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Andrew Banar is not your typical hero. By no means is he ‘typical’ in any way.

He doesn’t wear a cape but don’t let that fool you -- he definitely has a super power.

If you’re having a bad day, Andrew can make you forget it as he wraps his arms around you.

You see, Andrew’s super power is as simple as his welcoming hug.

But it’s not just his hug really--it’s Andrew himself.

It’s his caring, compassion and love of life.

Andrew, who will celebrate his 24th birthday on Easter Sunday, is a young man who was born with Down Syndrome.

On March 21, World Down Syndrome Day, the young man was named one of five Canadian Down Syndrome Heroes.

“I was excited,” said Andrew, “and very happy.”

“It’s an important part of my life to help people,” said Andrew. “It makes them feel happy and this makes me feel good that I am doing something special for others and putting smiles on their faces,” he added.

Known for his catch phrase, “Be Strong Rock On”, Andrew has turned his t-shirt business into much more than a means of earning money to go to college.

Through his business, Group Hug Apparel, Andrew has graduated from the Life Skills program at St. Clair College, and donated about $35,000 to area charities.

For his mom, Karen Pickle, the pride is obvious.

Together, the dynamic duo have turned selling t-shirts into much more.

A request for a t-shirt for a youngster in England, facing a surgery and hospital stay, convinced Karen that Andrew could touch even more lives by sending off his t-shirts, accompanied by a handwritten letter of support from Andrew, for youngsters dealing with illness or an impending surgery.

Andrew has had his own health issues to deal with and knows firsthand how scary the hospital can be.

The t-shirts, said Andrew, help them feel safe and strong while they are sick.

To Andrew and his mom, this has become an important aspect of their everyday lives.

The response has been ‘phenomenal’ from their little ‘heroes’ and their families.

While some people may be content that their original goal had been accomplished (and then some), Karen said they continuously adjust the goals as Andrew achieves them.

She said his social interaction has given him so much

Andrew Banar, 23, who was recently named a Canadian Down Syndrome Hero, shows off some of his t-shirts, as well as a letter he wrote to one of the seriously ill children that accompanied one of his ‘Be Strong Rock On’ shirts.

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more confidence and has also given him a greater understanding of compassion and kindness.

For a young man set to celebrate his 24th birthday on Easter Sunday, Andrew has one wish for his birth-

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Instead of gifts for himself, Andrew and Karen are urging others to perform random acts of kindness to mark his special day.

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(Continued from Front) purchased Tim Hortons cards and handed them out in the parking lot. This year’s plans are still under wraps but Karen said they will definitely put a smile on some faces.

The feedback and the kindness that has already been displayed by others has certainly put smiles on their faces.

One young boy, she said, purchased “Be Strong Rock On” t-shirts for his entire hockey team. She said the team promises to perform random acts of kindness ‘as a team’.

It’s stories like this that convince Karen that the time spent with Andrew at shows, sales and public events is time well spent.

She admits it has taken over her weekends but said the feedback and the growth of her son leaves no doubt that Andrew’s work is making a difference.

For Andrew, who has become a local celebrity, it can be exhausting but fun.

He admits with a shy grin that it’s kind of cool being recognized wherever he goes.

It’s also pretty special when he sees people on the streets wearing his t-shirts, he added.

But Karen said it’s not just local people who buy Andrew’s shirts, she said they have been ordered from several other countries around the world.

In fact, it wasn’t a local person who nominated Andrew for the award, it was someone from northern Ontario.

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The Windsor-Essex County Chapter of the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada held its media day and kickoff for the 12th annual MS Walk to be held Sunday, May 3 in Leamington, starting at the Leamington Kinsmen Recreation Complex.

Pictured here, from left to right are Cordell Green, Jackie Putterman, Sadie Arbagi, Team Mastronardi Produce co-captain, Antonella Mastronardi, Team Mastronardi co-captain, Danielle Garant, Lead Nurse, Harrow Family Health Centre, Jack (SUN Photo) Brush, Lloyd Arner, volunteer and walker and Colleen Arner, volunteer and walker.

Leamington’s 12th annual MS Walk is May 3 Every year more than 40,000 Canadians in more than 160 communities across our country support the MS Walk and raise vital funds for people living with MS. The MS Walk is a celebration of the power we have to change the lives of Canadians with MS. By coming together at the MS Walk and through our fundraising efforts, we make a tangible and life-changing difference to thousands of people with MS. The MS Walk is a heartwarming and meaningful community gathering, and it’s a chance to reconnect with old friends and make new ones along the way!

The MS Walk in Leamington is a family-oriented, community-supported event, in 2014 $29,000.00 was raised by 158 participants. Making the Leamington walk very successful in terms of communities this size. This year’s walk is slated for Sunday, May 3 starting at the Leamington Recreation Complex.

The Walk started in Leamington in 2004 and is now entering the 12th year.

Right from the start, the community has been very supportive.

Funds raised goes toward the provision of mobility equipment, social and recreational programs and cutting edge research such as the Stem Cell Research, recently announced.

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I’ve got a bone to pick Such a human trait it is to find a ‘bone to pick’ in paradise!

Since February the island owners, Mark and I have discussed replacing our Internet. Connections were accomplished with a technician from Jacksonville, Florida, by way of the manager on Frozen and Alders Cay. The crew of two flew in this past week. Timing was perfect to get the system up and running prior to the upcoming owners’ visit. The plane touched down and as the provisions for the main house and shop were unloaded I hopped onto the plane with Bart (the head man of the two from Jacksonville) and off we flew to Nassau.

Once we arrived at Executive Flight Support in Nassau, a cab was called for us. We gave our agenda to Miriam, our cab driver. She just so happens to be the regular driver for the island owners and considered me family. So off we went with her enthusiastic promises that she would help us check off everything on our ‘to do’ list.

Our pilot, Cameron, and his wife own a pizza place, and since I didn’t take time to eat prior to departure a stop there was high on my list. Upon asking for Cameron’s help with directions, he confirmed that their pizza shop was in the same strip mall as BTC (Bahamas Tele-communications.)

Fortunately, a wonderful grocery store named Solomon’s is also located there and Bart could purchase some extra groceries for their stay on the island.

Our final stop was planned to be at a hardware store where we had arranged to have our contact person, Keisha, package up some flexible gas line and have it ready and waiting for us to pick up. Our driver Miriam offered to go there for us on her way to pick up her son from school. It would have been out of our way and may have cut into the valuable time we needed to ensure that our flight back to the island occurred prior to dark. Everything seemed to be falling perfectly into place.

We went to Bahamas Tele-Communications first to get the ball rolling. Upon our arrival there, in true Bahamian mode, the power was down and the generator only operated the lights – not the computer system! I was just as happy to head for a pizza first. After I was sufficiently sufficed we returned to the BTC and the same shorthanded staff of two frustrated people facing an outage over which they had no control.

We filled out the necessary paperwork and went off to purchase the groceries. Bart picked out what he felt they needed and the island paid the bill as arranged. Returning once again to the phone outlet, three hours later we left with two SIM cards. Hopefully, they’d be activated when the

power returned. Meanwhile, Miriam returned earlier with her son. The very polite grade 5 boy studiously sat and completed his homework while they waited an hour and half for us. I started to have the sinking feeling that it was SHANNON going to be a costly day!

MATHESON No surprises, and after dropping us at the airport in the nick of time, Miriam asked for her $150 Lifestyles... dollar cab fare. Yikes!

BROUGHT TO YOU BY: The return flight to the island was nothing less than beautiful, but landing on days when there is not even a ripple on the water can be challenging on a small island. Never fear, Sean, our pilot, is a pro and landed on the button. After ridding his plane of his passengers and goods, he thrilled us with a ‘fly by’ seeming to skim the runway…

VROOOOM! Meanwhile, I received a call from BATELCO and the cards were activated.

Mark and I, along with Bart and J.R., his assistant tech guy, enjoyed leftover wild mushroom and goat cheese and deluxe meat-eater pizza with a salad for dinner that night.

We listened as Bart inundated us with all the technical terms as he explained the installation that would take place over the next few days.

Day two, we all went about our daily jobs as usual. I put the final touches on two sheds. When our friends visited a couple of weeks ago, Joe replaced a couple of doors, spurring me to make the rest of the shed look better with a fresh coat of paint. Mark was replacing windowsills in one of the homes that termites had gotten the best of. Termite control was next on our agenda.

When dinnertime arrived, I rolled with the punches when the two gentlemen showed up for dinner. Heck, I like to cook for people and now was my chance. We all enjoyed grilled chicken, spicy Spanish rice and lentils, and another great salad.

Of all weeks to have extras to feed, it would have to be the one when Mark had ripped out our kitchen to put a new IKEA one in. My sink was disconnected, no countertops, and the stove floated out in the middle of the room. As I washed our dishes in a bucket out on our front lawn, I knew we were definitely pushing the five-star Food and Safety standards! The hose water I used was rainwater gathered from the eavestroughs, mixed with boiled water. It was kind (Continued on Page 7)

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Lessons in life and baseball With the hope that the weather will eventually turn warmer, or at least tolerable, my thoughts wander to the game of summer, baseball.

Many people dislike baseball because it takes too long to play. It’s like the game of Monopoly. You either like it or you don’t.

I don’t care for Monopoly for that reason alone: it takes too long to play.

So you’d think, based on that logic, I wouldn’t be a baseball fan, but baseball is the sport I first took an interest in, so it’s one of those things that has stuck with me for so many years.

My first memories of baseball take me back to the mid1960s at the Queen Elizabeth school diamond. In those days, all of Leamington’s house league and travel (or allstar) teams played their games at local schools.

Both of my brothers were playing all-star ball and my dad was coaching one or both of them at the time.

I was likely 4 or 5 and still quite a mama’s boy. My mom was sitting with several of the other mothers in lawn chairs along the sidelines watching the game. I wandered off to play with some of the other younger kids and then came wandering back to the mothers. I was intently watching the game as I backed into my mom’s lap, not paying attention to what I was doing.

Lo and behold, just as she put her arms around me, I realized it wasn’t my mother at all, but Sylvia Sellon, another of the team moms. She grabbed me and hugged me and scared the living hell out of me all at the same time. They laughed and laughed as this little bowl-cut kid realized he wasn’t cuddling up to his mother, but to someone else’s.

I don’t know if Mrs. Sellon remembers that day but I certainly do.

My other early memory of baseball MARK comes courtesy of RIBBLE Mrs. Hillman who worked at the bank uptown. I believe it Rib’s was the CIBC but I may be wrong. It was Ramblings located near where Thomson’s Guardian drug store is now. Mrs. Hillman waited on my mother every time we went into the bank and one day she presented me with my own baseball uniform, kid-size of course.

Pants, shirt, socks and a hat.

I was beyond thrilled and I’m pretty sure I wore it to bed that night.

This all took place long before I ever signed up to play the game.

I was the bat boy for my brothers’ teams from time to time. Spent a lot of time around the ball diamonds at game time. At that time, the Bantams and Midgets played at M.D. Bennie while the Peewees and Squirts played their games at Queen Elizabeth. It was my dream to eventually get to represent Leamington as a ball player.

I remember a huge storm that came up while one of my brothers was playing ball at M.D. Bennie. My mom had a look of terror on her face as we ran quickly for the parking lot, which seemed like miles away from the dia(Continued on Page 5)

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(Continued from Page 4) mond in those days. We got to the car for cover and someone said it was what they used to call the ‘tail-end’ of a tornado. Well, to my mom, everything was the tail end of a tornado.

A slight breeze and we were ushered to the basement when we were kids.

My first year of actually playing ball was exciting. I was a tad disappointed when I found out I couldn’t wear my special uniform to play. In those days, the Kinsmen Club sponsored all house league teams. I was on the Pirates in the Atom division. We were handed our shirts, black with gold sleeves. Kinsmen on the front, and Pirates on the back. I don’t remember there being numbers but maybe there were.

Jim Wiper was my first coach. He wasn’t the only Wiper on the field by any means. Every imaginable Wiper was on my team. Well, at least the ones close to my age. It was a team of about 10 kids, with more than half being Wipers. They could have fielded their own team.

In fact, off track a bit, a few years later the Wipers did field a family-sized team in the old Leamington ball hockey league that they called Inlaws & Outlaws.

Back to my story. We won the championship that year and my first year of baseball was a favourable one. I met new friends whom I mostly attended school with and some of those friends remained friends for life. That year was my first encounter with the likes of Ted Wigfield, Brad Dunmore, Dennis Ouellette and all of the 1960 to 1962-born Wipers, as in Tracy, Troy, Phil, Andy and Mark. We were quite a group of country bumpkins with ball gloves on.

Every bat was wooden. Every base was made of cloth. The gloves were all the same color: brown. No batting gloves, wristbands, eye-black or bubble gum. Just good oldfashioned baseball.

The coaches coached from the heart and taught us what they were taught when they were kids. Nowadays, so many coaches teach from a book or a video.

I was a member of other Pirates teams the next couple of years with Henry and Trudy Wheeler as the coaches, but the majority of teammates remained the same. In those days, teams were chosen according to what school you went to.

At some point, they decided it was a good idea to mix things up, likely because us Gore Hill kids were winning the vast majority of our games.

My first foray into travel or all-star ball came in my first year of Peewee I believe. The Legion sponsored the team and it was coached by John MacKinnon, local policeman. I initially made the team but I bowed out after the first month and went back to house league.

I was a half-decent player but I was suddenly thrust into being a small fish in a big pond, where I’d been used to being one of the bigger fish.

So back to house league I went and I stayed there until Midget when I finally made the jump back to the all-star teams. I was around when the first girls were ‘allowed’ to play baseball in Leamington. We had three girls on our team that year. Little did we know that this ‘novelty’ would never wear off and girls playing baseball has become very much an everyday part of the game.

The life lessons learned playing that long, tedious game of summer will stay with me forever, and I hoped in my 15 years of coaching in Leamington’s minor ball system that I helped to instill those lessons into kids who are now adults and stepping into the world of coaching themselves.

My girlfriend doesn’t like baseball. Can’t say that I blame her. If you’re not brought up in that world, it would be a stretch to imagine playing or following the game that takes three hours to play in the heat of the summer.

Like I said, you either love the game or you hate it. There is not a lot of in-between when it comes to baseball.

