Phantom of the Opera

   Friday Feb 24 at 8 P.M./ Sat. Feb 25 at 2 P.M. and 8 P.M. 

 Support our local  Chatham-Kent teens and attend one of the performances of the Classic "Phantom of the Opera" on Friday Evening Feb 24 at 8 P.M. or Sat. Feb 25 at 2 or 8 P.M. The event will be held at the Chatham Capitol Theatre in Historic Downtown Chatham. This famous production is one you never tire of attending with it's fabulous music by Andrew Lloyd Webber.

 Visit www.chathamcapitoltheatre.com for more information on this production as well as others in the near future. Tickets for The Phantom Of The Opera are available at the box office at 75 William St. North, Chatham or at www.cktickets.com 

Although there has been a great deal of controversy about the Capital Theatre and the cost of the restoration, let's try to forget the past and support the facility. It is here and we can't turn back the clock. The Municality is putting forth a great effort to bring local as well as outside entertainment to the venue for our enjoyment. Let's let bygones be just that bygones. 

I have attended several shows in the last few months and commend those in charge for bringing great entertainment to our community. Chatham-Kent has Affordable Lifestyle at it's best. It is a great place to live, raise a family, retire to, relocate to or visit. Call Wayne Liddy Re/Max Chatham-Kent Realty Inc. Brokerage  at 519-436-4810 Chatham OR 647-248-2633 Toronto and let him show you waterfront homes, houses, condominiums, townhouses in this great location. Visit www.wayneliddy.com for more details on the community and properties for sale.  

                         " Romeo & Juliet" Feb 16/2012 at 7:30

                                           Chatham Capitol Theatre

The State Ballet Theatre of Russia's 65 dancers will wow the audience with their presentation of the famous love story "Romeo and Juliet" on Thursday Feb16/2012 for one show at 7:30 at the Chatham Capital Theatre in Historic Downtown Chatham. This classic tale of two young lovers set to fabulous music recounts their unfailing quest to be together no matter what. Amid bitter family feuds, hatred and cruel destiny, love prevails. Set to Prokofiev's music and believed to be the best ballet score ever written, this production promises to be a real winner!

 The State Ballet Theatre of Russia Dancers are winners of International Ballet Competitions and represent the Art of Russian Ballet worldwide.

 Tickets are $25-$45.00 and can be obtained at the Box Office at 75 William St. North, www.cktickets.com or by calling 519-354-8338 or 1-866-807-7770

Another example of what Chatham-Kent has to offer. Affordable Lifestyle at it's best. Chatham-Kent is a great place to live, raise a family, retire to, relocate to or visit. Call Wayne Liddy Re/Max Chatham-Kent Realty Inc. Brokerage at 519-436-4810 Chatham or 647-248-2633 Toronto and let him show you property is this great community.Waterfront homes ,houses, condominiums, townhouses for sale. Visit www.wayneliddy.com for more details on the community and choice properties for sale.    

                      New Business " Ground Floor" to Open Soon

                               In Downtown Chatham

Dave Cullen, owner of Ground Floor, the New Business to open soon in Downtown Chatham spoke to the local Rotary Members about the new project. He explained that it will allow small business owners to be able to rent desk and office space at the site and provide a networking environment for entrepenuers to grow their business' and work together.Cullen said they are looking for Business Owners with small companies employing up to 3 or 4 staff to get involved. Ground floor is not meant to be a permanent home for these business' but a platform to grow their individual business' and move on. Cullen feels being located in Historic Downtown Chatham is very important to the project and it will hopefully encourage more people to set up shop downtown. 

 Recently, approximately 200 emplyees of the I.T. Division of the Union Gas relocated to the 2nd floor of the Chatham Dowtown Centre bringing more people downtown to shop, eat and socialize.

 Chatham Businessman Dan Warrenen recently purchased the Chatham Downtown Centre and is making several changes with new stores and business'  coming on board. Another Downtown Project is The Boardwalk Condominium Development across from the Chatham Downtown Center on King St. along the Thames River.

 Chatham is growing and great things are happening. Affordable Lifestyle at it's best! Great place to live, raise a family, retire, relocate to, or visit. Call Wayne Liddy Re/Max Chatham-Kent Realty Inc. Brokerage at 519-436-4810 Chatham or 647-248-2633 Toronto and let him show you waterfront homes, houses, condominiums, townhouses in this great community. Visit www.wayneliddy.com  for more infromation on the community and properties for sale. Our motto is " IT IS ALL HERE ALL YEAR!"     

                                 CKHA  Proposal to Rebuild both Sites

Jim Laforet Chairman of the Image Project Steering Committee said the long range plans to build new hospital facilties at both the CKHA in Chatham and the SDH in Wallaceburg began in truth more than 10 years ago. When the 2 hospitals, Public General Hospital and St. Joseph's Hospital merged, the committee knew that even with improvements and the partial building of a new structures this day would come when a new facility would have to be undertaken. The present site of CKHA on Emma St. has some newer facilities but still encompasses a large portion of the old PGH structure.

