Southpoint Sun July 9, 2014

Marina hosting GLCC Rendezvous

By Bryan Jessop

Leamington is about to become the focal point of boaters from port communities across the Great Lakes.

The Great Lakes Cruising Club, in celebrating its 80th anniversary, has selected the Leamington Marina as its destination for the 2014 annual Rendezvous. The list of activities for participating members will run from Saturday, July 12 until Wednesday, July 16. Convoys of GLCC members will begin arriving Thursday, July 10 with the last groups to dock the following Saturday. From Saturday to Wednesday, the combined 160 club visitors will tour the sights of Leamington and surrounding areas such as the community’s greenhouse industry and wineries.

Members will also arrange board meetings at the marina pavilion. The marina will also host a Commodore’s Reception and conduct a flag-raising ceremony each morning while the Roma Club has stepped forward to host the Commodore’s Dinner. Leamington Marina will also host a wide variety of seminars during the GLCC visit for five consecutive nights. The Rendezvous schedule also includes a volleyball tournament, a gadget hour, potluck dinner and bilge auction at the pavilion for GLCC visitors.

The Great Lakes Cruising Club will bring an estimated 65 vessels into the local marina’s docks — from power boats to sail boats — ranging from 35 to 60 feet in length. Combined with regular visits from Michigan, Ohio and Southwestern Ontario, the number of vessels in the area will reach about 100.

Leamington will be the first-ever Southwestern Ontario port to host the GLCC’s annual Rendezvous.

“I was very excited when I heard we were selected this year,” said Leamington Municipal Marina manager Ronan Oliver. “This will bring a lot of dollars into the Leamington area.

Great Lakes Cruising Club members will be renting halls and cars, booking hotel rooms and visiting the wide assortment of Leamington-area restaurants during their stay.

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Two riders make their way down the final stretch during the 166th annual

harness horse races Friday, June 13.

for 13 additional dates this year,

Harness horse racing returning to the area

By Bryan Jessop

After a lengthy waiting period, the Lakeshore Horse Racing Association was finally able to announce 13 race dates at Leamington Fairgrounds.

Representatives of the group converged under the roof of the Fairgrounds’ pavilion, built during last year’s announcement of four races for 2013. The details were made public Monday, June 30 and included comments by LHRA executives as well as Chatham-Kent-Essex MPP Rick Nicholls and Leamington municipal council member Larry Verbeke, speaking on behalf of mayor John Paterson. A handful of trainers and riders also attended the conference.

“It’s been a long negotiation,” said LHRA president Mark Williams, who has made a living of horse racing as a family business for multiple generations.

Williams thanked the Leamington and District Agricultural Society, his fellow LHRA members and Dr. Paul Branton who along with Williams, originally initiated plans to build a new, permanent horse racing facility in nearby Lakeshore. Branton explained that he and fellow horse racing advocates were originally to have a clear vision mapped out from the provincial government in October of 2013. Instead, negotiations did not begin until early spring of this year while other tracks were given the go-ahead as early as a year-and-a-half ago. Although the Wynne government committed to a contract to fund a five-year period, actual race dates were only allocated for one year

Branton explained that establishing race dates was crucial to secure the required funding, as the group is looking to build a new paddock for the Leamington facility. As recently as March, there was no clear indication that funding would be made available to the Lakeshore/Leamington organization.

“We’re quite confident that we’re going to get a five-year program here,” said Branton. “It’s a real big start for us to get going. About 10 days ago, I came to this facility with my sad face on because unfortunately, the time clock was running out for our program. The Leamington Fair board saved the day because without them, there would be no racing here this year.”

Last year, the LHRA group had only nine days to plan their four race dates compared to two months they have to develop a program for 2014’s 13 events.

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Leamington Fair

Harness horse racing will return to the Leamington Fairgrounds

beginning with Sunday, Sept. 7.

Harness horse racing returning to the area

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“We want to be family orientated,” Branton continued. “We want to have entertainment for families and children. We want to participate in charities for the underprivileged. This is what we’re all about. We had fun last year and we want to continue on with the program.”

The 13 dates secured by Williams and his cohorts was just shy of the 15 maximum allowable events, a number that the group is pleased to secure for the second year in its efforts to resurrect horse racing in Essex County.

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3rd Annual Fish Fry

Saturday, July l2 at the Wheatley Legion. Cocktails at 6 p.m. Dinner at 7 p.m.

Limited number of tickets. $20 each in advance. Tickets at Wheatley Legion, 519-825-4161 and at Counter Effects, 2 Iroquois Rd. Leamington. Follow

“I’m happy to see the five-year commitment,” said Verbeke on behalf of the municipality of Leamington. “Hopefully, it’ll lead to a 10- or 20-year commitment.”

“This is saving harness racing in Southwestern Ontario,” added LHRA committee member and Essex County warden Tom Bain. “We showed them last year with the four days, we’ll show them this year with 13.”

Bain explained that in future years, the group will likely negotiate for dates in August as well as September and October. He also noted that plans to build a permanent track in Lakeshore had been temporarily shelved, but with the fiveyear commitment from the province, intentions for a new facility will likely be studied once again.

The paddock that the LHRA group requires for the Leamington track will run an estimated cost of $250,000. In the meantime, the Fairgrounds’ Barn #1 will serve as the paddock while the new pavilion will be available as the shipin area. Leamington and District Agricultural Society first vice-president Dan Wiper, described by Williams as an instrumental force in bringing horse racing back to Essex

County, explained that the new pavilion will likely be located in the southeast corner of the Fairgrounds’ property.

“There’ll be hurdles involved with legislation, but we’ll get through that,” said Wiper, who was pleased with the June 30 announcement. “For this community, it’s a great thing. It gives us (LDAS) good funding through the winter months and brings the horses back.”

The 13 race dates for the Leamington Fairgrounds have been established with post times of 1 p.m. for Saturdays and Sundays and 4 p.m. for Thursdays. These dates include Sunday, Sept. 7, Thursday, Sept. 11, Saturday, Sept. 13, Sunday, Sept. 14, Thursday, Sept. 18, Sunday, Sept. 21, Thursday, Sept. 25, Sunday, Sept. 28, Thursday, Oct. 2, Sunday, Oct. 5, Sunday, Oct. 12, Sunday, Oct. 19 and Sunday, Oct. 26.

Qualifiers for Sept. 11, 18, 25 and Oct. 2 will be at 2 p.m. while Oct. 5, 12, 19 and 26 races will have qualifiers at 10 a.m.

Ontario Harness Horsemen Association director for Southern Ontario and Lakeshore Horse Racing Association president Mark Williams (left) chats with Lakeshore mayor and Essex County warden Tom Bain prior to a Monday, June 30 announcement.

What can you do to help CiB: Heritage Conservation

By Catherine Riediger

All things have a beginning. Our past is the foundation for our future and it is important to preserve as much of it as possible. It is easy to tear down and build new…it takes time, effort and a community who cares about their past to ensure that heritage conservation is a vital part of their mandate. Heritage conservation provides uniqueness and character to our community. Tourists can see new buildings and residential homes anywhere but the architecture of the past is a strong drawing card in the tourism industry. Europe is a prime example of this. We could learn some lessons from them.

Unfortunately, we have not been as vigilante and have replaced some of our heritage buildings and houses with new. With the establishment of the Heritage Advisory Committee chaired by Lee Ann Setterington, it gives me hope that through their efforts and with the support of the community and municipal council Leamington’s cultural and architectural heritage will be preserved.

Heritage Conservation: Jackie Lassaline, Committee Chair

Criteria: This category includes efforts to preserve heritage within the community. Priority in evaluation is given to natural heritage, as well as the integration of landscape and streetscapes as it pertains to the built heritage of a community. It also consists of preservation of cultural heritage which includes monuments, memorials, artifacts, museums and history, archives, traditions, customs, festivals and celebrations. The evaluation includes: natural heritage management plans – parks, cemeteries, heritage gardens and trees, native plants; the relationship of the landscape to the built heritage; overall preservation of traditions and customs through year-round festivals and celebrations, events and parades; the participation of groups such as Historical Societies, Conservation groups are considered. What You Can Do: Enjoy Leamington’s heritage events; preserve heritage buildings and culture; take in our cultural activities, heritage sites and museums.

Current activity includes the former Bank of Montreal building which dates back to 1922 and is being renovated by the Sun Parlour Players into The Bank Theatre and Meeting Place. We are very fortunate that this building has received a new lease on life with this new purpose.

Preserving the past is not an expense. It is an investment in our future!

Marina hosting GLCC Rendezvous

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As part of a co-op placement, a local student will be conducting an economic impact study pertaining to the GLCC event.

The Leamington Marina has approached the club for the past few years with applications to host the annual visit and tour. The municipality submitted a detailed synopsis of what it has to offer the GLCC guests, most of whom are making the journey from the U.S. Municipal council also approved of a modest budget set aside to assist with costs to be incurred by the club. The local marina has hosted several GLCC rallies in the past, but credits recent infrastructure improvements and expanded service capabilities in its successful 2014 hosting application.

Leamington’s bid was one of several made this year from harbour communities across the Great Lakes, Lake St. Clair and St. Lawrence River. A different host community is selected each year — in 2013, the Rendezvous was hosted by Charlevoix, Mich. of Round Lake.

The community from beyond the docks is also stepping forward to act as gracious hosts, with free coffee for guests provided by Tim Hortons and continental breakfasts made and offered by the Leamington Lions Club.

Nicholls Named to Shadow Cabinet

Chatham-Kent-Essex MPP Rick Nicholls advanced to the final round of voting in the July 2 election of the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario before falling to Dave Levac, a Liberal MPP (Brant), who will serve once again as Speaker at Queen’s Park.

“It was an honour to put my name forward for Speaker and I was humbled by the outpouring of support I received from MPPs,” Nicholls stated. He went on to say that “with a majority government and being a member of the Official Opposition, I knew going in it would have been a historic moment for a member from the Opposition to have won the position.”

On July 4, Interim Ontario PC Leader Jim Wilson announced the Critic portfolios of the Ontario PC Caucus. Nicholls has been named Critic for Community Safety and Correctional Services.

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Underwriting is done when the policy is issued, not at time of need which is standard with most lending institutions when you could find that your policy is declined at that time.

CBC’s Marketplace had a great broadcast on this issue, titled “In Denial” which you can view on YouTube.

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Bank of Montreal building, dating back to 1922, is being renovated into The Bank Theatre and Meeting Place.

Time flies and then you retire

I got looking at my computer the other day and couldn’t help but think about the first computer I bought back in about 1995 or so. We purchased it from a local place, not knowing anything about them really at all.

Fellow Southpoint Minor Hockey board member Roger Shires was up on all the computer jargon so I had him set it up for me. He was talking in all of these big fancy terms like DOS and hard drives and floppy disks.

I had no idea of what he spoke.

When I was a kid, my parents had a Polaroid Land Camera, which I thought was the coolest thing on earth. Imagine taking a picture and then pulling apart the exposure strip and seeing your photo instantly! That’s the stuff science fiction is made of!

At the time, I was about two years into learning my trade on MacIntosh computers at work and they seemed so much easier to use than this tower I had at home.

I remember having my parents over and showing them the fancy cd-rom that came with the computer. It was an encyclopedia all on one disk. They were amazed at the things I could bring up like classic moments in history such as JFK’s inauguration speech and Martin Luther King’s I Have A Dream speech. They’d never seen a computer before.

Once we got hooked up to the internet, it opened up a whole new world. Suddenly things you wanted to know were at your fingertips. I played hours of the only game that came with the computer: “Where In The World Is Carmen Sandiego?”

And those flash bulbs! They were cubes, actually. Four flashes per cube. One on each side. So you had to make sure that if you were taking 12 pictures, you needed three flash bulbs.

Times have really changed. I don’t think you can even buy any kind of film anymore, can you?

Now I struggle with my phone to get it out and take a picture and sometimes the results are less than wonderful. Often there is a large finger across the corner of the picture.

I’m glad I don’t take selfies because they would be a disaster.

I also had the shareware version of ‘Doom’ and invited Mike Thibodeau over to play it. That game was so addictive that he wouldn’t leave. I finally had to tell him that I had a contagious illness to get him to go home. It would take him another 10 years to buy a computer of his own and by then his beloved ‘Doom’ was long gone.

My, how time and technology have marched on.

And being the old guy that I am, I’ll often find myself in a situation that may classify as a Kodak moment, thinking I wish I had a camera and not realizing that I have one in my phone. Another opportunity lost. I guess that Giant Piliated Woodpecker will go unphotographed.

Back then they were saying that you’d soon see computers and phones the size of credit cards. I really thought that was far fetched.

Of course it wasn’t long before the computers started getting smaller and smaller. Soon the floppy disks gave way to the cd and then the dvd.

So as I sit here at my fairly new computer, thinking about what to ramble on about this week, it takes me back to that first purchase in 1995 and how things have changed in what seems like a short amount of time.

But of course I’m getting older and 20 years flies by before you realize it.

At work we began the process of doing full pagination of the paper right on the computer and saving the completed pages as PDF files. We also did away with film and went to digital cameras. Little did we know that, eventually, all of the technology would put us out if a job. But that’s the way of the times.

