$5.5-million investment in Point Pelee National Park
The Government of Canada is investing approximately $5.5-million in federal infrastructure funding, while celebrating several completed infrastructure projects in Point Pelee National Park.
The announcement was made Monday, March 26 by the Minister of Environment and Climate Change and Minister responsible for Parks Canada, Catherine McKenna, as Canada’s southernmost park prepares for its 100th anniversary and a year-long celebration of bringing people and nature together.
This federal infrastructure funding will support the renewal of two popular day use areas – the Marsh Boardwalk and the Tip area. The tower and stationary section of the marsh boardwalk will be refreshed, and a brand new observation tower will be erected near the Tip to provide an all-new visitor experience of exceptional views of this iconic area of the park.
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Similar investment work has recently been completed on a number of other infrastructure projects, while achieving several conservation gains. Repairs to the park’s break wall will help to renew shoreline protection by replenishing the sand along the western shore and protecting fragile habitat, as well as stabilizing the trail that connects visitors to the most southern tip of mainland Canada. Improvements to the park’s Northwest Beach area is also now complete. In addition to ensuring the restoration of the fragile dune habitat, this project improved services for visitors, including families, with (Continued on Page 3)
years, implemented as a revitalization strategy to promote new growth for native species of vegetation.
Prescribed burn returns to Hillman
By Bryan Jessop
While outdoor temperatures hovered around the freezing mark, things were noticeably warmer at an Essex Region Conservation Authority site.
For the second time in precisely two years, ERCA’s Hillman Marsh in southeast Leamington was targeted for a prescribed burn. The event was carried out with the same objective as in 2016, with certified burn team members focused on helping maintain and rejuvenate a prairie tallgrass habitat within close proximity to the site’s parking lot and elevated observation platform. As the fire suppresses shorter shrubs that can otherwise take up too much space, the taller growth — which provides shelter for certain species of wildlife — is permitted to reach full size.
The 12-acre, rectangular plot was the subject of a low complexity prescribed burn on Thursday, March 22, where drip torches started the ignition process at about 1 p.m. — 45 minutes earlier than on the same date two years earlier. With more challenging wind conditions however, this year’s burn had to begin at the southeast corner rather than along the field’s northern perimeter.
“This year was trickier with a diagonal wind, but this way is more thorough and effective,” explained ERCA biologist/ecologist Dan Lebedyk, who again led the process from start to finish. “Backing the fire into the wind is slower than using a head wind, but it kills woody material from the ground. A head wind is too fast and just gets the
top layer.”
Whereas the 2016 burn was completed in just under 60 minutes, this year’s revitalization effort took about twoand-a-half hours to stretch from the southeast to northwest corner. This time around, the Hillman Marsh burn team was made up of nine members including three full time staffers from ERCA, two from Ontario Parks including Wheatley Provincial Park superintendent Jim Wigle, two employees of DBI Services and two from the City of Windsor’s Parks and Recreation department.
“For different groups to team up like this is nothing new,” Lebedyk explained. “Anyone who’s certified likes the experience to keep their skills up.”
Lebedyk noted that ERCA was greeted with ideal weather conditions for the burn last week, as reasonable temperatures were coupled with the required lack of recent rainfall. Last year’s burn at the same location was the first at Hillman Marsh since 2008, which was in turn preceded by a similar project as far back as 1996. The City of Windsor and DBI Services were also involved in the 2016 burn at Hillman Marsh.
“At the start (of this year’s burn), we learned about what the fire likes to do in this weather,” Lebedyk said. “The wind direction really controlled the operation today.”
On the same day, controlled burns took place at Point Pelee National Park and the Ojibway Nature Reserve near Windsor.
DBI Service’s Adam Walker administers a three part diesel, one part gasoline mix of fuel to a prescribed burn along the western boundary of a 12-acre plot of land at Hillman Marsh Thursday, March 22. The burn was the second at the same location in two
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BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND...
Chad and Lisa Desborough of Leamington, with the assistance of Canadian Blood Services, are organizing a blood drive in their son’s memory. Little William was 22 months old when he passed away battling Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia.
On Wednesday, April 4 the couple is hosting a blood donor clinic from 1:007:00 p.m. at the Kinsmen Recreation Complex, 249 Sherk St., Leamington.
Little William was born May 29, 2008. It was discovered in a 32-week ultrasound that he had several abnormalities. He had a neurological disorder called Agenesis of the Corpus Callosum, swollen right brain ventricular and a chromosomal issue. All were non-life threatening, and his mom
and dad thought they would be raising a special needs child.
On March 12, 2010 that all changed when Chad and Lisa were given the news by their pediatrician that William had Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia. He was rushed to McMaster Children’s Hospital to begin chemotherapy.
During his treatment, William’s parents realized the importance of blood donations. William received numerous blood and platelet transfusions to keep him alive as his levels dropped. Unfortunately, on April 8 2010, surrounded by family and friends, William passed away in his mom and dad’s arms.
The Desboroughs would like to say thank-you to the strangers who generously donated blood, as it gave them an extra month to say good-bye to their son. They invite the public to join them April 4 at the blood donor clinic as they honour the memory of Little William. Maybe your donation will save a life.
Chad and Lisa Desborough of Leamington are hosting a blood clinic April 4 to honour the memory of their son William (pictured), who lost his battle with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia at the age of 22 months. The kindness of strangers who generously donated blood at the time of William’s illness gave the Desboroughs an extra month to say good-bye to their son.
The Bank Theatre presents Love, Sex and the IRS
The stage will be set offsite for the Sun Parlour Players Community Theatre Production of “Love, Sex and the IRS. Produced by special arrangement with Samuel French Inc., the production, “a bedroom farce on steroids”, runs: opening night Wednesday, April 11 at 7:30 p.m.; Thursday, April 12 and Friday, April 13 at 7:30 p.m.; Saturday April 14 at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.; and final matinee at 2 p.m. on Sunday, April 15.
While renovations continue at The Bank Theatre, the production will be held offsite at the Leamington United Church Hall, 9 John St. in Leamington.
The adult comedy by William Van Zandt and Jane Milmore, written in the late ’70s, is hilarious from the beginning as two young unemployed musicians, Jon and Leslie, try to save money by filling out their tax returns as a married couple. A flag goes up at the IRS and visits ensue from a lonely IRS auditor, one young man’s girlfriend, the other young man’s mother and a suspicious landlord. This throws the two guys into a cross-dressing frenzy of cover-ups, outright lies and even some half-truths.
“I love people who make me laugh and I love to laugh,” said director Renata Solski. “My passion in life is to make others laugh because it is a good way to live. This play is a situational comedy covering topics that weren’t widely discussed prior to the ’70s, and although it may seem dated, there are many plot twists and the craziness builds. The affairs, cross-dressing and drinking until you pass out are old comic devices that will leave you laughing all the way to the car.”
Solski also directed the well-attended “Lend Me A Tenor” production at The Bank Theatre last season.
The cast features well-known actors and actresses from the Windsor-Essex area.
Bridget Marie Opfer Raffoul, Mike Hale, Ian D. Loft, Kyle C. Haight, John Solski, Laurie Niefer, Renata Solski and Greg Brown provide the laughs throughout.
“The cast and crew are full of energy and ready to make you laugh,” said Solski.
Theatre production committee chair Penny Gil couldn’t agree more. “The actors are well rehearsed and funny and Renata’s direction is spot on,” said Gil. “In today’s sometimes turbulent times, laughter truly is the best medicine and this production does that and more! We’re thrilled to have Renata back directing for The Bank Theatre, along with this fun cast and crew.”
Tickets are available at Wharram’s Jewellers (21 Talbot St. W.) and Counter Effects (2 Iroquois Rd.), both in Leamington. Doors open 30 minutes prior to the show. Ample parking is available at Leamington United Church. Tickets will be available at the doors or online at https://lovesexandtheirs.bpt.me
Although renovations are ongoing at the theatre itself, these productions, concerts and events held offsite continue to bring in net proceeds that lead to more events held once renovations are finished. Renovations will include seating, gallery, lobby and the grand staircase.
This concert is sponsored with the generous support of the Municipality of Leamington and the Southpoint Sun.
For more information visit www.banktheatre.com
$5.5-million
investment in Point Pelee National Park
(Continued from Front) renewed washroom and change facilities, a natural playground, and a new picnic shelter. Shoreline protection structures along the western shoreline of Point Pelee National Park have also been rehabilitated.
Millions of Canadians celebrated Canada 150 with free admission to Parks Canada’s places in 2017 and more Canadians than ever before had amazing experiences. Point Pelee experienced the largest increase in visitation of any national park in Canada. From January to December 2017, Point Pelee National Park saw an increase of 68% over the same period last year with more than 200,000 additional visitors. In 2018 and beyond, Parks Canada will make discovering nature and connecting with our history easier and more affordable for families with free admission for youth aged 17 and under and new Canadians.
On May 29, 1918, the federal government created Point Pelee National Park in recognition of its ecological significance, particularly due to its importance as a stopover point for migratory birds. Today, however, it protects a significant example of Canada’s Carolinian Forest, making it the most diverse national park with more species of plants and animals than any other national park in Canada. It is also designated as an International Monarch Butterfly Reserve, an Important Bird Area, and a Dark Sky Preserve.
in Hillman Marsh
Erratic driver faces charges
On the weekend the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) in Leamington observed a tan-coloured Jeep travelling southbound on Essex County Rd. 33 in Leamington. The vehicle swerved into oncoming traffic and then made an erratic turn.
Officers spoke to the driver of the vehicle and several empty bottles of beer were located inside the vehicle.
The officer issued a Roadside Screening Demand to the driver, which he failed.
A 19-year-old Leamington man was arrested and charged with exceeding 80 milligrams Blood Alcohol Content (BAC). He will appear in a Leamington court in May to answer to the charges.
Renata Solski is the director of The Bank Theatre’s off-site production of “Love, Sex and the IRS”. There will be several performances Apr. 11-15 at Leamington United Church.
RIB’S RAMBLINGS
Easter with the peeps
With Easter upon us, let’s hope Mother Nature sends a little warmth our way this weekend.
We’ve run the gamut of Easter weather over the years. I can remember bright sunshine and summer-like temperatures and also remember snow on the ground in some years.
It’s really a crap-shoot this time of year.
If you talk to long-time farmers, they will tell you that it’s still March, so we shouldn’t expect anything warmer for another month or so. They should know. They’ve battled spring temperatures for all of their lives.
Opening Day at Comerica Park coincides with our holiday weekend this year, so there will be people who get an extra-long weekend. If they also work for a government entity or a bank, they also get the Monday off. So imagine, taking Thursday, Friday and Monday off.
Our Easter plans consist of meeting with all the grandbabies on Sunday morning so that they have time to visit their other grandparents too over the weekend. Then we are off to Deb’s side in the afternoon.
Last year, we all pitched in to have an Easter Bunny visit the little ones as a surprise and they really didn’t know what to think as the bunny came walking in the door. The oldest two were mesmerized by the bunny, but said he had ‘scary eyes’.
This year, I can imagine they’d be jumping up and down just to get close to the big rodent.
That much has changed in a year. Outside of our brand new granddaughter, the other three have grown leaps and bounds (no bunny pun intended) from last year and they have become little individuals with their own likes and dislikes.
Their vocabularies have multiplied tenfold and they are just a lot of fun to be around as they grow into curious and hilarious toddlers.
Four years ago, when I found out I was going to be a first-time grandfather, I didn’t think I was ready for that. Now, I’m fully into being a grandparent and wouldn’t have it any other way.
Easter traditions when I was a kid were simple.
We weren’t a particularly religious family, so I didn’t know much about Easter until I learned about it in religion class in school. We’d all be brought into a classroom where a ‘special’ religion teacher awaited our arrival. I want to say this was about once a month or so.
Through illustrated cards and books, they would teach us things from the Bible.
We’d have bible drills, where the teacher would ask us to raise our little school bible above our heads in one hand and then she would call out a specific verse and we would race to find it in our bible.
