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by Fred Groves ColchesterÕ s Mike Drexler is a modern day explorer and this past weekend, as part of the 5th Annual Explore the Shore, he had lots of tales to share about his discoveries.

Drexler is a scuba diver and for over 23 years he has been diving into Lake Erie and finding ship wrecks like Jana’s Wreck and the Wilcox, which are very close to the Colchester harbour.

He said that Jana’s Wreck is just 300 feet off shore and that the side-wheeled paddleboat was built in the 1850’s.

“It’s big, it’s about 280-feet long. I saw it for the first time in 2001 when it was buried in sand,Ó said Drexler.

His dive shop, Drexler Diving Systems on Jackson Street, was just one of the 36 stops on this yearÕ s Explore the Shore, which is located along historic County Road 50.

Jana’s Wreck is one of 305 shipwrecks in Lake Erie and 100 of those are in the western area. Drexler said he knows of a few more in the area and he is in the process of investigating them. Jana’s Wreck has already been stripped of anything of value. Ò There are all kinds of goodies down there. We know it has been salvaged.

Mother Nature doesnÕ t unscrew bolts,Ó he said.

The other wreck, the Wilcox is about half a mile off shore and went down in 1906. It is a 135-foot three-masted wooden ship and Drexler said it probably sunk after hitting the 10-foot boulder adjacent to it.

This yearÕ s theme for Explore the Shore was Ô Always ChangingÕ and that certainly was the case as several new stops were added to go with the great wineries and old favorites like the John R. Park Homestead.

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Pictured are greeters Lucinda Morris (left) and Melissa Morris-French at Garden Gallery.

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Diver Mike Drexler shows off a chart of local shipwrecks.

Co. and for owner Karl Lonsbery it was an opportunity for visitors

to sample some of his creations, Honey Nut and Vanilla Porter beer

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that he will be making at the family farm. Ò I am a winemaker at MastronardiÕ s. I have been working on this for two-and-a-half years,Ó he said.

With over 1,000 acres of prime farmland on Highway 50, the seventh generation Lonsbery will be growing all the necessary grains required for the beer.

Without a doubt the most picturesque stop on this yearÕ s event was Garden Gallery owned by John and Ann Ducharme.

It was the first time for them participating in Explore the Shore and Ann assembled nearly a dozen of her fellow artists to set up their

specialties throughout the breathtaking ravine gardens. Ò I preserve the land to protect it,Ó she said of her property, which really needed to be seen to be appreciated.

With greeters Lucinda Morris and Melissa Morris-French making everyone feel welcome, the ravine garden is part of AnnÕ s vision to create and enhance the endearing features.

Also added to Explore the Shore this year was J.L. Frost Photography which is a step back into time as photographer Jack Frost works only in black-andwhite film and was more than eager to show off his dark room. Ò We used to go to art shows, we did that for four or five years and I got busy in my retirement so I rebuilt my dark room,Ó said Frost.

He has been taking pictures and developing

Pictured above is photographer Jack Frost.

them for over 15 years and uses a 4x5 inch German-made Linhof camera.

While Frost was giving visitors a tour, there was lots of action going on back at the John R. Park Homestead.

One group had traveled from Michigan to see the

historic site. Ò ItÕ s a great way to explore the area,Ó said volunteer Cayla Wood of Harrow. Ò I donÕ t think people know what we have on one road.Ó

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by Sylene Argent Essex Fire Chief Ed Pillon has served area communities as a firefighter and in administrative capacities for 45 years.

He was recently recognized for his many years of service at the Ontario Fire MarshalÕ s Provincial Fire Services Long Service Investiture Ceremony last month.

Now, after four-anda-half decades, Pillon recently announced his plans to retire by the end of the year.

Serving the community and keeping its residents safe has always been a priority for the Fire Chief. He also tells his firefighters to be safe when responding to emergency situations, as he doesnÕ t want any dead heroes.

Reflecting on his career, Pillon said, Ò My interest with firefighting started as a young boy with my dad as a firefighter [in Malden Township].Ó Once Pillon finished his postsecondary

schooling, he joined the Malden Fire Service himself as a volunteer.

There, he served alongside his father for six years beginning in 1968.

In the mid ‘70s, Pillon moved on to serve the Harrow and Colchester South area. In 1999, during amalgamation, he moved into the District Chief position for Essex Station 3. And, finally, in August 2003, he was promoted to Fire Chief for the Municipality of Essex. Later, in 2004, he began working for the municipality on a fulltime basis.

Over the years, Pillon has continued to expand his knowledge as a firefighter, including obtaining a diploma in firefighter management and achieving the designation of Chief of Fire Office. This certificate was earned based on knowledge, experience, background, and justification from peers and superiors.

While Pillon was still volunteering as

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challenges firefighters face is the lightweight construction of new buildings, which tends to increase fire load and promote quick deterioration. Ò Over the past several years, Essex Fire & Rescue has enhanced its ability to better serve the community to give residents the protection they require and deserve,Ó Pillon said. Fire apparatuses have been replaced and updated over the past few years, which improves firefighter efficiencies.

Pillon is proud of the upgrading of training and equipment firefighters use with Essex Fire & Rescue, which have been enhanced to modern day standards and requirements. He is also proud of the fire prevention and education program, which has proven to be a helpful tool that the fire department has used to prevent fires. He is also proud of being able to establish a fulltime deputy fire chief and assistant deputy chief/ public educator in the past few years.

One of the highlights in his later career is the

a firefighter, he was a certified engineer technologist looking after engineering, operations and maintenance duties with General Chemical. He was with this company for 37 years, serving his last few years with the company in senior management.

Over the past 45 years, Pillon has noticed major improvements in education and safety protection of firefighters.

“Safety of first responders is critical,Ó he noted.

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We’re always living in crazy times One thing I do regularly is to check the national and international news. In my business, youÕ re expected to know a bit about current affairs.

I donÕ t really relish the task because the top news items are often grim and I have to dig deep to find the positive stuff.

Lately, Ô the newsÕ has made me nervous, to the point that I try not to think about it after IÕ ve read it. ThereÕ s trouble in the Middle East, thereÕ s trouble in North Africa, thereÕ s an Ebola outbreak in West Africa, thereÕ s the usual list of scandals. ThereÕ s environmental disasters and unrest. ThereÕ s a beaver in PEI that is dropping trees onto peopleÕ s cars. ItÕ s a veritable smorgasbord of stuff that is tough to consume.

All the things happening in the Ukraine are really disturbing to me. I am old enough to remember what it was like living during the Cold War, and this is a situation that could spiral into another Cold War-like era. As for those western war hawks that think that Russia can be pushed around like a third world countryÉ they should be muzzled. The last thing we want is armed conflict with Russia.

Lately, IÕ ve been thinking the world is really falling apart.

But when I sit back and really look at the situation, I realize that crazy things have been going on around

the world all my life. In fact, much crazier things have happened in my lifetime.

The most important thing to do is to reassure my kids and the younger generation that, while the world is a madhouse sometimes, in the end we pull out okay.

Even better for them, is they can correct the wrongs, promote tolerance, and build a better and more balanced world.

I am often amazed at the attitudes of todayÕ s youth.

They are driven. They see the obvious problems that the older generations ignore. They are open and understanding.

They are technologically savvy.

Above all, through the Internet, they are connected.

Never before has a generation been able to overcome national and cultural barriers so easily and communicate on a global level. ThereÕ s real power in that. How well todayÕ s youth will be able to shake off localized prejudices and small-mindedness remains to be seen.

For now, racial, cultural and religious intolerance, prejudice, small-mindedness, blind politics, unfettered greed and all of that other stuff that makes us crazy continue to impact the world around us and make those crazy times.

