HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2004-09-02, Page 2A NOTE FROM BETTY
By Betty
Graber
Watson
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887-6236
887-9231
Huron Perth Healthcare Alliance
Welcomes New Board Officers
And Board Members
HURON PERTH
HEALTHCARE
ALLI ANCE
Ron Bolton Tim Cronsberry Leslie Showers Bruce Schoenhals
The Board of Directors of the Huron Perth Healthcare Alliance and Chief Executive Officer, Andrew
Williams, are pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Ron Bolton as Chair of the Board, and Mr. Tim
Cronsberry, as Vice Chair of the Board.
Mr. Bolton has been a Hospital Trustee for 10 years and is a Senior Manager, Agriculture Accounts, for
CIBC. Mr. Cronsberry has been a Hospital Trustee fer two years and is the Public Health Manager,
Communicable Disease, of the Perth District Health Unit.
The Alliance also welcomes two new Board Members, Leslie Showers and Bruce Schoenhals. Ms.
Showers, appointed as a representative of the St. Marys Memorial Hospital (SMMH) catchment area.
chaired the SMMH Local Advisory Committee prior.to her appointment. She is a Financial Consultant with
Investors Group.
Mr. Schoenhals joins the Board as a representative of the area Stratford General Hospital serves as the
Regional Referral Centre. Prior to this appointment, he chaired the Clinton Public Hospital Local Advisory
Committee. Mr. Schoenhals is retired from the Clinton Public Utilities Commission and is currently working
part-time at Fleming Feed Mill.
The Huron Perth Healthcare Alliance (HPHA), comprised of Clinton Public Hospital, St. Marys Memorial
Hospital, Seaforth Community Hospital, and Stratford General Hospital, was created to maintain and
improve the quality of local healthcare services in the communities it serves. Further, as outlined in its
recently adopted "Vision", the Alliance strives to "be the Province of Ontario's acknowledged leader in the
delivery, coordination and integration of innovative and sustainable system-focused rural healthcare."
PAGE 2. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2004.
The See You In September, song
is now here. A new month to do
and see and review the old' stuff.
For many, September is like the
start of another year and with that
goes the making of plans and the
dreaming of dreams. New things to
do, new people to meet and many,
many new things to learn. So,
here's to a good September.
Part of Brussels' past hit the dust
last week. The Palace was torn
down. In its glory days it was a fine
building and very functional in its
role. For years it was the central
spot of the Brussels Fair. The Fall
Fair dance was a big deal and
always held in the Palace. Many
memories abound about the
creaking floor, and . occasional
cobweb as the feet flew with
abandon.
Licensed liquor had not come to
the village so the outside staircase
was well used as the dances
progressed.
On fair day both upstairs and
down were used for exhibits, and
the stairs inside and out were busy
spots. The track was in use for
races of the human and horse kind.
Everyone will rethink• stories of
the Palace and with those will
come names not thought of in a
while. If you're like me each story
brings a smile. Now the Palace is
just a memory.
Jim and Leona Armstrong had a
terrific party on Saturday. They
celebrated their 50th anniversary in
fine style. By gathering the
important things and people in
their lives, they, with the help of
the •kids, had a party that only Jim
and Leona could plan so well. And
in Armstrong style it was very well
presented, just a little low key and
of course lots of fun. food, friends
and music.
Thanks for making Brussels your
home and for reminding us what it
takes to live in community. Many
of our local groups have benefitted
from the efforts of Jim and Leona.
Thank you and congratulations.
Bon Voyage to the next
generation hitting high school,
college and university sites in the
next few days. As the anxiety of
this new step in your life starts to
settle, enjoy the new challenges
that you now face. You'll do great.
Joan and Howard Bernard had
heard that Newfoundland was a
nice place to see and now know it
to be true.
Upon landing in St. John's they
were taken to their motel on the St.
John's Harbour. The view was
incredible with a lighthouse and
view out onto the Atlantic Ocean.
There was lots of activity, ships
coming and going every time you
looked out.
A tour next morning of the city
showed them Inany beautiful old
buildings and quaint houses.
The city is very hilly as
Newfoundland is mostly rock with
very little soil. What soil there is, is
made good use of in gardens and
flowerbeds. Iris grow wild as do
lupins, every colour. There are a
few maple trees and they have a
bug in them. Pine, spruce and
tamarack are the main growth.
