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Less than a week after Chatham-Kent Health Alliance officials told the media to “stay tuned,” the province announced approval for the formation of a C-K Ontario Health Team.

Five days after Lori Marshall, president and CEO of the CKHA and co-chair

With wait times for affordable housing in Chatham-Kent measured in years, the crisis has put increased pressure on the municipality to come up with a workable strategy sooner rather than later.

In a recent report to council on the rentgeared-to-income centralized wait list (RGI CWL), Housing Director Shelley

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of the C-K OHT proposal, said those words, local MPPs Rick Nicholls and Monte McNaughton made an announcement.

They met with health organizations on Saturday morning at the Chatham-Kent Family Health Team’s offices on Emma Street in Chatham to make the announcement.

The C-K OHT is one of the first 24 teams in the

province to implement a new model of organizing and delivering health care.

Provincial officials said this model better connects patients and providers in their communities to improve patient outcomes.

Through an OHT, officials said patients will experience easier transitions from one provider to another, including, for example, between hospitals and

home-care providers, with one patient story, record and care plan.

“This is an exciting time for health care in Ontario as we finally break down the long-standing barriers that have prevented care providers from working directly with each other to support patients throughout their health-care journey.”

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Wilkins explained that as of Oct. 31, there were 953 households waiting for a vacancy, a number that has increased drastically since 2017.

Wilkins said the wait times for one-bedroom units makes up the majority of applicants; 692 people, with an average wait time range from 4.7 years in Wallaceburg to 3.6 years in Chatham for people aged 16 to 59.

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C-K approved for OHT Continued from page 1

This from Christine Elliott, Deputy Premier and Minister of Health, via a media release.

“Together with our healthcare partners, the C-K OHT will play an essential role in delivering on our commitment to end hallway health care and building a connected and sustainable public health care system centred around the needs of patients.”

Patient advisor Judy Gragtmans, who also co-chaired the C-K OHT proposal, said she was happy to see the inclusion of the views from the patients’ perspectives throughout the process.

“Patient advisors have been included in this journey right from the beginning, and by the time we submitted the C-K OHT application, more than two dozen patient advisors had contributed invaluable input based on their individual experiences with the health care system,” she said. “There is no doubt in my mind the C-K OHT partners will remain committed to including the patient, family and caregiver voice moving forward, ensuring an improved local health care system for everyone.”

Marshall said receiving approval is the payoff for months of hard work from a wealth of

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There are 15 signatory organizations involved in the C-K OHT at this point, she said, with more set to come on board as the OHT evolves.

“I would say that because of the deep and broad level of co-operation in Chatham-Kent, we were pretty confident that the plan we put forward is both achievable and was something the ministry would be interested in supporting,” Marshall said.

At this stage, the C-K OHT is focused on adults aged 55 and older who have some level of chronic disease, Marshall said.

“That’s about 11,000 people out of our population of 105,000,” she said. “The signatories do all help part of that population.

We all continue to provide all of the care we do now and then working together, we will focus on that group in Year One.” As the scope of the C-K OHT expands, so too will the number of people supported by its programs. Marshall said in Year Two, everyone aged 55 and over will fall under its scope in terms of health care and services.

The scope expands to encompass all adults a year later, and then it will incorporate the youth after that.

“I’d say the major piece about the OHT is to look

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Chatham-Kent received approval on Saturday for an Ontario Health Team, which will link health-care delivery organizations.

for better ways to connect people across the health-care system,” Marshall said. “It’s about faster access to needed care and getting the right care.”

Marshall said while C-K has its OHT approval, that doesn’t mean there is a designation as of yet under the People’s Health Care Act. “It’s the go ahead to start working on that Year One plan.

The next step is April 1 when we will come together to do that,” she explained.

Marshall stressed the OHT will not replace the Erie-St. Clair Local Health Integration Network (LHIN).

“Currently, the LHINs are still in place. They just have a different reporting structure and have gone into more of a regional type network,” she said.

Instead, the C-K OHT allows

the participating health-care organizations to concentrate on what’s best for local health care.

“The health team gives us the ability to really focus at a local level and what the needs of the population here are,” Marshall said. “It’s significant that the government has encouraged communities to come together and design what makes sense for themselves versus dictating a model. That has inspired a level of excitement that is going to help us be successful.”

As for the LHINs, Marshall said for now they will still be responsible for home and community care. Over the course of the five-year plan for the OHT, Marshall expects the province will develop policy on how such care will continue in the future.

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Wait times in the years, not months

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For seniors in the 60-64 age range, the wait time for one-bedroom units is the longest at 6.1 years on average.

“The thing that we’ve noticed is the big change that’s happened since 2017 with the drastic drop in the vacancy rates.

We noticed the rents trending upward fairly quickly and the vacancy rates drop significantly from 2017 onwards,” Wilkins noted. “I think those two things combined to increase the pressure on the municipality to try and address affordable housing for low-income households.”

Chatham-Kent has a total of 1,592 social housing units, with 1,365 rent-geared-to-income and 126 targeted for market renters. Not surprising, Wilkins said, Chatham has, by far, the greatest number of applicants for all unit sizes, and frustration and stress due to wait times for an offer of housing is a reality.

“In terms of what can be done, the municipality is tackling it to the best of their ability with the resources that we do have, so through the devolution of social housing that happened back in 1998, municipalities were downloaded the responsibility for social housing,” Wilkins noted.

She said the majority of funding for the province is federal funding for social housing, and over time, that funding drops to zero. The Federal Housing Strategy was released in 2017 and is a 10-year plan. The province took a year to come to a bilateral agreement with the federal government on implementation, leaving nine years left.

“In the first three years of the program, there is not as much funding as we used to get, under the Investment in Affordable Housing Program, but we are advised in the second term – the next three years – the fund-

ing will significantly increase,” Wilkins said.

Right now, Wilkins noted, C-K is in the first three years of it, so the funding does not look great for the municipality. While this is happening, she explained, the municipality is on the downward slope of losing federal funding so council has been proactive since 2018, establishing a base budget for affordable housing at $500,000, and then increased it to $800,000 last year.

“We’re hoping to see them add to that again in 2020. I also have a request into them for significantly increasing the funding for Portable Housing Benefits (PHB),” the director said.