I look forward to the real crazy time, when people Ð most likely a lot younger than me Ð say enough.

Let’s Talk About... by Evelyn Couch - First settler descendants When I wrote about Harold Hall being a direct descendant of one of the first families to settle here, I asked whether there were others.

So it was exciting when Merle Damm contacted me to report his relationship to that family.

After James and Sabina Robinson settled among the forest on what is now the corner of Maidstone Avenue and Talbot Street, a couple of nephews came to join them. One was Matthew Hall. Another was William Robinson with his wife Henrietta (Cooper). Merle Damm is a grandson of William and Henrietta. He told me they came on a sailing boat that took six weeks to come from England to Canada.

I remember my uncle telling me about taking that long trip and he threw in the fact that someone died on the boat so the body had to be thrown overboard. Uncle Bill said the sharks followed the boat for days after that feast.

I digress. That has nothing to do with this report about early settler descendants.

The youngest daughter of William and Henrietta (Jane) was married to Sylvestre Damm and became the mother of Merle and his brothers. That makes him a grandson of William and James, and the first settler would be his great-great uncle.

Merle reported that William worked in the Essex Pearl Button factory, which is mentioned in the Three Rs of Essex. But William met with an accident when a falling

tree limb hit him on the head. He never fully recovered from the damage it did to him.

All the children of William and Henrietta were born in Canada. There was Arthur John, born in 1880, who lived only a year. Then there was Sarah Elizabeth who was a very ill child and was raised by a family in Oneida, United States. The next child was a son, Albert Edward, born in 1883 and two years later William James was added to the family. Two daughters were next, Carrie Reitta in 1888 and Jane, (MerleÕ s mother) in 1890.

As I searched for information I saw that Joseph Robinson, a son of James and Sabrina, built the red brick house and a barn across from the high school in 1924.

Many of us knew it as the Findlay home on the farm.

That Maidstone-Talbot corner was a Robinson landmark for some time but all of it has been torn down.

The red brick cottage on the corner where Shirley Robinson, the high school teacher lived, was removed to make room for the Tim Hortons shop. Across the street the white frame home of Gerald Robinson was demolished for the Royal Bank site. It is not very long ago that the original red brick farm home disappeared.

I am certain there must be more descendants of that Robinson family living here and possibly of other early settlers. I think Marion Taylor told me Gerald Robinson was her uncle.

I hope my readers find all this information as interesting as I do. Who can tell us more?

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Letter to the Editor, I read the article by Sylene Argent about the $10,000 Unifor donation to the Spitfire monument.

In the article, it states that the committee responsible for the monument must raise $25,000 to implement lighting fixtures and a pole to hang the Spitfire from.

I do hope the Spitfire is put on a pedestal and not hung from a pole like a large wind chime.

The choice of site for the monument is appropriate.

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He thanked Town Council and Administration “I truly want to thank all my fellow firefighters for the support shown to Essex Fire & Rescue. That over the years for their efforts and support because if type of support, Pillon added, is important for the it wasn’t for them my job would have been impossible firefighters to carry out the functions required. to carry out,” he said. He commended them for Pillon added that working as the Town’s enhancing their firefighting and rescue knowledge.

Emergency Management Coordinator is an important Deputy Fire Chief Rick Malott, he added, has done a role he was happy to undertake. superior job in providing up-to-date technologies and For Pillon, retiring is bittersweet. training for all new recruits and current firefighters.

“I’m looking forward to spending more time with my wife, Gail, and [adult] kids, and my beautiful grandkids,” he said. “I enjoy being with them.” He also hopes to do some traveling.

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Country Village shows staff appreciation Alewick gave a special thank you to all of the junior volunteers who worked hard in helping to prepare for the event and in ensuing everyone had a wonderful time.

While barbequing hotdogs for the eventgoers to enjoy, Country VillageÕ s Executive Director Michael

These youth volunteers helped organize the fun appreciation day at Country Village on Saturday afternoon.

by Sylene Argent There were bouncing castles to jump in, vendor booths to visit, and entertainment to enjoy on Saturday as Country Village Health Care Centre hosted a family fun

day to show appreciation to staff, residents, and resident families.

Shelley Alewick, the Activation Manager for Country Village, noted this event was a means for family of residents

and staff to come out to the facility and have some fun. Ò The residents have been excited about the day as well,Ó she commented.

There was joy in the atmosphere, she added, as there was a reunion

of the residents, resident families, and the families of staff members. She was pleased some families of residents who have passed on came out to the event to see old friends they have made at the residence.

Timmerman noted the event was originally meant to be a staff appreciation day, but was expanded to include residents and their families as well. During this event, money was also raised for the resident council.

The dedication the staff shows the residents is amazing, he said.

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Municipal election Kingsville Folk Music Festival set to make history with legendary performances! is heating up Last week, Essex councilor Bill Baker held a media conference at the Canadian Transportation Museum & Heritage Village to announce that he would be running for Mayor in the upcoming election.

Baker brings the total number of candidates seeking that position up to four. The other candidates are Andy Comber, incumbent Ron McDermott and pastcouncillor Ron Rogers.

Seeking council positions in Ward 1 is incumbent Morley Bowman and Phil Pocock.

Two councillors represent Ward 1 on council.

Three candidates are competing for the single council spot in

Ward 2. Terry Brockman and Kim Verbeek are challenging incumbent (and Deputy Mayor) Richard Meloche.

In Ward 3, incumbent John Scott is seeking one of the two council positions. The other candidates are pastcouncillors Bill Caixeiro and Paul Innes.

The incumbent Sherry Bondy is seeking reelection for the single spot in Ward 4.

There is still time for other candidates to come forward. The final day for nominations and withdrawals is Friday, September 12.

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submitted to EFP The Kingsville Folk Music Festival is set to make folk music history as three Canadian icons join forces and share the stage in the first ever Ò Legends Session.Ó Bruce Cockburn, Ken Whiteley and Valdy will be performing a session stage 3:30 4:30 pm on Saturday, August 9; an intimate performance in which the three will have the opportunity to interact, share songs and stories.

ItÕ s an unprecedented combination and sure to be one of the highlights of the over 100 performances during Festival weekend. Ò Session or workshop stages are a mainstay

at festivals and usually end up being one of the biggest crowd pleasers of the weekend. Having the chance to hear your favourite performer explain the songwriting process or adventures they have had Ò on the road,Ó is inspirational as well as entertaining. We want area kids to walk away thinking, Ò I want to do that!Ó says Michele Law, co-founder with her husband John, of the Festival. With that in mind, the Festival is free to children 16 and under. Ò WeÕ ve been so lucky to be able to see the world by playing music for a living. We want to let our youth see the opportunities that exist for them, too.Ó

With marketing support in excess of $50,000 from the provincial government, municipal support from The Town of Kingsville and the Municipality of Leamington and generous sponsorships and commitment from area business, tourism for the region is expected to increase as festival fans descend on Lakeside Park. The grants from the Provincial Government enable marketing efforts for 100km and out of province, generating awareness of the event, as well as alerting tourists looking for key destinations and premiere entertainment an opportunity to enjoy the rich culture of Kingsville and Windsor-Essex.

Kingsville Folk Music Festival gets underway Friday, August 8 at 6pm and ends Sunday at 11pm. Main stage music begins nightly at 6pm while session stages are on-going throughout the daytime.

Over 40 award-winning

established and up and coming performers will be performing on five stages over the weekend, including up and coming violin virtuoso Jaron Freeman-Fox and the Opposite of Everything and east coast legends Ron Hynes and J.P. Cormier.

The Family Stomping Ground is an area dedicated to family and childrenÕ s activities with face painting, kids karaoke, guitar playing workshops and incredible performers such as Fred Penner, Magoo and Washboard Hank.

