June 6, 2018

Chamber of Commerce hosts Meet the Candidates night

By Pat Bailey

Local voters had a chance to meet Chatham-Kent-Leamington provincial candidates Thursday evening, May 31, and hear their stance on local issues prior to the June 7 election.

The Leamington and District Chamber of Commerce hosted a Meet the Candidates event at the Leamington Half Century Centre, and according to Chamber general manager Wendy Parsons, it appeared there are still several undecided voters.

Parsons was pleasantly surprised when more than 80 people turned out to get a feel for their Chatham-Kent-Leamington hopefuls.

Corey Robertson, past Chamber president, served as moderator for the event which was attended by four candidates: incumbent Progressive Conservative Rick Nicholls, Liberal candidate Margaret Schleier Stahl, NDP candidate Jordan McGrail, and Green Party candidate Mark Vercouteren.

Robertson spoke on the four pillars of the ‘Vote Prosperity’ platform for the Ontario Chamber of Commerce. Strengthen business competitiveness, foster job creation, build healthy communities, and improve government accountability are the basis for the platform he told the crowd.

“Ontario has the foundation for sustainable and equitable growth,” said Robertson, “but bold action and leadership will be required of the newly elected government of Ontario — whether it is Liberal, PC or NDP.”

A few local topics of interest seemed to strike a chord with those in attendance, including highway safety, especially with a rash of collisions on the bypass in recent weeks.

McGrail told the crowd her party has pledged to twin the Highway 3 bypass.

Schleier Stahl said the safety issue of Highway 3 was an issue she was definitely invested in. Traveling the roads for 30 years, along with her family, the Liberal candidate said she definitely will advocate for improvements.

She said the Liberal government has already invested $50 million in

the highway, named after the late Liberal MPP Bruce Crozier, and he has been in discussions with Kathryn McGarry, Minister of Transportation, who Schleier Stahl said is also committed to highway safety.

She questioned the NDP and their promise to make those improvements within two years, but McGrail stood firm in that commitment. “We have committed to twinning Highway 3,” she said, “and it will be done in two years.”

Vercouteren said the highway must be made more efficient for the transport of produce but he said they must look at all the options before moving ahead with twinning it.

The incumbent said he has raised the issue of Highway 3 safety several times but it fell on deaf ears.

Nicholls said the roads are vital, focusing most specifically on Hwy 3 and Hwy 401, and said his party is committed to improved safety in ‘Carnage Alley’ with the installation of concrete barriers on the 401 and the twinning of Highway 3.

When it comes to the drastic increase in the minimum wage, Vercouteren suggested a decrease in payroll tax to help offset the increase to $15 in January. He said the increased minimum wage will benefit the economy. “The more we allow people to buy,” he said, “the more people can sell.”

Nicholls said the increase from $11.60 an hour to $14 in January was “too much too soon”. And he said the increase in hourly wage would mean little to those whose hours were cut by their employer because of that increase.

Nicholls suggested a gradual increase — like $14.25 or $14.50 in January. He said the initial hike was too harsh, especially for employers like those in the greenhouse industry.

But Schleier Stahl defended the increase and said the increased minimum wage was necessary so people can be out there working and putting money back into the economy.

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The candidates for the upcoming election met with the people of Leamington on Thursday evening, May 31. From left to right: Jordan McGrail, NDP candidate, incumbent Progressive Conservative candidate Rick Nicholls, Liberal candidate Margaret Schleier Stahl, and Green Party candidate Mark Vercouteren.

(Sun-Journal Photo)

Q&A

With Melissa of Clear Hearing Centre

What’s your favourite sound? Everybody has one. The sounds we encounter every day create the soundtrack of our lives. But for many of us, sounds are beginning to fade. Hearing loss often happens gradually. The simple, every day sounds that we take for granted – the plink of a piano, the sizzle of onions in a pan, the blinker in our car – slowly start to diminish, and then, one day, they’re gone. Clear Hearing Centre is committed to bringing these sounds back into your life. We’ve interviewed Hearing Instrument Specialist and owner of Clear Hearing Centre, Melissa Beardsley-Brown, to learn more about what her clinic has to offer.

Tell us a little about yourself, Melissa!

My name is Melissa Beardsley-Brown. I have over a decade of experience in the hearing healthcare field. For me, helping people with their hearing healthcare means creating a better lifestyle for those who need it, bringing sounds back into their life that had gone missing to them. I started out observing my Nana being fitted with a hearing aid and ever since, my interest was sparked. I strive to make sure that each person that walks

through my door feels welcomed and leaves knowing that I did everything that I could to help them. Patient-focused care is at the forefront of my concerns as a Hearing Instrument Specialist, as every person should feel important to their healthcare provider. Making sure that people feel welcomed into a family environment is exactly why I love owning my own practice.

You said that your focus is on patient care. Can you tell us how you’ve worked that into your clinic model?

I try to find ways to work being patientfocused into the way that I run my clinic, from big concerns to minute details. My hearing assessments are no cost with no obligation, which allows people to come in to a welcoming environment and seek out the help that they may need. I also price match my competitors in the area, allowing people to get the best service for the best price. I make sure that people have the room to shop around in order to ensure that I am giving them a good deal and allow the decision-making to be up to them.

“I strive to make sure that each person that walks through my door feels welcomed and leaves knowing that I did everything that I could to help them.”

schedule. I am available for evening and Saturday appointments on top of my regular clinic hours, which means that anyone who is busy with work during the day still has the option for a hearing test or other hearing aid services that they may need. I also know that finding transportation is not always easy, so I am available for nursing home visits or house calls.

Hike to test Coast Guard boat

By Bryan Jessop Wheatley’s Hike Metal

is on a roll!

The local shipbuilding business will test one of the six recently completed Canadian Coast Guard search and rescue vessels within close proximity to the Leamington Municipal Marina. Using a 220-ton crane, the vessel will be intentionally rolled over to test its ability to self right at 1 p.m. on Wednesday, June 20. Although a followup dinner will be exclusive to invited guests, the general public will be welcomed to view the self-righting test.

Once the search and rescue boat and the crane are in place, the procedure is expected to take only a few minutes to complete. The timeline for the test is being carefully orchestrated around the Jiiman’s schedule to ensure that set up, testing and equipment take removal and take down are completed after its 10 a.m. departure and well before its 5 p.m. return.

and western seaboards. The vessel being tested in Leamington will be sent to Vancouver.

The six boats are among those being built to replace 10 to 12 that were built for the Coast Guard about 20 years ago — four of which were built by Hike Metal. The new additions each measure about 19 me-

“This will be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity,” explained Hike Metal project manager Roger Stanton. “It’ll be pretty cool to see.”

Exterior equipment including the mast will be removed from the test boat prior to testing to ensure it is not damaged during the rollover. As part of the procedure, cameras will be stationed both inside the vessel and along it’s exterior. Another camera will record the test from the air on board a remote drone.

The boat will be situated in the area where the Jiimaan normally rests, about 50 feet out from the docks. Stanton explained that onlookers will be able to witness the test from along the boardwalk between the docks and marina, although the precise time and location of the event may change depending on weather conditions.

A contract to build six new Coast Guard search and rescue boats was struck up between the federal government and Hike Metal in 2015 as part of the government’s Vessel Procurement Program established to support small shipyards across Canada. The boats will all be shipped to Halifax and then dispersed between harbours along the nation’s eastern

ters/62 feet in length and weigh in at about 53 tons. All but two of Hike’s 30 workers were dedicated to the latest project, putting in a combined 20,000-plus man hours. The local shipbuilder conducted the entire construction process for all six vessels, the first of which made a trial run from Wheatley Harbour in the fall of 2017. The contract was valued at $43 million.

The vessels’ hulls and wheelhouses were built separate indoors and then taken outside to be joined together. From there, each boat was brought back indoors for painting.

“These are very complex, sophisticated boats with all the most modern technology on board,” Stanton explained. “They’re very state of the art. Everything was installed by hand — there was a lot of custom manufacturing and it all showed up as one big pile of aluminum.”

An announcement was recently made that Hike Metal would be contracted to build more boats for the federal government. As the two sides are still in the preliminary stages of working out a contract, it is not yet known how many more of the vessels will be built at the Wheatley facility.

Life is busy for all of us, so I have made sure that I have flexible hours that allow my clients to come in when it works with their

I know that it can be difficult to navigate all of the paperwork required by third party insurers, such as WSIB. That is why I use my years of expertise to help clients fill out their paperwork as well as going through the motions, so that getting the help they need is not a difficult process.

What’s the latest and greatest at Clear Hearing Centre?

The technology available for hearing aids and assistive listening devices is constantly changing and evolving. Hearing aids are a lot more advanced than they were years ago. I always offer the most current technology options for my clients, so that they can receive the best sound possible and

obtain Bluetooth compatible options to make life simpler. Our new options are available to “try out” at home with a no cost trial period that ensures that you can decide what works best for you on your own time!

Don’t spend another day missing out on your favourite sound! Better hearing is no more than a phone call away. Call Melissa at Clear Hearing Centre today to book your appointment!

Walk-ins

Father’s Day BBQ and Classic Car Show

Friday, June 15 12:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.

Remember those great road trips?

Come and reminisce at our classic car show. Don’t forget to bring your appetite and treat yourself to a delicious BBQ for $5.

Rain date: Friday, June 22

One of six Canadian Coast Guard Search and Rescue vessels conducts a trail run during the autumn of 2017 following construction at Hike Metal. One of the boats will be the focal point of a self-righting test to be conducted near the docks in Leamington Wednesday, June 20 at 1 p.m.

Chamber of Commerce

hosts Meet the Candidates night

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The business growth and the low unemployment rate seem to back that move, said Schleier Stahl.

McGrail said the increase will happen but it needs to be done steadily and with some predictability.

When it comes to health care, Vercoutern said he firmly believes that an “ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure”. He said his party would increase the number of registered nurses in an area underserviced by physicians to help correct an illness or condition before becomes more serious. He said by acting proactively the government could save a lot of money and also make a more healthy community.

McGrail said the NDP are committed to improved health care. She said they will end overcrowding and hallway medicine and put an end to lengthy wait times. She said people deserve care that treats them with respect and dignity.

Schleier Stahl said all Ontarians deserve access to high quality health care. She said she is invested in families and the importance of increasing health care spending to reduce wait times and offload delays.

Nicholls said he realizes there’s a doctor shortage and said the government has made it so difficult for doctors to train in Ontario that many have been forced to go elsewhere.

Nicholls said working together as a community can do so much to improve health care locally. He pointed to the saving of the Erie Shores HealthCare (then Leamington District Memorial Hospital) obstetrics unit a few years ago. He applauded the work within the community to ensure that local residents had the option to have their babies locally.

Serving the Chatham-Kent-Leamington region since 2011, Nicholls exchanged a few barbs with the Liberal candidate. He blamed the Liberal government for “15 years of waste and mismanagement” and said while the Liberals were bad, an NDP government would be even worse.

Under Liberal leadership, Schleier Stahl said schools have been rebuilt (including Leamington District Secondary School) and Ontarians have enjoyed the highest graduation rate and the lowest unemployment rate in years.

She also applauded her party’s choice of candidates, calling them the best team.

Vercouteren urged the audience to vote for change. He said the Green Party would give Ontarians a chance to be listened to and heard. “I want to be your problemsolving MPP,” he said.

McGrail told the group of voters they don’t have “to settle”. She said the NDP will cut their hydro bills by 30% and fix the health care system.

An Evening in Paris at Gore Hill P.S.

Gore Hill Public School recently hosted An Evening in Paris as its Spring Event.

Families were invited to tour various parts of the school that were transformed into some of the notable sites in Paris including the Louvre Museum, the Arc de Triomphe, the Eiffel Tower and the Champs Elysees.

Lastly, families could enjoy treats in the café while listening to a variety of entertainment including the school band, Gator Girls, ukuleles, recorders various skits and dances.

Relay For Life 2018 is this weekend

The Canadian Cancer Society is inviting you to join the annual Relay for Life event at Colasanti’s Tropical Gardens beginning Friday, June 8.

Last year the Relay for Life community champion, Alex Archer, was unable to attend the event due to the disease. This year, Alex’s father Scott says that Alex is “back at school full time… playing travel hockey, basketball, volleyball, badminton, track and field and soccer. He is a very busy and very active boy. Just a little bit of proof that… with all the fundraisers that we do for the Canadian Cancer Society… it is working. So, keep up the great work! The Archer Family greatly appreciates it.”

Alex Archer and all cancer survivors who join the Cancer Society at the event are an inspiration, as they are living proof of the progress that has been made in the fight against cancer.

Relay For Life is more than a fundraising event, it is a powerful and moving experience that supports, honours and celebrates anyone who has been affected by the words “you have cancer.”

Monies raised through Relay For Life support the most promising cancer research and vital support services for people living with cancer.

Relay For Life WindsorEssex takes place at Colasanti’s Tropical Gardens (1550 Road 3 E., Ruthven, east parking lot) is June 8-9, from 7 p.m.-7 a.m. Opening ceremonies begin at 7 p.m. Walk the track, enjoy live music, take part in trackside activities.

Gore Hill students Izzie (left) and Auriana Miler and mother Sarah Omstead enjoyed the variety of student artwork on display in the Louvre (Gore Hill’s school library). (Photo submitted)

RIB’S RAMBLINGS

The ultimate Canadian experience

We spent some time in the Ontario north last week and thoroughly enjoyed the scenery.

The black flies were pretty thick on the day we visited Algonquin Park but we were both impressed with the layout of the land up there.

Having never been to Canada’s oldest park, we expected just a giant version of Pelee-like scenery and were surprised to find lots of mountains and lakes to look at. We saw a moose and a bear along the way so that made the trip even more enjoyable.

Traveling through our province, I wondered if people who come from large cities are amazed at the things our province has to offer when it comes to nature.

Of course, along the way we had to have some music playing and the nice thing about a long trip is that you can pre-load whatever you want to listen to.

Not once did Kendrick Lamar or Cardi B sneak into our playlist on the whole trip.

I did up a unique list of old songs that would be great for the ride.

At the end of the trip, I wish I had done up an exclusively Canadian playlist. I think that would have brought everything full circle.

When you think about the Canadian music industry, the usual names come to mind, like Celine Dion, Anne Murray and yes, even Drake.

My list would have to include The Guess Who and wherever I had them, I would also have to include the solo careers of Burton Cummings and Randy Bachman. The totality of the hits just from those three acts alone would fill a whole CD.

Of course, there’s also Gordon Lightfoot, who managed to get three songs on my playlist of last week. A complete Canadian list would likely have another half dozen Lightfoot tunes on it, to be sure.

With apologies to the late Gord Downey, Gordon Lightfoot is a Canadian treasure and should be honoured as such.

Paul Anka, who’s from Ottawa, really got things rolling for us Canucks with hits like Lonely Boy, Diana and Put Your Head on My Shoulder.

So many others followed, from Andy Kim, to Joni Mitchell, to lesser-known teen idol Bobby Curtola, who was the first Canadian to have an album go gold in 1966.

As I started thinking about the Canadian music scene and all of the talent that has come out of this country, there were just too many to think about.

Canadian contribution to the world music stage has been staggering, and it still continues today with the success of Drake, Bieber and Shawn Mendes.

Jack Scott was born Giovanni Scarfone Jr. in Windsor before moving with his family to Hazel Park, Michigan, as a boy. He had a string of successful songs in the 1960s and

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South Shore Recovery helping people with addictions

By Roberta Jarecsni, Board Chair, South Shore Recovery

Our organization is very thankful to the United Way for providing start-up costs that have helped a lot of people with addiction in the Leamington area to get help close to home.

South Shore Recovery (SSR) was established as a nonprofit in 2015 with one goal – helping people in the Leamington area to recover from addiction. Many community services providers were well aware of the growing addiction problem in our community. Still, many residents questioned the need, seemingly unaware of the local drug scene. Things have changed.

Police, teachers, town councils, business owners, hospital staff, library staff, religious leaders, emergency service providers and employers interact with people affected by addiction every day.

SSR began a strong lobby for local addiction services. Very few existed. This effort was successful. New outreach services now exist.

In 2016, SSR began to offer help to people seeking recovery through a single phone call 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. seven days a week. We sought out organizations willing to provide outreach services. People started responding.

The Erie St Clair Clinic, a medical treatment group, offered SSR free space for a year at 15 John St. in Leamington. The Westover Treatment Centre offered an outreach program. Local addiction providers agreed to partner and supported SSR with referrals, partnered on grant applications and advertising. Experienced professionals started to

volunteer their help.

In a 10-month period (March to December) we reported our workload to the United Way:

1. 62 families sought help with an average of 4 visits per family.

2. 26 community outreach and education sessions.

3. 172 people attended the Westover outreach program.

4. 375 people attended a variety of SSR group programs, some 3 times a week over long periods of time.

5. The age group for people seeking help through SSR is 25 to 50. The average length of active drug use is 15 years. Start age for substance used as reported by many people seeking help is early teens.

6. People seeking help report alcohol and crack cocaine is the most prevalent addiction and may be combined with opioids and other stimulants.

We have learned that people in recovery from longstanding addiction need help to find and keep decent affordable housing, access long-term counselling, find work, manage urges, deal with legal issues, get families back together, change behaviour and develop coping skills. They need it in their own community and some need it for a lifetime.

Recovery is hard work and not everyone makes it. Most people we support in recovery have friends who have died, have had personal near-death experience, may be involved with CAS, the justice system, and have lost relationships and jobs. Relapse is common. Relapse rates after discharge from rehab facilities are as high as 75%. That does not mean a residential rehab program is not a valuable step on the

long road to recovery. The work is hard for everyone – clients, volunteers and families. Personal stories are painful; however, witnessing recovery efforts brings joy and hope to everyone who participates.

SSR has moved from 15 John St. in order to reduce overhead expenses. Willing partners have stepped up to work with us and provide free space and coordinated referrals. Our top supporters are: South Essex Community Centre, St. John’s Anglican Church on Erie St. N, the House of Sophrysene, Westover Recovery Centre, the medical clinic at 15 John and our local hospital. The Bridge and the Windsor Essex Community Health Centre are filling the gaps our area has for youth, primary care, prevention and harm reduction. As new local help arrives, our programs change. A new brochure and website are coming in June.

SSR is the only local agency with one mandate: “Helping people and families to recover from addiction in their own community.”

Help can be found 365 days a year by calling one number (519-990-2530). 421 people made the call in one ten-month period.

SSR is operated by seven professional volunteers. The annual budget is $20,000 a year. Expenses include the phone, advertising, transporting clients to programs, education materials, and training for recovered people who support the professionals. We are planning one annual fundraising event each fall and hope the community will come together in support of local people seeking recovery. “Healthy communities support recovery.”

Mark Ribble

Local author to present new book: “Gloria”

South Essex Community Council (SECC) is hosting an evening with local author Shannon Manery as she takes you on a journey through “Gloria” on Tuesday, June 12 at 6 p.m. at SECC (in the Adult Day Program Room), 215 Talbot St. E., Leamington. “Gloria” is a book that is based on the diary of a loving and devoted husband and his wife’s 15-year struggle with Alzheimer’s.

Manery was raised in Wheatley and is an educator, artist and freelance writer.

A tragic car accident at the age of 21 causing a severely detached foot and head trauma resulting in the loss of many teeth changed the path of Gloria’s life forever. Determined to walk again, with her husband by her side, Gloria and Bob started the long journey of rehabilitation.

