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SECC re-opens to the community
LEAMINGTON— On August 4, the SECC Leamington location will re-open to the public by appointment only. The Kingsville and Windsor locations will remain closed until further notice. Whenever possible, SECC staff will continue to offer virtual and on-line service delivery, but some people simply cannot access services in this way. If you are a Kingsville or Wheatley resident wishing to book an appointment but are in need of transportation assistance, SECC will help get you to Leamington for your appointment. In order to maintain safety for staff and clients, SECC has re-located its client entrance and has established two dedicated spaces for face-to-face appointments. These appointment spaces have been designed to provide maximum safety by adhering to physical distancing guidelines and utilizing sneeze shields and furniture that is easily disinfected after each appointment. Anyone wishing to see a staff member in person will need to call to make an appointment prior to coming into the building and should make note of the following: • Everyone entering the building will
be required to wear a mask and sanitize their hands. If you do not have a mask, one will be provided for you. • Appointments will be one-to-one only; no group appointments will be taking place at this time. • If an interpreter or a family member is required for the appointment, they will be asked to participate virtually or by telephone. • Reminder calls will be made one day prior to an appointment. Clients with appointments must take the call and speak directly to staff to receive instructions and undergo preliminary screening prior to the appointment. If the call does not occur, the client will not be given access to the facility and the appointment will be re-scheduled. All group activities remain suspended until further notice. SECC has been providing virtual, on-line and telephone services for all group activities over the past three months. SECC hopes to move forward with blended group services (in person and virtual) by mid-September. If you require an appointment, please call 519-326-8629 or visit their website www.secc.on.ca.
MEMORIAL NOTICE In Loving Memory of
MYLES SINCLAIR Son of Robert Sinclair and Ada Pearl Sinclair (Reh), Brother of Walter Sinclair of Olinda Due to the current social climate, we as a family have decided to delay the memorial gathering for our father and your friend until August 29th of 2021. The memorial will be held in Ruthven at the Sinclair Family farm to commemorate Myles’s birthday.
Letter to Editor
Writer disappointed with response to previous letter Dear Editor, To say I was disappointed with the responses to Helena Thiessen’s letter in last weeks paper would be an understatement. We live in a democratic society where we should be free to question our leaders without being bullied and called “special” or told to leave the country. Perhaps if some of those living in our community feel that they no longer want to have freedom of thought and speech, they would rather live in a communist country? I certainly would not, and value our country’s freedoms along with Ms. Thiessen. And furthermore, I agree with her point, and also feel that we should not be mandated to wear a face mask. The reason that I think this way has nothing to do with being selfish or ignorant. In fact, I have made the decision not to wear a face mask only after pouring over medical and scientific journals and coming to the conclusion that there is no scientific evidence that demonstrates that wearing a face mask in a community setting reduces the likelihood of viral transmission. A recent meta-analysis of scientific literature, including 11 randomized, controlled trials and 10 observational studies, found that there was no clear clinical or laboratory-confirmed evidence that masks prevent infection. To the contrary, the study warned that face masks “…may even increase transmission if they act as fomites [ob-
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jects or materials that are likely to carry infection] or prompt other behaviours that transmit the virus such as face touching” (Qeios, May 2020). A British Medical Journal (BMJ) study published in April 2020 cautions against the use of cloth masks, citing “Moisture retention, reuse of cloth masks and poor filtration may result in increased risk of infection.” The World Health Organization (WHO) affirms increased infection risk with cloth masks in its latest June 5, 2020 guidance. A study on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) website that reviewed 10 different randomized clinical trials worldwide on highly infectious respiratory virus transmission found “no significant reduction” in “transmission with the use of face masks” (Volume 26, Number 5—May 2020). Given the lack of evidence for their use and flip-flopping advice both against and for their use by authoritative health agencies like the WHO, I have decided to exercise my freedom of choice and not wear a mask, as I believe that is in the best interest of my own health, as well as the health of my community. I feel the choice whether to wear or not wear a mask should be a personal decision and I truly hope that the day will come soon when I will see other’s faces again while I’m out in the community. Sincerely, Karen Driedger
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We will look forward to seeing you in 2021 for what we hope will be a wonderful gathering of family and friends.
IN MEMORIAM
Wednesday, July 29, 2020
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Letters to the Editor
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IN MEMORIAM
In Loving Memory of
Edmund Goron October 17, 1925 - August 4, 2010
All Nature Has A Feeling
In Loving Memory of
MADELYNE HUTCHINS 20 years have passed but the memories still last.
Love, Tom & Cindy, Hollee, Shane, Chad, Craig, Darlene, Sharon
All nature has a feeling: woods, fields, brooks Are life eternal: and in silence they Speak happiness beyond the reach of books; There’s nothing mortal in them; their decay Is the green life of change; to pass away And come again in blooms revivified. Its birth was heaven, eternal it its stay, And with the sun and moon shall still abide Beneath their day and night and heaven wide. John Clare
Loving husband, father and Opa Greatly missed by his wife Erna Goron and the Goron, Bossers and Hartley families.
Inn Loving Memory of our dear Dad, Grandpa & Great-Grandpa
LEONARD S. PULLEY
Who passed away three years ago August 1, 2017
The years may wipe out many things But this they’ll wipe out never The memory of those happy days When we were all together. Sadly missed and forever in our hearts. Gene & Pam, Richard & Janice and families
