Debt message crosses Ontari-‘owe’
By Bryan Jessop
In the time it takes you to read this sentence, Ontario’s provincial debt will have increased by about $1,500.
The Canadian Taxpayers Federation paid a visit to Leamington with the Ontario Debt Clock, an electronic, enclosed trailer-mounted screen with a digital readout displaying the province’s financial debt. The non-partisan organization’s 27th day of the 28-day tour began in Windsor on the morning of Tuesday, Aug. 27 before making a late morning stop in Leamington en route to Chatham that afternoon. The clock pulled up in front of the office of Chatham-Kent-Essex Conservative MPP Rick Nicholls, next door to Leamington’s Erie Street North municipal office.
The number showing on the clock as it arrived at its Leamington destination was about $257,567,000,000 — a number that CTF Ontario director Candice Malcolm said will climb to $272.8 billion by the end of the fiscal year in late March of 2014.
“It’s (the clock) a visual representation of the fiscal situation we’re in here in Ontario,” Malcolm said. “This is the sixth straight year of debt for the Ontario Liberals, who have doubled the provincial debt in 10 years.”
The 56 communities visited across Ontario in just under a month carried the clock a distance of more than 4,300 km. On it’s final day of the tour — Wednesday, Aug. 28 — the clock started off in Hamilton before making its final stop at Queen’s Park in Toronto.
“We try to hit as many communities as possible,” said Malcolm. “It’s about trying to raise awareness and get people involved with a visual reminder.”
Ontario’s debt is higher than any other province both in total and on a per capita basis. The total — forecast to stand at $11.7 billion for the 2013 bud-
get alone — is roughly the same as the other provinces combined, despite Ontario being home to just over a third of all Canadians. Malcolm noted that California, portrayed by U.S. media as being on the verge of collapse under massive state debt, carries a per capita debt of about $5,000 per person. For Ontario, the debt per resident is quickly approaching $20,000.
“The CTF submits recommendations to the Ontario government every year,” she explained. “A part of the solution will be tough medicine while some of it will be common sense. Unfortunately, many politicians tend to brush off debt like it’s not an important issue. The government says 60 per cent of our recommendations are being implemented, but we’re not seeing things like wage freezes.”
At the current rates of both spending and generating revenue, Ontario’s government will add another $30 billion to the province’s debt for the year 2018. Premier Katherine Wynne has announced intentions to balance the budget by 2017-18, but Malcolm and the CTF are not optimistic.
“We don’t think there’s a revenue problem. Over the last 10 years, it has increased by $209 billion,” Malcolm said. “It’s reckless spending. Fifty per cent of the last Ontario budget was spent on wages. Some of that money was spent on the salaries of important services, but much of it goes to benefits, packages and pensions within the huge, bloated bureaucracies of every provincial department. The government is handing out pensions that we’ll never see in the private sector — companies would be going out of business if they did.”
Per month, Ontario’s debt increases by nearly $1 billion or the equivalent of $372 per second. The province’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) will grow by an estimated 1.5 per cent in 2013 while spending increases
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Canadian Taxpayers Federation Ontario director Candice Malcolm displays the Ontario Debt Clock during a Tuesday, Aug. 27 visit in Leamington. The province’s debt increases by $372 per second and nearly $1 billion per month. (SUN Photo)
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THANK YOU TO THE VOLUNTEERS WHO HELPED MOVE THE CONTENTS OF TBT TO STORAGE IN PREPARATION FOR PHASE II OF THE RENOVATIONS
TBT’S OFF-SITE MUSIC SERIES STARTS THIS WEEK!
The first concert in the series, on September 7th, entitled “Canadian Women of Song” features Sharon Light, Allison Brown, Karen Morand and Janet Dixon. These four local, wonderfully talented women will share the music of Joni Mitchell, Sylvia Tyson, Sarah Harmer, Rita MacNeil, Anne Murray and so many others.
Tickets are $12 each, available in Leamington at Guardian Drugs (20 Talbot Street E) and The Lesson Lounge (120 Erie Street S), in Wheatley at The Party & Discount Store (8 Talbot Street W) and in Kingsville at Rebel Cowboy Music (49 Main Street W).
TBT’s Off-Site Music Series will be held monthly on Saturdays at Knox Presbyterian Church in Leamington (Erie & Setterington) while Phase II of our renovations is underway at the theatre. This Phase includes raising the roof and removing the vault to improve acoustics, lighting and sight lines and to increase the size of the stage.
Mark your calendar now for the entire Off-Site Series: September 7th: “Canadian Women of Song“, featuring Sharon Light, Allison Brown, Karen Morand & Janet Dixon
October 5th: “The Music of John Denver“, featuring Dale Butler and Friends November 2nd: “A Tribute to Gordon Lightfoot“, featuring Dave Light and his Lightfoot Tribute Band December 7th: “The Music Moves Kids Choir“ , under the direction of Erin Armstrong January 11th: “Jazzed Up January“, featuring Ian Smith and Friends
TBT PRESENTS OKTOBERFEST
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(Continued from Front) by 2.9 per cent. Interest on the debt, running a cost of $10.6 billion this year, is Ontario’s third-largest expense behind health care and education.
“The current government’s failure to reign in overspending and get our financial house in order means our youth will inherit a massive debt. The lasting legacy of government to our children must be to hand them a strong economy. That’s what we must strive for,” Nicholls announced during the Debt Clock’s tour.
In response to debt concerns, the CTF has been told that the provincial government is addressing debt with the creation of jobs. Malcolm noted that such explanations fall far short of addressing Ontario’s growing debt, offering the Green Energy Act as an example of spending that has made the province’s situation worse rather than better.
“The Green Energy Act has been a massive failure,” she said. “We call it corporate welfare. It’s a complete boondoggle and a total waste of money.”
The Canadian Taxpayers Federation came up with the idea for a travelling debt clock in the 1990s. The logos and provincial symbols on the clock’s trailer change as it moves from province to province or when it completes a provincial tour and starts another at the national level. Next month, the clock’s screen will display national debt figures under the Harper Conservative government as it makes stops at various college campuses. Currently, Canada’s national debt hovers at just under $620.5 billion or about $17,800 per citizen.
The CTF is a non-partisan organization that does not accept donations from any political parties at any level of government.
“We criticize them all,” Malcolm said. “Some governments perform better than others — it doesn’t matter what stripe they wear.”
In compiling its statistics for the recent tour that stopped in Leamington on its next-to-last day, the CTF used numbers provided by the Ontario government, specifically reports from the May 2013 budget report.
The Windsor Essex Economic Development Corporation has hired Anne Miskovsky to help boost initiatives in Essex County.
Miskovsky, recently retired from the Municipality of Leamington as the economic development officer, joined the Essex satellite office of WEEDC on Monday, August 26. Her part time position will focus on business opportunities in the county.
“Anne’s new role is an integrated position within the business development team. Anne will contribute towards both small business and entrepreneurship development initiatives as well as business retention and expansion initiatives. A larger county presence means we can be even more helpful with business expansion and attraction activities. This should make our service easier to reach for our County businesses,” said Sandra Pupatello, Chief Executive Officer for the Windsor Essex Economic Development Corporation.
Leamington Council
Community
Improvement Plan update
Saturday, September 21st at The Rhine-Danube Club (130 Erie Street North, Leamington). The evening begins with cocktails at 5 pm and a lovely schnitzel and chicken dinner at 6 pm. Come enjoy a full evening of good food, entertainment, dance and a silent auction. Tickets $30 each, available NOW at Counter Effects (Leamington) and The Party and Discount Store (Wheatley).
A BIT OF THEATRE HISTORY
Thalia (comedy) and Melpomene (tragedy) are the two masks that readily identify "theatre" to our modern selves and to the ancient Greeks who incorporated elegant, handheld masks in their dramatic productions. Masks allowed each actor to take on several characters and have been a part of the human ritual, ceremonial and entertainment experience for thousands of years. Some cover a portion of the face while others cover the whole head. Simple masks were carried on a stick or tied on with leather strapping, while other larger and heavier masks required complex costuming to support. Masks have been made from animal skins, tree bark, mud, wood, fabric, plastic, silver and gold.
The Italian comedia dell arte masks worn in productions in the mid 15th century covered the top half of the face and were designed specifically to both conceal and reveal. Medieval Mystery players used exaggerated and grotesque masks in their attempt to terrify and teach about the wages of sin. Many Canadians are familiar with the beautiful and elaborate masks that have been made for generations by aboriginal groups living on the West Coast where they have had an abundant and varied supply of natural resources and inspiration.
Make-up and costuming have taken the place of masks in most modern theatre but they are still used extensively in training as a technique for allowing burgeoning actors an opportunity to step out of themselves and into someone, or something else.
The Debt Clock’s schedule hasn’t been non-stop reports of doom and gloom. Malcolm noted that the Saskatchewan Party has balanced the budget for its province and that in the 1990s, Ralph Klein eradicated Alberta’s debt. The clock also had a period of rest in 1997-98 when the Jean Chretien Liberals balanced the books.
For more information on federal and provincial campaigns to address and curb debt, visit www.taxpayer.com.
Monday night Leamington Council received an update on what is happening with Leamington’s Uptown Community Improvement Plan from Director of Development Services, Tracey Pillon-Abbs. While actual grant projects continue to be slow in starting for various reasons, no change to the program is recommended until presentation of the third quarter update at the end of September.
When asked about the failure of sidewalk cafés to appear for the summer, Ms. Pillon-Abbs suggested that this is one of the changes to the program that may require finetuning because of the upfront engineering costs involved in ensuring they are safe.
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Anne Miskovsky
Neighbourhood group creating book
By Bryan Jessop
A book paying tribute to the history of a Leamington neighbourhood could feature a lengthy list of authors once completed.
The Mill Street Neighbourhood Initiative, formed about two years ago, is planning to piece together a book of memoirs submitted by residents of the area to be complimented by the works of local artists. The book will be a collaborative effort of many artists, with the neighbourhood’s fine art photographer Terry Doll inspired to work with the area’s youth so they can have their experiences expressed through photography. Research is also underway to include historical accounts and information within the pages of the tasseled book, which the group hopes to complete by November of 2014 as a tribute to Leamington’s 140th anniversary.
Mill Street Neighbourhood Initiative president Irena Vucajnk explained that the group is looking for accounts from Mill Street-area residents past and present.
“This neighbourhood is here to be celebrated, but is sometimes forgotten,” she said. “We’re asking our neighbours to write about what they remember and what’s important about this part of town for kids and newcomers to see the value in this area.”
Vucajnk points out that Mill Street and surrounding area is among Leamington’s oldest neighbourhoods. Many homes in the vicinity were built as part of a housing project for members of Canada’s armed forces returning from service in
World War II, which the community group’s president describes as a significant and important segment of the area’s history. With this in mind, Vucajnk has set forth to create a public panel that will provide information, share experiences of others and ensure that updates and renovations made in the area are respectful to its heritage.
From the Leamington Garden Eastside Park Project in early 2012 for which about 70 area residents signed up, The Mill Street
Neighbourhood Initiative continued onward with the formation of other projects and events and the group is continuing to grow. A committee representing the organization meets every three months or on an ad hoc basis when required.
“Everything we do is inspired by our neighbours,” said Vucajnk. “We accept everyone, even if they can only get involved with one or two projects devoting as much time as they want or can. We benefit greatly by knowledge, skills and expe-
rience rooted in our neighbours. It’s for neighbours past and present.”
The group has created and implemented programs such as Sharing and Abundance for Christmas, using items donated from area residents, items from their gardens and fallen branches from East Side Park to transform into decorations donated through the local Salvation Army. The organization has also established the Leamington’s community garden at 29 Lutsch
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The Leamington Mayor’s Youth Advisory Committee (MYAC) is back to school and back in action!
