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Photo by Allanah WillsMourners gather as Cpl. Nathan Cirillo’s casket being led down Bay Street in Hamilton on Oct. 28.
Slain soldier laid to rest
Thousands of people gathered in the streets of Hamilton on
Tuesday to pay their respects to fallen soldier Cpl. Nathan
Cirillo.
The regimental funeral brought mourners from across the
country to Cirillo’s hometown to say goodbye and thank him
for his service. The 24-year-old was fatally shot on Oct. 22
while standing guard at the National War Memorial in Ottawa.
A member of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of
Canada, his funeral procession filed down Bay Street as those
in the crowd watched in silence SEE PAGE 5
Allanah Wills
Citizen Staff Reporter
Drew Dilkens elected new mayor of WindsorJustin Prince
Citizen Staff Reporter
The City of Windsor has a
new mayor.
Drew Dilkens, who previ-
ously represented Ward 1 on
city council, was elected the
34th mayor in the city’s histo-
ry Oct. 27. Dilkens received
more than 55 per cent of the
ballot while runner-up John
Millson, the mayor of Windsor
from 1988-1991, received 27
per cent of the vote. DWBIA
chair Larry Horwitz finished
third with about 12 per cent of
the vote. As the new mayor-
elect entered the Giovanni
Caboto Club, hundreds of peo-
ple, from fellow politicians to
children wearing Fred Francis
t-shirts, cheered as he took to
the stage.
“Well this is a great night
and obviously Jane (Deneau),
Madison, Jack and I am
extremely excited to be here.
We’re very excited with the
result,” said Dilkens alongside
his family on-stage. “The vot-
ers in this city were given a
clear choice. To go back to the
way things used to be, or to
move forward and build on
our success. And tonight, we
know which direction the resi-
dents chose for our city. They
want to continue building on
our success.”
Horwitz, who had more than
7,000 votes, also spoke to the
audience at the Caboto Club
after the results came in.
Horwitz said he believed in
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Investigators say they believe
that arson was the cause of a fire in
a vacant home in Windsor.
The fire started around 6 p.m.
Oct. 28 at 446 Indian Rd. on the
top foor of the building.
Firefighters used chainsaws to cut
through the roof of the building to
get a better vantage point of the
fire. The smoke and smell from the
fire managed to make its way to
the University of Windsor’s cam-
pus.
According to Sgt. Matt D’Asti,
the fire appears to be intentionally
set. The house was not occupied.
“Our investigation has shown
that entry was forced through the
residence through a pedestrian
door,” said D’Asti. “The fire
appears to have been set on an
upper level within the residence.”
The homes around the vacant
house are also empty. According to
D’Asti no one was injured during
the fire.
Rob Wilkinson, who has
lived in the neighbourhood for
four years, was at the scene
watching the fire.
“If we could tear all these
abandoned houses down we
wouldn’t have this problem,”
said Wilkinson.
Police are asking anyone
with information to call
Windsor Police or Crime
Stoppers. Anonymous tips can
be sent to Crime Stoppers at
519-258-8477 or
www.catchcrooks.com.
“We’re just asking people to
remain very aware of their
neighbourhoods and if they
see or witness any suspicious
persons or behaviour to defi-
nitely call police and we will
come out to investigate it,”
said D’Asti.
House fire
investigatedKristine Klein
&
Chris Mailloux
Citizen Staff Reporters
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Dan Gray
Citizen Staff Reporter
Photo by Dan Gray
Royal Canadian Air Force veteran Grant McAuley looks at oneof the static displays during the RCAF’s 90th Anniversary cele-bration in Windsor.
RCAF 90th anniversary
Veterans from across southern
Ontario gathered at the Canadian
Historical Aircraft Association
hanger on Oct. 25 to reminisce
about their time in the service.
Windsor’s Passing the Torch
Committee, in association with
CHAA and other community
organizations, held a three-day
celebration of the Royal Canadian
Air Force’s 90th anniversary from
Oct. 23 – 25. According to event
organizers, it was designed to
bring children and veterans
together to help kids understand
the importance of Remembrance
Day.
As part of the event, the hangar
was open to the public and planes
and displays were set out for view-
ing. Air force veterans Anne
Edmunds and Gordon Cook took
time to come by the hangar and
remember the days in which they
served. Cook said he had the hon-
our of flying Harvards in the Air
Force. After getting out of the
Thunderbird that was on display,
he said that it was very different
than the planes he had the oppor-
tunity to fly.
“Anne and I both have
talked about our tenure in the
air force,” said Cook. “(We
came) just to see the aircraft
and mix and mingle with the
veterans. That’s a privlege.”
Other veterans could be seen
getting in and out of the
Lancaster, talking to some of
the children who were also in
attendance. Grant McAuley
joined the RCAF in 1953 right
out of high school and spent
over 35 years working in jobs
ranging from rigger to admin-
istrator. He said he believes
events like this help keep
interest in the Air Force alive
and allow veterans to get
together.
“My interest is still in the air
force,” said McAuley. “We, at
one time in Chatham, had an
Air Force Association of
which I was president two or
three times, so I’ve always
maintained my interest in the
air force.”
Many of the volunteers at
the event were former mem-
bers of the RCAF. They spent
time getting visitors in and
out of the Thunderbird, man-
ning information tables and
sharing their knowledge with
interested individuals. Others
flew planes that the CHAA
uses to execute parts of their
mandate.
The CHAA is working dili-
gently to piece together a
Lancaster Bomber. The work
in progress was on display out
on the tarmac. Brad Saunders
is the project co-ordinator for
the Lancaster and was a guest
speaker during the three-day
event at the hangar. Veterans
were able to watch some of
the aircraft from World War 2
fly because of CHAA’s com-
mitment to keeping that part
of the legacy alive.
“Our mandate is to fly, oper-
ate and restore period World
War 2 aircraft,” said
Saunders. “We have two
Chipmunks and a Steerman
we operate and we are cur-
rently restoring the Lancaster
Bomber that used to be in
Jackson Park as everyone
knows, and we are restoring a
fighter-bomber called the
Mosquito.”
Many of the veterans in
attendance are getting on in
years. They said they hope
that the general public will
use events like this and
Remembrance Day to keep
their memories alive.
Windsor election comes to a closeKenneth Bullock
Citizen Staff Reporter
The end of Windsor’s may-
oral and ward elections was in
sight, Monday night.
Some of the Windsor races
were down to the wire, while
others were landslide victo-
ries. Cheers of excitement and
anticipation came from the
audience when seeing their
candidate in first place. The
voting results could be seen
on two large projection
screens on opposite sides of
the room. Aside from just vot-
ers, candidates themselves
were eager to see how this
night would play out.
“It’s a great atmosphere. A
lot of the candidates and
media have come to see who’s
winning or losing,” said Joey
Wright, candidate for Ward 5
council. “The election season
is done. We’re going to have a
new council by the end of the
night, and it’s something
we’re all looking forward to.”
Wright, like other candidates,
came to meet his supporters and
see the results of his campaign.
Numerous media outlets sur-
rounded the room, emphasizing
the importance of this evening.
Outgoing Mayor Eddie Francis
spent most of his time shaking
hands and speaking into micro-
phones. Francis said it’s a relief to
not be the one in the election race.
“This is a very different atmos-
phere for me, I’ve always been on
the other side of the fence,” said
Francis. “It’s been a thrilling expe-
rience to be on this side honestly,
less pressure.”
Closer to the end of the night the
mayoral tallies showed Drew
Dilkens, former Ward 1 council-
lor, in first place, beating John
Millson by a large margin. Before
Dilkens arrived, mayor runner-
ups, Ernie “The” Baconman and
Larry Horwitz recognized and
congratulated Drew Dilkens as
the new mayor of Windsor.
Dilkens arrived shortly after,
trailed by his friends, family and
many media outlets. Hands were
shaken, cheers were heard and
many congratulations were given.
The room was in an uproar when
Dilkens arrived.
He said his first act as
mayor will be to listen more
to the people’s ideas and
introduce Windsor’s auto sec-
tor to their new mayor.
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Bianchi is back
City Cyclery employee Oliver Swainson test rides a Bianchiroad bike in Walkerville on Oct. 18,
Photo by Tecumseh MacGuigan
Tecumseh MacGuigan
Photo Editor
The owners of a local bicy-
cle shop are now offering cus-
tomers unique, world class
bikes.
