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More than $150,000 in taxpayer dollars went to paying the municipality’s top staff for overtime work done during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, while Chatham-Kent’s top medical professionals received no compensation for their overtime and residents are seeing a 2.4-per-cent tax hike.

Last week, the provincial government released its annual “Sunshine List” as per the Public Sector Salary Disclosure Act, which requires organizations that receive public funding from the province to publicly disclose the names, positions, salaries and total taxable benefits of employees paid $100,000 or more in the previous calendar year.

Don Shropshire, Chatham-Kent’s CAO, was the top municipal earner, making $259,806, up $13,000 from the previous year, and more than $10,000 in taxable benefits.

Police chief Gary Conn, and municipal general managers Thomas Kelly and April Rietdyk each earned more than $200,000 with overtime pay ranging between $14,500 to $29,500.

Gord Quinton saw one of the highest pay jumps out of municipal employees, earning $184,356 and $6,988 in taxable benefits, which approximates a $43,000 raise. The increase is partly for a pay grade change after assuming the role of chief financial officer in 2020 and partly for overtime work caused by the pandemic, according to Cathy Hoffman, director of Human Resources.

“Municipal employees were working extensive hours and we needed them there. And the (overtime pay) is in line across the province,” she said.

Hoffman said between the pandemic and Erie Shore Drive emergency, municipal executives and senior staff put in a total of 22,084 extra hours, which had a value of $1.6 million.

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“Of that total, only a fraction of that time was

actually compensated, specifically 2,163 hours in total which amounted to

$159,205,” she said.

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Dr. David Colby, Chatham-Kent’s medical officer of health, saw his salary remain the same, receiving $243,954 and $573 in taxable benefits; while Lori Marshall, president and CEO of Chatham-Kent Health Alliance, earned $285,000.41, the same salary as 2019.

Her taxable benefits were $1,875.

More than 300 public sector employees working in Chatham-Kent joined the $100,000 plus club according to the 2020 Ontario Sunshine list.

CKHA made up 174 employees on the list. More nurses made the list this year than in previous years due to overtime pay and the $4 pandemic pay increase provided by the province. However, management and some frontline staff were not eligible for the pay.

“It’s fair to say that there has been a demand on the entire organization, including our leadership.

What we have done for those who are not eligible

for overtime, so essentially management in the hospital, is we have allowed individuals to flex their time, be able to take some of that time back, and we have approved people to be able to carry over their vacation into coming years,” Marshall said.

Colby, who is paid through the municipality, will also be compensated through extra time off, Hoffman said.

Greg Aarssen, board chair of CKHA, said to say that senior staff was working overtime is an understatement.

“The amount of time that has been given by senior leadership and those non-hourly people throughout the entire organization has been significant during the pandemic,” he said.

The Public Sector Salary Disclosure Act has not been updated to adjust for inflation since it passed in 1996. If it were, only individuals making more than $156,000 would be on the list this year.

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Chatham ophthalmologist Chris Anjema will face four months of suspension later this year, following a hearing from the Ontario College of Physicians and Surgeons (OCPS) on March 22.

OCPS’s disciplinary committee met via videoconference to address allegations into Anjema’s professional misconduct related to his ophthalmology practice, including concerns about aspects of his clinical care, patient communication, clinical documentation and billing practices, according to the OCPS. Anjema admitted certain facts and pleaded no contest to others, OCPS officials said.

Based on an agreed statement of facts, and a statement of uncontested facts and plea, the disciplinary committee found that Anjema “committed an act of professional misconduct in that he failed to maintain the standard of practice of the profession in his care of patients, and engaged in an act or omission relevant to the practice of medicine that, having regard to all the circumstances, would reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofession-

al,” hearing information on the OCPS website stated.

As a result, Anjema will be suspended for four months, beginning July 1, and has to pay the OCPS $10,370, the costs of the disciplinary hearing.

Anjema, via social media, addressed the results of the hearing.

“I’ve always tried to be the best doctor I can be no matter what. I understand the important work of the College in striving to protect the public and to maintain the integrity of the medical profession. I’m sorry to say that they have found that I did not always meet College standards during the period they studied through 20112016. So, I’m being disciplined accordingly. I accept what has happened and I am accountable for the outcome,” he wrote on the Anjema Eye Institute’s Facebook page.

Anjema said he is learning from the experience.

“I take responsibility for what happens in my practice and I am completely committed to meeting and exceeding the College’s standards going for-

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Dr. Chris Anjema will be disciplined by the Ontario College of Physicians and Surgeons for professional misconduct. As a result, he will be suspended from practising for four months, beginning July 1.

ward,” he wrote. “The College process has really helped me to reflect in detail on the way in which we practice medicine.”

