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contents 

re g u l a r s 

3 f rom the publ i s h e r 

biz x travels to calgary, a l b e rta to take in the stampede 

4 editorial view p o i n t 

in the first of a series of articles on the road blocks to a modern regional transportation 

s y s t e m , columnist alan halberstadt interv i ews john tofflemire, the city of windsor’s former 

long-time traffic engineering guru. 

6 f ront lines 

the onegoal hockey show debuts in detro i t ; essex county re c e i ves some “ l i fe s avers” and 

the ambassador bridge pre p a res for a second span. 

9 h e a rd on the stre e t 

1 2 n ew s f l a s h 

2 2 biz bits 

2 4 m a r keting 101 

2 5 keep your motor runnin’ 

2 6 ask the ex p e rt s 

2 8 a rt matters 

3 4 p o rt folio corner 

3 6 biz x was there windsor & essex county 

m i ddle photo shows krista del gatto, (left) cae exe c u t i ve officer of the windsor essex 

county real estate board (we c reb) and julie gre e n , a bro ker with re/max pre fe rred re a l t y. 

the pair we re stationed at the putting contest for the we c reb golf tourney. for more snap 

shots of who was there at this event (and a few others, besides biz x!) ….be sure to visit 

our popular photo page! 

3 9 biz x was there detro i t 

4 3 dates to re m e m b e r 

fe a t u re s 

1 0 city smiles 

susan pedler, host and re p o rter of cbc tv windsor 

1 4 c over story 

the baby boomers are reaching their golden years and this has led to the active adult 

re t i rement community boom. we profile a few of the housing options available to seniors 

and offer advice on how to choose the perfect place to live, either for yourself or a loved 

o n e. top photo taken at chart well select’s oak park lake s h o re of a resident having tea with 

her daughter who came for a visit. one of oak park lake s h o re ’s many amenities includes the 

24 hour complimentary café – fresh fruit, c o o k i e s , home baked mu f f i n s , along with coffe e,t e a 

and juices are alw ays available for residents and guests. 

2 1 senior stars...N E W ! 

up close and personal with local seniors, this month – 84 year old hans ko e h n ke 

2 9 welcome to harrow, o n t a r i o 

3 0 restaurant tidbits and morsels 

3 1 food for thought 

3 3 xx files 

k a ren prieduls of cre a t i ve tile designs in windsor 

4 0 hot shots 

wow what a summer it has been – so many events and so little time! howeve r, the biz x 

team did its best to visit as many festivals as possible, relating to eve rything from firewo r k s 

to mu s i c,ice cream and a whole lot of things in betwe e n . the 13th annual bluesfest is 

d e f i n i t e ly at the top of our list….shown in photo at left is dave mason perfo r m i n g , in mid 

j u ly, at the rive r f ront festival plaza in windsor. 

4 4 biz of the month 

windsor mitsubishi, 925 provincial ro a d 

the cover – seniors live it up! 

ah ye s , t h e re is life after re t i rement! writer tim fairhurst explores the seniors’ housing business. 

c over details: in chart we l l ’s devo n s h i re seniors’ re s i d e n c e, residents elaine longley, 89 ye a r s 

yo u n g , and gerry noel de tilly, 8 4 , t a ke a “spin” around one of the many fireplace lounge are a s . 

photo by rod denis. special thanks to stephanie dry s d a l e, d i rector of marketing for devo n s h i re 

seniors’ re s i d e n c e, 901 riverside drive west in windsor. 

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F R O M T H E P U B L I S H E R 

Ya-Hoo! The Stampede 

Means Business! 

By Deborah Jones 

Each ye a r, millions of visitors from around the 

world travel to Alberta for the annual Calgary 

Stampede. 

Biz X photojournalist/Michigan In Play 

Publisher Jack Rosenberg and myself we re lucky 

enough to getaway for a few days this summer to 

attend “the greatest outdoor show on eart h”. 

I do not usually write about personal trips, but 

I believe this particular destination deserves some 

editorial space. 

Mainly so our readers in Essex County and 

Michigan can learn about the Stampede, in case 

they would like to attend next ye a r’s event, July 4 

to 13. Also to show how this city attracts tourists 

and keeps them coming back year after ye a r. 

C a l g a ry is absolutely booming and that is definitely 

an inspiration for us here in the border cities! 

Plus, there seem to be many people from our 

m oved out west) that now live and work in the 

C a l g a ry / Banff region. 

Even when I was booking our hotel stay at the 

Hyatt Regency in downtown Calgary, the 

Windsor connection came through! 

Hyatt Ma rketing/Communications Ma n a g e r 

Adam Geml (Photo 1) relocated out there a few 

years ago and Geml quickly reminded me that he 

was our cover model for the December 2004 

issue! (By the way, he wears a pink bandana in 

s u p p o rt of “Tough enough to wear pink”, a 

fundraising campaign by Wrangler to create a 

f u t re without Breast Cancer.) 

We ran into a few more Biz X s u p p o rters and 

readers as well. In most places we visited we heard 

people yelling “He y, Biz X!” We bumped into 

Ben Allin (Photo 2) at the Stampede Ma rk e t … h e 

was working in Banff for the summer…but has 

n ow returned to Windsor to attend unive r s i t y. 

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But, let’s get back to the Stampede, Calgary’s 

most popular tourist attraction. It features a re a l 

rodeo, amusement park, concerts, chuckwagon 

( Photo 3) races, First Nations exhibitions and 

m o re. The cumulative attendance for the 2007 

stampede was 1,251,105. Obv i o u s l y, that has a significant 

impact dollar-wise for the businesses in the 

tourist industry ! 

The two-hour, 4.5 km Calgary St a m p e d e 

Parade always opens up the festivities. An estimated 

crowd of 350,000 lined the streets to see 

Aboriginal Indians (Photo 4), cow b oys, horses and 

m a rching bands on Friday July 6. We even capt 

u red a shot of a local band from Kingsville-Essex! 

( Photo 5) 

Then it was onto the main event (Photo 6), the 

w o r l d’s largest outdoor rodeo with $1.75 million 

in prizes. Twenty of the world’s highest - rated 

competitors qualified to compete in each of the six 

major events (see Photo 7) - saddlebronc, bareback, 

bull riding, tie-down roping, steer wre s t l i n g 

and ladies barrel racing. 

Of course, we had a great time and thanks to 

my family for making it all possible, as well as my 

staff for “holding down the fort” while we we re 

a w a y. 

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E D I T O R I A L V I E W P O I N T 

Political Dithering Derails 

A i r p o rt Transportation Hub 

The first of a series of articles on the roadblocks to a modern regional tra n s p o rt a t i o n 

system written by Alan Halberstadt (Wa rd 3 City Councillor) 

I broke bread with former City of Windsor 

traffic engineering czar John To f f l e m i re 

recently, and asked him if the culture is a little 

different in Leamington, where he now 

serves as Director of Community Services. 

“A little” is hardly an accurate description, 

To f f l e m i re guffaws. The difference is 

“huge,” he says, using one of his favourite 

words. People actually communicate, without 

using gold-plated lawyers and political 

broadsides, in the Tomato Capital. And 

things tend to get done in a timely fashion. 

He recollected, somewhat longingly, that 

things used to be that way in Windsor. 

I wanted to get Tofflemire’s opinion on 

how and when a multi-modal or intermodal 

transportation hub might materialize 

at Windsor Airport. He was blunt, as usual, 

a trait that helped nudge him, voluntarily, 

towards the door at Windsor City Hall. 

Until Windsor extends Lauzon Parkway 

to the 401, “you are just talking through 

your hat,” when you rhapsodize about a 

transportation hub, he scoffs. And unless 

several other “huge” issues start rectifying 

themselves, the entire concept will remain 

“stuck in the mud.” 

The city has been holding up final 

approval of a Regional Master 

Plan that Tofflemire shepherded 

through city-county 

bureaucratic minefields. A key 

component of the plan, 

delayed for going on two years 

now, is the Lauzon extension. 

Mayor Eddie Francis fears 

that building the extension 

first, would lead to E.C. Row 

becoming an international 

truck route and provide the 

senior governments an excuse 

to ditch the elaborate access 

route to a new border crossing 

along the Huron Church corridor. 

To f f l e m i re doesn’t buy this 

sequencing strategy and the obsession with 

international trucks on E.C. Row. “What 

everyone seems not to understand is that 50 

percent of the (cross-border) trucks have a 

Windsor origin,” he says. “Why don’t we 

service ourselves first?” 

The city will be “chasing its tail,” he adds, 

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until City Council agrees to the master 

plan, presses forw a rd with the Lauzo n 

extension and withdraws its opposition to 

the county’s expansion of Highway 22. 

“Regional transportation connectivity of 

the highest order,” is the missing link,” he 

says. “T h a t’s why it (the concept of 

Windsor as a transportation hub) is faltering.” 

To f f l e m i re sat on the Chamber of 

C o m m e rce transportation committee 15 

years ago, when the notion of a terminal 

hub at the airport was a big idea. 

Regional accessibility was built into the 

transportation network back in the 1950s 

when there were seven provincial highways. 

That was long before the province devolved 

all but one of the highways to the local governments, 

and the feds dished off Windsor 

Airport to the city in 1999. 

The multi-modal dreams were intensified 

when the city signed a 10 year deal with 

Serco to operate the airport, with options 

for two five year extensions. Serco built its 

business plan around developing 161 acres 

of airport land. 

Serco projected land development revenues 

of $89.4 million over 20 years, annual 

property taxes of $12.5 

million, creation of 

11,000 new permanent 

jobs and a profit of $22.7 

million. 

Part of the prosperity 

scheme imagined 

Wi n d s o r’s Mu l t i - Mo d a l 

Ga t eway De ve l o p m e n t , 

which would provide “the 

o p p o rtunity to facilitate 

the transfer of goods, services 

and people nationally 

and internationally by 

road (Highway 401, E.C. 

Row Expressway), rail (CP 

Rail line) and air 

(Windsor Airport).” 

Potential uses “may include VIA Rail passenger 

train station, Greyhound inter-city 

municipal bus centre and train/truck container 

transfer facility.” The Precinct “is sufficiently 

large to accommodate a wide range 

of industrial uses.” 

Serco’s plan turned out to be pure fanta- 

To f f l e m i re . . . joy f u l 

in Leamington 


sy, as the multi-million dollar servicing of 

the lands, which Windsor annexed from the 

county in 2003, became severely constrained 

by budget shortfalls, and non-action on 

Lauzon Parkway. 

Airport operating deficits mounted and 

Serco ran for the hills recently, with two 

years left on the original contract. The city 

embarked on a new RFP to find another 

operator, which, at this writing, is also stuck 

in neutral. 

Tofflemire chuckles ironically when he 

recalls how he was given the airport 

portfolio two months after 9-11 and discovered 

that his predecessor on the file, Jerry 

Pinnsoneault, hadn’t called a meeting in six 

months. 

“Windsor Airport is in a really tough 

m a rket,” he says. “I used to fly fro m 

Windsor to Halifax and from Windsor to 

Edmonton, but that changed with the hub 

mentality (with virtually all routes revolving 

around Toronto). 

Tofflemire does not provide a lot of hope 

that Windsor Airport will stop bleeding red 

ink anytime soon. 

He refers back to the Serco plan that 

banked on land development revenues to 

offset aviation deficits. 

The airport is right beside the CP rail line, 

but without a double-stacked rail tunnel 

across the Detroit River the inter-modal idea 

of piggybacking truck containers onto train 

flatbeds is another excursion into Disney 

World. 

C P ’s ambitious plan to match CN’s 

double-stacked rail tunnel in Sarnia became 

e m b roiled in the vicious community 

backlash against the Detroit River Tunnel 

Partnership, an amalgam of CP Rail and 

Borealis, the infrastructure investment arm 

of the OMERs pension fund. 

DRTP wanted to fund the rail tunnel 

with tolls for trucks moving down the rail 

corridor to a second tunnel for tru c k s 

beneath the river. 

Given South Windsorites’ apoplexy over 

the truck route going through their neighbourhoods, 

To f f l e m i re says the senior 

governments “should have taken half of their 

$300-million border gateway fund, given 

$150 million to CP and told the railway, “to 

go build a double-stacked tunnel.” 

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CANADIAN HOCKEY SHOW MAKES 

A MOVE TO HOCKEYTOWN 

T h e r e ’s a big new event coming to the 

Detroit and Windsor area called the OneGoal 

Hockey Show, November 9 to 11th. And it’s 

all about hockey – ice, floor, street, ball, roller – you name it! 

“Who can beat Hockeytown USA’s rich hockey history?” says Bill 

Hattem, Executive Director of OneGoal. “Join us to celebrate this 

great game of hockey while getting the opportunity to see all the 

i n d u s t r y ’s newest products.” 

The three-day trade and public show takes place all under one 

roof at Cobo Hall, in downtown Detroit. OneGoal Hockey is in its third 

year and was previously held in Montreal, Quebec and now relocates 

to the motor city. 

“ M r. Hockey” Gordie Howe is the Honourary Chairman. Other BIG 

names coming to town include Mark Messier, during a Detroit stop 

on his way to Toronto to be inducted into the Hockey Hall Of Fame. 

Many hockey related activities are scheduled, including player 

Calling 9-1-1… Fifteen life-saving 

defibrillators are coming to Essex 

County! It’s all possible from a $3 million 

grant -- the largest in North 

American history for Automated 

External Defibrillators (AEDs) -- from 

the Ontario Ministry of Health 

Promotion, complemented by the 

largest private sector gift of $1 million 

from The Frank Cowan Foundation to 

Bruce Crozier, MPP the Heart & Stroke “Restart a Heart, 

Windsor-Essex 

Restart a Life” Campaign. 

“This initiative allows us to contribute to a great cause, 

and support the communities where many of our employees, 

clients and business partners live and work,” says Maureen 

Cowan, President, The Frank Cowan Foundation. “As a 

result of this donation, more AEDs and training will be available 

to assist someone who is having a cardiac arrest.” 

Ontario municipal Emergency Medical Services were 

asked to assess their local needs for defibrillators and 

apply to the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario for 

funds for AEDs and training in May 2007. These local 

applications were reviewed and communities were allocat- 


signings from over 15 NHL players (not just Red Wings), tips and 

techniques for players and coaches, equipment care and seminars 

on skate sharpening, stick fitting and the like. Show hours are 

Friday/Saturday 9 to 5 and Sunday 9 to 3. Over 150 vendors will be 

p r e s e n t . 

The OneGoal Hockey organization has set an aggressive goal to 

increase youth hockey participation by 15% over three years. Its target 

is four to eight year old boys and girls across North America. 

Biz X magazine and Michigan In Play (MIP) are promotional 

sponsors for the event. You can book your booth space by calling 

519-977-2199 in Canada or 248-477-5347 or 734-788-4349 in 

Michigan. As well, your business can purchase an advertisement in 

the Show Guide passed out to attendees and also in a special story 

in the October issues of Biz X & MIP, for a great combination price. 

Visit michiganinplay.com for more details. Don’t delay, the deadline 

is September 21st! 

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ed funds based on criteria including local need, response 

times, cardiac survival rates and local readiness to support 

a PAD (Public Access Defibrillator) program. Fifty communities 

were identified. 

“This historic investment, through the Heart and Stroke 

Foundation, will provide people here in Essex County with 

important life-saving assistance,” adds Bruce Crozier, MPP 

for Essex. “With access to this life-saving tool, public facilities 

in participating towns will be safer places for all of us 

to gather to lead more active and healthy lives.” 

The AEDs will be installed over the next few months, in 

high traffic public sites, selected in conjunction with Essex 

County EMS. In the first year, training and 

equipment will be provided. Eight to 10 

trained personnel will be available at 

each AED location. 

“Since the odds are almost four times 

greater if someone performs CPR immediately, 

and when combined with early 

defibrillation, AEDs can increase survival 

rates to 50 percent or more if delivered in 

the first few minutes,” says Brian Bildfell, 

Director of Land Ambulance. 

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AMBASSADOR BRIDGE PREPA R E S 

FOR SECOND SPAN 

By Dan Stamper, President,Ambassador Bridge 

Built in 1929, the Ambassador Bridge stands 

b e t ween Detro i t , Michigan and W i n d s o r, 

O n t a r i o, as an international symbol and an 

i m p o rtant link between the two countries. 

Twe n t y - f i ve percent of US and Canadian 

c o m m e rce passes through this critical bord 

e r, so it is vital that Detroit and W i n d s o r 

s h owcase the best of both regions to the 

m o re than nine million cars and trucks that 

c ross the bridge each ye a r. 

The US Federal Highway A d m i n i s t r a t i o n 

recognizes the Ambassador Bridge as the #1 

international border crossing in A m e r i c a , 

calling it “superior and more consistent than 

a ny other port of entry.” Robert Pe re z , Po rt 

D i rector of the US Customs and Bord e r 

P rotection A g e n c y, confirms that the 

D e t roit/Windsor border crossing is both 

s e c u re and efficient. He calls the 

Ambassador Bridge the “epitome of laye re d 

e n fo rcement practices” in a recent story on 

Voice Of A m e ri c a. 

Bridge with new span shown. 

To plan for the future, the A m b a s s a d o r 

Bridge has spent the last decade pre p a r i n g 

to add a second span and is now taking part 

in the env i ronmental assessment pro c e s s , i n 

both countries, with the Canadian 

E nv i ronmental Assessment Agency via 

Tr a n s p o rt Canada and the US Coast Guard . 

The Enhancement Project modifies the 

existing crossing by shifting the traffic that 

c u rre n t ly crosses the Ambassador Bridge 

ap p rox i m a t e ly 100 feet to the west onto a 

n ew six lane, cable stayed structure. It utilizes 

the current plazas in both Windsor and 

D e t ro i t . 

Ensuring a safe r, m o re efficient and 

smoother flow of traffic, the Enhancement 

P roject includes dedicated lanes for FA S T 

and NEXUS programs for fre q u e n t , l ow - r i s k 

t r avellers as recommended by customs 

agencies in Canada and the United States. 

The results – better car and truck traffic 

f l ow with less idling and emissions. 

