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The new $2-million Florence Community Centre stands next to the ruins of the former building dubbed “the Old Barn.” The barn was demolished last October.

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At the fi rst glance, the new community centre seems to be a bit out of place.

Tucked off the Main Street of Florence, next to the ball diamond and the outdoor hockey rink, is an impressive black brick building. It seems big for this tiny village sur-rounded by farm fields at the very edge of Lambton County. But the new community centre, with meeting halls and a new library, is the glue that holds the commu-nity together. And past and present politicians hope it is one of the keys to keeping Florence strong.

Florence, like many other small communities in Lamb-ton County, began as a mill town at the turn of the cen-tury. Soon homes, churches, schools and stores sprang up to serve the community, which relied on the mill and the farmland around it.

By the 1950s, there were still plenty of families with lots of children.

“When we were kids growing up in Florence you had to book a space to get onto the ball diamonds,” says Emery Huszka, a former councillor in Dawn-Euphemia Town-ship and one of the people behind the construction of the new community centre.

“Th ere were hundreds of people here on a daily basis.”Back then, community leaders decided it was time for a

place for people to gather. A long, round-roofed commu-nity centre took shape. Hundreds of teens spent their Sat-urday night at dances there. People from Florence had their wedding receptions, anniversaries and eventually funerals there.

But 60 years later, municipal leaders knew the “Old Barn” was on its last legs.

Th ey applied to the Ontario government for money to

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A turn-of-the-century streetscape of what Florence used to be during its boom time. CONTINUED > PAGE 3

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Stuart Walker, a regional direc-tor with the OLG, said he thinks that the slot facility and its employees have made a differ-

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Additionally, revenue from the slots goes towards the Dresden Raceway to support local harness racing and horsemen.

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Walker said the next 10 years for the slots facility will see growth.

“We hope to be able to continue to do the great things we have been doing in the local communities,” Walker said.

In many ways, the OLG is just getting started in what they can do with the employees and volunteering in their communities, Walker said. “I think we have a lot of opportunities to grow and make it better than it is,” Walker said. Walker said when the slots fi rst opened up in Dresden there was some thought in the com-munity that the slots would have a negative impact on the area.

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Dresden Slots celebrated its 10th anniversary last week. Posing with a cake on are from left; Stuart Walker, regional director Ontario Lottery and Gaming; Pat Soulliere, president of Windsor Raceway; Shauna Mackinnon, general manager Dresden Slots; Gail Antaya, Chatham-Kent Chamber of Commerce; Larry Flynn, vice president OLG; Joe Faas, Chatham-Kent councillor and Chatham-Kent mayor Randy Hope.

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Emergency crews attended Base Line near Prince Albert Road in response to a single vehicle collision on April 3.

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Reta Burdon, 85, of Dresden, was later pronounced dead at the hospital.

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renovate, and received $500,000 --”no strings attached,” says Huszka.

Township council held onto the money and debated what should be done. Then in 2008, the federal and provincial governments started off ering more grants to get the economy mov-ing. By then, Dawn-Euphemia had an ambi-tious plan to replace “Th e Barn.” Th ey used the original grant of $500,000 and received match-ing funds from the federal and provincial Eco-nomic Stimulus program. And construction began on the nearly $2-million facility. But not without a few naysayers.

“You always have dissension and you always have diff erent views,” says Huszka. “But if you don’t do anything, nothing will happen.”

Huszka just has to drive down some of the picturesque back roads to prove his point. He pulls his pickup truck over and parks. “Th is is what we risk,” he says as he looks out the win-dow at the nearby village of Shetland.

Shetland used to be similar to Florence. Th ere was a library, a church, a grain elevator and a general store where you could pick up some milk on the way home from the fi eld or, as Huszka remembers, a treat on a day out with dad.

That store is vacant now. So is the church. The library consolidated with the branch in Florence.

“Once they go, you can’t get them back on a dime,” says Huszka.

Th e fi ght Shetland lost is one Florence, and practically every other small village in Ontario is fi ghting. Dawn-Euphemia Mayor Bill Bilton has lived near Florence for his whole life. He loves the land he farms and the community he serves. But he says it’s diffi cult to attract people to come to live so far away from a major centre.

“Today, with the cost of travel and the cost of fuel, commuting becomes an expensive proposition.”

Bilton says one of the keys to maintaining small rural communities is to maintain services.

“A lot of people with community ties will stay if the services they require are there.”

That’s why the community centre is so important to Bilton.

“At one time (the old centre) was used exten-sively for weddings. Th e last few years we had

the feeling people were looking for more up-to-date buildings.”

Without federal and provincial money, Bil-ton says Dawn-Euphemia would have had a diffi cult time fi nding a way to upgrade. And it would have been nearly impossible to build a new state-of-the-art community centre as they have now.

Th at he says would have led to the decline of the community.

“If you don’t have any facilities, pretty soon you aren’t a community anymore.

“It helps to hold the area together as a com-munity,” says Bilton, confi ding that one of the villagers told him without a community centre in Florence they “might as well close up the community.”

But the people who live in Florence aren’t ready to close up the community. The new community centre, which was opened to the public for a community celebration last Satur-day, is just one of the things being done in the community to try to save Florence.

Several years ago, Huszka and some of his friends heard that Canada Post was going to pull out of the village and the local variety/gro-cery store was going to close. The four men bought the building and convinced Canada Post to continue running an outlet. It’s still open today.