The group is playing host to a ball hockey tournament on Saturday, September 21 starting at 9 a.m. at the Leamington Kinsmen Recreation Complex parking lot. In June of this year the student representatives on the MYAC sent out a survey to their peers at the local secondary schools and the feedback suggested that several Leamington area teens would like to be part of organized ball hockey. Therefore, the MYAC is hosting this one-day tournament for both male and female teens ages 14 – 18.
Leamington’s 1st annual 4-on-4 ball hockey tournament will feature co-ed teams (maximum of 4 males and minimum of 2 females per team and one goalie (male or female). Cost is $10 per player and includes a free t-shirt for each player. Completed forms and entry fees must be dropped off at the Leamington Kinsmen Recreation Complex by September 10 to ensure t-shirts are ordered on time.
The MYAC is in full swing and are currently looking for some new student representatives from Leamington District Secondary School, Cardinal Carter Secondary School, or UMEI Christian High School to be a part of the committee.
The Complex also has a new volleyball house league for teenagers ages 14 – 16 on Monday nights and a teen indoor spin class on Wednesday nights. There’s also a Youth Leadership Training program for ages 14 plus.
Youths pitch in to help complete a Mill Street Neighbourhood Initiative community garden project at East Side Park.
Revisiting manual labour
I found out last week, that manual labour is not the president of Mexico after all.
After months of not having employment, I finally broke down and registered with a personnel agency.
this 52-year-old fool lugging stuff back and forth for them, while they casually shuffled back and forth, sorting the seats into the bins I was building, listening to Dave and Chuck the Freak talk about sex tapes.
I had already sent my resume to every personnel agency this side of London, connected to jobs they advertised on Kijiji and the HRDC Job Bank. However, not once did I get a call, so I decided to pick one and call them. At that point, I was asked in for an interview, safety training and job profiling. I was told to get myself some safety shoes and glasses for possible temporary placement at a warehouse.
I hadn’t thought anything of it when the agency said I’d be working in a warehouse shipping car seats.
I thought, what the heck, I’d give it a try. Can’t be that bad, right?
Lo and behold, last Monday morning, the call came through at 8:15 a.m. I was summoned to a warehouse on Patillo Road, east of Windsor, where they required my vast warehousing skills in the shipping area.
My mind still believes I’m 35 but my body put a halt to that notion really quick.
I assumed that because I can still skate and hit a softball with authority, that I would be fine with manual labour.
Upon my arrival at home, my girlfriend saw how red and exhausted I was and couldn’t believe I’d put myself through that for a $40 payout.
Now, I had worked in a warehouse 30 years ago for Bill Taylor in Leamington, re-packing pallets full of tomato paste, but 30 years is a long time between lifting jobs.
The temperatures were already hovering around 30 degrees Celsius when I arrived there just before 9 a.m., asking for Tony.
Tony led me to the back shipping area, where his crew of about six guys were busy loading automobile seats into bins from a semi-truck.
I was given the job of building the bins, which consisted of grabbing a heavy molded plastic bottom, putting it on the floor and then securing the corrugated plastic sides on it before pushing it across the floor to the crew who were sorting the seats.
Seemed simple enough, right?
That’s what I thought.
Turns out, it was pretty strenuous stuff for $11 an hour. By lunchtime I was sweating profusely and cursing my situation for having to be there. To top it off, the agency had told me to wear jeans, while everyone else was in shorts and muscle shirts. By 1:45, the day was finished and so was I. Tony asked me to come back at 7:00 the next morning and like a dufus, I said yes.
So I had committed myself to one more day of this.
None of Tony or his crew were over 30 and here was
They say desperate times call for desperate measures, but I was quick to agree and immediately called the agency and told them I would work Tuesday but wouldn’t be able to do it after that. I’m not the type to leave someone hanging, but hopefully by Wednesday they could find a suitable replacement without so many years on their body.
I had aches and pains later that evening in places that I didn’t even know existed. I wrung out my t-shirt over the laundry tub and could have hydrated several hundred Ethiopians with the liquid that came from that shirt.
I guess I thought I was sort of in shape. I know now that I’m not, unless round is considered a shape.
Tuesday, I arrived as scheduled at 7:00 a.m. and did my duty until the day was done around 12:30. Five hours and $55 after my day began, I was back home in time to watch Dr. Phil berate a family of bickering bi-polar Californians on the perils of drug abuse and teen pregnancy.
Life was back to normal, at least for the time being.
I made another call to the agency to ask them to consider me for an office environment if one should pop up. My 27 years at the Leamington Post have spoiled me and the layers of ‘experience’ on my body have finally convinced me that manual labour is probably not for me, whether he is the president of Mexico or not.
MARK RIBBLE Rib’s Ramblings
Two young white tailed deer bucks at Point Pelee National Park.
Photo by Randy Holland - www.randysnaturephotography.com
Ornamental kale provides gorgeous autumn colour
As the season cools down, there are many plants with brilliant blooms and colourful foliage to enjoy. Kale is in the same family as cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower and Brussels sprouts.
BILL PLUMB
The view from my window is changing
La ventana is a wonderful way to say ‘the window’ in Spanish. It also describes the capability of letting a fresh breeze in while at the same time letting out the air that has been captured within. Our eyes, ‘windows of the world’, if used widely are able to capture a glimmer, a twinkle, or an ‘aurora borealis’.
In the back yard...
This plant is a form of cabbage but doesn’t form a head like ornamental cabbage. The teal-green leaves are feathery or crinkly and form a large inner rosette that, depending on the variety, can be cream, pink, rose, purple or even red in color.
These plants will grow to a mature height of 12-18 inches with a diameter of 12 inches across. I like starting my plants from seed in mid June, approximately 8 weeks before transplanting no later than the first week in August. Plant the seedlings close together to encourage the roots to grow deep, and plant up to their first set of leaves. This will help upright growth and will prevent them from falling over. When transplanting, take special care not to damage the delicate roots.
Once the seedlings have matured, thin the plants out to 10-12 inches apart. Lightly fertilize until they mature or they won’t reach their full colour potential.
Ornamental kale prefers full sun and well-drained soil that is cool and moist but not wet. The plant will not reach full colour until the temperatures stay below 60ºF.
During fall clean-up is a perfect time to transplant the kale in planters and flowerbeds to make a refreshing change from the summer annuals. Now you can enjoy continued colour during the fall and even during the first snowfall.
Ornamental kale is often used by restaurants as garnish, but it is not very tender or tasty.
In your landscape designs, use the kale the same as any bedding plant for colour and texture. When planting them in groups, use a mixture of colours to create a brilliant contrast.
Many garden centres are selling larger selections for fall such as sedums, ornamental grasses, spikes and herbs such as sage, lavender and rosemary to maintain attractive displays as the weather changes.
If you don’t have the time to grow kale, the plants are also available from August through September at any local nursery or garden centre.
County
Bridge Results
Leamington Half Century Centre, Aug. 26: 1st Mame Nicholson and Dave Derbyshire, 2nd Shirley Plant and Yvonne Vulling, 3rd Lily Shuster and Patricia Sanford, 4th Vi Major and Marilyn Robbins. Bridge is played on Mondays at 12:45 p.m. Members and new members welcome.
Kingsville Bridge Club, Aug. 28: North/South - 1st Chris Brennan and Bill Chaplin, 2nd Dave Derbyshire and Frank Duransky, 3rd Yvonne Vulling and Jeanne Manners. East/West - 1st Bob Lee and Henry Hildebrandt, 2nd Theresa Flynn and Shirley Morel, 3rd Joyce Moran and Don Franks. Games are played every Wednesday at the Lions Hall in Kingsville, 7 p.m. For info call 519-7384939.
Wedding dress shopping is something that many young women have dreamed about ever since they were little girls pulling on sparkling outfits from their tickle trunks. Mother also dreams about the day they will take their grownup little girls to pick out that special gown, one that I found myself not immune to hoping and dreaming as well. Somehow time fastforwarded and I found myself on a flight west where I would join my daughter, her fiancé and his mother to plan a wedding. Dresses, suits, flowers, venue, menu, seating, guest list, timing and music were all a part of the myriad of choices that ended up overwhelming all of us. We felt so overloaded at one point, we looked at each other and simply packed away the pile of books, laptops and paperwork, eagerly seeking some fresh air and a new topic. When I close my eyes now, I can envision the kids in their present environment, surrounded by the new friends they have made. The rolling hills are covered with a patchwork of golden and green fields. Dips in the land hold water filled with tall grasses and ducks, while hilltops are scattered with cattle, circles of baled hay and oil wells.
One highway that we travelled straddled both the Saskatchewan and Albertan border. At certain times of the year, you can hold a cell phone out one window of your vehicle and it will be one time and out the other it’s an hour behind. Pickup trucks, country music and blue skies are all mementos of the ‘land of the living skies’.
Many of their new neighbours and friends pop in routinely. It doesn’t take long to learn that most of them have found opportunity in the west in nursing, teaching or working in the oil fields. Their little town of Paradise Hill, like many in the prairies, is filled with transients that change like the seasons. Most parents, including me, hope that their experience will eventually bring them closer to home.
On my return flight, I found myself at a window seat. Through the tiny ventana, I looked at the world as if through new eyes. Retracking high over Saskatchewan, the view of the rivers, hills and valleys formed landscapes that appeared in miniature scale. I felt smaller, yet less overwhelmed than ever before. We are not
the centre of the universe. It dawns on me that weddings, birthdays and other momentous events are just titles in the bigger story. The planning and celebration of each and every one of them is special and important, but it’s the tiny, less celebrated moments that marry these adventures together. Those moments fill the voids and help to make each of us as well as our relationships what they are or can truly be.
all gone, with them a mother’s bliss
Though happy for my little girl, I can’t but seem to think
I’ve lost our little secrets, now kept inside a heartshaped dish.
My dreams are mine, she holds her own
I proudly ease away
My daughter’s eyes are dancing now, she’s found the perfect fit
The bed sheet dresses are
My daughter’s now a grownup
Has it happened all today?
Neighbourhood group creating book
(Continued from Page 3) and inspired the creation of an East Side Park youth gardening group dubbed the ‘Sprouts’ which is maintaining the small garden bed around the information board that group installed at Eastside Park this May.
“We’re about what we can do with what we have ourselves, and are blessed by collaboration from many who share our vision” Vucajnk said. “Our power comes from our citizens and neighbours — we’re a very flexible group. Many people walk or bike through this part of town, so we want it to be a nice environment.”
The Mill Street Neigh-
E M U S I C
bourhood Initiative maintains trustful contact with the local police board, but at the same time is mindful not to build up on unfunded negative perceptions and stir up unnecessary fear in the area.
“The issues we have are no different than in other parts of Leamington as a whole,” Vucajnk explained. “Our goal is to build the trust and understanding through positive engagement that reflect the multigenerational and multicultural population of the neighbourhood.”
Although The Mill Street Neighbourhood Initiative represents the same basic residential area as the Youth
and Family Resource Network’s Neighbours Helping Neighbours organization, they are in fact two separate groups.
The Mill Street Neighbourhood Initiative is a grass roots organization of present and former neighbours.
“We have a bit of a different approach and are dedicated to create the community of opportunity for neighbours to express themselves and their values through their own narratives. It is ours to share the responsibilities for our community, as the neighbourhood is a reflection of us”, Vucajnk explained. “We’re not against any other initiatives that don’t do any harm.”
Vucajnk points out that
(Submitted photos)
while Leamington’s greenhouse industry has helped motivate urban expansion and the creation of multiple new neighbourhoods with high-end homes, such developments do not diminish the importance of the Mill Street area.
“When a lot of people get older, they look to downsize with a smaller home without leaving town,” she said. “For them, our neighbourhood has a lot of options to consider.”
