Southpoint Sun June 22, 2011

Hoy delivers $26 million for a new LDSS!

In one of the biggest funding announcements in recent memory, MPP Pat Hoy delivered over $26 million to start work on a new school to replace Leamington District Secondary School. LDSS is one of 43 new school projects announced by Premier Dalton McGuinty last week across Ontario, including $18.5 million for a new secondary school for neighbouring Essex.

“The McGuinty government is paying 100 percent of the cost to build a new school so Leamington students have even better places to learn,” said Hoy. “This year, work will begin on a new school to replace LDSS, part of the Greater Essex County District School Board.”

“I am proud to announce this investment in Leamington families, as we support improved school infrastructure. We are helping students, strength-

ening the local and provincial economy and creating quality jobs,” said Hoy.

LDSS principal Mike Hawkins was very happy with the announcement made on Wednesday, June 15. “It’s been a long time in coming. With all the stages they put the existing building together, it makes it very difficult to operate… This will allow for even more successes for our students

and a lot more opportunities for future students,” said Hawkins.

Hawkins stated that the board is still exploring options of designs. “We’re exploring options right away, but as far as actually putting a shovel in the ground, I’m not sure when that will be,” he added.

One option is to build the new school on the existing site, but there must be con-

tingency planning as well.

“Staying here is one of the options… There’s a lot for engineers and architects to decide,” said Hawkins.

“Investing in our schools is critical to helping every child reach his or her full potential and succeed. Our government is committed to making the necessary investments and planning to ensure the future success of our children and grandchil-

dren,” said Education Minister Leona Dombrowsky.

The current Leamington District Secondary School building was built in 1957 and has had several additions over the years. LDSS has approximately 900 students.

The original Leamington High School was located across the street where the student parking lot is.

Leamington Post Office employees found themselves locked out on Wednesday morning, June 15. Following 12 days of rotating strike activity by the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW), Canada Post decided to

Military Muster

Mr. Michael Timoshyk made a presentation to Council on Monday, June 20 to inform them of the upcoming Southern Ontario Military Muster planned for August 12 to 14 at the Transportation Museum and Heritage Village on the Arner Townline. Last summer was the first time the event was held and 6000 showed up for it. This year a wide variety of events, displays and activities related to military history are planned. For more information, the event has a website: www.militarymuster.org.

Tax Adjustments Made

The first item of business Leamington Council attended to Monday evening was to convene a Tax Court of Adjustment. This is the way Council reduces (and refunds) taxes on properties that have been demolished, damaged, or changed in taxation status. In all, 16 properties received refunds ranging from just over $5 to just under $33,000, most because of tornado damage or destruction in June of 2010.

Shocking Price leads to Temporary Solution

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A tender was let to have the roof of the old MCR railroad station replaced with an historically accurate new roof, but when the result revealed only one bid that was almost three times the amount budgeted based on the architect’s estimate, municipal administration sought and received permission to tender for a ‘temporary’ roof solution. The existing roof has completely failed and a new roof of some kind is needed to prevent the ruin of the station. On the basis of tenders that came in for this alternative, Leamington Council has opted to pay Double AA Roofing $10,091.15 (plus taxes) for a metal roof that has a 50-year expectancy. Although a 15-year asphalt roof would have been about $1700 less expensive, it was successfully argued that the longer-lasting roof alternative would be prudent since the speed with which the expected $450,000 for the total renovation could be raised is in question; 15 years might not be long enough, but surely 50 will be.

Rick Hansen 25th Anniversary

Twenty-five years ago, Rick Hansen’s Man in Motion Tour came to Leamington. This was a cross-Canada odyssey by Rick in his wheelchair to raise money and awareness for spinal cord injuries. This year, the Rick Hansen 25th Anniversary Relay will re-create that landmark event, beginning in Cape Spear, Newfoundland on August 24th, and ending (12,000km later) in Vancouver, British Columbia on May 22, 2012. The relay will stop in Leamington on Sunday, November 20th, and will depart on Tuesday, November 22nd.

Sidewalk Sale

Municipal council gave permission to close the usual roads to accommodate the Leamington BIA’s annual sidewalk sale on Friday, July 22nd and Saturday, July 23rd. Talbot will be blocked off from Albert and Fox to Princess, and Erie from John St. to Setterington St. Mill Street will be blocked off from Fox to just beyond Erie, permitting access to the new Mill Street Parking lot.

A Memorial to Bruce Crozier?

Leamington Council has added its endorsement to a letter received from the Town of Amherstburg calling on the Premiere of Ontario and the Ministry of Transport to rename the Essex Corridor of Highway 3 the Bruce Crozier Memorial Highway. The widening of the highway was a pet project of Bruce’s, and he was able to get funding to get the project done, so it is being suggested that this would be a fitting tribute to his memory. Let’s hope the initiative is successful.

U.M.E.I. Graduates

The 2010-2011 graduates at United Mennonite Educational Institute (U.M.E.I.) Christian High School are, back row: Leah Toews, Mathew Suta, Jason Wall, Curtis Sawatzky, Michelle Bennett. Middle row: Sarah Pierce, Yolanda Zuiderveen, Timothy Dyck, Jillian Balzer. Front: Taylor Neufeld, Tess Huy. (Photo by Milestone Imagery)

June 25th Concert in Seacliff Park -

Sculptures to be unveiled

A free concert and the official unveiling of the tree sculptures in Seacliff Park has been endorsed by Leamington Council.

The event will start at 5:00 p.m. when the cash bar and barbecued food will go on sale.

At 6:00 p.m. Mayor John Paterson will extend greetings and preside over the official unveiling of the sculptures, then at 7:00 p.m. the concert begins with the local band, The Potlickers opening, followed by The Speds as the headline act.

Liberal nomination

meeting June 28

The Chatham-Kent Essex Provincial Association nomination meeting is slated for Tuesday, June 28, 7:00-9:30 p.m. where local Liberals will elect a candidate for the October 6, 2011 provincial election. The meeting takes place at Ryder Hall, Tilbury Arena, 49 Bond Street.

Running for nomination are Mike Ferguson, currently Assistant to retiring MPP Pat Hoy, and Paul Watson, a Chatham lawyer and past Chatham city councillor.

OBITUARY

Dorothy Joyce Sudds passed away on Saturday, June 18, 2011 at Hamilton General Hospital.

Beloved wife of the late Oscar Sudds (1998). Loving sister of Douglas Offer. Beloved mother of Crystal Getty and her husband Melvin, their children Erin Dely and her husband Jason, Megan Harris and her husband Greg, and Kyle Getty and his wife Kristen; William Sudds and his wife Frances and their children Amanda and Emily; Barbara Robinson and her husband Andrew and their children William and James; and Peter Sudds and his wife Melissa and their children Lauren and Charlie. She will also be sadly missed her great grandchildren Matthew and Natalee (Dely) and Liam and Aden (Harris).

Joyce enjoyed doing things for others, like making afghans and other handicrafts, and of course embroidering; we will always cherish those gifts. She enjoyed her family and each of us will miss her more than words can say. She has gone to join her husband Oscar; we are sure he is waiting for her and is sorry for our sadness but so happy to see the love of his life once more.

Visiting at the Reid Funeral Home & Reception Centre, 14 Russell Street, Leamington (519-326-2631), on Wednesday from 2-5 and 7-9 p.m.

Funeral service to celebrate Joyce’s life will be held at St. John’s Anglican Church, 60 Erie Street North, Leamington, on Thursday, June 23, 2011 at 11 a.m. with Rev. Robert Lemon officiating. Interment Erie Memorial Gardens, Leamington.

Memorial donations may be made by cheque to the Breast Cancer Foundation or the charity of your choice. Friends may share memories at www.reidfuneralhome.ca.

To have an obituary notice placed in the Leamington Southpoint Sun, please contact your Funeral Director.

Dorothy Joyce Sudds

Now easier to become an organ donor

For the first time ever, Ontarians can now register as organ and tissue donors online through a new website, BeADonor.ca.

“Unfortunately, the need for organs and tissue far outweighs the supply, and there are 1,500 Ontarians waiting for a livesaving organ transplant,” said Pat Hoy, MPP Chatham-Kent Essex. “Online organ donor registration is another step towards our goal of giving every one of those 1500 Ontarians a second chance at life.”

Even if you have signed a donor card, you still need to register your consent. Less than 20% of Ontarians have registered even though the majority of Ontarians believe consenting in advance in an important thing to do.

From cars to corn, dads just know

“It’s important to make registering to become a donor as easy as possible because the need is so great,” added Hoy. “Here in Leamington and Chatham-Kent, there are families who have been touched by the gift of life, but there are other families who continue to wait in hope.”

Like most people, Sunday I enjoyed a beautiful afternoon barbecue to celebrate Father’s Day. I’m lucky enough to still have my dad here and at 85, he’s still mobile (doesn’t drive) but walks on his own accord and on most days has a better memory than me.

I’m the youngest in my family of four, ranging in age from 57 to 42. We grew up on a small family farm in Howard Township and this Father’s Day reminded me of what an important role that fathers play in a child’s life.

Previously, Ontarians could only register as organ and tissue donors in person at a ServiceOntario centre or by downloading, completing and mailing a Gift of Life Consent Form.

By logging onto BeADonor.ca Ontarians can also confirm their current status as an organ donor. Many Ontarians mistakenly believe that the signed donor card they carry in their wallet means they are registered, and that is not the case, as this card pre-dates Ontario’s registry.

By registering consent to donate, an individual’s information is recorded and stored in a secure Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care database so it can be made available to families at the right time, for the purpose of ensuring the patient’s donation decision is known and respected. With evidence of their loved ones’ registered consent, almost all families consent to organ donation.

Every registered donor has the potential to save up to eight lives.