And when the upper levels of government started off ering money for aff ordable housing during the economic downturn, the same four men thought big and decided to build a sen-iors’ housing complex that was geared to income housing. Th ey received a grant and the first of the two buildings already houses tenants.

Huszka and his colleagues wanted to give those people who had farmed in the area all their life a place to retire; a place to live actively in their own community. At Millview Apart-ments there are porches to sit or stroll on and a giant garden nearby so former farmers can still get their hands dirty.

But it’s not just farmers fi nding Florence an attractive place to live. Vicki Smith lived in small towns most of her life. But she’s settled in Florence with her daughter.

“I love it. I do little things around here to keep busy,” she says. “I just like the small town atmosphere - I like the people.”

Holding onto retail stores, creating places for seniors to live and providing a community

centre likely won’t return Florence to a the bus-tling village it was in the 1950, Huszka admits.

“I don’t see us going back to those days but I see us reinventing ourselves for the usage of today.”

So Huszka and Bilton hope for the modest growth the community needs to continue on - to keep from becoming just one more ghost town in rural Ontario.

They aren’t just working on hope. They’ve hired a marketing manager for the centre to try to fi gure out what groups could use it, beyond weddings, anniversaries and funerals. The Lambton Kent District School Board has held meetings at the centre that’s in the middle of the region the board serves. Huszka says the building is also equipped to be a Red Cross Emergency Center in the case of a disaster. It’s also been built so that an archery group based in nearby Bothwell can use the hall for an indoor event.

Bilton hopes as people come into Florence to use the new community centre they’ll stop and take a look around.

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“If you could get the people to come there and see the beauty of the surrounding country-side, they might come there and stay.”

Huszka says the chance of new growth makes it worth any risk that may be perceived by peo-ple in the community.

“Sixty years ago, I’m 100% sure there were a lot of fathers looking at the children and saying whatever are you building such a big facility in Florence for? What are you going to use that for? But that has been the central hub for our community and this region for six decades,” says Huszka.

“So this, I hope, when I’m in my 60s and 70s and my kids and grandkids are looking at me and saying ‘Why did you do this?’ We can look back and see another 60 successful years.

“Th is is how this little community survives,” says Huszka.

“If we don’t to the things to take the steps today, in 10 years time, we’re going to be scratching our heads asking what we could have done.”


The 60-year-old Florence Community Centre was torn down last October. It was replaced with a new centre next door.

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The head of the Erie St. Clair Local Health Integration Network (LHIN) is among the top earners in the region.

Gary Switzer, CEO of the LHIN earned $273,000 in 2010 and was one of nine employees on the so-called ‘Sunshine List’ for 2010.

Other top earners were Ralph Ganter, senior director, health system design, $165,453 and Brad Keeler, senior director, delivery & implementation, $164,155.

But Switzer’s salary is eclipsed by that of St. Clair College presi-dent John Strasser, who earned $295,680 last year.

Th e college had 90 employees earning over $100,000 across its two campuses last year, includ-ing Judith Harris, vice-president, corporate and community serv-ices, $164,999 and Peter Tumida-jski, vice-president, strategic planning, $183,750.02.

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Within the St. Clair Catholic District School Board, 58 employ-ees were members of the Sun-shine Club.

Th ey included: Deborah Craw-ford, superintendent of educa-tion, $167,746; Frank Leddy, superintendent of education, $167,746; James McKenzie, asso-ciate director, corporate services and treasurer, $192,907; Ann Sut-ton, superintendent of educa-tion, $167,746 and Paul Wubben director of education, $218,069.

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Shipley, the federal Conservative candi-date and incumbent MP for the riding of Lambton-Kent-Middlesex, kicked off his election campaign with an open house at the Wallaceburg Legion on April 6.

Shipley said if the Conservatives get back in with a minority government, their oppo-nents will vote down their budget.

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Lambton-Kent-Middlesex Conservative candidate Bev Shipley talks to supporters, during Shipley’s campaign kickoff held at the Wallaceburg Legion.

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Regarding the upcoming work on the

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Sydenham River

The purpose of this meeting is to discuss the scope of workand timing of construction activities associated with the abovementioned project in the Community of Wallaceburg.The meeting will be held on:DATE: Wednesday, May 11, 2011TIME: 6:30 p.m. (start of presentation)LOCATION: Wallaceburg Municipal Centre -

2nd Floor Meeting Room, 786 Dufferin Avenue

A presentation will be made at 6:30 p.m. by the EngineeringConsultant to explain the project scope and details.Representatives from the Municipality of Chatham-Kent, alongwith the Engineering Consultant, will be available after thepresentation to respond to any questions. Area residents,property owners, business operators, those who use theSydenham River for marine navigation and recreation and thosewho have a general interest in this project are encouraged toattend this meeting.

If you have any questions, please contact either:

Mr. Michael Hayman, B.Eng.Project ManagerByrne EngineeringIncorporatedPhone:[email protected]

Mr. Stephen Jahns, P.Eng.Manager, Infrastructure andTransportationMunicipality of Chatham-KentPhone: [email protected]

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Why would you vote?

Early next month Canadians will trudge off to the polls to choose a federal government.

Th rough our local vote we can retain Prime Minister Stephen Harper in a minority role, give him a majority or choose between the Liberals’ Michael Ignatieff , Jack Layton of the NDP or the Green Party’s Elizabeth May. We’re not including the irrelevant Bloc Quebecois in this discussion.

