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Myers, Tetrault, Vagi partner up Three local businessmen team up to redevelop old Navistar property

By Bruce Corcoran bruce@chathamvoice.com

After being abandoned for the better part of a

decade, a piece of the former Navistar property on Richmond Street in Chatham could be ready for development in about

three months’ time.

That from the new owners of the 80-plus-acre parcel of prime industrial land in the heart of Cha-

tham.

Rob Myers, Don Tetrault and Mike Vagi joined forces to buy the vacant land. The deal closed in

late April.

Navistar had idled its truck plant here in 2009, closed it officially in 2011 and demolished the buildings in 2013.

Now, three local developers hope to breathe new life into a property they said was an “eyesore” for years.

Chatham-Kent Mayor Darrin Canniff said he has faith in the partners to bring life back to the vacant property.

“I am 100-per-cent confident. As far as Chatham-Kent goes, you couldn’t have a better set of owners coming in,” he said. “These are people who care about the community who want to see this developed.”

The partners said the location speaks for itself.

“This is prime, serviced land. Where do you buy more than 80 acres that’s already fully serviced,” Myers asked.

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Canola crop drawing interest in the region

By Pam Wright Contributing Writer

An aesthetically pleasing crop that’s also environmentally friendly is taking root in Chatham-Kent.

About 4,000 acres of winter canola – an oilseed that’s gaining in popularity – is being grown in Ontario.

Near Tupperville, farmer Brian Eves is growing winter canola for the second year, experimenting with the oilseed.

“It’s very much nonGMO and a good crop to add to the rotation,” Eves told The Voice in a recent interview. “Canola is such a competitive crop, it will choke out everything else.

“That’s one of the reasons I’m interested,” he said. “It doesn’t need other stuff.”

The environmental advantages of canola are many. The full canopy of bright yellow blooms shades out other plants, thereby reducing the

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This small plot of winter canola near Tupperville is blooming bright and should be ready for harvest in early July. Farmer Brian Eves is experimenting with the oilseed crop that’s relatively new to the region.

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Only one application is needed and it’s made prior to planting.

Eves planted the tiny seeds with a grain drill and will harvest it with a conventional combine.

Eves said the crop has the added advantage of being a “tremendous benefit” to insects and birds, and canola honey is some of the best around.

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dry bean specialist with OMAFRA, said newer genetics developed by Agri-Food specialist Dr. Eric Page at Harrow have enabled winter canola to be viable.

Moran said the crop needs to be planted earlier than winter wheat as it derives its cold-weather energy from the root system, rather than the seed.

The extensive root system breaks up the soil as well, Moran said, another advantage to growers.

She thinks winter canola is a good crop, adding many farmers are expressing interest.

“Growers are having a lot of success,” she said, adding yields are strong and demand for the plant that is similar to wild

mustard is heavy.

There are two crush plants in Ontario – one in Windsor and another in Hamilton – that extract the oil.

The remaining ‘meal’ is used for livestock feed or food additives.

Moran said the price of canola has doubled in the past year, making it even more attractive.

The majority of canola that’s crushed in Ontario is shipped from Western Canada where the oilseed is one of the major cash crops.

Growers are doing well with canola in Chatham-Kent, Moran said, with a grower near Blenheim winning a 2020 provincial competition for highest yield.

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By Pam Wright Contributing Writer

By Pam Wright Contributing Writer

Chatham-Kent received a welcome Chatham-Kent’s conservasurprise this week tion community is calling with the announcethe municipality’s new temment that every resiporary wood cutting bylaw dent in the province a win for the environment. aged 18 and over is Chatham-Kent Woodlot now eligible for the Preservation group leader COVID-19 vaccine.

Ken Bell said the ruling is The effort comes long overdue and necessary sooner than anticipatChatham Voice file photo to save the area’s natural The municipality’s temporary hold on clear cutting is receiving mixed reviews. ed thanks to a ramp spaces. up of vaccine ship“It’s not in our best interest ments to Canada.

Bell commended Wallace- temporary bylaw, while tions and look at developburg Coun. Aaron Hall for administration explores its ing an incentive program to not to be good stewards of Local teens are getencourage the preservation the land,” he added. bringing the issue forward, options. ting in on the act too Cunningham said it’s not with the announcesaying it was a “couraBell said pushback against of forest spaces.

But while many are cele- fair that farmers are target- ment the Pfizer shot geous” move. the bylaw Bell said a lo- “I would say the comes from a brating the bylaw pause, ed in the temporary bylaw, will be soon be availcal shift is ocsmall group of farmers and agri-business adding it serves to deepen able to youth aged 12 curring with majority of the agriculfarmers, add- leaders say the new rules the rural/urban divide. to 17 years.

“Everybody, whether With the global panregard to the tural community does ing the ma- will negatively impact Chavalue of na- not support a bylaw jority of Cha- tham-Kent’s rural commu- you’re in the city or on a demic now in its 15th farm, should be held to the month, government ture. restricting how we use t h a m - K e n t nity.

Kent Federation of Agri- same standard,” he noted.

“People are r e s i d e n t s leaders are hoping our land.”

Cunningham said the KFA that opening up vacstarting to get support the culture president Jay Cun- KFA’s Jay Cunningham ningham said the majority hasn’t decided if it will take cine eligibility to all an awareness change. of the imporCouncil vot- of the organization’s 1,900 any “overt” formal action adults will assist in tance of the environment,” ed 11-7 to approve the first members are strongly op- against the bylaw, but the returning weary Ongroup will “definitely” be tarians to a more norhe said. part of the bylaw, which posed to the new rules.

“I would say the majority part of stakeholder engage- mal way of life.