Enhancing the bridge is a giant undert a k- 

i n g . The Ambassador Bridge has spent more 

than $500 million on the acquisition of 

p ro p e rt y, s u rveys and site preparation to 

d a t e. P rojections indicate an estimated $500 

million more to complete the pro j e c t . N o 

mu n i c i p a l , p rov i n c i a l , state or federal funds 

will be re q u i re d . 

P roceeding in a careful and thoughtful 

w ay to minimally impact lives and the env iro 

n m e n t , has been a key criterion at eve ry 

stage in the planning pro c e s s . In anticipation 

of the enhancement, almost all of the pro pe 

rty re q u i red on both sides of the river has 

been secure d , e f fe c t i ve ly resulting in a minimal 

impact on houses and relocation when 

building begins. 

Since the design of the enhanced bridge 

positions main supports on land, t h e re is no 

e nv i ronmental impact on the river or 

impediment to nav i g a t i o n . 

The river that separates and unites 

Canada and the United States deserves a 

d y n a m i c, world-class structure to link people 

and trade, well into the future. 

The cable stayed bridge designs being 

p roposed for the crossing are inspiring as 

well as functional. Better access, s a fer traffic 

flow and architectural excellence will 

m a ke an enhanced bridge a new jewel on 

the rive r. It will be a structure that will 

p ro u d ly define the international rive r f ro n t 

and the cities of Windsor and Detro i t . 

Once it begins, the construction phase is 

slated to last for 30 to 36 months. A 

recent re p o rt from the Anderson Gro u p 

anticipated 3,700 jobs would be added to 

the region as a result of the Enhancement 

P ro j e c t . 

A movement is underway by Ontario 

and Windsor leaders to finish the ro a d 

f rom Highway 401 to the bord e r. O u r 

hope is that this solution will reach all the 

w ay to the Ambassador Bridge and allev iate 

traffic backups on Huron Churc h 

Road in W i n d s o r. 

What about the old bridge? It will cont 

i nue to stand as a redundant re s o u rc e 

for use by maintenance vehicles and fo r 

p re - ap p roved public eve n t s . The bridge will 

be re n ovated and maintained so it can easily 

be put into use if needed in case of an 

e m e r g e n c y. 

Separate from the Enhancement Pro j e c t , 

but equally as import a n t , the Gre e n 

C o rridor is a gro u n d b reaking initiative fo r 

generating a green re d evelopment of the 

international bridge corridor linking Canada 

to the US. As a gatew ay to the City of 

W i n d s o r, t h e 

c o rridor pre sents 

opport u n ities 

to invo l ve 

local commu n ities 

in transforming 

the env i ro n m e n t . The Gre e n 

C o rridor is working to improve the gre e n 

b u f fer zone between Indian Road and the 

Ambassador Bridge to make it env i ro n m e nt 

a l ly and aesthetically pleasing. 

The Green Corridor concept was initiated 

by international artist Noel Harding in 

collaboration with University of W i n d s o r 

Visual A rts Pro fessor Rod Strickland. 

The initiative harnesses the capacity of 

i n t e rd i s c i p l i n a ry and multi-institutional collaboration 

and includes a team of env i ro nm 

e n t a l i s t s , science and engineering 

re s e a rc h e r s , a rt i s t s , p o l i t i c i a n s , city planners, 

e d u c a t o r s , and community re s i d e n t s . 

The Corridor engages local and international 

visitors with env i ro n m e n t a l ly aw a re, 

multi-faceted ‘ a rt and science’ public pro je 

c t s . P rojects in development include the 

N a t u re Bridge, g reen roof elev a t i o n s , a n 

e c o h o u s e, r i ver turbines, e nv i ro n m e n t a l 

m o n i t o r i n g , and many others. Education is a 

key objective, and each project cre a t e s 

o p p o rtunities to educate and info r m , b o t h 

by displaying information and by cre a t i n g 

sites for scientific and env i ro n m e n t a l 

re s e a rc h . 

A new six lane, cable stayed structure. 

“ We consider the bridge and the 

U n i versity of Windsor vital community partners 

in the effo rt to green Huron Churc h 

Road and its surrounding are a s ,” say s 

H a rd i n g . “Visitors to our country will experience 

a fabulous, e nv i ro n m e n t a l ly friendly 

city when they come off the bridge.” 

To learn more about the Enhancement 

P roject and leave your comments, v i s i t 

w w w. a m b a s s a d o r b r i d g e. c o m . 

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BRINGING YOU UP TO 

SPEED ON THE LAT E S T 

BUZZ AROUND TOWN! 

Don Ta i t, Wi n d s o r’s infamous ex-criminal 

defence lawye r, is living the good life in 

South Africa, Biz X has discove red. Tait, an 

alcoholic, ran afoul of the law a few ye a r s 

ago and went on the lam in Central 

America. He returned to Windsor to face 

the music and a long list of creditors, before 

m oving in with his old buddy from the legal 

p rofession, Frank Mo n t e l l o. Biz X 

bumped into Montello re c e n t l y, and he 

re p o rted that Tait moved to an idyllic community 

on the Indian Ocean coast of So u t h 

Africa a couple of years ago and is ru n n i n g 

a mini Brentwood Re c ove ry Home for alcoholic 

No rwegians. Tait is sober and live s 

with his wife. Montello stresses that he is no 

longer a fugitive from the law. In fact, he 

returns to Windsor for visits on occasion. 

Windsor City Council will soon consider a 

c o n t rov ersial rezoning application fro m 

Jenny Coco for a major big box complex on 

the far west side, next to her A m b a s s a d o r 

Golf Course. The shopping centre, re p o rtedly 

equivalent to Bi rch Ru n i n 

Frankenmuth, MI, would include 400,000 

s q u a re feet of big box retail, including two 

100,000 square foot buildings. The pro j e c t 

is slated for 47.5 acres of land at the corner 

of Sp ru c ewood and Matchette. L a Sa l l e 

C o u n c i l has stated its opposition on the 

g rounds that it will compete adversely with 

its Malden Town Centre retail outlets. 

Wi n d s o r’s En v i ronmental Pl a n n i n g 

Committee a p p roved the plan on conditions 

that a buffer is provided to protect the 

n e a r by Prairie Grass Re s e rve and that parking 

lots are constructed with permeable surfaces. 

The city’s nine business improve m e n t 

a reas have yet to weigh in on the impact to 

c o re retail districts. 

Burger King is coming back to Ci t y 

C o u n c i l on September 10th, seeking a 

rezoning of the old Top Hat Supper Club 

p ro p e rty to allow a drive - t h ru re s t a u r a n t . 

City Council rejected the waiver of its 

d ow n t own drive - t h ru ban in a pre v i o u s 

application, but the chain has made some 

changes to its site plan, most notably re c e i ving 

permission from the St reet and Alley 

Committee to close the adjoining alley that 

connects the Top Hat with the Ti m 

Ho rt o n s’ drive - t h ru, directly south on 

Goyeau St reet. The BK fast food joint is to 

be situated closer to Un i versity Avenue with 

p a rking set farther back. A parking lot with 

25 spaces will act as the only buffer betwe e n 

the fast food restaurant and the old 

A rm o u r i e s, a heritage building. Council 

passed a bylaw a few years ago grandfathering 

drive - t h rus in the dow n t own area. T h e 

Council majority is expected to forgo its 

e n v i ronmental principles in this case, since 

the city needs the pro p e rty housing the 

existing Burger King at the northeast corner 

of Wyandotte and Goyeau, to facilitate the 

f u t u re expansion of the De t ro i t - Wi n d s o r 

Tu n n e l p l a z a . 

T h e re are snippets of positive news for 

Windsor amidst the doom and gloom 

spawned by high jobless, vacancy and bankruptcy 

rates. St a t s c a n re p o rts, in its 2006 

census, that Wi n d s o r’s population has 

g rown to 216,475. The city will soon 

change its gateway markers to reflect the 

g rowth, re m oving the outdated population 

f i g u re of 209,000. Also from the good new s 

d e p a rtment, a recent article in Ca n a d i a n 

Bu s i n e s s magazine ranked Windsor 18th 

among 123 communities in a contest of 

C a n a d a’s Best Economic Places To Live . 

Wi n d s o r’s average family income of 

$77,700 was among the top five. Its discret 

i o n a ry income (what’s left after monthly 

e x p e n d i t u res) was 24.60%, ownership of 

n ewer cars 16.60% and population grow t h 

was at 5%. Ot t a w a - Gatineau finished first 

in the overall rankings. Other Ontario cities 

in the top 20 we re Guelph (4), Kingston 

(6), London (8), Collingwood (11), 

To ronto (12), Leamington (14) and 

Cobourg (17). On a realistic note, 

Wi n d s o r’s ranking is bound to decline give n 

the recent layoff notices. 

Another struggling city asset, Ro s e l a n d 

Golf and Curling Club, is once again losing 

its food and beverage operator. 

Lewisfoods In c, which had trouble operating 

the beer cart and clubhouse re s t a u r a n t 

on statutory holidays, has given notice to 

the Roseland board that it will pull out of its 

contract in the fall, after less than two ye a r s . 

L ewisfoods took over for the Mi c h i g a n 

Ta ve rn in Fe b ru a ry of 2006, which took 

over from A r a m a rk 3.5 years earlier. 

L ewisfoods, out of Hamilton, won the last 

tenders over short-listed local competitors 

A rm a n d o’s and Lilly Ka z z i l l y’s. Ro s e l a n d 

Chair Jo-Anne Gi g n a c said at that time 

– ” We are looking forw a rd to a long-term 

re l a t i o n s h i p.” A new RFP has been tendere d 

to provide Ro s e l a n d’s hospitality serv i c e s , 

and walk-thrus of pro s p e c t i ve new bidders 

has begun. Meanwhile, Roseland has 

d ropped its annual tax-in-lieu-of contribution 

to city coffers in half – from $300,000 

to $150,000 – due to flat re venues and the 

need to spend money to upgrade facilities. 

One such upgrade has been approved – a 

$617,000 contract for HVAC systems, to be 

carried out by Lekter Industrial Se rv i c e s 

In c . of Belle Rive r. This urgent work is 

being done in advance of an asset re v i ew 

e xe rcise soon to be carried out by Ci t y 

C o u n c i l. 

Meanwhile, there was no interest expre s s e d 

on the naming rights RFP for the dow nt 

own Windsor Transit Terminal. Tr a n s i t 

Wi n d s o r officials re p o rt that it is not common 

in the province for bus terminals to 

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C I TY SMILES 

St o r y By Lisa Re n e - d e - C o t re t 

Illustration By St e ven Jo h n s o n 

ow does one go from a career in the health care field to the host of 

a TV news show? “With drive and determination” explains Su s a n 

Pe d l e r, current host and re p o rter for the CBC Windsor nightly 

n ews. “My first career was in the medical field as an X-Ray technologist.” 

In 1991, she injured her back and could no longer do the heavy 

lifting re q u i red for that job but it was a blessing in disguise! “It ended up 

being a great chance to re i n vent myself,” she says. Born in Ha m i l t o n 

and raised in St. Catharines, Ontario she ended up going back to 

school to complete an undergraduate degree in Communications 

at nearby Brock Un i versity and then a post-graduate degree in 

Journalism at Ryerson Un i versity in To ro n t o. Pe d l e r’s first 

journalism job as a re p o rter was with CBC-TV in St. Jo h n’s , 

NL. “Newfoundland will always have a special place in my 

h e a rt, “ she says. “It’s where I fell in love with seaside living, 

hiking, and a much more re l a xed pace.” In 2003, there 

was a posting for the host position in Wi n d s o r, and at that 

time there was no national re p o rter for the bureau, so 

Pedler convinced the powers that be that she could and 

would do both, thus creating her dream job. She indicates 

that the hardest part of the transition was going back to 

school in her 30s. Ultimately she was successful. He r 

p roudest professional moment came when CBC’s T h e 

National aired her piece on the Lori Dupont tragedy (a 

local nurse who was stalked and then brutally murd e red in 

2005 at Hotel Dieu Grace Hospital by a doctor). “I think 

my take charge and take risks attitude is what paid off” she 

b e l i e ves. It is this attitude that spills out to the community as 

she is often asked to help out at charitable events. Since being in 

the Windsor area, Pedler has become ve ry invo l ved with T h e 

Canadian Liver Fo u n d a t i o n’s “Handbag He a ve n” campaign. “It’s fun 

and it raises lots of money for the cause,” she says. Her plans for the 

f u t u re are not limited. “I hope to take my CBC career as far as I can, and 

in doing so I can also find a suitable work-life balance.” Her re c o m m e ndation 

to budding journalists: “Be interested in the news and 

d o n’t hesitate to pick the brains of other journalists.” Pe d l e r 

b e l i e ves she has the greatest job. “With journalism yo u 

n e ver know what each day will bring. One moment I am 

rappelling down a cliff, and another I am in a helicopt 

e r. I have spent time with underdogs, heroes, victims, 

a s t ronauts, athletes, and activists. I even interv i ewed a 

Beatle. T h e re’s no job like it.” 

NAME: Susan Pe d l e r, Television Host & Re p o rt e r, 

CBC Wi n d s o r 

G R E ATEST ACCO M P L I S H M E N TS : “ Go i n g 

back to school in my 30s, my documentary airing on 

The Na t i o n a l, and my Windsor team.” 

S E C R E T- TO - S U CC E S S : “ My drive, determination, 

and my attitude are all contributing factors 

to my success.” 

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•Shelly Du b e n has been inducted as the President of 

the Ro t a ry Club of Wi n d s o r - St. Clair for the 2007- 

2008 Ro t a ry Ye a r. “I hope that as President, I can 

keep the momentum going tow a rds increased memb 

e r s h i p, implementation of excellent service pro j e c t s 

and invo l vement in club activities,” says Duben. T h e 

club (ro t a ry w i n d s o r s t c l a i r.com) is comprised of about 

50 members who are committed to the Ro t a ry ideal 

of ‘Se rvice Ab ove Se l f ’. 

•Motions 1 by Windsor Theatrical Su p p l i e s h a s 

m oved to a 3,200 sq. foot building at 3898 Wa l k e r 

Road and Moxlay Avenue. Yo u’ll find southwe s t e r n 

On t a r i o’s largest dance supplier in the same building 

as Glass Ma s t e r, behind the parking lot beside Gre a t 

Lakes Wi n d ow s. 

•CIBC Commercial Ba n k i n g is pleased to 

announce that Jason Il i j a n i c has joined as Ma n a g e r 

of Commercial Banking, working from the 100 

Ouellette branch, 2nd floor. He oversees all commercial 

banking activity for Windsor/Essex County 

t h rough to and including Chatham. CIBC 

C o m m e rcial Banking is committed to part n e r i n g 

with Canada’s best mid-market companies in more 

than 60 industry sectors. Based in Wi n d s o r, its dive rsified 

team is strategically aligned to leverage CIBC’s 

e x t e n s i ve capabilities, providing businesses with a full 

range of capital and advisory solutions. For more 

information email jason.ilijanic@cibc.com. 

•The Little Caesars Amateur Ho c k ey League 

( LCAHL) Board of Di rectors appointed Joe Em e ry 

as its new Commissioner, at the end of Ju l y. Em e ry 

has been a youth hockey coach for more than 10 

years and has coached many levels in metro De t ro i t , 

including Mini Mite, Bantam and High School. “I 

am looking forw a rd to the opportunity to serve as the 

LCAHL Commissioner,” says Em e ry. “I view it as a 

challenge that will allow me to continue to grow as a 

person. I believe that the LCAHL has made gre a t 

strides to improve the product that we offer and I 

look forw a rd to working with all aspects of the day- 

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to-day operation of the League and with our dedicated 

volunteers.” St a rted by Mike and Marian Ilitch in 

1979, the LCAHL has 800 teams and over 15,000 

p l a yers across the Mi d west, making it the largest amateur 

hockey league in the U.S. Thousands of LC A H L 

alumni have moved on to play collegiate hockey and 

100 or more have played in the NHL. 

•Fo l l owing its mandate of cre a t i ve intuition and 

i n n ova t i ve design, Ma y h e w, Canada’s leader in workspace 

solutions, celebrates its silver annive r s a ry with 

the appointment of Ma rcia Ma y h e w as Pre s i d e n t . 

Ma rcia, a Windsor native, learnt the ropes at the 688 

Un i versity Avenue West location, while studying at 

the U of W. She spent four years being mentored by 

the Windsor team while at school and her highlights 

of local Ma y h ew design include the Chrysler head 

office tower and collaborations with her alma mater. 

“ It’s an honour to be given the trust and accountability 

of leading this company,” says Ma rcia Ma y h ew. “I 

h a ve grown up watching Ma y h ew evo l ve into the 

business it is today, and in working here as Ma rk e t i n g 

Manager over the last four years (in To ronto), I have 

witnessed many milestones. With the support of the 

e xe c u t i ve team and all of Ma y h ew’s talented employees, 

I step into this role with the utmost confidence 

and enthusiasm.” Operating out of five Canadian 

locations, Ma y h ew successfully provides hundreds of 

businesses with optimal space solutions that have the 

flexibility to mature with the company’s growth. 

THE RUNDOWN... 

•A new joint ve n t u re has been formed between the 

De t roit Regional Chamber and the Windsor & 

District Chamber of Commerc e, to provide each 

c h a m b e r’s members with increased access to the international 

marketplace. Small businesses with 100 or 

f ewer employees can now purchase an In t e r n a t i o n a l 

Business Builder component, which is added to their 

existing chamber memberships. The In t e r n a t i o n a l 

Business Builder can be added onto either a De t ro i t 

or Windsor membership for $150, and provides considerable 

savings, given that a new membership for 

either chamber runs into the hundreds of dollars. T h e 

international program allows members to re c e i ve netw 

o rking and adve rtising benefits in the other chamb 

e r’s market, at a reduced cost. “This is the first time 

two chambers from different countries have come 

together to create an international part n e r s h i p,” says 

Tammy J. Ca rn r i k e, COO of the De t roit Re g i o n a l 

C h a m b e r. “In a global economy, it makes sense to 

d e velop chamber benefits that give businesses new 

o p p o rtunities to market their products and serv i c e s 

outside their home countries.” International Bu s i n e s s 

Builder benefits for De t roit and Wi n d s o r / E s s e x 

County members include: free access to cert a i n 

e vents with the other chamber; access to all other 


paid events at member pricing; listing in a new international 

section of each chamber’s business publication; 

an online business listing on each chamber’s 

website; access to sponsorship and adve rtising in publications 

and at events; scheduling of the other chamb 

e r’s conference rooms for business meetings and a 

subscription to each chamber’s new s l e t t e r. 

