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Chatham-Kent is one of only two municipalities in Ontario where one in five homes have a higher concentration of radon gas than recommended, according to a 2011 cross-Canada survey. To help educate people in the community about the dangers of radon gas, Health Canada had experts available at the Chatham-Kent Home and Garden Show this past weekend with information and advice. Mainul Husain, a radiation specialist with Health Canada’s Environmental Health Program, was at the home show and spoke to The Voice about the issue. “Radon is a natural gas but it is not an ordinary gas – it is radioactive and it comes from soil,” Husain explained. “Soil in Canada has trace amounts of uranium, and over time, uranium degrades and gives off radon gas, and this gas, through the pores and cracks in soil, comes up and goes into the environment.” The gas, he noted, in the open air doesn’t pose a
problem as it is a low concentration, referred to as background radon that is naturally occurring. “The health issue that comes with this radon gas is when it enters a house, because a house is enclosed, and most houses have cracks or openings in the foundation,” he noted. “Radon gas gets into the house and causes a health issue. One issue we know of is lung cancer. More than 3,000 die every year in Canada of lung cancer because of this gas, and that is why Health Canada is trying to raise awareness.” He said Health Canada is more interested in the Chatham area because it has one of the highest concentrations of radon in Ontario. More than 20 per cent of the homes tested are above the guideline of 200 Bq (becquerels) per cubed metre. That is the maximum allowable limit in a home and Husain said any reading above that concentration needs to be fixed. “We did a study in 2011 that showed more than 20 per cent of the homes in Chatham are above the guideline,” he said.
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274,000 people in Canada right now work in the clean energy sector, and the average salary is $92,000, and that’s where we’re going to find those good, middle class jobs again,” he noted. Supporting local business is also an issue. Right now, Schreiner said, the premier is pitting workers against small business owners, and the Conservative establishment is saying you can’t afford to pay workers what they are worth. “We are the only party saying let’s pay workers a higher minimum wage and let’s also provide fair taxes for small business owners by lowering their payroll taxes so they can hire more workers at fair wages,” he said.
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Weighing in the wind turbine issues in Chatham-Kent, Schreiner said he did a radio show with the folks from Water Wells First and is aware of the problems people are facing. “My position is people’s water always comes first. I’m a big supporter of renewable energy, but it has to be done in a way that protects the people and places that we love. That includes making sure it doesn’t contaminate anyone’s water and we should have the proper environmental assessment and rules in place to ensure any form of energy production is developed in a way that doesn’t threaten our water resources,” he stated. Schreiner said he was one of the first party leaders to
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Many families, who were displaced after the fire at 800 Wallace St. in Wallaceburg last week are in need of donations. Virginia Whitmarsh, a member of the Moose Lodge in Wallaceburg, is spearheading a donation drive to help out the families. Whitmarsh said many of the families were moved to the Day’s Inn on McNaughton Avenue in Wallaceburg. “I spoke with Chatham-Kent Victim Services and they said they are not allowed back in their building and they don’t know how long they will be out of the building,” she said. “There are families over there that are in desperate need of personal items.
There is a nine-month old baby, a six-year-old girl, and eight-year-old, plus some other children.” Whitmarsh has also contacted St. Vincent de Paul, who is bringing over food to the families. “But they need toothpaste, toothbrushes … personal items. Especially for the baby, they need diapers. I’m calling all the organizations in Wallaceburg to see who can donate things.” Whitmarsh said people can either bring donations to the Moose Lodge, on Duke Street in Wallaceburg or they can be brought directly to the Day’s Inn. “We were the designated shelter for these people,” Whitmarsh said about the Moose. “They brought two bus loads of people over. We fed
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Searching for true transparency Every year when the Sunshine List comes out, it causes a stir in the community, with many people outraged at how many people who are paid with our tax dollars make in excess of $100,000. There are also many people who question why the list is still published 23 years after it was first enacted, with no consideration for adjusting to the rate of inflation. By those standards, the list would only publish people with salaries of $151,929 and over. That is definitely a valid point. In a community like Chatham-Kent, however, where the average combined family income is almost half that amount, many people can only dream about making that kind of income. These are the same people who are paying taxes for those high wages. The Sunshine List started as a way to force the government to be accountable for the wages it paid its employees using taxpayer dollars – the idea of transparency in government. Has it worked? That’s a good question. Or has it just made us angry that the government is paying someone like the CEO of Ontario Power Generation more than $1.5 million dollars in annual salary? You can hear the collective blood pressure rising when people read that detail. While Premier Kathleen Wynne considers the Sunshine List relevant and important to know what public sector employees are paid, is the list really a gold standard for transparency? When you attempt to pore over the provincial government list online, it’s generally a mess. In the past, it was easier to track down who was making what in your community. Some public sector organizations, such as the municipality, are easy to search. But in other cases, you have to know what, or who, you are looking for. For example, if you want to see what the local judges made last year in salary, you had better know their names, as there are 625 under the judiciary listing.