The Italian bicycle manufac-
turer, F.I.V. Edoardo Bianchi
S.p.A, is celebrating 130 years
in business. Bianchi bikes are
world class racing bikes, hav-
ing been ridden by Tour De
France and Giro D’italia win-
ners throughout history For
their 130 year anniversary,
Bianchi is beginning to ship
out to several new bike stores
across North America, one of
the first being Windsor’s own,
City Cyclery.
Enzo Iafrate, a representative
from Bianchi who attended the
unveiling on October 18,
explained why Windsor and
City Cyclery were chosen for
the expansion project.
“City Cyclery were looking
for a brand to bring that would
make them a little more
unique,” said Iafrate. “There
are a lot of Italians in Windsor.
That brings a connection to the
brand and so when looking for
places to expand into Windsor
seemed like a great fit.”
The store has four models for
sale, the Pista, a fixed-gear and
single speed track bike coming
in at $900, and three carbon
fibre road bikes, the Intenso,
the Infinito Cv, and the Oltre
XR.2. These road models
range in price from approxi-
mately $2000 to $13,000
depending on components.
Any of these four models are
Bill Baker and the Essex election
Ryan Brough
Photo Editor
Photo by Ryan Brough
Bill Baker is seen hugging his wife just minutes after receivingthe news that he lost the Town of Essex mayoral election.
First time mayoral hopeful
Bill Baker finished the Essex
election 399 votes behind Ron
McDermott, who won.
Bill Baker entered the
Portuguese Club in Harrow at
11 p.m. with the election
results. Baker came in the
room smiling and announced
the results to a crowd of about
50 of his supporters.
“Everyone I have some
news, the town voted and we
didn’t win,” said Baker.
Baker finished with 2,220
votes. McDermott is now
serving his fourth term as
Mayor of Essex.
Baker, who was running for
the first time, had been work-
ing on his campaign for over
four months. Despite losing
he said he wasn’t angry or
upset, but disappointed for the
community.
“Sixty six per cent of voters
said we wanted change and we
didn’t get change based on our
system,” said Baker.
There was a 53.82 per cent
turnout in the Essex election.
7,928 of 14,731 residents eli-
gible to vote cast a ballot
according to CTV News.
Essex resident Eric Parent
said he didn’t vote because he
didn’t support any of the can-
didates.
“They all make promises
they can’t keep, just to get
voted in and the town never
gets out of debt,” said Parent.
Baker and his team are look-
ing forward, with no word on
if he will run again. Baker said
he is excited to have more
time with his family.
“When you run for public
life you give your time to the
public, so I plan on giving a
lot more to my family now,”
said Baker.
Out of the 14,731 voters the
majority of those people were
not looking to re-elect the cur-
rent mayor. McDermott ended
his victory speech by suggest-
ing he will retire in four years.
Close finish for Essex mayoral raceShelbey Hernandez
Associate Managing Editor
Ron McDermott has been
announced as Mayor of Essex for
a fourth term with two of his com-
petitors not far behind.
It was a flashback to the 2010
municipal election when
McDermott beat Ron Rogers by
227 votes. This time, it was a
three-way race between
McDermott, Rogers and previous
Ward 3 Councillor Bill Baker who
was 172 votes away from Rogers
and 399 away from McDermott.
A little more than 50 per cent
of those eligible voted this
election. Last time, there were
three candidates for mayor
including Rogers, McDermott
and Paul Miner. This year,
there were four, including
Andy Comber, a former EssexFree Press journalist and a
former Harrow News reporter.
Many people were present at
the Harrow arena to hear the
results including acclaimed
Ward 4 Councillor Sherry
Bondy, Rogers, newly-elected
Ward 3 Councillor Bill
Caixero and previous Ward 3
Councillor John Scott.
According to Bondy,
McDermott’s win was mainly
due to where the candidates
lived. Since Rogers and Baker
both lived in Colchester, the
votes were split almost evenly
between the two.
“All three of them ran really
hard campaigns. It was so
close,” said Bondy. “It could
have been anybody’s race all
along so I just think in the end,
geography was what sling-
shotted McDermott in again.”
Although Bondy said the
race was determined because
of geography, Rogers said if it
wasn’t for Baker, he would
have won. However, Rogers
admitted that he hasn’t seen a
breakdown of which wards
Baker had more supporters in.
The incumbent McDermott,
who has been mayor since
2003, said Rogers ran a great
race and was closer this time,
but the addition of Baker
assured his victory in the end.
“He closed the gap even
before that. I was very confi-
dent that I would win, but Ron
made it really close, closer
than last time,” said
McDermott. “With an extra
body in there running against
the incumbent, that favours
the incumbent.”
Responding to Rogers’ com-
ments, Baker said he could
easily argue that if it weren’t
for Rogers, maybe he would
have won. He said instead of
focusing on his competition,
maybe Rogers should be
focusing on the people. He
also said just because he was
late getting in the running,
doesn’t mean he isn’t quali-
fied to do the job.
“It’s about ability to do the
job and I… felt I had the abil-
ity,” said Baker. “…But I’m
not focusing on that.”
Rogers and Baker said they
are unsure if they will run for
mayor again in the future.
Both candidates said if they
could have changed anything
about their campaigns, it
would have been having more
time to meet people.
Rogers also said he is mostly
disappointed because he feels
he has a lot to offer. He said he
had a lot of great ideas which
he doesn’t think will happen
with the new council.
Moving forward, McDermott
said the new council members
must come together and work
as a team. To everyone who
ran, he said all candidates
should be congratulated for
wanting to represent their
municipalities. The new coun-
cil will begin to work some-
time in December.
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Waiting for results in Kingsville
Photo by Sean Frame
Mayor Nelson Santos informs citizens of Kingsville of the delayed results at Migration Hall onOct. 27.
Sean Frame
Managing Editor
The Kingsville election
results were postponed for
several hours after the
polls closed leaving some
candidates annoyed with
the process.
On Oct. 27 Windsor and
all of Essex County held
municipal elections with
some of the municipalities
using only online and
phone polling systems.
Kingsville was one of the
municipalities using this
method to count votes.
Officials assumed because
of the digital vote that
results would come in
quickly after polls closed
at 8 p.m., but that was not
the case.
Information company
Scytl was responsible for
the management of the vot-
ing in the municipalities
such as Kingsville,
Tecumseh and Essex,
which were all delayed for
results. On Scytl’s website
they claim to be a world-
wide leader in electronic
voting, but the large crowd
at Migration Hall would
disagree. Several residents
left after waiting more than
two hours for results and
the remaining residents and
candidates remained until
results were announced at
10:40 p.m.
Larry Patterson was
elected as one of
Kingsville’s five coun-
cilors and was disappoint-
ed with the event itself.
“I just wish the results
were two hours ago. A lot
of people showed up for
this and a lot of people left
disappointed,” said
Patterson. “I am totally
shocked at the way this
whole thing was handled.
They should have been out
informing the people and
the people that left were
very upset.”
Although Patterson said
he was upset with the wait
and the lack of information
he said he was still very
pleased with the results.
He congratulated all candi-
dates for the great work
they did on their cam-
paigns.
Nearly half of the resi-
dents had gone by 9:30
p.m. as candidates grew
impatient. Some of the res-
idents speculated the
results would be delayed a
day or if there would have
to be an entirely new poll
to tally. Early in October,
Kingsville resident Betty
Ross began a petition to
switch the online and tele-
phone voting and even ear-
lier in the year councillor
Sandy Mcintyre had made
a motion to consider mail-
in ballots.
The motion was defeated
due to a lame duck council
not being able to spend
money on venues at this
point in the election.
Kingsville Cathy Basskin
candidate when asked what
was going on replied “not
very much.” Basskin said
she grew impatient with
waiting. She said online
polling was not the blame,
but the company Scytl was
at fault.
“I think online polling per
say has lots to be com-
mended about,” said
Basskin. “This particular
server doesn’t have a par-
ticularly stellar track
record. A future election
process will have to look
into various options and
look into a company which
will actually be able to
deliver.”
Basskin said she
believes online polling is
supposed to deliver to a
younger demographic, but
after she took a brief look
around Migration Hall she
conceded the demographic
wasn’t present at the event.
Despite the long wait and
even longer night, the
results finally came in. To
serve a fourth term as
Kingsville mayor, Nelson
Santos was elected one
again. Throughout the
night the would-be mayor
took it upon himself to
inform the residents about
the issues and took some
time to inform the media.