The Festival is produced by the Sun Parlour Folk Music Society, a not for profit organization dedicated to raising funds for area youth to access the arts.

The MAY FUND (Music and Arts for Youth) will be available to financially disadvantaged youth to take lessons and workshops or mentoring sessions.

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Out of this World program offers tour of the universe

by Sylene Argent Point Pelee hosted an Ò Out of this WorldÓ dark sky event this weekend at one of the darkest nighttime spots in Southern Ontario.

Park visitors, particularly those interested in what goes on beyond the clouds and throughout the galaxy, had ample opportunity to learn about the solar system, a few planets, and how stars are born through this educational event.

Space author Peter

McMahon was on site to introduce park visitors to the cosmos during a 20-minute tour of the universe presentation from inside a dome-like traveling planetarium.

On Saturday evening, after the sun had set, stargazers were welcome to attend Point Pelee National ParkÕ s Dark Sky Night program.

Visitors, with their own equipment, were able to explore the night sky, with their feet planted firmly on the ground, to take a look at Saturn and

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Dan Dufour, a Park Naturalist with Point Pelee, said the National Park has been a Dark Sky Preserve since 2006.

This was obtained with help from the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada. The Park staff, knowing darkness is important for nocturnal life, recognized the need for natural darkness.

Artificial nightlights at the park were impacting the wildlife as it was making the day longer than it should have been.

Making changes to ensure more darkness at night, Point Pelee would qualify to become a dark sky preserve.

As part of this designation, Point Pelee

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and allow people an opportunity to stargaze.

The weekendÕ s Ò Out of this WorldÓ event was a new way to offer a daytime component to visiting individuals and families at the Park.

The idea, Dufour said, is to promote darkness as an important part of the natural world.

Inside the dome tour of the universe, McMahon pointed out many constellations in the night sky, including the Big Dipper, which is part of the bigger constellation, Ursa Major, that depicts the big bear. He also pointed out the North Star, or

Polaris. This star gives the appearance of staying in the same position, always in the north.

There are 88 recognized constellations, of which 45 are viewable from Windsor-Essex County throughout the year.

The moon, he added, is a natural satellite and is the brightest light in our night sky.

McMahon explained he spends a lot of time as an astronomy journalist and travels to different parks, as it is important to preserve the night sky. He noted his tour of the universe in the traveling dome had a great response from Point Pelee visitors over the weekend. His shows, taking place every half hour, had great attendance with spectators who seemed to have a real appetite for this type of learning.

An interesting fact that he likes to share is that Jupiter has 67 known moons. It was thought this planet had around 18 when McMahon was young. He enjoys showing his captive audiences how these moons revolved around the planet, almost like a mini solar system. It is also interesting to learn that some planets and moons have their own geology and geography with volcanoes, geysers, or mountains.

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EMS appoints new Chief

by Sylene Argent Last week, the County of Essex announced Bruce Krauter would be assuming the leadership role of Chief, EssexWindsor Emergency Medical Services.

Krauter, who has been serving the organization and the region as the Acting Chief of EssexWindsor EMS since February is excited to officially take on this role and continue serving the community. Ò ItÕ s an honour to be given this appointment.

It makes me proud,Ó he said.

The new EMS Chief

brings over 30 years of experience to this new position. He began his career as a paramedic in 1982 with Windsor Provincial Ambulance.

Six years later, he took his experience and knowledge to Leamington to serve Sun Parlour Ambulance.

In Leamington, Krauter moved up the ranks to become a supervisor in the early 1990s, and then became the Operations Manager for the ambulance system for the Chatham-Kent Division.

In 2011, Krauter joined the Essex-Windsor EMS as the Deputy Chief of Professional Standards.

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Krauter said his interest in helping people through emergency response comes from being a former member of the Royal Canadian Sea Cadets-Agamemnon.

At the age of 14 or 15, he remembers taking a medical assistant course through Cadets in BC. In this course, he was taught first aid and discovered quickly that this was a service he enjoyed. He began thinking about applying this knowledge to a future career, and took the then one-year paramedic training course in London at Fanshawe College after he completed high school.

Being a part of Cadets Ò was the spark and foundation for my leadership training,Ó Krauter said.

In his career, Krauter has always striven to do

his best. His goal was to eventually become Chief of an EMS organization, and he is thrilled to have reached that goal.

With this new appointment, Krauter said he will be involved with the new mega hospital site selection as a consultant to offer suggestions in collaboration with Essex CountyÕ s CAO Brian Gregg.

First responders, Krauter said, Ò are there to help, but we see people at their worst times.Ó The job can be taxing, so one of the goals he has as Chief of Essex-Windsor EMS is to enhance the organizationÕ s support system so the paramedics can support their colleagues while they are going through a tough time as it relates to having had to face some challenges out in the field. He also hopes to form community partnerships with other

health-related agencies to better all health agencies and enhance services.

He also wants to encourage area residents to take advantage of defibrillator courses.

Essex-Windsor EMS has a good save rate for cardiac arrest, but there needs to be more community involvement on this to help ensure those experiencing a cardiac arrest have the best chance of survival.

Learning defibrillator training or CPR is not as scary as most people

think and he urges area residents to take on some of this training available.

With Essex-Windsor EMS being the fourth largest paramedic service in Ontario per capita, and with the regionÕ s unique situation of being surrounded by water, the service is involved with research for EMS delivery from cardiac care to physical demands on paramedics. This paramedic service is very progressive, he noted.

Recruitment for Deputy Chief of Professional Standards will start in the next few weeks.

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Family picnics Do you have a family picnic? We donÕ t hear much about them anymore.

Every year when I was a child we went to the Couch-Beer reunion.

Grandfather Jospeh Couch and Grandmother Susanna Beer were the founders. They had eight adult sons and one daughter that were married and had a family. That made a very good size gathering but any of Grandma BeerÕ s cousins were welcome. I donÕ t remember any Couch cousins of Grandpa. That would be because Grandpa moved away from the area where his family lived.

Oh yes, there was one. Uncle SamÕ s two children; one was Doctor A.E,H. Couch from Kincardine and the daughter taught school in Toronto, and they came sometimes.

Everybody brought a dish of food to be shared. What I remember were all the races we had that I thought were great fun. Like the two-legged race and running in a sack and the relay races that were preposterously funny to do.

Of course, the older folk enjoyed the visit.

Each year it would be at a different home or area park. Then it became a problem to get someone to make sure it was organized with prizes for the game winners, etc. So it was not long until

attendance began to dwindle.

My father had never missed one until he sold the farm and then, of course, he could not leave his factory job to go to a picnic. That was a big disappointment to me. For the last one I rode my bicycle from Woodstock, through Ingersoll and about five miles more to the picnic site at Banner.

I clearly remember riding there, even to some of the songs I sang, but I do not remember returning. That must be because I was thinking so much about the fun I would have as I went but had nothing to anticipate on the way home.

Since Bob and I married we have gone to his family picnic that was presented entirely by the matriarch of the clan. She provided the food, arranged the games, etc.

Every year there were more and more to come as the young people married and brought their children. She held it from Friday night until Sunday afternoon and her nephews and nieces with their families brought their tents for sleeping.

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EDHS graduate happy to receive Governor General award

by Sylene Argent ItÕ s always nice to get noticed for a job well done, especially when that recognition is unexpected.

Noel Devaere, who graduated from Essex District High School in June, just found out that the hard work he had put into his high school career earned him the Governor General award for academic excellence.

This Governor General award, Devaere explained,

is forwarded to a student who has accumulated the highest combined grade average for grades 11 and 12. He didnÕ t even know the award existed, so he was very surprised to receive it when he picked up his high school diploma. Ò It was cool,Ó Davaere said of receiving the award. Ò It was a nice surprise.

