February 7, 2018

Abridged Opera to host free concert

Independent opera company Abridged Opera (AO) is launching the first half of its 2018 season with a free concert at All Saints’ Church, 330 City Hall Square W., Windsor.

Abridged Opera was founded by Leamington native Erin Armstrong. She has been joined by local singers Alyssa Epp, Brianna DeSantis, Amelia Daigle, Christine Turingia, Kaitlyn Clifford, Adam Iannetta and Kate Reynolds to expand AO’s team.

After a very successful 2017 season, Abridged Opera now has more than ten operas under its belt and is ready for another incredible season in Windsor and Essex County.

The Season Launch concert will be performed in the sanctuary at All Saints’ Church on Sunday, February 11 at 2:30 p.m. The concert will feature selections from the upcoming season as well as crowd favourites like the Song to the Moon from Dvorak’s Rusalka.

Abridged Opera will be joined by a number of University of Windsor students who will be making their professional debuts with AO this season.

The performance is free to the public, as Abridged Opera welcomes new audiences into the world of opera. Donations will be gratefully accepted.

Despite the freezing temperatures Saturday night, February 3, about 250 guests turned out for The Bank Theatre Gala ‘Some Like It Hot’.

The fundraiser was held to raise money for the new Starlight Stage, in memory of the late Fred Omstead, who was a staunch supporter of the arts. The evening’s events included a buffet dinner, a live auction and entertainment by ‘Marilyn Monroe, Jane Russell, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Sammy Davis Jr.’, as well as amazing performances by ballroom dancing champions Claire Hansen (formerly from Leamington) and her partner Richard Tonizza, and Mischa Aravena, a professional singer/actor from Toronto. The Bank Theatre representatives said the gala brought the total to the $100,000 mark of their $400,000 target to complete the renovations.

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TOP RIGHT: Ballroom dancing champions Claire Hansen and partner Richard Tonizza.

BOTTOM RIGHT: The group that helped make the fundraising gala successful included, left to right, Ursula Tiessen, Larry McDonald, Sandy McDonald, Fran Segedin, Barbara Martens, Geri Vickery, Ruth Owens and Patty Kristy. (SUN Photos)

ABOVE: From left are The Bank Theatre representative Ursula Tiessen with Tara Omstead, Houston Meuser, Leslie Omstead, and seated is Maeve Omstead-John-

Hearing Professional Makes Hearing Healthcare More Accessible with Out Clinic

Brandy Breault, Hearing Instrument Specialist at ListenUP! Canada

Brandy Breault is a Hearing Instrument Specialist from ListenUP! Canada who recognizes the need for more accessible hearing healthcare in Leamington. ListenUP! Canada has a hearing healthcare clinic at 313 Main St. E in Kingsville that is open Monday to Friday from 8:30 - 4:30, but for some in Leamington, this may be a distance to travel. So, every other Monday, Breault drives to the Leamington out clinic at the South Essex Community Council at 215 Talbot Street East to provide free, no obligation hearing tests, a broad selection of brandname, digital hearing aids and assistive listening devices at affordable prices, as

cleanings and repairs. These out clinic services help those who need hearing healthcare, but are unable to travel to the nearest clinic to get the help they need.

“I basically offer the same hearing healthcare services provided at any other clinic location,” says Breault. “People may not have a driver’s license. A clinic may be too far for people to travel outside of Leamington. People may not be well enough to travel and it may be easier for loved ones to bring them to a clinic closer to home.”

While completing her Speech and Language Sciences degree at Brock University, Breault took some audiology courses that sparked her interest in the pursue a career in audiology and obtained her Hearing Instrument Specialist diploma from Conestoga College. Breault started her student placement with ListenUP! Canada in 2014 and has been with the company ever since – helping clients treat their hearing loss and reconnect with the world around them.

If you are interested in booking an appointment please call 1-888-364-5419.

Wetland habitat restoration project in Leamington

World Wetlands Day was recognized around the globe on February 2.

Wetlands act like kidneys that filter water, cleaning out nutrients like phosphorus and other contaminants. Locally, nearly 95% of the Essex Region’s original wetlands have been lost since settlement began near the end of the 18th century.

“The world’s urban population and the number of mega-cities with more than ten million are growing at a staggering rate. This growth spurt is an opportunity to integrate wetlands into urban planning,” said Richard Wyma, Essex Region Conservation Authority’s General Manager. “Urban wetlands are going to become increasingly important when it comes to managing the impacts of extreme rainfall events, and green infrastructure can be extremely cost-effective solutions. There are some great examples around the globe that we can potentially model locally.”

ERCA is presently creating over 15 acres of new wetland habitat across the region. In Leamington, a coastal wetland habitat restoration project is being finalized in partnership with Caldwell First Nation. A wetland in Lebo Creek will not only provide habitat values, but will also be used to research innovative practices to filter phosphorus.

“Many amphibians, birds and reptiles utilize wetlands for resting, feeding and breed-

ing,” said Kathryn Arthur, ERCA’s Restoration Biologist, who works with landowners to establish habitat restoration projects on their property. “We encourage landowners who are interested in creating these or other types of native habitat features like tallgrass prairie, meadow or Carolinian forests on their property –and are willing to restore a minimum of 1 acre of new habitat – to contact ERCA and inquire about project and funding opportunities.” There are a variety of funding programs available for a broad range of reforestation and other restoration activities, including wetland development. In some cases, ERCA’s grant programs can fund up to 90% of the program costs. Technical staff aid landowners with funding applications and with project design and implementation. Learn more about grant programs at www.erca.org. Learn more about wetlands at www. worldwetlandsday.org

A coastal wetland restoration project will enhance water quality and habitat in Sturgeon Creek in Leamington.

The great blizzards of 1977 and

1978

Anyone over the age of 40 will certainly recall the two monster blizzards that hit the area in January 1977 and then again a year later in 1978. But on its recent 40th anniversary it was rather calm and mild here in southern Ontario with few signs of anything similar coming.

The most famous of the two big storms was the one that began on January 26, 1978 and lasted three days.

A WALK THROUGH TIME

C. Scott Holland

The first one to hit the area was January 27 to January 29, 1977, creating drifts up to 25 feet high with winds as strong as 70 mph. It was only a prelude to the one in 1978. Robson Road and Point Pelee Drive were the hardest hit and some residents were evacuated from their homes.

That storm began on a Friday morning and by Monday the Parkdale Store on Seacliff Drive ran out of gas because a tanker that was making a delivery had been run off Hwy 401.

Fraser Road had an accident involving five cars and overall damage to vehicles was estimated at $15,000. However, in the aftermath the biggest expense was snow removal, but the entire East Coast would face millions of dollars in damage and clean-up costs a year later.

The second major monster storm almost a year later has special meaning for me because it was my father’s birthday and I can always remember him saying that Mother Nature seemed to serve up its worst weather within a week of that time.

He was right.

A “super-storm” along with near hurricane conditions swept toward the region from the American southwest and crippled the area for a three-day span. The massive storm left a path of millions of dollars in damage and in this area was aided by Pigeon Bay’s snow-covered frozen waters. The winds were clocked at or near 120 mph at times and the sustained high-winds made travel impossible.

Snowmobilers delighted in whizzing along huge banks of snow and made trips to the few stores that managed to stay open.

In a recent conversation with then Blondie’s owner Sonny Colasanti, he said, “I tried to get a lot of bread from the guy who supplied it but he said he couldn’t sell more to me because he had other deliveries to stores in the southern end of town. It turned out he got stuck, left the truck and it was later broken into and robbed of all its bread!”

Residents along Point Pelee Drive and Robson Road were hit exceptionally hard since Pigeon Bay had frozen over and already had several inches of snow on top of it. With the high winds, the snow that was falling and the loose snow on the ice whipped onto the shore. Mountains of snow enveloped the entire region and getting one’s entrance doors open was a problem.

It wasn’t an easy job moving that snow but I did have the unenviable task of trying to keep two neighbours’ doors and our own back door open.

One neighbour even called to ask me to dig their door open so he could get to his snowmobile. He had decided that he would make a trip to the beer and liquor stores. His trip – a five mile jaunt on a regular day – took him well over 3 hours to complete.

Several people who had been snowmobiling hit hydro wires and suffered severe injuries, but in general fatalities

were few.

In the aftermath I created some “snow steps” out of a mountain of snow so our family could get to Robson Road and some six weeks later a friend from Niagara Falls came for a visit. He returned again in June and asked, “Where’s the hill with the steps?” He did not realize he had walked on an eight foot high snow bank until I told him.

Paul Child, of Leamington, worked for the Sun Parlour Home’s maintenance department and was on a midnight shift. He witnessed “rain changing to snow blowing sideways starting at about 6 a.m.... By 8 a.m., when most workers were coming in, there were plenty of calls from people

saying they were staying home.” Included among those people were Paul’s boss Nick Klaus and home administrator Clarence Holland. Paul was left in charge of the entire complex until the Sunday morning when Holland arrived via snowmobile and took Paul to his Point Pelee Drive residence.

Paul recalled, “By the Saturday, Clarence had arranged for some rooms at the motel just to the east of the home. My job was to ferry several groups of workers over there. I got a good length of rope and I led a group of about four at time. They all held the rope and we battled the snow and wind to get there. I made several trips back and forth.”

His reward for pulling the three-day stint was a paid week of vacation starting on the Monday. As Paul admitted, he had his own affairs at his house to attend to.

It took over a week for clean-up operations to clear roadways and sidewalks. But the hardest hit of all in the second storm was the local greenhouse industry. Damage was estimated at over $960,000.

The total damage from that major storm was well above a million dollars. More recent storms are nothing in comparison to those two from the 1970s. Snow clearing may have a higher priority today, but Leamington certainly doesn’t

A look at a snowplow blasting its way through Robson Road during the great January 1978 blizzard. (Photo from the C. Scott Holland collection)

RIB’S RAMBLINGS

Mark Ribble

Is another hockey amalgamation in

I got to talking with an old minor hockey cohort awhile back and we spent some time reminiscing about our time together on the board back in the 1990s.

We went through the amalgamation of the Wheatley and Leamington minor hockey systems and survived what many viewed as a monumental task at the time.

Countless people put in tons of hours making that amalgamation happen and even more put in lots of hard work to make it the success it became after that.

The new Southpoint Minor Hockey Association was a force to be reckoned with in those days. Ontario championships were commonplace at both arenas and the future looked bright for the Southpoint Capitals and the entire association. Girls hockey was just taking off and Southpoint led the way in that department too.

Now, I’m hearing talk of a possible future amalgamation for Southpoint with Essex and Erie North Shore (Kingsville has already amalgamated with Harrow) that would effectively create a super centre of the four minor hockey hotbeds.

Unfortunately, this has become a necessary conversation due to the huge dip in numbers everywhere.

Youth hockey seems to have taken a downturn and I’m not going to be popular for saying this, but I think the sport has moved away from the premise of what a minor hockey system is supposed to provide to the youth of this generation.

The system should be in place to provide an affordable, fun, learning atmosphere for young hockey players to participate in the great sport we call our own.

It shouldn’t be a factory for producing NHL players. It also shouldn’t be a factory to feed the Junior leagues. It simply should be a place to learn and play the game of hockey and have fun.

Sure, we all aspired to play for the Flyers when we were kids. And who didn’t dream of skating down the ice at the Montreal Forum or Maple Leafs Gardens, being chased by Serge Savard or Norm Ullman?

I think the kids still dream those dreams, but many of them have expectations that are almost impossible to achieve in reality.

Hockey is now almost a year-round sport, which really goes against the grain of my traditionalist hockey mindset.

I have a great-nephew who plays all 12 months of the year in Cambridge and his dad thinks he’s going to play in the NHL someday.

Hey, I’d love for him to get to that level, but I suspect that eventually his interest in the sport is going to peter out. His mom tells me he eats, drinks and sleeps hockey. If he’s not on the ice, he’s in the driveway. He has no other athletic interests. That last sentence, to me, is a sad statement.

Of course, it’s been that way for a number of years. To place any blame on one organization or pinpoint when we lost sight

of the true purpose would be inaccurate. It’s certainly not the fault of the local boards. They’ve just followed suit to keep up with everyone else.

When we were kids, we played hockey in the winter and baseball in the summer. Eventually, soccer found its way into Canadian kids’ lives and also provided a nice break from both hockey and baseball, and allowed kids to pursue other interests.

The once-popular sport of hockey is losing kids.

To satisfy my curiosity, I checked back in the archives and had a look at the numbers.

In the 1969-70 season Leamington Minor Hockey, which at that time included most of the Wheatley kids, boasted 39 house league teams and four ‘All-Star’ teams.

In the 1995 season, Southpoint Minor Hockey had 26 house league teams and nine travel teams.

Now, some 22 years later, they have 14 house teams and six travel squads. They have seven female teams iced this year.

The numbers are definitely down, especially in house league.

