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THE CHATHAM VOICE
THURSDAY, JUNE 1, 2017
Life
RetroFest yields to yard work Thursday, June 1, 2017 • Open euchre and bingo at the Chatham Legion, William & Colborne St., Chatham. Open euchre at 1:00pm. Bingo starts at 7:00pm. Friday, June 2, 2017 • Flavours of Greece Supper at Community of Christ Church, 174 Faubert Dr., Chatham. Greek Souvlaki, Greek potatoes, salad and dessert made by our own Greek chef! Adults $10, Children under 10yrs $5. Call Dorothy 519-351-4245 or Pat 519-437-4344 for tickets. 5:00pm-7:00pm. • OEYC Dresden, LKCS, 231 St. George St. N. presents Summer Safety. Pool and sun safety and tick information. 10:00am-11:00am. No Registration. • Eben-Ezer School Choir will perform at Meadow Park, Sandy St., Chatham at 2:30pm. • Meal and fun darts at The Chatham Legion, William & Colborne St., Chatham. Dinner from 5:30pm-7:30pm. Lady Auxiliary Chicken & dumplings dinner. Limited to first 125 Dinners only. One meat draw. Saturday, June 3, 2017 • Open House - Chatham Masonic Temple. Breakfast from 8:00am-10:00am. $5.00/person. Tours of Masonic Temple from 8:00am2:00pm. Everyone is welcome. For more information call Dave Hewitson at 519-3581713. • 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 9:30am11:00am. Everyone is most welcome!
• Chatham Hope Haven Volunteer Training Days - Make a difference in your community. June 3 & 10. 9:00am-4:00pm at 183 Welling St. W. A police check is required. Attendance on both days required. Lunch is provided. Call the office to register 519-351-4010 or email chathamhopehaven@gmail.com. • 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 Unity. Monday, June 5, 2017 • The Chatham-Kent Film Group presents “Lion” at the Capitol Theatre at 4:00pm and 7:00pm. $10 cash at the door. Sign up for next season, $50 for 12 films. • Ernie Miller will entertain at Meadow Park, Sandy St., Chatham at 2:00pm. • Senior Euchre at The Chatham Legion, William & Colborne St., Chatham at 1:00pm. Tuesday, June 6, 2017 • Open euchre and open shuffleboard at The Chatham Legion, William & Colborne St., Chatham. Open euchre at 1:00pm and shuffleboard at 7:00pm.
Wednesday, June 7, 2017 • Patricia M. Productions monthly Luncheon Fashion Show at Glitters Fun Eater, 162 King St., Chatham.519-352-0820. 12:10pm1:00pm. Fashions by Goldcoast fashions and Lady Blackbird Boutique. Supporting Outreach for Hunger. • Pepper and fun darts at The Chatham Legion, William & Colborne St., Chatham. Pepper at 1:00pm and darts at 7:00pm. Thursday, June 8, 2017 • Join the Active Lifestyle Centre, 20 Merritt Ave. for a Father’s Day Steak BBQ luncheon and Car Show. $12/person. Everyone welocme. Call 519-352-5633 to reserve your seat. • Open euchre at The Chatham Legion, William & Colborne St., Chatham at 1:00pm. • OEYC Chatham, Queen Elizabeth II public school, 79 Eugenie St. Family Board Game Night! Come out for a night of food and fun. Exploring literacy and learning. For families with children 3-6 years old. 6:00pm-7:00pm. Register by calling 519-358-1451 x0. Friday, June 9 2017 • FREE PA Day program from 8:30am-3:30pm for ages 4-10 at First Reformed Church, corner of Lacroix and Indian Creek Road, Chatham. Featuring TJ Stables. Followed by crafts, music, stories, exercises and sports. Lunch and snacks are all provided at no cost. Please call 519-351-0046 for early registration. Space is limited. E-mail 1strefrm@ ciaccess.com. • St. Andrews United Church, South Buxton Broasted Chicken and Strawberry Social supper at Merlin Community Hall, 156 Aberdeen St., Merlin. 5:00pm-7:00pm. Advance tickets only - cost $20.00. Cut off date for tickets is June 4. Call 519-689-7767 or 519-689-4408. • Senior’s Month: Sing-a-long with MPP Rick Nicholls at 2:15pm at Meadow Park, Sandy St., Chatham. • Meal and fun darts at The Chatham Legion, William & Colborne St., Chatham. Dinner from 5:30pm-7:00pm with choice of meat loaf, roast beef or fish and chips for $9.00. One meat draw. Fun darts at 7:30pm. PAWR at the animal shelter phone number for lost and stray pets and issues at the dog parks: 226-996-9969 daytime. Emergency and after-hours number: 519-784-6146. Animal Cruelty and neglect cases call direct 310-7722 or 310-SPCA. Chatham-Kent Metal Detecting Club - Meets last Thursday of the month. 7:00pm. Kinsman Room. Erickson Arena, new members welcome! Submit your coming events to bruce@chathamvoice.com or michelle@chathamvoice.com
As thousands of local residents perused the hundreds of classic cars and other vehicles in downtown Chatham Saturday, I was off in my own little world. Admittedly, it felt weird not heading downtown to look at all the cool vintage rides. Bruce Corcoran Since Mary Beth took charge of RetroFest (check out her many progress. great photos), I was free to tackle And with Ontario pesticide and tasks around the yard. herbicide laws being what they That included a trip to the yard are, over-the-counter weed control and leaf depot – that place is aloptions are limited if you aren’t ways busy – and the purging of a a farmer, so that’s why I resort to pickup truck full of leaves that I’d the weed torch. A quick pass over placed on garden beds and had acthe leaves of an offending weed cumulated at the side of the house scorches away the oils of the plant over the winter. Oh, and there was essentially a full and boils the water in the plants’ cells causing them to burst. large