I wasnÕ t expecting anything.Ó His grade average

was 97.86 percent. He also obtained the highest accumulated average in his class every year while a Red Raider.

Devaere was awarded a special medal and certificate for earning this achievement, and is looking forward to displaying them at home.

He will also add the achievement to his resume. Ò IÕ ve always taken school seriously,Ó Devaere explained, adding he is a big fan of studying smarter, not harder. He dislikes studying for long periods of time to memorize work.

His studying strategy includes hitting the books for one hour and then taking a break.

This, he finds, helps him have a true understanding of the material, and understanding the material means a student doesnÕ t need to memorize the content for a test.

After summer vacation, Devaere is ready to move to the next phase of his life. Ò It was a good four years [at EDHS], but I was ready to move on,Ó he said.

In addition to dedicating himself to getting good grades, Devaere was also a part of the EDHS swim team for all four years of his high school career, and was the Minister of Finance for EDHSÕ s Student Council for three years.

In grade five Devaere began taking his academic achievements seriously.

He remembers receiving a few tests with great marks as a student at Gosfield North Public School, and those accomplishments felt good. He then began

taking his schooling seriously.

At high school, Devaere especially enjoyed being a part of the computer science classes at EDHS. He found these classed to

be fun and had open-ended project assignments where he could be creative. He also enjoyed the handson aspect of this type of course.

Devaere will attend

McMaster University in the fall where he will study Engineering. He is looking forward to this next chapter in his life and in continuing his studies in applied science.

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Jim Hatt new pastor for Essex United Church there was an incredible organ and piano duet that the whole congregation enjoyed.

Hatt has been a parishioner of Essex United Church since 1974.

As a child, he attended Goldsmith United Church in Blytheswood. Ò I knew at 20, God was calling me to the Ministry,” Hatt said. He felt at that time that his career as a teacher, and later a principal, was a ministry. He retired in 1998 when he was 53 from his role as an educator, and took time to relax. Over the past several years he has been training to begin a new

journey as a minister.

Through the Winnipegbased Centre for Christian Studies, Hatt has been working to become a Commissioned Minister.

This process takes around five years, and the new pastor has around one more year to go before finishing this course. This will make him a Minister of Word, Pastoral Care, and Service. He has been given the go ahead to perform the Sacraments of Baptism and Communion.

Through this educational experience, Hatt has conducted outreach service within the greater community through the pastoral care component at the Downtown Mission and Hospice.

He noted that his ministry would always have something to do with social justice issues.

The church, he noted, has always cared about social justice issues.

Taking on the ministerial role at his own parish has been a great experience, as he knows the people and was able to start work right away.

Hatt is on a one-

year contact with Essex United Church. He said it would be “an exciting year.”

A selection committee will continue to search for someone

to lead the church. Hatt said, depending on the selection committee, he may stay on later than this one-year contract. He hopes to continue on in

this role.

Hatt is looking forward to Essex United Church’s upcoming

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by Sylene Argent On Sunday, Essex resident, and long-time parishioner Jim Hatt was officially welcomed to Essex United Church as its new pastor during a special covenanting service.

At the service, Hatt and the Parish made a commitment to begin working together to spread God’s love in the community and amongst themselves. Hatt noted he had friends and family in attendance to support him during this exciting moment in his life. He also took the opportunity to perform with his singing quartette, and

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EMBA hosts Day of Champions

by Fred Groves It is sometimes hard to tell whether or not you have had a successful season.

For the Essex Minor Baseball Association, the measurement came in smiles and applause as the local organization wrapped up its local league schedule on Saturday with the Day of Champions.

It was a big day as both the T-ball and mosquito divisions played their final games, for players aged 4 to 9. Ò The House League conveners have done a great job, they try and keep things creative,Ó said EMBA president Joe Grondin.

In all, the local association had 360 ball players competing in T-ball, rookie, mosquito, peewee, bantam, and midget. Ò Our numbers are the same but we have grown tremendously in the last five years,” noted Grondin.

While some towns are scrambling to find enough players in the older divisions, especially for travel baseball, Grondin said that is not the case in Essex. In the travel division there are two bantam and two midget teams, minor and major. Ò Largely its because of the coaching. We have high-energy guys. We work with small towns and if they are folding we invite them to come here.Ó Essex has produced many topnotch ball players in the last four years, including Justin Orton who went on to play at the University of British Columbia. Ò We have lost a lot of kids to the Triple A centres but weÕ ve replenished it,Ó said Grondin.

What is most impressive about EMBA is the fact that they have had some sponsors that have been supporting teams for over 20 years. Volunteer support is important as well. Grondin pointed out that about two-thirds of the board members donÕ t even have kids playing. Ò To have the same bodies and they donÕ t have kids playing, that is great,Ó he said.

EMBA also gets a lot of support from the Jones family which hosts the annual 3-on-3 hockey tournament with proceeds going to baseball. Some of that has gone towards the batting cage, and this year 300 players and their families went to a Detroit Tigers game.

As far as a wish list for the future, Grondin says that more diamonds are still needed. At one time EMBA had nine diamonds. The league is now down to four.

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Moving forward, Hatt hopes to be more aware of the two local Food BankÕ s needs. He is proud of the ChurchÕ s program of sending two prep and service teams to the Downtown Mission twice a month. This program was started after he saw the need at the Downtown Mission.

Some of the parishioners are currently getting together to study the movie Ò NoahÓ to take a look at Centre Street, the artistry used within16the film.

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Taking on many service roles within the community 519.776.4268 during his life, Hatt was the first Citizen of the Year in 1978. At that time he was heavily involved in helping to get funding to restore the heritage railway station.

He was also one of the key-players that were dedicated to reviving the Kingsville-Essex Associated Band and served on the ParkÕ s Board and on Essex Council from 1985-1993. His wife, Arleen, also served on Council from 1993-1998. He also organized the first Fun Fest Church Service.

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FOR sAlE _____________________ FOR SALE: HEAvENLy REST CEMETERy, none available, St. Francis Area, 1st Floor, 2 person tandem level CRyPT unit 1124. In mausoleum. Owner has all documentations including certificate of internment rights. Due to family relocation this is for sale. Please contact for more information 1-905-319-7856, email: Nanskov@cogeco.ca.

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FOR SALE: Heritage wood burning fireplace insert, Craftsman 9 h.p. chipper shredder. Call 519-817-7608.

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lEGAl nOtICE _____________________ nOTice TO cRediTORs and OTHeRs All claims against the estate of Fern Maxine Kimball, late of the Town of Essex, in the County of Essex, who died on or about the 10th day of May, 2014, must be filed with the undersigned Estate Trustees on or before the 22nd day of August, 2014; thereafter, the undersigned will distribute the assets of the said estate having regard only to the claims then filed.

DATED at Essex this 21st day of July, 2014.

Diana Grace Wiley and Richard Ray Kimball, Estate Trustees, by their Solicitors, HICKEy ByRNE, 14 Centre Street, Essex, Ontario, N8M 1N9. Attn. Joseph A. Byrne.

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Take Notice that tenders are invited for the purchase of the lands described below and will be

received until 3:00 p.m. local time on August 27, 2014, at the Town of Kingsville Municipal Office, 2021 Division Road North, Kingsville, Ontario.

The tenders will then be opened in public on the same day as soon as possible after 3:00 p.m. at the Unico Community Centre, 37 Beech St, Kingsville, Ontario.