At home, we celebrated with a ham and one of those lamb shaped fruit cakes my mom always made in her steel cake mold.
She always let me help sprinkle the icing sugar over the lamb and apply the eyes and nose, which sometimes were maraschino cherries and sometimes were those little edible silver BBs.
She was quite creative around Christmas and Easter. I remember learning to love the smell of contact cement whenever she made those macaroni trees and then spray painted them with gold paint. Two great smells in one item!
It’s a wonder I wasn’t a little daft from all of the crafty-type smells in those days.
Or maybe I was and just never noticed.
My focus was on how much chocolate I could gather and that usually consisted of a hollow bunny or something and a bunch of other assorted candy. I still prefer hollow to solid to this day, but my consumption has dropped off considerably.
The important thing at Easter is family and my dad always insisted the family get together in some way. He’s been gone for about 10 years now, and although I don’t usually see my siblings on Easter weekend, we’re not far away from each other. We all have kids, grandkids and spouse’s sides to tend to as well.
It’s the circle of life, I guess.
And that last statement is a testament to how many cartoons I’m watching as a grandfather.
Happy Easter and Hakuna Matata, everyone.
1952 Meteor hardtop was built in Windsor
THE OLD CAR DETECTIVE
Bill Sherk
Born in 1941, Ed Eggengoor of Caledon, Ontario, grew up in Downsview (now part of Toronto) and owned a black 1952 Meteor Mainline 2-door sedan in high school. He worked on the car all through the week so it would be fit to drive on weekends, when he dated his future wife, Evelyn. As a Mainline, Ed’s ’52 Meteor had a Ford dashboard, a Ford V8 engine with 110 horsepower, and no fancy trim on the outside.
He drove that Meteor for six years until his Dad made him an offer he couldn’t refuse. If Ed started saving money for a new car, Dad would match him dollar for dollar. It was amazing how money piled up, and one day Ed was able to go to Cruikshank Motors on Weston Road in Toronto and buy a new turquoise and blue 1961 Meteor
2-door sedan. His ’52 Meteor was given to a family friend. Now let’s fast forward to the spring of 2017 when a yellow and white 1952 Meteor Customline Victoria 2-door hardtop came up for sale in North Bay following a restoration completed two years earlier. With memories of his first ’52 Meteor still fresh after all these years, Ed bought the car. And what a car it is! The Customline series for Meteor in 1952 featured a Mercury dashboard, a Mercury V8 engine with 120 horsepower, and fancy trim inside and out. And Ed’s ’52 Meteor hardtop also has bubble skirts, an outside sun visor, and continental kit.
Both Ford and Meteor for 1952 had several new features. It was the first year for a curved one-piece windshield. It was the first year for pendulum-style brake and clutch pedals mounted in the inside of the firewall, a much more convenient location for the master brake cylinder when checking the level of brake fluid.
And with the brake and clutch pedals no longer going
through holes in the floor, the dust and mud coming up off the highway stayed on the highway.
It was also the first year that Ford and Meteor had the gas filler neck behind the rear license plate.
All 1952 Meteors were built in Windsor. Ford of Canada opened a new plant in Oakville in May of 1953.
I’m always looking for stories.
Email: billtsherk@sympatico.ca
Mark Ribble
NatureFresh™ Farms expansion in Leamington
John Ketler, General Manager at NatureFresh™ Farms, has announced the newest NatureFresh™ Farms greenhouse expansion taking place in Leamington later this year. Construction of a new 32-acre greenhouse facility will commence in the summer of 2018, with production scheduled to begin in 2019. This facility will house a range of tomato varieties to be grown using supplemental lighting, allowing for year-round production of fresh Canadian-grown tomatoes.
With construction beginning in the summer of 2018, NatureFresh™ Farms will further increase its presence within the tomato category by 2019. In this new facility there will be a variety of tomato crops being grown, including TOMZ® Snacking Tomatoes, Tomatoeson-the-Vine, and Beefsteak Tomatoes. A greater supply of Canadian-grown tomatoes produced year-round will ensure that NatureFresh™ Farms successfully meets increased market demands within the Tomato category with consistently fresh and high-quality products. NatureFresh™ Farms expanded its greenhouse production into the United States in 2015 with the construction of a 45-acre facility in Delta, OH. In Ohio, NatureFresh™ Farms also grows TOMZ® Snacking Tomatoes, Tomatoes-on-the-Vine, and Beefsteak Tomatoes, but these crops are grown using High-Pressure Sodium (HPS) lighting, allowing year-round availability of Ohio-grown tomatoes.
With supplemental lighting and other innovations being launched in the new facility, the Leamington greenhouse will be equipped with the same state-of-the-art growing technologies as seen in Ohio.
Matt Quiring, Executive Retail Sales Accounts Manager at NatureFresh™ Farms, is expecting great success from the expansion: “The first full growing season in our Ohio
greenhouse has been very successful so far, so with the same technology that we use in Ohio being implemented in our new Leamington greenhouse, we expect similar success. We should see higher production, greater efficiency in the growing process, and consistently high-quality products from our new Canadian greenhouse.”
NatureFresh™ Farms continues to grow its acreage with this exciting Canadian expansion. Once construction is complete on the new facility, NatureFresh™ Farms will be growing flavorful, high quality tomatoes across over 90 acres of greenhouses. With exciting times ahead, the NatureFresh™ Farms team is looking forward to further development as a leader within the industry.
ALL YOU’VE DONE FOR US!
Consultation on proposed front-of-package labelling
Health Canada wants to hear from you!
Have your say on Health Canada’s proposal to require front-of-package nutrition labels for foods high in saturated fat, sugars, and/or sodium.
Health Canada launched the Healthy Eating Strategy for Canada back in October of 2016. The goal is to create a food environment where the healthier choice is the easier choice. Chronic diseases are a major public health concern in Canada. Unhealthy diets high in saturated fat, sugars and sodium are one of the top risk factors for obesity, type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure and heart disease.
Health Canada is proposing to introduce mandatory front-of-package labelling for foods that are high in nutrients of public health concern, namely saturated fat, sugars and/or sodium. Front-of-package labelling could provide quick and easy guidance to help consumers make informed choices about packaged foods and help improve the nutritional quality of packaged foods available in the marketplace.
Health Canada is launching a consultation on front-of-package labelling. The official Canada Gazette, Part I consultation will be available from February 10 to April 26, 2018.
Since Health Canada wants to hear from as many Canadians as possible, they have also created a short, consumer-friendly online consultation for you to tell us which front-ofpackage nutrition symbol you find useful. This consultation is open until April 26, 2018. Go to www.healthyeatingconsultations.ca/front-ofpackage to complete the questionnaire. Your responses will help guide the choice of a nutrition symbol for the front of food packages in Canada.
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Uni-Fab makes Bank Theatre donation
By Bryan Jessop
Another local business has stepped forward — or rather upward — in support of The Bank Theatre’s current fundraising drive.
Metal fabricating facility Uni-Fab has made a contribution of $50,000 toward The Bank Theatre and Meeting Place’s goal of raising $400,000 for a match program revealed by the Municipality of Leamington in October of last year. The program was announced by Leamington mayor John Paterson and members of council during ‘The Big Reveal’ at The Bank Theatre last fall. Up until April 23 of this year, the municipality will make a dollar-to-dollar match of up to $400,000 through a funding program that will not impact Leamington’s taxpayers. Collecting public, corporate and organizational donations of $400,000 — accompanied by the municipality’s match of the same amount — would account for about two thirds of the $1.2 million The Bank Theatre estimated in October that it would need to complete the overall restoration project.
Uni-Fab’s donation was officially made at its Highway 77 site Wednesday, March 21, where it was accepted on behalf of The Bank Theatre by its president Ursula Tiessen and building committee co-chair Dennis Dick. The presentation was made by Uni-Fab president Abe Fehr and his wife Lisa Fehr, allowing for two more $25,000 strips to be removed from a chart tracking the drive’s progress toward $400,000.
“We thought this would be a good way to help make the community more well-rounded,” explained Abe Fehr. “Supporting the area’s entertainment hub is good for everybody. It’s nice to be able to contribute like this. Hopefully, this will encourage others to offer their support.”
In recent months, Uni-Fab has supported community facilities and organizations including Erie Shores Hospice, the development of storage and canteen areas for the baseball diamonds at Kinsmen Sports Field, UMEI high school and the Junior ‘B’ hockey Leamington Flyers. With it’s $50,000 contribution to The Bank Theatre/Municipality of Leamington match program, it has earned the naming rights to the theatre’s grand staircase. The staircase itself is expected to be built within the next one to two weeks.
The Uni-Fab donation was one of several naming rights opportunities for The Bank Theatre’s Capital Campaign, for which tax receipts are available. Chances to have segments of the facility named after the donating business, organization or individual(s) include or included the script library, costume room, tech-lighting-sound room, Dressing Room 1, Dressing Room 2 and any of 12 seating tiers at $10,000 each. Two of the 12 seating risers are presently on hold.
For contributions of $25,000, naming rights are available to the VIP Room, the gallery and the tech-lighting-sound room. At that level of support, the bar is also on hold. At $50,000, naming to the lobby and mezzanine are also available. The gallery is currently on hold while Uni-Fab has accounted for naming rights to the grand staircase. Other amenities already claimed include the box office (Libro Credit Union), Victory-Green Room and the Gallery (Michael and Francine Honey/Honey Family Foundation) and concessions area (Freedom 55
Financial). The Starlight Stage is presently on hold.
Tiessen noted that opportunities to benefit from smaller donations to The Bank Theatre’s revitalization project are also available. Currently, the Leamington BIA is spearheading a project where each contribution of $20 will earn a chance to win one of three gift baskets valued at $250 apiece. Donations can be dropped off at Gabriele BrandSource, Brad’ts Butcher Block, The Jean Academy Inc. or Wharram’s Jewelry Ltd. Winners will be announced April 23.
The temporary close of The Bank Theatre is allowing for portions of the restoration process such as the grand staircase, parts of the exterior and lobby space, sections of seating and gallery space.
“We want to be open again by fall,” Tiessen explained. “People are seeing the value in what’s being put into the uptown core and we want to get the momentum going.” If construction within The Bank Theatre must stop temporarily, Tiessen explained that the restoration will go as far as the currently available funding will allow.
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Marie Platsko
Marie “Mary” Platsko (nee Stasso), 96 years, passed away peacefully on Saturday, March 24, 2018 at Erie Shores Hospice.
Linda Vandervaart
Muriel Trefry
Muriel Trefry (nee Armstrong), 89 years, passed away peacefully at the Sun Parlor Home on Sunday, March 25, 2018.
Predeceased by her beloved husband John (2009). Dear mother of Bob Platsko (Lynne) and the late Sandra Forte (2011) (Mario). Loving Baba of Pam Chausse (Greg Siddall), Ryan Forte (Karina Bodnar) and GreatBaba of Mitchell and Jill Chausse. She will be missed by her sisters-in-law, nieces and nephews, especially doting Mary Almasi.
Mary’s sense of humour, even when suffering in pain, her love of cooking, especially her pyrohy and holubchi, and her love of puppies will be missed by all.
Heartfelt thank you to staff and volunteers at Erie Shores Hospice for the love and comfort provided.
Visiting was at the Reid Funeral Home and Reception Centre, 14 Russell Street, Leamington (519-326-2631) on Tuesday, March 27, 2018 from 2-5 p.m. and 7-9 p.m.
Funeral Service to celebrate Mary’s life held from the funeral home on Wednesday, March 28, 2018 at 11 a.m. with Rev. Andrew Wilson officiating. Entombment Erie Memorial Gardens.
Memorial donations made by cheque to Erie Shores Hospice would be appreciated.
Share words of comfort or make a donation at www.reidfuneralhome.ca
“I love you more”
WHEATLEY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY MEETING on Wednesday, March 28 at 7:00 p.m. upstairs at the Wheatley Legion. Everyone welcome. Memberships available.