While Anjema is suspended from July 1 to Nov. 1, he said via Facebook two ophthalmologists will be covering his practice in his absence.

The OCPS disciplinary committee’s full reasons for the decision will be released sometime in the next 12 weeks.

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After working closely with CK Public Health, CKRecreation announced recently it is rolling out a return to in-person programming soon.

On April 19, a new roster of activities will be rolled. Programs in the second stage of the progressive reopening plan include learning to play soccer and baseball, the Stem Squad, Play Rangers, the Red Cross babysitting course, Crafty Creations, and DrumFIT. In working with CK Public Health, the CKRecreation team will implement new protocols to ensure public health guidelines are followed.

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Treatment Centre has funds for new building

By Jenna Cocullo jenna@chathamvoice.com

The Children’s Treatment Centre of Chatham-Kent is getting a major upgrade after the provincial government announced it will provide $24 million in capital funding for a new building.

Minister of Finance Peter Bethlenfalvy released the 2021 Ontario Budget on March 24.

“It is a dream come true; it is still sinking in,” said Donna Litwin-Makey, executive director of the centre.

“We know it’s a big investment for Chatham-Kent. Our kids and families are so important and this really shows the value of our kids and helps give them what they deserve.”

The Children’s Treatment Centre of Chatham-Kent is one of 20 throughout the province.

Mike Grail, chair and founder of the Children’s Treatment Centre Foundation, called the budget a “double win” because all children’s treatment centres across Ontario got a total of a $60 million base budget increase annually for three years.

The additional funding will allow the centre to hire more staff and provide more services

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while building on their existing ones.

“I am absolutely ecstatic. This is something we’ve been working toward formally for five years, to build the new centre, and it’s been 14 years since we’ve had this vision of being able to get kids off the waiting list and provide them with the services so desperately needed and deserved.”

The centre serves one in five children in Chatham-Kent, when taking into account the school-aged services which pay children visits in schools. There are approximately 4,000 families for Chatham-Kent’s caseload.

There are currently more than 1,300 children on the waitlist, according to Grail.

“I think we often find, when you talk to families, often they know of someone who comes to the centre. So we do have a lot of programs and meet and greet a lot of families,” Litwin-Makey said.

Programs and services vary from newborn screening clinics, speech and language pathology, recreational activities and aid for kids with higher needs.

“The building we’re in was

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From left, Children’s Treatment Centre staff Tina Jameson, speech therapist; Billy Yacks, maintenance; Donna Litwin-Makey, executive director; and Angela Reddick, communications disorder specialist, all stand in front of the wall of community donations the centre received in the past several years. Litwin-Makey said the centre could not have gotten the latest provincial funding without all the community support.

built for just a small caseload, while architectural designs and should take 12 to 18 months to just 250 children. And now with the environmental assessment complete after that, Grail anticare completed. The building ipated. such growth, our caseloads and the number of staff have gone up really high so we need more space for groups, prowith grams and school-aged children,” Litwin-Makey said.

The new centre, which will be located on McNaughton Avenue West across from St. Clair College Thames Campus, will be a 55,000-squarefoot facility with stateof-the-art efficiency.

“We are absolutely set to break ground as quickly as possible,” Spring is here, and Easter is mere days away. Among all the rebirth and renewal we are seeGrail said. “We put a lot of things in place to date ing in our gardens, and reminded of in a roundabout way with bunnies and chocolate eggs, and have gone through a it is a time of new beginnings. This week also marks a year of life amid a pandemic and for functional plan so we’re me personally, five years living here in Chatham-Kent.

Growing up in Elgin County, more specifically Dutton-Dunwich, Kent County did not have much well on our way.”

Construction is expect- resonance for me. Sure, my dad was a Ridgetown Ag Grad, and carpooled to work at Navistar, ed to begin in the next but lying east of the Mason-Dixon line that is Rodney, Ontario we tended to gravitate to the three to four months St. Thomas and London direction. Moving initially to Chatham was a change, and no small one.

I am proud to have been an ‘outsider’ and having since found a home here.

Amalgamation is not a term that rolls off my tongue, and I appreciate all the distinct communities resting under this larger umbrella. I am fortunate to have had coffee, personally or virtually each week for the last half a decade with some gentlemen well-versed in how it colleagues, citing a similar used to be – insight worth its weight in gold. Funeral Service has allowed me to experience service review in 2013 where council rejected most of the the Buddhist, Reformed, Episcopal, Baptist, Old Colony Mennonite, Greek Orthodox, and recommendations made.

