September 23, 2015

Little free libraries in Leamington parks

Little free libraries have popped up in Leamington parks thanks to the latest Rotary International project.

Chuck Parsons, past president of Leamington Rotary Club said the project is part of Rotary International’s mandate to promote literacy. Little free libraries have been popping up across North America – approximately 30,000 in total – and growing.

The little free libraries contain approximately 15 to 30 books that are free for the taking, but they are to be replaced by another book. Leamington’s little free libraries, located at Chestnut Park, Seacliff Park and Rick Atkin Park (Marina) have been filled with a variety of children’s and adult books to start the project.

This community project involved help from Cardinal Carter Secondary School students who built the little wooden book houses. Rotarians painted them and the Public Works department of the Municipality of Leamington installed the libraries.

“They should be self sufficient… if all goes well, we will expand to other parks,” said Parsons. Rotarians will be monitoring the libraries to make sure they are being used appropriately.

The little free libraries are located in parks, near benches, so that people can sit and enjoy a book in a tranquil outdoor set-

ting.

An official ribbon cutting was held in Eastside Park to kick off the free little libraries program on Thursday, September 17. Rotary Club members as well as Leamington’s Deputy Mayor Hilda MacDonald cut the ribbon to officially open the little free libraries.

Parsons told the small gathering that he was checking on one of the little free libraries, which were installed, but didn’t have any signage yet.

“I saw an older couple and the lady hesitantly took a book from it… I assured her it was fine, and that was what it was there for and she said, ‘oh good, I thought that’s what it must be’.”

In the past three years, the non-profit Little Free Library has helped open 30,000 micro-libraries cared for by dedicated volunteer stewards who build literacy-friendly neighborhoods. They’ve reached every U.S. state and Canadian province, plus 80 other countries around the world.

Leamington District Memorial Hospital knows how to say ‘thank you’ to the community that has supported it for more than 65 years.

Approximately 1200 people filled the big tent erected for the community celebration and spilled into the parking lot of LDMH on Thursday, September 17.

The celebration was a thank you, a thank you to everyone who signed a petition or attended a meeting and showed their support to keep the obstetrics unit open in Leamington.

A decision last year by the LDMH Board to close the OB unit because of financial restraints resulted in the formation of Save Leamington OB, which pressured the Erie St. Clair Local Integrated Health Network to intervene and Save OB. An Expert Panel was assembled to review birthing needs and services in Leamington and area and determined that the OB unit should remain open.

Subsequent funding has allowed for the OB unit to remain

Leamington Deputy Mayor Hilda MacDonald, left, and Leamington Rotary Past President Chuck Parsons cut the ribbon to officially open one of several little free libraries in Leamington.

Leanne Setterington of Save OB Leamington and Cheryl Deter thank the community for overwhelming support.

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Proceeds from the festival benefit... Inspiring Possibilities

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2015

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2015

7:30 - 10 am: Breakfast at Colasanti’s Restaurant. Served by the Ruthven Oddfellows/ Rebekahs and Friends

9 am - 6 pm: Vendors and Children’s games and inflatable rides open.

10:30 am: Ruthven Apple Festival Parade (parade route to be located on County Road 45 and 2nd Concession in the hamlet of Ruthven and will move northbound to Colasanti’s)

11:30 am - 12:30 pm: Opening Ceremonies at the festival main stage (Includes Apple Peeling Contest and welcome from dignitaries)

12:30 - 5:30 pm: Entertainment

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2015

10 am - 5 pm: Vendors and Children’s games and inflatable rides open.

10 am - 2 pm: Apple Festival Car Show Located at B&S Storage (next to Colasanti’s). Registration for those with cars starts at 9 a.m.

11:30 am - 5 pm: Entertainment

4 - 5 pm: Home Town Family Pharmacy Musical Showcase of local talent.

5 pm: Raffle draws (main stage area)

12:30 - 1:30pm:Last Minute - Pop/Rock

1:30 - 2:30 pm:Johnny and the Lawman - Classic Rock

2:30 - 4:00 pm:Pianoman - Tribute to Billy Joel and Eton John

4:00 - 5:30 pm:Area 51 - Pop/Rock

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2015

12 - 1:00 pm:Derrick Hearns and Friends - Country

1 - 2 pm:17 North - Classic Rock

2 - 3 pm:Belly Dance Essex

3 - 4 pm:Roven Trade - Pop/Rock

4 - 5 pm: Home Town Family Pharmacy Musical Showcase of Local Talent

5 pm: Ruthven Apple Festival Raffle Draw

Inspiring Possibilities

Total lunar eclipse Sunday night

By Gary Boyle

The Backyard Astronomer

The second and last total lunar eclipse of 2015 as seen from Canada will occur on the night of September 27. Unlike the previous one in April where the west coast and central North America witnessed most of the eclipse, this event is favoured in the east.

First contact, or when the full Harvest Moon begins to slide into the Earth’s shadow, occurs at 9:07 p.m. EDT. Mid eclipse will be at 10:47 p.m. EDT with the celestial show ending at 12:37 a.m. EDT.

A total lunar eclipse is an awe-inspiring event with a rare and dramatic “supermoon” blood moon on Sept. 27. During mid eclipse the moon turns copper orange as sunlight refracts through Earth’s atmosphere, much like a deep red sunset. Supermoons occur when the moon reaches its full phase at or near the satellite’s closest approach to Earth.

The last supermoon eclipse was in 1982, and the next one won’t be until 2033. This will be the last of four consecutive total lunar eclipses, known as a tetrad. A partial eclipse is slated for 2017.

Two separate impaired charges

Leamington OPP was called to attend a single vehicle crash on Wed. Sept. 16 at approximately 1:30 a.m. near the intersection of Essex County Road 31 and Road 11 in Leamington.

Officers arrived and discovered a blue Jeep upside-down in the ditch on the east side of the road, facing southbound.

The driver was outside of the vehicle and exhibited signs of impairment, and was arrested at the scene.

A 30-year-old Leamington woman was charged with care or control while impaired and care or control over 80 mg BAC (Blood Alcohol Concentration). On Fri. Sept. 18 at approximately 11:30 p.m., Leamington OPP attended a single vehicle motor vehicle collision at the roundabout at Road 3 and Essex County Road 31.

Upon arrival, officers received information regarding a vehicle that had just driven across the grass portion of the roundabout, southbound on Essex County Road 31.

The driver, a 20-year-old Essex woman, exhibited signs of impairment and was arrested at the scene. She was not injured in the collision. She was charged with impaired operation of a motor vehicle and exceeding 80 mg blood alcohol content.

Both women will appear in Leamington court in October to answer to the charges.

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Acclimation takes time and a little sweating

We finally received our much-needed rain on the island. Flowers were blooming, the grass was green and our mosquito population has increased tenfold! These pests, unlike the ones at home, are smaller and bite all day long whether we’re in the sun or the shade.

My sixth week off island couldn’t come soon enough, but as I waved to Mark, Charlie and Arthur from my co-pilot’s seat of the plane it was bittersweet. I knew Mark was wishing he was heading off too!

Soon we’ll both be in Canada for Thanksgiving, so we decided that the respectable thing to do was for one of us to stay on the island while the other leaves to shop for supplies. It was Mark’s turn to stay. In October we will head to Calgary, meet up with Anna and then drive on to Lashburn, Saskatchewan, to spend ‘turkey day’ with Michaela and Zach in their new home. I can hardly wait, but first things first, and my time in Lauderdale is at the top of my list at the moment.

eaten from Roy Thai’s right in Leamington. I’m not exactly certain what caused it, but I awoke the next morning to a horrible headache, scratchy throat and puffy eyes. I ran over in my mind the numerous changes that I was challenging my body with.

Soot fills the air from all the ocean liners, jets and vehicles in this city. Then there’s my eye makeup and the oily based remover, and I’ve eaten food that may have contained msg but I doubt that. Perhaps a potential cold virus drifted over the empty seat of the plane and attacked me!

I left the island early and the sweet part of my departure was leaving the mosquitoes and the hard work behind. The main house flooring is done, so we’re finishing off our newest project, the little blue cottage. My body ached and I was feeling tired, as if I had never worked so hard in my life. Actually, I have, but the diversity of the jobs tackled was awakening muscles that I hadn’t felt in a while. I decided to use up the leftover flooring from the Main House kitchen, so, after Engine replaced the rotting sub floor in the small cottage, I started laying the vinyl planks. It looked so good that before I knew it I became carried away and continued making my way out the doorway into the family room. Once there I had to use our steam iron to release the old vinyl squares before putting down the underlay. My knees were not thanking me! Mark focused on the trim and plumbing, and soon it was all coming together. Another great project under our belts!

There’s nothing like picking up your daughter and looking like a train wreck! I stopped off at the nearest nutritional store and picked up a bottle of Herbal muscle mist with eucalyptus, camphor, sweet birch, peppermint and clove to put on my temples and neck. Some all natural headache pills, along with Bach rescue remedy will battle any stress I may be feeling. Stress was probably the least likely culprit but I attacked it anyway. My headache dissipated, so Anna and I had a lovely day together catching up with one another by the pool and later on over a tasty Greek meal. More puffy eyes the next morning, but it’s the price you pay when you go from clean eating to sodium induced dinners out!

Before my flight out to Lauderdale I had time for a day in Nassau. Flying there only takes approximately 20 minutes, so before I knew it we were touching down into the hustle bustle of that city. It was startling to my system. I had scheduled a doctor’s appointment for later that morning and planned to have lunch with our friend Robin prior to my flight. Food is always a priority for me and it is a special gift when prepared by someone else. How I relished that wonderful sushi lunch with seaweed salad!

Over the last few weeks, Mark and I have existed on our pantry stores that are dried, boxed or canned. Thankfully, we had a delivery of bananas, some of the fresh produce that I miss the most as well as some packs of romaine lettuce to share with our tortoises. I have learned to be very creative while preparing our meals. My best creations have been the product of thinking outside of the box, even though having to eat from one. One evening I took a partial box of firm tofu, leftover Freekah (an ancient grain) and some black beans that I had soaked and softened the day before and made some great Mark-approved burgers. Grilled and topped with the last smidgen of goat cheese and a side of crispy romaine, they were very satisfying.

Later I was dropped off at the airport in the nick of time. Quickly checking my luggage, I briskly walked through the desolate custom’s corral. There was no need to rush, as I found out at the gate that our flight was delayed for more than an hour. Eventually, I made it to my window seat where an empty seat separated me from a lady who was feverish with a horrible head cold. My own voice came to mind as I recalled recently saying to Mark that it’s probably good to get off the rock once in a while so that we are exposed to illnesses, thus keeping our immunities up. Now I was being tested.

We eat good wholesome meals on the island and lately I’ve experimented with aloe in our smoothies every morning. The peel of the aloe is cut in two-inch chunks and stored in a container in the fridge. When used as a cooling face and body moisturizer, it is a soothing treat from the heat. My skin and hair feel great and the lack of mirrors in our home certainly helps with this naturalizing process. Let’s face it, we spend too much time looking in the mirror and being critical.

I slept the entire trip and arrived to thunderstorms in Florida. Once I settled at my destination I quickly ran out to grab a bite to eat and purchase some basic staples at Publix. The Tom Yum soup I ordered hit the spot but didn’t come close to competing with the bowl of goodness I’ve often

My week in Lauderdale has just begun and I am certain that my body will have to acclimatize to a little abuse, because I am no doubt going to feed it some more. I enjoy exercising and need to sweat as I’ve become acclimatized to the heat. Anna has arrived from the arid, cool weather in Calgary. so she feels the heat and is a puddle. Our bodies are quite miraculous if we give them a chance to do their thing.

I am preparing myself for Thanksgiving. Turkey and stuffing, here I come!

Hope springs eternal

Although every September brings new hope to Toronto hockey fans, this year’s hope is that they start to rebuild and head in the right direction, regardless of the outcome in the standings.

Many believe it will be a painful season for the blue and white.

While I’m bracing for a horrible year as a hockey fan, part of me wonders if it could actually get any worse than last year.

I usually gauge the success of the season by how much ridicule myself and two other Leaf die-hards, Tim Matier and Dave Moore, have to endure during our week up north in hunt camp.

Some years, the mid-November standings have the Leafs in the middle of the pack, while other years they are up there with the big boys.

Last season, we put up with the usual middle-of-theroad stuff on the north shore of Lake Huron as our lowly Leafs were stuck in the mid-standings, but as we left our cabin in the woods, optimism was in the air.

The Leafs were on the rise. By the week before Christ-

mas, the Maple Leafs had moved up in the standings to put themselves two points out of first place in the Atlantic Division. They sat comfortably 10th in the league. They seemed destined to make a playoff appearance, even if the season was less than half over.

The slide that followed was nothing short of ridiculous for a professional sports team. By January 6, when they fired Randy Carlyle, they sat nine points out of first, but still held on to a playoff spot.

What followed was a major tailspin. They won only nine of their final 42 games and put themselves into a draft lottery for the first time, finishing 27th overall in the NHL.

Fast forward to the impending 2015-16 season, and the player personnel hasn’t changed much, but the front office and coaching staff has had a major facelift, all part of the plan of Brendan Shanahan.

Without Phil Kessel, the Leafs don’t have a bonafide

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Hope springs eternal

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goal scorer to carry them offensively. Without Phil Kessel, they also don’t have a major defensive liability who really didn’t seem to give a hoot about anyone else.

If I had to watch that same move to the outside so he could take a bad-angle wrist shot one more time, I’d have jumped on the ice and hip-checked him myself.

This year’s draft produced some great young prospects and a few trade acquisitions have catapulted the Leafs’ prospect pool from one of the worst in the NHL to one of the best.

Of course, prospects are just that: prospects. Many-a-prospect turned out to be a bust over the years of this soon-to-be 50-year old drought.

Remember top picks like Brandon Convery and Grant Marshall? That’s okay, most people don’t. They were both drafted in the first round in 1992, followed by Kenny Johnsson and Landon Wilson in ’93.

They were all prospects. Marshall played 700 NHL games, but not many for the Leafs. Johnsson played almost as many, also not for the Leafs.

How about Eric Fichaud and Jeff Ware? Don’t ring a bell? They were first rounders for the Leafs as well. And 1999’s first round pick, Luca Cereda, never played an NHL game.

There were a couple of stand-out drafts that should be mentioned. In 1973, the Leafs had three first round choices and they took Lanny MacDonald, Bob Neely and Ian Turnbull, all of whom went on to decent careers.

Russ Courtnall and Wendel Clark were both great picks. So, prospects are nothing more than projected future stars. Sometimes they pan out, sometimes they don’t.

The Leafs traded away their first round guy in 2000, Brad Boyes. He went on to a stellar career in Boston and St. Louis and other teams.

Guess who’s back in Toronto on a tryout this season. Who knows, maybe he can be the replacement for Kessel in the offence.

The Leafs will struggle this year, but as a fan I have to believe they will surprise a lot of people.

