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LEAMINGTON – Hydro One and the Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO) have teamed up to support the current and future growth of the greenhouse, industrial and residential sectors in Essex County.

Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) for Chatham-Kent Essex Rick Nicholls welcomed local representatives and a group of Hydro One employees who have been working on the Leamington Transmission Station on Mersea Road 6 to an announcement of further expansion in the area.

“The new transmission infrastructure will help businesses here grow and support the electricity grid to operate more efficiently to serve local and broader system needs,” said MPP Nicholls. Hydro One’s multi-stage investment of up to $526.5 million will provide enough electricity to supply a city the size of Ottawa by 2025, while improving local reliability.

Hydro One outlined a multi-stage investment to increase and improve the power supply to Essex County, including an investment of up to $150 million in a new transmission line from Chatham to Lakeshore.

“The need was right Peter Quiring, right, President and CEO of Naturenow, and into the future. Fresh, expresses appreciation for the current and This project was com- future expansion of hydro to the area. At left is Mark pleted with unprecedented Poweska, President and CEO, Hydro One and MPP Rick Nicholls, centre.

(Southpoint Sun Photo) speed,” said Hydro One CEO Mark Poweska.

Hydro One’s additional investments over the next several years include: • A new transmission station in Leamington, which is now in service.

• An additional transmission station in Leamington, which will be in service next year.

• Two new stations in Lakeshore, which are currently in planning stages.

• Upgrading transmission equipment in Kingsville and Tecumseh.

“A strong and reliable power supply helps our businesses expand, in turn, drawing more jobs to the Leamington area,” said Councillor Paul Tiessen.

An additional $12 million will be invested in new smart technologies, such as remote switches and fault indicators, pole replacements and hazardous tree trimming to reduce the number, size and duration of outages in Essex County.

According to IESO’s forecasts, electricity demand in Kingsville and Leamington is expected to triple from 2018 to 2026 due to strong agricultural growth.

The IESO’s Save on Energy Retrofit program can help businesses reduce monthly electricity costs through incentives to upgrade various equipment and lighting. The IESO is also inviting proposals through its Grid Innovation Fund until February 14, 2020, for innovative indoor agricultural projects that could cost-effectively reduce electricity demand during peak periods.

“Leamington and the surrounding area is an economic success story for Ontario. With the greenhouse sectors’ historic rate of growth, we need the energy infrastructure to support our industry, so we can continue to create new jobs and support the economy,” said Peter Quiring, CEO, NatureFresh. “We are grateful for Hydro One and the IESO’s work to increase power supply to the region and we look forward to their ongoing support as we continue to see business growth... This cold weather is why we build greenhouses to have healthy, fresh vegetables all year, “ concluded Quiring.

Santa Claus visits Leamington LEAMINGTON – Here comes Santa Claus, right down Erie Street Lane.

More than 60 entries in the Leamington Winter Nights Christmas Parade preceded the main attraction of Santa and Mrs. Claus in a sleigh hitched to his team of reindeer Saturday night, Nov. 30. The parade was over an hour in length, starting at Sherk St., heading down Georgia Ave., turning on to Erie St. and ending at the Leamington Fairgrounds. Streets were lined with parade-goers all bundled up for the colder evening weather.

The big guy in the red suit took a moment to stop at town hall to “turn on” the Christmas lights and observe a few fireworks.

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Wheatley’s 1st annual Christmas Social was held at Coulter Park after the Santa Claus parade. Families enjoyed free hot chcolate, popcorn, carolling, face-painting, and the live music of Billy and Jody Raffoul. Several vendors were also set up, offering many holiday wares. The afternoon of fun was sponsored by the Wheatley BIA and the Chatham-Kent Community Partnership Fund. The afternoon of fun concluded with the official lighting of the big Christmas tree at the park.

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Jody Raffoul is pictured here playing a set during the afternoon of fun. Jody was joined by his son Billy Raffoul.

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ESHC celebrates 25th annual Lights of Life

By Sheila McBrayne

Amanda Furtado, left, hands over a cup of soup during the 28th annual Soup and Salad Luncheon at the Leamington Portuguese Club Wednesday, Nov. 27. The annual fundraiser drew about 700 customers, who chose from 35 varieties of soup from local restaurants and groups from Kingsville, Leamington and Wheatley. Proceeds are being donated to The Bridge Leamington Youth Resource Centre to help offset operational costs.

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Soup and Salad Luncheon well attended

By Bryan Jessop

LEAMINGTON – Leamington has once again stepped forward to support a local organization one ladleful at a time.

The 28th annual Soup and Salad Luncheon drew another steady flow of appetites and supporters at the Leamington Portuguese Club Wednesday, Nov. 27 to help offset operational costs at The Bridge Leamington Youth Resource Centre. An estimated 700 customers made their way through the doors for this year’s event, which raised over $24,000 for The Bridge. Last year’s luncheon drew about 730 customers and raised approximately $19,000, also in support of The Bridge.

The 2019 fundraiser was spearheaded by many of the same committee members who’ve volunteered to organize the Soup Luncheon, Poor Boy Lunch and Chillifest in Leamington for the past several years. This year’s group was led by chairperson and The Bridge operations manager Greg Wiens, who accepted the lead role from long-time committee leader John Woelk.

“The support we’ve had from this community is just amazing,” explained The Bridge executive director Krista Rempel, who also volunteered for this year’s Soup and Salad Luncheon. “Leamington is a very giving community.”

This year’s fundraiser was backed by a group of about 130 volunteers, including more than 100 ladlers who donated their time for one of three shifts to serve 35 different varieties of soup prepared by restaurants and other groups from Leamington, Kingsville and Wheatley. Also stepping forward were a list of 85 sponsors categorized by gold (20), silver (16) and bronze (49) levels of support. Additionally, 38 local businesses, groups and individuals offered silent auction prizes while another 30 made other donations or means of support.

“We offer a huge ‘thanks’ to everyone who comes out and donates,” explained ‘Soup Guru’ Bill Dunn, also a member of the organizing committee. “It’s fabulous to see the way the community comes out for this event. One person approached me and explained that Leamington is the most generous community in Canada they’ve ever known.”

LEAMINGTON – Approximately 200 people came out to enjoy the 25th annual Lights of Life held on Sunday, Dec. 1 in front of Erie Shores HealthCare.

The ceremonial lighting of the tree is the glowing result of hours of volunteer work by members of the Erie Shores HealthCare Spiritual Care Committee, who spent most of November gathering donations in honour of loved ones who passed away at ESHC. The names were read aloud by Deacon John Vezina and Rev. Andrew Wilson in dedication to those who passed away during 2019. Those gathered shared songs and remembrance among family members and friends.

“The Spiritual Care Committee and our teams here at Erie Shores HealthCare have made this a special time for our hospital and our patients and families who want to honour and remember those they’ve lost this year,” said ESHC Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Janice Dawson. “Our care extends to our community and we’re proud to be able to be part of this tradition for so many.”

To celebrate the 25th anniversary, ESHC teamed up with Essex Powerlines Corporation, which donated and installed 4,500 high efficiency LED lights to decorate the 20-foot Celebration Tree.

“Essex Power is excited to be a part of Erie Shores HealthCare’s 25th annual Lights of Life event,” said Essex Powerlines President and CEO Ray Tracey.

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Jack Miner Country Christmas this weekend KINGSVILLE – All are welcome to enjoy Jack Miner Country Christmas this weekend, Dec. 6-8, at Jack Miner Migratory Bird Sanctuary, 360 Rd. 3 West in Kingsville.

Santa is coming on Friday night, Dec. 6 from 6-8 p.m. Kids can have their

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Ag Society elects new president

LEAMINGTON – The recently elected new Leamington Agricultural Society President Dan Wiper is optimistic about next year’s Leamington Fair.

Wiper was elected at the Society’s Annual General Meeting on November 25, to a post held by his wife Tammy Wiper for the past 10 years.

“We are in talks to bring a bigger, better fair to Leamington next summer,” he said last week.

Along with Wiper, the Society named Gary Hrabets as First Vice President and Frank Niehus as Second Vice President.

Past President Tammy Wiper will stay on as Treasurer for the Society.

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Revealing an $11,700 contribution to the Essex Region Conservation Authority for the Reforest Leamington Project are Leamington council member John Jacobs, Deputy Mayor Larry Verbeke, Mayor Hilda MacDonald and LDSS Eco Team members Anna Dawson and Anouk Weber. The two LDSS students wrote an application to the RBC Future Launch Community Challenge in hopes of funding mature native-species trees to plant at Hillman Marsh in May of next year.

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LDSS Eco Team earns WECF donation

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LEAMINGTON – Two students at Leamington District Secondary School have proven that there’s more to doing your homework than completing classroom assignments.

Anna Dawson and Anouk Weber, both members of the LDSS Eco Team, have successfully applied for a RBC Future Launch Community Challenge grant, presented through the Windsor Essex Community Foundation.

The application was one of three in Windsor-Essex County to be answered with a donation, as the Windsor and Region Arts Council and Corporation of the Town of Essex were also recipients of sizeable contributions.

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“It was quite a long process that took a lot of research, communication and effort.”

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Dawson explained that she heard about the RBC Future Launch program in late July of this year. Along with Weber, she began the process of creating an application in mid September. The school’s Eco Team heard about becoming one of three groups chosen for a contribution in late October.

“I was really happy. It was great to see it work out for us,” Dawson explained.

“It was quite a long process that took a lot of research, communication and effort.”

“It was the most carefully thought out grant application I’ve ever seen,” added LDSS science teacher Lisa Jeffery, who assists with Eco Team functions.

Other RBC Future Launch Community Challenge donations channeled through the WECF included a $15,000 amount to the Town of Tecumseh to fund the Mind Break Before Study Break wellness fair for high school students in that community and $3,300 to the Beyond Borders Project for the Windsor and Region Arts Council.

The presentation of cheques took place at the Leamington branch of the Essex County Public Library Wednesday, Nov. 27.

Emceeing the event was Richard Wyma, chair of the grant review committee for the WECF as well as a member of its board of directors.

Those in attendance included Leamington Mayor Hilda MacDonald, Deputy Mayor Larry Verbeke and councillor John Jacobs.

“This is a fantastic initiative,” said RBC Community Manager Lakeshore Andrea Schuld. “I was looking at the recipients and they’re just so deserving. It’s just so encouraging to know that we’ve got such dedicated young people committed to improving our communities.”

“It is definitely a good thing for our community and we’re happy, we’re proud and we’re excited for what is still to come,” explained MacDonald.

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Hazy memories of the old barn Sometimes, we don’t want to admit we might be getting older.

As the holiday season approaches, memories of childhood Christmases fill my head and get me waxing nostalgic.

For some reason, my thoughts turned this weekend to the old Leamington Arena on Erie St. North.

I have to admit, I’m old enough to remember the tractor that resurfaced the ice back in the day and also remember the chain link style fencing that preceded the plexi-glass around the rink.

I can’t say I’m old enough to remember when the ice was resurfaced by shovels and people pulling water tanks, although there are some readers out there who fondly recall getting selected to pull the early contraptions around the ice in the fifties.

My early days at the arena started with the South Essex Hockey League. For us local kids, that was our NHL. It RIB’S was rare to hear of anyone you knew attending an actual NHL game, so this was it for us. We all had our favouRAMBLINGS rite teams and seems a lot of kids hated Blytheswood at Mark Ribble the time. This would have been about 1966-67, before I started playing hockey myself.

My brother Pat started playing organized hockey around 1968, so I jumped in to play the year after. I was eight years old, which is a much later start than most kids my age would have had. Henry Wheeler was my first coach as they split the ice into three sections to allow for the multitude of teams playing Saturday mornings.

Those early years in that old barn were magical. If you needed your skates sharpened, you stopped to see Mr. Towle at his half-door window at the north end and he took care of you. I remember thinking that was so cool how half the door opened just like Mr. Ed’s stall.

If you needed new plastic plugs on the back end of your blades, or a new set of waxed skate laces, that was the place to go.