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The high price of wind power Sir: When I moved to Chatham on June 3, 2009, I was really impressed by the number of wind turbines we have in these gusty plains of southwestern Ontario. This, I thought, makes sense. After the mess left following the closure of Ontario Hydro in 1999, I really believed the provincial Liberals were revolutionizing the production of electricity.
Since then I have heard all the bad stories about the wind turbines, of which I had once been so proud. If they really are wrecking peoples’ water wells, something has to be done. Also, I understand the government is paying wind farm operators to generate electricity. Naively, I had always
Sir: Re: “Casino coming to Chatham,” in the March 15 Chatham Voice. Mayor Randy Hope says it’s going to be great for the community, good for employment. How sad
that front page news had to come to this. We have had a different experience. The other side of the coin – it can have an
figured the wind was free, a gift from God, and I didn’t realize we were paying for wind, much of which isn’t needed. I understand if they do have too much electricity from the wind turbine, they cut back on the cheaper sources of power, such as the Beck hydro plants at Niagara. I also suspect that some-
times the wind turbines could interfere with birds’ offshore migratory corridors. I felt that while wind power is an important natural resource to be encouraged, it is also vitally important to maintain biodiversity and protect wildlife and intact ecosystems. Stephen J. Beecroft Chatham
Casino will come with a price ill effect on people who become addicted to this gaming. So sad when it comes down to such. Hoping and praying
that somehow, it will not go through. Give your money to charity. It works! Hessy Byma Chatham
Transparency vs. number overload Editorial, continued
Crown attorneys are lumped in “Government of Ontario – Ministries.” Pull up that list, and something entirely different comes up. That’s not remotely transparent.
True transparency in government would be not burying unwanted legislation in an omnibus bill or giving information to the public without them having to file Freedom of Information requests to get
details of spending we should be entitled to. The people on the list probably don’t enjoy having everyone know exactly how much they make, but the reasons the list exists in the first place hasn’t gone away.
Keeping our governments accountable for how they spend our tax dollars will always be a good idea, but perhaps adjusting the rate upwards after more than two decades is an idea worth exploring.
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$100K list out for C-K By Mary Beth Corcoran mary@chathamvoice.com
With spring comes the Sunshine List with the top wage earners in Chatham-Kent. The Public Sector Salary Disclosure Act, enacted in 1996, requires all employees paid by the public purse making over $100,000 to be disclosed each year by the end of March. Topping the list again this year for the Municipality of Chatham-Kent is Medical Officer of Health, Dr. David Colby at $227,526 with over $900 in taxable benefits. Next highest wage earner is Don Shropshire, municipal CAO, at $219,651 with $10,564 in taxable benefits, followed by Police Chief Gary Conn at $212,796 with $12,845 in taxable benefits, and Deputy Chief Jeff Littlewood earning $194,112 with $12,964 in taxable benefits. According to Conn, there are several factors influencing the salaries of officers with the Chatham-Kent Police Service – about half of whom are on the Sunshine List. Those include overtime, with police providing security at special events which has gone up and a large amount of wind turbine escorts. Experience pay is also a factor, the chief said, with officers getting a three per cent pay hike over a firstclass constable pay after 10 years, six per cent after 15 years and nine per cent after 20 years. “Right now there are four factors that can drive up an officer’s salary which explain how a first class constable can make more
than the base salary of say $95,000. You have to take these other factors into consideration,” Conn explained. “Because people aren’t aware of these other factors, it can add consternation to what they are thinking.” In Ontario, Conn said he gets a list two times a year of municipalities with a population of over 100,000. That’s approximately 80 police services in all of Canada with police over 100,000. “It looks at the wages of first class constables, and we rank about 40th in all of Canada, so we are about the middle of the pack,” Chief Conn noted. Both the former Fire Paramedic Chief Ken Steubing and new Chief Bob Crawford are on the list at $155,699 and $170,891 respectively. Crawford slid into the position from his spot as general manager of community development. The list of Chatham-Kent employees earning more than $100,000 increased to 228 in 2017. In 2016, the number of employees earning $100,000 or more was 184. The 2017 list includes 126 members of the Chatham-Kent Police Service and 43 members of the Chatham-Kent Fire and Emergency Services. At St. Clair College, President Patricia France tops the list, earning $300,160 with less than $500 in taxable benefits. At the Chatham-Kent Health Alliance, CEO Lori Marshall earns $233,481. At Chatham-Kent Children’s Services, 20 employees made the list this year, with executive director Stephen Doig at the top of the list earning $166,327.
