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Home My WebLink AboutThe Citizen, 2002-05-15, Page 21Alzheimer's disease: Signs to look out for (NC)—Do any of the following behaviours seem familiar? • Forgetting things more and more • Asking the same question over and over • Having increasing trouble with language • Difficulty performing familiar tasks • Disorientation of time and place • Poor or decreased judgment • Problems with abstract thinking • Misplacing things • Mood or behaviour change • Changes in personality • Loss of initiative If you or someone close to you is experiencing some of the signs and symptoms above, it could be Alzheimer's disease. You should speak to your physician soon. Further information can be obtained by calling 1-888-370-6444 to speak to a registered nurse. - News Canada -OKEA g-0011 Arms/ Drop in to either one of our offices and check out the great selection of books we have on hand. We have something for everyone. Take a look today! The Citizen Blyth 523-4792 Brussels 887-9114 WARD & UPTIGROVE. 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Former professor new minister at Blyth First love, second career Rev. Eugen Bannerman admits that while he loved his teaching career he had "always wanted to be a minister." Some 30 years after receiving a degree in pastoral psychology, which led to a professorship at Ryerson, he has taken up the minister's duties at Blyth United Church. This is his first full-time ministerial position although he has served several churches as a supply minister. (David Blaney photo) By David Blaney Citizen staff Many people retire to a lite of quiet relaxation and the pursuit of hobbies. When Dr. Eugen Bannerman retired two years ago he decided to take up a second vocation. In January of this year he became the minister of Blyth United Church. Rev. Bannerman spent the previous 30 years teaching psychology. He is currently professor emeritus at Ryerson University where he spent . his teaching career. While at Ryerson he developed the second Canadian course in thanatology, the understanding of death and dying. The course was designed for nurses and others who found such an understanding necessary to deal effectively with their work. Despite his 30 years of teaching Rev. Bannerman admits that the choice of career was not automatic. He says he always wanted to be a minister and family history and his university education bear this out. His father received a theological education although he was never a minister. The family left Germany on the rise of Hitler and moved, first to a farm northwest of Edmonton and then to Vernon, British Columbia. His father's early training and advice may have had a bearing on his son's career choices. He said that if you wanted to be a minister, "make sure you get another job first. You won't make much money and you will have to learn to cope with criticism." Rev. Bannerman received his theological training at Knox College, University of Toronto. He studied pastoral psychology and received his doctorate. While teaching at university he acted as a supply minister commuting from his home on weekends to attend to his pastoral duties. From 1989 to 1994 he had a charge in Seaforth. While there he discovered that Howard Kerr, who was instrumental in establishing Ryerson as a university, had attended high school in Seaforth while living in McKillop Twp. This discovery was put t6 good use when he set out to provide Ryerson with its first mace. As he tells it his involvement with the mace project was almost an accident. He had mentioned to the chancellor of the time that it was a shame there was no mace for the ceremonial processions at the university. The chancellor agreed and suggested that someone should do something about it. When Rev. Bannerman looked around he realized that the 'someone' in question obviously referred to him. He set about raising funds and designing the mace. When it was finished the Howard Kerr Memorial Mace commemorated Seaforth on one of the four faces of the mace- head. His close connection with the mace was honoured when he was named as the mace-bearer for the university. His connection with Blyth has to do with more than just his pastoral duties. His wife, Iris McGregor- Bannerman, is the head of the acting program at Ryerson and had Enc Coates of the Blyth Festival as a student for several years. He says, "I feel very comfo;table here. There is a level of satisfaction that would be hard to surpass." Rev. Bannerman currently commutes from Stratford where he and his wife have lived for several years. He has two children, Justin, a filmmaker and Fiona an events co- ordinator currently working in Switzerland.