The $551 Million Dollar proposal will be submitted to the Ministry of Health and Long Term Care for final approval. The proposal calls for a new 6 storey building to replace the PGH site and a one storey with a full emergency room at the SDH site. The Chatham facility plans to keep the same number of medicine beds but there will be none in Wallaceburg.

 Sarah Padfield CKHA Vice President and Chief Financial Officer said there is more emphasis on providing critical care and surgical beds and less emphasis on general beds since hospital care is the most expensive care in our sytem.

If the proposal is accepted the local share of the cost would be 10% plus providing additional funds for new capital equipment that may be required. Chatham-Kent has always risen to the task at hand and if this proposal goes ahead I am sure that this will be the case again. Charitable work is about making the community better and Chatham-Kent is a community that cares about their community. I will keep you posted.

Chatham-Kent is  a great place to live, raise a family, retire to or vacation. Affordable lifestyle at it's best! For buyers and sellers looking for Real Estate call Wayne Liddy  Re/max Chatham-Kent Realty Inc. Brokerage 519-436-4810 Chatham or 647-248-2633 Toronto          

                      Simply Red Gala Saturday Feb 4/ 2012

                        Chatham Armoury 44 William St.

 The Heart and Stroke Foundation and CK Energy will present this year`s Annual Simply Red Gala on Saturday Feb 4/ 2012 at the Chatham Armoury. Anyone who has attended one of these Galas in the past will tell you, you are in for a great evening.

Doors will be open at 5 P.M. and tickets are $100.00 with all proceeds going to the Heart and Stroke Foundation. This is a disease that has or will affect many of us personally or one of our family or friends. Heart Disease and Stroke take one in three Canadians before their time.

 Make plans to attend. Have a great time and support this worthy cause. There will be a 4 Course Dinner catered by Four Diamond Catering, a featured String Quartet, Cadencia and entertainment by Tom Lockwood.There will also be a live and silent auction taking place throughout the evening.This year for the first time ever the committe is excited to announce that with the support of Campbell Toyota, a car will be included in the auction.

 Tickets are available at The Chatham-Kent Chapter of the Heart and Stroke Foundation at 519-354-6232 or by emailing Natasha Krawczyk at nlrawczyk@hsf.on.ca  

Watch my blog for other upcoming events in Chatham-Kent with its affordable lifestyle. Call Wayne Liddy ReMax Chatham-Kent Realty Inc. Brokerage at 519-436-4810 Chatham or 647-248-2633 Toronto and let him show you waterfront homes, houses, condominiums, townhouses and vacation properties for sale in the great community of Chatham-Kent.  

                                 'Road to Freedom"  at Capital Theatre

                                   Sat. Jan 28/2012 at 7:30 P.M.

Buxton National Historic Site and Museum will kick off Black History Month on Sat. Jan 28/2011 at the Chatham-Downtown Capital Theatre. How fitting that this great tribute to those people who fought for their freedom and never gave up hope, will be held at our own Capital Theatre in Historic Downtown Chatham. The evening will highlight Isaac Brown a one-time Chatham-Kent Resident, a fugitive slave who fled New Orleans, was captured and whose fight for freedom for himself and others brought International attention to Slavery and its terrible injustices.

 The evening is the Official Launch of a book by Bryan Prince, local historian called "One More River To Cross" The book is the story of Isaac Brown. Direct quotes from people actually involved with the Isaac Brown story will be narrated by Bryan and Shannon Price both local Historians.

The Karen Schuessler Singers featuring Vocalist Denise Pelley will pay tribute to those individuals who lived during this dark period in Black History. Those who fought for their freedom, those who helped others escape and even those who lost their lives will be remembered on this special evening.

 Chatham-Kent was a stop along the famous Underground Railway and is the location of many books and stories about this peried in History. Visit Uncle Tom's Cabin and other historic sites. Visit www.wayneliddy.cm for details on this and other attraction and events.

 Our Motto for Chatham-Kent is " IT IS ALL HERE ALL YEAR" Call Wayne Liddy Re/Max Chatham-Kent Realty Inc. Brokerage at 519-436-4810 Chatham or 647-248-2633 Toronto and let him show you Real Estate in this great community.   

                                 Stars of Pops Tributes Jan 21/2012

                  Capital Theatre Historic Downtown Chatham

TekSavvy Solutions presents this special show of tributes to some of the hottest stars today who are especially popular with the young people. This family show will be presented at our own Capital Theatre in Downtown Chatham on Saturday at 2P.M. and 7:30 P.M. and is part of the Pattern Energy Concert For Kids Series.