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Changes to RetroFest cruise route
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Cruise element of RetroFest will change this year. Organizers of the annual weekend, which brings
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tion delays on the Fifth Street Bridge are part of the problem that forced a route change. In the past, the Friday evening cruise would begin at the John D. Bradley Centre and head out along the Thames River to Prairie Siding, before crossing the river and coming back into the downtown core, where the classic cars would loop around through the core. This year, according to Historic Downtown BIA
staffer Connie Beneteau, the cruise will once again begin at the Bradley Centre, but will now head down Bloomfield Road and along Eighth Line into North Buxton. It will proceed south into South Buxton before heading along Middle Line back to Bloomfield, where the cruise will proceed north to Sixth Line, onto Howard Road, then to Indian Creek Road, to Lacroix Street, onto Wellington, and into the downtown
core. The route will avoid the Third Street Bridge, at the request of the police and municipal engineering department, Beneteau said. “We’d just bottleneck there anyway,” she said of the bridge. As for heading southwest through North and South Buxton rather than west along the river, Beneteau said that was at the request of the municipal departments.
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The Arts
UCC set to perform Annie
Annie) and Jack Gillis (Daddy Warbucks). For both students, this marks For Lindsay Dunlop, their second foray into performing arts teacher high school stage shows, at Ursuline College Cha- as they were in The Wizard of Oz tham, this year, year’s the- “It’s an escape for me. last with Kosik atrical pro- It’s like going on an as Dorothy duction at adventure within the and Gillis the school as the Cowc o m p l e t e s story.” ardly Lion. a circle, of - UCC’s Avery Kosik Kosik said sorts. Dunlop is directing An- she’s excited to take on nie, and it’s not her first the role of Annie. “I have to act younger experience with the show and be tougher. It’s very at UCC. “I played an orphan in different from last year as Grade 12,” she said, while Dorothy,” she said. Gillis, a a student 11 at the high “There are a lot of po- Grade student at school. litical references; a lot UCC, said She’s been of conflict. That resoWa r b u c k s directing is a unique the annual nates a lot today.” character. shows at - UCC’s Jack Gillis “It’s really UCC on and off since 2001. When she’s different from anything not directing, she does the I’ve done before,” he said. choreography work on “It’s a bigger role, for one, and the character is more the shows. This year’s main charac- serious with a big heart. ters are portrayed by Av- It’s a big adjustment from ery Kosik (Little Orphan being a goofy dude (the By Bruce Corcoran bruce@chathamvoice.com
Cowardly Lion).” coon, while Annie comes and set, costume and she said. Kosik said her love of from the streets, having stage design began. The cast includes a good the theatre comes from escaped a run-down orDunlop said the students deal of returning pergetting wrapped up in the phanage and navigated working on the show – formers from last year, adventure of each play. through a shantytown of and there are about 40 she added. “It’s an escape for me. jobless citizens. cast members and more Annie runs April 11-14 It’s like going on an adWork on the play began than 90 support people – in the UCC auditorium. venture within the story,” back in September, as the have been a “fun group” Show times each night she said. cast and crew signed up, to work with. “Every as- are 7 p.m. Tickets are $20 For Gillis, he said he just rehearsals got underway pect is student driven,” each. loves being an entertainer. Annie, despite being written in 1976 and set during the Great Depression, reIf you're an employer with a particular skills demand, the Canada-Ontario Job Grant might be right for you. mains topical • Provide up to $10,000 in government support per person for training costs. today, Gillis said, as there are • Require employers to contribute one-third of the total costs. There will be additional flexibility for strong political small businesses to provide an in-kind contribution towards their share of the costs. undertones in • Require training to be delivered by an eligible, third-party trainer. the show. “There are a For further information: lot of political Please contact the Employment Ontario Contact Centre. references; a lot Call toll-free (no charge): 1-800-387-5656 or through the TTY number: 1-866-533-6339 of conflict,” he or email at: employmentontariohotlineinquiries@ontario.ca. said. “That resonates a lot today.” As mentioned, the show is set in the depression era. Warbucks is a Republican ty-
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THURSDAY, MARCH 29, 2018
The power of one Trim King a small biz success story
By Bruce Corcoran bruce@chathamvoice.com
Bruce Corcoran/The Chatham Voice
From left, Dianne and Dan Stewart, operators of Trim King in Chatham, with Kristy Jacobs of the Chatham-Kent Chamber of Commerce and Mayor Randy Hope celebrated the business receiving feature industry honours for March.
