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Times -Advocate, January 25, 1995
Administrator
honoured
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ZURICH - The Monday after-
noon movies at Blue Water Rest
Home .have been a "Field of
Dreams" with Kevin Costner and
"Lassie".
January 10 members of Dash-
wood United Church visited the
Home for the January birthday par-
ty. A new resident Ruby Fulcher
and Henricus (Harry) Maas were
wished a very happy birthday from
the group and presented with a gift
from the Auxiliary. Idella Gabel
was pianist and Eleanor Weigand
read "Fill Your Heart with
Thanks." Rita Chandler was
spokesperson and her husband Bill
sang "Bless This House" and "Let
There Be Peace on Earth." Brian
Ford played Quiet River, Let's
Have Fun" and "Growing Up" on
the piano and Justine Lazaro played
"Oh Susanna" and then sang "To -
and "There's a Bright
Golden Haze to The -Meadow." Kel-
ly Schofield, an exchange studenr----
from Australia, played three selec-
tions on the piano.
On January I, Josef Risi, admin-
istrator, entered his 25th year at
Blue Water. The residents and staff
saluted those 25 years at their
Beach Party Pot Luck Supper.
Ruby Hoggarth, a resident of 18
years created and recited a poem of
her recollection of the years she
had known Risi. Vera Thiel, a two
year resident, prepared a thank you
letter to Risi and his capable staff
and asked him to answer a few
questions she had carefully pre-
pared in regard to those 25 years.
She also presented him with a card
and money lift from the staff.
Many staff members have also
been employed at the home the past
25 years and they took the opportu-
nity to grill their boss. Barbara
Shephard, Director of Nursing and
a 25 -year veteran, read a poem she
had created and Dorothy Dietrich
(28 years), after going through her
collection of newspaper articles she
had collected over the years, high-
lighted some of the aspects of
Risi's career. She thanked him, on
behalf of the staff, for his consider-
ation of the staff's personal needs
for time off when making up work
schedules. She mentioned, to the
delight of residents and staff, when
Risi came to the Home he had
mounds of hair, later he became
quite grey, but look at him today!
Risi answered her query with "You
have heard of the change of life
haven't you, 1 think it is just due to
the change of life." Mia Creces (22
years), gift committee convener,
and Margaret Clarke (25 years)
thanked Risi on behalf of the staff
and presented him with a plant/
basket arrangement and a glass tur-
key.
Risi was surprised by the atten-
tion he was given and thanked the
residents and staff for their best
wishes. He indicated he enjoyed his
Friday evening bingo games with
the residents and was happy his ca-
reer had brought him to the Home
as their Administrator for he en
joyed his work with the seniors
Welcome to Rose Anne Brode-
rick, St. Marys who became a resi-
dent of the Home on January 13.
Rose was formerly at Kingsway
Lodge in St. Marys, but decided
she would like to be near her broth-
er William Leibold at Blue Water.
He is in the new west wing and
Rose is in the northeast wing, so
they will have lots of exercise get-
ting to visit each other or could
meet halfway at the reception area.
Blue Water welcomes Ruth Gale,
Grand Bend, who became a resi-
dent of the Home on January 18,
1995. They also welcome home
Nelson Howe who was in South
Huron Hospital, Exeter. Congratu-
lations to Loreen and Lorne De-
vine, who just celebrated their 47th
wedding anniversary.
Condolences to the family and
friends of the late Oriole Thelma
Harvey who passed away at Blue
Water Apartments (1981) and
moved into the Home section in
mid-November. Oriole was a big
asset to the Home by running the
Tuck Shop each afterltoon for three
hours Monday to Saturday. She
was always a caretaker of the
Home as comets and goers failed to
miss her watchful eye. Last Sep-
tember Oriole reached the magic
age of 90 and one can only say how
fortunate she was to maintain her
independent,lifestyle for so long.
Condolences to the family and
friends of the late Anna Elizabeth
Heckman who passed away at Blue
Water on January 16. She is sur-
vived by her granddaughter Caro-
lyn Voogel and family of Winter -
burn, Alberta and has been a
resident of the Home the past five
years.
Early bird prize announced for dinner ticket -holders
EXETER - If you haven't yet
bought your ticket for the area's
most prestigious annual event -
the Conservation Dinner - here's
added incentive: ticket -holders
are eligible to win a work of art in
the Early Bird Draw on February
8. The limited edition print, titled
'The Hiding Place", depicts a red
fox on the alert in a snowy field
beyond a barnyard. Wildlife,
songbirds and landscape nostalgia
are favoured themes of Illinois
artist Darrell Bush, whose works
are popular with collectors across
the continent. Sponsored by Exet-
er Chrysler, "The Hiding Place"
by Darrell Bush is currently on
display at the dealership.
The sixth annual Conservation
Dinner will provide an evening of
exceptional entertainment on
April 27 at the South Huron Rec-
reation Centre in Exeter. The gala
features a superb meal - prepared
by Jerry Rader's Home -Style Ca-
tering of c - and thepper-
`Tumty to win or bid on fine art-
works, collectibles and hundreds
of special prizes such as a com-
plete lawn furniture package..
With "Conservation is Our Fu-
ture" as its theme, the event is a
collaboration between the Ausa-
ble-Bayfield Conservation Foun-
dation and the Exeter Lions Club,
raising funds for local conserva-
tion -related projects.
Individuals and businesses have
been responding enthusiastically to
this year's Conservation Dinner,
donating cash and raffle prizes and
sponsoring artwork. Anyone wish-
ing to participate is invited to con-
tact the Ausable-Bayfield Conser-
vation Authority.
Four hundred tickets for the Con-
servation Dinner went on sale in
December; traditionally, the event
is sold out early in the New Year.
Available at a cost of $37.50 each,
tickets may' be ordered from the
ABCA (telephone 519-235-2610)
and from committee members: Ca-
thy Pfaff, Matt Clarke, Peter Darbi-
shire, Andy DeBoer, Jon Dinney,
Fred Dobbs, Jon Gaiser, George
Godbolt, Brian Horner, Ted Jones,
Arn Lalthwaite, Bill Linfield, Kate
Monk, Lois Morgan, Don Mous-
seau cer.Tem Prout, Pe-
r Raymond, Sharon Romphf,
John Schwindt, Sharon Steciuk,
Dan Turkheim, Ron Wagner, Alan
Waiper, Larry Wein, Robert West-
lake and Darene Yavorsky.
Other details about the gala, in-
cluding its featured artist and a pre-
view of the art to be auctioned, will
be announced in February.
Ticket -holders to the sixth annual Conservation Dinner on April 27 are eligible to win this
limited edition print by artist Darrell Bush at an Early Bird Draw to be held February 8. Spon-
sored by Exeter Chrysler, the print is currently on display at the dealership. At right, Matt
Clarke of Exeter Chrysler poses with "The Hiding Place" and Conservation Dinner committee
member Ted Jones.
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