Th ere are good reasons not to vote for any of them.In Stephen Harper, we have the most repressive,

control-driven leader we’ve had in decades. Th is is a man who recruits presumably bright local candidates and then puts them through an indoctrination proc-ess from which they emerge unable to form their own opinions without his approval.

Whether it’s an implant of obedience, or hypno-tism, it works.

Harper isn’t alone in this by any means; he’s just the best at it.

Harper is so afraid of losing power that two years ago he persuaded (or duped) the Governor General into suspending Parliament to avoid a non-confi -dence vote. Emboldened by that, he did it again to avoid a human rights scandal.

His iron fi rst may be rusting due to the Conserva-tives’ moral wanderings (ranging from their contempt for Parliament and democracy to a lengthy laundry list of misconduct by MPs).

When not telling Canadians they’re responsible for every morsel of good economic news that happens, Harper’s crew is busy skewering the Liberal leader as if he were someone of political importance.

Some of the attack ads were so below the belt, they were even too vicious for the Conservative juggernaut and were withdrawn.

It’s almost a wasted eff ort. It’s not as if Ignatieff seems capable of anything more than a continuation of the stumble fest which has become the federal Lib-eral party. When the most interesting thing your party does is amaze and puzzle onlookers with the way you choose your leader, you know it’s time to change.

Harper would be easy pickings for the likes of a Tru-deau or Chretien but the Liberals currently lurch from pillar to post seeking an issue they can sink their teeth into.

Jack Layton has that “hey, let me sell you a new car” look and seems friendly enough. But years of eco-nomic decimation of his former labour power base have left the NDP seeking a fresh start. Th e New Dem-ocrats have actually become the power of Northern Ontario, winning all but two seats there last time around, turning themselves into a regional version of the Bloc Quebecois for those seeking to make that region a separate province.

Th e Green Party was the only national party that actually increased its popular vote count in 2008; however, until it can broaden its appeal, its role in this election will be to bring attention to its core issues rather than realistically expect to form a government.

With this less than sterling group to choose from, why bother to vote at all?

Next week, we’ll tell you.Jim Blake

editorial

lettter to the editor

Dear editor,Every year during National Volunteer

Week, we have the opportunity to show appreciation to volunteers, thousands of which give freely of their time and energy to community organizations.

As acting chair of the Ontario Trillium Foundation (OTF), I feel strongly about the importance of volunteers. Th e foun-dation’s board of directors and our 16 grant review teams - more than 330 peo-ple in total - show remarkable dedication to serving their communities across the province. Their involvement in their communities helps to change lives.

Volunteer time is unpaid time, and that makes it especially valuable. I wish to recognize the OTF grant review team in Essex, Kent and Lambton for its unflagging commitment, under the energetic leadership of chair Angelo Minato.

Last year, in the Essex, Kent and Lamb-ton area alone, approximately 4,700 vol-unteers gave almost 112,000 hours of their time to support organizations that received funding from our foundation. Th at translates to more than $1.9 million of giving.

All of us are touched and enriched by these eff orts, whether we volunteer our-selves or benefit in some way from the volunteer work of others. So take a moment during National Volunteer Week, April 10 to 16, to thank volunteers for generously donating their time, tal-ents and passion to countless causes across the province.

Thanks to their commitment, our communities and our province are bet-ter places to live.

Janet PassmoreActing Chair

Ontario Trillium Foundation

Volunteers make a difference

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Boomtown Players met this past week for a pre-open house meet-ing and to cel-ebrate Jackie Beatty’s birth-d a y . Ja c k i e recently returned from Mexico. She had a rather interesting story to tell... and if she wasn’t one of my BF’s, I would share it.

Cake and Present Time: April 1 4 , E r i c k a Va n D y k , St a c e y McDonald; April 15, Carter Cov-emaeker, Luke Meadows, Norm Johnston, Jim Hands, Natalie Charron, Heather Inglis; April 16, Todd Neve, Pete McBrayne, Glo-ria Siddall, Mary Ellen Broad; April 17, Diane Brown, Evan Lambrecht, Mackenzie Heinle, Ryan Boucquez, Jackie Kemp, Pat Cutler, Adian VanMiddelkoop; April 18, Marilyn Gardner, Brad Gill, Dave Bolton Jr., Steve Auber-tin, Colleen Antunes, Sara Daly; April 19, Brian McRitchiel; April 20, John Cryderman, Ann Stalker, Adam Snow, Casey Verscheure, Ho p e y o u a l l h av e a g re a t birthday.

Anniversary Wishes - April 13 - Shannon and Rick Ashburn, Frank and Nancy LaMarsh.

Looking at the calendar...I have

a busy few weeks ahead of me but it will keep me out of trouble...

90th Birthday Celebration in honour of Roger VanGoethem, on Sunday, April 17 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the Both-well Legion. In l ieu of gi f ts a donation to the

legion would be appreciated.Minor Hockey Awards Night is

April 18 at 7 p.m. at the Bothwell Legion. Registration for the 2011-2012 year will also take place that night. Annual general meeting on May 2 at 7 p.m. All welcome and encouraged to attend as new board members are needed.

Bothwell Legion Events - Annual Fish Fry, all you can eat, April 22, 4:30 to 7 p.m., $20 adults and $10 for children 10 and under, refreshments available.

Florence Oddfellows Indoor Garage Sale - Saturday, April 23 from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. Florence Community Centre, Florence. Auction at 11 a.m. Brunch avail-able. Tables $10. Contact Bob for more details 515-695-5320.