Description of Lands: Roll No. 37 11 370 000 00800 0000; 1820 Sabo St, Kingsville; PIN 75170-0163(LT); Lot 3 Plan 1557 Gosfield South; S/T R138204; S/T execution 00-00006, if enforceable; Kingsville; File No. 13-01

Minimum Tender Amount: $18,855.83

Roll No. 37 11 190 000 09105 0000; PIN 75179-0096(LT); Part Lot 1 Concession 1 Eastern Division Gosfield (Kingsville) as in TK6202 except 12R14084, 12R8561, 12R7311, R611067, R1444620, R1511707, R1535066, R1410382, R1318048, & R1480549 & S/T R611067, R1444620; R156426; R991214; Kingsville; File No. 13-02

TAX NOTICES 2014 Final Property Tax Bills were mailed July 16, 2014

Minimum Tender Amount: $4,916.49

Tenders must be submitted in the prescribed form and must be accompanied by a deposit in the form of a money order or of a bank draft or cheque certified by a bank or trust corporation payable to the municipality and representing at least 20 per cent of the tender amount.

If you own property in the Town of Kingsville you should have received your 2014 final tax bill. The tax due dates are as follows:

Except as follows, the municipality makes no representation regarding the title to or any other matters relating to the lands to be sold. Responsibility for ascertaining these matters rests with the potential purchasers.

August 29, 2014 November 28, 2014

This sale is governed by the Municipal Act, 2001 and the Municipal Tax Sales Rules made under that Act. The successful purchaser will be required to pay the amount tendered plus accumulated taxes, HST if applicable and the relevant land transfer tax.

Please refer to the brochure included with your tax notice for a listing of the payment options available. Avoid long lines by paying your taxes early.

The municipality has no obligation to provide vacant possession to the successful purchaser.

For further information regarding this sale and a copy of the prescribed form of tender, visit: www.kingsville.ca or contact: Angela Lonsbery Supervisor of Revenue The Corporation of the Town of Kingsville 2021 Division Road North Kingsville, Ontario N9Y 2Y9 519-733-2305 Ext 233 www.kingsville.ca

Failure to receive a tax notice does not relieve you from payment of taxes or penalties. Penalties are assessed the day following the due date at 1.25% and each month thereafter until paid. It is the responsibility of the taxpayer to ensure the Town has the correct mailing address.

If you have not received your tax notice please call 519-733-2305 or visit the office at 2021 Division Road North.

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LOOKING FOR EXPERIENCED, LICENSED TECHNICIANS IN ALL FIELDS Immediate positions available. Benefits and pension. Must forward resume with references, school transcript and MVR (Motor Vehicle Report) to: Mail or Drop-off: 238 Talbot Street W. Leamington, ON N8H 1P1 Email: grossi@grossiplumbing.ca Fax: 519-326-3632

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SERvicES _____________________ KAHL RECYCLING - We come to you and haul away your junk. Metals and appliances are free. Everything else has a fee. We also take electronics, ballist, computers. Kall Ken 519-326-8559. Cell: 519-322-8305.

11-tfn _____________________ WILL BABYSIT - Babysitter Course Certified teenager will babysit daytime hours in month of August IN MY HOME, 2 km outside of Essex on the Arner Townline. I am great with kids, have a pool, trampoline, and space to run. Call Emily 519-776-9484 29-tfn _____________________

YARD SALE _____________________ MOvING YARD SALE - Many antiques and much more at 671 Rd. 11, RR#4, South Woodslee. 519-839-5299.

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YARD SALE _____________________ GARAGE SALE - Wednesday, July 30 - Saturday, August 2, 9am-4pm. 401 East Rd. 11 off the Belle River Rd. Lots of free things. Everything else is half price.

Everything is inside. Some antiques.

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_____________________ HELP WANTED: ROOFERS NEEDED. Must have a least 5 years experience and able to run a crew. Must have own vehicle.

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29- 1t* _____________________ HELP WANTED - Essex Taxi is looking for drivers with a clean abstract and must live in Essex. Perfect for retirees looking for a little extra spending money. Contact Kirk @ 519-776-4922.

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Co-An Park Concession Stand Manager Position • Responsible for all duties in Concession stand as set out in Contract • Lease or Manage area for Co-An park; great opportunity for charity groups • April 1, 2015 – October 4, 2015 please submit wage expectations along with resume

Co-An Park Maintenance Position • Responsible for grooming diamonds, all maintenance, janitorial; duties set out in contract, please submit wage expectations along with Resume • April 1, 2015 – October 31, 2015 Detailed information can be requested by the email below: Co-An Park PO Box 1178 McGregor, Ontario N0R 1J0 Or EMAIL questions & submit resume to: jbissonnette428@hotmail.com To be received NO Later than September 2, 2014

ALTERNATE CROSSING GUARDS The Municipality is accepting applications for Crossing Guards to act in an alternate capacity for the upcoming school year.

As an Alternate Crossing Guard you are required to be available on short notice to report to various locations in the municipality. Hours and shifts may vary depending on circumstances between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m. There is no guarantee of any hours.

If you are interested please provide your resume to Carol Nussey, Human Resource Coordinator, Town of Lakeshore, 419 Notre Dame St., Belle River, On NOR 1A0, clearly noting Alternate Crossing Guard application on your resume. A Police Clearance is a requirement for this position.

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For full details and further information, please see our website at www.essex.ca.

Interested and qualified candidates are invited to submit a cover letter and detailed resume no later than 4:30 p.m. on Friday, August 29, 2014 to: Mail or In Person: Manager, Human Resources 33 Talbot Street South Essex, ON N8M 1A8 Email: hr@essex.ca

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Happy Birthday to Luke McCarthy and Linda Halford.

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519-776-4255 Harrow United Church Submitted by Larry Anderson Summer worship services continue with our friends from the Harrow Mennonite Church. A warm welcome is extended to everyone to join us! During August, services will be held at the Harrow Mennonite Church at 9:45 am.

Although our Audio Visual Team is taking a well-deserved break during July and August, Dennis Graham has kindly placed a “Summer Messages” icon on our website so that all may continue to enjoy the printed version of Reverend Staples’ weekly messages. Please visit us at: www.harrowunited.org Essex Christian Reformed Church submitted by Beverley Van Huizen We would like to extend an invitation to you and your family to attend our Sunday morning worship service beginning at 10:00 am as we welcome Pastor Aaron Thompson, who will lead us in worship. Nursery supervision is provided. Do plan to stay afterwards for a time of fellowship with coffee or tea.

Visit us online for service times and directions or just to listen to a sermon or two. www.essexcrc.ca Woodslee Friendship Club It’s hard to believe thet we’ve almost played the month of July away and are heading for a fun-filled August. It’s never too late to join us for some friendly games. The winners this past week were: Joan Broeders, Edna Chevalier, LeRoy Davison, Mary Demars, George Diesbourg, Leo Durocher, Chap Fuerth, Irene Gignac, Jean Matalik, Joanne McMurren, Dave McMurren, Bob Mullins, Pat Mullins, Flo Rivest, Audrey Stanley and Cecile S. Denis.

Remember we are playing the afternoon of Monday, August 4th.

For information, call Fran at 961-9532.

Salvation Army Essex Community Church News submitted by Carolyn Barnett We invite you to worship with us on Sundays at 11 a.m. Our services are led by Lt. Kristen Gray, who will be preaching on the Psalms during the summer months.

Recently we had 2 leaders, 5 moms and 7 children, attend a 6 day Moms and Tots summer camp at the Salvation Army

Jackson’s Point Camp on Lake Simcoe. What a wonderful experience for all who attended!

Have you enjoyed the Friday BBQ at the Thrift Store yet?

Did you know that.....Contributions from donors throughout Canada helped the Salvation Army exceed its goal , setting a new record for the Christmas Kettle Campaign? In its 123rd year, the annual fundraiser collected more than $21 million in donations, a 2 % increase from 2012?