Of course, costs are up all across the board, from ice time to timekeepers, to referees and equipment.

The rise in cost of uniforms is baffling, at least considering all of the great sponsors over the years that graced the pages of the local papers.

Sponsorships used to cover the cost of the house league and travel jerseys.

Checking out the standings on their website recently, all of the Southpoint local (house) league teams are identified only by a colour.

That’s concerning for me.

When Fred Foster sponsored the Abbey Knights Peewee All-Stars in the 1970s, the kids who played for his team were decked out in the gold and green of the London Knights, complete with helmets, gloves and pants.

When Bill Ardiel sponsored our 1979-80 Ontario finalist Bulldog Juveniles, we had pants, socks and two sets of jerseys, all courtesy of our generous sponsor. He also came on all of our road trips. There was always a real connection between sponsor and team, regardless of whether it was house league or travel.

Longtime Southpoint equipment manager John Forbes used to have a sponsors’ waiting list longer than his arm. So, what happened?

Everything dried up, apparently.

Maybe those jerseys that lasted two seasons before, now only last one season because they use them for a longer period of time.

Maybe it became too cumbersome to have someone keep that list going and go after sponsors.

No matter, the numbers are down and they have to take action.

I hate that it comes down to yet another amalgamation. I think the board here feels that it has become a necessity, and they would certainly know better than I would.

I just wonder how far it reaches before it stops. Will we

eventually have an Ontario-wide peewee house league, encompassing everyone at this end of the province?

Can you imagine asking your grandchild about their games this weekend?

In 1970, you got “Grampa, we play against the Sertoma Club again. We beat them 4-3 last time!”

In 1995, you got “Grampa, we play in Tilbury on Sunday night, against Cottingham Tire. We haven’t played them yet this year, but I’m looking forward to it.”

In the future, I think you’d get “Grampa, my red team has a 6 p.m. game in Bothwell, against the green team. I’ve never been to Bothwell, can you give us directions?”

It’s nice to reminisce about the good old days, when Jackson’s China Clippers lost to the Wheeler Dealers in the Atom house league final.

I’d love to see that again, just back to the grass roots.

Imagine, if you will:

House league teams play a one-game-a-week schedule, while practicing once too, on full ice, at a decent time.

Travel teams play a two-to-three games a week schedule, while practicing once as well.

No more goalie clinics, power skating clinics, skate-tying clinics or mouth-guard fitting clinics. Hockey season goes from September to the end of March and doesn’t start up again until the following September.

No summer tryouts, clinics or jamborees. Travel tryouts take place in early September like they used to.

Each team has a sponsor and the sponsor gets their name screen printed on the front of the jerseys. Each house league team is a different colour using the original six jersey replicas, which are very inexpensive. All teams provide their players with one pair of matching hockey socks. The travel teams get two pair of socks and jerseys, home and away.

Each travel team has a designated person to do their team’s submissions to the newspaper.

Minor hockey’s paid timekeepers would be paid to keep the clock and do house league game reports and hand them into the paper. Every kid loves to see their name in print. We certainly did back in the day.

Of course, this is a pipe dream. We’ve come too far to turn back the clock. I’m just an old man wishing for the past.

The reality is that they have to make some decisions, which may not be popular with guys like me, to get the numbers back at a more affordable level. If it calls for pooling resources with other centres, then I guess that’s where it has to go, as much as I dislike the name Southpoint-Northshore-Essex or whatever it might be.

I commend the efforts of everyone who sits on a minor sports board of directors or volunteers in any way. I spent many years doing that and it’s very rewarding, but can be frustrating at the same time, especially with people on the outside like me, making suggestions to ‘do it the old way.’

My oldest grandkids will start hockey next year. I’m hoping I can find my way to Bothwell.

Essex County OPP hosts human trafficking symposium

On January 31, Essex County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) hosted a Human Trafficking Symposium in Tecumseh.

Over 200 emergency service personnel, health care officials, mental health experts and elected officials attended the full day symposium provided in part by the Project B.E.S.T (Believe, Empower, Support, Together) initiative in hopes of educating and bringing extensive awareness to sexual violence and harassment.

The United Nations estimates that the human trafficking industry represents approximately $152-billion annually and is the world’s fastest growing crime. It is believed that Ontario represents approximately 65% of all human trafficking cases reported to police in Canada.

Larissa Maxwell is the director of Anti-Human Trafficking Programs for The Salvation Army. She has assisted in creating provincial and nationally recognized programs and action plans to assist victims of trafficking and exploitation across North America including “Deborah’s Gate”, a national specialized program of care, serving international and domestic women aged 18 and older. Maxwell is also the first recipient of the annual Justice of Canada Excellence in Victim Services Award.

Kelly Franklin is the creator of Farmtown Canada, located in Southwestern Ontario, which brings a life changing experience to the lives of young adult women, teens and young girls through therapy delivered through horses. Young women come to the farm to care for the animals, connecting in a way that is truly inspirational. Franklin is the recipient of the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee medal for her work with youth in Canada and has received the Ontario Volunteer Service Award for continuous years of commitment and dedicated service to the Province of Ontario.

Franklin and her husband are trained through EAGALA

(Equine Assisted Growth and Learning Association), which is the leading international non-profit association for professionals, incorporating equine therapy to address mental health and personal development needs.

The presenters helped to initiate dialogue and the coordination of services between the many agencies in attendance.

“Human trafficking manifests in forms that take away a person’s identity, leading to a life of violence, anxiety, drug dependency, depression, suicide and even murder,” said OPP Inspector Glenn Miller, Detachment Commander of the Essex County OPP. “The OPP has recently created an Anti-Human Trafficking Investigation Coordination Team who believes that crime is as much emotional as it is physical. Essex County OPP has now designated ARY (At Risk Youth/Anti Human Trafficking) officers who are assigned to monitor all occurrences involving youth in Essex County policed municipalities.”

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The Essex County OPP recently hosted a Human Trafficking Symposium. The United Nations estimates that Ontario represents approximately 65% of human trafficking cases reported to police in Canada. Pictured, left to right, are OPP D/Sgt. Alesia Beauchamp, Kelly Franklin (creator of Farmtown Canada), OPP S/Sgt. Brad Sakalo, Larissa Maxwell (director of Anti-Human Trafficking Programs for The Salvation Army), OPP Inspector Glenn Miller.

ARIES – Mar 21/Apr 20

Aries, you give everyone the benefit of the doubt, and that’s commendable. Such a positive outlook will serve you and your relationships well.

TAURUS – Apr 21/May 21

Taurus, you may do a bunch of sitting around and waiting at work in the days ahead. Stay patient and rest up, as you’ll need energy reserves when things pick up again.

GEMINI – May 22/Jun 21

Gemini, you may need to work on communicating with some coworkers. Mixed messages can lead to delays, so convene a meeting to clear the air.

CANCER – Jun 22/Jul 22

Cancer, in attempt to stay calm, you may be suppressing feelings that really should come to the surface. This may only lead to a blowout later on. Transparency is key.

LEO – Jul 23/Aug 23

Leo, it may be tempting to put on an overly cheery attitude, even if things are bugging you. Masking your true feelings may lead to miscommunication. Better to keep things honest.

VIRGO – Aug 24/Sept 22

Virgo, your ego is strong enough to withstand some criticism this week. Use the feedback to develop an even better version of yourself, which will only benefit you in the long run.

LIBRA – Sept 23/Oct 23

A current situation has you feeling a bit pessimistic, Libra. But that outlook can be adjusted by looking into the future. Let upcoming plans restore your sunshine.

SCORPIO – Oct 24/Nov 22

Scorpio, this is a good week to discuss an important issue with that special someone. It’s fine to have differing opinions, just be sure to respect each other’s point of view.

SAGITTARIUS – Nov 23/Dec 21

Sagittarius, your energy levels may start off very high at the beginning of the week, but they may quickly fizzle out. Roll up your sleeves and try to trudge through.

CAPRICORN – Dec 22/Jan 20

Feeling needed this week can quickly recharge your levels of motivation, Capricorn. Helping others is a surefire way to realize personal satisfaction.

AQUARIUS – Jan 21/Feb 18

Aquarius, you have an opportunity to further your education by doing some traveling. Don’t let responsibilities at home clip your wings this time around.

PISCES – Feb 19/Mar 20

Pisces, a busy work week is on the horizon, but you are set to make the most of every situation. Your confidence can make a difference.

FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS

FEBRUARY 4

Lawrence Taylor, Athlete (59)

FEBRUARY 5

Jeremy Sumpter, Actor (29)

FEBRUARY 6

Charlie Heaton, Actor (24)

FEBRUARY 7

Garth Brooks, Singer (56)

FEBRUARY 8

Seth Green, Actor (44)

FEBRUARY 9

Tom Hiddleston, Actor (37)

FEBRUARY 10

Elizabeth Banks, Actress (44)

CCMS

robotics team qualifies for OIC

By Bryan Jessop

One of the robotics teams at Cardinal Carter Middle School has found that when it “Rains,” it pours.

The Rain Regents — one of three local teams to take part in the competitive 2017-‘18 FIRST Robotics Canada season — has advanced to take part in the third annual Ontario Innovation Celebration. The local middle school kicked off its second season of roboticsbased project development with a combined 30 students from Grades 7 to 9 divided into the Leamington Live Wires, Rain Regents, and M.I.S.T.-ery Solvers. The latter two emerged from the regionals hosted by St. Clair College in Windsor to take part in the Western Provincial level of the FLL division — FIRST Lego League — at the University of Waterloo Sunday, Jan. 28.

The Rain Regents — Anthony Policella, Linda Pham, Carter Matthews, Backos Boutros, Lucas Makhlouf, Aiden Woodiwiss and Ian Waechter — were one of seven “West” teams to be selected for a Global Innovation Award and therefore earn a place in the Ontario Innovation Celebration at Seneca College in Markham Sunday, Feb. 25. Another seven “East” teams and four “Wild Card” groups will attend the OIC for a chance to finish in the Top 3 and attend the international FLL event in Washington D.C. There, the top team will be awarded $20,000 towards the further development of its creation.

The Rain Regents were also presented with the award for Core Values — one of three criteria teams were judged on that also includes Robot Design and Project Innovation. For Core Values, teams are given a challenge by the judging panel during the competition and undergo a 20-minute question and answer session based on their FLL season up to that point.

“It’s almost impossible to actually prepare for Core Values,” explained David Kostan-

jevec, one of three CCMS teachers along with Rima Mastronardi and Ida Ricci-Minaudo who coached the three teams.

In total, 40 teams competed in the FLL Western event. The M.I.S.T.-ery Solvers finished in the Top 10 and were called back by judges on two of their three presentations. The Rain Regents were called back on all three presentations while another Cardinal Carter individual also received accolades during the event. Grade 9 student Conner Lowhorn — a member of the Leamington Live Wires — was declared this season’s Mentor of the Year.

“He’s a great team member and is very passionate about what he does,” commented Kostanjevec about Lowhorn. “He’s very deserving of the award.”

The Ontario Innovation Celebration will focus entirely on the Innovation category, where teams will be required to alter their research and create business models with webinars. Presentations will be reworked and performed in a fashion similar to the televised series Dragons Den.

The Rain Regents’ creation is a product the team has dubbed The Bird Spa. The device resembles a stem-type bird bath that was initially developed in a crude concept using a 3D printer. A second version that will bare a closer resemblance to the final product has since been created. The Bird Spa’s bowl includes a motor and pump that can be programmed to fill from the contents of a nearby rain barrel and then be emptied to avoid both algae build up and as a breeding ground for mosquitoes. The team has consulted with an engineer to develop a prototype and has been advised to pursue a patent. The concept has already been presented to Point Pelee National Park and the Essex Region Conservation Authority (ERCA).

“They’re very much taking a different approach from what they’ve done so far,” said Kostanjevec. “There are a lot of different irons in the fire to make this happen in a short period of time.”

Cardinal Carter Middle School’s Rain Regents qualified for the Ontario Innovation Celebration — to be held Sunday, Feb. 25 in Markham — during the Ontario West FIRST Robotics Canada competition at the University of Waterloo Sunday, Jan. 28. The team is made up of, from left to right, Carter Matthews, Backos Boutros, Linda Pham, Ian Waechter, Aiden Woodiwiss, Anthony Policella and Lucas Makhlouf.

Municipality of Leamington

2018 Recycling, Yard Waste, Garbage and White Goods Collection

Your 2018 Collection Calendar should arrive in the mail no later than the second week in February. In the interim, please find the month of February’s collection dates below.

NO PLASTIC BAGS

Please do NOT use plastic bags in your recycle boxes. Place your recyclables loose in the recycle boxes. Thank you!

Daycare expansion will create more than 200 new spaces for Windsor-Essex County

Three new daycare centres, which will accommodate more than 200 children throughout Windsor-Essex County, will be constructed thanks to a $5.8 million boost in funding announced Jan. 31 by the Ministry of Education.