SEACLIFF MANOR JOB FAIR on Thursday, March 29 from 12:00 - 2:00 p.m. and 5:00 - 7:00 p.m., 30 Seacliff Dr. E., Leamington.
GOOD FRIDAY FISH FRY March 30, 5:30 - 7:00 p.m. at Wheatley Legion Branch 324. Fresh Lake Erie yellow perch, fries, coleslaw and more. $15 per person (under 10 $8).
RICK PICKLE MEMORIAL DART TOURNAMENT Saturday, March 31 at Wheatley Legion. Sign up sheet at bar.
LEAMINGTON BLOOD DONOR CLINIC at the Leamington Kinsmen Recreation Complex, Wednesday, April 4, 1:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. New donors & walk-ins welcome! To book an appointment or for additional information, please contact us at 1 888 2 DONATE (1-888-236-6283) / www. blood.ca / GiveBlood App.
AN EVENING WITH MAEVE on Wednesday, April 4 at 6:30 p.m. Join Seacliff Manor Retirement Residence (30 Seacliff Dr. E.) in welcoming local author and speaker Maeve Omstead Johnston. She will be doing a reading from her newest book “My Heart Remembers” as well as selections of readings from her previous work. Maeve’s books will be available to purchase and at your request she will be signing new treasures. Coffee, tea, light refreshments.
SKATE WHEATLEY PRESENTS “THIS IS YOUR MOMENT - GOING FOR GOLD!” skating carnival on Saturday, April 7. Showtimes are 2:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. Admission $10, age 5 and under free.
A resident of Leamington, Linda Vandervaart (nee Barth) passed away on Tuesday, March 20, 2018 at Erie Shores Hospice at the age of 76.
She was born in Hamilton, Ontario, and was the daughter of the late Andrew and Catherine Barth. Mother and friend of Lisa Vandervaart and Reg Lefaive, Peter and Lisa Vandervaart, and Roselee Susan Vandervaart. Proud grandmother to Torey, PJ and Brandon. Loving sister to Kathy Mayhew and Veronica Watterworth. Linda will also be dearly missed by many nieces and nephews. Predeceased by her sister Rosalie Barth (1964).
Linda was a member of St. Michael’s Parish in Leamington.
Family and friends were received at Reid Funeral Home & Reception Centre, 14 Russell Street, Leamington (519 326-2631) on Saturday, March 24, 2018 from 12:00 p.m. until the Funeral Service to celebrate Linda’s life at 1:00 p.m. Interment at Evergreen Memorial Park Cemetery. Memorial donations to Erie Shores Hospice would be appreciated by the family.
Friends may send condolences or make a charitable contribution at www.reidfuneralhome.ca
Beloved wife of the late Harold (1998). Loving mother of Judy and Gerry Demers, Terry and Ecaterina Trefry, Jack and Sherry Trefry, Erin and the late Paul Bruneau (2006).
Cherished Grandma of 13 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren. Daughter of the late Harold and Eva Armstrong. Dear sister of Eleanor Armstrong and the late Jack Armstrong (2012). Sister-in-law of Eileen Armstrong, Claire and Ralph Foote, Ken and Lillian Trefry. Will be missed by many nieces and nephews.
Muriel was Past President of Royal Canadian Legion Branch 324 Ladies Auxiliary Wheatley. She retired from Quality Control at H.J. Heinz after many years. She was a great Mom and Grandma who will be missed dearly.
Visiting is at the Reid Funeral Home and Reception Centre, 14 Russell Street, Leamington (519-326-2631) on Wednesday, March 28, 2018 from 2-5 p.m. and 7-9 p.m.
Funeral Service to celebrate Muriel’s life held from the funeral home on Thursday, March 29, 2018 at 11 a.m. Interment Evergreen Memorial Park Cemetery. Memorial donations made to Amnesty International would be appreciated.
Share words of comfort or make a donation at www.reidfuneralhome.ca
ART SHOW & SALE By Gerald Enns. Carnegie Arts & Visitor Centre, 28 Division St. S. Kingsville. Showing: Month of April. Meet the Artist: Saturday, April 7 from 1:00 - 4:00 p.m. Entertainment and refreshments.
HUSH (HEARING U SAY HELP) ROCK AND BOWL FUNDRAISER for The Bridge Youth Centre at Empire Lanes, Ruthven. Sunday, April 8 at 2:00 p.m. $20 per person includes 2 games and shoe rental. Door prizes. For details call Splat 519-2592189 or email hearingusayhelp@outlook.com.
ANNUAL SPRING FLING COMEDY/VARIETY SHOW. Olinda-Ruthven United Church, 1907 Queen Blvd., Ruthven. Sunday, April 8 at 2:00 p.m. Tickets sold at the door $10/person or $25/ family. Call 519-567-4819 for more information. All proceeds to go GessTwood Church Camp.
POTLUCK EUCHRE PARTY - Food, Friends & Fun!Tuesday, April 10, 5:30 p.m., at South Essex Community Council (SECC), Adult Day Program Room, 215 Talbot St. E., Leamington. Try your hand at winning the prize and/or a door prize. Admission is a dish, appetizer or dessert. For more info or to register contact Paige Frankfurth at 519-3268629 ext. 299 or pfrankfurth@secc.on.ca
MOM TO MOM SALE. Saturday, April 14 at St. John the Evangelist Anglican Church, 60 Erie St. N., Leamington, 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. We all know how kids grow. Why not bring your things to sell! Contact Lee or Lisa Smith at 519-322-1469 for any questions or to book a table.
MYSTERY DINNER THEATRE - Saturday, April 14
- 5:00 p.m. Knox Presbyterian Church. Tickets are $17 - and are limited.
ADDICTION RECOVERY: Family Education and Support Program: call 519-990-2530.
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THE ESSEX-KENT BLUEGRASS, OLDTIME & FOLK MUSIC ASSOCIATION presents Dave Adkins & Ernie Evans (from Kentucky & Florida) and the Canadian Bluegrass award winners “Winterline” in concert at the McGregor K of C (9560 Walker Road) Saturday April 14 at 7:00 p.m. Tickets: $20 advance; $25 at the door. Contact Stan Sullivan 519-733-2934 stansull@gmail.com.
RUMMAGE SALE at Leamington United Church, 9 John St., on Friday, April 20 from 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. and Saturday, April 21 from 9:00 a.m. - 12 noon.
SPRING RUMMAGE SALE - Friday, April 20 and Saturday, April 21 from 9:00 a.m. - 12 noon at First Baptist Church, 3 Fox St., Leamington. Gently used spring and summer clothing, small household items, books, toys, and misc treasures!
SPRING BAZAAR (INDOOR YARD SALE) on Saturday, April 21 from 9:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. at the Friendship Club, 171 Erie St. N., Wheatley. Treasures Room, Craft Room, Tea Room and Bake Sale. The Heritage Society will also be open.
ONTARIO PURPLE MARTIN ASSOC. MEETS Saturday, April 21 at 9:00 a.m. at Orchard View Golf Course, 1357 County Rd. 34, Ruthven. Meet with lots of knowledgeable Martin People who are very willing to share their experience and help with questions regarding all aspects of Purple Martins. All are welcome. Info: Paul 519-738-3476.
“LOVES, LIES & THE DOCTOR’S DILEMMA”, presented by Thamesville United Church Drama (TUChD), April 21, 22 (matinee), 27, 28, 29. Dinner and play $35, show only $16. Times vary. For more information or to order tickets go to www. universe.com/tuchd3
BOXERCISE FOR PARKINSON’S. Free class for Parkinson’s patients. Now accepting registration. Open to residents of Essex County. Call Andre 519-551-0539.
COFFEE BREAK – ALL ARE WELCOME at First Baptist Church, 3 Fox St., Leamington on Wednesday mornings from 9:00 - 11:00 a.m. Delicious coffee, tea and goodies are served. Participate in or cheer on games of shuffleboard or table games. There is a time of Q&A with Pastor Mike or Pastor Jason. It’s a great time of fellowship and an opportunity to meet new people.
T.O.P.S. - TAKE OFF POUNDS SENSIBLY - a support group that meets every Tuesday evening at Faith Everlasting Church, 587 Hwy. 77, Leamington. Weigh In 5:30 p.m. - 6:45 p.m. Meeting 7:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. First meeting is free.
CAREER CLOTHING IS AVAILABLE at St. John Anglican Church Angel Cupboard for anyone who requires professional clothing to attend job interviews or for starting a new position. Call 519-3263111 and leave a message for Charlotte to set up an appointment.
ADDICTION RECOVERY GROUPS now running at St. John the Evangelist, Erie Street. Mondays at 6:30 p.m. - Westover After Care. Wednesdays at 6:30 p.m. - SMART Recovery. Fridays at 7:00 p.m. - Cocaine Anonymous.
IF YOU WANT TO DRINK, THAT’S YOUR BUSINESS If you want to stop, we can help. Call Alcoholics Anonymous: 519-999-1234.
WHEATLEY HERITAGE SOCIETY is open Tuesdays from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. For appointments other than normal hours contact Heather Vannieuweneburg at 226-248-0382 or e-mail wheatleyheritage@gmail.com.
Fish Fry this Friday
Ask and you shall receive! Wheatley Legion now has an ATM at the Branch. I guess we have finally made it into the 21st century!
Wheatley youth faces criminal charges
The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) in Leamington received a call on Saturday March 24 at approximately 6:00 p.m. regarding an erratic driver on Erie St. S. who was throwing beer bottles from within the vehicle.
Officers arrived and discovered the vehicle in question, a red GMC pickup truck with two occupants, parked in a parking lot.
Officers spoke to the driver of the vehicle who exhibited signs of impairment. Officers also observed several empty beer bottles in the cab of the truck.
Competition was keen among the 22 players who shot Fun Darts on March 16. Garry Hope, Steve Clements and Marcelle Chittle tied with Mary Robinson, Patricia Suy and Richard Howe with 5 wins. Also tied, with 4 wins, were April Simpson, Terri Taylor and Larry Evoy – Mabel McKee and Jim McClellan. Sherry Decaluwe and Arnold Seili tied with Rosemary Duquette, Nikole Clements and Terry Taylor with 3 wins. Erika Simpson, Julie Reid and Gord Crook won 2 games and Velma Hope, Bonnie Evoy and Mike Simpson avoided the skunk with a single win. Ladies who doubled out were Patricia, Sherry, Nikole and Erika.
Dart players please note – there will be no Fun Darts this Good Friday March 30. Play will resume next Friday April 6 at 7:30 p.m.
It was a full house for the St. Paddy’s Day celebration on March 17. Roberta and Sandy did a fine job as “Turk ’n Beaup” and four members of the Sun Parlour Pipes and Drums provided entertainment throughout the afternoon. Along with the meat draws there were numerous free draws of “Irish” items as well. Cheryl Harrison was a two-time meat winner and the other winners were Yvonne Prudence, Sandy Simpson, Steve Marshall, Polly Johnston, Dave Moore, Brenda Wallace, Mary Robinson, Mrs. Bill Hyatt and Rose Dibbley. Kay Shaw was the lucky winner of the larger than usual 50/50 draw.
Having Easter guests? Bring them to the Meat Draws this Saturday. Tickets go on sale at 3 p.m.
Don’t forget to drop in for a hot lunch on Wednesdays starting at noon. Chili is on this week’s menu. Great food made by a great cook for a great price!
Join us this Friday for the Legion’s first Fish Fry of the season. Enjoy fresh Lake Erie yellow perch, fries, coleslaw and more for only $15 per person (kids 8 and under $8 payable at the bar). Everyone is welcome and bring your Easter guests along!
The Zone A2 Golf Tournament will be held at Belleview on May 12. There are now 4 categories – Womens, Super Seniors (70+), Seniors (55 - 69) and Regular. A sign-up sheet is on the bulletin board and you must indicate the category you are entering. The sign-up deadline is April 27. Coming up… April 14 Birthday Bash featuring Toast &
Jam… May 5 the annual Tom and Annie Howe Dart Tournament.
