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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1989-12-20, Page 224A — THE HURON EXPOSITOR, DECEMBER 20, 1989 ''19�byraWn: Serving Ontario since 1976 'vim 15 locations torykurconvenience' The Light of the Season �ay the spirit of the season shine on you and your family all year long. �7-Tera is no time more fitting to say "Thank You" and to wish all our friends a safe and happy holiday season. Looking forward to serving you in 1990. ANSTETT JEWELLERS LIMITED Specialists since 1950 CLINTON; 8 Albert St., 482-3901. EXETER; 284 Main St., 235-2468 GODERICH; 2 The Square, 524-4195. SEAFORTH; 26 Main St. S., 527-1720 ST. MARYS; 135 Queen St. E., 284-1036. WALKERTON 203 Durham St. E., 881-0122 EMBE 2.5 Kg. B. Christmas is business as usual for some When we think of Christmas, most of us think of a pleasant holiday spent with family and friends. Sleeping in late - or, if small children are around, rising in the wee hours to go and check out the goodies under the tree! - and spending a long, lazy day. But to many dedicated souls working in the service industry, Christmas morning will -be just like any other morning of the week. While most of us will be just clim- bing out of bed or opening gifts, they will be downing their last gulp of coffee and heading out the door to work. Bonnie Gowan is one of those people. A member of the housekeeping staff at Seaforth District Hospital for over five years, Mrs. Gowan will be spending her second Christmas in a row at work. "I don't mind, my kids are all older," she comments. Hospital staff usually alter- nate working Christmases, and Mrs. Gowan will have another housekeeping staff member working with her that day. Still, requesting next Christmas off is high on her list of priorities. "As soon as this one is over, I'm putting that in right away!" The atmosphere around the hospital is pretty festive during the holidays, and the staff do all that they can to make the day a special one for the patients. "They try to get as many of the patients out for Christmas as they can," Mrs. Gowan reports. "Still, you have to be pret- ty jolly for the other ones that are here for that day." Dianne Wood, a part-time RN who job - shares at Seaforth Hospital, has no doubt in her mind about Mrs. Gowan's holiday spirits. "She'll keep things lively," Mrs. Wood remarks. "She'll be the spirit of Christmas around here!" Mrs. Wood will also be at the hospital for the holiday, and says that she is look- ing forward to the experience. "It's kind of nice around here," she ex- plains. "We try to get as many of the pa- tients in the. lounge as possible, and we have some gifts to give out." She admits that Christmas with her family will be the one thing that she'll miss the most, but they have managed to sidestep the problem by planning their festivities for the day before. "If you have children at home, it's nice to be at home with them," she says. "I was talking about getting them up earlier on Christmas day, but my husband didn't know if that was going to work very well!" As soon as the residents of the Seaforth Manor are happily tucking into their Christmas dinner, cook Pat Reid will be on her way home to spend the rest of the afternoon with her family. This will be the first Christmas that Mrs. Reid will have worked at the Manor, and she's looking forward to it. "It's sort of a special effort by everybody," Mrs. Reid says. "I feel pret- ty good about it." "I'm home by 2:30, so I'll be home with family later on." Mrs. Reid adds that the Manor takes on a very special, festixi,e atmosphere around Christmastime. e are some here that lave .any s, so try ..to do some extra special thingsfor the residents." "The food's always great, too....and I'm not just saying that!" Cathy Scott, food supervisor at the Manor, agrees. Although she hasn't spent a Christmas at Seaforth Manor, and is one of the lucky ones not scheduled to work this year, she has spent the holidays work- ing at other nursing and retirement homes. "I enjoyed it," she remarks. "It's dif- ferent from the usual days. It's kind of special. The residents are in a different mood, too....it's difficult to explain." Just down the street, Maplewood Manor will be getting into the holiday spirit as x Clementin€s With a $50.00 Order (excluding tobacco) V 14 14 V V 14 10 14 V 14 V 4 V V 10 1 V 14 '� ' ® 14 10 V 10V ,.� ay' All From -the Staff of Seaforth ENIA. tc ONLY AVAILABLE AT SEAFORTH EMA rr"'' THE SPIRIT OF THE SEASON - Dianne Wood, a Registed Nurse at Seaforth District Hospital, does some last-minute tree trimming with Donald Hdme. Mr. Horne expects to be heading home for Christmas, but Dianne Wood will be spending the holiday at work. Elliott photo. well. Nurses' assistant Cheryl Wilkinson will be right there in the thick of things on Christmas day. "I've worked the three to 11 shift, but this will be my first Christmas on the day shift": she says. Is she looking forward to it? "Well....yes and no," she admits with a laugh. Her family will be holding Christmas on Boxing Day to work around her schedule. "Our schedule's been made up for quite a while, so this wasn't quite sprung on She isn't quite sure day program will be Manor, but something planned. what the Christmas like at Maplewood special is sure to be "I imagine there will be quite a few in and out," she adds. "There won't be as many here for Christmas, a lot of the residents go away for the holidays." But for those residents who won't be heading home for the holidays, from either • sMaplerindd Seaforth Manor or the Seaforth District Hospital, Christmas will be just a little bit merrier due to the car- ing efforts of the hard-working staff members who are giving up their Christmases for others. Grace. Campbell, who will be cooking at Maplewood on Christmas day, sums it up with a smile. "When you know how much the residents appreciate what you do for them, it's hard to say no." BUSINESS AS USUAL - Cheryl Wilkinson, nurses' assistant, and cook Grace Campbell, will probably be doing just this at Maplewood Manor on Christmas day, when everyone else will be gathered around the tree. They don't look too disturbed about it, though. Elliott photo. Concerns ® from page 1 opening, when the landfill site is open that day to accommodate the dumpsters as well," said Reeve Norris, "I don't know how happy people will be with the levy, but it's ,just to gover the cost of access - special .access." Reeve Norris noted also that the township has had tobe strict on the ,issue of garbage, simply out ;of .a concern for the life span of its landfill site - which he estimates at five to 10 years, .depending ;on use. "And when jt fills up, it ,will cost ,a lot of money to fiend a new site," said Reeve Norris, :adding,that the goo 010wop,Es involved right now in a 46 million -study 4 find a county -wide landfill site. "We're trying to control garbage collec- tion in the township, but Mr. Bennewies is in it for his own interests. He isn't even a resident of the township. If the people have some concerns about what we're doing then they should come to us with them." In the meantime Reeve Norris he can only assume that things are operating well in the township. "W'a've been through quite a bit with the landfill, and Mr. Bennewies, and we've had to -draft ,a shad use by-law for 'the site. If we hadn't we'd have no control over our site. VIA, not aware of a lot of support in the township for garbage pick up," he said.