The funding – which comes as a result of an Early Years Capital program joint application from the Windsor-Essex Catholic District School Board and the local Consolidated Municipal Service Manager – will allow the board to build new additions to create 63 spaces at St. Louis Elementary School in Leamington, 73 spaces at Stella Maris Catholic Elementary School in Amherstburg, and 73 spaces at St. Teresa of Calcutta Catholic Elementary School in Windsor,

“This should come as wonderful news to the busy working families in these communities who are struggling to find quality daycare for their children,” said Board Chair Barbara Holland.

Many daycares in Ontario operate under the same roof as schools, and are run by independent, licensed providers.

Now that the board has received the funding, the next step will be for the board to call for expressions of interest from not-for-profit daycare providers to operate the centres. Once the providers have been selected, the board, the providers and a designated architect will agree on a submission for each project to be made to the Ministry. Once approved, a public tender for construction will be issued.

Construction timelines will vary depending on the acquiring of various approvals and the complexity of each project, said Director of Education Terry Lyons.

“We’ll be working very hard to ensure that we can construct top quality facilities that can be available as soon as possible for these children,” he said. “We understand that many families are currently on waiting lists for daycare and we would like to be a part of their solution.”

The funding comes as part of the provincial government’s commitment to create access to licensed child care for 100,000 more children aged 0 to 4 years old in Ontario over the next five years.

Scouts

Kub Kar and Scout Drags this Saturday

The Essex County area Scouts KubKar Rally and Scout Drags are taking place this Saturday, February 10 at the Harrow Agricultural Building, 134 McAffee St. in Harrow.

Groups from Leamington, Harrow, Kingsville, Essex, Comber and Amherstburg will be competing as they race their self-made cars.

The day begins with the Beavers racing first at 9 a.m., followed by the Cubs and Scouts.

AM 800 Class of the

Congratulations to Miss Williams’ Grade 1 class at Gore Hill Public School who was

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We have joined your community to better offer the residents of Kingsville and surrounding areas with the cremation choices you’ve been requesting!

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Pomerleau-Perron, Cremation Specialist

February Birthday Bash at Legion on Saturday

Twenty players shot Fun Darts on January 26 at Wheatley Legion. Bonnie Evoy, Velma Hope and John Cabral led with 6 wins followed by Marie Novak, Cathy Cabral and Larry Evoy with 5 wins. Tied with 4 wins were Arnold Seili and Mike Simpson – Chase Cabral and Gerry Soulliere. Lisa Ouellette and April Simpson won 3 games. There was a three-way tie of 2 wins for Dawn Lorondeau and Debbie Seili – Mary Robinson, Julie Reid and Jim McClellan – Rosemary Duquette, Dave Cabral and Gord Crook. Lady doublers were Bonnie, Velma, Chase, April and Debbie. The players were happy to shoot darts on 6 new dart boards thanks to the Branch, the Friday night players and the Ladies and Men’s Tuesday travel dart teams.

Everyone is welcome to join the Fun Darts players starting at 7:30 p.m. every Friday.

Found the list of January 20 Meat Draw winners but I don’t know who ran them. Mary Robinson, Jane Pursel and Bill Hyatt won 2 packages each. Ricky Lee Scratch won meat and the 50/50 draw, and the other meat winners were Marsha Howe, Mike Elliott, Jerry Sovie and Dave Moore.

Everyone is welcomed to join us at the Meat Draws on Saturday afternoons from 3 to 5 p.m.

Also, this Saturday February 10 is the monthly “Birthday Bash”. Celebrating a birthday or not this month, everyone is welcome. This is also a great way to celebrate Valentine’s Day!

The Chili Cook-Off will be held on Saturday February 24. Make a pot of your favourite chili recipe and enter it for this year’s bragging rights! A sign-up will be on the bulletin board this week.

Also on February 24, Mike Elliott is organizing a Golf Darts Tournament to be held upstairs starting at 1 p.m. Entry is $10 per person. Everyone is welcome. A sign-up sheet is on the sports board.

The Zone Mixed Dart Tournament will be held at Wheatley Branch on Saturday March 3. A sign-up sheet is also on the sports board.

Quilters… sign up for the “Quilts of Valour” group. They will meet the first Saturday of each month as long as the upstairs hall is available. You need only a sewing machine and your lunch. If you don’t have a sewing machine, one will be provided. Call Sony 519-3548760 or 226-350-7794. Donations of 100% cotton, cotton or poly/cotton batting and thread are being accepted at the Branch. In the words of one veteran… “that quilt brought a new healing for me. I wish I could explain how deeply the gift touched me. Those who put their hearts and hands into this I cannot thank you enough.”

DO YOU FEEL ALONE? ARE YOU FEELING BLUE? Are you overwhelmed with feelings of depression? The CommUnity Partnership is offering a DayBy-Day Depression and You support group. This 16-session program provides an opportunity to learn about self-care and self-compassion, coping and relaxation techniques, and creates a network of peer support. The group will run bi-weekly on Wednesdays from 1:00 - 2:00 p.m. and is free of charge at the Leamington and Area Family Health Team Centre. For more information contact CommUnity Partnership at 226-348-4548 or email info@cupartner.ca

LEAMINGTON BLOOD DONOR CLINIC at the Leamington Kinsmen Recreation Complex, Wednesday, February 7, 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.

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

NEW YEAR, HEALTHIER YOU! Wellness Seminars at Seacliff Manor Retirement Residence, 30 Seacliff Dr. E., Leamington. Seminars presented by: Hearing Clinic - Wednesday, February 7 at 1:30 p.m.; Heart & Stroke Foundation - Wednesday, February 14 at 1:30 p.m. Learn about a variety of health conditions and how to manage them. Refreshments and giveaways. Everyone welcome.

THE FUNG LOY KOK TAOIST TAI CHI will be hosting two open house events in Leamington to demonstrate how you can improve your circulation and balance, increase your strength and reduce stress. Visitors will learn how to focus on the well-being of the body and mind through the practice of Taoist Tai Chi. Wednesday February 7, 6:30 - 7:15 p.m. at the St John’s Anglican Church 60 Erie St. N., Leamington.

SHOOTERS PHOTOGRAPHY CLUB MEETINGWednesday, February 7 from 7:00 - 10:00 p.m. with Photography 101 from 6:00 - 7:00 p.m. if help is needed, at Colasanti’s Tropical Gardens (Willow Room), 1550 Rd. 3E, Ruthven. Use west parking lot entrance. Visit Facebook.com for meeting and club info. More details contact gshiefer@ cogeco.ca. Beginners to professionals - everyone welcome to join the fun.

THE LEAMINGTON MAYOR’S YOUTH ADVISORY COMMITTEE IS HOSTING WE ARE HERE – a mental health conversation panel – on Thursday, February 8 at the Leamington Kinsmen Recreation Complex, 249 Sherk St. Doors open at 6:00 p.m. for free refreshments and seating. Conversation from approximately 6:30-8:30 p.m. Admission by donation. RSVP through Eventbrite www.goo.gl/ HhiiAg. Contact kiaclem@hotmail.com for more information

CONNECTIONS EARLY YEARS FAMILY CENTRE’S 8TH ANNUAL TRIVIA NIGHT & CHICKEN/PASTA DINNER - Friday, February 9 at 6:00 p.m. at Royal Canadian Legion Br. 143 (1570 Marentette Ave., Windsor). Includes bake sale, 50/50 draw, raffle, door prizes. $20 per person. Register online at https://tinyurl.com/connections-trivia-night-2018 or 519-252-9696. Proceeds support programs for children 0-6 in WIndsor-Essex County i.e. play sessions, parenting courses, literacy, numeracy, pre-school speech and language, infant hearing and Blind Low Vision Programs.

Essex County Branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society is presenting LAND OF CANAAN BY GUYLAINE PETRIN, Monday, February 12 at 7:00 p.m., at Windsor Public Library, lower level, 850 Ouellette Ave., Windsor. Everyone is welcome to attend this OGS webcast about researching Black ancestors in Canada before Confederation. Visit http://ww.ogs.on.ca/essex for more info.

PANCAKE & SAUSAGE SUPPER at St. John’s Anglican church, 60 Erie St. N. Leamington. Tuesday, February 13, 4:30 - 6:30 p.m. Adults $5, children 6-10 $3.

ANNUAL PANCAKE & SAUSAGE SUPPER - Tuesday, February 13, 4:00 - 6:30 p.m. at the Church of the Epiphany, 96 Main St. W., Kingsville. Adults $5, children 6-9 years $3, children 5 & under free. Take out available.

PANCAKE SUPPER at First Lutheran Church, 27 Spruce St., Kingsville, Tuesday, February 13, 4:00 - 7:00 p.m. Adults $6, children 6-12 $3, children under 5 free.

IT’S TIME TO START GETTING READY FOR THE RETURN OF THE PURPLE MARTINS. The Ont. Purple Martin Assoc. will have its first meeting of the year on Saturday, February 17 at 9:00 a.m. at Colasanti’s Tropical Gardens (Cactus Room), Ruthven. Everyone is welcome to come and learn about these amazing members of the swallow family and what to do to provide housing for their survival. More info: Paul 519-738-3476.

LEAMINGTON HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY MEETS

Wednesday, February 21, 7:30 p.m., at Leamington United Church, 3 John St. Speaker: Jan Dugdale. Speaker: Ponds. All are welcome to an evening of horticultural fellowship. Info: Peter Scorrar 519-326-8529.

ROAST BEEF DINNER Sunday, February 25, 5:00 p.m. Knox Presbyterian Church - $17. Limited tickets. Call 519-326-4541 to reserve.

SECC CHILIFEST - Wednesday, February 28 from 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. at Leamington Portuguese Club, 217 Talbot St. W. Enjoy over 25 delicious chilis, veggies, dessert, beverage - $8 advance or $10 at door. Tickets at Century 21 office, 150 Talbot St. E. or SECC offices. Chilifest benefits SECC Transportation Services. For more information or to volunteer time or prizes, contact chairperson John at c21johnwoelk@hotmail.com

WORLD DAY OF PRAYER SERVICE - Friday, March 2 at 1:00 p.m., St. Michael’s Church, 29 Elliott St., Leamington. Introducing the Republic of Suriname. All are welcome.

LEAMINGTON BLOOD DONOR CLINIC at the Leamington Kinsmen Recreation Complex, Wednesday, March 7, 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.

MATHEMATICS TUTORING FOR GR. 6-8 will be held Wednesday afternoons from 4:00 - 5:00 p.m. in a classroom situation. The class will be led by retired teacher David Kolotylo who specialized in mathematics. No charge. 10 students maximum per class. Registration required. Individual tutoring available upon request. Students must bring their math notebooks, pens, pencils. For more information call 519-326-3111 and leave a message for Deacon Deborah.

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.

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 519-3263111 and leave a message for Charlotte to set up an appointment.

WHEATLEY HERITAGE SOCIETY is open Tuesdays from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. For appointments other than normal hours contact Heather Vannieuweneburg at 226-248-0382 or e-mail wheatleyheritage@gmail.com.

Community CALENDAR

FREE RECOVERY PROGRAMS at South Shore Health Centre, 15 John St., Leamington: Mondays at 6:30 p.m. Westover Recovery Support; Tuesdays at 6:30 p.m. Women Only Recovery Support; Tuesdays at 7:30 p.m. Guided Meditation Group; Wednesdays at 6:30 p.m. SMART; Thursdays at 6:30 p.m. Recovery Support in Low German and Spanish; Fridays at 6:30 p.m. CA Group. Individual family and friends education and support to create a recovery plan call 519-990-2530 for an appointment.

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

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 519-682-2580.

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 DROP-IN 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.

ARE YOU AFFECTED BY SOMEONE ELSE’S DRINKING? The Wheatley Serenity Al-Anon Family Group meets every Monday at 7:30 p.m. at the Wheatley Friendship Club (north entrance), 171 Erie St. N.

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.

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: 519326-3821.

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.

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.

CANADIAN TRANSPORTATION MUSEUM AND HERITAGE VILLAGE (CTMHV) on the Arner Town Line is in need of volunteers to help with kids programs such as ‘Pioneer for a Day’, special events, shows, meetings, or in the museum, log cabins and period buildings, etc. If you have a few hours to spare and would like to help out, contact Judy Anderson, Education and Volunteer Coordinator at CTMHV, 519-776-6909 or email education@ ctmhv.com

2ND LEAMINGTON SCOUTING MEETS at the Leamington United Church, 9 John St., as follows: Beaver Scouts (age 5-7) meet Mondays from 6:15-7:30 p.m.; Cub Scouts (ages 8-10) meet Tuesdays from 6:30-8:00 p.m., Scouts (age 1113) meet Tuesdays from 6:30-8:00 p.m.; Venturer Scouts (age 14-17) meet Mondays from 7:308:30 p.m. Come check it out. For more info call 519-326-6355 or 519-326-6214.

