations. “It will depend on need and call volume,” Davidson said. “It would be nice to have a camera at every station. We’re nibbling away at that. Enbridge has been a tremendous corporate partner.”
Ian MacRobbie, general manager for Enbridge Green Energy, said the funding comes from the company’s Safe Communities Program, where the firm donates to assist first responders. The money goes towards equipment, training and education. Last year, Enbridge helped fund a Bull Ex fire extinguisher training system that the fire department uses to help train people on the proper use of fire extinguishers. MacRobbie said the company is allocating $33,000 over three years to assist first responders
here in Chatham-Kent. “We allocate money for a number of projects,” he said. “We work with the local first responders to see what’s needed.” Enbridge has two projects on the go in Chatham-Kent, a so-
lar farm near Tilbury and the Talbot Wind Farm near Ridgetown, MacRobbie said. The company has also donated $15,000 towards a splash pad facility in Ridgetown, according to Enbridge’s Cynthia Lockrey.
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Chatham-Kent Firefighter James Labombard shows Enbridge Green Energy staffers, from left, John Bridges, site supervisor for the Talbot Wind Farm, and Ian MacRobbie, general manager, how a thermal imaging camera can detect heat sources. Enbridge donated $13,500 to pay for two of the cameras for the fire department.
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Turnout, not burnout We hope the number of candidates seeking office in next month’s municipal election will lead to increased voter turnout. As of this writing, there are six candidates for mayor, 19 for six council seats in Chatham, five for the three seats in South Kent, three in West Kent, four in East Kent, four in North Kent and five in Wallaceburg for the two seats in each of those wards. That’s a total of 50 candidates for 18 spots with a week to go until the Sept. 12 nomination deadline. We had 48 seeking municipal seats last time around. We’re glad to see so many people running. The number represents a lot of dissatisfaction with the current state of our community but, digging deeper, it also represents a tremendous amount of hope that we can do better. The real tragedy would be if residents were deeply unhappy but didn’t step forward to do something about the situation. The naysayers (there are always naysayers) are already out like mosquitoes looking for a meal, addressing the qualifications or lack thereof of some candidates. Municipal politics is the purest form of that much-maligned system known as democracy. If you’re 18 years of age, live or own property here, you’re qualified. You don’t need the support of big business, big labour, right wing or left wing groups. As far as experience, we haven’t elected a mayor who sat as a council member before holding office since the late Bill Erickson. Democracies force changes through the people they elect. When we abandon that process, we not only mute our own voice but we turn our power over to a select few who make the decisions for us. The job now is up to residents. We have to do better than the 395 voter turnout last election. Identify what’s important to you as an individual. Research what the candidates think about your issues. Vote for those whose message means something to you. It’s not difficult. We’re giving the next council power on how to spend more than a billion dollars over the course of their four-year term. We also need to give them direction as well.
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Monarchs need our help Sir: It is an unfortunate reality that a common consequence of our human existence is one of fellow species destruction. As our technology increases, so follows our demands on our finite resources, and the destruction becomes more acute. As necessary as modern agricultural practices are perceived to be in the Western world, the reality is that this modern technology results in an ever-increasing assault on the biodiversity of the planet. A modern monoculture field of corn or soybeans is a biodiversity disaster area that would rival, and in fact, may be inferior to one of the world’s recognized desert areas. The variance in the species composition of one acre of corn in Chatham-Kent in relation to one acre of rain forest would boggle the mind. It should be common sense that species destruction as a normal consequence of modern agriculture should not be ignored. One of the most recent
and pressing consequences of our modern human society is the destruction of the very narrow survival parameters for the monarch butterfly. Monarch counts have shown an alarming decline in just the last few years. The numbers were so low that in 2013, the traditional Monarch count in Point Pelee was cancelled. Research has shown that one of the major contributors to this decline is the dramatic decrease in milkweed throughout their migratory range. As a consequence of the intense agricultural activity within C-K and the corresponding frequent application of herbicides, a common casualty is the milkweed. This has recently been exacerbated by the recent trend in rural CK to manicure the roadside ditch areas with the elimination of some of the only milkweed habitat available. The province has removed milkweed from the obnoxious weed list. This step is significant
due to the fact that the monarch will only reproduce on the milkweed species of plants. In support of this, and in an effort to save the monarch, a number of C-K organizations and groups have joined together in an effort to enhance the naturally occurring milkweed population. This umbrella group is made up of the Lower Thames Conservation Authority, the Sydenham Field Naturalists, the National Farmers Union of C-K, the C-K Christian Farmers of Ontario, and the Great Lakes Community Eco Initiative group. In an effort to obtain critical funding, an application was made to the Chatham-Kent Community Foundation. This request was denied. This decision was especially frustrating due to the fact that major funding for the foundation is coming from the South Kent Wind project, and turbines are a significant concern in regards to their impact on monarch
migratory routes. This is obviously of prime significance in C-K with our 500-plus turbines. The Ahcom Shrine Club of C-K, however, granted funding, and we have been able to proceed with initiative. Our plan is to collect milkweed seeds this fall and to propagate as many plants as possible. We will be using the resources of a local greenhouse operator who has agreed to grow seedlings for us at a very reasonable cost. We also have a number of landowners within our group who have agreed to propagate seeds and develop milkweed areas on their farms. This may seem like a very small effort to try to save a beautiful creature from extinction, but great things are accomplished in small steps. If you are interested in participating in this program, landowner or otherwise, please contact myself, or one of our participating organizations. Gary Eagleson Chatham
