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Welcome to the new Southpoint Sun-Journal
Welcome to the first issue of the Southpoint Sun-Journal, serving the communities of Leamington and Wheatley. The Wheatley Journal has published as the newspaper of record for Wheatley since 1895. It was born in a time when print media was the only link between Wheatley and the rest of the world. To say things have changed a lot since then is stating the obvious. The Wheatley Journal has changed with the times over the decades and is changing yet again. By combining the Leamington Southpoint Sun and the Wheatley Journal we are creating an even stronger, broader LOCAL regional weekly newspaper. The Southpoint Sun-Journal is delivered to 13,000 households weekly. The Sun-Journal is distributed FREE from as far as the Graham Sideroad in the west, to the Zion Sideroad in the east and north to Essex County Road 14. It is also available for FREE pickup at a variety of store locations in Kingsville, Leamington and Wheatley. This area is very unique with Wheatley being situated inside the boundaries of Chatham-Kent, yet being only 11 km from Leamington… Needless to say, Leamington and Wheatley share many amenities, facilities, schools, sports and organizations. And now, they share a community newspaper. The Sun-Journal will continue to provide local municipal news – both Leamington and Chatham-Kent, as well as everything you love about both papers. Leamington readers may notice more Wheatley news and Wheatley readers will notice more Leamington news. In the end, everyone is getting more news. We encourage all our schools to continue to send in photos of their activities, as well as the service groups and sports teams. We’ll do our best to bring you a well rounded balance of local news, sports and arts and entertainment. Feel free to call our office at 519-398-9098 or drop in to see us at 194 Talbot Street East, Leamington.
The second annual Cardinal Carter Catholic Middle School Unstoppable Run’s schedule of activities began with a colour bombing of teachers by top student fundraisers on the school’s soccer field Friday, Apr. 20. As of that day, the event raised $4,400 and counting for student activities, programs, supplies and field trips. (Sun-Journal Photo)
Middle School hosts second Unstoppable Run By Bryan Jessop While Cardinal Carter Middle School had much to celebrate, staff and students did at the same time have a major case of the blues — and the yellows, and the greens and the pinks and the oranges. The school hosted its second yearly Unstoppable Run Friday, Apr. 20, where all 154 Grade 7 and 8 students capped about a month of fundraising with a day of running, walking, dancing, singing, playing games and other outdoor activities. Four weeks prior to the event, students took on a pledge drive to raise money for school functions, materials, field trips and other events and outings. By the time The Unstoppable Run kicked off Friday morning, a sum of about $4,400 and counting had been collected. Each Grade 6 student involved in this year’s Unstoppable Run paid a flat fee to take part in the festivities. In much the same fashion as the inaugural 2017 event at the nearby Queen of Peace site, this year’s series of events was officially launched by an opportunity for top fundraising students to “colour bomb” their teachers with containers of powdered dyes. This year, Grade 7 student Matthew Preston and his sister Nicole Preston (Grade 8) shared the top honour by raising an even $400 each. The top pledge collector of each class was
given the chance to colour bomb their teacher at midfield of the Cardinal Carter soccer pitch while the top three overall fundraisers were able to cover the school’s principal, vice principal and French teacher with the harmless yet messy multi-coloured dyes. Shortly afterwards, the middle school group was joined by Grade 6 classes visiting from feeder schools St. Louis in Leamington and St. Jean de Brebeuf in Kingsville for a steady schedule of celebrations. After social time, judging for best costumes, healthy snacks, a kick-off assembly and application of temporary tattoos, teachers had the opportunity for payback. All participating students embarked upon a walk or run of between four and 5 kilometres along the nearby walking trail, where they were intermittently colour bombed by teachers awaiting them at the Oak Street West crossover. The walk/run was followed by a lunch courtesy of Dominos and the After Run Pit Party on the school’s soccer field, where students were offered one colour packet each to release into the open air while DJ services were offered by Cardinal Carter Secondary School’s Eddie Andary. The day concluded with games, snacks, prize draws and the remainder of the afternoon’s (Continued on Page A-7)
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