RCL Ontario Command Bursary Assisted Program is designed to assist students attending post-secondary education. Those eligible are children and grandchildren of service personnel, currently serving members of the Canadian Forces, and members of the Legion and Ladies Auxiliary. Application forms are available at the Branch.
When the officers attempted to arrest the male driver of the vehicle, he assaulted the arresting officer and resisted arrest.
A 17-year-old Wheatley male was charged with care or control while impaired, assaulting a Peace Officer and resisting a Peace Officer. He will appear in a Leamington court in May to answer to the charges.
MASQUERADE: FUNDRAISING PARTY
Thank you to all our generous sponsors, attendees and supporters and all of our volunteers who made this a great success once again!
JURIED STUDENT ART SHOW: 20th Annual
The LAC presents the 20th Annual Juried Student Art Show open to all Secondary Students from across Essex County. Categories include: Acrylic Painting, Oil Painting, Drawing, Sculpture, Mixed Media, Photography, Digital Media and Film. $2100 IN CASH PRIZES will be awarded in EACH of the 9 categories/mediums with a People's Choice Award at the end of the month. Also, as a part of this event, a $100 “Future Artist” Award will be presented to the graduating student who showcases the most artistic potential.Generously Sponsored by: The Rotary Club of Leamington and The Kiwanis Club. Deadline to enter: March 31
LAC AGM: Guest - Windsor Endowment for the Arts
Please join us on Tuesday April 10th at 6:30 as we welcome Carolyne Rouke, President of the Windsor Endowment for the Arts as our guest speaker at our Annual General Meeting. In May 2018 WEA will award $29,000 in grants to local artists
and arts organizations, plus give out many arts awards. WEA connects, celebrates and invigorates a vibrant arts community in Windsor Essex to enrich the lives of all. Learn more about these valuable grants, how to apply and connect with other artists and arts enthusisits. This event is FREE and everyone is welcome! This is more than an AGM!
LOVE, SEX, AND THE I.R.S.
A bedroom farce on steroids!! Opening Night Wednesday, April 11 - 7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 12 & Friday, April 13 - 7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 14 - 2:00 p.m. & 7:30 p.m. Sunday, April 15 - 2:00 p.m. OFFSITE - Leamington United Church Hall , 9 John St., Leamington. Tickets $20 Available at Wharram’s Jewellers, Counter Effects, and online.
DALE’S FRIDAY COFFEE HOUSE
Friday, April 27 OFFSITE Knox Hall, Knox Presbyterian Church, 58 Erie St. S., Leamington. Doors 6:30 p.m. Show 7:00 p.m. Admission - Pass the hat.
“SHOW THE LOVE”
A double compilation CD featuring 23 regional musicians produced by Quantum Sound Productions to raise funds for The Bank Theatre. CD purchase $20, doubles with matching fund campaign and available by contacting banktheatre@gmail.com or in Leamington at Home Building Centre, Counter Effects, Leamington Arts Centre, Bradt’s Butcher Block, & Municipality of Leamington.
HELP THE LEAMINGTON BIA SUPPORT THE UPTOWN REVITALIZATION PROJECT OF THE BANK THEATRE
Every $20 donated receives a ballot for a chance to win 1 of 3 $250 gift baskets. Stop into Gabriele BrandSource, Bradt’s Butcher Block, The Jean Academy Inc. or Wharram’s Jewellery Ltd. and donate for your chance to WIN!
TEN for TALENT!!
If every person in Leamington donated just $10.00 toward the Bank Theatre “matching funds” campaign we would be able to raise over a half million dollars- WOW! Be a part of the success story of your theatre and let’s raise dollars for all the TALENT that our community has to nurture! Simply visit www.banktheatre.com to make an online donation or drop off your donation by cash or cheque to Leamington Town Hall at 111 Erie St. N., payable to The Bank Theatre. Donations of $20 or more receive a tax receipt. Last curtain call for matching fund donations is between now and April 23rd for your donation to double! TEN FOR TALENT, do it today!
MEETINGS
Board Meeting - Tuesday, April 10 at 7:00 p.m., enter stage door at back of theatre and downstairs. Membership $5All welcome!
AGM - Tuesday, May 8. More info TBA
THE BANK THEATRE MATCHING FUND CAMPAIGN
The Municipality of Leamington will match dollar for dollar, all private and corporate donations until April 23, 2018 up to $400,000. Naming rights, seat sponsorship, individual and corporate giving options and more information is available on our website. Thank you for your support! To learn more visit our sponsorship pages on our website at www.banktheatre.com. THANK YOU - Media Sponsors: Southpoint Sun, Southpoint Printing, Blackburn RadioWindsor’s Country 95.9/92.7, YourTV Windsor.
RENOVATIONS
During renovations at The Bank Theatre upcoming events will be held at offsite locations. Visit our website for updates. www.banktheatre.com
IN MEMORIAM
Michael GeorGe haMM
August 17, 1981- April 1, 2009
No farewells were spoken, no time to say goodbye. You were gone before we knew it, and only God knows why. Our hearts still ache in sadness, and secret tears still flow, What it meant to lose you, no one will ever know.
Forever in our hearts, Your Hamm Family
IN MEMORIAM
Paul lenahan
June 26, 1941 – March 24, 2016
Remembering a special husband, father, grandfather, great grandfather who had a nature you could not help loving. His sense of humour, kindness, gentleness, love and his smiles are greatly missed by family and friends.
A face we love is missed, a voice we know is still, A place is vacant in all our hearts that only he could fill. Many things have happened, and many things have changed, But how we love and miss him will always stay the same. Love, remembrance and precious memories keep him forever in our hearts. Love always from your family.
I have lost my special soulmate, Each day I miss you more. You left a place no one can fill, But everyday special precious memories of you Come my way.
Your Mary
Russell & Bessie Quick IN
They have 4 daughters, 9 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren. They will celebrate with an Open House Saturday, April 7, 2:00 - 4:00 pm at The Half Century Club, 160 Talbot Street East, Leamington Best wishes only.
IN MEMORIAM
In Loving Memory of Mary E. (LiLy) Martin
December 28, 1923 - March 30, 2011
If we could visit heaven On this our saddest day
Maybe for a moment
Our pain would go away
We’d put our arms around you And whisper words so true That living life without you Is so very hard to do
We cannot bring the old days back When we were all together But loving thoughts and memories Will stay with us forever.
Forever in our hearts. Your children, grandchildren & all of our families.
MEMORIAM
Jim Young
September 22, 1943 - March 31, 2013
It’s
To say thank you would be considered an understatement when it comes to all the love, support, thoughtfulness, kindness and compassion that we have received over these last 10months with Ronny’s diagnosis of DIPG and his passing. We would like to extend our sincere appreciation to Ronny’s Pediatric Oncology team, especially Dr. S. Zelcer, Nurse Practitioner Lisa Pearlman, Mary Anne, Quinn and Megan that traveled this journey with us and for always being upfront and honest with us. To Dr. Thomas Burgess and our palliative care team (Meghan & Sue), thank you for helping us to keep Ronny home till his passing. Your compassion towards Ronny and us as a family, was truly remarkable and will not be forgotten. To the Ridgetown Branch Legion 243 volunteers, thank you for the meal that was provided during visitation. Thank you to Nathan McKinlay, Mike and Joe, as well as the rest of the McKinlay Funeral Home staff, for all the assistance with Ronny’s visitation and service. The extra little touches did not go unnoticed. The Windsor Spitfires’ and Boston Bruins’ jerseys that you wore at the end of the service leaving the church brought many to tears but also showed genuine love for Ronny. Thank you to pianist Jennifer Fittler and soloist Madison Hamm. Your God-given talents were greatly appreciated and made Ronny’s service that much more personal for us and those who loved him. Thank you to Pastor Barry Wynveen for officiating Ronny’s service and truly capturing Ronny’s love of life, and yes, he did have “CLASS”. Thank you to Ronny’s pallbearers for completing a very difficult task. To St. Paul’s Congregational Church and Glad Tidings Church, thank you very much for the use of your facilities for Ronny’s service and for the reception. To Chef Ange and the staff at Willow Ridge, thank you for serving at the reception and for the meal afterwards for the family. Even though Ronny’s life on earth has ended, we will continue to remember him each and every day and remain #Farm Boy Strong until we meet again.
Love Jeff, Anita, Joe, Emmy & Dani Betterley
We are sending a dove to Heaven with a parcel on its wings, Be careful when you open it, for it’s full of beautiful things. Inside are birthday wishes for our 2 special guys.
Happy Birthday and all our love.
Remembered Always, Edith & Girls
Milo Coulter - 1931 David Coulter - 1954
Russell and Bessie Quick were married in the Kingsville Pentecostal Church April 3, 1948.
The ongoing habitat restoration project at Point Pelee National Park began heating up earlier this month.
Parks Canada personnel are in the midst of implementing a multi-part prescribed burn at different locations throughout the nation’s most southerly tip. This year’s burn began Monday, March 19 at Cactus Field north of the Visitor Centre, covering about 2.5 acres of surface area. From there, a team of about 15 Parks Canada employees — each from Point Pelee and most trained for prescribed burns through the Wildlife Management Course — moved to a smaller section of the park closer to the Visitor Centre the following Thursday.
In total, the team at Point Pelee is targeting about 3.5 acres near the Visitor Centre, 7.4 acres at Cactus Field, 1.4 acres at the Marsh Boardwalk and about 4.9 acres at Sleepy Hollow for a combined sum of just over 17 acres. Last year, 13 prescribed burns took place at nine Parks Canada facilities across the country, including Point Pelee. The national project in 2017 focused on 4,200 acres, including a modest three quarters of an acre at Point Pelee’s one-day burn.
“We have to be very specific, strategic and cautious to protect species at risk.”
— Tammy Dobbie
At the local park, the current burn is being conducted to protect and invigorate the growth of threatened and endangered vegetation species including the Eastern Prickly Pear Cactus — found in Canada only at Point Pelee and in a small patch on Pelee Island. The burn team is taking extra precautions to ensure scorching and damage to the cactus patches throughout the park is minimal, raking dried up grasses — referred to as “fuel” — away from the vulnerable plants and dousing them with water before segments of the burns in their areas commence.
“We have to be very specific, strategic and cautious to protect species at risk,” explained Parks Canada ecologist Tammy Dobbie while noting that specific burn paths are mapped out to avoid damaging rare native species. “Taking account for wind speed and direction and humidity makes it challenging. Doing this will get us back to a balanced ecosystem. We’re doing it for all Canadians.”
At Point Pelee, the burn crew is also setting its sites on protecting the notably rare Climbing Prairie Rose Plant, the threatened dwarf hackberry, the citrus family member common hop tree and other species being overwhelmed and ‘shaded out’ by growth including dogwood and sumac. Because of the burns and other segments of the Savannah restoration program that began early in the decade, wildlife species including the fivelined skink and Eastern fox snake are also benefiting.
“People are seeing sunflowers and other things that weren’t around the Visitor Centre before the restoration,” Dobbie said. “Ice flows coming off the lake make openings that can be very beneficial and fire is a really good tool too.”
Dobbie noted that prescribed burns can only take place during ideal weather and ground conditions in order to be both effective and safe. In rare cases, weather can be warm enough to conduct burns as early as late February, although such projects cannot typically begin until several days after heavy rainfall. Normally, a narrow window of opportunity
Business Profile
Ricci, Enns, Rollier & Setterington LLP
Leamington boasts one of the oldest and largest full service law firms providing personal and professional service to its clients in the surrounding area. Ricci, Enns, Rollier and Setterinton LLP is located in one of the oldest law offices in the county at 60 Talbot St. W. The law firm offers its professional services in the areas of real estate, family law, civil, personal injury, wills and estates, estate planning, corporate commercial, and a limited amount of criminal litigation.
which plays such an important role in the Leamington area.
While his career is a busy one that requires extended hours of research, Ricci said the everevolving technology has certainly affected the field of law. He said the law office continues to remain on the forefront when it comes to such advancements.
But for their law firm, which includes partners Deborah Rollier, Marnie Setterington and the late Paul Enns, the community also plays an important role.