After another blow of being told they couldn’t conceive, Bob and Gloria beat the odds and welcomed 3 children into the world in the 1960s. Julia, Thomas and Dani were the apples of their eye. That wasn’t enough for Gloria though, whose love for children led her to later foster more than 50 children over the next 30 years.

At the age of 59, and after a false suspected heart attack, Gloria began a year of tests to determine the cause. As each test came back negative, the doctors came to the conclusion that her probable diagnosis was Alzheimer’s.

Bob had been recording happenings and observations throughout the year of testing and was inputting many of the changes and occurrences happening to his soulmate in his diary.

As Bob automatically glided into the caregiver role, he watched the ups and downs of Gloria’s symptoms and followed them on a roller coaster of emotions.

“I not only have to deal with her progression with Alzheimer’s, but I’m having to deal with my own depression,” said Bob.

Those interested in attending an evening with Shannon Manery are asked to contact Paige at 519-326-8629 ext. 299 or at pfrankfurth@secc.on.ca to register as space is limited.

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industry experts rank him right up there with Roy Orbison and Elvis as far as his voice was concerned. Surprisingly, Scott is still actively singing in Michigan.

Of course, once the rock era was in full swing in the ’70s and ’80s, bands like Rush, The Guess Who, Trooper and April Wine were big on the Canadian music horizon.

Add to that The Tragically Hip, Bare Naked Ladies and one of my personal favourites, Crash Test Dummies, and you have a unique mix of Canadian rock and roll.

We can’t let this column go by without mention of Leonard Cohen and Mr. Canadian Folk Music, Stompin’ Tom Connors. They both bring a level of greatness to the Canadian music scene, albeit in very different directions.

That doesn’t even come close to covering the gamut of Canadian artists, many of whom had a cup of coffee atop the music industry. People like Terry and Susan

Jacks, who front the Poppy Family and had individual success of their own (Seasons in the Sun) or Daniele Powter (Had a Bad Day) and Alannah Myles (Black Velvet) can’t be excluded from the ultimate Canadian playlist.

Coming up with a list of music to make an entirely

Canadian CD or USB stick wouldn’t be difficult, because there are just so many songs.

The difficult part would be remembering everyone and figuring out where it stops.

I’ve certainly forgotten someone here who deserved to be mentioned.

Town bylaw regulates small marijuana operations

By Mike Thibodeau

Before anyone thinks that small marijuana or cannabis growing operations will be thrown wide open, that won’t be the case in Leamington.

Last week town Council approved a bylaw that restricts and regulates small or “Part II” marijuana growing efforts when the federal laws are expected to relax this summer.

There are several large or Part I commercial marijuana efforts underway here but councillors learned that numerous applications for small operations have already been submitted to the town. Health Canada defines a small operation as a building under 2,150 square feet.

There is a certain urgency to it, said town lawyer Ed Posliff.

“If it is not regulated it is going to become an issue,” he added.

One such application was in the Hodgins St. area with 380 plants which Posliff deemed an “enormous quantity” and “not medical marijuana.”

The smaller marijuana businesses will still have to market their product through the Ontario Cannabis Retail Corp. (OCRC).

Leamington’s bylaw for small grow operations include: must be indoors, located in an industrial zone, control odours, have a business licence, site plan approval, and be inspected by the fire department.

Another rule says the small operations must be 200 metres away from schools or playgrounds or other “sensitive” areas.

Greater Essex County District School Board representative Brian Pearce told Council he didn’t support the 200 metre limitation and thought it should be greater.

Posliff said that number was selected from a range used in other town bylaws.

Councillor John Hammond asked if Pearce had a recommended distance.

Pearce said that “200 is not enough” and there should be “more consultation”.

Posliff was worried about delaying the bylaw because of the expected July date that will open up marijuana growing.

Town administrator Peter Neufeld said the bylaw may have been done in a “bit of a vacuum... but to wait puts us in a worse position.”

There is one other marijuana grow operation unaffected by most of the regulations, and that is the one that allows a property owner to have just four plants for their personal use.

Local author Shannon Manery.

The Bridge to host new fundraiser

By Bryan Jessop

Leamington’s new youth centre plans to avoid the ‘pinch’ of financial demands by offering supporters a taste of the east coast.

The Bridge - Leamington Youth Resource Centre will present Lobsterfest Saturday, June 16 at Colasanti’s Tropical Garden as its newest fundraiser. Organizers hope to see the event become an annual occasion as one of four main gatherings to offset yearly operating expenses.

Doors to Lobsterfest will open at 5:30 p.m. with the dinner to be served at 6:30 p.m. Tickets are selling at $90 apiece or at $700 per table of eight. Table sponsorship opportunities are available at $1,000 each, which earns the business, family or organization advertising on The Bridge’s website, announcements during the dinner and a table for eight Lobsterfest guests.

A team of about 20 volunteers including youths representing The Bridge and Colasanti’s staff are preparing for the first-of-it’s kind event for the local youth centre, which officially opened earlier this year.

“This is something that we’d really like to see take off over the next several years,” said The Bridge president George Bergen.

“Hopefully, it’ll be a fun event for everyone. We couldn’t do something like this without support from volunteers and company supporters, though. We love the idea of youths getting involved.”

Meal items at Lobsterfest will include rolls, salad, pasta, chicken, roasted potatoes, strawberry shortcake and as the name suggests, lobster. Extra lobster will be

reveal new backpacks and other supplies from the Kingsville District High School Bus at The Bridge’s main entrance Wednesday, May 23. GLAS, made up of KDHS students, donated 28 new backpacks filled with hygiene products, blankets and snacks — portable kits The Bridge refers to as 48 Hour Emergency Packs. Girls Leading and Succeeding, now in its second year of operation, also gave 32 additional hygiene kits and items for The Bridge’s breakfast program. GLAS purchased the supplied by successfully applying for a Speak Up Grant. The group’s 12 members also supports the OPP Torch Run for Special Olympics, collects milk bags to create sleep mats for the homeless and instigated a food drive for the KDHS snack program.

available at an additional cost of $10 per person.

A total of 300 tickets have been printed for the event, which Bergen explained he’d like to see generate a minimum of $20,000 toward the costs of running the facility and its programming. As of May 9, just over half the tickets had been accounted for. They are being sold in advance at Century 21 at 150 Talbot St. East, at The Bridge at 310 Sherk St. or by contacting John Ferguson at jferguson112@cogeco.ca.

If tickets are still available on the day of the fundraiser, they will also be sold at the doors of Colasanti’s.

In addition to the meal, Lobsterfest will feature wine tasting courtesy of one of it’s sponsors, Pelee Island Winery. Other attractions will include appetizers, a live auction, a silent auction, a “Lob The Lobster” game featuring prizes and live entertainment from the local band Down East Music.

“There are a lot of really nice auction items up for grabs,” noted Bergen. “Fortunately, we’ve had some very generous donations from local businesses.”

“This is something that we’d really like to see take off over the next several years.”

— George Bergen

South Essex Fabrication Inc. will present Lobsterfest as the main sponsor, with Pelee Island Winery, Uni-Fab and Colasanti’s also offering support.

For this year’s annual Soup and Salad Luncheon at The Portuguese Club, representatives from The Bridge will be co-organizing along with John Woelk of Century 21. Starting in 2019, The Bridge will begin organizing that event as one of its other four main annual events, considered an extension of the The Giving Spoon now hosted by The Bridge courtesy of Leamington’s “Soup Guru” Bill Dunn. The Soup Luncheon will continue to take place at the Leamington Portuguese Club.

Notepads

• Bookmarks

• Magnets

• Door Hangers

• Table Tents

• Stickers

Additionally, the youth centre plans to host its first “Sleeping Under The Bridge” event in early spring of next year. The event will invite participants to sleep outside on the facility’s Sherk Street property, equipping them with only a sheet of cardboard and a sleeping bag.

“It’s something that should at least give people an idea what homeless youths in the area experience,” Bergen explained. “The question we’re hearing all the time is ‘is there really a need?’ and the answer is ‘yes.”

The fourth main fundraiser for The Bridge will be a Card Drive over the Christmas holiday season, also with details yet to be released.

Peter Wall

Peter Wall, 61 years, passed away on Sunday, May 20, 2018.

Beloved husband of Susana Wall. Dear father of Nancy (Peter), Mary (Richard), Corny (Lena), Susie (Corny), Halen (John), Trudy (Abe), Anna (Peter) and Benji, and 29 grandchildren. Peter will be greatly missed by the whole family.

A special thank-you is extended to the nurses and all staff at Erie Shores Hospice for their tremendous care and compassion.

Visiting was Tuesday, May 22 from 6-9 p.m. at the Hammond Funeral Home in Wheatley. Funeral Service was held on Wednesday, May 23. Burial was held at Kingsville Memorial Gardens.

Winnifred Drummond

Winnifred Drummond passed away at The Meadows of Wheatley on Monday, May 28, 2018 at the age of 90 years.

Loving and dear wife of Ivan Drummond. Devoted mother to Ron Drummond (Janet Blackburn), Al (Elaine) Drummond and Doris (Rob) Vandecaveye. Cherished grandmother of Jeff Drummond, Stacey (Mike) Jones, Adrian (Ann) Drummond, Chad (Sara) Drummond, Laura (Gary) Johns, Nicole Simpson, Doug Vandecaveye and Rachel Vandecaveye (Doug Devine). Proud grandmother of 12 great-grandchildren. Daughter of John and Ella (Bowers) Burke. Sister of the late Gordon Burke, late Edith (surviving George) Armstrong and late Henry Burke.

Family was the foundation of Winnifred’s life. She especially enjoyed cooking and spending time with her grandchildren and great-grandchildren, no matter how busy she was or how tired she may have been.

Visitation was at Reaume Funeral Home, 6 Canal St. West, Tilbury, on Wednesday, May 30, 2018 from 7-9 p.m. and Thursday, May 31, 2018 from 10-10:45 a.m. Funeral service was at 11:00 a.m. at the funeral home. Interment followed at Rosedale Cemetery, Tilbury. In lieu of flowers, donations to the Parkinson Society or Darrel S. Moffat Memorial United Church appreciated. Online condolences may be shared at www.reaumefh.com

Mary Groh

Mary Elisabeth Burkhart was born to Emerson and Verna (Moss) Burkhart in Kitchener, Ontario, on November 9, 1931. She attended Centerville School, then graduated from Rockway Mennonite School and grade 13 from Kitchener-Waterloo Collegiate. She graduated from Kitchener-Waterloo Hospital School of Nursing and from Goshen College (BA Bible).

On August 6, 1955 she married David Groh. To this union were born: John Mark (Diana Quick) and their sons Thomas and Benjamin; James Michael (Eleanor (Dyck) and their daughter Victoria (Joshua Grohn); Paul David (Delores Nisly) and their daughters Rachel (David Appelt), Rebecca and Sarah; Philip Daniel (Lynette (Hershey) and their children Annaleis, Ian and Lucas. Together Mary and David served the Mennonite Church in various locations: Puerto Rico; Lancaster, PA; Baden, ON; Albany, OR; Millersburg, OH; and Kalona, IA.

Mary was well respected as a nurse in both the hospital and retirement settings. She was involved as a church organist and pianist and Sunday School teacher. She enjoyed quilting and cooking. She and David moved to the Leamington Mennonite Home Residence Community in 2011.

Mary was a loving wife, mother and grandmother and will be deeply missed.

Visiting is at the Leamington Mennonite Home, 35 Pickwick Drive, Leamington, on Friday, June 8, 2018 from 9-10 a.m. Visitation resumes at the Leamington United Mennonite Church, 78 Oak Street, Leamington from 10:15 am until the time of Mary’s Celebration of life at 11 a.m. Pastor Vic Winter officiating.

If you wish to donate in memory of Mary, her family has asked that donations, by cheque, be made to the Leamington Mennonite Home.

Family and friends may share their memories or make an online donation at www.reidfuneralhome.ca

Hanna Buckrell R.N.

A resident of Leamington, Hanna Buckrell passed away peacefully at her home on Monday, June 4, 2018 at the age of 82. She was born in Cottam, and was the daughter of the late Gottlob and Emma Halbgewachs.

Loving wife to the late George for 57 years. Dear mother of Jane Buckrell (Lorne), Mary Tiessen (Ron) and Miles Buckrell (Brenda). Proud and loving grandmother to Darren (Maylin), Matthew (Grace), Emma, Steven and Bridget, and great-grandmother to Christopher. Sister to John Halbgewachs (Lois), David Halbgewachs (Ethel) and Barbara Osborne. Hanna was predeceased by her brother Robert Halbgewachs, sisters Mary Simpson (Doug), Dorothy Haggith (Archie) and Freda McKinnell (William); sisters-in-law Dorothy Cunningham (Alan) and Marion Hunter (John). Hanna will also be lovingly remembered by many nieces and nephews.

Hanna was a proud graduate of Grace Hospital Nursing School Class of 1957 and retired from Leamington District Memorial Hospital after many years of service.

In keeping with Hanna’s wishes, cremation has taken place. A Memorial Service to celebrate Hanna’s life will take place at a later date. Funeral arrangements entrusted to the Reid Funeral Home and Reception Centre, 14 Russell Street, Leamington (519-326-2631).

As your expression of sympathy, memorial donations to the Canadian Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation would be appreciated by the family.

Friends may send condolences or make a charitable contribution at www.reidfuneralhome.ca

Summer concerts exempt from noise bylaw

By Mike Thibodeau

It is certainly going to be a music-filled summer this year at the Leamington waterfront. And just so the town’s bylaws are not broken, Leamington Council has given an exemption for almost every weekend at the waterfront.

At last week’s (May 28) meeting, councillors agreed to allow the exemption in case the music goes beyond the allotted hours in the regular bylaw.

Staff requested the exemption for four different occasions – the first is the On the 42 concert series on June 15, July 1, July 21, Aug. 18 and Sept. 1 and 15.

This series is funded by the town and highlights the newly constructed amphitheatre at Seacliff Park.

The second exemption is for the Hogs for Hospice weekend of Aug. 3-5 and includes the concerts at Seacliff Park and the After Party at the Roma Club Aug. 3 and 4.

The third exemption is a celebration of Point Pelee National Park’s 100th birthday – a joint effort of the Windsor Symphony, park and the town. The celebration will host a variety of programs at the Seacliff amphitheatre and is free to all.

The fourth exemption went to all the other weekend dates for a five-concert series, a program hosted by The Bank Theatre group and the town. Those dates are June 23, July 14, July 28, Aug. 11 and 25 at the Seacliff amphitheatre. The programs will be a variety of music from rock, blues, jazz and more.

Chatham-Kent to conduct sidewalk inspections

Chatham-Kent Public Works has secured the services of a contractor to conduct sidewalk inspections for trip hazards in all communities in Chatham-Kent commencing June 6.

During the process, Chatham-Kent residents will see a golf cart with inspection equipment driving on municipal sidewalks. Permission has been granted under the Traffic and Parking By-Law #245-2004 for personnel working on behalf of “Sidewalks Plus”.

The second part of the contract is to have a tractor with specialty equipment remove the identified trip hazards found and marked during initial inspections.

The equipment will be moving through Chatham-Kent for approximately 30 days, dependent on weather conditions. Pedestrians are asked to avoid the work zone during operations.

Join Wheatley Legion in celebrating 75 years!

Two dozen players shot Fun Darts on May 25. Two teams led with 6 wins – Sherry Decaluwe, Kim Bruner and Richard Howe – April Simpson, Gerry Soulliere and Jim McClellan. Velma Hope, Mary Robinson and Tracey Bruner won 5 games. Three teams tied with 3 wins – Rosemary Duquette, Marcelle Chittle and Larry Evoy – Debbie Ouellette, Julie Reid and Mike Simpson – Patricia Suy, Tim Moore and Garry Hope. Also tied, with a win each, were Steve Acott, Gord Crook and Arnold Seili – Bonnie Evoy, Marie Decaluwe and Doug Seili. Lady doublers were Sherry, Velma, Mary, Rosemary, Julie and Patricia.

Join the Fun Darts players on Friday evenings. Play starts at 7:30 p.m.

There was a great crowd out for the Meat Draws that were run by Claudette Sykes on May 26. Winners were Brian Collins, Barb Siddall, Dick Whittle (2), Tom “Space” Howe (2), Mary Jo Wright, Sandra Harris, Jerry Malott, Rob Gillespie and Lynn Gagnon. Patti Whittle won the 50/50 draw and the beer fridge that was raffled was won by Debbie Ouellette.

The menu for lunch this Wednesday June 6 will be Ham with Hash Brown Potato Casserole. Stop in for a hearty and delicious lunch that starts at noon.

This weekend will be a busy one – a great kick-off for summer! The Legion will host their first Outdoor Patio of the season with entertainment provided on Saturday evening by “Bigg Wiggle”.

“Windfest Weekend” sponsored in partnership with Wheatley BIA, will take place Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Arena/School Sports Park. Free kites to fly will be given to the first 200 kids each day. There will be acrobatic kite demonstrations and displays of wondrous kite designs by National and International Kit Artists. Sounds like something that will appeal to all ages!

Also on Saturday, Wheatley Legion Branch 324 will celebrate the 75th Anniversary of receiving their Charter. A ceremony will be held, weather permitting, at the Ivan Coulter Park at 1:00 p.m. followed by a light lunch and reception at the Branch. And then, starting at 3 p.m., plan to join us for the weekly Meat Draws.

This month’s Birthday Bash will be held on Saturday night June 16 featuring entertainment by Cross-Eyed Cat.

The Ladies Auxiliary will serve breakfast upstairs on Sunday June 17 from 9 a.m. to noon.

Then, on Saturday June 23, the District 3 Order of the Eastern Star will host a benefit at the Legion for the PTSD Equine Therapy Program of Wounded Warriors Canada. It will be a Broasted Chicken dinner from the Car Barn and is open to all ages. Advance tickets only are $25 and available by calling Eileen at 519-8257991. Entertainment will be provided by James Gibb – a renowned Elvis Tribute Artist.

Planning a wedding/shower, birthday/family gathering or funeral luncheon? The upstairs hall is available to rent. Call Sue at the Branch Monday to Friday between 12 noon and 5 p.m. at 519-825-4161 for details.

LED signs to cost $80,000

Visitors and residents alike will be kept better informed as of mid-August.

Last week (May 28), Leamington Council approved the installation of two new digital LED signs. One will be installed in front of the marina on Robson Rd. and the second in front of Seacliff Park on Seacliff Dr.

The cost for both is a total of $80,000.

Six companies bid for the project, none local, and the contract went to AdArt Fabricating of Cambridge. When information appears the displays will have to conform to the town’s own bylaw so as not to be a distraction to drivers.

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ABOVE: Staff with Parks Canada, and special guests Canada Post Leamington supervisor Ron Meloche, Parks Canada senior vice president of operations Trevor Swerdfager, Point Pelee superintendent Marie Papoulias, Louise Hillier of Caldwell First Nation and Leamington mayor John Paterson pose for photos with a new commemorative stamp created in honour of Point Pelee’s 100th anniversary as a national park Tuesday, May 29. The centennial was also celebrated with the first-ever playing of a promotional video in both English and French.

RIGHT: A cake celebrating Point Pelee’s 100th birthday as a national park was placed on display along with cupcakes for guests at the facility’s Visitors Centre.