Optimist Easter Egg Hunt at the Bothwell Scout Hut, April 23 at 10 a.m. Th e club is also hosting their annual colouring contest. Colouring sheets maybe picked

It’s finally here... the Bothwell Town Hall Open House this Saturday, April 16. The Bothwell library, Attie at the Service Centre, the Seniors, the Boomtown Players and the Bothwell Zone Historical Society wish to invite to you to the open house from 1 to 4 p.m. in the Jim Kish Th eatre.

The library ribbon cutting is at 1 pm. Boomtown’s elevator dedication ceremony will be in the theatre at 2 p.m.

If you’re new to town or haven’t visited the town hall lately, make sure you attend this open house and see all the great changes.

A special thanks to the Municipality of Chatham-Kent for making this project possi-ble...it’s a wonderful addition to an already beautiful building.

Chit Chats - hairdressing shops are the greatest place for a ‘people person’ to hang out ...last week while getting my hair cut I had a chat with Lisa Murray and her daugh-ter Kaitlyn, Bev Willer and Scotti Erickson. Saturday I chatted with Janine Foley at ‘the store’ in Glencoe, thanks for your great com-ments on the People Column. It’s my extreme pleasure to be able to write it.

Fabulous 50 Party. I attended Lori (Wright) Snake’s 50th birthday bash at the Legion. Saw tons of familiar faces. Two faces I was sur-prised to see were Mary Ellen (Chambers) Hands and Kim (McDonald) Heinle. It was awesome to see them and catch up.

It was a good time and I think Lori enjoyed turning 50... well at least that night she did. It was nice to meet Aunt Donna (Doan) Adams. I’ve heard so much about her from her nieces Sandy Aubertin and Marlain Wolfe it was great to fi nally to make her acquaintance....and she’s every bit as nice as the Saylor girls are.

QMI Agency

The Friends of the Thames are looking for volunteers to help with the 12th annual Th ames River cleanup this Saturday, April 16.

Last year, 2,000 volunteers helped clean up 200 kilometres of the Thames River and its tributaries. Secondary school students can earn hours towards their community involve-ment volunteer hours.

Th e committee will provide volunteers with garbage bags and work gloves and are hoping

PeopleJodi Kish

Bothwell Town Hall open house this Saturday

Volunteers needed for Thames River cleanup

up at Nancy’s Country Kitchen and Harveys’ Foodland on Main Street in Bothwell.

Glencoe Lions Club Beef bar-becue, Elimination Draw and Dance. Saturday, June 4 at Glen-coe District High School. For info contact Dave Maika 519-287-3616.

I know I say this often but I really do appreciate all your

comments about my column (‘cause most of them are good) but I really do enjoy brining you the People News and if you didn’t read it then I wouldn’t get to write it. Email me anytime [email protected]

Have a really great week. My daff odils are trying really hard to bloom...come on warm weather.

that may volunteers will adopt a section of the river and continue to care for it throughout the year.

All registered volunteers will be eligible to win a brand new canoe donated by Nova Craft Canoe.

More information on the clean-up is available from Todd Sleeper at [email protected] or by visiting the website at www.thamesrivercleanup.ca


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Dresden Rotarians mark 25 years of serviceKaren Maxwell Special/Leader-Spirit

Th e Rotary Club of Dresden invited friends and neighbours to join in celebrating 25 years of history and achievements on April 1, which saw the arena hall packed wall to wall with supporters bearing gifts of honour and respect.

Guests enjoyed a walk through history decked out from corner to corner through memories, photos and awards collected throughout the quarter century as well as sentimental memoirs and personal journals displayed by proud exchange students, some of whom were present for the event.

Also on display was an assembled kit from Operation Shoebox, demonstrating the amazing content and amount of relief off ered to those in crisis around the world, such as in the wake of the recent tsunami in Japan.

President-elect Gary Edwards explains it is one of the most important Rotary Interna-tional global initiatives.

“As a private club in a small town, sponsor-ing initiatives worldwide such as Operation Shoebox makes us very proud. Just as we are t h ro u g h a l l w e d o h e re i n o u r o w n community.”

Additionally, since the Rotary was organ-ized a century ago, the student exchange pro-gram has also been a great global initiative by off ering opportunities students would other-wise never have.

The program has been very successful explains member and past president Mur-ray Melton, who says Dresden Rotarians sponsor a student every two years. In fact, his own daughter took advantage of the pro-gram to enjoy a year in Japan.

“Th e student exchange program is a great opportunity for students from other coun-tries to learn the language and culture as well as to meet friends from around the world,” says Melton.

Exchange student Tobias Oppitz from Germany, who arrived in Dresden last August, attended the celebration and said the exchange program is a wonderful expe-rience and great opportunity.

“Thanks to the Rotary giving me this opportunity, I can return to Germany know-ing English a bit better and can share this as well as the culture of Canada with friends back home,” said Oppitz.

A film rolled throughout the evening, allowing guests to not only share in the club’s special moments since organizing in 1986, but provided a chance to recognize the extent of the 25-year long act of the club’s goodwill through service, heart and outstretched hands in aid to its own com-munity as well as united in global relief initiatives.

“In fact,” said Melton, “our opening cere-monies will begin with O’ Canada as well as the Star Spangled Banner, to honour the fact that we are an international district.”

Anthems were performed by Sharyl Turner.

