HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2012-10-04, Page 7THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2012. PAGE 7.
Wingham resident Stephanie
Currie was recently named the new
program co-ordinator at the
Emergency Services Training Centre
(ESTC) in Blyth.
Currie, who has worked as a
business consultant and marketing
and advertising specialist in
Wingham, Goderich, Stratford and
other locations, came to the position
as she has come to others: feeling
she could make a difference.
The role calls for her to help
further the name of the school by
both broadcasting existing training
opportunities there but also by
finding more groups to partner with
and create more training chances
through them.
She said that, living in Wingham,
she was excited to have the
opportunity to be able to help out her
local area.
“It’s exciting to work in my own
backyard,” she said. “I’m lookingforward to helping to develop thearea.”
Working for emergency services
personnel is also a great opportunity
she said as any help she could
provide them would make not
only their lives and their family
lives easier, but everyone in
the community would also benefit.
“I knew when this opportunity
presented itself it was one I would
want to take part in,” she said. “To
help further develop an organization
that trains people in emergency
services is helping them to service
people every day and it’s a goal I’m
invested in.”
Currie, a mother of two young
boys, spends a lot of time in the
community due to hockey, baseball
and other activities and is looking
forward to furthering her community
connections through her job.
She said that, while family is a
paramount priority, she also puts a
high priority on her job, describing
herself as driven.
“I’m very goal-oriented,” she said.
“I know what I need to do and what
I can do and I go for it. When I feel I
can’t do anything else in a position,
I’ll search for something else to
work on. I think that, with this role,
I’ve found something I can really
help build over time.
“I was very fortunate to find a role
that was almost tailor-made for my
résumé,” she said. “I may not have
the emergency services background,
but I’m learning that with fresh eyes
and it’s giving me the opportunity to
help grow the centre.”
Her primary goal is to create a
strong presence for the centre which
will lead to the vision that deceasedFire Department of North HuronFire Chief John Black had for the
ESTC when recent years major
renovations were completed.
“The idea is to make the centre a
business so it can take care of itself
financially and become self-
sustaining,” she said. “We’re doing
things like working with St. John
Ambulance in Huron County to
bring their training here and
partnering with other groups to not
only succeed in marketing the centre
but also to allow community
members to capitalize those kind of
partnerships in their own backyard.
We can bring training for people into
the area.”
She said that, aside from
broadcasting the centre’s presence as
a training location, she also wants to
help the community become more
involved and she wants to let them
know that they can get access to the
facilities at the ESTC.
“We very much want to open the
ESTC to the community for events,”
she said. “People can rent classroom
space or look at other uses, all
they have to do is get in touch with
me.”
Currie is also involved in the
annual Musical Muskrat Festival in
Wingham, having acted as the
marketing co-ordinator for this
year’s celebration and works with
the Wingham Ironmen to help their
organization succeed.
For more information about
the ESTC, check their Face-
book page at www.facebook.com/
emergencyservicestrainingcentre
or visit their website at
www.estc.ca
By Morgan Howson, Ben Stewart
and Colton Rodger
This past week we interviewed a
student from each class and asked
them what they liked best about
Hullett Central Public School. It was
interesting to hear what they had to
say.
In Mrs. Thorpe-Hearn’s
Kindergarten B class, Super Helper
Hadley says she likes meeting new
friends, likes her new teacher and
that recess and lunch are fun.
Shea, in Mrs. Thompson’s Grade
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In Mrs. Bell’s Grade 2 class,
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Colby, in Mr. Caldwell’s Grade 3
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new friends and is enjoying gym
because they have been playing
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In Mrs. Middleton and Ms
Gillespie’s Grade 3/4 class, Kiera
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In Mrs. Elder’s Grade 4/5 class,
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In Mrs. Gilroy’s Grade 5/6 class,
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Parker, in Mr. Coup’s Grade 7
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In Mrs. Armstrong’s Grade 7/8
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In the office, Mrs. Watt says that
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Madame Maver says that she has
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students and families. She has also
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new friendships.
Mrs. Barnett says she has enjoyed
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Students adjusting to Hullett
Wingham woman begins time with ESTC
Starting out
Stephanie Currie of Wingham has taken over as the program co-ordinator at the Emergency
Services Training Centre in Blyth. Currie hopes to help spread the centre’s name across the
country and continue on the path of the late John Black, former chief of the Fire Department
of North Huron. (Denny Scott photo)
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