With Babcock at the helm, he will demand effort and accountability, something often preached by his predecessors but never practiced.

For me and my two hunting buddies, along with millions of other long-slandered fans of the blue and white, we keep up the hope that this may finally be the re-build that we’ve been waiting for since 1967.

If the rebuild is successful over the next couple of years, the likes of Mitch Marner, William Nylander and Brendan Leipsic may just become those prospectsturned all-stars as they lead the Leafs deep into the playoffs for the first time since 1993, which was that fateful year that they took the aforementioned Convery and Marshall.

Coincidence?

Likely not.

Van Kesteren hosts open house in Leamington

By Bryan Jessop

As federal election day draws near, local Member of Parliament Dave Van Kesteren is making sure he keeps the Leamington in Chatham-Kent-Leamington.

The Conservative Party incumbent for the riding officially opened a Leamington election office about two weeks ago and hosted an open house at the 234 Talbot St. West office Saturday, Sept. 19. Throughout the three-hour event, Van Kesteren — a Chatham resident — was greeted by a steady flow of supporters and campaign volunteers.

“It’s been a nice crowd, a steady flow of people,” said Van Kesteren, the Conservative chair for the Southwest caucus.

The election office is being manned by a team of five volunteers while others have mobile duties including the placement of front yard campaign signs and distribution of campaign literature. Van Kesteren, who also has an election locale in Chatham, will spend time at the Leamington office this

week. The election office can be contacted at 519990-8467.

The Conservative candidate is vying for his fourth consecutive term in Parliament, having won the riding in 2006, 2008 and most recently in 2011. Although the most recent projection polls predict another win for Van Kesteren, the incumbent explained that he won’t make assumptions about results until the Monday, Oct. 19 election date has come and gone.

“I don’t trust polls,” Van Kesteren explained. “I’m taking nothing for granted. I’ve been at this for 10 years and I’ve learned that we just have to wait and see. When Election Day comes, it’s the people’s choice.”

Although the office is occasionally called or approached by voters with questions, Van Kesteren explained that the election office serves mostly as an opportunity for supporters to connect and regroup and to keep up to date with the campaign’s progress.

“The support gets better every time. The volunteers always seem to be here,” he noted. “We get new ones

each election, so there’s always a consistent string of support. Some have been with me through the entire stretch.”

Van Kesteren explained that his party’s lower taxation platform will prove beneficial to regions including Leamington.

“Lower taxes have proven to work, generating strong economic growth and opening new markets,” he said. “The economy is front and foremost in in our minds and with lower taxes, we can expand trade

to the benefit of places like Leamington.”

Along with fellow CKL candidates Katie Omstead of the Liberal party, Tony Walsh of the New Democrats and Mark Vercouteren of the Green Party, Van Kesteren will participate in a public candidates’ debate Tuesday, Oct. 6. The event will be presented by the Leamington and District Chamber of Commerce and will run from 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Rhine Danube Club at 130 Erie St. North.

Chatham-Kent-Leamington Conservative incumbent Dave Van Kesteren chats with long-time supporters Bob and Flo Clark during his Leamington election office open house Saturday, Sept. 19. The Leamington office is located at 234 Talbot St. West and is open 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday to Friday and 9 a.m. to noon on Saturdays. Office staff can be contacted at 519-990-8467. (SUN Photo)

LDMH: A Community Comes Together

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Coordinators of the event Zain Ismail and Bill Baker were overwhelmed by the community turnout. “We’re so happy to have all our partners here, especially the community. We really saw our neighbours in the community out here today,” said Ismail. The community celebration included 47 displays from the various health care and related partners from the community.

“This event is about celebrating community programs and partnerships. Because today is all about the community! Because of the community coming together rehab beds will be introduced at LDMH and because of the community, Obstetrical services will remain at LDMH as long as there are mothers and babies in our community,” stated Baker.

Terry Shields, Chief Executive Officer at LDMH, assured the crowd that there would always be an OB unit at LDMH, as long as there are mothers having babies… Shields proudly shared in the excitement and achievement working with The Save OB Leamington and the Erie St. Clair LIHN.

Cheryl Deter, Integrated Director, Hospice Erie Shores Campus introduced several of the many program partners at LDMH. She also introduced Leanne Setterington, founder of the Save OB group who rallied the community and attracted attention across the province.

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The gathering also welcomed approximately 600 students from Leamington District Secondary School who came to show their support. LDMH has partnered with the high school on various projects.

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Approximately 1200 people enjoyed the celebration of community partners coming together under one tent. There were 47 display booths with community health care partners. (SUN Photos)

Halliday Pearson, left, and Holly Kettle, right, play with the oversized epidural needle prop. YES, LDMH does give epidurals...

One-year-old Sophie Gosnell with mom Megan Miiorch in the “We’re small but MIGHTY” sign.

Bill Baker, left, with LDMH CEO Terry Shields.

Jody Raffoul performed in support of his hometown hospital.

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ARIES - Mar 21/Apr 20

Hasty reactions can lead to unnecessary problems, Aries. Instead of making assumptions, wait until you get a clear picture before you come to any conclusions this week.

TAURUS – Apr 21/May 21

Taurus, others are impressed with your analysis and ability to get the job done at work. Don’t be surprised if you soon find yourself in line for a promotion.

GEMINI – May 22/Jun 21

There is nothing wrong with trying to make special moments last as long as they can, Gemini. If you want to linger over a romantic dinner or keep the party going, do so.

CANCER – Jun 22/Jul 22

Try to find a balance between your need for connection and a desire to be alone, Cancer. This week you may have to do some juggling, but it is nothing you can’t handle.

LEO – Jul 23/Aug 23

Leo, you may feel free and adaptable right now, but in reality your plans are much more fixed. You may not want to stray too far from what’s expected.

VIRGO – Aug 24/Sept 22

Virgo, the depth of your feelings this week may come as a surprise to you. Everything makes you feel a bit more emotional than usual. It is okay to spend some time in thought.

LIBRA – Sept 23/Oct 23

Libra, your mood begins to lift as you find many reasons to celebrate this week. The simplest things can bring you happiness. Don’t forget to share joy with others.

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SCORPIO – Oct 24/Nov 22

Scorpio, you can’t quite figure out if you are happy or sad, because each new opportunity seems like an emotional roller coaster. Enjoy the ride and appreciate the good times.

SAGITTARIUS – Nov 23/Dec 21

Sagittarius, you can appreciate all the little details that come with tasks this week. You may see things that others don’t because you are paying extra attention to your surroundings.

CAPRICORN – Dec 22/Jan 20

Right now you aren’t very happy about having to deal with someone who isn’t always honest with you, Capricorn. Just maintain a neutral attitude and you will find happiness.

AQUARIUS – Jan 21/Feb 18

Aquarius, you appreciate all the positive feelings coming your way, especially in a week as challenging as this one. Make the most of all of the positive vibes.

PISCES – Feb 19/Mar 20

Pisces, you may have a hard time distinguishing between fantasy and reality the next few days. But enjoy the extra time to daydream.

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Jason Derulo, Singer (26)

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Scott Baio, Actor (55)

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Jason Alexander, Actor (56)

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OBITUARY

Peter Berg

Peter Berg, 80 years, passed away peacefully on Friday, September 18, 2015 at the Leamington Mennonite Home surrounded by his loving and devoted family.

Beloved husband of Agnes (Klassen) for over 56 years. Loving father of Marlene Kroeker (Phil), Diane Sarkis (Tony), Denise Simpson (Kevin). Adored grandfather of Adam Kroeker (Robyn), Ashley Caza (Mike), Alison Whittal (Allan), Cameron and Brooklyn Sarkis, James Simpson (Amber), Hudson Simpson. Proud great-grandfather of Sienna and Cruz Kroeker, Alec Whittal, Ethan Meloche Simpson. Dear brother of Cornie Berg (late Jessie, late Helen), late sister Mary Derksen (late Walter). Special brother-in-law of the late Hilda Epp (late Abram), Elsie Krahn (late Nick), Harry Klassen (Rose), Helen Kolm (Ed), Ed Klassen (Nancy). Survived by numerous nieces and nephews. Visiting was at the Reid Funeral Home & Reception Centre, 14 Russell Street, Leamington (519-326-2631) on Sunday from 6-9 p.m.

Funeral Service to celebrate Peter’s life was held at the Leamington United Mennonite Church, 78 Oak Street East, Leamington, on Monday, September 21, 2015 at 2 p.m. Interment at Evergreen Memorial Park Cemetery.

As an expression of sympathy, memorial donations made by cheque to the Leamington Mennonite Home or the Leamington Mennonite Home “Music Therapy Program” would be appreciated.

Family and friends are invited to share their words of comfort and remembrance at www.reidfuneralhome.ca

OBITUARY

Lois J. Hartford

Lois J. Hartford, in her 92nd year, passed away on Friday, September 18, 2015 at Franklin Gardens in Leamington.

OBITUARY

Lucilia Coimbra

Lucilia Coimbra, 71 years, passed away suddenly on Thursday, September 17, 2015 while visiting family in Portugal.

Gino DiMenna

Gino DiMenna, 91 years, passed away on Friday, September 18, 2015.

Beloved wife of the late Aniceto Coimbra (2007). Dear mother of Mindy Aveiro, Cathy Rodrigues and husband Frank. Loving grandmother of Ashley, Kyle, Bryanna and Quinn. Dear sister of Aldina Fontura and John Bernardes. Dear sisterin-law of Jose Goncalves and wife Maria, Gracinda Goncalves, Elvira Gomes and late husband John. Many nieces and nephews also survive.

Visiting is at the Reid Funeral Home & Reception Centre, 14 Russell Street, Leamington (519-326-2631) on Sunday, September 27, 2015 from 6-9 p.m.

Mass of the Resurrection will be held at St. Joseph’s Church, 310 Sherk St., Leamington, on Monday, September 28, 2015 at 10 a.m. Entombment at Erie Memorial Gardens to follow. Fr. Nelson Cabral officiating.

As an expression of sympathy, memorial donations may be made by cheque to the Leamington District Memorial Hospital (Hospice) would be appreciated. Family and friends are invited to share their words of comfort and remembrance at www.reidfuneral home.ca

OBITUARY

Jack Mercer

Jack Richmond Mercer, in his 80th year, of Wheatley, ON, peacefully passed away at Leamington District Memorial Hospital on Friday, September 18, 2015, surrounded by his family.

Wife of the late John (Jack) G. Hartford (2008), and is survived by three loving sons: Tim (Sara) of West Bloomfield, MI; Kerry (Gail) of Grosse Ile, MI; and Kevin of Windsor, ON. Lois was also a loving grandmother to three grandkids: Trisha Wilson (Tim), Ashley Hoogenboom (David), and Kyle Hartford; and loving great-grandmother to Jovan and Reese Wilson, and Henny Hoogenboom.

Lois moved from Dearborn, MI, and made Leamington her home for several decades. She was a passionate volunteer, supporting the Canadian Mental Health Association and was a founding member of the Leamington Hospital Auxiliary. In 2012, she was recognized by the Auxiliary for 60 years of dedicated service. Most importantly, Lois cherished her family and friends, and always wanted to help others.

At Lois’ request, cremation has taken place. A Memorial Service to celebrate Lois’ life will be held at Colasanti’s Tropical Gardens on Friday, September 25, 2015 at 11 a.m.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations made to the Canadian Mental Health Association (www.cmha.ca) or the Leamington District Memorial Hospital Auxiliary (hwww.leamingtonhospital.com) would be appreciated. Funeral arrangements entrusted to the Reid Funeral Home & Reception Centre, 14 Russell Street, Leamington (519-326-2631).

Family and friends are invited to share their words of comfort and remembrance at www.reidfuneralhome.ca

There is a short section of roadside ditch along Mersea Rd. 1 that an abutting landowner would like to see converted into a municipal agricultural drain to improve the drainage of his farmland. The process involves hiring a drainage engineer to determine the possible alternatives, the work necessary, and the assessment schedule for all benefitting landowners and the municipality. This section of road was transferred to the municipal-

Beloved husband of the late Josephine (2009). Loving father of Mary DiMenna, the late Angela DiMenna, Antonio DiMenna and his wife Joann. Cherished Nonno of Angela (Mauro), Patrick, Gino, and great-granddaughter Rhianyn. Dear brother of Dominic DiMenna (Helen), Ron DiMenna (Yvonne), Lena Melatti (Reno). Special brother-in-law of the late Maria Marcovecchio (Joe), the late Nick Appugliese (Bianca), the late Michael Appugliese (Elena). Predeceased by his father Antonio DiMenna (Antoinetta) and his mother Prudenzia DiMenna. Survived by numerous nieces and nephews.

Gino was one of the founding members and Past President of the Roma Club. He was one of the original Italian settlers in the Leamington area. Gino embraced the Canadian culture but never forgot his Italian heritage. He most importantly cherished his family and always wanted to help others.

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

Mass of the Resurrection was held at St. Joseph’s Church, 310 Sherk St., Leamington, on Tuesday, September 22, 2015 at 10 a.m. Entombment at Erie Memorial Gardens.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations made by cheque to St. Michael’s Church Building Fund or the Leamington District Memorial Hospital Foundation (Hospice) would be appreciated.

Family and friends are invited to share their words of comfort and remembrance at www.reidfuneralhome.ca

Predeceased by his wife Carolyn (2013). Survived by his son Tim (Stephany) of Wheatley, his daughters Penny (Randy) of St. Thomas, Susan (Greg) of Paris, and Jill (Clair) of Wheatley. Also survived by 13 grandchildren, Jaclynn (Brent) of Wheatley, Paul (Billie-Jo) of Leamington, Bob (Amy) of Keswick, Jennifer (Anthony) of Stratford, Ryan of Kitchener, Melissa (Paul) of Ingersoll, Cassie (Ian) of Paris, Derek (Nicole) of Tecumseh, Travis (Ashley) of Paris, Curtis (Lauren) of Wheatley, Tiffany (Ryan) of Orillia, Richmond of St. Thomas, Jared of Wheatley, 8 great-grandchildren with two more to be announced in early 2016, and many nieces and nephews. Jack is also survived by his sister Carole Thompson (Rae) of Edmonton. Predeceased by his brothers William and Wayne Mercer, and his parents Bernice Finlay and William Mercer.

Jack was born in London, ON, on August 22, 1936, but called Wheatley his home. He ran a successful business, Jack’s Coffee Shop, for more than 40 years. He was known to be a very generous man and mentored youth, as well as supported many youth programs. He loved his community and was very proud of his family.

Our family sends a special thank you to Madeline Shanks and Jon-Ann Meko (CCAC), Drs. Tracy, Naom, Yacoub and Tawil, as well as the nurses on the second floor of LDMH.

Jack’s wishes were that friends and family would enjoy a celebration of his life at The Car Barn where he and the owner, Barry Broadbent, spent many memorable hours. The Car Barn is located at 23 Talbot St. E. in Wheatley, ON. Open house is Saturday, September 26, 2015 from 4 p.m.-7 p.m. with a eulogy commencing at 5 p.m. Memorial donations may be made to a charity of your choice.