The canteen upstairs always provided great refreshments after the game, as the coach or sponsor would come in with a wooden tray of drinks for everyone on the team.

On Sundays during figure skating, there was a refreshment stand downstairs at the end of the ramp leading onto the ice as well. That was a few years before Joe Wickham opened up his skate shop down there.

The north end of the arena was always a bit of a dark mystery, even though I remember dressing down at that end during my first year. I believe we had team photos taken in the one room for a few seasons too.

The old round clock that wound down by the second was eventually replaced by a more modern ‘Pepsi’ clock that had little red light bulbs to form the numbers.

As years passed by, I eventually learned how to run that Pepsi clock and spent many frigid weekends up in the ‘press box’, doing game write-ups and keeping track of goals, assists and penalties on official OMHA game sheets. Both of my sons also did that years later.

When I played Juvenile travel hockey for Cliff Quick, the north end became our second home as we preferred the larger dressing rooms at that end over the tiny ones at the south end of the rink.

We were able to come and go out that back door and not have to make the trek all the way from the front carrying our hockey bags. This was long before anyone thought of putting wheels on them.

My stag party was held at the old arena in the spring of 1983 and I remember being dragged onto the ice by friends who ignored my dad’s threats of retribution. They captured me between the two nets and pushed the entirety of me-and-the-nets all the way around the wet, cold ice. I won’t comment on whether I was naked or not.

Other memories include watching pro wrestling in the summer and heading onto the arena floor during the Leamington Fair. The annual dog show was also held on the arena floor back in the day, always on Labour Day weekend.

And who can forget the annual minor hockey banquet where we’d fling beans and wieners at each other across the arena floor.

When wrestling came to town, it was always a treat. As a young kid, you believed everything they did. The bads guys were bad guys and were supposed to be booed mercilessly. I remember standing above the ramp at the south end of the arena hurling popcorn at the bad guys of the day, Bobby Heenan, Baron Von Raschke and Blackjack Mulligan.

Of course I was there the night Mike Dibbley wrestled the bear.

I was also there the night arena attendant Whitey Hillier had to turn the fire hose on the Juvenile hockey team during a brawl to break up the fight.

Those are memories that we’ll never relive. This day and age is so governed by the PC police that a lot of that stuff just wouldn’t happen anymore.

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A Look at Leamington’s Past courtesy of C. Scott Holland December 1991: The annual Peewee-Bantam Hockey Tournament has been renamed the Jerry Brooks Memorial Tournament to honor Brooks, a longtime Leamington Minor Hockey coach at that level. His wife, Pat Brooks, dropped the ceremonial puck as, from left, Strathroy Blades captain Lincoln Dolbear, Leamington Arena facilities manager Rob Johnston, Leamington Minor Hockey president Rob Williams and Leamington Major Bantam (Rhine-Danube) captain Shawn Tiessen take part.

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CHATHAM-KENT – The Municipality of ChathamKent is continuing with public consultation regarding the Transit Strategy Project, which will provide recommendations to Municipal Council on the future direction of CKTransit over the next five to 10 years.

The sessions will be open house-style where members of the public can drop-in any time during scheduled hours to view information, ask questions and provide feedback.

Information will focus on public transit service for the community in which the session is being held.

A meeting will be held in Wheatley on Thursday, Dec. 12 from 3-4:30 p.m. at Wheatley Legion, 27 Erie St. S. A meeting in Tilbury is scheduled for Friday, Dec. 6 from 12-1:30 p.m. at Tilbury Library, 2 Queen St. S. Meetings will also be held in Ridgetown, Wallaceburg, Dresden and Blenheim.

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WHEATLEY – Terry Stevenson and Sue Symons won twice at the Meat Draws that were run by Willy Lyons on November 23. Kim McNeely won meat and the 50/50 draw and other winners were Murray Loop, Mary Jo Wright, Jane Pursel, Wes Wright, June Epplett and Kyle Hyatt.

Join us this Saturday, Dec. 7 at the Meat Draws. Bring in a gift, any time from now to December 14, for any age from newborn to elderly or non-perishable food items worth at least $10 and receive $10 worth of free meat draw tickets. If you drop in through the week with items, get a $10 voucher at the bar for meat draw tickets that will be good until December 14. All meat draw sales these three Saturdays will be donated to the local Community Chest. Help ensure a Merry Christmas for those in the community who are less fortunate. Tickets go on sale at 3 p.m. and the draws run until 5 p.m.

Waddies will be played this Thursday. Play starts at 7 p.m. sharp.

The Seniors Christmas Dinner will be held on Thursday, Dec. 12 at noon. If you plan to attend, avoid disappointment by calling the Branch at 519-825-4161 by no later than this Saturday the 7th.

Chatham-Kent residents… Public Health will be distributing potassium iodide tablets to Wheatley residents to be taken during “the extremely unlikely case of a nuclear disaster.” They will help prevent thyroid illness- WHEATLEY es/cancer and LEGION NEWS will be distrib- BRANCH 324 uted at Wheatley Jan Watson library – Dec. 4, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.; Dec. 7, 1 to 4 p.m.; Dec. 11, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and at the Wheatley Arena Dec. 10, 9 a.m. to 12 noon.

Also, Wheatley residents, we are being charged on our municipal taxes for Handi-Transit. A representative from the municipality will be on hand to explain what this is all about on Friday, Dec. 13 downstairs at the Branch from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m.

Coming up… Dec. 14 Birthday Bash featuring “Crossroads”… Dec. 15 Ladies Auxiliary Breakfast with Santa… Dec. 20 and 21 Ladies Auxiliary Bake Sale… Dec. 24 Community raffle draws… Dec. 31 New Year’s Eve Party.

News of the pews WHEATLEY – On Thursday, Dec. 12, the Wheatley United Church Suppertime Community Dinner will be served from 4:30-5:30 p.m. in the church auditorium.

On Saturday, Dec. 21 at 5 p.m., Wheatley United Church invites those in the community and surrounding area to a non-denominational service called Blue Christmas. This special service offers a gentle and comforting place to reflect on recent and past losses at a time of year that can be difficult for some. It provides an opportunity to light candles in memory/honour of those we love. All are welcome to join Wheatley United for a time of quite solace, memory and reflection.

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Wheatley United Church’s Keeping U N Stitches group has been busy creating tote bags and agenda covers. This group is grateful for Merle Richmond whose time and talent keep this group stitched together. Pictured, the group shows off their colourful agenda covers. From left to right are Bev Gillespie, Merle Richmond, Pam Rougoor, Sue Cobby, Beth McCready and Adrienne Girardin. (Submitted Photo)

cember 9 at 6:30 p.m. at the church.

A reminder to all that the United Church Gifts With Vision catalogues are now available in the church foyer.

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You may make a gift by phone at 1-844-715-7969 or online at www.giftswithvision.ca

Don’t forget to mark your calendars for these events hosted by Wheatley United’s sister church and the local ministerial.

“Glory Hallelujah,” a Christmas Musical Presentation featuring the adult and children’s choirs of Cottam United Church on Sunday, Dec. 8 at 10:15 a.m. and 7 p.m. Freewill offering. Refreshments will be available following the evening performance.

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IN MEMORIAM In Loving Memory of

Maria DaMa March 6, 1923 – December 5, 2018

IN MEMORIAM In Memory of

GeorGe Hamm

Wednesday, December 4, 2019

IN MEMORIAM In Loving Memory of

Angie December StAmAtopouloS 2, 2013

Who passed away 20 years ago on December 3, 1999

I WOULD TRADE MANY OF MY TOMORROWS FOR ONE YESTERDAY WITH YOU.

Love and memories last forever of our precious Mom and Oma

There is a link death cannot sever, Love and remembrance last forever.

From your loving family

Each day we think of you in silence, we often speak your name, But all we have are memories, and your pictures in our frames.

Your resting place we visit, flowers and blanket with care, Light a candle in memory, as we stand and stare, But no one knows our heartache, as we turn and leave you there.

Your Loving Husband and Children

IN MEMORIAM

IN MEMORIAM

In Loving Memory

Dean William Tiessen

Dean William Tiessen October 20, 1967 – December 7, 2013

October 20, 1967 – December 7, 2013

Gone from us that smiling face The cheerful happy ways, The heart that won so many friends In bygone happy days.

Remembering you is easy We do it every day.

It’s just the pain of losing you That never goes away.

Forever in our hearts.

Love, Mom & Dad, Jason, Josey, Mykayla & Kassidy

Always in our hearts.

Jenn, Julianne, Rachelle, Josh and Cian Mom and Ralph, Karen and Dennis and family, Todd and Joan and family

IN MEMORIAM

IN MEMORIAM

In Loving Memory

In Loving Memory of

Peggee Chibi December 5, 2018

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.

Bonnie LamB

September 9, 1948 - December 4, 2017

Sometimes things happen, and we smile and say, “Hi Mom.” We dearly miss, and think of you every day.

Love, Tammy, Carrie, and families

May the winds of love blow softly And whisper so you’ll hear I will always love and miss you And wish that you were here.

Love and miss you, Bob, your kids, grandkids and great-grandkids

Kingsville District High School Grade 12 students, from left to right, Austin Severinao, Ashley Bowser and Ethan Robinson display the Can Drive championship trophy in preparation for the 52nd annual KDHS Can Drive for the Kingsville Goodfellows. For the past few years, the trophy has been won by the girls team for collecting the most donations. (Submitted photo)

KDHS can drive under way

By Bryan Jessop

Kingsville District High School’s Grade 12 students are once again setting out to prove that good natured competition is good not only for the character, but also for the community.

The school has once again launched its annual Can Drive for the Kingsville Goodfellows, pitting the Grade 12 boys against the Grade 12 girls for both bragging rights and the traditional trophy that come along with collecting the most donations. This year’s drive, the 52nd of its kind at KDHS, was launched Tuesday, Nov. 26 and will continue until Tuesday, Dec. 10. From 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. on the final day, members of the public are encouraged to drop off nonperishable food items to KDHS, where either the boys’ or girls’ team will be awaiting contributions.

“We want to make this as easy as possible — there’ll be students there ready and waiting,” explained KDHS guidance councillor Chris Clements.

Clements was the drive’s main staff organizer at KDHS for the previous eight to nine years. For 2019, Kingsville District High School teachers Roseanne Russo and Julie Love are co-chairs for the annual event, backed by the assistance of fellow staff members including Clements.

For the Can Drive’s first 50 years, students set out to collect donations in a one-day event, but legislation enacted starting last year forbid students from driving other students during school functions taking place during school hours.

In the new 16-day format, the first 15 days are organized as an in-house event where students of Grades 9 to 12 bring in cans and other non-perishable food items collected during non-school hours. Items brought in by boys go towards the Grade 12 boys’ team while items taken to the school by girls are added to the Grade 12 girls’ total.

Exceptions occur when one of the Grade 12 teams organizes a special event to promote Can Drive donations.

Last year, the girls’ team presented a baked good sale and a pyjama day, where baked treats were sold in exchange for canned goods and PJs could be worn to school by students who made donations for the Kingsville Goodfellows Christmas Hamper program. The boys group, in turn, presented a ‘Hat Day’ where headwear was permissible in school for students who donated cans to its team. In prior years, the girls — who have successfully defended the trophy for the past few years — decided to sing Christmas carols to encourage donations. On the school day following the drive, the winning team traditionally takes a ‘victory lap’ through the school with its trophy before assisting members of the Kingsville Goodfellows with loading the food items into their vehicles.

“The students really care about this,” Clements noted.

“They step up every year and do a great job. It’s a big part of the Grade 12 year at this school. A lot of these students have older brothers and sisters or even parents who took part.”

For the first edition of the multi-day drive in 2018, a combined sum of just over 10,000 non-perishable donations were made. Those included about 650 by members of the public on the event-ending drop off day, which Clements expects will gain momentum as the new format progresses year to year. Any excess items after Christmas hampers are distributed will be donated to food banks in Kingsville and Harrow.

