Bruce Corcoran

Chatham

Owner and Editor at Chatham Voice

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Home offers recovery options

3 days ago | chathamvoice.com | Bruce Corcoran

A local retirement home has just launched a program geared to help stroke and cardiac victims recover before being sent home. The Maples opened its Holistic Recovery Care program June 1, designed to let seniors recover at their own pace from heart attack and stroke. Cathy Stacey Jones, national sales and marketing director for My Life Retirement, which runs The Maples, said there is no intent to push people through the program and out the door. Individuals can proceed at their own pace.
New wind farm coming to C-K?

1 week ago | chathamvoice.com | Bruce Corcoran

A new 200 mW wind farm is in the early stages of planning for parts of Chatham-Kent. Capstone Infrastructure recently sent residents in portions of East and South Kent letters notifying them of plans to possibly develop the project in portions of the former Harwich and Howard Townships. The area in question is essentially bordered on the west by Communication Road, the east by Duart Road, the north by Magnavilla Line and the south with Reeders Line.
No ‘dragon’ your paddles here

1 week ago | chathamvoice.com | Bruce Corcoran

(Butch Dompierre/Special to The Chatham Voice)The Sydenham Challenge Dragonboat Festival was a popular event this year, drawing 20 teams to Wallaceburg to compete. The 20-member Chatham Christian School team led by teacher Rebecca Poppe and Mike Powell were among four junior teams that took part.
Military displays to take over the airport June 21

2 weeks ago | chathamvoice.com | Bruce Corcoran

Dozens of vintage military aircraft, military vehicles, guest speakers and more are planned for Military Heritage Day June 21 at Chatham Municipal Airport. Organizers Tim Gillies and Chris Timmerman said the day will be a fun one for military enthusiasts. “It’s turning into one of the largest shows in Ontario,” Gillies said, stressing this is not an air show, as the planes will be on display on the ground. However, “stuff’s going to fly,” he added.
‘It’s in her blood’

2 weeks ago | chathamvoice.com | Bruce Corcoran

When Brenda Young had to be put into Meadow Park due to suffering from dementia and Alzheimer’s, she didn’t let it slow her community support mindset one bit. In fact, that move may have kicked her into overdrive. Brenda, 87, recently took part in the seniors’ care facility’s third annual Walk for Alzheimer’s, raising $2,200 in the process. Her efforts, with support from her daughters Shari Lamore and Geri Young, helped Meadow Park raise more than $3,500 on walk day, June 4.
OPINION: Very deserving

2 weeks ago | chathamvoice.com | Bruce Corcoran

Dorothy Wright-Wallace, Senior of the Year. It sounds like a no brainer, and it is an excellent choice by the selection committee. But we would be remiss if we didn’t mention that the other nominees make up a pretty impressive list. That’s one of the amazing traits of Chatham-Kent: Our seniors don’t just hang around the house watching The Price is Right. They remain very involved in our community. In many cases, they deepen that involvement.
Flattened | The Chatham Voice

2 weeks ago | chathamvoice.com | Bruce Corcoran

The former St. Agnes School in Chatham was reduced to rubble last week, as the municipality, which owns the property, is making way for future affordable housing projects on the Croydon Street property.
Measles in decline in C-K

3 weeks ago | chathamvoice.com | Bruce Corcoran

Cases of measles in Chatham-Kent have pretty much run their course. That from Dr. Shanker Nesathurai, acting medical officer of health. He said since last fall, we’ve had about 170 cases of measles. “For the most part, these cases are in people who are not vaccinated,” he told the board of health recently. “And the number of cases have been declining in recent weeks.”That decline has allowed CK Public Health to reallocate resources to programs from which they were borrowed, Nesathurai said.
Unhealthy living in C-K a worry

3 weeks ago | chathamvoice.com | Bruce Corcoran

Chatham-Kent’s above-average rate of heart disease is a concern for the municipality’s top doc. Dr. Shanker Nesathurai, acting medical officer of health, said Chatham-Kent’s heart disease rate is about 30 per cent higher than the provincial average. And it’s killing people. “If the rate was the provincial average, we’d probably have 30 less deaths a year,” Nesathurai told the board of health recently. In 2021, 154 people in Chatham-Kent died of heart disease.
Throwing shade a good thing in this case

3 weeks ago | chathamvoice.com | Bruce Corcoran

Planting trees in Chatham-Kent schoolyards remains an ongoing initiative with CK Public Health. Officials said the goal is to create shade for students across the municipality, which provides twofold health benefits – keeping kids cool during periods of high heat, and helping to lessen the chances of skin cancer. One bad sunburn before the age of 18 doubles a person’s chances of developing melanoma, the most serious and fatal form of skin cancer, according to public health officials.