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• Thamesville iMaze recognizes first responders

  15-09-2026 18:54 via chathamdailynews.ca
  
  Visitors to the Thamesville iMaze this year will travel through a labyrinth of corn stock cut in a design which recognizes first responders. From above, the Dieleman farm at 12768 Longwoods Rd. in Thamesville appears as a firefighter carrying a hose, a police officer saluting, and a paramedic hauling their equipment, with the words “harvest with a hero” shown at the end of the corn field. Ingrid Dieleman, owner of the iMaze, also known as the Thamesville Maize, said her team is happ
  
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• Pat McMahon nearly caught up to Terry Fox in 1981

  15-09-2026 17:54 via chathamdailynews.ca
  
  Terry Fox’s story has inspired countless people over more than four decades and Chatham’s Pat McMahon is one of them.McMahon has been involved with Terry Fox Runs since it began Sept., 13, 1981, just months after Fox’s death on June 28 that year at age 22 after the osteogenic sarcoma (bone cancer) he was diagnosed with spread to his lungs.“I caught on to Terry’s story from the get-go, because I was travelling back to university right behind him,” he said.McMa
  
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• Pat McMahon nearly caught up to Terry Fox in 1980

  15-09-2026 17:54 via chathamdailynews.ca
  
  Terry Fox’s story has inspired countless people over more than four decades and Chatham’s Pat McMahon is one of them.McMahon has been involved with Terry Fox Runs since it began Sept., 13, 1981, just months after Fox’s death on June 28 that year at age 22 after the osteogenic sarcoma (bone cancer) he was diagnosed with spread to his lungs.“I caught on to Terry’s story from the get-go, because I was travelling back to university right behind him,” he said.McMa
  
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