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 7 - Essex
Soil and Crop Improvement Association Annual Farm Twilight Tour, at 2:00 p.m. at the John Fittler farm, 2201 Deer Run Rd., Leamington (just east of Mersea Rd. 21). Focus: “Healthy Soil, Healthy Environment”. Fertilizer management and water quality issues will be demonstrated and discussed. For info call 519-7765209 ext. 369.
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 9 - Knox Presbyterian Church, 58 Erie St. S., Leamington will be providing a free meal for those in need of food and fellowship in the community at 5:00 p.m.
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11 -
Royal Scottish Country Dance Society Open House, 7:30 p.m., at Mackenzie Hall, 3277 Sandwich St. W., Windsor. No experience, partner or equipment required except comfortable shoes. An evening of free fun and great exercise. For info call 519-974-1363.
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11 -
FREE Well Baby and Child Drop-in Clinic, from 1:00-3:30 p.m., at Mill Street Ontario Early Years Centre, 134 Mill St. (Mill St. Public School), Leamington. The clinics are for healthy babies and children from birth to 6 years old. Meet with a public health nurse to have your baby weighed and measured. Caregivers will also be able to speak with a nurse about breast-
feeding, growth and development, parenting and injury prevention. No appointment needed. For more info or future clinic dates visit www.wechealthunit.org.
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 14 - Fall
Meeting of the Ont. Purple Martin Assoc., at 9:00 a.m. Orchard View Golf Course, 1357 County Rd. 34 (old Hwy 3), Ruthven. Members are reminded to bring their statistics for the year. The public is welcome. Call 1-519-738-3476 for further information.
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 15 - Essex County Orchid Society will meet at 1:30 p.m., St. Stephen's Church Hall, 5280 Howard Ave., Windsor. Speakers: Growers Doug and Terry Kennedy (AOS judge). Topic: Oncidium/Tolumnia orchids. They will have orchids for sale. Membership renewal time and new members always welcome. More info: www.essexcountyorchidsociety.webs.com
TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 17 - The Pelee Past Questers #1498 will meet or an Antique Crawl of shops in Leamington and Kingsville. Meet at 1:00 p.m. at the southwest corner of the Real Canadian Superstore to car pool. Dessert and beverage will follow at King's Landing. Guests are encouraged. For info call Jackie 519-326-1361.
Questers is an organization for the study of antiques, preservation and restoration of artifacts, existing
memorials, historical buildings, landmarks and education.
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17 - Erie
Shores Quilt Guild - This nonprofit group of over 100 men and women who meet the third Tuesday of every month (except December) at Kingsville Arena (2nd floor) 1721 Jasperson Drive, Kingsville at 7:00 p.m. Our new year begins Tuesday September 17. If you enjoy sewing, want to take workshops to improve your skills, see Trunk Shows by renouned Quilt Artists, and enjoy the social aspects of an engaging hobby, please consider joining this positive, progressive group.
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 21Steak/Chicken Dinner . The WonderBroads Charitable Dragon Boat Racing Organization invites the public to join us at The Lakeside Pavillion in Kingsville for our 3rd Annual Steak/Chicken Dinner. This event will take place at 6 p.m. The cost of $25 includes dinner served between 6:30 and 7:30 pm, followed by live entertainment and dancing. The WonderBroads are a breast cancer survivor team - this fundraiser allows the team to spread their message of awareness, support and the value of physical activity. Details can also be found on our website at www.wonderbroads.org, or for tickets call 519-253-7176.
For more information on The Mill Street Neighbourhood Initiative, visit the group’s Facebook page or contact Irena Vucajnk at irenav@millstreetneighbourhood.com.
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A group of volunteers takes a break after completing a section of the Mill Street Neighbourhood Initiative’s community garden project at East Side Park.
ERCF fundraiser 200 years in the making
By Bryan Jessop
Support for the Essex Region Conservation Authority’s John R. Park Homestead is piling up ‘To the Rafters’.
Through the Essex Region Conservation Foundation, a unique fundraiser to replace the cedar shingle roof on the Homestead’s artifact storage barn will take place Saturday, Sept. 14 at The John Snider House. The Snider House, the oldest in Essex County to remain under the ownership of blood relatives since its construction, was built in September of 1813. The fundraiser’s name — To the Rafters — was partly inspired by the fact that workers could see cannon smoke and hear cannon fire from the Battle of Lake Erie while building the roof of John Snider’s new home.
The event will mark the first time in the home’s two-century history where it’s doors will be open to the public. Symbolically, a maximum of 200 guests will be able to attend by purchasing advance tickets only. Selling at $50 each, tickets can be bought by calling the John R. Park Homestead at 519-738-2029 or visiting the website jrph@erca.org.
Previously, the home has been the site of private tours of two to about a dozen guests. Located on County Road 50 West — about eight kilometres west of the Homestead — the structure is currently the summer home of Michigan residents
Jim and Kathy Dowling. Kathy is Snider’s greatgreat-great-great-greatgreat-great-granddaughter who along with husband Jim, own other structures on the property. The fundraiser will begin at 5 p.m. with a shuttle service to be provided from a nearby parking lot in Colchester Centre to the home and back. The service is included in the purchase of a ticket.
Guests will be welcome to arrive and depart from the historic home at their leisure, although organizers suggest arriving no later than 7 p.m. to ensure they are able to take in the tour, dinner, silent auction and live entertainment provided by Irish folk and acoustic rock act Murphy’s Boys. After the tour of the house — created using two-foot thick limestone walls on the main floor and one-foot square walnut logs throughout the log cabin-like upper level — ticket buyers will be treated to a dinner of perch, venison, lamb and other era-correct items prepared by Georgina Burns Catering. Also included will be wines courtesy of Colio Estates, including their popular ‘Stowaway 1812’. The meal will be made available under a festivities tent to be set-up on the property. Included in the silent auction will be the main prize of dinner, bed and breakfast for four at the John Snider house during the spring of 2014. Also during the event, local authors will be pres-
ent to sign copies of their books.
“This is a once in 200 year opportunity to see this house,” said John R. Park Homestead curator Janet Cobban. “The Dowlings have been very generous to offer to open up their home and host this event. Interest has been incredible and tickets are going fast. People should get their tickets within the next week or so if they want to come.”
Cobban first met the
Dowlings a few years ago during an ERCF meeting. Kathy offered the John Snider house as the site of a fundraiser for the Homestead while Jim has been hard at work restoring parts of the house. While the home does include a few modern amenities, most of it bares original elements of the foundation as well as an attic filled with artifacts dating back to the War of 1812. The house includes an addition that was built in 1890.
In the heat of the summer, a mini propane tank or hazardous materials coming from your recycle box could cause an explosion in our trucks. Hazardous materials (residential hazardous waste) can be dropped off for free at our Public Drop Off Depots (Windsor or Kingsville), but cannot be placed out for curbside recycling collection. Please think about our drivers’ safety and make sure you only put the right recyclables in your box. Thanks for helping recycle more!
The attic of the John Snider House on County Road 50 remains mostly as it was built almost exactly 200 years ago.
Tonia Jabour
Leamington racer wins karting title
By Bryan Jessop
To suggest that Brett Rickeard dominated the Brian Stewart Karting Racing Championship season for 2013 would be an understatement.
Rickeard, of Leamington, won the senior tag division series with a total of 502 points, 217 ahead of the second place finisher after the five-race season concluded in Shannonville. Supported by his father Darin Rickeard as mechanic, the season began in late May with a first-place finish in the final race at Sutton — he crossed the finish line less than a second ahead of the second-place entry.
From there, the senior tag races travelled to Flamboro for the second set of races on June 23, wrapping up with Rickeard taking the checker flag in the final with just under four seconds of breathing room over the runner up. The July 6 weekend brought entries to Rickeard’s home track at the Point Pelee Karting Club, where the local racer and his #70 kart again finished first in the final, this time by a margin of 0.139 seconds.
He made it four in a row with the first of two races in Shannonville, capturing the final’s checker flag by finishing about 1.3 seconds ahead of the second-place participant. Rickeard seemed poised for a seasonal sweep for the second of two sets of races during the August Civic Holiday weekend, but a broken axle kept him off the winner’s circle in the 2013 senior tag finale.
The local racer explained that while collisions and accidents happen occasionally, karts are rarely completely wrecked.
“Usually, it’s repairable,” said Brett. “It’s just parts getting bent.”
Rickeard also competed in the senior heavy division this year. The biggest difference between the two divisions are the two cycle engines that power the senior tag karts compared to the four cycle engines that motivate the senior heavy entries. The two cycle engines are capable of reaching speeds of up to 125 km/hr — depending on the track’s configuration — while the four cycle powerplants can propel their karts to speeds of about 80 km/hr.
“A lot of guys race two classes,” Rickeard explained. “It’s a better bang for your buck when you’re travelling all over the province from race to race.”
In senior heavy, Rickeard did not finish the Sutton race and finished seventh of nine in the Flamboro event. He was fourth of seven in the Point Pelee final, about 1.1 seconds off the leader’s pace. The first of two Shannonville finals ended with Rickeard finishing third of 12 racers, followed by a season finale where he finished second — 0.064 seconds behind the winner.
Rickeard was second in the senior heavy points race with 470, 31 behind the leader and 91 ahead of the third-place entry.
The Leamington native first took an interest in kart racing after his father took him to a race in Windsor being run by the son of Darin’s friend Pete Rempel, who occasionally assists in preparing the Rickeard karts.
“I just thought it looked really fun to do,” said Brett. Rickeard’s racing hobby began six years ago in the junior lite division of the BSKRC series. He moved up to senior tag three years ago. The 17-year-old plans to run in the same two divisions again next year. Other local racers in the BSKRC series include Corey Casaloni of Leamington and Roman Diangeles of Tecumseh.
Sponsors for Rickeard’s karts this season included MGM Acres, Sherway Construction and Nature Fresh Farms.
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ANSWERS ON PAGE 20
ARIES - Mar 21/Apr 20
Aries, no matter how hard you work, you just cannot seem to get ahead this week. Instead of tiring yourself unnecessarily, take a break and regroup.
TAURUS - Apr 21/May 21
Taurus, although you have many questions, the answers will not come so easily to you in the next few days. Bide your time for a revelation.
GEMINI - May 22/Jun 21
It will be really difficult to put you in a bad mood this week, Gemini. Your energy and cheer will be a bright light to those around you, so enjoy the next few days.
CANCER - Jun 22/Jul 22
Cancer, you may want to be friends with everyone, but you may have to accept that you have a few people who just do not meld with your interests. Hang out with those who do.
LEO - Jul 23/Aug 23
Exercise can do more than just keep you physically fit, Leo. It also can help boost your mood when you need a pick-me-up, which could be the case in the near future.
VIRGO - Aug 24/Sept 22
Virgo, each time you think the grass will be greener somewhere else, you quickly learn it is not the case. Learn to appreciate what you have, and you will be glad for having done so.
LIBRA - Sept 23/Oct 23
Libra, generosity will endear you to others, but you have to be generous for the right reasons. It's not a good idea to build friendships on false pretenses.
SCORPIO - Oct 24/Nov 22
Scorpio, avoid taking on any more projects for the time being. Although you excel in tackling things, even the best of us need a rest from time to time.
SAGITTARIUS - Nov 23/Dec 21
Sagittarius, you will have to buckle down and get some things done at work, even if you are a little under the weather. Take things nice and easy once your work is done.
CAPRICORN - Dec 22/Jan 20
Capricorn, devoting time to a spouse or children is of the utmost importance this week, while other matters will have to wait. Enjoy this opportunity to spend time with your loved ones.
