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June 21, 2000
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From Environment Canada
In brief
Recruitment
day planned
for trustees
A trustee recruitment
and orientation day is
being planned by the
Avon Maitland District.
School Board for Sept.
23.
But, while the board
voted to support the idea.
trustee Abby Armstrong
expressed concern that
trustees won't have
enough input into the
information being shared
about their role. -
"It's an excellent idea
and I wish 1 had the
information when I ran
but the point I'm trying to
make is I'd like to see the
information -come to.
trustees before it's given
to the public. We all have
a slightly different idea of
what the job is," she said. ,
'•'I feel quite strongly
that there are things that a
trustee must do and I'd be
quitedistraught if people
are being told things I
don't agree with," 'said
Armstrong.
Education director
Lorne Rachlis said board
staff . would present
factual information such•
as how much money
trustees receive, when
board meetidgs are held
and how many
committees there are.
"It , would be
presumptuous of us to say
' what the role of a trustee
is. _ We'll leave that up to
the trustees. I don't see
this as being in any way
devious," he said.
Board chair Wendy
Anderson added that
trustees will be invited to
attend and share their.
viewpoints.
"It is a legislated role
but each of us bring our
own strengths and
weaknesses to it. I'm not
sure we have to agree
what will and will not be
said at the time," she said.
A report to the board
said that topics of the free
day -long seminar would
include provincial and
local legal context, the
role of the board, trustees,
school councils, and the
director of education, the
annual cycle of board
activities, an overview of
program, student services
and school operations and
relations with other
organizations.
Trustee Maggie
Laprade said she's
already receiving calls
from people asking
general questions about
the role of a trustee.
"They want to know
what they're getting
themselves into," she
said.
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Marathons run from the heart
Faye Murray
qualifies
for Boston
Marathon
without ever
meaning to
By Susan Hundertmork
Expositor Staff
Qualifying for the Boston
Marathon was the last thing
on Faye Marray's mind when
she ran in the Mother's. Day
Marathon in London, Ont.
this spring.
"I just ran the marathon for
fun and 1 ran it from the
heart," she says.
"Ire loved running since I
was a kid. 1 love the freedom
of movement.and being out
in the country. It's very.
spiritual running out in a
rural area and seeing the sun
come up. It makes me feel
like the first person on
earth," she says.
And, while she °trained by
the book for five months for
a previous marathon she ran
eight years ago in Las Vegas,
Murray says she's almost
embarrassed to admit she ran
a qualifying time of three
hours. 44 minutes and 58
seconds (just one minute
under the qualifying time for
her age group) without
training much at all.
"I ran 10 minutes faster
than I did at that first
marathon just from running
from my heart. I'm thinking
•
Susan Hundertmark photo.
From left, Carotin Shepherd, Bonnie O'Reilly, Wendy Currie, Lynn Devereaux and Faye Murray take off on their early morning run around
Seaforth last Friday.
of writing a book called. `Just
Don't Do It," she jokes,
referring, Nike's motto of Just
Do It. '
Murray has run cross
country and track all through
public school. high school
and university and the
Brucefield-area occupational
therapist and mother of three
continues to run with a group
of Seaforth-area women who
trainregularlyon the gravel
roads outside of town.
And, while she's fantasized
about running the 26 -mile
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Boston Marathonsince she
was a girl, Murray says she
didn't run the recent London
race with the intention of
qualifying. In fact, she only
discovered she had qualified
for the 2001 Boston
Marathon next April when a
friend from Sarnia looked up
her time on the internet.
"1 wouldn't even have
known otherwise but I was so
excited when i found our. I
mean, the whole city opens
up for the runners and it will
be a fun experience, she
Rural exposure given
to medical students
By Scott Hilggendorff found how much the doctors
treated- on their- own.
Expositor Editor contacting other centres for
Paul Karanicolas, a advice in areas of 'treatment
Toronto -raised medical -forwhich they weren't
student at the University of certain but otherwise helping
Western Ontario, was the patient in Seaforth. '
expecting to find a big old
house with.a few doctors
working in it when he came
to Seaforth Community
Hospital last week. •
His impression quickly
changed as he and
Jordan Cuthbert,
first-year medical
students at
Western. took part
in a four-day visit
to the community
as part of a rural
component • to
their medical
program.