•The Dow n t own Windsor Business Im p rove m e n t 

As s o c i a t i o n ( DWBIA) has elected five new board 

members; Renee Se g u i n – Owner/Operator of 

Peppers Bar and Gr i l l, Da n t e’s and Mi c h a e l s 

Re s t a u r a n t; Mara O’Do n n e l l – Owner/Op e r a t o r 

Dr. Disc Re c o rds In c .; Michael Ja g a t i c – Bu s i n e s s 

De velopment Associate T.D. Wa t e r h o u s e; Fa w z i 

Fa youmi – Owner Humidor Ci g a r s; and Sa l e e m 

Ja k a – General Manager Westmont Ho s p i t a l i t y 

Gro u p. 

•The Windsor Sp i t f i re s a re proud to announce that 

the team and the City of Wi n d s o r h a ve been selected 

to host the 2009 Ontario Hockey League (OHL) 

A l l - Star Classic. The OHL Exe c u t i ve committee 

re v i ewed various proposals from a number of different 

OHL teams before demonstrating their ove rwhelming 

support for the Windsor Sp i t f i res bid. T h e 

Windsor Sp i t f i res and the City of Windsor will host 

the 2009 OHL All-Star Classic at the brand new, 

state-of-the art, 6,500 seat Greater Wi n d s o r 

Re c reation and Sp o rts Centre. “This will provide us 

with the unique occasion to showcase the Wi n d s o r 

Sp i t f i res and the City of Wi n d s o r, in our brand new 

f a c i l i t y, by hosting an event of this magnitude,” comments 

Windsor Sp i t f i res President and Head Coach 

Bob Bo u g h n e r. “We look forw a rd to welcoming the 

best players in the OHL and putting together a firstclass 

event that will be re m e m b e red by the people of 

our community for many years to come.” 

•T h ree new board members have joined the 

De a r b o rn Chamber of Commerc e B o a rd of 

Di rectors; Michelle Pl u c i n s k y ( O w n e r / Operator of 

Fu rnace Hot Glass Wo rks LLC, CEO of The Gl a s s 

Ac a d e m y L LC and the Di rector of Young Sp ro u t s 

L LC); J. Michael Ki rk, Architect, and De n i s e 

M c Donald (De a r b o rn Press & Gu i d e). 

•The Ci t i zens for the Capitol T h e a t re ( C C T) petition 

can now be accessed and signed online. 20,000 

s i g n a t u res are needed ASAP! If you believe the 

Capitol T h e a t re to be an important community facility 

in the city of Wi n d s o r, please take a few minutes 

and visit www. c i t i ze n s f o rthecapitol.org. The CCT’s 

main goal is to have community input at the table 

w h e re future usage of the theatre is being considere d . 

The group is a community-based organization 

formed to help facilitate the re-opening and ongoing 

usage of the Capitol T h e a t re and Arts Centre in a sus-

tainable capacity, as an established public tru s t . 

Ac c o rding to Oona Mo s n a, Co-chair for CCT, they 

a re also seeking advice from outside Windsor and 

speaking with professional theatre managers acro s s 

Canada to get their input on a business plan for the 

Capitol. The Capitol T h e a t re has been the home of 

the Biz X “ Os c a r” gala for the past few years and we 

urge you to please sign the petition so that we can 

help re-open this historical venue. 

•Sh i r l ey Mi l l a r, owner of Beautiful You Colours & 

Image Consulting has developed an innova t i ve way 

for clients, at home, to have an image makeover with 

a certified consultant. Visit www. by i c o n s u l t i n g . c o m 

and click On Line Consultation. In today’s world 

bringing image consulting to the next level, creates a 

hands on environment for the active person on her 

own time frame. Four different consultation packages 

(colours, personality profile, body image and 

w a rd robe planning for your lifestyle and pro f e s s i o n ) 

a re available at the click of the mouse. These packages 

a re not to be mistaken for computer generated questions 

as Millar works with each client one-on-one. 

When you are on the website, click client endorsements 

and FAQs (found on the online consultation 

page) about how working with an Image Consultant 

can change and impact one’s life. 

•Hub In t e rnational Limited has entered into a 

d e f i n i t i ve purchase agreement to acquire the assets of 

Windsor-based, Unity Group In s u r a n c e ( Un i t y ) . 

Unity has three offices in Essex County which will 

i n c rease the presence of HUB International On t a r i o 

(HUB Ontario) to a total of eight offices in the foll 

owing areas: Amherstburg, Essex, Kingsville, 

Leamington, Windsor and W h e a t l e y. Founded in 

1999, the Unity Group is the result of an amalgamation 

of Paterson In s u r a n c e, C l ydesdale In s u r a n c e 

and Windsor Essex In s u r a n c e. Unity is a general 

insurance brokerage that focuses on both commerc i a l 

and personal insurance products and services. “We 

d o n’t view this transaction as an acquisition, but 

rather a merger of operations since the combination 

of our prominent sales and service teams will enhance 

our product offerings and carrier relationships,” says 

Dennis Pa u l s, President of HUB On t a r i o. The proposed 

transaction will result in an approximately $16 

million southwest operation, including more than 

120 employees. “Hub International will not only 

p rovide us with the opportunity to build an eve n 

m o re substantial organization but it also benefits our 

clients and business partners,” adds Herb Ne w t o n, 

Un i t y’s Chairman of the Board. “By joining HUB, 

we are adding the re s o u rces and strength of a No rt h 

American brokerage, which results in presenting our 

clients more products, more solutions and a network 

of expertise.” He a d q u a rt e red in Chicago, IL, Hu b 

International Limited is a leading No rth American 

insurance brokerage that provides a broad array of 

p ro p e rty and casualty, reinsurance, life and health, 

e m p l oyee benefits, investment and risk management 

p roducts and services through offices located in the 

US and Canada. 

•Ho l l y w o o d’s latest beauty secret is no longer 

re s e rved for the rich and famous. Now available in 

Essex County, the Leamington TCM Center h a s 

added cosmetic acupuncture to complement the 

existing services of complete traditional Chinese 

medicine and herbal supplements. This pro c e s s 

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i n vo l ves the insertion of ve ry thin, sterile, disposable 

needles into acupuncture points located on the 

p a t i e n t’s face to cause local circulation and collagen 

p roduction to be stimulated. The natural looking 

results are healthy, glowing skin, more radiant and 

a c n e - f ree complexion, fine lines and sagging skin are 

eliminated and muscles are tightened to pre ve n t 

wrinkles. Co-Owner Walter Szymanski states “This is 

done with no pain, no side effects, no down time, no 

risk of disfigurement or scarring. “ Also available at 

the clinic, situated at 69 Talbot St reet East, are specialty 

weight loss and smoking cessation 

t re a t m e n t s / p ro d u c t s . 

HALL OF FA M E 

•The Canadian Manufacturing Hall of Fa m e 

(CMHOF) has chosen its 2007 inductees: Frank J. 

Ha s e n f r a t z, Fo u n d e r, Linamar Corporation o f 

Guelph, ON; Peter He d g e w i c k, Fo u n d e r, 

In t e rnational Tool Limited of Wi n d s o r, ON; 

Ronald D. So u t h e rn, Fo u n d e r / L e a d e r s h i p, 

Chairman of the Board, ATCO Ltd. C a l g a ry, AB and 

Ro b e rt W h i t e, Labour, Canadian Labour 

C o n g re s s, To ronto, ON. Deceased inductees are : 

Gene H. Kru g e r, Leadership, President & CEO, 

Kruger In c ., Mo n t real, Quebec; Go rdon M. 

M c Gre g o r, Fo u n d e r, Fo rd Motor Company 

Canada and R. Samuel McLaughlin, Fo u n d e r, 

General Motors of Ca n a d a. Complete biographies 

on each inductee are available at www. c m h o f.ca. An 

induction ceremony and dinner takes place 

We d n e s d a y, October 3, 2007 at the St. Clair Centre 

for the Arts in Wi n d s o r. For more details email Fre d 

So r re l l, fsorre l l @ c m h o f. c a X 

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You’ve spent years living in the same house or 

apartment, gradually getting it just the way 

you want it. 

You like the location, know all your neighbours 

and appreciate the individual space that 

a private residence affords you. 

Home maintenance and the bills associated 

with it are rising though and you find yourself 

increasingly overwhelmed with supporting a 

residence that no longer fits your lifestyle. 

Friends and family have been suggesting that 

you consider moving into a retirement community, 

but you have long resisted the idea of 

moving into an “old folks home.” 

A common fear amongst many seniors is 

feeling that by moving into a retirement community 

they will be giving up their independence 

and downsizing their life. 

The image of a senior’s residence as a drab, 

stuffy place has drastically changed these days, 

as an entire generation of financially independent 

seniors are demanding the type of 

amenities that they experienced when they were 

living on their own. 

SENIORS BY THE 

NUMBERS 

New census data suggests that Canadians 

approaching retirement are the fastest growing 

demographic in the 

country. The aging of 

the baby boom generation 

has produced more 

senior citizens than ever 

— over 4.3 million! 

To put these numbers 

in perspective, in 

2006 one out of every 

seven Canadians was a 

senior. Fifty years ago, 

that pro p o rtion was 

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about one in 14. Statistics Canada says 

there’s a simple reason for the demographics 

— Canadians are living longer. 

Improved health care technology and a 

changing attitude towards a more active 

and healthier lifestyle are a big reason for 

this trend. 

As well, those within the population of 

seniors are getting older. Canadians aged 

over 80 years were the second fastest growing 

group in the most recent census period 

— increasing by more than 25 percent to 

1.2 million. This burgeoning elderly population 

is driving the need for more retirement 

residences. 

This month’s cover story focuses strictly 

on retirement residence living, which is a 

flexible lifestyle option for older adults who 

want to make their own choices. 

We did not profile nursing homes and 

homes for the aged (now called “long term 

care facilities for the elderly with significant 

health care issues requiring a great deal of 

care.) 

Retirement residence living lets seniors 

choose - how much to do, how much to 

have done for them, how to spend his/her 

time, and with whom to spend it. 

They take the work and worry out of 

day-to-day living. 


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HOME . . . 

HOW TO RETIRE 

IN STYLE 

COVER STORY BY TIM FAIRHURST 

Life is good! Residents of Devonshire Seniors’ Residence form a 

conga line through one of the elegantly appointed dining rooms. 

From left; Ruth Uhlig, 88; Gunter Uhlig, 89; Sr. Mary Lyons, 75; 

Jack Dinham, 92; Elaine Longley, 89; Gerry Noel de Tilly, 84 and Sr. 

Corinne Gignac, 71. Photo by Rod Denis. 

The town homes of Chartwell 

Select Royal Oak Village in 

LaSalle allow residents to main- 

tain independence and enjoy the 

convenience of services brought 

directly to their doors. All town 

homes are one floor (featuring 

a cathedral entrance with window) 

with two bedrooms and are 

available in either 1,030 or 

1,060 sq. feet. 

THE BUSINESS OF 

R E T I R E M E N T 

C h a rt well REIT is Canada’s largest 

p rovider of seniors’ housing and are one of 

the only industry participants offering a 

full “continuum of care” across the complete 

spectrum of a senior’s housing. 

Their complete service offers seniors 

e ve rything from independent living, to 

re t i rem ent homes to fully serviced longterm 

care facilities. With 178 facilities 

a c ross Canada and select US locations, 

C h a rt well has grown to become a leading 

pioneer in re t i rement living for seniors. 

C h a rt well operates six locations thro u g hout 

the Windsor/ Essex County are a 

( De vo n s h i re Se n i o r s’ Residence and Oa k 

Pa rk Terrace in Windsor; Classic Oak Pa rk 

and Select Royal Oak Village in LaSa l l e ; 

Select Oak Pa rk Lakeshore in Belle Rive r 

and Chart well Classic Amherstburg). For a 

c o m p re h e n s i ve look at Chart well as a company 

and links to all of their locations in 

the area go to www. c h a rt we l l reit.ca 

The popularity of re t i rem ent re s i d e n c e s 

also makes them lucrative business inve s tments 

as well. 

Amica Ma t u re Lifestyles In c . 

( w w w.amica.ca) is a publicly traded

Canadian company (TS X : ACC) and is 

k n own as Canada’s most innova t i ve operator 

of re t i rem ent residences for seniors. 

With locations all across Canada, Amica 

Ma t u re Lifestyles offers eve rything fro m 

p u rely independent living condominiums 

to rental re t i rem ent and assisted living 

s u i t e s . 

Re n zo Barazzuol, Exe c u t i ve Vi c e 

President, Business De velopment, states 

that, “The seniors’ housing industry has 

experienced positive trends and momentum 

over the past few years. Based on projected 

trends, we believe the outlook for the 

sector remains positive . ” 

Scheduled to open in the fall of 2009 the 

c o m p a n y’s latest location, “Amica at 

Wi n d s o r” will be the second project with 

its development partner Ma d y 

De velopment Corporation. It will be a 5 

s t a r, $36 million luxury re t i rement re s idence, 

comprised of 155 suites, including a 

29 suite Vitalis (assisted living) floor. 

Amenities include a grand lobby, a dedicated 

home theatre room, an En g l i s h - s t y l e 

p u b, a private dining room, a spa salon, 

and a Wellness & Vitality Centre . 

ACCREDITATION AND 

S T A N D A R D S 

Although not formally regulated by the 

g overnment, the re t i rement home industry 

does have a watchdog group in the form of 

the Ontario Re t i rement Communities 

Association (www. o rc a - h o m e s . c o m ) . 

O RCA is a non-profit organization that 

was established in 1977 and sets pro f e ssional 

operating standards for re t i re m e n t 

residences in On t a r i o. It has established 79 

s t a n d a rds that have been identified 

as critical to the safe operation 

of re t i rement residences and 

a w a rds accreditation to homes 

that consistently meet these stand 

a rds. ORCA accredited re t i rement 

residences provide care and 

s e rvices to over 23,000 seniors 

in On t a r i o. 

A reas that are re v i ewe d 

under the accre d i t a t i o n 

p rogram include; safety 

and security, emergency 

planning, building maintenance, 

food serv i c e s , 

housekeeping, laundry, re c re a t i o n 

activities, quality of resident care , 

and compliance with legislation. 

On-site inspections are carried 

out by trained surve yors and ve r i- 

fied by an independent third part y. 

Pa rticipating member residences must 

comply with 100 percent of the standard s 

and be accredited eve ry two years. Ho m e s 

that participate in ORC A’s accre d i t a t i o n 

p rogram demonstrate a commitment to 

quality and accountability to their re s idents 

and staff. 

WHEN IT’S TIME TO MOVE 

Years of independence and familiar surroundings 

can sometimes create a re l u ctance 

to move from the family home into 

a re t i rem ent community environment. 

A commonly heard phrase when talking 

with a senior considering a move is, “I’m 

not ready yet.” Many wait too long and 

miss out on the friendships and conve nience 

that community living can offer. 

Stephanie Drysdale, Di rector of 

Ma rketing at De vo n s h i re Se n i o r s’ 

Residence in Windsor explains. “I definitely 

recommend touring other re t i rements 

homes to compare prices and 

amenities. I also recommend trying the 

food. Stay for lunch, this will give you a 

sense of how meals are pre p a red, how the 

s e rvice is and what to expect for menu 

selection and pre s e n t a t i o n . ” 

A Chart well facility, De vo n s h i re 

Se n i o r s’ Residence is located at 901 

R i verside Dr i ve East in Wi n d s o r. It offers 

a complete range of services including full 

s e rvice dining, laundry and housekeeping 

s e rvices, health care monitoring and a va r iety 

of social activities. 

Ha r rowood Seniors Community (no 

c u r rent website) is another facility that 

offers both independent and assisted living 

You never know what can happen at a 

retirement home! Harrowood hosted its 

first wedding of two residents on July 25, 

2007 as Evelyn Morrison and Gerald (Herb) Godden tied the 

knot. Standing behind the newlyweds are Mark Lalonde, 

Best Man; Reverend Dave Steadman of the Harrow United 

Church and Karen Cazabon, Maid of Honour and daughter of 

the bride. Photos by Janice Dillman. 


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out in the county. Located at One Po l l a rd 

Dr i ve in Ha r row, it has 70 suites in its main 

building and 48 condominium units on the 

p i c t u resque seven acre pro p e rt y. 

One pro s p e c t i ve resident proclaims that 

Ha r rowood, “is like living in Go d’s count 

ry”. They currently have openings in the 

main building, but the popularity and 

appeal of the condos means that there is a 

waiting list for these units. 

Administrator Carol Chisholm says that 

autumn is a popular time for seniors to 

m ove. “During the summer months when 

it is warm, seniors are busy with their hobbies 

and gardens. Once November hits and 

the weather starts to turn, many decide that 

they don’t want to face another winter and 

all of the difficulties of dealing with the elem 

e n t s . ” 

With an available physician, who visits 

twice we e k l y, a family health centre and 

dental clinic next-door, residents at 

Ha r rowood have all of the necessary serv i ces 

at their fingertips. 

HOW TO CHOOSE A 

RETIREMENT HOME 

Although there may be many factors in 

deciding to make the move to re t i re m e n t 

home living, a big plus is the social aspect 

and the impact it can have on one’s health. 

Re c reational activities such as card s , 

bingo, shopping trips and other outings 

keep residents busy and entert a i n e d . 