When you grow up and get out on your own you certainly learn to appreciate those little tidbits of knowledge and information that Dad always liked to share. Dad taught me the importance of perfect air pressure. It seems silly, but first it was making sure that my bike tires were always fully inflated which meant a great deal when it was my only source of transportation. From bike tires to car tires, properly inflated tires can ensure safety while also saving fuel.

Dads always seem to want to teach their daughters small tips about their cars. “Whatever you do, make sure you change the oil when you’re suppose to… Don’t wait for the light to come on!” If you’ve ever cracked a head seal, you’ll know how much money that advice can save you.

The first car I bought I remember telling Dad I needed a new headlight. He asked if it got hit with a stone or how it broke. I naively responded that the glass was fine, but the light was out. He chuckled and said then all you need is a bulb, not the whole headlight. That’s not something they teach you in school. Now instead of buying an expensive headlight or paying someone to install it, I’m perfectly capable of changing a bulb. He used to do his own oil changes too, but I wasn’t that interested in learning to do that myself…

Being a farmer Dad always had a great garden. He always said the vegetables tasted better. I thought he just refused to pay for them in the store. We used to have fresh sweet corn, carrots, cucumbers, tomatoes, beets, onions and potatoes. He’s right, vegetables really do taste better when you grow them yourself.

Happy Father’s Day!

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What are your plans for after graduation?

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Taylor Neufeld

“This summer I’m hoping to be in the Tomato Pageant and I have a part-time job at the Mennonite Home. Then in September I’m going to the University of Waterloo for Social Development Studies.”

Matt Suta

“I am going to Brock University to study tourism and the environment to hopefully learn more about the environment and how to combat the degradation of the environment.”

Sarah Pierce

“I’m going to be trying to get a job and save money and then going to graphic design at St. Clair in the fall.”

Tess Huy

“I’m going to Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, to study biology and chemistry because I want to go into medicine later. And I’ll probably be studying a little French too.”

Farewell halls

This past weekend, we travelled out to Saskatchewan where our youngest daughter was graduating from high school. Not only was it an agenda-packed few days, but full of plenty of emotions.

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Roads in need of upgrades

Now that we have the bypass extended to Seacliffe, when is the council going to upgrade Seacliffe to Cherry Lane, to handle the increased traffic? Since this is now part of the major access for visitors to Pelee Park, it is obvious that Seacliffe’s surface is little more than a rutted track. It’s as bad as Erie to the south for visitors using the ferry. Good advertising for tourists?

– Frank T. Gilmore, Leamington

Thanks to the troops

As the combat mission in Afghanistan transitions into other military activities, the Royal Canadian Legion would like to extend a heartfelt thanks to those service men and women, and their families, who have served with distinction and sacrificed on behalf of Canadians during these past several years. Their contribution to the well-being and care of another country’s populace is a tremendous reflection of Canada’s efforts toward maintaining global peace and we are proud of the way you have represented us. Words are not enough to convey how grateful we are for their commitment and dedication. As a national endeavour, I am encouraging local branches to hold appreciation events for veterans of the Afghanistan mission this coming August, in order to remember those who have fallen, thank those who have returned and to celebrate how proud you and your families have made us to be Canadian.

– Patricia Varga, Dominion President, The Royal Canadian Legion

Parents from all over Canada, a few from the U.S. and others from faraway places throughout the world gathered to witness their child’s graduation. Many of us thought they would be happy to be leaving the small tumbleweed town in the middle of nowhere. Instead, if given the choice most would have stayed a little bit longer

Similar to graduates all over the country, they will be home for a short reprieve before they head into the next stage of their lives – to work, study or play a sport perhaps.

A father of one of the grads toasted the class of 2011 and shared with all of us some words of wisdom that he valued.

“No matter what, tell the truth. It’s easy,” and “always have time for your friends because otherwise you will find yourself without any.”

The lyrics from a Crosby, Stills, Nash and (Young) song were read and they spoke to both the parents and young adults.

“You who are on the road

Must have a code that you can live by

And so become yourself

Because the past is just a goodbye.

Teach your children well

Their father’s hell did slowly go by

And feed them on your dreams

The one they pick, the one you’ll know by.

Lifestyles Lifestyles

Don’t you ever ask them why, if they told you, you will cry

So just look at them and sigh, and know they love you.

And you, of tender years

Can’t know the fears that your elders grew by

And so please help them with your youth

They seek the truth before they can die.

Teach your parents well

Their children’s hell will slowly go by

And feed them on your dreams

The one they picks, the one you’ll know by.

Don’t you ever ask them why, if they told you, you would cry

So just look at them and sigh, and know they love you.”

With the warmth of the hugs still around you and the fog of tears in your eyes, you can take your friendships, family and experiences wherever you go.

“Graduation is only a concept. In real life every day you graduate. Graduation is a process that goes on until the last day of your life. If you grasp that, you’ll make a difference.”

Raffoul returns to St. Louis as part of Arts on Tour

By Sheila McBrayne

Leamington singer and songwriter Jody Raffoul returned to his childhood school, St. Louis Catholic Elementary School, on Thursday, June 16 as part of the St. Clair College Arts on Tour program.

Raffoul performed for Grade 5 and 6 students in the gymnasium with interjections about career choices for students. Justin Fox of St. Clair College informed students of the vast educational opportunities at St. Clair.

Raffoul started off with his acoustic hit Simple Life. Students asked questions of the Leamington singer like whom his favourite and biggest group was that he played with. Raffoul admitted the “biggest” opener he played was the Jon Bon Jovi tour and his favourite was Bad Company.

When asked, “When did you know you wanted to be a singer?”, Raffoul told the story of growing up beside his uncle who had an acoustic guitar. At age five, he picked it up and started to learn harmonies. At age 17 he played his first gig at a house party on Wilkinson Drive and his first paying gig was later that year at a Windsor bar named Little Jim’s.

“Go 100 percent for what you want… put your heart forward and you’ll never go wrong,” he said. Raffoul performed another hit he wrote and made popular called Home.

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Raffoul in front of his Gr. 8 grad picture

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Branch 84 Legion News

By Lisa Cowen-Tehonchuk

Come on down to the Branch and enjoy the fun. Every week there are Friday night darts starting at 8 p.m., and Saturdays are the meat draw, 50/50 draw and weekly draw. Did you come down to find out how to play Chase the Ace on Saturday? You have to come on down to find out what it is.

The beer specials have started all week now.

Next month’s dinner is Christmas in July on Wednesday, July 13. Tickets are $7 per person and are available now. As of June 16, half the tickets had been sold. Come and enjoy Gord Ciliska’s wonderful music.

June 10th Friday night dart winners were Jim Simpson and Mabel McKee. In 2nd place were Dennis McCarney and Rose Hills.

The 68th Anniversary of the Italian Campaign Parade - July 10

On July 10 the Royal Canadian Legion Br. 84 Leamington will host this parade. The parade will form up at 10 a.m. in the back parking lot of Leamington Legion. The parade will move off at 10:30 a.m. and march to Dieppe Park on Princess Street, then return march back to the branch. Any and all veterans are welcomed to march as well as any Legion members wishing to parade. The public is invited to partake in watching the ceremony at the park and is welcome to come back and check out the new Legion.

On Friday, July 29 at approximately 12 noon, Randy Groundwater will be visiting Branch 84. Randy is the Provincial Service Officer. Contact Bob McKee at 519-9681799 or the Branch at 519-326-0073 if you wish to book an appointment.

The next Executive meeting is July 20th at 7 p.m.

THIS WEEK’S MUSICAL BIRTHDAYS

1981, Brandon Flowers (lead vocals, 'The Killers')

1975, Captain and Tennille

1970, Steven Page, (former vocalist of 'Barenaked Ladies')

1961, Terri Nunn (lead vocals of 'Berlin') 1959, Andy McCluskey (lead vocals of 'OMD') 1957, Terence Wilson (Astro) (lead vocals of 'UB40')

1956, Chris Isaak

1955, Mick Jones (lead vocals of 'The Clash')

1953, Cyndi Lauper

1949, Lionel Richie

1948, Todd Rundgren

1944, Jeff Beck (guitarist with 'The Yardbirds')

1944, Ray Davies (lead vocals, 'The Kinks') 1936, Kris Kristofferson

SONGS TO HIT #1 THIS WEEK

2002, Nelly- 'Hot In Here.'

1992, Mariah Carey- 'I'll Be There' 1989, Richard Marx- 'Satisfied' 1985, Bryan Adams- 'Heaven'

1984, Duran Duran- 'The Reflex'

1977, Marvin Gaye- 'Got To Give It Up'

1965, The Byrds- 'Mr Tambourine Man'. 1963, Stevie Wonder- 'Fingertips Parts One and Two.'

MUSIC EVENTS

ON THIS WEEK'S DATES

1969, David Bowie recorded 'Space Oddity' at Trident Studios London.

1994, George Michael lost his lawsuit against Sony Records after claiming his 15-year contract with Sony was unfair. Michael vowed he would never record for Sony again. He re-signed with

the company in 2003.

2001, John Lee Hooker, legendary blues singer and guitarist, died in his sleep aged 83. 1985, The soundtrack from the film 'Beverly Hills Cop' started a two-week run at No.1 on the albums chart.

1970, Chubby Checker was arrested in Niagara Falls after police discovered marijuana and other drugs in his car.

1999, Eric Clapton put 100 of his guitars up for auction at Christie's in New York City to raise money for his drug rehab clinic. His 1956 Fender Stratocaster named Brownie, which was used to record the electric version of ‘Layla’, sold for a record $497,500.

1966, The Beatles- 'Paperback Writer' 2009, Michael Jackson died at the age of 50, after suffering heart failure at his home in Beverly Hills.

2009, A Sgt Pepper souvenir poster bearing the signatures of all four Beatles sold for $52,500 at a pop memorabilia auction in New York City.