AQUARIUS - Jan 21/Feb 18
Aquarius, a hectic schedule is compromising your ability to stay focused on the tasks at hand. You may need some help sorting some things out.
PISCES - Feb 19/Mar 20
There are enough diversions around to take your mind off of your problems, Pisces. They may not disappear, but you can address some issues later.
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Hunter, gatherer and forager
LLOYD BROWNJOHN Cobweb Corner...
As the traditional role of the male has changed dramatically from provider – hunter, gatherer and forager – to supermarket shopping cart pusher, I have marvelled at how much less complicated life has become. Of course, that is my assumption. Retirement, it has been supposed, offered new opportunities to explore new horizons. Perhaps it is my depreciating eyesight, but I’ve had a deuce of a time trying to clearly spot those new horizons. So when I recently proclaimed to my wife that it was my intention one morning to go foraging for fresh fruit, she said, “I hope you’re not planning to raid some neighbor’s fruit tree again!” She reminded me in very blunt terms about my last forage into a neighbor’s cherry tree when I slipped and my collection of cherries and I ended up squished together on the ground.
“No, my hips wouldn’t tolerate another fall of that magnitude. I’ll just go hunt, gather and forage on the ground this time,” I replied.
And so it transpired that I found myself carefully stalking along Road 5, east of Olinda. I had mapped out a route which would take me a distance east of the old cemetery in Olinda, past where the old iron foundry had been and then deep into the tree covered hills of Olinda.
Now, it should be understood clearly that no longer do I move rapidly or climb hills with enthusiasm. Nevertheless, I took on the challenging hills of Olinda and climbed Road 5 East. A word of warning: this area is infested with ferocious wooly-bear caterpillars, spiders and nasty looking squirrels, so if you too decide to venture along Road 5 east of Olinda, be prepared for adventure.
Lacking one of those GPS things that tell you where you are lost, I used my traditional senses – sight, sound, smell and taste. All four of these senses are fading, so at times I was not certain whether it was sight or smell, but of taste I was certain. And if you wander in the orchard-like woods long enough you are bound to emerge somewhere! I pushed on across a ditch into a forest of fruit-laden trees. The fragrance of plump juicy apples first assaulted my senses and I knew that I was now in ‘fruitful’ territory for completing my foraging mission. Taste told me these
were nice apples!
I pushed onward, struggling at times to eat my purloined apples as quickly as possible. No, not stolen apples, but ‘purloined’ as a necessity – a food for survival out here in the wilds of eastern Olinda.
Like Newton, I was alerted to gravity when an apple kerplunked on my shiny bald dome. Eventually the trees thinned and the fruit changed from apples to peaches. Now I was about to forage for what I had intended.
Then, lo! There was a large shed and therein were containers filled with peaches, pears and nectarines – a veritable fruity Shangri-La – in abundance so plentiful as to make me fully certain that my role as a provider –a forager, a gatherer and a hunter – was to be fulfilled.
All four senses kicked in, including the one which told me that Mr. Sayers was standing awaiting my order. “Yes, of course,” I muttered. “A basket of peaches and perhaps a few of those nectarines?”
I could not bring myself to explain to him how I had emerged scratched, torn and totally asunder from his orchard. I simply produced the requisite sum of Canadian currency, thanked him profusely for not asking embarrassing questions about my backpack, hiking pole and bedroll.
He smiled, wished me well and directed me outward and to my return journey home.
Upon my arrival home I proudly announced to my wife that I had completed a most successful foraging expedition and that I had in hand an abundance of fine fresh fruit. I asserted that I had once more defined my role as a provider. Well, perhaps as a retired provider reactivated.
She smiled, patted my apple-bruised head and said, “And how much did all that fruit cost?”
I whimpered a tad and then whispered, “A few dollars.”
She smiled knowingly and turned back to her computer. I returned to my Retirees Guide to the Wilds of Essex and Kent Counties.
Arrest made following pursuit in Leamington Police seeking witness
A 28-year-old Blenheim man faces numerous charges after failing to stop for police.
Around 11:30 a.m. on August 27, an OPP officer attempted to stop a vehicle at Oak St. and Erie St. S. in Leamington. The vehicle immediately fled north on Erie St into the downtown core. It was at this time the pursuit was terminated.
The vehicle then proceeded through the rural area outside Leamington where it struck a southbound vehicle at County Rd. 31 and County Rd. 18.
The vehicle continued west on County Rd. 18, lost control and left the roadway. The driver got out and fled on foot but was quickly apprehended.
The driver of the vehicle that was struck at County Rd. 18 and County Rd. 31 was taken to the hospital with minor non-life threatening injuries. The suspect was taken to the hospital with minor injuries as well.
The suspect faces charges of dangerous operation of a motor vehicle, flight from police, driving while disqualified (x6), and failing to stop at the scene of an accident.
Police would like to speak a witness who was at the scene where the vehicle came to a stop and are asking the driver of a white Ford pickup to contact OPP at 519-326-1544 or 1-888-310-1122.
BOTTOM PHOTO: The procession began at St. Anthony’s and walked to Our Lady of Lebanon Shrine on Highway #77. (SUN Photos)
The Churches of Leamington and District Welcome You
ANGLICAN
St. John The Evangelist
60 Erie St. N., Leamington 519-326-3111
Sunday Worship Services
8:30 & 10:30 am
St. Mary’s Church
East West Road, Pelee Island
1st & 3rd Sundays from June to September at 10 am
Calvary Church
North Shore Road, Pelee Island 1st & 3rd Sundays from October to May at 10 am
BAPTIST
Calvary Baptist Church
475 Bevel Line Road, Leamington 519-326-0876
Sunday Worship 10:30 am
First Baptist Church
3 Fox Street, Leamington 519-326-4372
Sunday Worship 10:45 am
Heritage Baptist Church
555 Talbot St. W., Wheatley 519-300-1400
Pastor Francisco Penner
Sunday 11 am & 7 pm, Wed 7 pm
CONGREGATIONALIST
Faith Everlasting Congregational Church
589 Hwy 77, Leamington 519-322-2994
Sunday Worship 11 am
220 Erie St. N., Leamington 519-322-1644
Saturday Services: Bible Study 9:30 am Worship 11:00 am
LUTHERAN
St. Paul’s LutheranEvangelical Church
311 Sherk Street, Leamington 519-326-3966
Sunday Worship Services
9:30 am (Germ), 10:30 am (Eng)
Sonshine Lutheran
194 Talbot St. E., Leamington 519-398-8179
Thurs. Bible Study 7 pm Worship Sercvice Every Sun.10 am
MENNONITE
Faith Mennonite Church
269 Sherk Street, Leamington 519-326-6391
Sunday Worship Services
10:50 am (Summer 10 am)
Leamington Evangelical Mennonite Mission Church 1408 Deer Run Rd, Leamington 519-326-9734
Sunday Worship Services 9:15 am (German), 10:45 am (English)
Leamington Evangelical Mennonite Church 108 Mersea Rd 3, Leamington 519-322-9915
Sunday Worship 10:30 am
Leamington United Mennonite Church 78 Oak Street East, Leamington 519-326-2727
Sunday Worship 9:45 am
Summer Worship Services 9:30 am (German), 10:15 am (English)
Meadow Brook Fellowship 219 Talbot Street East, Leamington 519-326-3605
1 Sunday Worship Service at 10:30 am
North Leamington United Mennonite Church 625 Mersea Rd 6, Leamington 519-326-7928
Sunday Worship 10:00 am
South Point Community Church 55A Talbot St. W., Leamington 519-322-1858
Sunday Gatherings 10 am
NON-DENOMINATIONAL
Iglesia La Buena Semilla 269 Sherk Street, Leamington 519-733-0342
Sunday Worship 6:30 pm
Leamington District Memorial Hospital 194 Talbot St. W., Leamington 519-326-2373, Chaplain’s Office ext. 4443
PENTECOSTAL
FGT Family Church
285 Talbot St. E., Leamington Free bus rides available 519-322-2316
Sunday Worship 10 am
Leamington Christian Centre 98 Elliott Street, Leamington 519-322-1504
Sunday Worship Services 10:30 am
English/Spanish 6:30 pm
Templo Christiano De Leamington
39 Talbot St. E., Leamington 519-325-9654
Sunday Worship Services 3 pm
Mount Zion Full TabernacleGospel
6 Mill Street, Leamington 519-252-0031
Sunday Worship 7:30 pm
United Pentecostal Church
312 Erie St. St., Leamington 519-326-7056
Sunday Worship Services 11 am
PRESBYTERIAN
Knox Presbyterian Church
58 Erie St. S., Leamington 519-326-4541
Sunday Worship Services 11 am
ROMAN CATHOLIC
St. Michael’s Parish
29 Elliott Street, Leamington 519-326-2643
Sunday Masses: 7:30 am.(English) 10:30 am (English/Children’s Liturgy) 10:30 am (OLBS, Wheatley, English)
3 pm (Spanish), 7 pm (Youth)
St. Joseph’s Church
310 Sherk Street, Leamington 519-326-2643
Saturday Mass: 5 pm (English)
Sunday Masses: 9 am (Italian, English) Noon (Portuguese, English)
St. Anthony’s Parish (Maronite Rite)
280 Talbot Street East, Leamington 519-322-2282
Sunday Masses 9:30 & 11 am (Lebanese, English)
SALVATION ARMY
The Salvation Army Citadel
88 Setterington Street
Leamington 519-326-4901
Sunday Worship 10:30 am
UNITED CHURCH OF CANADA
Leamington United Church
9 John Street, Leamington 519-326-9461
Sunday Worship Services 10:30 am
Mersea United Church
1301 Mersea Road 8, Wheatley 519-825-4157
Sunday Worship Services 9:30 am
UNITARIAN
UNIVERSALIST
Unitarian Universalist Church of Olinda
2953 Olinda Sideroad, Ruthven 519-326-4352
Sunday Service 10:30 am
Land donated
for new church at Our Lady of Lebanon Shrine
By Sheila McBrayne
His Excellency Bishop Paul-Marwan Tabet was the most distinguished guest for St. Anthony’s Parish Festival of Our Lady of Lebanon held August 10, 11 and 12.
Bishop Tabet was also in Leamington on official business as the final paperwork was signed for the transfer of land from the Leamington Lebanese Club to the Maronite Diocese of Canada. On August 22, six acres of land behind the Our Lady of Lebanese Shrine (including the Shrine) was donated to the national diocese. “The plan is to build a new church to complement the Shrine… we want to make it a national shrine,” stated Valere Gaspard, who has spent years on the preparation of this project as treasurer of St. Anthony’s Parish and on the Finance Committee with the diocese.
The new church will have plenty of room for St. Anthony’s Parish’s approximately 250 active church families.
“There’s no timeline; we’ll start fundraising and start working on blueprints. There are restrictions and guidelines we must adhere to. Now it’s time to get into construction committee,” said Gaspard. “There is a lot to consider in terms of the location of the church to the Shrine and the Lebanese Club.”
The gift was a co-operative donation from the Lebanese Club (president Sam Elias) and the Ladies Auxiliary of Our Lady of Lebanon (president Souad Jacobs).
With a national shrine, Leamington would be able to play host to festivals inviting Maronite Catholics from across Canada as well as Michigan and Ohio. “We would be able to play host to activities on a national level here in Leamington,” said Gaspard.
Established in 1977 by the local Lebanese community, the Lebanese Club includes two halls is able to accommodate 535 and 130 people. It is also home to Our Lady Of Lebanon Shrine, which is a replica of a Shrine in Harissa, Lebanon. Dedicated in 1983, the Shrine is 60 feet tall and is topped by a statue of Our Lady of Lebanon in white Carrara marble. The Shrine was completed before the diocese came to Canada. The Ladies Auxiliary fundraised across Canada for the Shrine.
