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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1987-04-29, Page 31— • - . ,, - .- ". ,- - . .. . , . , . , . . , • • , . . . . . .. . • • ttaFfr"Ve ONE BIG HAPPY FAMILY - Anne Helm, centre, administrator of day at the Manor, and the Seaforth Manor for the past years, poses one last time with.a band to Toronto: • number of the residents of the home. Friday was Mrs.. Helm'slast • • on the weekend she moved with her hus- • MO lwraith.photo. Tears fall as resident" say goodbye Tears fell Friday as Anne Helm said 'good-bye to her -family. The Administrator of the Seaforth Manor since October 1984, and before that Director of Care•and a registered nurse at the nursing home; Mrs. Helm said she found it difficult to say goodbye to the staff and the residents, who have become like family over the years. Mrs. Helm moved on the weekend to Toronto, where her hus-. band was transferred through work. • "I will miss all the residents and the staff. It's not like in the hospital where peo2 ple come in when they're ill and leave when they're well. Here it is long term, so you do get very .attached to the residents," • she said. • Facing the residents to say 'good-bye was very- hard. The move came up on me very quickly and it hadn't hit me. Talking to the residents today it really did hit me." Originally , from Montreal, Mrs. Helm had lived .in Exeter for the past 16 years.. Getting used to a small town after Mon- treal took some doing, •and now she said, she has mixed feelings about going back to a city. • "I have mixed feelings. I'm sad to be leaving because I'm going to miss everybody and .the good working at- mosphere there has been here," she said. "I've always found Seaforth to be a cheerful and happy place. And the staff and the people here at the Manor are all . very caring. I wish Mr. and Mrs. Ozimek every success with their building project and am sorry I'm not going to be here to • benefit from it too." But, Mrs. Helm insisted, she'll be back to visit. In the meantime the residents, • who admitted Friday how much they will miss Mrs. Helm, have promised to keep in touch. • Perhaps Patrick Ryan, speaking on behalf of the residents, summed up those - thoughts best when he said, "We're going to miss you, but we know you're going to a bigger city and possibly a bigger futurs." "And you can come back to see us any time," added Ila Gardner. "Any time." • Manor has There is a new face among the staff at the • local nursing home. Ruth Hildebrand, of • Seaforth, officially assumed the duties of administrator at The Manor on Monday. She replaced Anne Helm, who moved to Toronto with her husband. • A graduate of Ryerson Polytechnical In- stitute, Toronto, where she received a Bachelor of Applied Arts degree in Food and Human Nutrition, Mrs: Hildebrand brings a wealth of experience with her to her new job. After a one-year internship at North York General Hospital in Willowdale, she spent some time working at the Baycrest Geriatric Care Centre. From there she mov- ed on to St. Thomas where she was the only dietician for that city's Psychiatric Hospital. . After St. Thomas Mrs. Hildebrand took on two part time positions, serving as dietician at.both the Hillside Nursing Home in Sebr- ingville and the Queensway Nursing Home in Hensall, until being appointed assistant administrator at Queensway. Although trained as a dietician, Mrs. Hildebrand said her jobs have allowed her the opportunity to develop her management new administrator R UTH HILDEBRAND skills. She has, in the past, not only been responsible for food management, bpt has counselled residents, set up programs for alcohol rehabilitation units and designed manuals for. use in dietary departments, as well. At Queensway Nursing Home she was supervisor of all support services and en- sured policies and procedures of the home, as set down, were followed. • Having moved to town in 1985 in prepara- tion for her September 1986 wedding to Steve Hildebrand, of Hildebrand Flowers, Mrs. Hildebrand said she is excited about finally being in Seaforth and working With the Seaforth people. "I've really been looking forward to it," she said. As for The Manor itself, Mrs..Hildebrand is enthusiastic about the changes that are going to be taking place there in the next months. • "I think it's super. That'll be a challenge in itself, with the expansion of the facility. But, it's something that the community needs. The concept of having a retirement - home and a nursing home in one facility is very beneficial -to the residents, they can move from the retirement home to the nurs- ing home without a lot of problem. Change is hard on anyone