Petition for drain accepted

ity from the county and the drains are in somewhat poor condition — new tile is needed on the north side, and the south side is supposed to just be a ditch, but already receives drainage water.

Council was sensitive to the problems the drain/ditch was causing and granted permission for the work at the Sept. 21 meeting of Council.

From Marilyn Monroe to Shirley Valentine

When Allison Still-Berry lived in Toronto, she worked as a Marilyn Monroe impersonator. When she moved to Leamington she joined the Sun Parlour Players Community Theatre and landed the role of a lifetime, “Shirley Valentine.” Come out to see this one-woman show at The Bank Theatre and witness an incredible transformation.

Performances are Sept. 25, Sept. 26, Oct. 2 and Oct. 3 at 7:30 p.m. Sunday matinees are Sept. 27 and Oct. 4 are at 2:00 p.m.

“Shirley Valentine” contains mature language and theme and is recommended for adult audiences only.

Ladies, make it a girls’ night out – you are going to love it!

Tickets are available at Wharram’s Jewellery, Counter Effects and at the door.

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SHIRLEY VALENTINE - “WILLY RUSSELL”

September 25th and September 26th at 7:30 p.m.

September 27th at 2:00 p.m.

October 3rd and October 4th at 7:30 p.m.

October 5th at 2:00 p.m.

Tickets are $15. Tickets may be obtained at Wharram’s Jewellery and Counter Effects and at the Door. Since we had three sell-out shows for “The Odd Couple,” you are strongly advised to get your tickets beforehand. RECOMMENDED FOR ADULT AUDIENCES. There is a mature theme, language and subject matter.

This is a one-woman show upon which the famous movie, Shirley Valentine, was based. We are delighted to have Allison-Still Berry play Shirley Valentine.

ALLISON STILL-BERRY - Allison cut her acting chops at the age of 17 with the Ingersoll Theatre for the Performing Arts as Daisy Durdle in their production of Lo and Behold. In her twenties, she relocated to Kent County and performed with Theatre Kent. Highlights there included being a Kit Kat Club girl in Cabaret, and landing the role of Lois Lane in Heroes. She also performed with The Bank Theatre’s own Gord Willms in Run for Your Wife at the Petrolia Playhouse. In her thirties, Allison became a Marilyn Monroe impersonator in Toronto, where she sang and danced as Marilyn and sat in many a vintage car. Her most memorable role, however, was playing Nora in the Norm Foster play, WRONG FOR EACH OTHER, on the Bank Theatre stage. Following the Sunday matinee, her co-star, Scott Berry, proposed to a startled, but delighted Allison. Scott felt that they were definitely RIGHT FOR EACH OTHER. So now, Allison is a married woman, bringing her wonderful talent to the one-woman show, SHIRLEY VALENTINE.

The Bank Theatre and the Sun Parlour Players had an extremely busy September.

A big thank-you must be sent to Joel Lewsaw who directed THE ODD COUPLE. Thank-you as well to all of the actors and volunteers who made all three performances such a resounding success. It was good to have Dale back and all of the other talented musicians for the ever-popular coffee house at The Bank Theatre.

A big thank-you must be extended to Larry McDonald and Ursula Tiessen for organizing the fourth annual Fish Fest at the Wheatley Legion. We would like to thank Ulysses Pratas of Presteve Foods for the generous donation of perch to support The Bank Theatre. Thank you for such a generous gift of sixty pounds of perch. The Wheatley Legion volunteers know how to cook the perch perfectly and they must be thanked for all of their hard work in making the evening such a success.

Thank you to Barbara Martens for organizing the glorious classical music concert held at Knox Presbyterian Church on Sunday, September 20th. Helen Brown, the pianist, Jilda Farias, the soloist, and Natalie Dorion, the flautist, truly made our hearts soar with their beautiful renditions of classical favourites.

Follow The Bank Theatre on Facebook www.facebook.com/TheBankTheatre Email: banktheatre@gmail.com Website: www.banktheatre.com

It’s harvest time –watch for farmers

Essex County OPP has issued a reminder to citizens travelling in rural areas of Essex County and other areas around the region to be mindful of farmers who are harvesting their crops at this time of year.

Motorists are urged to use caution and reduce speeds when travelling near farm vehicles and equipment. Every year the OPP responds to incidents involving farm vehicles that are struck by impatient or inattentive drivers. The collisions frequently result in personal injury and/or death and all of these crashes are preventable.

Farm equipment such as tractors, combines and the trailers that they tow are very large and require significant room to safely manoeuvre on the roadway. The work they are doing is important to all of our communities. Public safety is the focus of the OPP and therefore the following tips are offered for motorists using rural roadways during harvest time:

• Anticipate that there may be farm equipment in use and travel below the posted or suggested speed limit in areas where crops are being cultivated.

• If you see large farm equipment on the roadway, slow down, be patient and pass only when it is safe to do so.

• Do not tailgate large farm equipment as the operator may not be able to see you.

• Do not blow your horn at the operator of the farm equipment as they likely won’t be able to hear you due to the noise produced by the equipment.

The OPP encourages all motorists to be mindful of farm equipment operators during this year’s harvest and give them the necessary room to do their work by sharing the roadways.

FREE WRITING WORKSHOPS being offered for writers and aspiring writers, Wednesdays, September 23, October 7, 14, 21, November 4, 6:30 - 8:00 p.m., Kingsville Public Library, 40 Main St. W. Led by poet and former Creative Writing teacher Dorothy Mahoney. Everyone welcome, no registration. Info: Arts Council 519-252-2787 or Kingsville Library 519-733-5620.

2ND LEAMINGTON SCOUTING

MEETS at the Leamington United Church, 9 John St., as follows: Beaver Scouts (age 5-7) meet Mondays from 6:15-7:30 p.m.; Cub Scouts (ages 8-10) meet Tuesdays from 6:30-8:00 p.m., Scouts (age 11-13) meet Tuesdays from 6:30-8:00 p.m.; Venturer Scouts (age 14-17) meet Mondays from 7:30-8:30 p.m. Come check it out. For more info call 519-3266355 or 519-326-6214.

"ART FREE-FOR-ALL" in Kingsville, held in conjunction with Culture Days, Saturday, September 26, 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Over 25 artists, along with musicians and performers, will be along Main and Division streets helping Kingsville celebrate the amazing talent in the area.

36TH ANNUAL RUTHVEN APPLE FESTIVAL - Saturday, September 26 & Sunday, September 27 at Colasanti’s Tropical Gardens in Ruthven. Fun filled event for the entire family with food, crafts, parade, entertainment and classic car show and more. Free Parking and admission. Proceeds to Community Living Essex County. For more info: Visit: www.communitylivingessex.org or call 519776-6483, ext 246.

UPTOWN LEAMINGTON CULTURE

CRAWL - Saturday, September

26, 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. A oneday visual arts experience. Meet local artists and view works on display in uptown storefronts. Get your FREE Culture Crawl Passport at participating locations, get it stamped at each location, and turn it in at your last stop of the day for a chance to win great prizes from local businesses.

ONT. PURPLE MARTIN ASSOC. FINAL MEETING for 2015, Saturday, September 26, 9:00 a.m. at Orchard View Golf Course, 1357 County Rd. 34 (old Hwy #3), north of Ruthven. Please bring stats for your martin colony. Every is welcome. For more info call Paul 519-738-3476.

AN INSPIRATIONAL EVENING OF WORD AND SONG at Wheatley Baptist Church, Saturday, September 26, 7:00 p.m., 47 Talbot St. E. Special guest speaker: Dr. Rob Gulliver, lead preaching/teaching pastor at Wilmot Centre Missionary Church, son of the late Pete and Jerry Gulliver. Special guest soloist: Bob Dawson of local gospel group Sure Foundation. Everyone welcomebring a friend.

FAITH REFORMED CHURCH 60TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS, 1115 Seacliff Dr., Kingsville. Homecoming Weekend September 26-27, Rededication Service Sunday, October 18 and many other events. All are welcome. Visit the website at faithkingsville.rcachurches.org under Home Coming 2015 for all event details.

LEAMINGTON LIBRARY FAMILY STORYTIME - Mondays from September 28 to November 16 at 11:00 a.m. A program to encourage a lifelong love of reading. Stories, bounces, tickles, songs,

rhymes, activities. Ages 5 and under with caregiver. Register online at essexcountylibrary.ca or in person at Leamington Library, 1 John St.

SIT & KNIT with Jan Atkinson at Leamington Library, 1 John St., Tuesday, September 29, 10:3011:30 a.m. Whether a seasoned knitter or beginner, come and enjoy the company of other knitters. Adult program. Assistance at all skill levels.

JOIN LIFE CHAIN IN LEAMINGTON - Sunday, October 4, 2:30 - 3:30 p.m., at Erie and Talbot. Inquiries: Right to Life at 519-325-0929.

RUMMAGE YARD SALE at Leamington United Church, 9 John St., Friday, October 23, 9:00 a.m.1:00 p.m. and Saturday, October 24 from 9:00 a.m. - 12 noon.

MONDAYS - SENIORS DROP-IN, 1st and last Monday of the month only at 10:30 a.m. at Leamington United Church. Guest speakers, refreshments, games, exercise. It's free, fun, and wheelchair accessible. All seniors welcome.

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

DO YOU ENJOY VOLUNTEERING AND MEETING PEOPLE? South Essex Community Council in Leamington is currently looking for volunteers for Meals on Wheels Delivery. If you are interested in volunteering during the morning for about 1 hour per week or as a back-up volunteer, please call Noreen or Susan at SECC - 519326-8629 ext.381.

www.secc.on.ca.

Community Calendar is a FREE service for FREE events. Please see the COMING EVENTS section in the CLASSIFIEDS for events with admission charges.

“By being alert and thoughtful to the demanding work that our area farmers do every day, and especially at this time of year while they harvest their crops, we can ensure that 2015 is safe for the motoring public and our Ontario farmers,” says Essex County Staff Sergeant Edward Marocko.

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Allison Still-Berry as Shirley Valentine.

Council report for September 21

Uncertainty about County Rd. 20 CWATS improvements

Monday, Sept. 21, Municipal Council received a report from the Leamington engineer, Allan Botham, advising Council to approve one segment of the bicycle and pedestrian improvements to County Rd. 20, but not all of the work just yet.

Administration would like to discuss the cost-sharing of curbing for some of the remaining CWATS (County Wide Active Transportation System) County Rd. 20 initiative. There is some uncertainty about the scope of the curbing and related road repairs that could drive the costs beyond the current estimate the Council is aware of and has approved in principle. Council was forewarned that a further report on the curbing issue would be coming to Council in a couple of weeks because Leamington’s and the County’s administrations have reached an impasse. To sum it up, much of the curbing is obsolete, in disrepair and would normally be replaced at the county’s expense. The county administration is of the opinion that this section of road, and the upgrades, are covered by a CWATS agreement that identifies cost-sharing that includes curb replacements, and thus costs must be shared. Further negotiations are essential prior to finalizing these other parts of the work. Council agreed with the analysis and endorsed the recommendations.

Councillor Tim Wilkinson characterized the demand by the County as “baloney”. The argument from the County that this work on County Rd. 20 was not in their 10-year plan simply was not acceptable. Furthermore, in his opinion, Councillor Wilkinson indicated that he thinks no cost-sharing discussions are needed. Leamington’s original agreement to partially fund some curb replacement was predicated on an engineering estimate that only 40% of the curbing would need to be replaced, and Leamington’s contribution toward that would make the project move forward more quickly. Now that the estimate is almost total curb replacement, the discussion is no longer about an extra $180,000 and could reach costs as high as almost half a million.

Councillor John Hammond summed it up by saying, “Spending money on somebody else’s curbs when we have roads that don’t have curbs and need them is not prudent spending.” Notwithstanding the key safety issue that the County Rd. 20 trail would represent, Leamington must be very, very careful what it is willing to commit itself to spending on

another jurisdiction’s road in the interests of its citizens, including migrant workers and the athletic-minded who have been anticipating the trail for a long time.

Petition for drain

There is a short section of roadside ditch along Mersea Rd. 1 that an abutting landowner would like to see converted into a municipal agricultural drain to improve the drainage of his farmland. The process involves hiring a drainage engineer to determine the possible alternatives, the work necessary, and the assessment schedule for all benefitting landowners and the municipality.

This section of road was transferred to the municipality from the county and the drains are in somewhat poor condition — new tile is needed on the north side, and the south side is supposed to just be a ditch, but already receives drainage water

Council was sensitive to the problems the drain/ditch was causing and granted permission for the work at the Sept. 21 meeting of Council.

New bridge needs engineer

Back in February a request was received by Leamington Council to replace a drainage bridge on the 1st Concession. Since it is a bridge built under the Drainage Act, normally the drainage superintendent could do the job. A technicality, however, prevents the bridge being replaced with a like structure, so a drainage engineer must be used to certify that a replacement structure would be correct. Since the drainage engineer must be used, the owner would like the bridge shifted a bit to put it in a more convenient location and upgraded to accommodate today’s equipment widths and is willing to pay the cost of over-sizing the original bridge.

Since the estimated municipal cost for this work is expected to be less than $2,500 and the work will not put a burden on the reserves, Council passed their approval at the Sept. 21 meeting.

1964 Corvette convertible sold new in Toronto

Richard Neal of Leamington purchased a 1964 Corvette convertible in the early ’70s, and he still owns it! His Corvette is red with two tops, one folding and one removable. Under the hood is a 327

Richard Neal’s 1964 Corvette convertible on display at the Sun Parlor Home for Senior Citizens Car Show in Leamington in June. Note hidden headlights.

cubic inch small block V8 cranking out an awesome 375 horsepower. The transmission is 4-speed on the floor.

The engine can trace its roots back to the 265 cubic inch Chevrolet V8 of 1955. It was punched out to 283 in 1957, and if you had the fuel injection model, that engine delivered 283 horsepower – one horsepower per cubic inch, an amazing feat at that time but later overshadowed by even bigger increases in power. In 1962, the 283 was punched out again, this time to 327 cubic inches with a 4-inch bore and 3.25 stroke. The 283 and 327 were both offered through 1968, after which a 350 cubic inch version became popular.

The Sting Ray arrived in 1963, the first completely new Corvette in 10 years. A new ladder-type box frame replaced the previous heavy X-style frame. The really big news for ’63 was independent rear suspension, which did wonders for improved handling.

Richard’s ’64 Vet was the second year of the new Corvette Sting Ray.

When he bought the car over 40 years ago from a man in London, Richard was told it was sold new by A.D. Gorrie in Toronto. Their ad in the phone book gives their address as 28 Gerrard St. East (half a block east of Yonge) and describes the business as “Canada’s largest Chevrolet Oldsmobile and Chevrolet Truck dealer.”