Other musical items that went under the hammer were a set of Bob Dylan's handwritten lyrics, which made $25,000 and a bass guitar owned by Kurt Cobain sold for $43,750 1974, Cher divorced Sonny Bono after 10 years of marriage.

1999, Elton John was reported to be in talks with a City finance house to secure a $42.5 million loan, using his back catalogue of hits as security. It had been reported that Elton had been spending $425,000 a week on credit cards.

1990, Buddy Holly’s Gibson acoustic guitar sold for $237,419 in a Sotheby's auction. The guitar was in a tooled leather case made by Holly himself.

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Raffoul visits St. Louis School

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The song was actually written for a movie, which didn’t make the final editing cut, but was later used as the theme song to raise money in a Ronald McDonald House fundraising campaign.

His third song was a cover of the Beatles’ Blackbird. Raffoul shared a story he was told about the very popular rapper Eminem. Before Marshall Mathers was Eminem he was a dishwasher at Gilbert’s Lodge in Grosse Point, Michigan, for four years. Gilbert’s owners called Marshall a very hard and dedicated worker who believed in his dream of becoming a rapper. The owners new nothing about rap, but supported his dream. “You never go wrong when you believe in what you do. If you love something enough and you’re lucky enough to get to work at it, you’re very lucky,” said Raffoul.

Raffoul’s stop at St. Louis was part of his Grade School Tour organized through St. Clair College. Raffoul has visited 24 schools since April 21 in the WindsorEssex area, but the St. Louis stop was a special visit for Raffoul as he is an alumnus of the school having graduated in 1981. Plans to shoot a promotional video of Raffoul with the children in the playground were cancelled due to rain.

Raffoul will be concluding the tour with a special concert on Friday, June 24 at the Chrysler Theatre. Jody Raffoul and Friends (top students from each school) will play together for the concert. Tickets are $25 each with money going to local schools. Tickets available online at www.chryslertheatre.com.

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SpEqTRA presents special awards at annual hoedown

The 6th annual SpEqTRA Hoedown and Silent Auction was held Saturday, June 11 at Leamington Marina Pavilion. The evening included a pig roast, music, line dancing demonstration and presentations to special honourees Adam Crozier and Ron Kinsman, who received Volunteer Awards, and Jeff Bowman, on behalf of Bowman Feeds, for Outstanding Service.

SpEqTRA expressed their thanks to the businesses within and around the community for their generosity, which enables them to continue to deliver a quality program to their clients. They also expressed heartfelt thanks to the many volunteers for donating one of the most cherished commodities – time.

SpEqTRA (Special Equestrians Therapeutic Riding As-

sociation) provides horseback riding therapy for adults and children with special needs. Research has shown the beneficial results therapeutic riding provides in rehabilitation following stroke, head injury and traumatic brain damage, and has shown critical improvements in the treatment of mental health issues and learning disabilities through the humananimal bonding process.

The horse provides rhythmical, multidimensional movement that facilitates many changes in the rider, improving balance, coordination, muscle strength, muscle tone, self-

confidence and self-esteem, attention span, independence and overall social integration.

Transport Canada inspects Leamington breakwall

MP Dave Van Kesteren spoke with Transport Canada officials regarding the breakwall in front of the Leamington Marina. Representatives inspected the structure last week. Transport Canada will now provide any recommendations of improvements to the structure to the Ministry of MTO who owns the breakwall. “I am encouraged to see the quick action taken by Transport Canada to investigate the breakwall,” said Van Kesteren. “If there is a way that we can improve the visibility of the structure within the rules and regulations of marine travel, I am confident those recommendations will come forward.”

“I appreciate MP Van Kesteren’s immediate attention to this and look forward to working closely with him on future files,” said Leamington Mayor John Paterson.

Jeff Bowman, accepting on behalf of Bowman Feeds, was presented with an award for Outstanding Service by Dorothy St. John, SpEqtra

Adam Crozier, left, and Ron Kinsman were each presented with a Volunteer Award at the SpEqTRA Hoedown and Silent Auction held Sat. June 11. Presenting the awards is Liz Windsor, SpEqTRA Program Coordinator. (Submitted photo)

3 Kool Kats back for Two Creeks encore

Bill Loop, Carlo Rossi and Lee Amlin will draw on their unique talents to create a blues, oldies and classic rock musical experience for all ages when they return to the Two Creeks Summer Concert Series June 26. With more than 120 years of music background among them, it’s a band that’ll “either get you movin’ on the dance floor or groovin’ in your seats”.

Carlo, the 3 Kool Kats’ drummer and lead vocalist, began playing in 1967, and has worked in various bands, including Hesperus, Revolver and Rat Patrol. His accomplishments include the recorded singles “Bustin’ Nuts” and “Games”, and Lee Amlin’s album “I Wanna Hold You.” He has also played with BoBo Jenkins, president of Detroit’s Blues Club.

Bass guitarist and vocalist Bill is well-known on the local music scene for his expertise and involvement in recordings such as Edward Bear and The New Potatoes’ hit “Last Song”, singles by The Dorians in Europe and North America and Alexander Zonjic’s Weathervane first album “Alexander Zonjic”.

Lee, organist and keyboardist, began his musical career on the accordion in 1958 and added the organ in 1967. In 1984, he acquired his Hammond B-3 and realized it was “all about the sound”. He has played for Public Library, Hesperus, Crystal Palace, Revolver and Rat Patrol, and his 1988 album “I Wanna Hold You” reveals the influences that Beethoven, Bach, The Beatles and Procol Harum have had on his music.

The Two Creeks concerts, held Sundays at 6:30 p.m. on the Weil Stage in the natural amphitheatre at the conservation area just north of Wheatley on Kent Road 1, continue throughout the summer. Admission is free, but the hat is passed to defray the expense of bringing in performers and to continue the volunteer work necessary to maintain the site. Refreshments are available from Wheatley Scouting. Bring lawn chairs or blankets and enjoy the atmosphere. In case of inclement weather, the concerts are held under the pavilion. You can also bring used household batteries for recycling.

For more information, visit www.twocreeks.ca, email info@twocreeks.ca or call 519-324-6988.

Time to come out of the

closet

I continue to lose weight. That’s a good thing for me, especially after discovering some clothing that’s been hiding in the back of my closet for quite some time. Now the stuff legitimately fits me. I can’t believe that I actually tried to squeeze into these items 30 pounds ago. I must have looked like a football covered in Saran Wrap.

Weese’s Weese’s Pieces Pieces

IF YOU HAVE PARKINSON and would like to join our group for information, exercise and support, come by Tuesday mornings at 10:30 a.m. to the Half Century Club, 160 Talbot St. E. Leamington.

12-STEP PROGRAM FOR ABUSE FOR WOMEN AND MEN. BE SPA (Beyond Emotional, Sexual, Physical Abuse) is a 12-step program for abuse, modeled after AA (Alcoholics Anonymous). Move beyond the victim to victor! Address the core issues of the deep hurts that are affecting your life, resulting in poor relationships with yourself and others. Find inner peace, overcome the survivor/victim role and become the VICTOR! The power of this program takes you to a healing place that lasts a lifetime. Sessions Wednesday evenings from 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. at Church of the Epiphany, 96 Main St. W., Kingsville. For information call Connie at 519325-0723.

MONDAY NIGHT MUSIC AT THE MARINA with Musical Mates – Brad and Lynn Bailey and Jack Sumner. A free evening of entertainment every Monday evening until August 22, 6:30 - 8:00 p.m., weather permitting. Bring your lawn chairs (and possibly some mosquito repellant), relax and enjoy a variety of secular and gospel music. Gospel group Connection will present a concert with Brad, Lynn and Jack on Monday, August 8 from 6:30 - 8:00 p.m., rain date August 15.

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 22 - Coping with Depression Part 2 of the “Let’s Talk” series. A free public forum with John Postons. Coping skills & strategies for you, your friends and family. Connecting with loved ones who may need help. Local resources that are available. Essex Arena, community room. 7:00 - 9:00

p.m. Everyone welcome. Transportation available from Essex Community Services*.

FRIDAY, JUNE 24 - Free Community Concert. Kingsville Arts & Culture Development Association is delighted to announce the Season Opener for the outdoor “Not Quite Carnegie” Concert Series for 2011.

The Greater Windsor Concert Band will perform on the lawn beside the former Carnegie Library on Division St. South, 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. This 35 piece orchestra’s concert is called “Let’s Dance” and will present a variety of dance forms from the different decades including Waltzes, Latin dances, 70’s rock, and modern ballads. Relax in your lawn chair and enjoy the performance. Food and wine will be available for purchase on-site, and donations will be applauded.

SATURDAY, JUNE 25 - Leamington Mersea Historical Society is holding their regular meeting at the Museum 121 Essex County Rd. 14 at 12:00 noon. Please bring bag lunch . Everyone welcome.

SATURDAY, JUNE 25 - 9:00 a.m.

The Essex County Purple Martin Association will hold their next meeting at the home of Barbara and John Balga, 267 Irwin Ave., Essex. Please bring your lawn chairs and finger foods or a small dessert. For more info, call 519-776-5777. Email martinman@hotmail.com.

SUNDAY, JUNE 26 - 10th Annual Memorial Service & Butterfly Release - For all our babies who have died at any time due to miscarrriage, ectopic pregnancy or stillbirth. 2:00 p.m. at the Baby Butterfly Garden at Erie Memorial Garden Cemetery, 215 Erie St. S., Leamington. Reception to follow. For

I have so much clothing that it’s embarrassing to admit. I certainly don’t say that in a backhanded, immodest way. In fact much of my clothing has been purchased on sale, at discount stores and secondhand stores. Still, no one needs 27 t-shirts, 15 pairs of pants, umpteen dress shirts, and two closets full of coats and jackets. And shoes? You’d think I was friggin’ centipede. Again, even my shoes, some of which are good dress shoes, were bought on sale. I prefer not to buy my shoes at secondhand stores. Feet are kind of personal with me and you can’t wash and disinfect shoes very easily, at least not with dress shoes anyway.