garbage bag of maple keys – You don’t have to burn the weeds picked up over the past couple of weeks from our patios and paths in to a crisp, just heat the leaves until they lose their shine. At times, exthe backyard. Yeah, a garbage bag. posure can be as little as a 10th of a And it was pretty heavy. second. Dandelions and established Once you get the leaves out of the weeds can take a little more heat way – and I’m honestly not quite done yet – you can go to war on the to kill, or could require multiple singings. weeds. This wet spring has been I was already on round two of my terrible in terms of weeds around weed torching on Saturday, having our place. I broke out the flamedone the first round a couple of thrower. I even had a do rag on to weeks earlier. I still have more yard complete the action hero look. to do as well. That’s what I pictured my look Another use for the weed as anyway – a tough guy with a Municipalitygreat of Chatham-Kent is the of the Big Infrastructure andlighting Engineering Services bandanna tied on his head sporting torch Civic Centre, P.O.in Boxour 640, Chatham, Ontario, N7M-5K8 Green Egg backyard. I hit some heavy-duty firepower. Telephone (519) 360-1998 Fax (519) 436-3240 about four spots in the charcoal And then there’s the actual imagwith heat for about 10 seconds at ery – a fat middle-aged guy with a a time, and give them a couple of weed torch wandering around PUBLIC the INFORMATION CENTRE extra shots of heat and the barbecue yard. Yep, that’s me.RICHMOND STREET ROAD WIDENING T17-164: AND REHABILITATION is lit. With a weed torch, the job takes Continued page 17 The contract for the Richmond Street Road Street to on Keil Drive) time, but you can certainly seeWidening your and Rehabilitation (from Bloomfield has been awarded to Clarke Construction Inc. It is anticipated that construction will start mid June, 2017 and the majority of the work will be completed by October. As part of the project, the following work will be completed:
Municipality of Chatham-Kent
Removal and replacement of existing roadway Infrastructure and Engineering Services Addition of curb and gutter Civic Centre, P.O. Box 640, Chatham, Ontario, N7M-5K8 Driveway and boulevard restoration Traffic signal and intersection improvementsTelephone (519) 360-1998 Fax (519) 436-3240
Information for the Public Information Center is as follows: Date: Tuesday JunePUBLIC 6, 2017 INFORMATION CENTRE Time: 4:30pmRICHMOND to 6:30pm (drop-in/open house format)AND REHABILITATION T17-164: STREET ROAD WIDENING Location: Chatham-Kent John D. Bradley Convention Centre, Meeting Room #3 565 Richmond Street, Chatham ON The contract for the Richmond Street Road Widening and Rehabilitation (from Bloomfield Street to Keil Drive) There is an opportunity at anyConstruction time during Inc. this It Public Information for interested to review has been awarded to Clarke is anticipated thatCenter construction will startpersons mid June, 2017 and the outstanding issues concernsby to October. the attention of the project team. from Municipality majority of the workand will bring be completed As part of the project, theRepresentatives following work will bethe completed: of Chatham-Kent will be available to review the display boards and respond to any questions. Area residents, Removal and replacement of existing roadway property owners, business operators and those who may have a general interest in this project are encouraged Addition of curb and gutter to attend this meeting. Driveway and boulevard restoration Trafficwill signal and in intersection improvements Information collected be used accordance with the Freedom of Information and Protection Privacy Act. With the exception of personal information, all comments will become part of the public record. Information for the Public Information Center is as follows: For further information, please contact: Date: Tuesday June 6, 2017 Time: P.Eng.4:30pm to 6:30pm (drop-in/open house format) Chris Thibert, Brendan Falkner Location: Chatham-Kent John D. Bradley Convention Centre, Meeting Room #3 Manager Engineering Technologist 565 Richmond Street, Chatham ON Engineering and Transportation Engineering and Transportation Municipality of Chatham-Kent Municipality of Chatham-Kent There is an opportunity Informationext. Center 519-360-1998 ext. 3941at any time during this Public 519-360-1998 3339for interested persons to review outstanding issues and bring concerns to the attention of the project team. Representatives from the Municipality chris.thibert@chatham-kent.ca brendan.falkner@chatham-kent.ca of Chatham-Kent will be available to review the display boards and respond to any questions. Area residents, property owners, business operators and those who may have a general interest in this project are encouraged to attend this meeting. Information collected will be used in accordance with the Freedom of Information and Protection Privacy Act. With the exception of personal information, all comments will become part of the public record. For further information, please contact: Chris Thibert, P.Eng. Manager Engineering and Transportation Municipality of Chatham-Kent 519-360-1998 ext. 3941 chris.thibert@chatham-kent.ca
Brendan Falkner Engineering Technologist Engineering and Transportation Municipality of Chatham-Kent 519-360-1998 ext. 3339 brendan.falkner@chatham-kent.ca
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