Now the phones and cameras have storage disks and tiny memory cards.

Speaking of time flying by, I have to tip my hat to my oldest brother Dennis, who retired last Friday after many years in the freezer at Family Tradition Foods. He can now thaw out at home. I remember when he was but a mere KMart part-timer so many years ago in Windsor. Now, as life comes full circle and he’s finally old enough to get himself out of the work force, I feel congratulations are in order. He’ll be busy gardening, scrapping and picking up roadkill all over Wheatley, so I’m sure he won’t be bored.

For the rest of us, I’m sure there is a muskrat pie or raccoon flambe in our future.

The power of Maya Angelou

“I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”

- Maya Angelou 1928 - 2014

woman phenomenally. Phenomenal woman, that’s me.” In today’s world women have achieved so much. Imagine seeing the world through Maya Angelou’s eyes and all the changes and rights women have gained during her 86 years…

I’ve always believed in the power of positive thinking. I just don’t think I realized how powerful our mind really is to our well-being. Poet, author and human rights advocate Maya Angelou has written many books that offer hope and give perspective to those who struggle in their everyday lives. The quote above is my favourite from Maya Angelou. This great lady passed in May of this year.

Some more of my favourite Maya Angelou quotes…

“Nothing will work unless you do.”

My second favourite quote from her is “If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude. Don’t complain.” We waste so much time complaining about things we cannot change and have no influence over. I admire the person who keeps getting up after every knockdown and continues to strive for happiness.

It’s easy to quit. It’s easy to give up and accept your misfortune. It’s much harder to get back up, dust yourself off swallow your pride, and carry on.

“Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it.” Another great quote from this amazing lady and words to live by. Do you enjoy going into a business and being greeted by someone who would rather be somewhere else - someone who is really not interested in what you you need. I can’t imagine working at a job I didn’t like for 40 hours a week! It must be hard to turn that “negativeness” off when they go home to their loved ones.

Part of what I really admire about Maya Angelou is her inspiring words for women, strong women. “I’m a

“You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.”

“We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty.”

“It’s one of the greatest gifts you can give yourself, to forgive. Forgive everybody.”

“I’ve learned that you can tell a lot about a person by the way (s)he handles these three things: a rainy day, lost luggage, and tangled Christmas tree lights.”

And I’ll leave you with this final quote: “My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style.”

SHEILA McBRAYNE

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MARK RIBBLE Rib’s Ramblings

Event organizer shares comments about Squirrel Fest

First off I would like to thank all our committee members for their commitment and involvement in Squirrel Fest II. We also had quite a few non-committee members volunteer their time, and without them the event would not have gone off as smoothly as it did. I wanted to make a correction to the article you posted. The majority of this year’s committee members were also involved in organizing last year’s Squirrel Fest. Squirrel Fest 1 took three months of preparation – we had to build a stage, clear a 5-acre field of grass, organize parking, set up for camping, arrange for portable facilities, set up a merchandise booth and food vendors, and we had to contact and work with 12 bands, with the farthest coming from Toronto. It was the first event any of us had ever put on. We were all a little green, but we worked hard to make it a real event worth attending. The success from the work we put in last year is what drove us to put the event on again, and gave us the confidence and experience to expand it to what it was this year. There is no application process for bands to attend the festival; it has been very much a ‘word of mouth’ process that has allowed us to find all these new and fantastic acts. Eleven of the 12 bands that played at the original event insisted on coming back this year because of the amazing experience they had, and all the bands we received this year were discovered through the grapevine of local musicians who had attended the previous year. Our list of local acts, as well as acts from surrounding areas, is readily expanding, which is extremely exciting and rewarding and would not have happened if it wasn’t for Squirrel Fest 1. At the end of the event last year, all the organizers shared a big group hug because we created something and it went better then any of us could have imagined. We were very happy to know that our hard work had accomplished something we could be proud of.

In regards to pulling in a larger act, that is not what Squirrel Fest is about. It’s an event for the local musicians, their friends and family. It is about building community and bringing in local art, beer and wine. Trying to bring in a large act would overshadow the fact that we have 20 amazing bands to offer what you need to hear. Squirrel Fest is about experiencing something new and unique. We do not service any genre, we service hardworking musicians who deserve a good stage, a good party, and an opportunity to turn more people on to them. Next year expect bands you have never heard of, art you have never seen and an experience you will never forget.

– Thank you,

Chris Towle, Squirrel Fest II President of JETT Media Group Inc.

A spiced-up life

Two weeks from now, our daughter will be a married women. As a family, we will be savouring our last week together in our Wheatley home for a long while!

Sitting in the hot tub Sunday night with my girlfriends, it struck me that in a very short time Mark and I will be living in a strange and new environment. The friends and neighbours that have surrounded us won’t be a stone’s throw away anymore.

Communication will be more important to me than ever and technology may be a blessing. My first iPad will arrive this week and I plan to use it for writing instead of my computer. My cell phone will be unlocked and I will purchase a SIM card to use for the next three weeks.

While in transition from one device to another, the thought of losing my contacts is very intimidating. Moving to an island with only five inhabitants including us does not frighten me, but the thought of being unable to chat with my mother or quickly text friends and children on a whim is scary! This week I will help the kids pack up their rooms. I have held off until now, allowing them the comforts of home for just a little longer.

Mind you, they too are heading here and there for either school or new jobs. This coming weekend our doors will open to receive family arriving for the wedding and time will centre around them, as it should.

Stacked in the corner of our bedroom is a small pile of boxes filled with Mark’s and my belongings. It’s hard to believe we have whittled away our life to include some warm weather clothing, snorkeling gear, pictures of our kids and a few knickknacks to make our new home ours.

I have started a detailed grocery list to fill, in hopes of keeping our bellies full for our first four weeks on the island. This should be very interesting. The first weeks our shelves will be

full of fresh vegetables and fruits. I fear that by week four we will probably be reaching for some canned goods. I will search for good rice, lentil and bean recipes, and hope that customs will allow me to cross the border with all of the spices I enjoy cooking with. If variety is truly the spice of life, we are venturing towards a well-seasoned terrain that both Mark and I truly anticipate taking a big bite out of.

Jazz up your summer

Support the new hospice

Leamington Marina Hosts

Friday Night, Patio Nights...

Live Patio Music 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm

July 11 - Karen Morand

July 18 - Mike Beggs

July 25 - Trish Wales

August 1 - Champagne Bay

August 8 - Roger Cortina

August 15 - Dale Butler

August 22 - Gord Ciliska

August 29 - Jen Knight

Robson Road Park Hosts

Sunday Summer Serenades 2 - 4 pm

July 13 - 3 Kool Kats

July 20 - Midlife Jazz & Friends

July 27 - Champagne Bay

August 3 - Dale Butler & Friends

August 10 - B.J. Laub & Ryan St. Denis

Seacliff Park Hosts

Live Concerts 7 pm - 9 pm

Aug 4 - Lauren Mann and the Fairly Odd Folk

August 9 - Last Minute

August 23 - Takers & Leavers

Leamington Marina Presents

Summer Outdoor Big Screen Movie Night Series - Showtime 9 pm

Come out early for some wood fired pizza and cookies right out of the oven. Bring family and friends and enjoy! Bring a lawn chair. Concessions available.

Sat. July 26 - The Avengers Sponsored by WFCU

Fri. August 22 - The Blind Side Sponsored by Leamington BIA

Each Sunday in July, Cooper’s Hawk Vineyards will be filled with the smooth sounds of world-renowned jazz flautist Alexander Zonjic and numerous other musicians for the Jazz on the Vine Festival of the Arts. Jazz on the Vine is a local festival celebrating world-class music, fine wine, food and friends. Proceeds from the concert series will support the Hospice Erie Shores Campus, which will be located across from Leamington District Memorial Hospital.

Jazz on the Vine takes place every Sunday in July from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Cooper’s Hawk Vineyards in Harrow. Tickets are $45 per person and include entry to the concert, a glass of wine and one gourmet food item. For more information, please visit www.coopershawkvineyards.com.

Elevated walkway proposed

Twice in 2013 representatives of the First Baptist Church appeared before Council seeking to connect the church to the building it owns on the opposite side of an alley that runs between Fox Street and Chestnut Street. On neither occasion were they able to convince people living along the alley that this was an acceptable idea.

Monday evening, July 6, the church representatives were before Council again, but this time the idea is for an elevated walkway that would leave the alley open. The church presented its aspirations for the crossing. It indicated willingness to assume all the costs and meeting the requirements the municipality chooses to impose.

After the presentation it was agreed that this alternative respects the neighbours and meets the needs of the congregation, so Council endorsed the work plan. They were advised by Councillor Rick Atkin to let the neighbours know what is planned once the design is completed.

Right - Justin Latam provides musical entertainment during the Leamington District Memorial Hospital carnival held in honour of its employees and community supporters Thursday, June 26. Employees were treated to a barbecue lunch while games such as velcro golf, Plinko and a dunk tank with executive staff members as targets were also available.

Below - Wendy Hoffman helps serve up a barbecue lunch to Leamington District Memorial Hospital staff members.

Draw supports Bank Theatre

By Bryan Jessop

When it comes to assistance with funding for productions at The Bank Theatre, the Sun Parlour Players Community Theatre had them ‘covered’.

Board members of the SPPCT began raising funds for future Bank Theatre events about six months ago with a raffle for a quilt donated by Leamington’s Martha Weins.

The Sun Parlour Player representatives sold about 1,000 tickets at $1 apiece, beginning in January. The winning ticket was drawn by Bill Hutchinson on Monday, June 30. Hutchinson, at the age of 90, is the SPPCT’s oldest member.

The quilt was won by Bonnie Reynolds, an SPPCT member who purchased five entire books of 10 tickets for 50 in total.

“I thought he was joking when he told me I won,” Reynolds said of getting the good news from Hutchinson. “It’s already on my bed.”

Reynolds sold several tickets herself, including several at the recent concert event Squirrelfest II, spearheaded by new SPPCT member Chris Towle. A portion of Squirrel Fest proceeds were also directed toward The Bank Theatre and Meeting Place.

Above - Leamington District Memorial Hospital senior director of corporate services plummets into the dunk tank after a patron of the game makes a direct hit on the device’s target during the hospital’s appreciation carnival for staff members and community supporters Thursday, June 26.

The quilt was the third created and donated by Weins as a raffle prize for The Bank Theatre. The most recent offering, dubbed Oriental Tiles, was machine quilted by Joy Hanson of Windsor with a magic tile pattern created by Kathleen Bissett in 2006. Oriental Tiles was officially evaluated at a value of $1,200.

Weins, whose quilts are often displayed during the annual Leamington Fair, has also donated her finished works to the Leamington District Memorial Hospital for raffle fundraisers. Weins has been known to dedicate up to 12 hours per day creating her quilts.

“She regrets eating because it takes away from quilting time,” said SPPCT member Ruth Owens.

Oriental Tiles measures 89-and-a-half inches by 102-and-a-half inches in size — a convenient size for a queen-sized bed.

“It’s great that it was one by someone who needed it and appreciates it,” said Owens.

Sun Parlour Players Community Theatre committee member Bill Hutchinson and Bonnie Reynolds — also a SPPCT member — display a quilt won by Reynolds in a fundraising draw for The Bank Theatre and Meeting Place Friday, July 4. Hutchinson drew the winning ticket June 30.

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ARIES - Mar 21/Apr 20

Aries, you enjoy doing your part to keep your world orderly and balanced. However, into every organized life a little confusion will fall. You will handle it smoothly.

TAURUS - Apr 21/May 21

Taurus, so many good things are happening around you that you should enjoy this time as much as you can. It is a time for indulgence and entertainment.

GEMINI - May 22/Jun 21

Gemini, you are ready for fun and celebration. Surround yourself with friends and family so the next several days prove even more memorable.

CANCER - Jun 22/Jul 22

Cancer, focus on recreation this week. You have earned the right to relax and escape the daily grind, so make the most of your opportunities to do just that.

LEO - Jul 23/Aug 23

A welcomed gift will come your way soon, Leo. It may be something big that you have had your eye on for quite some time or something that appeals to your sentimental side.

VIRGO - Aug 24/Sept 22

Cast your analytical nature to the side for a few days, Virgo. Embrace sentimentality and emotion this week, as they will help you make the best decisions.

LIBRA - Sept 23/Oct 23

Libra, you have a lot of energy going into this week, so tackle any assignments early on. By the end of the week your energy levels may dip, so get to work.

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SCORPIO - Oct 24/Nov 22

Secrets you have been keeping for some time are ready to come to the surface, Scorpio. These are good secrets, and others will be eager to share them with you.

SAGITTARIUS - Nov 23/Dec 21

Don't be nervous if you are a little introspective this week, Sagittarius. Use this time to reflect and find answers to some questions that have been on your mind.

CAPRICORN - Dec 22/Jan 20

Whatever is going on at work will still be there tomorrow, Capricorn. If you cannot get all the tasks done, do not beat yourself up over it. Just begin tomorrow with a cando attitude.

