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Migration Festival celebrating 50 years By Bryan Jessop

KINGSVILLE – An annual celebration of local history and identity will bring with it a few ‘golden’ opportunities for 2019. The Kingsville Migration Festival’s 50th anniversary will be honoured at locations throughout the community starting Thursday, Oct. 17 to Sunday, Oct. 20. The itinerary of multiple events for multiple age groups at multiple locations will officially begin at Pelee Island Winery with a 6:30 p.m. wine and cheese reception that will also include musical entertainment. There, the festival’s new logo will be revealed. The logo, to be printed on t-shirts and hoodies that will be for sale at locations and events throughout the festival, was created by Kristine Verbeek of K Design Studios. Verbeek also designed the logo for the Town of Kingsville and the community’s Tall Ships Festival held earlier this year. From Pelee Island Winery, events and attractions for this year’s Migration Festival will branch out to other locations including Jack Miner Migratory Bird Sanctuary, Lakeside Park, the Kingsville Arena Complex and Grovedale House. “It’s going to be busy all over the place,” explained Town of Kingsville parks and recreation program manager Maggie Durocher, who is also on the committee of nine individuals spearheading the festival. “We’re really excited about it. This is a unique hallmark for Kingsville — nobody else has a Migration Festival. It’s a celebration of a special relationship with Jack Miner Sanctuary.” On Friday, Oct. 18, Jack Miner’s will present a musical performance by Theatre One at 7 p.m. A youth group led by Stephanie Santos and Becca Silvius, the group also appeared at the past summer’s Tall Ships Festival. Afterwards, Eric Hansen will return to the Playfair Stadium at the sanctuary as Jack Miner in a one-man theatrical presentation. Tickets will sell at $10 per adult and $5 per child, with proceeds to benefit both the sanctuary and Theatre One. This year’s parade will begin at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, starting at Main Street and Spruce Street and proceeding south on Division Street to Park Street. Marking the 50th anniversary, the 2019 parade will include about 45 entries. “It’s really full this year — the number of participants is much higher than average,” explained Durocher, who noted (Continued on Page 2)

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They say the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree. When it comes to volunteerism, that seems to be the case for the Reid family. Twenty-three years after his father Jim was named the first winner of the Alf Bennie Community Impact Award by the Leamington and District Chamber of Commerce, Kevin Reid and his wife Christie were honoured as the 2019 winners. Before the name was read aloud, Kevin sat at his table waiting to join with more than 400 guests to applaud the efforts of the recipient. He grew increasingly uncomfortable as he

suddenly realized Cordell Green of Blackburn Radio was describing he and wife Christie and their volunteer efforts within the community. He sat with his head buried in his hands, while the rest of the crowd was on its feet applauding the Reid family. Finally making his way to the stage, Kevin was visibly shocked by the announcement. “It’s incredible,” said Kevin of sharing the award with his wife. “Unfortunately,” he said, “she bailed on me tonight.” “She never bails on me,” he added. He said she had so much on her plate Wednesday evening, she had to pass on attending the 25th Annual Business Excellence Awards hosted by the Leamington

District Chamber of Commerce Oct. 9 at the Leamington Portuguese Club. Kevin said they were certainly not expecting such an honour. In fact, he said, he had been warned jokingly that he was sitting amongst a table of ‘losers’, so he shouldn’t count on winning anything that evening. He didn’t. In fact, he was there strictly to lend his support to the other business nominees — as far as he was concerned, he wasn’t up for any award. But it was their involvement within the community that made the Reids a long overdue choice as the recipients of the Alf Bennie Award, according to (Continued on Page 4)

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