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Heroes Giving Campaign LEAMINGTON – Community Living Essex County was selected by RONA Leamington as the Charity of Choice for its annual Heroes Giving Campaign. RONA Leamington, in partnership with Lowes Canada, raised $4,554.63 through donations made at the cash registers and barbecue events held at the Leamington location throughout the month of September. Pictured here, from left to right, are Tony DeSantis, Manager, Community Relations and Resource Development, Community Living Essex County, Zack Vermeulen, Chris Drummond, Denise Bain, Leamington RONA Store Manager, Dave Fox, Steve Kubis, David Blackman and Micky McCarthy. “The staff really enjoy it, especially when it’s local; it’s nice that it stays local,” said Bain. Lowe’s Canada matched 50 percent of all customer donations up to $2,000 per store. A total of 270 stores from the Lowe’s Canada network took part in the campaign, supporting more than 245 organizations.

(Southpoint Sun Photo)

WSO to perform traditional Handel’s Messiah LEAMINGTON – The Windsor Symphony Orchestra (WSO) will perform its traditional holiday concert, Handel’s Messiah, in Leamington on Saturday, Dec. 7 at 7:30 p.m. at Leamington United Mennonite Church, 78 Oak St. E. Led by WSO music director Robert Franz and chorus master Bruce Kotowich, Handel’s Messiah is sure to captivate audiences. Joining the orchestra and chorus are Canadian soloists Katy Clark (soprano), Sophie Roland (mezzosoprano), Matt Chittick (tenor) and Christopher Dunham (bass).

Tickets can be purchased online at www.windsorsymphony.com or by phone at 519-973-1238.

FREE ADMISSION + FULLY ACCESSIBLE

B ank n otes THE BANK THEATRE BOX OFFICE IS NOW OPEN THURSDAY TO SATURDAY 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM

UPCOMING EVENTS

FRANCINE HONEY CD RELEASE “TAKE ME TO THE NORTH POLE” with her band The Stingers + plus special guests Some Guys Who Like To Sing. Saturday, December 7. Tickets $25.

Doors 6:30 pm. Show 7:30 pm. BRING A FULL BAG OF GROCERIES FOR THE FOOD BANK AND RECEIVE A FREE FRANCINE HONEY SNOWFLAKES T-SHIRT (WHILE SUPPLIES LAST) https:// francinehoney.bpt.me THE STARLIT STABLE (A Children’s Christmas Musical) Presented by The Bank Theatre and Faith Mennonite Church - written by Barry Bergen - DEC 13 & 14 - RSVP at https://thestarlitstable. bpt.me Free will offering at event. Doors 6:30 pm. Show 7:30 pm.

DALE’S FRIDAY COFFEE HOUSE - “Sounds of the Season” Friday, December 20! Prizes for best sweater, most groceries bought for food bank and more! Doors 6:30 pm Show 7 pm - admission pass the hat.

AUDITION CALL - Jesus Christ Superstar 6:30 pm - 8 pm at The Bank Theatre MUSICIAN CALL - Jesus Christ Superstar - download submission package at www.banktheatre.com CALL FOR DIRECTORS - Direct a show at The Bank Theatre - download submission package and submit to banktheatre@gmail.com before December 30, 2019. Package at www.banktheatre.com

MEETINGS

ONE OF A KIND TREASURES & DELIGHTS

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PLAYING DEC. 6 - DEC. 12

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FORD VS FERRARI (PG) Fri 6:30 9:30 Sat 12:30 3:30 6:30 9:30 Sun 12:30 3:30 6:30 Mon, Wed & Thurs 6:30 Tues 3:30 6:30

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Board Meeting Tuesday, December 10 - 7:00 pm.

Volunteer Membership $5.

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ARTnews ON

A SIGNATURE CHRISTMAS: indoor artist market 14 Artisans now on display throughout the main

VIEW floor galleries: woodworking, pottery, painting,

photography, jewelry, glassware, soaps and more!

FOREST & TREES: Dove Bay Art/Dorit Girash ART SUPPLY STORE: christmas sale on Dec 1 - 21 MARKET PLACE: artist market - cafe - wine bar 8x10: AMATEUR PHOTOGRAPHY CONTES DEC Drop off your best 8x10" printed photos before 13 December 13. This year's categories are: Nature & Wildlife, Hometown & Travel, and Everything Else. Over $900 in photography prizes in each category! Canvas Printing, Dry Mounting, Framing Gift Certificates, Winner's Certificates... Generoulsy Sponsored by Framing by Anna & SPEEDPRINT Ltd. Plus ALL photos will be displayed in the gallery for the month of January!

NEED A SPACE FOR YOUR SOCIAL OR WORK EVENT? ANY CHRISTMAS PARTY, WEDDING, SHOWER, MEETING...

TIME The LAC has 3 large main floor galleries and a 2nd floor conference full or art for a unique and affordable venue destination. More info online.

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YEAR-END INCOME TAX DONATIONS: annual appeal The LAC is a not-for-profit charitable organization reliant on community support. If you are looking to make an investment in the arts and our community, would like an income tax donation receipt, please consider the LAC.

gift shop + art supplies + classes + venue rentals + appraisals

Tuesday - Friday 10am-4:30pm, Saturday 12pm-5pm 72 Talbot St. West Leamington. 519.326.2711 www.leamingtonartscentre.com Genersously supported by: Southpoint Sun & Municipality of Leamington

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Toys 4 Tots collectors were on hand picking up unwrapped gifts for the annual drive.

Photos by Deanna Bertrand

Lots of happy faces in the parade.

Wednesday, December 4, 2019

Lavender Spa & Boutique float

One of 60 fantastic entries in this year’s parade.

Parade-goers react to seeing Santa and Mrs. Claus sitting in a sleigh pulled by reindeer at the annual Leamington Santa Claus parade.

Our Thanks & Holiday Best!

The Leamington District Chamber of Commerce and the Community Christmas Parade Committee would like to thank everyone who could take part in the 2019 COMMUNITY Christmas Parade – WINTER NIGHTS and MAGICAL LIGHTS. This year our parade is presented by Leamington District Chamber of Commerce and our major sponsors are: The Municipality of Leamington, Leamington Uptown BIA, Koppert Biological Systems, and Ordonez Group Inc. We would also like to thank our other sponsors for their generous donations to help run the 2019 Annual Community Christmas Parade; Armando’s, Bayview Laser Engraving, Biobest North America, Blackburn Radio, Canada Post, Cassiahs Dance Company, Colasanti’s Tropical Gardens, DeGoey’s Nursery and Flowers, Dundas Excavating, Economy Rental, Enchanted Party Adventures, Greenline Packaging, Highbury Canco, Jem Limousine, Leamington Agricultural Society, Leamington Fire Department, OPP, Leamington GM., Leamington Public Works, Leamington Sanitation, Parker DKI, Point Pelee National Park, Public Safety Services, Ruthven Nursery, Southern Logistics, Southpoint Publishing, Sturgeon Woods RV, Sales & Service, The Crave Family Grill and Pub, Toys for Tots and Unifab.

A special thank you for the crew at the Public Works department for all their hard work preparing the town and parade for this wonderful night. Thank you to Cordell Green from Blackburn Radio for doing another bang up Emceeing job.

Thank you also to all the sponsors who donated gifts for the Christmas Parade Fundraisers, it is because of you that we can keep the community parade so successful!

Thank you to a few Chamber of Commerce Board Members who have taken time to judge this evenings entries: Larry Verbeke -Deputy Mayor of Leamington, Diane Malenfant – Business Resource Centre and Donna LaPointe with Leamington Area Family Health Team.

This year’s parade winners are:

We love where we live, but local issues like childhood poverty are harming our community. That’s why United Way is creating opportunities for kids who need it the most - right here at home.

SHOW YOUR LOCAL LOVE. DONATE AT WEAREUNITED.COM Sponsored by

BEST CHURCH: North Leamington United Mennonite Church BEST SCHOOL: South Shore Christian School Special Mention: Gore Hill Public School BEST NON-PROFIT: The Bridge Leamington Youth Resource Centre Special Mention: Cassiah’s Dance BEST COMMERCIAL-SMALL BUSINESS: HoriZen BNB Special Mention: Point Pelee National Park BEST COMMERCIAL-LARGE BUSINESS: Leamington Sanitation Inc. Special Mention: Greenline Packaging BEST OVERALL: Little Tomato Children’s Theatre

SEE YOU NEXT YEAR!

THE LAST SATURDAY OF NOVEMBER

Thank you to all the participants – all your hard work on the floats is always spectacular!

A Christmas Parade is always a great way to bring the community together.

Sit back and celebrate OUR COMMUNITY!

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Unique Offering: home business or investment; 3 bed home + 4,000 sqft outbuilding

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729 TALBOT ST. E, LEAMINGTON $9.00/SQFT/ YEAR

For Lease: brand new 18,000 sq ft, well-insulated warehouse, zoned M1

1593 COUNTY RD. 34, KINGSVILLE $199,900

$999,000

One in a million: $299,900 3 beds, 2.5 baths on 48-acres (cash crop, fruit trees, wetlands + bush)

10875 CONC. 10, ESSEX $599,900

Beautiful 4.5acre homestead with 2 homes; main house has 4 beds & 2 baths + pool

984 RD. 6 E, KINGSVILLE

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126 MOORE, WHEATLEY $189,900

Lakefront property with 3 beds & 3 baths requiring some TLC & a breakwall

238 COTTERIE PARK, WHEATLEY

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To be built: luxurious living in this 3 beds, 2 baths feature-packed home on a quiet street

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Picturesque 55-acre horse farm with 3 beds, 2 baths & cash crop potential

1014 4TH CONC, CHATHAM-KENT

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127 GOLFVIEW, KINGSVILLE $499,900

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261 MERSEA RD. 15, LEAMINGTON

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20826 CEMETERY, WHEATLEY

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94 TALBOT E, LEAMINGTON $279,900

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103 CONSERVATION, KINGSVILLE $1,975/ MONTH

Investment opportunity: 149’ of lakefront with 3-bed & 2-bath home (to be moved)

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272 BEVERLY, ESSEX $519,900

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$499,900

Newly built & completely finished home with 4 beds & 3.5 baths in Golfside Village

10 CONSERVATION, KINGSVILLE $949,900

13,000 sq ft, zoned C1 available to buy or lease ($7.00/sqft/ year), ability to subdivide

38 ERIE ST. N, LEAMINGTON

$699,900

Custom-built 2,500 sq ft 3 beds, 2.5 baths home on 2.5-acre lot (upon approved severance)

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Atom Minors win Capitals Cup Challenge The Southpoint Point Pelee Karting Minor Atom Capitals participated in the Capitals Cup Challenge in Leamington this past weekend, Nov. 30 to Dec. 1, and went undefeated to capture the Championship.

In their opening game, the Caps faced off against the Essex Ravens. Southpoint controlled most of the play and jumped out to a 3-0 lead during this game but a couple of miscues allowed Essex to nab a pair to make things close.

It was not enough, though, as the Capitals skated to a 3-2 victory. AJ Youssef, Ben Liebrock and Sloan Smith notched the goals for the home squad, while Christian Papp, in net, earned the win.

Later Friday afternoon, Southpoint competed against the Hillcrest Canadiens. In this game the ice was tilted in the Capitals favour from start to finish as they cruised to an easy 6-0 win. Kayden Cook, Jonathan Recker, Sloan Smith, Zack Bradley, AJ Youssef and Isaiah Georges each fired in goals to help their cause. Karly Franklin, between the pipes, backstopped her squad to the win.

On Saturday, Southpoint’s opponent was the Flamborough-Dundas Reps. Again the Capitals, though down a couple players, came out flying and continued to dominate, skating to a 6-1 victory. Kayden Cook ripped in a pair while Brayden Foster, Ben Liebrock, Owen Derksen and Sloan Smith added singles to secure the win.

On Saturday afternoon, the Caps faced off against the Erie North Shore Storm. While only dressing nine skaters again, it appeared that fatigue started to take its toll. In a very entertaining and back and forth game, the Capitals scored first and then last to secure a hard fought 3-2 win.