“Certainly we are con-
cerned. There is always
anxious candidates waiting
to hear the final results,”
said Santos an hour before
the results were issued. “In
terms of the commitment
that we made before going
through this process it cer-
tainly is not up to our
expectations.”
While everyone was
waiting Nelson said he was
not getting nervous. He
said that he had once wait-
ed until 11 p.m. in years
past.
Photo by Eugene Mendoza
Construction workers lay down asphalt on Wyandotte nearWalkerville on Oct. 27
Local businesses awaitconstruction completion
Eugene Mendoza
Citizen Staff Reporter
Despite blocked off streets,
business owners and employ-
ees say repairs on Wyandotte
to damaged roads and water
mains will help Walkerville
continue to improve.
Chris Andrechek, 31, works
at Biblioasis and says
although the construction has
slowed down traffic and
despite the delays in comple-
tion, he doesn’t mind if it
means the street is getting
fixed.
“It’s been a nuisance but in
the end it needed to be done.
Not only is Wyandotte a mess
but the water main replace-
ment is important,” said
Andrechek. “It was slower
than a typical summer but it
wasn’t terrible.”
While he approves of the
road work, Andrechek said the
city should have handled the
timing of the construction dif-
ferently.
“Infrastructure does have to
be continually updated and
redone, I think doing it across
an entire street in one summer
was a mistake and that it
should be spread out to set
parts of the city especially
when it’s a main street,” said
Andercheck
However a server at the local
restaurant O’maggio’s Kildare
House, Kayla Rennie, 19, said
they have not been affected by
the street closures. She says
they have been consistently
busy and the new street will
help the already thriving
neighbourhood grow even
more.
“It’ll turn out well after so
I’m excited and so is every-
body else,” said Rennie. It is a
good uplift for Walkerville.
Walkerville’s beaming right
now.”
A business owner for 41
years, Ray Ryan of Pleasance
Trophies & Gifts, says once
the construction is done
Walkerville will be “the best
spot in the city.” However he
said more shifts per day would
have allowed the streets to
open much earlier. Ryan said
the city should assist small
businesses who have suffered
financially as a result of road
closures.
“We’ve lost quite a few
thousand dollars and the city
won’t help us out. That’s the
only thing I have against it I
think it’s wonderful they’re
doing it I think it was well
needed but I think the city
should be helping businesses
like us, small businesses who
have not been doing any busi-
ness for at least 40 days,” said
Ryan.
Despite Windsor’s economic
struggle, the Walkerville area
has seen strong growth with
the help of programs like the
Friday Night Lights ride and
Night Market attracting resi-
dents from across the city.
Walkerville held a street opening
celebration for Wyandotte on Oct.
10, however delays have caused
construction to continue past the
projected finish date. Construction
crews are currently applying new
asphalt and washing sidewalks,
with the street expected to be fully
open within the coming weeks.
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Elliott takes seat in Ward 2Aaron Sanders
Citizen Staff Reporter
Ward 2 has a new councillor
following the Oct. 27 munici-
pal election.
John Elliott, executive direc-
tor of Sandwich Teen Action
Group, was elected as Ward 2
councillor after receiving 41
per cent of the votes. Frank
Favot came in second place
with 30 per cent. Elliott said
he believes that getting a head
start on the campaign led to
his victory.
“We got out there and we got
an early start in the cam-
paign,” Elliot said. “We’ve
spent a long grueling eight to
nine months at the doors, liter-
ature and everything.”
Elliott’s Oct. 27 evening
began with an election party at
STAG. His campaign group,
along with friends and family
watched the poll results on
TV. Around 9 p.m., he trav-
elled to the Caboto Club with
his party. During the car ride
he found out he was elected on
one of the radio stations.
Inside the Caboto Club he was
greeted by his supporters and
friends and family. They wel-
comed him and congratulated
him for his successful cam-
paign. Teejai Travis,owner of
The Bloomfield House, said
Elliott’s reputation influenced
the voting process. Travis
believes Elliott should have
won four years ago.
“His natural progress in his
career shows that he’s been
community organizing for a
long time and we’re really
excited for him to be sitting on
ward council,” said Travis. “I
think he’s going to create a
safe space for the community
to take a real participatory
stance in the political
process.”
This was Elliott’s second
time running for Ward 2 coun-
cillor. In the 2010 election he
lost to Ron Jones by three
votes. Taking the experience
from the previous election,
Elliott said he learned that
going around the ward would
increase his reputation.
“We went across the ward as
far as knocking on the door,”
Elliott said. “People want to
know who you are and who
you’re all about so being able
to get right across the ward
was the key.”
According to citywindsor.ca,
Ward 2 candidates Joan
Mavrinac finished in third
place with 16 per cent of
votes, along with Kevin Flood
with seven per cent. James
Ging had three per cent and
Dmitrius Djankovic had less
than one per cent of the votes.
Ward 2 councillor elect John Elliott is interviewed following hiselection victory at the Caboto Club Oct. 27.
Absence of voter
cards an issueJustin Thompson
Production Manager
Not all residents in Windsor
who are eligible to vote have
been receiving their Voter
Information Cards.
Only 37 per cent of Windsor
residents eligible to vote cast
their ballot for a new mayor,
city council members, and
school board trustees to repre-
sent their community for a
four year term.
The City of Windsor made
voting accessible for residents
by setting up advanced polling
stations for six days during
October. Residents that had
transportation troubles pre-
sented their Voter Information
Cards to bus drivers on Oct.
27 and received free transit to
get to the polls. On election
day 103 polls were set up
around the city divided
between 10 wards.
Every ballot holds weight
with such a low voter turnout.
One of the most divided wards
was Ward 4. Chris Holt was
elected as City Councillor in
the ward with only 28 per cent
of the ballots cast.
Jordan Renaud, 24, the pres-
ident of local public relations
firm Prometheus
Communications worked on
Ward 4 candidate Remy
Boulbol’s campaign. Renaud
was formerly the Chief
Returning Officer from the
University of Windsor
Students Alliance that under
his management oversaw the
highest voter turnout at the
University of Windsor of
about 43 per cent.
“People not getting their
voter cards is a major problem
that needs to be sorted,” said
Renaud. “But it’s a perception
issue that can be corrected,
People can know that they
should be able to vote at their
local poll, provided it’s publi-
cized, if they are a resident
there.”
Renaud said networked com-
puter technology would help
deputy returning officers
access resident data regardless
of who they are or which ward
they are in.
“I urge people to vote simply
because they can. We make all
sorts of decisions based on a
lot less information,” said
Renaud. “It’s not difficult to
do some simple research espe-
cially when there is certainly a
correlation between people
who complain and criticize
our governments and leaders
and those who do not vote.
Every vote does count and
every candidate would love to
have your vote.”
Residents that receive Voter
Information Cards in the mail
are registered to vote. Many
people do not receive these
cards because of address
changes.
Joshua Kaiser, 23, has lived in
Ward 4 for over a year now
and was still registered to vote
at his parents’ residence in
Ward 6.
“They could make register-
ing to vote a lot easier by giv-
ing Windsorites an online
resource where one could put
in their information and be
registered in whatever ward
they live instead of the current
system where they have to go
down to city hall with this
information,” said Kaiser.
Even with advanced
polling stations set up, res-
idents cannot prepare for
the unexpected. Katlina
Cowan, 25, had to return to
her hometown of London,
Ontario for a funeral on
election day. Cowan would
have made arrangements to
vote but didn’t know about
the advanced polling sta-
tions because she didn’t
receive a votercard either.
“There’s enough signs
telling us who to vote for,
yet most people don’t
know how to, or care to do
it at all,” said Cowan. “It’s
unappealing to those who
don’t understand how it
affects them.”
Those who are not regis-
tered to vote and would
like to be should contact
the office of the city clerk
at (519) 255-6285.
mixed with moments of
applause. Fellow members of
Cirillo’s regiment marched
alongside his casket, draped in
a Canadian flag.
Following behind his casket
were members of his family
including his mother Kathy,
his sister Nicole and his five-
year-old son Marcus, wearing
his father’s military cap.
Nearly one thousand emer-
gency responders from across
the country walked in the pro-
cession, including members of
Windsor Police Services and
U.S. Customers and Border
Protection while a military air
craft flew above.