Jennifer Ibrahim, Di rector of Ma rk e t i n g 

at Wi n d s o r’s Central Pa rk Lodge explains, 

“ Keeping physically active is an import a n t 

aspect of eve ryo n e’s health, but just as 

i m p o rtant is mental, social, and spiritual 

a c t i v i t y. It’s imperative that a re c re a t i o n 

p rogram strike a balance of all these factors 

and they meet the needs of the re s i d e n t s . ” 

Central Pa rk Lodge (cplodges.com) 

offers a variety of activities including trivia, 

shopping and sightseeing outings, 

e n t e rtainment, craft lessons, spiritual services, 

card clubs and more . 

Located at 3387 Riverside Dr i ve East, 

Central Pa rk Lodge currently has 120 re s idents 

housed in a variety of suites with 

va rying levels of service and care . 

“The range of pricing varies and is 

re f l e c t i ve of the individual needs of the re sident,” 

says Ibrahim. “Our philosophy is 

“age in place”, which is flexible health care 

s e rvices to meet the changing needs of our 

residents.” 

For many, location plays a key factor in 

choosing a re t i rem ent home. 

Proximity to family, friends, re c re a t i o n 

and other conveniences are important to 

many seniors and familiarity with an are a 

g i ves them a level of comfort that makes 

the transition to a re t i rement community a 

p o s i t i ve experience. 

Shauntelle Flynn Ba r n i e r, Ge n e r a l 

Manager of Chart well Select Oak Pa rk 

L a k e s h o re says, “We find that a lot of our 

residents are from the Te c u m s e h / St. Clair 

Beach area. County people want to stay in 

the area and like the sense of community 

that a residence located in a smaller tow n 

o f f e r s . ” 

Indeed Chart we l l’s Lakeshore facility at 

1700 County Road #22, is proving to be a 

popular choice among area seniors. It s 

location just outside Belle River means 

that many services and conveniences are 

readily available. 

Oak Pa rk Lakeshore just celebrated its 

first year of operation, on May 29th, and 

has 93 suites and currently boasts a 90 percent 

occupancy rate. 

For others, the decision to move into a 

re t i rem ent residence may make sense fro m 

a financial point of view. 

Comparing a monthly budget of 

maintaining a private residence to the 

a l l - i n c l u s i ve cost of living in a re t i re m e n t 

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community may be a cost effective way 

to both simplify and upgrade one’s quality 

of life in the golden ye a r s . 

Located at 3955 T h i rteenth St reet in 

L a Salle, Classic Oak Pa rk LaSalle is a 

member of Chart well Seniors Ho u s i n g 

REIT and provides residents with an 

independent lifestyle in an elegant setting. 

With monthly packages ranging 

b e t ween $2,620 and $3,970 depending 

on size of suite, Oak Pa rk LaSalle provides 

upscale re t i rem ent living with an 

a l l - i n c l u s i ve pricing stru c t u re . 

Ma rketing Manager Ma ry El l e n 

D w yer says, “Ask specifically about pricing 

in relation to what your needs are . 

Ha ve a list of the types of things you need 

help with and see if these services are provided 

and what they cost. You may find 

that services like bathing assistance, for 

example, are an extra charge. Fi n a l l y, feel 

f ree to speak to the residents and ask them 

about how they like living there . ” 

Classic Oak Pa rk LaSalle can prov i d e 

e ve rything from 24 hour call bell monitoring 

and medication administration, to 

housekeeping, linen and laundry serv i c e . 

They enjoy a high occupancy rate but currently 

have a few suites ava i l a b l e . 

Many residences have packages of serv i c- 

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At the Royal Marquis Retirement Residence, it’s not just 

another meal! The menu includes chicken breast stuffed 

with spinach & pine nuts and poached salmon with 

Dutch potatoes & green beans! From left: Doug Lepain, 

Support Services Manager; Ann Steinman, resident; Chef 

Dave Bodlack; Olga Tarailo, resident and Michelle 

Falconio, General Manager. Photo by Rod Denis. 

es for va rying levels of need and mobility. 

Kingsway Arms at Maisonville Court , 

245 Dro u i l l a rd Road in Windsor offers an 

independent program for people that can 

still take care of most basic needs. 

Some services, such as meals may be 

p rovided, while the residents will addre s s 

others like laundry and medical re s p o n s ibilities, 

themselve s . 

K i n g s w a y’s support i ve program prov i d e s 

an elevated level of care and superv i s i o n 

and can relate to things like nursing assessment 

and consultation, bathing assistance 

and full housekeeping, laundry and linen 


s e rvice. Their “Aging in Pl a c e” pro g r a m 

matches services to the needs of the indiv 

i d u a l . 

Exe c u t i ve Di rector at Kingsway Arms 

( w w w.kingswayarms.com), Connie 

Mc Intosh explains, “Aging in Place offers 

seniors the opportunity to purc h a s e 

additional services that may be re q u i re d 

as their needs change, allowing them to 

continue to reside in a re t i rement home. 

Also, Aging in Place is based on individual 

care and services needs, thro u g h 

a s s e s s m e n t . ” 

Ensuring that you or your loved one 

will be taken care of properly is of paramount 

importance when it comes to 

selecting a new home. 

Ask if the home is accredited and 

request a tour of the facility. Take note of 

things like cleanliness, general maintenance 

and watch to see how the re s i d e n t s 

interact with the staff. 

Erie Glen Manor (www. d i ve r s i c a re. ca) is 

a 75 room re t i rement residence nestled on 

the shores of Lake Erie in Leamington, 

On t a r i o. Located at 119 Robson Road, the 

facility is owned by Di ve r s i c a re Canada 

and is the proud recipient of the 2001 and 

2006 National Quality Institute Aw a rd for 

Exc e l l e n c e . 

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Heather Fontaine, Administrator at 

Erie Glen explains, “Our dietary staff 

p rovides three home cooked meals eve ry 

d a y, and you get to choose between two 

e n t rees. An island is set up to prov i d e 

residents and their guests with complim 

e n t a ry re f reshments 24 hours a day. 

We also offer weekly church serv i c e s , 

on-site banking and a tuck shop. ” 

Erie Glen Manor offers small and 

large private rooms. They also have two 

room apartments available, which are 

ideal for couples. Erie Glen curre n t l y 

does not have any vacancies, but are 

accepting names for their waiting list. 

Royal Ma rquis Re t i rem ent Re s i d e n c e 

( w w w. re s i d e n c e s a l l e g ro.com) is an 

A l l e g ro development, nestled just off 

How a rd Avenue and directly across fro m 

De vo n s h i re Mall at 590 Grand Ma r a i s 

East. Royal Ma rquis currently has 83 occupied 

units with a limited number of suites 

a vailable for occupancy. 

Michelle Falconio, General Manager at 

Royal Ma rquis says, “The costs range fro m 

$2,500 to $3,900 per month and includes 

all amenities. T h ree meals a day are serve d 

in the formal dining room, and a cafe & 

b i s t ro bar, full service spa/salon, library, bill 

i a rds room & fitness centre, are all ava i lable 

for use by residents. All suites have a 

kitchenette complete with fridge and fre eze 

r, individual climate control, telephone, 

and a full range of social and re c re a t i o n a l 

p ro g r a m s . ” 

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SAFE AND SECURE 

Safety and security are important re a s o n s 

why many people choose to move into a 

re t i rement home. 

For residents wanting re t i rem ent living 

in a safe, small town county setting, Allegro 

has two county developments, Leamington 

C o u rt (1 He n ry Avenue) and Kingsville 

C o u rt, 240 Main St re e t . 

A popular activity for the residents of Kingsville Court is 

to gather around the piano for a sing-song. From left 

are: Jack Hart; Kim Hofman; Dorothy Coulter; Elizabeth 

Macnab, General Manager, and Louise Tiessen. Photo by 

Janice Dillman. 

Kingsville Court sits on a 10 acre pro pe 

rt y. Residents enjoy all of the conve niences 

and charm of living in a small tow n , 

but with the added peace of mind and 

security of community living. 

“ Our residents are free to come and go 

as they please, just as they would live in a 

house or apartment,” explains El i z a b e t h 

Ma c n a b, General Manager of Kingsville 

C o u rt. “They invite guests whenever they 

want, to their units. We lock our doors at 

9 p.m. nightly, after which guests are 

b u z zed in. The residents of Kingsville 

C o u rt feel safe and secure because there is 

always someone on site 24/7.” 

Many facilities such as Kingsville Court 

( w w w. re s i d e n c e s a l l e g ro.com) provide re s idents 

that are prone to wandering off, 

with GPS bracelets to help police locate 

the resident if he/she becomes lost. 

Another ve ry important aspect of re s ident 

security is fire protection and emergency 

pro c e d u res. 

Having an effective plan in place in case 

of emergency is of vital importance where 

elderly people are invo l ve d . 

C h a rt well Select Royal Oak Village is 

another Chart well managed facility and 


can be found at 2400 Sandwich We s t 

Pa rkway near the Windsor Crossing outlets. 

Royal Oak Village offers a re t i re m e n t 

residence as well as townhouse packages. 

Both are fully monitored and serviced by 

the trained staff. 

Ma rketing Manager Chelsea Bl a c k 

states, “In the main building, all suites are 

equipped with sprinklers, heat sensors 

and smoke detectors. We hold monthly 

f i re drills with resident participation. T h e 

systems and the drills are in compliance 

with the Ontario Fi re Safety Code. T h e re 

a re smoke detectors in the town homes as 

we l l . ” 

For people that may not be sure about 

m oving into a managed facility, Roy a l 

Oak Village offers trial stays and encourages 

potential guests to take advantage of it 

to get a feel for what it would be like to live 

t h e re . 

ENJOYING YOUR REWARD 

Re t i rement is meant to be your rew a rd for 

a lifetime of work. 

It is a time to enjoy life without schedules, 

deadlines and pre s s u re. 

Many residents we talked to are more 

a c t i ve than they have ever been and enjoy 

a wide circle of friends in their new 

c o m m u n i t y. 

A re t i rement residence might be just the 

thing to free up your time for relaxation or 

re c reational activities and lighten the load 

as you travel through the “golden ye a r s” . 

If you have a parent, grandparent or 

l oved one that is considering the move to a 

re t i rement community, tell them to cast 

aside any pre - c o n c e i ved notions about seni 

o r s’ homes and pay a visit to any one of the 

fine establishments in the area. 

A whole new world is waiting to enrich 

his/her life and make re t i rem ent the re l a xing 

and enjoyable experience that it should 

b e . 

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Hans Koehnke’s life story reads like an action 

movie, drama and documentary all rolled into 

one. Adventure on the 

high seas, visiting 

exotic foreign ports, 

and living a life on 

the water, has 

always been the 

p re f e r red way of 

life for Koehnke. 

The memory 

of this 84 year old 

is still sharp as he 

rattles off the 

dates of milestones 

in his life with clarity, 

as if they happened yesterday. 

Born in 1923 in Germany, Koehnke had a 

yearning for adventure at an early age. Having 

completed school, he went to work on the 

farms and in coal mines, in the area. After 

being turned down for enlistment in the army 

because of his age (he was 15 at 

the time) he headed down 

to the local shipping port 

and was hired on a merchant 

navy vessel as a 

mess boy. 

With barely enough 

time to say goodbye to 

his family, Koehnke was 

steaming his way to 

Australia in what would be 

the beginning of a wild 

roller-coaster ride of adventure, danger and 

fate. He would visit places such as Singapore, 

Bombay, Japan, and London, as he travelled 

the world as a seaman and stowaway on ships 

from around the globe. 

Once, Koehnke and three friends stowed 

away on a Japanese ship, ending up in 

HANS KOEHNKE – SAILING ALO N G 

BY TIM FA I R H U R S T 

Welcome to Senior Stars, a monthly spotlight on a special senior with life experiences and 

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province of East Java. They spent 

seven days in a work camp for 

their “c r i m e” and Ko e h n k e 

caught Malaria to boot! 

THE CANADIAN DREAM 

On Ko e h n k e’s arrival in 

Halifax in 1942, he was thrown 

in the brig at Petawawa because of 

his German nationality. Wo r l d 

War II was going on at the time, 

but he soon was free and putting 

his mess skills to work as a cook for 

lumber camps in No rthern On t a r i o , 

along the South River. 

“All of the men worked very hard,” explains 

Koehnke. “Much of the work was done by 

hand and injuries were common. We once had 

to carry a fellow over a two hour walk to get 

him to where he could be picked up for medical 

treatment.” 

Koehnke would travel around and worked 

as a butcher and a baker. But, by 1966, he was 

working back on the water as a 

cook, on a boat owned by 

Irving Oil. Once again his 

prowess in the kitchen had 

him preparing and cooking 

three meals a day for the busy 

crew. 

One day, a Canadian 

Coast Guard Captain walked 

through Koehnke’s area and, 

impressed by the cleanliness and 

sense of order, offered him a job on the spot. 

For the next 18 years Koehnke would work 

on the Coast Guard cutter Thomas Cartin 

managing the kitchen, cooking, cleaning and 

doing laundry for the crew. The Thomas 

Cartin travelled the East Coast and Great 

Lakes performing ice breaking duties and 

tending buoys. 

“I cooked for 12 people 

on the boat –we were like a big 

family,” Koehnke recalls. 

THE NEXT CHAPTER 

After his retirement from 

the Coast Gu a rd in 1987, 

Koehnke lived in Amherstburg 

in a house that, fittingly, was 

equipped with a lighthouse. 

He was married twice and 

also lived with a woman in his 

later years. Koehnke has one child 

living in the US and two overseas. 

Since his move, in December 2005, to 

C h a rt well Classic Oak Pa rk Re t i re m e n t 

C o m m u n i t y, 3955 T h i rteenth St reet in 

LaSalle, he has become a popular figure with 

both residents and staff. 

Ko e h n k e’s apartment 

is decorated 

with a nautical 

theme and 

the many pict 

u res, award s 

and memorabilia, 

serve to 

document his 

life story in a 

unique way. 

He regularly 

re s e a r c h e s 

many of the 

places he has 

visited on his 

computer and is compiling his 

memoirs to write a book about his life. 

Hans Koehnke is proof that sometimes life’s 

path is not always easy, but through a hard 

work ethic and a positive attitude, he has 

carved out his own niche in the world and had 

a lot of fun along the way. 

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B I Z B I T S 

FAVOURS CRIPPLE 

By R i c h a rd Ro s e n t h a l 

Many years ago, when I was very new to 

the business world, I was working for 

Mike Sumner, in the printing business, as 

an apprentice printer. Sumner became my 

mentor and second father as my parents 

had moved to Florida a couple of years 

earlier leaving me in Windsor to finish 

school and fend for myself. 

Times were different then, at the beginning 

of the sixties, and young people were 

much “older” than they are today. Many 

married right out of high school and had 

families right away. Women were still 

found predominantly in the home raising 

the children, with rare exception. 

Mike Sumner was a very community 

minded individual who lived life large and 

described himself as a “businessman who 

did business like a poet” and a “poet who 

wrote poetry like a businessman.” He was 

a very unusual man and became the primary 

guide for my life. 

One of the lessons he taught me was, 

“Never do anyone a favour or you will be 

indebted to them for the rest of their life.” 

It seemed a strange thing for someone 

who was known to have helped hundreds, 

if not thousands, of people over the years 

to say to me while at the same time 

encouraging me to be active in charity 

work and community service. 

But what did he really mean? 

Another way to state the same principle, 

and perhaps one easier to understand 

immediately, is the old proverb, “Give a 

man a fish and you’ll feed him for a day. 

Teach a man to fish and you’ll feed him 

for a lifetime.” 

This is the concept of self-dependency. 

It is critical in business and in life to help 

people achieve independence. Give them 

a hand up by teaching them to fend for 

themselves, not a handout that causes 

them to come back for more and robs 

them of their own self worth. 

This concept is ve ry powe rful and 

applies to business decisions as well. 

Early in my management career one of 

my reports came to me for a decision on 

something he could very well handle 

himself. Feeling self-important, I forgot 

the lesson and immediately handed down 

my “lofty decision” on the matter. The 

very next day the same person was back 

with a similar request. Then I remembered 

the rule. My report was told that 

while I had done “his job” for him yesterday 

I had no intention of doing it any 

longer and that he was perfectly capable 

of managing his own area without me. 

The result was a happier, more selfconfident 

employee and I was able to 

focus my attention on other things that 

were more relevant to the general management 

of the business. 

Two decades later, in my second career, 

our company was involved in importing 

skilled engineers and designers from the 

United Kingdom to work in Canada. 

My employer, Mel Lawn, had established 

a procedure for welcoming the new 

residents that seemed very stringent to 

me. Basically, we supplied a hotel for a 

few days, copies of the local newspaper 

for them to find living accommodations 

and a written guide covering such topics 


as banking, health care, etc. We were not 

to “baby” the newcomers but force them 

to make it on their own. 

I thought that was ve ry cold and 

unkind so, forgetting the principle I had 

learned previously, took one of the new 

employees around in my car, helping him 

look for accommodation and set up his 

banking requirements. It was not long 

after that I realized my error. 

The new employee was calling me all 

the time for help with things he should 

and could complete on his own. I had created 

a dependency that was not a favour at 

all but served to cripple the very person I 

sought to help. 

These are just two examples and I am 

sure Biz X readers can think of many similar 

occurrences in their own experiences – 

both as a receiver and a giver of a “favour”. 

So let’s really help and create independent 

individuals who can function on their 

own and go on to help others in the same 

way. X 

R i c h a rd Rosenthal is a re t i red exe c u t i ve who led thre e 

successful companies in Ontario and Michigan. Hi s 

business career began as an apprentice printer at Su m n e r 

Press where he became one of the partners as well as 

President of the company. He then served as Exe c u t i ve 

Vice President of MEDA Limited and completed his 

w o rking career as President and C.E.O. of Ricard o 

MEDA Technical Se rvices in Michigan. He holds an 

M BA from the Un i versity of Windsor and stro n g l y 

b e l i e ves that any business decisions should place the we lf 

a re of employees first. The result will always be a 

s t ronger profitable organization. Richard dedicates significant 

time to community service and is curre n t l y 

a c t i ve with Ro t a ry, Ce n t res for Seniors and as 

En t e rtainment Coordinator for the ve ry successful 

Windsor Elvis Fest. He is a Past President of United Wa y, 

The Hospice, Windsor Jewish Community Council and 

has served on the boards of many local and national 

o r g a n i z a t i o n s .