PHB follows the person, instead of being attached to a housing unit, to allow more access to applicants to an affordable rental unit. Wilkins said it is different from RGI subsidy, which is place-based and is calculated based solely on income, going up and down depending on income level. The PHB differs, she said, because it is an allowance program with flat rates.

“You’re either at the individual/couple rate or you’re at the family rate. If your income goes up to make you ineligible, that’s one thing, but you get a little more as you need a little bit more or a little bit less as

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A federal/provincial affordable housing project in underway in Chatham on Michener Road, which will add more housing units to the municipality, but is only a drop in the bucket compared to the need of almost 1,000 residents on the waiting list.

you need a little bit less,” she added. “It’s a little less administrative work and it does stay with the person or family, so they are free to move wherever they want and the money goes directly to them.”

The PHB program numbers are not included in the CWL re-

port, she noted. It also gives the recipient privacy as the landlord doesn’t know he or she is receiving assistance with rent costs.

Wilkins said her request to council is to add another 63 units of portable housing. She said when they looked at the

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Chatham Goodfellows report this year’s Porchlight campaign saw donations dip by about $600 compared to 2018.

Overall, the Dec. 2 evening blitz by more than 560 volunteers through neighbourhoods in Chatham yielded more than 100 boxes of donated non-perishable food, enough new toys to fill 70 boxes, and more than $43,900 in monetary donations.

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The quest for housing

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“I think that is understandable given that the vacancy rate is so low and rents in their price range aren’t available.”

“The other thing is that rent has gone up significantly in the last five years, so if anyone has been in social housing, it is very compact and modest in terms of amenities and size. They are relatively small units, so if you have made an increase in your income, most people would opt to find other housing if they could afford something a little larger, but the difficulty is finding something still in their price range,” Wilkins explained. “Under the Residential Tenancies Act, there is nothing in there that allows us to ask or require people to move out of social housing when they no

longer need RGI assistance so they are free to stay as market renters, but we need to replace those units, so that’s why I’m asking council to increase our portable housing units.”

The director said it’s a good start with PHB, but “with close to 1,000 people on our waiting list, (63 units) is just a drop in the bucket, I recognize that for the people that have to wait in excess of years. It’s very tough for people to make ends meet until they’re provided that additional help with their rent, whether it’s being housed in social housing or receiving assistance with their rent.”

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There have been affordable units lost in the municipality to condo conversions and she said multi-residential construction hasn’t kept pace with the need, especially at the low end of the market.

“The only affordable housing that’s been built since social housing stopped being built in the ’90s is the housing that the municipality has entered into contribution agreements with and provided federal/provincial funding to, and in more recent years, municipal funding,” Wilkins noted.

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Unaffordable problem Not all problems can be solved by throwing money at them, but the current affordable housing crisis in Chatham-Kent would benefit from an influx of cash, be it from private developers or in the form of public tax dollars – or both.

With the downloading of social housing to municipalities, followed by cuts to municipal funding and capital funding initiatives, it is becoming increasingly difficult for people surviving on a low income to find a place to live. The wait times in Chatham-Kent are being measured in years, and with that comes people who are frustrated and desperate.

Municipal Housing Director Shelley Wilkins knows that all the measures being taken currently are only a drop in the bucket – Portable Housing Benefit to follow a person instead of tied to a unit, federal/provincial funding partnerships to build new affordable housing units – but until the vacancy rate increases and rents decrease, we are still in a crisis.

Coming to council in the new year will be a report on new measures that can be taken to encourage developers to build more multi-residential units, and if council approved the Community Land Trust project to build 30 small, affordable homes on Taylor Avenue in Chatham, it is a step in the right direction.

Wilkins has heard the heart-breaking stories from people who just want a safe place to live that they can afford, and she is asking council for 63 more Portable Housing Benefit allowances to help until the National Housing Strategy funding kicks in more dollars, and more rental units are available.

In the meantime, people in dire straits are making more use of area food banks, church giving programs, and charitable groups such as the Goodfellows to make ends meet each month.

It will take a co-ordinated effort and yes, more money, to address the problem, and when you are in crisis, other wants need to be put on the back burner. For instance, what good is a $65-million arena complex when we have people living on the streets? People in desperate need should be the priority for limited municipal funding, unless the arena can double as a shelter for the poor and low-income people in our community…

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Standing up for the individuals Sir: In response to the article in The Chatham Voice on Nov. 21, “CPP to purchase turbine company,” I wonder how many taxpayers have looked at this current of events under a microscope.

Personally, it raises red flags that may be observed as being equivalent to a spouse living in an abusive relationship.

The actions taken by the provincial Minister of the Attorney General, withdrawing Environmental Protection Act charges against Pattern Energy, two other wind farm companies, as well as the Minister and Ministry of the Environment creates a new level of the use of power and control. With these actions being followed up by the CPPIB, who are said to be arm’s length from government, purchasing Pattern Energy; I would have to agree with local resident, Christine Burke that more questions come to the surface. Big deals like this do not occur overnight.

The actions of the provincial Minister of the Attorney General to withdraw charges not only smells fishy, or the smell of sulphur, and it doesn’t smell as sweet as the smell of BS. It smells

of corporate ties to government and bureaucratic greed resulting in another story of the battle between David and Goliath.

At one end of the spectrum, there are the local residents dealing with a real problem with their drinking water compromised.

In the middle of the spectrum sit the large corporations that are protected and given green lights regardless of the havoc they cause.

At the other end of the spectrum, we have representatives from various branches of government feeding/condoning the havoc that large corporations generate while small locales are ignored, stepped on and left to feel helpless.

Is this what they call democracy? This vicious circle seems to be occurring all over the world.

In the Maritimes, it is the pulp and paper industry creating environmental destruction and polluting drinking water in small and First Nations communities, which was brought to my attention when I went to Windsor’s International Film Festival to see the Canadian documenta-

ry film, “There’s Something in the Water.” What an eye opener.

These large corporations use every trick in the book to prevent right action.

Rather than becoming the change that would rectify the destruction they have bestowed on an area, they are granted extensions by the courts, which allow them to continue their dirty deed while residents suffer. This attitude/practice puts money above people, with no end in sight.

It seems that citizens who are not affected by these destructive acts need to get involved. It’s about cause and effect.