As his body was brought into
Christ’s Church Cathedral for
the private funeral, family,
friends and dignitaries gath-
ered inside, including Prime
Minister Stephen Harper.
Members of the public and
emergency responders gath-
ered inside the First Ontario
Centre arena to view the live
stream of the funeral and fol-
low along with the service.
Cirillo’s cousin, Jenny
Holland, spoke on behalf of
the family, calling him
Canada’s hero before sharing
childhood memories and
recalling a man filled with
energy and a contagious
laugh.
“Nathan may have looked
like a big tough man, but he
was such a kid at heart,”
Holland said. “Marcus adored
him so much. Not only was
Nathan his dad, he was also
his friend.”
Prime Minister Harper’s
eulogy thanked Cirillo for
guarding the war memorial,
and praised his dedication to
the military.
“These monuments
remind us that freedom is
never free. It has been
earned by the solider and
then donated to all of us,”
Harper said. “Corporal
Cirillo knew what all those
men and women who died
before him knew, the only
values really worth living
for are those worth dying
for. So may God bless
Corporal Cirillo. We are
better for his life and are
lessened by his loss.”
He also addressed
Cirillo’s young son, offer-
ing hope that one day he
may take comfort in the
fact that the whole country
looks up to his father.
Cirillo’s mother wept as
Argyll and Sutherland
Highlander’s commanding
officer Lt.-Col Lawrence
Hatfield delivered the final
words about her son.
“He never took the hard-
knocks or tough challenges
personally, he just smiled
and soldiered on. Both in
the regiment and in life,”
said Hatfield. “Loyal,
tough, loving and true. His
family knew it, his regi-
ment knew it and now
Canadians know it.”
After the service, hun-
dreds of people gathered
outside the Lt-Col. John
Weir Foote armoury to add
to the already staggering
collection of flowers,
cards, gifts and Canadian
flags placed there in
Cirillo’s honour.
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6CONVERGED CITIZENNEWS NOVEMBER, 2014
Halloween party calls attention to cancer fight
Photo by Mark BrownAnita Imperioli, president and founder of In Honour of the OnesWe Love, Inc, pauses in costume during the group’s third annualSpooktacular Family Halloween Party, Oct 26. at the CiociaroClub of Windsor.
Mark Brown
Citizen Staff Reporter
Hundreds of people dressed
up, played games and listened
to songs as the local chapter of
a cancer support group held its
third annual Halloween-
themed fundraiser Oct 26.
Children of all ages, most of
them in costume, participated
with their parents in a variety
of activities as part of the
Spooktacular Family
Halloween Party, held on a
mild, sunny day at the
Ciociaro Club Pavilion. The
event was sponsored by In
Honour of the Ones We Love,
Inc.
The group’s founder and
president, Anita Imperioli,
said a personal tragedy
brought the group to light.
“The group started 18 years
ago. It originally got started
after I lost a child with can-
cer,” said Imperioli. “I wanted
to give back to the community
to try to make it easier on
patients and families in our
community.”
In Honour of the Ones We
Love is a volunteer organiza-
tion that raises money for can-
cer support, according to its
official website. Imperioli said
the group’s mission is very
simple.
“Our mission is to keep our
patients local in our communi-
ty so that they have all their
needs, so they don’t have to go
out of town,” said Imperioli.
Among the equipment the
group has purchased for local-
ly-based cancer patients are a
CT-scan machine, a blood lab
and a brachytherapy radiation
table.
The radiation table is used
for a type of treatment that
involves placing an implant
inside or near the area to be
treated. Imperioli said local
kids affected by cancer also
have programs in place.
“We run two programs
right now for Kids Beating
Cancer, one at Windsor
Regional and one at the John
McGivney Centre for kids
with cancer and life-threat-
ening illnesses,” said
Imperioli.
The group holds a series of
fundraising events through-
out the year, including the
Colours of Courage Dinner
Fashion Show, scheduled for
Sunday, Nov 2 at Ciociaro
Club.
The group’s website also
says that Caesars Windsor is
donating one dollar from
each show ticket sold during
October and November to
the organization. Imperioli
estimated the group has
raised between $400,000
and $500,000.
The pavilion at the
Ciociaro Club was abuzz
with activity as children par-
ticipated in pumpkin-carv-
ing, met Clarol the Clown
and had their faces painted.
Visitors were also treated to
music performed by actors
portraying characters from
the hit Disney film Frozen.
The event got a tremendous
thumbs up from many parents.
“I think it’s a great family
event, great Halloween fun,”
said Karen Nagy of Tecumseh,
attending with her husband
and two-year-old daughter
Fallon.
“My girls are so excited to
be here and participate in the
Halloween activities,” said
Melissa Ibrahim of Windsor,
whose two daughters Guilia
and Vanessa also participated
in the event. “We are looking
forward to decorating a pump-
kin and meeting Elsa and
Anna (from Frozen).”
Watching the throngs of cos-
tumed youngsters come and
go with their parents,
Imperioli was pleased with the
way things played out.
“It’s wonderful that the com-
munity comes out and enjoys
it with In Honour of the Ones
We Love and to support our
program,” said Imperioli.
For information about the
group or about upcoming
events, call (519) 966-2960 or
visit their website www.inho-
nour.ca.
Coronation Elementary Public
School held a pajama day read-a-thon.
Students from Kindergarten to Grade
8 went straight from their bedrooms
to the classrooms and read books all
day.
Kindergarten students were treated
to a special appearance by Mrs.
Wishy-Washy who read to the kids
from her story about cleaning and a
story about Mr. Dishy-Washy. It was
certainly a way to end the week
Photos by: Erik Zarins
Pajama day read-a-thon
7CONVERGED CITIZENGALLERY NOVEMBER 6, 2014
Public relations marketplace
Rose Chapman 9, daughter of Bill Chapman a Public Relations student at St. ClairCollege, and Avery Elyse participate in the Entrepreneurship Ten Dollar Businessassignment. Rose is selling rainbow loom bracelets and ghosts, while Avery promotesher college starter kits. Photo by Bill Chapman
Students in professor Lori
Newton’s Entrepreneurship
and Business Public Relations
class at St. Clair College take
part in a special market place
project held at main campus
Oct. 22.
The students were given a
budget of $10 to start a busi-
ness. Some of their business
ideas included all natural lip
butter, hand-made infinity
scarves, key chains, Zaatar
pies, cheese pies, short bread
cookies, college starter kits, a
media company, computer
consulting business, yoga,
home-made dog treats, aroma
therapy oils, candy apples,
cookies, beaded jewelry and
cabbage rolls. The students
were wildly successful in their
endeavours.
Devin Hurst with all nat-ural lip balm 'Bee Balm'.
Christie Kluytmans sellingshortbread cookies andsweets
Denise Pelaccia, Taylor Lucasand their cookies and candyapples.
Helen Medel selling Greekcheese pies
Tamara Piche and her Arm-Knit Scarves 'Dainty DIY'
William Martin offers pri-vate yoga sessions.
Savanna Todd displays heressential oils
Marissa Goze and her keyfobs 'Modish'
Rafat Abu Al Haija sellingdelicious zaatar pies
Omar Nizam offering socialmedia consulting
Miranda Underwood withher- Creaseless Hair Ties
Marcus Lucio showing offhis perler items
Male breast cancer support and awareness raised through manicures8CONVERGED CITIZENNEWS NOVEMBER 6, 2014
Josh Teixeira
Citizen Staff Reporter
Local hair and nail salons
have been hosting male
breast cancer awareness
events during the month of
October.
Throughout the month, var-
ious salons across Ontario
participated in an event
known as ManiCURES where
participants, male or female,
would get manicures and have
their fingernails painted pink
with the breast cancer ribbon
on top.
“Anytime someone did
either a basic manicure or
shellac manicure using pink
nail lacquer, we donated
$2.50 per manicure to the
Canadian Cancer Society,”
said Courtney Rivait, assis-
tant manager of Harmony
Day Spa. “Quite a few people
were eager to participate.”
According to Rivait, one
man came in and donated
$100 towards the event. He
made the donation because
his daughter-in-law is a can-
cer survivor. The spa will for-
ward all proceeds to the
Cancer Society from the
event at the end of October.
Breast cancer is well known
among people as being a dis-
ease in women. Men account
for five per cent of all breast
cancer cases and most people
are unaware they can also
develop the disease, according
to Cathy Mombourquette,
communications coordinator
at Windsor Regional Hospital.