Point Pelee marks 100 years

By Bryan Jessop

The southern tip of Canada has hit the big 1-0-0.

Parks Canada personnel celebrated Point Pelee’s 100th birthday as a national park Tuesday, May 29 with a gathering at the facility’s recently renovated Visitors Centre auditorium. The event attracted a full house of Parks Canada staff, members of the public and a panel of special guest speakers who shared memories, comments on the park’s ecological significance and congratulatory words on a full century of natural habitat preservation and restoration.

Point Pelee National Park superintendent Maria Papoulias took on duties as emcee, welcoming special guests Canada Post Leamington supervisor Ron Meloche, Parks Canada senior vice president of operations Trevor Swerdfager, Caldwell First Nation member Louise Hillier and Leamington mayor John Paterson.

“I think it’s important that we acknowledge all the work that the staff here at Parks (Canada) have done in the revitalization of those habitats and the environment itself,” Hillier said in reference to various restoration projects that have taken place at Point Pelee over the years. “We need to do everything we can to ensure that it continues and that the environment itself is safe for the generations that have yet to come. We each need to do our part. It’s always been very close for Caldwell to participate in the restoration projects that are happening here in the park.”

“Point Pelee National Park has always been a part of my life,” added Paterson, who attended the event along with other members of Leamington municipal council.

Paterson noted that while growing up as a visitor to the park, regulations there changed as Parks Canada’s efforts to protect wildlife habitats increased. From there, he lauded a balance between preservation and welcoming guests to the park that has since been achieved.

“Working together from the tourism perspective and the ecology perspective of our municipality, we are really beyond happy with the relationship that we have been able to develop and expand upon in the past,” the mayor explained.

“Point Pelee National Park just exemplifies what Parks Canada is all about,” said Swerdfager, who made the journey from the agency’s national headquarters in Ottawa to attend the celebration. “It’s certainly a pleasure and an honour for us to be here with Caldwell First Nation today — for them to allow us to have this ceremony is deeply appreciated.”

Meloche took the podium to introduce an enlarged, framed version of a commemorative Point Pelee stamp painted by a Chatham-born artist.

“Our latest stamp, part of our Far and Wide series, reminds us of the beauty and uniqueness of Canada’s deep south,” Meloche stated. “We expect it will also inform potential American tourists who receive mail from Canada of the wonders just above the border.”

After Meloche and Papoulias unveiled the stamp, guests gathered in the Visitors Centre main lobby for a reception and then later back in the auditorium for the screening of a new 15-minute promotional video for the park in both English and French.

In honour of the Point Pelee’s 100th anniversary, a series of events have been planned throughout the year including Dark Sky Nights on June 16, July 14, September 8, October 13, November 10 and December 8. A full itinerary of events can be found on the website www.pc.gc.ca/en/pn-np/on/pelee/activ/calendar-calendrier.

1943 2018

ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION BRANCH 324 WHEATLEY

The Observation Post

by Dr. J.M. Warren, 1963

he first actual official meeting of Wheatley Branch 324 of the Royal Canadian Legion was held on April 12, 1943 at the old Wheatley Council Chambers (now Cellar Door Wines).

J.R. Dean, Glen Tuffin, Charles Lamb, George Dibbley, Lloyd Cates, John Cobby Sr., Bert Levitt, Bill Chute, Bill Milne, K.C. Vizzard, Bill Beckett, Bill McVittie, Roy Furey and George Price were there as our Charter members. Lloyd, just returned from overseas, was the only representation of the second generation of Canada’s servicemen. Bill Chute had joined Branch 84 Leamington in 1932 and was a member there until 1943. He served as Charter Secretary and was a steward of the Branch in 1946-1947. He was rehired in 1950 and 1960 when he was retired.

At the May meeting the name Wheatley Branch 324 was adopted. The minutes for June 28, 1943 state that Wheatley Branch No. 324 of the British Empire Service League opened in due form, so we may assume that their application had been accepted. The actual Charter date is June 7, 1943.

Comrade Bill Milne, who had served as President of Branch 206 Tilbury, a B.E.S.L., moved his membership to Wheatley so that there would be enough members to apply for a Charter. He transferred from the Tilbury Branch.

It might be advisable at this time to realize what a debt of gratitude we owe these men. They chartered the Branch and started the movement towards the fine organization we now have. Their purpose at this time was to assist those serving and their families. Many precious gallons of gas were expended meeting trains and picking up those of the 200 or so Wheatley people who were in the Armed Forces. We owe them a huge debt for many unsung services performed.

John Dean Charter President

Glen Tuffin

William M. Chute

George Dibbley Jack Cobby Sr. Lloyd Cates George Price

William McVittie

William Beckett

Kenneth Vizzard

Roy Furey

Charles Lamb

Milne

John Dean 1943 – 1945

Archie Matier 1946

Les Adams 1947

George Poole 1948 – 1949, 1960

Stewart Chute 1950

Bert Overholt 1951

Jack Cobby 1952

Larry Ross 1953, 1963 – 1965

Forest Shuttleworth 1954

Elmer Haikala 1955 – 1956

Bill Jackson 1968 – 1969

Glen Innes Dibbley 1970 – 1971

Leonard Lamb 1971 – 1975

Doris Cresswell 1975 – 1979

Nelson Rutt 1984 – 1986

Cecil Lougheed

Fred Chambers

THE SUPREME SACRIFICE

William W. Frew

Sidney Atkinson

George Dundas

Russell Willan

Edwin Willan

Clifford Willan

David Aikin

John Aikin

Ernest Spooner

Newell Vickers

Mervin Fox

Henry Warner

Don Dawson

Edward Dawson

Albert Radmore

Orley Mills

Sampson Dodge

Harry Sampson

Grant Fitzpatrick

Wilbert Latimer

Percy Wiper

Frederick Foster

Frederick Slade Houston

Ernest Little Simpson

Andrew Lennox

Roy Walker

Carlyle Smith

Francis John Matier

Charles Wharram

Robert E. Crewe

Glen Horton Healey

Alvin Ray McCracken

John James Imeson

Roy Hyatt

Edwin Milton Hooker

Verne Reid

Earl R. Tilson

Donovan Derbyshire

Gordon Craig

Donald Wellington Chippewa

Big Bike back in Leamington

By Bryan Jessop

While MPP hopefuls were out peddling for votes, Leamington and surrounding area residents were pedaling for an entirely different cause.

The annual Big Bike For Heart and Stroke tour made its way into Leamington Wednesday, May 30 and Thursday, May 31. Jose’s Bar and Grill hosted the event for the fourth consecutive year while also stepping forward with one of the 18 teams that participated in the local edition of the yearly fundraiser. The amount raised by the Leamington-area teams this year was not available by press deadline, although the teams have routinely exceeded the $30,000 mark in recent years.

For 2018, the Big Bike’s two-day stop in the Tomato Capital included a mix of new and return teams. A group representing Community Living Essex County/Leamington kicked things off early Wednesday morning, followed by staff from Jack Miner Public School, Hub International Leamington, Security ONE, the Canadian Transportation Museum and Heritage Village, Gabriele Home Furnishings and Flooring, CIBC Leamington, Chartwell Leamington and Kingsville and Uni-Fab. The Jose’s Bar and Grill team was the first to take to the 30-seat bike on Thursday, followed by groups from Real Canadian Superstore, Sun Parlour Home, Highbury Canco, a team representing the Derksen family in memory of a nephew, the Municipality of Leamington, Competitive Green Technologies, Discovery School Based Child Care and the Colasanti’s Cluckers.

Each team across Canada raises money for it’s local Heart and Stroke Foundation chapter through Big Bike by collecting pledges from friends and family members. Many business-based teams also organize barbecues, 50/50 draws, car washes and other events including “Dress Down Days” to raise money for Heart and Stroke research

and Grill Wednesday, May 30. For its first-ever appearance on the

$3,368 for Heart and Stroke research and support.

and support for the survivors of strokes and their families.

“It’s a group effort,” explained Windsor Essex County Heart and Stroke Foundation coordinator Brenda Noiles. “We’ve always had great support from Leamington. Jose’s is a great host and we’re very grateful toward WFS for the use of their driveway — they’re very accommodating.”

Each Big Bike is equipped with 29 pedaling seats and one for a driver who guides each team along a 15- to 20-minute route. Teams must register a minimum of 15 pedalers who are each 14 years of age or older. In cases where teams have 14 members or fewer, they are placed on the same bike. Preparation for each Heart and Stroke branch’s turn with one of the nine Big Bikes dispersed throughout Canada begins months in advance. For Noiles and the Windsor Essex County group, the planning process began in October of last year. Each of the 85 teams across the county was given a minimum of two months to fundraise, done either online or in person.

Free yoga continues at Leamington Library

The Leamington Branch of the Essex County Library will continue offering free yoga for adults.

Join certified yoga instructor Paul Santos every Monday in June at 6 p.m. for an evening session suitable for all yoga levels. Participants are required to bring a mat or towel. For more information contact the Leamington branch at 226946-1529 ext. 220 or leabranch@essexcountylibrary.ca

Noiles explained that Leamington represented a healthy combination of new and returning teams, with Hub International celebrating it’s 10th year on the Big Bike while newcomers Jack Miner Public School was able to raise $3,368. There is no minimum amount required per team, although the local H&S coordinator noted that the general goal is for each team to raise from $2,000 to $2,200.

This year, the Windsor-Essex Big Bike goal is to generate $133,000 in funding. Last year, the $135,000 goal was surpassed with a sum of $138,000. In addition to the two days Big Bike spends in Leamington, four days are set aside for Windsor and another two for Tecumseh. Windsor Essex County Heart and Stroke also sets out on a canvassing campaign in February of each year. This year’s $120,000 fell short of the 2018 goal, which Noiles attributed to bitter cold temperatures and a flu outbreak in the region.

$3,000 Cheque for Crime Stoppers

Dave Campbell and Denise Gaffan, race director and race co-ordinator for the Southern Footprints Race Series, took the opportunity Saturday, May 26 to present a cheque for $3,000 to Crime Stoppers representatives. The money was a portion of the proceeds from a three-race Southern Footprint series, the first held in April. From left to right, Tyler Lamphier, program manager, and Amanda Allen, police co-ordinator, accept the cheque from Gaffan and Campbell. The final race in the series is scheduled for June 10 in Leamington. (SUN-JOURNAL photo)

Members of the Jack Miner Public School team pose for photos before boarding the Big Bike for Heart and Stroke at Jose’s Bar

Big Bike for Heart and Stroke, the Jack Miner team raised

Doug Ford campaign in Essex

By Bryan Jessop

With the 2018 provincial election in high gear, the leader of the Ontario Progressive Conservative party worked some Essex County stops into his campaign trail.

After arriving in Woodslee during the morning of Wednesday, May 23, Ford spent the early afternoon at Colasanti’s Tropical Garden to share his thoughts and his party’s platform objectives. There, he was welcomed by a large crowd of supporters who greeted him at the facility’s main dining area.

Ford was joined by campaign support staff as well as PC candidates for local ridings including Adam Ibrahim for Windsor West, Mohammad Latif for Windsor Tecumseh, incumbent Rick Nicholls for Chatham-Kent Leamington and the event’s emcee, Essex PC candidate and former Town of Kingsville councilor Chris Lewis.

“We’ve had a lot of warm welcomes, but nothing like this,” Ford said upon his arrival to the popular Kingsville attraction. “This is incredible.”

Setting his sites on both Liberal and NDP opponents, Ford declared that if elected, sweeping changes would be instilled by his government from Queen’s Park in Toronto across the province of Ontario.

“On June the 7th, we will send the Liberals packing,” Ford declared. “We’re going to make sure there’s accountability, transparency and integrity when it comes to the taxpayers of this great province.”

The party’s leader explained that one of the Progressive Conservatives’ initial priorities would be to conduct an item-by-item audit to discover “whose been getting rich off (their) money.” Ford noted that addressing “out of control” hydro rates in Ontario would be a concern at the top of the party’s to do list.

“The Six Million Dollar Man will not be the Six Million Dollar man as of June the 7th,” Ford said in reference to Hydro One CEO Mayo Schmidt’s salary compensation of $6.2 million for 2017. “We’ll make sure that we reduce the hydro rates right away by 12 per cent to each and every single person here, making sure we put money back into your pocket instead of the government’s pocket. It’s unacceptable that we have the highest hydro rates in North America.”

The PC leader also vowed to reduce taxes for middle income families by 20 per cent. Pointing out that small business employs 85 per cent of Ontario’s workforce, Ford also announced that tax reductions of 8.75 per cent would be earmarked for small- and medium-sized businesses.

“They’ve been getting gouged by this government,” Ford said of Kathleen Wynne’s Liberals.

Ford also addressed the province’s debt, explaining that his government would pay it down at a rate of $12.5 billion per year.

It’s unacceptable that we have the highest sub-national debt in the entire world — $346 billion in debt that your children, your grandchildren, your great-grandchildren will

be indebted with.”

Ford spoke of infrastructure at the local level by describing the widening of Highway 3 as a necessity to improve safety and reduce the rate of traffic collisions on its surface.

“We’re only going to make promises that Number 1 we can afford and Number 2 that we’re going to keep,” he stated. “I can assure you what we say we’re going to do, we will do. We don’t delay it for years and years and years — we’re going to make sure we get the shovels in the ground and make sure that we start paving that road for an additional lane immediately.”

Next, Ford brought up the matter of health care, explaining that wait lines in Ontario hospitals range from four hours to as many as 12 hours. He committed to creating 15,000 new long term care beds across the province over the next five years and an additional 15,000 new long term care beds over the five years following that time frame. Ford noted that there are 32,000 seniors in the province waiting for long term care beds, which he described as “staggering numbers.” Another $1.9 billion over 10 years will be directed towards mental illness, addiction care and housing under PC leadership, the party leader explained. He also committed to the support of 100,000 low-income seniors who cannot afford proper dental care.

Also, Ford declared that $100 million would be set aside for broadband and cellular communications in addition to natural gas expansion in rural areas.

Focusing on the NDP, Ford explained that “radical” members of that party in the Toronto area had “trashed” soldiers, veterans and the family members of veterans and that they stated poppies should be used as “landfill.”

“They (the NDP) are not competent to govern when they attack our soldiers,” he said.

“I can tell you that on June the 7th, when we form government, a new day will dawn in Ontario — a new day of prosperity, a day of growth and a day of opportunity the likes this province has never seen. Together, we will turn this province around — together, we will get rid of Kathleen Wynne out of office. Together, we will make this the engine of Canada once again.”

After his speech, Ford was greeted one-by-one by a lineup of supporters who attended the rally. His words were well received by guests within the crowd, including his fellow provincial dignitaries.

“I’m excited about his message,” said Nicholls. “It’s a clear message — we want to send Premier Wynne on a permanent vacation.

“I loved to hear what he had to say about seniors and health care. I’m very confident in Doug’s ability — he’s a grassroots guy and an excellent listener who’s very focused. There are a lot of Chatham-Kent Leamington people here, and they want change too. They’ve had enough of the scandals, the backroom deals and the Liberal elitists getting rich off of taxpayer dollars.

Like Ford, Nicholls also voiced concern over the possibility of an NDP government, echoing his leader’s declaration of the New Democrats’ disrespect for Canadian military veterans. Nicholls also expressed worry over the effect he said an NDP government would have on Ontario’s debt load.

“Their five-year plan ‘forgot’ about $7 billion,” he noted. “I don’t want to see us go back to the Bob Rae days, when the debt tripled from $30 billion to just over $90 billion.” After departing from Colasanti’s Ford made his next stop in Nicholls’ home town of Chatham.

Gerri and Mike Thibodeau of Leamington celebrated their 50th Wedding Anniversary with a family dinner in Stratford. They were married June 1, 1968 in Pembroke. They have three children, David, Suzanne and Christan, and four grandchildren.

Gerri & Mike Thibodeau

Ontario Progressive Conservative party leader Doug Ford meets with well-wishers during a rally at Colasanti’s Tropical Gardens Wednesday, May 23. During the local visit, Ford commented on issues including health care, hydro costs and the widening of Highway 3 through Essex County.

(Sun-Journal Photo)

Wednesday, June 6, 2018

Community Living Essex County held its 13th annual “Luncheon with the Mayors” Friday afternoon. Back row (from left) CLEC 2nd vice president and LaSalle Councillor Sue Desjarlais, Tecumseh Councillor Rita Ossington, Kingsville Mayor Nelson Santos, Amherstburg Deputy Mayor Bart DiPasquale, Essex County Warden and Lakeshore Mayor Tom Bain, Essex Deputy Mayor Richard Meloche, Lakeshore Councillor Tracey Bailey and Essex Mayor Ron McDermott. Front row (from left): CLEC manger of supports Derek Roy, project manager-community engagement Natalie Crawford, manager of adminiistration Julie LaSorda, Brigitte Gagnon from the self-advocate group, New Day - Leaders of Today, executive director Karen Bolge, director of Community Living supports Corey Dalgleish and manager of community relations and resource development Tony DeSantis.

Community Living Essex County shows initiatives to municipal leaders, businesses

By Ron Giofu

Community Living Essex County (CLEC) invited mayors, political leaders and business people to see what initiatives the agency has been working on.

CLEC held its 13th annual “Luncheon with the Mayors” Friday, May 18 with the program consisting of discussion of what programs and initiatives the non-profit agency is

up to. CLEC supports more than 650 people with intellectual disabilities and their families across Essex County.

Tony DeSantis, manager of community relations and resource development with CLEC, pointed out that May is “Community Living Month” in Ontario and that local businesses and municipalities either have been or are invited to light up their buildings blue and green for the month.

CLEC executive director Karen Bolger said the luncheon gives the agency a chance to bring community leaders together and show what the agency is doing. She added she is excited to build on the “positive relationship” Community Living Essex County has with community partners and municipal leaders.

“We can’t do it alone,” said Bolger.

Bolger said the agency was accredited in 2014 with FOCUS Accreditation leading the agency through a re-accreditation process, something Bolger is confident the agency did successfully.

Natalie Crawford, project manager for community engagement, spoke on the “My Community Hub” project. The networking website, found at www.mycommunityhub.ca, is described as an “online registration space for activities, classes, programs, workshops, respite and camps offered by developmental service agencies across Ontario.”

“We’re really excited to be part of this,” said Crawford, who pointed out CLEC is the only service provider in southwestern Ontario currently enrolled in My Community Hub.

Julie LaSorda, manager of administration with CLEC, spoke on the “REAL Xchange” initiative, with the goal being to provide more options to the people it supports yet do so efficiently. The project came out of the “REAL Change” initiative and currently has 77 unique users and 56 developmental services agencies in Ontario registered since its launch Jan. 30.

LaSorda outlined that pillars of “REAL Xchange” include exchanging knowledge, collaborating and mentoring, passing along their knowledge and even being able to create a revenue stream from it.

“We didn’t have to take (the REAL Xchange project) on but it’s the right thing to do,” said LaSorda.

Corey Dalgleish, director of Community Living supports, outlined the “Smart Support” technology-enabled services with that coming out of the “REAL Change” project. The agency uses a variety of technological devices and apps, many of the latter being free or carrying a modest cost.

“Not all of this is customized technology,” said Dalgleish. “It’s available to all of us.” Dalgleish added that technology “isn’t a support, it’s a tool,” and “the focus isn’t to replace supports with technology, it’s to enhance supports with technology.”