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As far as small, home-based businesses go, Trim King in Chatham is a prime example; one that earned feature industry of the month honours on Friday. The honour, handed out by the Chatham-Kent Chamber of Commerce, is due to its longevity and continued success. For example, Trim King, which has been around since 2003 repairing and replacing upholstery in vehicles of all types, won the RetroFest Best Interior Award in 2013. Owner Dan Stewart said he first got into the upholstery business while working at Standard Auto Glass in the late 1970s. “It was at that time I realized this was a job that could turn into my own business,” he said. That didn’t take place overnight, as he continued to work with Standard Auto for years, even after he started Trim King as a hobby business out of his basement in 2003. But five years ago, he turned the hobby into his full-time job and
hasn’t looked back. Stewart said most of his work is for commercial and fleet vehicles, but he does work for the general public all the time as well. It’s not isolated to cars and trucks, but vehicles of all sizes and types, from the family car to a farm tractor, to a boat, personal watercraft, golf cart, you name it. Stewart said his work generally speaks for itself. But when he wants assistance in spreading the word, he turns to one source. “I don’t have to do a whole lot of advertising, but I still do it in The Chatham Voice.” Stewart said he sees the vehicle upholstery repair business as one that is in danger. “It’s a trade that’s dying off,” he said. Geoff Wright, of Chatham-Kent Economic Development, said it’s not an isolated reality, but the shortage of skilled trades people can be changed. “The trades will start to come back again if parents will encourage their kids to look at them as career paths,” he said.
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While the Kent Historic Auto Club preferred the previous route, it agreed to the change. The new route is about 10 kilometres longer than the old one as well, Beneteau said.
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It’s time to dig out your favourite walking shoes or hiking boots, gather your friends and family, and take part in the second annual Hike for Hospice. Coinciding with the second anniversary of the opening of our community’s residential hospice, the Chatham-Kent Hospice Foundation will host the second annual Hike for Hospice fundraising walk on April 29 .The Hike takes place at Mud Creek Trail beside John McGregor Secondary School in Chatham. Registration begins at 1 p.m. and the walk begins at 2 p.m. Hike for Hospice is a unique annual nationwide initiative hosted by hospices and pallia-
tive care organizations in late April or early May. This event helps launch National Palliative Care Week, while building awareness and raising funds to ensure people living with a life-threatening illness and their loved ones receive support at no charge. The hike is a chance to celebrate and honour loved ones in a special and meaningful way. It is also an opportunity to promote the work that all volunteers and professionals in the field perform daily. “Thanks to our sponsors and Hike for Hospice volunteer committee, this year’s event will be the best yet. The funds raised at Hike for Hospice are vital to the ongoing operation of the Chatham-Kent Hospice ensuring people receive exceptional, com-
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Keith Koke and Ed Koke of MC Business; Helen Robertson, Co-Chair Hike for Hospice Committee; Wally Romansky, MicroAge, Josette Debrouwer, Co-Chair Hike for Hospice Committee, and Leigha Debrouwer, Hike for Hospice puppy participant, are gearing up for the Hike for Hospice April 29.
passionate end-of-life care, while helping their loved ones find peace and comfort at a difficult time,” Jodi Maroney, Executive Director of the Chatham-Kent Hospice Foundation, said in a me-
Power Off and Play! with Super Kids CK
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Super Kids CK is launching the fourth phase of The Healthy Kids Community Challenge, Power Off and Play! With all the new technology options and devices, limiting the time that kids spend looking at screens has never been harder. Encouraging active and fun alternatives is critical for their physical health and well-being. The community will be working
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to encourage children and families to build a balanced day that is not filled with screen time. Research shows that too much screen time for children can negatively affect their early development, physical and psychological health. Here’s what CK families can do: • Replace some recreational screen time with more physical activity, time with family and friends, and fun and educational activities. • Power off before sleep and bring back family meals without screens.
