Bill’s International Pizza Morning Coffee Slice – By Aaron Hall
Business After Hours
It will be an Irish themed Business After Hours event tonight (March 16), hosted by the Wallaceburg and District Chamber of Commerce. The networking event will be held at the CBD CLub in Wallaceburg, and runs from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Make sure you try one of the CBD’s Irish/Green beers!
Adult and Teen Winter Library Contest winners
The Chatham-Kent Public Library is pleased to announce the winners of the branch prizes and the Grand Prize winner following the conclusion of the ‘All that Glitters’ Adult and Teen Winter Library Contest.
CKPL congratulates the Grand Prize winner who is Mary Jean McDonnell. McDonnell won a fantastic assortment of items from our CKPL Pop Up Shop including a copy of the CK Reads title Girl Runner by Carrie Snyder.
The winners of library branches, drawn from each branch’s participants are:
Elain Warriner – Blenheim
Donna Cook – Ridgetown
Nellie Loeffler – Bothwell
Tom Kearns – Thamesville
Barbara Williams – Chatham
Mary Jane Farquharson – Tilbury
Linda Adkins- Dresden
Shirley Gunby – Wallaceburg
Tina Holdaway – Highgate
Russell Imeson – Wheatley
Kimberly Digiacomo – Merlin
The Adult and Teen Winter Library Contest is an initiative aimed at encouraging literacy and promoting the public library and the services it offers in the community. This year was a success, as they received ballots from book readers and listeners and movie watchers hoping to win the grand prize.
Congratulations to those who won, and a big thank you to all who participated from library staff. For more information about programs offered at Chatham-Kent Public Library, please visit www.ckpl.ca or call your local library branch for details.
March Break activities in full swing locally
March Break is starting to wind down, but there is still a lot going on in Dresden and Wallaceburg. The Wallaceburg Museum and the Wallaceburg Library are holding different activities all week long. There is free skating at the arenas in Dresden and Wallaceburg, and free swimming at the Sydenham District Pool. For a full list, click here.
CKHA Open House in Wallaceburg
The Chatham-Kent Health Alliance is holding a town hall/open house coming up in Wallaceburg. The event is open to the public and will be held on Thursday, March 23 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Canadian Belgian Dutch Club. This will be an opportunity for the community to personally meet the provincially-appointed supervisor, the new CEO and newly hired and appointed vice presidents and medical leadership team.
If you have a suggestion, story idea, column idea, or if you want to say hello… drop me an e-mail at aaron@sydenhamcurrent.ca.
Photo of the day
Recently the ‘Hunting for a Cure’ group supported the Chatham-Kent Hospice with a donation of $6,000.
The donation consist of funds raised through multiple events including hosting food booths at the Dover Tractor Cruz Parade in Pain Court and the Baseball Tournament at the park in Grande Pointe as well as their annual Chicken and Sliders Supper held at St Peter’s Hall. Private donations were also made.
“We are thankful for the generosity and dedication of the ‘Hunting for a Cure’ group to helping our community and more specifically the families who call hospice home,” said Jodi Maroney, Chatham-Kent Hospice Foundation Executive Director.
In the first 9 months of operations, Chatham-Kent Hospice has served over 170 families in our community.
Shown in the photo: Members of the Hunting for a Cure group Louise & Rick Carol, Laura Carol, Liz & Ray Demers, Anne-Marie & Luke Pinsonneault. Not pictured Brian & Carolyn Odette, Brian LeClair, Jessica & Eric Nowicki, and Paul & Deb Bonneau.
Weather forecast for Thursday, March 16, 2017
Today – Mainly sunny. Wind becoming west 20 km/h late this morning. High plus 3. UV index 4 or moderate.
Tonight – A few clouds. Low minus 9.
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