“Council is responding to called for a halt to clearing public will now,” he added. trees. However, elected offi- of the agricultural commu- ment.

Chatham-Kent MedCunningham criticized the ical Officer of Health “Actions speak louder than cials were 100 per cent in fa- nity does not support a bywords.” vour of the remaining por- law restricting how we use bylaw’s timing, adding the Dr. David Colby welThe long-time conserva- tions of the bylaw, which our land,” Cunningham ex- group was given little notice comed the news. tionist said he’s glad trees will see staff examine best plained, adding farmers are that the motion was coming “I am pleased that before council. will be protected under the practices in other jurisdic- good stewards of the land. so many people have

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Vagi agreed.

“All the services are there. It’s in the heart of Chatham. There is nice development underway in the area,” he said. “I think this will spur a lot of growth on the south side of town. It’s close to Highway 401 and we have rail nearby.”

“This property has all the natural gas it needs, all the hydro, sanitary and storm sewers. It’s the perfect site for industrial redevelopment and commercial development in front,” Tetrault said. “We have everything here.”

But all three are aware remediation work is needed before all the land can be developed. Tetrault said the partners did their homework on the property. They are also well aware a portion of the site was once a city dump.

“We did an intensive investigation. We know what we’re buying. We’ve got the old Chatham dump located. We know how deep it is,” he said.

“We’ve got it in our budget to either cap it or clean it.”

The effort began right after the deal closed. Crews were on site breaking up concrete to access the soil below.

“We’re going to develop the land, clean it up and make it a clean, shovel-ready site,” Tetrault said.

Almost as soon as the trio took over the property, industries began making inquiries.

Tetrault said they’ve received inquiries through the provincial government and Chatham-Kent’s economic development department.

“Companies are trying to locate shovel-ready properties in Ontario,” Tetrault said.

Myers said he was a bit surprised at how quickly companies showed an interest.

“People have heard through the grapevine and through the Ontario government. The city has been approached by a company that is look-

ing at purchasing 20 acres to erect a half-millionsquare-foot building. We don’t know what they want to manufacture at this point,” he said.

Myers said one inquiry was from a firm looking to build a 150,000 sq.ft. facility on part of the property.

“They’re talking about 170 jobs. They’re looking.

Nothing is firmed up,” he stressed.

Because of the servicing in place, Tetrault said some of the land will be ready for construction before the end of the summer.

“If one of these guys click, we’re going to be shovel ready probably within 90 days,” he said.

“Not the whole site, but a 20-acre parcel. We know what we can sell first and what we can’t.”

All three partners are aware of the problematic areas that will require the most remediation.

With access off three streets – Richmond Street, Merritt Avenue and Keil Drive – it opens up much of the property for easy access and development.

Having the land creates opportunities for economic development officials with Chatham-Kent.

“The city is now able to give them a pitch that, ‘We have a property with these developers and we can do this for you. How big do you want it?’” Myers said. “We might be able to put three factories in here and create 1,000 jobs. It would be great for the area. And still have room for further development.”

That further development could include commercial businesses along Keil Drive and possibly a portion of Richmond Street, Myers said.

Canniff said after years of seeing the property vacant, he looks forward to what the future holds.

“This feels fantastic. We all drive by there. We recall how it used to be,” he said. “It looks bad, but now we can rebuild it and look to the future and create jobs again on that site.”

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Younger people in hospital fighting COVID

By Pam Wright Contributing Writer

The age of people hospitalized due to COVID-19 is dropping.

Recent data puts the average age of people battling the virus at the Chatham-Kent Health Alliance at 48 years. The average age of people being treated for other conditions is 71.

Lori Marshall, CKHA’s president and CEO, told a municipal press conference Thursday the “very virulent, very transmissible” COVID-19 variants of concern are behind the latest wave.

The fact the virus is moving on to younger people sends a message to everyone to stay safe, Marshall

said.

“It’s a good reminder to keep doing what we’re doing,” she added, citing the importance of enhanced protocols.

Chatham-Kent medical officer of health Dr. David Colby said it’s “disturbing” to see the virus taking hold in younger people.

But he said it’s not surprising, as vaccines have curbed the rate of infection in the elderly.

All cases are now considered variants of concern and while the origin of every case isn’t fully tracked by public health laboratories, both the South African and Brazilian variants have been detected locally.

Although the number of local active cases in Cha-

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Health alliance officials say because of the new variants and the fact most seniors are vaccinated, the COVID-19 patients they are seeing in hospital are younger, with an average age of 48.

tham-Kent has remained low in the past few weeks, there’s been an uptick in the number of people hospitalized.

The number of people hospitalized as of Monday at CKHA with COVID-19 dropped slightly over the weekend to 11, but the number of people admitted to the ICU rose to four.

Two of those patients are

currently on ventilators.

There’s also a decrease in out of town patients being treated in Chatham with only one person from outside the municipality in hospital, indicating pressure is easing on Ontario’s ICU capacity.

A total of 50 staffers have been swabbed in relation to the outbreak but all were negative.

Two employees are currently positive for COVID-19 but those cases are unrelated to the medical unit outbreak.

Marshall said safety protocols are stepped up during an outbreak with added cleaning and extra care with PPE. “We do additional things to cover off outbreak,” Marshall said, adding it

creates added stress for employees.

Marshall said hotel accommodations are provided to staff and physicians who may want to isolate away from family members.

The hospital is not expecting any transfers in the near future as pressure is beginning to ease in ICU hot zones.

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Changes coming Remember all those good-paying jobs that dried up when Navistar abandoned this community a decade ago? Well, there could be a light at the end of that dim tunnel.