Edwards addressed guests with a warm welcome and thanked anyone for being gra-cious enough to donate to the night’s silent auction. Among donations was a pair of tick-ets from Via Rail worth $2,200.

Th e Maple City Strings demonstrated their professional talents. Charter member Al McBrayne hailed toasts to both the president of the U.S. and Canada’s monarch, Queen Elizabeth.

The invocation followed as presented by member Ken Richards.

Club director Bruce Hart said Rotary’s annual banquet usually includes a guest speaker, but the 25-year milestone called for a something difference, thus calling on the members to showcase a quarter century of the club’s achievements.

“Tonight is a celebration that allows us to give ourselves a pat on the back for a job well done,” said Hart.

Melton led speakers with a 25-year retro-spective, followed by Chatham Rotarian Keith Koke, a past district governor, who worked with the Dresden Rotarians when their club was organized in 1986.

Koke opened with a few words on Charter Night followed by charter member Phil Rich-ards who spoke in honour and on behalf of all charter members.

Members were thrilled to have the club’s first ever exchange student, Susan Ross,

present to share her experience of the pro-gram and the diff erence it made in her own life as well as continues to make in the lives of students around the world.

Margaret Scott, Group Study Exchange, ended with a proud summation of the accomplishments of the Rotary Club in its own community - ‘what is rotar y in Dresden’

Th roughout the evening, a playhouse out-side the arena stood to represent the Dresden Rotary Club’s decision revive an annual project that in past years has raised thou-sands of dollars.

Hart explained that when the club was chartered, the children’s playhouse was an idea to raise money for club projects. The project also demanded local skills in its construction.

“Now, by popular demand, the playhouse is back,” said Hart.

Brian Glover, a former member of the Rotary Club of Chatham, said his family attends as many of the Dresden Rotary ban-quets as they can, partly to support Dresden Rotarian Rex Crawford, Glover’s father-in-law, but also because the local service club’s impact within the community has been so positive.

“In fact,” said Glover, “we should all take hats off to the Dresden Rotary for providing such great service to community and contin-ued relief to those in need, around the world.”

Music students from the Maple City Strings provided background music for the event. Charter members of the Rotary Club of Dresden are Al McBrayne (left), John Highgate and Phil Richards, shown with club president Gary Edwards.

Bruce Hart, a 20-year member of the Rotary Club of Dresden, says the 25th anniversary banquet was an opportunity for the club to showcase its community service.

Brian Clover says he attended the banquet to throw his support behind his father-in-law, Dresden Rotarian Rex Crawford, and because he believes that the service club does a terrifi c job in the community.

A silent auction was held at the annual banquet. Money raised from the event will help Dresden Rotarians meet their service club obligations.

Operation Shoebox is just one of the many ways the Rotary Club of Dresden, with Rotary International, extends its infl uence around the globe.

It was a full house for the Rotary Club of Dresden’s 25th anniversary banquet, held at the Dresden arena hall on April 1.

Photos by Karen Maxwell QMI Agency


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Saturday April 16th, 2011 - 1:00pm – 3:00pm• 1:00pm – Grand Opening of New Municipal Information Desk & Library

Speakers will include - Kathryn Goodhue – Chief Librarian- Diane Daly – Library Board Chair- Leanne Segeren – Director, Customer Service

• 1:30pm – Grand Opening of New Seniors CentreSpeakers will include Anne Gilbert – Council representative for

Health & Family ServicesColleen Wilson – Director -Seniors Services

Health & Family Services• 2:00pm – Tours of the Auditorium by the Boomtown Players

Light refreshments available in the Seniors Centre* The Seniors will be collecting food donations for “Outreach For Hunger*

Wednesday, April 13, 2011 • Dresden-Bothwell Leader Spirit 11

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The Chatham-Kent Public Library & The Municipality of Chatham-Kentcordially invite you to the

of

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Speakers will include - Kathryn Goodhue – Chief Librarian- Diane Daly – Library Board Chair- Leanne Segeren – Director, Customer Service

• 1:30pm – Grand Opening of New Seniors CentreSpeakers will include Anne Gilbert – Council representative for

Health & Family ServicesColleen Wilson – Director -Seniors Services

Health & Family Services• 2:00pm – Tours of the Auditorium by the Boomtown Players

Light refreshments available in the Seniors Centre* The Seniors will be collecting food donations for “Outreach For Hunger*

Leader-Spirit

Members of the Chatham-Kent Police Traffi c Unit held a free information seminar at the Dresden Arena on April 2.

Over 150 people attended from across Chatham-Kent. Th e seminar provided infor-mation about commercial vehicles and was provided to members of the trucking indus-try and the agricultural community.

An enforcement offi cer from the Ministry of Transportation discussed hours of service, daily trip inspections and load security.

Th e audience was also given the opportu-nity to ask enforcement officers questions regarding the complex laws for commercial vehicles under the authority of the Highway Traffi c Act.

Sgt. Mike Domony said, “the sheer number

of attendees shows the desire for those involved to follow the law and reflects the care and concern within the industry itself.”

He said the seminar provided a chance for the police and the MTO, to provide educa-tion rather than enforcement.

“Th is type of learning leads to safer high-ways, trucks, tractors and ultimately, people,” he said. “I commend our officers and the MTO for hosting this event and spreading the safety message to commercial and farm vehi-cle users in our community.”

Anyone who would like more information on commercial motor vehicles can access the Ministry of Transportation’s web site at www.mto.gov.on.ca and select the ‘trucks and buses’ tab for more information.

