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Home My WebLink AboutLakeshore Advance, 2013-10-02, Page 6Wednesday, October 2, 2013 • Lakeshore Advance 5 From the Countryside Eleventh in a series on (chiding Beacons of North Lambton John Russell Currently featured in Shine; Spotlight on women of Lambton exhibit at the Lambton Heritage Museum This week we will feature a member of our community who has been a trailblazer in succeed- ing in once male (dominated industries. Enke Kleihauer Ward grew up in Perth County but in pursuing her dreams has worked throughout the country before settling here in Lambton Shores near (grand Bend. lake was one of the first women in Canada to challenge gender stereotypes in the area of machine trades and take on a leadership role in an unlikely industry. After graduating school, she served her apprenticeship and became the first female tool and die maker in Canada. In applying her trade she was part of the team that helped design and build the Canadarm, the highly sophisticated space arm attached to the International Space Station. This accomplish- ment and Eake's example of lead- ership in breaking the glass ceiling in the truces earned her i► listing in the Who's Who of Canadian Women In 1997. Eike went on to become the first machine shop high school teacher in Canada. 1 ler nominator Justin S )cake, who was taught manufac- tng technology at North ',.eitnbton Secondary by lake wrote, "Mrs. Ward has three first Canadian female accomplish- ments that I feel are worth her being awarded the "Shine a Spot- light - Guiding Beacon". Tustin, I think represents the many hun- dreds Of students who have had the good fortune to have been taught, i itntored, encouraged and challenged by lake. i ler abil- ity to bring out the best in her stu- dents is renowned and speaks to the high degree of empathy most great teachers and mentors employ in using their toolboxes for education. 1 ler abilities also extend into the area of art where Eike is known for her glasswork and metal sculptures. These artis- tic talents are used as part of her teaching methods to encourage expression while mastering the methodology of working materials. Ai Eike is known for her glasswork and metal sculptures. My wife is a colleague and friend of lake Kleihauer Ward, and has learned many new glass work- ing techniques while assisting her students in the manufacturing shop setting. Our garden is graced with one her sculptures and 1 can see the hand of Eike in my wife's glass creations now. I can say without hesitation that take opti- mizes the type of all-round teacher/mentor that all parents wish for their children. We are lucky to have had her in our midst to encourage and set an example for young women to follow. Around the Acres A personal reflection on my experience in Illy garden this Illonith. It's autumn and no doubt you are thinking, "Where did the summer go?" 1 know that I ata. I have had a record tomato crop, picking 2 or 3 bushels of them some days front my 200 abundant plants. 1 can't say why this is so but I was more diligent than ever at applying Bordo copper spray every two wt't'ks. This seemed to keep the (dreaded blight - both the 'early' and 'late' varieties - at hay. Bumper Apples The apples are a similar story. After last year's fiasco the trees decided that this was going to be a command performance. God bless them. One Cortland apple tree - the smallest in this particular row- was so overburdened with fruit that its lower branches hung down to the ground as if weeping. "rick some apples, you moron!" it seemed to be screaming every time 1 walked past it. !lard to explain to a tree that the fruit is not much good to me without it ripening first. Pick them I did, eventually. And Mary made the best apple sauce with them. Humming Along The hummingbird season has been another success. 'They arrived in such numbers in late August that they were having dog fights over my giant rudbeckias. '!'ogether they fly, Mark Cullen Special to Lakeshore Advance beak to beak, high into the sky only to part at 30 or 40 feet, one chasing the other around the yard. 'l hey spar over territory, aggressive little crea tures that they are. Of all of the bird activity around our garden I enjoy the humming- birds hest of all. But the songs of the warblers, wrens, and chickadees can't he missed. If you need it reason to be in the garden, this is it. 'Take your cup of coffee with you and just sit and look, alone. Give yourself five minutes and i guarantee that you will see things that previously went unob- served. Maybe nothing that rocks your world, but you never know. Home Birding have 12 feeding stations around the garden, each is my insurance pol- icy to attract a different variety of birds as each has something different fea- tured in it. The 'big one' which is 'squirrel proof' is full of black oil stat - flower seeds, which the squirrels love. They are pretty good at getting their fair share of it too. Every time 1 see a black fluffy tail hanging down from the feeding platform 1 spray some oil on tht' baffle and enjoy watching theta slide clown it in their attempts to reach the seed. 1 his works for a week or two at best, when the baffle becomes oil -less and squirrels are once again able to get a purchase with their plucky paws on the baffle. My 'inanity' for birds includes my own blend of nyjer seed and husked starflower seed for the finch, whole peanuts on the shell for the blue jays (salt free), peanuts out of the shell for the downy woodpeckers and grack- les (can't believe that 1 admit that grackle thing), and my own blend of Bir(1 least hirci seed for everyone else. I even have it blend that includes dried cranberries and sweet walnut chunks which, when the pan- try is hare, I serve to my buddies when they come over to watch the game (kidding). I am careful to keep the feeders loaded up this time of year as wild birds that overwinter here are staking their ground through the autumn months. if they find what they like at my place, then they are more inclined to make this their winter home than elsewhere. This is my theory anyway. As 1 contemplate the weeks ahead, 1 look forward to Thanksgiving and give thanks for the wealth in my gar- den. 'There are days this time of year when it is all 1 really need. 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