Let’s view it this way... if one neighbour kills another neighbour, the result of that one person’s actions reverberates through the community and beyond; just like the ripples of a stone thrown into sleeping water.

Citizens of this wondrous world need to get involved; and start asking questions, be investigative journalists, and start asking questions concerning our political system, Goliath raping environments and squashing innocent civilians to satisfy their

addiction to greed.

Regarding the wind turbines, I am curious who will pay to dismantle them when the time comes. The cement foundations will outlive the ruins of Rome.

On a positive note, people around the world are waking up and challenging the state of affairs that has become the status quo. Astute individuals are noticing the uprising in South American countries, India, Africa, Indonesia, and Hong Kong, just to name a few.

If conscientious citizens don’t take a stand by writing letters, taking to the streets or by voicing their concerns in all four directions...inappropriate actions that caused the removal of Jody Wilson-Raybould, the elimination of sectors of the boreal forests near the tar sands, the deforestation of the Amazon, etc., etc.; we will be left with a world of destruction and corporations that will continue to dictate the landscape of our lives.

I thank The Chatham Voice for the opportunity to share my views while we still have freedom of the press.

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AgMedica Bioscience has filed for protection under the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act.

Chatham-Kent-based AgMedica is in a cash crunch.

Earlier this month, the medical marijuana growing company sought and was granted protection under the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act, according to court documents.

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Court documents state a key purpose of the effort for CCAA protection is to “obtain a stay of proceedings to allow them (AgMedica) an opportunity to restructure their business and affairs.”

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Housing under funding crunch

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“We have a report that will go to council in the New Year that will include a number of recommendations on how we could try to encourage the development of more affordable housing. I’m hoping that is going to make a big difference.”

Through the National Housing Strategy, there is a program called Co-Investment Funding that does provide options to potential developers as well, administered by Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC).

She said it is not as simple and straightforward as the funding the municipality can

provide through federal/provincial funding. They have a bit more flexibility in what they do, Wilkins noted, but makes it a bit more “gray” for the applicants.

“CMHC does provide seed funding which is really significant help for potential developers to do the pre-development work so that they don’t have to bear all those costs alone, and if the project doesn’t proceed, they don’t have to pay it back,” she said.

Getting the proper zoning for the projects is a big part of the process as well for multi-residential units. Some people are opposed to affordable hous-

ing in their neighbourhood and while they acknowledge it is needed, they don’t want it in their backyard.

“We have some beautiful affordable housing projects that there is just no reason for that fear,” Wilkins said.

There are a couple projects in Chatham that are in the works to add units, such as the one on St. Clair Street and another on Michener Road.

A Service Level Standards Action Plan is coming to council Wilkins said at council’s direction, to further address the affordable housing crisis and what further incentives can be taken.

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Star power for local audio theatre company

they are known for in the audio industry, or if they would opt for a single narrator for It’s only fitting that Megan an audio book.

“That’s when the wheels Follows, the “Anne” of Anne of Green Gables, lends her started churning and I spoke voice to Voices In The Wind’s with my cohorts,” Farquhar said. “So we settled on an latest production.

The Chatham-Kent-based audio adaptation with backaudio theatre production ground music and effects. company opted to create an Who could we get to voice audiobook of Emily of New it? Who else but Megan FolMoon, by author Lucy Maud lows?”

Blackstone Publishing, VoicMontgomery, who penned es’ publishing group, liked Anne of Green Gables. the idea of F o l l o w s starred in the “I’m very excited to be doing the audiobook and TV mini-series working with Megan.

Farquhar said of that book, This takes everything he approached and of several to the next level.” a casting orthat followed. ganization in David Farqu- - Voices’ David Farquhar Montreal that har, the creator of Voices In The Wind, said helped work out a contract seeking Follows for the read- with Follows’ agent.

“Getting someone with the ing just made sense.

“This is something. I re- stature and talent of Megan member watching her in the is the reward for all that hard original Anne of Green Ga- work,” he said.

While he works from Chables. To think we were able to get her is really incredible,” tham, finding a spot for he said. “I’m very excited to Follows to do the reading be working with Megan. This wasn’t a simple process, as takes everything to the next she now lives in Los Angelevel. And I’m just doing it les. Farquhar said he started right here in Chatham-Kent.” with Blackstone, who in turn The award-winning Follows connected him with Amy Ruhas worked with the likes of binate, who runs Mosaic AuKirk Douglas, Colleen De- dio in Van Nuys, Calif.

“I asked if whurst and Jawe needed to son Robards.

“So we settled on an find a studio Farquhar said audio adaptation with in Los Angeles the past three months have background music and and Blackstone was able to get been busy as effects. Who could we me through to he’s worked to get to voice it? Who Amy. It turns set everything else but Megan Folout one of her up for this prolows.” favourite books duction.

- Voices’ David Farquhar growing up It all began by was Emily of accident.

“I was on the Internet one New Moon.”

Farquhar said Rubinate’s night. Basically the site I was on was showing me what studio works with a variety was coming into the public of actors in the L.A. area and domain. I saw Emily of New she now looks forward to Moon was coming. And I working with Follows.

Farquhar said based on thought this would be very Follows’ availability, it apinteresting,” he said.

Initially, he wasn’t sure if pears the recordings will take Voices would proceed with place in March or April and the production as a full-cast the release is scheduled for audio theatre, something the middle of the summer of

By Bruce Corcoran bruce@chathamvoice.com

2020.

If all goes well with this audiobook, Farquhar said he foresees working with Follows in the future.

“I also have it set up in the contract where Megan has first right of refusal of the other two books in the series,” Farquhar said. “I think we’ll get some fairly good traction with Lucy Maud Montgomery’s name and with Megan being the narrator.”

Connecting with Rubinate and Mosaic Audio has worked out well, Farquhar said.

“She’s looking forward to working with us. She has all these great talented people if we ever want to do anything further,” he said.

Down the road, Farquhar said he is exploring is a fullcast audio theatre performance of Anne of Green Gables.

“We’re thinking we may take a look at doing that. Of course, we’d go back to Megan to have her be the part of Anne,” he said. “Amy said she has people who would love to work on that too. That is pretty cool.”

And it all has happened with Voices centred in Chatham.