dia release. The walk is a family-friendly and accessible event with strollers, walkers and wheelchairs welcome on this pet-friendly trail. With multiple trail lengths to choose from, people of all fitness levels can take part. Individuals and teams
are welcome to register and raise funds online at www.hikeforhospiceck. com. Paper pledge forms are available at Chatham-Kent Hospice located at 34 Wellington St. E. in Chatham. If you can’t make it April 29 but want to support the event, you can still help
out. Consider becoming sponsor, pledging a friend or making a donation at www.hikeforhospiceck. com. Register before April 9 at www.hikeforhospiceck. com or by calling 519-3543113 ext. #2404 to guarantee a Hike for Hospice T-shirt.
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Home of the $3 watch battery 131 Park Ave. E., Chatham • 519-354-4127 batteryboy.ca Thursday, March 29, 2018 • Easter Luncheon of ham and scallops in the café at the Active Lifestyle Centre, Merritt Ave, Chatham. $12pp. Call 519-352-5633 for tickets and to reserve your seat. • Pollinators and the Pollinators Crisis Sydenham Field Naturalists “Nature in Chatham-Kent” Winter Speaker Series at 7:00pm at the Chatham branch of the CKPL. Dr. Stan Caveney will illustrate how essential insects are in maintaining as a sustainable, livable planet as well as discussing present problems with declining insect population. • The 58th Annual Lenten Noon Hour Interdenominational Service at Christ Church, 80 Wellington St. W., Chatham (beside the bus depot) beginning at 12:10pm-12:35pm, followed by a sandwich luncheon in the parish hall. The theme this year is “A Closer Walk. A Journey into Spiritual Disciplines”. The speaker will be The Rev. Mike Maroney, First Presbyterian Church, Chatham.. Free will offering to help Outreach within our community. • Cam Denomy will entertain at 2:00pm at Meadow Park, Sandy St., Chatham. • Open euchre at 1:00pm at The Chatham Legion, William & Colborne St., Chatham. Friday, March 30, 2018 • “Live Pageant” at 7:00pm at Voice of Triumph Church, 135 Queen St., Chatham. Doors will open at 6:00pm. Come and see how and hear why Jesus died for you and for me! Everyone Welcome. Pastor Leona Segee-Wright. • Campbell A.M.E. Church, 104 King St. E., Chatham are inviting you to hear our church members conduct a play for Good Friday at 12noon. Hear the last words of Jesus on the long ago day. All Welcome. • Hot & Tasty 5pc Perch Dinner at the Royal Canadian Merlin Legion BR 465. $12.50/person. Children 12 & under 1/2 price.
• Fish Fry by St. Joseph’s Knights of Columbus Council #10436 at the Spirit and Life Centre (St. Joseph’s Site) 184 Wellington St. W., Chatham from 4:00pm-7:00pm serving Perch or Pickerel, baked potato or french fries, coleslaw and bun. Price is $20/adult until sold out. Children 12 and under $10. 6 and under free. Take out orders as well. Phone 519-354-0091 ext. 228. Saturday, March 31, 2018 • Saturday Morning Breakfast at First Presbyterian Church, Chatham (corner of Fifth St and Wellington). A delicious nutritious breakfast served free of charge every Saturday morning from 9:30am-11:00am. Everyone is most welcome.