Southpoint Atom Minor went undefeated in the Capitals Cup Challenge to capture the championship. Team members are, in front: Karly Franklin, Christian Papp. First row, left to right: Zack Bradley, Kayden Cook, Brayden Foster, Ben Liebrock, Tyler Thomas, Owen Derksen. Second row: Trainer Kevin Cook, Sloan Smith, Isaiah Georges, Charlie Ketler, Jonathan Recker, AJ Youssef. In back: Assistant coach Dylan Impens, assistant coach Ryan Derksen, head coach Tony Youssef.

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Brayden Foster, Kayden Cook and Owen Derksen notched the goals for the home team, while Karly Franklin stood tall in net, making a number of big saves to seal the deal and punch her team’s ticket to the finals.

On Sunday morning, Southpoint faced the Essex Ravens in a rematch to see who would take home the trophy. The

missing players were back and ready to go.

Right from the opening face off, the Caps came out flying and were relentless with their play. Two minutes in, Kayden Cook stole the puck at the dot, turned and ripped his shot just under the bar to take the early lead.

Later in the period, while killing a penalty, Cook was able to steal the puck and fire it in through the goalie to go up by two. Not long after that, Sloan Smith, from behind the net, sent a nice pass out front to Ben Liebrock, who wired his shot just inside the post to increase the lead to three.

In the middle frame, Liebrock stole the puck at the blue line, stepped around the D and deked the goalie, sliding his shot into the open cage.

In the third, Cook found the puck at the line, went wide and ripped in his wrist shot for the hatty. This was the final nail in the coffin as the Capitals smothered Essex the remainder of the way, resulting in a well played 5-0 championship victory. Christian Papp, though not busy, made some key saves to secure the win and help his team lift the Capitals Cup high in celebration.

ENS Atom LL Black and White lock horns in Harrow Erie North Shore Black made the undetoured trip to Harrow to match up against rivals ENS White on Saturday, Nov. 3.

Black, looking to avenge a late-game collapse the week prior, saw Billy ‘the Kid’ Loncke provide some offense from the D-core as he exposed a seam and split the White squad to put Black up by one with a beauty tally.

White evened things up before the period expired to start the second all square.

Rookie Maddox Bernardes continued to impress as he

gave a Jasper Dunford pass a ride going bar down to reestablish the one-goal lead.

It was déjà vu all over again as White knotted things up to elevate shoulders heading into the third.

Loncke rose to the challenge this day as he made no mistake notching his second gino of the contest, burying an Evan Warkentin feed to pull off the 3-2 upset.

Sam Ward was tested often by White’s sharpshooters, but it was peanuts for him as his steely composure earned him the win.

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TAURUS – Apr 21/May 21 Taurus, you are ready to break out of a rut that has kept you in neutral for some time. You may have to sacrifice some comfort to get up and moving.

Jason Daraiche carries the puck towards the Royals’ net as Lajeunesse defenders Brady Drouillard and Quinn Simard give chase during the first period of a WECSSAA Tier II boys hockey game Tuesday, Nov. 26 at Unico Arena. The Cougars cruised to a 14-2 win — with a hat trick by Daraiche — to start the season at 1-0-0.

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GEMINI – May 22/Jun 21 Gemini, you are outgoing in the days ahead, and the stars are aligned with your interpersonal relationships. This combination could prove rewarding.

Cougars pummel Royals in WECSSAA boys hockey opener

CANCER – Jun 22/Jul 22 Cancer, take some time this week to do something that makes you feel good.

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If Game 1 of the 2019-’20 season is any indication of what’s to follow, the opposition for the Cardinal Carter boys hockey team is in for a tough year.

The Cougars hosted the Lajeunesse Royals to kick off the new season at Unico Arena Wednesday, Nov. 26, where they posted a 14-2 victory. With their netminders unable to suit up for the game, the Royals were forced to deploy one of their skaters between the pipes. Cardinal Carter however also dominated the game’s pace outside the Lajeunesse crease, keeping the guests’ scoring chances to a minimum while thwarting several clearing attempts in the offensive zone.

“We saw a lot of cohesion in the lines,” noted Cougars head coach Chris Church. “Our players are quickly getting used to each other, even though we’ve only had two practices.

There are things we’ve still got to work on, though — we had some bad line changes and guys hogging the puck too much. Those sort of things won’t let you win a lot of games.”

Sam Van Gellicum started the scoring 94 seconds after the opening face-off. The Royals tied the game during a two-on-one rush with Cole Ryan beating Adam Zylstra eight minutes after the Van Gellicum tally. The draw lasted 12 seconds before Jackson Lefaivre potted an ice level shot from directly in front of the Lajeunesse net. With 55 seconds left in the period, Sajan Brouwer blasted a low slap shot that grazed the pad of Spencer Gereige before skidding over the goal line.

In less than two-and-a-half minutes, the Cougars added four more in the second period from Jason Dariache, two in a row by Josh Chauvin and another from Dariache. MJ Schwager replied for the Royals to bring the score to 7-2, but Cardinal Carter took over from there.

Carson Mastronardi buried the next two, starting with a tally on a delayed Royals penalty and then by sinking his own rebound as the second period clock ticked down to 3.3 seconds.

The flurry of goals continued into the third, when Matt Enns added his name to the scoresheet 18 seconds after the first faceoff. Van Gellicum added two of the next three with an unassisted Gerrin Church marker in between. Daraiche finished his hat trick on a shorthanded breakaway, beating Gereige with a fake before tapping the puck home.

This year’s Cougars squad is represented by an even mix of ages, with three Grade 9s, five Grade 10s, four Grade 11s and three Grade 12s. Before the season started, 33 students expressed interest in joining this year’s team, forcing the coaching staff to make cuts for the first time in several years.

“We had some really tough decisions to make,” Church explained. “Usually, we have to beg players to join the team.”

Next up, the Cougars hosted the Tecumseh Vista Academy Vortex on Tuesday, Dec. 3.

Game results were not available by press deadline.

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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5 WHEATLEY TWO CREEKS ASSOC. WILL MEET Thursday, December 5 at Wheatley Legion, 7:00 p.m. Memberships $5. All welcome.

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 7 CHRISTMAS COOKIE SALE - $4.50 per dozen - Saturday, December 7 beginning at 8:00 a.m., Knox Presbyterian Church, 58 Erie St. S., Leamington.

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SUNDAY, DECEMBER 8 CHRISTMAS MUSICAL PRESENTATION by Cottam United Church Adult and Children’s Choirs - Sunday, December 8 at 10:15 a.m. and at 7:00 p.m. Freewill offering gratefully accepted. Cottam United Church, 137 County Rd. 34W, Cottam. Church is accessible. Info: 519-839-4266.

MONDAY, DECEMBER 9 WEE READERS STORYTIME AT WHEATLEY LIBRARY - Monday, December 9 at 10:00 a.m. Free fun & interactive program for children age 0-4 - songs, stories, rhymes and more.

MONDAY, DECEMBER 16 ALL ARE INVITED TO ATTEND A MEETING to answer the challenge by Greta Thunberg on Monday, December 16 at 7:00 p.m. at St. John the Evangelist Anglican Church, 60 Erie St. N., Leamington. Objective: Explore ideas and methods to deal with climate change.

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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19 HOSPICE WELLNESS COFFEE HOUSE CHRISTMAS EVENING SUPPER - Thursday, December 19, 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at Kingsville Community Centre, 1860 Division Road North. Welcomes singers, poets, story tellers and musicians as they bring their talents. A fun night to share with friends. No Cost 226-773-5830, admin@kingsvillecentre.com, www.kingsvillecentre.com SATURDAY, DECEMBER 21 BLUE CHRISTMAS SERVICE - non denominational - on Saturday, December 21 at 5:00 p.m., Wheatley United Church, 59 Talbot St. W. All are welcome for a time of quiet solace, memory and reflection on current and past losses at a time of year that can be difficult for some.

ONGOING GRIEF SHARE PROGRAM for anyone needing support at Knox Presbyterian Church on Tuesdays at 1:30 p.m. Everyone welcome.

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Cougars, Cavaliers battle to a draw in girls’ hockey

Francine Honey releases new CD

By Bryan Jessop

With no divisional rivals closer than Essex, the Cardinal Carter Cougars and Kingsville Cavaliers were quick to make spirited rivals of one another for the 201920 season.

The teams went head to Lexy Iacebelli of the Cardinal Carter Cougars (left) and Mackenzie Cook of the Kingsville Cavahead for the first time this liers chase down a loose puck behind the net during a WECSSAA girls hockey game at Unico Arena Monday, Nov. 25. Both teams led, but settled on a 2-2 draw.

(Southpoint Sun Photo) year Monday, Nov. 25 at the Leamington Kinsmen Rec- but not enough to prevent Riess. “It was a good game — the girls played well toreation Complex’s Unico the puck from wobbling into for us. It was the first time gether.”

Arena, where they settled the left side of the goal. Both the girls have played togethCardinal Carter played on a 2-2 deadlock. Both of Butera’s goals were unas- er as a team.” its home opener with three teams surrendered one-goal sisted.

The Kingsville squad is players sidelined by illness. leads through the 35-minKingsville’s forwards ac- a young one for 2019-20, This year’s team is on the ute contest, quired the made up mostly Grade 9 and younger side, with three splitting their equalizer dur- 10 students. Both goal scor- Grade 12s, three Grade 11s, first points of ing a power ers against the Cougars are five Grade 10s and four the season in play early in in Grade 9.

Grade 9s.

“There’s good the nine-team the second Kingsville’s home opener The game was the second chemistry here Tier II group. period. With of the season for Cardinal took place two days later The Cava— the girls played heavy traffic Carter, which started off against the Lajeunesse liers struck in the Cou- with a 1-0 loss against the Royals. The Cavaliers finwell together.” first just begars’ crease, Essex Red Raiders Tuesday, ished their first match at the — Lisa yond the M a r o n t a t e Nov. 9.

Kingsville Arena Complex Hedges midway mark poked the “We really had to rush to with a 6-1 win. The winning of the first disc through put the team together this team’s goals were scored period when a small open- year,” explained Cougars’ by Bradfield with two and Teagan Handley found the ing along the goal line for head coach Lisa Hedges. Madison DiLillo, Mikayla lower left corner of Evan her second point of the day. “We played much better to- Axford, Gabby Bezaire Gualtieri’s net with a wrist Madelyne Bradfield and day than in our first game. and Myah Matschulat with shot during a charge at the Kennedy Bezaire were cred- There’s good chemistry here singles. home team’s net. The lone ited with the assists. assist was earned by TeaThe Cavaliers ramped up gan Marontate. Cardinal the offensive pressure in the Air & Sea Inc. Carter evened things up third, but couldn’t beat Mer(formerly UTI) just over two minutes later edith Battrello, who took the when from directly in front helm in the Cougars’ crease of the KDHS net while lead- at the five-minute mark of ing an offensive rush, Mi- the middle stanza.

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LEAMINGTON – The Bank Theatre will present Francine Honey’s “Take Me To The North Pole” CD Release Party on Saturday, Dec. 7 with her band The Stingers and special guests Some Guys Who Like To Sing. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and the show starts at 7:30.

Bring a bag full of groceries for the food bank and receive a Francine Honey Snowflakes t-shirt while supplies last.

International award-winning Canadian bilingual singer-songwriter recording artist Francine Honey’s new album, “Take Me To The North Pole”, takes listeners on a ride in Santa’s sleigh to the North Pole. Wanting to escape into the world of popular Christmas stories, Honey takes you on a fantasy ride with a moving southern swagger. This collection of tunes will have you dancing while getting ready for the holidays.

The album showcases Honey’s love of all things Christmas. “We brought a nice mix of Christmas songs on this record with an Americana and Country flair,” she said. Cut in Nashville, “Take Me To The North Pole” features Honey’s mix of Americana, Country, Rock, Canadiana and Blues.

Tickets are $25 and available at The Bank Theatre Box Office, 10 Erie St. S. in Leamington or by calling the hotline at 519-326-8805 or online at www.banktheatre.com

Wheatley Bridge Club news The following are the Wheatley Bridge Club results from November 26: 1st Neil Phillipson, 2nd Marie Lasi, 3rd Dave Derbyshire.