Gorrie’s remained on Gerrard Street East until around the mid-1960s, when it became the Golden Mile Chev-Olds dealership on Eglinton Avenue East in Scarborough. Gorrie’s Gerrard Street two-storey building which housed the dealership for so many years was torn down to make way for a high-rise apartment building. With Richard Neal’s Corvette being a 1964 model, it might have been the last Corvette sold from the Gerrard Street East location or the first Corvette sold from the Golden Mile Chev-Olds dealership on Eglinton Ave. E. I wonder if Jerry Coffey was the salesperson who sold it new to its first owner. His name was linked with Gorries for many years and he was reportedly the top Corvette salesperson in the city. With the publication of this story in 35 Canadian newspapers, the original owner might contact us to fill in the early history of this car.

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CiB announces Best Blooming Awards

By Catherine Riediger, CiB Publicity Coordinator

September 15 to review the nominations and select the successful winners for the “Best Blooming Awards” in the following categories:

Best Blooming StreetRural Nominations: Mersea Rd. 7 east of Hwy 77; Mersea Rd. 4 West. The winner is Mersea Rd. 7 east of Hwy 77.

Best Blooming StreetUrban Nominations: Audrey St.; Coronation Ave.; Elizabeth Cres.; Jane St.; Margaret St.; Queen’s Hill Cres.

The winner is Coronation Ave.

Fabulous Residential Curb Appeal - Rural Nominations: 613 Hwy 77; 1226 Mersea Rd. 6; 932 Mersea Rd. 7; 1408 Mersea Rd. 8; 609 Mersea Rd. 12. The winner is 932 Mersea Rd. 7.

Fabulous Residential Curb Appeal - Urban Nominations: 23 Ashley Cres.; 9 Audrey St.; 18 Coronation Ave.; 22 Coronation Ave.; 31 Coronation Ave.; 21 Danforth Ave.; 24 Danforth Ave.; 19 Elizabeth Cres.; 27 Elizabeth Cres.; 43 Elizabeth Cres.; 58 Elliott St.; 195 Ellison Ave.; 7 Erie Glen Cres.; 24 Fader Ave.; 2 Jane St.; 11 Jane St.; 16 Jane St.; 3 Lathrop Lane; 4 Lorne Ave.; 47 Lutch Ave.; 1 Margaret St.; 4 Margaret St.; 13 Margaret St.; 27 Queen’s Hill Cres.; 43 Victoria St.

S.; 368 Robson Rd.

The winner is 24 Fader Ave.

Fabulous Business Curb Appeal

Nominations: McDonald’s; Moauro Farms –Home of the Smarty Brand; Southland Insurance; Wendy’s, Uni-Fab.

The winner is McDonald’s.

As Wendy’s was one of the award winners in 2014, under the 3-year moratorium rule, unfortunately they were not eligible for this year’s competition. They will be eligible once again in 2018.

The CiB committee would like to congratulate all the winners as well as the other nominees on their gardening and designing skills.

The committee also thanks all those who submitted nominations. It was a pleasure and challenge to review

the nominated properties. The gardens and maintenance of properties by Leamington citizens, busi-

nesses and the municipality truly demonstrates the CiB philosophy “People, Plants, Pride Growing Together”.

Winners in this year’s Leamington Communities in Bloom competition were awarded plaques on Monday, September 21. From left to right are: Tom and Donna Knight, Best Curb Appeal - Urban; Charlie Wright, CIB Chairperson; and Zora Huy, Best Curb Appeal - Rural. Absent from the photo was McDonald’s which won for Best Curb Appeal - Business.

(SUN Photo)

Property tax exemption for Wheatley Harbour

An inspirational evening of word and song

Dr. Rob Gulliver will be the guest speaker at an inspirational evening of word and song on Sat. Sept. 26 at 7 p.m. at Wheatley Baptist Church, 47 Talbot St. E.

By Bill Chaplin, Municipal Correspondent

Leamington Council received a report at the Mon. Sept. 14 meeting of Council regarding Wheatley Harbour property taxes. It read, in part:

“Wheatley Harbour Authority is a non-profit corporation which operates the harbour for commercial and recreational boaters on behalf of the Crown. The Crown owns the harbour and leases it to the Harbour Authority at a nominal rate as part of the Small Craft Harbour Program administered by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans. The Harbour Authority has a Board of Directors who are volunteers and a salaried manager who is responsible for the day to day operation of the harbour. The Department of Fisheries and Oceans provides supervision, training and guidance for the local volunteers and employees and funding for major repairs. The Harbour Authority program was introduced in 1988 in recognition that individual communities are in the best position to manage their local commercial fishing harbour facilities.”

“On November 20, 2009, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice stated ‘… it does not seem appropriate that the Applicants [including Wheatley Harbour] should pay municipal taxes while receiving annual subsidies from the Crown. I would allow the relief requested in the application.’”

The Court granted that Wheatley Harbour be exempt from municipal taxation. The Erieau Harbour Authority and the Municipality of Chatham-Kent were involved in this same judgment. Under the judgment, all Harbour Authorities continue to be exempt from taxation and not eligible for Payment in Lieu of Tax.

The Assessment Act mandates all property be assessed. In some cases the Municipal Property Assessment Corporation (MPAC) is forced to place a value on a property. Neither

It is with great joy that we announce the safe arrival of Connor Antonio Cabral on Sept. 9/15 at Metropolitan Hospital, Windsor weighing in at 8 lb 2 oz. Proud first time parents are Jeff and Alicia Cabral. Joining in the celebration are ecstatic grandparents Tony and Sheila Cabral, Pauline and Kevin Laporte and Mike Fleury and Susan Coupe. IT'S A BOY!

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Raised in Wheatley, Dr. Gulliver is the son of the late Pete and Jerry Gulliver. He is the lead pastor at Wilmot Centre Missionary Church in the Kitchener-Waterloo area. He has written several articles for World Relief Canada and International Needs as well as hosting Night Light, a live interactive television show of 100 Huntley Street.

Dr. Gulliver’s passion is to preach God’s Word in a practical way so that listeners may embrace the truth to live it out in their daily lives.

Special guest soloist will be Bob Dawson, who has been preacher and soloist at many local churches and events. Mr. Dawson is also a feature singer with the gospel group Sure Foundation.

Everyone is welcome to attend this special evening with Rob Gulliver and Bob Dawson.

the Municipality nor MPAC has the authority to change the assessed value to nil. MPAC has reviewed their legislation and determined that they must continue to rate this property under a Payment in Lieu tax code. This means that the taxes on this parcel will continue to be written off annually. It will become part of Leamington’s annual budget approval.

While it will look like Leamington is writing off over $36,000 in taxes that the harbour has not paid since 1999, in fact the harbour owed no taxes and will continue to owe no taxes.

"TheLordismyshepherd, I shall not want."

HELENE

DIETRICH

January 6, 1956September 24, 2014

A year has gone floating by in a mist. Life as we knew it no longer exists. Your smile, your laugh, your touch - only memories remain, But the love you left behind - still the same. Rob,Kyle,KellyandFamily

IN MEMORIAM H E

September 24, 2014

Your life was a blessing, Helene. Your memory a treasure. You are loved beyond words And missed beyond measure. Missing You. Love & Hugs. Mary Jane

Number of deaths from people not wearing seatbelts is on the rise

The OPP are reminding motorists that wearing a seat belt while in a motor vehicle is the law and officers intend to actively enforce that law during the Fall Seat Belt Campaign that is on right now.

So far this year, 42 people have been killed on OPP-patrolled roads who were not wearing a seat belt in comparison to 34 people last year for the same time period.

Lisa, nieces and nephews and son Leland

In loving memory of our son, brother and uncle

Who passed away 35 years ago on September 27, 1980

As time goes on without you And days turn into years, They hold a million memories And many silent tears. No longer in our lives to share But in our hearts, you are always there. We feel your love around us In everything we do. You are truly our "guardian angel" And we will always love & remember you.

Foreverlovedandsadlymissed. Dad, Mom, Brad and Deb, MatthewandBecky,Adam,Chad, Chelsea and Jason & Jaret, Ashlyn&Kylie.

The most recent OPP statistics are even more alarming. Between Sept. 7-13, 2015, seven people were killed in motor vehicle collisions in Ontario – six of those people were not wearing a seat belt.

A driver can be charged and face a fine totalin $240 and two demerit points for seat belt infractions.

Under the Highway Traffic Act, any person travelling in a motor vehicle who is at least 16 years of age must occupy a seat with a seatbelt. Parents are reminded that passengers under 16 years of age must be properly buckled up in a car seat, booster seat or seat belt, whichever is appropriate for their age, height and weight.

Dr. Rob Gulliver

Council passes revised FIT resolution

At then end of 2012, Leamington Council passed a resolution of support for the Feed in Tariff (FIT) version 3.0 regarding rooftop solar installation. Leamington has also passed a resolution of support for the Feed in Tariff (FIT) version 4.0 in June of this year.

According to the report Municipal Council received Monday evening, Sept. 21, that’s not enough: “Administration has been informed that the Municipality must pass a new resolution specifically to address a change in language set out by the Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO) for the required notice to proceed.” Along with FITs 3.0 and 4.0, the new resolution must comply with FIT 3.1.

Council complied and passed the revised resolution.

A group of past employees from the Leamington Woolworth’s store gathered at Seacliff Park on Sunday, September 13 for an afternoon of food and refreshments, also which included a lot of laughs and reminiscing. The afternoon was organized by former Woolworth employees Erna Broom and Sue Brandner.

According to former store manager Darell Langille, credit for the success of Leamington’s Woolworth store was largely due to the excellent staff. They learned to combine work and fun together with buying and selling goods, with unique promotions such as the Santa Claus Parade that featured landing Santa on the roof of the building via helicopter while the kids watched from below, Sadie Hawkins Day with the customers chasing the mayor and council down the main street – all dressed in costumes, TVs and gifts as prizes for various winners, Warehouse sales, Midnight Hour sales, $1 Day sales, $1.44 Day sales – these were all promos that were special and new in those days.

Frank Winnfield Woolworth was born April 13, 1852. His first position was in 1873 as a helper in a dry goods store with no pay for the first 6 months and then very little pay for the next 3 years. This was followed by tough years when he was forced to take a pay cut due to slow trade.

In January 1879, Woolworth heard about a five and dime way of business from a salesman. He borrowed $300 and leased a small store in downtown Utica. The store was in a poor location and eventually failed, closing in June 11, 1879.

Woolworth again borrowed $300 and opened a few short days later, on June 22, 1879, in Lancaster. PA. The store was a big success, the beginning of the five and ten cent stores boom. Thousands of stores opened years later all around the world, including Leamington.

In the early 1930s a small variety store east of Erie opened, and later became the first self-serve store in Canada for F.W. Woolworth.

In the late 1950s he built a new building in Leamington, a 10,000 square foot variety store on the corner of Queen and Talbot. The manager was Paul MacMillan, who transferred to a Toronto store. Darell Langille transferred from Collingwood as store manager in the late ’50s or early ’60s.

Due to increased business and the need for more space, Langille contacted head office suggesting that the Leamington store be enlarged. He spoke to company vice-president F.L. Gooderham, who liked what he heard and came right down to the store. What was discussed fit their plans, and a 25,000 square foot addition was added to the Leamington location. It was the first department store in Canada for F.W. Woolworth.

The store was very successful and a few years later another 65,000 square feet were added, giving Leamington the largest Woolworth department store in Canada.

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Car show raises $2,000 for hospice

By Bryan Jessop

Support for the construction of the Erie Shores Hospice in Leamington continues to motor along.

The second annual Gman Charity Car Show brought another gathering of local classic and custom cars and trucks to The Roma Club to assist Miss Lizzy’s Tea Sunday, Sept. 13. Once again, entry fees, a 50/50 draw and locally-sponsored raffles raised $2,000 to allow funding one of the room’s and the hospice, currently being built on Talbot Street West across the road from Leamington District Memorial Hospital.

Gino DelCiancio again stepped forward as the fundraiser’s main organizer, gathering door prizes from businesses across the Leamington area while awarding his last 40 trophies won by a 1955 Chevrolet Bel Air he has since sold. Last year’s Gman event drew 59 entries, each of whom drove away with a re-plated trophy. With 74 entries this year and 40 trophies left in the collection, the again rebranded awards were given via a bingo drum-style draw.

“Everybody had a good time and there were a lot of positive compliments about the show,” said DelCiancio, who was assisted by Bill Stasso, Blake Hunter, Miss Lizzy’s Tea volunteers and a handful of friends and family members. “This year, there were a lot of people who approached me and shared personal stories about family members with cancer. They explained how much they appreciate what the show’s all about, which means a lot to me.”

Twenty entries preregistered at a cost of $20 each this year, while the remainder paid $25 at the door upon arrival at The Roma Club parking lot. The 2015 edition took place about three weeks earlier than last year, a decision that paid off with warmer temperatures. One entry, who had no prior knowledge of the event, noticed the gathering of classics while driving his Mercedes along Seacliff Drive and decided to pull in and enter. This year’s longest drive award went to Stu Buck of London, who arrived in his 1985 Chevrolet Corvette. The People’s Choice Award, selected by votes submitted by participants, was the 1962 Plymouth Fury convertible of Leamington’s Roger St. Denis.

In total, DelCiancio’s classic car gatherings at the Roma Club have raised a combined sum of $6,000 this year for Miss Lizzy’s Tea, which is now a registered foundation. The annual August show collected $3,500 while weekly Roma Club Cruise Nights added another $500 to the Gman’s $2,000. This year’s Gman 50/50 draw was complimented by draws for a new bistro set and tool chest. DelCiancio ensured that each participant took home a door prize, buying about a dozen of them himself to ensure nobody went home empty handed.

Grossi Plumbing and Heating stepped up as this year’s major sponsor while the Lesson Lounge Music Store offered free use of the event’s sound system.

Miss Lizzy’s Tea began in 2010 with funds donated to families in the Windsor-Essex County region who were struggling to meet the financial demands involved with cancer treatment. Hospice donations began a couple years ago through the sponsorship of one of its rooms, to be dubbed the Garden Tea Room. Because of a steady flow of support, Miss Lizzy Tea’s $50,000 commitment is expected to be paid off some time next year — about a year ahead of schedule.

Gman Charity Car Show coorganizer Bill Stasso (right) presents the People’s Choice trophy to Leamington’s Roger St. Denis, owner of the 1962 Plymouth Fury convertible (shown at right) that earned the award.

Gman Charity Car Show main organizer Gino DelCiancio presents a cheque of $2,000 to his wife and Miss Lizzy’s Tea founder Liz DelCiancio following the second annual Gman Charity Car Show, held Sunday, Sept. 13 at The Roma Club. The show attracted 74 entries and raised funds for Miss Lizzy’s Tea in support of the Erie Shores Hospice being built in Leamington.

Princess Centre renovations underway

By Bryan Jessop

A ‘Princess’ makeover of an entirely different sort has begun for one of Leamington’s most well-known yet underutilized buildings.