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Knowing when the next bus is coming to your bus stop is no longer a guesstimate in Chatham. Instead, it’s just a mouse click or a tap on an app away. CK Transit is running with NextBus GPS technology. The app has been active in Chatham since late August, according to Stephen Jahns, manager of infrastructure and transportation for the municipality. “We have had the infrastructure in on the buses for about a month,” he said of the GPS sensors on CK Transit vehicles. “There was a calibration process. It now predicts and anticipates traffic delays for the time of day.” Jahns said the GPS transponders are connected to the NextBus system, which hosts the real-time transfer of information from the bus to the Internet and from the Internet to the user. “What the service does is it predicts the anticipated arrival time of any bus along any of the routes,” he said. “Folks can download the app and access the mobile site.” When a person connects to NextBus, the program tracks
the location and offers up options for nearby bus stops and routes, along with estimated arrival times. “If they are out and about, they can check up on when buses will be arriving and where. They can check any stop,” Jahns said. Chatham-Kent is one of five municipalities in the province to utilize Next Bus so far. Guelph, Thunder Bay, St. Thomas and Toronto are the only cities doing so. Jahns said some municipalities have developed their own apps as well. “NextBus and vehicle-location services tend to be where this is headed,” Jahns said of transit tracking. “It was a value-add that we chose to pursue.” He said the cost to the municipality for the first year of using NextBus is about $75,000, for set up, hosting and equipment in the buses. After that, the municipality pays an annual maintenance fee. Jahns said riders like the technology. “The feedback has been quite positive.
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Lachapelle wants to rejuvenate our core Mayoral candidate says Chatham needs a facelift
The mayoral hopeful said he doesn’t want to sound Chatham-centric, but added Reno Lachapelle sees so the former Maple City is the much taking place outside municipality’s largest cenof Chatham-Kent, and it tre. “It’s not just Chatham – frustrates him. Lachapelle, who is running but it is our major core. We for mayor in this fall’s mu- used to have the boats go nicipal election, thinks we through, the Festival of Naneed to work to bring more tions, the Medieval Faire. We events and activities to our need to bring stuff back that will help Chatham-Kent,” he neck of the woods. “Living away from Cha- said. He’d also like to see a tham-Kent for 15 years in Windsor, I noticed the festi- harvest festival in the fall, vals and everything they do and thinks Tecumseh Park would be a to create mongreat place to ey. They do so “My biggest concern do an open-air much. I see so is to give the downmarket each many people weekend in from Chatham town a facelift. That’s the summer. in Windsor,” he Chatham-Kent’s core. Lachapelle, said. “There’s There’s nothing to realan electrinothing in ly see here.” cian by trade, Chatham. I feel - Reno Lachapelle said he would I have a lot of keep in close good ideas that will create jobs and money contact with local business owners. in Chatham-Kent.” “I would like to meet with Lachapelle, 38, also believes the heart of Chatham local businesses to find out what’s working and what’s needs surgery. “My biggest concern is to not. I would do it on an ongive the downtown a facelift. going basis, like every three That’s Chatham-Kent’s core. months or so,” he said. He believes in staying in There’s nothing to really see here,” he said. “If we do a touch with the communiUNDERCOATING facelift, they (visitors) will ty and listening to people’s see it is a beautiful city and beefs and boasts, as well as reaching out to other municwill want to check us out.” By Bruce Corcoran bruce@chathamvoice.com
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Bultje proud of Chatham-Kent By Bruce Corcoran bruce@chathamvoice.com
After nearly three decades working in Chatham-Kent, Jeff Bultje wants to work for it. He is running for mayor in the fall municipal election. “I’ve always had a desire to do this. I’ve lived in Chatham all my life,” he said. “I’ve heard lots of complaining. I’d love to be in a position where things could run better and I could make a difference. I think the mayor is a good place for that.” Bultje understands one person cannot cause a massive shift on his own, but he thinks all the municipality requires is a few nudges from on high. “City hall pretty well runs itself, but a little change of attitude can make a huge difference,” he said. “I’m the right person to do that. I think we need more of a cheering section for that. I don’t think the mayor has been doing that so much. He’s been chasing for the gold underneath the rainbow. We have not seen any results as of yet.” The veteran homebuilder has worked in the municipality for 27 years. “I have quite a good working relationship,” he said of working with municipal staff. “You get
to really see the assets of our community, especially with city hall and how many good people work there.” Bultje said he’s tired of hearing people complain about life in Chatham-Kent, and thinks it is unwarranted. “Sometimes people talk negatively about our city, but Chatham-Kent is a great place,” he said. “It’s not as bad as everyone thinks. Our communities and families are doing well. We don’t have skyhigh taxes; we don’t have gigantic debt – maybe a little bit too much – but everything is still manageable.” Bultje added people realize what a gem we have here when they reach a certain point in their lives. “We’re seeing a lot of families that are coming back,” he said. “When it comes time to raise a family, they always want to come back.” It’s getting young Chatham-Kent adults back into town right after schooling, as well as new young blood from outside our borders, that’s the issue. And that means adding jobs. But Bultje isn’t convinced a mayor has to travel halfway around the world to do so. “To attract more business is to showcase what
Chatham-Kent has to offer. We’ve got some great beaches, hunting, fishing, and culturally, we’ve got the Capitol Theatre,” he said. Bultje said various communities in the municipality are hopping all summer long. “There’s so much potential. These things just have to be broadened,” he said.