• A Downtown Chatham History Walk has stories about arson, haunted buildings, Thames floods, the Black Mecca, shipbuilding, and more! 2:00pm-3:00pm and it’s free. Meet at the Centennial Clock, corner of King and Fifth. Sunday, April 1, 2018 • A Downtown Chatham History Walk has stories about arson, haunted buildings, Thames floods, the Black Mecca, shipbuilding, and more! 2:00pm-3:00pm and it’s free. Meet at the Centennial Clock, corner of King and Fifth. Tuesday, April 3, 2018 • Love to sing and want to be blessed each week? Come and celebrate all things musical with Jubilee Chorus, a multi-faith, interdenominational choir. No experience necessary, no auditions required! 7:30pm-9:30pm at St. Andrew’s United church (85 William St., Chatham) Call 519-397-3318 for info. • Just Getting Started (PG13) starring Jane Seymour and Morgan Freeman will be shown at 2:00pm at the Chatham branch of the CKPL. Wednesday, April 4, 2018 • Patricia M. Productions Fashion Show at T-Bones Grill House supporting Habitat for Humanity Chatham-Kent. Fashions by Betula Boutique. 953 Charing Cross Rd., 519-360-9401. CK Metal Detecting Club. Last Thursday of the month. Erickson Arena. 7:00pm. Guests welcome. Free Mindful Meditation classes! Everyone Monday and Wednesday 10:45-11:15pm by Yoga Glow Studio, 21 McKeough Ave. (inside Balance), Chatham. By donation to New Beginnings ABI & Stroke Recovery Association, Chatham-Kent. Everyone welcome, no experience required. Free after-school tutoring! Tuesdays from 6:00pm-8:00pm (sessions run for a half hour) First Reformed Church, 632 Lacroix St., Chatham. 519-354-8257. Call Betty 519-354-8902 for more info. • Navistar 15 Year and Retirees Banquet being held April 27, 2018 at The Spirit and Life Centre (St. Joseph’s Church property) 184 Wellington St., W., Chatham. Doors open at 5:00pm. Dinner at 6:30pm. Employees only. $20 by April 21. Cash or cheque payable to “Navistar 15 Year Banquet Committee” to Cy Addley, 25 Wilson Ave., Chatham, ON N7M 1K8 - include full name and phone number. Submit your coming events to bruce@chathamvoice.com or michelle@chathamvoice.com
As we crossed a key threshold in my daughter’s life on the weekend – she turned 16 – I cannot help but look back on her progress to date, and make a few comparisons along the way. • As a teenager, I loved music. I’d spend hours in the basement or my Bruce Corcoran bedroom listening to tunes. She’s the same way, but with largely a different genre. I’m into rock; she’s ride that bike (I’m a lousy teacher). • She can roller blade. I cannot. more into hip hop and pop music. • I was a rather picky eater as • She’s a night owl and hates early mornings. I hated mornings too, a teenager when it came to food. Brenna will pretty much try anybut grudgingly got up and walked thing once. to school each day. She, a victim of • I was and still am very sarcastic. earlier start times, gets a ride most The kid is helping to refine the art. days. • She looks on the outdoors with My one niece was always a night disdain, unless you’re at a beach owl as a teen, and my late motheror near a pool. Hanging out in the in-law loved to burn the midnight backyard in the summer is done oil, so there may be some genetics begrudgingly, as there may be bugs at play from either side of the famabout. As for the winter? Forget ily for her being wide awake late about it. into the evenings. I loved the outdoors. I spent many • When I turned 16, I was indifweekends walking in the bush ferent to the idea of driving. I rode (that’s what we northerners call my bike everywhere in North Bay. “the woods”). Brenna looks forward to getting T:4.563” Continued on page 17 her licence, and never learned to
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• Meal, open darts and Catch the Ace at The Chatham Legion, William & Colborne St., Chatham. Dinner from 4:00pm-7:00pm. Perch Dinner Only $20. Catch the Ace is 3:00pm6:00pm and you must be present to win. Open darts at 7:30pm.
• Meat draw and dance at The Chatham Legion, William & Colborne St., Chatham. Meat draw from 4:00pm-6:00pm. Dance from 4:30pm-9:30pm featuring Southlanders.