So I’d like to thank those coaches along the way who not only taught me basic baseball skills, but also social skills and coping skills to help later in life. So many to mention, but you can add Bob Wiper, Lou Webster, Larry Martin, Jim Whittal, Dwayne Tetzlaff and my dad, Carl Ribble to those ranks. I’d count Warren Dunford and a few others from his generation in that group even though I never played for them.

Some are gone now, YOUR INCOME TAX TEAM some are still with us, but they all had a small hand in shaping the way I approach the game and approach the act of sportsmanship in general.

I can honestly say I never HELGA FRANCES JANET JANICE had a baseball coach that I didn’t like. The same goes for hockey for me. I know there are those out there who have had bad experiences but I think those people were few and far between.

MARILYN SUE CAIRN Some coaches were hard on their players, others took a more subtle approach.

Who’s to say which is right? Somewhere in the middle there must be a balance, I guess.

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ARIES - Mar 21/Apr 20 Patience is a virtue you must have this week, Aries. Others may not be able to maintain your pace, so exercise patience with those who need it.

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This person might just motivate you to reach heights you have yet to reach, and this may lead to a promotion at work.

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LEO - Jul 23/Aug 23 Leo, allow someone close to you to enjoy his or her space this week. Find a way to keep busy as this special someone does some soul-searching.

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SAGITTARIUS - Nov 23/Dec 21 Sagittarius, anxiety about starting a new chapter in life is normal.

Fear of the unknown can worry anyone, but look forward to all of the positive changes that are in store.

CAPRICORN - Dec 22/Jan 20 Capricorn, thinking outside of the box comes easily to you. Although others may scoff at your unconventional ways, you always get the job done and this week is no different.

AQUARIUS - Jan 21/Feb 18 Aquarius, peer pressure abounds this week, but you needn't worry about succumbing to it. You like to march to the beat of your own drum, and others look to you as a leader.

PISCES - Feb 19/Mar 20 Pisces, you may need to take an unusual approach to get things done this week. Don't be afraid to be aggressive.

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Wednesday, April 1, 2015

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I’ve got a bone to pick (Continued from Page 4) of fun for the first night!

The next day started off with poached eggs for all. Once again we all went on our own way for the day. When evening arrived and they showed up around dinnertime again, I was prepared. A large, beautifully grilled filet of salmon with a ginger garlic glaze and leftover rice was on the menu, dressed up with more crunchy vegetables and bean sprouts. We all watched a movie together that night. Mark and I were very exhausted as we hit the sack three hours later than the norm.

Perhaps from lack of sleep or the fact that it was Friday and I was still washing dishes in a bucket, I was plain old tired and maybe just a little snarky, too. The technical side of things seemed to be progressing very slowly and our grocery stock that was expected to last until mid-April was beginning to dwindle a little quicker than planned. That evening I suggested that we cook up a couple of pizzas that the island had purchased for Bart and J.R. in Nassau. I would add a special salad with some leftover salmon on top. Bart said that he was thinking barbecue burgers would be good! Thankfully, we were out of burgers so I wasn’t telling a fib as I bit my tongue and told him so. I also explained that since it was Friday evening, pizza would make things simpler. Luckily, Mark worked hard to reconnect our kitchen and it was a pleasure to work in that night!

Day five arrived and at mid-afternoon my starving entourage showed up for lunch.

I suggested tuna sandwiches if Mark was able to hunt down some bread on the island.

Trying to ignore Bart’s scrunched up nose, I went about toasting tuna on some wonderful homemade bread and served them along with dill pickles and some stinking old cheese!

J.R. (who was forever thankful and complimentary) kept me doing what I love to do.

As I sit and write this, I realize my part in a communication breakdown. I took on all of this willingly and in most cases would have rolled with it and enjoyed every minute. If I have learned anything about myself though, it’s that I need appreciation. A little bit goes a very long way. I think it’s human nature to be fueled by positive feedback.

Lately, while our son Cheyne was here, we had this discussion with him about hockey and how to be a good captain or teammate. Each individual is just that. An individual. No matter how hard and frustrating it may be, we each need to work with our uniqueness to get the best out of others. What I felt was a lack of appreciation by one person. This overshadowed the feedback from the others who were sitting enjoying every spoonful. Mark and J.R. were going out of their way to be helpful! For whatever unexplainable reason, I was thinking I shouldn’t be doing what I actually love to do. It really didn’t make any sense at all and I admit it.

The final night we all enjoyed linguine with a vodka blush sauce. Everything seemed much brighter as I prepared dinner in my new improved workstation. I love our new kitchen! Bart also seemed to thoroughly enjoy and express his appreciation. Perhaps he was feeling less stress after getting the Internet system up and running, especially after the many typical island surprises and setbacks. Every day there was good news and bad news, but in the end they made it happen. Now we could all finally sit back and relax!

Well, at least we thought so until in the midst of our dinner the strangest noise came from the sink behind me. A pipe had burst and was spraying cold water all over the bottom of our new cabinet and onto the floor. Mark quickly ran to shut the water off as I sopped up as much as I could with a bunch of towels. Then we all sat down to enjoy our meal. Mark, who I thought would be very disappointed, was simply happy that the break was due to the faulty fitting and not his glue job.

Men! As I stand at my new, big country sink, I think of all the hard work everyone has accomplished that brought us to this moment. The view out the large kitchen window is of the ocean on the other side of the airstrip. I can’t help but see the sign posted on a tree out back.

Our friends Joe, Julie and Abbey made it for us on their visit. It’s an arrow pointing towards home saying “Wheatley, ON 1969 km” with a maple leaf at the end.

I definitely appreciate both Bart and J.R. and the work they have done to increase our Internet capability. Now we can connect even more frequently with our family and friends. Sometimes though, thinking of the kind things that people have done and the moments we have shared together are better than any hardwire or wireless connection we will ever get!

Leamington Fire Services was called to 215 Talbot St. East on the afternoon of Monday, March 30 in response to a call reporting an unusual odour. The entire building containing South Essex Community Council, Adult Learning Centre Service and other organization employees and clients was evacuated while 11 firefighters tended th to the scene. Upon inspection, it was discovered that an electric motor from one of the building’s furnace units was overheating, causing the smell that prompted employees to contact LFS. Deputy th Chief Mike Bradt reported that there was no smoke or th fire caused by the faulty furnace motor and that there were no injuries caused by the incident. The affected furnace was shut off until repairs could be made. Such motors are unlikely to cause fire — unless they are in contact with combustible materials — as they are designed to shut All proceeds off automatically once they support our local reach a specific maximum community temperature.

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Above - Alyssa Butler, 5, gets her face painted while Milana Andrade, 5, at left, watches.

Right - Three-year-old twins Carina and Eliana Perciballi were ready for an afternoon of fun and treats at the Princess Day held at the Lebanese Club.

Below - Three-year-old Reese Baillargeon sat still while she had her face painted. (SUN Photos)

Princesses for a Day Approximately 150 princesses attended the Princess Day held on Saturday, March 28 at the Lebanese Club in Leamington.

The afternoon of nail-painting, hair-styling and other fun activities was a fundraising event organized by Catherine Valle who is competing in the Miss Universe Canada Western Ontario competition next week. Money raised from the Princess Day were donated to Operation Smile who provide free surgeries to repair cleft lip, cleft palate and other facial deformities for children around the globe. Pictured here with Valle are three of the princesses, from left to right, Mia Gualtieri, 7, Carys D’Alimonte, 8, and Selina Gualtieri, 5. Valle, 21,is a 4th year student at Western University, set to graduate with an honours medical science degree. She is entering Miss Universe Canada Western Ontario pageant that will be held at the Capitol Theatre in Windsor on April 11 at 7 p.m.. “I hope to be the next Miss Universe Canada and represent my country at the Miss Universe pageant,” stated Valle.

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THE BANK THEATRE IS ALIVE WITH THE SOUND OF MUSIC FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL Pay close attention to these terrific musical guests.

MUSIC SERIES RETURNS Saturday, April ll at 7:30 p.m. THE RUSSELL deCARLE TRIO - Presented by the Kingsville Folk Festival and The Bank Theatre. Russell deCarle was a founding member of the acclaimed Canadian country band, Prairie Oyster. This band garnered multiple gold and platinum albums, a string of number one Canadian singles, multiple Juno and Canadian Country Music Awards, and legions of fans worldwide. They played together for over 30 years. In recent years, however, deCarle has focussed on music which he describes as “more of a torchybluesy affair.” Russell has relished the opportunity to explore styles away from the country sound. The Russell deCarle trio is comprised of Steve Briggs, famous accordionist, Dennis Keldie, and Russell deCarle. Tickets are $20. For ticket info call 519997-7777. Tickets are also available at the door one half hour before the show.

Friday, April 17 at 7:00 p.m. THE LAST FRIDAY OF THE MONTH COFFEE HOUSE - Dale Butler returns. With his return, comes his special brand of humour and love. Thanks once again to Sharon and David Light who hosted while Dale was away. You two were great. We can hardly wait until you become Leamingtonians.

Saturday, April 25 at 7:30 p.m. KAREN MORAND AND BOSCO - This wonderful band is no stranger to The Bank Theatre Stage. The band features Aaron Verhulst on mandolin and guitars, Benny Santoro on cajon and Janet Dixon on harmonies, percussion and kazoo wizardry. Together with Karen on lead vocals and guitar, they perform a collection of her original songs alongside folk and contemporary songs. They are the best alt-country-hillbilly-gospel band around. Tickets are $15 and are available at Thomson Guardian Pharmacy (Leamington) and at the door one-half hour before the show.

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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1 - BLOOD DONORS NEEDED Can you spare an hour of your time to help save a life? Bring a friend and donate at the: LEAMINGTON BLOOD DONOR CLINIC Kinsmen Recreation Complex, 249 Sherk Street, 12:30 – 7:00 p.m. NEW DONORS AND WALK INS WELCOME. Call 1-8882 DONATE (1-888-236-6283) for information and to book your appointment.

WEDNESDAYS, APRIL 1 TO MAY 20 - Family Storytime. Family Storytime is a program for families of parents with children under 5 years of age to encourage a lifelong love of reading. This program includes stories, bounces, tickles, songs, rhymes and activities at 10:30 a.m. Ages 5 years old & under and caregiver. Register online or at the library.

SUNDAY, APRIL 5 - Easter Dinner for those who are alone or will go without, at 4:00 p.m., St. John's Anglican Church, 60 Erie St. N., Leamington. No charge. Rides provided. Meals delivered to shut-ins in Leamington, Kingsville Wheatley area only. Call to register 519-3263111.

FRIDAY, APRIL 10 & SATURDAY, APRIL 11 - Rummage Sale at Epworth United Church, Kingsville.

Fri. 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. Sun. 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. $2 Bag on Saturday only.

MONDAY, APRIL 13 - 7:00 p.m. Essex County Branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society presents "Do You Know Your Family".

Join us in welcoming George Pitfield to speak about his discov-

ery of his aboriginal roots. Visit http://www.ogs.on.ca/essex to learn more about us. Windsor Public Library, lower level 850 Ouellette Avenue, Windsor.

Everyone welcome!

TUESDAY, APRIL 14 - South Essex Community Council presents Senior Fun Night - "Laughter is the Best Medicine" , 6:00 - 7:30 p.m. Join in, reduce stress and boost your immune system the natural way. SECC, 215 Talbot St. E., Leamington. Limited space.

RSVP by Apr. 10 at 519-326-8629.

TFRIDAY, APRIL 17 & SATURDAY, APRIL 18 - Rummage Sale at First Baptist Church, 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon. Lots of toys, good used clothing, small household items, books home décor, jewellery and so much more!

SUNDAY, APRIL 18 - Silent Walk & Vigil. Meet at Leamington District Secondary School, 125 Talbot St. W. at 3:15 p.m. Walk to Leamington District Memorial Hospital to express concern for abortion.

Rain or shine.

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SATURDAY, APRIL 18 - The Ontario Purple Martin Association will meet Sat. Apr. 18, at 9:00 a.m., at Orchard View Golf Course, 1357 County Rd. 34, Ruthven. Want to learn more about purple martins? They will be arriving soon and we can help you try to entice them into your yard.

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In 2014, the Canada Post segment’s revenue from Domestic Parcels, the largest Parcels product category, surpassed $1 billion for the first time, rising by $85 million compared to 2013. Total Parcels revenue for the Canada Post segment increased by $120 million to more than $1.5 billion and volumes increased by seven million pieces compared to 2013.

In 2014, volumes of Transaction Mail, which includes mostly letters, bills and statements, fell by a further 5.2% or 214 million pieces, compared to 2013. Compared to 2006, Domestic Lettermail volumes fell by 1.4 billion pieces, or 28%.

The tiered pricing structure contained in the Five-Point Action Plan, introduced at the start of the second quarter, helped to offset the impact of this steep and continuing volume decline. As a result, Transaction Mail revenue rose by $238 million or 8% compared to 2013.

Direct Marketing contributed more than $1.2 billion in revenue to the Canada Post segment. Direct Marketing revenue in 2014 for the Canada Post segment fell by $37 million or 3% and volumes decreased by 112 million pieces or 2.2% compared to 2013.

The Canada Post segment’s 2014 results were also helped by a $181 million non-cash reduction in employee benefit costs compared to 2013. This is a result of strong pension asset returns in 2013 and an increase in the discount rates used to calculate benefit plan costs in 2014.

The Canada Post Group of Companies reported a profit before tax of $269 million in 2014 compared to a loss of $58 million in 2013.

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Background: The operations of the Canada Post Group of Companies are funded by the revenue generated by the sale of its products and services, not taxpayer dollars. Canada Post has a mandate from the Government of Canada to remain financially self-sufficient and to provide a standard of postal service that is affordable and meets the needs of the people of Canada.

The Canada Post Group of Companies consists of the core Canada Post Segment and its three non-wholly by donation. Celebrating the life of Lainie Sallmen. Proceeds to beneowned principal subsidiarfit Lainie’s family. Mersea United ies: Purolator Holdings Ltd., Church, Mersea Rd. 8, East of SCI Group Inc. and InnovaBlytheswood - corner of Road 8 and Road 12. Also accepting donapost Inc. tions at Mersea United Church, P.O. Box 652 Wheatley, ON N0P 2P0. Please make cheque payable to Mersea United Church and mark the memo line “Sallmen Benefit”.

TUESDAY, APRIL 21 - Calling all master builders! Kids from JK Grade 5 (and parents too!) come to the Leamington Library for our MONTHLY LEGO CLUB at 4:30 p.m. Join us for an hour of creative building, challenges and sharing some tips and tricks. Program is free and Lego for building is provided.

