Wallaceburg sports community struts its stuff....
The Oak's Inn in Wallaceburg was the scene of the 29th annual Wallaceburg Sports Hall of Fame Banquet and Induction Ceremony this past Saturday night and it was full house as almost 400 local sports enthusiasts attended to see a variety of local sports heroes, past and present, honoured for their contributions to the community of Wallaceburg. NHL Hall of Famer, former New York Islander great Billy Smith was the guest speaker, but most who attended were there to pay tribute to people like Mike Childs, who was inducted into the Hall of Fame as a Builder for his work with minor baseball, to Tom Moynihan, who was honoured as Coach of the Year for guiding the local Air Hawks basketball team to the provincial championship last spring. The Wallaceburg Lakers Junior "C" hockey team that dominated local rinks in the late 1990's and battled for the provincial title was also inducted into the Hall. Ken "Crazy Legs" Murphy was the Honourary Chair for the event and it was MCeed by local sporting guru Pete McCarter. The event has not only paid homage to the community's sporting greats for the last 29 years, but also raises significant funds for local charities. Hall of Fame committee member submitted these photos to cktimes....thanks, Todd!!!
Foundation of CKHA’s Dancing for the Stars Fast-Approaching
CHATHAM, ON (Monday, February 1, 2010): The Foundation of Chatham-Kent Health Alliance’s 3rd Annual Dancing for the Stars is fast-approaching! Taking place on Saturday, February 20, 2010, at 7:00 p.m., at the Kinsmen Auditorium, Dancing for the Stars will feature five local physicians and one nurse practitioner performing with professional dancers from Toronto and a special musical performance by Brooke Nicholls. Proceeds from the event will benefit Chatham-Kent Health Alliance’s Highest Priority Needs.
Editor's Note
Here we go again with another great edition of cktimes.ca.....we've got good news stories from across Chatham-Kent and we've got plenty of great columns again this week. Read Jim Gilbert's Cultural Musings on Chatham or Philip Shaw's At Issue. Check out Jack Gleason's A Life Worth Living or Pastor Brian Horrobin's the Pastoral Lens or Chandra Clarke's In My Humble Opinion. We've got Mary Ellen Herder and Cherie's McGuire's In the Spotlight and we've got Gardening with Terri. We've got Travel Talk with the fine folks at Vellinga Travel and we've got Legion Musings with Rob Simpson. There's just a whole lot of great reading in cktimes and you should be part of it. You can also listen to some great podcasts....At Issue Notes From a Garage....Philip Shaw's agricultural commentary....East/West...and you can listen to me on radio....CKXS 99.1 FM every Wednesday at 6:50 a.m. with my commentary and CFCO 92.9 FM Wednesdays at 9:35 a.m. with my Good News Report.....lots of great stuff going on.....check it out!!!!!