Farquhar stressed with technology today, the location of a home base for a business such as his is entirely up to the owner. You aren’t stuck in a large city if you don’t want to be.

“I work with the folks in Toronto and I don’t have to live there,” he said. “Anybody who says you have to go to Toronto to get things done, that’s not necessarily the case anymore. There are some people outside of Toronto who do some pretty good work.”

And that includes Voices.

“It’s affirming to know that agencies in Toronto are now willing to work with Voices In The Wind Audio Theatre.

It’s a testament to the quality of work we’re doing,” Farquhar said.

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Award-winning actress and the face of Anne of Green Gables, Megan Follows, has signed on to narrate Voices In The Wind Audio Theatre’s audio adaptation of another Lucy Maud Montgomery classic, Emily of New Moon.

Straight Talk with Jacob Rowe “Your wishes. Your way.”

In my childhood, Christmas Eve was always met with excitement, opening one present before dashing off to bed, and sitting through a staunch, small town Presbyterian Church Service complete with carols and candlelight. Being in an eerily quiet Pizza Pizza, having just left the hospital alongside my mom, dad, and little brother, was surreal.

10 years ago I was a college student, studying to be a Funeral Director. Late December found me home for the holidays, family festivities, mom’s cooking, and a little respite following finals. As an 18-year-old confined to a dorm room in Toronto the pizza was all too familiar, but the reason for being there in that moment was all wrong – raw and tough.

My grandpa had just died. Ken Stevenson was the meticulous type – manicuring lawns void of dandelions and gardens splashed with annuals, caught driving nothing but a GM, tending to tropical fish in his aquarium (that kept the living room interesting when the news was on TV), and being doted on by my grandma.

Those were the memories which all came flooding back shortly after five o’clock that night.

Living in a small town, the sounds of Christmas and Boxing Day were broken by knocks at our farmhouse door – crockpots, cards, sweets, and “sorry for your loss.” Since then December has always had a pall of sadness that pops up for many in my family when shopping at the mall, stringing Christmas lights, or sitting about the table.

Grief is normal, and if I can dare say it – a gift. We as human beings are wired to hurt and heal all in our own time for our own benefit. The holidays can heighten all those emotions and help us appreciate, all over again, the PRESENT of someone’s PRESENCE. Here we are now in 2019. My grandma moved to a nursing home just last November.

Alzheimer’s means her memory is often fleeting and there are days when the flowers on her comforter are just as vibrant, lush, and real as my grandpa’s garden of annuals. On a visit just a week or so ago she mentioned missing him by name, wanting to see him again. I have to believe the garland in the halls and Christmas bazaar in the common-area had something to do with his coming to mind.

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Sports/Life

C-K swimmer commits to USC Sasseville still a year away from signing

By Bruce Corcoran bruce@chathamvoice.com

Chatham’s Genevieve Sasseville has enjoyed a great deal of success in the pool over the years, and she is still building on it.

This month, she’ll be in Japan as part of the Team Ontario tour team, and in 2021 her plan is to attend the University of Southern California (USC) on full scholarship.

Sasseville recently verbally pledged to USC and should sign a commitment letter next fall.

She is a World Juniors medalist, Canadian Senior Nationals medalist, Canadian Junior

National swimming champion and Ontario Provincial champion, specializing in the butterfly and freestyle events.

It’s been a long, wet road for Sasseville, who has been a Chatham Pool Shark for the past 11 years. She now spends most of her time in Toronto – she has since last year – training and completing her high school education. She trains with the Ontario Swim Academy under Don Burton, but credits local coaches Kyle Pinsonnault, Dave Desmarais, and Reg Johnson in being instrumental in her early swimming career.

Competitive swimmers have to deal with early mornings, as

many are in the pool by 6 a.m., and back at it after school for additional training.

Sasseville said the commitment can take its toll.

“You just realize you are in it or you are not. If you are not enjoying it and not seeing yourself doing anything with it (swimming), you won’t get up and go to the pool,” she said.

“I still enjoy it. It has taken me lots of places and I hope it takes me to even more.”

Sasseville admitted that sunny southern California is an enticing location for the next chapter in her education and her swimming life.

“Once I got on campus, it felt right. I watched practice and how they coach,” she said. “They are very race specific. I also felt they were easy to communicate with. The program sounded like the right fit for me.”

Head coach Dave Salo has also coached NCAA champions, she added.

When she attends USC, Sasseville also looks forward to the academics side of post-secondary life. She’s not yet certain what career path she will take, but has an

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interest in math and sciences, and said perhaps she’ll seek a career in sports medicine.

But USC is a long way from the pool at the Chatham YMCA; a long distance from friends and family. Sasseville thinks her time in Toronto is preparing her for when she will be in Cal-

ifornia.

“Right now, I do find it tough to be away from home. I’m very close with my family and I miss my friends when I am away,” she said. “But having been in Toronto for two years I think will help get me ready for that. It will still be worth it.”

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13119 LONGWOODS, THAMESVILLE • $279,900 2 separate comm buildings, 1 with retail & office, the other for auto body building repair & detailing.

Call Brian Peifer 519-436-2669.

S 112 ST GEORGE $84,000

Commercial building lot with many permitted uses. Call Darren 226-627-8580.

242 PETER S, BOTHWELL • $179,000

Charming 3br, 1.5 storey home with some updates on a huge lot.

Call Jackie 519-436-9030.

D L O

487 ST CLAIR $299,900

3br rancher with steel roof on a huge double lot.

Call Eric 519-436-4865.

63 MCNAUGHTON, WALLACEBURG • $679,900 Car wash business, building and land! A business that offers good return. Call Lisa 519-365-7325.

New Listing

Offer Pending 46 ENGLISH, BLENHEIM $229,900 3br rancher with some updates & large heated garage/shop.

Call Eric 519-436-4865.

10534 LONGWOODS, LOUISVILLE • $850,000

Outstanding 1 of a kind 3+1br, 3.5 bath brick ranch on a 3.4 ac riverfront property. Call Deb 519-401-5470.

D L SO

New Listing 237 QUEEN, WALL. $239,900

2, two br units. Great investment duplex on a double lot.

Call Chris 519-350-1402.

110 MERCER $249,900

3br, 1.5 bath brick rancher with some updates. Call Eric 519-436-4865.