Frank Buttl

It is with heavy hearts that we announce the peaceful passing of Frank Sebastian Buttl on Tuesday, January 30, 2018 surrounded by his loving family.

Marlene A. Hangartner

Jean Scott

Jean Evelyn Scott (nee Quick), 84 years, passed away peacefully at the Leamington Mennonite Home on Tuesday, January 30, 2018.

Frank is predeceased by Mary (2009), his dear wife and partner of 57 years. He is also predeceased by his parents, Catherine and George Buttl. Frank was a devoted and supportive father to Monica and Warren Kennedy, Brenda and Paul Remark, and Douglas and Monica Buttl. He was a kind and gentle grandfather to Trevor, Brianne, Andrea, Monica, Rita, Marshall and Joshua. He will always be known as GreatGrandpa “Puddle” to Colton, Chloe, Cohen, Charlie and Iris. Frank will be missed by his two doting sisters, Mary Wilhelm and Julia Banda, and many nieces and nephews. Among Frank’s passions were farming, fishing, working in his shop and garden, and playing cards with family and friends. He had a very special place in his heart for the time spent laughing, joking and working with his fun-loving nephews. Frank was an active member of the Knights of Columbus and St. Michael’s Parish for many years. Frank will be remembered by friends and neighbours for his generosity, honesty and work ethic. The family would like to extend sincere appreciation to the staff of Sun Parlor Home for their gentle compassion and dedicated service. We will be forever grateful.

Visiting was at the Reid Funeral Home & Reception Centre, 14 Russell Street, Leamington (519-326-2631) on Thursday from 5-8 p.m. and at St. Michael’s Church, 29 Elliott Street, Leamington, on Friday, February 2, 2018 from 10 a.m. until Mass of the Resurrection at 11 a.m. Interment Erie Memorial Gardens.

Memorial donations may be made by cheque to the Sun Parlor Home Auxiliary.

Friends may share memories at www.reidfuneralhome.ca

Ronny “Tuukka” Betterley

A resident of Greater Mull, Ronald George Betterley went to be with his Lord and Saviour on Monday, January 29, 2018. He passed away at home, surrounded by his loving family, at the age of 7.

Born in Chatham, Ronny was the beloved son of Jeff and Anita (Boersma) Betterley. Cherished and loved brother of Joe, Emmy and Dani. Loved grandson of George and Emelly Boersma of Ridgetown, and Ron and Jo-Anne Betterley of St. Thomas. Dear nephew to Chris and Aileen Boersma, Mark and Wilma Boersma, Dave and Jeanne Boersma, and Rhonda and Stan Simon. Also missed by numerous great-aunts and uncles, cousins and friends, and a special friend to Cade Merritt, Locklan Giffin, Remi Ramboer and Ryker Schaafsma. Ronny’s love for family, hockey and farming brought so many people together and made his time on Earth something we will always cherish. He was a member of the South Kent Minor Hockey Association and played on the ‘Farm Boy Strong’ Novice Tri-County League team. Ronny attended church at First Reformed Church in Chatham and was a student at Harwich Raleigh Public School in Blenheim.

Family received friends at the McKinlay Funeral Home, 76 Main St. E., Ridgetown, on Thursday, February 1, 2018 from 7:00-9:00 p.m. and on Friday, February 2, 2018 from 1:00-4:00 p.m. and 7:00-9:00 p.m. A funeral service was held at St. Paul’s Congregational Church, 450 Park Ave. W., Chatham, at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, February 3, 2018 with Pastor Barry Wynveen officiating. Pianist was Jennifer Fittler. Eulogy was shared by Anita and Jeff Betterley. “Thy Will Be Done” and “Blessings” were sung by soloist Madison Hamm. Hymns were “Jesus Loves Me”, “Ten Thousand Reasons” and “Amazing Grace – Fill It Up”. Pallbearers were Joe Betterley, Jason Ramboer, Evan Merritt, Ronny Van Heesh, Glenn Anderson and Tobi Tobias. Interment followed at Evergreen Cemetery, Blenheim. Donations made in memory of Ronny to Child Can, Children’s Wish Foundation or Ronald McDonald House would be appreciated.

Online condolences may be left at www.mckinlayfuneralhome.com

Marlene A. Hangartner, 78 years, passed away on Tuesday, January 30, 2018 at Erie Shores HealthCare. Beloved wife of Bill. Dear sister-in-law of Jean Collins.

Visiting was at the Reid Funeral Home & Reception Centre, 14 Russell Street, Leamington (519-3262631) on Sunday from 2-4 p.m. and 7-9 p.m.

Funeral Service to celebrate Marlene’s life was at the Wheatley United Church on Monday, February 5, 2018 at 1 p.m. Interment Evergreen Memorial Park Cemetery.

Memorial donations may by cheque to Diabetes Canada.

Friends may share memories at www.reidfuneralhome.ca

September 14, 1943 – January 26, 2018

Robert ‘Bob’ Harold McCormick passed away peacefully at the age of 74.

Beloved wife of the late Carl Scott (2014).

Cherished mother of Karen (Wilfred) Goron, Brenda (Richard) Reid, Diane (Tom) CoDyre and Lisa (Brian) Gale. Proud grandmother of Jesse, Travis, Scott and Heather.

Daughter of the late Lawrence and Annie Quick. Dear sister of Duane (Leda) Quick and predeceased by Ken (Marion) Quick. Sister-in-law of Shirley (Charles) Chevalier.

Jean enjoyed raising her family and always worked hard alongside Carl on the farm.

A special thank you to all of the staff at the Leamington Mennonite Home for their care and compassion.

Cremation has taken place. Visitation was held at the Reid Funeral Home and Reception Centre, 14 Russell Street, Leamington (519-326-2631).

Memorial Service celebrating Jean’s life was held on Saturday, February 3, 2018 from the funeral home at 10:30 a.m. John Cats officiated. Inurnment at Evergreen Memorial Park Cemetery.

Passed away peacefully at the age of 74. Born and raised on Pelee Island. Survived by daughter Kelly Pannunzio and husband Patrick, son Robert J. McCormick and his wife Robyn Pettapiece, and stepson David McCormick, grandchildren Kelsey Pannunzio, Jack and Claire McCormick, his sister Judy Brando and husband Jack and family, stepbrother Larry Lane and wife Judy and family. Predeceased by father Ivan McCormick, mother Dorothy Lane and her husband Murray.

Bob was a Leamington realtor for many years, owning R.H. Wigle and Son Realty. He was a Past Worshipful Master of Leamington Masonic Lodge #290, and an avid member of Southern RC Flyers Club.

With respect for Bob’s wishes, cremation has taken place. Private family service to follow.

Memorial donations may be made by cheque to Erie Shores Hospice.

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

Herbert Conway

Memorial donations may be made by cheque to the Parkinson’s Society or Canadian Mental Health Association.

Share words of comfort or make a donation at www.reidfuneralhome.ca

Gary Dutot

A resident of Leamington, Gary Dutot passed away on Sunday, February 4, 2018 at Erie Shores Hospice with his loving family at his side, at the age of 68.

He was born in Windsor and was the son of Earl and the late Dorothy Dutot (2007). Son-in-law of Vi Pepper. Loving husband of Judy Dutot for 10 years. Dear father to Michelle and Chris Webster, Meghan and Jordan Hennig, Sandra Nageleisen and Jamie Nageleisen. Special Papa to Dustin (Sam), Konner (2012), Logan, Lucius, Emily and Zachary. Great-Grandpa to Sophia, Lucas and Mason. Dear brother to Dale and Pat Stock, Rick and Janet Dutot, Garth and Alice Dutot, and Todd Dutot. Brother-in-law to Terry and Barb Wiper, and the late Lynn Pepper (2016). Gary will also be sadly missed by many nieces, nephews and cousins.

Gary was an active member of the Kingsville Golf and Country Club where he will be truly missed, especially by his friends A.J., Gord and Peanut. He was also a member of the Kingsville Legion Branch 188.

Herbert Conway, 80 years, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, January 30, 2018 at the Meadows of Wheatley. Beloved husband to the late Mary Jane (Nevills) 2012. Loving father to Becky and Tyler Oliphant of Wheatley. Cherished “Papa” to Chelsey and Jeff Biekx and their children Ryleigh and Clayton, Kristin Oliphant and Scott McIvor and their son Travis. Survived by a brother, John Conway (Elaine), and a sister-in-law, Ruth Ann Nevills.

Herb was a retired truck driver from Omstead Foods, and a member of the Royal Canadian Legion Br. 324 Wheatley and the Southwest Outdoors Club.

Cremation has taken place. Visiting was at the Hammond Funeral Home, 17 Little Street South, Wheatley, on Saturday, February 3, 2018 from 10:00 a.m. until time of Memorial Service at 12:00 noon.

In lieu of flowers, please make memorial donations by cheque to the Southwest Outdoors Club (www.swoc.ca) in memory of Herb’s love of fishing and the outdoors. Online condolences may be shared at www.hammondfuneralhome.ca

Family and friends will be received at the Reid Funeral Home & Reception Centre, 14 Russell Street, Leamington (519 326-2631) for memorial visitation on Friday, February 9, 2018 from 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.

A Celebration of Gary’s life will be held on Saturday, February 10, 2018 at Kingsville Legion Branch 188, 145 Division St. S., Kingsville, at 1:00 p.m.

Memorial donations to honour Gary’s life can be made to Erie Shores Hospice and would be appreciated by the family.

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

To place an obituary notice, please contact your Funeral Director or contact our office at 519-398-9098

Robert McCormick

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

Kim Cooper

Food Freedom Day is Feb. 9

Food is vital to everyone. It plays such a huge part in our daily lives. And no matter what you think or believe, we have inexpensive food here in Canada. It may not seem that way when you have to pay at the grocery store register, but we really do. In my business travels to over 30 countries around the world, I have seen food prices much higher and quality much lower, compared to what we have here in Canada. If we are honest with ourselves, we do take so much for granted, including the prices and quality of the food we eat.

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Canadians will be working for many more months this year to pay off what they owe in taxes. But as of Friday, February 9, called Food Freedom Day, a Canadian household of average income will have earned enough income to pay for their grocery bill for the entire year of 2018. This is an amazing thing to appreciate here in Canada, and something we all need to be more thankful for.

In terms of food prices,

farmers get paid one price for their commodities, while consumers pay a very different price for the food and food products they buy in the supermarket or restaurant. The difference in price is related to the added value from processors, wholesalers and retailers. It is also related to the relationship between buyers and sellers at every step along the way.

Canadians spent 11% of their disposable income on food in 2017, according to figures based on the latest statistics, compared to 10.7% in 2016. This year, Food Freedom Day falls one day later than last year’s date, reflecting a slight cost increase due to shifts in consumer habits, as well as some impacts from weather volatility in key production areas for certain commodities.

We are fortunate in Canada to have access to a safe, abundant and affordable food supply. Relative to populations around the world, most Canadians have access to affordable food, consistently ranking in the world’s top five for lowest food costs.

Choosing Canadian products at the grocery store is an important role that consumers have in supporting farmers and our food system. The grocery store purchases of consumers provide market data for retailers, who then determine what they will stock their shelves with. This produces a ripple effect that goes right down to the farm level.

Food waste is another area of concern. Annually, Canadians waste approximately $27 billion worth of food, which means over $770 in food dollars wasted per person every year.

Of this waste, which includes transportation, distribution, food service, farmers’ fields, retail stores, packaging and processing, a whopping 51% of food waste was at the home.

In terms of food production, there are many factors involved in the cost of growing food for Ontario consumers. To respond to growing consumer demand, Ontario producers are improving the environmental sustainability of their operations. They are implementing programs that continue to ensure the safety of food, right from the farm gate to your dinner plate.

So when you are out this week buying your groceries, remember that our producers grow some of the highest quality, safest and most affordable foods in the world.

Just some food for thought.

THE BANK THEATRE BOARD MEETING

Tuesday, February 13 at 7:00 pm - back door at 10 Erie St. S., and downstairs. Membership $5. All welcome!

MARK YOUR CALENDARS

Dale’s Friday Coffee House February 23, March 23, April 27, May 25. Offsite Knox Hall - Knox Presbyterian Church, 58 Erie St. S., Leamington. Windsor Symphony Orchestra Neighbourhood Concert Series - Thursday, March 22 - more info TBA. Love, Sex, And The IRS - more info TBA.