Catholic traditions that have all culminated here. Chatham-Kent is extremely generous, and Gord Quinton, chief finannotoriously last minute. The amount of local musical talent continues to amaze me! There cial officer, said staff were in is no shortage of agencies and organizations working for noble causes, and I am proud to agreement over the third-parcount Rotarians, Kiwanians, Legion Members and more among my friends. As a history buff, ty review, but it would be this area is rich with nuance and important stories that have impacted our whole nation. dangerous to forgo the reIs there a rumour mill? Of course there is! quest for proposal process, For all it is and is not, Chatham-Kent is home. Thank you for helping me to find a place where which was already on the I can be known as myself, with the awesome honour of helping others come to know, way. Government grants acknowledge, and remember the people that make this community great. needed to fund the review stipulate that the municipality must undergo a competitive process.

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Tender time for municipal review

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Chatham-Kent’s council is moving ahead with a request for proposal to have an independent third-party conduct a municipal service review.

The affirmation of the already approved plan comes after council defeated a motion brought forward by Chatham Coun. Michael Bondy requesting that Grant Thornton, a Toronto-based company, conduct the audit and analysis.

Bondy said the firm was recommended by a number of the business leaders that were part of the COVID task force

this past summer and would eliminate the “red tape” of a request for proposal.

“Without an RFP they would be following their own guidelines and not parameters that are set up by staff,” he said.

“So there would be no barriers. We would be allowing the firm to make decisions as to where they should be looking, where to not look for efficiencies, staffing levels, etc., rather than being constrained by the direction.”

At the beginning of the month, council approved a service review, but Bondy raised concerns regarding municipal staff finding potential cuts among their

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Divided, we profit “We’re all in this together” is an oft-used phrase to describe how the pandemic affects everyone.

How true, yet false this statement is.

We are all indeed having to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic and its on-again, off-again restrictions.

Except it’s been full-salary ahead – and then some – for municipal brass, while many other Chatham-Kent residents have suffered through layoffs and struggled to make ends meet.

Over the past year, parents have juggled layoffs and job searches while homeschooling their kids.

Health professionals on all ends of the spectrum, from nurses to executives, have worked longer and harder than ever. Some people carried on as normal while others took a pay cut.

But let’s shine the sunshine onto the Civic Centre.

Various top managers already taking home rather bloated paycheques when compared to the private sector (we won’t even mention the gold-plated pension plan and top-shelf benefits packages) pocketed some nice overtime money during COVID. A cluster of municipal executives managed to bring in a total of $156,000 extra in overtime pay while the municipality laid off numerous other employees.

Cathy Hoffman, director of Human Resources said between the pandemic and the Erie Shore Drive emergency, top municipal staff racked up about $1.6 million in OT. Factoring the $156,000 payout, that leaves about $1.441 million outstanding. That translates into a great deal of time off in-lieu once the pandemic is over.

A lot of top municipal brass will have some seriously extended vacations in the future.

During a crisis, the rich got richer while the rest of us had to pay the price, either through reduced salaries or cuts to publicly funded services.

We can’t exactly tell people that they don’t deserve to be compensated extra for their time and effort.

But something about municipal officials not choosing to take a pay cut in the name of better serving their community leaves a bad taste.

So, dear municipal managers at the top of the pay scales, we ask that at the very least you spend you extra income, or enjoy your extra down time spending your money right here in Chatham-Kent, helping our hard-hit small businesses recover from this extended pandemic.

We don’t need any Ted Cruz types in our midst, jetting off to Mexico while people at home suffer.

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Opinion

Vaccination experience a good one Editor: I got shot recently. Don’t worry, I survived.

It happened on Richmond Street, at the Bradley Centre. It was the COVID vaccine shot.

Everything about this experience was incredible. From the ease with which my wife and I were able to make appointments using the

local reservation system, to the precision yet simplicity of the actual vaccination procedure, I was blown away by the organization and structure of the process.

It was like a Swiss watch, but with people instead of moving parts.

To the people who designed the flow of

this process and the individual steps, I offer my highest compliments and thanks. Thanks especially to Dr. Colby, who as the local medical officer of health had the courage to be a leader tailoring this experience to our local environment rather than blindly following the

provincial pattern as so many other locales have done.

We, the residents of Chatham-Kent are richer for the leadership and creativity that has been demonstrated with this vaccination process.

Thank you.

