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Summer Jobs for Youth in Chatham-Kent
Work Smart – By Polly Smith For children of the corn and the parents that love them… In a couple of weeks many of Chatham-Kent’s youth will be waking up very early donning garbage bags and rubber boots and heading enthusiastically to bus meeting places before 7am. I grew up…
Camping: It always looks better on TV
Writer's Block by Tiffany Douglas I'm not sure if I should blame the TV commercials or the hot summer heat, but one of the two told me it was that time of the year again- time to explore the great outdoors; time to go camping.…
Show me the money!
Work Smart – By Polly Smith Finding funding – for businesses, public and non-profit organizations. In our world of information overload, it is often challenging to find what you are looking for. Years ago we used to use the blue book, the yellow pages or similar directories, but in our…
‘A to Z’ travel plan for Chatham-Kent
Writer's block by Tiffany Douglas The recipe for a roadtrip calls for the following three ingredients: good music, someone to travel with, and no reservations. Toss in an unreliable vehicle, no set destination, and bake with the worry that you won't find a hotel that night and you've got it- your…
‘Staycation’ time in Chatham-Kent, new CKDP column
Staycation time in C-K by Tiffany Douglas Leaving Florida painfully sunburnt and tired of palm trees, I reflected on my week in the sun. Aisles of white plastic lawnchairs had crowded every beach I had visited and it had rained four days out of seven. Now, like a north-bound Canadian goose,…
Networking Know-How
Work Smart by Polly Smith Networking is only information sharing; you are already doing it; expand your efforts for new job opportunities. Not everyone is skilled at networking. The mere word can create nightmarish images (or memories) of having a nice conversation with someone when all of a sudden they…
Back to school for new job opportunities
Work Smart by Polly Smith Continuing Education & Post-Secondary Education & Funding Options Are you thinking about going back to school for a diploma, degree or certificate? That’s an excellent idea, whatever your age. You are not alone, post-secondary institutions are hosting huge numbers of adult students returning to upgrade…
Learning & Earning
Essential Skills For Today’s Workforce Work Smart by Polly Smith To err is human. To really screw things up you need a computer. – Anonymous If you don’t yet have strong computer skills, you need to work on it. Otherwise you’re missing out on information and options, leaving yourself at…
Attracting young retirees to Ridgetown
Pennythoughts by Elaine McEwen When I mention attracting retirees to Ridgetown to boost the economy, I am sometimes met with outright rejection of the idea, perhaps based on false perceptions of what retirees actually mean. First of all, it doesn’t mean hordes of doddering 90-year olds clogging up the sidewalk…
How can you fill all of life’s roles? Cloning, silly.
Mind, body and soul by Tammy Howlett As the last couple months have progressed in a frenzy of to-do lists, to-call lists, to-e-mail lists and “was supposed to-do” lists, I now find myself slowing down and evaluating the craziness and the many roles that I fill. I should have been…
Finding a new job with the skills & experience you have now:
Where do you begin? Work Smart by Polly Smith Headlines like “Green Jobs on the Rise” or “Creative Economy the Future of Business” leave most of us as directionless as those poor folks on the TV’s “Lost”, or the viewers that try to follow it! A lot of information in…
Our civil liberties are under attack
Pennythoughts by Elaine McEwen According to the dictionary, democracy is government by the people; a form of government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised directly by them or by their elected agents under a free electoral system.…
An extra-large sized problem in society
Mind, body and soul by Tammy Howlett I was putting on my pajama pants and bumped into the tag... extra large! I remembered how upset I was when I got my new comfy clothes for Christmas from my hubby and his awesome parents. My pants were extra large and my Betty…
Seeking the future in Ridgetown
Pennythoughts by Elaine McEwen Life in a small town is proving more interesting than I imagined. We’ve been here in Ridgetown for about 2 and a half years and, in that time, we have made new friends and engaged in lively and interesting conversations with many people, old-timers as well…
Tackling the issue of stress
Because every little thing, is gonna be alright. Mr Bob Marley put it out there for us, stress is bad. Are you biting your nails, pacing from room to room tackling tasks, yelling at the guy cutting you off while you're driving to get your Timmies? Do you consider…
Moving the Ridgetown plant sale for the inconvenience of traffic? C’mon…
By Elaine McEwen – Daily Post Columnist Last year, the plant sale hosted by the Ridgetown Horticultural Society was a huge success. Held downtown in the Royal Bank parking lot, the event drew a large crowd of people looking for unique plants as well as old favourites to add to…
Let’s talk about sex baby
By Tammy Howlett – Daily Post Columnist Put your modest shoes away and bust out your flippers. We’re going to dive into a world where the topic of sex is not muttered with your head down and mouth covered, but discussed openly. I have surfaced the mental and physical benefits…
The dark side of coffee
This is in response to a column written by CKDP Managing Editor, Aaron Hall, about his consumption or should I say addiction to coffee. I have utilized the Tim Horton’s nutritional calculator to analyze Mr. Hall’s said consumption of coffee.…
Oh Miss Sun, please shine down on me
By Tammy Howlett – Daily Post Columnist The sun is shining, shining down. Let’s all thank Mother Nature for the sunny days that have passed and will continue. Not only does beautiful weather mean that our day lilies and tulips will be peaking their green heads through the piles of…
Garlic and its ancient wisdom
I’ve always been told that garlic is good for you, not knowing how or why until I began a research project. After cutting my foot on a sheet of stained glass, and almost slicing my Achilles tendon, I was left with six stitches that needed to be taken out.…
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