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A p p a r e l . 

C a l e n d a r s . 

Tote bags. 

Mouse pads. Pens. 

Mugs. Promotional products 

are valuable communication 

tools when it comes to building 

your brand, recognizing employees, boosting 

sales and marketing company events. As 

part of an overall marketing program, they 

can grab attention, generate goodwill and 

reinforce messages. 

Since promotional products are often useful 

or decorative and may be imprinted with 

a logo or message, business professionals use 

them for everything from trade show giveaw 

ays and announcing new services to 

extending holiday wishes. 

According to the Promotional Products 

Association International (PPAI), the promotional 

products industry is now an $18 

billion business worldwide. A recent PPAI 

study showed: 

• 55 percent of respondents keep their promotional 

products for more than one year. 

• 76 percent could recall the advertiser’s 

name on the promotional product that they 

had received within the past 12 months. 

• 75 percent kept their promotional products 

because they were useful. 

Planning is critical to successfully integrate 

promotional products into a communications 

program or company event. Here are 

some helpful guidelines to developing an 

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THE POWER OF PRO M OTIONAL PRO D U C T S 

effective program: 

1. Define a specific objective. The first 

step is to clarify the program’s purpose, 

whether the goal is to build excitement for a 

new company program, recognize employee 

achievements at an annual meeting or boost 

sales with current customers. 

2. Determine a workable distribution 

plan to a targeted audience. Distribution of a 

promotional product is as important as the 

item itself. A carefully executed distribution 

plan significantly increases the effectiveness 

of promotional products.Will they be part of 

a direct mail campaign? Or, used as a handout 

at the trade show? 

3. Create a central theme.The theme and 

the promotional product should tie in with 

the objective of the event or pro g r a m . 

Creating a recognizable logo and using consistent 

colours for all aspects of your campaign 

– from promotional products to printed 

materials – help to create a more powerful 

impression. 

4. Match your promotional product with 

the theme. For instance, if your company’s 

conference includes a dinner meeting at a 

yacht club, consider a nautical theme for 

your promotional item that suits your organization 

and reflects the flavour of the conference’s 

location. 

5. Don’t pick an item based solely on 

uniqueness, price or perceived value. Don’t 

fall prey to the latest trends or fads. And 

remember that audience perceptions of a gift 


are not exclusively cost related.According to 

PPAI, the leading three categories of promotional 

products are: wearables (hats, t-shirts, 

etc.), writing instruments and calendars. 

6. Check imprinting quality or embroidery. 

Some products look great but the quality 

of the imprinting or embroidery is not 

the best. Ask your printer to obtain an 

imprint sample comparable to your job, or, in 

the case of embroidery, obtain an embroidery 

sample of your artwork to review and 

approve. 

With more than 660,000 pro m o t i o n a l 

products to choose from, work with a printer 

that has access to an array of products 

and product lines. Regardless of your purpose, 

make sure you select promotional 

products that are worth keeping. From pens 

to t-shirts to coffee mugs, these effective 

marketing tools are a tangible representation 

of your company or organization. Make sure 

they send the right message. X 

Joe Haddad is co-owner of Allegra Print & Imaging at 

1800 Huron Church Road in 

Windsor and Allegra Print & 

Imaging at 1302 Anderson in 

Clawson, Michigan. He consults 

with businesses and 

organizations about their 

communications needs. Haddad 

has been helping businesses 

d evelop their marketing and 

other printed materials fo r 

m o re than 19 ye a r s . For info r m a t i o n , visit the 

company’s website at www.allegra-di.com, or send an 

e-mail to joehaddad@allegraprinting.ca.

K E E P YO U R M O T O R R U N N I N ’ 

Car Talk By Kevin Mc C a b e 

You’ll all remember a few issues ago I wrote 

about my loving wife, the Gadget Queen. 

About her penchant for any and every gimmicky 

thing that comes along. Well the 

GQ is positively in her glory. She has a new 

(previously-owned) car. And it talks to her. 

My wife purposely sticks the key in the 

ignition before closing the door so she can 

be told, “Your keys are in the ignition!” 

She starts the car, revelling in hearing, 

“Please fasten your seat belt.” I don’t think 

her life will be complete until the car has 

uttered every phrase in its repertoire! 

Whether you’ve got a car that actually 

“talks” to you or not, there are all sorts of 

things your car can `tell’ you without it 

uttering a word. 

Under the heading of “obvious” is the gas 

gauge. No gas, no go. And unless you’re out 

to break the record for walks to the gas station 

that a friend of mine currently holds, 

you won’t let 

that happen. 

In second 

place in the 

obvious column, 

is the 

t e m p e r a t u re 

gauge. As a 

re s p o n s i b l e 

car ow n e r, 

I’m sure you 

check the 

coolant level 

from time to 

time. (Come 

on now, no 

snickering in the back row!) 

David Santing of Sa n t i n g’s OK Ti re 

Stores, 3666 Walker Road in Windsor says, 

“Rising (or even falling) temperatures in 

the cooling system of your car tell you that 

there’s an immediate need for help.” Just 

like when your own temperature’s out of 

whack, it’s time to see a doctor! 

What other signs are there? Well how 

about the steering wheel? “Huh?”, you ask. 

When you drive down the road, do you 

find that the steering wheel is turned a little 

(or sometimes a lot) in one direction or 

the other to keep the car going straight? 

The car can be telling you any number of 

things. It might be nothing more than a 

crown shape to the road. 

Or is a front tire low on air pressure? “It’s 

less likely when you’ve got them filled with 

nitrogen,” says Santing. 

Perhaps it is a worn tie rod or ball joint 

causing that wheel to be cro o k e d ? 

“ So m e t i m e s”, says Brian Best of Allchin 

Brake & Steering Se rvice, 621 Te c u m s e h 

Road in Wi n d s o r, “it can simply be that 

yo u’ve caught a particularly big pothole 

and the front end is just plain out of alignm 

e n t . ” 

Wait, we’re not through. What happens 

when you put on the brakes? Does yo u r 

car want to turn the corner when there 

i s n’t one there? You could have one brake 

t h a t’s not working properly at all! 

Di s c overing that after yo u’ve walked away 

f rom a pileup in rush hour traffic could be 

a real bummer. 

Does your car sing? The eve r - p o p u l a r 

metallic serenade? T h a t’s a cry for help in 

any key. 

Do you find yourself mashing down on 

the brake pedal farther than you do the 

gas pedal? 

Best says, 

“The distance 

b e t ween yo u 

and disaster 

can be that 

little space 

b e t ween yo u r 

foot and the 

f l o o r. ” 

Ha ve yo u 

e ver looked at 

your tires? 

Yes, they’re 

round. Ye s , 

t h e y’re black. 

Yes, there are four of ‘em! I’m talking 

about the tread faces – where the ru b b e r 

literally meets the road. Go ahead, have a 

look. 

See all the little zigzag lines? T h e re is a 

reason. They help the tire “get a grip” on 

the road; they help squeegee water out 

f rom under the tire when it’s raining and 

they help slow the car down when yo u 

step on the brakes. 

Now, look closely at the tread near the 

edges of the tire. Is one side a little 

smoother than the other? 

The tire, and the car are telling you that 

you need to have the front suspension 

checked out. So m e t h i n g’s worn, somet 

h i n g’s out of line. 

See? Your car can speak volumes without 

ever saying a word – and we’ve bare l y 

got through volume one! 

X 


It’s amazing what you are finding as you 

clear things out for the eventual move. 

The basement is nearly fully packed 

away and the bare walls reveal marks and 

scratches that you can’t remember. It’s especially 

discouraging as you recall the hours 

that you endured down here last year dry 

walling with the neighbour. 

You expected to showcase a beautifully 

renovated basement family room just waiting 

to be fought over by all of yo u r 

prospective buyers. However, this hasn’t 

been the case. 

You’ve taken a chance and decided to put 

the place on the market even though you 

haven’t started actively searching for your 

new home yet. You have a back-up plan of 

course. You have a place that you can rent 

on a monthly basis if your current home 

sells as quickly as you anticipate. How 

could it not sell fast? 

You’ve renovated everything. The place 

looks great and most everything has been 

updated. As long as you keep the neighbour 

occupied on the open house days you 

figure it’ll go pretty quick. So, you’ve been 

taking him golfing, bike riding, and all 

sorts of other activities, every Sunday, as 

though you have been awarded partial custody 

of him! Eventually one Su n d a y 

became two, then three, then four. 

As you pay both of your entry fees to the 

local waterslide and watch the neighbour 

admiring the waterproof stamp on his 

hand, you can’t help but wonder out loud, 

“Is my house ever going to sell?” 

The neighbour sets down his soft pack 

beer cooler and says, “You know buddy, 

maybe you need someone to come out and 

stage your house for you.” You inquire as 

you start up the waterslide stairs, “Who 

stages a house and what does it involve?” 

He replies while readying to launch head 

first down the slope, “They come in and 

make sure you have the place ready to be 

shown.” 

2 6 

ASK THE EXPERTS 

The World Is A Stage! 

By Da ve Ha l l i d a y 

You think that you couldn’t 

possibly have your house in any 

better condition for listing than 

you do, but you look up a few 

“Stagers” anyways. It has to be 

better than the plans the neighbour 

has for you for next Sunday! 

We sought the assistance of De n i s e 

Hotson of Styled To Sell by Ja d e n 

Incorporated, 9559 Walker Road in 

McGregor. Styled To Sell has been assisting 

local home sellers since April of 2005 and 

we decided to draw upon some of Hotson’s 

expertise in our pursuit of a bidder for our 

friend’s home. 

Hotson earned the title of Certified 

Stager through a Staged Homes certification 

course. Staging is a federal registered 

t r a d e m a rk of St a g e d Hom es.com in 

Canada and the US. 

What are the main benefits of home 

staging? She replies, “By staging you’re 

taking things away (and usually a lot of 

things) so a buyer can see the room’s 

potential.” Hotson adds, “Sluggish sales 

syndrome? Not when you stage. Stage your 

home now rather than reducing it later.” 

What are some of the basic techniques? 

“Cleanliness sells, if you can smell 

it, you can’t sell it.” She indicates and adds, 

“A Stager will give the home a perspective 

of space, create room focal points and a 

warm welcome for a buyer.” 

What should I expect from a Stager? 

“You should expect the truth,” she states, 

adding, “We all personalize our homes but 

that copy of Playboy magazine in the bathroom 

is a definite no-no!” 

Can you describe the beginning stage 

of the process? “I will outline a room-byroom 

process through packing, storing, 

and rearranging. I also outline a detailed 

list of do’s and don’ts to give the home a 

competitive edge in a competitive market.” 

Are your services limited to the home’s 

interior? “No – curb appeal is important. 


First impressions start outside and can 

make the difference between a buyer getting 

out of their car or not.” 

You have to admit the Stager’s work has 

produced many more positive comments 

than you were receiving previously. 

It turns out that the way you had the 

home set up was perfect for you, but not 

necessarily the way your prospective buyers 

would want it. 

A lot of your favourite things have been 

packed away to allow the potential purchasers 

to wander freely as they plot the 

best furniture layout. 

Unfortunately, the current open house 

still requires you to whisk the neighbour 

away from the potential buyers. After all, 

the Stager did say you were to ensure that 

anything distracting or in poor taste be 

removed prior to a showing of the home! 

So, you jumped in the neighbour’s car. 

He drove for what seemed like forever 

down a gravel road. You have to admit you 

were starting to worry. 

The car came to a stop and he says, “We 

hike from here.” 

In the clearing ahead you see an odd 

looking hut-like structure with steam rising 

from a small flap on its side. An older 

Native North American is sitting out front. 

The neighbour says with a smile, “Buddy 

t h e re is nothing more cleansing than 

spending an afternoon baring your soul in 

a traditional Indian Sweat Lodge!” 

The older gentleman adds, “You can be 

honest and share true opinions of each 

other within these walls.” 

You reply, “It’s a good thing we’re in a 

forest because we’re gonna need a lot of 

wood!” 

X


2 8 

A R T M A T T E R S 

The Importance Of Business 

And Special Events 

By Sh e ryl Da v i e s 

Once again the local community came out in 

full force to attend summer festivals and outdoor 

special events in Canada South. 

Whether it was a Windsor Symphony concert 

on the waterf ront, food sampling at Fe s t i va l 

Ep i c u re, or a night at Bluesfest – while being 

e n t e rtained by a Grammy award-winner – by 

attending these festivals, you are enhancing the 

local economy and the businesses who prov i d e 

the necessary and much appreciated sponsorship 

to host these re s p e c t i ve eve n t s . 

Business plays a great role in the arts scene 

that you are enjoying. Its investment in the art s , 

via sponsorship, can energize a city or region and 

h a ve positive and wide-reaching effects by cre a ting 

innova t i ve partnerships. By promoting a 

business brand through products or services, a 

business can highlight the name and image of 

that company through an association with that 

niche market that an event can delive r. 

To d a y, businesses re c o g n i ze the need to think 

outside the box and the arts can do that for 

them! In fact, the Ha rva rd Business Re v i ew 

( Fe b ru a ry ‘04) made this statement that an 

“ M FA (Master of Fine Arts) is the new MBA!” 

It re p o rts, “Businesses are realizing that the only 

way to differentiate their goods and services in 

t o d a y’s overstocked, materially abundant marketplace 

is to make their offerings transcendent, 

physically beautiful and emotionally compelling.” 

The economic future of a business 

depends on its re s o u rcefulness to create we a l t h 

by motivating innovation, creativity and entrep 

re n e u r s h i p. 

T h e re are many reasons that businesses sponsor 

the arts, and they can include 

a d ve rt i s i n g / m a rketing opportunities, client 

d e velopment, corporate relationships, public 

relations, product sampling and access to a target 

audience. This allows a business the opportunity 

to propel its brand awareness, while 

d e veloping networking opportunities in ord e r 

to generate sales. 

Companies can also purchase tickets for performances, 

concerts and special exhibitions and 

g i ve them as special gifts. By making arts activities 

a part of their business’ special events, they 

can also encourage their employees to vo l u n t e e r 

their expertise within the artistic community. 

As a business ow n e r, your services to an 

organization or festival could include donating 

space for fundraising events, catering, print 


s e rvices, office equipment, marketing and we b 

technology; all items which would be we l c o m e d 

with open arms, as you establish your company 

as a community leader. 

Should a business be interested in a cre a t i ve 

p a rt n e r s h i p, owners have the power to spark 

many diverse activities, while propelling their 

corporate image. Their participation can make a 

p o s i t i ve impact on their company, while contributing 

to this are a’s quality of life. 

Simply put, a strong and diverse arts community 

with business investment makes Wi n d s o r 

and Essex County a better place to live and it 

a l l ows business an opportunity to give something 

back to the community, while investing in 

the local scene. The arts have the ability to 

i n s p i re business people because good business 

and great art together create a richer and more 

dynamic society. 

X 

Sh e ryl Davies is proudly serving her second term as Vi c e 

President of the Arts Council Windsor & Region (AC W R : 

1942 Wyandotte St reet East, www. a c w r.net, is a not-forp 

rofit organization that enriches the quality of life for all 

by strengthening the arts and the community thro u g h 

leadership, education and promotion). 

Davies is also the Publisher of The Wedding Gu i d e 

Wi n d s o r / Essex County, www. t h e we d d i n g g u i d e . c a , 

Canada South’s Official Bridal Guide, now celebra t i n g 

its 15th year serving area brides. She is also one of the promoters 

of Bluesfest In t e rnational and a founding member 

of the Canada South Fe s t i val Ne t w o rk, which she is currently 

serving as Se c re t a ry.

WELCOME TO HARROW, ONTARIO 

Ha r row is a town where businesses make a point of 

t reating their customers in a friendly, old-fashioned 

m a n n e r. 

Ha r row’s community pride and warm hospitality 

was the driving force behind the creation of the 

Sh o res Of Essex Re s o u rce Corp. (SOERC) Tro l l e y 

Tours (www. s o e rc.ca). 

O ve rf l owing with excitement to showcase their 

many regional attractions, a group of pro a c t i ve, independent 

business owners purchased the He r i t a g e 

Tro l l e y. It is used to shuttle visitors to the many 

wineries, agricultural attractions and heritage sites as 

well as other points of interest in the re g i o n . 

So, what are some of the businesses and attractions 

w o rth visiting there? And who are some of the hard 

w o rking professionals responsible for them? 

Sandi McCharles, known as the Pie Lady, saw a 

s h ow on Oprah about a woman selling pies and 

decided to give it a try herself. On Mc C h a r l e s’ first 

day she sold two pies and the rest is history. 

McCharles has been in working from her pre s e n t 

location at 21 King St. West, for eight years now, 

after working out of her home for six years. T h e 

restaurant and tea room have a cozy, relaxing atmosp 

h e re with soft music playing in the background. 

Whether it is a hearty breakfast or a nourishing 

lunch it is worth the drive to Ha r row to visit the Pi e 

Lady and Ga rden Tea Ro o m . 

Another entre p reneur who decided to open his 

business in Ha r row, is Shawn Ma rontate. He is a 

h o m e t own boy with strong family ties to the community 

and the county. 

He graduated from college with a re c re a t i o n 

d e g ree and found jobs few and far between. Wa n t i n g 

a business that would complement the sports indust 

ry, he opened Laser Art Inc. (www. l a s e r a rt i n c . c o m ) 

10 years ago, now located at 110 

Wellington St reet. Specializing in 

laser engraving, screen printing 

and embro i d e ry of team uniforms, 

plaques and trophies, Laser Art 

has been able to keep prices at a 

wholesale level because of dire c t 

b u y i n g . 

Ginger Cooke opened Gi n g e r’s 

House of Fl owers and Gi f t s 

( w w w. g i n g e r s f l owers.ca) in 1998. 