“God pours His love into our hearts to flow out to others.”

Maidstone Cross The Day of Champions for baseball teams at St. Mary’s Park takes place on Saturday, August 9th.

Our sympathies and prayers to the McCann family on the passing of Joanne. May she rest in peace.

Vacation Bible School for ages 3 to 9 years takes place at Holy Name of Jesus parish hall from August 11 to 15. Registration forms are found at the back of the church. It is free and everyone

Cozy Corners -Bethel-Maidstone United submitted by Bev Holland All are welcome to attend our 10am Sunday Worship Service with Pastor Linda Blair. Sunday School is at 10:15 am and a nursery is available during the service.

The Iler Lodge nursing home service is on August 5th, at 2 pm. Volunteers are always welcomed and appreciated.

The Sanctuary will be under repair the week of August 10th17th. If you are able to help to remove pews please include your name on the sign-up sheet in the hall. Any help in making these repairs possible is greatly apprecited.

The service will be held in the hall on Sunday, August 17th and we hope to be back in the Sanctuary for August 24th.

St. Paul’s/Trinity Anglican Our summer services will be held at Trinity during August at 10 a.m.

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Notice of Public Meeting For Revisions to the Official Plan and the Comprehensive Zoning By-law 1037 To be held on Monday, August 25, 2014, starting at 5:30 p.m., in the County of Essex Council Chambers, Civic Centre, 360 Fairview Avenue West, Essex, Ontario In accordance with Sections 16 and 34 of The Planning Act of Ontario, R.S.O. 1990, Council of the Town of Essex will consider proposed revisions to the Town’s Official Plan and to its comprehensive zoning by-law, By-law 1037, which apply to the use of all lands within the Town.

The proposed revisions will: Amend subsection 6.5, Consents in Areas Designated Agricultural, of the Official Plan, related to the severance of a surplus dwelling when a property is being acquired for agricultural production. Currently only an abutting property owner who acquires farmed land can sever off a surplus dwelling located on it. This amendment would permit other persons, who are not abutting property owners, who acquire agricultural lands, to sever off a part of the lands occupied by the surplus dwelling. A surplus dwelling is a dwelling which is not needed for the farm operation.

Amend the general zoning by-law, By-law 1037, of the Town of Essex, to provide that where consent has been granted to sever off a surplus dwelling, the newly acquired vacant lands cannot be developed with a new dwelling. This is mandated by the Province of Ontario (Provincial Policy Statement) which binds municipalities to protect agricultural lands and operations from the encroachment of new residential development.

Any person may attend the public meeting and/or make written or verbal representation either in support of or in opposition to the proposed amendments.

Additional information relating to the proposed amendments is available for review at the Town Hall at 33 Talbot Street South, Essex, during regular office hours. It is recommended that an appointment be scheduled for this purpose. Please contact Isabel Chouinard, Planning Assistant, at 519-776-7336, extension 1128, to schedule an appointment.

Written submissions should be directed to Jeff Watson, Policy Planner, Town of Essex, 33 Talbot Street South, Essex, Ontario N8M 1A8.

If a person or public body does not make oral submissions at a public meeting or make written submissions to the Council for the Town of Essex before the proposed Official Plan and Zoning By-law amendments are adopted by by-law, the person or public body is not entitled to appeal the decision of the Council of the Town of Essex to the Ontario Municipal Board.

If a person or public body does not make oral submissions at a public meeting or make written submissions to Council before the proposed amendments are adopted by by-law, the person or public body may not be added as a party to the hearing of an appeal before the Ontario Municipal Board unless, in the opinion of the Board, there are reasonable grounds to add the person or public body as a party.

Personal Information: The personal information contained in any correspondence or oral presentation that you provide will become part of the public record and will be available on the Town website. Personal information is collected and disclosed pursuant to the provisions of the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act. Unless otherwise directed by Council, the amending by-law will be placed on the Council agenda for approval on September 15, 2014.

The report of the Planning Department concerning these amendments is available on request from the Planning Department and online at www.essex.ca under Town Hall, Publications, Plans and Reports to Council. Any written submissions, requests to be placed on a public mailing list for formal notification of future meetings concerning these Official Plan and Zoning By-law revisions, or requests (which must be in writing) for notification of Council’s approval of the amending by-law can be directed to: Cheryl Bondy, Clerk, Town of Essex, 33 Talbot Street South, Essex On, N8M 1A8, Tel: 519-776-7336 x1132 Fax: 519- 776-8811. We encourage people to register with the Clerk one week in advance of the meeting, if they wish to speak to this matter.

Any questions, comments or requests for further information may be directed to: Jeff Watson, Planning Department, Town of Essex, 33 Talbot Street South, Essex, ON, N8M 1A8 Tel: 519-776-7336 x1116 (J. Watson) or x1112 (H. Jablonski) Fax: 519-776-8811 Email: jwatson@essex.ca Dated at the Town of Essex on July 24, 2014.

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Intermediate Girls Softball title winners Tatomir to join 73’s staff PASS TIME IN LINE. READ THE NEWSPAPER.

on the mound in a 4-2 win over the Windsor Stars.

• Still with baseball both Essex and Woodslee baseball diamonds will be the site of several games in the 22team Senior Baseball Elimination Tournament this weekend.

Cut Down on Litter!

• From links, Essex’s Sara Pleasethe recycle this newspaper Holland shot a 77 to win the recent Jamieson Golf Tour event. Former Essex 73Õ s Tyler Pope-Ferguson sits 16 CENTRE ST., ESSEX atop the menÕ s collegiate division as he recently shot a 71. www.essexfreepress@on.aibn.com EssexÕ s David Byrne shot a five over 77 at the Canada Open qualifier.

Recently he had a 69-74-76-78 at the Staal Foundation Open in Thunder Bay. submitted to EFP 10,000 copies The Essex Ò WFCUÓ • Greg Mastronardi pitched a oneGirls hitter on Wednesday as the Woodslee Intermediate Orioles beat Essex 4-0 in Essex County softball team wond the Senior Baseball League action. Jordy Tier 2 Girls Interlock Davidson had a pair of doubles. On Championship over the Thursday the Orioles, backed by a weekend in Leamington.

The team, coached strong pitching outing from Greg by Scott Doherty, Burke, beat Leamington 3-0.

If you have anything for the Sports Lynne Haydt, and Rene finished Roundup, please contact Fred Groves Deschamps, the year end tournament at grover45@hotmail.ca 16 CENTRE ST., ESSEX with a perfect 4-0 record Advertise here! enroute to the Tier 2 title. www.essexfreepress@on.aibn.com The Essex girls showed strong team play throughout the weekend with contributions made

by Fred Groves The Essex 73Õ s, defending Great Lakes Junior Ô CÕ Hockey League champs are pleased to announce they have a new equipment manager.

Tyson Tatomir who was an assistant equipment manager with the NHLÕ s Carolina Hurricanes from 2006-09 will take over for Ron Campbell and Ron Prpich. Tatomir has also worked with the Windsor Spitfires and the Belle River Canadiens.

• Still with hockey, former 73’s assistant coach Anthony Iaquinta who spent the last three years with the team, and helped them to reach the OHA finals two straight years, is now with the Leamington Junior Ô BÕ Flyers.

Iaquinta joins his former coach Tony Piroski.

• Harrow’s Lionel Sanders continues to be one of the best triathletes in the country as he recently won the Ironman 70.3 Racine. He also competed in the Muncie 70.3 championships and is preparing for the half-marathon championships in Quebec.

• In Can-Am baseball league playoff action, MaidstoneÕ s Skylar Janisse of the Windsor Selects picked up the win

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16 Centre St., Essex www.essexfreepress@on.aibn.com All interested parties are invited to attend this Public Meeting, and any person who attends may make representations relating to the proposed by-law.