FRIDAY, APRIL 24 & SATURDAY, APRIL 25 - Community Rummage Sale/Yard Sale, Leamington United Church, 9 John St., Fri. Apr. 24 from 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. and Sat. Apr. 25 from 9:00 a.m. - 12 noon.

THURSDAY, APRIL 30 Wondering how your infant, toddler or preschooler is doing?

Children First and the WindsorEssex County Health Unit are holding Promoting Early Development for newborns to age 5. Come and learn ways to promote healthy development, healthy eating, healthy teeth and healthy behaviour. 9:00 - 11:30 a.m., Queen Elizabeth Public School, Parenting & Family Literacy Centre, 4 Maxon Ave., Leamington. More info: Family Health Hotline 519-2582146 ext. 1350.

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MPAC and the value of your home Here is an explanation of your property taxes. A budget determines how much money a branch of government BILL needs; it may be Leamington municipal government, EsCHAPLIN sex County government, or the provincial government for school boards.

Knowing how much money is needed, a calculation is Municipal made of the value of every category of real estate within Correspondent the jurisdiction of the government. Industrial properties, commercial properties, apartments and so on each total a certain value, and this total is called the assessment base. Moreover, each category is taxed at a different rate: some at the full rate, others at a lower rate. The treasurer of the branch of government uses the rates and values to come to a total called the equalized assessment base.

When the amount of money needed is divided by the equalized assessment base it creates a tiny fraction that is called the tax rate, and the tax rate, times the fraction of that rate your property is taxed at, times the value of your property generates how much your taxes are.

While all this may not seem so simple to you, one thing is simple: it all hangs on how much your property is worth. Who decides what your property is worth? MPAC does, the Municipal Property Assessment Corporation. Annette Beaudoin, M.I.M.A., AACI, Municipal Relations Representative of MPAC, was in Leamington on Monday, March 30 to outline to Municipal Council what MPAC does, and how they do it. Let’s start with one simple fact that many people worry about when considering how valuable a home in Leamington is: the cost of housing in the greater Toronto area is completely irrelevant, and is never used here in Windsor-Essex. For taxes, MPAC decides what your house is worth based on local values and local sales only.

Let’s set the stage: the Province passes the legislation and establishes the regulations that relate to assessment, then MPAC establishes the value. The Municipality sets the taxes, and the Assessment Review Board hears appeals and resolves disputes. There are about 40 staff locally (and about 1,700 across the province) who review sales, record local statistics, and estimate values. Leamington is just shy of 10,900 properties that MPAC values (and about 166,000 in the Windsor-Essex area). This is what Ms. Beaudoin concentrated on.

The market value assessment of properties in Ontario is a 4-year cycle. Values as of January 2012 set the values used for taxation from 2013 to 2016, and values as of January 2015 will be used for taxes from 2017 to 2020. A key feature of this space of time between valuation and taxation allows for both communities and individual owners to appeal drastic changes in property values.

Under current provincial policy, if your assessment goes up, the increase is phased in over the four years covered by the valuation. If your assessment goes down, the entire drop is instituted immediately. It was emphasized by Ms. Beaudoin that your taxes will not necessarily go up or down — the key is how your property behaves compared to the median property value. If it is higher compared to the average, your taxes go up; if it is lower compared to that average, it goes down. (See example at top of page.)

As you can see, it is the change compared to the average value in Leamington that dictates whether or not your taxes go up or down.

A lot of the presentation to Leamington Council had to do with technical considerations that they need to be aware that administration deals with. For example, the difference between condominium taxes and apartment taxes. That stated, there are a couple of details that may be of interest to you.

Actual sale prices are not used to value your home because there are a great number of considerations that may have resulted in you getting a great deal or GRAND overpaying for your home.

A complex formula is used that incorporates location, area, quality of construction, age of the property and any special considerations (such as lakeside property). The 5:00 5:00 pm pm -- 7:00 7:00 pm pm result is that within Leamington there are 21 different economic areas that impact property values.

Another consideration is that you have the right to request a reconsideration if you disagree with your assessment, and it is free.

There is no penalty if your appeal is not changed. In fact, if you still disagree with comparables that have Adults $25, Child (5-12) $15 been used to come up with Member Adults $22, Member Child (5-12) $12 HST INCLUDED your value, you can file a formal appeal — it is with ALL YOU CAN EAT BUFFET the Ministry of the Attorney Every Thursday & Friday from 12 - 2 pm General — up to 90 days $11.00 HST INCLUDED after you receive the MPAC decision, and the onus is on MPAC to justify their valu217 TALBOT STREET WEST ation.

For more information call 519 325 5561 For farmland, the process is even more complex because the tax class the

Example: Current value $200,000 $200,000 Avg. home $150,000 $200,000 $200,000

Change in value Compared to average Change in taxes $205,000 -$5,000 Down $220,000 +$10,000 Up $160,000 (+$10,000) $195,000 +$5000 Up $180,000 -$10,000 Down

property is in is dictated

by OMAFRA (the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs), not

by MPAC. Moreover, the OMAFRA tax decisions are annual, so farms can suddenly change from one class to another (and have their taxes change dramatically) if the correct application has not been sent to the ministry. MPAC merely administers taxation policies that OMAFRA establishes.

Since Leamington is actively trying to encourage developers to build subdivisions, Ms. Beaudoin spent quite a bit of time explaining how and when farmland being developed into residential land changes tax classes, and it is very, very complex.

The information presented will assist members of Leamington Council when advising people about what to do when assessment problems arise.

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It’s easier than ever to recycle your paper products.

Last year, 93% of Canadians had access to curbside paper recycling or community drop-off facilities. Recycling paper is a great household habit, but you don’t want to include documents or mail with your personal or financial information on it.

Shredding is a key way to help prevent identity theft and financial fraud. Last year thousands of adults became victims of ID theft. Young adults aged 18-24 are among the last to detect identity theft when compared to other age groups. It took them 132 days on average to spot it, and their average loss was roughly five times more than the amount lost by other age groups.

Should you shred or recycle your documents?

• Information with your Social Insurance Number: shred it. This is the most important piece of information about your identity that thieves would love to snag for tax fraud, new credit cards, and fake bank accounts.

• Mailings from your bank: shred them, even policy changes or advertisements.

Even though they might not have your account numbers on them, knowing where your money is can help scammers piece together more information about you.

• Monthly bills and statements: shred! They can contain sensitive account information or even your SIN. Consider calling the company and choosing paper-free billing options to cut down on mail.

• Receipts with your signature: yep, shred them.

Thieves can use them to copy your identity.

• Receipts with the last four digits of your card number: you can recycle these, unless you’ve signed them.

• Magazines and catalogs: recycle. You can shred these if you like, but the only information on them is usually your address. If you’re concerned, you can always tear out your address and put that through the shredder.

How to shred: Use a shredder that doesn’t simply cut paper into long strips, since it’s easy to put back together.

Instead, go for a confetti, cross-cut, or diamond-cut shredder, since it’s nearly impossible to tape together a document that’s been run through one of these machines.

When to shred: You can recycle your shredded material, but consider doing it over a few weeks, so all your sensitive information doesn’t go out at once.

Wednesday, April 1, 2015

Lifestyles seminar Is what you’re eating, eating you? Is stress taking a bite out of you? Discover simple lifestyle tools for beating stress improving mood and boosting your immune health at a Lifestyle Matters seminar starting Apr. 7 at 6 p.m. at the Seventh-day Adventist Church, 220 Erie St. N. The series takes place on Tuesdays until the end of April.

The seminar takes place over four sessions and includes tasty, healthful food, interactive presentations, video instruction and practical tips on how to make simple lifestyle choices and changes to reduce stress.

The sessions feature international health speakers Vick Griffin and registered dietician Evelyn Kissinger.

Space is limited and registration is required. Call 519326-8749 or 519-322-1644 to reserve a spot or for more information.

Driver leaves scene, charges laid On March 29, at approximately 1:00 a.m., Kingsville OPP responded to a collision on Queen Street involving a parked vehicle.

The suspect vehicle, a silver Pontiac, left the scene with extensive front-end damage. It was located a short distance from the crash scene.

The driver of the Pontiac suffered minor injuries and exhibited signs of impairment. He was arrested at the scene. No one else was injured in the collision.

A 30-year-old Kingsville man was charged with impaired operation of a motor vehicle, exceeding 80 mg Blood Alcohol Content, and failing to stop at the scene of an accident. He will appear in court in April.

Leamington Fire Services held a new recruit training day on Saturday, March 28 at the Leamington Kinsmen Recreation Complex. A dozen potential new recruits were tested in activities such as proper safety procedures climbing the aerial ladder. Pictured here a new potential recruit scales to the top of the 200-foot aerial ladder.

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Charged with drug offences Leamington OPP officers were called to a convenience store on Erie Street South in Leamington on March 5 regarding a suspicious male.

The man had entered the restroom at the store and remained there for an extended period of time. When he emerged, the clerk checked the restroom and found drug paraphernalia and illegal prescription drugs.

A 27-year-old Leamington man was arrested and charged with two counts of Possession of a Schedule I Substance (Fentanyl and Oxycodone). He will appear in a Leamington courtroom on April 16, 2015.

Leamington Legion Br. 84 news

By Pat Simpson Leamington Legion Br. 84 is hosting the Winston and Jean Wales Easter Dart Tournament on Saturday, April 4. Registration is at 11 a.m. and play begins at noon, mixed doubles and teams. Come out and enjoy an afternoon of darts and comradeship.

The General Meeting is tonight, Wed. Apr. 1, at 7 p.m. Nominations for the Executive will be held.

Just a reminder: if you have not paid your dues for 2015, please pay them as soon as possible.

The next Seniors Social will be April 8 and roast beef is the meal of the month. All seniors are welcome to Branch 84 for a great meal.

Congratulations to Bill Robertson of Wheatley Branch 324 on his election as Zone Commander for Zone A-2.

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Earth Day Contest: calling for student submissions

In celebration of Earth Day, the Essex Region Conservation Authority (ERCA) is once again seeking creative submissions from students throughout Essex County. ERCA is asking students to show, in any creative medium, how they make every day Earth Day. The contest will highlight the students’ daily habits, which contribute to bettering our local environment.

“Whether they compost at home, bike to school, or encourage their friends to recycle, our community’s young people can be leaders when it comes to enjoying and protecting our natural environment,” said Danielle Stuebing, ERCA’s Community Outreach Services Director. “With this contest we wanted to highlight how young people set an example of daily behaviours and habits that others can replicate to make a difference.”

Students have a number of creative options to tell their environmental story. ERCA welcomes pictures, poems and essays, and even photographs. The submissions will be separated into five grade-based categories, with one winner declared from each category.

The only other requirements for submissions are that the students come from Windsor-Essex schools and they’re are open to sharing their work with ERCA. The student submissions will be shared with the general public on the ERCA website and social media pages. The winning students will also be recognized at ERCA’s annual Earth Day tree planting event in April in Windsor where 2,000 trees will be planted.

The five winning submissions will also be rewarded with an Earth Day prize pack.

Contest deadline is 4 p.m. on Wednesday, April 15, 2015.

Submissions can be sent to Alex Denonville with the subject line “Earth Day Contest”: by mail at 360 Fairview Ave. W., Suite 311, Essex, ON, N8M 1Y6; by email at ADenonville@erca.org; or by fax at 519-776-8688.

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In loving memory Dec. 28, 1923 to March 30, 2011 Once upon a time An angel held our hand She wiped away our tears And helped us understand.

She loved us unconditionally Always by our side When no one else would listen In her we could confide.

She saw the light in everyone And gave with no regrets Always from her heart Let us not forget.

Angels come in many forms For us it is our mother With love we cannot say in words There’ll never be another.

Mom it is now 4 years, We still miss and love you And wish that you were here.

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Those we love don't go away, they walk beside us every day... unseen, unheard, but always near, Still loved, still missed and very dear.

Thinking of you every day, Paul.

Love, Dad and Mom, Lisa, Sofia and Natasha, Steve and Shelley, Grace, Simon and Maddie

We thought of you with love today, but that is nothing new.

We thought about you yesterday, and days before that too.

We think of you in silence, we often speak your name.

Now all we have is memories, and your picture in a frame.

Your memory is our keepsake, with which we'll never part.

God has you in his keeping, we have you in our heart.

Love your sister Jean, brother Dominic, and all your nieces & nephews

The family of the late Jack Williams would like to express their heartfelt appreciation to all those who gave us hugs and shared memories of Dad at the funeral home, sent flowers, made memorial donations, sent food and sympathy cards. Your many acts of kindness will never be forgotten. Thankyou to the nurses and staff on 2nd Floor East at Leamington District Memorial Hospital for your excellent care and attention shown to our Dad. To everyone at the Reid Funeral Home, words cannot express how much we appreciate everything you did for us. "You guys are THE BEST!!!"

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OBITUARY Wyona Bailey

Wyona Mae (Jenner) Bailey, 92 years, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, March 24, 2015 at the Leamington Mennonite Home.

Beloved wife of the late Robert Derbyshire (1971), the late Russell Bailey (1994), and dear friend of the late Floyd Liebrock (2009). Dear mother of Kay (Robert) Shaw of Wheatley, Larry (Ruthann) Derbyshire of Wheatley, Bill (Linda) Derbyshire of Wheatley, and Ron (Edith) Derbyshire of Leamington. Loving Grandma to 11 grandchildren, 14 great-grandchildren, and 1 great-greatgrandchild. Predeceased by a son Robert Derbyshire (2015), a sister Madeline Bihun, and brothers Lee, Jack and Lawrence Jenner.

Visiting was at the Hammond Funeral Home, 17 Little Street South, Wheatley (519-825-7741) on Friday from 2-5 p.m. and 7-9 p.m.

Funeral Service was held from the funeral home on Saturday, March 28, 2015 at 11:00 a.m. with Rev. Janet Brigham officiating. Interment Fairview Cemetery, Wheatley.

Memorial donations may be made by cheque to the Wheatley United Church, the Wheatley Friendship Club, or the charity of your choice. www.hammondfuneralhome.ca

OBITUARY Francesco Bileti Francesco Bileti, 72 years, passed away on Tuesday, March 24, 2015 at Leamington District Memorial Hospital.