and esfrdially for the elder- ly it's all that more traumatic. So, the fewer changes there are -for them the better,"she said. "I really look forward to getting to know the residents. I really enjoy the elderly." Karla King advances to speaking finals Karla King of Brussels, a Grade 12 stu- dent at the F. E. Madill Secondary School in Wingham, has earned a place in the Ontario Provincial Final Public Speaking Contest, sponsored by the Ontario command of the Royal Canadian Legion. In achieving this special honor, Miss King Most recently won the area contest held earlier this month at Elmira. She also cap- tured the disttict championship March 22 at Kincardine; the zone contest at Clinton on March 7 and the branch competition February 21 at Wingham. The area contest included contestants at the four levels of competition from elemen- tary and secondary schools in the Legion districts Co D and E. That includes all of Southern Ontario as far east as Toronto. Miss King will represent this area as the senior secondary speaker at the Ontario finals competition held May 2 at ICirigston. Miss King is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bill King of Brussels and was sponsored by the Brussels Legion branch in her elemen- tary school public speaking competitions. • As she is a student at F. E. Madill Secon- dary School, she entered the contest under the sponsorship of the Wingham Legion through her participation in the effective speaking club at the high school. This is the firsttime apontestant from the Wingham branch has reached the Ontario f in els. THE HURON EXPOSITOR; AMP 29, 1987 — AS Star PubIishiflg sold to St. Catharine's • Signal -Star Publishing Ltd. of Goderich , said. "I hope we've made a significant con - web -offset printers and publishers of seven tribution to all the communities we've • community newspapers and a bi-weekly • served. Really, we are only managers of newsmagazine, has been sold to St. something (newspapers) owned by our. tCoatahya.rines Standard Lirnited, company • advertisers and readers. We are simply • president Robert G. Sillier announced given the trusteeship." d Shrier and his wife, Jocelyn, Signal -Star • While details of the sale have now been • Publishing vide -president, will continue to finalized, Shrier said the new owners will live in the community and will serve on the officially take over Oct. 1. A family owned board of directors advising on the business company since 1891, the new owners are affairs of the publishing company. • —publisherstf-three-dail3r-newspapers-,-The lo-reiterated-13obs-sentiments-about the Standard in St. Catharines, the Cobourg sale claiming the company *as being Daily Star and Port Hope Guide, and seven .passed on to a capable and professional • weekly newspapers in the Niagara Pennin- organization. sula and Cobourg area. "I've been impressed by the integrity The publishing company is owned and that's evident in their management operated by the Burgoyne family under group," Jo said. "I know they will treat chief executive officer Henry Burgoyne. •employees very well and that's what's im- Signal-Star Publishing and the St. portant to us." Catharines Standard have enjoyed a pro- The company will continue to run as it sperous and amicable business relation- has, without any significant changes either ship over the past 10 years asco-publishers in staff or business practice. of a 40,000 circulation newspaper in Henry Burgoyne, whose family has own- •' •Newmarket and co-owners of a web -offset • ed the St. Catharines Standard since 1891, printing plant, Webrnan, of Guelph. said he was "thrilled" with the acquisition While admitting that overtures had been • of Signal -Star Publishing adding that the made by several companiestver the years company would continue to operate - to purchase Signal -Star Publishing, Shrier • independently. • said he only seriously entertained the pro- "Signal -Star Publishing will remain an spect with the St. Catharines Standard independent corporate entity as a wholly - Limited because both the "timing and • owned subsidiary of St. Catharines Stan - buyer were right." • • dard Limited," he explained. "The staff •• "We have enjoyed a long and friendly will remain the same, we will not exercise association with the Standard and its any editorial controll and, in fact, we will management and I feel totally comfor- •rely almost totally on present manage - table with the sale," Shrier said. "I have ment. It is a well-run operation and it just always liked their business philosophy, the makes good business sense to leave it manner in which they treated their alone." employees and the autonomy they have The company will