The property on Richmond Street has been an eyesore for years.

Three local businessmen – Don Tetrault, Rob Myers and Mike Vagi – have bought the land and are already in the process of breaking up concrete to get to the soil.

For more than 60 years, International/Navistar built trucks on that property. As well, there is an old Chatham city dump on the south side of the property.

Yes, the buyers are aware of all of this. Yes, there will need to be some remediation done of the brownfield.

When The Voice interviewed the buyers, it was clear they had done their homework on the 80-plusacre property.

Development won’t happen overnight, but expect it to occur, and some of it could begin later this year.

Industries have already made inquiries on the availability of land on site. Remediation requirements aside, what Vagi, Myers and Tetrault have is a fully serviced gem. With property access from three streets and only a few kilometres from the edge of Chatham and Highway 401, this is an attractive site for industry. And that’s before you factor in the reality that it’s serviced already with an abundance of hydro, natural gas, water and sewer capacity. Instead of waiting for such services to be installed, it’s all there, ready to be accessed.

The property is located in the middle of Chatham, but the spin-off positives from industries that do set up shop there mean good things for all of Chatham-Kent. We are talking the potential for decent-paying jobs, and a more diversified tax base, which could alleviate some pressures on the residential tax base.

There will be naysayers, but then again, there will always be naysayers, especially online. The reality is the developers used their funds to purchase the property from Navistar. What was an ugly reminder of the past glory days on that site is now in the process of being healed.

And as these gentlemen say in this edition, stay tuned for more news in the weeks to come.

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Opinion

COVID wriggle room needed Editor: I don’t know if I can say I am mad-aggravated or perhaps frustrated.

Reports in the media are certainly pinpointing our latest lockdown, but younger ones are still congregating.

Hopefully we seniors have more sense and see how bad things are.

To the young ones who are guilty of this, I say to smarten up.

Once the COVID-19 vi-

rus is over, you have a life head of you to do things.

But those 70 and up don’t have time to catch up. When one is over 90, they sure don’t have the time or perhaps the energy to do what they love to do.

This virus has been so controversial. The bigbox stores could (until recently) sell non-essential goods because they sold food. But for small

businesses, no.

Small businesses should perhaps have one or two customers come in at a time, but with social distancing if they had the floor space. That would make sense.

Also, if a hairdresser has floor space, they could have one at a time.

At least they could earn some kind of a living to buy food at that essential store.

But at this time, hairdressers can’t even come to long-term-care homes that have hairdressing shops, even with social distancing and with masks.

I am sure it is essential for seniors’ well being to feel good.

Something needs to be adjusted here. Especially with how many can go into the big stores.

Ruth Draper Chatham

Safety for cyclists and pedestrians Editor: There is a Highway Traffic Act which many Chatham-Kent citizens and police choose to ignore. Bicycles on the right side of the road with cars giving way. C-K

must enforce these laws so cyclists will feel safe to ride on the road as rules dictate.

As a walker, I am often forced onto the

road to avoid being hit by a bicycle on the sidewalk.

There must be immediate action by officials before someone is killed or

seriously injured, leaving C-K open to possible lawsuits.

Catherine Campbell Chatham

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Remember the past...imagine the future

Richmond

Street

Image courtesy Chatham-Kent Museum – 1990.77.5948

An aerial view of what was then known as International Harvester on Richmond Street in Chatham in 1968. The property, vacant for eight years, is now in the hands of three local businessmen, Rob Myers, Don Tetrault, and Mike Vagi.

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A locally produced International Harvester truck sits on display outside the Richmond Street plant in 1963.

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Image courtesy Chatham-Kent Museum – 1990.77.5940

The history of Navistar at the Richmond Street property Special to The Chatham Voice

Let’s look back on the rich history of the International property on Richmond Street in Chatham.

In its prime in the 1990s, the Navistar truck plant in Chatham employed about 2,200

people.

When it closed in 2009, there were still more than 470 workers.

It was idled in 2011 and demolished in 2013.

But how did we get to those key moments?

International Harvester first

Image courtesy Navistar, with permission of The Wisconsin Historical Society

An International heavy truck is set to come off the line in Chatham in 1980.

came to Chatham in 1910, and bought the Chatham Wagon Works in 1910. The first motor truck came off its assembly lines in 1922.

There were 217 trucks built there that year.

In 1948, International Harvester opened its new facility on Richmond Street, a project that began two-and-a-half years earlier.

“There was no disputing the fact that Canada had grown in stature – with immensely expanded industries and a new sense of responsibility, as one of the leading trading nations of the world. International Harvester of Canada is proud today to have demonstrated confidence in Canada’s future with the opening of our new Chatham Works,” then International Harvester President C.W. Lockard said at the opening of the new facility. “Yet, the best buildings and the finest tools that money can buy are useless without the energy, skill, and

good teamwork of the Harvester family of employees.

The production of top-quality products depends upon good materials, good methods, and good men. I’m happy to be able to say that we have all of these.”

Until the late 1960s, Chatham Works produced a line of light-duty trucks as well as Scout, Travelall, Loadstar and Fleetstar series with approximately 1,200 employees.

The product then changed from medium duty to heavy duty.

In 1969, the 300,000th truck rolled off the lines at Chatham Works. Employees, their families and friends attended an open house on March 19 of that year to celebrate.

The first truck off the line back in 1922 was sold to the City of Chatham. It was a chassis to be used for a fire truck. And the 300,000th unit was a model 1700 Loadstar and was sold to Hume’s Transport of Toronto.

In 1983, Chatham started production of the premium heavy-duty models.