Beloved husband of Maria Bileti. Dear father of Francesca Bileti. Loving grandfather of Brian Pacheco and Jonathon Pacheco, and great-grandfather of Carterlynn. Dear brother of Giovanna Barraco (the late John), Antonina Minaudo (the late Carlo), Vita Marano (Frank), Paolo Bileti (Donna), and brother-in-law of Vita Peralta (the late Vito), the late Salvatore Barraco (Rosaria). Many nieces and nephews also survive.

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

Mass of the Resurrection was at St. Joseph’s Church, 310 Sherk Street, Leamington, on Saturday, March 28, 2015 at 10 a.m. with Fr. Patrick Beneteau officiating.

Entombment Erie Memorial Gardens.

Memorial donations may be made by cheque to the Canadian Cancer Society.

Friends may share memories at www.reidfuneralhome.ca

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Lydia Clark, 88 years, passed away on Friday, March 27, 2015 at Leamington District Memorial Hospital.

Beloved wife of the late Ernest “Ernie” Clark (1983). Dear mother of Lynn Munroe, David and Helen Clark. Loving grandmother of Aisha Bakker (David), Grant Munroe, Tyler Clark (Stephanie Pavao), Derek Clark (Chloe Barraco), and great-grandmother of Mikah and Astrid Bakker. Dear sister of Helen Rogers. Predeceased by one sister and four brothers.

Survived by many nieces and nephews.

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

Memorial Service to celebrate Lydia’s life was held at the Funeral Home on Wednesday, April 1, 2015 at 11 a.m. with Rev. Richard Smith officiating.

Memorial donations may be made by cheque to the Heart & Stroke Foundation or Leamington Hospital Foundation (Hospice).

Friends may share memories at www.reidfuneralhome.ca

OBITUARY Robert Derbyshire Robert Gregory Derbyshire, 67 years, passed away on Sunday, March 15, 2015 at Franklin Gardens Long Term Care in Leamington.

Loving father of Wendy Victoria of London. Dear Grandpa to Billy-Ray and Dalton James Fader, and Brianne DerbyshireHarris. Also survived by the best sister he ever had, Kay (Robert) Shaw of Wheatley, and brothers Larry (Ruthann) of Wheatley, Bill (Linda) of Wheatley, and Ron (Edith) of Leamington. Predeceased by his parents Wyona Bailey (Jenner) (March 24, 2015) and Robert Derbyshire (1971).

A combined Memorial Service was held with his mother Wyona Bailey on Saturday, March 28, 2015 at 11:00 a.m. at the Hammond Funeral Home 17 Little Street South, Wheatley (519-825-7741) with Rev. Janet Brigham officiating. Cremation.

Memorial donations may be made by cheque to the charity of your choice. www.hammondfuneralhome.ca

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Susie Hildebrand passed away peacefully at the Leamington Mennonite Home on the morning of March 24, 2015 at the age of 97 years, to be with her Lord and Saviour.

Susie was predeceased by her loving husband Jake Hildebrand (1987) and her parents Peter Warkentin (1955) and Katharina Warkentin (1975). She will be dearly missed by her loving daughter Helen (Edgar) Brown of Leamington, son Edward (Millie) Hildebrand of Steinbach, Manitoba, and son Paul (Diane) Hildebrand of Kentville, Nova Scotia. Susie was the cherished mother of Margaret Hildebrand who passed away on June 16, 2014.

She adored her grandchildren David (Hannah) Brown, Stephen (Sandi) Brown, Anne Brown, Johanna Hildebrand, Daniel (Simone) Hildebrand, Madeline Hildebrand (Matt Schellenberg), Becky (Nathan) Cowan, Andrew (Luise) Hildebrand, Kristen (Steven) Cue, Nathan Hildebrand, and 10 great-grandchildren. She will also be dearly missed by many nieces and nephews. Susie was predeceased by her siblings Agatha (David) Mathies, Peter (Kathe) Warkentin, and Margaret (John) Konrad.

Susie was a homemaker all her life and volunteered with many organizations in various capacities. Her passions were her family, her church and her garden.

A special thanks to the staff of the Leamington Mennonite Home for their excellent care.

Visitation was held at the Reid Funeral Home & Reception Centre, 14 Russell Street, Leamington.

Funeral Service celebrating Susie’s life was held from the Leamington United Mennonite Church, 78 Oak Street East, Leamington, on Saturday, March 28, 2015.

Vic Winter and David Dyck officiated. Interment Evergreen Memorial Park Cemetery.

Memorial donations may be made by cheque to the Leamington Mennonite Home or U.M.E.I. Christian High School.

Friends may send condolences or make a charitable contribution online at www.reidfuneralhome.ca

OBITUARY Milford Edward Holland November 23, 1925 – March 22, 2015 Milford Edward Holland (Dutch) passed away peacefully on Sunday, March 22, 2015, at Dartmouth General Hospital, Nova Scotia, with family at his side.

Predeceased by his wife Catharine (Leslie) in 2009.

Survived by his daughter Cindy (Murray) Gaudet, grandson Christopher (Anna), granddaughter Lisa (Mike) Ratchford, and great-grandson and great-granddaughter Thomas and Eva Gaudet.

Dutch was an RCN WWII veteran serving on HMCS Ribble. He continued his military career in the RCAF until 1977. He retired and moved from P.E.I. to Port Stanley, ON, and later to Dartmouth, N.S., for the past 20 years.

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OBITUARY Barbara Elaine Sallmen Barbara Elaine “Lainie” Sallmen (nee Armstrong) of Kearney passed away peacefully at home on Wednesday, March 18, 2015 surrounded by the love of her family.

A private celebration of Lainie’s life will be held at a later date. Arrangements have been entrusted to the Opatovsky Funeral Home – Dempster Chapel.

If desired, memorial donations to a trust fund for Lainie’s children would be sincerely appreciated by the family. Donations may be made by contacting the funeral home or directly at RBC account #02162 003 505 6684.

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The OPP in Leamington responded to a call March 27 at Queen of Peace school on Nicholas Street in Leamington.

Officers spoke with school officials who indicated that unknown suspect(s) spray-painted graffiti and foul language on the rear of the school building sometime over the previous weekend.

Anyone with information regarding this crime is asked to contact Leamington OPP at 519326-2544.

Should you wish to remain anonymous, you can call Crime Stoppers where you may be eligible to receive a cash reward of up to $2,000.

Leamington and surrounding areas will be lighting up blue for autism.

April 2 is World Autism Aw a r e n e s s Day and local ‘blue sisters’ Ann Diab and Paula LaSala Filangeri are preparing for the 3rd annual local celebrations.

“Last year our walk raised $7,000 for Autism Ontario. That is incredible. And all the businesses and schools with their signs of support, blue lights, blue bows… it’s just been amazing,” said Diab.

Local florist shops sell blue bows with part of proceeds being donated to Autism Ontario as well. “It’s really been a community effort,” said Diab.

The World Autism Awareness Walk is set for Sunday, April 26 at Seacliff Park. Registration for the 5-10 km walk or run begins at 9 a.m. with the run starting at approximately 10 a.m. This year’s run/walk is a registered event with Walkers and Runners Around the County of Essex (WRACE). Online registration is available at www.wrace.org

Antique propeller stolen The Leamington OPP were called to a business on Iroquois Road in Leamington on March 16 for a report of a theft. Stolen from the front of the business was a distinctive antique brass propeller, valued at approximately $5,000.

The decorative propeller was seeded in the concrete underneath the sign advertising the business. An older two-tone pickup was captured on video ripping the propeller from the concrete using a chain.

Police are asking anyone with information regarding this theft to contact the Essex County OPP Street Crimes Unit at 519-326-2544.

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Novice LL wraps up season

It was a great semi-final game played by some great kids. It started out with a goal

by Leamington Chrysler Southpoint Novice LL’s Zander Grilo in the first 10 seconds to get the game rolling.

Southpoint started out strong and the momentum was building. Adriana West made her way through from defense to get several breakaway chances but the Harrow goalie made some great saves to keep their team in the game. The Harrow Rams came out strong and tied it up late in the first.

The second period was back and forth.

Kaylie MacInnis stood on her head and made some great saves, but the Rams still found a way to get a goal and take the lead.

The third period started out great with a lot of chances by Southpoint’s Danika Romanyk, Daesa Minaudo, Abby Neufeld, Alessia West and Emma Weil, but they just couldn’t put the puck in the net.

Midway through the period, Adriana West made a nice play. The Rams expected

her to go for yet another breakaway but she made the perfect breakout pass to Emma Weil. Emma passed to Alessia West for a run into the Rams end. Alessia put a shot on net and Colton Selwood put the rebound in for the tie.

With 6 minutes left in the game, Harrow fought hard and put in a good goal to take the lead.

Grant Symons, Zack Liebrock and Zander Grilo had many chances to tie the game up in the final minutes but just couldn’t find the back of the net. Colton Selwood, Alessia West and Emma Weil had the last shift to close out the game but the Rams put all their big guns on the ice and did whatever they could to prevent Southpoint from scoring. Final score was 3-2. Great job by defense Joel Stockwell, Daniel Saad, Adriana West and Nichol Beaudoin.

This marks the end of an awesome season. Way to work hard, kids! The coaches and parents are very proud of you.

Veteran players leaving Reid Funeral Home Southpoint Midget Majors include Mitch Monaco (centre front), and back row, left to right, Devin Dawson, Quinten Adams, Jesse Fast, D.J Wales and Noah Nassif. Other team members include Jimmy McClellan, Luc Ribble, Kody Epp, Eric Prudence, Brett Enns, Matthew Taylor, Bailey Loveless, Evan Mastronardi, Austin Slater, Gerrid LaSala and Quinn Bowman.

RFH Midget Majors end season with a bang The Reid Funeral Home Southpoint Capital Midget Majors ended their season with a bang on Friday night by tying the Amherstburg Stars 3-3. The players didn’t disappoint their fans as they skated hard all game, pounding the Stars every chance they got.

Quinten Adams started off the scoring after receiving a great pass from Noah Nassif to slip in behind the ‘D’ and make a nifty move to slide it under the A’burg tender.

In the second period, Bailey Loveless tied the game when he made an end-to-end rush after receiving the breakout pass from goalie Mitch Monaco.

The Stars once again took the lead 3-2 but the Capitals refused to quit. Devon Dawson and Evan Mastronardi sparked the team with a couple major league tilts, easily taking out their opponents before heading for the showers.

The team fed off this when late in the third period veteran DJ Wales blasted the gametying goal of a nice feed from Brett Enns. It was a good way to finish off the season.

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Sun Stars win league playoff championship This past weekend the Southpoint Sun Stars Bantams defeated the Chatham Outlaws in a pair of games to capture the WOGHL (Western Ontario Girls Hockey League) league title.

On Friday night in Leamington the Stars and Outlaws played the first of a best 2-of-3 series and were deadlocked after two periods of play.

In the first minute of the third period the Stars got on board when Grace Hyatt beat the Outlaw goalie with a low shot after a pass from Morgan Brown.

The game remained close until the 5-minute mark of the third period when Morgan Brown lifted a rebound

over the shoulder of the Outlaw goalie and the Stars had a 2-0 lead. Kennedy Hodgson assisted on Morgan’s goal.

The Outlaws played a strong game, but Kennedy Hodgson scored into the empty net and the 3-0 victory was secured.

Natalie Edmondson recorded the shutout for the Stars.

On Saturday night in Chatham, with a chance to claim the title on the line, the Stars came out flying.

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Already up 2-0, Sarah O’Brien scored from Morgan Brown and Kylie Murracas. Bailey Brown then scored from Bryanna Rodrigues and the Stars were up 4-0 after the first period.

The Stars would score once again in the second period and then coast to a 5-0 shutout win. Bailey Brown closed out the scoring with her second of the game on a setup from Morgan Brown and Darigan Chambers.

Natalie Edmondson once again earned the shutout for the Stars after keeping the Outlaws off the score sheet for the series.

The Stars won the series in a two-game sweep and claimed the league playoff title in the top tier of the Bantam division.

The Stars play exhibition games next weekend in preparation for the Provincial tournament April 10th12th with an opportunity to compete for a provincial title. Go Stars Go!

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BRYAN JESSOP

Those of us who consider motor vehicles as more than just a way to get from Point A to Point B will always remember the first car (or truck) we ever bought.

Jessop’s Mine was a 1984 Pontiac Firebird SE. It rolled off the Journal assembly line with a 2.8L V6, but by the time I became its 13th owner, that mill had been replaced by a slightly more lively two barrel 305 (5.0L) small block V8. It was hardly the fastest thing cruising the streets of Leamington, but it was my pride and joy for about four years or so. One day, it started puffing blue smoke out the tailpipes.

That’s not good.

Blue smoke means you’re burning oil, usually for one of two reasons — valve stem seals that are falling apart if you’re lucky, worn out piston rings if you’re not so lucky. With the lion’s share of the job being done by a cousin who’s a talented mechanic, the task of taking a peek at the valve stem seals began with fingers crossed... hurray, they were in horrible shape! In a couple cases, there was nothing left but a crusty little ring of brittle rubber. I lucked out — or so I thought.

The new seals reduced the rate of oil consumption, but the clouds of blue smoke continued puffing their way through the exhaust. Eventually, I had the 305 replaced with a 350, saving a few bucks by reusing the good-as-new two-barrel carb and intake. The car got reasonably faster while my bank account got a lot smaller.

It seems that minor hockey systems are also trying to fix a problem with a solution that could very well do next to nothing to solve said problem. In an effort to reduce the rate of concussions, organizations across the country are putting the brakes on checking at older and older divisions. Minor hockey in Quebec will be hitless up to and including bantam CC starting with the 2015-16 season — nope, not an April Fool’s Day joke.

Allow me to be the first to say that I don’t understand. Hockey Quebec’s director of player development says that every time a check is delivered, the risk of injury rises. The same can be said for every time you get behind the wheel of a car or the handlebars of a bicycle.

What’s even more puzzling is where HQ decided to draw the line. Bantam CC? So if your kid plays for a bantam CC team and he participates in a tournament against a B team, does that mean his opponents can hit him but he can’t hit them? I’ll assume the answer is “no,” but it sure sounds weird.

In case you start thinking that something’s wrong with the air or water in La Belle Province, I’ve heard that the OMHA is considering a ban on checking from one end of the age spectrum to the other in house league hockey. I certainly hope it never comes to fruition — that would be catastrophically stupid.