continue to operate given people tel run their operations." under local management, John Buchanan, • While ownership of the company will be general manager of printing who has been distanced from the location of the with Signal -Star since 1955 and Tom Flynn, newspapers, Shrier believes it will create • general manager publishing, a 16 -year - an even more autonomous situation for the employee. company's community newspapers. • The Shriers purchased the • Goderich • "The general managers will, in effect, Signal -Star from George and Gene Ellis in operate the newspapers like they were 1965 and a third partner, Howard Aitken, their own," Shrier explained. "We are joined the company as vice-president one • • leaving the company in the hands of people year later. Signal -Star Publishing was one who will do as good a job, if not better than of the first weekly newspapers in the in - we have done and they will treat people dustry to install a web -offset press at its equally as well. I feel totally comfortable West Street location. • with the arrangement." Over the 25 -year tenure of the Shriers. • In speaking about the company's the company grew from one weekly association • with the people in the com- newspaper to a congolomerate of eight amities in which it does business, Shrier newspapers in addition to a thriving prin- said the .trust between community ting and mailing division. The company newspaper and reader and advertiser will employs 145 people and has been a leader be upheld. in the community newspaper field employ - "The communities in which we've done ing the latest compdter, printing and com- business are very important to us," he position technology. School board sees video clip BY WILMA OKE A short video clip was shown to the trustees of the Huron -Perth County Roman Catholic Separate School board Monday night. Made by Tracey Luciani of Listowel, a CKNX reporter, the clip explains the pur- pose of the Catholic School System and pro- vides a glimpse of the four levesl of school- ing for which the board is responsible. They are primary, junior, intermediate and senior divisions. Its fist showing will be at the Education week display at the Stratford Mall. fhe clip will also be used as part of the opening of the Provincial Education week in Perth County in April 1988 and at the Board's display at the International Plow- ing Match in September 1988. Lin Staler, of Walton, a' board office employee for the past 17 years has been of- fered the position in the beard office which will lead to the position of accountant. Her new position will commence May 18 at -fin annual salary of $27,500..She will retain cur- rent responsibilities for transportation. Two new classroom teachers have been hired to start work on September 1 at St. Michael Secondary School in Stratford. They are, Jim Gaylor, presently head of the science department at Mitchell District High School, and Sister Mary Margaret Parent; an Ursuline Sister, presently work- ing in adult education with the Public School Board in Windsor. • Diane Lalonde was •hired as a special education teacher at St. Joseph's School in Clinton effective September 1, While Cathy Drennan was transferred from St. Joseph's School in Clinton to St. Joseph's School in Kingsbridge. Wilma Van Bakel was hired as itinerant - core French teacher for Stratford school, ef- fective September 1. The Maitland Valley Conservation Authority has offered to attend a board meeting to outline the present program of- fered and future ones. The board will provide for the distribution of the initial issue of Teachers for Life newsletter to all its teaching staff based on the Right to Life program as suggested by Trustee John Devlin, who is president of the local Pro Life organization, CAUGHT ONE - Randy Poissen grabs the fish,caught 'by is son Paul Saturday at the annual Trout Derby, held at Lions Peek, and sponscired by the SporteMene 'Club. The fiSk Which measured 35.5 centimetres in length was the largest caiight daring the day. • MnilWraitti blifittx LITtLE EISHERMIA NETS Bid PRIZE - PauI PoiSSeri, right, Oaiight the biggest fish at the annual Trout Derby held Saturday at Lions Park, and hotted by the Sdonattient Club. Paul, with a tittle heti Win dad, Randy, reeled is fish Which eneteoritid,3.6 Ceti- tiffietteS in length, and won himself a trophy at Well as a rebber,ilingtiy, complete With Meter, Apbrokienately 183 kids participated in the derby and caught 9.6 nett. . • Mallwraith photo.. ..,,,e,.. <,. SHARING THE CAtCH - troy MacLeod • oaught Se many fish Saturday at the Odin *by that he was giving the away. Rob Bitten', left, was One of the lucky recipients. • nitoilvoroith photo. , • n