He said downtown Chatham requires a kick-start. “We need the revitalization of the core. It needs a push.” Such tweaks, Bultje said, combined with an improved focus on existing local business, could go a long way to adding fuel to our economic engine. “Sometimes our current mayor is chasing a pot of gold that is not in our
city, but I know there’s a pot of gold right here,” he said. “We don’t give enough credit to people who have run businesses here for 30 years. We have to really stay more focused on Chatham-Kent as opposed to China, Korea, or India. Wonderful things could happen in Chatham-Kent from with in, as opposed to from outside.”
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Friday, September 12, 2014 • Chatham Value Village Donation Drive. Donate 8 full garbage bags to be entered into a chance to win a $150 shopping spree. Smaller donations are appreciated and will have their own prizes. Stop by September 12,13,14 to support our donation drive which will directly benefit The Canadian Diabetes Association and other local non-profit organizations. • Meal at Branch 628 Royal Canadian Legion, William & Colborne St., Chatham at 5:30pm - 7:30pm. Choice of Lasagna, roast beef or fish and chips for $8.00. One meat draw. Everyone Welcome. • Fun Darts League . . . open to anyone interested in playing darts. Branch 28 Legion Clubroom, 304 St. Clair St. starting at 7:00pm. Reasonable entry fee, all levels of skill welcome. • Trivia Challenge - various general topics. $15 per two man team or $7.50 for a single player - prizes depend on number of players at Branch 28 Legion (Clubroom) 304 St. Clair St. - registration at 6:30pm and games start at 7:00pm. • Fish Fry Dinner in support of the Chatham-Kent Hospice at Holy Trinity Church. Tickets in advance only for 3 seatings - 4:30, 5:30 and 6:30pm and are $20 each. Chicken Finger dinner also available and kids under 12 eat free. Take outs available. For info please call 519-354-1072 Tues.-Thurs. from 8:30am-1:00pm. Saturday, September 13, 2014 • Kent Cloverleaf Conservation Club SWAP Meet. 9092 English Line, Chatham. 9:00am1;00pm. Free Admission. For information call the club at 519-352-7451 or Karen/Don 519-351-6780. • 11th Annual Community Street Dance presents: Video Dance Party! 7:00pm-11:00pm, main street Dresden. All ages event! Fun for the entire family. Free admission. Sponsored by: Dresden Sidestreets Youth Centre • Meat draw at Branch 628 Royal Canadian Legion, William & Colborne St., Chatham from 4:30pm to 6:00pm followed by a dance from 7:00pm to 11:00pm with entertainment to be announced. • St. Andrew’s Terrace Life Lease Building Open House. Come and tour Chatham-Kent’s only Life Lease Building! We currently have 3 units for sale. 95 Park St. 10:00am-12noon. Everyone Welcome. Sunday, September 14, 2014 • Four Course Afternoon Tea at the Kent Club, 287 King St. W., Chatham. Two sittings – 12:30 and 2:30 p.m. hosted by the Veterans’ Tribute Garden Association. Tickets are $20 each, advance only. Call 519-3516969 for tickets and information or e-mail lachancej@hotmail.com.