The Princess Centre at 33 Princess St. has been subject to a change in ownership, its name and soon its appearance both inside and out. A local team of business owners including Matt Baird, Carl and Anthony Grossi, Reiner Neumann, Dennis Hill and Terry Gouin purchased the building out of receivership about three months ago as part of a plan to revitalize it and transform it into one of Leamington’s most renowned hubs.

The structure’s name has changed to Central 33, a decision Baird explained was made in part to rid it of the stigma as being an underdeveloped, out-of-date facility. Fittingly, Grossi Construction has been assigned to the physical changes to the building, which began with outdoor modifications that started Monday, Sept. 14. Crozier Baird is overseeing the redesign of Central 33 while Gouin will take care of leasing arrangements and Neumann and Hill oversee future maintenance needs.

“We’ve got an excellent ownership group,” said Baird, whose business Crozier Baird operates directly across Mill Street from the newly-purchased, five-story building. “There’ll be some exciting things happening inside and out. It’ll help revitalize the downtown area.” Baird continued to explain that the project has already been greeted with extensive interest from several potential tenants, with the possibility of 100 more people working out of the building within a time span of six months. The endeavor will take place in three stages — aesthetic modifications to the exterior, interior upgrades and a parkette immediately east of the building along its front side that will effectively eliminate the section of Princess Street from Mill Street to Setterington Street.

The building’s new owners have begun corresponding with municipal council on permanently closing off the Mill-to-Setterington portion of Princess Street two months ago. Baird explained that council has been very supportive of the proposal and that a recommendation on how to close off the street will be forthcoming upon completion of a traffic study.

Current tenants at Central 33 will remain at the facility throughout and after interior renovations, which will include lobbies and common areas being gutted and redone, upgraded elevator systems, renovated common washrooms, heating and cooling improvements, new and more efficient lighting throughout and new signage. Interior work will start in October of this year, shortly after the exterior — minus the parkette — is complete.

“We’re using local subcontractors, electricians, plumbers, painters and carpet and flooring people,” Baird noted. “It’s supporting the town very well. It’s a very exciting project for Leamington. There’s a lot of momentum right now — people here know the owners now and our intent is to hold onto the building. We have no intentions of selling.”

With 20 tenants presently, Central 33 is at roughly half capacity. Shortly after being built 26 years ago by thenowner Carl Grossi, the Princess Centre was filled with leasing businesses, including 26 doctors’ offices. Vacancies began appearing steadily following the sale of the building to an ownership source from the Greater Toronto Area.

The number of tenants the combined 75,000 sq. ft. of floor space will be able to accommodate depends on how much space each new business or organization requires. The available space could grow to as much as 80,000 square feet after the parking garage is enclosed. A Windsor Essex Community Health Centre walk-in clinic became the newest occupant on Sept. 1.

An engineering study will result in a new parking layout — including an emergency fire route — immediately east of the new parkette.

Above: Renovation construction begins on the exterior of what was recently known as the Princess Centre, now dubbed Central 33. The building was recently purchased by a group of local investors and will receive upgrades both inside and out. Grossi Construction is taking on the physical overhaul of the structure while Crozier Baird is responsible for the design changes. (Sun Photo)

Right: A concept drawing of Central 33 — formerly the Princess Centre — on how it may appear once exterior modifications are complete. (Submitted Photo)

We’re proud to have provided advice to the community of Leamington for 125 years and are celebrating with an open house. Join our branch manager Gary Toupin and the Leamington staff for fun and refreshments.

Date: Friday, September 25, 2015 Time: 9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Leamington branch 35 Talbot St W, Leamington, ON

Date: Friday, September 25, 2015 Time: 9:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Leamington branch 35

Taking Steps Against Breast Cancer event this weekend

Imagine a world where no one fears breast cancer. That’s the goal of a dedicated group of local volunteers who have spearheaded the Canadian Cancer Society’s Taking Steps Against Breast Cancer event in Leamington for the past decade. Over the last 30 years, due to early detection and better therapies, the breast cancer death rate has dropped by 44%. Helping to drive those numbers down have been key research

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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

First Baptist Church

3 Fox Street, Leamington 519-326-4372

Sunday Worship 10:30 am

Heritage Baptist Church

555 Talbot St. W., Wheatley 519-300-1400 Pastor Francisco Penner

Sunday 11 am & 7 pm, Wed 7 pm Wheatley Baptist Church 47 Talbot St. E.., Wheatley 519-825-7433 Pastor Richard Smith

Sunday School 9:00 am Worship 10:30 am

CONGREGATIONALIST

Faith Everlasting Congregational Church

589 Hwy 77, Leamington 519-322-2994

Sunday Worship 11 am L

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 10:30 am (Eng)

findings made through the Canadian Cancer Society’s investment of over $100 million in breast cancer research over the last 20 years. Today’s 5-year relative survival rate is 88% compared to 73% in the 1980s. Results like these are only possible through life-saving breast cancer research raised through fundraising events like Taking Steps.

“That is the good news,” said committee chair Deb Jones Chambers.

However, 1 in 9 Canadian women will still develop breast cancer in their lifetime. Breast cancer is still the second leading cause of cancer in Canadian women. As well, while they are less than 1% of the cases, men can also face breast cancer.

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 475 Bevel Line Road, Leamington 519-322-1858

Sunday Gatherings 10:30 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

Service Sunday 9:15 am & 11 am 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

MENNONITE

Faith Mennonite Church

269 Sherk Street, Leamington 519-326-6391

Sunday Worship Services 10:50 am (Summer 10 am)

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

www.pccweb.ca/knoxleamnington/ Sunday Worship Services 10:30 am

ROMAN CATHOLIC

St. Michael’s Parish

29 Elliott Street, Leamington 519-326-2643

NO MASSES FROM JULY 14 TFN

St. Joseph’s Church

310 Sherk Street, Leamington 519-326-2643

Saturday Mass: 5 pm (English)

Sunday Masses: 7:30 am (English) 9 am (Italian, English) 10:30 am (English)

12 Noon (Portuguese)

3 pm (Spanish), 7 pm (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

Olinda-Ruthven United Church

1907 Queen Blvd., Ruthven ON 519-326-3138

Sunday Services at 9:30 am

UNITARIAN

Unitarian Universalist Church of Olinda 2953 Olinda Sideroad, Ruthven 519-326-4352 Sunday Service 10:30 am

“I have personally seen many breast cancer survivors come out, enjoy and support this wonderful event. But I’ve also seen too many women still facing breast cancer, dealing with post-treatment issues, or who are not able to join us anymore, so I know firsthand that there is still more work to be done,” said Jones Chambers.

This year’s 10th anniversary event is taking place this weekend at Point Pelee National Park Visitors/Nature Centre on Sunday, Sept. 27. Registration begins at 8 a.m. Runners start at 10 a.m. and walkers start at 10:15 a.m.

Apple Fest committee announces parade routes

The Ruthven Apple Festival Steering Committee has announced the route for the 35th annual Ruthven Apple Festival parade on Saturday, September 26.

The parade will begin promptly at 10:30 a.m. from County Rd. 34 (Union Ave.) and the 2nd Concession, headed northbound to Colasanti’s Tropical Gardens in Ruthven. It will proceed north to Kingsville Rd. 3 where it will turn left and proceed west to Colasanti’s.

In order to accommodate the parade route, County Rd. 34 will be closed in Ruthven at County Rd. 45 and County Rd. 34 to the junction of Highway 3 and County Rd. 34 for one hour beginning at 10:30 a.m. Westbound traffic at Ruthven will be routed south on County Rd. 45 to Kingsville Rd. 2 west to Graham Side Road north to Hwy 3. Eastbound traffic at the north junction will be routed east on Hwy 3.

To minimize the inconvenience to local businesses, the committee is committed to beginning and ending the parade on time.

All proceeds raised through the Ruthven Apple Festival benefit Community Living Essex County, a non-profit, charitable organization supporting people who have an intellectual disability.

Golden years mini golf

Twenty-nine eager golfers descended on Colasanti’s on Sept. 17, registering 33 aces.

Leading the ace parade with 4 each were Mary Binder, Marie Lasi and Bill Mayville. Managing 2 each were Mike Binder, Madeline Butler, Cathy Dewhurst, Murray Hartford, Lloyd Honey, Tony Hudvagner, Cam Keith, Julia Kos, Al Rutter, Art Sweet, Rose Taylor, Bill Taylor and Sharon Teskey. Contributing 1 each were Pete Daudlin, Eva Kah, Frank Lasi, Eileen MacIntosh, Mavis Rutter and Ernest Vandenberg. Registering a strong 15 for 9 holes was Bill Mayville. Mary Binder, Rose Taylor and Marie Lasi each recorded 17, while Al Rutter, Cam Keith (2), Julia Kos, Eva Kah, Mary Binder (2) and Art Sweet (2) notched 18. Art Sweet and Marie Lasi continued their strong performance with a 36 for 18 holes. Managing 38 were Kathy Bradley, Bill Mayville and Pete Daudlin.

Art Sweet took the low score for 36 holes carding 76, followed closely by Bill Mayville with 77, Marie Lasi 78 and Mike Binder 79.

A total of 240 was good enough for first place by Team 2 (Art Sweet, Mavis Rutter, Marie Lasi, Lois Hudvagner). Coming in second with 242 was Team 4 (Julia Kos, Cam Keith, Kathy Bradley). Third and final spot was captured by Team Aces with 244 (Al Rutter, Colleen Pearse, Mike Binder, Al Stockwell),

Play continues at 9:30 every Thursday at Colasanti’s Tropical Gardens.

Local artist releases new CD

Local singer-songwriter Justin Latam is hosting a CD release party for his new album “Barefoot”, which also features local artists Charles Diab, Benny Pallotto, Steve Morin, John Moran, Ian Tate and Dale Butler. The project was recorded at Sound Foundry Studios in Kingsville with Brett Humber. Justin wrote two of the songs on the CD, “Still Tomato Town” and “We All Shovel Snow”, while he was a rural driver for the Southpoint Sun newspaper and was inspired by listening to the CBC all day in the van.

This summer Justin put together the Barefoot In Your House Tour to help fund his new CD. People invited him into their home or backyard to play his songs and he passed the hat to raise money. Justin says that their support made this album possible.

The “Barefoot” CD release party is on Saturday, October 3 at Colio Estate Winery, 1 Colio Dr., Harrow. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and there is no cover charge.

Sunday, September 27, 2015

* Entrance to the park is included with registration

Singer-songwriter Justin Latam

Players react to a close finish in a four-group conditioning relay race during an LDSS senior football team practice Thursday, Sept. 17. The team is scheduled to begin the 2015 season Friday, Sept. 25 at L’Essor against the Aigles. The Lions’ home opener will be played Thursday, Oct. 1 at 3 p.m. against the Brennan Cardinals.

Change lies ahead for Lions football team

By Bryan Jessop

The 2015 season will include more than its share of new faces on both sides of the ball for the Leamington Lions.

Leamington District Secondary School’s senior football team included about a dozen Grade 9 players as of late last week, to be guided by no more than three fifth-year returnees. Another dozen players preparing for the season opener represent Grades 10 and 11 while no more than eight are enrolled in Grade 12 courses. The group of about 30 players who showed up for the first handful of practices was whittled down to about 25 as of Monday, Sept. 21 once individual commitment levels were determined.

The team is being led by return head coach Jason Primeau, who has found support from new LDSS teacher Eric Nuscedere and when available, assistance from a friend and a parent of one of his players. Primeau explained that the newfound help is more than welcome, as the Lions will again be fielding a young, inexperienced team.

“It could be a tough year, but we’ll see what we have,” he explained. “We’ll just keep it simple and put ourselves in the best position to succeed as we possibly can.”

Although only a handful of players from last year were lost to graduation, a couple oth-

ers still at LDSS will not be returning to the gridiron for 2015. With deletions from 2014, the team is considering two or three potential players to take on the duties of starting quarterback. The Lions will also be looking to replace key linebacker and full back Scott Robinson, who was sidelined early last season with an MCL injury and has since graduated.

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Cougars preparing for football season

By Bryan Jessop

Cardinal Carter Catho-

School’s

seasons.

The school’s junior football team was nearly forced to fold because of insufficient numbers, although a series of P.A. system announcements were able to drum up enough interest and talent to field a squad for the 2015 campaign. Of the team’s estimated 25 players,

only five are Grade 10s returning from last year’s juniors.

Some of the junior Cougars key players will be Jackson Klassen on the offensive and defensive lines as well as Adam McLellan at running back and linebacker and cousins Nikko and Jaron Gualtieri. First-time football player and Grade 9 student Matt Carvello will take on duties as starting quarterback.

(Continued on page 25)

The Cardinal Carter Cougars’ junior football team warms up with a few throws and catches during a Wednesday, Sept. 17 practice. The team’s season will begin Tuesday, Sept. 22 on the road against the St. Joseph’s Lasers and will include a Tuesday, Sept. 29 home opener at 4 p.m. against the L’Essor Aigles.

Big upset in Thursday night men’s golf

In what was a real rarity this season, the teams of Byron Nelson and Tiger Woods pulled off a big upset in the Leamington Canadian Tire Men’s Thursday Night League play by finishing ahead of Team Jack Nicklaus for the Sept. 17 total one-night performance.

However, Team Nicklaus assured themselves of the first place overall finish in the final standings by having already collected a record setting 255 points, which puts them 39 ahead of the second-place Tiger Woods squad which has 216 points. Team Byron Nelson is only two back in third spot with 214, while Team Bobby Jones is another 11 back in fourth place with 203 points.

In the individual play, Brian Humphreys was the low scorer of the night shooting a two under par round of 33. Low net honours went to Jerry Meloche who had a net six under par 29. The longest driver of the evening was Dustin Wright on hole #6, while Jim Wiebe was closest to the pin on hole #3, and Ralph Warkentin had the longest putt on hole #9.

It was a big night for skins with a grand total of 10 taken in the three flights. Winners included Greg Dunmore, Will Peters, Ryan Harder, Richard Reive, Joe Moavro, John Penner, Paul Bunnett-Jones, Jerry Meloche (2) and Garth Dennerley. Henry Penner continues to lead all skins winners with a total of $74.66, while Ward Hutchins and Joe Moavro are tied for second with $58.34 apiece. Richard Lowes and Neil Sawatzky are tied for fourth place at $52.50, while Steve O’Hara is less than $2 behind in fifth place with $50.75

With just two weeks to go, all golfers in the league are reminded that the closing night dinner and awards presentation takes place at the Clubhouse on Thursday, October 8, with cocktails at 6:00 p.m. and dinner and prizes for all attendees to follow at 7 p.m. Be sure to let Larry Stull or the Pro Shop know if you are attending. Free dinner and prizes for everyone in attendance.

To follow the league’s results simply go www.erieshoresgolf.com and click on the “Canadian Tire Men’s League Official Page” site.

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Jessop’s Journal

Every once in a very rare while, someone will say something that catches you totally off guard. Sort of.