Imagine, if you will, you’ve got a son who plays house league season after season before finally making the cut in his second year of midget. THAT kid is going to get clobbered.

When every kid on the ice is hitting and being hit for the first time, everybody’s in the same boat. When a player is subject to checking for the first time when up against opponents with three years of contact hockey under their belts... well, ouch.

And the new kid won’t be the only one at risk. After playing several years of the sport where all types of physical contact are against the rules, will he suddenly realize that checking from behind and head checks are still prohibited? To someone with no experience with that aspect of the game, a hit’s a hit, right?

With indoor lacrosse (sometimes called “box” lacrosse), checking starts at Day 1. Yup, your five-year-old will hit and be hit. Concussions must run rampant in lacrosse compared to ice hockey, right? Wrong. A three-year study conducted by the Canadian Hospitals Injury Reporting and Prevention Program (CHIRPP) from 2007 to 2010 revealed that concussions accounted for 10.9 per cent of hockey injuries while the head took 19.1 per cent of all injuries. In lacrosse, only 3.9 per cent of all injuries were concussions while 8.9 per cent of total injuries were to the head. When you also take into consideration the fact that slashing and cross checking are permitted in lacrosse, you can’t help but wonder if they know something that is beyond the grasp of the hockey crowd.

But surely the concussion rate must be lowest of all in ringette, where there is no checking at all, right? Wrong again. It’s actually the worst of the three — 16.7 per cent and 30.9 per cent, respectively.

I suspect a big part of the problem is the number of people who’ll assume that outlawing a certain action means that it’ll just magically stop happening. It reminds me of judges who think that a restraining order will stop some nutjob from stalking or harassing somebody.

Yup, that printed document tucked away in some courthouse filing cabinet will always ensure the safety of an innocent target (please note the sarcasm).

In practically any team sport where opposing players are allowed to be within an arm’s reach of one another, tempers are eventually going to flare. Give a player at least a relatively safe and legal outlet to vent their frustrations and let the opposition know that they are not to be messed with and serious injuries can be kept to a minimum. I guess that what I’m trying to say is if you take away checking, you could very well see more fighting.

Personally, as a fan/ spectator, I could live without fighting. Checking, on the other hand, is a large part of what makes hockey, well... hockey. I never SOUTHPOINT MINOR HOCKEY thought I’d live to see the day when Canadian junior teams are being pulverized

by European opponents, but if the knee-jerk reactions in minor hockey continue at their current rate (Nova Scotia has banned checking up to midget B), it could very well happen some time in the not-toodistant future.

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Minor travel teams removed for 2015-16

By Bryan Jessop Although most Southpoint Minor Hockey Association travel tryouts won’t begin until May, a number of ‘cuts’ have already been made.

For next season, the SMHA’s atom division will be the only age group to include both minor and major teams. Association president Greg Liebrock explained that the number of players simply hasn’t been high enough to support both minor and major teams in the older groupings — peewee, bantam and midget. With the executive decision made last month, next season’s A-level travel Capitals teams will be filled with players born in 2004 and 2005 for the peewee majors, 2001 and 2002 for the bantam majors and 1998 to 2000 for the midget majors.

“The ultimate In recent seasons, some SMHA travel teams goal is to be have carried as many as 16 to 17 skaters. Others have included rosters with as few as a dozen playminor-major again ers, excluding goaltenders. later down the “We’re in a pretty tough spot,” Liebrock said. road, but right now, “The ultimate goal is to be minor-major again later there’s a shortage down the road, but right now, there’s a shortage of numbers from peewee and up.” of numbers from Doing away with its atom minor team for next peewee and up.” season was also considered, but after lengthy dis— Greg Liebrock cussion on the matter, the executive decided that numbers were strong enough to form squads for both levels at that age group.

The intention of removing minor teams at the three older divisions in boys hockey is to make major teams at those levels more competitive, Liebrock noted. A similar tactic has already been used within the nearby Essex Minor Hockey Association. Liebrock explained that the decision was a difficult one to make, as the SMHA still wants to provide the most competitive level of play possible for players being cut from major travel tryouts.

“We want existing teams to be able to compete so the players don’t leave, but we’ve also got to have something to offer kids that get cut and still have the desire to play travel,” Liebrock said.

One alternative for the Southpoint system is to offer Additional Entry (AE) teams. Even

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The Capitals’ Sam Van Gellecum shields a rebounding puck from a LaSalle forward after a save is made by Seth Stacey during a peewee major playoff game at Heinz Arena Saturday, March 7.

For the 2015-16 season, the peewee, bantam and midget boys travel divisions in Southpoint will not include minor teams.

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if numbers are sufficient to support AE squads however, the Association would require OMHA approval to form these alternative travel outlets. All age divisions within one organization that do not have both minor and major teams must have permission from the province’s governing body to ice an AE level in that group.

“We don’t expect that getting permission to run AE teams will be a problem,” Liebrock explained. “First, we’ll have to see how many kids show up for tryouts. After that, we’ll know if there are sufficient numbers to run AE teams.”

Another option, which would also require OMHA approval, would be to form rostered select teams. These teams are made up of house/local league players who have also been chosen to represent a more competitive team, essentially offering the opportunity for more ice time throughout the season. Rostered select teams set up exhibition games against similar squads from other centres and can take part in a variety of tournaments throughout the season.

For the 2014-15 season, the only Capitals boys travel groups to offer both minor and major teams to the Bluewater League were atoms and peewees — effectively meaning that the peewee division will be the only one subject to change for 2015-16.

The SMHA recently released travel team tryout schedules for next season and with the exception of Select 7 (players born in 2008) and major midget boys, all teams will start in May. Bantam girls (players born in 2001 and 2002) and midget girls (players born 1998 to 2000) will start tryouts May 27 while atom majors, peewee majors and bantam majors will start Tuesday, May 12. Novices and atom minors will start Wednesday, May 13 while midget majors start Tuesday, Sept. 1 and Select 7s start Tuesday, Sept. 15.

For more information on tryout schedules, visit the website www.southpointminorhockey.com and click on the Latest News title “Travel Tryout Dates Confirmed.”

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Wednesday, April 1, 2015

WFS Bantams fall short in semi-finals

Lia Mills, age 18, was the featured speaker at the Pro-Life Youth Conference held Mar. 28. The event was sponsored by Leamington Area Right to Life.

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Pro-life youth conference a success

On Sat. Mar. 28 another successful pro-life youth conference was held at St. John’s Hall in Windsor. The free event was sponsored by Leamington Area Right to Life. About 50 youth from Essex County and Windsor attended. The theme was “Shout Out For Life”.

The featured speaker was 18-year-old Lia Mills, founder and director of True Choice which seeks to protect and empower women to make true choices about their pregnancies. Lia is the spokesperson for both Teen Defenders and Student Life Link. She has given numerous presentations across North America.

Jeff Watson, MP for Essex, talked about ‘Molly Matters’. Cassandra Kaake, was found perished in her home by firefighters on December 11, 2014. It was discovered that she didn’t die from the fire but was bludgeoned to death. She was seven months pregnant with a baby girl who she had named Molly. A petition has been initiated asking Members of Parliament to reconsider and pass Bill C-484 which was called The Unborn Victims of Crime Act. This bill would make it possible for someone to be charged with a double murder when they harm a pregnant woman causing her death and also the death of her unborn child.

In addition to talking about the abortion issue, Lia also addressed the Supreme Court of Canada decision on February 6, 2015, in the Carter case in which the court struck down the law against assisted suicide.

The day was fun-filled as well as educational. Everyone thoroughly enjoyed the musical entertainment provided by the Cantate Deo band.

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Sunday, March 29 the second-place Windsor Factory Supply Bantams played host to the third-place Kingsville Kings. The atmosphere was set for a great rivalry. WFS was well prepared as they anticipated a battle without one of their key players in Derrick Antunes out with a fractured wrist.

The first period saw great determination from both sides. Puck battles and frantic offensive talent saw the first period scoreless.

Kingsville struck first in the second period with a brilliant top-shelf goal, beating netminder Tyler Dibbley.

With several unfavourable penalties by WFS, the game became more intense and WFS had to buckle down and remain in defense mode. Killing off both penalties were Aiden Rodrigues, Ely Brian and Austin Tiessen. While WFS escaped the two-man deficit of the penalty kill, it left the team exhausted.

WFS went into the third period understanding that they must strike next with a balancing goal.

Netminder Tyler Dibbley was nothing short of spectacular, stopping shot after shot and keeping the game at bay until his teammates could retaliate. Finally, with 2 minutes left in the second period, WFS jammed a goal behind Kingsville netminder Lewis to find a controversial referee adjacent to the net waving his arms to suggest “no goal”.

Three minutes into the third period, Kingsville nailed a sloppy goal into the net. WFS coaches were faced with a 2-0 deficit and knowing that something had to be done called a time out.

Understanding that this WFS team plays with huge hearts, along with the fact that there was only 8:36 left to play in the third, made for a textbook finale.

WFS regrouped and went with a 1-and-4 offensive threat (1 defenseman and 4 forwards).

Ely Brian rushed the puck, jumping up with the forwards, and Austin Tiessen held down the fort defensivley. WFS pushed the puck into Kingsville’s end and a brilliant pass from Tyler Blake back to Tiessen along with a slapshot on net put WFS on the board.

With just 6 minutes left in the game, WFS loaded the ice with offensive threat. Aiden Rodrigues fed a trickling puck over to Captain Dante Butera, who hammered a slap shot in the bottom corner, beating netminder Lewis.

The heaviliy favoured Leamington crowd answered with cheers and the momentum staggered toward the WFS corner. Victory for WFS was looming!

With just 36 seconds remaining in the third period, Kingsville called a time out.

With the puck being dropped in Kingsville’s zone, WFS was ready to strike. Unfortunately the puck was drawn back to Kingsville’s defenseman who hammered the puck off the boards to find another offensive opportunity for Kingsville.

With the face-off in the WFS zone, Kingsville’s player grabbed the puck and beat two of the WFS players to find the top corner, beating Dibbley. This would be the crippling blow with just 20 second left in the game.

WFS regrouped and pulled goalie Dibbley, only to find an empty-net goal in favour of Kingsville to finish their season.

The WFS team played with unbelievable poise and charisma. Each player found a depth of determination and sacrifice that was unmatched.

It has been a pleasure doing the game write-ups on their behalf and assisting the coaching staff through an exciting season.

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Above - Vendors spread across the Tilbury arena floor helped draw more than 1,200 spectators to last year’s SWOC Big Buck Sportsmen’s Show. Right - The kid’s trout fishing pond is always a hot spot of the show for the 12 and under crowd... and the adults who help out.

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By Gerry Harvieux Hall. The move allowed for the addition of a wide variety More than 1,200 hunting and fishing enthusiasts from of new vendors, and moving the archery shoot indoors into across Windsor-Essex and Chatham-Kent are expected to Ryder Hall. It also gave everyone who attended more space gather in Tilbury Saturday, April 18th for the Southwest to move around.

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“The feedback from the changes we made last year was Held at the Tilbury Arena, the show is where hunters from extremely positive, not just from attendees but with our all over Southwestern Ontario bring deer and moose racks, members too,” Reive said. “The club puts a lot of work into bear skulls and turkey beards to be measured and scored by organizing this event, and it pays off. People have a good F.R.O.W. (Foundation for the Recognition of Ontario Wild- time and we raise the funds needed to support some of the life). As well, more than 50 vendors fill the arena floor sell- many projects we do.” ing hunting and fishing equipment and apparel. There is also Reive said the group is most proud of the extensive work an indoor archery shoot for kids, and the ever-popular trout it does with youth, not only teaching them safety and refishing pond set up just outside Ryder Hall. sponsible stewardship, but also providing them with fun Hunters looking to take their Turkey Hunting License test activities related to the outdoors. can also do that at the show, and with the opening of that “Our kids fishing derby is really popular, and brings out season the following Saturday, spaces will fill up quickly. well over 200 kids each year to the Wheatley Harbour,” The plan right now is to hold three testing sessions through- Reive said. “The whole day is free, including lunch, soft out the day, so anyone looking to take the test should arrive drinks, all the bait they need, and even fishing poles for when the show opens at 10 a.m. in order to secure their spot. those who don’t have them. We also give away a lot of priz“Last year’s test spots filled up early,” said SWOC presi- es that day. They always have a great time.” dent Dan Reive. “That’s proved to be a very popular addiFor more information on the April 18th show, search tion to our show.”

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By Gordon Wonnick On March 18 the Sun Parlour Curling Club hosted the 46th Annual St. Patrick’s Day Senior Bonspiel. This event is always held on the Wednesday nearest St. Patrick’s Day and always enjoys a full complement of 16 teams with representation from almost every club in Essex County and Chatham-Kent.

As always, the competition was keen and the fellowship was enjoyed by all. In keeping with prior years the food provided by The Car Barn was outstanding. Many of the curlers have been coming to this bonspiel for many years and some think that the food might be partly responsible – seniors like to curl, but they also like to eat and maybe even have a cold one to go with it.

Early draw winners was a team from Kingsville - Carl Young, Steve Kovaks, Barry Pettapiece and Bob Banwell.

In second place was a team from SPCC - John Couvillon, Brian Collins, Don Bedore and Lionel Aasen.

Winning first place in the late draw was a team from SPCC - Dave McMurren, Rick Metz, Don Chalcraft and John Fantin. Second place was also won by a SPCC team Wayne Quinn, Jim Sudds, Will Patkau and Matt Dick.

Earl Dunmore, who has been convenor of this bonspiel for approximately 20 years, is stepping aside and Ron Kettle, Will Patkau and Wayne Quinn will be taking over next year. Things are expected to continue as they have in the past. Everyone acknowledged that Earl has done a fabulous job.

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Dropping 3 each were Fran Clifford, Cathy Dewhurst, Tony Hudvagner, John Murphy, Colleen Pearse, Mary Anne Vickery and Bryon Walker. Managing 2 apiece were Mike Binder, Murray Hartford, Lloyd Honey, Bill Mayville, Winnie Moore, Al Stockwell, Bill Taylor and Doug Vickery. Rounding out the ace parade with 1 each were Mary Binder, Kathy Bradley, Murray Cascadden, Pete Daudlin, Perpetua Hildrop, Lois Hudvagner, Tom Hyatt, Gail Johnson, Julia Kos, Marie Lasi, Barb Murphy, Rose Taylor, Sharon Teskey, Ernie Vandenberg, Bill Ward, Ken Womack and Linda Walsh.