For Ricci, helping attract doctors to the area was just one of his missions as past chair for the Community for Doctors Committee. His work though, was not limited to the health care field. He has also been involved with the Kinsmen Club of Leamington, the South Essex Community Council, the United Way, the Children’s Aid Society, the Essex Power Board, St. Michael’s Church and indirectly with the Hogs for Hospice with his work at the Roma Club.
Ricci said their busy law firm boasts eleven staff members, most with more than 20 years experience, but he said they are always looking to expand.
But the firm offers expertise in another area, one that is key in the Leamington area — the agribusiness sector, to its many clients in the farming and greenhouse industry.
For partner Frank Ricci, greenhouse farming holds a special place in his heart, having grown up on a greenhouse operation in the Leamington area. Ricci though, didn’t always plan on becoming a lawyer. His path began in the science and health care field and took a brief jaunt in the field of engineering, but it was his desire to find a fulfilling career that would allow him to return to his hometown and assist some of those people he had grown up with that led him to law.
After graduating from Western Ontario Law School, Ricci returned to his old stomping ground, finding a home in the Talbot St. West office in 1990. With his lifelong experience in agriculture, it was only natural Ricci would become an expert in this field
exists from early-mid March to early April. Burns taking place any
to bird species returning from migration or others coming out
Following a hiatus of several years, prescribed burns were reintroduced to Point Pelee in 2011. During this year’s burn, the park itself remained open, although certain areas were closed off depending on the specific times and locations of the restoration strategy.
“This is something that was unheard of 20 years ago, but it’s a natural process that helps with restoration,” Dobbie said. “People are understanding it more. It requires a lot of studying before it’s done though — if done wrong, it can do more harm that good and be dangerous.
While admittedly living an extremely busy life, Ricci has also found time somehow to train and compete in several distance runs, including marathons and half marathons.
He said Rollier and Setterington also offer their time to the community, including work with Community Living and the Erie Shores Health Care Board. In addition to doing their part on committees and with organizations, Ricci said the law firm also does some pro bono work for charitable organizations.
Ricci said their busy law firm boasts eleven staff members, most with more than 20 years experience, but he said they are always looking to expand.
Ricci said being lawyers in a rather small town allows them to offer personal service not often found in large cities — a service that holds special meaning when you’re working on behalf of your friends, family and neighbours.
He was recently named Positive Professional of the Year at the Leamington and District Chamber of Commerce Business Excellence Awards in 2017.
The early stages of a segment of this year’s prescribed burn at Point Pelee National Park are kept away from a knee high fence encompassing the Visitor Centre garden Thursday, March 22. The burn is part of a Savannah habitat restoration project that began in 2010. (SUN Photo)
later could pose a threat
of hibernation.
2017-2018
Stars eliminate Flyers
By Bryan Jessop
For the first time since 2013, the Leamington Flyers will not appear in the Western Ontario Conference finals.
In this season’s semis, the St. Thomas Stars came back from a 3-2 series deficit with wins of 2-1 and 2-0 for the right to face the defending WOC champion London Nationals. The Stars won at home on Friday to tie the series and then at Highbury Canco Arena Sunday, March 25 to advance.
Neither team gained any ground in the first period of Game 7, where the Flyers were the more dominant offensive force despite being outshot 10-6. Connor Meyerink had to be sharp during a Stars’ power play late in the period, but Anthony Hurtubise made the two biggest saves at close range with about 5:30 left on the clock.
Both teams had chances in the middle stanza, but Hurtubise and Meyerink continued slamming the door on the opposition’s forwards. Leamington narrowly missed out on taking a lead during scrambles in front of the Stars’ net during a power play in the latter half of the frame, where St. Thomas defenders managed to sweep the puck into the corner. The Flyers mustered a 15-9 shots on goal advantage, but started the third frame on the penalty kill.
power play as Leamington went one for three.
The Flyers handed the St. Thomas Stars the most lopsided loss of the Western Ontario Conference semifinals up to that point in Game 5, starting with goals by Jake Nimmo, Josh Pope-Ferguson and then two straight by Fetter en route to a 7-3 victory.
Nimmo started the scoring just beyond the six minute mark, taking assists from Blake Bain and Fetter to beat Hurtubise. Just over a minute later, Pope-Ferguson made it 2-0 after being set up by Maddux Rychel and Griffin Robinson. The Amherstburg native scored once in each of the first five games of the series against the Stars. Later in the March 22 contest, he added an assist for his ninth point in nine playoff games.
“He’s a really good skater,” Flyers head coach Tony Piroski said of Pope-Ferguson. “When he uses his speed, he’s very effective.”
“We all played for each other — there was no selfishness out there”
Next up, Fetter scored on the power play, with assists going to U.S. linemates Kenny Styles and Blake Johnson. From there, the Stars’ bench retired Hurtubise for the night in favour of back-up goalie Jesse Hodgson.
- Rory DiNiro
St. Thomas gained momentum in the third, outshooting their hosts 10-5. The game winner came with 5:49 left on the clock, as Jake Robinson took control of a bounce that Meyerink attempted to clear away from the front of his net and buried a wrist shot from slightly to the left of the net. With just under a minute to go, Kevin Hu carried the puck a few steps over the Leamington goal line before sending it into an empty goal. The Flyers were outshot 29-26 while both sides were zero for two on the man advantage.
“If you don’t score, you don’t win,” Flyers head coach Tony Piroski said after Game 7. “Every game but one (Game 5) was a matter of a post here or a bounce there. This one was a lot like Game 6 — we were snakebitten. We had as many or more chances as them, but we just couldn’t bury it.”
Despite the earliest exit in the past five years, Piroski was pleased with the 2017-18 campaign overall.
“It was a very good season,” he said. “We only lost three to age, so we were a young team. Injuries made it tough for us — when you lose a 20-year-old in the first period of the first game of the series (Dalton Langlois), that’s going to hurt the team.”
Although disappointed with the semifinal exit, Leamington resident and Flyers forward Rory DiNiro was also content with his team’s overall performance this season.
“We played well as a team,” he noted. “We all played for each other — there was no selfishness out there. As we progressed, there were fewer costly turnovers and fewer penalties — those things really helped us.”
Game 6 in St. Thomas concluded with a 2-1 win for the Stars. Jake Robinson opened the scoring with a power play tally in the first minute of the second for a lead that ran until Fetter tied the game — also during a man advantage — before the midway mark of the third. Brett Fisher notched the winner about five minutes later. Griffin Robinson was given a penalty shot with about six minutes to go, but was stopped by Hurtubise. St. Thomas outshot the Flyers 30-29 and was one for four on the
Fetter, a defenseman, struck again with another man advantage tally about three minutes into the second frame, this time being set up by Cody Schneider and Preston Corp. The game winner was followed by a Jake Robinson marker 34 seconds later to put St. Thomas on the scoreboard. Styles put Leamington up by four again exactly three minutes later after benefiting from a helper by Nathan Skulley. Another 22 seconds would pass before Rychel got in on the scoring for a 6-1 Leamington advantage. Colton O’Brien drew the only assist. Robinson allowed the Flyers to go a perfect three for three on the power play for the night with the home team’s final goal of the match, buried just beyond the second frame’s midway mark. Assists were credited to Pope-Ferguson and Rychel. With less than four minutes left before the second buzzer, Hu got one back for the Stars.
In a fast-paced yet mostly uneventful third frame, Leamington concentrated more on protecting its lead than making further additions to the scoresheet. Jake Robinson scored his second of the night with 31 seconds to go in a case of too little, too late.
The Flyers were outshot 34-29, but blanked the Stars on all three of their power play chances. Leamington had little choice but to start the final stanza on a defensive note, as it served four minutes and 11 seconds of penalties within the third’s first three minutes and 48 seconds.
“It’s always nice to be able to capitalize on your chances early on,” Piroski explained after Game 5. “That was the difference tonight.”
Fetter, who collected four points in the past two games, expressed similar sentiments.
“We capitalized tonight and we had the better goaltender,” he explained of the Game 5 win, the only match of the series where the two teams were separated by more than two goals.
Rest of the West
In the other Western semifinal, the Chatham Maroons tied their series against the London Nationals with a 6-3 win on Tuesday, March 20. London bounced back the next day however with a 4-0 win and then finished the series on Thursday night with a 2-1 victory in
Chatham.
Leamington’s Blake Bain races away from the Stars’ Jake Desando at centre ice during Game 5 action of the Western Ontario Conference semifinals at Highbury Canco Arena Thursday, March 22. The Flyers won 7-3 to take a 3-2 series lead. (SUN Photo)
Nathan Skulley fires a point blank shot at St. Thomas goalie Jesse Hodgson during the second period of Game 5 in the Western Ontario Conference semifinals. Trailing is Jackson Brown, who drew a high sticking penalty on the play. SUN Photo)
Flyers goalie Connor Meyerink congratulates Stars’ goalie Anthony Hurtubise on a shutout win following Game 7 in the Western Ontario Conference semifinals. The Stars won 2-0 to advance to the final against London. (SUN Photo)
LDSS hockey team in WECSSAA final
By Bryan Jessop
In what was likely the longest three-game playoff series in recent memory, the Leamington District Secondary School Lions eliminated the Kennedy Clippers from further contention in the WECSSAA Tier II boys hockey post season. Following an unforeseen postponement and the yearly March Break hiatus from all school activity, the Lions won the third and deciding game in the division’s semifinal match up for the right to take a shot at the Tier II championship. Leamington hosted the Clippers at Highbury Canco Arena Tuesday, March 20 and wasted little time unleashing the offense for a 10-2 victory.
The series began 15 days earlier — Monday, March 5 — with an 11-7 Leamington victory at Highbury Canco Arena. The Clippers pulled off an upset 4-1 win the following day at Adie Knox Arena to force a Game 3, originally scheduled for later that week in Leamington. A miscommunication with game officials however forced its delay until after March Break. The Game 2 loss was Leamington’s first of the 2017-18 season.
“In that last game (Game 2), they really took it to us, so we knew we’d have to be ready for them,” explained Lions’ team captain Mason Gow after the Game 3 victory. “The younger guys really stepped it up today and our goalie (Matt Ciliska) had one of his best games.”
The teams played back and forth hockey for the first couple minutes in Game 3, but LDSS forwards began taking over from there. The game’s first three goals were scored within a span of 56 seconds, starting with Jeron Kir’s first of
four on the afternoon. After taking feeds from Alex Stewart and Damon Palichuk, Kir fired a wrist shot past Leif Erikkson with some help from a screen by Palichuk. Thirty-two seconds later, Gow blasted a slap shot from the top of the faceoff circle to Erikkson’s left, finding the right side of the net after taking a pass from Spence Wiebe.
Jaxyn Lafeber snapped a one-timer from the left side of the goal after taking a feed from Gow for the game winner. Wiebe was credited with the second assist.
Further scoring was put on hold until about three-and-ahalf minutes had expired from the second period. In a shorthanded unassisted effort, Symons went end to end to put a fake on Erikkson and deposit the disc into the right half of the goal. Leamington had some power play trouble of its
own later in the frame, as a five on three advantage lasting a minute and 26 seconds triggered two Kennedy breakaways. Jacob Olaffson was granted a penalty shot after the second of the two, but was denied with a left skate save by Ciliska.
The Lions’ offense caught fire again early in the third, where Lafeber made it 5-0 after taking a few jabs at a loose puck in the crease. Symons earned the lone assist. Twelve seconds later, Wiebe took a Drew Keith pass and buried a low slap shot from within the circle to the Kennedy net’s left side.
With just under eight minutes to go, Austin Williams finished a rush at the LDSS net by planting a wrist shot off a post and into the hosts’ goal to spoil the shutout bid. A little (Continued on page 17)
Kennedy’s Jacob Olaffson is stopped by the right skate of Leamington goalie Matt Ciliska during a penalty shot awarded in the second period of Game 3 in the WECSSAA Tier II boys hockey semifinals at Highbury Canco Arena Tuesday, March 20. (SUN Photos)
The Lions’ Cameron Symons is dragged to the ice by Austin Williams of the Clippers during the first period of the WECSSAA Tier II boys hockey semifinals at Highbury Canco Arena Tuesday, March 20. Williams received two minutes for tripping. Leamington won the deciding game 10-2 to advance to the final against Tecumseh Vista Academy.