The meeting is to be held on: Monday, August 25, 2014 6:00-7:30 p.m.

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Organ donation recipient wins gold at Canadian Transplant Games

by Sylene Argent Twelve year old Essex resident and Holy Name Catholic Elementary School student Kaidyn Blair recently returned home from the Canadian Transplant Games as a multi-gold medal winner.

This area youth received a liver transplant shortly after his first birthday.

At the 2014 Canadian Transplant Games, which was held in New Brunswick from July 7-12, Blair won gold medals in the 12-14-year old age category for all five of his events; ball throw, long jump, high jump, bowling, and running. He was also teamed up with other athletes to play his first game of lacrosse. Blair scored two goals in this game.

Blair said candlepin bowling was a real challenge, as it was a difficult game to play. What is nice about competing, he added, is reconnecting with other youth and friends who have also received transplants.

He also gets the opportunity to make new friends.

At the Games, Blair was presented with the National Youth Award in recognition of his organ donation awareness

efforts. He received this special award at the Canadian Transplant Games gala. Blair was excited to receive the award and did not expect the recognition.

In the spring of 2013, Blair and his family hosted a registration blitz at the Essex Branch of the Royal Canadian Legion to encourage people aged 16 and over to consider being organ or tissue donors.

One organ donor, he said, can save up to eight lives. In April of this year, he hosted an organ donation awareness walk-athon through town, with some of the participants continuing on to Windsor Regional Hospital.

RuthvenÕ s womenÕ s hockey Olympian Meghan AgostaMarciano attended this event to lend her support. He also goes to area schools to share his message of organ donation with other students.

In recognition of his efforts, Essex Council announced that April 27 would be Kaidyn Blair Donor Day. This date marks BlairÕ s transplant anniversary date.

Just after his first birthday, Blair received a liver transplant after there were many

complications with his own.

Receiving a second chance at life, and having the ability to be athletic and do all of the things he has been able to do with his life is something Blair does not take lightly. And in honour of other youth still waiting to receive a life-saving organ, Blair has dedicated much of his time in the past few years to raise awareness about becoming a donor and registering to do so.

He urges community members to register to become an organ donor if they havenÕ t done so yet. He hopes anyone considering to sign up would do so through his account: www. beadonor.ca/kaidyns-dream.

His goal is to get 3653 people to register under his account. This number is the amount of days he lived at the ten-year anniversary of his liver transplant. He currently has nearly 900 individuals signed up on this registry.

BlairÕ s mom, Tammy, said she recently received correspondence from Trillium who noted for the second year in a row that Essex is first in Ontario for getting new registration. This is exciting news, she said.

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Essex United Church The Covenanting service to induct Jim Hatt as our minister will be conducted by Rev. Sharon Willis-Whitwell next Sunday at 3 p.m. We anticipate meaningful messages under his direction.

Friends of Essex United (pastoral care) are having a games party July 29 at 163 Turnhout Crescent as a fundraiser for the

Essex Food Bank. If you plan to attend please let Arleen Hatt know.

Registration forms are available for the Vacation Bible Camp of August 11 to 15. Registration must be in by Thursday, August 7.

We are at half capacity.

The church office is open at various times during August so please call before you come. The answering machine will be checked daily.

The entrance hall that suffered water damage when the roof leaked is under repair.

Holy Name of Jesus Church submitted by Therese Lecuyer On August 10th we will head down to St. Mary’s ballpark, in Maidstone, after mass for a softball game and BBQ. The Parish Family Picnic is on August 17th, at noon. See you there...rain or shine!

Vacation Bible School (ages 3-9 years) is scheduled for August 11-15, 9 am-noon. Contact our parish office for more information.

Doors open at 6:30 pm on Monday, August 18th for a Euchre Night sponsored by K of C. Summer Study: A four week study on Revelation at the home of Chris Lapain’s, 561 Cty. Rd. 34W, Essex on Wednesday evenings, from 7-9pm, starting August 6th A Pastoral Planning session for the parish will take place this fall. Suggestion cards for your thoughts are on the Info table for you to fill out.

Are you or someone you know interested in becoming Catholic? Contact Fr. Dave. RCIA begins in the Fall.

Best wishes to Roy and Laurette Renaud who celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary.

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Please continue to save you Foodland grocery receipts - it helps us help others. God Bless you all and have a great week!

Bakerville News submitted by Evelyn Baker Weather has been all mixed up this past week but we did get a nice rain Sunday night. Our rain gauge registered two inches, which was needed, so we are thankful.

Happy Birthday Wishes to Richard Trimble, Dick Reyner #86, Gillian Diemling, Rose Smith, Cary Holt & Sharman Dickie (nee Jarrett.)

The Baker Clan is happy to welcome Mr & Mrs. Rob Baker home to stay from Hong Kong. They are residing in Windsor.

We had a surprise visit this past week of Joe Fox & Karen from California as they are touring about visiting relatives stateside and here.

The Pleasant Valley Community Club held a Pepper party on Tuesday evening and the lucky folks were Barbara Jacobs, Mary Demars, Josie Dresser, Keith Dresser, Charles Chevalier, Don Ames & Al McLellan. Come on down on Tuesday evening for Pepper and on Saturday night for Euchre beginning at 7 pm. All are welcome here and join in with your neighbours for some great games.

The Essex County Steam & Gas Engine Museum needs to finalize the show coming up on August 8-10 at Co-An park McGregor.

We need volunteers for various jobs. If you are interested please come & see me.

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Woodslee United Church submitted by Sue Holman Come and join our joint Service at Belle River United Church at 10 am. in Belle River.

Thank you to Phil Henandez who gave the message last Sunday. This Sunday message will be given by Sue Anderson.

Essex Community Services DID YOU KNOW? GROCERY STORE TAPES – from Essex Foodland continue to be accepted as part of our ongoing fundraising efforts. As well, income tax receipts are provided for cash donations over $10.00. These donations are very important and enable us to continue offering our many programs and services to the community. Our programs include Transportation, Foot Care, Security Checks, Coats for Kids, Free Income Tax Clinics and more. We appreciate your efforts in helping Essex Community Services. Visit our website at www.essexcs.on.ca for more information on our agency.

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After watching the video and discussing different tips and tricks we went over everything that we should be looking at on our plows before the match. The meeting was then adjourned and snacks were had. A big thank you to our guest speaker Adam McLeod for teaching us many helpful pointers and everything that we should be looking for in our plowing, also thank you to the Anger family for hosting the meeting.

4-H Beef Report Submitted by Mikayla Nelson On Wednesday, July 16th the Essex County 4-H Beef club held a fitting and clipping meeting at Colchester Farms. Fitting and clipping your animal can be a hard task and so this was a very informative meeting that we all learned something from.

We started out by learning how to properly wash your steer and we were shown different tricks to do so. After washing the steer we moved on to clipping where we learned how to blend and highlight the nice areas of your animal.

The meeting was then adjourned and snacks were had, thank you to the Anger family for hosting the meeting. We look forward to seeing everyone out at the Comber fair!

4-H Plowing Report Submitted by Mikayla Nelson On Thursday, July 3rd the Essex County 4-H Plowing club held a meeting at Colchester farms. We recited the 4-H pledge

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Local Drag Racing results at Grand Bend 1939 Buick Special camped on Vancouver Island

submitted to EFP The Grand Bend Ron Jones of Ilderton, Ontario, has owned his 1939 Buick Special coupe for more Motorplex hosted another than a quarter century. He purchased the car in London, Ontario, in 1988 and it came round of the Essex originally from Tennessee. Over the next sixteen years, working on and off, Ron County Bracket Series. performed a frame-off restoration and modification.