After moving to a bigger building 

at 61 King St. W. from her first 

location on Queen St., Cooke put 

in a new line of gifts to fill the 

larger store. 

Collectors can find Wi l l ow Tre e 

Angels and Comfort Candles, 

C o u n t ry Home Candles and canvas 

wall art and framed prints. 

T h e re is something for eve ry taste 

f rom modern to country and 

western, to nautical. 

Cooke adds that “Staff is well trained and good 

s e rvice is a must to help you find the right gift for 

that special person” . 

Colio Estate Wines (www. c o l i owines.com), the 

oldest winery in the Lake Erie No rth Sh o re Re g i o n , 

has been in business since 1980. The winery is 

k n own worldwide with its wines having won ove r 

400 medals. Ac c o rding to Retail Manager Ga i l 

Heffernan, “The wines are made with old fashioned 

traditions with a new world twist.” The winery ru n s 

tours daily where customers learn about wines and 

feel the ‘warmth of friendly hospitality.’ 

Scott Waters moved to Ha r row from his native 

The toast of the town in the Harrow business world are (from left): 

S h awn Marontate (Laser A rt ) ; Sandi McCharles (Pie Lady); L o n i e 

Kady (Tro l l ey To u r s ) , Gail Heffernan (Colio W i n e s ) ; Ginger Cooke 

( G i n g e r ’s Flowers) and Scott Waters (Home Hard w a re ) . 

Photo by Janice Dillman. 

Belle Rive r, for work. The old Home Ha rd w a re had 

closed and Waters seized upon an opportunity to 

h a ve his own business. 

September marks his 11th annive r s a ry as owner of 

Ha r row Home Ha rd w a re at 2044 County Road 20 

( w w w. h o m e h a rd w a re.ca) and he is now looking to 

expand. The business was built on customer serv i c e 

and Waters attributes his success to his staff and how 

they treat the customers. 

Waters is also the Ha r row Chamber of Commerc e 

President and says the Chamber is here to “beautify 

the town, develop tourism and help businesses.” 

Great words to live and work by. 


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R E S T A U R A N T T I D B I T S 

A N D M O R S E L S 

The Mill, 3199 Sandwich Street in Windsor 

has a new ow n e r, Bill Sarafi a n o s . 

“We want to make The Mill the premier corner 

t a vern in Olde Sandwich Towne,” says 

Sarafianos. “The Mill provides a sense of “p l a c e” 

for our patrons with genuine hospitality and 

e xceptional customer service, with a menu 

unique to the area and a variety of local entert 

a i n m e n t . ” 

Yet another casualty of the manufacturing 

i n d u s t ry, Sarafianos decided to try his hand at 

something he loved for a change. Sarafianos had 

been a regular at the restaurant and in Ma rc h 

2007, The Twisted Sisters, an acoustic duo and 

his daughters, performed at The Mill. 

As with practically eve ry perf o r m a n c e , 

Sarafianos and his wife accompanied their 

daughters that night. 

The owner at the time, welcomed them and 

finding out that this was not their first time 

3 0 

CATERING 

t h e re, jokingly asked if they wanted to buy T h e 

Mill. The family met the following day and jokingly 

kicked around the idea of what it would 

be like to own a tavern on the west side. T h e 

ideas we re free flowing and a dream was born. 

With the guidance of Sabrina De m a rc o , 

Small Business Consultant, Small Bu s i n e s s 

De velopment Centre, the mentorship of the 

Se l f - Em p l oyment Assistance Program, the supp 

o rt of his family and the need to find an altern 

a t i ve method to pay the bills, Sa r a f i a n o s 

a g reed to do something all his friends had been 

t rying to talk him into for years. 

Four months of planning, paper work and 

perspiration all came together this summer. T h e 

restaurant was closed for 10 days to re n ova t e 

and re-opened August 1. 

The Mill is located in the heart of Ol d e 

Sandwich Towne, a designated He r i t a g e 

C o n s e rvation District. The building was built 

c i rca 1880 and was the J. Spiers General St o re . 

The cross section of Sandwich and Mi l l 

St reets serves as a beacon for landmarks such as 

the windmill at Mill Pa rk, the Post Of f i c e , 

Mackenzie Hall and St. John Church and 

C e m e t e ry, to name a few. Within the last 

decade, this local bar/restaurant has also been 

k n own as The Sandwich Mill and The Ab b e y. 

Biz X magazine wishes Sarafianos and his 

team at The Mill, the best of luck in their new 

ve n t u re ! 

X 

CANADIAN 

GYROS 


A feast for the senses! Gu e s t s 

e n j oy a free buffet at Ma z a a r. 

M a z a a r, Lebanese cuisine has opened fo r 

business at 372 Ouellette @ Park St r e e t , 

next to Scotia Bank in dow n t own Windsor. 

The new restaurant, owned by Imad Al Na j j a r, 

held its grand opening in mid August. All dow nt 

own businesses and their employees we re 

invited to sample the excellent food with a fre e 

buffet. 

Experience Ma z a a r’s great ambiance, music, 

and fabulous food for yourself! For further information 

or re s e rvations email info@mazaar.ca or 

visit www. m a z a a r. c a 

X 

DINNER THEATRE

F O O D F O R T H O U G H T P R ES E N T E D B Y 

WINDSOR’S PREMIER RESTAURANT GUIDE, WWW. W I N D S O R E AT S . C O M 

CR Ê P E R I E OM E R By Melissa Ga l e a 

One foot in the door of Crêperie Om e r, 1285 

Ottawa St reet in Windsor and it’s as though I 

h a ve entered the silent scene of a Charlie 

Chaplin film. At first glance eve rything before 

me is black and white and the only sound is a 

d i s t i n c t i ve French accordion tune. 

Black and white tiled floors stage the setting 

of this quaint café. A black and white panoramic 

skyline of Paris borders the café walls and my 

g a ze settles on a monochrome photo, hung 

behind the cash re g i s t e r, of a young man. 

I am startled from this gaze when chef and 

owner Je r ry Verbeem bursts through the kitchen 

doors welcoming me to his café. 

Returning my attention to the photo, 

Verbeem explains that this is the focal point of 

the crêperie. It is taken of his maternal grandfat 

h e r, Omer Seguin, at 17 years of age and re p resents 

the beginning of this legacy. 

Keeping in mind his French heritage, 

Verbeem fine-tuned the ambience and cuisine 

for a café he envisioned since his first sampling 

of a crêpe 10 years ago. 

“I really wanted to mix the old element with 

HOME MADE FOODS 

PIZZA, FISH, BURGERS & MORE 

the new,” explains Verbeem, “to create the sense 

that if my grandfather was still alive we would 

be able to come here and enjoy some time 

t o g e t h e r. ” 

This time would be spent enjoying an expans 

i ve selection of traditional and contemporary 

f a re. In addition to savo u ry and sweet crêpes, 

the menu offers a selection of soups, sandwiches 

and open-faced baguettes called Ta rtines. 

While the atmosphere is Parisian, the dining 

is eclectic and incorporates Italian, Greek and 

South American influences. 

One of Ve r b e e m’s favourite ingre d i e n t s , 

Dulce de Leche, is a caramel-like crème that is 

key to his Crêpe Alfajore, a dish that re s e m b l e s 

a traditional coconut cookie he discove re d 

while travelling in Argentina. 

A deliberate combination of authentic 

f l a vours makes the product of his efforts wort h 

s a vouring. And savouring means slowing dow n . 

Although crêpes are a “fast-food,” cooking at 

2 0 0 o F and taking less than five minutes to dish 

u p, most of Ve r b e e m’s guests are in no hurry. 

“ People who come in are fantastic,” he 

HOME STYLE SPECIALS 

SALAD BA R , PA S TA & S A N DWICHES 

explains. “One thing I’ve noticed is that they 

want to get out of Windsor for a bit. W h e t h e r 

they feel like they’re in Mo n t real for a moment 

or in Paris, they’re not really worried about the 

t i m e . ” 

But if you are, Verbeem has effectually disp 

l a yed clocks showing the local times for 

Wi n d s o r, Mo n t real, and Paris. 

Crêpe Barbara: Strawberries, white chocolate and 

almonds in an almond infused crepe. 

Whether yo u’re on the go or have all day, 

Crêperie Omer provides a welcoming escape. 

Amidst black napkins and white platters, this 

unique café brings a colourful flare to Wi n d s o r’s 

Ottawa St reet Village. 

X 

Melissa Galea is a freelance writer in Windsor who enjoy s 

t ra vel and food writing. She would do a lot more tra ve lling 

and a lot less dining if her hometown wasn’t chock 

full of diverse and authentic cuisine. 

MEDITERRANEAN FUSION 

TASTING BAR 


Profiling Local Women In Business St o ry and Photo by Lisa Re n e - d e - C o t re t 

For the past 12 years Karen Prieduls has been 

living her dream. This former stay-at-home 

mother struggled, as her child grew up, with 

whether to continue as is, or to go back to 

school. 

“I wanted something tangible,” says 

Prieduls. “I already have a background in 

finance and marketing and tons of sales experience. 

However, I wanted to own my own business 

also, so I chose to try my hand at something 

I like to do, and that is working with my 

hands.” 

Her desire to be in a niche business, led her 

to form Cre a t i ve Tile Designs Inc (creativetiledesigns.com). 

“I was renovating my house and I was looking 

for tile products with a specific pattern, a 

mosaic border,” she explains. Prieduls soon 

came to realize that there was high demand for 

the product, but low availability in this area. It 

was the frustration she felt that fuelled the 

beginning of a whole new career. 

Prieduls started out with a business plan and 

some know-how – one year later she was offering 

her services to local dealers. 

Soon her client base started to grow (and 

now includes customers from all across North 

America) and working from home, or for 

someone else, just would not satisfy her desire 

to see this small business expand. 

“It took a few years, but eventually I broke 

into the market in a big way,” she states. “I 

Karen Prieduls – Creative Tile Designs in Windsor 

Karen Prieduls – President & Owner, 

Creative Tile Designs 

Lowe’s Home Center in the US.” 

Her initial investment was $5,000, which 

was used to purchase a few standard pieces of 

equipment including a cement tumbler and a 

tile saw. 

“I went from the garage to building my 

own shop within the first five years,” she says. 

In 2002 Prieduls sold that building because 

her business was growing and she needed 

more space. She then moved to a larger building 

at 434 Jutras Drive North in Tecumseh. 

The massive 30,000-sq. ft. facility is busy with 

activity from all 40 employees. It features a 

glass processing department, state-of-the-art 

wet cutting rooms, and fully equipped sandblasting, 

painting and assembly facilities. 

Cre a t i ve Tile mass-produces mosaic tile. 

Prieduls and her team take different types of 

materials like porcelain, marble slate, limestone 

and glass to mention a few, and break, 

cut, tumble and assemble them into mosaics. 

These are the fancy accents that go on tiled 

floors, backsplash, showers and more. 

Prieduls does want to make sure that, “the 

public knows that we are not a retail facility, we 

are strictly wholesale.” 

However, if you do want to purchase any of 

their designs, you can do so at their local distributor, 

Centura Floor and Wall Fashions, 

3155 County Road 42, in Windsor. 

The future looks bright for Creative Tile 

Designs Inc. – the President of the company 

has big plans in the works. “I want to build a 

dealer network, and have my own branded 

product line,” says Prieduls. 

Definitely an achievable goal for such a 

determined woman. From the garage to 

President of her own successful company, she 

really has come a long way, baby! 

have a handful of major distributors, including X 


P O R T F O L I O C O R N E R 

It’s Not Halloween 

Yet, But... 

By St e ven Ma yo 

So what’s so scary out there? It seems there 

is this worry that as interest rates rise, dividend 

paying stocks may come down in 

price even more! Well, I’m hoping to once 

again take advantage of any future intere s t 

rate hikes that may temporarily spook dividend 

paying stocks. 

This scare may have already occurred, as 

you read this article, since the Bank of 

Canada was expected to raise rates on 

September 5th following their increase of 

one quarter of a percentage point (25bps) 

on July 10th to 4.50%. With interest rates 

rising, heightened takeover activity and a 

s t rong commodity market, all occurring 

s i m u l t a n e o u s l y, the Canadian dollar has 

also been ve ry strong this ye a r. 

This strength has put additional price 

p re s s u res on Canadian stock prices due to 

c u r rency conversion. Howe ve r, I do believe 

we should be taking advantage of this by 

adding to dividend paying stocks. 

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As I write, the Canadian dollar is 

a p p roximately $0.95 US/$1.06 CDN. 

L e t’s use the Royal Ba n k’s stock price as 

an example of how the curre n c y’s stre n g t h 

can affect stock prices. Royal Bank, which 

like many Canadian companies is also traded 

on the New Yo rk Stock Exchange. 

•The NYSE price in July is $55 x 1.06 = 

TSX stock price of $58.30. 

• In Fe b ru a ry, the exchange rate was 

a p p roximately $1.18. Fe b ru a ry NYSE 

price $46 x 1.18 = $54.28 CDN 

• July NYSE price $55 x 1.06 = $58.30 

CDN compared to $55 x 1.18 (Fe b ru a ry’s 

e xchange rate) = $64.90, if currency is 

u n c h a n g e d . 

T h e re f o re, the Canadian stock price has 

been clipped by $6.60 solely because of the 

s t rong Canadian dollar even considering 

the NYSE stock price is higher by $9. 


Eve ry Canadian stock, no matter how 

high it has been this ye a r, would have been 

higher if it we re n’t for this exchange rate 

c o m p ression. Of course earnings matter 

most, but exchange rate is clearly having an 

i m p a c t . 

So, it’s time to go “Trick or Tre a t i n g” . 

Your “c a n d y”, or the list of stocks you want 

to purchase, may include the follow i n g : 

Royal Bank, TD Bank, Bank of Nova 

Scotia, TransCanada Pipeline, En b r i d g e , 

Power Financial, Manulife Financial, and 

Sun Life Financial. T h e re are more, but 

t h e re’s only so much “c a n d y” you should eat 

at one time! 

Candy like this (stocks such as these), has 

a habit of rew a rding shareholders eve ry 

year…and that should eventually place a 

smile on even the meanest of pumpkins! 

I ’ll end, as usual, with a quote: “Ma n y 

m o re times than not, it is better to buy the 

leaders and leave the laggards alone.” 

– George Chestnutt, Jr. X 

This article is not intended as investment advice. Pl e a s e 

consult with a qualified professional before taking any 

action based on information in this article. St e ven Ma yo 

is a Vice President and In vestment Advisor with RBC 

Dominion Securities Inc.* RBC Dominion Securities and 

Royal Bank of Canada are separate corporate entities that 

a re affiliated. *Member CIPF .

B I Z X w a s t h e r e W i n d s o r • T H E H I G H L I G H T S I N T H E C I T Y • B I Z X w a s t h e r e W i n d s o r 

IN CELEBRATION OF SENIORS DAY, JUNE 20, 2007, CHARTWELL SENIORS 

HOUSING REIT HOSTED A “SENIOR STA R” SINGING/MUSICAL INSTRU- 

MENT COMPETITION. ALL CHARTWELL CANADIAN RESIDENCES HOSTED AN 

EVENT IN THEIR RESPECTIVE COMMUNITIES WITH CANADIAN RESIDENTS 

65 YEARS AND OVER AS CONTESTANTS. THE WINDSOR CONTEST WAS HELD 

AT THE ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION BR. 594, 3920 HURON CHURCH LINE IN 

L A S A L L E. THE GROUP SHOT HERE SHOWS SOME OF THE DEDICATED STA F F 

OF CHARTWELLS IN THE WINDSOR/ESSEX COUNTY REGION WHO SPENT 

MANY HOURS MAKING SURE THE EVENT WAS A HUGE HIT! 

FROM LEFT, CHEFS JONATHON REAUME OF AMALFI FINE 

FOODS; JERRY DAHER OF THE OLIVE TREE AND AHRON 

GOLDMAN OF MARYVALE PREPARE AN EXQUISITE MEAL 

FOR VISITORS TO ALEKSANDER ESTATE WINERY IN 

RUTHVEN, IN MID-JUNE, FOR THE FIRST “SATURDAY 

NIGHT WINE DOWN” CONCERT. 

JUDGES FOR THE COMPETITION WERE FROM LEFT: WAYNE 

STEVENS FORMER RADIO PERSONALITY, DONNA GEE 

(MARILYN MONROE) A FEMALE IMPERSONATOR WHO HAS 

WORKED PROFESSIONALLY FOR THE PAST 15 YEARS BOTH 

LOCALLY AND IN THE NEIGHBOURING US AND AL NATTRESS, 

PRODUCER/DIRECTOR OF AMHERSTBURG’S DOWN RIVER 

PLAYHOUSE THEATRE. ALL CHARTWELL PHOTOS BY JANICE 

DILLMAN. 

IZABELA AND LUKASZ BEMBEN, SHAREHOLDERS OF THE AWARD WINNING 

ALEKSANDER ESTATE WINERY AND EMPLOYEE MARK MUZZIN (LEFT THEIR 

FIRST NON-FA M I LY EMPLOYEE) RAISE A GLASS TO TOAST THE EVENT’S 

SUCCESS! “IT WAS A NATURAL FIT TO MIX FRIENDS, FOOD, WINE AND 

MUSIC,” IZABELA SAID WHEN DECIDING ON THE SUMMER CONCERT 

SERIES (VISIT ALEKSANDERESTAT E.COM TO LEARN ABOUT THE LAST EVENT 

ON SEPT. 15). PROCEEDS GO TO THE HEART AND STROKE FOUNDATION. 

RE/MAX PREFERRED REAL ESTATE BROKER JULIE GREEN (IN DRESS), FUNDRAISING CHAIR OF THE 

KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS VICTOR C. COTE COUNCIL 9671 (ALONG WITH OTHER COMMITTEE MEMBERS; 

DAVE WILDS, DENISE WELLINGS AND DIANE ST. JOHN), RECENTLY PRESENTED THE FIRST FUNDRAISING 

CHEQUE TO K OF C MEMBERS AND FATHER GARY GOYEAU. THE DONATION IS FOR BUILDING THE NEW 

GOOD SHEPHERD PARISH, FORMED FROM THE AMALGAMATION OF ST. GREGORY THE GREAT IN ST. 