The show will feature Justin Bieber, Selena Gomez, Katy Perry, Taylor Swift, Lady Gaga and Miley Cyrus look-alikes and sound- alikes who will perfrom the stars greatest hits. If you have every attended one of these tributes you know you are in for a great show. Often times you are hard pressed to separate the real from the look-alikes. Just sit back and enjoy!

 Proceeds from the event support the Chatham-Kent Children`s Treatment Centre and the Children`s Safety Village, two very worthy causes in Chatham-Kent.

Tickets are $39-$59.00 and are available at the Chatham Cultural Centre Box Office on William St North. Call 519-354-8338 or visit www.cktickets.com

 Another example of what Chatham-Kent has to offer.Affordable Lifestyle and a great place to live, raise a family, relocate or retire to.Call Wayne Liddy ReMax Chatham-Kent Realty Inc. Brokerage at 519-436-4810  Chatham or 647-248-2633 Toronto and let him show you Real Estate for sale in this choice location. IT IS ALL HERE ALL YEAR! is our Motto in Chatham-Kent

                               Canadian Collectors Roadshow

                      Tues. Jan17-Sat jan21/2012

It is time to clean out the garage, attic and cluttered closets and dig out those long forgotten family treasures. You, like many other people have discovered, may be sitting on a fortune. There are many stories of people bringing their so called worthless items to the travelling Raodshow and discovering the true value they did not know existed.

 The Roadshow will be held at the Travelodge, 555 Bloomfield Rd. Chatham Tuesday-Friday 9 A.M. -6 P.M. and Saturday 9 A.M.-4:30 P.M. There is no admission charge and free coffee is available. All you have to do is bring your collectibles and have the experts tell you their value. You may be in for a surprise. If they are interested in your items they will offer you a price and pay you on the spot.

The top 5 items to bring are Gold Jewellry, Gold Coins, Silver Coins, Sterling Silver and Collectibles such as toys, train sets, dolls etc. 

 Why not come down and join the fun. This is just another example of one of the great events that makes Chatham-Kent the place to live, work and raise a family. There is something here for everyone.

 Call Wayne Liddy Re/Max Chatham-Kent Realty Inc. Brokerage at 519-436-4810 Chatham or 647-248-2633 Toronto and let him show you properties in this choice area. Visit www.wayneliddy.com for community events and great properties for sale. 

                              Union Gas Donations to United Way 2011-2012

                                  Reach an All Time High

 In this their centennial year in the Municipicality of Chatham-Kent, the employees and retirees of the Union Gas have once again shown their great generosity toward the United Way Appeal Campaign.This year's donations reached $594,634. Karen Kirkwood-Whyte, executive Director of the United Way said they are very grateful for the donation as well as all the many volunteer hours the company employees donate to the organization. She said the Union Gas constitutes approximately 30% of the total Chatham-Kent Campaign.

All Employee and retirees donations were matched dollar for dollar by the Union Gas parent company, Spectra Energy.Including other Union Gas offices, employees and the company are giving the grand sum of $900,700. to 27 branches of the United Way across Ontario.

 Way to go Union Gas! What a great example of the caring and giving nature of the citizens of Chatham-Kent. Chatham-Kent is a great place to live work and raise a family. Check out wayneliddy.com for choice listings in this great area and call Wayne Liddy Remax Chatham-Kent Realty Inc. Brokerage at 519-436-4810 Chatham or 647-248-2633 Toronto and let him show you waterfront homes, houses, condominiums and townhouses in the great area.     

              New Galaxy Cinema Opens in Chatham-Kent

 The new state of the art $5 Million Galaxy Theater recently opened in Chatham amid rave reviews. Just in time fot Christmas, the new theater promises some great movies for the season. All of the theatres feature stadium seating with no one obstucting your view and high back rocker chairs for comfort.Three of the theatres have the capability of screening 3D films using real 3D technology which is the up and coming feature of films today. 

 The new cinema has 1350 seats and great concessions stands with a wide variety of snacks and foods to please everybodies tastes. As well as Box office movies, Galaxy Cinema Chatham will offer Front Row Centre events including the Met Live in HD Series. 

Based in Toronto, the parent company,Cineplex is the largest film exhibitor in Canada and is involved with 130 theatres and has 10,000 employees, 60 of which are in Chatham. The Downtown Theatre employees have been relocated to the new facility and new full time and part time employees hired.

 Watch for the upcoming box office showings and check out the Scene Membership and earn reward points.

 This latest opening in Chatham-Kent is another example of the positive development of this great community. A great place to live, raise a family, retire to or visit. Check out Chatham--Kent properties for sale: waterfront homes, houses, condominiums, townhouses or vacation homes. IT IS ALL HERE ALL YEAR! Call Wayne Re/Max Chatham-Kent Realty Inc. Brokerage at 519-436-4810 Chatham or 647-248-2633 Toronto and let him show you property for sale in this great area.