RENOVATIONS

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

THE BANK THEATRE MATCHING FUND CAMPAIGN

The Municipality of Leamington will match dollar for dollar, all private and corporate donations within a 6 month deadline. Naming rights, individual and corporate giving options and information is available on our website. A canvassing campaign by The Bank Theatre volunteers has begun. To learn more visit our sponsorship pages at www. banktheatre.com

Please call 519-999-9089 if you see MURPHY

Missing since 5 pm Tuesday, Jan. 16 from the Detroit Line area, Wheatley. He is approx. 45 lbs. REWARD

He still remembers his first three cars

Larry Harrison of Leamington will never forget his first three cars. The first was a yellow and white 1955 Buick 2-door hardtop with portholes in the front fenders. Under the hood was a big 322 cubic inch Buick V8 with power going to a smooth Dynaflow transmission. Ray Young was the local PontiacBuick dealer who sold the car new and Larry bought it off his used car lot. He was a teenager at the time and customized it by shaving the hood and trunk lid. Now he had probably the only yellow and white ’55 Buick in town with no hood ornament and a keyless trunk lid.

Larry worked in the body shop at Ray Young’s and repainted his Buick a dark metallic blue with black rims. And black rims are back in style today!

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His second car was a robin-egg-blue 1957 Pontiac Laurentian 4-door hardtop, again sold new by Ray Young. The first owner was Dominic Pannunzio on Seacliff Drive West. When Larry found this car at Ray Young’s as a trade-in, the odometer showed only around 4,000 miles. Under the hood was Chevy’s 283 cubic inch V8 engine, confirming that this car was built in Oshawa.

Ray Young’s used car lot was on Talbot Street East but his dealership was in the centre of town at 11 Mill Street East and this is where Larry saw the car.

After Larry bought the ’57 Pontiac, he repainted it dark metallic blue with black rims and later made it look even more cool with the installation of four Bonneville wheel discs in place of the original hubcaps. The Pontiac Bonneville came out in the U.S. in 1957 and created a sensation because of its awesome horsepower.

Then it was time for Larry to get something newer: a 1962 Pontiac Laurentian 4-door hardtop, again from Ray Young. It also had a 283 V8 under the hood, confirming its Oshawa heritage.

Hardtop styling began with Cadillac and Oldsmobile in 1949 and proved so popular, almost every car by the mid50s had 2-door and 4-door hardtops. With all three of his first cars being hardtops, Larry enjoyed driving around town with all his windows down.

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

Larry Harrison with his Road Runners Car Club jacket and 1957 Pontiac 4-door hardtop.

Council discusses economic adjustment and salary review

By Pat Bailey

At their January 29 meeting, Leamington Municipal Council had second thoughts about giving the go-ahead to the recommendations of a report on the 2018 economic adjustment and salary review.

A report was presented by Marianne Love of Gallagher McDowall Associates to educate and train members of Council regarding the Pay Equity Act.

A report was also presented by Ruth Orton, director of legal and legislative services, recommending the proposed 2018 salary grid for full-time, non-union positions be approved effective Jan. 1, 2018; there be a two per cent economic adjustment to Council, members of the Committee of Adjustment, Leamington Police Services Board and the Union Water Joint Board of Management.

She also suggested there be a two per cent economic adjustment to wages of those part-time and student positions that did not receive an increase greater than two per cent in 2017.

Orton also recommended Council consider a cost of living adjustment to the non-union staff grids. Annually, Council shall consider a cost of living adjustment to the nonunion staff grids having regard to the following: the average of the comparator group, published survey data, bargained increases, with the adjustments to be effective Jan. 1 of the following year.

Orton said this increase has been included in the 2018 budget.

Mayor John Paterson was the lone member of Council to vote in favour of the recommendations.

“Council as a whole already approved a two per cent economic increase for all non-union staff,” said Paterson. He said Council also already approved the 2018 budget, which included the monies needed to reflect these wage increases.

“So approving the plan,” he said, “would not have affected the 2018 tax levy.” (A 1.8 per cent increase to property taxes.)

The mayor said he feels it’s necessary to offer annual increases to ensure the municipality is able to attract and retain quality employees.

He said the municipality has remained in the 50th percentile wage level for quite some time and has managed great success at attracting and retaining staff.

“Middle of the pack,” said Paterson, “it seemed pretty straightforward to me.”

In addition, said the mayor, the staff willingly accepted a

two-year pay freeze after the closure of the H.J. Heinz Company – he said it is clear the municipality is falling behind in its municipal comparators.

“In my opinion, “ he added, “ensuring our staff is compensated at a reasonable level and giving them one of the best and most exciting environments to work in is how we retain our staff.”

As it stands, Paterson said he believes there are several key positions where the staff member could just drive an additional 20-30 minutes and earn $10,000 to $40,000 more than they earn now.

“So for me to support a market value increase and a two per cent economic adjustment was easy,” he said.

The mayor said he really can’t explain why the remaining members of council opposed the recommendation.

“It may be that they don’t realize the very real threat of losing staff members with the upcoming mass retirements in the municipalities that surround us,” he said.

“I know Council understands the importance of the work that our staff does,” he said. “I know they realize what great staff members we have and how lucky we are to have them.”

“I know Council is concerned for our taxpayers,” he added, “but they may not realize what will happen if we don’t use every method at our disposal to protect Leamington by making sure our staff is reasonably paid for the work we expect them to do.”

Paterson said they’ve already experienced difficulty when searching for qualified replacements for staff members leaving or retiring.

“We are not in the ballpark when it comes to pay levels,” he concluded, “so

our chances are slim when trying to attract qualified people to our city – and that means the work won’t get done, growth will slow and services will drop.”

But Deputy-Mayor Hilda MacDonald said she really can’t justify the increases to local residents when the municipality’s average income is a mere $40,000.

“I like to think people come here because it’s a good place to work,” she added, “it isn’t always about the dollar.”

MacDonald suggested Council not implement the current grid, just offer a two per cent wage increase.

“I think we should just go forward as if the review hadn’t been done,” added the deputy-mayor, “and use the 2017 grid and a two per cent increase.”

“If we find we are losing people, we have the document,” she said. “I’m looking at affordability.”

Orton warned Council that it could be dangerous to vary from the pay grid.

Snow sculptures

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LDSS holds Floorball Classic

By Bryan Jessop

Elementary school guests of an annual tournament were ‘floored’ by the hospitality and organizational skills of their hosting high school cohorts.

Leamington District Secondary School organized its 10th annual Hockey Canada Skills Academy Floorball Classic Friday, Jan. 26, where it welcomed 92 students from its local feeder schools. Boys and girls — mostly in Grades 7 and 8 but also a few from Grade 6 classes — formed a combined 17 teams that took to the surfaces of three floorball courts as well as five other competitive yet goodnatured activity stations. Although the tournament isn’t an official segment of the HCSA curriculum, LDSS teacher Butch Rickeard described it as a useful tool in promoting and understanding the training program’s attributes.

“It’s something we’ve done since the beginning,” Rickeard noted. “It lets elementary school students know how the training works. The kids really enjoy playing the games and they learn a lot from it.”

This year’s HCSA Floorball Classic drew the largest turnout of players so far at LDSS. In previous versions, the one-day event has routinely drawn between 60 and 90 players. Rickeard pointed out that the gathering has grown slowly but steadily over the past three to four years.

Organizers of this year’s tournament included Rickeard, fellow LDSS teacher Tony Nurse and the majority of the 23 LDSS students — 21 boys and two girls — enrolled in this season’s HCSA program. The volunteer leaders were dispersed as instructors and regula-

about two-and-a-half hours of

tors throughout radar/shot speed, accuracy, box hockey, ping pong and ‘skating’ stations and as officials for the 15-minute round robin and playoff floorball games. Between round robin and quarterfinal matches, players were treated to a dinner in the new school’s atrium

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After

round robin matches and a dinner break, qualifying teams played quarterfinal, semifinal and championship games in the school’s three divided gymnasiums. In the girls division of nine teams, Wheatley Area Public School emerged as champions for the third consecutive year.

Leamington District Secondary School Hockey Canada Skills Academy students and LDSS HCSA Floorball Classic officials Mason Gow and Tanner Granger reveal Cole Bradley and Jaycie Granger — both of Mount Carmel Blytheswood — as winners of the Shootout Competition in the boys and girls divisions, respectively. In addition to the floorball matches, participating teams went head to head at stations that included radar and accuracy shooting, box hockey, ping pong and skating.

County Bridge Results

Leamington Half Century Centre, Jan. 29: North/ South - 1st Bill Chaplin and Roger Cote, 2nd Roy Trowell and Ron Martin, 3rd Pauline Mikolash and Vi Major. East/West - 1st Al Morrison and Dave Derbyshire, 2nd Henry Hildebrandt and George Hildebrandt, 3rd Ken Pryke and Frank Duransky. Bridge games are played each Monday at 12:45 p.m. Members and new members welcome.

Kingsville Bridge Club, Jan. 31: North/South - 1st Marie Ellwood and Roger Cote, 2nd Mike Thomson and Peter Scott, 3rd Ginny Pettypiece and Vi Major. East/West - 1st Chris Brennan and Bill Chaplin, 2nd George Hildebrandt and Henry Hildebrandt, 3rd Mary Strachan and Moira Escott. Bridge is every Wednesday at the Lions Hall in Kingsville, 7 p.m.

JESSOP’S JOURNAL

Bryan Jessop

Tears for years

Many modern day history buffs love nothing more than looking up those “This Day in History…” type websites to refresh their memories on landmark events for specific days of the year.

One of the things we all love to do is research the #1 music hit for our dates of birth. Mine was John Denver’s “Sunshine On My Shoulders” — a bit mellow for my tastes, but an exponentially better song than most of the drivel they play on all the Top 40 radio stations nowadays. My personal favourite album from that year (1974) was the debut, self-titled release by the Canadian hard rock trio of living legends that is Rush.

What I consider a brutal and bitter twist of irony was the top hit of Monday, Feb. 1, 1993 (precisely 25 years prior to the day I wrote this column) — Whitney Houston’s “I Will Always Love You.” No, not just because it isn’t my style. It happens to be the day that the National Hockey League brought on Gary Bettman as its new, first-ever commissioner.

Yeah, the ’90s made for a bummer of a decade with no identity to call it’s own. We associate the ’30s with those snappy pinstripe suits and gangster-style hats. The ’40s were a tough, pull-up-your-socks era of global war and big band music. The ’50s will live on forever as the decade that introduced rock n’ roll and greased back hair with jeans and plain white tees, complimented by one sleeve stuffed with a pack of smokes. The ’60s of course brought on the hippie era of peace signs and protest while the ’70s will forever be remembered for disco, Afros and bell bottom pants. The ’80s were the ‘radical’ decade of outrageous punker hairstyles, music videos and neon bracelets. The ’90s? Big, clumsy SUVs that were slow and handled like crap, grunge music that a chimpanzee with a fretting hand missing three fingers could play and the cursed trap-heavy, clutch and grab style that infiltrated the NHL.

like Winnipeg and Quebec City from the equation and replace them with disinterested but profitable places like Florida, Phoenix, Dallas and Anaheim. But wait, there are still cities in the northern U.S. that love the game too! See ya, Minnesota and Hartford! A couple of those actual hockey havens eventually got teams back (Winnipeg and Minnesota), but only because King Weasel and the board of governors (owners) had no other choice.

I get it. The NHL, like any other professional sports league, is a business. Basically, the commissioner’s primary duty was/is to make the league’s owners as rich as humanly possible. He’s actually done a fairly respectable job of that. Yup, if you’re a soulless, money-grubbing stiff who always puts profit before the love of the game that you’re working so desperately hard to exploit, King Weasel is a stand up kinda guy. The NHL’s profit margins, as a whole, have taken a few upticks over the last two-and-a-half decades. Sure, it’s come at the expense of three lockouts (including one that cancelled an entire season), but that’s just the price the fans have to pay to deepen ownership pockets. Yeah, it means doing everything possible to prop up failing southern franchises like the Coyotes and pulling the plug on small but strong markets at the first available excuse (watch your backs, Calgary and Ottawa), but hey, that’s business. Sure, the seven Canadian teams have to operate with the weaker Loonie, but they’re still throwing one third of funds into the profit sharing pot — SOMEONE has to support the dismal southern U.S. teams so the league can swindle networks into big dollar broadcasting contracts.

Still, the best person to run a business is one who is actually passionate about the subject upon which it is based. You know that passion/interest isn’t there when the freakin’ commissioner COMPLAINS about “having” to attend so many playoff games. Paying some respect to the “if you can’t say something nice about someone…” mindset, I’ll give Bettman credit for a few things. First, the salary cap. Player paycheques were spiraling out of control and the fans were paying for it. Many contracts are still ludicrous, but they could be worse and the cap at least forces teams to chose their rosters wisely instead of just throwing money around in hopes of buying a Cup.

A PARANORMAL EVENING WITH ALICE COOPER

Thursday, March 1

LOVERBOY & TROOPER

Thursday, March 8

HEDLEY

CAGELESS TOUR WITH SPECIAL GUESTS

SHAWN HOOK & NEON DREAMS OPEN TO ALL AGES

Sunday, March 11

LETTERKENNY LIVE

ST. PERFECT'S DAY

Friday, March 16

SANTANA

DIVINATION TOUR 2018

Saturday, March 17

PAUL ZERDIN & PIFF THE MAGIC DRAGON

Friday, March 30

JOHNNY REID

REVIVAL WITH HIS BIG BAND THE SOUL PROVIDERS AND SPECIAL APPEARANCE BY GLASS TIGER OPEN TO ALL AGES

Friday, April 6 8pm YOUR ULTIMATE ENTERTAINMENT DESTINATION

LIVE AT LAST CHANCE!