CLAIR BEACH AND ST. WILLIAMS IN EMERYVILLE. 

having an event 

email info@ bizxmagazine.com 

A FEW MONTHS BACK AT THE 

TORONTO INTERNATIONAL HOME 

SHOW, BIZ X STAFF RAN INTO PAUL 

CHENARD, AN ORTHOPA E D I C 

SPECIALIST AND THE OWNER OF STEP 

F O R WARD FOOT CORRECTORS IN 

WINDSOR. FOR MORE INFORMATION 

GO TO WWW. S T E P F O R WA R D . C O M 

PHOTO BY JANICE DILLMAN. 

MOVE OVER AMERICA, WINDSOR’S GOT TALENT TOO! 

THIRTEEN EXCEPTIONAL CONTESTANTS (ALL MEN) 

TOOK THE STAGE, BUT IN THE END THE WINDSOR 

WINNERS FROM LEFT WERE: JOHN ROBITA I L L E 

(THIRD), ROBERT G. HOLDEN (FIRST) AND SHELDON 

MACDONALD (SECOND). HOLDEN THEN SUBMITTED A 

TAPE OF HIS PERFORMANCE AS A POSSIBLE NATIONAL 

FINALIST (10 IN ALL) IN TORONTO ON OCTOBER 15TH. 

ALEKSANDER WINERY CUSTOMERS AND GUESTS FROM 

ALL OVER ESSEX COUNTY ATTENDED THE CONCERT 

INCLUDING: (FRONT, FROM LEFT) ED & LINDA CZILLI OF 

WINDSOR WITH LARRY DESANTI OF TECUMSEH. BACK 

ROW IS JOAN DESANTI, ALSO OF TECUMSEH AND JUDY 

SPADAFORA OF AMHERSTBURG. WINERY PHOTOS BY 

JANICE DILLMAN. 

UNTIL NOW, CUSTOM MOTORCYCLES WERE NOT PERMITTED FOR SALE IN CANADA. 

MAXXIMUS MOTOR SPORTS, 2645 HURON CHURCH ROAD IN WINDSOR IS NOW THE 

COUNTRY’S EXCLUSIVE DEALER FOR THE INDUSTRY’S BEST AMERICAN-MADE CUSTOM 

CYCLES. SHOWN AT A RECENT OPEN HOUSE IS CLAUDIO MASTRONARDI, PRESIDENT OF 

MAXXIMUS, WHO BELIEVES HIS NEW BUSINESS FEATURES THE HOTTEST MOTORCYCLES 

FROM THE HOTTEST MANUFACTURERS. THESE LIMITED SERIES MOTORCYCLES ARE PER- 

FORMANCE SHOWPIECES BUILT WITH QUALITY CHROME COMPONENTS IN SIGNATURE 

STYLES. PHOTO BY ROB CASSELLS. 

D R. JOHN A. STRASSER, LEFT, 

P R E S I D E N T, ST. CLAIR COLLEGE, 

RECENTLY PRESENTED A CHEQUE 

FOR $7,500 FROM ITS ANNUAL 

INVITATIONAL GOLF TOURNAMENT 

TO DON RUSSELL, EXECUTIVE 

DIRECTOR OF THE BRENTWOOD 

R E C O V E RY HOME. BRENTWOOD 

OFFERS RESIDENTIAL AND NON- 

RESIDENTIAL RECOVERY PRO- 

GRAMS AND SERVICES FOR INDI- 

VIDUALS AND THEIR FA M I L I E S 

SUFFERING FROM THE EFFECTS OF 

ALCOHOL, GAMBLING AND DRUG 

RELATED PROBLEMS. 

B I Z X w a s t h e r e W i n d s o r • T H E H A P P E N I N G S I N T H E C I T Y • B I Z X w a s t h e r e W i n d s o r

B I Z X w a s t h e r e W i n d s o r • T H E H A P P E N I N G S I N T H E C I T Y • B I Z X w a s t h e r e W i n d s o r 

THE WINDSOR ESSEX COUNTY REAL ESTATE BOARD (WECREB) HELD ITS 

ANNUAL CHARITY GOLF CLASSIC AT FOX GLEN GOLF CLUB IN LATE JUNE 

AND RAISED OVER $9,000. FROM LEFT ARE; DENNY LAURIN, 

MANAGER/BROKER OF DEERBROOK 1ST; JASON LAFRAMBOISE, 

DEERBROOK 1ST; IAN BROWNLEE OF MORTGAGE INTELLIGENCE; 

KRISTA DEL GATTO, CAE EXECUTIVE OFFICER WECREB AND RYAN 

D’ALIMONTE, ALSO OF DEERBROOK 1ST. 

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THE CITY OF WINDSOR OPENED ITS NEW 

TRANSIT TERMINAL, 300 CHAT H A M 

STREET WEST IN MID-J U LY. CUTTING THE 

RIBBON FROM LEFT ARE: CAROLINE 

P O S T M A, CHAIR TRANSIT WINDSOR 

BOARD OF DIRECTORS; DONNA 

CANSFIELD, ONTARIO MINISTER OF 

T R A N S P O R TAT ION; WINDSOR MAYO R 

EDDIE FRANCIS; PATRICK BROWN, MP 

FOR BARRIE REPRESENTING LAW R E N C E 

CANNON MINISTER OF TRANSPORT, 

INFRASTRUCTURE AND COMMUNICAT I O N S 

CANADA AND STUART KENDRICK, VICE 

PRESIDENT PASSENGER SERVICES 

GREYHOUND CANADA. 

NINETY-SIX GOLFERS TOOK PART IN THIS TOURNEY 

THAT HAS BEEN RUNNING FOR OVER 15 YEARS. 

FRONT ROW FROM LEFT: RICK GIROUX AND BRAD 

DUPUIS OF JEROME TAYLOR PONTIAC (HOLE-IN ONE 

SPONSORS). IN THE BACK ROW WECREB PRESIDENT 

JOE MONTALEONE IS SURROUNDED FROM LEFT BY: 

KATHY LAMOUREUX, BECKY LANDOIS AND SONIA 

LENHARDT, ALL FROM THE MOTOR CITY COMMUNITY 

CREDIT UNION. GOLF PHOTOS BY JANICE DILLMAN. 


BUS DRIVERS DON BRISEBOIS (30 YEARS OF SERVICE) AND TOM 

WINDIBANK (27 YEARS) POSE WITH SALES AND MARKETING 

MANAGER JAN O’NEIL OUTSIDE THE 9,250 SQUARE FOOT FACILI- 

TY. THE NEW TERMINAL FEATURES 12 TRANSIT BAYS, FOUR 

GREYHOUND BAYS, FIVE FULLY ACCESSIBLE TICKET WICKETS, 

WIDE AUTOMATIC DOORS, IN-FLOOR HEATING, PUBLIC SEATING 

FOR 80 PASSENGERS, A SOUND SYSTEM, BRAILLE SIGNAGE, 

THERMAL ENERGY HEATING AND COOLING, 96 PERCENT UV 

REFLECTING GLASS, AND AIRPORT STYLE (NO DOORS) PUBLIC 

WASHROOMS. TERMINAL PHOTOS BY JANICE DILLMAN. 

BRINGING YOU ALL THE ACTION 

IN WINDSOR & ESSEX COUNTY!

B I Z X w a s t h e r e • T H E H I G H L I G H T S I N M E T R O D E T R O I T 

IN LATE JUNE THE STERLING HEIGHTS, UTICA & SHELBY 

TOWNSHIP CHAMBER OF COMMERCE (SUSCC) HELD A BREAKFAST 

& BUSINESS EVENT AT ENGLE’S AMERICAN BISTRO IN STERLING 

HEIGHTS. AMBASSADOR HELPERS GUY COCOCCETTA (ON LEFT) OF 

MERRILL LYNCH AND JILL BOWKER (SECOND FROM RIGHT) OF 

NATIONAL CITY BANK ALONG WITH LINDA COLTON OF SUSCC LIS- 

TEN AS 2007 CHAIR RANDY CROWELL (RIGHT) OF STERLING 

PHOTOGRAPHY ADDRESSES THE ATTENDEES WITH UPCOMING 

ANNOUNCEMENTS. 

1968 DETROIT TIGERS PITCHER DENNY MCLAIN HAS A NEW BOOK 

OUT CALLED, “I TOLD YOU I WASN’T PERFECT” CO-AUTHORED BY 

EMMY AWARD WINNING SPORTSCASTER ELI ZARET. WE SNAPPED 

THIS SHOT OF DENNY AT A LIVONIA COSTCO DURING A RECENT 

BOOK SIGNING. MCLAIN WAS A MLB ALL-STAR, MVP, TWO-TIME 

CY YOUNG AWARD WINNER, AND WORLD SERIES CHAMPION. HE 

HAS ALSO AGREED TO PEN A NEW COLUMN FOR BIZ X SISTER PUB- 

LICATION, MICHIGAN IN PLAY! (BE SURE TO READ IT ON-LINE AT 

MICHIGANINPLAY.COM). PHOTO BY JACK ROSENBERG. 

don’t forget to visit michiganinplay.com for all of 

michigan’s sporting news 

CONSTRUCTION OF THE ULTIMATE SOCCER ARENAS IN PONTIAC 

(WITH A NOVEMBER OPENING) HAS KICKED OFF! AT THE GROUND 

BREAKING CEREMONY IN EARLY JULY, PICTURED IN THE TOP ROW 

(FROM LEFT) ARE: OWNERS GARY FRENCH, TOM KORPELA, MACK 

MAJOR, GEORGE DERDERIAN, RICK TAPPER, A PLAYER FROM THE 

MICHIGAN BUCKS SOCCER TEAM, BUCKS HEAD COACH, DAN 

FITZGERALD AND HANI MANSOUR. BOTTOM ROW FROM LEFT; CO- 

OWNER JON MURAD WITH BUCKS PLAYERS WHO WILL HAVE A 

NEW HOME AT THE FACILITY. THIS $15 MILLION CONSTRUCTION 

PROJECT IS EXPECTED TO BRING ONE MILLION VISITORS TO THE 

AREA (AND AREA BUSINESSES) EACH YEAR. IT WILL BE THE 

LARGEST INDOOR CLIMATE CONTROLLED FACILITY IN NORTH 

AMERICA WITH OVER 266,000 SQ. FEET DEDICATED TO SOCCER 

ALL YEAR LONG. TO LEARN MORE VISIT ULT I M AT E S O C C E R- 

ARENAS.COM PHOTO BY DAVID REED. 

OVER 118 BUSINESS MEMBERS WERE PRESENT AT THIS 

MORNING SUSCC NETWORKING OPPORTUNITY, WHICH OF 

COURSE INCLUDES PLENTY OF COFFEE, PASSING OUT BUSI- 

NESS CARDS AND DOOR PRIZES! DON ENGLE, 

OWNER/MANAGER OF ENGLE’S AMERICAN BISTRO IS SHOWN 

DRAWING A WINNER. 

SEGA ENTERTAINMENT USA INC., UNVEILED ITS FIRST WORLD 

SPORTS GRILLE CONCEPT INSIDE GAMEWORKS AT THE GREAT 

LAKES CROSSING MALL, AUBURN HILLS, IN MID-JULY. LIVING 

UP TO ITS NAME THE GRILLE FEATURES FOOD FROM AROUND 

THE WORLD AND AROUND THE BLOCK LIKE BUFFALO WINGS, 

SZECHWAN PORK RIBS, SPICY THAI FISHCAKES, GRILLED 

GIANT SHRIMP, SALADS, NOODLES, BURGERS AND PIZZA. 

PLUS, YOU CAN WATCH YOUR FAVOURITE SPORTING EVENTS 

ON THE GIANT TVS, SHOOT SOME POOL, THROW A FEW DARTS 

OR PLAY HUNDREDS OF STATE-OF-THE ART VIDEO/INTERAC- 

TIVE GAMES. PHOTO BY JACK ROSENBERG TAKEN AT THE VIP 

PARTY OF THE GAMEWORKS MANAGEMENT TEAM FROM LEFT: 

MIKE PATTERSON, KIM NEUBECKER, PAT HART, PAUL SPADA 

AND CLINT MANNY. 

DAY OR NIGHT THE STERLING HEIGHTS, UTICA & SHELBY 

TOWNSHIP CHAMBER OF COMMERCE (SUSCC) HAS TONS OF 

EVENTS FOR ITS MEMBERS TO MEET NEW CONTACTS AND DO 

SOME BUSINESS! THIS TIME AROUND THE AFTER HOURS IN 

MID-JULY WAS AT BUCA DI BEPPO, 12575 HALL ROAD IN 

UTICA. SHOWN IN 

FRONT IS SUSCC 

A M B A S S A D O R 

CO-CHAIR BRENT 

FREEMAN, AND 

MARTINE CUCCHI, 

P A I S A N O 

PARTNER OF 

BUCA DI BEPPO 

WITH BAR- 

TENDER KEITH 

ZELLA AND SUSCC 

B U S I N E S S 

R E L A T I O N S 

MANAGER LINDA 

COLTON. 

PHOTO BY JACK 

ROSENBERG. 

BRINGING YOU ALL THE ACTION IN 

METRO DETROIT & AREA! 


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FIREWORKS NIGHT, JUNE 27 

Photos by Jack Rosenberg 

1. The Canadian Transit Company (CTC) hosted a get-together 

for employees, friends and family at the Art Gallery of Windsor 

(photos 1 t o 6 only) before and after the spectacular shower 

of sparks began. Shown are guests Ron & Mary Lamparter, 

friends of Mr. & Mrs. Moroun; Manuel “Matty” Moroun, CenTra 

Inc. Chairman with his wife Nora; Dr. Ross Paul, University of 

Hot Shots 1 2 

FESTIVAL EPICURE, JULY 6 TO 8 

Photos by Janice Dillman 

1. The 13th Annual Festival Epicure was a celebration of food, wine and music at the 

Riverfront Festival Plaza. Alister Cameron and Sarah Casellan of Three, A Tasting Bar, 63 

Pitt St., E. in Windsor had a little fun serving their lambwich, which they claim was the 

best food at this festival! 

Wi n d s o r, President and Mina Grossman-Ianni, Director of 

Development Windsor Symphony. 

2. Kamla Rampersad, CTC Office Assistant with her husband 

Ron and daughter Kristal. 

3. Patty Gray, Windsor Health Unit & Reg Blanchard, retired 

from ITW with Matty Moroun and guests David & Susan Cassivi. 

4. Skip McMahon, CTC Executive Director, External Affairs, 

Community Relations with his family Karen, Devin & Dayna. 


SUMMER FESTIVALS IN WINDSOR & 

ESSEX COUNTY 

*All people in photos are listed from left* 

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5. Sandi Villeneuve, Custom Services International President, 

Ambassador Bridge Director of Compliance with step son Adam 

Villeneuve. 

6. Maggie Hillman and Katarina Dziedzic from the Ambassador 

Duty Free Store. 

7. Olivia King, Alexandra Moceri, Anne Waters, Jeff Willms and 

his daughter Marissa were also in the art gallery attending 

another fireworks party there. 

2. Tony and Eadie Mastronardi, Laura Schiefer, Amy Allan, Gene Ingratta, Brian Schiefer 

from Mastronardi Estate Winery in Kingsville, ON were back for their third year. Eadie 

believes that “Festival Epicure is great for tourism and the economy.” 

3. What would epicure be without a little love in the air? After tasting some great grub, 

it was time for a group hug when Maureen McLinden, Jamie Drysdale and Stephanie 

Drysdale remembered Jamie and Stephanie’s first date at Epicure five years ago.

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THE FIRST LAKESHORE ICE CREAM FESTIVAL, JUNE 30 TO JULY 2 


1. Participating in the Ice Cream Eating Contest were Jeff Watson, MP for Essex; Dave Genik, Economic Development Officer Town of Lakeshore; Gavin Booth, 

Movie Director; Mayor of Belle River Tom Bain and Belle River Councillor Ray Lalonde. Overall winner was Jeff Wa t s o n . 

2. Father and son team Dan and Mike Nadasky of Mila’s Gelato, 500 Ouellette Ave in Windsor were pleased to have a new venue to showcase their gelato. 

3. Buddy Muloyevich (Owner of Bubi’s Restaurant at the corner of Janette & University in Windsor) is pictured with employees Jessica Infanti and Marc Hudon. 

He believes the festival “is a great idea and could start an institution of festivals in the Lakeshore area – after all it is ice cream!!! What more can you want!!!” 

4. Twistee Treat was the official sponsor of the Celebrity Ice Cream Eating Contest. Mary Beth Hewitt of the 300 Tecumseh Rd E location and Laurie Chappell 

f rom 5565 Wyandotte E and 31 Amy Croft Drive were on hand to get the “inside scoop”! 

ESSEX FUN FEST, JULY 12 TO 15 


1. Prince and Princess of the Essex Fun Fest, Alexis Meloche and Andrew Brown are picture d 

with Judges (from left) John Kirk and Marcie Bourque, organizer Mary Ellen Brown and Judges 

Carlene Frimer and Mike Lavoie. The fun fest was held at the Essex Memorial Arena gro u n d s . 

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2. Up, Up and away in my beautiful balloon! Thanks to Pilot Insurance and DPM Insurance 

( re p resented by Cindy Barnett) of Essex for sponsoring the hot air balloon rides. 

3. A definite highlight of the festival was the antics put on by the West Coast Lumberjack 

Show from Squamish B.C. Photo shows Andy Straughan, Jamie Corneal, Jamie Cumming 

(announcer), Bryan Couture and Jake Prohasko. 


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BLUESFEST INTERNATIONAL, JULY 12 TO 15 

Photos by Lisa Rene-de-Cotret (with one exception) 

Another festival celebrating 13 great years was the Bluesfest, North America’s 12th largest blues and roots event, known for 

its Grammy, Juno and WC Handy award winning artists, as well as Rock N Roll Hall of Famers. Held at the Riverfront Festival 

Plaza, Bluesfest fans danced and sang at the top of their lungs to songs from . . . Anthony Gomes (1), Colin James (2), Detroit 

Women (3), Los Lobos (4), Pat Travers (5), Robert Cray (6) and many more! 