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ARIES – Mar 21/Apr 20
Aries, take some time to assess a situation before you act on gut instinct. Your initial reaction may not be the best way to go. Ask a trusted friend for advice.
TAURUS – Apr 21/May 21
Taurus, when you get an idea in your head, it can take a monumental effort to persuade you to think otherwise. This week your ideas may need tweaking.
GEMINI – May 22/Jun 21
Stop planning for the immediate future and start thinking long-term, Gemini. This way you can relax as much as possible and enjoy the ride knowing all things are in order.
CANCER – Jun 22/Jul 22
It is very easy to become complacent, Cancer. Just when you thought your week would be routine, things get stirred up in ways you never would have imagined.
LEO – Jul 23/Aug 23
Leo, if a career change has been on your mind, it may be better to dip a toe into the waters rather than jumping in all at once. Try an internship before making a commitment.
VIRGO – Aug 24/Sept 22
Virgo, it’s understandable that you want to prove yourself as capable as ever. But accepting a little help is not a sign of weakness. In fact, it is a sign of strength.
LIBRA – Sept 23/Oct 23
Family matters push to the forefront, Libra. This may require all of your attention for the time being. Clear your schedule so you can give this the attention it deserves.
SCORPIO – Oct 24/Nov 22
Scorpio, overcoming challenges as they are presented to you is one of the things that makes you so successful. But even the best task master needs some rest and relaxation.
SAGITTARIUS – Nov 23/Dec 21
You may find yourself at the center of social occasions, Sagittarius. If you want to be the life of the party, then go ahead. If you want to remain on the sidelines, that’s fine as well.
CAPRICORN – Dec 22/Jan 20
It’s not worth getting into an argument to win a point with someone who doesn’t have all of the facts, Capricorn. Rest your case and forge ahead with what you know is right.
AQUARIUS – Jan 21/Feb 18
A change of direction may not be the right fit for you at this moment in time, Aquarius. If you have been pondering a move, you may want to devote more time to vetting the idea.
PISCES – Feb 19/Mar 20
Splurge on something that you have been considering buying for a while, Pisces. As long as you can afford it, you can splurge without any guilt.
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Golden Years golf report
Forty-seven Golden Years golfers reacted well to a week off and got down to work producing 73 aces on March 22 at Colasanti’s Tropical Gardens. Leading the ace parade with 6 was Andy Orsini and in hot pursuit was Mary Binder with 5. Dropping 4 each were John Murphy, Al Rutter and Barry Sweet. Carding 3 apiece were Bob Martin, Barb Murphy, Gerrit Vriesen and Bryon Walker. Scoring 2 each were Dorothy Cascadden, Murray Cascadden, Pete Daudlin, Vicky Harris, Perpetua Hildrop, Tom Hyatt, Faith Reidy, Mavis Rutter and Gail Turk. Chipping in with 1 each were Mike Binder, Al Christie, Cathy Dewhurst, Tom Dewhurst, Loraine Fox, Jack Gisi, Gary Honey, Lloyd Honey, Laurie Hylton, Julia Kos, Marie Lasi, Eileen McIntosh, Linda Norman, Tony Norman, Colleen Pearse, Tom Sasso, Mary Anne Vickery, Ernie Vandenberg, Linda Walsh and Bill Ward. Mary Binder set the pace over 19 holes with 15, followed closely by Andy Orsini with 16, and Al Rutter and Eileen McIntosh with 17. Carding 18 were Andy Orsini, Gerrit Vriesen, John Murphy (2), Cathy Dewhurst, Mike Binder (2), Betty McManus, Barb Murphy, Gary Honey, Al Christie, Ernie Vandenberg, Bob McWilliam (2), Murray Cascadden, Bill Mayville, Marie Lasi (3), Barry Sweet, Tom Sasso, Laurie Hylton (2), Tom Hyatt and Ron Fick.
Continuing their strong play over 18 holes was Andy Orsini with 35, and Mary Binder, Bob McWilliam, Marie Lasi and Eileen McIntosh with 36. Recording 37 were Andy Orsini, Mike Binder, Gary Honey, Al Rutter, Al Christie and Tom Hyatt. Bill Ward (2), Ron Fick, Bill Mayville, Barry Sweet (2) and Laurie Hylton (2) each delivered 38.
Andy Orsini led the pack over 36 holes with 72. A 76 by Bill Ward, Mike Binder, Al Rutter, Barry Sweet and Laurie Hylton and 77 by Bob McWilliam, Marie Lasi and Eileen McIntosh rounded out the scoring.
A strong 237 by Team Aces was good enough for first place on this day (Julia Kos, Andy Orsini, Mary Binder). Sharing second place with 241 were Team 2 (Mary Anne Vickery, Gerrit Vriesen, Bill Ward) and Team 4 (Pete Daudlin, Mike Binder, Betty McManus). Third and final spot was nailed down by Team 8 with 242 (Al Rutter, Jack Gisi, Al Christie).
Play continues every Thursday at 9:30 a.m. at Colasanti’s. Arrive a bit early and enjoy free coffee and doughnuts.
New players/seniors are welcome to explore membership in this non-competitive once weekly gathering of seniors who continue to prove that ‘you are never too old’. For information please contact Lloyd at 519-324-1513.
County Bridge Results
Leamington Half Century Centre, Mar. 19: North/South - 1st Henry Hildebrandt and George Hildebrandt, 2nd Joyce Gammie and Sandy Gammie, 3rd Buddy Ellwood and Frank Duransky, 4th Dave Derbyshire and Mame Nicholson. Bridge games are played each Monday at 12:45 p.m. Members and new members are welcome.
Kingsville Bridge Club, Mar. 21: 1st Marie Ellwood and Roger Cote, 2nd George Hildebrandt and Henry Hildebrandt, 3rd Peter Scott and Mike Thomson, 4th Derek Parry and Ron Martin. Bridge is every Wednesday at the Lions Hall in Kingsville, 7 p.m.
SWOC awarded OFAH Mary Pickford Trophy
The local Southwest Outdoors Club (SWOC) has been selected as the recipient of the 2018 Mary Pickford Trophy by the Ontario Federation of Anglers & Hunters (OFAH).
One of the Federation’s oldest and most prestigious awards, the Mary Pickford Trophy is presented to the OFAH club judged to have made the most outstanding contribution to conservation in their area over the past year. A complete list of outdoor events and work completed by SWOC is on the club’s website at www.swoc.ca
SWOC was presented with the award at the OFAH 90th annual conference held in Mississauga March 16-17.
The 140 members of SWOC are to be congratulated for the dedication and hard work over the years that make a positive difference in conservation.
The OFAH has 740 outdoor clubs that are all involved with Ontario’s outdoors, hunting and fishing. Approximately 100,000 members belong to the OFAH.
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The Southwest Outdoors Club was selected as the OFAH Conference 2018 winner of the Mary Pickford Trophy. Accepting the award on behalf of the club are SWOC members, left to right: Robert (Ziggy) Gagnier, Barb Gagnier, Peter Wood, Sheilah Marans, Maryann Reive, Sharron Hamilton, Dan Reive, Ron Bell. (Submitted photo)
Not making the grade
JESSOP’S JOURNAL
Bryan Jessop
My wife had an eye exam a couple weeks ago and after all was said and done, got some depressing news… she need bifocals. She told me about the exam later that day during supper. The optometrist explained to her that a surefire way to tell if you’re going to need bifocals soon is if you catch yourself peering UNDER your regular glasses when reading smaller-than-normal text up close. Sadly, I find myself doing exactly that more and more frequently nowadays, which means I’m not far behind.
Anyway, this undeniable sign of getting old led her, myself and our six-year-old on a trip to go pick some frames and then order the actual lenses (which, by the way, are anything but cheap).
The process took a while, which required placating our son with the iPad for most of the 90 minutes it took to select a couple dif-
ferent frames. Modern Sonic and Lego Ninja games or not, he was extraordinarily well behaved throughout the entire ordeal. As a reward, we went to a restaurant for lunch on the way home. We picked one of our favourite family owned and operated establishments, which of course meant no complimentary kids’ toy for our son’s meal. Again, as a reward for good behaviour, we gave him a toonie and let him pick a toy out of one of the four vending machines near the cash register.
I watched with particular interest as he mulled over the options — a miniature Hot Wheels toy, a pod full of various stickers, some cartoony ghoulish characters that led me to believe these machines hadn’t been swapped out since October and little NHL hockey players with giant heads (the poster on the front of the container challenged the buyer to “Collect All 30!”, which of course meant THAT machine had been around since prior to the Vegas expansion). After careful consideration, he placed the toonie in the slot of the machine offering the hockey players and twisted the handle. Out popped the head of a wide-eyed character donning a red helmet with details accentuated by thin, white lines.
Reid picked it up, took a closer look and declared “It’s not Montreal, dad” as we walked back to our table. Seated, he carefully
twisted the perfectly round head into halves separated by the provided seam. From there, the player’s body and a small sheet of paper depicting the logos of all 30 teams dropped to the table’s surface (the Coyotes were listed alphabetically between Philadelphia and Pittsburgh instead of Anaheim and Boston, which meant that machine had been sittin’ around for at least four years). In the centre of the character’s little red and white jersey sat the famous ‘winged wheel’.
After my son figured out how to close the two halves of the head over the peg provided on the top of the body, the transformation was complete. I was tempted to say something to the effect of “I haven’t seen a Red Wing with a head that big since Sergei Federov!” but decided against it — neither he or my wife would’ve had the slightest idea who or what I was talking about.
On our way out the door and toward the car, Reid held his new trinket in both hands as if it were some precious diamond and declared the Detroit Red Wings to be his second favourite team — perhaps two minutes after asking what team the little made in China piece of plastic played for — because “they’re a lot like the Canadiens.” He was probably referring to the mostly red jerseys, but I chimed in with “well, they’re both missing the playoffs this year” as my response.
Sigh. I hate April. The beginning of the month signifies that time of year to shell out in excess of $100 for a new license plate sticker (thanks again, Wynne) after waiting around one of the local Service Ontario branches for what seems like an eternity and the end of the month of course offers the deadline for annual income tax filing. On years like this, those events are bookended by the kickoff to an NHL playoff season sans Les Habitants. The month hasn’t even started yet and I find myself wishing it was over.
Montreal’s trainwreck of 2017-18 mathematically eliminated them from playoff contention a couple weeks ago, but that writing has been on the wall since, well, Halloween. When the mid-April golf clubs beckon, some fans believe their team should start tanking to reserve a lofty placement in the upcoming rookie draft. I’ve never been one of those fans. Losing on purpose is one of the most dishonourable acts in team sports, whether its being done to secure a top draft pick or set up a first round playoff match against a team that’s limping toward the regular season finish line. At any rate, it’s a sad, sad time for Habs fans. As recently as the second week of January, GM Marc Bergevin expressed belief that the team could still crack the post season. Maybe he believed that. Maybe he was trying to distract the media from the number of fans (including myself) who insist on his dismissal. Whatever the case, the team will at best finish four games below .500 while the despised Bruins and Leafs will BOTH likely finish with in excess of 100 points. Ouch, double ouch and triple ouch. On top of that, I’m pretty sure this will mark the first season in Habs history where they missed out on the playoffs while an expansion team qualified. Quadruple ouch.
So right now, fans of Montreal and eight or nine other teams are considering who to root for in the post season. Personally, I’m thinking Winnipeg. I’d love to see the Jets make a lengthy playoff run and not just because it would irk Bettman. The ‘Peg is as good a hockey city as any. Fans there did a better job packing the Bell MTS Place to watch the 2011 draft on the scoreboard screen than ‘Canes fans did at PNC Arena when they won the Cup.