AQUARIUS - Jan 21/Feb 18

Aquarius, your mind may wander but it is important to remain as focused as possible. Important information is revealed in the next few days.

PISCES - Feb 19/Mar 20

Pisces, a budding relationship appears ready to grow more serious. Take advantage of this opportunity.

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Jay Thomas, Actor (66)

Rotary Club Welcomes New Members

Marg Ross of Leamington did not learn to drive until she was 45 years old. Then she made up for lost time with her Volkswagen Beetle, a car she dearly loved. Sometimes in the winter, while driving to Kingsville by herself, the car would get stuck in snow and she would get out and push with the engine running and the car in gear and NO ONE behind the wheel. As soon as the car got clear of the snow and started moving again, she would run after it and climb in and keep driving.

Her son Donnie learned to drive on that car. He had three friends who, like Donnie, needed some practice before taking their driver’s test. The four boys would gather in the Ross’s driveway at 2 a.m. while Donnie’s mom and dad were sound asleep. They would quietly push Mom’s VW out of the garage, down the driveway, and up the street to another street before starting it up.

That’s when the boys (Donnie Ross, John Battram, Willie Lightfoot and Jimmie Shaw) would take turns driving around in that VW, with the other three boys no doubt offering advice when needed. The car had 4-on-the-floor, which probably led to much lurching and stalling as the four boys learned through trial and error to co-ordinate the clutch with the gas. And by driving around at two in the morning they would encounter very little oncoming traffic.

After several late night driving lessons, the boys tried out for their driver’s tests and all four boys passed with flying colours. It was not until sometime after this that Marg Ross found out about the late night driving lessons. One of the other boys blabbed to his mother about what they had done, and that mother told Donnie’s mother. No harm done, and everybody had a good laugh over the boys’ adventure.

Marg’s VW came from Pete Hildebrand’s Volkswagen dealership a block and a half from the Ross’s home on Noble St. Pete sold lots of VWs and Karmann Ghias but maybe never learned about the late night driving lessons.

Marg Ross told me about two farmers who lived across from one another and decided it was time to buy a car. They went to the dealership in their work clothes and the dealer, thinking by their appearance that they had no money, scarcely gave them the time of day. The two farmers looked at the new cars in the showroom, then called the dealer over and said, “We’ll take two.”

I’m always looking for more stories. Email billtsherk@sympatico.ca or write Bill Sherk, 25 John St., P.O. Box 255, Leamington, ON, N8H 3W2. Everyone whose story is published in this column will receive a free autographed copy of my book: “Old Car Detective Favourite Stories, 1925 to 1965.”

Mary DeGoey, president of the Leamington Rotary Club, welcomed District Governor Donna Schmidt as special guest at the club’s recent Festive BBQ hosted by Rotarians Barb and Daryl Towns on June 23 at their home. The District Governor was happy to induct three new members –Irena Vucajnk, Martin Varela, and Lisa Pugh – into the Leamington Rotary Club. Her words of inspiration directed to the new inductees were deeply appreciated by all in attendance on this happy festive occasion. From left to right: District Governor Donna Schmidt, new members Irena Vucajnk, Martin Varela and Lisa Pugh, and Leamington Rotary Club President Mary DeGoey. (Submitted photo)

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Local students begin summer with service and learning trip

Several students and teachers from UMEI Christian High School’s Faith in Action Club spent the first two days of their summer vacation on a service and learning trip in Windsor and Detroit.

The group started the trip with a walking tour of downtown Windsor with Bob Cameron of the Downtown Windsor Community Collaborative, who works to renew the city through neighbourhood community projects such as community gardens and houses.

The students also visited the Windsor Youth Centre and Drouillard Place where their eyes were opened to the issues of poverty in teens and families in Windsor.

The students served in Detroit by cleaning garbage on the side of I-96 and cleaning rooms at the detox wing of the Christian Guidance Centre, which serves people with substance abuse problems.

Finally the group toured downtown Detroit and learned about the rejuvenation happening there.

The trip was very eye-opening for the students. “This whole trip I didn’t feel like I was only an hour away from home,” said a Grade 11 student. “It was eye-opening to see all the need people have so close to home. Service trips don’t have to cost hundreds of dollars when all of this help is needed right here!”

The students were particularly inspired by the service workers they met. “I was very intrigued by the people who choose to live downtown to make it a better place,” said a

THE LEAMINGTON KIWANIS CLUB IS A SERVICE ORGANIZATION. Meetings are held twice a month, the first and third Thursday. If you are a non-profit organization and would like a meeting place on weekdays, or if you are interested in learning more about our organization, or to have us involved in your community, please contact Leo at 519-325-0953.

KINGSVILLE’S FOLK MUSIC FESTIVAL August 8-10, is looking for Volunteers to fill over 50 crews. Visit kingsvillefolkfest.org for more information.

TUESDAY EVENINGS - The Leamington dancing circle has survived the winter! Our past dancing friends, and hopefully some new ones, can find us in the main building of the Kiwanis camp at 1948 Seacliff Drive Kingsville (between the Albuna townline and Ruthven), on Tuesday evenings. We do more spirited dances from 7:00 to 8:00 pm, and more meditative ones from 8:00 to 9:00 pm.

Visitors are welcome to drop by and see what we do. All dances are taught, and no partner is needed.

LOOKING TO REVIVE THE ESSEX COUNTY JUNIOR FARMERS. Are you 15-29 with an interest in agriculture or farming? Contact Nic Willemsma at sirnic16@gmail.com if interested or if you have any questions. You don't have to be from a farm to enjoy being part of this group!

SATURDAY MORNINGS - Yoga in the Park takes place at Seacliff Park on Saturday mornings, 9:0010:00 a.m. until August 16, weather permitting. Free sessions, with donations being accepted to be presented at Yoga4Hope for the Parkinson's Society.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 10 - Shooters Photography Club meets 7:0010:00 p.m., at Migration Hall Community Room, 170 Main St. E., Kingsville. Visit facebook.com for meeting and club info, or contact George at gschiefer.cogeco.ca. Everyone welcome.

Grade 9 student. “I never thought that people would be so welcoming and not judgmental at all!”

UMEI’s Faith in Action Club leaders Chani Wiens and Kristina Tiessen are looking forward to more work like this trip next year. “This club will continue to play a vital role in the community for years to come. It is a privilege to work with such caring, dedicated, hard-working young people and gives me real hope for the future,” said Wiens. If you have a project for Faith in Action, or would like to donate to the club, contact UMEI by visiting umei.ca

FRIDAY, JULY 11 - Sun Parlor Home Yard Sale, 175 Talbot St. E., Leamington. Funds raised will assist with programs for residents.

SATURDAY, JULY 12 - Southwest Outdoors Club Annual Free Kids Fishing Derby, 8:00 a.m., at Wheatley dock. Prizes, lunch. Bait provided, and rod and reel supplied if needed. New this year is a bike draw for each age category.

SATURDAY, JULY 12 - Gospel Concert featuring River of Life Band from Simcoe, 3:30 p.m., at Seventh-day Adventist Church, 20 Erie St. N., Leamington. All are cordially invited. Freewill collection.

MONDAY, JULY 21 - Food & Fellowship Supper, 5:00 - 6:00 p.m., Leamington United Church, 9 John St., for those who are alone or having trouble making ends meet. No charge. All welcome.

MONDAY, JULY 28 - A free community dinner will be provided at Knox Presbyterian Church, Leamington at 5:00 p.m. for anyone in need of food and fellowship. Community Calendar is a FREE service for FREE events. Please see the COMING

CLASSIFIEDS for events with admission charges.

The Faith in Action Club at UMEI Christian High School served by conducting a garbage cleanup and cleaning rooms in the detox wing at a drug rehabilitation centre.

left to right are: Joel Dyck, Lauren Tiessen, Camryn Enns, Alex Epp, Jennifer Quiring, Amanda Enns, Olivia Toews, Chani Wiens (teacher) and Kristina Tiessen (teacher).

OBITUARY

Alyce Cleghorn

Alyce Darlene Cleghorn (nee Harris) has left us with grace and dignity. It is with sadness that we mourn the loss of our Mother, Grandma and friend, who passed away on July 4, 2014 in Windsor at the age of 75. Formerly of Wheatley and Leamington.

Beloved wife of 39 years to the late Donald Cleghorn (1999). Dearest mother of Lori and her husband John Phaneuf of Windsor, Ian and his wife Jennifer of Kitchener. Loving grandmother of Andrew Phaneuf. Predeceased by her parents

Lee (1990) and Ada (Reid)

Harris (1996) and her sister Linda Harris (2013). Survived by her in-laws Malcolm and Elsie Cleghorn of Alliston, Mary Ellen and David Pilmer, Janet and George Garwood, all of Leamington. Predeceased by her inlaws Jean and Tom Reive of Kingsville. Survived by many nieces and nephews and their families.

Cremation has taken place. Family and friends were received at the Reid Funeral Home & Reception Centre, 14 Russell St., Leamington (519 326-2631) on Tuesday from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.

A Memorial Service to celebrate Alyce’s life was held at the funeral home on Wednesday, July 9, 2014 at 11:00 a.m. Interment at Evergreen Memorial Park Cemetery, Leamington.

Thanks are extended to Dr. Gow, Dr. Gupta, Dr. Gall, LDMH, CCAC and Hospice for their exceptional care. Special thanks also to Rev. Thomas Kay, Rev. Rodger Jackson, friends and family for all their love and support, especially Mary Ellen Pilmer (Aunt Marnie).

As an expression of sympathy, memorial donations may be made to the Leamington Hospital Palliative Care, Hospice of Windsor & Essex County or the Knox Presbyterian Church would be appreciated by the family.

Family and friends are invited to share their words of comfort or make a charitable contribution at www.reidfuneralhome.ca

OBITUARY

Michele DiMenna

Thomas Horney

Michele DiMenna, 89 years, passed away peacefully surrounded by family on Sunday, July 6, 2014 at Hotel Dieu Hospital. Beloved husband of Angiolina (Orlando). Dear father of Jim DiMenna and wife Diana. Loving grandfather of Lauren and Michael. Dear brother of Antonio DiMenna and wife Elena, the late Prudenza and husband, the late Umberto Palomba, the late Filomena DiMenna, and brotherin-law of Maria and husband Luigi Marcovecchio, Filomena and husband Gugliermo DiCiocco, the late Dina and husband Giovanni del Papa. Michele will be missed by many nieces and nephews.

Visiting at the Reid Funeral Home & Reception Centre, 14 Russell Street, Leamington (519-326-2631) on Wednesday from 2-5 p.m. and 7-9 p.m.

Funeral Mass to celebrate Michele’s life held at St. Michael’s Church, 21 Elliott Street, Leamington, on Thursday, July 10, 2014 at 10 a.m. Entombment Evergreen Memorial Park Cemetery.

Memorial donations may be made by cheque to the Heart & Stroke Foundation.

Friends may share memories at www.reidfuneralhome.ca

Council Report for July 6 Crosswalk and courtesy

Leamington Council was addressed by Ms. Deborah Powell Monday evening, July 6, about the ‘Courtesy Crossing’ on Seacliff Drive by the Kinsmen ball diamonds. Having recently moved to Leamington, she was distressed to discover that drivers in this town have no intention of stopping for pedestrians unless they must. She contacted administration seeking clarification and some kind of change to ease crossing the road at the trail. Dissatisfied with the response she got, Ms. Powell requested permission to address Council. The essence of her message was that ‘courtesy crossings’ are ineffective and dangerous and education is essential to

Thomas “Tom” Charles Horney passed away on Friday, July 4, 2014 at Hospice in Windsor, at the age of 77. Tom is survived by his wife of 55 years, Sharron (nee Davies), and his three children, Thomas Horney Jr. and his wife Korena of Windsor, Kathleen Balkwill of Leamington, and Rose Marie Coulter and her husband (and Tom’s best buddy) Keith Sr. of St. Joachim. He is remembered by six grandchildren: Aaron Balkwill and wife Mary Ann, Keith Coulter Jr. and wife Nicki, Darryl Horney and fiancée Crystal Parent, Dwayne Horney and wife Bridget, Chantal Lauzon and husband Craig, and Danielle McLean and husband John. He is also survived by 12 great-grandchildren and a new one on the way. Dear brother of Reginald (Evelyn), Robert (Nancy), William (Ruth), Richard (Kathy), Edna Horney, Susan Merrill (Jerry), and Betty Little (Rick). Also survived by his father-in-law Jack Davies, and sisters-in-law Rosslyn Doherty (late Joe), and Catherine Wawzonek. Predeceased by his parents Arthur and Edna Horney, and two sisters Rose Marie and Joyce.

It was Tom’s wish to donate his body to science. In keeping with his wishes there will no formal funeral services. Arrangements have been entrusted to Windsor Chapel Funeral Home, Main Chapel, 519-253-7234, 1700 Tecumseh Rd. E., Windsor, ON.

A special thanks to all the staff and volunteers of Hospice Windsor for their excellent and compassionate care.

Donations made in memory of Thomas made to the Hospice of Windsor are welcomed and appreciated by the family.