“There’s been years of discussion to have everything all together. We decided we will gift the land to the diocese to build a church there so we can have everything all together,” said Gaspard.
TOP PHOTO: Marc Gaspard, Rebecca Doher, Joseph Doher, Clara Mouawad, Mikaila Nouhra, and Jessica Saad carried flags and candles as part of the Feast of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary procession from St. Anthony’s Parish to Our Lady of Lebanon Shrine on Monday, August 12. (SUN Photo)
Horticultural Society provides update on Cherry Lane tree planting
By Catherine Riediger LHS Publicity Chairperson
First of all, I would like to start by telling everyone about another special project the Horticultural Society undertook. After the tornado of June 2010, the Society received donations from several horticultural societies to assist in the replanting of trees in the tornado area. In 2011, with the assistance of the Municipality of Leamington’s Parks and Recreation Department, the Society arranged for these contributions to be utilized in the planting of 28 trees on the west side and 23 trees on the east side of Cherry Lane for a total of 51 trees. What a delight it is to now drive down Cherry Lane and see the greenery provided by these trees and to visualize what it will look like once they become fully grown.
A commemorative plaque was placed at the end of the sidewalk that is on the west side of Cherry Lane from Robson Road to Cheyenne Court in recognition of the donor organizations, whose names were inscribed on the plaque. The Leamington Horticultural Society would like to thank the Ontario Horticultural Association, District 1 Horticultural Association, District 11 Horticultural Association, Ambassador Horticultural Association, Belle River and District Horticultural Society, Essex and District Horticultural Society, Fort Malden Horticultural Society, Ridgetown and District Horticultural Society, Sarnia Horticultural Society and Tilbury Horticultural Society for their generosity, which made possible this tree planting project.
The Society’s Tree Committee this year created a flowerbed of red geraniums, hostas and ornamental grasses around the plaque. The red geraniums are very appropriate as it is the flower chosen by the Society members to represent the Leamington Horticultural Society. Tree Committee members are Ken Habing, coordinator Joan McDonald, Eileen Wonnick, Ken Clark, Susan Ross and Peter Scorrar. Where, oh where has the summer gone?! In no time we will be enjoying the autumn colours and thinking about fall tree and bulb planting. The Society has a great tree planting program called “Replant Our Streets”. It is a very unique program initiated by Bill Sherk and Scott Watson and adopted by Leamington-Mersea Town Council on June 6, 2002. This program encourages private citizens, local businesses and organizations to sponsor the planting of large shade trees on our main streets, thus promoting beautification of our urban environment. To date, 105 trees have been planted on Erie Street, Sherk Street, Oak Street, at the Ma-
The Leamington Horticultural Society’s Tree Committee created a flowerbed around a commemorative plaque on Cherry Lane that is inscribed with the names of the donor organizations that came forward with donations for replanting trees in Leamington following the tornado in June of 2010. From left to right are Tree Committee members Ken Habing, Joan McDonald (committee coordinator), Eileen Wonnick and Ken Clark. Absent from photo: Susan Ross and Peter Scorrar.
(Submitted photo)
rina and other locations meaningful to the donors. The trees have been planted for a variety of reasons: in memory of a loved one, a special anniversary, a special event, in honour of a special person, or from a business/organization/church. The contributions are tax deductible. If you wish to take advantage of this program and plant a tree, please contact Joan McDonald, Coordinator, Tree Planting Committee, at 519-326-8122 for further details.
With the passing on August 15th of the Society’s President, Berit Collings, 2nd Vice-President Ken Clark will be acting as interim President until the fall elections. He can be reached at 519-325-0769.
On Wednesday, September 18 the Society will be holding their monthly general meeting at Leamington United Church, 9 John Street, 7:30 p.m. The guest speaker will be Rob van Staalduinen from Keepsake Flowers and he will be updating the members regarding their recovery since the tornado. Everyone is welcome.
Scouting begins next week
The Scouting year has begun, and 2nd Leamington Scouts look forward to a year full of new friends, fun and adventure. This year, registration will take place during regular meetings for Beavers, Cubs, Scouts and Ventures. Meetings are at First Baptist Church, 3 Fox St., Leamington. Both boys and girls are welcome. For more information about meeting dates, times and cost, contact Mac James at 519-326-7115.
Due to fundraising efforts last year, the registration fee of $185 set by Scouts Canada has been reduced to $145.The 2nd Leamington Scouts look forward to you and your child joining them.
Engage Rotary – Change Lives
Rotary President Mary DeGoey offered a warm welcome to Rotary’s District Governor, Lt. Assistant Governor, members and guests at the club’s barbecue held at the lovely Leamington Marina. D.G. Schmidt spoke of the world of change we live in, its many opportunities for service to others, and her own theme of “service with a smile”. From left to right are Lt. Assistant Governor Julie Ricci, District Governor Donna Schmidt, and Leamington Rotary Club President Mary DeGoey.
Rotary Awards Scholarships
President Mary DeGoey (left) offered congratulations and best wishes to the three successful winners of the Leamington Rotary Club’s $1,000 scholarships for graduating students, from the left, Abby Neufeld Dick (UMEI Christian High School), Drew Bowman (Leamington District Secondary School) and Charbel Tannous (Cardinal Carter Secondary School).
Making the most of Shores of Erie International Wine Festival
As a certified sommelier with a passion for the wines of the Lake Erie North Shore, I am not here to tell you what you should drink; taste in wine is very personal. My goal is to open your mind – and your palate – to different ideas and options.
Let’s Wine Together
Please submit wine-related questions for publication and I will also share my experiences with local wines. You can reach me at grapeaspirations@gmail.com, at www.facebook.com/GrapeAspirations and on Twitter at @gr8grapz.
This month’s question comes from PR, in Kingsville: “I confess to being a first-time attendee at the Shores of Erie International Wine Festival this year. What tips can you give me to make the most of my weekend pass?”
The Shores of Erie International Wine Festival is a great opportunity to sample wines from almost all of the local wineries (14 will be represented), paired with 16 restaurants from Windsor and Essex County and live music from local musicians and bands, including Merlin’s own sweetheart, Michelle Wright, and local favourites including Billy Raffoul.
On Saturday and Sunday afternoons, my friend Gary Killops will be doing wine walk tours and local chefs will be giving cooking demonstrations in the Culinary Pavilion.
The Festival has come a long way in the nine years since its inception (with only three wineries in attendance)… there’s even an app you can download for your mobile phone or tablet!
The first tip is to keep a close eye on the weather and dress appropriately with VERY comfortable shoes; the terrain of Fort Malden National Historic Site is… well… rugged in places and you don’t want any physical mishaps to ruin your experience.
Number Two: PACE YOURSELF. With 14 wineries represented, there are a number of ways to experience the fruits of their labours. At the Vine Pavilion, you can purchase four tastings for $5. You can also purchase tokens at three points throughout the park, which you then use to purchase glasses and bottles at each winery’s booth (between the 14 wineries, they have 23 booths throughout the park.
It’s a great opportunity to sample some wonderful food, too, from a variety of restaurants (each restaurant’s booth will have several dishes available to purchase)… and please let me know if you come up with any memorable pairings! And, of course, enjoy the music and the views – the sunsets can be breathtaking.
Take advantage of the opportunity to ask questions of the representatives at each winery’s booth. This is a wonderful opportunity to get insight into the winery’s winemaking process, their approach to pesticide and fertilizer use, as well as their plans for the future, just to name a few.
I hope you have a ticket for the Winemakers Dinner on Friday night — a wonderful five-course meal served in an elegantly appointed open-air tent on the bank of the Detroit River, each course accompanied, of course, by award-winning local wines. And each table is hosted by a local winemaker. Don’t forget your notebook; it’s a rare treat to get into a winemaker’s head and get her or his personal take on the local wines, the viability of different grape varieties and, of course, why that wine is being served with that food. You’ll also want to take notes on which wines you liked and why — the aromas, the flavours, the colour and, of course, the name so you can purchase more of it.
Michelle Wright to performer at Shores of Erie Wine Festival
The Shores of Erie Wine Festival welcomes singer/songwriter Michelle Wright on Friday, September 6.
Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame inductee and Merlin native, Michelle Wright, returns with her first release of original music in seven years, Strong, just released on July 9.
This is the 9th year for the festival which features continuous live entertainment, over 50 vendors serving up the best local food and wine, master chef cooking demonstrations and wine seminars, an interactive tasting bar – all on the beautiful banks of the Detroit River at Fort Malden National Historic Site of Canada.
2013 tickets are on sale now.
Shores of Erie Wine Festival entertainment lineup:
Thursday, September 5:
• The Tuniks
• The Walkervilles
• The Sheepdogs
Friday, September 6:
• The Mike Ure Band
• Shelly Rastin Band
• Michelle Wright
Saturday, September 7:
• Kerri Brown
• Leighton Bain Band
• The Unquiet Dead
• Billy Raffoul
• The Shieks of R & B
• Miss Robin Banks
• Macana
Sunday, September 8:
Tara Watts
Jen Knight
Nemesis
Young Empires
CARMEN DANNER
Nun visits Leamington to improve Lebanon nursing home
By Bryan Jessop
Sister Lea Lahoud is willing to travel great distances to improve the lives of nursing home residents in her homeland.
Lahoud, a nun from the Lebanese Maronite Order living in Saint Joseph Monastery, Tomb of Saint Rafqa, arrived in Essex County July 24 intent on observing and learning about practices unknown to her convent’s nursing home. While she noted that nursing home residents in Lebanon have similar activities to those in Canada such as playing cards and taking occasional trips, she also explained that seniors in her homeland spend too much time sitting in front of televisions with very little else to occupy their time. “I want to find something new for them. I want to keep them busy all day,” said Lahoud. “I don’t like to see them bored.”
The idea to visit Canada in search of new ideas for a new nursing home being built at her convent was Lahoud’s, and
after receiving permission from her Superior, she was enthusiastic to make the trip. Upon her arrival, however, she found that simply walking into a nursing home and volunteering her time to assist residents was a complex process.
“In Lebanon, you just walk into a nursing home and tell them you want to volunteer,” she said. “I visited many nursing homes (in Canada) to work with them and get experience to improve our nursing home, but in vain; the rules here do not allow me to work with the elderly.”
Lahoud explained that she was surprised and disheartened to discover that in Canada, she required an OHIP card, police clearance, background checks, a TB test and several other examples of paperwork to fill. She gave up at one point, deciding to make the most of her overseas trip by visiting apiaries (bee farms), as she is an avid beekeeper.
Eventually, Lahoud was placed in contact with Sun Parlour Homes coordinator of volunteer services Dawn Adams, who toured her around SPH and explained that her only rules were that she not push a wheelchair and that she would not be permitted to handle the residents. From there, Adams introduced the facility’s newest volunteer to the “high five” and term “BFF.”
Every Volkswagen out of manufacturer's warranty qualifies!
Lahoud is now travelling between Sun Parlour Homes and nursing homes in Windsor until her departure date of Sept. 24. She was pleased and impressed to see exercise programs, bowling trips, a gymnasium, spa treatments, a coffee club, baking sessions and several other services available to Canadian nursing home residents such as Snoozelen, a sensory stimulation program.
are not burdened by as many regulations, volunteers arrive to offer their assistance only during Christmas and Easter. She was pleasantly surprised to discover that Sun Parlour Homes’ 100-plus volunteers arrive on a near-daily basis.
As it turns out, Lahoud hasn’t been the only one to learn from her visits.
“Having her here gives us a new perspective on what it’s really like here,” said Adams. “We’re very fortunate here — we have a lot of resources.”
“It’s really nice here — very well organized,” she said of SPH. “I find that the elderly here have many amazing activities that fill their days and make them happy, awake and active. It’s a clean, organized nursing home full of love, hope and relaxation.”