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April 14: St. Michael’s card party at 7:30 p.m. in the church hall. Dutch auction and light lunch provided. Everyone welcome.April 14: Bothwell Neighbourhood Watch meeting at the Bothwell United Church at 7 p.m. Speakers will be the Chatham-Kent Police and the chaplain for the police service. All welcome.April 17: Palm Sunday music concert at Mount Zion Presbyterian Church, 59 Main St., Ridgetown, 7:30 p.m. Ridge Players will be performing selections from Annie, along with other local musicians. Refreshments to fol-low. Freewill offering. Everyone welcome.April 18: Tupperville Zion United Church beef supper. Two settings, at 5 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. Adults $13, chil-dren six to 12, $6. Takeout available. Call Connie at 519-683-4878.April 22: Annual fish fry at the Royal Canadian Legion hall, Bothwell, 4:30 to 7 p.m. All you can eat. Adults, $20; kids 10 and younger, $10. Refreshments available.April 22: “We Remember Calvary”: Good Friday service at Dresden Community Church, 7 p.m. Everyone wel-come.April 25: Card party at Christ Anglican Church Hall, Dresden, 7:30 p.m. Prizes, Dutch auction and lunch. Cost: $2.50. Sponsored by Fairport Rebekah Lodge, Dresden.April 27: St. Paul’s Catholic Women’s League in Thamesville holding their annual Daffodil Tea and Bake Sale, 2 p.m. at Good Shepherd School on Edith St., Thamesville. Entertainment provided by Ron Fleming.April 28: Special card party at St. Michael’s Church hall at 7:30 p.m. Raffles and 50/50 draw. Dutch auction and more. Light lunch provided. April 29: Christ Anglican Church Dresden coffee break and bake sale, 8:30 a.m. to 11 a.m.May 1: Voiceprints concert at the Glencoe Presbyterian Church at 2 p.m. Special guests Dulce Jubilo. Advance tickets $10. Call 519-287-3821.May 9: Card party at Christ Church Anglican Hall, Dres-den, 7:30 p.m. Prizes, Dutch auction and lunch. Cost $2.50. Sponsored by the Fairport Rebekah Lodge, Dres-den.May 21: Special summer sizzler card party at Christ Anglican Church, Dresden, 1 p.m. Includes prizes, draws, 50/50 and delicious lunch. Cost $5. Sponsored by the Fairport Rebekah Lodge, Dresden.May 23: Card party at Christ Church Anglican Hall, Dresden, 7:30 p.m. Prizes, Dutch auction and lunch. Cost $2.50. Sponsored by the Fairport Rebekah Lodge, Dresden.May 30: Card party at Christ Church Anglican Hall, Dresden, 7:30 p.m. Prizes, Dutch auction and lunch. Cost $2.50. Sponsored by the Fairport Rebekah Lodge, Dresden. Final card party until September.June 9: Bothwell Neighbourhood Watch meeting at Pat and Alvin Gehl’s home, 325 Gordon St., Bothwell at 7 p.m. Meeting to prepare for the Hot Dogs in the Park event. Call 519-695-2008. Everyone welcome.June 16: Free Hot Dogs in the Park at Victoria Park, Bothwell, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Everyone welcome.July 10: Zone chicken barbecue at the Royal Canadian Legion, Bothwell, $13. Refreshments at 2 p.m.; eat at 5 p.m.

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I have wondered how any of us would fare if our lives were investigated as closely as party leaders and their advisors.

Would we still be able to hold our heads up and walk comfortably around town? Or would be wishing we could move miles away?

If every single mistake we made in life were published, how would we feel? And what about the thoughts we have had that no one else ever knows? I am guessing that we are glad we are not on the campaign trail right now.

Yet this does bring to light one matter that

needs to be stated over and over: We all are in real need of the grace of God whether we are the leaders or the electorate. And perhaps this is a good time to underscore that we are all sinners.

This reminds me that last week, as I stood in line at a fast food restaurant, a young

family came in and I noticed immediately that the little girl wore a jacket that had the word “sinner” in large white letters across the back. My immediate thought was, “Wow, that’s makes quite a statement!”

Th e mother and I crossed paths a few min-utes later and I asked her about it. She

informed me this was their family name and then she said, “Pray for us.”

We talked a little more and she asked, “Aren’t we all sinners?” I agreed and added that I was glad that by the grace of God I am saved.”

While I don’t think it would be a good idea for us to investigate one another and have all our fl aws headlined in the local paper, it is a good time to realize that there would likely be enough to publish if it did happen. And lots of embarrassment.

So we all need the grace of God. Th is is why the apostle Paul wrote that “...while we were yet sinners Christ died for us” (1 Corinthians

15:3).

Jim Beattie

Publishing the faults of fl awed leadersLeader-Spirit

Author Ann Towell will visit the Ridg-etown branch of the Chatham-Kent Pub-lic Library on Tuesday, April 19 at 6:30 p.m. to discuss her novel Grease Town.

Born in Chatham and raised in Wal-laceburg, Towell lives on a 75-acre farm near Shetland with her husband Larry Towell, a notable photographer.

Grease Town is her second juvenile novel and is inspired by a true incident that occurred during the 19th century.

When 12-year-old Titus Sullivan decides to run away to join his Uncle Amos and older brother, Lem in Oil Springs, he finds an alien and exciting world.