The corporation as a whole survived an onslaught of severe financial problems by turning to its core strength of truck and engine operations that left the Chatham Plant as the only Canadian production operation.

The problems began as International Harvester suffered through a lengthy strike south of the border in late 1979 and came out of it facing a global recession. For several years, it struggled financially, and had to sell off various divisions and close plants to remain solvent.

In early 1986, the company rebranded.

Calling it a “new name for a time-tested company,” Don Lennox, then-chairman and chief executive officer, on Jan. 7, 1986 announced Navistar International Corporation as the new corporate name of International Harvester Company.

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Navistar history continued

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“The new name reflects what we are today and what we are becoming for tomorrow,” Lennox told employees. “Navistar has an entirely new focus on the transportation needs of North America. Today, we have a future.”

The name was created specifically to identify the reconstituted International Harvester. It is the product of a professional name development effort that was initiated after the company sold the name International Harvester (and the IH logo), along with the agricultural equipment business.

The name is not a real word, but a created one. Its origins begin with the core definition of “navigate,” and “star,” with multiple meanings from a “lu-

minous body” to “outstanding performer.”

The outstanding performer shone bright well into the 1990s, rebounding from the hard times of the early 1980s.

Employee numbers swelled to more than 2,200 by the late ’90s.

But in 2002, another strike hit the plant. The strike began at the beginning of June that year after the company and the Canadian Auto Workers Union, which represented 645 employees at the plant at the time, could not agree on $14 million in cost-cutting moves, including wage concessions.

A little more than two weeks into the strike, the company opted to bring in temporary workers to resume production at the facility. Tensions ramped up on the picket line over this

The R Line cab spray booth in the “new” plant in 1948.

tactic.

Less than two weeks later, on June 24, tragedy occurred when a security guard driving a van clipped three protesters, injuring one severely, while trying to get through the picket line.

The six-week strike ended in mid-July, with both sides agreeing on a two-year agreement.

Two years later, Navistar had

planned to close the plant, but $60 million in government grants, and concessions from the CAW helped keep the plant running until 2009.

The company stressed the plant closed due to the inability to come to an agreement with the CAW on a new contract. CAW officials said they couldn’t get the company to come to the bargaining table.

So, the plant was idled in 2009

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and the remaining workforce of about 470 was laid off.

Around the same time, Daimler AG announced it was shuttering its truck plant in St. Thomas, as the demand for heavy trucks was in decline.

Navistar announced two years later it would permanently close the facility.

And in 2013, demolition crews reduced the facility to rubble. It has sat vacant for eight years.

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They have a dream Meet the new owners

Tetrault said. “The mayor wants something to happen on If at first you don’t succeed, this property. Chatham-Kent the saying is to try, try again. administration was great to Especially when there are deal with, from the mayor to jobs for the citizens of Chatop administrators to economic tham-Kent involved. development, and everybody’s That’s the case with the men been very helpful to work who purchased the former with.”

Navistar properVagi also comty on Richmond mented on how “We want this to be Street in Chaattractive for all of Cha- all the municipal tham. officials have the tham-Kent.”

Don Tetrault, support for the - Rob Myers Mike Vagi and partners on this Rob Myers joined project. forces to acquire the land, “It’s a great team at city hall, which had been vacant since and the stars have aligned,” he 2013. But it wasn’t a straight said. road to get to the deal.

So, armed with more than 80 Tetrault, who runs Tatro acres of prime, serviced indusGroup, said he and Vagi initrial land, the partners have a tially partnered up in an effort dream – bring jobs and develto purchase the property back opment to Chatham-Kent, and in 2013. help make our “Mike and I “It’s the perfect site for home a much were trying to better place to industrial redevelopbuy the land, and live and work for ment and commercial at one point we many years to basically thought development in front.” come.

- Don Tetrault we’d bought the Myers said this plant, but the is a property deal fell apart. We were buying rebirth not just for Chatham, it with some of the buildings but for everyone in the municup,” he said. ipality.

But it did not happen.

“People from Ridgetown, From there, Vagi and Tetrault Wallaceburg, Tilbury, Blenworked to purchase the paint heim – we want them to all line in the old Campbell’s have jobs here,” he said of the building on site. property. “We want this to “Instead of taking the paint be attractive for all of Chaline out of the tham-Kent. It facility, we were could create “It’s a great team at again trying to hundreds of jobs buy the property city hall, and the stars for people from have aligned.” and building off all across ChaNavistar. At that - Mike Vagi tham-Kent.” time, we got a lot The site will of resistance at city hall and require various degrees of were unable to complete the remediation and some of that deal,” Tetrault said. is already underway.

As the two were negotiating “We’re cleaning this whole to lease the land, Myers, of RM property up. It has been an Sotheby’s, stepped in and had eyesore for many years,” Myinterest in helping to develop ers said. this old site. Ultimately, the Part of the site contains an old trio developed a partnership city dump. The partners said and actively pursued the entire it is capped already and they property. are considering putting down Working with city hall with asphalt to use the land possia new regime, they found the bly as temporary storage or a process progressed in a posiparking lot. tive way.

Some of the land could be “Rob got involved and ready for development by late everything finally came to a summer. Myers and Tetrault deal over the past two years,” said a good portion of it can be Special to The Chatham Voice

Sarah Schofield/The Chatham Voice

Meet the new owners of the Navistar property in Chatham, from left, Mike Vagi, Don Tetrault and Rob Myers. The three have big plans to bring jobs back to the site that will benefit all of Chatham-Kent.

prepared by the fall.

All of this is being done with an eye on making life better in Chatham-Kent.

“We want to create jobs and attract companies into Chatham-Kent again,” Myers said.