ALS vs. Chatham Challenge well orchestrated Hats off to Trevor Legary for his ALS vs. Chatham concept that drew people to Tecumseh Park en masse Sunday to raise money to fund research against the disease. In just two short weeks, with the help of Danny Wright and Tyler Hatton, he took an idea and brought it to life, no easy task in Chatham-Kent. They first had to secure the location, obtaining permits and insurance to cover the event. Legary credited Hatton for getting a permit overnight in a process that
can normally take as long as four weeks. Then they sought out donations. JMHI brought the dunk tank, Artic Glacier delivered the ice, and Water Boy trucked in the water. Celebrities, including the mayor, spent time in the chilly dunk tank, raising funds. Someone wondered why I wasn’t in the tank. After seeing the mayor’s reaction to hitting that chilly water, and how www customwindow on ca he had to be helped out, they’d have had to hook up a winch to get me out of there. Yikes! The finale for the day was the large-scale ice-bucket dump. People did the ice-bucket wave as a drone buzzed overhead, capturing the moment, Reader's Choice as everyone whooped and hollered. For all of you who took part, you should be proud of the acof Chatham-Kent complishment.
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What better way to end the summer than an afternoon and evening on a beach? When I moved here in 2001, friends I grew up with in Northern Ontario chided me on the fact the region is quite flat and there are few trees. But I told them I’d be 20 minutes from two Great Lakes (St. Clair’s on the system, so to me it qualifies). I love spending time by or on the water. And Saturday, despite the forecast for rain, we headed to a private setting on Lake Erie with friends.
They have relatives with a nice piece of land on the lake, and the beach there doesn’t get enough use, so they enjoy it when people come to visit. Visit we did. Armed with bacon-wrapped hotdogs and sausages, salad, beverages, and a holey board game, we hit the beach. Last time we were there, we started the campfire and Chad and I wound up lighting up some of the grass along the beach, grabbing the attention of a passing OPP boat. This time, we kept the fire a good deal smaller, wary of the wind. Good food, great company and a great location made for an awesome day. With fall just around the corner, and school underway this week, it was a fitting way to sign off on summer. Meat, meat and more meat
Another friend hooked me up with a great deal for meat last week, helping raise money for his daughter’s hockey team in the process. But as Nate arrived with the meat, I realized I hadn’t defrosted my upright freezer in preparation. So we jammed the delivery into the freezer in the downstairs fridge, and filled two coolers with the rest of the order, as well as what was already in the freezer, and I spent my Friday night defrosting. This freezer hadn’t been done in years. And at one point, it didn’t close properly overnight, allowing a fair bit of frost to build up. Two fans, two roasting pans, several towels and a lot of patience were needed to clean it out. It’s amazing how much room we had in that freezer as a result! It started getting roomier Monday too, as we had family over for a barbecue. We took some of the chicken and steak for a tasty test drive. • Bruce Corcoran is the editor of The Chatham Voice. Contact the writer at bruce@chathamvoice.com.
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Most people wouldn’t describe being strapped to an ice sled as a form of “freedom.” But then again, most people aren’t Ashley Goure. The 24-year-old Chatham native recently attended tryouts in Brant for the Canadian women’s sledge hockey team, a squad she’s been part of since its inception in 2006. Goure, the top ranked female sledge hockey player in Canada, made the squad again. She’s one of 15 players chosen for the team playing the game she loves. That adoration took hold in 1998 at a sports demonstration in Sarnia. “They invited a bunch of athletes to try sledge hockey and wheelchair basketball. I just fell in love with it,” she said. “It gives me a different sort of freedom.” Goure, who was borne without tibia bones in her legs, enjoys the physicality of playing sledge hockey, from the extreme physical exertion to the banging along the boards. And she’s not alone. The sport is gaining prominence. Goure believes women’s sledge hockey will really take off once Hockey Canada comes on board. Without such backing, players have to pay their own way to attend tryouts. There is some assistance in helping to pay for ice time and lodging from the International Paralympic Committee, but not enough to prevent players from having to dig deep into their own pockets. On the tryout weekend, young women came from
British Columbia, Alberta, Quebec, and mainly Ontario to try out, Goure said. “The talent is getting better and better,” she said. “But we have to pay out of our own pockets to try out. Once we get Hockey Canada backing, I feel there will be new people trying out and the skill level will increase.” And then there’s the allure of women’s sledge hockey being a Paralympic Games demonstration sport in 2018 in South Korea. There are limited options for the national team in terms of competition. At a tournament this November in Brantford, Goure said the U.S. will ice a team, and will be joined by “Team Europe,” a squad made up of women from a number of European countries, as well as Team Independent, which is made up of players from countries that as of yet do not have a female team. As 2018 approaches, Goure expects the latter two teams will morph into more as players form squads in their home countries as more women take part. Goure said Chatham native and men’s sledge hockey team player Derek Whitson has been a big help to the women’s program. “We grew up together,” she said. “He’s really helped us out. His fiancée is actually our head coach.” While Tara Chisholm is the bench boss, Whitson is an assistant. Goure
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