I do scratch my head when I walk through secondhand stores and see a rack of underwear for resale. What self-respecting person would buy a used sling that once rocked somebody else’s junk. Come on!

Thank goodness my kids didn’t buy their dad a tie for Father’s Day. I’ve got a couple dozen ties to choose from every morning. Some of these ties are so ugly a clown wouldn’t wear them. Silly eh? Why couldn’t I possess one or two ties to pick from each morning, just like many of my high school teachers did back in the day. Perhaps I made a promise to myself 35 years ago never to dress like some of my instructors. I always figured that they must have been pressured to wear a dress tie to school. Everyday I had to face teachers who wore those squared-off knit ties that rarely matched with their wrinkled dress shirt.

Not all of my teachers dressed like slobs or like the gym teacher on Glee. I remember a teacher named Larry Hodges, a really nice man and good teacher who dressed impeccably each and every day. I was impressed with his effort to look professional, not that I was some kind of a haberdashery hell on wheels back in the 70s. According to old photos in the yearbook and from what I recall, I showed up for school most days looking like an unmade bed.

Many young guys are famous for over-wearing their favourite shirts. Perhaps it was apathy or simply comfort. Maybe we were just too lazy to reach for anything else.

I had this big navy blue t-shirt with a screen print of the Roadrunner on the front. I wore that shirt time and time again, and in fact high school yearbook lovers, you’ll find a mug shot of me modeling it. Beep beep! The shirt did protect me though… from pretty girls.

Listen to 92.7 MAX FM for more events happening in Leamington and Essex County during the Max Cares Community Calendar 6 times daily or visit www.927maxfm.com for a complete listing

further information, call Liz Chaplin at LDMH, 519-326-2373 ext. 4443.

THURSDAY, JUNE 30 - Strawberry Social, 6:00 - 8:00 p.m,. at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, 311 Sherk St., Leamington (corner of Sherk St. and Seacliffe Drive) Adults $5, children 6 years & under $3.

JULY 4-8 - Ready for a wild adventure? Kids from JK to Grade 5 (as of Sept. 2011) are welcome to join the fun at PandaMania Vacation Bible School at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, 311 Sherk St., Leamington. New friends, amazing crafts, wild games, lip-smacking snacks, wild Bible adventures and incredible music. PandaMania runs July 4-8 from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon. Space is limited, so pre-register by June 20. For more info or to register call Heidi Quick at 519-322-5482.

TUESDAY, JULY 5 - Kids Safety Day, Woodslee. Ages 6-12. Cost $5. Call 519-776-7476 or 519-723-2230.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 6 - Blood is needed every day. Your donation matters. Leamington Blood Donor Clinic, 12:00 - 7:30 p.m. Portuguese Club, 217 Talbot St. West. Call 1 888 2 DONATE (1-888-236-6283) for information and to book your appointment. Walk-ins welcome. Help to save up to three lives. Please donate.

SATURDAY, JULY 30 & SUNDAY, JULY 31 - Sun Parlour Rodeo, 6:00 p.m. both nights. Rawhide Rodeo Company will be coming back into town for their 10th annual performance. All proceeds from this event will benefit the Windsor Essex Care For Kids Foundation. The event will take place at Easy Walking Stables, 1835 County Rd. 18, Kingsville. Full details about the event can be found at www.sunparlourrodeo.com.

My goal is to shed another 30 pounds and then I’ll clean out my entire closet and start fresh with only enough clothes to suit and boot me for work, weddings and golf courses. By then, I might even feel comfortable in my birthday suit.

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Growing geraniums

Geraniums are a very popular and extremely colourful flower during the summer season. This multi-purpose flower is pleasantly perfumed and is excellent for potpourri.

Geraniums should be treated the same as any other bedding plant. Before transplanting, be sure to give them a good watering to reduce any shock. Carefully remove the plant from the pot and tease or loosen the roots out carefully to encourage them to grow out of the root ball. Always be careful not to plant too deep, keeping the top of the root ball even with the top of the soil. Firmly press the surrounding soil down around the plant. Complete the planting with a suitable mulching material.

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When mulching, especially around geraniums, keep the material away from the base of the stem because this will cause stem rot and encourage disease.

No change in Grade 10 literacy test results for Leamington high schools

Leamington District Secondary School and Cardinal Carter Catholic High School both held their ground this year in the annual Grade 10 Ontario Secondary Schools Literacy Test.

A regular feeding with a general all-purpose plant food and removing dead flowers will ensure that the geranium flowers continually until frost.

Geraniums can be transplanted from the garden before frost and brought indoors, provided they are placed in a sunny window. If there simply isn’t enough room in the house, you can prolong the life by removing it from the soil and hanging it upsidedown in the basement. Years ago, fruit cellars were commonplace; however, today it may not work in many basements because the temperature is too high and humidity too low. Since there is no way of knowing whether this will work in your basement, try it with several plants. If you decide to try this method, take the plants down occasionally and place the roots in water for several hours, then hang them back up. Do this several times during the winter to prevent

them from drying out.

There are several methods of handling the plants over winter. One way is to take cuttings and root them in the fall. Stem cuttings should be 4 to 6 inches long. Remove the leaves on the bottom two inches and stick into coarse sand and perlite or well-drained potting soil. Cuttings will root faster if you use a rooting hormone powder. Stick the cuttings two inches deep in the soil and water thoroughly. Place in a north window or under grow lights until rooted. This normally takes three to four weeks. Once the cuttings have rooted, plant them in individual pots and place in a well-lit area. Keep the soil moist and begin fertilizing monthly. Whether you keep your geraniums over the winter, or as young plants started from cuttings, keep them inside until after the last frost in the spring.

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LDSS had 89% of the students who participated fully successfully pass the OSSLT this year. LDSS has registered an 89% for the past three years. This was above the Greater Essex District School Board average of 82%, which was also the same as last year’s results. LDSS had 78% of its 269 Grade 10 students fully participate.

Cardinal Carter also remained fairly steady as it had 83% of the students who participated fully successfully pass the OSSLT. This was down slightly from last year’s 84% success rate. Cardinal Carter was even with the Windsor-Essex Catholic District School Board average of 83% which was down from the 85% achieved in 2010. Cardinal Carter had 88% of its 164 Grade 10 students participate.

The OSSLT measures whether a student is meeting the minimum standard for literacy across all subjects up to the end of Grade 9, according to the expectations defined in The Ontario Curriculum. To meet the standard, a student must be able to read and understand ideas and information in a variety of written texts most of the time and communicate ideas and information in writing clearly and without distracting errors in punctuation, spelling, grammar or organization most of the time. Successful completion of the OSSLT is one of the 32 requirements for an Ontario Secondary School Diploma.

This is the first year that EQAO has been able to track the progress of students through three provincial tests - from Grade 3 to Grade 6 to Grade 10. This tracking provides GECDSB educators with new evidence of the importance of early and consistent support for students’ literacy development.

LDSS - Austin Tyrrell, Alex Fratarcangeli, Wheaton Mouck and Matt Bouwmeester

LDSS - Nalani Pratas, Igri Kolaj, Sharon Suitor, Bethany Dietz, Sarah Koestler, Amanda Stasko

LDSS - Marvin Calderon, Stephanie Baptista, Austin Tyrrell, Sarah Koestler, Igri Kolaj, Sharon Suitor, Kaitlyn Pannunzio, Alex Fratarcangeli, Sarah Weyrauch and Kyle Schmitt

LDSS - Thomas Matier, Brendan McGivern, Taylor Tiessen, Tate Garant, Tyler Loop, Karissa Ricci, Erika Horne

LDSS - James Talos, Morgan Mensch, Shelby Graff, Koddi Quick, Danae Montgomery and Frank Wall

CC - Nick Mullin and Jolynn Coppola

LDSS - Kenzie Heyens, Jessica Gray, Jessica Prudence, Charlee Cabral, Brenda Guenther, Morgan Stahl, Paige Makey

LDSS - Brett Babkirk, Jessica Gray, Meredith Stewart, Spencer Marentette, Arren Romeril, Paige Makey

L’Essor - Maitlyn Manley, Lauren Michaud, Francis Thomas, Dragana Prvulovic, Kamila Swirszcz, Damian Szymula, Alyssia LeBlanc and Lucas Robert

CC - Karissa Sardinha, Dylan Aston, Esme Prowse, Mackenzie Lemire and Carly Donahue

CC - Raquel Gomez, Rebeka Hadchiti, Danielle Schiefer, Ashley Mariano, Anissa Testani

LDSS - Converse Twins- Carleigh Manning and Momma (Cindy Osadzuk)

Athol Murray School of Notre Dame in Wilcox, SK - Anna Matheson of Wheatley and her prom date Curtis

Anissa Testani, Jason Goncalves, Rebeka Hadchiti, Greg Fleming, Ashley Mariano, Bradley Dos Santos, Raquel Gomez, Walid Halabi, Danielle Schiefer, Eric Mayor, Cassandra Dee, Don Najibzadeh, Bradie Hedges, Chris Mastornardi, Diandra Mucci, Alfred Galy,

Tay Robinson, Erika Horne, Shannel Diewold, Stephen Youssef, Nicole Aziz, Joel Peniche, Micheal Poupada, Vanessa Colasanti, Luis Cortez, Ambr Ulch, Celso Carapau, Sarah Oswald, Brie Bento, Kevin Pedreira, T.J Nehmetallah, Sam Rodrigues

Dick gives credit to race team for Saturday’s win

Special to The Southpoint Sun by Michael Bennett

The driver gets all of the accolades when he wins a race, but Leamington’s Joel Dick said all of the credit goes to his race team for his feature win on Saturday night at South Buxton Raceway.