Low score of 17 for 9 holes went to Cathy Dewhurst, Mary Anne Vickery, Doug Vickery, Andy Orsini, Tom Hyatt and Bill Mayville. Recording 18 were Barb Murphy, Cam Keith, Gail Johnson, Cathy Dewhurst, Bob McWilliam, Bill Taylor, Lloyd Honey, Mary Anne Vickery (2), Murray Hartford, Bill Ward, Tom Hyatt (2) and Colleen Pearse.

A respectable 36 for 18 holes went to Mary Anne Vickery, Andy Orsini, Doug Vickery, Tom Hyatt and Bill Mayville. Notching 37 were Cathy Dewhurst (2) and Tom Hyatt.

Cam Keith, Lloyd Honey, Norbert Gisi, Bill Ward and Tony Hudvagner managed 38.

A strong 73 for 36 holes was captured by Tom Hyatt, followed by Cathy Dewhurst with 74, Mary Anne Vickery and Andy Orsini with 75, and Cam Keith, Lloyd Honey and Bill Mayville with 77.

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By Bryan Jessop The Wheatley Sharks have announced their first set of bench bosses under the team’s new ownership.

The 2015-16 Sharks will be led by a 50-50 mix of familiar faces and new blood as Ken Galerno returns as head coach, Josh Carnevale will be back as assistant coach and newcomers Mark Epplett and Terry Symons have accepted positions as assistant coaches. The club’s coach selection committee of general manager Pete Anthony, assistant general manager Thomas Grubb and director of hockey operations Brad Hyatt were able to bypass the application and interview process, as all four coaches they hoped to acquire accepted invitations to lead the team.

“I’m very excited,” Galerno said of staying on “These guys have board for the 2015-16 campaign. “I was pleasantly surprised, considering we didn’t have a great seabeen successful son.” as both players and Galerno has coached the Sharks for each of the coaches. They’re good past five years. For seven years prior to that, he communicators, coached the Junior ‘B’ Kitchener Dutchmen, an aflevel-headed and will filiate with the OHL’s Kitchener Rangers. In just over do a good job with two months, he will lead the Sharks’ two-day spring camp June 6-7 at Unico Arena. this hockey club.”

With the experience and reputation of Anthony as — Brad Hyatt GM — and Southwest Ontario/Michigan scout of the OHL’s Ottawa 67’s — Galerno is optimistic about the player recruitment process for next season.

“His (Anthony’s) hockey pedigree will help us look deeper,” said Galerno. “We’ll focus on return players and we’ll take players who can help us.”

Throughout the upcoming season, Galerno and Carnevale will focus on forwards while Epplett leads the team’s defense. Symons, who has coached the Southpoint major midget travel team for the past couple years and previously led the peewee Capitals to the OMHA finals, will conduct practices along with the other three. He will also make observations from the stands during games and fill in on the bench when any of the other three are unable to attend games.

“He’ll be our eye in the sky,” Galerno explained.

Carnevale played forward with the Junior B Leamington Flyers and later the Sharks before joining the Wheatley team as assistant coach alongside Galerno. Epplett joined the Sharks as their 16-year-old for 2000-01 before joining the Junior B Chatham Maroons’ blueline for four seasons spanning 2001-02 to 2004-05. Epplett also played college hockey at St. Clair in Windsor before taking a coaching position with the Southpoint major midgets.

He was an assistant coach for the Leamington Flyers from 2010 to 2014.

“I’m really looking forward to it,” Epplett said of coaching with the Sharks. “When you see a group of local guys step up to keep the team around and the arena open, it would be hard to say ‘no’.”

Thus far, the four coaches have had brief conversations with one another and will iron out a few details before making on-ice plans for the 2015-16 campaign. Local players have already begun signing up for the camp in June and some have been interviewed.

“We’ll take a core group of players and put the pieces around them,” Epplett noted.

“We’ll aim to be competitive like Wheatley has been in the past.”

“These guys have been successful as both players and coaches,” said Hyatt, who coached alongside Galerno with the Sharks before coaching Southpoint Stars girls hockey. “They’re good communicators, level-headed and will do a good job with this hockey club.”

Trainers and equipment staff will be mostly returnees from the past few seasons. Ed Woelk, Dr. Derrick Beleutz and newcomer Stephan Taylor from the Southpoint midgets will make up the training group while Tim Oliphant, Rick Woelk and Ken Dawson will return as equipment personnel.

The team is also backed by a group of about halfa-dozen other volunteers from outside the ownership group. Hyatt noted that the Sharks are always in search of additional volunteers as well as new ideas and suggestions. Anyone interested in volunteering with the Sharks, offering suggestions JUICY RUSTY or sponsorship can contact Rusty is looking for his forever home would that team president Jamie Diniro Juicy is an independent lady and be you? Finding a forever home has been diffienjoys doing her own thing.

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Windsor Family Credit Union (WFCU) is accepting submissions for the 2015 Harold Hewitt Scholarship (HHS). The scholarship was established in 2001 as a yearly contribution to the post-secondary education of youth in the community. Since 2001, over $76,000 has been presented under the HHS. WFCU is continuing the tradition by presenting a total of $5,000 to 16 youth through the HHS program this year.

Students enrolled in JK to Grade 12, are invited to tell WFCU, in no more than 250 words, “What does living in Windsor and Essex County mean to you and what do you appreciate about living here?” Support your opinion with specific reasons and examples.

Selected submissions from each age category will be chosen and the authors will be named recipients of WFCU’s 2015 Harold Hewitt Scholarship.

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Deadline for submissions to be received by WFCU is Friday, April 17, 2015 no later than 5:00 p.m. Submission forms and details as to delivery methods are available on the WFCU website: www.wfcu.ca This special scholarship was inspired by the late Harold Hewitt, WFCU’s long-term Director on the Board whose dedication to the community was an integral part of the Credit Union.

The Leamington Women’s Recreational Hockey League wrapped up its 2014 – ‘15 season on Monday, March 30. Body Kneads edged out Sun County Realty 1-0 in a very close playoff final.

Pictured here is the winning Body Kneads team, in back from left to right are Steph Beaudoin, Chrissy Kelton, Christina Pearce, Jessica Schroeder, Brooke Watson-Kaiser and Shelley Beleutz. Middle row: Vickie Wenzler, Brenda Lambe, Jessica Duchene, Kayla Dischiavio and Kelly Dries. In front is goalie Tina Manning. In the consolation final it was Sun Parlour Locksmiths defeating Source For Sports 4-2.

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Minor hockey AGM approaching The Southpoint Minor Hockey Association has some changes in store, beginning with this year’s Annual General Meeting.

The AGM has been scheduled for Monday, Apr. 27 at the Leamington Kinsmen Recreation Complex’s Locker Room Lounge between Heinz and Unico arenas. Re-election for board members and executive positions will be conducted during the meeting, set to begin at 7 p.m. Each year, half of the 16 board positions are up for re-election. Once director positions have been accounted for, the new group votes for new executive members in positions that are not being spoken for through acclamation.

This year, the biggest position that needs to be filled is registrar. The registrar is responsible for filing registrations at all levels, submitting rosters and working with the treasurer to process registration payments. Current registrar Anna West will be able to remain at the position until late May, but will have to pass it on to another SMHA representative afterwards.

Anyone interested in taking on registrar can contact SMHA president Greg Liebrock by e-mail at gbrock@sympatico.ca.

The AGM will be open to members of the public to attend, where parents will have the opportunity to offer their feedback on matters pertaining to Southpoint minor hockey.

“This will be a chance for people to speak up or offer suggestions,” Liebrock said. “For anyone interested in being a part of the board, this is the chance to come forward.”

“If we can recruit One of the first priorities more kids and get likely to be discussed at more kids interested, this year’s meeting will be we can start to turn a development program bethings around. You ing offered to players. Such can’t just wait around sessions were introduced during the 2014-15 season for them to show at Wheatley Area Arena up anymore.” with Jim Quigley. For next — Greg Liebrock season, the development program will likely be made available to all players 12 and under in travel, local league and girls hockey programs. These skate sessions will probably take place an average of once every other week during regular team practices and will also help coaches develop their own skills.

“For players, the development program will help strengthen skills to help them in travel, local league or even further down the road in rec leagues,” said Liebrock. “In the long run, they’ll feel more comfortable with their skill levels.

Secondly, SMHA directors and executive members will also discuss plans to make the organization more visible in the community. Representatives plan to hit the soccer fields and baseball diamonds during the off-season to answer questions on the association and topics such as available subsidies to help offset registration fees.

Additionally, the organization is working on plans to intro-

Southpoint Minor Hockey Alumni Association members John Forbes, Ward Hutchins, Ralph Warkentin, then-SMHA president Greg Dries, treasurer Paul Thompson and Brian Turner Sr. of Retco Advertising, along with a selection of SMHA mite players, display a cheque of $10,000 to help offset registration costs of first-time SMHA players during the 2013-14 season.

duce an equipment exchange during the summer. gymnasium. The Saturday, Apr. 25 event is being organized “We know it’s expensive,” Liebrock noted. “A lot of players by the Southpoint Hockey Moms. Doors will open at 5 p.m., outgrow their equipment quickly — they can’t use it anymore dinner will be served at 5:30 p.m. and award presentations will even when it’s still in good shape. We’d like to get families begin immediately following the meal. into a situation like this where they can save some money.”

One of the final on-ice events will be the Essex County LoThe SMHA also intends to set up signage around the South- cal League Day of Champs at Heinz Arena for championship point area to promote the organization. games and Unico for Consolation finals Saturday, Apr. 4 from “If we can recruit more kids and get more kids interested, we 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. can start to turn things around,” Liebrock explained. “You can’t just wait around for them to show up anymore.”

Thanks to fundraising efforts by the Southpoint Minor Hockey Associaton Alumni, the centre is able to offer registration fees at a $200 discount for first-time SMHA players at all age levels.

The association has been able to offer such discounts for the past few years thanks to support from A VALUE the Alumni’s golf tournaments UP TO and other means of support.

“We’re very fortunate to have a tremendous amount of support from our sponsors too,” Liebrock said.

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What is it?

Ron Edwards of Ancaster recently emailed me the photo you see here. His son Marty works at the Hamilton Spectator and sent it to his dad. Ron then sent it to me under this heading: “Any idea what this is?”

It’s a car I had never seen before, and so the guesswork began. The side window design resembles the Cadillac Sixty Special, which came out in 1938. The three windshield wipers remind me of the Triumph 2000 English sports car owned years ago by my friend Dorien Bertoletti. It had three wipers, and each

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1937 Panhard Dynamic built in France. Owner and location unknown.

wiper had its own control knob inside the car. And not only that! Each knob rotated back and forth whenever the wipers were on.

The fender skirts of the car in the photo suggest a European design, maybe French or Spanish. The slanted grille reminds me of the 1937 Graham (a U.S. car). And the headlight design is wild! And judging by the dust on the car, it’s a recent “barn find.”

The two hood latches indicate a 2-piece hood opening from both sides. The length of the hood possibly indicates a straight eight engine. And the secondary windows on either side of the windshield have probably been designed to eliminate the “blind spot” that many cars have. The front-opening front doors were common during the early 1930s but had mostly faded out by 1940. For example, the 1935 Packard One Twenty, launched that year, had suicide doors at the front, replaced by conventional doors a year later.

Then another email from Ron: “Hi Bill! I have This special section just solved the mystery. It will be distributed is a Panhard (French car) in Leamington, of the late 1930s. You can Kingsville, Ruthven find it on Google. I wish and Wheatley I knew where the photo to over 17,000 was taken.” homes on I reached for my copy WEDNESDAY, of The Illustrated EnMAY 13, 2015 cyclopedia of Automobiles by David Burgess Wise. This book tells me The advertising that Panhard et Levassor deadline is Tuesday, began building cars in April 21 at noon France in the early 1890s.

In 1925, some Panhards had an 8-cylinder en194 Talbot St E Unit 5 gine. “A futuristic touch,” Leamington ON N8H 1M2 www.southpointsun.ca writes David Wise, “came with the astonishing DyCall today to reserve your space in this special section! namic of 1937: it had three seats at the front with the steering in the centre, backbone chassis and faired-in headlamps and wheels. It was offered in 2.5 litre, 2.7 litre, and 3.8 litre forms.”

No picture of this astonishing car appears in the encyclopedia, but we now have this photo, thanks to Ron’s son, Marty, and you can see photos of it on Google. Perhaps the owner will contact us and shed more light on this fascinating car. Stay tuned!

I’m always looking for more stories. Email billtsherk@sympatico.ca or write Bill Sherk, 25 John St., P.O. Box 255, Leamington, ON, N8H 3W2.

Everyone whose story is published in my column will receive a free autographed copy of my book: “Old Car Detective Favourite Stories, 1925 to 1965.”

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SODUKU ANSWERS

April is Parkinson’s Awareness Month

SODUKU ANSWERS

The month of April is dedicated to raising awareness about Parkinson’s and the difficulties individuals living with this disease face when their own bodies turn against them.

Throughout the month, Parkinson Society Southwestern Ontario (PSSO) will be conducting initiatives to spread awareness and raise funds for research and to offer support services, information and specialized programs to ease the burden for those living with this chronic, degenerative neurological disorder.

PSSO works in partnership with Parkinson Society Canada to ease the burden and find a cure through advocacy, education, research and support services.

Approximately 40,000 Ontarians live with Parkinson’s Disease. Parkinson’s is a neurodegenerative disease. Movement is normally controlled by dopamine, a chemical that carries signals between the nerves in the brain. When cells that normally produce dopamine die, the symptoms of Parkinson’s appear. Most common symptoms of Parkinson’s are tremor, slowness and stiffness, impaired balance and WORD SEARCH ANSWERS rigidity of the muscles.

The symptoms are treated with medication. As the disease progresses, non-motor symptoms may also appear, such as The County Classic Chorale spring concert is coming up soon! The group has been part of the depression or cognitive musical heritage of the region for over 30 years. changes.

A person can live with Parkinson’s for years, and Folks songs play an important role conveying the life, history and customs of every cul- it can progress at a differture around the globe, and on April 18, 19 and 26 the County Classic Chorale will pres- ent rate for each person. ent a program of choral music from Ireland, Hungary, South Africa, Korea and ten other Currently there is no cure.

Folk music from around the world

countries.