Online condolences and cherished memories may be shared at www.windsorchapel.com

ensure drivers are more aware of the need to respect those who need to cross the road. She suggested improvements in signage and paint markings to improve the odds of crossing without a fatality.

This summer, there will be traffic and pedestrian counts done to see if upgrades to crossings are warranted (according to Provincial guidelines).

Note: Pedestrians only have the right-of-way at an intersection that has a stop sign, at traffic lights, a school crossing with a crossing guard controlling traffic, or at a pedestrian crossing that has a flashing light above the roadway.

Wednesday, July 9, 2014 - Page 13

Anonymous donor gives $1.6 in scholarships

When one door closes, another one opens… Friday, June 27 was sure to be a sad day in Leamington. It marked the closing of the 104-year old H.J. Heinz Company and the loss of 740 jobs. The community had braced for this day since the original announcement in November, 2013.

But on that same day, a stranger changed the lives of at least 40 Grade 8 graduating students and their families. On the last school day at Queen of Peace Catholic Elementary School a special meeting of the parents was called. To the surprise and delight of everyone present it was announced that each of the 40 graduates from the class of 2014 would receive a scholarship worth $10,000 per year for four years for their post secondary education. All they have to do is attend and graduate from a catholic high school.

Anonymous donor’s generous gift to students

Dear Editor:

On Friday, June 27th, parents and children were getting ready to wind down the school year at Queen of Peace Elementary School in Leamington. It had already been a year filled will many successes, accomplishments and blessings. While going about the usual business of the last day of school, the parents of the Grade 8 graduating class were invited to attend an unusual last-minute meeting. We, the parents, had no idea what this meeting was about.

The principal started the meeting by informing us that we were in attendance for an unprecedented announcement. An anonymous donor would be setting up a scholarship for every one of the forty 2014 Queen of Peace graduates. The scholarship had 2 stipulations:

1) Students continue and complete their education at a catholic high school; and

2) Students who choose to continue on to post-secondary education must be enrolled in a Canadian university or college.

In meeting these criteria the students would then receive a $10,000 scholarship in each of the years, up to four, attending the academic institution. This meant this graduating class of Grade 8 students could each receive $40,000 towards their post-secondary education. We were all stunned! Had we heard correctly? This anonymous gift could potentially translate to up to $1.6 million.

Anonymous Donor, whomever you are, your generosity is remarkable, and an unbelievable lesson in true generosity. You remind us all that we still live in a world full of kind unselfish people who are willing to make a difference in people’s lives. We feel truly blessed and fortunate that you would invest in our children’s future with such a generous gift. For many it has lightened the financial burden that post-secondary education will bring.

We all send you our heartfelt thanks! This day will never be forgotten. Given the opportunity we would like to personally thank you, but we respect your wishes to remain anonymous.

May each of us find our own way to pay this gift forward to others, so that the spirit of generosity and kindness continues forever – Grateful Grade 8 parents of Queen of Peace Grads

The Leamington Southpoint Sun- Section 2

Photo courtesy of George Kir

M.D. Bennie Award winners

Valedictory Address - Zeel Patel & Brienne Mastronardi

Principal’s Award, for Student Leadership - Cassidy Krahn

Visual Arts Award - Tanner Diemer, Rachel Toews Drama/Dance Award - Cameron Grieve, Caitlin Thompson

Music Award - Myles Thiessen, Darian Bigley

Health & Physical Education Award - Jared Biekx, Erica Taylor

French Award - Hailey Bazala, Kiel Reid

French Certificates of Merit - Darian Bigley, Cassidy Krahn, Brienne Mastroanrdi, Brianna Meca, Hayden Mitchell, Zeel Patel, Myles Thiessen, Amanda Wiebe

Math Award - Brienne Mastronardi, Zeel Patel

English Award - Cassidy Krahn, Brienne Mastronardi Science Award - Darian Bigley, Myles Thiessen

History Award - Hayden Mitchell, Kiel Reid

Geography Award - Hailey Bazala, Amanda Wiebe

Proficiency/Top Academic Achievement - Zeel Patel

Outstanding Scholastic Achievement Certificates - Hailey Bazala, Darian Bigley, Cassidy Krahn, Brienne Mastronardi, Hayden Mitchell, Zeel Patel, Myles Thiessen, Amanda Wiebe

Citizenship Award - Amanda Wiebe

Most Improved Student Award - Raheel Al Mosawi CEC Award - Cameron Grieve

Sportsmanship Award - Amanda Wiebe

Athletic Awards - Female - Suzie Hiebert

Male - Joshua Koning Lion’s Award - Kiel Reid

The Bronze “B” Awards - Hailey Bazala, Suzie Hiebert, Hayden Mitchell, Zeel Patel, Kiel Reid, Myles Thiessen

Raheel Al Mosawi

Hailey Bazala

Corny Berg

Jared Biekx

Darian Bigley

Darrien Bradley

Hilda Bueckert

Tanner Diemer

Victoria Dunn

Rosie Enns

Emily Fast

Johan Fehr

Riley Friesen

Johnny Giesbrecht

Cameron Grieve

Suzie Hiebert

Class of 2014

Jackson Klassen

Joshua Koning

Cassidy Krahn

Brienne Mastronardi

Brianna Meca

Hayden Mitchell

Zeel Patel

Julian Perez

Kiel Reid

Aiden Sweet

Erica Taylor

Henry Thiessen

Myles Thiessen

Caitlin Thompson

Rachel Toews

Amanda Wiebe

Mount Carmel-Blytheswood Grade 8 Graduation

Mount Carmel-Blytheswood Public School held the 2014 Grade 8 graduation ceremony on Friday, June 20 at the school. There were 29 students who graduated from MCB.

Graduating Class of 2014: Stephanie Adams, Curtis Driedger, Helena Driedger, Edward Dyck, Abe Fehr, Joshua Fehr, Willie Fehr, Jade Flaming, Nicholas Friesen, Robyn Jadischke, Derek Keck, Jason Klassen, Cody Krahn, Susie Krahn, Alyssa Krueger, Martin Letkeman, Kirstyn Manning, Martha Martens, Sofia Neufeld, Damon Palichuk, Johnny Penner, Joshua Schmitt, Nathan Toews, Triston Unger, Chloe Walker, Abe Wiebe, Lisa Wiebe, Ricky Wiebe, Chrissy Wiens.

Sophia Neufeld delivered an inspiring Valedictorian Address to the graduates, their family members and friends.

Presentation of Awards

Academic Proficiency: Robin Jadischke, Chloe Walker

Personal Achievement: Jade Flaming

Citizenship: Stephanie Adams

Unsung Hero: Sophia Neufeld

Lions Award: Helena Driedger

OPC Principal’s Award: Damon Palichuk

Athletic Leadership: Josh Fehr, Chloe Walker

Chenile and Silver Awards were also presented to several students

Queen of Peace Award Winners

On Wednesday, June 18, 2014 Queen of Peace School with French Immersion celebrated the Grade 8 Graduation at St. Joseph’s Church followed by dinner at the Portuguese Club.

Subject and special award winners:

Royal Award: Paz Fizer, Bryanna Rodrigues, Jonathan Schlater, Selena Spano

Honour Roll Students: Maggie Daraiche, Mary Daraiche, Charly Demers, Gioia Diciocco, Mia DiCiocco, Sarah Gilbert, Madison Grineau, Jeron Kir, Hope Monaco, Scott Plancke, Delaney Ribble, Celina Read, Valerie Torresan and Samantha Vreman

Subject Award Winners: French - Samantha Vreman, Physical Education - Gioia Diciocco, Arts - Madison Grineau, Instrumental Music - Ashlin Mastronardi, ReligionHope Monaco, Geography - Mia DiCiocco, History - Jeron Kir, Science - Maggie Daraiche, English Literacy - Sarah Gilbert, Math Literacy - Valerie Torresan

Muskoka Woods Leadership Award - Guiliana Porrone

Christian Leadership - Mary Daraiche

Principal’s Award - Delaney Ribble

Academic Excellence - Celina Read

Valedictorian - Mia DiCiocco

Margaret D. Bennie Public School Graduation, Thursday, June 19, 2014

LDSS

ANGIE E. FEATHERSTONE STAMATOPOULOS MEMORIAL BUR-

SARY - $500 (2) - Erin Reid and Rachel Wiens

CENTENNIAL ALUMNI AWARD - $400 - Lauren Medbury

CHARTWELL’S BURSARY - $500 - Cassandra McQueen

COLLINS BARROW LLP EDUCATION BURSARY$1,000 - Emily Klassen

COPPS FOR CHARITY COMMUNITY AWARD$150 - Mikayla Policella

DAVID DICKSON MEMORIAL AWARD - $400 - Jerell Penales

DOROTHY O’HERON MEMORIAL AWARD$150 - Martha Neufeld

DR. A. D. FROESE MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP FUND - $200 - Eric Koop

EDNA STUART ROSS MCWILLIAM AWARD -

$125 - Kristina Krahn

EILEEN AND TRENHOLME WILLIAMS SCHOLARSHIP - $5,000 - Alexandria Jeffers

ELIZABETH J. FULLERTON MEMORIAL AWARD - $100 - Kaitlyn Karns

ESSEX COUNTY ASSOCIATED GROWERS SCHOLARSHIP - $1,000Frank Penner

HALO FOUNDATION –STELLA & MARTIN EAGEN AWARD - $500 (2) - Herman Fehr and Maria Wiebe

HEINZ CANADA “CENTURY FOR SUCCESS” AWARD - $1,000 (3) - Ashley Clifford, Kaitlin Davie and Becca Silvius

JAMES WIGFIELD MEMORIAL AWARD $150 - Haylie Stevenson

JESSE PHIBBS MEMORIAL BURSARY - $500 - Spencer Klassen

JIM AND SCOTT ROWSOM MEMORIAL AWARD - $500 - Frank Penner

J. N. HUME AWARD –PEN SET X 2 - to Nick Froese and Erin Reid

KEITHA A. WELK MEMORIAL AWARD - $100 - Ashton Carson

KELLY DAVIDSON MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP - $1,000 - Joel Klemens

KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS ST. MICHAEL’S COUNCIL #4501 BURSARY $500 (2) - Shania Eusebio and Kristina Krahn

LEAMINGTON DENTAL HEALTH CENTRE SCHOLARSHIP - $500Jenna Lamb

LEAMINGTON DISTRICT AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY BURSARY$500 - Frank Penner

LDMH AUXILIARY JESSIE TILLETT MEMORIAL BURSARY - $500 - Rachel Wiens

LDSS COUNCIL AWARD - $500 - Ryan Jeffery

SCHOLARSHIP - $800 -

To be determined based on final marks

MORGAN BROWN AWARDS $400 (6) - To be determined based on final marks

NELLES and DORA DERBYSHIRE AWARD - $200 (2) - Washington Dawson and Jenna Lamb

ODDFELLOWS and PEACHLAND REBEKAHS AWARD - $100 (2) - Robert Barnier and Madison Pare

PAULA’S FISH PLACE AWARD - $500 - Chantal Garrod

RALPH BUTLER MEMORIAL ARTS BURSARY$500 - Lauren Hammond

RHINE DANUBE CLUB BURSARY $500 (2) - Benjamin Brothers and Kaitlin Davie

RICK DUMAIS MEMORIAL AWARD - $500 - Nick Froese

ROMA CLUB BURSARY$300 - Taylor DiCiocco

THE ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION BR. 84:

• ALAN HODGINS MEMORIAL BURSARY$500 - Becca Silvius

• GEORGE BUCHNER BURSARY - $500 - Maria Wiebe

• HAROLD KNIGHT POPPY MEMORIAL BURSARY - $500 - Logan Terron

• JAMES SIMPSON MEMORIAL BURSARY$500 - Nicole Colasanti

Davie

WHEATLEY LIONS

CLUB IVAN COULTER

MEMORIAL BURSARY$500 - Sharon Friesen

WHEATLEY LIONS

CLUB TECHNOLOGY

STUDIES BURSARY

$250 - Spencer Klassen

ACADEMIC ENTRANCE

SCHOLARSHIPS AND BURSARIES

• Cody Lavoie - Delta State University, MS, $35,000/ year X 4

• Lauren Reid - Ohio Valley University, WV, $10,000/ year X 4

• Travis Fehr - Liberty University, VA, $7,000/year X 4

•Kaitlyn Karns - University of Windsor, $6,400

• Jaclyn Woelk - University of Windsor, $4,000

• Jamie DiMenna - University of Windsor, $3,200

• Marla Larade - Trinity Western University, B.C., $3,000/year X 4

• Taylor DiCiocco - University of Toronto $2,000

• Eric Koop - University of Waterloo, $2,000

• Mikayla Policella - University of Guelph, $2,000

• Tyler Dyck - St. Clair College, $1,000

• Becca Silvius - St. Clair College, $1,000

• Alexandria Jeffers - University of Windsor, $800

• Falisha Jones - St. Clair College, $500

LEAMINGTON HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY AWARD - $500 - Frank Penner

LEAMINGTON KINSMEN CLUB IRV CANTOR MEMORIAL AWARD - $500 (2) - Erin Reid & Rachel Wiens

LEAMINGTON LIONS CLUB - EDITH FERGUSON MEMORIAL BURSARY - $500 - Emily Klassen

LEAMINGTON ROTARY CLUB BURSARY - $1,000 - Erin Reid

LEE FAMILY AWARD$500 (2) - Kaitlin Davie and Spencer Klassen

LEWIS WIGLE MEMORIAL AWARD - $130 - Jillian Iles

LIBRO CREDIT UNION AWARD - $500 - Nick Tiessen

MENNONITE SAVINGS AND CREDIT UNION PEACE IN ACTION AWARD - $350 - Billy Hiebert

MORGAN BROWN

• STANLEY GOMER BURSARY - $500 - Kira Glover

ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION LADIES AUXILIARY TO BR. 84 - $200Nicole Colasanti

ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION WHEATLEY Br. 324 - $500 (2) - Washington Dawson and Jenna Lamb

RT. HON. SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL CHAPTER IODE - JEAN BEAUPRE MEMORIAL AWARD$500 - Marla Larade

SARAH MOULAND MEMORIAL AWARD - $500 - Erin Reid

ST. MICHAEL’S CATHOLIC WOMEN’S LEAGUE BURSARY - $200 - Jerell Penales

TERESA CATHERINE HUY MEMORIAL AWARD - $500 - Taylor DiCiocco

WHEATLEY I.O.O.F.