Derek Roy, manager of Community Living supports, outlined the “Career Compass” employment service where people with intellectual disabilities are matched with employers. The Career Compass team works with job seekers and employers to find the right matches, with current statistics showing that 58 people are employed, 38 more are actively looking for work and five people being hired in April.

Volunteers needed to organize Terry Fox Run in Tilbury

This year, hundreds of thousands of people across Canada will lace up to participate in the annual Terry Fox Run scheduled for Sunday, September 16. Now in its 38th year, the event’s longevity is a testament to staying true to its roots: volunteer-led, non-competitive and family oriented.

A new volunteer is needed to chair the Tilbury Terry Fox Run. In existence since 1988, Tilbury has hosted an annual Terry Fox Run and contributed over $721,000 to cancer research. The Terry Fox Foundation will work closely with the volunteer chair and provide support, training and materials to ensure the success of this year’s run.

Thirty-eight years have passed since that cold April morning when Terry Fox set out on his Marathon of Hope on the easternmost edge of our nation. In the ensuing years, millions of Canadians have followed in his footsteps to forge a uniquely Canadian event. Its greatest strength is the extraordinary team of Terry Fox volunteers that span from coast to coast, a human chain linked by a common purpose – to make a positive difference in the fight against cancer.

If you are an enthusiastic and organized individual who possesses exceptional leadership skills and is passionate about making a difference in the world, contact Kim Smith, Ontario Community Events Coordinator, at kim@terryfoxrun.org or 1-888-836-9768 ext. 227.

Church Directory

ANGLICAN

St. John The Evangelist

60 Erie St. N., Leamington 519-326-3111

Sunday Worship Services 8:30 & 10:30 am

St. Mary’s Church East West Road, Pelee Island 1st & 3rd Sundays from June to September at 10 am

Calvary Church North Shore Road, Pelee Island 1st & 3rd Sundays from October to May at 10 am

BAPTIST

First Baptist Church

3 Fox Street, Leamington 519-326-5491

Sunday Worship 10:30 am

Heritage Baptist Church 555 Talbot St. W., Wheatley 519-300-1400 Pastor Francisco Penner

Sunday 11 am & 7 pm, Wed 7 pm

Wheatley Baptist Church

47 Talbot St. E., Wheatley 519-825-7433

Sunday Worship 10:00 am

CONGREGATIONALIST

Faith Everlasting Congregational Church 589 Hwy 77, Leamington 519-322-2994

Sunday Worship 11 am

220 Erie St. N., Leamington 519-322-1644

Saturday Services: Bible Study 9:30 am Worship 11:00 am

LUTHERAN

St. Paul’s LutheranEvangelical Church 311 Sherk Street, Leamington 519-326-3966

Sunday Worship Services 10:30 am (Eng)

MENNONITE

Faith Mennonite Church 269 Sherk Street, Leamington 519-326-6391

Sunday Worship Services 10:30 am Deer Run Church 1408 Deer Run Rd, Leamington www.deerrun.church 519-326-9734

Sunday Worship Services 9:00 am (German), 10:30 am and 11:45 am (English Services)

Leamington Evangelical Mennonite Church 108 Mersea Rd 3, Leamington 519-322-9915

Sunday Worship 10:30 am

Leamington United Mennonite Church

78 Oak Street East, Leamington 519-326-2727

Sunday Worship 9:45 am

Summer Worship Services 10 am

Meadow Brook Church 219 Talbot Street East

Leamington 519-326-3605

2 Sunday Worship Services 9 am and 11 am

North Leamington United Mennonite Church 625 Mersea Rd 6, Leamington 519-326-7928

Sunday Worship 10:00 am

South Point Community Church 475 Bevel Line Road, Leamington

Pastor Dave Bretzlaff 519-819-1590

Sunday Service 10:30 am

Spanish Service Sunday 6 pm

NON-DENOMINATIONAL

Iglesia La Buena Semilla 269 Sherk Street, Leamington 519-733-0342

Sunday Worship 6:30 pm

Leamington District Memorial Hospital

194 Talbot St. W., Leamington 519-326-2373, Chaplain’s Office ext. 4443

PENTECOSTAL

LakePoint Family Church

285 Talbot St. E., Leamington 519-322-2316

Service Sunday 9:15 am & 11:15 am

Leamington Christian Centre 98 Elliott Street, Leamington 519-322-1504

Sunday Worship Services 10:30 am English/Spanish 6:30 pm

Templo Christiano De Leamington 39 Talbot St. E., Leamington 519-325-9654

Sunday Worship Services 3 pm

Mount Zion Full TabernacleGospel

6 Mill Street, Leamington 519-252-0031

Sunday Worship 7:30 pm

United Pentecostal Church

312 Erie St. St., Leamington 519-326-7056

Sunday Worship Services 11 am

PRESBYTERIAN

Knox Presbyterian Church

58 Erie St. S., Leamington 519-326-4541

www.pccweb.ca/knoxleamnington/ Sunday Worship Services 10:30 am

ROMAN CATHOLIC

St. Michael’s Church 29 Elliott Street, Leamington 519-326-2643

Saturday Mass 5:00 pm

Sunday

The Salvation Army Citadel 88 Setterington Street Leamington 519-326-4901 Sunday Worship 10:30 am UNITED CHURCH OF CANADA

Leamington United Church 9 John Street, Leamington 519-326-9461 Sunday Worship

Pictured here are some of the dignitaries and Community Living Essex County,members enjoying the 13th annual Mayor’s Luncheon for Community Living Essex County. From left to right, are Kingsville Mayor Nelson Santos, Lakeshore Mayor and Essex County Warden Tom Bain, Leamington Councillor John Jacobs, Amber Reckie, Scott Legault, Larry Verbeke, Crystal Bickford, Lakeshore Councillor Len Janisse, Executive Director Karen Bolger and Lakeshore Councillor Tracey Bailey.

Two Creeks featuring Allison Brown this Sunday

The second concert in the Two Creeks Summer Music Series will feature Allison Brown and her backing band The Assembly Line on Sunday, June 10.

Allison's sweet, powerful singing offers a captivating invitation to follow her down lonesome railroad lines, into abandoned buildings, back in time, to high above the stratosphere as she illustrates landscapes both strange and familiar with her newest collection of songs. Her endless repertoire of roots music matched with skillfully crafted originals create an unmistakable spark as she brings her truest personality to the stage in a refreshing conversation with the audience.

The Assembly Line for this concert will feature Kelly Hoppy on harmonica and sax, Jedd House on Upright Bass and Mike 'Lefty' Houston on fiddle.

This popular Sunday evening event draws an audience from across the region. Concerts begins at 6:30 p.m. The hat is passed for donations to help offset the cost of the performers and maintenance of this beautiful conservation area.

Bring your lawn chair or blanket and settle in for an evening of music with one of Essex County's most popular songbirds. Two Creeks Conservation Area is located on Kent Road 1 just 1 km north of Wheatley.

For more information about the Two Creeks music series go to www.twocreeks. ca/summer-concert-series

Butterfly release and service of remembrance

On Wednesday, June 13 the 17th Annual Butterfly Release & Interfaith Memorial Service will be held at 7 p.m. at the Baby Butterfly Garden at Erie Memorial Gardens, 215 Erie St. S., Leamington (directly behind the mausoleum).

This service is for anyone who has been affected by the grief of miscarriage, stillbirth or loss of a newborn. This special remembrance is to honour all babies.

The project is a joint effort of the Erie Shores HealthCare (ESHC) Spiritual & Religious Care Committee, Erie Memorial Gardens and Obstetrical Services at ESHC.

Dozens of Monarch and Painted Lady Butterflies are provided to each family to be released after a brief eulogy, prayer and musical interlude. The butterflies represent the souls of their little ones.

A reception will follow where individuals are able to share their stories with others who are also grieving.

For further information contact Lena West at 519326-2373 ext. 4118 or lena. west@ldmh.org

Accessibility Advisory Committee looking for committee members

Did you know the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) became law June 2005, and under this landmark legislation the Council of every municipality having a population of not less than 10,000 shall establish an accessibility advisory committee, and the majority of the members of the committee shall be persons with disabilities?

Key duties set out for the committee are:

• To advise Council about the requirements and implementation of accessibility standards and the preparation of accessibility reports and other matters which Council may seek advice on.

• Review site plans and drawings for a building, structure or premises that Council purchases, constructs or significantly renovates.

Would you like to be involved in Accessibility Benefits Everyone in the community?

The Leamington Accessibility Advisory Committee is an active committee which advises on new developments, renovations, parking, snow removal, education and awareness communications, and special events.

Accessibility Benefits Everyone – not only does it help people with disabilities, it also benefits: seniors, people with temporary mobility challenges or post-operative rehab, families travelling with young children, shoppers and visitors to the community. The committee’s goal is to ensure accessibility issues and improvements are thought about from the beginning to the end of projects. The committee would like to hear from you.

The next few weeks will feature personal stories from Leamington residents who have been positively impacted by improvements in the community.

The Leamington Accessibility Advisory Committee will be looking for new committee members at the end of 2018. Consider getting involved. One easy way you can help to ensure the municipality is aware of people’s accessibility needs is by participating in public consultations for municipal plans, transportation plans, on-street parking, recreational trails, outdoor rest and play spaces.

Questions, concerns and creative ideas are always welcome. To reach the committee, contact info@leamington.ca or 519-326-5761.

For more information on AODA legislation go to ontario.ca/accessibility, email accessibility@ontario.ca or facebook.com/Onaccessibility or watch videos at youtube. com/ONgov

BANK ONTHE42 MUSIC SERIES AT SEACLIFF PARK AMPHITHEATRE

FREE all ages concerts - Bring your lawn chairs, blankets, picnic and enjoy the new amphitheatre and fabulous local music from Windsor Essex County performers in multiple genres!

June 23 - Bad Moustache - classic rock covers with a side dish of blues

July 14 - Dale Butler & Friends - Easy Listening for your listening pleasure

July 28 - Jen Knight - Blues, Soul, Rock

August 11 - No Drama - Classic Rock covers, high energy, & a good crowd pleaser

August 25 - The Family Soul 50’s style Jazz & Swing with a bluesy twist

MEETINGS

The Bank Theatre Board Meeting - Tuesday, June 12 - 7:00 p.m. - enter at back stage door and down stairs. Membership $5 - All welcome!

VOLUNTEERS

LOVE TO VOLUNTEER? Join our growing team of the best volunteers on the planet! Membership $5. Visit our website to learn more.

RENOVATIONS

During renovations at The Bank Theatre upcoming events will be held at offsite locations. Visit our website for updates. www.banktheatre.com

Email us at: banktheatre@gmail.com Website: www.banktheatre.com

U:18: Leamington Arts Centre Members' Show & Sale

VANGUARD: Windsor-Essex Youth Arts Collective

CANADIAN LANDSCAPES: George Paginton

ECLECTIC PERSONAS: Gerry Lawhead, April 3 - June 30

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ARTS @ THE MARINA: Exhibitor Spaces Still Available

The Leamington Arts Centre proudly presents its 26th annual Arts @ the Marina outdoor arts and crafts show. This two-day event held June 30 and July 1 at the scenic lakeside Municipal Marina features dozens of artisans on display, live local music, children’s activities, food and refreshments. Arts @ the Marina is a family tradition and one of the only shows of this type in the area to offer FREE visitor admission! Exhibitor rates start at just $125 for the entire weekend and NO commision on sales!

SUMMER KIDS ART CLASSES!

Time: 10am-12pm, Ages: 7-12, Cost: $55 per class

Saturday, June 9: KIDS ROCK MASTERPIECES

Saturday, June 23: KIDS PAINTING TEENY TINY MASTERPIECES

Saturday, July 7: KIDS! READY TO GET MESSY? Acrylic Pours

Saturday July 21: JUST KIDDING AROUND: Acrylic Painting!

Saturday August 11: JUST KIDDING AROUND: Drawing Part 1

Saturday August 25: JUST KIDDING AROUND: Drawing Part 2

Limited Space! More info. and to register, call, visit our website or visit the LAC in person.

SEEKING INDIVIDUAL or GROUP EXHIBITIONS!

We still have spaces open for 2018 in our small middle exhibition space - July & November. Class show, 2-person show, arts group, guild... any media - painting, watercolour, photograhy, crafting, quilting, needlepoint... Discount rates! Call or email us today for details!

LAC MEMBERSHIP MONTH: stop in or go online to become a member Memberships generously help to support the many FREE community events and activities at the LAC, inlcuding free daily gallery admission. Individual memberships $30, Family $40, Artist $25, Students $20 + Receive 10% art supplies all day, everyday + other benefits!

Allison Brown and The Assembly Line will take to the Two Creeks stage this Sunday.

Andrea Horwath visits Leamington

By Bryan Jessop

With just over a week left until Election Day, the Ontario NDP leader made a stop in the Tomato Capital before returning to the provincial capital.

Greeted by a gathering of union workers and representatives, Essex MPP Taras Natyshak, Chatham-Kent-Leamington NDP candidate Jordan McGrail and a turnout of other supporters, Andrea Horwath and her campaign team paid an early afternoon visit to the Leamington TSC Store parking lot Wednesday, May 30. Utilizing Highway 3’s County Road 33 extension as a backdrop, Horwath brought to the forefront issues including dental care for seniors, hallway medicine, hydro rates, career opportunities for young adults, prescription drug coverage, infrastructure and plans to address safety concerns on the rural road that served as the rally’s background.

Horwath, having made a stop in Windsor earlier in the day, was introduced by Natyshak, the NDP incumbent for the Essex riding. Visitors to the rally also included municipal council dignitaries from Leamington and neighbouring communities including Essex and Kingsville. Like Ontario Progressive Conservative leader Doug Ford did exactly one week earlier from Colasanti’s Tropical Gardens in Kingsville, Natyshak and Horwath stressed the need for improvements to Highway 3 to improve safety conditions.

“This highway, for some time now, has been identified as one that needs some significant improvements,” Horwath said, explaining that the case for extra safety measures for Highway 3 was first brought to light in 2006. “I’ve been told that families talk about this highway in terms of not wanting their kids to use the highway. It doesn’t have to be this way.”

Both Horwath and Natyshak noted that with increasing activity amidst the region’s greenhouse industry, traffic on Highway 3 will only become heavier — adding to the threat its motorists currently face. Following a design phase, she stated that construction for Highway 3 should begin within approximately two years.

“The very least that we should be doing is making sure that the transportation routes that help product get to market are ones that are safe, and that’s definitely what we need to do here with Highway #3,” Horwath continued. “Highway 3 needs to be twinned — it needs to be twinned now. It was recommended back in 2006 and it still hasn’t happened.”

From there, Horwath explained that Doug Ford would not provide a solution to Southwestern Ontario’s needs including new safety measures for Highways 3 and 401.

“He’ll be reducing investments in projects like this, and that’s not what we need in this area,” she said. “There’s no way that Mr. Ford’s plan will include the twinning of this highway.”

Horwath also stated that Ford would privatize services such as health care while her NDP party would instead support local agriculture and address safety concerns expressed by local municipalities regarding their highways.

“Of course we’re going to make the electricity system not only more affordable for everyone, but a system that works in the best interest of people again by bringing it back into the public realm.”

Horwath went on to criticize Doug Ford’s platform, which she described as little more than a wish list posted on his party’s website.

“We have a leader who is trying to take the chair of the Premier in this province and he’s not being honest with people,” she said of Ford. “On June 7, the future of this province will be decided by the voters and having a leader’s whose only commitment is to write a list of things he might do and not be up front with people about all of the other things that he’s got up his sleeve — like cuts to our health care system, like cuts to our schools and to our education, like the privatization of our health care system — it’s just not good enough. I’m concerned that he’s being very disrespectful to the people of Ontario.”

Horwath also committed to working closely with the horse racing industry to help stabilize it following the Liberal government’s sudden end to a partnership with in in 2012. She also targeted Kathleen Wynne’s Liberals on failing to attempt saving steel industry jobs further north.

“Ms. Wynne is trying to stir up some trouble and she’s welcome to do that, (but) steel workers — whether its in my own community (Hamilton) or whether it’s around the province — know very well who it is that’s been a champion of steel and who it is that’s been vocal on making sure that we’re supporting the steel industry.”

The NDP leader also vowed to issue a total moratorium on future school closures and to work with small towns and rural areas to develop community hubs as a means of better utilizing schools.

“It’s been far too long in our province where we’ve had a government that’s not been at all attuned to the needs of rural and small town Ontario. That’ll change with an NDP government.”

McGrail, who has been busy with a campaign of her own in Chatham-Kent-Leamington, was pleased to hear Horwath’s commitments to the constituents of her riding.

“The NDP is all about communities and making them safe,” McGrail said following her party leader’s speech prior to continuing onward to Sarnia. “It’s important to recognize the needs of our community and do what’s best for families, infrastructure, hospitals and schools. Also, there are things we need to do to protect homeowners. What better tool to

do that than the NDP platform?”

In her door-to-door campaign, McGrail explained that several CKL residents have voiced concerns regarding hydro rates and hospital wait times.

“Fortunately, Andrea is making a commitment to rural Ontario,” said McGrail, who noted that the NDP leader arrived at Leamington District Memorial Hospital in 2015 to help save the obstetrics unit from shutdown.

Flanked by Chatham-Kent-Leamington NDP candidate Jordan McGrail and Essex MPP incumbent Taras Natyshak, Ontario NDP party leader Andrea Horwath speakers to a crowd of guests during a visit to the Leamington TSC Store on Talbot Street East Wednesday, May 30. Horwath discussed issues from taking safety measures for nearby Highway 3 to health care before departing for Sarnia later that afternoon. (Sun-Journal Photo)

LEAMINGTON BLOOD DONOR CLINIC at the Leamington Kinsmen Recreation Complex, Wednesday, June 6, 1:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. New donors & walk-ins welcome! To book an appointment or for additional information, please contact us at 1 888 2 DONATE (1-888-236-6283) / www. blood.ca / GiveBlood App.

MENTAL CAPACITY & WELL-BEING - Wellness Seminar on Wednesday, June 6 at 1:30 p.m. at Seacliff Manor, 30 Seacliff Dr. E., Leamington. Refreshments & giveaways. RSVP seacliffmanor. ca or 519-326-2624.

FUNG LOY KOK TAOIST TAI CHI OPEN HOUSE

- Wednesday, June 6 from 6:30 - 7:15 p.m. and Thursday, June 7 from 9:00 - 9:45 a.m. at St. John’s Anglican Church, 60 Erie St. N., Leamington. Learn how to improve circulation and balance, increase strength, reduce stress, and focus on the well-being of body and mind. For more info go to www.taoist.org, call 519-255-9744 or email windsor@taoist.org

FREE YOGA FOR ADULTS at Leamington Library every Monday in June at 6:00 p.m. with certified yoga instructor Paul Santos. Suitable for all yoga levels. Participants must bring a mat or towel. For more info contact Leamington Library at 226946-1529 ext. 220 or leabranch@essexcountylibrary.ca

WHEATLEY TWO CREEKS ASSOCIATION MEETS Thursday, June 7 at 7:00 p.m. at Wheatley Legion. All welcome. Membership $5.