“I didn’t think we’d even get the car fixed for the feature… the guys did an awesome job putting it back together,” Dick said after winning his second Schinkels Gourmet Meats UMP Modified feature of the season.

His guys – Bill Thorpe, Bob Thorpe and Rob Goyeau – had to make major repairs to the front end of the No. 09D machine after Dick was involved in an accident in the crackthe-whip preliminary race earlier in the night.

“Someone spun in front of me and I locked them (brakes) up but had no where to go… the front end was smashed in pretty good,” said Dick. “The guys worked right to the last minute just to get us out for the feature. This win’s on them,” he said. Dick took the original green in the second row but a spin by pole sitter Joe Brosseau of Merlin in turn one on the first lap moved Dick to the front row for the restart.

He wound up leading all 20 laps in the caution-plagued feature to join Shrewsbury’s Jim Dale Jr. as two-time feature winners in the Modifieds.

Dick’s first win came in dramatic fashion, passing Dale. Jr. on the final lap of the May 28 feature.

The first eight laps of Saturday’s feature was a battle between the same two drivers, who have dominated the class through the first six weeks of the season. Dick momentarily lost the lead when he got caught behind a lapped car going into turn one on lap eight but fought back on the inside to pass Dale Jr. coming out of turn two and never trailed again.

One lap later, Dale Jr. spun in turn two and brought out a caution.

Merlin’s Brad McLeod moved into second but was never able to mount a serious challenge for the lead.

Dick won by a good-sized margin over McLeod while Leamington’s Paul DeGoey came home third and Merlin’s Jim Fletcher fourth.

However, mayhem broke loose behind the top three at the finish line as a wild crash collected almost all of the remaining cars, with the exception of Chatham’s Eric Vanderiviere who somehow managed to steer through the wreck to finish fifth.

Brosseau, who was battling DeGoey and Fletcher for position, got hit from behind just short of the finish line, touching off a chain-reaction crash that involved seven cars. Wallaceburg’s Gary Vyse took the hardest hit as his car rolled over and landed against the fence, right under the fin-

Dick also won a heat race earlier in the night, giving the second-year Modified driver a classleading six checkered flags through the first six weeks of the season.

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Leamington’s Joel Dick in the winner’s circle after winning his second Schinkels Gourmet Meats UMP Modified feature of the season on Saturday.

ish line. Vyse was credited with a seventh-place finish, one spot behind Dale Jr. who landed in the Winner’s Circle as a result of the crash.

Leamington drivers Mark Goggin and Justin Coulter finished 12th and 17th respectively while Emerson McIntyre of Windsor was 18th, one spot ahead of his son Dan as a season-high 20 Modified cars were on hand Saturday.

Progs golf results

On Tuesday, June 7, 49 players attended at the Erie Shores Progs Golf League. Team “A” squeaked out a win by a margin of 2 points. The team “A” players were Norm Beattie, Ward Hutchins, Jeff Brown, Tom Miehl, Ed Schachowskoy, Mel Davey, Jim Jones, Ron Gagne, Danny Adams, Bill Conn, Wayne Quinn, Les Young and Dennis Weedmark. The first low individual score at +7 was handily won by Ed Schachowskoy. The second and third low individual scores, tied at +4, were won by Harry Badz, and Ward Hutchins. Four skins were earned by Greg Gare, Harry Badz, Tom Miehl, and Bill Gherasim. Fifty Progs League members played at Erie Shores on Tues. June 14. Team “C” captured the winning honours. The “C” team was comprised of the following players: Wayne Gillett, Orest Hrynewich, Norm Beattie, Gene Bouliane, Bob Gray, Jack Martin, Roger Cote, Dan McQueen, Jeff Brown, Mel Davey, Wally Ellsworth, Greg Gare and Lorne Michaelis. First low individual score at +7 was won by Bob Gray. Kevin Shaften, Ward Hutchins, and Orest Hrynewich tied for second low individual scores at +5. There were 5 skins won by Harry Badz, Jim Jones, Mel Davey, Ward Hutchins and Ken Segedin.

Barons blank Windsor

Sunday. Willy Froese was the winning pitcher going five innings with six strike-

outs and allowing only two hits. Max Saad pitched the final two innings giving up two hits and registering three strikeouts. Ryan Sellon, Brian Moore and Jason Cornies each went 1 for 3 with Sellon scoring and Moore and Cornies each earning an RBI. Sunday’s win brings the Barons’ record to 5-3 and they currently sit in third place in the Essex County Senior League. Their next game will be on Sunday when they travel to Amherstburg and then they will host Harrow next Wednesday, June 29 at 7 p.m. on diamond 7.

REC ROUND-UP REC ROUND-UP

• Register the kids now for Red Cross swim lessons this summer. The Complex offers lessons once a week throughout the summer, or everyday for a 2-week session. Swim lessons are also offered morning, evening or weekends. Help your children to be Water Smart for a lifetime.

• Register your children for Summer Day Camp. Different themes each week will keep the kids coming back for more! Ages 4-7 and 812. The summer will be a blast at the Complex Day Camp with swimming, skating, crafts and games galore to keep the kids amused and active!

• Plus, there is a $12.00 OFF coupon if you register your children for both Day Camp and Swim Lessons in the same week!

• Check out 4-on-4 Summer Conditioning Hockey Program or Kirk Bowman Hockey Camps or rent the Heinz floor for a ball hockey tournament. What a great way to celebrate a summer family reunion… keeping the generations active and having loads of fun!

• Summer Survivor Youth Leadership Camp for guys and gals ages 13-15 runs Monday to Friday, July 25-29. Register in advance.

• Focus on working your muscles from the inside out, strengthening the inner core abdominal and back muscles and then work your way outward to the 6-pack muscles. All the fitness experts tell us that we have to keep our body and our muscles guessing in order to see faster results!

• There’s a Summer Curling Bonspiel on the Heinz Arena floor Aug. 19-21. Open event for all to participate. What an exciting first-time event, so get your friends together and enter your curling team for a weekend of curling fun!

SUMMER spells LOTS OF FUN at the Leamington Kinsmen Recreation Complex!

We have something for every...body!

249 Sherk St., Leamington 519-322-2337 email: bfischer@leamington.ca

Foot wedges and frog hairs

Yah know everywhere you go in this world people have nicknames that somebody or a group of people have given him or her, which to me is hilarious and most of the time describes that person right on the nose. Since I’ve being working at Talbot Trail I have encountered a whole new fresh vocabulary of nicknames and I haven’t stop laughing yet.

When some one yells out “Hey Spud, have you seen Superman?” No I haven’t, but I’ve seen Demo, Weneman, Village, Spike and Bearcat because TooTall, Tool Man and T-Rod cancelled their tee time today. Nicknames and slang are a part of our lives every day and golf is no exception.

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Golf has its own language also, and it just keeps growing as the years pass by. So let’s take a look at some of them. How about for starters the name “aircraft carrier”, which is a tee block that holds all the colour tees on the same teeing ground. Or how about “buzzard”, which is an archaic term for double bogey or “chicken stick” which refers to a play-it-safe club.

Now when you’re out on the golf course and the game is moving right along, the conversation between your foursome could go something like this: “Hey Chopper, what did you get on that hole? I had a buzzard because I air mailed my tee shot off the aircraft carrier with a banana ball barely kept it in the county. Then when I got to the ball it had landed in the kitty litter with a fried egg. I chunked it out of there and then proceeded to worm burn my next shot down the fairway into the deep cabbage. But I am not done yet. I then had a hosel rocket that ended up in the green side cat box were I sculled it off the back of the green where I chili dipped it to a Joe Pesci (mean 5 footer) but made the putt for 7, that’s a double bogy for me. Space what did you have?” “I had an albatross. Through a laser down the middle of the fairway then jarred it from 225 yards out for a deuce on a par 5.”

No matter where you are or who you play with, there will always be nicknames and slang in the game of golf. So the next time you’re out there on the golf course and someone says to you that they couldn’t stop the bleeding, go easy on them – they didn’t have a very good round. But that’s just what the Big Dog knows.

Lawn bowlers play in Vi Heath Memorial

The Vi Heath Memorial/ TD Investment Tournament was held June 6 at the Leamington Lawn Bowling Club. It was quite an impressive

sign with 6 greens, 3 tenend games. Fortunately the sun came out after a thunderstorm that went through the area. Lunch was enjoyed by all after the first game.

T HANK YOU !

The Leamington Flyers would like to thank everyone who made the 2011 Golf Tournament a huge success:

Able Enviroservices Inc.

Bimida Pac LTD.

Bowman Sports

Colasanti’s

Double D's Café

Dr. Steve O'Neil

Essex Source For Sports

Evergreen Memorial Finders to Keepers

Gabriele’s

Gillett Sheet Metal

Gilligan’s Fire Grill

Glen Knight Sanitation

Graham, Setterington, McIntosh, Driedger & Hicks

Harder's Heating & Cooling

Highline Mushroom Farm

Hogan Printing

HUB International

Johnny’s Gas Bar

Joses Noodle Factory

Lanoue Chevrolet

Leamington Chrysler

Leamington Collision

Leamington International Trucks

Loop, Schauer, Chapman & Associates LLP

M. Nassif Trucking

McDonald's

MCM Sports Collectibles

Paul Davis Systems

Pelee Lighthouse Life and Financial

Reid Funeral Home

Seacliff Inn

Southland Insurance

Southpoint Lally Ford

Southpoint Sun and Wheatley Journal

Speedprint

Sun Parlour Co-op

Tiessen Financial

Triple A Party Tents

Udo Renner Investments

Ulch Transport

Will Insurance Brokers

A very special thank you to Kyle Stewart and the staff at Erie

Shores Golf and Country Club, volunteers Howard Hughes, Dorothy Jones, Dr. Luke Sczepanik and Judy Gillet and to all of the golfers who participated in the tournament!