And the location is the perfect place to make that happen.

“This property has all the natural gas it needs, all the hydro, sanitary and storm sewers. It’s the perfect site for industrial redevelopment and commercial development in front,” Tetrault said.

Tetrault said development won’t simply take place on a first come, first serve basis, however.

“We’re being very careful in what we want to put in there.

We want to better the city and area,” he explained.

The partners envision several large-scale industrial developments on the property, as well as commercial development

along Keil Drive and a portion of Richmond Street.

“It’s going to be a clean, inviting look coming into the city,” Tetrault said.

Companies are already kicking the tires. They started basically as soon as the deal closed.

Tetrault and Vagi said the partners have answered several requests for proposals already. Deals could involve several hundred thousand square feet in building space.

Chatham-Kent is a housing hotspot right now, Myers said, so why not add industrial development on a prime parcel of real estate?

“Everything’s going crazy around here. The city’s growing like wild. You’re going to need jobs,” he said. “This can be a big opportunity. There is no doubt about it.”

Work on the site has been underway since the deal closed.

“We’ve only owned the

property for a few weeks, but we’ve already started. We’re moving fast forward,” Tetrault said.

Vagi said the future looks bright on a once-dismal property.

“This will be something really amazing for Chatham-Kent, for sure,” he said. “We’re all hometown Chathamites and it’s such a joy to be part of such an exciting development.

Going into the future, we believe it’s a real opportunity for Chatham-Kent and we are very excited about being involved in such an important project!”

Myers added, “Since I’ve been staying around our community for so long because of COVID it’s been great to have gotten involved in such a worthwhile project with such great partners and all of the fine folks at city hall. It is great being able to witness such enthusiasm for all of Chatham-Kent.”

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News

2nd AstraZeneca dose possible in C-K

By Pam Wright Contributing Writer

Ontario’s pause on the COVID-19 AstraZeneca vaccine has created uncertainty for the 2,400 local residents who have received a first dose.

Chatham-Kent Medical Officer of Health Dr. David Colby said the province is no longer administering AZ for a first jab but there are tentative plans to offer it as a second dose.

Those who have received AstraZeneca are among the more than two million Canadians who have taken it as a first shot.

Some high profile officials, such as Ontario Premier Doug Ford and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his wife Sophie Gregoire Trudeau had AstraZeneca for their first shot.

There’s new data that suggests there’s only a one-in-a-million chance of experiencing blood clots – a potentially lethal side effect – from a second dose.

The AstraZeneca controversy swirls around a rare blood condition called VITT – vaccine induced immune thrombotic thrombocytopenia – a blood-clotting complication that can lead to death if untreated.

However, Colby said the risk of VITT is very low, and that blood clots from COVID-19 are far more common.

Ontario health experts will follow the science, he said, adding the health unit will endorse whatever evidence comes forward.

The Ontario Science Table currently sets the risk of VITT with a first dose

at one in 55,000, while the National Advisory Committee on Immunization estimates the risk at one in 100,000.

Symptoms of vaccine-related blood clotting typically occur within a month of taking the shot, and are treatable. Colby said there have been no reported incidents of this happening in Chatham-Kent.

According to Colby, some countries have had great success with AstraZeneca, adding England has used it to bring the country’s COVID-19 pandemic under

Vaccination rate hits 42% in C-K

very, very quickly.”

The eligibility list for the jab under the Phase 2 rollout continues to COVID-19 vaccination rates con- expand. By the end of next week, tinue to be strong in Chatham-Kent. Colby said a first shot will have Medical Officer of Health Dr. been offered to all temporary forDavid Colby told a media scrum eign workers in Chatham-Kent.

So far, mobile teams have inocuThursday that 42 per cent of the population of residents over the lated 350 workers at 10 different age of 16 have received at least one farms. Next week they will continue the effort by dose of the vaccine. reaching out to more It adds up to 40,321 “The major factor farms. shots of which 38,636 is not our capacity The aim, Colby addare first doses. to immunize. It’s our ed, is to offer every But as for a return temporary foreign to a somewhat nor- supply of vaccine. We worker the shot by mal summer, Colby work with what we are month’s end. said it’s too soon to able to get. In ChaAlong with droptell if backyard bar- tham-Kent, we’re able ping vaccine eligibilbecues and other out- to get the shots into ity to age 40, other door gatherings will Phase 2 categories are be given the green arms very, very quicknow in play. For exlight as predicted by ly.” ample, second doses Prime Minister Justin - Dr. David Colby are now being offered Trudeau.

It all depends, Colby said, on the to urban Indigenous populations, number of vaccines that flow from some high-risk health-care workers and dialysis patients.

Ottawa to Chatham-Kent.

As for homebound residents, Col“The major factor is not our capacity to immunize,” he emphasized. by said he believes most individuals have been reached, but if not, “It’s our supply of vaccine.

“We work with what we are able to they should contact their primary get,” he added. “In Chatham-Kent, care provider who will contact the we’re able to get the shots into arms health unit on their behalf.

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Local help for species at risk motion from South Kent Coun. Anthony Ceccacci to put up signage throughout the municipality to make road crossings and habitat safer for animals.

Ceccacci said the venture – a collaborative effort between the municipality and the Lower Thames

By Pam Wright Contributing Writer

Chatham-Kent council is lending a hand to nature, specifically helping wildlife classified as Speciesat-Risk.

At its April 26 meeting, council approved a

Valley Conservation Authority – is a good way to raise awareness of the issue.

“Hopefully it brings a little bit of extra care and a little bit of extra caution,” Ceccacci said.