Elsewhere, Major League Baseball’s Spring Training has begun. Maybe the Tigers will surprise us this year. No matter how bad your baseball team is, they at least never lose hope during the calendar year before playoffs begin.
LDSS hockey team in WECSSAA final
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over a minute-and-a-half later, Kir notched his second of the game by snapping home his own rebound during a charge at the Clippers’ net. Next up, Lafeber finished his hat trick with a point blank wrist shot that found its way into the top left corner, set up by Thomas.
Lafeber then completed his hat trick by tapping the puck at ice level through Erikkson’s armour during a scrum for control directly in front of his crease, unassisted. Twenty-seven seconds later, Magnus Erikkson made it 9-2 by tapping his own rebound past Ciliska from inside the crease. Scoring ended with Symons’ fourth, as he finished a left to right side wrap around with an ice level shot.
In the other semifinal, Tecumseh Vista Academy pulled off a moderate upset after losing Game 1 against second-seeded Massey 4-2 on March 5. From there, the Vortex won 3-1 and 5-2 for the right to face the Lions in the Tier II final. In head-to-head regular season action, Leamington defeated TVA 8-6 and 8-5.
“Our defense will have to be better in our own zone,” LDSS coach Butch Rickeard said of the upcoming series against Vista.
The Tier II finals began Monday, March 26 in Leamington — results were not available by press deadline. Game 2 of the best-of-three series brought the teams to Tecumseh Arena Tuesday, March 27. If necessary, Game 3 will be played Wednesday, March 28 at 3 p.m. at Highbury Canco Arena.
Flamingo bowling scores
The following are the Flamingo Restaurant bowling leagues scores for March 12.
Games Over 200: Richard Dickau 218, Aaron Dickau 226-203, Dan Dalimonte 208, Al Bison 216, Wayne Abbott 215, Jack Valade 214, Tys Schaafsma 210, Ozzie Wolf 200202.
Series Over 550: Aaron Dickau 615, Dan Dalimonte 573, Al Bison 551, Jack Valade 591, Tys Schaafsma 559, Ernie Purr 553.
High Handicap Games: Richard Dickau 276, Wayne Abbott 272, Willy Schauer 271.
High Handicap Series: Karl Wachholz 771, Ernie Purr 742, Nick Levchuk 729.
Standings: Rhine Danube 48, S.W. Property 47, Dickau Construction 45, Weil’s Food 41, Fittler Farms 37, Del Fresco 34.
Waites helps lead Western Mustangs to championships
Shailyn Waites of Leamington, playing her first season as a Mustang for Western University in London, scored it big over the past couple of weeks, winning all of Ontario Championship as well as winning silver for all of Canada Championship.
Shailyn, who is assistant captain for the Western Mustangs women’s hockey team, helped lead her team to the OUA Ontario University McCaw Cup Championship. They won by defeating Queens University in Kingston 3-0 in the final game.
Shailyn’s Western University team hosted the Canada National Championship March 15-18, welcoming the top 8 university teams from across Canada. Thirty-three teams from Canada-wide competed for the chance to attend Nationals.
The top 8 teams competing for the gold medal and Canada title were: Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Western University from London, Queens University from Kingston, Saint FX and St. Mary’s from Nova Scotia, and Concordia and Montreal from Quebec.
The first game was quarter-finals where Western University defeated Montreal 4-0. Waites netted two goals and got an assist.
In the semi-finals, Western met Saskatchewan and defeated them 2-1, advancing to the gold medal game. Although defeated by Manitoba, rated #1 in Canada, the Western Mustangs achieved silver and placed second overall for all of Canada.
Shailyn Waites was named Player of the Gold Medal Game.
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Leamington’s Shailyn Waites, assistant captain of the Western Mustangs, helped lead the team to the OUA Ontario University McCaw Cup Championship as well as a silver medal win in the Canada National Championship. (Submitted photo)
Local Athletes and Volunteers Attend WESPY Awards
Several athletes and volunteers with Leamington connections were recognized last Tuesday evening, March 20, with nominations for Windsor Essex Sports Persons of the Year (WESPYs) at the 13th annual awards banquet held at the Caboto Club. Melanie Cardinal, who taught at Leamington District Secondary School this year, was named one of the recipients of the Knobby Knudsen Volunteer of the Year Awards. Above, Leamington representatives, with LDSS teacher Joe Youssef (left), Madisyn Clark (softball), Maddy Lavoie (swimming), Noah Costa, formerly of Leamington (Dennis Fairall Track and Field), and Melanie Cardinal. Absent: Jorden Fehr (Tim Hommel Volleyball Award).
Freddy’s to host walk/run for diabetes
By Bryan Jessop
On the topic of support for research to cure diabetes, Freddy’s Restaurant will again get straight to the point.
Freddy’s Run For Diabetes will take place at Point Pelee National Park as both a first and fifth of its kind event on Saturday, April 14 starting at 10 a.m. The event will be the fifth annual walk and run for Leamington support of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, but for the first time will operate separately from the yearly Southern Footprints race that is also hosted by Point Pelee National Park.
The JDRF fundraiser is available to participants in 5 km run, 5 km walk and 10 km run formats.
Following a 9 a.m. sign in period where race bibs will be distributed, the event will kick off with a 1 km Kids’ Dash. Adult runners and walkers will start their events immediately afterwards, with 5 km runners and walkers making a single loop from the park’s Visitor Centre to the tip and back and the 10 km runners navigating the same course twice. Mike Makhlouf, who is spearheading the walk/run, is hoping to draw at least 100 entries.
“We’d just like a good turnout and for everyone to have a good time for a good cause.”
— Mike Makhlouf
“We’ve moved on to our own race, so this is a fresh start for us,” he explained. “Hopefully, we’ll be able to build it up from here. We’d just like a good turnout and for everyone to have a good time for a good cause.”
Makhlouf is being assisted by his brother Charlie and sister-in-law Antonella, who’s son Lucas Makhlouf is a diabetes patient. The group is being backed by a team of about 20 volunteers, including a number of Windsor-Essex JDRF representatives. Mike Makhlouf noted that with the team setting out on its own for the first year, there is no specific fundraising goal set for this year, although the 2018 total will serve as the benchmark for future editions of the race. With a contribution made by an anonymous donor for last year’s Southern Footprints event, roughly $9,000 was raised for the local JDRF. Another anonymous donation will be made for Freddy’s Run For Diabetes.
Entry fees for the April 14 race will be $15 per youth for the Kids’ Dash, $35 per 5 km walker and 10 km runner and $40 per 5 km runner. The registration deadline for all four divisions of the event is Wednesday, Apr. 11 at 10 a.m. Those who register by Tuesday, Apr. 3 will receive a ballot for a chance to win one of two Fitbits courtesy of Canadian Tire. Other sponsors for the fundraiser include Freddy’s Restaurant, Nature Fresh, Pelee Island Winery, Reid’s Funeral Home, Johnny’s Gas Bar, John Woelk of Century 21, Randy Critchlow of Critchlow Realty and Sundara Energy.
Interested walkers and runners may register by visiting the website www.freddys.ca and clicking on “Register to Run” from the main page. Makhlouf would like entries to register as early as possible to ensure that the proper number of shirts are ordered. Participants will also receive free vegetable packages courtesy of sponsors while all Kids’ Dash racers will receive a medal. Once the event is completed, walkers and runners will be invited to Freddy’s at 655 Point Pelee Drive for a complimentary meal.
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Novice Blue Wins Silver
After a very intense, well-played championship game
Atom Grey brings home gold
On Sunday, March 25 the Southpoint
Atom
won gold in the final game of
the Essex Ravens
The first period saw a lot of back and forth action and near misses for both teams. The Ravens put on early sustained pressure and were rewarded with the first goal halfway through the opening period. The Capitals were ready it give it their all and would not back down.
Perseverance and determination in fighting for the puck in front of the Ravens net paid off early in the second period when Chase Simpson scored a beautiful wrist shot goal just over the catcher side of the Ravens’ goalie.
The Ravens were able to score two quick goals with minutes left in the second period and were leading 3-1 going into the third.
In the third period the Capitals came out strong, winning the opening face off. Owen Pimentel made a nice pass to Max Youssef who took the puck down the ice and made a hard shot on the Ravens’ goaltender, hitting the back of the net. Mario Perez picked up Chase Simpson’s rebound and snuck it in the Ravens net, tying the game at 3-3.
The competition was fierce and the Capitals played hard with grit and determination –they wanted the win. Capitals Chase Simpson drove the puck into the opponents’ zone and found Max Youssef, who was able to dangle around the Ravens’ defense to bury it behind the goaltender.
Jozef Zieba was rock solid between the pipes for the
the finals MVP award.
The coaching staff is very proud of the effort put forth by the team this season and wanted to give a shout-out to the parents for their contributions over the season to make this a great year of hockey! Companionship,
on Sunday, March 25 in the Essex County Minor Hockey Local League, the Southpoint Capitals Novice Blue, sponsored by Leamington Chrysler, wrapped up the tournament wearing silver around their necks! Capitals goals were scored by Brent Pimentel (2), Brayden Hutchingame, Blake Epplett and Jack Williams. Team members are, front row, left to right: London Hildebrand, Max Mastronardi, Jackson Weil, Mason Wiper, Bent Pimentel, Kyle Bradley and Brayden Hutchingame Lumney. Back row: Sonny Coppola, Logan Konrad, Brady Walker, Connor Ribble, Jack Williams, Blake Epplett. (Submitted photo)
The Southpoint Capitals Atom Grey team defeated Essex on the weekend to win gold at the Essex County Minor Hockey Local League Day of Champions. Team members are, front row, left to right: Lucas Grilo, Carson Stadler, Mario Perez, Cole Carreiro, Carson Koehler, Rowen Arthurs, Dylan Konrad. Back row: Cole Gossmann, Owen Pimentel, coach Paul Gossmann, Dylan Marchand, Max Youssef, Jozef Zieba, Chase Simpson, coach Bryce Koehler, Eli Robertson, Cohen Kimball, and coaches Max Youssef and Tim Pimentel. (Submitted photo)
Capitals
Grey
the Essex County Minor Hockey Local League Day of Champs versus
White.
Goalie
Capitals. Max Youssef received
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The Corporation of the Municipality of Leamington Notice of Complete Application and Public Meeting to Consider Subdivision and Zoning By-law Amendment Applications – Bevel Line Village Subdivision File Numbers 37-T-17004 (Subdivision) & ZBA-158 (Zoning By-law Amendment)
Re: 2298764 Ontario Limited 447 Bevel Line Road (Roll Number 3706-410-000-00300)
Take notice that the Council of the Corporation of the Municipality of Leamington, as requested by the Corporation of the County of Essex, will hold a public meeting concerning proposed Subdivision and Zoning By-law Amendment applications under the provisions of the Planning Act, R.S.O. 1990, on Monday April 23, 2018 at 6:00 PM in the Council Chambers at the Municipal Building.
The Purpose of the public meeting is to provide an opportunity for Council and the public to consider a new residential draft plan of subdivision proposed for the lands situated on the west side of Bevel Line Road, south of Seacliff Drive East, known municipally as 447 Bevel Line Road (see map below). The subject property has a lot area of 9.14 hectares (22.6 acres), and is designated for residential development in the Leamington Official Plan.
The proposed Bevel Line Village subdivision will include a total of 191 residential dwelling units, of which 38 will be single detached residential dwellings, 28 will be in semi-detached dwellings and the remaining 125 units will be in townhouses. The proposed subdivision will be developed in three phases.
The applicant has also submitted a concurrent Zoning By-law Amendment application in order to change the zoning of the proposed subdivision from Residential Holding Zone R3(h) to a site-specific R3(h) zone which will establish zoning regulations for the proposed subdivision. More specifically, the site-specific R3(h) zone will establish setbacks, lot coverage, permitted encroachments and other zoning regulations specific to the Bevel Line Village subdivision. The Holding Zone (h) provision will remain in place until such time as a subdivision agreement has been executed between the Municipality and the owner of the subdivision and the subdivision plan has received final approval from the County of Essex.