“The BRCA gene can pre-
dispose men to getting breast
cancer,” said Mombourquette.
“This is a gene a man would
inherit from his parents.”
According to Mombourquette,
the treatment and outcomes
for men with breast cancer are
the same as women with
breast cancer. Increased
awareness and decreasing the
social stigma for men with
breast cancer would help men
who suffer from the disease.
Male breast cancer survivor
John Toth credits his dogs in
helping detect his breast can-
cer after noticing pain when
they pounced on him.
“They did a biopsy and
my only option was
removal of the lumps,”
Toth said. “It was behind
the nipple on my right
side.”
According to Toth, his
treatment was a hormone
blocker that blocks female
hormones that trigger the
receptors in the cell. He
said his family history had
something to do with the
development of his cancer.
Since his mother had a his-
tory of breast cancer and
died from it at 65, Toth was
56 and thought it would be
in his best interest to go
and get it checked out.
“My advice to men: don’t
be afraid of a doctor. If you
want to live a long life you
better go do it,” said Toth.
“If you see something
unusual about your body,
you better get in there
because we don’t do it
enough. Women are notori-
ous for doing it, we’re not.
We’re abstainers.”
Photo by Josh Teixeira
Cathy Mombourquette at the Windsor Regional Hospital on Oct. 31.
Dilkens’s ability of being
mayor and would support him
to bring Windsor “to the next
level.”
“About six months ago, I
started a journey. My father,
who lived in Windsor most of
his life, passed away, and I
decided to dedicate the next
little while to serve the people
of Windsor and trying to make
this community greater than it
is.” said Horwitz. “And in
those last six months, I’ve
probably visited around
15,000 or 20,000 homes
across this city and I met the
most amazing people. I proba-
bly visited more than 100
businesses in this city. I found
out that they need things and
they need a great city to be
part of. I feel this city can
move to the next level, and it
will.”
But many Windsorites were
also upset about the voter
turnout. According to the offi-
cial election results released
by the city, the number of bal-
lots cast went down from
more than 70,000 votes in
2010 to under 59,000 in 2014,
a 17 per cent decrease. The
amount of votes cast for the
winning candidate in the may-
oral election also decreased.
Outgoing mayor Eddie
Francis won the 2010 election
over Rick Limoges with more
than 39,000 ballots cast for
his name. Dilkens needed
7,000 less ballots to become
elected this year despite there
being more candidates than in
2010. In a Ward 4 discussion
forum, many residents and
politicians called for more
engagement and for schools
to teach civic responsibility.
“This poor turnout is a
wake-up call. The community
needs to be engaged,” said
Dave Cooke on Twitter, a for-
mer MPP in Windsor-Essex
County who worked on
Millson’s campaign.
But the night wasn’t short of
confusion. Abe Taqtaq, the
campaign manager for
Dilkens, said in a tweet about
30 minutes after the polling
stations closed that Millson
had conceded his nomination
from the election. Millson had
spent the election night at the
Teutonia Club. Since then,
Millson’s campaign Twitter
account has gone dormant and
his website has been shut
down. Millson had received
49 per cent less votes com-
pared to when he was elected
mayor in 1988.
“I had checked with the
Dilkens campaign and I heard
directly from the Dilkens cam-
paign that their exit polls had
come in and showed them
winning the election,” said
Eddie Francis after the
announcement. “Shortly
thereafter, they received a
concision letter from
Millson.”
According to Dilkens, he
focused on running a positive
campaign based on the city’s
performance. Francis said that
will help Dilkens along with
any councillors who were re-
elected.
“I was not hearing over-
whelming amount of the
community saying they
wanted to change course,”
said Francis. “The results
of that you see mayor-elect
Dilkens be very successful
by maintaining the course
and building on our suc-
cess. The same applies to
the incumbents. All the
incumbents have done very
well based on their track
record … For those candi-
dates running a positive
campaign, maintaining the
course and staying the
course, they’ll do very
well.”
All newly-elected coun-
cillors, school board
trustees and Mayor Dilkens
will begin their terms on
Dec. 1. The next municipal
election will be held in
October 2018.
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FROM PAGE 3available in-store and other
model can be ordered from
the Bianchi catalogue.
When ordered the bike will
be assembled in Italy and
shipped to Canada arriving
in two to four weeks.
Tradi t ional ly, the only
way to ge t a B ianch i
bike would be to dr ive
to Toronto or cross the
border and buy one in
Michigan and face heavy
duty fees , but now any-
one in the area has the
opt ion of purchasing a
Bianchi .
“1994 was the last time
Bianchi was in Windsor,” said
Stephen Hargreaves, co-
owner of City Cyclery. “We
have a lot of European brands
already in terms of city bikes
and Bianchi being the pre-
miere Italian racing bike it
makes sense for us to bring
them in. The technology they
have is incredible, there is a
long heritage in the company
but they are also extremely
cutting edge. We are excited
to be stocking Bianchi.”
To promote the launch of
the bicycles, the event
allowed anyone to come in to
see and test ride the new bicy-
cles. Eugene Pugliese, a
Windsorite who raced both in
Canada and internationally
for two decades, came to the
event to see the bikes.
“Cycling is my passion and
once you get into cycling,
you’re in it for life,” said
Pugliese. “They have come a
long way since my time. We
used to ride steel bikes, now
they have carbon, but the style
has never changed, they are
incredibly beautiful. Just to
have these bikes here and to
see them is an honour.”
Road bikes are traditionally
made with high top tubes,
associated with mens bikes,
but with the variety of sizes
available as well as the
seafoam green “celeste” liv-
ery, these bikes work for any
gender.
With the addition of
Bianchi bikes, Windsor
continues to thrive with
Italian heritage.
9CONVERGED CITIZENHEALTH NOVEMBER 6, 2014
Voter apathy hard to fathom
Mark Brown
Columnist
OPINION
The voters have spoken – at
least those who bothered to
show up.
Residents in Windsor had an
opportunity Monday to have a
say in the turnover taking
place at city hall. A new mayor
was being chosen. Four seats
on Windsor City Council were
wide open and the rest were up
for grabs. Communities across
Essex County were choosing
mayors, deputy mayors, coun-
cillors and school board
trustees. Residents had the
power to decide who was
going to run things where they
lived for the next four years.
Some of the communities
won’t see much of a change,
others will see a dramatic
transformation. Let’s begin
with Windsor…
Mayor Eddie Francis, in
office since 2003, announced
earlier this year that he would
not seek reelection. Since
then, 10 candidates filed to
take his place. On Monday
night, voters overwhelmingly
chose Ward 1 Councillor
Drew Dilkens to replace him.
Dilkens received more than
twice the votes gained by his
closest competitor John
Millson, who was mayor from
1988 to 1991. This victory is a
stamp of approval from
Windsorites who would like to
see the pro-business policies
that had begun under Francis
continue. While I expected
Dilkens to emerge victorious,
I thought the race between
him, Millson and downtown
business cheerleader Larry
Horwitz would be much clos-
er. Nevertheless, the mandate
seems to be clear for Dilkens.
Moving on to city council,
there will be five new faces
once the next term of office
begins in December, four of
them through open seats, the
fifth ousting an incumbent
believed by many to be imma-
ture and irresponsible. The
most dramatic victory of them
all belongs to Ward 3’s Rino
Bortolin. Polls leading up to
the vote didn’t give Bortolin
much of a chance and his vic-
tory took many by surprise.
Another interesting develop-
ment was in Ward 10 with
Paul Borrelli ousting dis-
graced incumbent Al
Maghnieh, still smarting from
the library credit card scandal.
Maghnieh finished a paltry
fifth in the unofficial Ward 10
vote count.
Elsewhere, the new council-
lors are Fred Francis, the pre-
vious mayor’s brother in
Ward 1, John Elliott in Ward 2
and Chris Holt in Ward 4.
Incumbents Ed Sleiman, Jo-
Anne Gignac, Bill Marra,
Hilary Payne and Irek
Kusmierczyk were reelected.
I think that the results show
that Windsorites would like to
see some new ideas from new
people, while once again con-
tinuing the policies under
Eddie Francis.
In the county, results were
delayed due to computer
glitches in several communi-
ties. Once the mess was
cleaned up, Tecumseh
retained Gary McNamara as
mayor. Councillor Joe
Bachetti is the new deputy
mayor, and there will be three
new people on town council:
Andrew Dowie, Mike Rohrer
and Brian Houston.