Lahoud noted that while Lebanese nursing homes
During her stay in Essex County, Lahoud will visit an apiary in London and make a trip to visit Niagara Falls. Her journey to Canada was her first aboard an aircraft of any kind, an experience that she enjoyed.
“I liked being able to see the world from above,” she said. Lahoud’s visit to Canada has been full of surprises, from the absence of convents to realizing that most nuns are in their senior years.
“In Lebanon, there are priests and nuns of different ages,” she explained. “It’s sad to see that churches are closing here. I’d love to build a convent here.”
After introducing new activities to the nursing home at Saint Joseph Monastery, Lahoud hopes to twin the new facility — expected to host about 100 residents — with Sun Parlour Homes. Her convent’s current nursing home hosts 45-50 residents. She admitted that she was amazed by the size of SPH, currently home to just over 200 seniors.
Lahoud has been more than happy to interact with the residents of SPH as a volunteer.
“A lot of people stop to say that it’s nice to see a nun here,” she said.
As nuns in Lebanon dress differently than those in Canada, Lahoud explained that she has often become the unintentional centre of attention while making various stops during her visit.
“A lot of people stop and stare here, like I’m part of a TV show,” she said with a smile.
Sister Lea Lahoud and Sun Parlour Homes coordinator of volunteer services Dawn Adams enjoy a stop in the facility’s courtyard. Adams has been guiding Lahoud — who is visiting from her convent in Lebanon — with volunteer services at SPH during her two-month visit to Canada.
Rookie Lakers finalists in OBA ‘C’ championships
It’s not the result you set out for when you hit the dirt in April but after watching these young ball players go through the emotional ups and downs, the victories and the hardships of an All Ontario Championships, it certainly is a result they should be very proud of and a well deserved one as well.
The Rookie Lakers in the OBA ‘C’ championships this past weekend, Aug. 30-Sept. 1 in Leamington, gave it all they had. After getting through the field of ten with some lopsided victories, a gut-wrenching 4-3 extra inning victory over Strathroy (which some spectators say was the best Rookie ball game they have ever witnessed), their last task of defeating a strong team from Tillsonburg in the finals just wasn’t meant to be.
The coaching staff of Kevin Gale, Steve O’Neil, Gary Minaudo, Brian Ford and Henry Penner are extremely proud of the accomplishments of these 8- and 9-year-old boys. The team would like to acknowledge great appreciation of Eric and Louise Harder whose Harder Heating and Cooling sponsorship supported these boys for their 2013 summer to remember. A great thank you to the parents who allowed their boys to play and learn, and offered nothing but support and encouragement. It’s a tough game at any age, but as the team learned this weekend it certainly can be a lot of fun!
Local fielder wins baseball gold with Team Ontario
By Bryan Jessop
Leamington’s Keifer Quick has again helped his team strike gold in the Canadian Junior Baseball Championships.
Playing in the outfield for the Tecumseh Thunder, Quick and his team made the trek to Dartmouth, N.S. for the annual national tournament, beginning with a 4-1 preliminary round victory over New Brunswick. Later that day, the Thunder downed the hosting Nova Scotia team 8-2. Through the last half of the preliminary schedule, Tecumseh cruised past PEI 10-3 on Aug. 17 followed by an 18-3 mercy win over Sas-
katchewan in four innings.
In the semi-finals, the Thunder defeated Quebec 3-0 to set up a championship game against British Columbia later that day. Quick crossed home plate in the bottom of the sixth to officially mercy B.C. 13-3 and bring home the gold. The west coast team committed 12 errors over six innings.
“I was coming into home and got tackled (by teammates),” Quick recalled of the play that officially ended the tournament.
The Thunder, represented by players hailing from as far as Hamilton, qualified for the nationals by win-
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Leamington’s Harder Heating & Cooling Rookie Lakers succeeded in taking second spot in the OBA ‘C’ championships in Leamington Aug. 30-Sept. 1. Team members are, front left to right: Sajan Brouwer, Riley Wiebe, Brady Knelsen, Jason Friesen, Matt Thomas, Lucas Penner. Middle row: Owen Knelsen, Nathan Krahn, Jesse Teichroeb, Kanaan Gale, Nolan Ford, Thomas Desantis. Back row: Coaches Brian Ford, Kevin Gale, Steve O’Neil, Gary Minaudo.
Keifer Quick of Leamington poses with his Team Ontario gold medal from the Canadian Junior Baseball Championships held in Dartmouth, N.S. Aug. 15-17. Quick and the Tecumseh Thunder have won the national title twice in the past four years.
Local fielder wins baseball gold
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ning the provincial elimination tournament in Burlington about a month earlier. In the final, they nipped Windsor 5-4. Tecumseh posted a seasonal record of 37-17.
Quick has played with the Thunder for the past four seasons, starting as an under-ager in 2010. The team also won the national tournament that year, hosted by London. During this year’s event, Quick’s statistics on the Canadian Juniors website are somewhat inaccurate, as a double he hit earlier in the tournament against Saskatchewan was credited to a player for whom he was pinch hitting. He also hit two home runs, including a would-be three run shot in the final. A fielding umpire erroneously signaled that Quick was out on the play, believing a fielder caught the fly ball when it had in fact been dropped. One of the base runners saw the umpire’s signal and stopped running — he was called out when Quick passed him en route to home plate.
Quick began playing AAA baseball in Windsor from ages 13 to 15 after playing in Leamington until the peewee level. He is eligible to play for the Thunder for another two years, but may instead opt to play summer baseball for one of the competitive leagues based in the southern US starting next year.
“It’s kind of comparable to junior hockey in Canada,” Quick explained. “It’s not pro, but it’s really good baseball. How I play during the school year will determine which league I play in — there are tons of scouts at the games.”
Currently, Quick is enrolling in his second of four years at Notre Dame College in Ohio. The school’s varsity team, the Falcons, finished just under .500 last year. Quick explained that the team should be more competitive this year, as both pitching and hitting will likely improve.
The college season begins with training in February and if a team advances far enough in
playoff rounds, will conclude in May.
Quick, who bats right and throws left, has been playing baseball for the past 15 years. He played travel hockey for Southpoint and then ‘AAA’ in Windsor until the age of 16, when he quit to devote more attention to baseball.
RECREATION EVENTS RECREATION EVENTS
Recreation Events from the Leamington Kinsmen Recreation Complex
The New FALL Session began this week! Visit our website: www.leamington.ca /recreation
NEW CHILDREN’S programs – ages from 2 – 6 yrs. Sponsored by Province of Ontario
• Sporty Tots, Indoor Soccer, TeeBall, Kindernastics
CHILDREN & YOUTH Programs:
Red Cross Swim Lessons –all levels for children: Parent & Tot; Pre-school levels Starfish to Whale; Swim Kids levels 1 – 10.
Home Alone Training Course ages 9-13 and Babysitter Training Course ages 11 – 15 years. Girls Night Out program for girls grades 6 – 8 on Monday nights. Bring along your girlfriend! Yoga for Youth ages 9 thru 12, Indoor Soccer, Karate & Tae Kwon Do, Nancy Pattison Dance World, Volleyball Academy ages 5 – 13 on Monday nights.
TEEN Programs:
• New this FALL! Youth Leadership Training program for ages 14 plus. If you’re wanting to work with children, the Municipality requires High Five training for employment as a Day Camp Counsellor.
• Volleyball House League - teens ages 14 – 16 on Monday nights.
• TEEN Indoor Cycling Class on Wed. nights.
ADULT Programs
Weight and Cardio equipment -strengthen & tone your muscles and build endurance at the Sherk Complex Weightroom! Advanced Urban Poling on Leamington’s Trails; Over 50 Fitness, AquaFitness & Indoor Cycling Classes per week –plus several Boot Camp Classes, Zumba Toning/Sentao and Zumba Gold for seniors, and a New BOKWA class! Adult Recreational and Lane Swims in the Complex Pool; Indoor Track. Red Cross First Aid and Re-certification courses.
FREE introductory BOKWA fitness class – Thurs. Sept. 5th 7pm – 7:45pm. Link to: bokwafitness.com/what-is-bokwa Led by Billie! Pay only $45.00 for 9 remaining classes in the Fall Session.
NEW! Saturday Night Men's Hockey League Ages 19 – 35 welcome. Games at 6, 7, & 8 pm. Sanctioned by CARHA. League runs September thru March TEENS ages 14 – 18 - Mayor’s Youth Advisory Committee host Leamington’s BALL HOCKEY TOURNAMENT - Sat. Sept. 21st Complex Parking Lot. Register your Team in advance at the Complex.
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From field to film
When ever I get roped into playing a game of Trivial Pursuit, I go out of my way to either avoid the pink squares or take aim at collecting that piece of pie right off the hop, just to get it over with.
BRYAN JESSOP
It’s not that I consider that colour a threat to my masculinity. It’s just that no matter what version of the game you play, landing on a pink square lines you up with a question about Hollywood and the silver screen. I hate those questions. I don’t know who won the Oscar for best supporting role in 1957, nor do I care. Celebrity gossip as a whole bores me to tears. When I walk into the living room and my wife is watching TMZ, I’ll turn around and find something else to do… ANYTHING else. Laundry, dishes, cutting the grass… all a billion times more entertaining than hearing about where Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are going on vacation this year (I don’t even know if they’re still together or not… honestly, who can be bothered to keep tabs on such inconsequential nonsense?).
Every once in a while, however, Tinsel Town will dabble in organized sports and manage to do a respectable job of it. Funny how three of my favourite movies were all released in the same year, 1977 — Star Wars Episode IV, Smokey and the Bandit and Slap Shot. The latter, as anyone owning the DVD version with ‘Hanson Brothers’ narrative will know, is an interesting culmination of acting and ice hockey. For example, the ref who kept issuing the Hansons warnings during the pre-game playing of the U.S. national anthem couldn’t actually skate to save his life. That scene was done several times because he kept falling. Fortunately for the movie’s crew, Paul Newman was an excellent skater.
From what I’ve heard, even basketball teams from the era loved that movie because of how true to life it was for the pro (or semi-pro) athlete on the road. It’s an accomplishment to be applauded, especially after watching the disaster that was Youngblood. Peter Zezel, who was a great hockey player, wasn’t the best actor on Earth.
That’s got to be a tough imbalance for directors to overcome. Do you hire a cast of actors with next to no athletic ability or a handful of athletes who know the game inside and out but can barely go toe-to-toe with William Shatner on an acting level? I suppose stunt doubles and clever video editing can be effective in getting the job done, but those have got to be painstaking, lengthy and costly solutions. Hence the masterpiece that was Slap Shot. Many of the actors actually knew the game of hockey, including the Hansons. True, they would have been handed so many suspensions in the real game that their on-screen appearances would have been little more than cameos, but an entertaining product of that caliber can allow even the most calculating fan to sit back and enjoy.
The second-best sports movie in the history of the human race, in my humble opinion, was the first Major League. I’ll never forget my dad’s hysterical laughter from the first time we watched that movie, notably during the scene where coach Lou Brown urinates on Roger Dorn’s contract copy during Spring Training. We’ve probably seen the movie more than a dozen times, but some of those scenes just never get old, even 24 years later Major League was another movie where a balance was found between acting and athletic prowess. Charlie Sheen never really reached 103 mph with a pitch, but could actually clock speeds of up to 85 mph. Pete Vuckovich, a Cy Young Award winner seven years earlier,
Jessop’s Journal was cast as the Yankees first baseman. Willie Mueller, formerly a pitcher with the Milwaukee Brewers, played loathsome Yanks’ pitcher ‘The Duke’.