Outside clubs attending were Tilbury, Chatham and Windsor. The winners were: 1st – Paul Brown, Lois Charlton and Jean Brown of the Leamington club; 2nd – Sharon and Brian Sims of Tilbury; 3rd – Dennis Skipper of Chatham and Barb Bellemore of Windsor. The Leamington Lawn Bowling Club thanks all who attended and helped make the tournament such a success.

On June 14 the Erie Shores 18 Hole Ladies Golf League played S&T, with all holes beginning with the letters “s” and “t” – gross score, regular RCGA scores. Winners were: A flight –Tymara Brannagan (45) and

Annie Pump (45); B flight

– Carol Quinn (45); C flight – Emily Oldenburg (49); and D flight – Mary Lapann (54).

Chip ins: Mary Jean Paulin (#12), Lisa Sawatzky (#2), Tym Brannagan (#7), Emily Oldenberg (#2), Carol Quinn (#3), Mary Wilson (#5), Lynne Towle (#14), Ann Johnston (#14).

The Leamington Kinsmen Recreation Complex is always looking for new and fun programs to offer its members. This year, the Complex has a new game - Pickleball - which some of the 55+ members have enjoyed, but is open to all ages.

Pickleball is a game where you use a racquet and a wiffle ball played on the existing badminton courts using a net that is only 3-feet tall! You play the game like table tennis (ping pong), and the rules are basically the same. In this game, you play on the ground, and if the ball bounces twice on your area, then your opponent gets a point. The ball is served underhand starting from the right-hand side of the court and is served diagonally to the opponent’s service zone. After each serve, the server switches the left hand side. Points are scored by the serving side only and occur when the opponent faults (fails to return ball, hits ball out of bounds, etc.). The server continues to serve, alternating service courts, until the server faults. The first side scoring eleven points and leading by at least two points wins.

“People who have played it so far, have really enjoyed it,” said Dave Orshinsky, Facility Coordinator at the Complex. “We introduced it to our Tuesday and Thursday morning badminton group and they enjoyed it,” he said. “It’s a fantastic activity for kids. We’re going to have the day camp kids play it. It should be fun – it’ll be a new activity for them,” said Orshinsky.

Pickleball drop-in evenings will be held on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. beginning on Tuesday, June 28 and ending on Thursday, September 1. Pickleball is free for annual members and per night fees of $7.50 (adult 14+), $4 for youth (-13) and $15 for families. There’s also a 10-visit card available for $47.46.

As the story goes, Pickleball was invented in 1965 in Washington. The game originated in a child’s backyard when the family’s dog, Pickle, would always steal the ball. So the family had to keep shouting: ”Pickle, ball, Pickle, ball, Pickle, ball”. Soon, it became a game known as pickleball!

Annual charity golf classic welcomes golfers

Community Living Essex County is pleased to announce that their 21st Annual Charity Golf Classic will again be held at Fox Glen Golf Club in McGregor on Wednesday, July 20.

All proceeds from the annual golf tournament benefit Community Living Essex County in support of people with an intellectual disability and their families across Essex County.

Highlights of the best ball scramble tournament will include a live and silent auction for items including Detroit Tiger tickets. Prizes will be awarded to teams with the best overall low gross and best mixed foursome. Best ladies’ team low scores prizes will also be awarded for the longest drive, closest to the pin and more. All participants will receive a prize.

Community Living Essex County has again invited municipalities across Essex County to participate in the 3rd Annual Municipal Golf Challenge. Municipalities will again be vying for both the “Municipal Cup” and bragging rights for the municipality with the lowest overall team score. The Municipality of Kingsville will attempt to defend their title.

Community Living Essex County welcomes the community to join in the fun and golf for a great cause. To register for the tournament, or to find out more about outstanding sponsorship opportunities call Tony DeSantis Manager of Community Relations at 519-776-6483, ext 246, or e-mail at tony@

communitylivingessex.org.

Details including registration information are also available online at www. communitylivingessex.org.

Last year nearly $16,500

Most often, the game is played in a doubles format so more people can play at one time. The game is easy for all ages as it doesn’t require the skill that badminton and table tennis does, and the game has much more action than tennis!

“Pickleball has become a big hit in Florida for all the Snowbirds, and upon their return to Canada, they’re asking for this new sport. Once you start playing Pickleball, you will never want to stop,” said Brenda Fischer, Recreation Marketing and Special Event Coordinator.

was raised for Community Living, largely in part due to the generous support of local corporate sponsors from across Essex County.

The Leamington South Essex Fabricating Rookie Lakers lost to the Windsor Stars 23 to 11 on Saturday afternoon in a Sun Parlour League game at Mic Mac Park.

Trailing 16 to 11 going into the bottom of the sixth inning, the Lakers gave up seven runs resulting in the mercy shortened decision.

“We played with them up to that point,” said coach Dan Dominguez. “A couple bad innings defensively (the first and sixth) proved to be the difference. We know they are a higher rated team, but this is a good test for us.”

Windsor Stars are rated AAA provincially, Leamington is considered a C team.

Benny Bueckert with three hits, including a double, led the locals offensively. Russell Derbyshire stroked a couple doubles and added four rbi’s batting in the clean up spot.

Eric Dominguez, Kaleb

Tiessen, Michael Wiebe and Connor Bergen had two hits each. Adam Neufeld had a double and two runs batted in to round out the Laker attack.

“Despite the score, I was pleased with our defense,” added assistant coach Terry

Misener. “They hit the ball well, I didn’t count to many mental errors on our side. We meet up with them again in early August and will see how we compare.”

Justin Wiebe, Rowan Massad and Derbyshire had strong games defensively.

82 do battle in men’s

Thursday

night league

A hardy turnout of 82 players did battle in the Men’s Thursday Night League at Erie Shores this past week, even though it appeared that it might be a washout with the heavy rains forecasted. Fortunately, most of the players waited out the one rainstorm that made its way across the club between 3:00 and 4:00 p.m. and were rewarded with perfect conditions for the remainder of the day.

For the second week in a row, Team 4 led by Captain Frank Dick had a great group of scores picking up all 12 points to finish in first place tied with Captain Gary Alderson and his Team 2, who also had 12 points. Finishing alone in third spot with 10 points was Team 1, captained by Paul Bunnett-Jones.

Captain Yves Lanteigne, who captains Team 7, helped his squad secure 9 points which was one better than Captain Tim Tiessen and Team 9, who managed a total of 8 points. Gary Bondy’s Team 8 scored better last week, picking up 7 points and finishing in 6th spot.

Other teams captained by Kyle Flewelling, Gord Anderson, Kirk Bowman, Ken Cobby, Abe Bergen and Ken Steingart all finished with 6 or less points last week, while the overall standings to date still show Frank Dick’s Team 4 in first place, just three points ahead of Captain Paul Bunnett-Jones and Team 1 and another 2 points in front of Team 7, captained by Yves Lanteign.

For the second week in a row, in the individual player categories, Brian Humphreys led all players with his two under par 33, while Ken Cobby was next with a one over par 36. Low net honours went to Larry Lucier who had a net 27.5, giving him a 2.5 lead over Ted Dube who had a net 30.

Matt Dick was closest to the pin on hole 3 and Scott Omstead hit it closest on the 5th hole. The longest drive on the 7th hole belonged to Ken Cobby, while Brian Higgins made the longest putt on the 9th hole. Geoff Dunmore picked up the only skin in the 0 to 9 handicap division with a 3 on hole 8, and John Rutgers won the lone skin in the 10 and over handicap division with a 3 on the 3rd hole.

All men are welcomed to join the Thursday Night League where you don’t have to be an Erie Shores member to play. For more information, call the Pro Shop at 519-326-4231 ext. 22.

Race team

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He unofficially reduced the deficit to 34 points behind Dale Jr. in the points standings.

“It’s been a pretty good season so far,” said Dick. “We had a couple of bad weeks but we’re happy the way we’re running.

“We’re just taking it one race at a time.”

Blenheim’s Shawn Jones won his third straight Tirecraft Comp 4 feature race, taking the lead from Kingsville’s Norm DeSerrano on lap seven and holding off the veteran over the final eight laps.

The second-place finish was DeSerrano’s best of the season. He won the crack-the-whip race earlier in the night.

Tilbury’s Ryan Beaulieu was eighth and Belle River’s David Bacon ninth.

Cottam’s Denis DeSerrano, Norm’s son, took a big hit in the points standings as his car wouldn’t fire at the start of the feature and finished 18th. DeSerrano fell 61 points behind the points leader Jones.

Merlin’s Eren Vanderiviere won the Dover Sanitation UMP Sport Stocks feature with Kingsville drivers Rob Young and Bob Chapman finishing third and fourth.

The caution-plagued race saw just the four lead-lap cars and Essex’s Patrick Lajeunesse, who was two laps down in fifth, the only cars running at the end of the 20lap feature.

Essex’s Gerald Martin and Doris Lajeunesse finished sixth and seventh, Kingsville’s Tiffany Ellis in eighth and Maidstone’s Scott MacKenzie 10th.

Martin and MacKenzie won the heat races.

Chris Ross of Charing Cross took advantage of a week off from the Ohio racing circuit to return to his home track and win the Windride Transportation UMP Late Model feature.

Racing resumes on Saturday, June 25 at South Buxton Raceway with the first major event of the season, the Northern Summer Nationals sprint series, featuring over 30 sprint cars from five series across Ontario, Michigan, Ohio, New York, Pennsylvania and Indiana. Gates open at 5 p.m. and racing starts at 7 p.m.

Knox Auxiliary members share life stories at June meeting

The June meeting of the Margaret Ramsay Missionary Auxiliary of Knox Presbyterian Church was opened by Dorothy Edwards, Marg Buschman and Sadie Hurst leading a worship service entitled “Together”.

Members were invited to share their life stories so they could all get to know each other better. It was an interesting exercise and led to better understanding amongst the group.

President Gina Turner led in repeating the purpose and a prayer for guidance.