Following the announcement that Adidas has taken over the rights to produce NHL jerseys, commissioner Gary Bettman declared that advertisements on each sweater is not going to happen… at this particular moment (or words to that effect). For the first two seconds or so, I was shocked that Mr. “money first, hockey second” suggested that he didn’t intend to make skating billboards out of the league’s players — then I gave some more consideration to what was essentially the big “Y” word (YET).

I actually believe him when he says that Adidas won’t be allowed to immediately tarnish jerseys with corporate branding. That’s because Adidas won’t officially be taking over production of the 30 teams’ uniforms until the introduction of the 2017-18 season. Gary the lawyer, who always seems bored to death when a camera zeroes in on him during a live game broadcast, strikes again.

Don’t get me wrong. I understand the importance of advertising, corporate sponsorship and the like. There’s no question that ads belong in the pages of a newspaper, on the screen of a television and the air space of a radio station.

Strangely enough, NASCAR and other stock cars look dull and out of place without a series of ads painted on or adhered to them. I did a story about a local racer who raced in what was then CASCAR when I worked in Tilbury and he showed me a handful of photos of his old cars. He referred to one, that was completely void of sponsors at the time its photo was taken, as the “ugly car.”

Some fans and experts suspect Adidas will incorporate its ‘triple-stripe’ trademark into NHL shirts once they take over two years from now. The fans of some teams probably wouldn’t care or even notice. Southern franchises change their sweater design every other year, as it’s the only way to maintain interest in the teams of certain markets.

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Canadiens fans, on the other hand, are not going to be happy. Sure, we’ll be okay with a temporary “throwback” or “retro” jersey for a while, simply because those old designs are a part of the team’s history. But to alter a timehonoured design so someone else can reel in a big heap of cash? NOT going to be well received. The same will likely go for fans of the

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FREE Swim – Sat. Sept. 26th sponsored by Essex Power, Complex Pool 4:30 - 7:30 pm

All Fitness & AquaFitness Classes are now included in Annual Membership –including Zumba, Spin Classes, Bosu and the new TRX!! See charts on pages 15 & 41 of the Fall Activity Guide online. The Complex offers 65 Fitness & AquaFitness classes per week for you to choose from!

Complex Fitness Instructors, Personal Trainers and Nutrition & Wellness Coaches – are certified and here to help you reach new goals this Fall!

Complex Open House Week runs Oct 4 – 10, 2015 Complex Members bring a guest week! Refer a friend to work-out with you. Exercising with a friend helps you to motivate and encourage each other to reach your goals!

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other Original Six teams.

If you’ve ever seen jerseys of other professional sports leagues like European soccer or the Canadian Football League, you’ll know what I’m talking about. It’s a completely different scenario with minor and junior leagues. Those teams aren’t exactly swimming in disposable income and with most minor sports, there is no spectator admission fee to help cover expenses. Actually, I’d be completely in favour of littering minor hockey jerseys with more than just sponsor bars across the upper back if it meant a corresponding reduction in registration fees.

But that’s the point. Adidas making money off sponsors buying real estate on their jerseys and the NHL making money from selling that contract to Adidas is NOT going to do the “little guy” a lick of good. Advertisers allow readers to pick up a community newspaper free of charge or listeners to tune into a radio station, also sans fee. Anyone think that game tickets are going to get cheaper because the league has landed a big, lucrative revenue stream? I don’t. Honestly, who’s going to want to pay $200 for an authentic jersey of their favourite team when it’s riddled with corporate ads? Sure, people actually pay money for clothing with big, corporate logos and names strewn across the front surface. These, however, are normally the logos of companies that produce products or services that they enjoy a great deal. If you’re a manager at Burger King, will you be happy to pay top dollar for a jersey with a McDonalds patch on it (or vice versa)?

Once in a while, you’ll see a company logo patch on a junior hockey team’s jerseys in addition to the typical upperback sponsor bar. I don’t see a problem with that, as our local OHA teams aren’t demanding three-digit prices for seats 20 rows from the glass (or for ANY seat for that matter). They also don’t reap the spoils of network television contracts.

I guess the bottom line is that advertising has its place. I used to think YouTube was the greatest thing since sliced bread until all the video ads started cropping up. You can skip SOME of them shortly after they begin — never in my life did I ever think I’d find myself thinking “wow, that was the longest five seconds of my life.” The first three seconds of a commercial for a Thomas and Friends video my son wanted to watch about a year ago was for a Trailer Park Boys movie or episode, which began with Bubbles holding up an illicit narcotic and shouting “let’s light this (f bomb)er up!” And no, the “F” word was not censored. Thanks, YouTube, my three-year-old really needed to see and hear that.

Since then, the site seems to have become more selective with which commercials precede which videos (I assume

some parent lost his or her mind over it, and I can’t say I blame him or her), but the message was loud and clear — money first, your kid’s innocence second. Anyway, if you’re looking to buy an NHL jersey with nothing other than your favourite player’s name and number stitched onto it, I’d suggest waiting no longer than the tail end of the 201617 season.

E.S. senior men’s golf

With several senior members making a golf trip to Clare Michigan this week, only 34 were present for a beautiful day of golf on Monday, Sept. 21.

The 50/50 winners were Alden Warner and Ron Koop. Closest to the pin on #3 was Barry Miller edging out Matt Dick, and closest on #16 was Tom Bondy beating Bob Sutherland’s tee shot. The longest putt on #4 was made by Mike Wright edging out the putt of Jim Simpson, while Barry Powers’ putt on #14 was somewhat closer than Ron Koop’s.

The day’s game was straight golf less your handicap for each threesome. First place winners at 210 were Tom Bondy, Carl Young and Henry Hildebrandt. Second place winners with 212 were Ed Schachoskoy, Jim Bleasby and Dan Dalimonte. There was a tie for third and fourth place at 214 with the teams of Barry Miller, Barry Power and Les Young, and Heinz Kosempel, Ron Koop and Gord Anderson sharing that spot.

Even though the weather was great, not many birdies were made. Ed Schachoskoy was the only golfer with two on #3 and #10. John Rutgers had one on #3, Ron Koop, Don Chalcraft and Gary McRae on #12, Barry Miller birdied #9, and Ken Luxford finished the birdies with one on #14.

Ed Schachoskoy was low gross for the day at 79, followed closely by Ron Koop’s 80. Barry Miller had low net at 65, followed closely by Rick Metz at 66.

Next Monday, Sept. 28 will be the closing day for the senior league. Guests are welcome to participate if invited by a senior member that day so please sign up at the pro shop or on the sheet in the men’s locker room. See you then.

Progs golf update

By Tom Miehl

Fifty Erie Shores Proggers welcomed the return to summer temperatures on the 15th of September. There is only one more week of regular Progs before the grand finale on Wednesday, September 30.

In the luck of the draw contest, Team D ran away with it, posting a combined +10. The three other teams were not in the plus column. Winners were Joe Verhoeven, Gary Alderson, Brett Madden, Dave Wilkinson, Claudio Sabelli, Bill Kelly, Matt Dick, Richard Reive, Dan McQueen, Greg Gare, Dick Segedin, Wayne Gillett and Ken Cobby.

Team A claimed the least desired total score of -35. Those scores may as well be dumped out with the kitty litter.

The best score of the day belonged to the much younger and better looking brother of Ken Segedin, Dick Segedin. Dick cruised in with a +7. He also cashed in with back-to-back

birdies on holes #14 and #15. Dick won $20 for best score and $24 for his 2 skins.

Seventeen dollars were gratefully received by Matt Dick and Roger “the hermit” Cote for their +6 scores. Roger is lovingly considered to be a hermit because he has no internet. Dark ages are alive and well.

In the skins game, 7 skins stood out and paid out $12 each. Aside from Dick Segedin’s 2 birdies, Matt Dick, John Rutgers, Paul Driedger, Ron Gagne and Ken Cobby each notched one apiece.

At Frank Gow’s table, he declared that he was the smartest one at the table. Who were the other guys at your table? Larry, Moe and Curly?

Aside from Claudio Sabelli shanking a couple of shots, leading to his famous Italian verbiage with ?????, I’ll leave this one short. Next week’s play is on Wednesday to accommodate a large tournament.

Change lies ahead for Lions football team

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“We need to seriously consider fielding a junior team, although that would seriously affect the numbers on our senior team,” Primeau noted.

Key returning players will include 2014 county all star Kenny Levesque, who has been playing since the age of 7 with the minor football Chatham Cougars. Levesque will play tailback and move from position to position on defense. Mojtaba Mehre will likely play both offensive and defensive lines while Matt Dick returns for a third year as fullback and linebacker.

The LDSS team has some catch-up to do in terms of preparing for the fast-approaching season, as practices didn’t begin until Sept. 14. Normally, the team begins gathering during the last week of August.

The regular season will feature some unfamiliar opposition for LDSS, as the Arnott Division has been dissolved after an excessive number of Newman/Wilson teams expressed intentions of moving to the less-competitive group after being faced with smaller-than-usual rosters this year. Instead, there will be two Newman/Wilson divisions of 10 teams apiece, with odd-number ranked teams forming one group and even-number ranked squads filling the other. The Lions and fellow Leamington-based Cardinal Carter have both been placed in the “West” Division, although both are situated further east than all 10 Eastern teams.

Once the regular season is completed, the top two teams of each division will play semifinal matches for the Newman title. The third- and fourth-place groups from the regular season will enter Wilson semifinals while the pairs of fifth- and sixth-place teams will head into semis for the Arnott title. Seventh- through 10thplace teams will likely be offered a bowl game.

Leamington’s season will start Fri. Sept. 25 at L’Essor against the Aigles at 3 p.m. The Lions’ home opener will take place at the same time Thurs. Oct. 1 against the Brennan Cardinals.

Last season, the Lions finished the regular season with a 2 wins, 4 losses record to finish fifth in the six-team Arnott Division. They upset the Tecumseh Vista Academy Vortex with a 28-20 victory in the quarterfinals, but were blanked 47-0 by the General Amherst Bulldogs in the semis. Amherst went on to win the division championship with a 30-15 victory over Lajeunesse.

The name of the Leamington Flyers’ home may have changed, but its reputation as a tough place for the opposition to salvage any points has not.

At the recently rebranded Highbury Canco Arena, the Flyers revealed their second consecutive Western Ontario Conference championship banner prior to their home opener Thursday, Sept. 17. From there, they got to work in their attempt to add a third with a 5-1 win over the Strathroy Rockets. The victory brought Leamington’s record to 3-0-00 following the season-opening GOJHL Showcase Weekend at the Western Fair Community Centre in London, where the local team posted wins against Cambridge and St. Catharines.

“I’ve been happy with what the team has done in all three games,” said Flyers head coach Tony Piroski. “When you can play all four lines come game day, that’s a good feeling as a coach. We made a lot of mistakes and our defensive zone coverage has to be better, so there’s still a lot of work to do. Our work ethic is good though, and we’ve got a good group of first-year guys.”

The Flyers’ offence came charging out of the gates to start the first period, where they outshot Strathroy by a three-to-one margin, 18-6. Veteran forward Mitch Amante started the scoring, taking a short pass for a short break before beating Dane Gubbels with a low shot from inches in front of the crease. Rookie Mark Gangnon drew an assist while Amante drew a penalty by taking a high stick to the face while scoring. The Flyers took advantage of the play with a power play tally by Gangnon, who deflected a low shot from the point by J.P. Grineau. Scott Florence also assisted on the Amante goal.

Flyer forwards picked up where they left off in the second, starting with Gangnon’s second goal and third point of the evening, a waist-high wrist shot that beat Gubbles to the right side. Amante and Florence were credited with assists. During another man advantage, blue liner Jacob McGhee fired a low slap shot through a crowd from inside the faceoff circle to Gubbles’ right side. Mitchell Crevatin and Cale Allen set up the goal.

FLYERS DEFUSE ROCKETS

BY BRYAN JESSOP

The Flyers eased up offensively somewhat in the third while the Rockets’ forwards mustered their most productive 20 minutes. Riley O’Connell put his team on the board after a lengthy skate along the boards before cutting inward and burying a wrist shot to Michael Barrett ’s right side. Leamington got the goal back 15 seconds later when Joe Urbanic tapped a Travis Campbell feed along the ice and just inside the left Strathroy post. Nicolas Mainella also assisted.

The home team outshot the Rockets 40-19 and went two for six on the power play while Strathroy managed one for four.

“We’ve got a lot of skilled players,” Gangnon said of the Flyers’ strong start to the season.

“We’re playing as a team like we should and we’re working hard.”

the 19-year-old Windsor native noted that the game strategies are one of the biggest adjustments he’s made.

“A lot of the systems are a lot different than what I was used to last year,” he explained.

Having played last season with the Junior ‘C’ Amherstburg Admirals, Gangnon led the Flyers in points after three games with three goals and four assists. The impressive start ranked him third overall at the time in the 26-team league.

“I’m playing with a lot of confidence,” Gangnon explained. “If you’ve got the ice, take it.”

In the transition from Junior C to B,

Leamington’s 2015-16 campaign officially started Saturday, Sept. 12 at the Western Fair Community Centre in London against the Midwestern Conference’s Cambridge Winterhawks as part of the seasonopening Showcase Weekend. The Flyers’ offense wasted little time taking control, posting a convincing 8-3 victory. Newcomer Derek Elliott opened the scoring just over two minutes after the opening face-off, as Gangnon and Matthew Opblinger followed up with their firsts of the season for a 3-0 intermission lead.

Urbanic and the ‘Hawks’ Beau Goehrum traded goals in the second stanza. Amante responded with a shorthanded effort to regain the Flyers’ four-goal lead before Scott Emerson potted his first tally in a Leamington jersey exactly 20 seconds later. Matt Steen added another for Cambridge, but Opblinger got it back for Leamington for his second of the night with six seconds remaining.

Emerson made it 8-2 for his second goal and third point of the day on the Flyers’ third power play tally 17 seconds into the third frame. Alex Mutton ended the scoring for the ‘Hawks about six minutes into the period.

The defending Western Conference champs established a 35-28 shots on net advantage with Michael Barrett claiming the win in net.

The Flyers played their second game of the weekend a day later against the

St. Catharines Falcons. The nail biter ended in a 3-2 Leamington victory, with Emerson breaking the stalemate on an even-strength marker with three seconds left in regulation.

Thomas VIrban opened the scoring about seven-and-a-half minutes into the first, although the Falcons’ Griffin Roubos tied it up about four minutes later. Following a scoreless second, James Guest put St. Catharines ahead. McGhee buried the equalizer with 1:54 on the game clock.

Tyler Wall earned the win in goal for the Flyers, who outshot their Golden Horseshoe Conference opponents 2821. The Flyers were the only Western Conference team to wrap up the season-starting weekend with a 2-0-0-0 record.

Leamington hit the road for a Friday, Sept. 18 game in St. Thomas, followed by a Sunday evening contest in Chatham. The Flyers won 3-0 against the Stars with two goals by Cale Phibbs and an empty-netter by Gangnon. Leamington took its first loss of the season in Chatham with a 5-3 final. Opblinger, Phibbs and Zach Guilbeault scored for the Flyers.