LODGE #330 BURSARY

$200 (2) - Jenna Lamb and Brandon Turnbull

WHEATLEY LIONESS

BURSARY - $500 - Kaitlin

• Austin Knops - St. Clair College, $500

• Jenna Lamb - St. Clair College, $500

• Christopher Schultz - St. Clair College, $500

• Haylie Stevenson - St. Clair College, $500

• Andrew Wiebe - St. Clair College, $500

• Shailyn Waites - University of Windsor Hockey Scholarship

SPECIAL AWARDS

• Nick Tiessen - University of Toronto Book Award

• Travis Fehr – University of Toronto National Biology Competition – Placed in the top 10%

• Nick Froese - University of Windsor Human Kinetics Book Award - Previously presented

Jillian Iles – Repko Cup Award (athletics and leadership)

Jerell Penales – Hadre Cup Award (athletics and leadership)

Scholarships

June 2014

Kinsmen Award – $500 – Hannah Toews

Leamington Rotary Club Bursary $1000 – Andrew Dyck

Leadership Award – $100 –Carley Brissette

Leadership Award – $100 – Olivia Toews

Leadership Award - $100 – Shae

Driedger

Leadership Award - $100 –Hannah Toews

Religious Studies Award $100 –

Mykayla Tiessen

Religious Studies Award $100 –

Andrew Dyck

History Award $100 – Olivia Toews

History Award $100 – Amanda Enns

Junior Drama Award $100 –

Lauren Tiessen

Grade 11 Award $100 – Samuel Dyck

Vocal Award $100 – J.R.

Warkentin

Vocal Award $100 – Jessica Epp

French Award $100 – Shania Trepanier

Math Award $100 – Amanda Enns

Grade 12 Math Award $100 –

Derek Toews

English Award $200 – Jessica Epp

Technology Award $200 – Willy Janzen

Athletic Award Female Junior –Olivia Toews

Athletic Award Male Junior –Gibson Fulmer

Athletic Award Female Senior –Jessica Epp

Athletic Award Male Senior –Derek Toews

UMEI Lightning Athletics Distinction Award – Hannah Toews

Mr. Nick J. Driedger Award

$100 – Joel Dyck

Mr. Nick J. Driedger Award

$100 – Olivia Toews

Mr. Nick J. Driedger Award

$100 – Jennifer Quiring

Mr. Nick J. Driedger Award

$100 – Andrew Dyck

Kevin Allard Strength of Character Award $250 – Jordan Latam

Kevin Allard Strength of Character Award $250 – Andrea Linke-Driedger

Rachel Nicole Cornies Award

$400 – Hannah Toews

Libro Credit Union Student

Award $500 – Shania Trepanier Alf Neufeld Humanitarian

UMEI

Christian High School Class of 2014

Alex

Academic

Award $500 – Joel Dyck

Jeff Warkentin Memorial Bursary $500 – Amanda Enns

Mrs. Katie Hamm Memorial Citizenship Award $500 – Shania Trepanier

Robert J. Tiessen Award $500 – Hannah Toews

Mennonite Savings and Credit Union

Peace in Action Award $500 – Andrew Dyck

Mennonite Savings and Credit Union

Peace in Action Award $500 – Sydney Klassen

Essex Animal Hospital Award for Science $500 – Derek Toews

Nick & Katie Cornies 3D Award $750 –Kiana Epp

Rev. J.C. and Agatha Neufeld Award

$500 – Camden Driedger

Rev. J.C. and Agatha Neufeld Award

$1000 – Andrew Dyck

Alumni Scholarship $800 – Derek Toews

Alumni Scholarship $500 – Hannah Toews

Alumni Scholarship $500 – Serena Huy

Alumni Scholarship $200 – Jessica Epp

Lieutenant-Governor’s Community Volunteer Award – Shania Trepanier

Governor General’s Academic Medal –Olivia Toews

Bursaries

*Kevin Konrad Memorial Scholarship

$1182.43 – Anonymous

*Steven D. Krueger Memorial Scholarship

$500 – Samuel Dyck

*John Klassen Memorial Scholarship $500 – Noah Chacko

*Sandra Derksen Driedger Bursary $500 –Camryn Enns

*Setterington’s Fertilizer Award $500 – Shyann Kirkpatrick

*Colin Tenbroeke Bursary $150 – Jessica Klassen

Back row: Emilio Mastronardi, Andrew Dyck (OS, valedictorian), John Humphreys (OS), Derek Toews (OS), Ty Scratch (OS),

Cyr. Middle: Jessica Epp (OS), Vanessa Thiessen, Autumn Tiessen, Serena Huy (OS). Front row: Sydney Klassen (OS), Shania Trepanier (OS, Lieutenant-Governor’s Community Volunteer pin recipient), Hannah Toews (OS, Governor General

Medal). (Photo by Milestone Imagery)

ABOVE: Eric Koop – Governor General’s Award for highest cumulative average, grade 11 and 12 combined. Presented by Chatham-Kent Essex MP Dave Van Kesteren.

LDSS Top Award Winners

AT LEFT: Marla Larade – Lieutenant Governor’s Community Service Award. Presented by Leamington councillor Hilda MacDonald.

Alexandria Jeffers – Eileen and Trenholme Williams Scholarship ($5,000.00). Presented by LDSS principal Mike Hawkins

Eric Koop – Selkirk Shield (highest grade 12 average). Presented by principal Mike Hawkins.

East Mersea Public School Graduation

East Mersea Public School’s 2014 Grade 8 graduation ceremony was held on Monday, June 23 at FGT Family Church. The theme for the 29 graduating students of 2014 was “Reach For the Stars”.

East Mersea 2014 Graduates: Kelsey Almasi, Frank Banman, Charlie Bergen, Jason Bergen, Yolanda Bueckert, Jayden Carson, Shauna-Mae Curtis, Quinton DeMelo, Kyle Dick, Angela Fehr, John Friesen, Adriana Froese, Joshua Froese, Bryce Gabriele, Krysten Garant, Mason Gow, Annie Heide, James Hiebert, Chelsie Hodgson, Ryan Hodgson, Brandon Klassen, Alita Kolar-Murad, Alex Niehus, Cloey Niehus, Matthew Kroeker, Melissa Thiessen, Sara Thiessen, Nancy Wiebe, Spencer Wiebe. The Valedictorian Address was given by Ryan Hodgson and Kelsey Almasi.

Award Presentations

Academic Proficiency: Kelsey Almasi, Ryan Hodgson

English: Kelsy Almasi

Math: Brandon Klassen

French: Ryan Hodgson

University of Windsor French: Ryan Hodgson, Krysten Garant

Science: Ryan Hodgson

Geography: Kelsey Almasi

History: Annie Heide

Arts: Sara Thiessen

Most Improved: Cloey Niehus

LDSS Lion’s Award: Mason Gow Lioness Award: John Friesen, Yolanda Bueckert

EMSAC Community Spirit: Brandon Klassen, Krysten Garant

Male Athlete: James Hiebert

Female Athlete: Kelsey Almasi

OPC Leadership: Kelsey Almasi, Kyle Dick Eight students received the University of Windsor Academic Award

Mayor Crests were presented to 24 students 13 grads earned a School Letter

Secondary School Class of 2014

Special Award winners

Catholic Student Award – Martha Lapain; Math – Adrienne Symons; Kit Lacasse Christian Student – Sarah Vezina; Science – Rami Naom; School and Work – Cassandra Colaizzi; Cougar Commitment – Andres Novoa; School Life – Madison Robinson; Cougar Spirit – McKenzie Cervini; Community Involvement and Service – Michael Saad; Cardinal Carter School Bursary – Samantha Friesen; Grade 12 Proficiency – Michelle Asselin; Principal’s Award – Michael Saad; Cardinal Carter Prom – McKenzie Cervini; Business – Ricardo Ornelas; Physical Education – Christopher Dias; Social Science – Martha Lapain, Sierra Currie; English – Jordan Andary; French Immersion – Anthony Tannous; Arts – Quincy McCarthy; Technical Studies – Andrew Martinho; Student Parliament – Gabriela Abbas; Achievement – Eddie Wiens; Cougar Champion – Heather Tellier, Amy Harrison, Sergio Oliveira, Logan Farias; Catholic Studies Theological – Cian Williams; Staff Recognition – Renee Rocheleau; Major C – Nicole Youssef, Michelle Asselin, Amanda Ingratta, Martha Lapain, Anna Najem, Renee Rocheleau, Sarah Vezina; Judy Ouellette Peer Ministry – Sarah Vezina; Salutatorian – Michael Saad; SHSM in Sports – Cassandra Colaizzi; Governor General’s Award – Michelle Asselin; Lieutenant Governor General’s Community Volunteer Award – Michael Saad; Academic-Extra Curricular – Nicole Youssef.

Honour Roll

Gabriela Abbas, Dominica Bilski, Daniel Chaulk, Christopher Dias, Sydney Dries, Samantha Dupuis, Samantha Friesen, Jane Fysh, Marcin Gasiorowski, Justin Gaspar, Lisa Hickmott, Sharbel Kantati, Brandon Martins, Michael Mastronardi, Sylvana Mastronardi, Mackenzie Mastronardi, Joshua O’Beid, Devin Omar, Ricardo Ornelas, Joseph Ouellette, Amanda Paparola, Ashley Pires, Madison Robinson, Taylor Shanahan, Anthony Tannous, Cian Williams.

Principal’s Honour Roll

Vanessa Adragna, Jordan Andary, Michelle Asselin, McKenzie Cervini, Cassandra Colaizzi, Sierra Currie, Andrea Ibrahim, Amanda Ingratta, Martha Lapain, Andrew Martinho, Spencer Mastronardi, Anna Najem, Rami Naom, Sean Peters-Nikou, Jared Rawlings, Michael Saad, Emily Schincariol, Devan Schulert, Adrienne Symons, Pablo Tannous, Andrew Valle, Sarah Vezina, Nicole Youssef, Steven Zuccato.

Subject Award Winners

Dance – Vanessa Adragna; English, Writer’s Craft – Jordan Andary; Core French, Biology, Calculus & Vectors, Chemistry – Michelle Asselin; English – Daniel Bezaire-Arevalo; Transportation Technology – Zachary Blackburn; Navigating the Workplace – Marika Chiuchiolo; Accounting – Matteo Del Brocco; Healthy Active Living – Christopher Dias; Dance – Samantha Friesen; Math – Marcin Gasiorowski; Chemistry – Alexander Hamelin; Religious Education – Lisa Hickmott; Environmental Science, Literacy – Ericka Hicks; Green Industries – Amanda Ingratta; Music, Raising Healthy Children, Challenge & Change in Society – Martha Lapain; Green Industries – Julian Lukas; Communications Technology – Andrew Martinho; Music – Quincy McCarthy; Chemistry – Ashley Medeiros; Construction – Daniel Miller; Math, French Immersion, Religion – Anna Najem; Exercise Science, Biology – Rami Naom; Business Leadership – Joshua O’Beid; Green Industries – Julio Ochoa-Amaya; Chemistry – Amanda Paparola; Navigating the Workplace – Zachary Pare; Print & Graphic Communications – Edwin Romero Rivas; SHSM Construction Engineering – Dean Sardinha; Recreation & Fitness Leadership – Devan Schulert; French Immersion, Religion – Adrienne Symons; French Immersion, Religion – Anthony Tannous; Communications Technology – Roseanna Tannous; Healthy Active Living – Austin Thompson; SHSM Green Industries – Andrew Valle; Religious Education – Cian Williams; Healthy Active Living, Recreation and Fitness – Nicole Youssef; Visual Arts, Physics, Advanced Functions – Steven Zuccato.