For me, the fact that the Yankees were portrayed as a team of assholes made the movie that much easier/ more enjoyable to watch. Setting the movie’s introduction to Randy Newman’s ‘Burn On’ — a slow, depressing, sympathetic tune about the night the neartoxic Cuyahoga River burst into flame — was nothing short of cinematographic genius.
For whatever reason, sports movies are almost always better as comedies than as dramas. Sequels, in a parallel fashion to other film franchises, always seem to come up short. Major League II was okay, but lost some of its pizzazz without Snipes. I remember passing by a DVD sleeve for Slap Shot 2 about a decade ago. It caught my eye until I took a closer look and noticed one of the Baldwins on the cover.
Needless to say, I continued walking while cursing under my breath.
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Above - The Leamington minor bantam Lakers pose with their silver medals and their St. Thomas opponents after the Ontario Baseball Association ‘B’ championship match Sunday, Sept. 1. St. Thomas won the title game 8-1. In other OBA championship tournaments, Leamington’s mosquito team lost 4-3 in the final against Kingsville and the rookie Lakers lost 10-4 in the final against Tillsonburg.
Right - Anthony Fehr of the Leamington minor bantam Lakers is tagged out at the plate by the St. Thomas catcher during the Ontario Baseball Association bantam minor ‘B’ championship tournament Sunday, Sept. 1 at Leamington’s Kinsmen Field.
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instructors at CanFit Pro Conference
The Leamington Kinsmen Recreation Complex has an exciting fall line-up of fitness classes and programs.
The Complex’s certified instructors have just returned from Toronto’s annual International CanFit Pro Conference with a wealth of new ideas and new energy!
Here’s just a sampling of the Complex’ vast line-up of classes:
• Sunrise Spin (a 7 a.m. wake-up class)
• Teens Spinning Class
• Body Blast
• Stretch & Massage
• Pilates CORE
• After School Boot Camp
• BOKWA ®
• Yoga, Zumba/Sentao
• Kick Box Turbo-Charge
• Zumba Gold ( for the BOOMERS), and Invigorating Intervals.
The Complex fitness instructors, personal trainers, and nutrition and wellness coaches are highly skilled, offering a non-competitive environment for men and women of all fitness levels to set new goals and attain them.
Judy and Rosie Salive meet Sergeant Ken who is a trainer in the Canadian military. The girls are still smiling after having gone through Boot Camp 101 and now they’re bringing his regimen to the Sherk Fitness Studio. (Photo submitted)
South Buxton Raceway report
By Mike Bennett
Rob Quick sent a message to the Tirecraft MiniMod class that he’ll be the driver to beat in this Saturday’s season championship race at South Buxton Raceway. But, just don’t expect Quick to deliver the message himself.
“It would be nice to do it, but I’m not going to say anything about it (the championship) because I don’t want to jinx myself,” the Cottam driver said after winning his second straight feature and fifth of the season on Saturday.
Quick was careful with his words looking ahead to defending his 2012 championship race win. “There’s a lot of good competition out there, about five or six fast guys who can run,” he said.
Quick went from his fifth row starting position to third place in less than two laps in the Saturday, August 31st 20-car feature field. He passed points leader Denis DeSerrano, also from Cottam, for second after a restart on lap five and took the lead from Dresden’s Matt Sorrell two laps later and never looked back.
Sorrell held off DeSerrano for second while Merlin’s Steve Shaw Jr. and Blenheim’s Elliot Wilton rounded out the top five.
“The car’s working good, it’s handled really, really well the last couple of weeks,” said Quick, who has won five of the six races over the last two weekends. “We’ve gotten all the bugs out of it from when it was breaking earlier, and now we’re winning.”
Quick, who also won the crack-the-whip, has 22 checkered flags on the season. He finished second in his heat to DeSerrano, who has 23 checkereds.
Quick, who was 11th in the standings going into the July 13 mid-season championships, moved up to third after Saturday’s action. He can climb no further, as he is 112 points behind secondplace Shaw Jr. going into the championship night, where 97 points is the most a driver can accumulate in a single race night.
DeSerrano is 63 points ahead of Shaw Jr. in his quest for a third career
points crown.
Chatham’s Eren Vanderiviere clinched his third straight Windride Transportation Sport Stocks points championship in style with his track-leading ninth feature win on Saturday. It’s the second year in a row he’s wrapped up the division crown a week before the class’s championship race night.
“This was the big goal coming into the year, to win three in a row,” said Vanderiviere, who takes a 120-point over Merlin’s Steve Shaw into Saturday’s championship race night.
“But the championship race is also on my check list,” said Vanderiviere, who fifth in last year’s championship race, won by Grande Pointe’s Tyler Lozon, after a second-place finish to Merlin’s Steve Shaw a year earlier.
Shaw finished second on Saturday, followed by Lozon, Wallaceburg’s Willy Vyse and Essex’s Gerald Martin.
Kingsville’s Rob Young finished sixth, followed in order by LaSalle’s Bob Visnjic, Cottam’s Tiffany Ellis and Essex’s Shane Fryer, who was driving for Patrick Lajeunesse.
Earlier in the night, Martin, driving his stepson Doris Lajeunesse’s car, won the heat and crack-the-whip races in his first appearance in the Sport Stocks since 2011.
Martin moved up to the Schinkels Gourmet Meats UMP Modified class last
season. He finished ninth in Saturday’s Modified feature race, which was won by Merlin’s Joey Brosseau, who went three-for-three by winning the heat and dash earlier in the night. Martin finished fourth in his heat and was seventh in the dash.
Brosseau earned his three wins as a substitute driver for Wheatley’s Justin Mills. Brosseau took the lead from Merlin’s Brad McLeod after a lap-10 restart and led the final 15 laps for his third feature win the season.
Leamington’s Joel Dick, Chatham’s Louis Clements and Rodney’s Brad Simpson rounded out the top five.
Belle River’s Mario Toniolo was sixth, Windsor’s Dan McIntyre seventh and his father Emerson McIntyre 11th while Leamington’s Justin Coulter finished 17th.
Dick moved up to second in the division standings, 96 points behind Chatham’s Darryl Hoekstra with two race nights remaining.
Chatham’s Brad Authier led all 20 laps to win his second Rick Haskell memorial race in the Lube Tech/ Great Canadian Oil Change UMP Late Models. It was Authier’s first feature win of the season.
Gregg Haskell, whose father Rick is the memorial race’s namesake, finished second while his brother Jason Haskell was seventh.
The Modifieds and Late Models will have their season championship races on Sept. 21.
Team Bobby Jones continues to steamroll toward championship title
With only five weeks remaining this season in the Men’s Thursday Night League at Erie Shores, Team Bobby Jones continues to steamroll its way through to securing the League championship title for 2013.
With a perfect 10-point night, they are now 23 points ahead of the second place team of Gene Sarazen which has 84 points after having a weak 5-point finish this past week.
After a strong 9-point finish, Team Ben Hogan remains another five points back in third place with 79, while the team of Arnold Palmer picked up 8 points to move back into fourth spot with 70. That’s just one point ahead of the team of Bob Charles who slipped into fifth position with a poor 4-point evening.
Team Sam Snead had a 7-point night to keep themselves firmly in sixth spot with their season total of 61 points. The team of Lee Trevino is next with 52 points, while Team Jack Nicklaus has 51 points and the Harry Vardon squad sits in ninth place with 50 points.
The pro shop staff had their way in the low gross competition with David Owens leading all shooters with a two under par 33 and Spencer Neufeld another two strokes back at even par 35. Low net shooter of the night was Bob Dick with a net 30.5, while Dave Wilkinson was one back at 31.5.
Richard Lowes was closest to the pin winner of hole #3 and Kevin Babkirk was closest on the 5th hole. The longest putt of the day honours on the 9th hole went to Rick Guenther. Skins winners included Spencer Neufeld with two and Tim Tiessen, Dave Owens, Brendan Cornies, Dave Wilkinson and Todd Bell all with singles.
In the League’s final salute to the teams and players from the record-setting year of 1983 when 187 members participated, this week they pay tribute to Team 12 of the Apple Division.
Members of that champion group from 30 years ago included Cec Begley, Linus Bachmeier, Dub Chambers, Roy Disher, Lorne Gillett, Bob Hewitt, Harry Kennedy, Tom Moffat, Elvey Marshall, Joe Maceyovsky, Andy Padmos, Harris Reid, Jim Reid, Eric Stafford, Jim Grant and Larry Slock.
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Cottam’s Rob Quick in the Winner’s Circle at South Buxton Raceway on Sat. Aug. 31. –James MacDonald photo
coupe brings owner back to Leamington
By Bryan Jessop
John Willoughby is making a ‘24/7’ commitment to avoid making the same mistake twice. Born 72 years ago in Leamington, Willoughby returned to his original hometown for the 2013 Tomato Festival Car Show with his pride and joy, a 1932 Ford coupe dubbed ‘The T-Bird Deuce’. Painted glossy black with a classic custom flame job emitting from the firewall, the Walkerton to Leamington journey was nearly as long as the car’s ownership history.
The former Leamington man found and purchased the hot rod for the second time in 2011 from a Waterford, Mich. owner 46 years after trading it for another car.
“There are lots of guys who regret selling a certain car and I was one of them,” Willoughby said while displaying the car at the Aug. 18 Tomato Festival show. “I was lucky to get the chance to buy it back. It wasn’t like I found it in Texas or anything like that, but it was still a real stroke of luck.”
Willoughby became the car’s seventh owner after buying it from Sarnia auto dealership owners Alf Kettle and Sid Byrd in 1963. Living in London at the time, Willoughby entered the Ford in shows from Detroit to Oshawa while racing it at quarter-mile drag tracks in Grand Bend and at the Nationals in Indianapolis. The car, green with a white convertible top at the time, was a popular sight at London-area drive-in restaurants as well as during cruises around the Grand Bend area. Willoughby raced the car, then equipped with a 312 V8 Thunderbird engine that made low 15-second passes possible, at the then-new Grand
Bend Motorplex.
Eventually, the Willougby, Hope and Lang 1949 Ford Anglia G/Gas class drag racing car began taking up more of John’s spare time and he sold the ’32 coupe in 1965 to Danny Ritchie — another well-known hot rodder from London —in exchange for a 1964 Ford XL convertible. Ritchie and friend Jim Prowse towed the car to and from Indianapolis with Prowse’s factory dual-quad 1958 Corvette and a tow bar.
“We were into racing a lot back then, but after I got married, that put an end to that nonsense,” Willoughby said with a laugh.
The coupe began taking its current shape in 1955 when Michael O’Byrne of Dorchester, Ont. bought the car from a friend who delivered it to O’Byrne’s father’s Ford dealership and sold it for $35. On Christmas morning that year, Michael’s father suggested they go to the dealership to work on the car, where a 272 Y-block V8 and transmission from a wrecked ’55 Ford sedan awaited the young stock car enthusiast as a Christmas present.
In search of more power, O’Byrne later replaced the 272 with a new 312 Thunderbird ‘crate’ engine. With a tachometer, speedometer and clock also from a Thunderbird as later additions, the coupe adopted its name ‘The T-Bird Deuce’.
The well-travelled hot rod has found its way into the pages of Street Rodder magazine’s July 2013 edition and has also appeared in Canadian Hot Rods magazine. During the 2013 Autorama in Detroit’s Cobo Hall, Willoughby was presented with The Driver’s Award (sponsored by Lokar Performance Products) by Street Rodder editorial director Brian Brennan and senior editor Eric Geisert.
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The 1932 Ford deuce coupe owned by John Willoughby paid a visit to its owner’s original home town during the 2013 Leamington Tomato Festival Car Show.
John Willoughby (seated, front row) and a gathering of friends and fellow hot rod enthusiasts show off The T-Bird Deuce at Steve Plunkett’s Fleetwood Country Cruize-In in early July of 2011, the year Willoughby repurchased the car 46 years after selling it to its eighth owner.
