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Leamington council has finally made a decision to resolve the crosswalk issue on Erie St. South at the Highbury Canco plant. The major change for motorists will be a reduction in lanes from two to one for southbound vehicles past the intersection of Oak. Council made the decision after examining several options at last week’s meeting. The cost of the project has been estimated at about $80,000. In recent months two pedestrians have been hit, with several “close calls” at the pedestrian crossing used mainly by Highbury employees. At present it is only a “courtesy crossing.” Mayor Hilda MacDonald said council was certain to get “some push-back... but we’ve got to act.” Councillor Paul Tiessen said Highbury workers should go “up and over (through the company overhead links) or down to the intersection.” “There are safer ways than changing the road,” he said. The crosswalk has been there for many years and town administrator Peter Neufeld said it is a town responsibility. “We just want it safer than it is,” said Highbury spokesman John Kruger. Because it is four lanes wide, the Ontario transport ministry would want a full red-green set of lights to control the traffic at the crossing, and the cost was estimated at over $300,000. By reducing it to three lanes, the town can use the yellow flashing lights to warn motorists of the crosswalk, and the traffic delay would be much shorter. A similar light is on the trail crossing on Seacliff Dr. at the Roma Club. As well as narrowing the southbound lanes to one, the traffic lanes will be reconfigured on Erie on the approach to the intersection with only a left, right, and straight lane. No timeline on the project was given.
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From left to right, Shayna Harris, Sam Albidery and Luke Gabert fill baskets with canned goods as volunteers for the annual Leamington Goodfellows Christmas Hampers program Tuesday, Dec. 18. A team of 15 Leamington District Secondary School students filled baskets that morning while a group of UMEI students took the afternoon shift to prepare them for delivery to recipient families on Saturday, Dec. 22. This year, LDSS Grade 12 students collected about 49,000 canned goods and other non-perishable items. (Southpoint Sun Photo)
Christmas Hampers another success By Bryan Jessop
Thanks to the combined efforts of volunteers across the community, Christmas this year was more about the happy and less about the hungry. The annual Leamington and Mersea Goodfellows Christmas Hampers project welcomed 49,000 canned goods and other non-perishable items from Leamington District Secondary School’s 2018 can drive. From there, the local Goodfellows recruited other volunteers — including more students from LDSS and UMEI — to load 800 baskets for 194 Leamington-area families in need. “The students just wanted to do as much as they could,” explained LDSS teacher Gia Brennan, who assisted with and supervised the basket filling process with fellow teacher Orlena Rossi. “They’re willing to give back to the community with their time, which is important.” The LDSS can drive included $11,000 in monetary donations, which was tabulated into this year’s total. Upon the Friday, Dec. 14 event’s completion, it was determined that the Girls’ team recaptured the championship trophy from the Boys, who won it in 2017. One of the volunteers assisting with the collection of LDSS food items was Jill Nicholson, daughter of the late Don “Shorty” Nicholson who served as the local Goodfellows president until his passing earlier this year. Also added to the LDSS total was a contribution
of three large boxes full of canned goods collected by the residents, families and staff members of Chartwell Leamington Retirement Residence on Henry Avenue. While a team of about a dozen volunteer LDSS students filled baskets on the morning of Tuesday, Dec. 18, a group from Chartwell arrived to assist and offer baked goods prepared by the facility’s chef. “Our residents like to be involved with the community and give back,” explained Chartwell retirement living consultant Melissa Bloomfield, noting that what the residence refers to as its ‘Community Blitz’ will become an annual tradition. In previous efforts, Chartwell residents, their family members and staff have stepped forward to donate poinsettias to Erie Shores Hospice in Leamington and support Community Living Windsor Essex County. This year’s can drive at Chartwell in support of the Goodfellows Christmas Hampers campaign began December 1. Later that afternoon, volunteer students from UMEI took on a shift to complete the basket-filling portion of the project. Goodfellows volunteers also set up baskets at the Westmoreland warehouse on Industrial Drive, sorted food donations by type and size and on deliver day — Saturday, Dec. 22 — set out to drop off filled baskets to their recipients, complete with Christmas turkeys and potatoes. For that day, a group of about 30 with pick up trucks, SUVs and vans were recruited for the three-hour process.
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