Chatham-Kent administration has now been tasked with compiling a

report detailing wildlife nesting and crossing areas as a first step, Ceccacci explained.

Turtles are one example, the councillor said, as there are seven types that are on the Species-at-Risk list.

Eventually a media campaign will be launched,

he said, to share information about the pressures facing local wildlife.

Ceccacci has been an instrumental friend of the environment. He is behind a bid to plant a million trees in Chatham-Kent, along with developing wetlands and planting plots of tall grass

prairie.

A $1-million donation from Ridge Landfill in Blenheim to encourage naturalization in South Kent has aided in the effort.

Ceccacci said he’s encouraged by the response from many area landowners.

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Corcoran gets first dose of COVID-19 vaccination Well, on May 11, it happened. I finally got jabbed with my first dose of COVID-19 vaccine.

I have no vaccine hesitancy. What I do have is asthma and obesity, two factors that would make my trip through COVID-19, if I were to get it, problematic.

So, the first chance I got, I booked a shot. My problem was I played by the normal rules.

I booked at just one pharmacy as soon as the AstraZeneca shots became available at three Chatham-Kent pharmacies.

I saw on social media other friends who manipulated the system and booked everywhere they could, taking the first shot that came up. Most cancelled their other bookings, freeing them up eventually for others.

Not me. I stayed true. What’s worse, I chose a pharmacy other than where my wife, Mary Beth booked. So, when she got jabbed in mid-April, I was left waiting. I figured it would be a couple of days, but, nope.

So when the opportunity to book through the Bradley Centre’s vaccination station due to my age and ailments, I clicked on GetYourShotCK.ca. Boom.

Booked for May 11 at 10:50 a.m.

Last Tuesday, I showed up on time with my health card and was greeted by friendly volunteers and staff, given a medical mask, hand sanitizer, asked screening questions, confirmed via my health card, then registered inside the vaccination area and walked over to the jabbing zone.

Natasha, a very nice young paramedic, took care of me, quickly and painlessly. We

Bruce Corcoran chatted about if she saw people experiencing reactions to the shot, and she told me she found more people reacted to the flu shot than the COVID-19 vaccine.

A quick jab and I was off to the waiting area for 15 minutes to ensure I had no immediate adverse reaction.

An equally quick checkout, taking place 29 minutes after my scheduled arrival time, had me in and out in about 30 minutes.

Later that day, I felt the impact of the shot. As I reached out to pick up the phone, my arm reminded me where I got jabbed.

That lasted for maybe 24 hours, but that was all I felt in terms of fallout from the shot.

I can book my second shot starting at the beginning of August.

As for the pharmacy shot, I cancelled it as soon as returning to the office.

What a nice gesture

A group of dads gathered in a socially distanced manner Saturday to spread a little love throughout Chatham-Kent.

Thanks to a slew of sponsors, we delivered soup and flowers to about 230 mothers in the area.

I took my daughter Brenna for help delivering the fun.

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Natasha Banks, a local paramedic, injects The Chatham Voice’s Bruce Corcoran with his first dose of the Pfizer vaccine for COVID-19.

on the front porch in plain This is the second such event We stopped in at the Rice & view.

I worked on with this crew, Noodle parking lot just before Overall, about 30 sponsors as I helped last Father’s Day 11:30 a.m. and quickly received and 30 drivers, with support delivering a mini pizza and a our soup and carnations. teams such as my daughter, beer to fathers too.

Off we went with a list of took part. Combined, we “creIt’s a great, simple idea, but seven lucky mothers, nomican’t happen without volunnated by other members of the ated 230 smiles,” according to organizer Jeff Comiskey. teers and sponsors. community. Our trek took us on a simple route that worked perfectly for us.

What didn’t work perfectly, however was with reaching out to our lucky mothers prior to us arriving at their doors. What I take for granted – calling people up out of the blue – is something my daughter is not yet used to.

So once she planned out exactly what she wanted to say – on the phone in advance and at the door – we hit the ground running.

We encountered some very happy and smilMany people hold the expressed wish to die at home. This is never done with the ing moms, who cernotion of being morbid, or burdening family and friends with the roles of a caretaker. tainly appreciated the It is a desire rooted in independence, familiarity and all the memories made around thought, and the soup our kitchen tables, often over decades. Limitations imposed because of the pandemic and flowers. In some have made this conscious wish more prevalent as health-care settings have adopted cases, we left the gifts with their children, or an “iron ring” of admittance and visiting procedures for the safety of all.

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When a loved one passes away at their home, we as Funeral Directors attend, to ensure a continuity of care and transfer the deceased back to ours. It is without doubt an emotionally charged time. A sense of loss is lessened by looking back and sharing memories. The floodgates cannot help but open when sitting in the living room where so many memories were made.

This past week on our calendars marked a time to show both nurses and police officers appreciation for all they do. When we pull down a gravel drive and walk up to the front door, it is inevitably answered by a nurse or police officer. They are there, offering advice and consolation. Answering questions in the event of a sudden passing or looking back when that journey at home has been a lengthy one.

We may only work together in passing, but I believe that work is for a common good.

To comfort, care, serve, and support our community. Our time together is not ideal for small talk. We may recognize you only by a badge number or scrawling signature.

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The real estate heat wave continued in Chatham-Kent in April, as sales more than doubled the number of homes sold for the same month in 2020.

According to Chatham-Kent Association of Realtors (CKAR) officials, the number of units changing hands totaled 164 units in April 2021.

This was up nearly 145 per cent from April 2020.

This was also a new sales record for the month of April.

As well, home sales were up by nearly 38 per cent over the five-year average and in excess of 38 per cent above the 10-year average for the month of April.