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Chatham writer has first novel published

By Bruce Corcoran bruce@chathamvoice.com

Chatham-Kent author Ashley Shuttleworth is blazing a trail with faerie fire; getting published in a genre traditionally dominated by male authors and writing about a group of queer protagonists.

Shuttleworth has recently seen their first book, “A Dark and Hollow Star,” hit book stores across North America and in

the United Kingdom, published

by Simon & Schuster, one of the big four of publishing houses around the globe.

The novel is based around the efforts of four LGBTQ friends as they race to stop a serial killer in Toronto. The crimes could expose the secret world of faeries to humans.

Shuttleworth said the novel bucks trends. It is based for the most part in Canada, it’s a fantasy novel set in modern day, and

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Chatham-Kent’s Ashley Shuttleworth has published their first novel, a fantasy that follows the exploits of four queer folk who seek to stop a serial killer.

its main characters are LGBTQ. “It’s an urban fantasy. It mostly takes place in Toronto, but there are other parts in Nevada,” they said. “I wanted to include the queer community. It is not a thing that is represented in fantasies, or at least not as well represented as heterosexuals.”

Shuttleworth said they identifies as different genders, calling themselves “gender fluid.”

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Shuttleworth said the novel can be considered a dark read.

“It is a fun faerie book that at the same time deals with quite heavy content. It is a book that deals with a lot of topics that we don’t discuss with kids that are very important, like depression and suicide,” they said. “I have a big author’s list in there that deals with all the trigger warnings for people who might not be able to tackle heavy issues right now.”

Shuttleworth said the tale is one they “needed to tell.”

“It was very personal for me. It was very cathartic to say some of the things I needed to say for so long,” they said. “It is hard to reflect on yourself and on society and on issues that have been bothering you for a while.”

Shuttleworth said they felt some pressure when writing the novel, not from their agent or the publishing company, but from themselves.

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The approach raised eyebrows and interest. Shuttleworth wrote the book in 2017, got an agent in early 2018 and signed on with McElddery, a division of Simon & Schuster, in late 2020.

Shuttleworth said it can take years for a writer to find an agent and then it can take years to find a publisher willing to print your book. For her, they said timing was everything, as they bucked the trend.

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Shuttleworth said they are not done with the faerie fantasy theme.

In fact, there is at least one more book in the series coming.

“It was sold as a duology. I have the second one that I am just about to jump into editing. That comes out next summer, tentatively 2022,” they said. “I am hoping to turn it into a trilogy.”

The second book will continue the story and follow the same characters, they said.

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She said registration is progressing nicely for the April 26May 2 event.

“We have a $50,000 goal for online fundraising. But a lot of people out there do the paper pledge process and collect that way. We just aren’t sure how that will go this year,” she said, with so many limitations on face-to-face contact during the pandemic.

Still, Bokor knows how the people of C-K rally around key events and for certain charities.

“People say they are staying close to home and want to help their communities. I think in Chatham-Kent we’ve seen that reflected in all kinds of events,” she said.

The hike, pre-COVID, was a one-day event at Mud Creek Trail in Chatham. This year’s hike, thanks to the virus, is spread over a full week, but organizers said if someone feels more comfortable taking part elsewhere, that’s not an Chatham-Kent Ministries issue.

“It’s a hybrid this year.

If residents are Community & Thrift Stores interested, they can Family Services Chatham, Wallaceburg go to Mud Creek provide assistance and Ridgetown during Hike Week. throughout CK AFFORDABLE PRICES It will have signs up Check out our website for more information: for the week,” Bokor said. “But we know www.cksalvationarmy.org or call 519-354-8353 of people who are staying home, so if they want to do the hike closer to home and recognize it perChatham-Kent Sexual Assault sonally, they can. We Crisis Centre just ask that they register online at hike-

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Past hikes have seen families who have lost a loved one show up en masse, often with extended family and friends, to make the walk. This year, that is just not possible, Bokor said. There has also been a corporate element.

“We are not encouraging large groups to go out together,” Bokor said. Teams can fundraise together but go out on their own to walk, as much as possible, unless you can maintain social distancing.”

This is the hike’s fifth year, and support for the hospice continues to grow.

“The longer the hospice is in the community, the more families it helps and the more exposure it gets. I think we’ll just see this grow and grow,” Bokor said. “The hike is an opportunity for families who have lost a loved one to get together and share a special moment.”

Battery Boy is the event’s primary sponsor this year, and Bokor said this is the first year of the hike they’ve had a title sponsor.