Langlois gearing up for race dates

By Bryan Jessop

Local professional motocross racer Dylan Langlois is proving that teachers can also enjoy an active summer vacation.

Langlois, a Kingsville resident and math teacher at Leamington District Secondary School, will be hitting Ontario’s bumpy, twisting dirt tracks before the textbooks even get a chance to start collecting dust. He’ll be taking to three of 10 rounds in the Canadian Pro Nationals — each of the three race dates taking place in Ontario, starting Saturday, July 12 at Gopher Dunes near Tillsonburg. From there, he’ll be off to an Ottawa-area facility July 20 and will make the trip to Walton, Ont. — about 40 km east of Goderich — Aug. 17.

The CPN season also includes four rounds in western Canada, two in Quebec

and one on the east coast, but Langlois has decided this year to focus strictly on the Ontario competitions.

“I’m doing it mostly for fun,” he noted. “I’m doing the races I want to do, the ones that are closer to home.”

Langlois went on to explain that his goal this year is to gather enough points to earn a national number — something he has done four times in the past. Last season, he finished a singleround best of 19th and land-

ed a national number of 92, which he admits as falling below his expectations. For 2013, he had set his sights

on a Top 15 finish.

“The talent was deeper than ever,” Langlois said. (Continued on page 22)

Local motocross racer Dylan Langlois goes airborne while getting some practice time at the Erie Ramblers course west of Wheatley.

Dylan Langlois poses with his current uniform and 450cc motocross bike at his private practice facility. Photos by f8 Photography

Langlois gearing up for race dates

(Continued from page 21)

“The Canadian series gets bigger every year. Only about half (in the Canadian Pro Nationals) are actually Canadian — the rest are international.”

Langlois was nearly old enough to acquire his driver’s license when he began racing motocross in 2002, considered a late start by the sport’s standards. He turned pro in 2007 and is now supported by sponsors that include Troy Lee Designs Canada, Honda Yamaha East Toledo, Dubach Racing Development, Blue Line Rentals Leamington, MB1 Suspension Canada, f8 Photography, Stoney Island Entertainment, Ride Engineering, Scott USA, K&N, Vortex Racing and Hub International Insurance.

Langlois races in the 450cc class, which features the largest field of racers in the Canadian Pro Nationals including some of the best from Michigan, New York, Ontario and Ohio. From 50 to 60 racers per event in the 450cc group is not uncommon.

In each CPN class, entries start off with heat races in hopes of qualifying for the Top 40. The first 20 finishers in the final of each round earn points toward achieving a national number — the 20th racer earns a single point. In the Ontario Provincial Series Pro Class, Langlois finished a best of third place.

The local teacher, who started and runs the school motocross club LDMX, describes endurance as his most pivotal strength.

“I’m not really about having one really fast lap,” Langlois said. “The heat of the summer where a 35-degree minimum is crazy, but that’s where my strengths are. That’s where I thrive.”

Local motocross enthusiasts interested in keeping tabs on Langlois’s progress can visit his Facebook page at www.facebook.com/DL955. He also offers private motocross lessons for individuals and groups of all experience levels at his private practice facility. Anyone interested in registering for lessons with Langlois can email him directly at dylanlanglois@gmail.com.

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Jessop’s Journal

My wife figured she dropped a bombshell on my Habs and I over the past weekend. One of her Facebook friends posted a link to a story that Pittsburgh Penguins scoring sensation Sydney Crosby had been traded to the Toronto Maple Leafs.

From the onset, I was skeptic to say the least. The Internet’s content, to most of us, has never been accepted as God’s honest truth beyond a shadow of a doubt. Wikipedia once stated that Mr. T (of The A Team and Rocky III) was born and raised in Tilbury.

For one, I can’t think of anything the Leafs have that the Pens would want bad enough to offer Crosby in return. Maybe their first round pick for the next 30 years, the Rogers Centre and the Toronto Raptors (never understood why Pittsburgh doesn’t have an NBA team). At any rate, it was a pretty far-fetched rumour. Maybe wishful thinking on behalf of a TML fan. If websites offering links to complete B.S. being presented as legitimate fact were a religion, Facebook would be its god. Ever see those “fascinating/hilarous photos taken at just the right time” links? It’s called Photoshop. If I were as well-versed at Photochop (not a typo) as some of these people who have nothing better to do with their time, I could present my FB cohorts with pictures of Julius Caesar and Brett

Favre playing beer pong.

Getting back on track, I actually don’t think Leaf fans who had their hopes up for even the most fleeting of moments should be too disappointed. It would have been a costly trade to acquire someone who seems to underperform come playoff time (maybe Vancouver should pick him up for that reason). Additionally, Crosby never seems to go very long without an injury that leaves him sidelined for several games, weeks or even months. If he and arch rival Alexander Ovechkin have anything in common, it’s the fact that they try too hard to play like power forwards. Maurice “The Rocket” Richard was a power forward (arguably the NHL’s first). Mark Messier was a power forward. Crosby and Ovechkin are not.

That’s not to say I dislike Crosby (how does a Canadian dislike a guy who scored the Olympic gold medal-winning goal against the U.S?). He’s one of the most talented players the game has ever known, even if he is SLIGHTLY overrated. Legend has it he began honing his skills at the age of two, firing pucks at the family’s laundry dryer in their Cole Harbour, N.S. basement. I can just imagine what my wife might say after walking downstairs and discovering my twoyear-old son and I blasting pucks at the dryer. I’d probably make things worse by offering to buy him another Thomas train if he could hit the dial and set the thing off on the towel setting.

I promised myself I wouldn’t make this another

column about crazy/pushy parents who pressure their kids into setting the bar for a professional sports contract. I’ve also promised myself that I would never BE one of those parents. Truth be told, however, my son’s showing signs of taking an interest in hockey. He’ll watch a few consecutive minutes of a game with me — at least until Thomas, Percy, James, Toby, Henry, Gordon and the like start beckoning him. A couple months ago, my wife bought him a little plastic toy golf club set. A few days ago, he dropped one of its golf balls and starting smacking it around the dining room floor with one of the “clubs.”

“Are you playing golf?” my wife asked him.

“No!” he replied enthusiastically, “Hockey!”

I’m pretty sure I started playing organized hockey at the age of five — I remember watching what was probably the first game I ever saw at Wheatley Area Arena. It’s a faint, blurry memory, but I remember thinking that the goalies were really lazy for just standing around watching the puck while everyone else was chasing it.

More often than not, the ones who eventually become pros start at about half that age. I seem to recall an interesting story about Gordie Howe. When he was a toddler, someone down on his luck knocked on his family’s front door and offered “what he had in the bag” for a handout of some sort. After receiving it, the drifter put the bag on the ground and left. One of the Howe parents picked up the bag and two beat up old skates fell out — Gordie pounced on one of them and his sister the other. As the story goes, they both stubbornly tried to master skating with one skate each, both of which were filled with newspapers and what have you to compensate for their child-sized feet. Gordie’s sister eventually lost interest and the rest, as they say, is history.

Believe it or not, a few successful individuals did not learn to play while at the same time learning to walk. National Hockey League defenseman Ed Jovanovski, born and raised in Windsor, did not first lace up the skates until the ripe old age of 11. He’s now got an even 500 NHL points to his name in 1,128 games. Not too shabby.

Then there’s Hakeem Olajuwon. He didn’t start playing basketball until he was 15 — most kids with pro expectations have a fireplace mantle covered in trophies by that age. Olajuwon is now a 12-time all star and leads the NBA in all-time blocked shots. Some people just know how to compensate for a late start.

BRYAN JESSOP

Lajeunesse wins first feature since 2010

By Mike Bennett South Buxton Raceway

Doris Lajeunesse drove with a heavy foot – and a heavy heart. The Essex driver won his first feature race at South Buxton Raceway since 2010, taking the checkered flag in the Tirecraft Sport Stocks on Saturday night, July 5.

After a celebratory dance on the hood of his No. 38 car, his emotions got the best of him as he began his on-track postrace interview.

“This is for my buddy Rick Fryer,” Lajeunesse said, as the one-year anniversary of his longtime friend and crew member’s death was last Wednesday. “He’s why we’re out here…” he said, with a pause to collect himself. “And my father-inlaw (Larry Voakes) had a heart attack Thursday. He’s doing fine … I called him today and he said to go for it tonight. And we did it … this is for them!” Lajeunesse said, pumping his fist in the air to the delight of the large Essex-area fan base. Lajeunesse, who earlier in the night won his heat race, started in the third row of the 14-car field and needed just two laps to pull into second behind Chatham’s Eric Vanderiviere. Lajeunesse got a run on the outside on lap six but his bid for the lead was negated by the first of three cautions over the next four laps. But on the restart, Lajeunesse went right back to the top of the track to take the lead and never looked back, leading the final 14 circuits to snap his long feature famine.

He thought he won in back-to-back weeks last month, including the June 14 feature when he crossed the line first after the three leaders were involved in a crash but race officials called the race at that point and reverted to the last completed lap to make Cottam’s Tiffany Ellis the winner.

Vanderiviere held on for a 2nd finish while Merlin drivers Steve Shaw and Eren Vanderiviere and Grande Pointe’s Tyler Lozon rounded out the top five.

Cottam’s Tiffany Ellis finished 6th, with Windsor’s West Bertozzi 7th, Ruthven’s Brad Bloomfield 9th and Essex’s Dillon Moody 10th.

Meanwhile, Leamington’s Joel Dick continued his amazing season with his eighth Schinkels Gourmet Meats UMP Modified feature win in the 10-week season.

Saturday’s win came under unusual circumstances as he passed Belle River’s Mario Toniolo on the final flag lap of a green-white-checkered finish.

The caution, however, came out for the ninth time, but race officials ruled the race complete at that point because of the time limit and declared Dick the winner after 13 of the scheduled 25-lap distance.

Toniolo, in search of his first career feature win, led the first 12 laps before getting passed on the 13th.

“He deserves to win one these, he’s had some pretty good runs and he’s been there all year,” Dick said of Toniolo, who has 8 top-five finishes in the 10 features.

It took Dick 10 laps to move into second and was gaining ground on the top of the track, only to have cautions negate his progress.

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“Mario was the guy to beat out there, he was running the bottom so the only place you could pass him was the high side,” Dick said.

He dialed up the intensity when he heard the call for a green-white-checkered.

“I had to get a good restart, get on the gas and I knew if I could build my momentum through the ‘D,’ I could probably take him through (turns) one and two,” he described his late strategy that won the race. “Once I got around him, I was going to the bottom to see if he had anything for me up top,” Dick added.

Clayton Smith, formerly of Woodslee and now a resident of Taylor, Mich., finished third while Cottam’s Denis DeSerrano, who ran in the top three for the first six laps, finished ninth.

Ohsweken’s Glenn Styres passed St. Thomas’ Justin Martin on lap 16 and went on to win his first career feature at South Buxton in the Southern Ontario Sprints.

Tilbury’s Kyle Patrick finished fourth after winning his heat race.

Blenheim’s Brett Hope continued his torrid stretch with his third feature win in the last five weeks in the Tirecraft MiniMods.

It was a one-two Hope finish as his younger brother Kyle finished second. Kingsville’s Norm DeSerano and Essex’s Dylan Wolters finished 10th and 11th.

Ridgetown’s Jason Haskell led all 20 laps of the Westside Performance Plus UMP Late Model feature to win his first appearance of the season, driving for Windsor’s Paul Trepanier. Windsor’s George Rock led all 15 laps to win his first Autotech Bombers feature in the entry-level class.

This Saturday will be Mid-Season Championship Night for all five classes. The grandstand opens at 5 p.m. and racing starts at 7 p.m.

Bantam Lakers split

The Leamington Bantam Lakers, sponsored by Howie’s Custom Coating, won one and lost one on the weekend in Sun Parlour League action.

On Friday evening the Lakers exploded with an eight-run sixth inning on their way to a 15-7 win over Amherstburg.

On Saturday morning they dropped a 7-6 decision to Walker Homesite Majors, falling victim to a run-scoring walk off single in the bottom of the seventh.

Anthony Fehr, Aidan Massad and Kyle Wall led the locals offensively against A’burg with three hits each.

Kameron Wall belted a bases loaded triple.

Brett Enns started on the mound with Kyle Wall and James Hiebert coming on in relief.

In Windsor, the Lakers scored five runs in top of the first inning only to see the Walker Homesite team pick away to set the stage for the late game dramatics.

Massad and Lucas Lamotte shared the pitching duties. Enns, Dawson Iles and Ryan Wall had two hits each

The Lakers next home games are Fri. July 11 against Essex at 7:00 p.m. and Tues. July 15 against Kingsville at 6:15. Both games are at the Kinsmen Baseball Complex.

Essex’s Doris Lajeunesse, Tirecraft Sport Stocks.

Ryan Wall of the Bantam Lakers.

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Erie Shores senior golf

Monday, June 30 was another wonderful day for Erie Shores senior men’s golf league, but the weatherman already made his mark the day before and once again there were no electric carts allowed on the course in the morning. Thus, all senior golfers who need an electric cart to ride were unable to golf as only those who walk the course played. Also, 12 of the regular senior players went to Chatham to play at the Maple City Course, with 12 of their league members coming to Leamington the following week to enjoy a round at Erie Shores. Needless to say, only 31 golfers were able to play.