BUDDY GUY

Friday, April 13

AN INTIMATE EVENING WITH DAVID FOSTER HITMAN TOUR Sunday, April 15

For the National Hockey League, the high speed, run ’em and gun ’em period of the ’80s was on the way out. Bettman saw to it that the league’s colourful and memorable history would be erased, starting with the replacement of division/conference names like Wales, Campbell, Adams, Norris, Patrick and Smythe with generic classifications like Atlantic, Pacific, Southeast and Northwest used in virtually every other professional sport. With Bettman at the helm, the league’s new vision was simple — billionaire owners first, millionaire players somewhere in the middle and average Joe fans dead last.

TERRY FATOR THE VOICE OF ENTERTAINMENT IT STARTS TONIGHT Saturday, April 21

BRIAN WILSON PRESENTS PET SOUNDS: THE FINAL PERFORMANCES WITH SPECIAL GUESTS AL JARDINE & BLONDIE CHAPLIN Friday, May 4

Tickets on sale February 9!

DARCY OAKE ILLUSIONIST & MASTER MAGICIAN OPEN TO ALL AGES

The war against the very nation that made the NHL possible was on — remove some of the most hockey passionate cities on Earth

On another note, Bettman at least had the good sense to be irate with Panthers fans who got into the gimmicky, timewasting habit of throwing rubber rats onto the ice after Scott Mellanby’s infamous “rat trick” (scoring twice after killing a rat with his stick in the dressing room) in the mid ’90s. For those of us who don’t look at the sport as some sort of sideshow, it got old FAST.

The NHL isn’t the only party guilty of compromising the purity of its own game. Thanks to the NFL’s affection for looking the other way when the rules are broken, we just finished watching ANOTHER Super Bowl featuring the New England Patriots. Head coach Bill Belichick (“Spygate”) and quarterback Tom Brady (“Deflategate”) have both broken the rules with absolute minimal consequences. They were guilty of no wrongdoings this season (that I know of), but the situation is there for all to see — when the rules don’t apply to you, it’s a lot easier to make it to the ‘Big Game’ over and over and over and over and over again.

The Belichick/Brady era of the Pats have made eight Super Bowl appearances in the last 17 years, posting a 5-2 record going into last weekend’s game.

Thursday, May 17 3pm & 8pm

Tickets on sale February 9! YANNI Friday, June 29

It’s one thing when the same two junior hockey teams keep winning titles in a local league of nine entries, but when the same team name keeps coming up in the final among 32 professional squads, something’s up. The NFL has a salary cap, but it’s projected to reach $178 million next year. That cap would equal to $3.36 million per player, including every benchwarmer, third stringer and perpetual healthy scratch on the roster. It would be kind of like telling Lake Erie fishing operations that each of them can only catch 500,000 perch per day and then wondering where all the fish have gone.

Sharks overager Ryan Zsebok presents his mother Deborah Zsebok with a bouquet of flowers while his father Jim Zsebok looks on during the team’s annual graduating age player ceremony prior to their last home game of the regular season — a Monday, Jan. 29 match against the Lakeshore Canadiens. Zsebok, of Leamington, played minor hockey with the Southpoint Association and one year of AAA in Chatham before joining the Sharks as a 17-year-old in the 2013-14 season as a forward. The other overager honoured was defenseman Antonio Ciampa of Windsor.

Sharks honour overagers

By Bryan Jessop

With the playoffs approaching, building for the 2018-19 season is the last thing on the minds of the Wheatley Omstead Sharks.

Still, the team is already aware that it will have one challenging hole to fill on defense and another on the red line come September. Immediately prior to their final regular season home game of 2017-18, the Sharks honoured graduating age players — those who turned 21 years of age during the year the season began — Ryan Zsebok of Leamington and Antonio Ciampa of Windsor. The annual ceremony took place before the opening faceoff against the Lakeshore Canadiens at Wheatley Area Arena, where Zsebok presented a bouquet of flowers to his mother Deborah Zsebok before also being congratulated by his father Jim Zsebok. Ciampa presented a Sharks sweatshirt and hat to his grandfather Gino Ciampa before both players were given their own Sharks game jersey by director of player development Thomas Grubb and head coach Dave Wiper, respectively.

Flamingo bowling scores

The following are the Flamingo Restaurant bowling leagues scores for January 22.

Games Over 200: Kelly Bruner 254-237-203, Al Bison 215-225, Jack Valade 224-204-288, Tys Schaafsma 243-201, Heinz Kosempel 203, Chris Kosempel 225-235, John Fittler 202, Willy Fittler 201, Gary Garnham 222, Richard Dickau 203, Manfred Dickau 222-248, Aaron Dickau 216-240.

Series Over 550: Kelly Bruner 693, Al Bison 597, Jack Valade 716, Tys Schaafsma 597, Heinz Kosempel 593, Chris Kosempel 634, Willy Fittler 569, Richard Dickau 577, Manfred Dickau 632, Aaron Dickau 645.

High Handicap Games: Jack Valade 329, Manfred Dickau 303, Kelly Bruner 294.

High Handicap Series: Jack Valade 839, Kelly Bruner 813, Manfred Dickau 797.

Standings: Dickau Construction 22, S.W. Property 19, Rhine Danube 14, Fittler Farms 12, Del Fresco 9, Weil’s Food 8.

Jack Valade’s game of 288 was second high for the year. His 716 series was also second high, his 329 handicap game was the highest and his 839 handicap series was also highest to-date.

Kelly Bruner’s 693 series was third high and his 813 handicap series was third high for the year.

Great bowling, guys.

Zsebok also joined the Sharks for 2013-14, as a 17-yearold rookie. He was sidelined for the 2015-16 campaign as of a physician’s orders to ensure that a heart condition would not compromise his safety on the ice, but returned to play 36 of 40 regular season games last season. The 2017-18 year was cut short by a broken wrist suffered during a Monday, Nov. 6 game against the Mooretown Flags, although Zsebok has attended most following Sharks games in support of his team.

“It’s been nice to play close to family and on a team with great players and great coaches.”

— Ryan Zsebok

“To play for the local team has been great,” he said. “It’s been nice to play close to family and on a team with great players and great coaches. The atmosphere in that (dressing) room is amazing. I’m happy that I’ve been able to stay around (after the injury) — I’ve made a lot of great friendships.”

LEAMINGTON JUNIOR BARONS

Have a couple open roster spots for the 2018 season. Junior aged players born in 1997 to 1999.

Contact Chris Lamotte (coach) at 519-329-5759 for more information

“It was definitely a thing I will never forget,” said Ciampa of his seasons with the Sharks. “It’s been the best three-anda-half years of my life.”

Ciampa, a defenseman, started with the Sharks in 2013-14

in a campaign split between Junior C and AAA midget hockey for the Windsor Junior Spitfires. After missing the 2015-16 season, he rejoined the Sharks for the 2016-17 and 2017-18 seasons. During those 3.5 campaigns, including playoffs, he amassed 114 games, 17 goals, 36 assists and 53 points. Those included eight power play goals and two game winners, in addition to 268 penalty minutes. This season, he is second in points among Wheatley’s defenseman (15), trailing only Mitch Lantin (17). In nine playoff games, the 6’ 1”, 215 lbs. blueliner collected one goal and six assists for seven points.

Before joining the Sharks, Zsebok played travel hockey in the Southpoint Minor Hockey Association and a year of AAA in Chatham before returning to the Capitals for another season. With the Sharks, he played 111 games, tabulating 15 goals and 18 assists for 33 points, including playoffs. The 5’ 11”, 190 lbs. forward also totaled 38 penalty minutes with two power play goals and two game winners.

Wheatley Sharks defenseman and Windsor resident Antonio Ciampa presents a Sharks sweater and hat to his grandfather Gino Ciampa during the team’s annual ceremony honouring its graduating age players Monday, Jan. 29. Ciampa was honoured along with forward Ryan Zsebok of Leamington.

Wheatley

The Old Page... Clippings from the Wheatley Journal, February 2, 1978

The “Blizzard of ‘78” will be remembered as a terrific blast of winter weather that struck in a matter of minutes. It stranded some, inconvenienced others, destroyed or caused property damage in the Wheatley area mounting to thousands of dollars. But

Rural people suffered most in blizzard

we were lucky here in town. In the rural area one just has to read Mrs. Coatsworth’s Talbot Street News to get an idea of the severe storm damage to barns and homes in the country. Livestock was lost, the greenhouse industry took a tremendous hit in the

Leamington area.

In Wheatley the heat and hydro remained on while in many houses in the country people grouped together in a neighbour’s house with a fireplace. The village was without water on Friday morning for several hours

but that was about the only major problem. The storm struck about 7:00 a.m. Thursday morning and reports of minor damage are still being related anywhere there is a conversation. Some windows were blown in, limbs and trees were felled by the galeforce winds, antennae were also blown down. One of the worst incidents was three fishing tugs sinking in Wheatley Harbour; the Gordon F, the Cliffside, and the Junior C.

The blizzard paralyzed the area, along with the rest of Southwestern Ontario for two days.

Snowmobiles were used to evacuate some people from their country homes and a few phoned the fire department number for assistance. Dozens of cars were abandoned and all roads were closed by Thursday evening.

On Saturday the people began to dig out and stock up on groceries.

Remo Mancini, M.P.P. for Essex South, contacted Premier Davis appealing for emergency funds to assist the people in need in the Essex South riding.

Novice Blue participates in Bothwell tournament

On the weekend of January 27 the Southpoint Capitals Novice Blue team, sponsored by Nature Fresh Farms, travelled to Bothwell to participate in the 2018 John Horvat Memorial Novice Tournament.

The Caps played a couple of games on Saturday against South Kent Lightning and Port Stanley Sailors. The team worked together with net minder Sony Coppola blocking shots, Brady Walker and Brayden Hutchingame applying pressure at the blue line, and Jackson Weil fighting for position in front of the net. London Hildebrand, Max Mastronardi, Jack Williams and Kyle Bradley made some great passes, moving the puck around the ice.

Unfortunately the Caps lost both games but they gave it their all.

With the games behind them the Capitals were ready to move on to the afternoon skills competition that included a shoot-out and a 4-on-4 timed relay. The relay got them using many of their skills including jumping, sliding, speed, balance and endurance.

Blake Epplett, Brent Pimentel, Connor RumbleAnastacio and Logan Konrad represented the Capitals and did an awesome job taking the win against the opposing team South Kent Lightning.

Chase Collins and Sean Amaral took part in the shoot-out portion. They did an amazing job and made it to the final round, only to be eliminated by a difference of one point.

After a fun day of hockey the team was happy to enjoy some bonding back at the hotel including swimming, mini sticks, pizza and taking in the NHL skills competition on TV.

On Sunday, Jan. 28, the first game of the morning was against the host team Southwest Bullets who came on strong, scoring the first two goals of the game. With a tough battle at hand, the Caps were ready to keep the pressure on.

It was Brent Pimentel who took the puck from the blue line on a breakaway and did a nice flip shot up over the Bullets netminder’s shoulder to get the Capitals on the board. The Bullets managed to make a couple of attempts to carry the puck into the Capitals end but Sony Coppola made some great saves.

Chase Collins made a nice pass to Sean Amaral who shot one through the pads of the Bullets’ goalie. Mason Wiper fought hard to get the puck out of the Capitals end

goalie in the first 50 seconds of the game. Assists went to London Hildebrand and Logan Konrad.

The Capitals had their work boots on, battling hard in both ends of the rink. The incredible effort and hard work were not enough on this day as the Capitals fell to the Eagles 3-1.

During the four games, MVP pucks were awarded to Blake Epplett, Sonny Coppola, Brent Pimentel and Chase Collins.

Coaches Bob Rumble, Chris Collins and Jill Walker were very proud of their team and the great effort each player put forward in the tournament.

to get it to Blake Epplett, but he was denied a goal by the Bullets’ net minder. Mason and a player from the Bullets had a huge collision that took them both out of the game with signs of concussion.

The Bullets were able to score a couple of quick goals,

but the Capitals fought back as Logan Konrad’s hard digging in front of the net paid off, allowing him to score his first goal of the season with an assist going to Connor Rumble-Anastacio.

With a couple of minutes left in the game, the Bullets

scored again to take the win.