Offer Pending V/L FRONT LINE, BLENHEIM • $79,900

Country living awaits! 1.38 ac residential building lot on a paved road. Call Kristen 519-784-7653.

8 CHESTNUT, RIDGETOWN • $249,900

Spacious 2 storey century home with some updates. Call Elliot 519358-8755 or Penny 519-360-0315.

550 ROSS, ERIEAU $149,990

Great opportunity to own this cottage in Erieau.

Being sold “as is” “where is”.

Call Jackie 519-436-9030.

785 ST CLAIR LEASE $14.95/MTH + $13.50/MTH

Comm building for lease. Approx 5,000 sq ft on each floor, total 10,000 sq ft. Call Steve 519-3559774 or Brian Peifer 519-436-2669.

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Darren Hart* 226-627-8580

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36 ALLEN $209,900

Adorable & affordable 2br brick ranch, tastefully decorated and move-in ready. Call Eric 519-436-4865.

40 CENTRE $9 / SQ FT / MTH Executive office building for lease in central downtown.

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LAST ONE 284 HORIZON LANE $419,000

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News

Home sales stay hot in November The Chatham Voice

The cold weather may be upon us, but home sales remain sizzling locally.

In November, 99 units sold, according to the Chatham-Kent Association of Realtors. That’s up more

than 11 per cent from November 2018.

Through the first 11 months of the year, 1,271 homes changed hands in the municipality, up more than five percent for the same time a year ago.

Steve Carroll, president

of the association said supply is still lagging far behind demand, however.

“Home sales marked a third-straight solid showing in November despite the supply of listings available for sales having now fallen below the 200

mark,” he said in a media release. “Unprecedented market tightness is pushing prices higher, with the average sale price set to post a third-consecutive double-digit annual gain this year.”

The average price of

homes sold in November 2019 was $243,721, edging up 1.1 per cent from November 2018.

The more comprehensive year-to-date average price was $250,650, climbing in excess of 17 per cent from the first 11 months of 2018.

There were 115 new residential listings in November 2019. This was up 5.5 per cent (six listings) on a year-over-year basis.

But active residential listings numbered 190 units at the end of November, a 14 per cent decrease.

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Life/Arts

Planet Fitness opens, donates

“TURBO the Elf” INVITED HIS FAVOURITE SINGER SONJA GUSTAFSON FOR SOME CHRISTMAS MUSIC

Sonja will be at Ten Seven on Friday, December 13th

Tickets $20 in advance, $25 at the door Doors open at 7pm, show starts at 8pm!

Lunch with Santa Saturday, December 14 & 21, 11am-2pm $15 +tax (includes buffet for 1 adult and 1 child, each additional child is $5) Portion of proceeds go to Chatham Goodfellows

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Adam Willaeys, CEO of Impact Fitness, a Planet Fitness franchisee, presents Big Brothers Big Sisters of Chatham-Kent with a cheque for $5,000 at their Grand Opening of the new Grand Avenue West location recently. Willaeys says Chatham has welcomed the gym with open arms and is excited to offer a judgment-free zone and message of inclusion to their members.

‘A Christmas Spectatular’

Christmas,” to inspirational songs such as Leonard CoThis Christmas season, join hen’s “Hallelujah” and John us as we celebrate the won- Lennon’s “Imagine,” derful world of Christmas After producing shows with “A Christmas such as “The Elvis Spectacular” led Concert,” “Legends by showman Pete Show” and “Let’s Paquette and guests Rock ’n’ Roll,” CanKay Oh Chay and ada’s own Pete The Tonettes.

Paquette, with his They perform at band “The Rockin’ the Chatham Capitol Royals” will set the Theatre Dec. 21. stage with energy, Enjoy and sing charisma, and along to more than passion.

30 Christmas carols Pete Paquette Kay Oh Chay and songs of inspiis an award ration. From Andy Williams’ winning singer/songclassic “It’s The Most Won- writer who has been derful Time of The Year,” winning crowds inBing Crosby’s “White Christ- ternationally whether mas,” Elvis Presley’s “Blue solo, with her band The Chatham Voice

Christmas show on the move The Chatham Voice

The annual St. Andrew’s United Church Christmas concert with the theme Merry Christmas Chatham has had to be relocated to the Chatham Capitol Theatre this year.

It will be presented on Dec. 15 at 7 p.m.

This change is necessary as a result of the restoration work underway on the St. Andrew’s structure.

The program, under the leadership of Devon Han-

sen, the Director of Music at St. Andrew’s, is part of the Saturdays at 7 at St. Andrew’s series.

The Capitol Theatre will provide a particularly special setting for the concert.

Doors open 30 minutes before. All are welcome.

A freewill offering will be taken on entrance to the theatre with a suggested donation of $15.

For further information, contact St. Andrew’s at 519-352-0010, or visit standrewschatham.org.

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4. In the song White Christmas, what did children listen for?

5. What does Alvin want for Christmas in The Chipmunk Song?

6. Santa has a famous snack that children leave out on Christmas Eve. What is it?

7. Santa has a “Naughty and Nice” list. How many times does he check it?

8. At Christmas, it is customary to exchange kisses beneath a sprig of which plant?

9. In the song Winter Wonderland, who do we pretend the snowman is?

10. What do Janice and Jen want for Christmas in the song It’s Beginning to Look A Lot like Christmas?

11. In the popular Christmas song, who was seen kissing Santa Claus under the mistletoe last night?

12. How many presents would you receive, in total, if you received all the gifts in the song The Twelve Days of Christmas?

13. One foggy Christmas Eve, Santa needed help guiding his sleigh through the stormy night. Who did he ask for help?

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Drinking responsibly over the holidays: WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW Car crashes are more common on Christmas and New Year’s Eve than at any other time during the winter. Here are a few reminders that’ll help you celebrate the holidays safely.

Driving under the influence of drugs and alcohol is risky but getting behind the wheel while tired or distracted can also cause road accidents.

The Canadian Automobile Association reports that driver inattention is responsible for nearly 4 million crashes in North America every year.

DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE IS RISKY The dangers of driving while impaired are well known. According to Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD), over half of the fatal crashes that occur every year involve drivers who test positive for drugs or alcohol. Cannabis is detected roughly half the time that drugs are involved.