This 50-voice choir, comprised of singers from across Essex County and Windsor, has been part of the musical heritage of the region for over 30 years. Its upcoming concerts will appeal to young and old alike, and will include a wide range of styles – something for every musical taste.

The Chorale is directed by Paul Wharram and accompanied by Elaine Penner who will be joined by flautist Andrea Turner and fiddler Gloria White. On Sat. Apr. 18 and Sun. Apr. 19 at 7:30 p.m. and 3:00 p.m. respectively, performances will be at Knox Presbyterian Church, 58 Erie Street South in Leamington. On Sun. Apr. 26 a third concert will be offered at 3:00 p.m. at Epworth United Church, 56 Division Rd. S. in Kingsville.

Tickets available at the door or in advance from Wharram’s Jewellery or Thomson Guardian Pharmacy in Leamington, at Box Office Video in Kingsville, or from chorale members. For more information contact Blanche Rabideau at 519-738-9561 or email at mbrabideau@sympatico.ca

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SOUTHPOINT SUN E-mail, call or drop off your classified ad by Friday at 5 p.m. 194 Talbot St. E. Unit 5, Leamington ON N8H 1M2 Ph: 519-398-9098 Email: sun@mnsi.net We accept CASH, CHEQUE, DEBIT, VISA & MASTERCARD FOR RENT LEAMINGTON LAKEFRONT

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1 BEDROOM CONDO for rent - 44 Robson Rd Leamington. $750 plus util/month. No pets. Call de17-tf Kathy 519-326-5786. ______________________

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1 BEDROOM HOUSE on Available immediately. To highway 3 near Kopegaron view, call 519-326-5519 or Woods. For more informamr2-ap1 519-818-0273. tion call 519-825-4755. oc8-tf ______________________ ______________________

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE ESTATE OF ALBERINO MASTRONARDI All claims against the Estate of ALBERINO MASTRONARDI, late of the Municipality of Leamington, in the County of Essex, who died on or about the 15th day of January, 2015 must be filed with the undersigned personal representative on or before the 24th day of April, 2015. Thereafter the undersigned will distribute the assets of the estate having regard only to the claims then filed.

Dated: March 16th, 2015.

Elvey B. Marshall PEARSALL, MARSHALL, HALLIWILL & SEATON LLP. Barristers and Solicitors 22 Queens Avenue Leamington, Ontario N8H 3G8

COMING UP

SERVICES

AUCTIONS

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7:00 p.m. - 10:30 p.m. UMEI 614 Mersea Rd. 6. Featuring many local artists. $10 at the ap1-8 door. ______________________

INCOME TAX PREPARATION - 20 years experience. $35 per return, includes efiling. Call Deanna ap1 at 519-326-2770. ______________________

Old Fashioned Auctions

TLC HOME CLEANING expanding to Leamington area. Established clientele in Amherstburg, Lasalle and Windsor for over 5 years.

Mature woman owner/operated. Booking now for Mondays & Tuesdays, weekly or bi-weekly. $27.50 per hour with a 2 hour minimum.

Call 519-800-7093 for your free estimate. Thank you.

THE COUNTY CLASSIC Chorale presents "A World of Folk Music". Sunday, April 26 at 3:00 p.m. Epworth United Church, 56 Division St. South, Kingsville.

Tickets: adults $12, students $6. Advance tickets at Thomson Pharmacy and Wharram's Jewellery in Leamington, Box Office ap1-8 Video in Kingsville and from ______________________ ap1-15 Chorale members. ______________________ CALL KAHL RECYCLING We come to you and haul “DIET AND STRESS" - A away your junk. Scrap metal Balanced Living Series. and appliances are free.

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Seventh-Day Adventist Free estimates. 35 years Church, 220 Erie St. N., experience. We install winLeamington. Cost: $25. dows and doors year round Participants receive a semi- (senior discount). Call Bill at nar manual/cookbook, a 519-566-8408. ap1-22 ______________________ light meal each evening and BUSINESS seminar handouts. To regis- PRINTING: ter call 519-322-1644 or ENVELOPES, invoices, fly519-326-8749. You don't ers, business cards, custom want to miss this opportunity print jobs, whatever your printing needs, call Mallory ap1 to bite back at stress! ______________________ at The Wheatley Journal for KINGSVILLE LEGION quick and economical servBRANCH 188 Friday Night ice, 519-398-9098. tf Dinners 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. ______________________ Weekly Specials $12 (Ribs or Perch). Other weekly menu items $10. Easter Brunch April 5th 9:00 a.m. 1:00 p.m. Karaoke every 3rd • Repairs Saturday of the month 8:00 p.m. Senior Dances every • Installations 3rd Sunday of the month.

• Drain Cleaning 519-733-5162 (office) or • Excellent Rates oc29-tf 519-733-9081 (bar). ______________________

Farm • Residential • Commercial Industrial • Estate • Consignments Consultations are FREE and First Pick Up Is FREE

226-344-8741 • 226-344-1732 oldfashionedauctions@yahoo.ca ITEMS FOR SALE 8' FLUORESCENT STRIP LITES w/2 T8 bulbs - $20.

Call 519-726-5282. mr11-ap1 ______________________ OAK GRANDFATHER CLOCK, miscellaneous hockey cards, football cards and baseball cards. Hockey book. Toronto Maple Leafs watch. Best offer. Call 519ap1-8 819-4763. ______________________

2 YEAR OLD Frigidaire refrigerator, black $500; Whirlpool self-cleaning electric range, black $500; Moffat washer with extra large drum, white $100; Roper 4-cycle dryer with extra large capacity, $100.

Call 519-322-0308 or 519ap1-8 790-8264. ______________________

HOUSE FOR SALE

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PLUMBING SERVICE

MOVING SALE MOVING SALE - FRIDAY April 3, Saturday April 4 and Sunday April 5. 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. 1860 Service Road, Ruthven. Furniture, coffee & end tables, bedroom set, kitchen items, artwork, tools and much, much more. *No Early Birds, ap1 please. ______________________

• 37 Years Experience Ed Higginbottom

519-329-1779 eh48@hotmail.ca

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226-346-3704 m8tter@gmail.com Owner: Matt Laliberte

Custom built 2-

storey home set in amongst mature trees and perennial gardens. Four bedrooms, three bathrooms. Main floor master with ensuite. Forced- air furnace/AC, infloor heating, and natural fireplace with heatilators. Hardwood and Mexican tile throughout. Bright natural lighting. Finished basement. Kitchen newly updated. Sub-zero and Mielé appliances. Outdoor kitchen on deck overlooking pool and hillside.

Call today: 480-540-0448 or email: yourhomeonlynn@outlook.com

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SOUTHPOINT SUN EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES

WANTED Experienced, Licensed:

WE ARE LOOKING FOR A-Z DRIVERS AND OWNER OPERATORS

REFRIGERATION TECHNICIANS SHEET METAL TECHNICIANS PLUMBERS Forward resume to: PLUMBING • HEATING • HVAC SERVICES • SERVICING YOU SINCE 1974

238 Talbot St. W. Leamington, ON N8H 1P1 Email: grossi@grossiplumbing.ca • Fax: 519-326-3632

AZ / DZ DRIVERS

Required for spring season.

Full-time / part-time positions available.

Border-crossing experience an asset.

Retirees welcome!

Apply with resume & abstract to: 263 Talbot St.W. Leamington, ON N8H 4H3 or E-mail resume & abstract to: cf@cfgroups.com

Who are trustworthy and experienced, for local and long haul trips. Reefer experience and ability to cross border required. Driver abstract, CVOR and Police Clearance must be provided. Please fax resume to: 519-687-3105 or email to: jrw@bellnet.ca.

SUMMER STUDENT JOB Chatham-Kent’s Parks, Cemetery and Horticulture Dept. has an opening for a Communities in Bloom Maintenance student in Wheatley. For details on this summer student position visit municipal jobs at www.chatham-kent.ca mr25-ap1 ______________________ GREENHOUSE WORKERS General labour. Full time, $11 per hour. Heavy lifting required. Weekend work required. Contact by fax: 519324-9088. East Side Acres, 116 Mersea Rd. 19 Leamington, ON N8H 3V7. ap1-my6

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PINNACLE ACRES REQUIRES Full time greenhouse general labourers. $11.00/hr, 50+ hours, 7 days/wk. Must be available Saturday and Sunday. Work site: 333 County Rd. 18 Leamington ON, rural setting, must have own transportation. Crop maintenance and harvesting, other duties as required. Must be able to lift a minimum of 40 lbs on a repetitive basis, fast paced environment, strong work ethic, punctual, reliable. Please apply via: email pinnaclejobs@hotmail.com or fax: 519-3269253. No experience or oc15-tf education required.

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES EXPERIENCED CARPENTER WANTED for full time permanent position with busy restoration company. Pay based on review of skill set.

Please send resume to rsreno@cogeco.ca or call ap1 FLAMINGO'S RESTAURANT 519-733-9332. is hiring Servers and a Short ______________________ Order Cook. Apply within. 304 Robson Rd., Leamington.

519-326-0999 or 519-326ap1-tf 4231 ext. 23. southpointsun.ca ______________________

STRAWBERRY PICKERS AND PACKERS. Starting mid May. Please email resume to raymontsberries@live.com or ap1-8 call 519-919-8901. ______________________

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We are growing!!

Seeking to fill full-time packing positions Wages: $11/hour, 48+ hours, Mon-Sat Skills: Able to maintain attendance, repetitive tasks, distinguish color, team environment Rotating weekly shifts (Days/Afternoons) COME MAKE A DIFFERENCE!!

Apply via: HR@lakesideproduce.com QUALIFIED CANDIDATES WILL BE CONTACTED

FARM CREW SUPERVISOR. Maintenance & tractor experience needed. Please email resume to raymontsberries@live.com or ap1-8 call 519-919-8901.

A division of Southpoint Publishing Inc.

RURAL DELIVERY DRIVERS The Southpoint Sun is Leamington's weekly community newspaper and is seeking drivers on a contract basis for our rural delivery routes. We take pride in having our newspaper delivered in a timely and professional manner.

We are looking for reliable individuals with a good work ethic.

If you have prior newspaper motor delivery experience and are available Wednesdays all day please contact us.

Requirements: • Previous motor delivery experience required.

• Must be available all day Wednesday.

• Must have reliable delivery vehicle (minivan ideal) and valid insurance and licence.

• Must be physically able to lift newspapers and flyer bundles.

If you are interested in becoming a rural delivery driver for the Southpoint Sun please call: 519-398-9098 or email: sun@southpointsun.ca

Canadian Tire in Leamington is accepting resumes for the following positions:

LICENSED AUTOMOTIVE SERVICE TECHNICIAN, Drive Clean Emission Test & Repair Technician, and Automotive Apprentice We offer an hourly rate and production bonus commensurate with qualifications and experience.

Please apply in person with a resume, references, and copies of any licenses.

262 Erie Street South, Leamington

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SOUTHPOINT SUN E-mail, call or drop off your classified ad by Friday at 5 p.m. 194 Talbot St. E. Unit 5 Leamington N8H 1M2 Ph: 519-398-9098 Email: sun@mnsi.net We accept CASH, CHEQUE, DEBIT, VISA & MASTERCARD EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES

EXPERIENCED ROOFERS A growing and innovative greenhouse company is looking for a full time greenhouse scout. The candidate must have must have a keen eye to spot pests and diseases and good communication skills to report to the growers. Jobs details include; great deal of walking, will be working with bees, most of the time will be spent in the greenhouse, during crop turnover candidate will need to help with the cleanout process. Winter temperatures in a greenhouse are very pleasant however please note summer climates can be very warm. Wage will be based on experience and performance. Work week will most likely be Monday to Saturday and possibly the occasional Sunday. Hours will fluctuate according to the ongoing needs. To apply, please submit your resume and note which position you are applying for to the following email: jobs@natufresh.ca

• Competitive wages • References required • Start immediately Apply in person at:

1964 Road 3 East, Kingsville (west of the roundabout) No phone calls please.

Armstrong Top Pack Ltd. is hiring 50 permanent, full time vegetable packers for its Leamington location to start as soon as possible.

The wage rate is $11.00 for 44.0 hours per week.

You should be able to lift up to 50 lbs. on a repetitive basis and be able to sort and pack fruits and vegetables in a fast paced environment.

No education or experience is required.

A growing and innovative greenhouse company is looking for a permanent full time warehouse supervisor. Applicant must be a team player and have a firm commitment to Safety Regulations.

Work week will most likely be Monday to Saturday and possibly the occasional Sunday.

Hours will fluctuate according to the ongoing needs. Emphasis will be placed on active involvement in employee training and continuous follow-up to ensure efficiency. Education is not required however experience is a big asset.

Wage will be based on experience and performance. To apply, please submit your resume and note which position you are applying for to the following email: jobs@naturefresh.ca or fax it to: 519-326-6356.

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Apply in person from 9:00 to 5:00 at 500 County Road 18, Leamington, N8H3V5 or by email jobs@toppack.ca

2078 Talbot Rd.Ruthven ON

NOW HIRING TRUCK DRIVERS Seasonal Full Time Position for Class D license Position for Class AZ license Retirees welcome.

Apply In Person with Resume and Abstract.

Mon thru Fri 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES

Greenhouse vegetable warehouse looking for a motivated individual to fill the following position:

Packing Line Supervisor

Full-Time Permanent, 44 hours, Monday to Saturday, Days or Afternoons Qualifications: • Minimum High school diploma or the equivalent of 2 years produces experience.

• Ability to communicate effectively (written, oral and spoken) in English.

• Strong understanding of production needs of produce (i.e. cucumbers, tomatoes, and peppers) • Ability to lead by example, coach, train, and motivate employees to meet goals • Communicate any issues or concerns to the production supervisor or manager.

• Ability to read and interpret orders and make decisions regarding priorities and needs.

• Work closely with other departments in order to meet production and logistic requirements.

Classifieds Work!

Place Your Mail, fax or email resumes & applications to: Ad Today!

Mail: Mucci Pac Ltd. Fax: 519-326-6397 1876 Seacliff Drive, Call Email: Kingsville, ON careers@muccifarms.com N9Y 2N1 519-398-9098 NOTICES 2021 Division Road North Kingsville, Ontario N9Y 2Y9 Phone: 519-733-2305 www.kingsville.ca kingsvilleworks@kingsville.ca

PUBLIC NOTICE SPACE FOR RENT 122 FOX ST., COTTAM The Corporation of the Town of Kingsville has approximately 3600 square feet of space currently for rent at 122 Fox Street in Cottam. This building features several large open concept rooms, a kitchenette, as well as washroom facilities. For more details contact Tim Del Greco, P. Eng., Manager of Facilities and Property (ph: 519-733-2123 extension 422 or via email tdelgreco@kingsville.ca).