The second game of the day was a battle between the Southpoint Capitals and the East Lambton Eagles. The Capitals got off to a great start on an excellent individual effort by Sean Amaral to put one past the Eagles’

The Southpoint Capitals Novice Blue recently participated in the John Horvat Memorial Tournament in Bothwell. Team members are, front row, left to right: London Hildebrand, Max Mastronardi, Sonny Coppola, Kyle Bradley, Brayden Hutchingame. Middle row: Logan Konrad, Jackson Weil, Mason Wiper, Brent Pimentel, Chase Collins. Back row: Coach Chris Collins, Brady Walker, Sean Amaral, Blake Epplett, Conner Rumble-Anastacio, coach Jill Walker, head coach Bob Rumble.

LDSS holds Floorball Classic

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courtesy of the LDSS

The 10 boys teams were divided into two divisions of five each while the seven girls teams were arranged into divisions of four and three squads. Each team consisted of from four to seven players and was given a National Hockey League franchise name. The boys division included three teams from Margaret D. Bennie, three from East Mersea, two from Queen Elizabeth and one each from Mount Carmel Blytheswood and Wheatley public schools. The girls’ side featured two teams from East Mersea, two from Margaret D. Bennie and one each from Mount Carmel Blytheswood, Queen Elizabeth and Wheatley. After round robin, quarterfinal and semifinal rounds, the Margaret D. Bennie Team 1 — the Rangers

— and East Mersea Team 1 — the Blues — faced off in the championship. The Margaret D. Bennie entry emerged victorious to bring the championship banner to its school. In the girls’ category, Wheatley Area Public School — the Leafs —

and East Mersea Team 1 — the Canadiens —

UMEI hosts Elementary Basketball Tournament

On Wednesday, January 31, Mr. Bults’ Recreation and Leadership class at UMEI successfully hosted a Basketball Tournament for local elementary schools. UMEI students successfully planned and implemented a great tournament including scheduling, refereeing, scorekeeping, food sales, and more. Congratulations to Mount-Carmel Blytheswood boys for taking home gold! Other

ticipating

in the final. For the third consecutive year, the Wheatley group claimed the banner. For the Shootout Challenge, both winners hailed from Mount Carmel Blytheswood — Cole Bradley for the boys and Jaycie Granger for the girls. Rickeard explained that despite the similarities, floorball and floor hockey are not the same sport. He noted that floorball sticks are designed differently and with rounded edges as opposed to sharper corners, do not require the use of helmets.

“The kids really enjoy playing the games and they learn a lot from it.”

— Butch Rickeard

The height of floorball sticks — designed to stand no higher than the user’s belly button — also promote a different stance that is more ideal for use in ice hockey. Rules also differ, with no contact

or lifting of the opponent’s stick in floorball, where players also cannot raise their own sticks above their knees.

“In floor hockey, shot speeds are usually limited to the range of 80 to 90 km/hr,” Rickeard said. “At the radar station (where floorball sticks were used), some kids were shooting up to 100 km/hr.”

In recent years, LDSS has introduced floorball clinics to its feeder schools. For the tournament, some schools bring their own equipment while others are offered the use of inventory at LDSS. This year’s event was delayed two weeks by inclement weather, but otherwise concluded without a hitch.

“The feedback has always been positive for the tournament,” said Rickeard. “The kids are kept busy as soon as they get here. With the new facilities, it was nice to have all the games and stations in the same areas.”

Lakeshore Atom B girls win gold at London Devilettes tourney

The Lakeshore Lightning Atom B girls participated in the London Devilettes 28th Annual Girls Hockey Tournament this past weekend. There were 183 teams participating in the tournament. Five local girls are on the team: Megan Derbyshire, Brooke Derksen, Avery Hopper, Abbey Mazzella and Adriana West.

The Lakeshore Atoms were off to a rough start, losing their first game on Friday 2-1 against the Ancaster Avalanche. They took on the Whitby Wolves later that evening and came out with an 8-0 win.

On Saturday the Atoms played the Woolwich Wild. Woolwich got on the board first but within 2 minutes Lakeshore chalked up 2 points to take the lead. The scoring continued as Lakeshore marked 5 more goals to take a 7-1 lead. Although Woolwich scored with 51 seconds left in the third, it was not nearly enough to make a difference. The Lightning took second seed in their group.

Saturday evening the Lightning took on the Bluewater Hawks for the quarterfinals. The first period went scoreless. Bluewater was the first to mark a goal. Lakeshore came back a minute later to tie the game. Thirty seconds later they scored another goal to take the lead. At the beginning of the third period, Lakeshore scored one more goal to secure the lead and take a 3-1 win. They were off to the semi-finals on Sunday.

Early on Sunday morning, Lakeshore faced the home team, the London Devilettes. They were neck-and-neck in the first period and it remained scoreless.

The Lightning started the scoring halfway through the second period. Lakeshore scored 3 goals within 2 minutes to take a solid lead. London came back to score a goal at the end of the second period.

The Lightning finished the game off by scoring one more goal and winning 4-1. They were off to the finals against the Ancaster Avalanche.

The girls were full of energy as they were determined to beat the only team who defeated them in the tournament. Ancaster scored at the end of the first period and took an early lead.

The Lightning turned up the heat and had many scoring chances, but just couldn’t hit the back of the net.

With 24 seconds left in the third period and a pulled goalie, Lakeshore tied the game. They were on to sudden death overtime.

Lakeshore did not waste any time and scored the winning goal within 25 seconds. The Lightning took home the gold with a 2-1 victory.

Thanks to all of the coaches and parents for their support.

Five local girls travelled to London with the Lakeshore Lightning Atom B team which took part in the London Devilettes 28th Annual Girls Hockey Tournament on the weekend, bringing home gold for their efforts! Local girls on the team are, front row, left to right: Abbey Mazzella, Megan Derbyshire, Adriana West. Back row: Avery Hopper, Brooke Derksen. (Submitted photo)

Novice AEs

shut out Eagles

The Southpoint Capitals L.J. Fleming Ltd. Novice AE hockey team continued their round robin playdowns this past weekend with a pair of home games at the Highbury Canco rink in Leamington.

On Friday night Southpoint hosted the LaSalle Sabres Blue team. Unfortunately the young Caps did not, as Mike Babcock would say, start on time. Right from the opening faceoff the team was on their heels and basically allowed the Sabres to waltz in and pot the opening goal just 19 seconds in.

Not to be deterred, Southpoint got the puck deep right from the faceoff and replied with a good scoring chance. Then Ben Liebrock kept the puck in at the line, shooting it deep into the corner. From there, Ty Gould centered over to the net where the goalie made the initial save, but Jonathan Recker was on the doorstep to bang in the rebound to get the Capitals on the board.

LaSalle again grabbed the lead before Shawn Renwick stopped the rush, allowing Recker to grab the puck and skate in alone, firing it five-hole to again draw even with the visitors.

Southpoint seemed to be chasing this whole game as the forwards just could not seem to move their feet and get things going. Thankfully the defense and Nolan Meadows between the pipes kept the score closer than it probably should have been.

Now trailing 3-2 heading into the third, Southpoint needed to start their comeback. But once again they seemed to watch the play and gave up another a little over 3 minutes into the final frame. It was not until 1:48 remaining that AJ Youssef and Kayden Cook were able to work the puck to

Jonathan Recker who carried the puck in, crossing wide left, and shooting back right to complete his hat trick.

Southpoint pulled their goalie for the extra attacker but were unable to generate any pressure, resulting in a disappointing 4-3 loss.

On Saturday afternoon the Capitals hosted the TecumsehShoreline Eagles. On a day where again the young Caps were playing short-staffed due to sickness traveling through the team, they knew that they must put in a better effort if they had any hopes of salvaging a split for the weekend.

Although there were no goals scored in the opening period, Southpoint did carry the flow of the game by skating hard and fast, generating many scoring chances. Eleven seconds into the middle frame, on a broken play, Jonathan Recker stuck with it, regaining possession and managed to slip the puck in short side to get his home team on the board.

Late in that same period Brayden Foster found the puck and passed up to Recker, who made a move at the blue line to get around the D, and made no mistake in depositing it in

Intermediate girls show well at Sweetheart

Tournament

The Southpoint Highbury Canco Intermediate girls participated in the Sweetheart Tournament in Stoney Creek. There were 24 Midget and Intermediate teams taking part.

The first game saw the Southpoint Stars take on Wilmot. Southpoint quickly jumped into a lead 25 seconds into the game. Lauren Gradwell banked the puck off the boards from her own end and Jillian Iles picked it up, raced down the side into the Wilmot end and scored. Jill picked up a second goal firing a shot over the goalie. Raine Schiefer scored the next two goals from in front of the net. On her second, assists went to Chase Cabral and Jill. In the second, Shelby Hunter shoveled a pass in. Assists went to Chase and Kelsey Almasi. The final Southpoint goal came in the third when Jada Schiefer took a shot and Lauryn put in the rebound. Wilmot scored twice in the third period and the game ended with a score of 6-2 for Southpoint.

In the second game, Southpoint took on Mississauga Teal and applied pressure the whole game. The Mississauga goalie held Southpoint to one goal. In the second period, Lauryn took the faceoff and drew the puck back to Jillian, who drilled a shot into the corner of the net. In the third, Mississauga scored to tie the game and it ended that way.

In the final game of the round robin, Southpoint and Niagara Falls had a great game. No scoring occurred until the third period when Southpoint scored three times and Niagara twice. All three Southpoint goals came from Jillian Iles. Lauren Gradwell had 2 assists and Jada Schiefer and Meghan Mercer had one each.

Southpoint placed first in their pool and played Kingston in the quarter-final. The team scored 3 goals. On the first, Connie Wiebe slipped a backhand pass to Lauryn who put the puck away. For the second, Chase stole the puck at the Niagara blueline, carried it to the net and backhanded a shot in. Southpoint scored once more and won the game 3-2. Southpoint moved to the semi-finals.

The semis involved three teams from the Essex-Kent girls hockey league, with Southpoint facing Tecumseh. Southpoint dominated in the first but couldn’t put the puck past an outstanding Tecumseh goalie. Tecumseh scored in the first and second period. In the third, Southpoint got on the board. With a little over a minute left, Southpoint pulled the goalie. Unfortunately Tecumseh broke containment and scored an empty netter.

The Southpoint Highbury girls played five excellent games. They always play hard and never give up. Thank you, parents, for your support.

the back of the net.

Just over 30 seconds into the third, Shawn Renwick made a nice stop on a rushing Eagle at his own blue line. There, Jonathan Recker promptly picked up the puck and raced the length of the ice firing in his third of the game.

Finally, in the last two minutes, Ben Liebrock, freshly out of the penalty box, snagged a loose puck and zigged and zagged his way into the slot where he fired one home to extend the lead.

Karly Franklin earned the shutout in this well deserved 4-0 victory.

Even though the Capitals were missing a few teammates they seemed to pull together and play a much better game from top to bottom. Hopefully they have learned that hard work is the only way to get positive results as they continue in their playoff run.

Golden Years golf report

Forty-two Golden Years golfers delivered a respectable 74 aces on Feb. 1 at Colasanti’s Tropical Gardens.

An impressive 3 consecutive aces on hole #1 was manufactured by Team 9 (Barb Fick, Vicky Harris, Gary Honey). Leading the pack with 5 aces was Laurie Hylton, followed by Cathy Dewhurst, John Murphy and Bryon Walker with 4 each. Dropping 3 apiece were Mike Binder, Ron Fick, Gary Honey, Eileen McIntosh and Bill Ward. Carding 2 each were Al Christie, Tom Dewhurst, Jack Gisi, Vicky Harris, Bob Martin, Bob McWilliam, Barb Murphy, Andy Orsini, Mavis Rutter, Al Rutter, Moe Scratch, Barry Sweet, Rose Taylor and Gail Turk. Capping off the scoring with 1 each were Mary Binder, Murray Cascadden, Barbara Fick, Tom Hyatt, Eva Kah, Bill Mayville, Betty McManus, Colleen Pearse, Faith Reidy, Bill Taylor, Ernie Vandenberg, Gerrit Vriesen and George Toews.

A strong showing of 16 over 9 holes was shared by Bill Ward, Gary Honey, Mike Binder, John Murphy and Laurie Hylton (2). Delivering 17 were Tom Hyatt, Barry Sweet, Bill Ward and John Murphy. Managing 18 were Eva Kah, Bill Taylor, Cathy Dewhurst (2), Rose Taylor, Eileen McIntosh, Al Rutter, Laurie Hylton and Bob Martin.

An excellent low score of 35 over 18 holes was manufactured by Laurie Hylton. Barry Sweet, Bill Ward, Gary Honey and Al Rutter notched 36. With 37 were Bill Ward, Cathy Dewhurst (2) and Al Rutter. Rounding out the low scores with 38 were Bob McWilliam, Mary Binder, Colleen Pearse and Rose Taylor.

Continuing his strong play over 36 holes was Bill Ward with 73. Cathy Dewhurst and Laurie Hylton recorded 74, followed by John Murphy and Al Rutter with 78.