Whenever you get behind the wheel, you’re responsible for the safety of the passengers in your vehicle. You’re also obligated to those you share the road with. Though driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol may seem like a small

matter, by doing so you’re in fact risking many lives. Waiting for a cab or spending the night on a friend’s couch may seem inconvenient, but it’s a small price to pay to ensure everyone’s safety, your own included.

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Life

Remembering Chatham’s Ed Koke Chatham lost a really decent fellow recently in Ed Koke, one of the founders of Maple City Business Solutions.

He passed away at the hospice, surrounded by family.

Ed and brother Keith started a business, Maple City Typewriter, back in 1960, from out of a garage. They expanded into cash registers, adding machines, furniture and supplies.

In the 1970s, they became a distributor for Canon photocopy machines and quickly followed suit with fax machines.

The late 1980s saw the birth of MicroAge Computers. They have since expanded from a computer sales group to an integral IT firm for many a local business.

Today, Ed and Keith’s “garage company” has offices in Windsor and Sarnia.

We do business with MC Business Solutions and MicroAge; we have since Day One at The Voice.

People such as Ed and Keith Koke and Wally Romansky believe in supporting the community in which they reside and work. From charity groups, schools and service clubs, these gentlemen are involved with vested interests.

Great haul for Goodfellows

Bruce Corcoran These are the types of people we like to be involved with in terms of working relationships.

Buy local, shop local, support local, live local.

Why? Apart from the top-notch support we’ve received from staff at MicroAge and MC Business Solutions over the years, it’s because of people such as Ed. When we were set to move our office to our current Sass Road location from our former spot on Dover Street, I was ready to rent a cube van. Ed and I crossed paths at a public event and he immediately volunteered his personnel to move our printer/ copier, and said there was no need to us to rent a vehicle.

He loaned us one of his for the day.

That’s the kind of guy Ed was. You need something? Done. Got a problem? Fixed.

The loss of Ed Koke leaves a void in Chatham-Kent. He will be missed by many.

The Chatham Goodfellows’ toy packing takes place this week. In fact, it’s likely well underway or even over by the time you read this. They are that organized.

On Friday, we sent Goodfellows head honcho Tim Haskell on his way with an SUV full of toys.

Each year, we volunteer to serve as a drop-off lo-

cation for toys for Goodfellows. As of Thursday morning, I feared we would only have a few toys to offer up to them this year, but the good folks at Entegrus held an internal collection, and two staffers, Beth and Mike, popped by with a whack of toys.

I returned to the office early in the afternoon to see the big Goodfellows box full, and there were toys stacked all around it.

I e-mailed the Goodfel-

lows’ Tim Mifflin to say we had a great donation waiting for them. Just as I hit “Send,” in walked a kindly couple to drop off nine more shopping bags full of toys.

I had to update Mifflin with the good news and he in turn notified Haskell, who was all smiles Friday as he stopped by to take the toys to the packing location on Leeson Drive.

Thanks to everyone who donated this year!

Finn, the hunter

Picture three teenaged girls doing homework around our kitchen table one evening. They look up to see our cat, Finn, at the back patio door, looking inside.

Only, he’s got something in his mouth, something almost as big as he is.

And then imagine the screaming as the three girls realize our cat has a bunny in his mouth!

Continuted on page 21

PLEASE HELP and be generous to the . .

THE CHATHAM GOODFELLOWS

to ensure that there will be . .

NO CHILD WITHOUT A CHRISTMAS

STREET SALES

The Chatham Goodfellows will be at the following locations . . . .

Friday, Dec. 13 & Saturday, Dec. 14 Downtown Chatham - King St & Downtown Chatham Centre

Pick ! us up

Chatham: Ann’s Tobacco Shop (861 Queen St), C-K Library (120 Queen St), Downtown Chatham Centre (100 King St. W), Legion Branch 642 (39 William St N), Maple City Bakery (361 Grand Ave W), Young’s Variety (9397 Longwoods Rd), Active Lifestyle Centre (20 Merritt Ave), Riverview Gaming Centre (497 Riverview Dr), Remax (Grand Ave E.), Wednesday Market (9877 Longwoods Rd), Royal LePage (Raleigh St), Burger King (762 St. Clair St), Superstore Gas Bar (791 St. Clair St), Pharmasave (125 Keil Dr), 7-11 (Grand Ave.), Schinkels (145 Richmond), Lenovers (525 Park Ave E), Betty Brite (108 Keil Dr. S), Birmingham Lane (by Superbox), Lynnwood Subdivision (by Superbox), Mighty Jims (235 Grand Ave E) Spot’s Laundromat (10 Vanier Dr) Highgate: C-K Library (291 King St) Ridgetown: C-K Library - 54 Main St.

North Maple Mall - 801 St. Clair St., Chatham Nortown Plaza - 412 St. Clair St., Chatham Thames-Lea Plaza - 711 Grand Ave. W, Chatham Wallaceburg: Shoppers Drug Mart (30 McNaughton Ave), 99.1CKXS (520 James St), Taylor’s Variety (1644 Dufferin), Black Goose (525 James St), No Frills (2 Warwick Dr), C-K Library (209 James St), Hometown Deli (1542 Dufferin Ave), Oaks Retirement (80 McNaughton Ave), Harbour Crt Apt (475 Wallace St) Riverview Towers (750 Wallace St) Napa (217 Margaret Ave.) Mitchell’s Bay: Mitchell’s Bay Variety (6 Main St), Dover Duds (26662 Bear Line Rd) Pain Court: Pain Court Market (24129 Winter Line Rd), Central Tavern (24121 Winterline) Dresden: C-K Library (187 Brown St), MacTavish Pharmacy (480 St George St), Godfathers Pizza (474 St. George St.) Thamesville: Country Cuts (Victoria Rd), Movie Den (74 London Rd), Fast & Fresh (73 London Rd), C-K Library (3 London Rd) Kent Bridge: Kent Bridge Country Market Bothwell: C-K Library - 320 Main St.