Bridge is played every Tuesday at 1 p.m. at the Wheatley Friendship Club. If you enjoy playing euchre or pepper, you’ll love playing bridge.

Pepper Club report The following are the winning scores at the Wheatley Pepper Club during the month of November.

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TERMS OF TENDER: Sealed tenders being submitted, the tendered price and contact information will be received by the undersigned until 4:30 p.m. on December 20, 2019 with the highest, or any, tender not necessarily accepted. No deposit is required with the tender, but the successful tenderer will be required to enter into an Agreement of Purchase and Sale without conditions, except as to title by December 23, 2019 and submit a deposit of $10,000.00 at that time.

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NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF MIKE CINCURAK late of the Municipality of Leamington, in the County of Essex and Province of Ontario, who died on March 17,2019

Notice of Intention for the Removal a Holding (H) Symbol Zoning By-law Amendment ZBA #206- 11 Iroquois Road Take notice that the Council of the Corporation of the Municipality of Leamington intends to pass a by-law under Section 36 of the Planning Act to amend Zoning By-law 890-09, as amended to remove a Holding (H) symbol from the subject lands on Monday, December 17, 2019 at 6:00 PM. The lands affected by the proposed amendment are municipally known as 11 Iroquois Road (see inserted key map). The lands are designated Industrial on Schedule “A-6E” of the Official Plan and are currently zoned Industrial Light (M1-11) as shown on Map 60 of Zoning By-law 890-09, as amended.

Section 7.3 of the Official Plan establishes that a Holding (H) symbol can be applied to the zoning of identified lands as a tool to delay final development approvals until certain conditions have been met to the satisfaction of the Municipality. The Holding (H) provision applied to 11 Iroquois Road can be removed by By-law upon receipt of an Acoustical Study to the satisfaction of the Municipality in support of the separation distances and mitigation measures to the existing residential land uses. Mitigation measures shall be established in the Site Plan Control Approval Application (SPC-12-19).

Any person interested in this matter and wishing to make representation either in support of or in opposition to the intended amending by-law must register as a Delegation by completing the Delegation Registration Form found on the municipal website at www. leamington.ca/delegation.

Delegation requests must be submitted prior to 12:00 noon on the Thursday preceding the Council Meeting.

Additional Information relating to this matter is available for review at the Leamington Municipal Building, 111 Erie St. N., Leamington, during regular office hours.

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Dated at the Municipality of Leamington this 4th day of December, 2019.

Creditors and others having claims against the above estate are required to send full particulars of the same to the undersigned solicitors for the Estate Trustee on or before the 3rd day of January, 2020 after which date the estate’s assets will be distributed having regard only to claims that have been received.

Dated at Leamington, Ontario this 28th day of November, 2019.

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FARM FOR SALE BY TENDER The undersigned offer for sale by sealed bid the following parcel of land: 22992 Tilbury West/Romney Road, Chatham-Kent - Part Lot 17, Concession 7, Romney Township, approximately 95 acres.

Prospective Purchasers must obtain an information package from the undersigned solicitor by December 13, 2019 and submit a confidential, sealed tender in the form provided, by December 20, 2019.

The successful Tenderer will be required to enter into a standard OREA Agreement of Purchase and Sale, by December 31, 2019, with a completion date of January 31, 2020.

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The Sun Parlour Curling Club’s Sturling Cash Spiel Draw 1 winners were (left to right) first place, Cathy Moncur and Gerri Scott, and second place, Rick Metz and John Fantin,

Pavel Svoboda of the Kings and Scott Turgeon of the Aces battle for puck control following a face-off in the Kingsville zone Sunday, Dec. 1. The Kings outshot the Aces, but suffered a 5-4 regulation loss.

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November Sturling Cash Spiel at Sun Parlour Curling Club

The Sun Parlour Curling Club held its first Sturling Cash Spiel on Saturday, Nov. 30.

The top winners for Draw 1 were Gerri Scott and Cathy Moncur. Second place went to Rick Metz and John Fantin, with both teams having three wins.

Draw 2 top winners was the team of Cliff Kettle and Linda Patkau with second place going to the team of Brad Fox and Tom Bondy. Both teams, once again, won all three of their games.

SCRAMBLE ANSWER Organizers Lionel Aasen and Linda Patkau were happy with the participation, filling every spot available with the entries of 16 teams. All of the teams represented the Sun Parlour Curling Club or the Chatham Granite Club.

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Kings lose two close games The Kingsville Kings’ eight game winning streak has come to an end after the local GMHL squad suffered two heartbreaking losses.

On Friday, Nov. 29 in Port Colborne, the Niagara Whalers defeated the Kings 5-4 after jumping out to a 4-1 lead after 20 minutes. Bryce Tracey struck first for Kingsville, but Kellan Rosenbaum, Josh Peixoto, Mike Masotti and Maxim Antonov responded before the opening period drew to a close. Masotti struck again for a 5-1 lead before Richard Boruta produced a late tally in the second period.

Jan Sefl brought the Kings to within two with about eight-and-a-half minutes to go in the third and David Matecha buried a power play goal to bring Kingsville within one as the clock ticked down to 3:02. The Kings were outshot 56-44.

Two days later at the Kingsville Arena Complex, the Kings took on their cross-county rival the Windsor Aces. Like the Whalers, the Aces also held on for a 5-4 win, despite being outshot 42-32 by the hosts.

The game started on a strong note for Windsor, with Zachery Hartig and Ryan MacAlpine both scoring at even strength to bring the Aces up 2-0 at the first intermission. Scott Turgeon made it 3-0 later in the second, although Tracey put the Kings on the scoreboard with 1:10 to go.

Kingsville resident Zachary Dillen made it a one-goal game 14 seconds into the third stanza before Tracey notched another tally to tie the game. Zachery Gumm put Windsor into the lead with about nine minutes to go, but Jones Siermala tied the game for Kingsville less than two-and-a-half minutes later.

With 2:43 to go in regulation, Gumm potted the game winner for the Aces. The two losses kept St. George in first place over the Kings by two points in the South Division while the third-place Whalers crept to within three points.

Kingsville will visit the London Lakers Saturday, Dec. 7 for an 8 p.m. opening face-off and will host the Lakers Sunday, Dec. 8 at 3 p.m.

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The Sun Parlour Curling Club’s Sturling Cash Spiel Draw 2 winners were (left to right) Second place, Tom Bondy and Brad Fox, and first place, Linda Patkau and Cliff Kettle.

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Golden Years golf Forty-eight Golden Years golfers carded 71 aces on November 28 at Colasanti’s Tropical Gardens. Gail Johnston was in the led with four aces.

Top nine-hole score was a 17 by Ron Fick, who also had the best 18-hole score of 35. Bill Ward had 75 for 36 holes.

First place with 240 was a tie between Team 6 (Julia Kos, John Vlodarchyk, Pete Daudlin) and Team 7 (Ron Fick, Gary Hyatt, Bill Sasso).

In second place with 243 was Team 5 (Marie Lasi, Vic Reynaert, Tom Hyatt). Team Kings placed third with 244 (Betty McManus, Bill Adams, Bob Martin).

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Sharks fend off Thunderhawks

By Bryan Jessop

With the season reaching the midway mark, the Wheatley Omstead Sharks continue to struggle with the last-place Thunderhawks, both on the road and at home.

Penalty trouble for the home team kept the Wallaceburg team in the game until the dying seconds, when two late goals paved the way for a 7-4 Sharks victory. The win evened the regular season series between the two Chatham-Kent squads at two wins apiece.

Jace Leach opened the scoring by wiring a five-hole wrist shot past Jacob Lister from directly in front of his net after taking a feed from Brett Enns. Almost 10 minutes later, Shannon Olson made it 2-0 for the hosts by unleashing the puck from the goal line to the right of the Wallaceburg net and off Lister’s right pad and in during a Sharks power play. Assists were credited to Dawson Iles and Devin St. Pierre.

Jake Vancoillie put the Thunderhawks on the board with just over two minutes to go by tapping the puck past Kyle Metson a fraction of a second before he could smother it with his trapper.

Drew Denomey put Wheatley ahead by two again 30 seconds into the middle period, assisted

by Lucas Poisson and Matt Taylor. Wallaceburg fired back a few minutes later, as Blake Doe and Vancoillie found the back of the Sharks’ net 45 seconds apart, the former during a power play.

Taking a feed from Alixe Saliba, newest Shark acquisition Kristian Pelling put Wheatley ahead again at even strength. Pelling, a defenseman from Kingsville, played 17 games this season with the Essex 73’s.

Former Shark Jeremy Oriet became the next attacker to cash in on a man advantage situation 29 seconds into the third period, allowing Wallaceburg to tie the game once again. Five minutes later, Iles potted the night’s fourth power play goal to put the Sharks ahead for good. Assisting on the tally was Leach.

Forced to kill off a double minor late in the third, Wheatley fended off a Thunderhawks’ bid for overtime once Saliba potted an empty netter with just over a minute to go. With the clock winding down to the final 30 seconds, Iles registered his second of the night, assisted by Pelling.

The Sharks outshot the visitors 33-30 while going two for seven on the man advantage. Wallaceburg was two for nine.

“For the first period, I thought we pretty much controlled the whole thing, then penalties took the flow out of our game,” noted Sharks head coach Josh Carnevale. “We got the two points we were looking for, but it certainly wasn’t the prettiest game.”

Wheatley completed the first half of the season with an even 10-10-0-0 record for fifth place in the Stobbs Division, accumulating 61 goals while allowing 62.

“The season’s pretty much balanced out for us so far. We’ve lost some games we should have won and won a few that should have been losses,” Carnevale said. “We’re going to keep working

1957 Fargo pickup truck built for fun On Sunday, Sept. 8, an orange pickup truck with yellow and white flames parked by the front door of the Family Kitchen Restaurant in Leamington. The owner came in and that’s when I met Jerry McCready of nearby Kingsville.

“I wish I had my camera,” I said, then Jerry’s friend Cam McKay went outside and took pictures with his Smartphone and emailed them to me while I was having breakfast!

Jerry had been looking all over Ontario for an old pickup truck for three or four years, and finally found his ’57 Fargo pickup truck a few miles from home in the town of Essex.

Some parts were missing. Jerry installed a new grille, pickup box, bumpers, and floorboards. He spruced up the interior with spray bombs, and the gauges are still original in miles per hour.

The old driveshaft was hanging down and has been replaced, along with a new automatic three-speed transmission on the floor with a

Braydon Davis of the Sharks tangles with Myles Fraser of the Thunderhawks to prevent a scoring chance while Wheatley goalie Kyle Metson guards the side of his net during a first-period Wallaceburg power play at Wheatley Area Arena Wednesday, Nov. 27. Both teams struck twice on the power play in what ended as a 7-4 victory for the Sharks. (Southpoint Sun photo)

on systems and hopefully, we can stay healthy and make a good run at the playoffs.”

On Saturday, Nov. 30, the Sharks took on the Flags in Mooretown. Wheatley was dealt a 6-1 loss, with its only goal provided by Saliba, unassisted. The Sharks were outshot 45-32 while going zero for eight on the man advantage. Mooretown was two for seven.

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Jerry told me it’s 40 years Blue lights under the dash old, “good from far but far add to the ’50s era ambience from good.” The chips in the inside the cab. The wrap- paint indicate the original around windshield is straight colour was yellow. out of the mid-’50s and the This truck is a daily driver Cragar wheels add to the retro spring, summer and fall, and look so popular these days. attracts attention wherever Jerry was born in 1952 and Jerry goes. Frequently asked his truck was built in Windsor question: “Can you take my five years later, then shipped picture with it, Sir?” to Alabama. It later found its Living proof that in this way back to Ontario. hobby, the fun never ends!