Rest of the West

Following the Showcase Weekend, the Vipers posted a 5-1 victory against London Wednesday, Sept. 16. On Thursday, the Lambton Shores Predators nipped the Sarnia Legionnaires 3-2 in regulation. On Friday, the Vipers came out on top 4-3 in double overtime against the St. Marys Lincolns, followed by a 5-4 Saturday win for the Predators over Strathroy. On Sunday, the Stars handed a 7-3 loss to the Lincolns.

UPCOMING HOME GAMES: Thu., Sept. 24 vs. LaSalle, 7:10 p.m. Thu., Oct. 1 vs. London, 7:10 p.m.

UPCOMING AWAY GAMES: Sat., Sept. 26 vs. Strathroy, 7:30 p.m. Sun., Oct. 4 vs. LaSalle, 2:30 p.m.

The 2015-16 roster of the Leamington Flyers is welcomed to the ice prior to the start of the team’s home opener Thursday, Sept. 17 against the Strathroy Rockets. (Sun photo)

Luke Sanko sends a pass to the point from behind the Rockets’ goal line during Leamington’s 2015’16 home opener Thursday, Sept. 17. (Sun photo)

Matt Laberge of the Rockets closes in on the Flyers’ Cale Allen during Leamington’s home opener at Highbury Canco Arena. The Flyers won 5-1. (Sun photo)

Cougars preparing for football season

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“We’re excited about seeing him play,” said coach Chris Church. “We’re expecting some good things from these guys. We don’t expect this team (the juniors) to set the world on fire this year, but next year, they’ll be mostly Grade 10s.”

Church will again be accompanied by Mark Renaud, who will focus primarily on the juniors. The duo is being joined by John D’Amore this year as well as Essex Ravens coach Joe Malarnick, who will lead the seniors’ defense during games.

Last year, the junior Cougars finished the regular season with a record of two wins and five losses in WECSSAA’s Miller Division, collecting 126 points while allowing 207. The Cardinal Carter juniors were eliminated in the first round of playoffs by the hosting General Amherst Bulldogs, 40-20 in Amherstburg. This year’s squad will again share the Miller Division with Tecumseh Vista, Belle River, Herman, Essex, St. Anne, Brennan and L’Essor. The season will begin Tuesday, Sept. 22 on the road against the Janisse Division’s St. Jospeh’s Lasers and will feature the home opener Tuesday, Sept. 29 at 4 p.m. against the L’Essor Aigles.

The senior Cougars — with a preseason ranking of third — will be supported by the return of several county all stars from last season, including Zack Benson, Josh Van Roie, Chris Tannous, Dan Metcalfe, C.J. Church and Kyle Jennings. Like the juniors, they are being represented by about 25 players for the 2015 campaign.

Chris Church, who is again leading the University of Windsor Lancers’ offensive line this season, expects another competitive senior Cougar group for 2015.

“We’ll just keep it simple and put ourselves in the best position to succeed as we possibly can.”

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Jason Primau

“Our offense, defense and special teams are going to be really solid,” he explained. “We should be as good as we were over the last few years, barring any injuries.”

The seniors began practicing two weeks prior to the introduction of the 2015-16 school year and played a preseason exhibition game against DeLasalle of Warren, Mich. The defending state champions defeated both the Cougars and fellow WECSSAA school Holy Names handily.

“They were an incredible team,” Church said of the Warren squad. “Every one of them was in excellent shape. They’re a team of top-notch athletes.”

In addition to returning seniors from 2014, the Cougars will be complimented by what Church described as a solid group of linemen from last year’s juniors. Dante D’Andrea will be a pivotal addition from the previous seasons’ juniors.

Church explained that 2016 could be a rebuilding year for the seniors, as this season’s squad includes only six Grade 11s and none of the current Grade 12s are expected to return to Cardinal Carter for a fifth year.

Last year’s senior Cougars finished with a regular season record of 5-2 in the Newman/ Wilson’s East Division. The playoffs began with a 35-13 win over Belle River in the quarterfinals, although the Cougars fell 42-14 to the powerhouse Herman Green Griffins in the conference semis. Cardinal Carter won the 2A play-in game 36-12 against Kennedy, but did not have a Lambton-Kent opponent to take on for the SWOSSAA final.

Initially, the WECSSAA seniors had a regular season schedule drawn up at the same time as the juniors. With a lower-than-expected player turnout however, the fifth-ranked Belle River Nobles expressed intentions to move to the Arnott Division, where teams do not compete for WECSSAA or SWOSSAA championships. In response, other teams with lower rankings announced that they would do the same. The exodus of teams into the lesscompetitive division prompted a Monday, Sept. 14 meeting for WECSSAA football, where it was decided to scrap the Arnott grouping. Instead, all 20 teams will be divided into two Newman/Wilson divisions of 10 each. Teams with odd-numbered ranks will make up one division while teams of even-numbered ranks will fill the other, meaning the Cougars will be grouped with Herman. They will also be in the same division as their school’s rival Leamington Lions, although the two teams will not meet in the regular season.

The two top teams of each division will play semifinal matches for the Newman title while the third- and fourth-place teams of each group vie for the Wilson championship and each side’s fifth- and sixth-place teams enter playoffs for the Arnott title. Seventh- to 10th place squads might finish their seasons with bowl games. Check the website www.wecssaa.com

County Bridge Results

Leamington Half Century Centre, Sept. 14: North/South - 1st Dorothy McGregor and Marie Ellwood, 2nd Eileen Edwards and Jack Warmenhoven, 3rd Vi Major and Pauline Mikolash. East/West - 1st Roger Cote and Jim Perkes, 2nd Sonia and Ernie Jackiw, 3rd Agnes Fraser and Frank Duransky. Bridge games are Monday at 12:45 p.m. Members and new members welcome.

Kingsville Bridge Club, Sept. 16: North/South - 1st Mike Thomson and Peter Scott, 2nd Marie Ellwood and Roger Cote, 3rd Sharon Lutz and Jack Warmenhoven. East/West - 1st Roy Trowell and Frank Duransky, 2nd Dorothy and John McGregor, 3rd Theresa Flynn and Shirley Morel. Bridge is on Wednesday at the Lions Hall in Kingsville, 7 p.m.

By Mike Bennett

Ridgetown’s Dale Glassford and Shrewsbury’s Jim Dale Jr. put crowning touches on their 2015 seasons on Sunday night at South Buxton Raceway.

Glassford completed one of the most dominating performances in track history by winning the Westside Performance Plus UMP Late Models season championship race for a second year in a row.

Glassford won 14 of the class’s 16 feature races this season while locking up his second straight and fourth career points title.

Chatham’s Gregg Haskell finished second after leading the first 12 laps, losing the lead after a bad restart.

Ridgetown’s Jason Haskell finished third, with Chatham drivers Brad Authier and Jim Jones fourth and fifth.

Windsor’s Bob Visnjic, the only Essex County driver in the class, finished seventh.

Dale Jr. earned his track record ninth career championship race checkered flag with his win in the Schinkels Gourmet Meats UMP Modifieds.

Dale Jr. survived an early side-by-side battle with points champion Joel Dick of Leamington and ran away in the late laps. It was his second feature win of the season.

Dick, looking for a second straight and fourth championship race victory in the last five years, saw his hopes end in a lap 10 crash. He finished 17th in the 22-car field.

Blenheim’s Brian Speelman finished second, with Clayton Smith of Taylor, Mich., Drew Smith of Port Lambton and Mario Toniolo of Belle River rounding out the top five.

Wheatley’s Justin Mills finished 6th, followed in order by Harrow’s Patrick Lajeunesse, Cottam’s Denis DeSerrano and Essex’s Gerald Martin.

DeSerrano won his heat race earlier in the night.

In non-points features, Ruthven’s Brad Bloomfield won in the Tirecraft Sports Stocks and Cottam’s Rob Quick in the Tirecraft MiniMods. Both classes wrapped up their seasons on Sept. 12.

The championship night was moved to Sunday after

a postponement for rain on Saturday.

South Buxton Raceway’s 2015 dirt-car racing season comes to an end this weekend with the 10th Canadian Fall Shootout.

Drivers from across Ontario and the Great Lakes states will be at South Buxton for the two-night show, culminating with 35-lap features on Saturday for Modifieds and Late Models.

The Mini-Mods and Ontario Topless Sprints will be the support classes on Saturday along with the SBR GoKart Club with a separate show at 2 p.m.

The Late Models and Modifieds will also run heats and feature races on Friday night, along with the Sport Stocks and Topless Sprints.

The gates open at 4 p.m. each day with racing starting at 6:30 p.m. Sunday is the rain date.

Peewee Hockey Action

Walking meditation

By Pam Atkinson

Walking through a lovely park in London, Ontario, a few years ago I noticed a young man practicing Tai Chi. I was impressed and intrigued by the relaxed precision, the flexible strength and the calm focus with which he moved. There was a graceful ease and a quiet confidence in his movement that brought to mind the expression “Poetry in Motion”.

This Living Art had been of interest to me for some time and after having the opportunity to watch this young man I was inspired to locate a class with quality instruction. The Fung Loy Kok Taoist Tai Chi Organization had just begun offering classes in a nearby town and I registered immediately.

Currently in my fourth year, I realize that the benefits are accumulative. Perhaps at the top of the list is the community of supportive, friendly participants all sharing a common interest in this tradition with roots that reach far back in history and offers a path that helps people improve their present condition in some way. Personally, a sense of enhanced well-being and improved overall wellness has been quite significant, accompanied by increased strength and stamina, improved flexibility and balance, as well as more restful sleep patterns and the noticeable transformation of everyday stress and anxiety into a healthier pattern of focusing on one thing at a time that is more natural and peaceful. In a fast-paced contemporary culture that applauds multi-tasking, it is a refreshing change to encourage focusing on one thing at a time, one moment at a time.

This health enhancing, beneficial form of movement cultivates both body and mind and it is a life-long learning process. With diligent practice and mindful appreciation, the Taoist Tai Chi 108 movement set and foundation exercises become a harmonious seamless symphony and I remain grateful for the quiet gift of inspiration that day in the park.

Thunderfest rolls through

(Southpoint Sun Photos by Bryan Jessop)

Jack Leafeve of the Sharks looks back as one of his four goals on the night slides by Wallaceburg goaltender Derion Ducedre during the second period of a Monday, Sept. 21 game at Wheatley Area Arena. Leafeve also chipped in with three assists for his team’s first win of the season.

Erie Shores holds Closing Field Day tourney

On a cool, windy Saturday afternoon, Sept. 19, at the Erie Shores Golf Club, where steady rain fell overnight and more showers hit the links in the morning hours, it appeared the annual Walter Dick Memorial Closing Field Day Tournament was in jeopardy of not being played. Fortunately, after Mike Toth and the greens crew squeegeed the water off the fairways and the skies began clearing minutes before tee-off time, everything proceeded as planned on a soggy but playable track.

However, the gusty and swirling crosswinds played havoc with many of the golfers’ scores, causing more than half of the field to have rounds in the high 80s, 90s or even in the 100s. Amazingly, in spite of these tricky and somewhat difficult conditions, 13 players did manage to break 80 including last year’s defending champion, Brian Humphreys, who fired a steady even par round of 71 to win the closer with a two-stroke edge over John Rutgers and Scott Wilkinson who both shot two over par 73s.

This is Humphrey’s third title in the past five years and one of the toughest ones yet, as the last two he won were with rounds of 67 and 69.

Finishing tied for 4th at 4 over par 75 were Kevin Babkirk and Ken Steingart, while Andy Herring and Ken Cobby were another stroke back at 76. Tim Tiessen, Neil Sawatzky, Joe Moavaro and Richard Lowes all tied for 8th place with 6 over par rounds of 77. Tim Towle and Wray Pollock were the only other two players to break 80 with their 8 over par scores of 79.

John Rutgers’ round of 73, which featured only 21 putts, was his best tournament score ever and, with his 8 handicap, made him the low net winner of the day with an impressive 6 under par net score of 65. That was four better than Scott Wilkinson who was the only other player to break 70 with his net tally of 69. In fact, in the field of 78 golfers, only two more players, Kevin Babkirk and Steven George, managed to break 71 with their net rounds of 70.

On the ladies side, Annie Pump led the way shooting an 89 to win low gross honours and finish 4 ahead of Nancy Flynn who had a 93 but won low net honours with her net score of 79. Liza Sawatzky had a 94 to win second low gross, while Beth Conn won second low net spot with her net score of 80. Rounding out the top three, Carol Quinn won third low net honours with her net 81 and Linda Segedin was the third low gross winner with her 97.

In the team event, on the men’s side, Bill Slater, Steve O’Hara, Jim Dunlop and John Rutgers finished first with a net 58, while Ed Schachowskoy, Gord Anderson, Ron Koop and Heinz Kosempel were next with a net 60. On the ladies side, Carol Quinn, Linda Segedin, Beth Conn and Val Gherasim were the low net team winners with a net 66.

The match play winners were also announced and given awards for their victories this year. This year’s club champion for men was Darryl DiMilo and the ladies club champion was Debbie Dunmore. The men’s match play club champion was Ryan Harder, while the men’s handicap champion was Will Peters. Winning the senior men’s club championship was Ward Hutchins and the senior handicap champion was Ken Segedin. The classic best ball champions were Darryl DiMilo and Steven George, while the classic best ball consolation winners were Ryan Harder and Jo Moavaro. The ladies handicap champion was Debbie Dunmore. The couples match play winners were John and Cheryl Rutgers, while the couples match play consolation winners were Vic and Jean Penner.

This year’s Closing Field Day, as well as the Opening Kick-Off, the Seniors Invitational, the Match-Play events and the Club Championships were all sponsored and made possible by the Friends of Erie Shores, a generous group of 19 members and businesses who played a great part in making the 2015 season another great success.

TT senior golfers enjoy final scramble

By Bob McLean

On Tues. Sept. 15, eighty Talbot Trail seniors league members played their golf rounds on a warm, sunny day. Twenty scramble teams, consisting of four players, challenged each other for the lowest scores.

The winning team was T5G2 (Herb Reid, Terry Scratch, Vic Marcovecchio, Larry Hughes) who fired an outstanding score of 31.

Placing second was T3G3 (Tom Bondy, Tom Sasso, John Liddell, Rick Thompson) who were one shot back with their masterful 32.

T6G2 (Don Willan, Mike Getty, Bob Lee, Kevin Jordan) placed third with their dazzling 33. Five teams (T1G1, T2G1, T7G2, T3G2, and T1G2) tied with impressive 34s, but a tie had to be broken using numbered coins.

T3G2 (Jim Omstead, Ken Elliott, Bill Galloway, Steve Haas) ended up in fourth place, and T1G2 (Fred Takaki, Walter Balsam, Ron McCracken, Terry Bee) earned fifth spot.

The Most Honest team was actually T4G2 (Dave Dent, Reg Flewelling, Bill Galloway, Steve Haas) with their sincere 39. These gentlemen have an additional ball coming to them.