7. Windsor Fire & Rescue was out in full force educating children on fire safety during Kidsfest. Hanging out at the 

Biz X/Michigan In Play RV afterwards were from left; Patrick Sullivan, Jim Hewitt, Shawn Fryer and Captain 

Doug Diet. Photo by Jack Rosenberg 

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BELLE RIVER SUN SPLASH, JULY 20 TO 22 


1. BIA volunteers; Janel Gagnier, Kris Poore, Jeremy Poisson, Larry Savard, Jordyn Thompson and Isaiah Ducharme pose under 

a sign listing the festival’s many sponsors. Sunsplash took place at Lakeview Park on Lake St. Clair in Belle River. 

2. Lisa MacDonald of The Orthotic Works, 2486 Tecumseh Rd. E., Windsor specializes in custom-made orthotics for foot and 

back pain. This is her first year at the festival but it won’t be her last. 

3. Mike Dann of Crepe Temptations (CT) serves up some delicious crepes. CT owners Daniel and Kim Choquette, travel fro m 

festival to festival to promote their business and recently opened a restaurant at 126 Talbot Rd. West in Cottam, ON.

d a t e st ore m e m b e r-s e p t e m b e r&early october 

•The first Wednesday of eve ry month, the Caboto Club of 

Windsor opens its doors and its heart to serve up a delicious 

pasta dinner to benefit 12 local charities from 4:30 to 7:30 

p.m. Cost: $7.50 adult/$5 children/$8 takeout. Contact: 

Rick Bu z zeo, 519-252-8383 if you re q u i re more details. 

•Sept.6-9 & 13-16: T h e a t re Wi n d s o r, a theatre for eve ryone, 

presents “The Gr a d u a t e” with performances at 8 p. m . 

e xcept Sundays, which are 2 p.m. matinees. Tickets $14 for 

adults, $10 seniors and adults. This play is restricted. Fo r 

tickets call 5 1 9 - 9 4 4 - 1 9 6 8 or visit www. t h e a t rew i n d s o r. c o m 

•Sept.8 & 9: “ Sweet on Wi n d s o r,” a family festival at 

Windsor Crossing (Talbot Rd in Windsor) raising funds 

and awareness for nine charities in Windsor & Essex 

C o u n t y. This candy wonderland features candy bingo, face 

painting, cookies & milk cocktail part y, multi-cultural 

d e s s e rt show, mascot extravaganza, wine & dessert pairing, 

bubble gum stage, and a sweet traditions market place. 

Weekend family passes $30 and individual adult passes $15, 

can be purchased in advance through any of the charities. 

Visit www. s we e t o n w i n d s o r.com to find out more about the 

Charity Pa rtners, and the eve n t . 

•Se p t . 1 1 : The Dearborn Chamber’s Eye Opener at the 

Fairlane Club, 5000 Fairlane Woods Dr i ve in De a r b o r n 

f rom 8 to 9 a.m. Visit www. d e a r b o r n c h a m b e r,org or call 

3 1 3 - 5 8 4 - 6 1 0 0. 

•Sept.13: The Windsor Chamber’s After Business at 

Vi ewpointe Estate Wi n e ry, 151 County Road 50 East in 

Ha r row from 5 to 7 p.m. Members pay $20 and can bring 

a friend for free! Non-members $25. 519-966-3696 ext. 21 

•Se p t . 1 4 : The Convention & Visitors Bu reau of Wi n d s o r, 

Essex County and Pelee Island presents a seven hour seminar 

on exceptional customer service delive red by an OT E C 

Master Trainer from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Hi l t o n 

Wi n d s o r, Ontario Room, 2nd floor. Learn how to make 

p o s i t i ve first impressions, enhance communications, handle 

customer complaints and more! To register: Contact Ma r i a 

Fe r r a ro at (519) 255-6530 or mferraro @ c i t y. w i n d s o r.on.ca 

•Se p t . 1 4 : The Royal Oak Chamber of Commerc e’s Fre e 

Chamber Coffee, from 8 to 9 a.m. at Taoist Tai Chi So c i e t y 

of the USA, 413 N. Main St., Royal Oak. 2 4 8 - 5 4 7 - 4 0 0 0 o r 

visit www. roy a l o a k c h a m b e r. c o m 

•Se p t . 1 4 : The 7th annual Fiesta Capacita, sponsored by 

Community Living Wi n d s o r, for children with disabilities 

in Nicaragua held at the Ciociaro Club. Tickets $30 and 

a vailable by calling 519-974-8918 ext. 325. 

•Sept.14 to 16: The Olde Sandwich Towne Fe s t i val in 

Windsor; firew o rks, parade, childre n’s activities, historical 

re-enactments. 5 1 9 - 2 5 5 - 9 9 9 3 or visit www. o l d e s a n d w i c ht 

ow n e . c o m 

•Se p t . 1 6 : The Te r ry Fox Run from Green Ac re s / Op t i m i s t 

Pa rk on St. Gre g o ry’s Road (behind Zehrs) in the Town of 

Tecumseh. Event registration begins at 8:30 a.m. (re g i s t r ation 

not re q u i red in advance of run day), and part i c i p a n t s 

can walk, run, wheel or bike, a 2K, 5K or a 10K route. Yo u 

can raise funds for cancer re s e a rch by obtaining pledges, 

pledge in advance online or simply make a donation on ru n 

d a y. For more details contact Jan Wright, 5 1 9 - 7 3 5 - 3 6 4 9. 

•Se p t . 1 8 : The Ferndale Chamber Coffee Connection 

hosted by POS Systems Gro u p, 3250 Hilton, from 8 to 9 

a.m. This networking event is free to Chamber 

members and guests are welcome. 2 4 8 - 5 4 2 - 2 1 6 0 o r 

f e r n d a l e c h a m b e r. c o m 

•Sept.20: Make your coffee break count and help raise 

money for the Alzheimer Society of Windsor & Essex 

County program and services! Take part in the Na t i o n a l 

Coffee Break fundraising event and see how a cup of coffee 

can make a difference. Become a host and hold a Coffee 

Break event in your office, business, church, social or sport s 

g roup or even in your home. The Alzheimer Society provides 

you with a host kit filled with coffee, coffee supplies, 

posters, donation boxes and other materials to make yo u r 

e vent a success. It can be as simple as putting out a pot of 

coffee and offering a cup for a donation to adding baked 

goods for sale or even turning it into an even bigger event – 

the possibilities are endless! T h e re are fabulous incentive 

p r i zes to be won, sponsored by local Tim Ho rtons ow n e r s . 

Call 519-974-2220 ext. 14 for more information and to 

register to become a host! 

•Se p t . 2 0 : The Hiatus House 14th Annual 5k Wa l k 

Against Domestic Violence in Wi n d s o r. Pr i zes, complim 

e n t a ry beverages and hors d’ o e u v res for participants. All 

funds raised are used to augment programs and services at 

Hiatus House. Call Arlene 5 1 9 - 2 5 2 - 7 7 8 1 for a pledge 

sheet and further details on time and location. 

•Se p t . 2 0 : The Dearborn Chamber’s Economic Ou t l o o k 

Breakfast with speaker Ro b e rt Ficano, Wayne County 

Exe c u t i ve at The Dearborn Inn, 20301 Oakwood Bl vd . , 

f rom 7:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. Ficano outlines his major init 

i a t i ves that include the Ae ro t ropolis Airport City, Cobo 

expansion plan and international investment with China 

and other nations. Members $25, non members $35. To 

register call 313-584-6100 or visit dearbornchamber. o r g 

•Sept.21-23 & Sept. 28-30: T h e a t re Intrigue Society pre sents 

“Les Mi s e r a b l e s” school edition at Wa l k e rv i l l e 

Collegiate in Wi n d s o r. Call 5 1 9 - 2 5 2 - 3 2 4 4 or 5 1 9 - 9 7 4 - 

9 2 3 2 for tickets and times. 

•Se p t . 2 1 - 2 3 : Assumption Un i versity 150th Annive r s a ry 

Celebration. Call 5 1 9 - 9 6 6 - 5 1 4 0 for further information. 

•Se p t . 2 2 : Kids Health Day 2007 from 11 a.m. to 3 p. m . 

at the Windsor Health Centre (Plaza 400 & 600 How a rd 

& Tecumseh near Shoppers Drug Ma rt) for FREE vision, 

dental, spinal, hearing, speech and language screenings and 

child wellness information. Pr i zes, clowns, music, face 

painters, craft stations, hot dog BBQ, and re f re s h m e n t s 

p rovided to ensure the children enjoy their day. Vi s i t 

w w w. k i d s h e a l t h d a y.com, call 5 1 9 - 2 5 2 - 5 5 5 6 or email 

k i d s h e a l t h d a y @ y a h o o. c a . 

•Se p t . 2 2 : Kids Day America/International, a health, safety 

and environmental awareness event sponsored by Dr. To d d 

Small and Dr. Sarah Dale of Community Chiro p r a c t i c 

C e n t re takes place at the Childre n’s Safety Village, 7911 

Fo rest Glade Dr i ve in 

Wi n d s o r, from 12 noon to 3 

p.m. Essential information on 

crime pre vention, the In t e r n e t 

and child safety, free spinal 

exams, fire trucks, entert a i nment 

and more! Call Me l i s s a 

Wood, email communityc h iro 

p r a c t i c c e n t re @ y a h o o.ca or 

call 5 1 9 - 7 3 5 - 7 5 5 5 for furt h e r 

d e t a i l s . 

•Se p t . 2 2 & 2 3 : The Kidney 

Foundation of Canada, 

Windsor & District Chapter 

hosts its annual “Be A Lifesave r 

Wa l k a t h o n s” for Or g a n 

Donation Aw a reness on 

Sa t u rd a y, at the Rive r s i d e 

Sp o rtsmen Club and Su n d a y 

at Colasanti’s Tropical Ga rd e n s 

with registration beginning at 

9 a.m. and the 5K Walk at 10 

a.m. Raise a minimum of $25 

in pledges and re c e i ve a gre a t 

grab bag and a buffet bre a k f a s t . 

Register at www. k i d n e y. o n . c a 

or call 5 1 9 - 9 7 7 - 9 2 1 1. 

•Se p t . 2 7 : The first 

C o m m e rcial Pro p e rt y 

Sh owcase by the Fe r n d a l e 

Chamber of Commerce fro m 

10 a.m. to 4 p.m. This one-day 

e vent is designed to showc a s e 

the available commercial pro pe 

rties in the city and pro m o t e 

Ferndale as a thriving, re v i t a li 

zed, centrally located community 

in which to grow a 

business. Call Maile, 2 4 8 - 

To come to Windsor via land, you don’t need a passport ! 

Visit cro s s i n g m a d e e a s y.com to learn more ! 

Been there, done that? Then do this! Biz X has the list of business events (and some fun stuff) that you shouldn’t miss! Please be sure to confirm all events before attending. 

5 4 2 - 2 1 6 0 for more details or visit ferndalechamber. c o m 

•Se p t . 2 7 : The third annual Sp o rt Fest Windsor Or g a n 

Donation Aw a reness Di n n e r / Silent Auction at the Caboto 

Club in Wi n d s o r, cocktails at 6 p.m. dinner 7 p.m. Pro c e e d s 

to assist the 2008 Canadian Transplant Games in Wi n d s o r 

next summer. $35 pp. Visit sport-fest.ca for more details or 

email tawad@cogeco. c a 

•Sept.28: The sixth annual Teen Health Centre Gala at 

Ambassador Golf Club in Wi n d s o r. Doors open at 

6:30 p.m. For more information call 5 1 9 - 2 5 3 - 8 4 8 1 

ext. 255 

•Se p t . 2 9 : Mo m 2 Mom hosts its Fall Kids Ya rd Sale fro m 

10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. on at the Indoor Soccer Place (Mi c 

Mac Pa rk) in Wi n d s o r. Shop 100+ tables w/1000s of KIDS 

items. Bake Sale, clothes 0-12 yrs, cribs, kitchen sets, bikes, 

books, slides, & MORE! Come and see for yourself what 

the buzz is all about! Visit www.mom2mom.ca or call 5 1 9 - 

250-0012 for more details. 

•Oc t . 2 : Sales & Ma rketing Conference hosted by the 

Macomb County Chamber with networking, speakers, 

lunch & expo, 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Best We s t e r n 

Sterling Inn in Sterling Heights. Members $40, non-members 

$60. 5 8 6 - 7 3 1 - 5 4 0 0 

•Oc t . 5 : “ Mov i n’ and Gro ovin With Realtors Who Care”, a 

Windsor-Essex County Real Estate Board (W E C R E B ) 

fundraiser in support of the new Siemens 64 slice CT scanner 

at the Ciociaro Club. Cocktails 6 p.m., dinner at 7 and 

dancing at 9 p.m. to the music of Bigg Wiggle. Ti c k e t s 

a vailable for $50 pp at the WECREB office, 3020 Dez i e l 

Dr i ve in Wi n d s o r. 5 1 9 - 9 6 6 - 6 4 3 2 

•Oc t . 5 : Since October is Breast Cancer Aw a reness Mo n t h , 

the Breast Cancer Society of Canada encourages you to 

d ress down at work and make a $5 donation. All part i c i p a ting 

businesses can allow their employees to dress casually on 

National Dress Down Da y. Register for a free part i c i p a t i o n 

kit and more details at dre s s d ow n d a y. c a 


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of the month 

Windsor Mitsubishi... 

Steering Towards Success 

By Lisa Rene-de-Cotret 

M 

itsubishi Motors produced their 

first vehicle in 1917 – ye p, 90 ye a r s 

ago! And, since 1981, Mi t s u b i s h i 

has offered a full line of quality passenger 

cars and sport utility ve h icles 

in No rth America. 

Now, a Mitsubishi dealership has opened 

at 925 Provincial Road in Wi n d s o r. 

“We are pleased to announce our new deale 

r s h i p,” says Owner/Principal Jay Ha z i m e . 

“We take pride in our highly skilled and courteous 

staff, genuine Mitsubishi parts and our 

n ew facilities and equipment.” 

Hazime must believe in the city of 

Windsor because he has invested approx imately 

$3,000,000 to make the dealership 

and service facilities a success. With 23 fulltime 

employees, it won’t be hard for Ha z i m e 

and Ma zen Samhat, General Ma n a g e r, to 

meet their business goals. 

“We are developing a dealership that is 

k n own for its excellent customer service, satisfaction 

and of course, the top quality ve h icles 

it offers, both new and used,” tells 

Hazime. 

Samhat believes their future is bright. “We 

will become a permanent corner stone within 

the community. We will establish a solid, satisfied 

and loyal customer base.” 

The newly constructed 11,000-sq. ft. dealership 

and its fully functional service department 

opened its doors to the public in 

November 2006. 

“ Our inve n t o ry includes over 125 used 

vehicles, from all makes and models,” states 

Samhat. “We have 30 new Mitsubishi cars 

and we have access to over 100 other ve h i c l e s 

f rom our sister store, Big T h ree Pre - ow n e d 

C e n t re, 1725 Tecumseh Rd. West.” 

Windsor Mitsubishi is home to the popular 

SUV Outlander with its built-in dash nav- 

igation system. If you want to 

feel the sun on your face and 

the wind in your hair, then take 

a ride in the sporty aero d y n a mic 

Eclipse Sp i d e r. Do you have 

safety concerns? Then testd 

r i ve the En d e a vo r, which 

re c e i ved a five-star frontal crash 

safety rating. 

With less than a year in business, 

Windsor Mitsubishi is 

a l ready receiving high praise 

f rom the community. It has 

earned two awards as we l l . 

“We have re c e i ved the cove ted 

Scotia Bank award for To p 

Sales,” explains Ha z i m e . 

Howe ve r, according to Sa m h a t , 

the greatest honour a dealer can 

re c e i ve is a smile from a satisfied customer 

and he claims to re c e i ve a ton of these important 

rew a rds daily. 

It is quite obvious that both Hazime and 

Samhat love their work and treat each day as 

a learning experience. 

“I have been in this business for over 10 

years and the best thing about my job is talking 

to my customers and potential customers,” 

says Hazime. “I get to experience, 

first hand, their feedback. I use that feedback 

to improve my business.” 

The joy of learning is evident in Sa m h a t 

t o o. “I am in the middle of the action, “ he 

explains. “The thrill and challenge that I face 

e ve ry day really energizes and motivates me. 

I enjoy dealing with our customers because 

of the diverse backgrounds of the Wi n d s o r 

c o m m u n i t y. ” 

So, what makes this dealership stand out 

f rom the competition? 

“What sets this dealership apart from oth- 


Is Jay Hazime, Owner/Principal of Windsor Mitsubishi 

holding the keys to your brand new car? 

ers is our highly skilled and courteous staff 

coupled with exe m p l a ry customer serv i c e , ” 

says Hazime. “Also, our 100 perc e n t 

a p p roved financing.” 

Windsor Mitsubishi is a dealership where 

the common goal is their commitment to 

e xcellence. “This philosophy re p resents the 

best guarantee of our customers’ satisfaction 

with our business,” re veals Sa m h a t . 

“We value our customers and appre c i a t e 

their confidence in our products and our 

d e a l e r s h i p,” claims Hazime. “Wi n d s o r 

Mitsubishi is also a member of the BBB, and 

the Chamber of Commerce as well as the 

Used Car Dealership Association (UCDA).” 

So, if yo u’re looking for a new Mi t s u b i s h i 

or a pre - owned vehicle in any model, the pair 

invite you to “Come down to Wi n d s o r 

Mitsubishi for the greatest car buying experience 

yo u’ll ever have”. 

Also, you can visit windsormitsubishi.com 

to view vehicles online. 

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Ma ze n 

Samhat (left), 

Ge n e r a l 

Manager and 

Jay Ha z i m e . 

Photos by 

L o r i 

Deschaine 

of Ou r 

Ph o t o g r a p h e r.

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