"I'm impressed
with this hospital.
I didn't expect it
to be so big and
with' so much
staff," said
Karanicolas.
Both he and Cuthbert, who
grew up in Windsor, were
surprised to see just how
much doctors in Seaforth
handle on their own.
"The level of self-
sufficiency is bigger than 1
ever ' expected," said
Cuthbert.'
They both thought rural
doctors would treat minor
medical problems and refer a
majority of patients to city
hospitals for treatment.
They were surprised to
And . with city doctors
coming to Seaforth to operate
weekly and monthly clinics
in more specific areas such as
allergy treatment or
geriatrics, they discovered
doctors to make up for not
having all the resources they
might need on site.
"They do a fantastic job of
making the best of not having ,
everything at their
fingertips," said Karanicolas.
• They were also amazed at
how well the doctors knew
their patients. right down to
asking questions about other,
family members during a
patient's visit. -
".They have
a better time of
treating a
(patient] as a
whole person,"
said Karanicolas.
After
following doctors
on their rounds
and visiting them
• at their. private
practices, they
discovered how
well doctors knew
their patients in
detail and how
one problem
might relate to another.
Treatment would sometimes
reflect more than just the one
particular ailment thepatient
was reporting.
"They're more aware of
potential problems,'; said
Karanicolas.
Cuthbert also realized the
doctors serve a wider variety
of functions with one they
met, Dr. Heather Percival.
who does both obstetrics and
anesthesia while maintaining
Poul Karankolas and Jordon Cuthbert work with Dr
how much support the
Seaforth medical community
has to help provide treatment
locally. •
He said the doctors. in
Seaforth do as much as they
can on their own while city
doctors tend to refer patients
to other doctors for treatment
depending on the problems.
"It's a bigger responsibility
but the help is there if you
need it," he said adding
doctors will seek out the
information or resources they
need from other hospitals or
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says.
• And. Murrajr's hoping that
a tew of the Seaforth-area'
women she runs with will
also 4ualify for Boston at
upcoming races in Quebec
City in August and in
Toronto in.October and apply
to become one of the 15,000
runners accepted .to join the
race.
Carolin Shepherd. of.
Seaforth, qualified last year
for the Boston Marathon but
didn't enter the race.
"I'm not interested in
running the marathon yet.
Maybe, it's something I'll do
when my kids grow up." she -
says.
However, Shepherd says -
she's excited for. Murray.
whom she. says is "just:.a
fabulous athlete."
Bonnie O'Reilly, who lives.
on the same country block as
Murray neat Brucefield, is
hoping :to run a qualifying. •
race with Lynn Devereaux, of
Egmondville, so the two can
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Devereaux
considers
retiring
By Scott Hilgondorff
Expositor Editor
After two serious head injuries in his hockey career,
Edmonton Oiler and Seaforth native Boyd Devereauk is
considering retirement. •
Devereaux mkde a brief statement in an Oilers press
release but the family is not commenting pnthe situation
at this time.
"Obviously i am very concerned with the head injuries
I have sustained since 1997. While I feel strong and
healthy today. I must give utmost consideration to the risk
I would perhaps be at each night if i elect to continue my
career on the ice.," he said in the release.
Devereaux, the Oilers' first-round draft pick in 1996.
plans to see "several" specialists this summer to help
make an informed decision on whether or not to retire.
"I intend to remain optimistic. but at the same time
must be realistic as to the potential for even greater
injury. After gaining an absolute clear understanding of
my situation, I will then make the right decision at the
right time. I don't want to speculate when that decision
will be," he said.
';He's trying to deal with it," said the 22-year-old's
father, Ken. "He feels good. He's working out." .
But Ken did not wish to comment further, citing a
"general reluctance."
"I'm hesitant to make any comments. 1 don't know if
this is the right time: I think it's a pretty sensitive issue,"
said Bill Weber, a long-time coach of Devereaux while he
grew up in Seaforth.
"1 would imagine he is really shocked," he said.
"i think he deserves a lot of time to see where this
goes."
Weber was concerned about the family's sense of
privacy but said, Po matter what happens, Devereaux is a
"quality kid."
While he excelled in hockey, he was also an excellent
student, said Weber who expects Devereaux will have an
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