Incumbents Marcel Blais and
Guy Dorion are out, indicat-
ing that in Tecumseh, resi-
dents want to see some new
ideas.
Other communities that
reported tabulation problems
were Lakeshore and
Kingsville, but there were no
real surprises in either munic-
ipality. Same thing for Essex
and Leamington. But in
Amherstburg, it was a sure
case of “throw ‘em all out.”
The town’s debt problems
dampened the trust of many
residents and they cleaned
house at town hall. Councillor
Diane Pouget is the only
incumbent returning to coun-
cil in Amherstburg, the others,
with the exception of new
deputy mayor Bart
DiPasquale were unsuccess-
ful in their efforts to be elect-
ed to other open offices. That
just goes to show that when
things aren’t so rosy where
you live, voters will certainly
react and it is not always
pleasant for the incumbents.
As for the voters them-
selves, officials were sur-
prised that the turnout wasn’t
as high as they anticipated –
Windsor especially. Only 37.5
per cent of the registered elec-
torate bothered to cast a bal-
lot. To the rest…shame on
you.
To those who did vote, be
happy you had a say in the
future of your community.
Doctors recommend more sleep for students
Photo by Melissa Amiouni
A student sleeping on a bench at Leddy Library at the Universityof Windsor on Oct. 24
Melissa Amiouni
Citizen Staff Reporter
S tuden t s a t t he
Unive r s i ty o f Windsor
say being s leep deprived
is a choice and not an
issue they cannot over-
come.
Many students say the
amount of sleep they get
each day is six hours.
Engineering student Odie
Merheb, 19, say it is a nor-
mal thing and every stu-
dent goes through it.
Merheb said some blame
for not getting enough
sleep goes to all the study-
ing he has to do.
“I just keep studying, but
when I look at the time and
realize it’s 3 a.m. I don’t even
think about sleep because I
have a test the next day,”
Merheb said.
Although some blame does
go to school work, Merheb
said most of the time it is a
choice and he chooses to pro-
crastinate until a day before a
test.
“I’m the one who is doing
this to myself, I can always
control it, but some people
don’t because they’re used to
that routine,” Merheb said.
University law student,
Wesley Anderson, 25, also
says it is a choice because he
also procrastinates, which
keeps him up late at night.
“I could use an extra hour of
sleep but during the day I’m
doing work. At the end of the
day, I usually like to decom-
press and by the time I feel
like I’m ready to go to bed, it’s
usually kind of late and I’m
usually up early for class or
doing school work, so I try to
get at least enough sleep to
function,” Anderson said.
However, Anderson says
less sleep does not affect his
daily routines.
“It’s not affecting my life
that bad. For sure I can use
extra hours of sleep but I live
somewhat a busy lifestyle so I
kind of accept it,” Anderson
said.
Being sleep deprived can
lead to serious health issues
like heart disease, high blood
pressure, diabetes and strokes.
It’s also been estimated that
90 per cent of people with
insomnia have other health
conditions.
John Coates, a family physi-
cian practicing at the Windsor
Family Health Team said that
he recommends students get at
least eight to nine hours of
sleep.
“They will be able to work
more efficiently when they
allow their brain and body to
recharge over a good night’s
sleep,” Coates said.
Coates says he recommends
students avoid caffeine after 4
p.m. and get regular exercise
for a good night’s sleep. He
also recommends that elec-
tronics like phones and lap-
tops should be avoided before
bed, since the blue light emit-
ted by these devices has been
shown to prevent the pineal
gland from secreting mela-
tonin, a chemical that helps
signal to our body that it is
time to sleep. Coates said he
usually prescribes medicine
for insomnia and not sleep
deprivation.
“Sometimes I recom-
mend melatonin 3-5 mg
orally about one to two
hours before bedtime for
insomnia. I don’t pre-
scribe medications for
sleep deprivation,” Coates
said.
Although Coates does
not prescribe medicine for
sleep deprivation, he says
caffeine is helpful.
“The only stimulant I
recommend is caffeine
which has been shown to
improve alertness and per-
formance in sleep-
deprived people and is
safe at doses of 100-200
mg (8 oz. cup of coffee),”
Coates said.
For students struggling
with sleep deprivation,
they can always visit their
school’s student health
centre for medical care,
counselling and referrals.
CONVERGED CITIZENFEATURE NOVEMBER 6, 2014
What you need to know about winter cyclingTecumseh MacGuigan
Photo Editor
For many people, cycling is
a healthy and safe form of
transportation, but riding in
winter can be a completely
different story.
Winter weather brings many
challenges, such as the cold,
snow and ice. However the
challenges extend beyond that.
Windsor uses salt on its roads,
which can cause much more
wear and tear on a bicycle than
water. Someone preparing to
ride for the winter will have to
keep an eye on their bike and
maintain it often.
There are multitudes of dif-
ferent kinds of bicycles, but
most can fall in the categories
of road bikes, mountain bikes
or combinations of the two,
called hybrids. Oliver
Swainson, an employee and
mechanic at City Cyclery,
believes knowing your bike is
the most important part of
winter riding.
“It’s because of riding my
bike in the winter that I can
now ride better in the sum-
mer,” said Swainson. “When
you ride over ice and snow, it
forces you to really learn how
to control your bike. You learn
to control each and every
movement. I was riding in the
Via Italia race this summer
and my tail went out in a cor-
ner, and its only because of the
control I learned from riding
in the winter that I corrected
myself and kept on racing.”
For those with road bikes
and hybrids, riders should find
the widest tires that their
forks, the metal bars that hold
the tires in place, will allow.
Tires with grooves in them,
called knobby, are prefered
over smooth, slick tires.
Mountain bikes are more
equipped to ride in the winter,
but if the bike has a suspen-
sion system in the fork, it is
recommended that the fork be
switched out for a rigid one. In
particularly icy areas, tires
with metal studs will increase
traction, but for Windsor’s
over-salted streets, this is
rarely an issue.
Riding with a fixed gear on
the bike is another popular
option. Fixed gear in simple
terms means the pedals are
directly connected to the
wheels, so if the wheels move,
the pedals move. Every subtle
movement on the pedals
affects motion, and there is no
coasting. Because of this,
there is more traction, ulti-
mately allowing more control
in any situation.
Along with fixed gear bicy-
cles, there are several kinds of
bicycles that are more special-
ized for riding in the winter.
Here is where the amount of
money in your bank account
matters. Cyclo-cross is a sport
which specializes in rough rid-
ing in all terrains and condi-
tions. While not made exclu-
sively for the winter, those
looking to buy a new bike for
the winter should seriously
consider a cyclo-cross bicycle.
you will be looking at a
“small” price tag of $1300 for
a low end bike like a Fuji
Cross 1.3, though the cost can
be higher. A Cannondale
superx hi-mod starts at $6000
without modifications.
Another style suitable for
winter is the recently popular
fatbike. Fatbikes typically
have tires close to 10cm wide
and can conquer snow with
ease. Due to the rising popu-
larity of fatbikes, prices have
been driven down because of
mass production. A Mongoose
Beast bicycle can be pur-
chased for less than $200. But
a $200 bike is a $200 bike, and
someone serious about fat-
bikes will likely want to
splurge on a Surly
Moonlander, costing a measly
$2400.
Riding in the winter doesn’t
have to cost that much though.
A Supercycle SC1800 from
Canadian Tire costs $100 and
with proper maintenance and
careful riding, anyone can
make it through winter.
Beyond the bike, what you
wear is just as important. A
rookie mistake is to overdress.
Unlike walking where several
layers are required, cycling is
more active and will keep the
body warm. A nice wool or
synthetic bottom layer with
wicking is ideal as it will keep
the sweat away. Avoid cotton
as it will soak up sweat and
keep the sweat on your skin.
Your body is going to be
warmer than you would
expect, so ditch the down-
filled jacket and opt for a
windbreaker, which will allow
some of the cool air to get in
and will keep your body tem-
perature from rising too high.
Covering your extremities is a
high priority. A wool cap
under the helmet, thick wool
socks, and comfortable gloves
with grip will ensure that
internal body temperatures
never go lower than they need
to, and will keep your going
strong.
Photo by Tecumseh MacGuigan
Journalism student Kenneth Bullock rides his bike to school on Oct. 31.