TEAM STAFF:
Mike Sadler, General Manager
Kevin Hopper, Assistant Manager
Ryan Sellon, Equipment Manager
John Forbes, Team Services
Howard Hughes, Team Services
Riley Jones, Team Services
Dr. Steve O’Neil, Team Doctor
Dr. Lucas Szczepanik, Team Doctor
Abe Fehr, President/Owner
Jake Fehr, Owner
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COACHING STAFF:
Tony Piroski, Head Coach
Mark Epplett, Assistant Coach
Lee Jones, Assistant Coach
Jamie McDermott, Assistant Coach
Ron Soucie, Assistant Coach Branden Robitaille, Goalie Coach
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Winnipeg to Windsor in a 1938 Ford convertible
In the summer of 1958, when I was 16, my older brother John and I acquired a 1940 Buick Super coupe in our hometown of Leamington. I spent my spare time that summer driving around Essex County in search of other old cars.
One day, I saw a laven-
der-coloured (light purple)
1938 Ford convertible with rumble seat on a street in Windsor. I saw it again a few weeks later at Bob
Gault’s FINA gas station in nearby Harrow. I never saw the car again until 55 years later, when the two photos you see here turned up, thanks to Bob Taylor of Kingsville.
McThots
McThots is written by The Southpoint Sun editor Sheila McBrayne and reflects on everyday life and reminds us to keep our sense of humour and humility and just enjoy every day.
Lifestyles...
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At the following locations: KINGSVILLE
• Kingsville Court • Shoppers Drug Mart
• Kingsville Arena • Cindy’s (on Hwy 18)
• MAC’S Convencience, Hwy. 18 & Union
• Colasanti’s Tropical Gardens
LEAMINGTON
• Johnny’s Gas Bar (on the ridge)
• Leamington Kinsmen Recreation Complex
• Pelee Days Inn
• Shoppers Drug Mart • Metro
• SECC • Freddy’s Variety
• Hippie Chicks Café (Family Health Team building)
• LDMH Gift Shop • 7-11 at Erie and Oak
• UPS Store • Princess Centre
• Thomson Guardian Drugs
• Blondie’s • Municipal Town Hall
• Half Century Centre
WHEATLEY
• Faubert Meats • Adamson Guardian Pharmacy
• Captain’s Corner (for the summer)
• Mac’s • Kim’s Convenience
• Southpoint Sun/Wheatley Journal Office
BRYAN JESSOP
Jessop’s Journal
Jessop’s Journal is written by The Southpoint Sun’s reporter Bryan Jessop. Bryan’s knowledge and interest in local and professional sports teams allows him to write very witty and informative pieces.
In the back yard...
In the Back Yard is a weekly column written by local gardener Bill Plumb. Each week Bill gives helpful gardening advice and tips for indoor plants as well. Bill’s book, In The Back Yard, is Bill’s own three-year gardening journal.
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MARK RIBBLE
Rib’s Ramblings
Mark Ribble has an incredible sense of humour. The Southpoint Sun welcomes his column, Rib’s Ramblings, where he writes about every day life and sees the funny and sometimes serious sides of life.
Let’s Wine Together
Let’s Wine Together, is a new monthly column in The Southpoint Sun. Certified Sommelier Carmen Danner responds to questions about wine from readers who write in and shares his experiences with local wines.
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Science Says...
Pete Scorrar, the science guy, writes Science Says. Peter is a retired science teacher who makes science easier to understand. The Old Car Detective, a.k.a. Bill Sherk shares
I met Bob recently at the Leamington Chrysler dealership when our family car was in for servicing. He had owned a customized 1952 Plymouth convertible in Windsor in the late ’50s and he said it had been a big hit at the Hi-Ho drivein restaurant. When he mentioned the Hi-Ho, I immediately remembered the ’38 Ford ragtop I had seen over 50 years ago. With its non-original paint job, it was the type of car that would show up at a drivein restaurant and so I asked Bob if he remembered seeing it.
Imagine my surprise when he told me the car was owned by his brotherin-law, Chris Smith, and Bob remembers riding in the rumble seat! Chris owned the car while stationed at an RCAF base in Winnipeg in 1956 and brought it with him when he moved to Windsor. I asked Bob if he had any photos. His sister Pat turned the house upsidedown and finally found the two you see here inside a Jaguar photo album!
If this convertible was built in Canada, it had a Windsor factory price of $950 and Toronto-delivered for $1039 (license included). The engine was a flathead V8 with 221 cubic inches with 85 horsepower and a 3-speed floor shift transmission.
But the story doesn’t end here. Was it bought new in Manitoba? Who painted it lavender and when? Does anyone out there or down here have more photos of it? And – most exciting of all – is the car still around? Stay tuned.
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SHANNON MATHESON
BILL PLUMB
CARMEN DANNER
1938 Ford convertible coupe with rumble seat in Manitoba around 1956. Note wide whitewalls and fender skirts. What a beauty!
Front view of the 1938 Ford with radio aerial mounted above centre of windshield and “Manitoba-type” windshield panels for winter driving. The RCAF barracks are visible in the background.
‘32 coupe brings
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“It was a surprise to me,” said Willoughby of the award and his car’s appearance in the iconic magazine. “For me, it was like a pro athlete being featured in Sports Illustrated.”
The vehicle’s 17th owner replaced the 312 with a Ford 351 Windsor ‘small block’ V8 and it’s 20th owner — the second of five from Michigan — eventually swapped in a 302 from a mid-‘70s Maverick along with a C4 automatic transmission that both remain in the car today.
Upon first glance, the 5.0L engine appears to run off a set of bare headers. The custom set up however is blocked off at the collectors with a full, street legal exhaust system emitting from the end of the header pipes and running under the car.
“Maybe some day when I’m giving the grandkids a ride, I’ll uncap the exhaust and let it roar,” Willoughby said with a smile.
Willoughby’s visit to Leamington during Tomato Festival weekend served multiple objectives. In addition to reconnecting with friends in the area, he was able to visit Pelee Island for the first time and tour sights in the Kingsville/Ruthven, Leamington and Wheatley areas. On Saturday morning, he met up with Old Car Detective Bill Sherk at the Howard Johnson hotel and took the local writer for a cruise in the coupe.
“He thoroughly enjoyed that,” Willoughby said of Sherk, who wrote a story on the coupe a couple months earlier.
Willoughby was impressed with this year’s Tomato Festival Car Show, noting that last year’s gathering of 220 entries was surpasses by nearly 100 cars to 317.
“It was a great cross section of cars,” he said.
Willoughby was born in Leamington in 1941, about seven years before his family made the move to London. He moved to Walkerton eight years after retiring and just prior to purchasing The T-Bird Deuce for the second time. Willoughby decided to seek out his old coupe in 2009 and began contacting friends in London to ask if they knew of its whereabouts.
Prowse, with several hot rodding contacts in and beyond London, e-mailed Windsor-area residents Mike Lowden and John Fletcher to ask about the car.
Previously, Lowden and Fletcher tried finding the car for its 12th owner Richard Cottell, who had fallen ill with cancer. In 1969, Fletcher noticed the car being driven around Windsor and followed it to the Wheatley home of its 11th owner, Jim Price. Price agreed to sell the hot rod to Fletcher’s friend Cottell, who died before Lowden and Fletcher could track the car down about four decades later.
The hunt resumed about a year after Cottell’s passing when Lowden received Prowese’s e-mail inquiry on Willoughby’s behalf. From there, Fletcher, Willoughby and Lowden began a vigorous search via browsing the Internet, rodding forums, phone calls and word of mouth. They found owner #23 at the perfect time, as Roy Breault of Waterford, Mich. decided that his two custom Mercury cars were taking too much of his time to keep The T-Bird Deuce. Breault was the owner who treated the hot rod to its current paint job.
Willoughby has made little in the way of changes since repurchasing the car, keeping ongoing modifications limited to new tires, wheels and routine maintenance.
“After selling it, I could never get that car outta my head,” Willoughby said. “Even after the marriage, kids, mortgages and everything else, I couldn’t stop thinking about it.”
Willoughby has been asked to attempt tracking the car’s history back to its original ownership in 1932, but explained such a task would be virtually impossible.
“The Department of Transportation records don’t go that far back,” he explained. “Long before they used computers, fires destroyed records from the ‘50s and back. It would be impossible to track down the first owners ourselves — many of them have since died.”
Although the vehicle’s 1932 to 1954 owners will likely never be found, Fletcher was able to use the VIN (Vehicle Identification Number) to discover that The T-Bird Deuce was originally built in the United States.
For more on the car’s unique history, visit the website www.tbirddeuce.com.
Erie Shores senior golfers enjoying the season
By Gordon Wonnick
August 26 was another fine day in what has been a terrific season (when weather permitted) for Erie Shores Senior Golf League. There was a real good turnout with 40% of the participants being guests. What a great decision for the club to open up the league to non-members, it has really put life back into the league. The season is very quickly winding down for the year and yours truly has only participated one time because of health issues, but I hope to get out one more time.
When the results were passed on to me I thought to myself that the season is almost over and all the old pros seem to be showing up on the winners’ sheet.
In the 50/50 draw, Don Chalcraft was first and Larry Lucier was second.
Closest to the pin competition, Greg Dunmore was closest on hole 3 and Les Young on hole 16.
Ed Schachowskoy had the longest putt on hole 6 and Barry Miller was longest on hole 17.
In the team competitions: 1st - Greg Dunmore, Larry Dunmore, Chuck Weyrauch and John Rutgers; 2nd - Ron Tremblay, Ernie Schmidtgall, Larry Roberts and Garth Dennerley; 3rd (tie) - Ed Schachowskoy, Ross Class, Guy McIntyre and Al Morrisson; 3rd (tie) - Kevin Shaften, Wayne Quinn, Cam McKay and Mike Wright.
Well guys, like I said, there isn’t a lot of time left so let’s make the best of it and turn out in record numbers.
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The Corporation of the Municipality of Leamington TENDER
Snow Removal at the Leamington Kinsmen Recreation Complex
Sealed tender documents, clearly marked, will be received by the Municipality of Leamington, 111 Erie St. N., Leamington, Ontario, N8H 2Z9 up until the hour of:
11:00 a.m. E.S.T on Thursday September 12, 2013
for snow removal and de-icing services at the Leamington Kinsmen Recreation Complex commencing November 1, 2013 until April 30, 2016 (6 months per year).
Tender forms are available online at www.leamington.ca. A public opening will happen at 11:05 a.m. on Thursday September 12, 2013 at the Municipal Offices.
The Corporation of the Municipality of Leamington reserves the right to reject any or all quotations and the lowest quotation will not necessarily be accepted.
Mr. Mark Chorba, Municipal Facilities Coordinator is the municipal contact. For more information, please call 519322-2337.
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TAKE NOTICE that pursuant to Section 34 of the Municipal Act, R.S.O. 2001, the Council of The Corporation of the Municipality of Leamington at its regular meeting to be held Monday, September 9, 2013 at 7:00 p.m., in the Council Chambers, will consider a by-law to stop up and close part of an alley located between 82 Talbot Street West and 31 Russell Street, and more specifically described as an Alley located between Lots 9 and 10, Plan 173 and Lots 33 and 34, Plan 173.
The proposed by-law also authorizes the Municipality to transfer the part of the alley to be closed.
Council, at its regular meeting to be held September 9, 2013, shall hear any person who claims to be affected by this by-law and applies to be heard.
For further information please contact 519-326-5761.
DATED this 16th day of August, 2013.
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The Homeownership Downpayment Assistance Program Application form may only be obtained by completing and submitting the Request for Application Form provided below.