Registration for the virtual event is free but participants will be able to purchase a commemorative T-shirt, mask or memorial sign.

“This year we are offering the opportunity to purchase memorial signs that will be displayed along the trail throughout Hike Week. They will feature the name, picture and message of a loved one who has passed,” Bokor said.

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COVID-19 hasn’t dampened Loretta Herbert’s enthusiasm for Easter.

For the past decade, the Thamesville area farmer has been decorating her yard to the nines with an interesting array of colourful decorations she’s made herself.

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Friday, April 2: • The Chatham Legion, corner of William & Colborne St., Chatham, will be serving Fish & Chips for $10.00 plus Tax on Good Friday from 3:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. TAKE OUT ONLY. Everyone Welcome.

Saturday, April 3: • Saturday Morning Breakfast Program at First Presbyterian Church (corner of Fifth St. and Wellington). A delicious nutritious breakfast served free of charge from 9:30 a.m. – 11 a.m. This will be a TAKE OUT only every other Saturday.

• Come join us at The Chatham Legion, corner of William & Colborne St., Chatham, from 11:00 a.m.– 6:00 p.m. There will be a Meat draw at 3:30 p.m., 4:30 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. The kitchen is open to serve lunch from 3:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.

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Thursday, April 15: • Come join us at The Chatham Legion, corner of William & Colborne St., Chatham, from 11:00 a.m.– 6:00 p.m. The kitchen is open to serve lunch from 11:00 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. Seating is limited to 50 people but take out is available. Everyone Welcome.

Friday, April 16: • Come join us at The Chatham Legion, corner of William & Colborne St., Chatham, from 11:00 a.m.– 6:00 p.m. The kitchen is open to serve lunch from 11:00 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. Supper will be served from 4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. Tonight’s specials are Roast Beef or Fish & Chips.

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• Come join us at The Chatham Legion, corner of William & Colborne St., Chatham, from 11:00 a.m.– 6:00 p.m.

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• Grief Group at 2 pm in Dresden. Call 519-598-1111 to register for this free group. Share your grief for better emotional health.

Wednesday, April 21: • Come join us at The Chatham Legion, corner of William & Colborne St., Chatham, from 11:00 a.m.– 6:00 p.m. The kitchen is open to serve lunch from 11:00 a.m. – 1:30p.m. Seating is limited to 50 people but take out is available. Everyone Welcome.

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Obituary HARWOOD, Rosemary (nee Braunstein) With sadness, we announce the passing of Rosemary, beloved wife of Leonard and dear sister and best friend of Irene Braunstein, on March 21st, 2021.

She is the daughter of the late Josef (1975), and Katarina (2000) Braunstein, who immigrated to Canada in 1948. Her brother Stefan also predeceased her in 2009. Surviving are her dear sister-inlaw Marylin Braunstein, nieces Sheri Braustein, Katrina Donner, Ann Boisvert (Marc) and family, all from Alberta. She also leaves behind many dear friends.

We are most grateful to Dr. Sutherland for her constant care in every step of this journey. Our thanks to Dr. Raphael and staff at LHSC and the nurses at LHIN in Chatham. Thank you also to both the nurses and Dr. Bailey at CK Hospice for their kind and loving care, making Rosemary’s last days as comfortable as possible. Cremation and a private family service has taken place. Inurnment in Maple Leaf Cemetery, Chatham. The family ask that in lieu of flowers, donations in memory of Rosemary be made to Chatham-Kent Hospice Foundation.

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All claims against the Estate of Clara Eileen George, late of the Municipality of Chatham-Kent, who died on or about the 2nd day of March, 2021, must be filed with the undersigned personal representative no later than May 21, 2021, after which date the estate will be distributed having regard only to the claims of which the Estate Trustee then shall have notice.

DATED at Chatham-Kent, this 15th day of March, 2021.

Doris Rose, Estate Trustee Without a Will, by her lawyer Hinnegan Law Professional Corporation 75 Thames St., Box 428 Chatham, Ontario N7M 5K5

All claims against the Estate of Elizabeth Dorothy Cadotte, late of the Municipality of Chatham-Kent, who died on or about the 4th day of February, 2021, must be filed with the undersigned personal representative not later than May 21, 2021, after which date the estate will be distributed having regard only to the claims of which the Estate Trustee then shall have notice.

DATED at Chatham-Kent, this 18th day of March, 2021.

Ashley Lynn Marie Gerger, Estate Trustee With a Will, by her lawyer Hinnegan Law Professional Corporation 75 Thames St., Box 428 Chatham, Ontario N7M 5K5

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