DATED at Kingsville, Ontario this 27th day of March, 2015.

R. Orton, Director of Corporate Services/Clerk The Corporation of the Town of Kingsville 2021 Division Road North, Kingsville, ON N9Y 2Y9

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519 398 9098

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PUBLIC NOTICE REGULAR MEETING OF COUNCIL TO COMMENCE AT 6:30 P.M. ON MONDAY, APRIL 13, 2015 The Regular Meeting of Council to be held on Monday, April 13, 2015 will commence at 6:30 p.m. to address an item in Closed Session pertaining to Section 239(2)(f) of the Municipal Act, 2001 (advice that is subject to solicitor-client privilege) being Report of P. Valore, Chief Building Official and R. Orton, Director of Corporate Services RE: Demolition of House located at 1034 Birch.

DATED at Kingsville, Ontario this 27th day of March, 2015.

R. Orton, Director of Corporate Services/Clerk The Corporation of the Town of Kingsville 2021 Division Road North, Kingsville, ON N9Y 2Y9

FORM 6 Municipal Act, 2001

SALE OF LAND BY PUBLIC TENDER THE CORPORATION OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF LEAMINGTON TAKE NOTICE that tenders are invited for the purchase of the lands described below and will be received until 3:00 p.m. local time on May 6, 2015, at the Leamington Municipal Building, 111 Erie Street North, Leamington Ontario.

The tenders will then be opened in public on the same day as soon as possible after 3:00 p.m. at the Leamington Municipal Office, 111 Erie Street North, Leamington.

Description of Lands: Roll No. 37 06 180 000 09000 0000; 64 Askew St, Leamington; PIN 75133-0107(LT); Lot 93 Plan 602 Leamington; File No.13-04 Minimum Tender Amount: $43,703.76 Roll No. 37 06 300 000 13500 0000; 24 Windwood Dr, Leamington; PIN 75118-0186(LT); Lot 81, Plan M71; S/T LT20632 Leamington; File No. 13-06 Minimum Tender Amount: $34,736.47 Roll No. 37 06 430 000 04200 0000; Marentette Beach; PIN 75104-0481(LT); Lots 19 and 20 Plan 1623 Mersea T/W R1319664; Leamington; File No. 13-10 Minimum Tender Amount: $18,518.04 Roll No. 37 06 530 000 10510 0000; Nicholas St, Leamington; PIN 75137-0739(LT); Part Lots 3 and 4 Plan 440 Mersea designated Part 6 Plan 12R1408; S/T Part 6 Plan 12R1408 as in R597184; Leamington; File No. 13-14 Minimum Tender Amount: $12,467.01 Roll No. 37 06 540 000 16100 0000; 12 Julien Ave, Leamington; PIN 75102-0386(LT); Lot 19 Plan 1218 Mersea; S/T execution LA-80277, if enforceable; Leamington; File No. 13-16 Minimum Tender Amount: $37,373.84 Roll No. 37 06 540 000 16300 0000; Julien Ave S/S, Leamington; PIN 75102-0339(LT); Lots 20 and 21 Plan 1218 Mersea; Leamington; File No. 13-17 Minimum Tender Amount: $14,770.67 Tenders must be submitted in the prescribed form and must be accompanied by a deposit in the form of a money order or of a bank draft or cheque certified by a bank or trust corporation payable to the municipality and representing at least 20 per cent of the tender amount.

Except as follows, the municipality makes no representation regarding the title to, crown interests, or any other matters relating to the lands to be sold. Responsibility for ascertaining these matters rests with the potential purchasers. Any interests of the Federal or Provincial Crown encumbering the land at the time of the tax sale will continue to encumber the land after the registration of the tax deed.

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

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

For further information regarding this sale and a copy of the prescribed form of tender, visit: www.OntarioTaxSales.ca or if no internet access available, contact: Ramona Nordemann Director of Finance & Business Services The Corporation of the Municipality of Leamington 111 Erie Street North Leamington ON N8H 2Z9 519-326-5761 Ext. 1201

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TAKE NOTICE that the Council of The Corporation of the Municipality of Leamington will hold a public meeting concerning a proposed Official Plan Amendment (OPA #4), Zoning By-law Amendment (ZBA #113) and Consent Applications (B/11/12/13/15) under the Sections 22, 34 and 53 of the Planning Act, R.S.O. 1990 on Monday, April 20, 2015 at 6:00 pm in the Council Chambers at the Municipal Building. Council will also consider Site Plan Application (SPC-07-15) to enter into an agreement for the development of the property for the proposed uses.

THE APPLICATIONS apply to lands described as Part Lot 7, Broken Front Concession being Parts 1-7, 12R-25294 (see inserted key map). The purpose of the proposed Official Plan Amendment OPA #4 is to add a special policy area to the land use policies of the “Erie Street South Commercial District” to allow for mixed use development on the subject properties. OPA #4 proposes to allow residential and institutional uses, in addition the permitted commercial uses within the special policy area subject to a site specific zoning by-law amendment.

The proposed Zoning By-law Amendment ZBA #113 proposes to add residential and institutional uses to the permitted uses on the vacant portion of lands fronting on the West Side of Cherry Lane described as Parts 3 & 4, 12R-25294, in the form of multi-unit buildings six storeys in height, as well as the corresponding zone and parking provisions. The site specific zoning will also maintain the current C2 zone provisions to accommodate appropriate commercial development. It is anticipated that future residential uses will be developed by way of Plan of Condominium.

The proposed Consent Applications B/11/12/15 seek to create two new parcels on the vacant lands to allow the residential and institutional development. Consent Application B/13/15 seeks to formalize the existing reciprocal access, parking and servicing agreements between the existing commercial and vacant parcels. The initial design of the commercial site accommodated shared servicing, parking and access internally on the site. The proposed severances will formalize the same arrangements and allow for the accesses off of Seacliff and Cherry Lane to be used by all properties, make parking spaces available to all existing commercial, residential and institutional uses and finally to ensure that each property can be provided with adequate services.

The Municipality has accepted Site Plan Application SPC-07-15 for the development of the first six-storey residential building and parking area which will be considered together with the abovementioned applications.

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

IF A PERSON or public body does not make oral submissions at the Public Meeting or make written submissions to The Corporation of the Municipality of Leamington before the proposed Official Plan Amendment and Zoning By-law Amendment are passed, the person or public body is not entitled to appeal the decision of Council of The Corporation of the Municipality of Leamington to the Ontario Municipal Board.

IF A PERSON or public body does not make oral submissions at the Public Meeting or make written submissions to The Corporation of the Municipality of Leamington before the proposed Official Plan Amendment and Zoning By-law Amendment are passed, the person or public body may not be added as a party to the hearing of an appeal before the Ontario Municipal Board unless, in the opinion of the Board, there are reasonable grounds to do so.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, including a copy of the proposed Official Plan Amendment and Zoning By-law Amendment and supporting documentation relating to this matter is available for review at the Municipal Office for The Corporation of the Municipality of Leamington, during regular office hours. Please contact Danielle Truax, Manager of Planning Services, for further information.

IF YOU wish to be notified of the adoption of the proposed Official Plan Amendment or Zoning By-law Amendment or of the refusal of a request to amend the Official Plan, you must make a written request to The Corporation of the Municipality of Leamington, 111 Erie Street North, Leamington, Ontario N8H 2Z9.

DATED at the Municipality of Leamington this 1st day of April, 2015.

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THE CORPORATION OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF LEAMINGTON NOTICE OF A COMPLETE APPLICATION AND PUBLIC MEETING TO CONSIDER AN OFFICIAL PLAN AMENDMENT OPA#4, ZONING BY-LAW AMENDMENT ZBA #113, CONSENT APPLICATIONS FOR LOT CREATION B/11/12/15 AND CONSENT APPLICATION FOR RECIPROCAL EASEMENTS B/13/15 VACANT LANDS - W/S Cherry Lane

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Flyers strike first in Western finals By bryan jessop

Despite some penalty trouble and an aggressive offensive approach from the opposition, the Leamington Flyers have drawn first blood in the Western Ontario Conference finals.

The Flyers won their fifth consecutive playoff game at Heinz Arena Thursday, March 26 and took a 1-0 lead in the conference championship series with a 6-3 win against the LaSalle Vipers. Leamington earned a spot in the WOC final for the second consecutive season by beating the London Nationals four times in a row after trailing the semifinal matchup 2-0. The Vipers, meanwhile, accomplished a minor upset by eliminating the Sarnia Legionnaires, also in six games. This year’s conference final marks the first time in its history that it has featured two Essex County teams.

LaSalle wasted little time forming an offensive attack and a consistent forechecking game, but were steadily denied on chances to take the lead with several close-range saves by netminder Michael Barrett.

Although the Flyers didn’t generate as many quality scoring chances as they did in games against Lon-

Leamington forward Alex Friesen battles former Flyer Brett Langlois and Chris Pignanelli for puck control deep in LaSalle territory. Friesen scored twice in his team’s 6-3 win.

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don, they capitalized more frequently. Matthew Opblinger scored his fourth of the playoffs after J.P. Grineau made a second effort to set up Kyle Perkowski. Perkowski’s shot narrowly missed the net, but bounced off the end boards and came back over the goal line for Opblinger to chip into Paolo Battisti’s net.

Exactly nine minutes later — with 11 seconds on the clock — Colin Moore tapped a bouncing puck from the crease into the Vipers’ net after Battisti stopped a Cale Allen shot.

Leamington used the momentum from late in the first to build a 3-0 lead early in the second period. After maneuvering with the puck to avoid challenging LaSalle defenders, Alex Friesen launched a backhand shot past the Vipers’ goalie from directly in front of his crease. Chris Scott and Mitch Amante drew assists.

The guests again got the offensive machine running shortly afterwards, scoring the next two goals 49 seconds apart. Brendan Harrogate put his team on the board by sending a low shot past Barrett during a scramble in and around the crease, followed by a Korey Morgan ice-level wrist shot that found the far corner of the Leamington net.

The Flyers’ bench staff called a 30-second timeout after the Morgan goal, a decision that seemed to pay off with the game winning goal. Fifty-two seconds after the following faceoff, Kyle Quick took a

pass from Eric Henderson. Although Battisti was able to slide to the left side of his net in time to address the shot, Quick found an opening from the short side to bury his fourth of the playoffs. Defenseman Ryan Shipley also earned an assist.

Although Leamington was able to cool off LaSalle’s offense for most of the third, the Vipers again pulled to within a goal. Harrogate potted his second of the night during a power play, sending a low, screened shot that eluded Barrett.

Undetected by the opposition’s defense, Henderson offered his team the first insurance goal 19 J.P. Grineau of the Flyers keeps the puck away from LaSalle’s Chris Pignanelli just prior to setting up the first seconds later. Tricking Battisti with goal of the game for Matthew Opblinger (far left) during the first period of the Western Conference final’s opening game at Heinz Arena Thursday, March 26. The Flyers went on to win 6-3.

(Sun photo) a fake, the rookie Flyer made a quick jaunt to the fallen goalie’s Amante scored a rare game-winning, short-handed, right side before flipping the puck into the empty net empty-net goal with exactly two minutes remaining behind him. in the third, assisted by netminder Trevor Wheaton.

The Flyers took four consecutive minor penalties from Harrogate allowed his team to break even on the the early second to early third period, but utilized an same power play, putting the Vipers on the board effective shorthanded unit to keep the Vipers at bay 19 seconds later, still with an extra attacker. LaSalle through all but one of their man advantages. LaSalle pulled to within a goal with two seconds remaining pulled Battisti late in the third to deploy a fifth skater on a goal by former Flyer Brett Langlois. after taking a late slashing call, but couldn’t reduce The Flyers were outshot 30-22, but managed to kill the home squad’s lead for a third time. Instead, off all but one of 11 penalties. Leamington managed Friesen took a feed from Amante and advanced on one for seven on the power play the LaSalle net for an easy release into the vacant The teams returned to Leamington Sunday, March net. Junior C call-up Alex Derksen, filling in for sus29 for Game 3. With a 3-2 overtime outcome, the pended Ryan Muzzin, also drew an assist. series stands at 2-1 favouring the Flyers. Leamington Leamington outshot the Vipers 36-35 while going goals came from Friesen in the second and Moore one for three on the power play. in the third after Morgan and Dalton Langlois gave “Barrett was tack-sharp. He kept us going early on,” the Vipers a 2-0 lead after 20 minutes. Brett Langlois explained Flyers coach Tony Piroski. “They (the again scored the last goal of the game, this time givVipers) skate well, they’re quick and they didn’t give ing his team the victory. Flyers goals were assisted us much time with the puck — we kept giving it away by Amante, Zack Guilbeault and Allen. tonight. LaSalle’s a high-flying team and they were The Flyers were outshot 52-44 as both teams went every bit as good as us tonight. We’ll take the win, zero for five on the power play. but we have to get better.

They’ll be rarin’ to go on home ice.”

Friesen — who added his seventh and eighth playoff points — was happy with how his team replied to the pair of quick Vipers’ goals in the second frame, but also sees room for improvement.

“We just kept battling and never got down,” he explained. “We kept pushing, even after they scored a couple quick goals. We still have to get better, and that’s what we’ll do.”

Game 2 of the series brought The Flyers’ Cale Allen prepares to release a shot at the LaSalle net. Leamington took a 1-0 series lead with a winning the teams to LaSalle’s Vollmer score of 6-3.

(Sun photo) Recreation Complex SaturGame 4 will bring the teams back to LaSalle day, March 28. The Flyers won the game 3-2 to Wednesday, April 1 for a 7 p.m. opening faceoff. bring the series standing to 2-0. Flyers markers Game 5 will be played Thursday, April 2 at 7:10 were provided by Henderson in the first and sec- p.m. in Leamington. If necessary, Game 6 is schedond period to give Leamington a 2-0 lead going uled for Saturday, April 4 at 7 p.m. in LaSalle while into the third. Quick assisted on both while Game 7 — if required — will finish the series MonFriesen added a helper on the second-period tally. day, April 6 at 7:10 p.m. in Leamington.