The team that fired 38, T9G2 (Ross MacKintosh, Pat Hill, Orville Elliott, Andy Orsini), were also deserving winners of the extra ball.

Homer mentioned that his team, T7G1 (Bill Hutchinson, Al Stockwell, Murray Knox, Homer Vandervecht), consisting of two super seniors, fired an inspiring par

36. Well done, gentlemen, as the much younger team fared no better! The teams won golf ball prizes for their exceptional accomplishments.

The closest to the pin on #7 was won by T9G1 (Neil Adamson, Gary Wilson, Mario Ingratta, and Kevin Miller). Neil Adamson told a reverse fish story about how close his ball was to the pin.

I’m sure it was a great shot, Neil! Kevin Miller’s hit to within four feet of the pin on #9 was also another victory for his playing partners.

This team won $20 for each player, and both Kevin and Neil each earned a sleeve of balls for their excellent shots.

The long putt victory was captured byT2G2 (Gerry Becigneul, Ray LaPierre, Gord Chadwick, Dave La Bonte) when Gerry made an amazing long putt on #2. Each player received $5, and Mr. Becigneul earned an extra sleeve of balls.

Thank you to Al Stockwell and Gerry Becigneul for entertaining members with their jokes.

The draw prize winners were: Robert Shaw $30; Ron Steingart $25; Wayne Humber $20; Dan Tymec $15; Terry Scratch $10. A dozen golf balls, donated by Bill Galloway, were split between winners, Larry Schmidt and Homer Vandervecht. The winners of the two ticket draws were Al Stockwell and Paul Harrison. They took home approximately $75 and the other 50% ($150) went back to the league. Thank you to the members for supporting the ticket draw.

Everyone enjoyed the

league’s final fabulous windup barbecue. Tom Dunn prepared all the hot dogs and hamburgers to perfection. Greg and Shannon were also kept very busy helping to quench the thirst of the senior patrons.

The league very much appreciated all the volunteer work that Tom Dunn has continued to perform at the barbecues. Tom was presented with a Pro Shop money gift card. A tip box was passed around to all the members who were present. Once again, the group was very generous. Greg will dispense the tip money to his workers. Most of them are back in school.

Special thanks to Greg Coulter, Derek Brown and their respective staff members who made Tuesdays so enjoyable. The organizers also appreciated the thanks extended to them by the league members.

‘Down the Middle Murray’ has continued to keep the weekly scores. He has prepared statistics for each player so they can see how their games are progressing. These sheets will be placed on the bulletin board near the washrooms. I noticed that many players had their average scores increase, but I believe this was caused by the wet weather in the spring and not by our aging process.

RIGHT!

The final travel excursion to Deer Run GC will take place on Mon. Sept. 28. The regular golf league continues as long as there is interest by the participants and the weather conditions permit it.

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J J STITCHING - SEWING, alterations, and repairs. Pants shortened $8.50 plus tax. (Some exceptions may apply such as lined pants). If your clothing is too tight or too baggy, give me a call to see if it can be altered. Call Jean at 519-968-2261. 14 Johnson Avenue, Leamington. jjstitching@gmail.com jn24-se30

INDOOR/OUTDOOR CARPENTRY - Renovations and repairs, windows (full warranty), doors, painting, flooring, basements, drywall, kitchens, bathroom. Decks, fences, sheds & vinyl siding. Free estimates. 35 years experience. We install windows and doors year round (senior discount). Call Bill at 519-566-8408. se23-oc14

PLUMBING SERVICE

elevator, party room. Call 519-326-4622 to inquire.

Installations • Drain Cleaning

Excellent Rates

37 Years Experience

ITEMS FOR SALE

Jack Morris Auctions Inc. Auction Reminder 9+ acre property & farm machinery Saturday, September 26 at 10:00 am Held at the Gary Regnier farm located at 10759 T.W. & Romney Townline, Wheatley Auctioneer: Jack Morris, 519-687-2530 or 1-800-462-3561 Details & photos at www.jackmorrisauctions.com

FALL MUSIC LESSONS - All instruments, all styles and ages. Locations in Kingsville and Wheatley. Rebel Cowboy Music School & Store, 5 Main St. E., Kingsville, 519.997.7777. We're moving October 1st to 43 Pearl St. se9-30

5 - 1930 FORD RIMS.Call 519-326-1389. se16-23

YARD SALES

Higginbottom 519-329-1779 eh48@hotmail.ca PRINTING: BUSINESS ENVELOPES,invoices, flyers, business cards, custom print jobs, whatever your printing needs, call Jim at The Sounthpoint Sun for quick and economical service, 519-398-9098. tf CALL KAHL RECYCLINGWe come to you and haul away your junk. Scrap metal and appliances are free. Everything else has a fee. Call Ken 519-322-8305, 519-326-8559. ja14-tf

YARD SALE - THURSDAY, FRIDAY & SATURDAY, September 24, 25 & 26 from 8 am to 3 pm. 26 & 27 Erieview Road, Leamington. se23

COMING UP

KINGSVILLE LEGION BRANCH 188 Friday Night Dinners 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. Weekly Specials $12 (Ribs or Perch). Other weekly menu items $10. Brunch on the second Sunday of the month, 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Karaoke every 3rd Saturday of the month 8:00 p.m. 519733-5162 (office) or 519733-9081 (bar). oc29-tf

5 PIECE PATIO SET - 4 chairs and round table with glass top, upholstered in pastel colors of green plus, $175; Golf Cooler Bag plus pockets for clubs, new condition $35; Tent for SUV, connects to van, never used $50; Dining room set beautiful condition Duncan phyfe, six chairs off white seats $550 firm; 3 piece brown wicker table set - round coffee table with 2 round end tables, all with glass tops, $35. Call 519-839-4229. se16-23 AVAILABLE NOVEMBER

1ST - inside storage in Tilbury for cars, boats and trailers - on concrete floors. Call 519-682-2210. se23-oc7

SOUTHPOINT SUN

Armstrong Top Pack Ltd. is hiring 50 permanent, full time vegetable packers for its Leamington location to start as soon as possible. The wage rate is $11.00 for 44.0 hours per week.

You should be able to lift up to 50 lbs. on a repetitive basis and be able to sort and pack fruits and vegetables in a fast paced environment.

No education or experience is required.

Apply in person from 9:00 to 5:00 at 500 County Road 18, Leamington, N8H3V5 or by email jobs@toppack.ca

Taylor Fish Is Hiring FULL-TIME FISH CUTTERS

~ Will Train ~

Hours are Monday to Friday 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Some half to full Saturdays during busy season. Must have own transportation to and from work. Please call 519-825-7366.

STATIONARY ENGINEER POSITION AVAILABLE

WEIL’S FOOD PROCESSING LTD.

Seasonal Night Shift for Approximately 10 weeks.

Please call Lori at 519-825-4572 or drop resume off at the plant office, 483 Erie St. N., Wheatley

Provide assistance with community participation & activities of daily living. 24-35 hours per week at $16 per hour. At least one year training and/or experience. Valid driver's license. Up-todate valid criminal record check & vulnerable sector search. Please forward resume to: Helperwanted_LEAM@hotmail.com

A & B PALLET DISPOSAL, Wheatley, ON N0P 2P0. Job description: Assemble, build & dispose scrap pallets; lift up to 50 pounds. Job requires, standing, walking, bending, crouching & kneeling. Will train. Contact us at: ceziefule@gmail.com se23-oc7

DINIRO FARMS NEEDS full time greenhouse general labourers. $11.00/hour, 50+ hours, 7 days/week. Must be available Saturday and Sunday. Must be able to lift a minimum of 40 pounds on a repetitive basis. Please apply via email to: dinirofarms@wavedirect.net.

Join our RONA Team Part-time Yard/Shipper and Full Time Sales Associate

Must be knowledgeable in construction/ home improvement. Full benefits. Applications available in store or online Please include resume

•Candidates will be working in the greenhouse as harvesters and crop workers with other duties as assigned

• Ability to do repetitive tasks, work in a hot environment and attention to detail with 40 plus hours a week including weekends

• Salary: 11.25/hour, working 40 plus hours a week including weekends and holidays

REQUIRES EXPERIENCED AZ O/O’S AND COMPANY DRIVERS

For our Van, Flatbed and Reefer Divisions. Border crossing is a must. No FAST card needed. Competitive pay. Friendly atmosphere. Home most nights. Weekend work is voluntary. And much more……….. Interested?? Call 519-737-1909 Ext. 6 for more information.

We are growing!!

Seeking to fill the following full-time positions: General Labour Forklift Operator Line Leaders Machine Operators AZ Driver (Local and Long Haul) COME MAKE A DIFFERENCE!! Apply via: HR@lakesideproduce.com QUALIFIED CANDIDATES WILL BE CONTACTED

In these positions workers are required to: work on one of our three fishing vessels which operate out of Lake Erie; prepare nets, lines and other fishing tackle; operate fishing gear to catch fish and marine life; clean, sort and pack fish in ice and stow catch in hold; repair nets, splice ropes and maintain fishing gear and other deck equipment; clean deck surfaces and fish hold.

Applicants should have skills/experience in the commercial fishing industry.

The fishing vessel deckhand positions are permanent fulltime. Successful candidates will be remunerated an hourly wage of $21.50 - $25.00 depending on skills/experience.

Please apply to Vito Figliomeni, Owner and Operator, by emailing your resume to cap10v@hotmail.com.

If you are interested in a position for a company who is continuing to grow; a landmark within our community; established for over 40 years; please forward your resume, including references, motor vehicle report, police clearance, list of health & safety training - related to the construction field and a list of computer program knowledge to:

SOUTHPOINT SUN

GREENHOUSE FARM

LABOURER wanted. Wages

$11/hour. Min. 40+ hours Mon-Sat. Must be able to maintain attendance, vital for harvesting. Repetitive tasks, handling heavy crates 40 lbs, working in hot conditions. Send resume to: Ingratta Farms, 341 Morse Road, Leamington, ON N8H 3V5 or fax 519-326-1082. jl29-se30

GENERAL GREENHOUSE

LABOUR - Full time and full time part time positions available, 40-50 hours per week, weekends and holidays. Physically demanding work load, lifting required, hot humid environment. Minimum wage to start. Apply by fax at 519-326-6702 or email hriprfms@gmail.com for more information. se16-oc7

POSITION OF GLAZIER/ LABOURER

• Experience in the glass industry an asset.

• WHMIS and Fall Arrest/ Elevated Work Platform Certification an asset.

Apply with resume in person at: 229 Talbot ST. W. Leamington or email to: leamingtonglass@bellnet.ca

HELP WANTED FOR GENERAL LABOUR IN FOOD PROCESSING PLANT

Send Resume:

Wage $11.25/hour

By Mail: Sun-Brite Foods Inc.

Human Resource Dept.

P. O. Box 70, Ruthven, ON N0P 2G0

Apply By Fax: 519-326-1714

PINNACLE ACRES

REQUIRES Full time greenhouse general labourers. $11.00/hr ($11.25 Oct. 1st), 50+ hours, 7 days/wk. Must be available Saturday and Sunday. Work site: 333 County Rd. 18 Leamington ON, rural setting, must have own transportation. Crop maintenance and harvesting, other duties as required. Must be able to lift a minimum of 40 lbs on a repetitive basis, fast paced environment, strong work ethic, punctual, reliable. Please apply via: email pinnaclejobs@hotmail.com or fax: 519-326-9253. No experience or education required. se23-oc28

GREENHOUSE FARM

LABOURER wanted. Wages

$11.25/hour. Minimum 40+ hours Monday through Saturday. Repetitive tasks, handling heavy crates 50 lbs., working in hot conditions. Drop off or send resume to: Mastr Veggies / Mastr Grow Farms, 453 Seacliffe Drive West, Leamington, Ontario N8H 4C9. se16-30

2021 Division Road North Kingsville, Ontario N9Y 2Y9

Phone: 519-733-2305 www.kingsville.ca kingsvilleworks@kingsville.ca

Part-Time Employee

There is an immediate opening for a Part-Time Employee in the Parks & Recreation Department.

Work Schedule:

24 hours per week year-round. Scheduling consists of day, night and weekend shifts.

Duties:

Perform maintenance and custodial work at municipal Park and Recreational facilities. This is a front-line position that involves interaction with the general public.

Qualifications:

• Minimum grade 12 education.

• Have and maintain a G driver’s license.

• Experience in the operation of small tools and equipment used for building and lawn maintenance.

• Be self-motivated and enjoy working outdoors.

Rate of Pay:

$14.09 per hour (plus shift premium)

A complete description of the Parks & Recreation Part-Time Employee duties and Application Form (Career Profile Form) are available online at www.kingsville.ca under the Employment Opportunities heading or may be obtained at the municipal office at the address below. To be considered for this position the Career Profile form must be completed.

Interested applicants shall submit a completed Career Profile form no later than Friday, October 2, 2015 at 4:00 p.m. Completed Application Forms will be accepted by regular mail, personal delivery or email to:

Human Resources Department

The Corporation of the Town of Kingsville 2021 Division Road North Kingsville, ON N9Y 2Y9 E-mail: kingsvilleworks@kingsville.ca

GREENHOUSE FARM

LABOURERS - full time. Wages $11/hour, 50+ hours, 7 days/week including Saturday & Sunday. Duties include harvesting, crop work, heavy lifting 40lbs repetitively. Conditions can be hot & humid. Send resume to East Side Acres, 116 Mersea Road 19, Leamington N8H 3V7 or fax 519-324-9088. au26-oc14

GREENHOUSE WORKERS. New Castle Farm/ West Pointe Greenhouses/ 1830176 Ontario Inc. is looking for general labourer for greenhouse work beginning Nov. 1st. Must have 1 year experience. Mail resume to New Castle Farm, 414 Mersea Rd 3, Leamington, N8H-3V5. se2-0c28

EMPLOYMENT WANTED

AVAILABLE TO WORK full-time or part-time afternoon shifts. Call Mark at 519-324-5879. se2-30

NOTICES

PUBLIC OPEN HOUSE

Municipal Register of Cultural Heritage Properties

TAKE NOTICE that the Leamington Municipal Heritage Advisory Committee is in the process of preparing a Register of Cultural Heritage Properties which will include designated and non-designated properties under the Ontario Heritage Act.

The Act allows a municipality to include on this register properties of heritage potential that are not designated by by-law but considered by the Municipal council to be of historical, cultural or architectural value or interest to the community.

Individuals interested in this register are welcome to attend to learn more about the Ontario Heritage Act and the process of having a property listed in the municipal register for Leamington.

Compiling the Register of Cultural Heritage Properties is the first step to conserving Leamington’s local heritage.

WHEN: TUESDAY, OCTOBER 6TH, 2015 2:00 PM UNTIL 8:00 PM

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HOSTED BY: For additional information, please contact D. Truax, Manager

Services 519-326-5761 ext. 1405 or dtruax@leamington.ca