Local author to discuss new novel


Cheryl-Ann FisherSpecial/Leader-Spirit

Don’t forget the Legion’s annual fish fry on Good Friday, April 22 from 4:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. Tickets are available from any executive mem-ber or at Br. 252 during regular busi-ness hours.

Th ursday Night Darts (March 31): First, Gary Meadows and Rick Southton; second, Linda St. Denis and Mike Pease. Quarter pot won by Pam Gardiner. Congratulations to Wally Atwell for shooting 180.

Friday Night Archery (April 1): Dale Clark, high and kalle; Joe Vereecken, side and one small bird; Rick Lewis, side and one small bird; Joe Van Der Paelt, kalle; Martha Van

Der Paelt, three small birds; two smalls birds: Mike Stenger, Greg Graham, Martin Parks, Maurice Ver-straete and Nicki Burke; one small bird: Jordan Burke, Claudette Depont and Knut Hadler.

Monday Night Euchre (April 4): First, Angela Johnson and Marg Morehouse; second, Carl Lovas and Marv Walker; third, Carl Kacer and Jerry Balazsity. On the skunk list: Bob Fisher and Leroy Carter and Darlene Lather and Marj Wilkins.

Happy birthday to Bill Lawson on April 8 and Roger Sabbe on April 11.

Upcoming Events: Apirl 16: Both-well Archery Club; April 22: Good Friday fish fry, 4:30 p.m. to 7 p.m.; April 23: Angela Johnson; April 30: Bill and Margaret-Ann Wright

Kathryn VanekSpecial/Leader-Spirit

Our sympathy is extended to the family of Clayton Shaw, who passed away on March 31.

The Lindsay Road ladies will be travel-ling to Riverview Gardens on April 13 for a Sing Song at 10 a.m. Following that, we will be remaining for a short visit and birthday cake with Ruby Dunlop, and then travel-ling to the Chatham Breakfast Bar and Grill for lunch at noon.

The Zion Session will be meeting in Hardy Hall on April 13 at 7:30 p.m.

Choirs from Union Baptist and First Reg-ular Baptist Churches will be presenting their Spring Gospel Concert on April 17 at 4 p.m. Everyone is welcome.

The Lindsay Road Coffee Party will be held on Wednesday morning, April 20 at 9:30 a.m. Everyone is welcome.

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The sixth annual Desmond Juried Art Exhibition & Sale: Cel-ebrating Canadian Rural Living h a s i s s u e d a c a l l f o r submissions.

All Canadian artists are invited to submit works in any media completed within 24 months of the entry deadline. The focus is on exploring the themes of small t o w n s a n d r u r a l l i v i n g i n Canada.

Th e exhibition and sale will be held at Ridgetown Campus of the University of Guelph from July 18 to 28.

A total of $1,000 will be given in prize awards. Submissions must include media, size, year

Bothwell Legion Notes Turnerville News Call for submissions for art show

and selling price of each artwork plus an artist’s statement for each artwork and a short artist bio.

Submission fee is $20 per entry, with a maximum of three entries per artist.

A total of 75% of the sale price goes to the artist.

Entry forms and details are available online at www.des-mondart.com. More informa-tion is available by calling 519-6 7 4 - 1 9 5 5 o r b y e m a i l i n g douglasdesmond@desmondla-woffi ce.ca.


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As the Chatham Capitol Theatre winds down its current season, plans are underway for its next.

Until the theatre’s long-term future has been determined, what that season will look like remains uncertain, but Gerry Wolting, the municipality’s manager of corporate services, says bookings are being accepted.

Wolting is the facility’s interim manager and he said last week that “as far as the long-term plan goes, we’re exploring all options.”

Among the options under consideration are, “fi nding a new partner or operating it our-selves, and that is being reviewed in the con-text of our overall cultural assets.”

As far as potential partners goes, Wolting said the municipality has been in discussion

with “more than one party.” Wolting said it will take “a number of weeks,”

to get there, but that “each one of the options we’re exploring involves events next season.”

Bookings are currently being accepted for various events, including a number of dance recitals and an international choir a local church is considering bringing to Chatham in the fall.

As well, he said a number of professional acts have been tentatively booked for the com-ing season.

While nothing is etched in stone, Wolting said, “at least that production company has Chatham-Kent penciled in.”

Once the long-term plan has been estab-lished and it’s been determined whether or not a new partner will be included, Wolting said decisions will be made as to whether or not those events are financially viable or

whether they are appropriate under the Capi-tol’s new operating model.

Wolting said he remains optimistic about the theatre’s future.

“Th ere were a large number of community volunteers who enabled Chatham-Kent to have a quality theatre in its core,” he said. “Th e discussions we’re having include many possi-bilities aimed at making use of this vibrant cultural asset.”

Wolting said that as part of the conditions of the funding, the municipality is required to own and operate the Capitol as a theatre until 2026.

“However, if there was a viable opportunity to continue operating as a theatre with a new entity that the province was comfortable with, we could approach the province to amend those conditions,” he said.

“It would be a provincial decision.”

Staffi ng at the theatre is down to three fol-lowing the recent terminations of the market-ing director, graphic artist, house manager and box offi ce manager.

The cuts were made by the receiver who was appointed after the Chatham Capitol Th e-atre Association went into receivership. The theatre itself is owned by the municipality.

No date has yet been set to take the matter back to council.

Several shows remain in the theatre’s cur-rent season.