Fourteen ladies answered roll call. Dorothy Edwards reported a successful rummage sale and thanked all who helped. The fall rummage sale will be held on October 15.

Shelley Desnoyers reported that she had delivered the monthly donations to the food bank and noted a need for sugar.

The May committee members visited Hazel Casey, who knitted 500 hats during the past year, Nick Wiebe and Jean Wales at Erie Glen Manor.

The chili luncheon will be held on Friday, November 18 with the price of $7.

The members were saddened to learn that Gina and Lorne are moving in September. Norma Panton, who is the Vice-President, will step into the President’s chair.

The meeting closed with the Mizpah Benediction.

$36,500 raised in 9th Mennonite Home golf tourney

By Hugo Tiessen

Perfect weather and great course conditions prevailed for the 9th annual charity golf tournament hosted by the Leamington Mennonite Home at Leamington’s Erie Shores Golf & Country Club on Saturday, June 18.

This has become one of the largest fundraising tournaments in Essex County as 136 golfers played and $36,500 was raised. Over the nine years the tournament has raised $233,500. The proceeds this year were earmarked for the purchase of a pick-up truck and mobile tool box for the Home.

The tournament featured a number of skills competitions and contests. A highlight the past few years has been the putting contest. This year the 50/50 prize of $340 was won in a shoot out by Craig Janzen, Pete Driedger, Tim Tiessen and Bill Toews. A 50/50 prize of $340 for the closest to the pin was split by Diane Penner for the women and Neil Sawatzky for the men.

The winning women’s, men’s and mixed team received gift certificates from local restaurants. For the women the team of Mary Derksen, Lisa Fehr, Cheryl Rutgers and Liz Peters were victorious. The winning men’s team included Pete Driedger, Craig Janzen, Tim Tiessen and Bill Toews. Additionally, the team of Lisa Milec, Kyle Milec, Matt Wickens and Steve Wickens were the best mixed team.

The longest putt was won by Mike Driedger for the men and Jean Dzvirka for the women. Neil Quiring won the long drive event for the men and Linda Kipping was the wom-

en’s winner. The straightest drive was won by Rudy Krahn for the men and Jean Penner for the women.

This year a great deal of interest was again created by the two mannequins on the fourth fairway – one dressed in men’s and the other in women’s golf attire. The goal was to place the drive closest to the mannequin and winners were Peter Neufeld and Linda Kipping.

Gift certificates were awarded to the best dressed male and female golfer. Craig Janzen and Shirley Driedger were the winners.

The Leamington Mennonite Home has served the needs of seniors in Leamington since 1964 and is the only not for profit charitable long term care facility in Windsor-Essex County.

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Winning men’s foursome, from left to right: Tim Tiessen, Craig Janzen, Bill Toews, and Pete Driedger.

Winning women’s foursome, from left to right: Mary Derksen, Lisa Fehr, Cheryl Rutgers and Liz Peters.

Winning mixed foursome, from left to right: Kyle Milec, Lisa Milec, Steve Wickens, and Matt Wickens

LDSS dominates at Leamington Triathlon

The annual Leamington Triathlon was held June 18-19 and once again, Leamington District Secondary School dominated the school challenge with a record 40 participants!

Teacher participants included Mrs. Klemens, Mr. Wood, Miss Walker, Mr. Boyko, Ms. Setler, Mrs. Gabert, Mr. Fuerth, Mr. Blanchard, Miss Hicks, Mme. Grossi and Mrs. Jeffery

Triathlon Club members included Kerra Gradwell, Brooklyn Omstead, Joel Klemens, Cody Lavoie, Dennis Verweij, Brian Travis, Lynden Omstead, Riley Brown, Brittany Carson, Jared Planke, Wilco Verweij, Jake Fehr, Brittany Omstead and Jesse Whittle.

Exercise Science class participants included Mindy Glover, Logan Avelar, Leslie Kimm, Mitchell Tetzlaff, Madison Brothers, Logan Avelar, Johnny Froese, Reid Horne, Taylor Tiessen, Thomas Matier, Nick Marteniano, Ben Andrew and Henry Friesen.

Ms. Setler, Mr. Boyko, Mr. Chauvin, Mr. Blanchard, Miss

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Andrew Malott and Megan Russelo accepting their awards for the duathlon event.

Bennett - Becky of Leamington, a girl on May 17, 2011.

Vieira - Vicki & Kevin Cabral of Leamington, a boy on June 7, 2011.

Friesen - Lisa & Amo of Wheatley, a boy on June 13, 2011.

Gibbons - Melissa & Eric Martindale of Leamington, a boy on June 13, 2011.

Clay - Marcy & Chris Youssef of Leamington, a girl on June 15, 2011.

Friesen - Sahra & John of Wheatley, a girl on June 15, 2011.

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Members of the Leamington triathlon team.

LDSS

triathlon students

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Hicks and Mrs. Carchedi did such a fantastic job training the athletes this year. Not only did LDSS have a record number of participants, but they also had a number of 1st place finishes: Logan Avelar – 1st place in his age category in the Do-A-Du event; Reid Horne – 1st place in his age category in the Duathlon; Mindy Glover – 1st place in her age category in the Duathlon; Taylor Tiessen and Thomas

Matier – 1st place overall in the Duathlon Relay; Ben Andrew, Leslie Kimm and Henry Friesen – 1st place overall in the Triathlon Relay.

LDSS math teacher Miss Katie Hicks placed 2nd in her age category in the Triathlon and qualified for a spot on Team Canada at the World Triathlon Championships in New Zealand in the fall.

There were also many other 2nd and 3rd place finishes –congratulations to all finishers. LDSS would like to extend a special thank you to team sponsors Tom and Sue Omstead who generously supported our triathletes and have inspired them to continue to participate in this exciting sport. Thanks also to the many LDSS volunteers who helped with the event and cheered on participants while earning community service hours.

This has earned the school $400, which will be used for equipment for the school weight room. LDSS promotes healthy, active living as a way of life for their students and would welcome any donations from the community to help equip the school weight room. Corporate donations will be recognized and very much appreciated. Tax receipts will be provided.

Southwest Outdoors Club busy planning 9th annual kids fishing derby

It’s a great family outing and it’s FREE!

The 9th annual Kids Fishing Derby at the Wheatley Dock, sponsored by the Southwest Outdoors Club, will be held Saturday, July 9.

Prizes for every entrant and awards in three age categories – 8 years and under, 9-13 years and 14-17 years – will be presented.

The fishing derby runs from 7 a.m. until 12 noon. A free hotdog lunch for each entrant is also part of the activities. Bait is supplied for everyone.

The event is held during Ontario Family Fishing Week, which means no fishing license is necessary.

Taylor Tiessen (left), and Thomas Matier accepting their awards for their first place finish in the duathlon relay.

Cardinal Carter Corner

Canadian CrissCross

The school year is quickly drawing to a close, but in the last days of the semester there is still much to report from Cardinal Carter. Students are (hopefully) very busy preparing for final examinations. Exams will be written from Wednesday, June 23 to Monday, June 27. Grade 12 graduation will be held June 29, with a mass at 2:30 p.m. at St. Joseph’s Church followed by the graduation ceremony at the Portuguese Club at 6:30 p.m. Matthew Steckle will serve as the grade 12 valedictorian and Sandra Esposito will deliver the salutatorian address. We would like to take this opportunity to congratulate our graduating students and to wish them well as they continue on their journey beyond the doors of Cardinal Carter.

The end of the school year also brings some changes to staffing at Cardinal Carter. We wish Vice Principal Mr. Charron all the best as he moves on to the role of acting principal at St. Michael’s school. We welcome Mr. Bertucci who will be joining us as Vice Principal. We also say goodbye to Sci-

The Churches of Leamington and District Welcome You

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Leamington Evangelical Mennonite Church 108 Mersea Rd 3, Leamington 519-322-9915

Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m. Leamington United Mennonite Church 78 Oak Street East, Leamington 519-326-2727

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ence teacher Mr. Kocot who will be moving to Assumption High School in the fall, and to Religion teacher Mr. Harris, who will be retiring at the end of the year. Mr. Nohra, Ms. Danese and Mrs. Longpre will also be leaving us and we wish them well in their new placements. We will miss our library technician, Mrs. Eremic, and our secretary, Mrs. Friesen, and wish them the very best. We welcome back Mrs. Sauve and Mrs. Kniaziew-Gervais, who will be returning to CC in the fall.

Cardinal Carter recently held student council executive elections for the 2011-2012 school year. Congratulations to Katrina Paty, who was elected Prime Minister; Grace Enns who was elected Senior Deputy Prime Minister; and Madison Robinson, who was elected Junior Deputy Prime Minister.

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Congratulations are also extended to several Cardinal Carter students who have been honoured recently with a variety of awards. Grade 12 student,Karissa Sardinha and grade 9 student Gabriela Abbas were awarded Harold Hewitt scholarships from the Windsor Family Credit Union for their response to the question “What do you like best about living in Windsor-Essex County”. At the June 14 School Board meeting, student council Prime Minister Bianca Salive and Student Senator Sandra Esposito were honoured with the Windsor-Essex Catholic District School Board award for outstanding student council leadership. Marco Albuquerque was also honoured for his outstanding number of volunteer hours with the Dr. Phyllis Bradshaw Award. In the University of Windsor/St. Clair College International Year of Chemistry poster contest, grade 9 student Adrian Tannous earned a second place finish and grade 9 student Mackenzie Mastronardi placed third. Congratulations are also extended to Matt Steckle who earned the top Cardinal Carter score in the National Biology Competition. At our recent Arts Awards banquet, Alex Forman was recognized with the Dedication to the Arts Award. Several student athletes were also recognized at the athletic banquet. Peter Raffoul was awarded the Outstanding Junior Male Athlete; Alessia Zonta was the Outstanding Junior Female athlete; Marie Youssef was the Outstanding Senior Female athlete and Matt Raffoul was the Outstanding Senior Male athlete. Outstanding student athlete awards, which recognize contributions to sport while maintaining a high academic average, were awarded to Matteo del Brocco and Grace Enns in the Junior Divison and Chris Slikboer and Brittney Hillman in the Senior Division.