Energy drinks are more popular than everChristian Bouchard
Citizen Staff Reporter
With the increase in popular-
ity and availability of energy
drinks, the industry is seeing
huge growth as more and
more young people choose to
consume its products.
Consumption of these energy
drinks can lead to anxiety,
headaches, irregular heart-
beats and heart attacks.
Research shows that many
young people are continuing
to consume them.
Ali Sahmhat, 16, said he
believes the consumption of
energy drinks has a lot of neg-
ative side effects and more
people should do their
research before drinking them.
“I think most people consume
energy drinks because they don’t
have the time to sleep or relax and
they aren’t aware of what energy
drinks actually are and the poten-
tial side effects associated with
them,” said Samhat.
A recent government survey, led
by Dr. Steve Suns shows that from
2007 to 2011 the number of emer-
gency department visits in the U.S.
caused by energy drinks doubled
from 10,068 to 20,783. The data
shows that people from ages 18-25
accounted for the largest group of
patients by age.
Twenty-year-old University of
Windsor student, Lauryn Bodde,
said she thinks many young peo-
ple are taking energy drinks to treat
depression but forget it is only a
temporary solution.
“Energy drinks are a temporary
solution to boosting energy and
that’s why people buy them.
However, living a healthy lifestyle
is a more long term solution,” said
Bodde.
According to Health Canada, the
level of caffeine in energy can
range anywhere from 50 mg per
can to 200 mg per can. The recom-
mended maximum daily intake for
most children and teens.
Jacqueline Martin is a first year
early childhood education student
at Fanshawe College. She said
most people consume energy
drinks because of how easily they
can be purchased and consumed.
“People still buy energy drinks
because just picking up an energy
drink and being on their way is less
time-consuming than taking the
time to exercise,” said Martin.
There are many healthy alterna-
tives to energy drinks and caffeine.
Alternatives such as sleep, eating
apples and drinking water are just
a few. Samhat, however, said
young people don’t think healthy
alternatives are as effective as
energy drinks.
“When you think of apples your
mind associates it to nutrition, not
energy. When you think of sleep,
you associate it to exhaustion.
When you think water, you associ-
ate it to thirst. But energy drinks
are associated to energy. Whether
that be true or not, that’s how our
minds work,” said Samhat.
In 2011, researchers at the Rudd
Center for Food Policy & Obesity
conducted a comprehensive analy-
sis of beverage marketing.
The results showed that advertis-
ing costs energy drink brands
totaled $281.8 million in 2012, an
increase of 71 per cent versus
2010.
Bodde said it is the consumer’s
choice as to whether or not they
purchase the product, regardless of
the marketing tactics used.
“It’s the users decision on
whether or not they want to pur-
chase these products and whether
they have done the research for
themselves on how bad they are,”
said Bodde.
Television plays the biggest role
in the media’s tactics to attract
more people into buying and con-
suming these drinks according to
Samhat.
“There tends to be more energy
drink advertisements in the
evening and late at night, which is
usually the time where people get
back from work and are exhaust-
ed,” said Samhat. “Seeing profes-
sional teams advertising energy
drinks helps you make the false
assumption that energy drinks help
you perform better when you’re
tired, but truly they don’t.”
The problems linked with young
people and energy drinks continue
to grow. Martin said she would
like to get the message about ener-
gy drinks danger out to the public.
“An increase in public awareness
and education about potential
harms of these drinks is all I could
ask for. The more people who
know about the risks, the better,”
said Martin.
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11CONVERGED CITIZENFEATURE NOVEMBER 6, 2014
Campaign exceeds expectationsSean Frame
Managing Editor
The Hospice of Windsor and
Essex County has announced
that amount of money raised
by their Face to Face cam-
paign this year was more than
ever.
Hospice Face to Face was
launched 12 years ago by the
vice-president of St. Clair
College John Fairley. The
campaign aims to raise around
$50,000 in the span of six
weeks. Last year they asked
500 people to ask 10 friends
for a donation of $10. The
campaign was successful and
raised more than $55,000.
This year, according to
Fairley, they decided to be
more specific. Transportation
for hospice patients cost
roughly $10 per patient and
they transport around 6,500
rides. Their goal was to raise
$65,000, but according to
Fairly they far surpassed their
goal.
“When I heard the number it
was just shocking,” said
Fairley who also hosts
Cogeco’s Face to Face pro-
gram. “I felt a feeling of grate-
fulness and reminds me of
what charity is all about. Even
at their (Hospice) gala, they
mentioned that the Hospice
Face to Face is one of the
major campaigns of the year.
It went from something to
really something.”
Laura Lemmon is the com-
munity engagement and event
specialist for Hospice.
According to Lemmon they
had larger companies sponsor
their campaign this year,
namely Caesar’s Windsor,
Windsor Chrysler and
Overseas Motors. The trans-
portation program is almost
completely run by volunteers
and according to Lemmon
most of the drivers use their
own vehicles. The money
raised will go towards the
transportation and other serv-
ices offered in the wellness
centre.
“We had a lot of help with
the campaign this year, from
Fairley who created the cam-
paign and also the volunteers
and canvassers who went door
to door to raise money on our
behalf,” said Lemmon. “We
are so excited to announce the
total to everyone tomorrow at
our wrap up
party and start working on a
plan for next year.”
Face to Face announced on
Oct 22 that they raised more
than ever with over $70,000.
Hornets and ISIS another chapter in historyDan Gray
Managing Editor
Sic Itur Ad Astra: such is the
pathway to the stars.
Canadians have been reaching
for those stars with jet pow-
ered fighter planes for almost
70 years, from Valiants,
Voodoos and Sabres to the
aptly named Canuck. The
Starfighters, even the doomed
Avro Arrow, all paved the way
for our winged protectors of
today, the Hornet. The powder
blue skies of more than a
dozen worldwide locations
have been split by the pres-
ence of silver-winged jets
flown by the Royal Canadian
Air Force.
The current stallion of
choice that is jockeyed around
the skies and deployed around
the world is the CF-188
Hornet.
The nation’s Hornets have
dotted the skies of Iraq once
before. In 1991 their name-
sakes of a different generation
tore through those skies in the
Persian Gulf War. Highlights
from that campaign include
partially damaging a patrol
boat with an air-to-air missile.
Offensive operations for our
Hornets have not always been
United Nations-sanctioned.
The North American Treaty
Organization, of which
Canada is a founding member,
chose in March of 1999 to
intervene in Kosovo. Four
Hornets were among a large
armada of strike aircraft deter-
mined to push the Serbians
out of Kosovo. The eventual
deployment of 18 Hornets
dropped nearly half a million
pounds of munitions in 78
days of aerial bombardment.
They were a highly valued
asset in the aerial war because
of their all-weather bomb
dropping capability.
The grandiose idea of stick-
ing a pilot into a fighter plane
with a jet engine, instead of
props, first occurred in
Canada inside the British-
designed Valiant that was pur-
chased for service in 1948.
Canada was unable to pro-
vide any jets to the Korean
War but 22 RCAF pilots took
to the air with the United
States Air Force. They flew in
support of many operations in
for the first time since the end
of the Second World War. The
pilots danced with primitive
Russian fighters and dropped
bombs, sometimes in support
of Canadian Army divisions
on the ground. Larry Milberry
is an author and a historian
who has written many books
on the RCAF and its history.
He relates many factual
accounts of our nation’s aerial
activities in his writings.
“Canadians flew against the
MIGs in Korea. After that our
big roles were with NORAD
with the CF-100s and then the
CF-101 Voodoo’s,” said
Milberry. “In NATO, we flew
Sabres and CF-100’s then the
F-104 then finally the CF-18.”
The white dove of peace
managed to skirt the threats of
tactical nuclear weapons and
the Cold War. Although many
planes and personnel were
based in Europe, our nation’s
major role was to provide
strategic intercept capabilities
at home with NORAD.
When you ask about RCAF
history you are directed to
retired lieutenant-colonel
Dean Black. His resume
includes a masters in war his-
tory from the Royal Military
College, 30 years of tactical
helicopter flying and he is the
current executive director of
the Air Force Association of
Canada.
“The problem with Canada
is we have a smaller footprint
people-wise, and a larger foot-
print country wise and we
happen to be between two
arch enemies, the USSR and
the United States,” said Black.