On a year-to-date basis, home sales totaled a record 553 units over the first four months of this year. This was a gain of 58 per cent from the same period in 2020.

Laura Tourangeau president of CKAR, said it was a very active month.

“Home sales posted the third highest totals for any single month on re-

cord,” she said in a media release. “Strong demand combined with a rising number of new listings helped propel sales to the highest April totals in history.”

The average price of homes sold in April 2021 was a record $424,321, up almost 47 per cent from April 2020.

The more comprehensive year-to-date average price was $404,109, up sharply by nearly 48 per cent from the first four months of 2020.

The number of new listings more than dou-

bled the levels from a year earlier. There were 221 new residential listings in April 2021. This was the largest number of new listings added in the month of April in five years.

“With new listings above both the five and 10-year averages and outnumbering sales for the last few months, overall inventory appears to have set a floor and is now slowly rising,”

Tourangeau said. Competition for newly listed properties remains fierce, driving the average price in April to yet another all-time high, just shy of the $425K mark.”

According to South Kent Coun. Trevor Thompson, the idea to sell all of the cottages in one package stems from talks between the province and the cottager’s association.

It was not the municipality’s idea, Thompson stressed.

In the event a single-transaction sale goes forward, it would see all of the cottages sold to the municipality for a set amount. They would immediately be turned over to cottage owners for the

same amount of money.

Thompson said he wants to make it clear municipal staff won’t be doing the work for free as the cottagers’ association has agreed to pay for any billable hours municipal staffers put in on the proposal.

The South Kent councillor says he’s been getting calls from concerned citizens about the matter.

“We’ve done a poor job explaining this,” Thompson said. “The optics are terrible.”

However, he said, tax-

payers won’t be on the hook for any of the costs involving municipal personnel.

The Rondeau cottage issue has been contentious for a long time following the looming expiration of a 100-year lease for cottage owners.

In 2019, a three-year lease was approved by the province to extend the agreement to the end of 2022.

Some environmental groups, including Ontario Nature, want the cottag-

es removed to allow the Carolinian forest area to return to its natural state.

Cottage owners currently lease the land from the province; however, owners would be able to purchase the land under the new deal.

The report lists the average value of 225 water view lots at $114,500 apiece; six waterfront lots at $129,000 each and 45 interior lots at $52,000 each.

The combined value is $29.2 million.

Around 90 per cent of the owners belong to the cottagers association. It’s reported a third of these are American citizens.

Cottage owners have been asked to respond to the municipality on the matter by June 11.

as well as garbage pickup, will carry through to Dec. 31, 2023.

C-K to serve as go-between for cottages

By Pam Wright Contributing Writer

The fate of cottages in Rondeau Park may be decided if a deal can be brokered between the Rondeau Cottagers Association, the Municipality of Chatham-Kent and the Province of Ontario.

Chatham-Kent has agreed to act as a kind of go-between broker in order to expedite a deal.

Council accepted a report on the matter at its May 10 meeting.

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This past year has been so difficult for people in our communities.

At CMHA Lambton Kent we are busier than ever with clients who are experiencing increased mental health and addictions needs.

With increasing demand comes the need for even greater innovation, stronger partnerships and more diverse perspectives on our Board of Directors. We are pleased to be recruiting for Board Members who can contribute their expertise, skills and lived experiences to help us advance our vision of “mentally healthy people in a healthy society”. While maintaining a skills-based board, CMHA Lambton Kent also strives for the Board to reflect the composition to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve.

If you have an interest and wish to make a difference at the board level, we’d love to hear from you.

Applications and more information are available on our website at www.lambtonkent.cmha.ca or by contacting Cheryl Riedstra at CMHA Lambton Kent at criedstra@cmhalambtonkent.ca Deadline for receiving applications is Wednesday, June 30, 2021.

Waste contract extended

Chatham-Kent council has approved a two-year extension to the municipality’s contract with Waste Connections of Canada.

The $2.9-million deal, which includes recycling

Greenhouses on hold

Greenhouse development in Chatham-Kent has been put on hold temporarily.

Chatham-Kent council approved an interim bylaw May 10 that will allow administration to investigate the effects large-scale greenhouse operations on urban areas and the environment.

Officials will also be examining the issue of light pollution and how that can be abated. Staff plan on consulting all relevant stakeholders, including the public, greenhouse owners and government agencies.

Several municipalities including Essex and Lakeshore have adopted rules to control the hours of when the light from the greenhouses can shine in order to minimize the effect on wildlife and people.

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Life

Keeping things beautiful

Win-Win-Win 50/50 underway

By Bruce Corcoran bruce@chathamvoice.com

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Volunteers at St. Andrew’s United Church in Chatham, including Edwinna Rawlings, left, and Linda Bowers, were hard at it recently helping beautify the grounds at the historical structure.

Hike exceeds expectations The Chatham Voice

No gatherings, no problem for the Chatham-Kent Hospice.

The end-of-life care facility’s annual Hike for Hospice took place recently amid social distancing guidelines and other pandemic restrictions, but families and friends still managed to hike to the tune of more than $143,000.

“The support for this year’s Hike for Hospice is stunning! We were happy to be back out at Mud Creek Trail – even though everyone participated on their own time, it felt much more like our traditional

Hike for Hospice,” event chair Randi Bokor Caron said in a media release. “We received so many kind messages about the touching memorial signs along the trail.

They certainly served as a reminder of why we host this event and the spirit of Hospice. Thank you to everyone who participated, at Mud Creek or in your own community, and those who pledged their support.”

It wasn’t just families taking part either.

“We also had many workplaces from across Chatham-Kent participate,” Bokor said.