They visited the Johnston
Geological Centre that afternoOn.
There was a Titanic display, plus
all the geological info about
Newfoundland. There were also
outerspace displays.
The next day they went on a boat
cruise to The Bird Island Sanctuary
and saw millions of birds including
puffins, then went on to a bay
where they saw several humpback
whales.
In the afternoon they went to
Cape Spear, the most easterly point
in North America. It was on to
Terra Nova National Park,
Conception Bay and the quaint
village of Trinity. They stopped
near Gander, at -the site of the
American Forces crash in 1985,
where 284 American airmen died.
A statue of an airman with two
children and their names are all
there on a plaque. It was quite
emotional.
The next day was Twillingate.
They saw icebergs on the way.
They visited Prime Berth and
learned all about the fishing
industry of yesterday and today.
Howard and Joan were shown a
'cod stage' from catching to salt
cod, including how cod liver oil
was obtained, ugh!
This area is considered the
"Road to the Isles".
Next it was up the Kettiwake
Coast. They stopped at Fortune
Harbour and took a boat out to
learn about mussel farming.
Everyone was served a plateful of
freshly steamed mussels. It was on
to Corner Brook, the second largest
city in Newfoundland, site of the
world's largest sawmill and one of
the world's largest pulp and paper
mills.
The next day they travelled the
Viking Trail, stopping at such
historic places as Port Au Choix.
It was then on to St. Anthony,
almost as far north as you can go in
Newfoundland. Here they visited
Sir Wilfred Grenfell's former home
and the hospital named after him.
He came from England in early
1900 to start a practice in an area
where 30,000 people had no
doctor. He was a very interesting
person, doctor and wrote several
books on his experiences.
The first European settlement in
North America is near here, L'anse
aux Meadows, a Viking village
where Leif the Lucky is believed to
have settled in the year 1000 AD.
The Bernards caught the ferry
the next morning, crossing the
Straits of Belle Isle to Labrador.
They stayed at L'Anse Au Clair.
The scenery again was awesome.
They crossed one of the best
salmon rivers in the world on their
way to Red Bay, an hour and a half
north in Labrador, as far as the
paved roads go: Here they visited a
Basque Whaling Station, which is
440 years old and was discovered
by archeologists and named a
heritage site for Canada. They
heard how the Spanish, French and
Portuguese came there for the
whale oil and took it back to
Europe.
Their last night was in Rocky
Harbour, back in Newfoundland.
The coast of Gros Morne National
Park has- spectacular scenery. They
took a boat tour from Norris Point,
saw more whales, bald eagles,
fjords, vertical cliffs and heard
how warships hid there during
WWII. German submarines
couldn't access this area because of
the silt shelves left by glaciers at
the entrance to a vast and deep
harbour.
They toured Corner Brook the
last day and flew back from Deer
Lake to Ontario.
Joan said they heard lots of
folklore, stories, music and their
accommodations were A1.
Their guide liked to joke how
Canada joined Newfoundland in
1949 and that the time before 1949
was known as BC, Before
Confederation.
After lunch one day the Bemards
were entertained by a local theatre
group in the small community of
Crow Head. The same people had
prepared and served the lunch on
two of the boat tours they went on.
Just before they returned they had
entertainment.
Joan says Newfoundland is
certainly a worthwhile place to
visit if you like history, scenery
and hospitality.
Bye now, Betty G.W. FROM BRUSSELS
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A sincere thank you to The Citizen for a very
unexpected Citizen of the Year Award. Thanks also
to our nominators for considering us. It is very
humbling to be in the company of so many great
volunteers and past recipients. We are very
privileged to live in such a great community.
Jeff & Cathy Cardiff
Performing at home
Local band Perish ended last Saturday's concert showcase with a bang at the Brussels
Legion. The event also featured the talented musicians of Distort, Eye In Me and Dramaturg
and was organized by StickPin Records of Kitchener. From left; Joshua Gropp, Shaun Henry,
Rob McKercher and Thomas Ireland, had the crowd wild during their last song. Perish's next
performance is Sunday night at Joe Friday's in Gotierich. (Elyse DeBruyn photo)