THE BRIDGE LEAMINGTON RESOURCE YOUTH RESOURCE CENTRE IS HOSTING A FREE EVENT on Friday, June 8 from 5:00 - 6:00 p.m. entitled “Break the Silence. Break the Chains. Stop Human Trafficking”. Presented by Staff Sergeant Brad Sakalo of the Leamington OPP. All youth ages 14-24 are welcome to join in this interactive presentation. For more info contact Filip at The Bridge 226-773-3454 ext. 303.

STRAWBERRY SOCIAL LUNCHEON Saturday, June 9 at Epworth United Church, 56 Division St. S., Kingsville 11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. Adults $10, children $6, children 4 and under Free. Menu: sandwiches, beverages, veggie trays and strawberry shortcake.

SPEQTRA FIRST ANNUAL TRIVIA NIGHT - Saturday, June 9 at the Leamington Marina Pavilion, 6:30 p.m. Trivia teams of 4 - $25 per person. For more information call 519-322-2463.

LALLY SOUTH POINT FORD 5TH ANNUAL CAR SHOW, Saturday, June 9 from 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m., 414 Rocky Road off Hwy 3 bypass in Leamington. A great family event including good food and good music with all proceeds going to The Bridge Youth Leamington Resource Centre. For more info contact Steve 519-257-5000.

HIGH TEA & DECADENT DESSERTS - (bring your favourite teacup). Saturday, June 9, 2:00 - 4:00 p.m., Lakepoint Family Church, 285 Talbot St. E., Leamington. Tickets: $20. Sunparlour Pregnancy & Resource Centre presents guest speaker Margaret Fishback Powers, author of “Footprints In The Sand”. Also Testimonial by Reverend Paul Powers, author of “Too Tough To Cry”, and soloists Courtney Lynn and Bob Dawson. Information 519-819-2701. Proceeds go to SPRC Medical Conversion.

MUSIC MONDAYS AT THE MARINA, every Monday evening from now to August 27, 6:15 - 7:45 p.m., at Leamington Marina with Musical Mates Brad and Lynn Bailey, Jim Chorba and Brian Bailey. Relax and enjoy a variety of secular and gospel music. Bring lawn chairs and insect repellant. More info: 519-324-5140.

THE BRIDGE LEAMINGTON RESOURCE YOUTH RESOURCE CENTRE IS HOSTING A FREE EVENT on Wednesday, June 13 at 7:00 p.m. entitled “Break the Silence. Break the Chains. Stop Human Trafficking”. Presented by Staff Sergeant Brad Sakalo of the Leamington OPP. Everyone is welcome. For more info contact Greg or Wanda at The Bridge 226-773-3454.

ESSEX OGS ROAD TRIP - Thursday, June 14, 1:30 p.m. Join Essex County Branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society members for a joint meeting with the Harrow Early Immigrant Research Society to learn about their resources. Everyone welcome! Visit essex.ogs.on.ca to learn more.

LOBESTERFEST ON SATURDAY, JUNE 16 at Colasanti’s Tropical Gardens, 1550 Road 3 E, Ruthven. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. and dinner is at 6:30. Wine tasting, live auction, silent auction, games and live entertainment. Limited tickets available. This is a family friendly event with proceeds in support of The Bridge Leamington Youth Resource Centre. For more information contact The Bridge at 226-773-3454.

Community CALENDAR

CAREER CLOTHING IS AVAILABLE at St. John Anglican Church Angel Cupboard for anyone who requires professional clothing to attend job interviews or for starting a new position. Call 519326-3111 and leave a message for Charlotte to set up an appointment.

ADDICTION RECOVERY GROUPS now running at St. John the Evangelist, Erie Street. Mondays at 6:30 p.m. - Westover After Care. Wednesdays at 6:30 p.m. - SMART Recovery. Fridays at 7:00 p.m. - Cocaine Anonymous.

IF YOU WANT TO DRINK, THAT’S YOUR BUSINESS If you want to stop, we can help. Call Alcoholics Anonymous: 519-999-1234.

BE A YOUTH MENTOR – South Essex Community Council’s SPARK AfterSchool Program is looking for mentors to share their skills with local youth ages 7-12. The program runs Tuesday - Thursday 3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Volunteers attend once a week. Help with homework, crafts or sports. Call 519-326-8629 for more information.

DO YOU WANT TO LEARN HOW TO USE YOUR ELECTRONIC DEVICES? South Essex Community Council’s Teens Teaching Tech Program can help. Smartphones, computers, tablets, social media, we can help with it all. The program runs from 3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. on the 1st & 3rd Tuesday of each month at SECC, 215 Talbot St. E. No appointment necessary, just stop by! For more info call 519-326-8629.

THIRD PARTY INSURANCES - Wellness Seminar on Wednesday, June 20 at 1:30 p.m. at Seacliff Manor, 30 Seacliff Dr. E., Leamington. Refreshments & giveaways. RSVP seacliffmanor.ca or 519-326-2624.

THE SALVATION ARMY LEAMINGTON COMMUNITY CHURCH WILL BE HOLDING A COMMUNITY BBQ on Thursday, June 21 at 4:30 p.m. at 88 Setterington Street, Leamington. Everyone is invited to this event. Hotdogs and hamburgers will be served. For more information contact 519326-4901.

ONTARIO PURPLE MARTIN FESTIVAL - Saturday, July 7 from 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. rain or shine, at Colchester Harbour/Beach, 100 Jackson St., Colchester Village (near Harrow). See the sights and sounds of an active purple martin colony. Vendor booths, kids’ activities, presentations and experienced “landlords” who can answer your PM questions. Admission is free but donation of an item for the Food Bank is welcome. Info: Paul at 519-738-3476.

LDSS 1978 - 40 YEAR REUNION. Open to all students that graduated (or would have graduated) from Leamington District Secondary School in 1978 along with teachers/staff. 4 days of events planned during the July 14, 2018 weekend. Contact Brad Frederick at 519-324-6790 or LDSSBrad@gmail.com for tickets to the main event Saturday, July 14th at the Roma Club (or for more details). Complete event information is available at LDSS1978.com

FEHR CARWASH PRESENTS 2018 CAR SHOW on Saturday, July 14 from 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. at 373 Hwy 77, Leamington. Live music, food, door prizes. All proceeds from this fundraiser will be in support of The Bridge Leamington Youth Resource Centre.

SUN COUNTY LYME AWARENESS SUPPORT GROUP. New to Lyme disease or know someone who has it? Join us for an information sharing evening at Colasanti’s Tropical Gardens and learn what you need to know about this debilitating illness. We meet the last Wednesday of every month (excluding July and August) at Colasanti’s Tropical Gardens at 6:30 p.m. Everyone welcome!

BOXERCISE FOR PARKINSON’S. Free class for Parkinson’s patients. Now accepting registration. Open to residents of Essex County. Call Andre 519-551-0539.

COFFEE BREAK – ALL ARE WELCOME at First Baptist Church, 3 Fox St., Leamington on Wednesday mornings from 9:00 - 11:00 a.m. Delicious coffee, tea and goodies are served. Participate in or cheer on games of shuffleboard or table games. There is a time of Q&A with Pastor Mike or Pastor Jason. It’s a great time of fellowship and an opportunity to meet new people.

T.O.P.S. - TAKE OFF POUNDS SENSIBLY - a support group that meets every Tuesday evening at Faith Everlasting Church, 587 Hwy. 77, Leamington. Weigh In 5:30 p.m. - 6:45 p.m. Meeting 7:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. First meeting is free.

ADDICTION RECOVERY: Family Education and Support Program: call 519-990-2530.

WHEATLEY HERITAGE SOCIETY is open Tuesdays from 1:00 - 4:00 p.m. at Wheatley Friendship Club, 171 Erie St. N. If you wish to make an appointment for another time or for any other information contact heather Vannieuwenburg at wheatleyheritage@gmail.com

KINGSVILLE HISTORICAL PARK MUSEUM, 145 Division S. S., at rear of Kingsville Legion, is open Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday from 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. This local military library is open to the public. Civic and military artifacts on display, as well as documentation on many local veterans. For more info call 519-733-2803 or email khpi@mnsi.net

RANDY ATKINSON FUND provides money for extras that OHIP doesn’t pay for or to help with unexpected expenses for cancer patients (e.g. hospital parking etc). If you, your group or organization would like to have a speaker explain the fund and its availability in this area, call 519-6822580.

THE SALVATION ARMY LEAMINGTON CC YOUTH DROP-IN CENTRE open every Tuesdsay, 6:008:00 p.m. at the church, 88 Setterington St. The centre provides a safe supervised location and use of our computer lab, movies, videogames or table tennis etc. For more info contact us at 519326-4901.

MOODS DISORDER GROUP MEETS the 1st and 3rd Wednesday of the month from 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. at Leamington District Memorial Hospital, 1st Floor. Info: Nancy at 519-971-4050 or nrkolah@sympatico.ca

EARLYON CHILD AND FAMILY CENTRES DROPIN ON WEDNESDAYS from 9:00 a.m. - 12 noon at Wheatley Area Public School, 226 Erie St. N. The weekly sessions provide up-to-date information for all stages of family life, from preconception and prenatal care, first year development, to nutrition, toilet training, toddler curiosity, early school experiences. Visit www.chatham-kent/ EarlyON for more details. Cancellations due to weather, etc. will be posted on social media.

SOUTHWEST OUTDOORS CLUB MEETS the second Tuesday of every month (except August) in the upstairs hall of the Wheatley Legion starting at 7:00 p.m.

DO YOU OR SOMEONE YOU KNOW HAVE PARKINSON’S? Parkinson’s Support Group meets every Tuesday from 10:30 a.m.-12 noon at Leamington Half Century Centre, 160 Talbot St. E. Facilitators: Bob Prince and Laurie Stone. Note: Individuals are encouraged to call 1-888-851-7376 before attending their first meeting.

PLAY ROTARY TV BINGO GAMES - Tuesday nights, live on TVCOGECO from 7:00 - 8:00 p.m. Support the community and purchase your cards from Adamson Guardian Drugs, Wheatley. Pick up your cards early! Play 5 different games on 3 faces in 1 hour. $3 for 15 ways to win and $2000 in prizes.

WINDSOR-ESSEX COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTRE, 33 PRINCESS ST. IN LEAMINGTON, IS LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEERS who are interested in supporting young children Monday mornings and afternoons, 9:45 a.m. - 12:00 noon or 12:30 - 3:00 p.m.. Contact Volunteer Coordinator Dodie Wilson 519-253-8481 ext. 226.

VOLUNTEERS ARE NEED FOR BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS Windsor-Essex from the Leamington and Kingsville area. If you believe that you can make a difference in a child’s life and can commit to a minimum of one year, for a few hours a week, check out the website and online orientation at www.bigbrothersbigsisterswe.ca.

MONDAYS - SENIORS DROP-IN, 1st and last Monday of the month only at 10:30 a.m. at Leamington United Church. Guest speakers, refreshments, games, exercise. It’s free, fun, and wheelchair accessible. All seniors welcome.

PREGNANCY & RESOURCE CENTRE, 33 Princess St. (Central 33) Suite 212, Leamington, offers free and confidential services provided by registered nurses and trained volunteers. Free pregnancy tests. Call 24/7 for free and confidential support - 519-326-0612. Business calls: 519-326-3821.

ARE YOU LOOKING FOR FOOD AND FELLOWSHIP? Join us, no charge, at St. John’s Anglican Church, 60 Erie St. N., Leamington, Wednesdays from 4:00 - 5:30 p.m. Call 519-326-3111 for more information.

HELP AN ADULT LEARN ENGLISH - South Essex Community Council is looking for tutors to help adults learn English. One evening per week. Training and materials provided. No teaching experience needed, just a passion for helping people. Call 519-326-8629 ext. 381 for more info.

CANADIAN TRANSPORTATION MUSEUM AND HERITAGE VILLAGE (CTMHV) on the Arner Townline is in need of volunteers to help with kids programs such as “Pioneer for a Day”, special events, shows, meetings, in the Museum, log cabins and period buildings, etc. If you have a few hours to spare and would like to help out, contact the CTMHV Office at 519-776-6909 or email info@ctmhv.com

MAKE AN IMPACT IN A SENIOR’S LIFE - South Essex Community Council is looking for Friendly Visiting and Security Check calling volunteers. Commitment is an hour per week and worked around your schedule. Share your time and brighten someone’s day. Call 519-326-8629 or email volunteer@secc.on.ca

EPILEPSY SUPPORT GROUP MEETINGS are held the first Tuesday of the month, 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon, at the Windsor United Way office, 300 Giles Blvd. E., Windsor. New members welcome. Info: Windsor/Essex Epilepsy Support Centre, 519890-6614, epilepsywindsor@epilepsysupport.ca or visit the website at www.epilepsysupport.ca.

BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS WINDSOR-ESSEX ARE LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEERS from the Leamington area to volunteer in a group mentoring setting called On Track to Success which takes place from September to June. Info at www.bigbrothersbigsisterswe.ca/ or call 519-945-5232 ext. 23 to speak with Rose Culmone, Director of Programs.

2ND LEAMINGTON SCOUTING MEETS at the Leamington United Church, 9 John St. Come check it out. For more info call 519-326-6355 or 519-326-6214.

The following letter was sent to the Southpoint Sun-Journal from one of our readers:

To Whom It May Concern:

Firstly, let me introduce myself: I am Ella Hamill and my partner is Bob Baldock. We left for our vacation on April 6, 2018, and as we were leaving our house in Leamington, I picked up our flyer and paper packet off the driveway and threw it into our carry-on luggage to read when I got the chance. While reading the Sun on the plane, I got the idea to carry our paper with us and take a few pictures for our newspaper, as I had seen others do.

We began our month-long vacation by flying to Orlando where we caught a cruise ship, the Norwegian Epic, out of Port Canaveral, Florida, for a 15-day transatlantic cruise. The ports of call on this voyage were Bermuda; Funchal in the Madeira Islands of Portugal; Cadiz, Spain; Gibraltar, U.K.; Malaga, Spain; and Barcelona, Spain.

After the cruise, Bob and I spent the next 15 days travelling throughout Spain and Portugal in a rented car. We returned on May 6th with a few photos that we would like to share with you. Feel free to choose your favourite(s).

– Ella Hamill

UWSS disinfecting water system

As of Monday June 4, the Union Water Supply System (UWSS) temporarily changed to a Free Chlorine disinfection method in the water distribution system for the UWSS service area, which includes the Municipality of Leamington, Town of Kingsville and parts of the Town of Essex and Town of Lakeshore.

This temporary change in the treatment system is to facilitate a long-term maintenance program on the system and to control bacterial regrowth within the distribution system.

Free Chlorine disinfection is one of the Ministry of the Environment’s (MOE) approved methods for drinking water disinfection in Ontario and is one of the most widely-used processes across North America.

Currently, UWSS uses Chloramine to provide a longer lasting disinfectant in the distribution system. Free Chlorine is a stronger disinfectant than Chloramine, and it will be used for enhanced maintenance of the water. The drinking water will remain safe to consume throughout the temporary conversion process. The UWSS is working very closely with the Windsor-Essex Community Health Unit, the Ministry of Environment, Ontario Clean Water Agency and water distribution staff from the municipalities of Leamington, Kingsville, Essex and Lakeshore to plan and carry out this work.

Regular monitoring of drinking water quality will continue throughout the process.

This photo was taken at Torre Tavira in Cadiz, Spain, a watch tower from the 18th century situated in the down town and the highest point of the city.

This photo was taken at the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Alhambra in Granada, Spain, a wonderful castle originally constructed as a small fortress in AD 889 on the remains of Roman fortifications, and then largely ignored until its ruins were renovated and rebuilt in the mid-13th century, and converted into a royal palace in 1333.

Mennonite Festival activities

AT LEFT: Leamington deputymayor Hilda MacDonald chats

Shores

AT RIGHT: Siblings Parker and Pandorah Woodison receive tiger and panda face painting designs from Harnoor Bedi and Lisa Foulon.

UMEI girls win division finals

The UMEI girls softball team travelled to London in late May to participate in the annual SPO High School Girls Provincial Championships 2018.

The two-day tournament got off to a slow start for the Lady Lightning as they end the first day 0-2 after facing some strong competition.

Despite the heat of the second day the team rallied and found themselves facing the Bishop Tonnos Titans in the A Division Finals after winning back-to-back games.

UMEI easily defeated the Titans with a 16-8 final decision.

“The team plays so well together because of the friendships among the players,” said coach Sonya Bedal. “They have good communication, they trust each other on the field and they like to have a good time together. They are a great group of girls to work with.

Over the five games the team was lead offensively by Melissa Redekop, Emma Bedal and Fiona Tiessen, who all batted over .500 in the tournament.

The Lady Lightning ended the tournament with a 3-2 record, which placed them 8 out of 32 teams at the end of two days of play. The team will greatly miss graduating players Melissa Redekop, Emma Bedal, Robyn Jadischke and Katharine Klassen.

Windsor Express Hosts Basketball Camp in Leamington

By Pat Bailey

The Windsor Express, the local professional basketball team, took their skills to the county last weekend. Representatives of the team gave youngsters a chance to hone their dribbling, shooting and defensive skills on the court in a three-hour camp Saturday afternoon, May 26 at the Leamington Kinsmen Recreation Complex. The Saad brothers, of Leamington, enjoyed a little one-on-assistance from Express point guard Antoine Chandler, 25, of Windsor. Here, he poses for a picture with (left to right) Joshua, Jeffrey and Joseph Saad.

The UMEI Lady Lightning softball team won the A Division championship at provincials in London. Team members are, front row, left to right: Iseonna Silliker, Amy Unger, Brigette Klassen, Kendra Epp, Denise Schmitt. Back row: Emma Bedal, Soleil Klassen, Robyn Jadischke, Katharine Klassen, Melissa Redekop, Fiona Tiessen, Payten Cervini. (Submitted photo)

Clippings from the Wheatley Journal, June 1978

TOP ATHLETES AT WHEATLEY AREA PUBLIC SCHOOL. W.A.P.S. field day winners, front row, left to right: Mites - Paul Jackson, Cindy Kehoe; Tykes - Jeff Loop, Jeff Foster, Renee Daudlin; Atoms - Terry Penfold, Daryl Zack. Back row: Bantams - Patti Stickney, Paul Quenneville; Midgets - Lori Morden, Kevin Dierckens.

ROMNEY FIELD DAY CHAMPS. Romney Central School field day produced a total of 15 new records. The top competitors were, front row, left to right: Mites - Lorianne Geddes, Henry Guenther; Tykes - Lori Bailey, Doug Wales. Back row: Atoms - Melisse Craig, Mike Bell and Andy Cook; Bantams - Leslie Bailey, John McLean. The two outstanding athletes awarded trophies for their field day accomplishment were Doug Wales and Lori Bailey.

HOUSE ON WHALESHEAD ROCK was a real thriller, presented in excellent fashion by the Wheatley Area Public School drama club on Thursday and Friday. Old Meg, left, portrayed by Kevin Dibbley, warns Miss Thornborough (Tricia Wales) of the rules laid down by the captain’s ghost.

A look at the past courtesy of C. Scott Holland

May 10, 1926: The issue of building a new police station was brought to Leamington Council. The new 26-foot by 40-foot building would have four cells, a magistrate’s room, an office and a rest room. Cost of the building was estimated at $4,200 with Mersea Township paying $1,400.

• May 1908: Census figures reveal that Leamington has 627 children between the ages of 5 and 16.