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October 1, 1937 – November 26, 2019 Helen MacKinnon, predeceased by her loving husband John of 63 years. Loving mother of John MacKinnon (Kathee), Lori Feltz (Rick), Mike MacKinnon (Karen), Cathy DeGoey (Ted). Proud grandmother of Jason (Kristin), Stephen (Bianca), Ian (Karli), Kayla (Sim), Krista (Bobby), Conner (Hannah), Niki (Matt), Matthew, Nathan and great grandmother of Blake, Hudson, Mateo, Thomas, and Riley.

Helen was predeceased by her parents August and Rose Lauzon, and siblings Art, Leo, Theresa, Ron and Ken. Helen is survived by many nieces and nephews.

Helen loved spending time with her family and friends, and will be sadly missed. She was a longtime employee of the Bank of Montreal.

The family wishes to thank the staff at the Sun Parlor Home for their compassionate care and friendship.

Visiting was at the Reid Funeral Home and Reception Centre, 14 Russell Street, Leamington (519-326-2631) on Thursday, November 28, 2019 from 2-5 p.m. and 7-9 p.m., and on Friday, November 29, 2019 at St. Michael’s Church from 9 a.m. until Mass of the Resurrection at 10 a.m. Cremation followed.

Memorial donations may be made by cheque to the Sun Parlor Home Auxiliary or St. Michael’s Parish.

Friends may share memories at www.reidfuneralhome.ca

Joan Sanford Joan Marceline Sanford (nee Brooks) passed away at the Berkley Care Centre in North Vancouver on Sunday, November 17, 2019. She was born February 22, 1936 in Leamington, Ontario.

Joan was predeceased by her husband Bill and two sons Jamie and Rob. She is survived by her sons Rich and Bill, daughters-in-law Brenda and Celine, grandchildren Jack, Fred, Ella and Lorie, and family members Patricia, Bob and John Sanford.

We will love you forever, Mom. In lieu of flowers, donations to the Alzheimer’s Society of Canada would be appreciated

Mathew Wald Mathew Wald, 88 years, passed away peacefully on Thursday, November 28, 2019 at Franklin Gardens.

Beloved husband of the late Dorothy Wald (nee Hopper). Predeceased by brothers Johann Wald and Peter Wald (Irene). Loving uncle of Irene Jabbour (late Michel), Renate Wald (Mike Stewart), Valerie Wald. Dear stepfather of Diane Peters (Isaac), Paul Hopper (Kathy), Keith Hopper (Patty). Lovingly remembered as “Uncle Matt” to many grandchildren, great-nieces and great-nephews.

Matt and Dorothy loved to travel. He loved to record music and watch movies. Matt retired from H.J. Heinz after 35 years of dedication.

The family wishes to thank the staff of Franklin Gardens and Chartwell Leamington for their care and compassion.

Visitation was at St. Michael’s Church, 29 Elliott Street, Leamington, on Monday, December 2, 2019 from 9:30 a.m. until the Mass of the Resurrection at 10:30 a.m.

Interment at Lakeview Cemetery.

If desired, memorial donations made by cheque to The Bridge Leamington would be appreciated.

Funeral arrangements entrusted to Reid Funeral Home and Reception Centre, 14 Russell Street, Leamington (519-326-2631).

Share words of comfort at www.reidfuneralhome.ca

Loretta Soulliere Loretta Soulliere, 71 years, passed away on Wednesday, November 27, 2019 at Berkshire Care Centre.

Dear companion of the late Peter Knight (2008) and formerly married to the late Earl Soulliere (2017). Dear mother of Dawn Marie Teskey, Tammy Jacques Cowan (Karen), Terry Jacques, Pamela Soulliere (James Youssef) and Melissa McCormick (Andrew). Loving grandmother of Kyle and Kayla Teskey, Owen, Emma and Jaxon McCormick, Taylor Youssef, Amanda Lynn Ripper (Philip), Andrew, Melissa and Matthew Jacques Derston, Isaah Blewett, Sean Slater and late Taylor Slater, and great grandmother of Teagen Teskey, Katana, Colt, Layla, Saphira and Athena. Dear sister of Marilyn Wightman (late Cecil), late Philip Teskey, late Gary Teskey, late Donald Teskey, Martin Teskey (Martha), Morris Teskey.

Memorial service to celebrate Loretta’s life was held at Reid Funeral Home & Reception Centre, 14 Russell Street, Leamington, on Friday, November 29, 2019 at 1 p.m.

Memorial donations may be made to the Alzheimer Society.

Friends may share memories at www.reidfuneralhome.ca

Died peacefully with her family at her side, Katherine Marie Toews “Kathy” of Wheatley, at the age of 67, at Erie Shores Hospice on Monday, November 25, 2019.

Loving wife of Bob Toews and cherished mother of Sarah (Matt) Marchand and Jenn (John) Verkaik.

Beloved Marmee of Damon Marchand. Survived by her siblings Carolyn (Corwin) Pollett, Linda (Fred) Bihun, Marylou (Randy) Strong and Dave (Shannon) Cours, and her mother-in-law Gertrude Toews. Also survived by many in-laws, nieces and nephews. Predeceased her parents Gerard and Elta Cours, and her father-in-law Frank Toews.

Lady Katherine had many loves in her life, starting with family, gardening, her time at the library and her special ladies from the Wheatley United Church basement (you know who you are...).

Special thanks to Dr. Hamm and staff at the Cancer Clinic at the MET and to Erie Shores Hospice for their care and compassion.

Friends were invited to join the family for a time of visitation at Denning’s of Wheatley, 17 Little St. S., on Thursday, November 28, 2019 from 2-4 p.m. and 7-9 p.m. where a funeral service took place on Friday at 11 a.m. Interment followed at Erie Cemetery, Wheatley.

If desired, memorial contributions to the Wheatley United Church or to Erie Shores Residential Hospice would be appreciated as your expression of sympathy.

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Trudy Friesen With her purpose here completed, Trudy Friesen, aged 76 years, passed away Friday, November 22, 2019 with her family at her side. Though our hearts are heavy, we find joy in knowing she died peacefully and pain-free in her home as she had wished.

Trudy is survived by her son David and Paula Pimiskern whom she raised as her own, Paula’s children Willie, Charly, Alex and Katharina who were like her grandchildren, and sister Margaret Ellenberger. Trudy was predeceased by her husband John Friesen in 2019, daughters Sandra in 2018 and Suzanne in 2013, as well as parents Gustav and Katy Pimiskern, brother Willie Pimiskern, and sisters Mary Zuschlag, Katy Pichler and Annie Jakob. She will be sorely missed by her many loving and devoted nieces, nephews and many, many friends.

Born in Yugoslavia, Trudy immigrated to Canada at six years of age with her parents and five siblings.

She was raised and lived all her life in Leamington.

After graduating from LDSS, she soon married John, her husband of 55 years. They had a busy life raising three young children. Some would say that hers was a difficult, if not tragic, life raising two girls with lifelong challenges and disabilities only to lose them to cancer in recent years, followed by John’s death just months ago. Yet she was not one to ask why or complain… ever. Her purpose was “to put one foot in front of the other and everything will be ok” and “to be happy with as little as possible”. She accomplished this mission.

But don’t think that Trudy wasn’t full of life and even enjoyed a little wicked fun. She had a great sense of humor and a memorable hearty laugh, quite often laughing at herself. “Call me crazy,” she would say.

She loved to socialize and travel with her multitude of friends. There were trips to Florida, Paris and Quebec, there were Thursday dinners, monthly women’s meetings and luncheons, Sundays with her son, family events and the annual Elvis Convention in Collingwood that she would not miss.

Trudy was known as a guru of health and wellness from way back when no one knew or cared. She was concerned for everyone who didn’t eat properly. “Eat only organic and what grows in the ground or on trees.” If you didn’t have the best vitamins, probiotics, supplements or organic ecological cleaning products, she would buy them for you. Yoga, walking, meditation and learning about spiritual healing were her lifelong passions. Except for her favourite turkey provolone sandwiches and caramel corn, she kept her body and mind healthy.

But her greatest joy was in the little things, such as being in her home with the beautiful view, watching the squirrels and birds in her yard that she invited and kept well fed. She loved all of God’s creatures and the

wonder of nature. If she wasn’t watching Dr. Oz, Dateline or the Shopping Channel, her TV was on the Nature Channel.

Whether you were a childhood friend, relative, acquaintance, just met her at the Superstore or visited her in the her final days, her positive attitude affected everyone. All her life, and not always by choice, she had been a mentor, teacher, mother, friend, confidante and Ann Landers to someone. She herself was a lifelong learner and shared her wisdom with simple phrases such as “get over it, let it go”, “there is always a lesson to be learned”, “put it out to the universe and God will decide.”

Trudy was extremely kind and generous, not just to the needy, but to whomever she connected with. If you admired something she had such as clothing, jewellery, paintings, books or even furniture, she would give it to you, or buy it for you and deliver it in person. Trudy’s ‘things’ exist far and wide.

She was beautiful inside and out, very proud and extremely private in her personal life. She endured her disease for three years in silence with amazing courage, dignity, spiritual faith and trust in her physicians, Dr. B. Walgama and Dr. M. Valero, to whom she was so grateful for their caring and compassionate treatment. They helped to keep her strong for as long as possible.

In her final days, many who came to wish her well thanked her for what she taught them, the gifts she shared: patience, compassion, humility, understanding, kindness, generosity and wisdom, to name but a few. The family would like to thank all those who visited or called throughout this difficult time for their never-ending support and love to Trudy and the family. Special heartfelt thanks to all the dedicated health care agencies and providers who cared for and comforted her with compassion and kindness above and beyond.

Trudy’s spirit shone brightly all her life and it is no coincidence that she has chosen to provide her ashes and those of her family to help preserve the health of our oceans in the form of the Eternal Reef Memorial, a permanent environmental living legacy. The Silvertooth Reef is located off the coast of Sarasota, Florida (info eternalwreath.com).

The light of her soul will shine on.

In lieu of a funeral, cremation arrangements have been entrusted to Simple Choice Cremation Centre (519-2542585).

The family has chosen to honour Trudy’s life with a legacy gift that will enhance the lives of others. Donations can be made to the Southwestern Ontario Gleaners, 40 Industrial Dr., Leamington, N8H 4W4 (SWOgleaners.ca).

Online condolences and cherished memories may be shared with the family at simplechoicecremation.ca

Wednesday, December 4, 2019

Tree Talk at Mt. Carmel-Blytheswood LEAMINGTON – On November 20, the Southpoint Sun published “Council takes up Tree Challenge” in which Don Waffle and Bill Sherk, under the banner “Bring Back the Trees,” recommended planting 400 new trees in Leamington starting in 2020, and to challenge all other municipalities across Ontario to do the same.

After the story appeared, a nine-year-old boy in Grade 4 at Mt. Carmel-Blytheswood Elementary School phoned to invite Waffle and Sherk to speak to his class about the 2020 Tree Challenge. “I think it’s a great idea,” he said.

On Tuesday, Nov. 26, Paul Forman’s class of 26 students heard the exciting news about trees.

Don Waffle delivered a talk on the importance of trees for our health and well-being. Trees absorb carbon dioxide and produce oxygen. They are the “quiet workhorses of nature.”

Essex County 300 years ago was covered with so many trees, a squirrel could travel from Lake St. Clair to Lake Erie without touching the ground. “We can’t bring all those trees back,” said Sherk, “but we can plant far more trees than we have right now.”

The students were told that Leamington Mayor Hilda MacDonald will present the 2020 Tree Challenge to the Association of Municipalities of Ontario, and David Suzuki will be contacted to promote the 2020 Tree Challenge all across Canada. Suzuki grew up in Leamington and attended high school here.

Mt. Carmel-Blytheswood has an Eco-Team that studies the natural environment and how it can be protected and improved.

Perhaps this Eco-Team will inspire students and staff to join the 2020 Tree Challenge by planting a new tree right in front of their school, a wonderful example for other schools to follow.

Potassium iodide tablets for Wheatley residents

WHEATLEY / TILBURY – As a result of nuclear safety recommendations set forth by federal authorities, ChathamKent Public Health will be providing potassium iodide (KI) tablets to be used in the extremely unlikely case of a nuclear disaster.