Blenheim: C-K Library (16 George St), McIntyre I.D.A. Pharmacy (49 Talbot St W), Jim’s Barber Shop (72 Talbot St W), Blenheim Seniors Centre (55 Jane St), Blenheim Municipal Service Centre (35 Talbot St W), Blenheim Variety (40 Talbot St E), Royal LePage, The Wilton Team (42 Talbot St W), Pioneer Gas Bar (286 Chatham St N) Duke’s Harley Davidson (5 Classic Car Drive) Erieau: Eau Buoy (1005 Vidler Ave), Bayside Brew Pub (970 Ross Lane) Erie Beach: Sixth Street super mailbox Merlin: C-K Library (13 Aberdeen St), Erie Café and Variety (6 Erie St. S) Tilbury: C-K Library (2 Queen St), Remax (20 Queen St S), Ashley’s Place/Encore (75 Queen St. N) Wheatley: C-K Library - (35 Talbot Rd W), Mac’s Convenience (30 Talbot Rd. W.), Jack’s Coffee Shop (15 Talbot Rd W.) Cedar Springs: Comfort & Soul (8619 Talbot Trail) Charing Cross: 4 Corner’s Restaurant (21006 Charing Cross Rd), Post Office/Bert’s Plumbing (21007 Charing Cross Rd)

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ACROSS 1 Chum 4 With 29-Across, Conrad novel 8 Faction 12 Whatever amount 13 Dermatology subject 14 Horn sound 15 Related to summer theater

Fun Stuff

17 “That hurts!”

18 Decorate a T-shirt, ‘60s-style 19 Old Olds 21 “-- the fields we go” 22 Trite 26 McCartney cohort 29 See 4-Across 30 Praise in verse 31 Doves’ place

32 Eviscerate 33 Actress Cannon 34 Commotion 35 Trot 36 Part of a Santa costume 37 1935 Astaire/Rogers movie 39 Oppositionist 40 Swelled head 41 Pester 45 Oodles 48 Western hero’s trademark 50 Suitor 51 Draftable 52 List-ending abbr.

53 Complain 54 Peruse 55 “Quiet!”

DOWN 1 History 2 Oppositionist 3 Orpheus’ instrument 4 Attorney 5 Earth tone 6 Genetic stuff 7 Midwestern city 8 Remained upright

9 Debtor’s letters 10 Elmer, to Bugs 11 Biblical verb ending 16 Worship 20 Shade source 23 Georgetown athlete 24 Hebrew month 25 See to 26 “Shoo!”

27 -- list 28 On 29 Moonshine container 32 Commence hostilities 33 Thick 35 Binge 36 Went by water 38 Excited 39 Porcelain 42 “I’ll have what -having” 43 Wooden strip 44 Leave an impression 45 “The Chew” network 46 Meadow 47 Rowing need 49 Weeding tool

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It’s in his nature Continued from page 19

Thursday, December 12: • Drop in to the Chatham branch of the CKPL and make your own ornaments. 5:00pm-8:00pm.

• Open Euchre (1:00pm) at The Chatham Legion, William & Colborne St., Chatham. Everyone Welcome.

• Unifor Local 127 Retiree Meeting.

Friday, December 13: • Meal (5:15pm-6:30pm), open darts (7:30pm) and Catch the Ace (drawn at 6:30pm) at the Chatham Legion, William & Colborne St., Chatham. Choice of hot hamburg, roast beef or fish & chips for $10.

Everyone welcome.

Saturday, December 14: • Mind Character & Personality study group. Saturdays only until Dec. 14. 4:00pm. 222 Lafontaine St., Wallaceburg. Confirm your presence with an email to cal.hmn@gmail.com for this free program.

• Meat draw (4:00pm-6:00pm) and dance (4:30pm9:30pm) featuring Good Company at The Chatham Legion, William & Colborne St., Chatham. Everyone Welcome.

• Saturday Morning Breakfast at First Presbyterian Church, Chatham (corner of Fifth St and Wellington). A delicious nutritious breakfast served free of charge 9:30am-11:00am. Everyone welcome!

Sunday, December 15: • “Merry Christmas Chatham” at 7:00pm at the Capitol Theatre will be this year’s annual Christmas concert by St. Andrew’s United Church Music Director Devon Hansen, the SAUC Chancel Choir, the CKSS Choir and many talented local musicians singing traditional and non-traditional Christmas music. Freewill offering (suggested donation $15).

Doors open 30 minutes prior. For more info check www.standrewschatham.org or 519-352-0010.

• The Living Nativity, featuring local children and adults as well as live animals, will be presented as a FREE community event. 6:30pm at the Ridgetown Event Centre (inside the Crystal Palace) 20480 Victoria Rd., Ridgetown beside Tim Horton’s.

Monday, December 16: • Open euchre (1:00pm) at The Chatham Legion, William & Colborne St., Chatham. Everyone Welcome.

Tuesday, December 17: • Open euchre (1:00pm) at The Chatham Legion, William & Colborne St., Chatham. Everyone Welcome.

Wednesday, December 18: • Kent Coin Club meeting in the library at John McGregor Secondary School, 7:30pm. For more info contact President Al Oulds 519-695-5131.

• Mother Goose Holiday Special at the Chatham branch of the CKPL. 10:00am. Children 0-24 months and their caregivers are invited to join us for a special sing-a-long and story. Drop-in.

• Calvary Church, 34 Victoria Ave at Barthe St., has finished their ladies coffee break for the season and will start up again with a new bible study at 9:30am, January 8, 2020. Ladies, come and discover what the bible says to us, while meeting new friends at our informal gathering. For more information call 519-354-4235.

• Pepper (1:00pm) and fun darts (7:30pm) at the Chatham Legion, William & Colborne St., Chatham.

Everyone welcome.

Thursday, December 19: • Open Euchre (1:00pm) at The Chatham Legion, William & Colborne St., Chatham. Everyone Welcome.

Friday, December 20: • Meal (5:15pm-6:30pm), open darts (7:30pm) and Catch the Ace (drawn at 6:30pm) at the Chatham Legion, William & Colborne St., Chatham. Choice of pork, roast beef or fish & chips for $10. Everyone welcome.

Saturday, December 21: • Meat draw (4:00pm-6:00pm) and dance (4:30pm-9:30pm) featuring Unity Station at The Chatham Legion, William & Colborne St., Chatham.

Everyone Welcome.

• Wacky Winter Weaving at 10:00am. Drop in to the Chatham Branch of the CKPL and try weaving on a loom, hula-hoop, fork or cardboard.

