The Dover Kinsmen have got it right. They’re small, but they are mighty.
The Club recently celebrated a half-century of helping others. It began with six members, and waxed and waned over the years.
There are now 16 members, and as the charter president of the club, Frank Letourneau said, “Sixteen who can do the work of 60.”
This club has helped launch the Chatham-Kent Children’s Safety Village, the Mitchell’s Bay Splash Pad, pavilions in various North Kent communities, and the Pain Court Tractor Pull, to name a few projects.
Their helping hands are seemingly everywhere. And not all those hands today sport wrinkles. One of the sad realities of today is many service clubs are aging, as our youth and young adults are not getting involved with them as much as their predecessors used to.
That’s not the case in Dover with the Kinsmen. They have the youthful exuberance to add to existing experience. Muscle and fresh ideas keep such clubs fresh.
We wish the Dover Kinsmen 50 more years of success.
Storm drain
Well, we survived our “winter” this year, right? Spoiled after a number of mild winters, Mother Nature gave Chatham-Kent and the region some frigid temperatures through much of late-January and early February. Then came the heavy melt.
So, we’re done, right? Well…
Forget what groundhog did or didn’t see his shadow. The reality is we have shifted into the snow-rain-sun blender of late winter. Days of potential white-out conditions either followed or preceded by rain, and a side-order of bright sunshine thrown in for good measure.
That means road conditions can change quickly. We ask that C-K drivers adjust their styles accordingly.
In just one day alone last week, we observed stop signs ignored, lead-footed tailgaters driving impatiently (well, that’s any day of the week, really), terrible lane changes, a near miss in a parking lot, pedestrians walking blindly out in front of moving vehicles, and more.
If the road conditions change and your driving/walking habits don’t, there will be some twisting of steel and perhaps breaking of bone.
Please be safe out there, people.