These tablets will be available to all addresses within the defined “ingestion planning zone” which covers an 80-kilometre radius from Enrico Fermi II in Monroe County, Michigan, Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station in Oak Harbor, Ohio, and Perry Nuclear Power Plant in Perry, Ohio.

Currently, there are 4,696 addresses in West Kent, which includes Wheatley and Tilbury, as well as Rondeau Provincial Park, that are located within this zone and are therefore eligible to receive KI tablets.

These tablets are designed to be taken during a nuclear event in order to reduce the risk of thyroid disorders should people be exposed to radioactive material. The tablets are most beneficial to residents under the age of 40, but will be offered to any individual that resides within the radius zone and wishes to receive them. An order to take the tablets would come from Provincial authorities and would include other instructions to follow at the time.

Taking a KI tablet will load your thyroid gland with stable iodine, which is a very important element needed to create some of our hormones. This will prevent any radioactive iodine from being taken up by your thyroid gland and will help prevent the risk of thyroid cancer or other thyroid illnesses later in life.

CK Public Health officials stress that we are no more at risk of a nuclear incident today than we were yesterday or for the past several decades, and this KI tablet distribution process is simply an enhancement in our safety and precautionary practices.

Eligible residents can pre-order their tablets by calling 519-360-1998 or by using the online ordering system at www.ckpublichealth.com/kitablets Once ordered, CK Public Health officials will be distributing the tablets. Distribution dates in Wheatley are: Sat. Dec. 7 from 1-4 p.m. at Wheatley Arena; Tues. Dec. 10 from 9 a.m.-12 p.m. at Wheatley Library; and Wed. Dec. 11 from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. at Wheatley Library.

Any eligible residents who choose to receive the tablets will also receive a handbook with instructions on how and when to take them, as well as how to store them.

This distribution program will be an ongoing effort with annual communication and the option to order more tablets as needed or when the current tablets reach their expiration date.

For more information, can call 519-360-1998, visit www. ckpublichealth.com/kitablets or email ki@chatham-kent.ca

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Kniaziews honoured by Triathlon Canada

By Bryan Jessop

LEAMINGTON – An event that started in a local backyard has earned recognition from an organization based out of one of the far-flung corners of the nation.

Leamington’s husband and wife duo Richard and Pauline Kniaziew were honoured during an awards ceremony at the Caledon Golf and County Club in Inglewood, Ont. with Triathlon Canada’s Impact Award for 2019. The Saturday, Nov. 23 event drew a crowd of about 200 guests that included a series of accolades for members of a triathlon club local to the Inglewood area, near Orangeville. As part of the ceremony, Triathlon Canada’s CEO Kim Van Bruggen made the journey from Victoria, B.C. — home of the organization’s main headquarters — to reveal the award. The trophy was presented to the Leamington couple by Simon Whitfield, who won gold in the Olympic Summer Games in Sydney, Australia in the triathlon.

Whitfield, who was born in Kingston, has a long history of touring across the country to participate in triathlons, including Leamington’s sprint triathlon, formerly known as the Tomatoman.

The Kniaziews, who lived in Brantford until moving to Leamington in 1976, started Leamington’s “Kids of Steel” triathlon as a neighbourhood event during the Labour Day weekend of 1986. Having moved to Helen Crescent in 1979, the couple decided to invite the children of neighbours for a small-scale triathlon “It was such a as a celebration of the positive thing that end of summer and the start to the upeveryone wanted to coming school year. be a part of.”

The yearly gather— Pauline ing quickly grew in Kniaziew popularity, with 100 youths participating five years after the inaugural version took place. At that point, the occasion became to large to confine to the Kniaziew’s back yard and surrounding neighbourhood, prompting them to relocate Kids of Steel to the Leamington Kinsmen Recreation Complex. They continued to lead the coordination of the event for another half decade before handing the planning of the event over to a committee formed out of the LKRC. The couple continued to play a role in the preparation of the event however, which was quickly joined by the Tomatoman Triathlon for adults and older participants. Eventually, the two-day event became the Leamington Triathlon Weekend, now taking place annually in mid June.

“We were just so happy to see it growing the way it did,” Pauline explained. “It attracted a lot of kids and then adults wanted to give it a try too.”

Before the first Leamington Kids of Steel, Richard had recently completed an Ironman Triathlon. From there, he decided to share his love of triathlons with his children and other youths in the neighbourhood.

“Everyone had a whale of a time,” Pauline said of the local triathlon’s early years. “The kids just loved it. It all started off with just kids in our neighbourhood, then included the kids of friends, then friends of friends. At first, all invitations were done by phone calls and (snail) mail. We didn’t have email at the time. There was never any trouble finding volunteers. It was such a positive thing that everyone wanted to be a part of.”

The Kniaziew’s children Dufton and Jordan quickly grew to love triathlons as well, leading to family trips to participate in competitions around and beyond Canada. The family has made journeys to Cancun, Australia, New Zealand,

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LEFT - Pauline Kniaziew nears the finish line of the 2015 Tomatoman Triathlon. Along with husband Richard, she was recently awarded with the Triathlon Canada Impact Award in recognition of dedication to the development of the sport for the past 30 years.

RIGHT - Richard Kniaziew makes his way through the running portion of the 2015 Tomatoman Triathlon.

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Switzerland and other long-distance destinations.

“We must have been quite the site, all of us dragging bike cases through the airports,” Pauline said with a laugh.

“Those triathlons were great opportunities to travel together as a family in a healthy, active lifestyle. Richard and I didn’t have those kind of opportunities as kids.”

Along with other Leamington-area friends and family members, the Kniaziews have also travelled abroad to take part in the European Triathlon Championships, where Pauline finished second in her age category. Three years ago, the Kniaziew’s hosted another kids’ triathlon in celebration of 30 years since the first was introduced, drawing about 40 young participants — many of them children of the event’s first entries.

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Despite being on the penalty kill far more often than the power play, the Leamington Flyers found their scoring touch against the visiting Komoka Kings.

Well over half the Flyers’ roster found its way onto the scoresheet for an 8-4 victory against the visiting Komoka Kings Thursday, Nov. 28.

Three players finished with three points while another five had two as Matthew Waite picked up his ninth win of the season in the home team’s net.

Kade McKibbon put the Flyers on the board less than two minutes into the match after Adam Jeffery pick pocketed a Komoka defenseman along the boards and shovelled the puck to Wyatt O’Neil. From there, the veteran forward set up McKibbon, who beat Carson Bou-

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Dario Beljo tied the score less than four minutes later with a shot that rang off the post and into Waite’s goal, but Leamington responded seven minutes later. Lateral passes from Dylan Weston and Thomas Michaud led to a waist high wrist shot from Jaydon Fetter that stretched the twine for another onegoal Flyers lead.

A Joey Johnson wrist shot from the point was redirected past Boutin from the top of the crease by Cameron Armstrong and into the mesh for a 3-1 Leamington advantage. Josh King drew the second assist. The Flyers barrage continued with 16.4 seconds to go when Michaud set loose a wrist shot from inside the faceoff circle to the left of the Komoka net. McKibbon and Kobe Seguin were credited with helpers on the goal.

Adam Jeffery appeared to pot his team’s fifth goal, but the buzzer sounded a split second before the puck found the net’s lower right corner.

Luc Arsenault pulled the Kings to within two early in the second before Armstrong buried his second for another three goal lead in the middle frame. Weston later added to the lead during a his team’s first power play, but Beljo responded with his second of the night for a 6-3 score. Leamington assists on its second period

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Michaud came up with his second of the night after being set up by Jeffery and Weston less than three minutes into the third to further expand the Flyers’ lead. From there, Spencer Lapointe beat Waite to bring the visitors back to within three near the midway point of the period. The steady flow of scoring continued on a Cam Symons tally after he accepted helpers from Nicholas Beneteau and Blake McConnville. The goal marked the first time this season that Leamington has scored more than seven goals in a game.

The Flyers were a perfect one for one on the man advantage while the Kings were held to zero for six.

Leamington fired 45 shots at Boutin while Waite faced 26.

“It seemed that special teams was what won us the game,” noted Flyers head coach Cam Crowder. “We need to do a better job at staying disciplined, but special teams did a good job.”

On Friday, Nov. 29, the Flyers made the journey to St. Marys to take on the Lincolns. Leamington lost 4-3 despite outshooting the hosts 34-21. Jacob Kalandyk scored in the first at even strength for the Flyers before Weston scored two on the power play — once in the second and then in the third. Leamington went two for nine on the power play as St. Marys managed one for 10.

“Their goaltender was outstanding,” Crowder said of St. Marys’ Cyrus Martin. “They’ve got a really good defensive team and we gave them a couple easy gift goals.”

Leamington’s next home game will be Thursday, Dec. 5 against the Chatham Maroons at 7:10 p.m. The game will feature the Flyers’ annual Teddy Bear Toss for the Leamington Toys For Tots, where spectators are encouraged to bring stuffed animals to throw onto the ice after the home team scores its first goal.

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How to create a durable gingerbread house

Gingerbread cookies and houses are one of the many symbols of the holiday season, alongside Christmas trees and twinkling lights. In fact, few confections symbolize the holidays more so than gingerbread.

Many a child (or a child at heart) has spent hours carefully trying to create decorative gingerbread houses. Although gingerbread recipes span various cultures, gingerbread houses originated in 16th century Germany. The fairy tale “Hansel and Gretel” helped solidify the popularity of gingerbread, which became part of Christmas traditions.

Even though gingerbread houses can be fun to make, there’s no denying it can be exacting work — especially for those who strive for perfection.

Prepackaged kits attempt to take some of the guesswork out of the equation, but those who are crafting from scratch can employ these tips as they build their gingerbread houses.

• Go for form and not flavour: Few gingerbread houses ever get eaten, so focus on finding a dough that will bake up rock hard as opposed to one that tastes good.

• Get the right icing texture: Icing should be thick like peanut butter and not runny.

• Mind the dough: Do not roll out the gingerbread dough too thin or it may become brittle after being cooked. Always cut out shapes before the gingerbread is baked. Let the baked pieces sit overnight to cool completely before using them to build.

• Patience is key: Allow the icing to dry for at least a couple of hours after adhering each piece and before moving and handling the house. Work in stages so that individual items can be decorated and allowed to dry. Then the walls can be put together, followed by the roof pieces.

• Kids likely will need help: Children may not have the patience or steadiness to handle complete gingerbread construction. They can decorate the separate pieces of the house while the components are laying flat, which is easier for kids. Adults can do the main assembly later on.

• Utilize a template: Free-handing may not be easy. Cut out templates using cardboard or posterboard for various gingerbread pieces.

Holiday Recipes from the Southpoint Sun Staff

Roberta’s Melissa’s Sausage Stuffed Christmas Mimosa Mushrooms INGREDIENTS

INGREDIENTS 16 extra-large white mushrooms - caps & stems separated 5 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil 2 tablespoons red wine 3/4 pound sweet Italian sausage, casings removed 3/4 cup minced green onions - white & green parts 2 teaspoons minced garlic 1 teaspoon sea salt 1/2 teaspoon fresh ground pepper 2/3 cup panko crumbs 5 ounces Italian Mascarpone cheese 1/3 cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese 2 tables spoons minced fresh parsley

Champagne or prosecco (chilled) Orange juice Cranberry juice Frozen cranberries

DIRECTIONS Fill half a champagne flute with champagne or prosecco. Add equal parts cranberry juice and orange juice until the flute is almost full. Finish off by adding a few frozen cranberries. Enjoy!

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DIRECTIONS • Preheat oven to 325o F • Trim the mushroom stems and chop them finely.

Set aside.

• Place the mushroom caps in a shallow bowl and toss with 3 tablespoons olive oil and 2 tablespoons red wine. Set aside.

• Heat the remaining 2 tablespoons of olive oil in a medium skillet over medium heat. Add the sausage, crumbling it with a wooden spoon. Cook the sausage for 8 to 10 minutes, stirring frequently until it is completely browned. Add the chopped mushroom stems and cook for 3 minutes more.

• Stir in the scallions, garlic, salt and pepper, and cook for another 2 to 3 minutes, stirring occasionally.