Protecting our airspace at
home has been the job of
(NORAD) since 1957. Jet
fighter aircraft have zoomed
across the skies of our nation
with thundering sonic booms
chasing suspected and real
enemies since NORAD’s
inception. Upon the wings of
Canucks, Canucks have taken
flight. In needing to go faster,
higher, and stay there, for
longer the Air Force thrust
itself into its golden age.
The Sabres and Canucks, so
revered for being on the cut-
ting edge of technology, soon
gave way to the Voodoos and
Starfighters. The highlight and
darkest moment of the era
belonged to the Avro Arrow.
Dancing with MIGS and
long distance bombers would
have been easy for an Arrow.
It had the ability to reach
higher clouds and slice them
at almost twice the speed of
sound. For the 1960s it would
have been the ultimate air
intercept weapon. It wasn’t
meant to be and political pres-
sure put an end to the program
in 1959.
Hornets have also aggres-
sively operated in the skies of
Libya and been the armed
escort for dozens of civilian
aircraft since 9/11.They are
currently deployed to Europe
once again because of Russian
provocations in Ukraine.
NORAD has also required the
more frequent launch of inter-
ceptors to the far north to meet
an ever provocative Russian
bomber or two.
Our fighter planes are now
writing another chapter in the
storied history of the RCAF.
They are slicing through the
skies of Iraq supporting Iraqi
troops on the ground. Fighting
Islamic State in Syria is yet
another opportunity for our
fighter planes to prove their
worth on the front lines of bat-
tle. It’s just another step on the
pathway to the stars - Sic IturAd Astra.
Photo by Dan GrayRoyal Canadian Air Force Spitfire sits atop a pedestal inJackson Park on Nov. 2.
Halloween party goers
Photo by Ryan Brough
A sold out crowd packed the hangar at St. Clair Collegeon Thursday Oct. 30. for St. Clair’s annual Halloweenpub night. It was their largest pub night this year. Theevent is said to draw the largest crowd of party- goersduring the year.
CONVERGED CITIZENSPORTS NOVEMBER 6, 2014
The game of hockeyChelsea Lefler
Sports Editor
A lot of Canadians, from
boys and girls, to men and
women play hockey, but why
hockey? Why does a singular
sport, played on ice with sticks
and a puck run so deeply in
our blood? Where did it come
from? Why do we love it so?
The first indoor hockey
game was played in 1875,
when James Creighton a
rugby player, created the
game.
The teams played the
game using rugby rules.
The players weren’t
allowed to pass forward and
the goalies weren’t allowed
to go on their knees.
Hockey is also a mix of
shinty, hurley, bandy,
lacrosse and a few other
sports.
The Aboriginals played a
similar game called batt-
away or lacrosse. They
would play these games to
test each other’s physicali-
ty, using sticks and balls.
In some of the Aboriginal
cultures, games were
believed to have supernatu-
ral powers and healing
properties.
Freddie Sasakamoose was
the first Aboriginal hockey
player in the National
Hockey League. He was
called up to play 13 games
with the Chicago
Blackhawks. He was born
on the Sandy Lake reserve
in Saskatchewan in 1933.
Sasakamoose made his very
first stick out of a red wil-
low and used frozen apples
as pucks.
Nikko Sablone, Graham
Pickard and Nicolas
Crescenzi all play for the
LaSalle Vipers Junior B
hockey team. Sablone is a
call up for the Ontario
Hockey League’s Windsor
Spitfires.
“I play hockey because it
keeps you in shape and
you’re always playing with
a good group of guys,” said
Pickard.
Crescenzi has been play-
ing since he was five and
said he fell in love with the
game at a young age.
“The best part about play-
ing hockey is working hard,
playing hard as a team,”
said Pickard. “The team
atmosphere. And being
able to play and win as a
team makes winning that
much better.”
Sablone said he plays
hockey because of the love
of the game. He got
involved with hockey at a
young age and said because
of that, you fall in love with
the sport. Sablone
explained that you build
bonds and create friend-
ships over the years and
that’s one of the best parts.
Photo by Chelsea Lefler
LaSalle Vipers’ Nikko Sablone at the Vollmer RecreationComplex in LaSalle
LaSalle Vipers comebackChelsea Lefler
Sports Editor
On Wednesday Oct. 29, the
LaSalle Vipers came back
winning 3-2 against the
Strathroy Rockets at the
Vollmer Recreation Complex
in LaSalle.
The Vipers were losing 2-1, with
only one goal from Brett Primeau,
but the Vipers made a comeback
with two goals from Brett
Primeau, giving him his first
Junior B hat-trick.
“It feels good I felt like I got a lot
of chances today and I found the
puck just came to me a lot so it was
good to get three goals and to get
the win.” said Primeau
The Vipers won the game but
possibly lost two more players to
injuries. It is still unknown if for-
ward Tyler Russell and defence-
man Nick Gauvin were left with
injuries or not. They both received
head checks in the game, Russell
continued to play, but Gauvin had
to leave the ice.
“It was a really group effort to
find a way to come back two
points. I don’t think we deserved
that win. I thought Strathroy
played an excellent game but
throughout the course of the year
you going to win games you might
not deserve and vice versa,” said
Bill Bowler head coach of the
Vipers. “So let’s just take the win
and hopefully build on. Brett
Primeau had a real strong game.
He was obviously the difference
for our hockey club. Brett has
been doing it all year and we kind
of expect that now of him so hope-
fully tomorrow night some of our
other guys will with the puck in.”
The Vipers next home game
is Wednesday Nov. 5, for their
Remembrance Day game.
Photo by Chelsea LeflerLaSalle Vipers Brett Primeau scoring the teams first goal of thegame Oct, 29 at the Vollmer Recreation Complex.
The Saints areback on top
Mike Hugall
Citizen Staff Reporter
Photo courtesy Shelly. J. Quickll
The St. Clair Saints men’s
baseball team completed their
season with the Ontario
University Athletics champi-
onship Sunday at Lacasse
Park.
The men capped off an
astounding season going 33-2
overall, leading to their second
consecutive dual conference
championship. Lead by head
coach Dave Cooper and assis-
tant coaches Bernie Labute
and Rob Murphy, the Saints
won back-to-back games over
the Brock Badgers in the final
day of the playoffs.
“It’s outstanding not only for
this team but for our athletics
program,” said athletics coor-
dinator Ted Beale. “We are
fortunate enough to play
against some of the best teams
in the province that represent
the OUA… I have nothing but
positives to say about this
team.”
Second basemen Ryan
Kerstens and catcher Eric
Cunningham paved the way
for the team’s success by pro-
ducing a total of 47 hits in 20
games played, both batting
above .500 on the season.
Kerstens who batted leadoff
most of the season for the
Saints, was tied for the team
lead in runs batted in with 16.
Cunningham, who took over
for injured catcher Jeff
Watkin, led the Saints with a
.593 batting average and 34
total bases on the season.
“Kerstens has been our
leader all year long,” said
Labute. “He’s a guy that plays
strong up the middle, hits to all
sides of the field and is a play-
er for our younger talent to
emulate.”
The tournament ran from
Oct. 24 – 26 where St. Clair
would face off against teams
from all across the province.
The Saints began the run to the
championship with an 11-3
win over the Waterloo
Warriors of the OUA. From
there the Saints would be
forced to regroup the Durham
Lords in the semi-finals have
to face the team they would
eventually meet in the finals
The Brock Badgers.
“We were excited,” said first
year player Casey Boutette.
“The guys who have been
there before were calm and it
kind of brought the team to the
same level. We knew we want-
ed gold.”
The saints would be forced
to re-group and play Durham
College in the semi-finals. The
game would be called in the
sixth inning due to an 11
mercy rule as St. Clair topped
the Lourdes 11-0.
The Saints went into the
finals needing to win two
games in order to re-claim
their crown. They would go on
to win the first game 3-2 after
controlling the Badger’s bats
in the late innings. Later on in
the day, the Saints would com-
plete the unlikely beating the
Badgers 7-5 in the last game
of the season.
With many players returning
next year the Saints and their
coaching staff already have
the goal of obtaining a third
straight championship.
“The OUA is an incredi-
ble talent, however the tal-
ent in the OCAA is being
groomed and it’s affecting
the overall quality of base-
ball in Ontario,” said
Labute. “We are a very
good team, and with that
said the surrounding
schools are going to have
to raise the level of compe-
tition to compete with us.”
St. Clair College Saints celebrate their championship win
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