It is noted that the applicant is also holding a public open house from 4:30 PM to 6:30 PM on Wednesday April 11, 2018 in regard to the proposed subdivision. The open house will be held in the Gallery of the Leamington Municipal Building. The open house is not the same as the public meeting, which will be held in front of Council on April 23, 2018 (see above). Any comments or concerns regarding the proposed applications must be raised at the public meeting on April 23, 2018 or brought forward to Heather (Ross) Jablonski, Planner (hjablonski@leamington.ca or 519-346-5761, extension 1415) prior to the public meeting.
Any Person may attend this public meeting and/or make written or verbal comments either in support of or in opposition to the proposed draft plan of subdivision and/or Zoning By-law Amendment. If you wish to be notified of the decisions of the Municipality of Leamington, you must make a written request to the Corporation of the Municipality of Leamington. If you are an owner of a property, building and/or land containing seven (7) or more residential units, you are requested to post this notice in a location visible to all residents.
If a Person or public body does not make oral comments at the public meeting or submit written comments to the Corporation of the Municipality of Leamington before the amending by-law is passed, the person or public body is not entitled to appeal the decision of Council of the Corporation of the Municipality of Leamington to the Ontario Municipal Board (OMB).
If a Person or public body does not make oral comments at the public meeting or submit written comments to the Corporation of the Municipality of Leamington before the amending by-law is passed, the person or public body may not be added as a party to the hearing of an appeal before the Ontario Municipal Board unless, in the opinion of the Board, there are reasonable grounds to do so.
If a Person wishes to be notified of the decision of the approval authority for the proposed plan of subdivision, which is the County of Essex, you must make a written request to the County of Essex, attention Mr. William King, Manager of Planning Services, 360 Fairview Avenue West, Essex, Ontario, N8M 1Y6 (519-776-6441 or bking@countyofessex.on.ca).
If a Person or public body does not make oral comments at the public meeting or submit written comments to the County of Essex before the draft plan of subdivision is approved, the person or public body is not entitled to appeal the decision of the County of Essex to the Ontario Municipal Board (OMB).
If a Person or public body does not make oral comments at the public meeting or submit written comments to the County of Essex before the draft plan of subdivision is approved, the person or public body may not be added as a party to the hearing of an appeal before the Ontario Municipal Board unless, in the opinion of the Board, there are reasonable grounds to do so.
Additional Information, including full size plans and background studies/reports relating to this matter, is available for review at the Municipal Office for the Corporation of the Municipality of Leamington during regular office hours (8:30 AM to 4:30 PM). Please contact Heather (Ross) Jablonski, MCIP, RPP, Planner, at 519-326-5761, extension 1415 or hjablonski@leamington. ca for additional information in this regard. Dated at the Municipality of Leamington this 26th day of March, 2018.
E-mail, call or drop off your classified ad by Friday at 4:00 p.m.
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Please send resume to: freddysparkstop@gmail.com
General Labourers for 2018 Processing Season
• Day and night shifts 50-60+ hours/week (Mon.-Sat.)
• Working in warm temperatures
• Transport raw, finished & packaged materials; measure/ dump ingredients; check for basic quality defects
• Starting wage $14.00 per hour
No education, and no experience required. lori.weil@weilsfood.ca 483 Erie St. North Box 130 Wheatley, ON N0P 2P0
GREENHOUSE WORKERS NEEDED
Employees will be required to carry out all job tasks as specified by the operation manager.
Specific duties include: Pruning, clipping, harvesting and cleaning work area. Repetitive task, standing for extended periods, hot humid conditions, comfortable working on scissor lifts, handling weights of up to 23 kg or 50 lbs, report signs of insect or disease damage. Permanent full time weekdays including weekends. $14.00 per hour. Will train the right candidate. Must be able to work within a group or on their own. Reliable and dependable.
Must have own transportation.
Apply:
• Compensation is $14.00/hour
• Monday through Friday (Occasional Saturdays)
• No education or experience required.
• Duties include hand-trimming, taking cuttings, hand harvesting, watering and cleaning of greenhouse. Please apply at: careers@aphria.com or mail a resume to: P.O. Box 20009 269 Erie St. S., Leamington, ON N8H 3C4
PINNACLE ACRES
REQUIRES Full time greenhouse general labourers. $14.00/hr 50+ hours, 7 days/wk. Must be available Saturday & Sunday. Work site: 333 County Rd 18, Leamington ON, rural setting, must have own transportation. Crop maintenance and harvesting, other duties as required. Must be able to lift a minimum of 40lbs on a repetitive basis, fast paced environment, strong work ethic, punctual, reliable. Please apply via email: pinnalcejobs@hotmail.ca No experience or education required. mr7-28
DINIRO FARMS INC, 725
Mersea Rd. 5 Leamington, is looking for 9 permanent fulltime Greenhouse Workers. No experience necessary. $14.00/hr, 40-48hrs/wk including Saturdays and/ or Sundays. Start ASAP. Duties include: hand harvesting, tying, clipping, deleafing, cleaning, packing. Repetitive tasks, physically demanding, standing for extended periods in a hot environment. Own transportation, rural area. No experience or education required. Email resume: dinirofarms@wavedirect.net eow-mr28 KITCHEN & WAIT STAFF & ICE CREAM ATTENDANT
Southshore Greenhouses Inc. 1746 Seacliff Drive Kingsville, Ontario N9Y 2M6
GENERAL GREENHOUSE
LABOUR - Full time and part time positions available. 4048 hours per week, weekends/holidays. Wage $14/ hour. Physically demanding work, load lifting required, hot humid environment. Duties include planting, pruning, suckering, harvesting, and other duties as assigned. No experience required. Apply to IPR Farms Ltd. by fax 519-326-6702 or email hriprfms@gmail.com. mr28-tf
M&M FARMS LTD - Greenhouse Worker positions available. Responsibilities: crop work, winding, pruning, harvesting, checking quality of harvested produce, other duties as assigned. Work Conditions: fast-paced environment, repetitive tasks, standing for extended periods, bending, crouching, kneeling, attention to detail, working at heights, hot environment. Hours: 45+ hours a week including weekends. Wage: $14.00 per hour, seasonal, full time. No education or experience required. Must have own transportation. Please forward e-mail to mmfarms@bell.net or Fax: 519-326-8047. mr14-ap4
Greenhouse Worker
RESPONSIBILITIES
• Crop work, winding, pruning, harvesting
• Checking quality of harvested produce
• Other duties as assigned
WORK CONDITIONS:
• Fast-paced environment, repetitive tasks, standing for extended periods
• Bend, crouching, kneeling, hand-eye coordination, attention to detail
• Working at heights, hot environment
WAGE AND HOURS:
• 40 plus hours a week including Saturdays
• Wage: 14.00/hour, seasonal, full time
No Education Required. No Experience Required.
HELLO MY NAME is Stevie and Iʼm looking for some odd jobs to do around the Leamington area. I am available Monday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings from 6 p.m. until 10 p.m. With Spring coming on I can assist with yard work, painting, general cleaning and pet sitting. To contact me please call or text at 519-324-5879. Thank you. mr21-ap11
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Student Ambassadors For Wheatley School
A new program at Wheatley Area Public School was recently implemented. Three student council members were appointed as “Student Ambassadors”.
Their roll of providing new students and their parents a guided tour of the school has proven very beneficial, especially during junior kindergarten and kindergarten registration. Their services are also appreciated by new students who come to the school at various times during the year.
Finalist in Chatham-Kent speaking
There were ten finalists selected from all the schools in Chatham-Kent’s Oral Communications contest. Katie Omstead, a grade eight student at Wheatley Area Public School, was among the ten finalists participating in the speaking contest at Indian Creek Road Public School, Chatham. All 45 schools, public elementary and separate took part. Class winner, then school winner, followed by area winners are selected before the finalists. Katie spoke on the topic of “The Detroit Red Wings Journey to the Stanley Cup”.
The ambassadors from left are Krista Stockwell, Suli Thomas and DeeAnna Smith.
Colleen Bell of Wheatley was one of the three finalists in the logo contest for a symbol to represent Chatham-Kent. Mayor Bill Erickson presented her with $100 cash for her third place entry. Colleen is currently continuing her education as a graphic arts student and has done some design work for local corporations when the opportunity arises. Each of the three final submissions was framed and presented along with cash awards to the contest winners. First place prize of $300 was awarded to Ben Ashton of Ridgetown and second prize of $150 went to Barrie and Lindsay Beaubien of Chatham.
Present pledge to nuclear medicine
The Wheatley Legion Ladies Auxiliary presented a $1035 donation to Leamington Hospital’s Nuclear Medicine project at their regular meeting last week. The funds were raised by holding a Food Basket Raffle which was drawn in February and designating a month of Saturday afternoon 50/50 Draws to the cause. Auxiliary members Jan Watson and Anne Marie Chase presented the cheque to fundraising campaign heads Grant Bowman, Larry McDonald and Jim Reid.
Novice AE team ready for battle.
Novice AEs continue playoff action
The Southpoint Capitals L.J. Fleming Novice AE hockey team continued their Bluewater League playoffs this past weekend.
On Friday night the Capitals hosted the Windsor Jr. Spitfires at the Highbury Canco rink in Leamington. Just three minutes into the game, with the Caps on a power play, Jonathan Recker won the draw to himself and broke left around the defenseman and fired in the opening goal blocker side. Less than 30 seconds later the Spits marched down the ice and evened the score and added another with two to play.
Now in the second period, down 3-1, Southpoint managed to creep closer. Brayden Foster skated the puck to the red line then chipped it to Recker who, following a few more strides, fired one on net resulting in it squeaking in through the five-hole. At that point, for whatever reason the young Caps laid back and looked like their wheels came off, allowing two more goals. Then with 51 seconds remaining in the middle frame, Jonathan Recker was hauled down while breaking in alone, resulting in a penalty shot. Recker, with the crowd nervously watching, skated in and rifled a shot on net but was stymied by their netminder. An exciting moment for everyone involved for sure.
Early in the third, Ben Liebrock, after making a nifty defensive stop, made a nice bank pass off the boards to exit the zone. Aidan Pulley turned on the jets and chased it down and rifled one in low blocker to inch closer.
Down 5-3 with minutes remaining, Southpoint pulled their goalie for an extra attacker but the Spitfires were able to find the empty net. They eventually added another, resulting in a 7-3 loss for the Capitals.
On Sunday, Southpoint hit the road to take on the league’s top team, the LaSalle Sabres.
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Bubba’s Memorial Tournament: Division B Champs
The Iceholes won the Division B championship at Bubba’s Memorial Hockey Tournament in memory of Gary Baker. The tournament took place March 23-25 at the Tecumseh Recreation Complex. The Iceholes team is comprised of players from Leamington and Wheatley. Team members are, back row, left to right: Keith Cobby, Marshall
The Southpoint squad came out fast and furious in this late afternoon matchup, creating numerous scoring chances and controlling much of the play, yet at the end of one the score remained zeros.
The second continued the same with the Capitals skating hard but unable to light the lamp. LaSalle was the first to score on a very nice passing play, leaving Southpoint trailing by one heading into the third.
Five minutes into the final frame the Sabres snuck another in through traffic. This did not deter the Caps as they continued to work hard and generate chances, but to no avail.
With about five minutes to go, Southpoint found themselves on the power play but exited their own zone a little too quickly, resulting in them giving up a short-handed tally.
The Capitals continued playing hard to the final buzzer but in the end they had lost a hard fought battle 3-0.
Fritsch, Josh Carnevale, Jordan Carnevale,
Ottley, Dustyn
Particpants in a Sunday, March 18 skate-a-thon for the Talbot Trail Golf Course irrigation system make their way along the ice surface at Wheatley Area Arena after spending the previous days and weeks collecting pledges. A total of $4,205 was raised through the event, co-organized between the Wheatley Optimists Club and members of the Talbot Trail junior golf program. The amount reduced the balance owing for the replacement of the golf course’s sprinkler system to about $36,000 from the original expense of about $170,000. (Journal file photo)