But then we always do.

For what would any of us be,

If it wasn’t for you?

Chris,Brent and Jaclynn Kayla,Ryan,Cameron and Ben

The Staff of Cardinal Carter Secondary School would like to wish everyone a safe and happy summer. We look forward to the new school year, which begins Sept. 6, 2011.

Life skills students from all high schools in the Windsor-Essex Catholic District School Board enjoy the 8th Annual Day of Champions on June 9 at Cardinal Carter. This year the Cougar Cup went home with the Holy Names Knights, with Cardinal Carter teams placing second and third.

Student Senator Sandra Esposito (left) and Student Council Prime Minister Bianca Salive received outstanding student council leadership awards from the Windsor-Essex Catholic District School Board.

Local program looks to improve Leamington neighbourhood

By Melissa McCarty

A normally quiet park was filled with neighbourhood residents on Tuesday, June 14 when the Youth and Family Resource Network held a barbecue at Eastside Park in partnership with Kids Alliance.

The goal of the barbecue was to bring together residents to get their feedback on improvements they would like to see made to their neighbourhood as part of the Youth and Family Resource Network’s program called Neighbours Helping Neighbours, a revitalization initiative that provides grant money to strengthen neighbourhoods and improve on problems that have been identified by the residents. Currently, this program is focusing on a neighbourhood that is bordered to the east by Erie Street South, to the north by Talbot Street East, to the west by Lutsch Street and to the south by Oak Street.

Eastside Park sits between Whitwam Avenue and Bowman Avenue just south of Mill Street and was identified early on as needing improvement due to safety issues such as lack of lighting and broken play equipment, and functionality issues including the grass not being cut and no bench seating.

“We came down last week to see what might need to be done in the park and the equipment is broken, the lawn wasn’t cut and there are no lights so it is dangerous,” said 16-year-old Josh Purdy, a volunteer with Kids Alliance, a group of youth that assist in community projects.

“It’s important that parents have a safe place to bring their kids or that the kids can come on their own when they get older. They can come here and make friends they wouldn’t normally make.”

At the barbecue residents were encouraged to fill out a neighbourhood survey to identify any problems in their area or opportunities for improvements. In addition to issues involving Eastside Park, residents also suggested improvements to the lighting in the entire neighbourhood and have also expressed the need for a neighbourhood watch group. Local resident Rae-Anne Scratch is concerned about the amount of vandalism and petty crimes that occur in the area, specifically those committed by young adults.

“The kids are bored and have no place to go,” Scratch said. “Our neighbourhood needs to be patrolled more and we need for the park to be maintained, to be safe, to be modernized and to be regularly inspected.”

Scratch said she fears that children may end up getting seriously injured at Eastside

Park because she has found glass and needles buried in the gravel beneath the swings. She says that it’s nice that Seacliff Park has been given many upgrades but it doesn’t help the residents in her neighbourhood who don’t have easy access to get there.

“Seacliff Park is great but we need something safe for the people who live in the centre of Leamington who maybe can’t get to Seacliff Park.”

Bringing attention to concerns like Scratch’s are the exact goal of the Neighbours Helping Neighbours program and last Tuesday’s barbecue brought to light many issues that may have otherwise gotten overlooked.

“The goal of the program is about neighbourhood revitalization and engaging residents to effect positive change,” said Neighbours Helping Neighbours Coordinator Kelly Baillargeon, of the Youth and Family Resource Network. She estimated that more than 250 people attended the barbecue that was held between 4 p.m. and 6 p.m.

“I was overwhelmed by the number of people who attended the barbecue, both adults and children, and it’s

obvious that the residents have a lot of concerns and good ideas for ways to improve their neighbourhood. They just needed an opportunity to be able to speak about it.”

Baillargeon said the next step in the program will be to get together a group of residents to form an action committee to spearhead the changes they would like to see made with the assistance of the Neighbours to Neighbours program.

Any residents of this specific neighbourhood in Leamington who have ques-

tions, concerns or would like to share their ideas are asked to call 519-326-8629 ext. 376 or email neighbours@resourcenetwork.ca.

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Healthy Smiles Ontario now in Leamington - free dental care for kids

The new Healthy Smiles Ontario program is now underway at the Windsor-Essex County Health Unit’s Leamington office.

The program was launched on Thursday, June 16 with Liz Haugh, Director of Health Promotions, and Rosemary Arsenault, Manager of the Health Unit’s Oral Health Department. Healthy Smiles Ontario is an Ontario government-funded basic dental program providing preventive and early treatment services for children and youth in lowincome families, who are 17 years of age or under.

“We know that oral health has a significant impact on overall health,” said Dr. Allen Heimann, Medical Officer of Health. “This program is yet another way for us to ensure the health and well-being of our children and youth.”

Healthy Smiles Ontario has been available at the Wind-

sor-Essex County Health Unit’s Windsor office since the program was first announced by the provincial government in October 2010. Since then, hundreds of Healthy Smiles Ontario cards have been issued to eligible children. The expansion of the program to the Health Unit’s Leamington office means that more children and youth will be able to access the program closer to home.

Thanks to one-time funding of $500,000 from the provincial government, the launch also marked the opening of a newly constructed operatory and the addition of new and upgraded dental equipment for treatment.

Accessing dental care for children can be a challenge for some Ontario families, particularly those without dental benefit coverage. Healthy Smiles Ontario ensures that children and youth have access to regular visits with a dentist

or dental hygienist. If eligible, they can then receive necessary services like: examinations, cleanings, fillings, x-rays, fluoride treatments, and more.

Eligible children are those who:

• Are 17 years of age and under.

• Are members of a household with an adjusted family net income of $20,000 per year or less.

• Do not have access to any form of dental coverage.

• Are Ontario residents.

To apply, or for more information on Healthy Smiles Ontario, residents can call the Windsor-Essex County Health Unit at 519-258-2146, ext. 1105.

The Leamington Health Unit office at 215 Talbot Street East has expanded to include the new Healthy Smiles Ontario offices. Pictured here for the official ribbon cutting ceremony are, from left to right, Essex County Warden Tom Bain, Liz Haugh, Director of Health Promotions, and Rosemary Arsenault, Manager, Oral Health Department.

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GARAGE SALE- 2 Queens Hill Leamington, next to Sherk Complex. Friday to Sunday. Antique butter churn, exercise machines, prints, dishwasher, light fixtures, books, antique pump organ, door handles, and many more household items. jn22

PRINTING: Business envelopes, invoices, flyers, business cards, custom print jobs, whatever your printing needs, call Rick at The Wheatley Journal for quick and economical service. 519-825-4541. tf

RENOVATIONS: Small jobs a specialty. Eavestroughing, decks, siding, windows, Gutter Cleaning Systems, furniture refinishing. Call Bill Siddall 519-825-3931. tf

ELECTROLUX SALES & SERVICE: Complete line of vacuums and shampooers/ floor polishers. Will provide free estimate on Central Vac installations. Contact Dan Bailey. 519-825-7698. tf

SERVICES

COMPUTER REPAIRS- 214 Erie St. North, Leamington. 519-818-8194. www.discountcomputerrepairs.net. Monitors and Laptop screens replaced, virus removal, lost data recovered. jn1-29

“Helping People. Improving Lives”

South Essex Community Council is seeking a: TEMPORARY FULL TIME SETTLEMENT WORKER (MATERNITY LEAVE) STARTING AS SOON AS POSSIBLE – ENDING APPROXIMATELY JUNE 2012

General Duties:

• Assist immigrant clients, to provide information and referral services, translation, initial intake and one-to-one counseling in settlement issues.

• Assist clients in developing a Plan of Action to address individual settlement needs. Monitor the Plan of Action and assist client through its completion.

Qualifications:

• A post-secondary degree in Social Sciences or Humanities, and/or 5 years related experience.

• Demonstrated ability to conduct one on one assessment with culturally sensitive clients.

• Demonstrated communication skills in both English and Low German. For a full job description, please visit our website at www.secc.on.ca.

Applications will be accepted until June 26, 2011, at 4:30p.m.

Only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.

Forward your resume, in confidence by e-mail to: dread@secc.on.ca

Or in person to: Manager of Human Resources for South Essex Community Council, 215 Talbot Street East, Leamington, ON N8H 3X5

NAIL TECHNICIANwith experience doing gel nails required. Call Rejuvenation Spa at 519-326-3331. jn22

GENERAL CONSTRUCTION LABOURERneeded for local construction firm. Duties include framing, finished carpentry, ceramic tile and painting. Minimum 2 years experience. MUST BE FLUENTin English & Spanish. Apply to abratony@hotmail.com.

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CARRIERS NEEDED

To deliver the Southpoint Sun. Contact Melissa at 519-915-8004 or email: melissa@advantage flyerdistribution.com tfc

was proud as punch of the

Leamington District Agricultural Society President Tammy Wiper (centre) presented certificates of appreciation for the many years of support from the local Legions. At left is Bill Robertson, President of Wheatley Br. 324 and at right is Kaye Winger who accepted on behalf of Leamington Legion Br. 84.

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The 2011 Leamington Fair Ambassador Amanda Willemsma is pictured here presenting one of the 44 bikes won by local children. Vanessa Andrade of Ruthven was the winner of this bike.

Sun Photos)

Three-year-old Trudy Banman

new stylish hat she won at the Carter Shows midway during the fair.

Amanda Willemsma, right, was crowned as Fair Ambassador on Friday night. Pictured here drving the Massey-Harris is the Essex County Queen of the Furrow Ashley Nelson.