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A comparison of Wonder Years Continued from page 16
Whether it was hunting, fishing or just hiking, I loved being outside. • As the younger of two boys, I was a spoiled brat at times. Though by age 16, much of that was out of my system, as I was often left to fend for myself around the house at that age. Brenna never comes off as spoiled, despite the fact she’s an only child. She has her wants and desires, but I don’t recall much in the way of tantrums over the years. • I got along with all the cliques at high school, from jocks to nerds to everyone in between. I was a bit of both, I guess. I was never bullied in high school, and would like to think I stood up to bullies for others. Our kid has befriended kids who have been bullied, and worked through others to end the harassment. • I was a solid student, graduating with an average well over 80 per cent. The kid to date has been pushing at the 90 barrier. • And can she dance! Such grace as a competitive dancer. Whereas, I have two left feet. My best dance move is the pitcher dance, where I’d take a pitcher of beer out onto the dance floor and wave it around as I stumbled about. I never perfected the move, and it hasn’t seen the light of day in many a year. Yes, we are two very different people, and I am proud to call her my daughter each and every day. Sweet 16
Our girl’s Sweet 16 weekend was especially cool for her, as for many years she’s been in dance competitions on her birthday weekend. This time around, those competitions are all clumped into April, so she was able to celebrate. For such a complex person, she had simple requests: Friends over for the weekend, and one present – a tattoo. Umm, what? I have a plethora of friends who have body ink, some of which are cute little wrist tattoos, while others have art that takes up most of one arm, and more. But my wife and I are ink-free. As a teen, I once thought about getting an earring – think Jason Patric from the Lost Boys. Heck, I had Kiefer Sutherland’s mullet from that movie at the time anyway. But my mullet and my earring thoughts predated the movie. And those thoughts suffered when a best buddy said he was getting his ear pierced. So I thought I’d get a double pierc-
ing – until same friend returned with two studs in one ear. I gave up. But a tattoo? It’s never crossed my mind to have someone jab a needle into me and inject ink into my skin. For Brenna, it is obviously different. And, I have to admit, well conceived. She informed us she was considering a fourleafed clover, an anchor, or a feather on the inside of one
forearm. Even though I am proudly Irish-Canadian, the clover was the weakest of those choices. Ever since her grandfather passed away a decade ago, whenever she came across a bird feather, she’d think of him. She and George would go for tons of walks when he was still with us, and have tons of fun. Brenna and her mother also enjoyed walks together. After
George had passed, they came a cross a feather in the backyard. Mary Beth told her it was a sign from George; a way of him saying “hello.” After all, many cultures believe feathers carry such significance. Brenna took it to heart. A decade later, she is still thinking of her times with George. The feather would serve as a constant reminder. Ditto for the anchor, as George,
who served in the navy, had one tattooed on his forearm. While I personally wouldn’t get a tattoo, I understand people wanting to get one. It’s art, and it goes with you wherever you go. So, on Saturday, she had her consultation, and will get ink later this week. This follows a busy weekend with friends. Our home was one extended sleepover.
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St. Andrew’s Residence in Chatham offers its residents so much more than just living space. The 68-unit charitable, not-for-profit retirement home gives residents an opportunity to enjoy their golden years by providing support services, entertainment, tasty meals and the conveniences of home, all within a beautiful building. Mindy Jenner, Community & Client Relations Manager with St. An-
drew’s said it’s the people and the mindset at St. Andrew’s Residence that sets it apart. “What makes us different is we are a not-for-profit organization. The type of employees we attract really come with a heart,” she said. St. Andrew’s was conceived back in 1967, with the hope of providing support seniors with a place to enjoy their retirement. Jenner said the first residents came to St. Andrew’s in 1970. St. Andrew’s Terrace,
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and volunteers at St. Andrew’s isn’t restricted to residents, Jenner added. “As we’ve grown over the years, our mission has expanded to provide care for all seniors in our community,” she said. As a result, St. Andrew’s Residence runs the local Meals on Wheels program, which provides hot meals to seniors in need of nutritional support in our community. It runs Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at lunchtime. For more information regarding the Meals on Wheels Program please contact Melissa Bishop Volunteer and Community Services Corrdinator at 519-3548103 Seniors’ Day Out is another popular St. Andrew’s program; one that offers social recreational and therapeutic activities for seniors in a group setting. It helps to support family caregivers who provide day-to-day care. This program runs Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Each Special to The Chatham Voice week, program particiThe courtyard at St. Andrew’s Residence is a warm, bright, inviting space where all residents can enjoy some fresh air and pants receive a call from companionship. staff reminding them of
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the week’s schedule, and offering assistance in arranging transportation if needed. St. Andrew’s Residence has a host of other activities as well, including its annual car show each June, and its popular Strawberry Social. “We’re a community within a community,” Jenner said. Jenner credited the auxiliary ladies at St. Andrew’s Residence with providing invaluable volunteer time to “help make St. Andrew’s feel like a home to our residents. They run birthday parties and our tuck shop, and fundraise for a lot of the initiatives here.” Anyone interested can contact Mindy Jenner at St. Andrew’s Residence at 519-354-8103. You can also visit the website www.standrewsresidence.com, and reach out via e-mail to mjenner@ standrewresidnce.com . St. Andrew’s Residence will be hosting an open house Friday, May 4th and Saturday May 5th form 1:30pm till 4:00pm to showcase all they offer to their residents and the community.
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