May 9, 1918: A farming pioneer, Edward Tyhurst, of the Ridge, passed away at age 86. He was born in Ridgetown and came to Leamington around 1884. He settled on the Ridge and was the first to locally and extensively grow peaches and would become known as the “Peach King.”

• May 11, 1908: In a meeting in Kingsville, a new baseball league – to be called the South Essex Baseball League – was formed. The league would operate with franchises in Essex, Harrow, Kingsville and Ruthven. An executive comprised of one member from each team plus a secretary-treasurer was created as well as numerous basic rules which included that “all players be bona fide residents of the town for which they play at least 30 days prior to the first scheduled game.” Another rule stated that “all clubs shall pay their own expenses and take their own gate receipts.” Players could be drawn from within a two-mile radius of each centre except for Kingsville and Ruthven where the distance was only one mile south and three miles north. The Executive was President W.K. Millson, Vice-President A.H. Scarffe, SecretaryTreasurer R.H. Pichard, plus board members Dr. Howard and Maurice Stephens.

• May 5, 1927: The Leamington Women’s Institute offers to pay half the cost for an electric “stop sign” to be erected at the corner of Erie and Talbot streets if town council also pays half. The total cost of a light is $800 and Leamington Council agreed to the conditions but said they would prefer a type that hangs overhead. The light would be the first one installed.

May 7, 2008: Local musician Jody Raffoul was named the headlining act for the 4th annual Friday Night Lights at Cardinal Carter Secondary School. The concert is set for June 6th.

May 11, 1983: Rev. Leonard F. O’Neil, a former pastor of the First Baptist Church, received a special Scouting award for his 25 years of service to the 2nd Leamington Scouting group. It was estimated that during his tenure as a chaplain to the 2nd Leamington and other area scouting camps, as many as 500 boys participated in the program.

Correction: An item on “The Old Page” in the May 30th issue regarding Jackson’s Fine Gifts in 2008 should have stated the new owners as Laurice and Paul Tawil (now Unforgettable), not Evelin and Wayne Wharram.

Local resident recalls Point Pelee baseball

By Bryan Jessop

The southern tip of Canada has always been home to Blue Jays, Cardinals and Orioles, but baseball teams of the region went by another name until 70 years ago.

Lifelong Leamington resident Olga Stasso, now a resident of the Leamington Mennonite Home, shared memories of a competitive baseball team founded by her husband John Stasso more than 70 years ago. John, who passed away at Victoria Hospital in London in July of 2004, was the founding member and coach of the Point Pelee Beavers, a competitive system of minor baseball that competed at both the junior and senior levels in the 1940s.

Initially, the team was presented as a softball club circa 1944 as an addition to what was known as the Lakeshore Softball League. The lineup included players with surnames Miller (third base), Stasso (catcher), M. Vervaete (catcher), A. Vervaete (second base), Robert (first base), Kole (pitcher), Horvath (right field), R. White (short stop), G. Whittle (centre field), Klym (centre field), Seller (right field), Pulley and McKenzie. The Beavers took on opponents including one sponsored by Leamington store Montreal Clothing, Leamington gas station Hartford Service and the Busy Bees. The Point Pelee Beavers’ games were played at Mersea Park, a short distance from John and Olga’s home of about 50 years.

“John loved sports. “Hockey, baseball, bowling, golf… he was always out there.”

— Olga Stasso

“He was always at the ball diamond,” Olga recalled.

“John loved sports. “Hockey, baseball, bowling, golf… he was always out there.”

Shortly after WWII ended, the Beavers joined the North and South Essex Leagues starting in 1946. Players included Nelson Hillman, John Penner, Murray Whaley, Harvey Wiltshire, Frank Thompson and others with last names such as Ashton, Imeson, McVannell and Kelly. Ashton, a pitcher, threw an entire exhibition game against a Belle River team allowing three runs and three hits while striking out 15. The likes of Jimmy Muller, Howard White and Garrett Kelly met the same Belle River squad in the playoffs.

For the 1947 season, the Beavers competed as one of the North Essex League’s clubs and featured Don Keele, Ken Kelly and many return players from previous lineups. Games were once again played at Mersea Park, a diamond built after John Stasso approached Mersea Township with the idea. The Point Pelee team made its final competitive appearance 70 years ago. In 1948, the team was equipped with players such as Johnny Muller, Howard

Minor Baseball Round-up

Intermediate Girls

Armando’s Pizza 18 Essex #3 8

A strong start to the Intermediate girls regular season for Armando’s Pizza, defeating Essex #3 by a score of 18-8 on Saturday, May 26. The hitting was contagious and with some smart base running the Armando’s girls were able to capture an early lead while holding off a late-inning threat by Essex. Elise Stammler, Olivia Derbyshire and Jayden Marentette combined for the pitching win.

White and Garrett Kelly.

Euchre news

We open the cover on the Euchre Book of Records to bring you up to date on the recent winners.

May 5: Ladies high was won by Jean Brodie with 87. Moe Hansen took men’s high with 88. Barb Cobby had 3 lone hands. Lillian Wells had the best effort with 56.

May 12: Ladies high went to Mavis Rutter with 75. Her husband Al Rutter had men’s high with 80. Moe Hansen won 4 lone hands. Best effort went to Ben Wells with 61.

May 19: Jean Brodie had ladies high with 74. Harold Dundas won men’s high with 85. Lena Janik took 4 lone hands. Audrey Ives had 60 for best effort.

May 26: Elsie Smith took ladies high with 86. Winning men’s high was Pearce Plato with 93. Audrey Ives had 4 lone hands. Best effort was by Ted Cobby with 54.

Euchre is played every Saturday night at 7 p.m. at the Wheatley Friendship Club. The third Saturday of the month is potluck at 6:00 p.m. The last Saturday of the month is cake and ice-cream to celebrate special occasions. Think about joining the euchre players next time for an enjoyable evening of cards.

Born in Windsor, Stasso’s family relocated to Leamington in 1922. John was also actively involved with minor hockey in Leamington and in the early 1960s, earned the nickname “Mr. Hockey.” In the same era, he served on the Mersea Township recreation board for three years and was involved with Erie Shores Golf and Country Club, where he was a regular sight since the 1930s. There, he sat on the course’s board of directors for nine years and was

recognized with honorary membership in 1998.

A retiree from Chrysler Canada, Stasso coached both hockey and baseball while being an avid bowler.

“He used to take me bowling until one time when I beat him. I don’t think he took me bowling after that,” Olga said with a laugh.

With files from Scott Holland

Jump rope team excels at nationals

On the long weekend in May, the local competitive jump rope team, the Essex Energizers competed at Rope Skipping Canada’s 2018 National Championships. The competition was held at St. Clair College’s Sportsplex. The team is comprised of skippers from all over Essex County.

It was an extremely successful competition for all the competitors on the Essex Energizers. Every one of the teams medaled at this year’s National Championships.

In the Under 10 Category, Awesome Energizers placed 1st and Skipping Squad placed 2nd. In the 11-12 Category the Ropin’ Rascals placed 3rd. In the 13-14 Category, Junior Pack placed 1st while Thunder placed 3rd. In the 15-17 Category the Pink Ladies placed 3rd. And finally, in the 30+ Category Wolfpack placed 1st.

There were also some amazing individual results. In the Under 10 Category, Elle Gendreau placed 2nd, Elliot Moncur placed 4th and Grace Broughton placed 5th. In the 13-14 Category, Reagan Farough placed 1st, while Peyton Gendreau placed 2nd. In the 15-17 Category, Reed Hewitt placed 4th and in the 18-29 Category, Lucas Martin placed 4th.

Some of the athletes were recognized for Grands. This is where everyone’s score is compared, regardless of age.

In the Team Grands there were several winners. In Single Rope Speed Relay the Wolfpack placed 2nd. In Single Rope Power Relay the Junior Pack placed 2nd. In Double Dutch Pairs Speed the Wolfpack placed 1st. In Team Freestyle the Pink Ladies placed 2nd and the Wolfpack placed 3rd. In Pairs Freestyle, Jocelyn Cooper and Emma Tesky placed 1st, and Maddy Landry and Meghan Biscan placed 3rd.

In Masters Grands, Single Rope Speed Hannah Moncur placed 3rd. And in Endurance, Reagan Farough placed 3rd for females and Lucas Martin placed 3rd for males.

Erie Shores senior golf

The Erie Shores senior golf league enjoyed great weather on May 28.

Draw winners were Dan McQueen and Bob Sutherland. Closest to the pin on #3 was Ken Luxford and on # 16 it was Dick Segedin. Longest putt on #5 was made by Orest Hyrynewich and on #13 by Pat Amicone. In a game of high and low nets, the winning team at 138 was Willie Krahn, Bob Kavanaugh, Frank Dick and Matt Dick. In 2nd place at 146 was the team of Tom Miehl, Wayne McKeen, Herb Grundner and Don Chalcraft. In third place at 146 by retrogression were Garth Dennerley, Jamie Arquette, Dick Segedin and John Tofflemire. In fourth place at 147 were Alden Warner, Don Posliff, Larry Lucier and Ed Krahn.

Low round of the day went to Ed Krahn’s 80, followed by Don Posliff and Richard Reive at 82. There was a hole-in-one recorded. Ed Krahn was the golfer when on the 222 yard 5th hole his drive disappeared into the hole. Ed also recorded birds on #2 and #3. Great golfing, great shot and the beer was also great. Thanks Ed.

Also birdying #2 were Barry Miller, Herb Grundner, Richard Reive and Rudy Dyck. Norm Beattie had a bird on #8. The 9th hole was birdied by Don Posliff, Dennis Clarke and Dave Wilkinson. Dave also birdied #10, along with Tom Miehl and Bob Sutherland. Dick Segedin birdied #11 and #16, Bob Park had one on #12, and Jamie Arquette finished off the birds on #14 and #16.

Don’t forget to sign up for next week’s golf. See you then.

Wheatley women’s ball hockey

On Monday, May 14 the first game of the night in Wheatley women’s ball hockey action saw Johnston Net & Twine defeat Car Barn 4-0.

Scoring for Johnston’s was Kaily Zack with 2 goals and an assist, and one goal and an assist each to Amy Bell and Jennifer McDonald.

The second game of the night ended in a 3-3 tie between the Journal and Anthony-Keats Marine. Scoring for Anthony-Keats were Kayla Lindsay, Leticia Cook and Anna Matheson. Scoring for the Journal was Marianne Vergeer, who assisted on the other two goals, Christine Hopper and Brenda Vink.

On May 28 the first game saw the Journal defeat Johnston Net & Twine 3-1. Scoring for the Journal was Kerra Gradwell from Lindsay Walker, Jessica Prudence from Kathy Gradwell, and Kathy Gradwell from Christine Hopper.

Anthony-Keats Marine dominated the second game of the evening defeating Car Barn 6-0. Scoring for Anthony-Keats were Anna Matheson with two goals and an assist, one goal and one assist to Dana Church, Jaclynn Arquette, Brooke Watson Kaiser, and one goal to Megan Russelo.

After three weeks of play, each team has played each other once. The regular season consists of nine games with teams meeting each other three times. On week ten the four teams will do a random draw in a one-night round robin tournament. The two winning teams will play the following week for a playoff championship game. The two losing teams will play in a consolation final that week.

After three weeks the standings are:

The Journal – 2 wins, 1 tie – 5 pts

Anthony Keats – 1 win, 2 ties – 4 pts

Johnston’s – 1 win, 1 tie, 1 loss – 3 pts

Car Barn – 3 losses – 0 pts

Sunny weather greets TT senior golfers

By Bob McLean

Fifty-eight Talbot Trail senior league members were on hand to play their league games on a beautiful Tuesday, May 26. Thanks to the diligent work of all Derek’s outside crew (Rocker, Phil, Lloyd) members are now getting some much needed extra roll on their hits.

In the youth group 50-69, Jim Pearson played spectacularly as he earned a masterful 38. Arkey placed second with his excellent 41. Kevin Jordan, Bummy and Wiz all merited terrific results of 42, 43 and 44 respectively. Newcomer Phil Humphries shot a very commendable 45. Members were very pleased to have Dave Overholt (OV) back in action after his health setback. Carl Robinson will be having knee surgery later in June. He’ll be tough to beat with his bionic knee. I overheard that Harvey Bridgman had suffered a recent health setback. The league wishes you a speedy recovery Harvey.

The closest to the pin winner was Herb Reid. Winning the long putt was Wayne Humber. Amazingly, both shots were a 10-foot length!

In the 70-79 division, Jim Hawrylk played another sensational round as he scored a 39. Rick Thompson closely followed Dutchy with his own terrific 41. Rick (Scoop) Epplett and Vic Reynaert achieved excellent 42s. Long hitter Bill Ward merited a solid 43. Herb Reid and Pat Hill also fired very commendable 44 and 45 respectively.

There were five nifty 50 results. I’m sure Martin Girash was very pleased with his score!

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In the 80-85 grouping, Tom Hyatt played exceptionally well as he carded a terrific 44. Neil Adamson, an outstanding golfer and master gardener, fired a very praiseworthy 48. Pete Daudlin was close behind with his noteworthy 51.

Eighty-seven year old Dave la Bonte continued to amaze the younger golfers. He shot an astounding 45. It’s really inspiring to see the super seniors 85+ playing their weekly rounds. Erle Nash, Orville Elliott, Gerry Becigneul and Murray Cascadden have a youthful enthusiasm that they spread to the rest of the members. These youngsters all shot 62 or less. I believe Orville Elliott is 90 years young. He walks the hilly 9 holes while chasing his electric golf cart.

Thank you to Jim Omstead for organizing the first travel excursion to Blenheim on June 5. Paul Harrison is also thanked for donating the golf balls to the league.

The first scramble will take place on Tuesday, June 19. We are eager to welcome back past league members who are hesitating to rejoin the league. New members are still joining so if you’re interested come to the course on Tuesdays between 8:15-8:45 a.m.

Alumni group hosts 3 on 3 tourney

By Bryan Jessop

Local minor hockey supporters have taken the opportunity to spend a little more time on the ice so that local league players can do the same.

The Southpoint Alumni held what it hopes to be an annual event at the Leamington Kinsmen Recreation Complex in support of on-ice clinics for Southpoint Minor Hockey Association’s house league teams and players. The Southpoint Alumni 3 on 3 Tournament took place Saturday, May 12 using the two offensive/defensive zones within the bluelines at Highbury Canco Arena. The one-day event was divided into three divisions, bringing aboard six teams for the Women’s Division and eight teams that were eventually divided into Men’s Rec and Open groups.

The tournament raised about $800, to be used by the Southpoint Alumni to help fund clinics, including sessions for goalies, to help SMHA local league teams — both boys and girls — to fine-tune their skills.

“It’s been a few years since something like this happened here. This year’s tournament happened just to get everything off the ground.”

— Brian Turner Jr.

“Travel teams are on the ice five to six times per week while house league teams are lucky to get one game and one practice,” explained Brian Turner Jr., who organized the tournament along with Andy Anthony and a small team of volunteers. “Even if they only get two or three hours out of it, it’s something to use as a building block to help those kids get better each year.”

Turner, the SMHA’s referee in chief, explained that this year’s 3 on 3 Tournament was presented as a sort of pilot project. He explained that the idea behind the event was to keep it small in order to gauge what changes would be ideal for following years. The next tournament of its kind will likely be held earlier in the calendar year, probably during a weekend in February. For 2019, Turner noted that the fundraiser will likely hire more referees and feature a more organized approach.

The tournament took place featuring preliminary rounds with games of 12 minutes in

length while teams awaiting their turns warmed up at centre ice. Games were played across the width of the rink in a sort of ‘street hockey’ format where the only faceoff taking place was one at the centre of each surface to start matches. Teams scored against or forcing a stoppage of play in their own zones were given control of the puck near their own nets while opposing players were forced to retreat beyond a point marked by pylons.

“It’s something you don’t get to do a lot nowadays,” Turner said. “It’s been a few years since something like this happened here. This year’s tournament happened just to get everything off the ground.”

Most teams entering the tournament were local to the Kingsville, Leamington, Wheatley area, with one women’s team hailing from Blenheim. Combined, about 90 players participated in the inaugural fundraiser. Men’s teams — Hat Trick Swayze, Dump and Chase, How She Goin’, Pajot, London Silly Nannies, Peralta, Enns and Anthony — each played two games before being slotted into either Open or Rec groups for another two games each prior to the evening’s semifinals and final. Women’s teams also played four round robin games before the top four qualified for the semifinals. In the final, Hot Flash emerged as champions. Other teams included A Game, Sticky Mitts, Puck Bunnies, Here 4 Beer and Marshall. The men’s team also known as Gong Show won the Open division while Hat Trick Swayze captured the Rec title. Anyone interested in assisting with or participating in next year’s Southpoint Alumni 3 on 3 Tournament can e-mail southpoint3v3tourney@outlook.com.

E.S. Thursday night men’s golf results

The Screwballs team is leading the way with 90 points after four weeks of play in the Leamington Canadian Tire Men’s Thursday Night League at Erie Shores Golf Club. That gives them a 5-point advantage over the Crazy Chryslers who are in second spot with 85 points.

The Bushwhackers are another 3 points back in third place at 82, while the Duffers & Bluffers stand alone in fourth place with 77. The Shankadelics are next with 74 points and the Sultans of Swing are holding up the rear with 62.

In the individual scoring on May 31, Ward Hutchins beat all contenders in the low gross category shooting an impressive 2 under par round of 33. Finishing second, a stroke back at one under par 34, was Dave Owens, while Mike Ferreira, Ryan Peltier, Will Peters, Joe Moavro, Ryan Harder and Kevin Babkirk all finished tied for third with even par rounds of 35.

In the low net category, Dan D’Alimonte had the best net score of the night shooting a 6 under par net 29. Finishing 2 strokes back with a net round of 31 was Wray Pollock, while Peter Neufeld, Steven Georges, Joe Moavro, Greg Dunmore and Anthony Andary all finished another shot back with 3 under par net scores of 32.

In the closest to the pin contest on hole #3, Anthony Andary was the winner, while longest putt honours went to Kevin Bunda, and Ryan Harder won the longest driver of the night award.

In the skins competition, Kyle Humphreys had one of the best ones of the evening scoring an eagle 3 on the par five 6th hole, while Mario Sonego also had an eagle scoring a 2 on the par four 8th hole. The other gross skin winners included Matt Taouil with a deuce on the par three 5th hole and Anthony Andary with a 3 on the par four 7th hole.

In the handicap skins flight there were four winners. John Tofflemire had a net 3 on the 1st hole, Michael Taouil had a net 1 on the 3rd hole, Jerry Meloche scored a net 3 on the 6th hole and Abe Bergen had a net 2 on the 7th hole.

In the overall skins money standings, among the top winners, Bill Ruiter, Kyle Humphreys and Greg Zimney are all tied for first with $35, while Vic Tiessen and Ralph Warkentin tied for fourth with $23. Abe Bergen is in sixth spot with $20, and Mario Sonego, Wayne Gillett and Joe Schnekenburger are tied for seventh place with $17.50.

To follow the complete list of the league’s weekly results and find out more about upcoming matches and the first Fun Night slated for next week on June 14th, simply go to www.erieshoresgolf.com and click on the “Official Thursday Night Men’s League Website”.