Monday, December 23: • Open euchre (1:00pm) at The Chatham Legion, William & Colborne St., Chatham. Everyone Welcome.

• Frosty the Snowman - Stay & Play Activities at the Chatham branch of the CKPL. Drop in activities, games, and crafts to celebrate the holiday season!

Drop in during open hours.

Tuesday, December 24: • Open euchre (1:00pm) at The Chatham Legion, William & Colborne St., Chatham. Everyone Welcome.

• Come, Child of Promise: A Christmas Eve Celebration! Calvary CRC (34 Victoria Ave., Chatham) invites you to join us at 7:00pm. The service will feature lots of carols led by our choir, and we’ll be serving treats afterwards. All are welcome!

Wednesday, December 25: • Community Christmas Dinner. 11:00am-2:00pm at the Spirit and Life Centre, 184 Wellington St., Chatham. If you need a ride please call 519-3540091 after 10:30am. Call on Christmas Day only.

Friday, December 27: • Blenheim Rotary sponsored Open Free Swim at the Gable Rees Rotary Pool, Regent St., Blenheim.

1:30pm-4:00pm.

• Meal (5:15pm-6:30pm), open darts (7:30pm) and Catch the Ace (drawn at 6:30pm) at the Chatham Legion, William & Colborne St., Chatham. Choice of liver & onions, roast beef or fish & chips for $10.

Everyone welcome.

Saturday, December 28: • Magical Christmas New Year’s Eve party at the Chatham branch of the CKPL. 11:15am. Unicorns, fairies and dragons, oh my! Join the magical fun sending off 2019 and welcoming 2020! Drop in, all ages are welcome.

• Meat draw (4:00pm-6:00pm) and dance (4:30pm9:30pm) featuring Don & Bonnie at The Chatham Legion, William & Colborne St., Chatham. Everyone Welcome.

• Magical Creatures New Year’s Eve Party! 11:15am at the Chatham branch of the CKPL. Unicorns, fairies and dragons, oh my! Join the magical fun sending off 2019 and welcoming 2020! Drop in. All ages are welcome!

Monday, December 30: • Blenheim Rotary sponsored Open Free Swim at the Gable Rees Rotary Pool, Regent St., Blenheim.

1:30pm-4:00pm.

• Open euchre (1:00pm) at The Chatham Legion, William & Colborne St., Chatham. Everyone Welcome.

Tuesday, December 31: • Open euchre (1:00pm) at The Chatham Legion, William & Colborne St., Chatham. Come out and celebrate New Years Eve with us. Music by the Marquis starting at 8:00pm. Everyone Welcome.

CK Metal Detecting Club. Last Thursday of the month. Erickson Arena. 7:00pm. Guests welcome.

Free Tutoring every Tuesday night from 5:30pm7:30pm at First Reformed Church. 632 Lacroix St., Chatham. For info call Betty at 519-354-8902.

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Not a stuffed animal, but an actual rabbit. Finn brought the rabbit up to the door to show it off.

“Look what I caught!”

The girls were not impressed.

Mary Beth responded to the commotion and tore outside to make Finn drop his toy, as the rabbit was still very much alive. Finn just had it by the scruff of its neck.

At this moment I pictured Mary, doing her impression of Granny from Looney Tunes, making Sylvester (Finn) drop Tweety (the bunny).

Finn let go, but as the bunny tore off into the backyard, so did Finn.

He caught it again, despite the verbal admonishments from the teens and Mary Beth. This time,

Finn took off into the front yard and disappeared into the night with his prize.

We don’t know if the rabbit got away, but I have a feeling if it didn’t die of a heart attack, it eventually escaped, as Finn didn’t catch the critter because the cat was hungry. It was predatory instinct and the love of the chase, the way Mary Beth described it.

The rabbit was booking it around our yard, and our cat showed he has speed to burn too.

Finn came indoors shortly thereafter to a cold welcome from the ladies in the house, so he wound up curling up in my lap. I showed him indifference, understanding a cat’s gotta do what a cat’s gotta do.

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Local MPP Rick Nicholls, on behalf of the Ontario Ministry of Education, announced a $2.1 million investment in the Lambton Kent District School Board (LKDSB) recently to support a child-care addition at Indian Creek Road Public School.

The provincial government funding will support 49 new child-care spaces and three new child-care rooms at Indian Creek Road Public School. This child-care addition will increase the number of available licensed child care spaces in Chatham-Kent.

“From modernizing our curriculum to revitalizing our classrooms and their facilities, we are investing in our students and giving them every tool to achieve their full potential,” said Education Minister Stephen Lecce in a media release. “Our financing of this child-care addition in Chatham further demonstrates

our government’s historic investment in Ontario’s schools and child cares, as well as our overall commitment to supporting our students and families.”

“The funding for this child care addition to Indian Creek Road Public School is great news for our community,” Nicholls, MPP for Chatham-Kent Leamington, said. “This investment will provide choice and flexibility for families and new opportunities for the children of Chatham.”

The YMCA of Southwestern Ontario currently operates a before- and after-school program at the school.

Through this community partnership, the LKDSB is also able to further support families and promote successful transitions to school.

“We greatly appreciate the investment of the Government of Ontario to support local families through a new child care addition at Indian Creek Road Public School,” said LKDSB Chair Jane Bryce.

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OBITUARIES Nicolae Maghetiu “Nic” Thursday, December 5, 2019 Life Transitions

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Mrs. June Smith 96, Tuesday, December 3, 2019 Alexander & Houle Funeral Home

Terry Archibald Helmer 62, Wednesday, December 4, 2019 McKinlay Funeral Home

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Mabel Jean Spurgeon 93, Sunday, December 1, 2019 McKinlay Funeral Home

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Rena Badder 85, Monday, December 2, 2019 McKinlay Funeral Home

Sally Grainger 83, Monday, December 2, 2019 Blenheim Community Funeral Home

Barbara “Barb” Craven 53, Tuesday, December 3, 2019 McKinlay Funeral Home

Allison “Al” Moore 76, Wednesday, December 4, 2019 Blenheim Community Funeral Home

Ed Coke 75, Wednesday, December 4, 2019 McKinlay Funeral Home

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