WoodsleeÕ s Carmen Ò All the chrome is original except for re-chroming the bumpers and windshield Arquette put his rebuilt wiper transmissions,” says Ron. “The running gear is a modified 350 Chevrolet truck 1986 Ford Mustang to engine with 700R4 automatic transmission. The rear end is from a 1976 Chev Caprice good use with a win in with 2:73 gears. The car has a trailer tow package on it. The car is painted in 1998 Bracket 2 and Street ET. Dodge Durango red with subtle pearl ghost flames.

He downed the 1980 “My first trip was in 2008 when I towed an 18ft. travel trailer to Vancouver Island.

Camaro of HarrowÕ s I have been to several car shows but mainly drive the Buick on several camping trips.Ó And can you imagine the excitement at a camp ground when Ron rolls in while Ryan Teves in B2. In towing his trailer behind this awesome-looking resto-rod! I can easily imagine the Street ET his Mustang questions: Ò Hey, Mister, what year is it?Ó Ò What make is it?Ó Ò Whatcha got under ran 13.12 seconds at 104 the hood?” “Where did you find this car?” “How long did it take you to rebuild it?” mph to beat WindsorÕ s Russ Wood in a 1982 “Where did you find the parts for it?” “Do you drive it everywhere?”

And the comments: Ò My grandfather had a car like this, but not with the engine Camaro.

Mark Gubinski, from youÕ ve got!Ó Ò I think I saw one of these in an old movie.Ó Ò Mister, this is the coolest Essex, stretched out his car IÔ ve ever seen!Ó Ron’s Buick when new was powered by a “Dynaflash” overhead-valve straight Bracket 1 points lead eight engine with 248 cubic inches cranking out 107 horsepower and with Ò LifetimeÓ when he took out the 1984 lubricated water pump. It had a new Ò Handi-shiftÓ gear changer on the steering column, Capri of Paul Garant, also which has now been converted to a floor shift. Turn signals are hooked into the parking from Essex, in the final lights sitting atop the front fenders. The front seats are power bucket seats from a Chev round. GubinskiÕ s 1972 Venture van. The back seat is a bench seat out of a Dodge caravan.

Ford Gran Torino ran the If RonÕ s car had been built in Canada, it would be a McLaughlin-Buick Sport Coupe best of 10.57 at 130 mph selling for $1313 (Oshawa factory retail). The American Buick coupe sold new for and was also runner-up in $950. Four series were available in 1939, in ascending order of price: Special, Century, Mod ET. Roadmaster, and Limited. If you wanted to really splurge in 1939, you could buyPASS a TIME IN LINE. WindsorÕ s John Pizzo 1939 McLaughlin-Buick came out on top in the Limited 7-passenger battle of the dragsters in Imperial sedan for $3338 Top ET. He beat Steve while your next door Smith from Clinton neighbour bought a new Township Michigan 1939 Ford Standard Ron Jones’ 1939 Buick Special coupe with trailer on the road

2-passenger business coupe for $829.

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South Buxton Raceway - Racing results and highlights

submitted by Mike Bennett For the third time this season, LeamingtonÕ s Joel Dick and CottamÕ s Rob Quick visited Victory Lane on the same night at South Buxton Raceway.

Dick won his ninth feature of the season on Saturday, taking the checkered flag in the Brian Outhouse memorial race in the Schinkels Gourmet Meats UMP Modifieds. Quick won his third feature in the Tirecraft Mini-Mods, taking the Cory Schives memorial race. QuickÕ s previous two wins came on May 24 and June 14 on nights when Dick was also victorious.

But more work went into DickÕ s feature win on Saturday than any of his previous eight. His car suffered severe damage in a multi-car wreck last Saturday, when he was put into the wall on a restart while leading the feature. Ò To rebound after that is awesome,Ó Dick said. Ò There was a lot of time and money and hard work this week to get us back

where we are.Ó Dick had to take his car to Ohio to straighten out his bent machine after the damage in the crash with ChathamÕ s Eugene Hoekstra, who was suspended from SaturdayÕ s races as a result of the incident. Ò The carÕ s still not quite right, we still had to work out some bugs here tonight,Ó Dick said.

You wouldnÕ t know he was still having trouble based on his results, as Dick won the heat and dash preliminary races for his second three-race sweep of the season. His nine feature wins and 16 checkered flags leads all drivers. He led all but one of the 25 laps in the feature, as he lost the lead momentarily to MerlinÕ s Brad McLeod when the leaders got caught up in lapped traffic.

McLeod, an eight-time track champion, held on for a season-best second.

Belle RiverÕ s Mario Toniolo finished fourth after winning his heat race earlier in the night.

LeamingtonÕ s Justin Coulter finished 10th as he raced with the No. 20 of MerlinÕ s Jeff Daniels on the door.

Coulter was racing for DanielsÕ whose father Wayne, 57, died on Friday. Ò ItÕ s just so sad, you look over there and heÕ s (Wayne) not there,Ó said Dick, who parks beside Daniels in the pits. Ò Last week when we were having trouble, he (Wayne) came over to give us a hand, thatÕ s the kind of guy he was,Ó Dick said.

WindsorÕ s Dan McIntyre finished 11th, EssexÕ s Gerald Martin 12th and WheatleyÕ s Justin Mills was 13th.

Dick has a 111-point lead over Toniolo, who moved back into second place in the division standings.

Quick had pretty well resigned himself to a second-place finish as MerlinÕ s Steve Shaw Jr. dominated the early laps.

However, the race changed when the caution came out for the only time

with eight laps to go. Ò Thank God the caution came out, if not, I donÕ t know if I would have got by Steve Shaw,Ó Quick admitted.

Shaw elected to restart on the inside for the double-file restart, which worked into QuickÕ s favour as he had a good run from middle to the top of the track. Ò When he (Shaw) chose the bottom for the restart, I knew IÕ d be able to pull him out of (turn) two and thatÕ s how I got him,Ó said Quick, as he pulled out to a commanding lead and had a full-corner advantage over second-place Matt Sorrell, of Dresden, when the checkered flew. Quick credited his crew chief P.J. Wolters for giving him a winning race car.

KingsvilleÕ s Norm DeSerrano and Larry Hart finished seventh and eight while EssexÕ s Tom Reimer finished 10th, Amherstburg’s Denver Orum was 14th and KingsvilleÕ s Dylan Wolters was 15th.

Quick moved to within 10 points of secondplace Trevor Jones in the standings, 62 points behind the leader Brett Hope.

MerlinÕ s Steve Shaw took the lead on lap three and led the final 17 laps of the Len Bryden memorial feature in the Tirecraft Sport Stocks.

EssexÕ s Doris Lajeunesse finished second and RuthvenÕ s Brad Bloomfield had a season-high fourthplace finish. Kingsville’s Rob Young rebounded to finish seventh after being involved in a late crash while running second.

CottamÕ s Tiffany Ellis finished eighth, WheatleyÕ s Steve Clements was ninth, WindsorÕ s West Bertozzi 11th and EssexÕ s Dillon Moody 12th.

Young won his heat race, his sixth checkered

flag of the season.

Chatham’s Andrew Reaume won the Gord DeWael memorial for the second year in a row in the Westside Performance Plus UMP Late Models.

BlenheimÕ s Shawn Hope won the Autotech Bombers feature for the second week in a row, with WindsorÕ s George Rock fourth.

The Southern Ontario Sprints will be at South Buxton this coming Saturday for their second and final visit of the season.

TilburyÕ s Kyle Patrick, who finished fourth in the July 5 SOS feature won

by OhswekenÕ s Glenn Styres, will be in the field.

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