E.S. ladies 18-hole golf

Because of necessary aerification, the Erie Shores ladies golf league only played 9 holes on May 29. The ladies kept track of the total of the holes that began with the letter F or T. Group A was won by Debbie Dunmore with a 24. Group B held Sherri Michaelis vic-

torious with a 26. Jo-Anne Smith was low for Group C with 28.

Hole #17 gave up the only chip-in. Lori Kelly was the lucky one.

Lisa Sawatzky took home the bucks for the longest putt.

Pictured here is the women’s team from Blenheim who won their division.

ARIES – Mar 21/Apr 20

Aries, you feel especially creative this week and want to focus on the future. You may have concrete ideas, but don’t know just how to put those plans into action. Seek assistance.

TAURUS – Apr 21/May 21

Taurus, learning to detach from thoughts and feelings can help you learn which ideas are important and which ones are extraneous. This can help you reduce stress.

GEMINI – May 22/Jun 21

Gemini, if you feel like something is lacking in your life right now, you may want to surround yourself with some friends who provide inspiration and compel change.

CANCER – Jun 22/Jul 22

Cancer, rather than looking to others for validation, take an inward look and praise yourself. There are so many things you do well, and these are deserving of attention.

LEO – Jul 23/Aug 23

Leo, you could have some psychically tuned feelings this week and will seem to know about things before they happen. Trust your instincts.

VIRGO – Aug 24/Sept 22

Make yourself more available to your loved ones over the next few days, Virgo. Try connecting with them by discussing your goals and asking advice.

LIBRA – Sept 23/Oct 23

Libra, compassion and understanding will drive your actions over the course of this week. You seem especially connected to others and their feelings.

SCORPIO – Oct 24/Nov 22

Scorpio, a hectic schedule may have you feeling tense and resentful of all your responsibilities. Concentrate on one task at a time rather than obsessing about it all.

SAGITTARIUS – Nov 23/Dec 21

Reminiscing about the past can be a good way to connect you with your history, Sagittarius. Just do not dwell too much on what should’ve been. Use it as a chance to grow.

CAPRICORN – Dec 22/Jan 20

Capricorn, strengthen relationships by letting other people know how much you appreciate them. This will help you feel a greater sense of joy as well.

AQUARIUS – Jan 21/Feb 18

Aquarius, you may feel enthusiastic this week about what life has to offer. Make the most of your rejuvenated spirit. Make an effort to reconnect with an old friend.

PISCES – Feb 19/Mar 20

Feeling nervous about the outcome of some endeavors is natural, Pisces. But if you work through various scenarios, you will feel more relaxed.

FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS

JUNE 3

Anderson Cooper, Journalist (51)

JUNE 4

Mackenzie Ziegler, Dancer (14)

JUNE 5

Mark Wahlberg, Actor (47)

JUNE 6

Drew McIntyre, Wrestler (33)

JUNE 7

Iggy Azalea, Rapper (28)

JUNE 8

Bonnie Tyler, Singer (67)

JUNE 9

Natalie Portman, Actress (37)

Lift your spirits at Wheatley WindFest Weekend

The first Wheatley WindFest Weekend is shaping up to be a weekend to remember. Organizer George Paisiovich and an organizing committee of volunteers have been working for the past few months to pull together the area’s first family-friendly kite flying festival June 8, 9 & 10. Here are some commonly asked questions, answered by Paisiovich.

YOUR POSTER SAYS “BRING YOUR FISHING POLE” – SAY WHAT?

Part of the purpose of this event is to help introduce Wheatley as the world’s largest freshwater commercial harbour, and so we are doing a number of things to link our kite event with Wheatley’s fishing culture. In addition to fish kites, fish windsocks, and our “wind fish” in our windscape garden, we want to have people bring their fishing poles so we can try to create the world’s largest fishing pole kite flying photographs. You do not need to bring one, but if you have one, bring it along and be part of our “fishing for angels” activity.

WHO IS SPONSORING THIS EVENT?

Great question because it gives me a chance to pay tribute to so many amazing people who have come together to make this possible. Starting with our inspiring community groups, we are proud to have the active support of the Wheatley BIA, Wheatley Horticultural Society, Concerned Citizens of Wheatley, and a number of just really great individuals who have stepped up to help. Financial support has come from our lead sponsor EDF Renewables, and our own Ridge National out of Windsor/Essex, and our thanks to all the great people at our official media sponsor Southpoint Sun-Journal. Of course, as the crazy person with one of the largest private kite collections in the world in a warehouse here in Wheatley, I will be your host and MC.

WHAT DOES IT COST?

It is FREE! Free kite to the first 200 kids to fly at the event each day. Free kite demonstrations.

WHAT IF I HAVE NEVER FLOWN A KITE?

All the more reason to come out and be inspired, perhaps get a free kite, get help getting your kite flying, learn tips from the pros throughout the day.

WHAT

IS YOUR FAVOURITE KITE?

Sure. Favourite kite, no such thing, different kites work best in different conditions, and like kids, all kites are beautiful. Some of my more notable kites are “Lester”, my 15’ custom made bug-eyed kite who will great people upon arrival. Then there is the trains of 15 - 35’ white flowing ghost kites that fill the sky with long flowing whiteness, 150’ Charlie Chaplin kites, Nick James Angel kite, my Jacques Letourneau hand painted papillon kites, Professor Waldorf’s multi-box kite. Well, there are just too many, but those are some of the ones they will see in the air weather permitting.

WHERE CAN I GET A KITE?

Some area stores sell them, and some will be for sale at the event.

ANY OTHER ADVICE FOR PEOPLE ATTENDING?

Yes, check into our Facebook page for hourly updates about weather and wind conditions. Also, bring chairs and sunscreen.

ANYTHING YOU CAN’T DO?

No smoking or vaping on the event field, and unfortunately no pets, simply because there are too many kites and tails that they instinctively want to chase. That would be like taking a kite to a knitter club meeting.

ANY FINAL THOUGHTS?

Come and be amazed. There has never been and shall never be an event exactly like this one. This combination of fliers and their unique kites and the changing wind conditions, make it an ever changing moment and memory. Finally, unplug and grab some great memories in a great community with some great friends. Enjoy – with the emphasis on “joy”. Thank you for your support of the WindFest.

KITE FLYING SAT & SUN 10 TO 4

Join us for some FREE AND NATURAL FAMILY FUN. BE AMAZED by acrobatic kite demonstrations and wondrous kite designs from around the world, presented by NATIONAL & INTERNATIONAL KITE ARTISTS

FLY YOUR KITE WITH YOUR FISHING ROD

Be part of world’s largest “sky shing” photo FREE KITE TO FIRST 200 KIDS EACH DAY TO FLY STREET PARTY

FRI, SAT & SUN EVENINGS

Featuring “BIGGWIGGLE” live on Saturday night 7pm to 11pm - Free Admission … and much more!!

Unplug. Seriously. Unplug everyone for a few hours and enjoy family and friends. Fly kites. Come shing or buy fresh. Walk along the beach or trails. Hoist one with friends

Enjoy B & B or camping. Great food & local vegetables. Join us for a Wheatley WindFest Weekend

Examples of the kites that will be at Wheatley WindFest.

UMEI recognizes outstanding athletes

UMEI Christian High School held its 5th annual Lightning Athletic Banquet on Tuesday, May 29. The night was full of highlights that included several awards and an excellent keynote speech.

This year’s keynote speaker was UMEI alumna Karlee Driedger. Karlee shared her excellent Lightning Athletics experience with all of the current athletes. She provided them with motivation and a great outline of how to achieve academic and athletic greatness, not only while attending UMEI but in their post-secondary careers as well.

The major award winners were Hannah Chacko, Derek Bedal, Fiona Tiessen and Christian Wuerch, winning

awards for Junior and Senior athlete of the year.

The biggest award of the night went to Emma Bedal, a grade 12 student who took home the Lightning Athletics Distinction Award, a prestigious award given to the student who best exemplifies a student-athlete, competing at a very high level on several sports teams while obtaining at least an 85% academic average each of four years at UMEI.

Congratulations to all of the award winners. It was an excellent year in Lightning Athletics and the future of Lightning sports looks bright!

Cardinal Carter Soccer

The Cardinal Carter Catholic Secondary School junior boys soccer team hosted the Massey Mustangs Friday, June 1 in the WECSSAA quarterfinals. The Cougars won in a 2-0 shutout decision, setting up a Monday, June 4 semifinal match at Villanova to take on the Wildcats while Kennedy visited Holy Names in the other semifinal contest. Results from Cardinal Carter’s Monday game were not available by press deadline.

Top athletes were recognized at the UMEI Lightning Athletic Banquet held May 29. From left to right are Athletics Director Darcy Bults and athletes Hannah Chacko, Derek Bedal, Emma Bedal, Christian Wuerch, Fiona Tiessen. (Submitted photo)

300 participate in SSCS Spring Sprint

By Pat Bailey

About 300 runners and walkers participated in the 5th annual South Shore Christian School’s Spring Sprint that was held Saturday, May 26 at Point Pelee National Park. Whether they were there to honour their loved ones in a special Little Hands Kids for a Cause Heroes tribute walk, or there to run or walk – 1k, 5k or 10k – it was a morning filled with family activities, fun and nutritional treats. The run benefited Little Hands Kids for a Cause and was also a fundraiser for the school.

The event’s heroes tribute walk honored several of the groups heroes and super heroes, including the late Josh Krystia of Tecumseh. Here, family members honour Josh during this special walk at SSCS Spring Sprint.

Run organizer Karen Arthurs-Pepper (in back) and several students from South Shore Christian School gathered before presenting a cheque for $2,700 to Aimee Omstead, one of the founders of Little Hands Kids for a Cause. (Sun-Journal Photos)

It was a photo finish for these two youngsters, completing the 5k run. Zak Pepper (left) of Kingsville and Noah Friesen of Wheatley finished second and third in the male under 10 division. Both completed the run in just over 25 minutes.

These adorable youngsters greeted finishers with bottles of water as they completed their event. They are, left to right, Alaina Turner, Leah Klassen, Maranda Derksen and Lydia Klassen, all students at South Shore Christian School.

Wheatley Area Minor Soccer Action

Submitted photos

W.A.M.S. U9: Reid Charles (left) of Sun Parlor Shriners controls the ball as Rex Pearce of Erie Ramblers defends on May 24. The Shriners took the win 2-0.

W.A.M.S. U12: Sadie Renwick (left) of Renwick Farms moved in on Royal Bank’s Josiah Guenther and Alex Klassen on May 21. Royal Bank won the game.

W.A.M.S. U12: On Tuesday, May 21 the Wheatley Legion won 4-2 versus Pannunzio Mechanical. Pictured, Arabella Pannunzio, (left) outruns the Legion’s Noah Vrucina and Kate Krueger.

JESSOP’S JOURNAL

Bryan Jessop

Eye off the ball

It’s a good thing the NHL’s playoff final is featuring two teams that have never won a Cup before. Otherwise, “Las Vegas vs. Washington” wouldn’t be all that interesting… at least not to me.

Shortly after the Jets were eliminated, I turned most of my leisurely attention to the contents of my garage. Specifically, I saw the completion of the Western Conference final as my cue to take my ’69 Olds Cutlass out of hibernation. Winnipeg’s departure from the post season was a time to reinstall the hobby car’s battery, remove all the dryer sheets from the interior, trunk and from under the hood (they work wonders in keeping the mice away and don’t stink the car up like mothballs), perform an oil and filter change, grease up the front end components and vacuum the interior a bit.

As the Stanley Cup finals barely wrap up within the first week of June, there’s virtually no lull between winter and summer activities for many Canadians. One’s attention to hockey is immediately replaced by enjoyment of the great outdoors, campfires, barbecues, lawn maintenance, hiking, biking, swimming, golfing, fishing and for many of us, classic cars (fingers crossed for decent weather to greet the Southpoint Lally Ford car show this coming weekend) and the various formats of auto racing.

This year, it seems a specific element once crucial to summer living in North America is conspicuously absent — baseball. Actually, let me be FAR more specific… Major League Baseball. Many youths and adults alike are still enjoying minor ball and recreational ‘beer league’ slo-pitch as much as ever. THOSE levels of the game seem to remain in good shape. The Junior Barons have returned to Leamington for the first time in about a decade and a half.

It seemed that it wasn’t too long ago that Major League Baseball was enjoying a resurgence of sorts. After the strike that turfed the 1994 season (the longest in league history), the popularity of the league took a sharp, downward spiral. Fans felt betrayed (and for good reason) and expressed those sentiments with their wallets for the next few seasons to come. The 1990 lockout was still fresh in the minds of many and after another stoppage four years later, enough was enough.

It wasn’t long before the NFL left MLB in its dust. Recent polls showed that the number of Americans who described the National Football League as their personal favourite to follow doubled the number who preferred Major League Baseball above all else — 34 per cent versus 17 per cent, respectively. Football, apparently, had replaced baseball as America’s favourite game.

Although MLB has never since regained its place atop the professional sports heap in the US of A, it did make a noticeable recovery in recent years. Fans were watching the game again, although sellouts in most parks were still unheard of. This season, however, ticket sales have plummeted sharply. Attendance averages are the lowest they’ve been in 15 years, falling beneath even last year’s lowest figures of the past 17 seasons.

Why? Well, it seems the newly-introduced ‘Pace of Game’ rule changes haven’t had the desired impact. Despite forcing pitchers to hurry things up a bit, the month of April 2018 actually saw strikeouts outnumber hits. I can’t seem to find the stats, but May was on pace to do the same. That reduces the rate of action in a sport that some already see as moving too slowly. The new pace rules have reduced the length of nine-inning games by only five minutes, which most of us haven’t really noticed.

Personally, I’m not ready to hit the MLB panic button just yet. Whether you love professional baseball or not, there was one impossible-to-ignore factor for the opening month of the 2018 campaign. Weather.

The month of April 2018 sucked like no other April has ever sucked before. It was brutally cold and miser-

The

The MORE you LEARN,

able. It felt more like January, and January-like weather will fail time and time again to inspire even the most dedicated baseball fan. This brings about one component of Major League Baseball that I’ll never for the life of me understand. Starting the season in early April is a horrible idea. I mean I get it — squeezing 162 games into six months is a daunting task. I’m just spitballing here, but maybe reducing the regular season by six games AND introducing a few more double headers along the way might allow for a late- or at least mid-April start. Perhaps northern teams like Detroit, Toronto, Minnesota, Cleveland and Chicago could play the first two or three series on the road in the more southerly markets.

Unfortunately, weather isn’t the only problem cropping up, at least according to some experts. A lack of parity amongst teams is shouldering some of the blame. As of late May, five teams were on pace to finish with 100 losses or more. As I wrote this column (late morning of June 3), seven teams were already 10 games or more behind their divisional leaders, including three out of the five in the AL East. The Baltimore Orioles, who’ve actually played a few successful seasons since that notorious 0-21 start in the late 1980s, are back to their old ways. The team is a dreadful 22-and-a-half games back of their division-leading Yankees (sigh) and an even 19 games out of a wildcard spot. That’s pretty bad for being about one third of the way through the regular season. Would a salary cap solve the parity problem in Major League Baseball? Maybe. I don’t think it’s the deep-pocketed and ambitious owners who are the problem, though. The owners who are happy with the miserable status quo — because it does nothing to discourage favourable network television deals — are more likely the problem. If teams like Miami can survive horrible win-loss records and tens of thousands of empty seats game after game, where’s the incentive to become more competitive? In a gate-driven league like the NHL, the lack of movement at the turnstiles would trigger relocation threats in a heartbeat, but this isn’t the NHL.

In a league that’s nearly 150 years old, fans will always be fans and non-fans will always be non-fans… or at least that’s the common perspective.

Local Bridge Results

Leamington Half Century Centre, May 28: 1st Marie Ellwood and Marilyn Robbins, 2nd Roy Trowell and Vi Major, 3rd Shirley Plant and Jeanne Manners, 4th Dorothy McGregor and Joyce Stewart. Bridge games are played each Monday at 12:45 p.m. Members and new members are welcome.

Wheatley Bridge Club, May 29: 1st Dave Derbyshire, 2nd Marie Lasi, 3rd Art Verhaeghe. Bridge is played every Tuesday at 1 p.m. at the Wheatley Friendship Club. If you enjoy playing euchre or pepper, you’ll love playing bridge. New players are always welcome.

Kingsville Bridge Club, May 30: North/South - 1st Marilyn Robbins and Sharon Lutz, 2nd Roger Cote and Marie Ellwood, 3rd Chris Brennan and Bill Chaplin. East/ West - 1st Henry Hildebrandt and Bob Lee, 2nd Dave Derbyshire and Ron Martin, 3rd Sally Bell and Bob Bell. Bridge is each Wednesday at the Lions Hall in Kingsville, 7 p.m.

Harrow Bridge Club, May 31: 1st Teri Ford and Pat DeNapoli, 2nd Buddy Ellwood and Joyce Stewart, 3rd Jan Cooper and Frieda Birch, 4th Al Morrison and Pauline Mikolash. Bridge is on Thursdays at Harrowood, 7 p.m.

Progs golf report

The sunny warmth of summer on May 29 greeted the Erie Shores Proggers. No team was able to get their total in the plus column, but it is getting closer. If you have been following the last few weeks, it is evident where the luck falls. The same names keep winning, week after week.

The winning team earning $10 each was Bill Slater, Harry Badz, Matt Dick, Dave Wilkinson, Vic Penner, Wayne Oehlerking, Wayne Wiseman, Tim Towle, Steve O’Hara, Wayne Gillett, Dick Segedin, Dan Musuronchan. Tim Tiessen, Fred Klassen and Dan McQueen.

First high plus - $20 Mel Davey +10; second high plus - $15 Wayne Oehlerking +6; third high plus (4-way tie) –Roger Cote, Wayne Gillett, Bob Dick, Ken Cobby +2. Skins, $11 each: Mel Davey #12 and #14, Ken Cobby #10, Dan Musuronchan #15, Bill Gerasim, Geoff Dunmore #17, Tim Tiessen #18, Richard Reive #17.

My reports are often based on people I play with. I want to share a story regarding Matt Dick and Todd Hodgson. Matt had hit a tree from #10. It ricocheted off a tree and landed on #14 green. Matt was horrified because I was standing there and he knew I was going to report it.

Had he not been playing the 10th it would have been a marvelous shot. Matt proceeded to move the ball off of the green. From there Matt smacked a soaring shot between the trees. As luck would have it, no one could find the ball, leading to a disappointing score.

Todd Hodgson, in the meantime, was sitting back in the bushes. Todd, too, had pulled his shot in the same vicinity as Matt. He did not want his name in the paper. Well, Todd, here it is. It looks good in black and white. As for Hogger’s deceit, a closer watch of his game is in order. Shame!

Fred Klassen posted an unsightly 101. This was one of Fred’s nastier scores. I was disappointed that no one would reveal some of his adventures. I blame Mike Herbert’s silence. I think he had an off day as well.

I played with Geoff Dunmore. Geoff is a fine golfer, but if he would have been playing for the snake, his two 3-putts would have the snake curled around his golf bag.

The ever entertaining Frank Gow provided some entertainment, but I have to admit he sure can hit a long ball. When he is not hitting the long ball, he hits little dribblers, or he tops the ball or fades it into the trees. I witnessed all of those shots and I must confess, I copied a few of them.