They are: The Music Man, April 19; come-dian Lorne Elliott, April 28; Charley Pride, May 4 and The Game: A Tribute to the Music of Queen, May 7.

Tickets for all those shows are available through the Chatham Cultural Centre box office at 519-354-8338 or online at www.cktickets.com

Bookings being accepted for Capitol’s next season18 Leader-Spirit • Wednesday, April 13, 2011

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Fairport Rebekah Lodge held a card party on Monday, March 28 with 11 tables in play.

Prizes were awarded to, ladies’ high, Mary Whitson; ladies’ lone hands, Jean Law; ladies’ low, Muriel McKim. Men’s high, George Adkins; men’s lone hands, Cori Vande Veire; men’s low, Mac Neaves.

The next card party will be held at Christ Anglican Church hall in Dresden on April 25.

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It’s great to get a tax refund, isn’t it? (Maybe not - but more on that later.)

So, what are you going to do with it? You could spend it but then, it would just be ... gone.

In the interest of a long-term improvement to your personal fi nancial picture, here are a few alternative tax refund uses to explore.

RRSP it. Make your 2011 RRSP contribu-tion right now and you’ll get the benefit of nearly an extra year of potential long-term tax-deferred growth and a tax deduction against next year’s taxes.

TFSA it. You are allowed to save up to $5,000 a year in a Tax-Free Savings Account (TFSA). Your contributions are not tax-deductible but you will not be taxed on a cent of the investment income generated by your TFSA and you can re-contribute any of your tax-free withdrawals in a future year.

Invest it. If your RRSP and TFSA are topped up, consider adding to your non-registered investments. It’s a sound strategy to hold

Wow! A tax refund: spend or save?stocks and equity mutual funds outside an RRSP or TFSA because these types of investments are taxed at a more favorable capital gains inclusion rate and Canadian investments qualify for the divi-dend tax credit.

Learn from it. Set up Registered Education Savings Plans (RESPs)

to fund future education costs for your kids. RESP contributions are

not tax-deductible but their growth is tax-deferred and they qualify for Canada Educa-tion Savings Grants (CESG)1 of up to 20% of your contribution.

Take interest in it. Pay down costly credit debt with interest rates that can range from 15% to 29% and then pay down non-deducti-ble debt such as your mortgage - a single pre-payment can chop months or even years off your repayment schedule and potentially save hundreds or thousands of dollars in interest payments.

Park it. Got a large refund? Why not park some cash in a short-term investment that you can access without penalty? You’ll have a

ready source of cash for a rainy day or maybe a new car without having to borrow or use your credit card. (You can also use a TFSA as a rainy day fund.)

Eliminate it. Here’s why getting a tax refund isn’t the greatest: Th at refund cheque is not a gift from the government. It’s money you overpaid during the year and are now getting back without interest. Put more money in your pocket each pay period by applying to lower your withholding tax, using File Form T1213, available from your local Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) office or from the CRA Website www.cra-arc.gc.ca.

A tax refund is great - a comprehensive tax-reducing, life-goal-achieving fi nancial plan is much better. Your professional advisor can help make it all work for you.

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Karen MaxwellLeader-Spirit

Dresden is right on par with spring as the s t r e e t s c a p e b l o o m s w i t h t w o n e w businesses.

Both Annie’s Mexican Mini Mart and Lil Hoarders thrift shop opened their doors April 1.

Members of the Dresden Business Improvement Area (BIA) welcomed both new enterprises with welcoming gifts.

“Dresden is a great town with great people and we want to see our local businesses suc-ceed,” said Brent Babcock, member of the Dresden BIA and owner of Babcock’s Jewellers.

Peter Peters, owner of the new Annie’s Mexican Mini Mart on North Street -- who says the real boss of the establishment is wife Anna -- says the couple was pleased to have the support of the BIA.

He and his wife are members of the local Low German-speak-ing Mennonite community, most of whom have come to Canada from northern Mexico. They are also active in the operation of their family’s farm. Both have contributed to Peters’ business knowledge.

“Mennonites love Mexican food,” adds Peters. “We knew there was a need and wanted to do something about it, so we opened the store.”

He says the food products on the shelves of Annie’s, and even the Mexican laundry soaps, are authentic and of the best quality.

A fabric room set in the rear of the store features women’s head-scar ves and other clothing products.

Meanwhile, Lil Hoarders thrift shop on Main Street at the corner of North Street has also enjoyed a steady stream of customers since it opened. In fact, owner Barb Benoit explains she can’t believe the amount of encouragement she’s received already.

Bags and bags of donations continue to arrive and have already filled the store’s back room, Benoit notes.

“Th e BIA, in fact everyone, has been so good to me. Well, I am just so impressed with everyone in this town,” says Benoit.

“The sign on my window says ‘locally operated’ because of the great pride I feel for my this com-munity of Dresden. Everyone has been so good to me and now it is time to give back.”

New businesses bloom in Dresden

Karen Maxwell QMI Agency

Annie’s Mexican Mini Mart stocks authentic Mexican food and supplies.


Annie’s Mexican Mini Mart owner Peter Peters says he and wife Annie saw a need for Mexican food, so they made it happen.


Lil Hoarders feels overwhelmed with support by the community as Dresden’s Business Improvement Area representatives arrive with welcoming gifts. From left are Brent Babcock, past chair of the BIA; Christal Wills (far right) BIA chair; Barb Bedoit, owner of Lil Hoarder’s; and Crystal Cadotte.



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