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Volume 1, Issue 13
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
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MS Walk in Leamington raises over $33,000
On Sunday, April 18 more than 22,800 people in communities across Ontario walked in the MS Walk to end multiple sclerosis. More than $5.1 million in pledges was raised province-wide. Taking part with friends, family and coworkers, 175 participants in Leamington walked routes of 2 km and 5 km and raised $33,429 locally in the common goal to end MS. Top fundraiser was Barb Corless of Wheatley, who raised $4,780 for the cause. The Leamington MS Walk kicked off at the Kinsmen Recreation Complex with breakfast and opening ceremonies, followed by the Walk at 10 a.m. The event concluded with entertainment by Ricky Ray, bagpipe music by John Woodbridge, clowns and face-painting for the kids, a door prize raffle, award presentations and closing ceremonies. Canning turkey. Page 2
Federal money for Wheatley Harbour. Page 13
UMEI at Rockway. Page 11
Leamington area featured on new waterfront website
Leamington, Pelee Island and Kingsville are among the featured communities debuting on MyNewWaterfrontHome. com, a new website dedicated exclusively to promoting and celebrating Ontario’s waterfront — its places, its people and its new residential developments. The Leamington feature puts the spotlight on the town’s continuing efforts to develop its waterfront parks and preserve the environment, while the Kingsville profile highlights the town’s move to add 700 feet of lake views through the development of a new waterfront park. “MyNewWaterfrontHome.com is dedicated to showcasing communities that strive to preserve and enhance their waterfronts for the enjoyment of generations to come — Leamington, Pelee Island and Kingsville fit the bill perfectly,” said Gary May, who founded the website with his wife, Linda Mondoux. The website introduces young professionals, families and retirees dreaming of living the waterfront lifestyle to the many wonderful waterfront communities in Ontario and to the new residential developments that are reshaping our waterfronts. Leamington, Pelee Island and Kingsville are among the almost 100 communities currently featured. May and Mondoux, both former newspaper editors, spent four years searching for the perfect waterfront lifestyle before choosing Essex County, and have learned much along the way. MyNewWaterfrontHome.com, based in Leamington, is the result. “Not only does the website make it easier for people to find a waterfront community to call home, it delivers exclusive news reports, advice, features and reader forums to complement people’s personal research on that dream waterfront lifestyle,” said May. “There’s always something new, and we encourage reader participation.” MyNewWaterfrontHome.com invites readers to share their tales of waterfront living. You can find the Leamington, Pelee Island and Kingsville profiles at www.MyNewWaterfrontHome.com.
Former US President William Jefferson Clinton was the keynote speakerat the first annual Essex County (Ontario) Enviro Expo. The Enviro Expo was sponsored by the Essex Region Conservation Authority Foundation and Government of Ontario and many private ‘green’ firms. The former president had an American and Canadian audience of approximately 3,500 at the Caesars Windsor Convention Center in downtown Windsor on Thursday April 15 to kick off the three-day Enviro-Expo. The former 42nd president of the United States was introduced by Leamington’s own John Omstead, Chairman of the ERCA Foundation. Clinton touched on a variety of world problems including hunger, water, terrorism, climate change,
Bill Clinton with John Omstead on stage at Enviro Expo.
and global economics. He pointed out that we all are responsible as occupants of this planet to do “something” right in your own house and your own community. Former president Clinton took some preselected questions from the audience, including two questions from Leamington’s Cardinal Carter Secondary School students. Clinton told the youth of today to make a difference, no matter how small it may seem.
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