• Add the panko crumbs, stirring to combine with the other ingredients.

• Lastly, swirl in the Mascarpone and continue cooking until it has melted and made the mixture creamy.

• Turn off the heat and stir in the Parmesan and parsley. Cool slightly, then season to your taste.

• Fill each mushroom generously with the mixture.

Arrange mushrooms in a baking dish tightly and bake for 50 minutes until the stuffing is browned and crusty.

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Holiday Recipes Sheila’s Creamy Mushroom Soup I LOVE creamy mushroom soup, but I don’t like all the calories of heavy cream. I always use 2% milk and it turns out just as well.

INGREDIENTS 4 tablespoons butter 2 small onions, diced 4 cloves garlic, minced 1 1/2 pounds (750 g) fresh brown mushrooms, sliced 4 teaspoons chopped thyme 1/2 cup wine, red or white wine (I use red) 6 tablespoons all-purpose flour 4 cups low sodium vegetable broth or stock 1-2 teaspoons salt 1/2-1 teaspoons black cracked pepper (I LOVE pepper and use more) 1 cup 2% milk (the recipe calls for cream, but I shave off some calories and use milk) DIRECTIONS • Heat butter in a large pot over medium-high heat until melted.

• Sauté onion for 2 to 3 minutes until softened.

• Cook garlic until fragrant, about 1 minute.

• Add mushrooms and 2 teaspoons thyme, cook for 5 minutes. Pour in wine and allow to cook for 3 minutes.

• Sprinkle mushrooms with flour, mix well and cook for 2 minutes.

• Add stock, mix again and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low-medium heat, season with salt and pepper • Cover and allow to simmer for 10-15 minutes, while occasionally stirring, until thickened.

• Reduce heat to low, stir in milk. Allow to gently simmer (do not boil). Adjust salt and pepper to your taste.

Christmas Colouring Tom’s Mark’s Deluxe Baked Beans Chocolate Marble Bark INGREDIENTS

1 lb ground beef 5-6 cans baked beans 1 onion chopped fine 1 small yellow pepper chopped fine 4 slices bacon, cooked 1/2 tsp garlic powder 1/2 tsp smoked paprika 1 tsp soya sauce 1/8 cup mustard 1/4 cup ketchup 1/4 cup brown sugar DIRECTIONS Brown the ground beef and drain, then add all other ingredients into a baking dish or crockpot.

Cook on low for about three hours in the crockpot, or at 350 for an hour in the oven.

INGREDIENTS 1 pkg. (225 g) Semi-Sweet Chocolate, broken into pieces 1 pkg. (170 g) White Chocolate, broken into pieces 1 cup chopped toasted almonds, divided DIRECTIONS • Microwave semi-sweet chocolate in microwaveable bowl on MEDIUM 1 to 2 min. or until almost melted; stir until completely melted. Repeat in separate bowl with white chocolate. Stir 1/2 cup nuts into chocolate in each bowl.

• Drop spoonfuls of chocolate mixtures alternately onto waxed paper-covered baking sheet; swirl gently with knife.

• Refrigerate 1 hour or until firm. Break into pieces.

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Creative ways to reuse Christmas cards

Holiday Recipes Roughly 1.6 billion Christmas cards, including boxed cards, are purchased in a given year. That’s quite a lot of cards to address and mail, and many festive greetings for recipients to read and display.

With so much money and effort put into sharing Christmas greetings, some people may wonder how they can prolong the merriment offered by these cards. Here are some creative ways to put Christmas cards to new use once this holiday season has come and gone.

Make your own gift tags

Christmas card stock is the perfect medium to turn into gift tags for presents.

Cut the cards into squares or rectangles or use a stencil to create whatever shape you desire. Then use a hole punch to create a space for ribbon or another tie.

Use the tag to dress up gifts with something more unique than self-stick tags.

Get magnetized

All it takes is a scissors, some glue and sheets of magnet for a decorative and fun craft project. Turn favourite Christmas cards into mementos that can be saved year after year. They also can dress up refrigerators or other magnetic surfaces. This idea works well for photo greeting cards as well.

Make Christmas card ornaments

Use the cards to create uniquely shaped ornaments for the tree. Cards can be turned into block shapes and hung with ribbon. Another idea is to punch out circles or ovals from the cards and tile them on a foam egg to look like a multicolored pine cone. Explore your creative side and decorate your tree at the same time.

Create greeting card garlands

Display cards by stringing them together and hanging them from the mantle or another prominent area. If cards are too large, punch out large circles from the cards and then attach those disks to heavy thread.

Decorate your packages

Instead of overspending on preprinted gift bags, make your own. Buy plain bags in a solid color and then embellish them with cutout patterns or pictures from Christmas cards.

Frame favorite cards

Make greeting cards a permanent part of holiday décor by framing your favourites. Use these frames year after year and put them on display with other holiday decorations.

Make a wine bottle gift tag

Use a 1-1⁄4-inch hole punch to create an opening for the neck of a wine bottle on a piece of folded card stock. Glue a greeting card to the portion of the card stock that will lay flush with the wine bottle and you have a decorative wine tag.

Shred older cards for confetti

Fill gift boxes or bags with homemade confetti made from recycled Christmas cards.

Keira’s Salted Rosemary Shortbread INGREDIENTS 2 cups all purpose flour 1 cup unsalted butter, at room temp 2 TBSP minced rosemary leaves

1/2 tsp kosher salt 1/2 cup icing sugar Coarse sea salt (for sprinkling)

DIRECTIONS Whisk together the flour and kosher salt and set aside.

Cream together the butter, icing sugar and rosemary on medium speed for approximately 3 minutes or until very smooth with no visible chunks of butter.

Scrape down the sides of the butter bowl, then mix in the flour mixture until just combined.

Wrap dough in plastic wrap and refrigerate for about 40 minutes.

Roll out dough to 1/4” thickness and cut out approximately 2” shapes with your favourite cutter.

Top each cookie with a few flakes of sea salt.

Bake on parchment lined baking sheets in an oven pre-heated to 350F for 16-18 minutes, or until edges are slightly browned.

Bryan’s Cranberry Oatmeal Cookies INGREDIENTS 2/3 cup (150 mL) butter or margarine, softened 2/3 cup (150 mL) packed brown sugar 2 eggs 1 1/2 cups (375 mL) old-fashioned rolled oats 1 1/2 cups (375 mL) all purpose flour 1 tsp (5 mL) baking soda 1/2 tsp (2.5 mL) salt 1 1/2 cups (375 mL) dried cranberries 2/3 cup (150 mL) white or semi-sweet chocolate chips (optional) DIRECTIONS Preheat oven to 375ºF (190ºC). Using an electric mixer, beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs; mix well. Combine oats, flour, baking soda and salt in a separate mixing bowl. Add to butter mixture in several additions, mixing well after each addition. Stir in cranberries and chocolate chips. Drop by rounded tablespoons (15 mL measurements) onto ungreased cookie sheets. Bake for 10 minutes or until golden brown. Makes two dozen large cookies.

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Allison’s Creamy Shrimp Scampi Dip DIRECTIONS

INGREDIENTS 8 ounces cream cheese, room temperature 1 cup shredded part-skim mozzarella 1 cup sour cream 1/2 cup mayonnaise 1/2 cup grated Parmesan 4 tablespoons plain dried breadcrumbs Kosher salt 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, plus 1 tablespoon melted unsalted butter 1 pound large peeled and deveined shrimp, tails discarded, cut into 1/4-inch pieces 6 cloves garlic, thinly sliced Large pinch crushed red pepper flakes 1/2 cup dry white wine 1/2 cup fresh parsley leaves, finely chopped 1 teaspoon lemon zest Slices of crusty bread and/or crackers for serving

• Position an oven rack in the top position, and preheat the oven to 375º F.

skillet). Remove the skillet from the heat and let the shrimp cool completely.

• Beat the cream cheese, mozzarella, sour cream, mayonnaise, Parmesan, 2 tablespoons of the breadcrumbs and 1/2 teaspoon salt in a large bowl until smooth. Cover and refrigerate until ready to add the shrimp.

• Meanwhile, mix together the parsley, the remaining 2 tablespoons breadcrumbs and 1 tablespoon melted butter, the lemon zest and a pinch of salt in a small bowl.

• Melt 2 tablespoons butter in a large skillet over medium-low heat. Add the shrimp, garlic, 1/4 teaspoon salt and the red pepper flakes, and cook, stirring frequently, until the shrimp just starts to turn pink, about 2 minutes. Add the wine, bring to a simmer and cook until the shrimp are pink and cooked through, about 2 minutes (there will be some liquid left in the

• Stir the shrimp, pan sauce and cream cheese mixtures together to combine; transfer to a 2-quart flameproof baking dish. Sprinkle breadcrumb mixture over the top and bake until hot and bubbly, 15 to 20 minutes. Switch the oven to broil and cook until the top is golden brown, 1 to 3 minutes. Let rest for a few minutes, then serve hot with bread and/or crackers.

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Holiday Recipes Mallory’s Oreo Cupcakes INGREDIENTS For the cupcakes: 1 box chocolate cake mix 1 cup vegetable oil 1 box unprepared chocolate pudding 1 cup sour cream 4 eggs 1/2 cup water 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips 6 Oreos finely crumbled For the icing: 1 package cream cheese 4 cups powdered sugar 1 tbsp vanilla 1 container Cool Whip Mini Oreo cookies for decoration DIRECTIONS • Preheat oven to 350 degrees • Mix together cake mix, oil, unprepared pudding, sour cream, eggs and water. Add in chocolate chips and chopped Oreos.

• Bake for 18 minutes in cupcake tins.

• While the cupcakes cool, prepare the frosting. Beat together cream cheese and vanilla until smooth and fluffy. Slowly add in the sugar and continue to combine the cream cheese mixture. Add in the Cool Whip on a low speed.

• Allow frosting to set in the fridge until cupcakes are completely cooled.

• Frost cupcakes and sprinkle with crushed Oreo.

Then stick a mini Oreo in the icing for decoration!

15 ideas for making holiday memories Although families likely have several different traditions they anticipate each year, it can be fun to incorporate some new merrymakers into the festivities. Here are some festive ideas to include in the days leading up to Christmas.

7. See the sights: Pack the children into the family car to tour nearby areas and look at Christmas lights and displays. Bring along cookies and hot chocolate.

8. Trim a tree: Get together with adult friends at a tree-trimming party. Rotate the 1. Annual memento: Have the kids or adults hosting house each year. make one new handmade ornament each 9. Play dress-up: A gentleman can dress year. This way the tree is always evolving, up as the man in red and pop into a friend’s and everyone can track milestones. holiday gathering.

2. Cookie day: Devote one day to making 10. Wilderness walk: Enjoy the crisp air Christmas cookies. Invite friends or family and snow and see a local park from a winter members over. Distribute some cookies to perspective. elderly neighbours.

11. Acts of kindness: Choose any act of 3. Holiday classic: Spend a night in and kindness and make it happen this Christmas. watch a classic Christmas flick you’ve never It can include feeding the hungry or helping seen before. Streaming movie services often a disabled person shop for the season. put classics and obscure titles into rotation 12. Kids’ Secret Santa: Spread the joy of during the holiday season. giving by having the kids choose a sibling 4. Christmas concert: Host a gathering or friend’s name from a hat and purchasing of children where they can sing or perform or making a gift for that person. their favorite tunes for an audience. Take it 13. Hand out hot chocolate: Make a big on the road to a nearby nursing home. thermos of hot chocolate and give it out to 5. Dine out: Take a break from cooking, shoppers or workers who have been out in shopping and hosting and stop at a the cold. restaurant you’ve been meaning to try. Keep 14. Read religious stories: Understand it local and support nearby businesses. the true meaning of the season by reading 6. Adopt a child/family: Volunteer with Biblical passages. a charitable organization that provides 15. Family portrait: Wear your holiday for less fortunate families. Answer the finery and pose for a portrait that actually Christmas desires of a needy child or family will be printed and framed. by purchasing an item on their wish lists.

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