The star of our group was Fancy Pants, Dan Musuronchan. Dan was decked out entirely in blue. His pants were blue, black and other complementary colours. The pattern crisscrossed in a parallel, diagonal direction, centering below his zipper. He sure was wearing them with pride.

As for his golf game, he showed some stellar shots. On #15, Dan was positioned 60 feet from the flag, just in front of the bunker. He lifted the ball onto the green, one hop and in, for a birdie.

His next trick shot had Dan precariously situated close to the Segedin Bridge. Dan ended up there because his tee shot hit the tree on the right side, kicking the ball left, which ricocheted on the bridge backwards. Now Dan had little room for error, maybe a couple of inches. It was one of those shots where you close your eyes and protect yourself. Tom went behind the riding cart to hide from this probable debacle. Remarkably, the ball cruised over the ledge and onto the green. Dan certainly must have eaten Lucky Charms for breakfast. Dan had nerves of steel with that shot.

A ride in a 1931 Model A Ford

The Model A Ford first appeared in December 1927 as a ’28 model and was an immediate sensation with its sporty new look and spirited performance compared to the Model T it replaced.

THE OLD CAR DETECTIVE

Bill Sherk

Jerry Shuster of Leamington owns two of them, a coupe and a roadster. Both were built in 1931, the last year they were manufactured before the arrival of Ford’s first V8 engine in 1932.

SUDOKU ANSWERS

The coupe was found many years ago in a barn in Ohio. The history behind the roadster is unknown. Jerry bought both cars from a man in Kingsville about 15 years ago.

I visited Jerry on a sunny Saturday afternoon in May. The roadster was already out of the garage when I arrived. Jerry’s pit crew (younger members of his family) were busy dust-

ing it off and shining it up. It’s yellow with dark blue fenders.

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Jerry fired up the 4-banger and four of us (including me) went for a spin along a nearby dirt road. I rode with Jerry in the front while Tyler and Lucas rode in the rumble seat. Jerry had to constantly double-clutch while shifting gears because the car has no synchromesh.

In a Model A you feel every bump in the road. I loved it! Then I climbed out and snapped the photo you

see here.

Riding in Jerry’s car reminded me of a story told to me 60 years ago by a man on a used car lot in Leamington, where I washed cars for the summer for 55 cents an hour

This man claimed that a fellow in Essex County bought four brand new Model A Ford roadsters in 1931, a life-time supply. He was now driving the third one in 1958, having worn out the first two. That meant that sitting in his garage was a ’31 Model A Ford roadster with zero miles on it!

I never did find out if the story was true.

Maybe you’ll see one of Jerry’s 1931 Model A Fords at the 2nd annual All-Ford Car Show on the grounds of the Essex Railway Station in Essex on Friday, June 8 from 1-5 p.m., sponsored by Ken Knapp Ford. For information phone 519-776-9800.

I’m always looking for stories. Email billtsherk@sympatico.ca

Pepper Club report

The following are the winning scores at the Wheatley Pepper Club during the month of May.

May 3: Maggie Hansen 255, Harold Dundas 237, Moe Hansen 232, Robert Lapsa 216, Lillian Wells 210. May 10: Al Rutter 235, Harold Dundas 231, Lena Janik and Audrey Ives 230 (tie), Maggie Hansen 221. May 17: Pearce Plato 274, Linda Humphries and Bob Lee 254 (tie), Phil Humphries 231, Jean Brodie 218. May 24: Ted Cobby 258, Tammy Krawchuk 237, Bob Lee 212, Barb Cobby 208.

Pepper is played at the Wheatley Friendship Club, 171 Erie St. N., every Thursday evening at 7 p.m. New players are welcome any time.

Jerry Shuster and friends in his 1931 Model A Ford roadster.

ITEMS FOR SALE

USED FURNITURE FOR SALE

at Sun Parlour Home for Seniors 175 Talbot St. E., Leamington

Starting July 4 until July 18, 2018 Armoires/Wardrobes - $15 each Dressers/TV Stands - $15 each Night Stands - $10 each

Furniture to be paid at the Gift Shop (inside Sun Parlour Home) before pick up.

MOVING SALE - BEAUTIFUL flawless dining room suite, china cabinet, table with 6 chairs, seats 8, ember glow finish, $950. Also, curio cabinet, round coffee table and 2 end tables with glass tops $600, also in ember glow finish. 519-733-2221. my30-jn6

COMING UP

KINGSVILLE LEGION BRANCH 188 - Friday Night Dinners 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. Weekly Special - June 8 Perch and Pickerel $16. Other weekly menu items $14. Karaoke every 3rd Saturday of the month 8:00 p.m. 519733-5162 (office) or 519733-9081 (bar). a6-tf

MONDAY, JUNE 11 - Ladies you are invited to a dinner evening at Colasantiʼs at 6:00 p.m. Cost is $20. Come and enjoy a fashion show by Susie Klassen, Colour Vine Boutique, Kingsville and our Inspirational Speaker, Janey Walker sharing “I Got Carried Away”. To reserve your spot contact Sharon 519326-0421 by Friday, June 8. Presented by Leamington After 5 and RSVP Ministries. jn6

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YARD SALES

YARD SALE - 77 THERESA TRAIL (behind old Zellers), Saturday, June 9, 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. jn6

YARD SALE - 20 FOSTER AVE. (in front of Seacliff Hotel) Leamington. Friday, Saturday, and Sunday June 8, 9, and 10. jn6

3 FAMILY GARAGE/YARD SALE 328 County Road 27 West (off Arner Townline). Saturday and Sunday June 9 and 10, and Saturday and Sunday June 16 and 17 9am-?. Rain or Shine. jn6

YARD SALE - 21160 & 21152 PIER ROAD, Wheatley. Multi-family yard sale. Household items, some furniture, Wii & Wii U games, toys, some gardening tools. Too many items to mention. 9:00 - 5:00 p.m. Friday & Saturday, June 8 & 9. jn6

SERVICES

IRWIN PLUMBING - New homes, renovations, repairs. Same or next day service. Since 1999. Call Tim 519825-7245. mr8-tf

B&B MOVING & DELIVERIES - Three guys with extensive experience moving and delivering furniture. 10% senior and student discounts. For all your moving needs, call Neil for a free quote at 519-566-1366. oc11-tf

J J STITCHING - SEWING, alterations and repairs. If your clothing is too tight or too baggy give me a call to see if it can be altered. Call Jean at 519-968-2261. 14 Johnson Ave., Leamington. Email: jjstitching@gmail. com and check us out on Facebook. my16-jn6

ELECTROLUX SALES & SERVICE: Complete line of vacuums and shampooers/ floor polishers. Will provide free estimate on Central Vac installations. Contact Dan Bailey. 519-825-7698. tf

FOR RENT ERIE

APARTMENTS

137 Erie St. South 2 bedroom units available. 2nd & 3rd floor. 13th month free. Available immediately. Call 519-791-1972

LEAMINGTON LAKEFRONT

Upscale and Affordable in Leamington’s ONLY waterfront rental apartment building overlooking Leamington Marina and Park and minutes from the beach.

Amenities include:

• library and social rooms • new Smart Card “no coin” laundry

beautiful lobby

underground parking

outdoor balconies

Dr. Brian E. Adamson 24 Oak St. East LEAMINGTON 519-326-8413

Eye examinations by appointment

FREE utilities and window coverings • Fully secured and 24-7 onsite management. Ask us about our limited time “New Tenant” incentives. www.ska-apartmentrentals.com Call Mike or Kevin 519-326-8819

E-mail, call or drop off your classified ad by Friday at 4:00 p.m. 194 Talbot St. E. Unit 5, Leamington ON N8H 1M2 Ph: 519-398-9098 Email: sun@southpointsun.ca We accept CASH, CHEQUE, DEBIT, VISA & MASTERCARD

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FRESH FARMS & greenhouses

JOB OPPORTUNITY

General Labour Warehouse, Vegetable Packer

Hours vary on production. Wage: $14.00 per hour. Please fax resume to: 519-733-8059 or apply online at: www.jcfreshfarms.com

We are seeking GREENHOUSE

PRODUCTION ASSOCIATES

• Compensation is $14.00/hour

• Monday through Friday (Occasional Saturdays)

• No education or experience required.

• Duties include hand-trimming, taking cuttings, hand harvesting, watering and cleaning of greenhouse. Please apply at: careers@aphria.com or mail a resume to: P.O. Box 20009

269 Erie St. S., Leamington, ON N8H 3C4

HELP WANTED

PERMANENT FULL TIME

SQF PRACTITIONER / HACCP COORDINATOR

To manage and coordinate all aspects of the SQF & HACCP Programs for Weil’s Food Processing hr@weilsfood.ca 483 Erie St. North P.O. Box 130 Wheatley, ON N0P 2P0 519-825-4572

Find a complete job description at: indeedjobs.com/weils-food-processing-ltd/_hl/en_CA or Search “SQF” at Indeed.ca E-mail, call or drop off your classified

GREENHOUSE WORKERS NEEDED

Employees will be required to carry out all job tasks as specified by the operation manager.

Specific duties include: Pruning, clipping, harvesting and cleaning work area. Repetitive task, standing for extended periods, hot humid conditions, comfortable working on scissor lifts, handling weights of up to 23 kg or 50 lbs, report signs of insect or disease damage.

Permanent full time weekdays including weekends. $14.00 per hour. Will train the right candidate. Must be able to work within a group or on their own. Reliable and dependable.

Must have own transportation.

Apply:

Southshore Greenhouses Inc.

1746 Seacliff Drive Kingsville, Ontario N9Y 2M6

HELP WANTED BOOKKEEPER

AT WHEATLEY LEGION

Approximately 7 hours/week. $425.00/month.

Payroll, accounts receivable/payable using Simply Accounting. Drop off resumes at the Legion: 27 Erie St. North, Wheatley until June 22nd

PINNACLE ACRES

REQUIRES Full time greenhouse general labourers. $14.00/hr 50+ hours, 7 days/wk. Must be available Saturday & Sunday. Work site: 333 County Rd 18, Leamington ON, rural setting, must have own transportation. Crop maintenance and harvesting, other duties as required. Must be able to lift a minimum of 40lbs on a repetitive basis, fast paced environment, strong work ethic, punctual, reliable. Please apply via email: pinnalcejobs@hotmail.ca No experience or education required. mr7--tf

Cindy

Jobs! Jobs! Jobs!

Leamington/Wheatley Area Carrot Facility Cool environment no Greenhouse! Start in July - apply now!

GENERAL LABOURERS

$14.75/HR

Full time ($ 770.00/wk take home ) & Part time

EXPERIENCED BAGGING

MACHINE OPERATORS & CERTIFIED FORKLIFT

OPERATORS $15.75/HR

Full time (775.00 week take home)

$16.75/HR

Full time ( 50 -60 hours )

June 5, 2018

EXPERIENCED SUPERVISOR

EXPERIENCED SANITATION SUPERVISOR $18.75/HR

Full time ( 50-60 hours ) For interview please send resume to: laurie@personnelbyelsie.com

PERSONNEL by Elsie 5923 Tecumseh Rd E, Ste 200 Windsor, ON 519-944-0669 9 AM - 4 PM Walk-ins Welcome!

GENERAL GREENHOUSE LABOUR - Full time and part time positions available. 4048 hours per week, weekends/holidays. Wage $14/ hour. Physically demanding work, load lifting required, hot humid environment. Duties include planting, pruning, suckering, harvesting, and other duties as assigned. No experience required. Apply to IPR Farms Ltd. by fax 519-326-6702 or email hriprfms@gmail.com. mr28-tf

DINIRO FARMS INC, 725 Mersea Rd. 5 Leamington, is looking for 9 permanent full-time Greenhouse Workers. No experience necessary. $14.00/hr, 40-48hrs/wk including Saturdays and/or Sundays. Start ASAP. Duties include: hand harvesting, tying, clipping, deleafing, cleaning, packing. Repetitive tasks, physically demanding, standing for extended periods in a hot environment. Own transportation, rural area. No experience or education required. Email resume: dinirofarms@wavedirect.net eow-jn6

Greenhouse Worker

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Crop work, winding, pruning, harvesting

• Checking quality of harvested produce

• Other duties as assigned

WORK CONDITIONS:

• Fast-paced environment, repetitive tasks, standing for extended periods

• Bend, crouching, kneeling, hand-eye coordination, attention to detail

• Working at heights, hot environment

WAGE AND HOURS:

• 40 plus hours a week including Saturdays

• Wage: 14.00/hour, seasonal, full time

No Education Required. No Experience Required. Please forward your resume by email to: hr@orangelinefarms.com (627 County Rd. 14, R.R. # 5, Leamington, ON N8H 3V8)

NOTICES

Public Notice – Pesticide Use

The following herbicides that will be used are registered under the “Pest Control Products Act”:

• Clearview Herbicide Reg. #29752 (active ingredients: Metsulfuron-Methyl and Aminopyralid, present as potassium salt) under the Pest Control Products Act.

• Hasten NT Spray Adjuvant Reg.# 28277 (active ingredient: Methyl and ethyl oleate (esterified vegetable oil)

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E-mail, call or drop off your classified ad by Friday at 4:00 p.m. 194 Talbot St. E. Unit 5, Leamington ON N8H 1M2 Ph: 519-398-9098 Email: sun@southpointsun.ca We accept CASH, CHEQUE, DEBIT, VISA &

NOTICES

NOTICES

PEARSALL, MARSHALL, HALLIWILL & SEATON LLP. Barristers and Solicitors 22 Queens Avenue Leamington, Ontario N8H 3G8 Since 1932 INVITATION TO PURCHASE: BY TENDER SETTERINGTON’S FERTILIZER LOCATION 3994 & 4016 COUNTY ROAD 23 (CORNER OF ARNER & #3 HWY), KINGSVILLE ONTARIO PIN# 75160-0032 PIN# 75160-0033

TENDER PACKAGES WITH FULL DETAILS ARE AVAILABLE BY CONTACTING:

BRIAN TAYLOR 519-796-1107 taylor@setteringtons.com

JAMIE NASH 519-796-1106 nash@setteringtons.com

TENDERS MUST BE RECEIVED BEFORE 5 PM EST. FRIDAY, JUNE 29TH 2018

All claims against the Estate of EMMA TAVARES, late of the Municipality of Leamington, in the County of Essex, who died on or about the 6th day of April, 2018, must be filed with the undersigned solicitors for the personal representative on or before the 22nd day of June, 2018. Thereafter the undersigned will distribute the assets of the estate having regard only to the claims then filed.

Dated: May 16th, 2018. Matthew M. Caron

Notice to Property Owners 2018 Notice to Destroy Noxious Weeds

Notice is hereby given to all persons in possession of land, in accordance with the Weed Control Act, R.S.O. 1990, Chapter W.5., Sections 3, 16, and 23 that unless noxious weeds growing within their lands, within the Municipality of Leamington, are destroyed, the Municipality may enter upon the said lands and have the weeds destroyed. The cost for weed destruction will be charged against the land, in taxes, in the amount of $105.00 per hour per lot plus applicable taxes, as set out in the Act and By-Law 319-13.

Ken Brown

Leamington Public Works Manager 519-326-5761

PUBLIC NOTICE - PESTICIDE USE

The Corporation of the Town of Kingsville intends to control weeds in cracks and crevices on roadside bridges within the Town limits.

Using ROUNDUP ULTRA2 Liquid Herbicide, Registration No. 28486, containing the active ingredient glyphosate (present as potassium salt) under the Pest Control Products Act (Canada).

Bridges will be treated as per areas designated “Winter Control” as follows, weather permitting: Winter Control Routes can be found at www.kingsville.ca (Public Works/ Winter Control Routes)

SPRAY ROUTES SPRAY DATES - 2018

Route 1

Route 2

Route 3

Route 4 & 5

Route 6 & 7

(collect calls accepted) www.kingsville.ca

June 19th & 20th

June 21st & 22nd

June 26th & 27th

June 25th

NOTICES

158 Erie Street North Leamington ON N8H 3A4

Public Notification of New Tower Installation

Location: 158 Erie Street North Tower Type: Self Supporting Aerial Tower Tower Height: 37 metres

Please contact 519-737-9283 with any questions or concerns

PUBLIC NOTICE PESTICIDE USE

The Town of Kingsville intends to control Noxious weeds along the following rural roadsides:

Talbot Road County Road 8 Road 7

Sideroad Hemlock Street County Road 27

Talbot Road Malden Road County Road 18

Road County Road 23 County Road 34

Cameron Sideroad Highway #3 County Road 8

Olinda Sideroad County Road 34 Road 7

Graham Sideroad Seacliff Drive County Road 8

Inman Sideroad Highway #3 Road 6

Upcott Sideroad South Talbot Road County Road 34

Using a combination of the following pesticides: Clearview Herbicide Reg. #29752, containing the active ingredients Aminopyralid (present as potassium salt) and Metsulfuron-Methyl, Escort Herbicide 60% Dry Flowable Reg. #23005, containing the active ingredient Metsulfruron-Methyl, Overdrive Herbicide Reg. #30065, containing the active ingredients Diflufenzopyr (present as sodium salt) and Dicamba (present as sodium salt), and Turboprop Emulsifiable Concentrate Reg. #27967, containing the active ingredient Dichlorprop (present as 2-ethylhexyl ester) and 2,4-D (present as 2-ethylhexyl ester) under the Pest Control Products Act (Canada). Hasten NT Spray Adjuvant, which contains active ingredients Methyl and ethyl oleate (esterified vegetable oil). PCP Registration Number 28277 under the Pest Control Products Act (Canada).

Commencing on June 11, 2018 weather permitting, and ending September 28, 2018.

Jr. Barons post a pair of wins at home

The Leamington Jr. Barons improved their season record to 4 and 1 with a pair of home victories last week in Southwestern Junior League play. On Tuesday they avenged an early season loss beating the Essex Yellowjackets 5-2 and followed up Friday night with an 8-2 win over the Port Lambton Pirates.

Against Essex, it was Derrick Antunes who got things going in the fourth inning when he led off with a single and advanced to second on an overthrow. Brett Enns sacrificed him to third and he scored on a long triple from Kameron Wall. Wall then scored on a perfectly executed squeeze bunt by Anthony Fehr to give the Baron’s a 2-1 lead.

The locals added three more runs in the fifth when Kyle Wall singled, Brian Gilbert doubled, DJ Wales singled, Antunes singled with his second hit of the game, and Enns sacrificed Wales home. Antunes was called up from the Leamington Midget Lakers and had two hits in two at bats. Kameron Wall earned the win on the mound, throwing five complete innings, giving up only two hits and striking out three. Dawson Iles mopped up pitching the last two innings to earn the save, giving up no hits and striking out 3.

Lucas Lamotte was the star in Friday’s game against Port Lambton. The first-year Junior went the distance on the mound giving up only two runs, allowing seven hits, strik-

ing out seven and issuing only two bases on balls.

He also led the offense with a three-hit performance. Fehr also chipped in with three hits starting at the shortstop position and batting leadoff for the first time this season. Brandon Teichroeb and Iles had a double and a single each.

“We got very strong pitching in both games,” said coach Terry Misener. “But it was our defense that rose to the occasion. The only error was in the Essex game, an error that caused no damage as we erased with a double play on the next batter. And no errors in the Port Lambton game.”

Wales was strong in centre field, covering a lot of ground, and Gilbert had a couple of nice catches, added Misener.