First place was secured by Team 7 with 236 (Colleen Pearse, Andy Orsini, Bill Ward). Placing second with 238 was Team 8 (Mavis Rutter, Rose Taylor, Cathy Dewhurst). Nailing down third and final spot with 244 was Team 14 (John Murphy, Gail Turk, Laurie Hylton).

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Novice AE’s AJ Youssef stickhandles through traffic.

Novice AE Ty Gould carries puck as Charlie Ketler looks on. (Submitted photos)

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Description of Land(s)

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: journal@mnsi.net or sun@mnsi.net We accept CASH, CHEQUE, DEBIT, VISA & MASTERCARD

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SALE OF LAND BY PUBLIC TENDER

Take Notice that tenders are invited for the purchase of the land(s) described below until 2:00 p.m. local time on March 14th, 2018, at the Municipality of Chatham-Kent, Civic Centre, 315 King Street West, Chatham, Ontario, N7M 5K8

The tenders will then be opened in public on the same day as soon as possible after 2:00 p.m. at the Council Chambers of the Municipality of Chatham-Kent, 315 King Street West, Chatham, Ontario, N7M 5K8

Minimum Tender Amount

All lands are in the Municipality of Chatham-Kent, the following are the geographic descriptions and municipal addresses.

1. Roll # 3650-020-001-34130 Pt Lt 4, Con 1, Pt 2, 24R762; Romney; Municipality of Chatham-Kent. 467 1st Concession Line, (Wheatley). P.I.N. 00846 0368 (LT).

2. Roll # 3650-020-001-58600 Pt Lt 5, Blk C, Pl 184, As In 477590; Wheatley; Municipality of Chatham-Kent Being 26 Talbot Rd E, (Wheatley). P.I.N. 00843 0006 (LT).

3. Roll # 3650-060-004-13700 Pt Lt 15, Con 13, Part 1, 24R2257; S/T TE20304 Tilbury East; Municipality of ChathamKent. Being 3719 Goodreau Line, (Coatsworth Station). P.I.N. 00823 0027 (LT).

4. Roll # 3650-140-006-35500 Pt Blks L, N & V, Plan 109 As In 109263, Harwich, Municipality of Chatham-Kent. Being Brock St, (Blenheim). P.I.N. 00938 0822 (LT).

5. Roll # 3650-140-006-68800 Pt Lts 11 & 12, S Wellington St, Plan 109 As In SH1320; Harwich; Municipality of Chatham-Kent. Being 44 Wellington St, (Blenheim). P.I.N. 00939 0175 (LT).

6. Roll # 3650-140-006-78800 Lt 1, S Kent St, Plan 109 Harwich; Municipality of Chatham-Kent. Being 2 Kent St, (Blenheim). P.I.N. 00939 0258 (LT).

7. Roll # 3650-140-010-70800 Lot 9, Blk A, Plan 196, Harwich; Municipality of Chatham-Kent. Being 19397 Charing Cross Rd, (Cedar Springs). P.I.N. 00940 0115 (LT).

8. Roll #’s 3650-380-001-18700 & 3650-380-001-18800 Lt 1-2 Blk P Pl 144; Chatham-Kent; Municipality of Chatham-Kent. Being 142-146 London Rd, (Thamesville). P.I.N. 00723 0121 (LT).

9. Roll # 3650-390-003-30100 Lot 18 Blk N Plan 135; Chatham-Kent; Municipality of Chatham-Kent. 603 Fuller St, (Dresden). P.I.N. 00603 0109 (LT).

10. Roll # 3650-420-002-03200 Part Lot 31, 34 Block M Plan Old Survey As In 617188; Chatham-Kent, Municipality of Chatham-Kent. Being 166 Colborne St, (Chatham). P.I.N. 00503 0029 (LT).

11. Roll # 3650-420-003-15200 Pt Lt 193 Pl Old Survey As In 544843; Chatham-Kent; Municipality of Chatham-Kent. Being 116 Wellington St E, (Chatham). P.I.N. 00503 0177 (LT).

12. Roll # 3650-420-020-10800 Pt Lt 7-8 Blk 5 Pl 291 Together With a R.O.W. Over Pt of Lot 7, Blk 5, Plan 291 As In 346342; Chatham-Kent, Municipality of Chatham-Kent. Being 25 Richmond St, (Chatham). P.I.N. 00506 0300 (LT).

13. Roll # 3650-420-030-08500 Part Lot 6 Plan 28 S/S Murray Street As In 583299; Chatham-Kent, Municipality of Chatham-Kent. Being 198 Murray St, (Chatham). P.I.N. 00503 0280 (LT).

14. Roll # 3650-420-047-06700 Pt Lt 1 Blk L Pl 2 As In 372931; S/T Execution 05-0000001, If Enforceable; ChathamKent; Municipality of Chatham-Kent. Being 90 Grand Ave E, (CHATHAM). P.I.N. 00541 0192 (LT)..

15. Roll # 3650-420-050-15800 Pt Lt 16 Blk U Pl 4 As In 631272; Chatham-Kent; Municipality of Chatham-Kent. Being 207 Grand Ave E, (CHATHAM). P.I.N. 00547 0246 (LT).

16. Roll # 3650-480-002-17300 Pt Lt 5 Pl 428 As In 661564; Chatham-Kent; Municipality of Chatham-Kent. Being 24224 Winterline Rd, (Pain Court). P.I.N. 00784 0137 (LT). $7,199.82 $9,847.37 $74,184.76 $7,231.79 $9,194.05 $18,673.41 $19,320.06 $19,832.83 $35,152.26 $20,746.97 $14,921.79 $22,343.75 $16,618.64 $26,760.69 $8,861.96 $78,277.35

Tenders must be submitted in the prescribed form and must be accompanied by a deposit in the form of a money order, or of a bank draft, or cheque certified by a bank or trust corporation payable to the municipality (or board) and representing at least 20 per cent of the tender amount.

Except as follows, the municipality makes no representation regarding the title to or any other matters relating to the land to be sold. Responsibility for ascertaining these matters rests with the potential purchasers.

This sale is governed by the Municipal Act, 2001 and the Municipal Tax Sales Rules made under that Act. The successful purchaser will be required to pay the amount tendered plus accumulated taxes, HST (if applicable) and the relevant land transfer tax.

The municipality has no obligation to provide vacant possession to the successful purchaser.

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NOTICE OF THE PASSING OF A BY-LAW FOR THE IMPOSITION OF DEVELOPMENT CHARGES

TAKE NOTICE that the Council of The Corporation of the Town of Kingsville passed By-law 1-2018, being a By-law for the Imposition of Development Charges on the 29th day of January, 2018 under Section 2(1) of the Development Charges Act, 1997, S.O. 1997 c. 27.

AND TAKE NOTICE that any person or organization may appeal to the Ontario Municipal Board under Section 14 of the Act, in respect of the development charge by-law, by filing with the Clerk of the Town of Kingsville on or before the 12th day of March, 2018 a notice of appeal setting out the objection to the by-law and the reasons supporting the objection.

The schedule of development charges imposed by the by-law, which came into effect at 12:01 a.m. on January 30, 2018, is as follows:

Schedule B to By-law 1-2018

No key map has been provided as the by-law applies to all lands located within The Corporation of the Town of Kingsville.

A copy of the complete by-law is available for examination at the Town of Kingsville Municipal Office, 2021 Division Road North, Kingsville, Ontario N9Y 2Y9 during regular business hours (weekdays from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.) excluding statutory holidays.

DATED at Kingsville, Ontario this 1st day of February, 2018.

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In accordance with the Dog Licensing By-law 103-2003 as amended, being a By-law to provide for the licensing, regulating and registration of dogs within the Town of Kingsville.

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Lincolns beat Flyers in OT

By Bryan Jessop 2017-2018

For the second time this season, the Leamington Flyers had to settle for a single-point night at home against the underdog St. Marys Lincolns.

The Lincs topped the Flyers in a 4-3 overtime decision to pull within a point of the eighth and final playoff position in the West while keeping Leamington a point behind the LaSalle Vipers in the race for second. The hosts were backed by two point nights from three different players, but struggled to capitalize on scoring chances while occasionally allowing St. Marys too much time to set up at the other end of the rink.

The Flyers were the more dominating force offensively in the opening frame, but trailed 1-0 at the buzzer despite a 11-6 lead in shots on goal. Dalton Bancroft came up with the opening tally with less than four minutes to go in the first, snapping a shot from the left of Noah Hedrick’s goal. The Leamington netminder partially intercepted the shot, but couldn’t keep a bouncing puck from hobbling over the goal line.

left of his net.

The Flyers outshot their guests 40-22 and were one for one on the power play while St. Marys went zero for two.

“We weren’t ready to play tonight — we have to be better than that,” explained Flyers’ head coach Tony Piroski. “Our intensity level wasn’t up and when we’re like that, we’ll get beat by anybody. I give St. Marys credit — they played well. We just have to play with more energy and more passion. Tonight, there was no fire on the bench. We played well in St. Thomas, we played well in Chatham and then we came home and laid an egg.”

“We just didn’t battle hard enough to win,” added Fetter following his two-goal game. “We really didn’t deserve a win.”

“We weren’t ready to play tonight — we have to be better than that”

The Flyers continued to push for their first of the evening from there, but could not solve Evan Morrison over the first 20 minutes. The Lincolns goalie made a key pad save with his left leg to prevent a tie score in the dying seconds of the period.

- Head Coach Tony Piroski

Leamington’s forwards again set the pace for the second period, although they often struggled to turn quality chances into shots on goal. Austin Maietta of the Lincolns picked off an errant Flyers pass made from deep in the home team’s zone and moved into the slot before planting a wrist shot into the top left corner for a 2-0 St. Marys lead. At the other end, Morrison continued to kick out the pads to make pivotal saves for the visiting squad.

The hosts finally solved the opposition’s netminder during their first man advantage of the night when a Jaydon Fetter wrist shot from a few steps inside the blue line navigated through traffic to find the top right corner. The goal was set up by Griffin Robinson and recent defensive acquisition Levi Tetreault. Thirty-five seconds later, Preston Corp fired a wrist shot from the left side of the net that took a deflection en route to the same location Fetter found just over half a minute earlier. Corp took feeds from Kade McKibbon at the point and Blake Johnson. Leamington finished the period with 18 shots compared to the Lincolns’ six.

The Flyers’ only lead of the game was gained on Fetter’s second of the night when he wired a screened shot from the point that soared past Morrison into the right side of the mesh. Assists were credited to Tetreault and Corp. St. Marys brought the game back into a stalemate less than two minutes later when a redirected ice level shot by Jake Weston found the left side of Hedrick’s goal just beyond the period’s midway mark.

The four-on-four overtime session ticked down to 51.2 seconds before Ben Maidment took control of the puck in the Leamington zone and after outracing a Flyer blueliner to create a shooting lane, beat Hedrick with a low wrist shot from the

The Flyers paid a visit to the Lincolns Saturday, Feb. 3 for the second half of the home and away series. In order to bring home two points, the Leamington squad acknowledged that it would have to ramp up its efforts compared to Thursday night.

“We’ve got to play that game the way we know how to play and at the level we’re capable of playing,” Fetter noted.

The Saturday contest concluded in a 3-2 score — again in overtime — this time favouring the Flyers. Leamington jumped out to a 2-0 lead on a pair of first period goals by Griffin Robinson, although Michael Andrews cut the lead in half before the first buzzer. Dalton Bancroft potted the game’s only power play tally early in the second stanza. After a scoreless third, Tetreault registered his first goal and sixth point as a Flyer to help his team bring home the second point.

The Flyers outshot the home team 39-29 and were zero for two on the power play while the Lincolns were one for four. Hedrick earned the win in goal

Rest of the West

On Wednesday, Jan. 31, the Sarnia Legionnaires upset the top-ranked London Nationals 4-1 while the LaSalle Vipers cruised past the Strathroy Rockets 7-1. On Thursday, the St. Thomas Stars fell 4-3 to the Chatham Maroons. Friday action included a 6-5 win for St. Marys over Sarnia while London was beat 4-2 by St. Thomas. Saturday scores featured a 3-2 double overtime final favouring the Komoka Kings over Chatham while LaSalle beat Strathroy 4-3. Sunday’s only Western game ended in a 3-2 double overitme win for St. Thomas over Komoka.

Griffin Robinson of the Flyers tries to keep the puck out of reach for St. Marys defender Garrett Nelson during the first period. (Sun Photo)

Maddux Rychel of the Flyers and Jake Mooring of the Lincolns get tangled up as they race for the puck behind the St. Marys net during the second period. (SUN Photo)

The Flyers’ Zach Guilbeault and Lincolns’ Austin Maietta battle for control of a bouncing puck behind the St. Mary’s net during second period action of a Thursday, Feb. 1 GOJHL game at Highbury Canco Arena. For the second time this season, the Flyers lost to the Lincolns at home in overtime, this time in a 4-3 decision. (SUN Photo)