NOTICE OF THE PROPOSED ROAD CLOSING Notice is hereby given that at a meeting of the Council of the Municipality of Chatham-Kent on May 31, 2021 at 6:00 p.m. during the electronic meeting of Council, available on YourTV CK’s Facebook Page or YourTV CK’s YouTube channel, Council will consider, and if approved, may pass a by-law to stop up and close the alley between Kirk St and Park St in the community of Chatham: 

Property Identification Number 00504 0182, Plan of Survey of Alley, abutting lots 5 to 10 and 11 to 16, Block B, Registered Plan 17, Municipality of Chatham-Kent, being all of PIN 00504 0182 as depicted in 24R10874

After a serious lack of fundraising for Community Living Chatham-Kent (CLC-K), the organization has come up with a Win-Win-Win scenario.

Tammy Chouinard, manager of community relations for CLC-K, said the organization has teamed up with DeafBlind Ontario and PHSS (Participating, Housing, Support and Services) to offer a 50/50 raffle.

The idea developed because the pandemic and corresponding restrictions changed the fundraising

playing field.

“We haven’t been able to do anything, really. And we haven’t wanted to ask our families for donations,” Chouinard said. “We don’t want people to feel obligated to contribute. But we’ve basically have had zero fundraising. Normally we have 10-12 events a year.”

Enter the Win-Win-Win lottery. The winner gets half and the three agencies split the other half.

The agencies all support people with diverse abilities, Chouinard said.

“We thought to do something that could be a fundraiser and to give back,” she

said.

Tickets can be purchased by any resident of Ontario.

Chouinard said ticket sales are progressing nicely, although they aren’t sure what to expect, as “it’s kind of new for all of us.”

Tickets can be purchased at https://winwinwin5050.ca They will remain on sale until noon on May 28, with the draw slated for 1 p.m. that day.

Chouinard said the only way to purchase tickets, due to the pandemic restrictions, is online.

She added this is the first of six planned 50/50 draws for the fundraising partnership.

This year’s theme is Good Times and Tan Lines.

With restrictions on social gatherings put in place because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the CTC Foundation is planning for a virtual event, while still raising important funds needed for the Children’s Treatment Centre.

Tickets include a $100 tax receipt, $75 worth of certificates to use locally and a chance to win a BMW Z3 Roadster.

Silent auction items will be available to bid on the week prior to the event and live auction items will be up for bids on the evening of the event.

Guests are invited to enjoy an evening of entertainment and fun, all from the comfort of their home.

For more information, visit the event web page www. festivalofgivingck.com or Facebook page.

Festival of Giving goes virtual The Chatham Voice

It’s time for some tan lines and good times in Chatham-Kent.

Tickets for the annual Festival of Giving are now on sale.

The Children’s Treatment Centre Foundation of Chatham-Kent went live with the sale of tickets to the July 10 event as of Monday morning.

Tickets are $175 each.

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At this meeting, Council will hear any person or their solicitor or agent, who claims that their land will be prejudicially affected by the by-law and who applied to be heard. For further information, please contact Amy McLellan, Manager, Revenue at 519-360-1998, Ext 3185.

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Fun Stuff

Community Events Friday, May 21: • The Chatham Legion Br. 642, corner of William & Colborne St. Chatham will be taking orders after 12:00 p.m. for tonight’s supper. Tonight’s specials are Roast Beef or Fish & Chips. Please phone 519-3518733 or 519-351-5639 to place your order. Take Out Orders Only. Everyone Welcome.

• Friday night pickup supper at the Chatham Moose Lodge, 850 Richmond St will be a Breaded Pork Chop dinner with applesauce, potato, vegetable, salad and bun for $10. Please call daily at 519-352-8291 between 1 and 4 P.M to place an order Thursday, May 27: • Chatham-Kent Public Library (CKPL) will be hosting bestselling author, Sheena Kamal, for a virtual author talk at 7:00pm via Zoom. Sheena Kamal holds an HBA in Political Science from the University of Toronto.

She was awarded a TD Canada Trust scholarship for community leadership and activism around the issue of homelessness. She has also worked as a researcher on crime and investigative journalism for the film and television industry. Her debut novel, “The Lost Ones” was inspired by her experience. Please register to attend this free online author talk through Ask CKPL: By phone – 519.354.2940, By text – 519.401.7174, By email – cklibrary@chatham-kent.ca, By Facebook chat - @ckplibrary. To find out more about CK Reads programs and events, visit www.ckreads.ca.

Friday, May 28: • The Chatham Legion Br. 642, corner of William & Colborne St. Chatham will be taking orders after 12:00 p.m. for tonight’s supper. Tonight’s specials are Liver & Onions or Fish & Chips. Please phone 519351-8733 or 519-351-5639 to place your order. Take Out Orders Only. Everyone Welcome.

• Friday night pickup supper at the Chatham Moose Lodge, 850 Richmond St is Shepherd’s Pie with a garden salad and a bun for $10. Please call daily from 1 to 4 P.M at 519-352-8291 to place your order.

Saturday, May 29: • Saturday Morning Breakfast Program at First Presbyterian Church (corner of Fifth St. and Wellington).

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Obituary MERRITT, Mary (nee Rush)

Thank You A big thank you for all the blessings I received on my 90th birthday.

For the video my grand-daughter and daughter put together.

The many calls, those who stopped by, the music that played on the front lawn and the flowers and gifts.

With love, Ruth Ball

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Passed away on May 10, 2021. Reunited with her husband Clayton. She will be sadly missed by her sister Pat (late Edgar) Van Gassen, and brothers John (Lynda) Rush, and Joe (Mary Beth) Rush.

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