Willy Krahn was able to chip in on hole #6 for a birdie 4. Barry Russelo chipped on hole #3 for a birdie 2. Guy McIntyre made a long putt on #9 that looked like it should stand for the longest putt; however, Willy Patkau somehow managed to sink one just a little longer.

The following are the final results.

50-50 draw: Dave Robinson $9 and Herb Grundner $9. Closest to the pin: Dave Wilkinson on #3 for $7, and Bill Ward on #18 for $7.

1st place for $8 each: Mike Wright, Ross Clarke and Wayne Quinn.

2nd place for $5 each: Dave Wilkinson, Willy Krahn and George Turnbull.

Two teams tied for 3rd place for $2 each: Fred Klassen, Bill Gerhasim and Terry Bee; and Heinz Kosempel, Barry Russelo, Guy McIntyre and Jim Armstrong.

Bantam Lakers lose in semi-finals

The Leamington Bantam Lakers lost 9-4 to Wyoming in the semi-finals of the Ralph Hall/JackMcCart Classic Bantam Tournament in LaSalle the weekend of June 27-29. The Lakers were a perfect 3 and 0 in pool play, winning three exciting one-run contests. The locals edged Kingsville 3-2 in the opener on Friday afternoon, beat Waterloo 3-2 on Saturday morning, and then upset the Windsor Star Minors 4-3 to advance to the Sunday morning game. Lucas Lamotte with two hits combined with the stellar pitching of Aidan Massad and Branden Teichroeb to lead Leamington over Kingsville. In the Waterloo game, Dawson Iles’ triple with bases loaded was all the offense needed to record the win.

Brett Enns’ sixth inning single scored Anthony Fehr to break a 3-3 tie in the game against the Stars. Windsor’s first three batters in the game all scored, setting the stage for the exciting comeback highlighted by the Lakers strong defensive play as they shut out the Stars the rest of the way.

Against Wyoming, some uncharacteristic miscues were too much to overcome as the Lakers winning streak came to an end.

Windsor Stars Minors defeated Wyoming 10-1 to win the tournament.

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Memories of you come our way

Though absent, you are always near

Still missed, loved and always dear

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The family of the late David Marenchin would like to express our heartfelt thanks to all our family and friends for all their prayers, acts of kindness, cards, flowers, food and donations to the Canadian Cancer Society in David’s memory. We would also like to thank FGT Church and Pastor Nathan Albrecht for the beautiful service celebrating David’s life and Pastor Drew Mercer and Lisa Cocks for their touching musical tribute. Special thank you to Clarence Terpstra and Captain Corey Vincent for sharing their memories of David and the Pallbearers for your care and service. Thank you to Kevin Reid and the staff of Reid Funeral Home for your care and professionalism shown throughout. Thank you to Pat Vince and Marion Wilson and all the ladies who helped with the beautiful luncheon after the service. Also thank you to all those involved with CCAC. Special thanks to Nurse Linda and PSWs Melissa and Ethel for your care and compassion. David’s Celebration of Life was truly beautiful. Many family, friends, and coworkers attended the tribute to David’s sweet spirit.

Proggers enjoy a good day

By Tom Miehl

After the Canada Day holiday on Tuesday, the Erie Shores Proggers took their game to the course on Wednesday morning, July 2. Several members weren’t used to getting up so early for an 8:00 tee time, yet they get up for a 5 a.m. pee time. I don’t see the problem. It was a fun day with scores all over the place, ranging from -9 to +11. You are probably thinking it was Ken Steingart who has hit that number 3 times. The Proggers were able to keep him in check with Harry Badz, Frank Gow and Brian Plumb. Their antics, quips and unorthodox swings were enough to throw Ken off guard. Ken ended up with a +2. Harry was super elated that he beat Ken with a +3. Brian Plumb, with his slapshot swing, outdrove Ken on hole #18. Steingart hit a tree but Plumb was on the fairway. Gow was somewhere looking for his ball.

Ward Hutchins returned to action and posted the high of +11. Bill Gherasim finished second with a tidy +7 while Fred Klassen and Ron Gagne were one shot behind Bill. Ward earned $20, Bill $15 while Fred and Ron each got $5.

The winning team ended up at +17. The winners include Mel Davey (0), Ed Schachowskoy (0), Ernie Schmidtgall (+1), Orest Hrynewich (+2), Fred Klassen (+6), Willie Krahn (+1), Bill Slater (+1), Bill Gherasim (+7), Brian Plumb (-3), Andy Herring (+1), John Rutgers (-1) and Greg Gare (+2). Ten dollars was handed out to each player. This was the first money won by Fred Klassen and Mel Davey. I’m sure they are quite relieved.

Eight skins were posted on this hot day. Nine dollars each was given to Gene Bouliane, Bill Gherasim, Jeff Brown, Ward Hutchins, Bob Park, Tom Miehl, Greg Gare and Gary Alderson. Ward Hutchins had a natural eagle on hole #10. Ward also had an opportunity for eagle on $15 but a three putt nipped that. Ward was shocked that Greg Gare reached the green in three. He commented that Greg must have hit sprinkler heads all the way up to get that kind of distance.

Matt Dick, a new member, had his first experience with us. He is one of the long ball hitters. Welcome back to Pete Andary who had been part of Progs for quite a few years. He, too, adds some firepower.

Matt showed some of his power on hole # 5. He took a mighty swing and barely made it to the ladies tee box. He wasn’t too impressed with that. Then Matt creamed his 7 iron to the green and finished off draining a 15 foot putt. Now that was impressive.

I did not have a good day and I have been encouraged to include myself in this article. How can a person start with 3 pars and a bogey, only to follow it up with 3 double bogeys in succession? For those 3 holes, I thought I was George Turnbull. Normally when I mess up like that it’s because I can’t chip. There are numerous times where I have shanked my way around a green, never once landing on it. Last week was not the case, but the putter has been put into solitary confinement, where it is very dark.

Those of us that are struggling need help. I call upon any anonymous donor to please bring in Butch Harmon for us hapless folk. Can’t hurt to ask.

Peewee Lakers lose in round robin play

The Leamington Lakers Peewees, sponsored by St. Michael’s K of C, played in the LaSalle tournament the weekend of June 27-29.

The first game was Friday evening was against LaSalle Minor. The first three innings were scoreless. In the fourth inning a double, two singles, three walks and a fielding error allowed LaSalle Minor to score 5 runs. Although Leamington had 7 singles they were unable to score any runs. Jonathan Fehr took the loss on the mound for the Lakers.

On Saturday morning the Lakers played against Burlington. Leamington scored 3 in the top of the first inning. With one out, Rowan Massad got the Lakers started with a double and scored on Billy Friesen’s single. Billy stole second and scored on a single by Andrew Verhaeghe, who went to second when Burlington tried unsuccessfully to get Friesen at the plate. Verhaeghe scored on

a single by Eric Tavares. Burlington tied the game at 3-3 in their half of the first.

Leamington went up by 3 runs in the second on a walk to Michael Wiebe, a double by Massad, a single by Friesen, a walk to Verhaeghe and a single by Jonathan Fehr. Burlington tied the game in the bottom of the fifth. It remained tied as the time limit had been reached.

Billy Friesen handled the pitching for Leamington.

In the third game, playing against LaSalle Majors, Leamington struck first. Eric Wright and Rowan Massad each singled, followed by a homerun by Billy Friesen.

The Majors got a run back in the third. The Lakers added 3 more in the fourth. LaSalle

came back in their half of the fourth helped by 3 walks, 2 Lakers errors and 4 hits to score 7 runs. The Lakers tied the game with two runs in the fifth. Jonathan Fehr walked and Eric Tavares hit a homerun. LaSalle Major scored the winner in the bottom of the fifth.

Final score was LaSalle Majors 9, Leamington Lakers 8. LaSalle went on to win the tournament.

Pitchers for Leamington were Tavares, Wright and Zach Penner.

A reminder that on Sat. July 12 from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. LDMBA is holding a Ford Test Drive at the Roma Club on Seacliffe Dr. E. in Leamington. Anyone with a valid drivers license may test drive a new Ford vehicle.

Dylan’s Defence raises over $7,000 for Cancer Society

The Rudge and Wright family and friends took part in the Relay for Life on June 20 at the Vollmer Culture and Recreation Complex in LaSalle in support of the Canadian Cancer Society.

The group joined the relay as Dylan’s Defence. The team was named for 8-year-old Dylan Rudge, who at the age of 6 was diagnosed with a form of childhood cancer – a Wilms’ tumour on his kidney – which resulted in removal of the organ followed by 7 days of radiation and 6 months of chemotherapy. Dylan finished his treatments on May 30, 2012, and since has been cancer free. “Now, about 2 years from the end of treatments, he has put all his weight back on and is a very healthy 8½-year-old boy who loves to play with his friends, play sports and just enjoys life,” said Sherry (Wright) Rudge, Dylan’s mother.

In their inaugural year as a team, Dylan’s Defence held a successful fundraiser at the Car Barn in Wheatley on June 6. The money raised at the event, along with sponsor support for the Relay for Life, resulted in Dylan’s Defence being third top team raising over $7,000 for the Canadian Cancer Society.

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Drive For MS golf tourney

Sat. July 19 is Vicky Winter’s Drive For MS Golf Tournament at Orchard View Golf Course.

Vicky Winter (nee Michaud) is a young woman who has been living with Multiple Sclerosis for the last 10 years. She is the mother of a 5-year-old son, Quintin, and recently developed a rare brain infection called Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy (PML), which is a rare and usually fatal viral disease characterized by progressive damage or inflammation of the white matter of the brain at multiple locations (multifocal). It occurs almost exclusively in people with severe immune deficiency, such as transplant patients on immunosuppressive medications, those receiving certain kinds of chemotherapy, receiving natalizumab (Tysabri) for multiple sclerosis, as well as other conditions. As a result of the scarring on her brain, Vicky is now in a wheelchair and doesn’t have the ability to get around on her own. But Vicky is a survivor and she

Vicky Winter (nee Michaud) has been living with MS for 10 years. A golf fundraiser will be held July 19 to help her purchase a wheelchair accessible minivan. Vicky is pictured here with her son Quintin.

continues to fight to recover from the damage that the infection caused.

The fundraiser is to help Vicky by raising funds to purchase a wheelchair accessible minivan so she can get some of her freedom back. Per Vicky’s request, a portion of the proceeds of this event will be donated to the MS Society of Canada.

The golf tournament is 144 players maximum, Texas Scramble format, in 3 categories – men, women and mixed teams. Registration includes green fees and 18 holes of golf, power golf cart, hole contests and other games, hole-in-one $10,000 prize, dinner and dance at Colasanti’s Tropical Gardens with entertainment as well as raffle prizes and giveaways. There are still a few spots left. To register, email drive_for_ms@yahoo.ca or contact Ana 519790-8419 or Moe 519-796-2001.

It’s Family Fishing Week!

During Family Fishing Week July 5-13, all Canadians can fish without a license in Ontario.

Family Fishing Week is the perfect way to introduce young anglers to the sport or just to spend some time outside with family or friends.

If you fish without a licence during Family Fishing Week, you must follow the conservation licence limits set out in the 2014 Recreational Fishing Regulations Summary.

Ontario’s lakes and rivers are home to 160 types of freshwater fish.

The provincial government designates two periods throughout the year as licensefree, in February and July. During all other time periods, Canadian residents between the ages of 18 and 64 years must purchase a valid fishing license to legally fish in Ontario.

Rookie Lakers undefeated at Forest

Glade tourney

The Leamington Lakers Rookie Travel team had a great weekend June 21-22 at the Forest Glade Friendship Tournament. They played four exciting games and went undefeated throughout the tournament.

The final game was against the Belle River Braves, a team they had played earlier in the round robin. Both teams battled hard. Leamington’s defense combined with some timely hits helped them to win the final game 168.

The Lakers outscored their opponents for a combined total of 65-24.

Congratulations on a great team victory!

Rookie Lakers, front row from left to right: Matthew Thomas, Sajan Brouwer, Carter Knelsen, Noah George, Brady Knelsen. Middle row: Riley Wiebe, Derek Neufeld, Jason Friesen, Jack Tiessen, Lucas Penner, Kaden Gabriele. Back row: Coaches Jeff Thomas, John Knelsen, Chris Tiessen, Henry Penner, Jake Neufeld. Absent from photo is Abel Teichroeb.

Dylan’s Defence Relay for Life Team, front row, from left: Brenden Goodison, Dylan Rudge, Trent Rudge. Middle row: Carly Wright, Cass Colaizzi, Mackenzie Goodison, Lorna Corlett, Sherry Rudge, Mallory Heyens, Shannon Goodison. Back row: Jesse Wright, Tim Rudge, Jason Goodison, Pam Wright, Wes Wright.

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Dazzling 34 highlights senior golf

By Bob McLean

The first part of Canada Day, July 1, was celebrated by 63 senior golfers who played their league games at the Talbot Trail course. Although there was a very brief period of rain, the senior golfers scored very well. In fact, the sun came out and there was a gentle cooling breeze helping the hitters.

In the 55-69y division, ‘Dutchy’ made a clear statement to the rest of the field by firing a sparkling and masterful 34. When I looked at his scorecard, I noticed he birdied # 1 and had an eagle on #6. I was told that Jim had an eagle putt on #2, but he had to settle for a par after a three putt. You’ve set the bar to a new level, Jim, but we’ll strive to get closer to your scores.

Jim Pearson and John Liddell, who also played excellent golf, came in second by shooting 40s. Ray La Pierre and Gerry Holmes played terrific golf as they recorded superb 41 and 42 scores respectively. Three golfers who earned impressive 43s were Bill Ward, Randy Hewey and Larry Haggitt. Jim Omstead fired a solid 46, and both Mike Getty and Larry Schmidt earned very commendable 47s. Four golfers who achieved noteworthy nifty 50 results were Jerry Paine, Bill Mayville, Al Matthews and Herb Reid.

There was spectacular golf played by the 70-79y division. Long hitting Mike Wright shot an outstanding 40, and Joe Vertel earned second place with his excellent 42. Both Don Willan and Vic Reynaert played superbly firing 43s. Garnet Fox and Tom Sasso produced inspiring 44s. Three players who shot solid 45s were Paul Brown, Neil Adamson and Homer Vandervecht. Very solid 46s came from Andy Orsini, Eugene Abbruzzese and Bob Patchett. Terry Bee and Richard Humber earned very commendable 47s. Noteworthy 48s were shot by Carl Robinson, Pete Daudlin and Ed Woelk. Both Bob Scott and Gary Wilson earned very satisfying 49s. Nifty 50 results went to Tom Hyatt and Ron Will. Bill Stein played very well to achieve a satisfying 55.

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In the 80-84y division Dave la Bonte continued his outstanding play by firing a terrific 45. A mere one shot back was Bob Freure who earned an outstanding 46. Smooth swinging Murray Knox continued his fine play as he produced a solid 48. Gerry Becigneul earned a nifty 50! Both Hadley Pinch and Murray Cascadden scored gratifying 53s. Steve Haas followed them with a commendable 58.

There were only three senior golfers over the age of 85 out to play. Dick Mackenzie continued his outstanding golf by lighting up the scorecard with a sparkling 45. Super senior Linus Bachmeier fired a masterful 51. Al Stockwell also enjoyed a very satisfying round.

Two guests, Rudy Dyck and Jay Pinch, joined the golfers, and hopefully they had fun.

What mobster accidentally shot himself in the foot with a gun he had hidden in his golf bag? Answer: Al Capone.

The average PGA caddy can be paid as much as a 10% commission plus a bonus if the golfer finishes in the top ten.

“I don’t know about that new pro who recently gave me a golf lesson. He may be a bit strange,” said John.

“Why do you think that?” asked Bill.

“He just tried to correct my stance again,” said John.

“So? said Bill. “He’s just trying to help your game.”

“Yeah, I know, but I was standing at the urinal at the time.”

ES Thursday night men’s league results

It was a topsy-turvy evening in the Erie Shores Canadian Tire Men’s Thursday Night League play with some teams who ruled the roost the previous week coming up almost empty July 3, while others reversed their fortunes.

The league-leading team of Lee Trevino went from last week’s perfect night to picking up just a single point in their match against Team Gene Sarazen. Leading the way for the Sarazen squad were Daryl DiMilo and Claudio Sabelli who picked double points for their low gross efforts, while Matt Taouil, Jim Wiebe and Rob Lee each got two apiece in their net matches and Brian Moore and Jack Martin tied each with a point apiece.

Team Bobby Jones had another strong evening taking down the league’s last-place team of Arnold Palmer with a 10-point finish that included 2 points for a low gross win from Brian Humphreys and double points for net match wins from Bill Slater, Will Peters, Dave Seaton and Brian Plumb. Team Palmer’s only 2 points came from Ryan Carder’s low gross round victory.

Team Jack Nicklaus doubled up on their prior effort, getting a total of 8 points from low gross winners Neil Sawatzky and Quinton Loop and low net recipients Charles LeBlanc and Jason Tiessen. The losing side of Team Ben Hogan had double point net match winners from Jim Dueckman and Larry Lucier.

The team of Gary Player went from zero points previously to 7 in its match against Team Harry Vardon. Picking up double points with their low gross scores were Tim Tiessen and Wray Pollock, while George Bergen got 2 points for his low net win and Larry Stull grabbed another single point in his tie against Richard Leslie. Vardon’s other 4 points came from low net wins by Ted Dube and Wayne Quinn.

In the other match of the evening featuring the teams of Tom Watson and Sam Snead, both picked up 6 points apiece with Ward Hutchins and Brendan Cornies getting the gross play wins and George Schiefer, Bill Gherasim, Wayne Quinn and Wayne Gillett each getting two points for their low net scores.

Still leading the way in the overall standings with 48 points is Team Lee Trevino with the teams of Sam Snead and Bobby Jones tied for second with 42 apiece. Harry Vardon is next with 37 points, while Tom Watson is another point back at 36. The remaining teams of Gene Sarazen, Ben Hogan, Gary Player, Jack Nicklaus and Arnold Palmer all have 32 or less points.

In the individual play, winners included Neil Sawatzky and Ken Cobby for closest to the pins and Brendan Cornies for longest drive and Ken Cobby for longest putt.

Players are reminded that next Thursday, on July 18, the league is having its next Fun/Meal Night of the season at Erie Shores’ Flamingo Restaurant. Be sure to let Tee Starter Larry Stull know if you can make it or call the Pro Shop now at 519-326-4231 ext. 22 to book your meal. The 9-hole shotgun scramble starts at 5:30 p.m. with dinner to follow at approximately 8:00 p.m.

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BENEFIT DINNER FOR Leanne Marshall-Penner. Friday, July 11, 6:30 p.m. at Colasantis Tropical Gardens. Funds raised to assist Leanne & John David with expenses while Leanne is in hospital fighting Leukemia. To purchase tickets contact Chuck Whittle 519-326-2071, Lisa Kimball 519-818-0356, Linda Colussi 519-326-7306. Tickets are $20. Donations may also be made at any Libro branch to the Leanne Penner Benefit Fund. jn25-jl9

LADIES, YOU AREinvited to a special dinner evening of inspiration and fashion. Please join us at Colasanti’s Tropical Gardens on July 14 at 6:30 p.m. Tickets are $16. Our inspirational speaker will be Shirley Judge - her theme - “Pulling Weeds from My Garden”. Our special feature will be a fashion show presented by Leamington Hospital’s Inspiration Gift Shop. For reservations please call Sharon at 519-326-0421 or Darlene at 519-733-5595 by July 11. The evening is presented by Leamington After Five – affiliated with Stonecroft Ministries. Look us up at iaminvited.to. jl2-9

REIVE / GOSLIN REUNION

On Saturday, July 26 we will be holding a pot luck family reunion. Bring your family memorabilia’s to Ruthven United Church hall, any time after 1:00 p.m. We will be eating at 4:30 p.m. For more information please contact: Brad Reive, 519-768-1365, bradreive@msn.com, Wilda Renwick, 519-682-0894 or Dan Reive, 519-322-1213. jl9

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NOTICE TO CREDITORS. All persons having claims against the estate of Joseph A. Varga, a.k.a. Joseph Albert Varga, late of the Municipality of Leamington, County of Essex, and Province of Ontario, Deceased, who died on or about February 26, 2014, are required to send particulars thereof to the undersigned solicitor before August 15, 2014 after which date the assets will be distributed to the parties entitled thereto, having regard only to those claims received.

Dated at Leamington, Ontario this June 30, 2014.

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REQUEST FOR TENDER

Division Road North

Ontario N9Y 2Y9

519-733-2305 Fax: 519-733-8108

www.kingsville.ca

The Town of Kingsville will be accepting Request for Tender for the 2014 Rural Road Program and the 2014 Surface Treatment Program up until the hour of 12:00 Noon local time on Monday, July 21, 2014

A Public Opening will follow at 12:15 p.m.

Tenders are available at the Municipal Office at 2021 Division Rd North between the hours of 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

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2021 Division Road North Kingsville, Ontario N9Y 2Y9

Phone: 519-733-2305

Fax: 519-733-8108 www.kingsville.ca

REQUEST FOR QUOTATIONS

MILLING AND ASPHALT PAVEMENT 2014

The Town of Kingsville will be accepting Request for Quotation for the Milling and Asphalt Pavement 2014 up until the hour of 12:00 Noon local time on Friday, July 25, 2014

A Public Opening will follow at 12:15 p.m.

Tenders are only available at the Municipal Office at 2021 Division Rd North between the hours of 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Please deliver completed Quotations in a sealed envelope clearly marked: Milling and Asphalt Pavement 2014 to:

Andy Coghill

Manager of Public Works

Town of Kingsville

2021 Division Road North Kingsville, ON N9Y 2Y9

For more information, contact Andy Coghill, Public Works Manager, 519-733-2305 or by email: acoghill@kingsville.ca

Crime Stoppers, ACCESS team up again

By Bryan Jessop

The Windsor and Essex County Crime Stoppers and ACCESS have once again joined forced to help make an impact on crime in Leamington.

Groups of volunteers representing the two groups as well as local residents took to the streets of a central region of urban Leamington to distribute Crime Stoppers flyers Wednesday, June 25. Local citizens and representatives of ACCESS — formerly known as the Youth and Family Resource Network (YFRN) — utilized the Salvation Army facility on Setterington Street as their headquarters while a Crime Stoppers team led by program manager Ron Funkenhauser made the trip from Windsor.

“Basically, it’s a refresher course on anonymous calling,” said ACCESS Neighbours coordinator Kelly Baillargeon. “What we’re doing is kind of a media blitz to get the word out. It’s a crime deterrent.”

The combined group of about 15 volunteers spent between three and four hours dropping off 1,000 flyers, printed and paid for by the local branch of Crime Stoppers after receiving content and graphics from Baillargeon. The flyers offer contact information on how residents can make anonymous tips when they suspect a crime has taken place or is about to take place in their neighbourhoods. The flyers also note that tips can be made anonymously and that callers may be eligible for cash rewards. As of February 1 this year, 5,749 arrests have been made following Windsor-Essex County Crime Stoppers tips while nearly $700,000 in rewards have been distributed.

Baillargeon noted that while Crime Stoppers does send tips to the

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appropriate police department, they do not arrange to have police officers or cruisers sent to a tipster’s address. Those who make calls to Crime Stoppers can also make follow-up calls to find out what progress has been made after their tips were reported. In Windsor-Essex County, Crime Stoppers can be contacted at 519-258-8477.

Both the first and second Crime Stoppers flyer blitzes in Leamington were intentionally scheduled for early summer — the time of year when crime rates typically rise in communities across the country. The groups of volunteers concentrated their efforts on residential and business areas south of Talbot Street East, west of Sturgeon Meadows Avenue, north of Oak Street East and east of Erie Street South.

“It’s not that this is the only part of town where crime happens,” said Baillargeon. “It’s just convenient because of how heavily-populated the area is. We don’t have 100 volunteers to do the entire town.”

Last year, the groups distributed between 500 and 600 flyers, just over half of this year’s sum. About two-thirds of the volunteers distributing the flyers were local to the neighbourhood while the remaining third represented Crime Stoppers.

For more information on Windsor Esssex County Crime Stoppers services and statistics, visit the website www. catchcrooks.com.

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In the fall, dried leaves, hay, straw, saw dust, wood chips, shrub and tree prunings are acceptable but will take a longer roasting period. Always cut larger material into 2 inches or smaller, use a wood chipper if available. During the rest of the year, green matter breaks down the best. Fruit and vegetable scraps and grass clippings will promote heat quickly, breaking down the waste. Also use coffee grounds, teabags and uncomposted manure from cows, goats and horses or poultry. Compost this manure only if combined it with lots of vegetable waste. Use a 3-to-1 ratio, making the vegetable waste the greater amount. Cover the pile with straw. Let the pile heat up for 10 to 15 days. When the temperature inside reaches 140º to 150ºF, pull off the straw cap and turn the pile by pushing it over and dividing it. Reassemble the pile and cover with straw.

When the centre temperature reaches 140º to 150ºF turn again. Repeat this 3 to 4 times during a 6-month period.

If necessary, you can add water if the material becomes dry. This also helps the process.

The more often you turn the pile, the quicker it will break down into compost. The smaller the pieces, the faster it will compost. Use a push lawn mower over larger pieces and leathery leaves before adding them to the pile.

A barbecue thermometer works well to check the compost temperature.

Composting household vegetable scrapes and yard waste is a great way of helping the problem at landfills and creating a healthier life style.

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Ryan Rafo drops off a Windsor Essex County Crime Stoppers flyer in the mailbox of a Leamington residence during a media blitz involving ACCESS Wednesday, June 25. A sum of 1,000 flyers were distributed throughout central urban neighbourhoods in Leamington. (Submitted photos)