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HERB PHILLIPS, centre, recently was honored for his
over 25 years of service to the Wingham Salvation Ar-
my. Mr. Phillips, who currently is residing at Huronview
`You're never too old to learn'
at Clinton. was presented'wtth certificates by Sergeant-
Major Bill Henderson and Cdptain Borden Linkletter of
the Wncaham Salvation Army Citadel.
Returning students find school
a new and interesting challenge
"You're never too old to
learn," Shirley Hanula
believes, and' that is one of
the reasons she finds herself
back in high school this year,
more than 30 years after
leaving in favor of a job and
a family.
Now a grandmother, Mrs.
Hanula describes herself as
the oldest of the dozen or so
adult students taking
courses at the F. E. Madill
Secondary. School in
Wingham.
However, that thought
doesn't bother her any more
than does the wide difference
in age between herself and
the teenagers with whom she
rubs elbows in the halls and
classrooms.
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After three decades away,
she finds school fascinating,
exhilarating and a challenge
and, during a recent in-
terview, her enthusiasm was
obvious and infectious.
"Isn't it exciting — what
people are, learning?" she
enthused to two fellow
returnees, adding that "I'm
really trying to sell it" to
others in similar positions.
When she left school with-
out completing Grade 12 she
found studying difficult,
Mrs. Ranula said, but she is
a person who hates to leave
anything unfinished and
always intended to return
someday. Now, with her
family growing up (her two
youngest daughters also
attend Madill), she found the
opportunity and seized it.
Although she admits to
feeling nervous at .the start
— "I didn't know how I
would fit in" — she said she
has never regretted taking
the step, even though
juggling homework, • house-
work and a' part-time job
means there sometimes are
not enough hours in the day.
"I like to learn something
all the time," she explained.
"There's so much • out
,there."
She also likes the feeling of
accomplishment in knowing
she can do it and succeed —
even in the subjects like
geography which gave her
trouble the first time around.
"It's given me a -good
feeling about myself."
Debbie . Hopper and
Yvonne Coultes, both from
the Belgrave area, are two
others who have returned to
Madill as adult students.
Both married with young
families, they also face the
problem of juggling classes
and homework' with family
responsibilities and jobs, but
agree it has been worth the
effort.
Mrs. Hopper, like Mrs.
Hanula, is back to complete
her diploma requirements,
after leaving school in Grade
11:
"I thought school was
boring and T, could go out and
get -a. job -and- solve -all, the
problems of the world," she
explained ironically.
However she found it was not
that easy:.
Withouta diploma you are
very limited in what jobs you
can get, she noted. In ad-
dition she was looking after
the farm books and found
that although she could do
the work, she didn't really
understand What she was
doing.
"I didn't realize how much
I had missed till I went back.
I thought 'I'm.getting by'."
Then, last year she read
the story 'in The Advance-
Tirpes about others who had
returned to high school
several years after leaving
and she decided she could do
it too.
"I was 'embarrassed at
first," she admitted, "but I
had made up my mind.
"The first month I was
scared skinny. I just had to
force myself to go," but after
that it got Better.
Her family was very
supportive, she added, even
to helping with her
homework. She said her
children have been under-
standing. "One will be
coming (to Madill) next
year, and I thought I should
get here before she did!"
When Mrs. Hopper decided
to return to school, she also
brought her friend Mrs.
Coultes, who had completed
high school and training as a
registeredynursing assistant
but wanted to learn data and
bookkeeping so she could
operate the new farm
computer.
"1 think I had the ad-
vantage of knowing what I
was getting into," Mrs.
Coultes said, since she
already had two children
when she trained as an RNA.
However she didn't realize
sfie'was eligible to return to
high school after graduating
and had been looking into
computer courses elsewhere
when Mrs. Hopper told her
about the courses available
at Madill.
"Although she finds it tough
to get to all her classes,,
between nursing at the
Wingham hospital and
working on the farm, she
enjoys the schoolwork, she,
said.
"What they're learning
today wasn't available when
I went to school." ..
Her family was not thrilled
with the idea of mom going
back to 'school, she said, but
they accept it. Her husband
wondered why she would
want to, but "he finishes up
the chores in the morning so
I can go. - .
All three women• had
nothing but praise for the
school and for the reception
they have had from teachers
and fellow -students. The
students are friendly and the
teachers "bend over back-
wards" to help out.
They described Madill as a
very good high school, with
roblems.
"The kids are so n ce and•it's"
clean," Mrs. Hanula added:
They also commented that
it seems easier to apply
themselves and get good
marks the sec nd time
around.
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thing done.
Robert Gavreluk, a
teacher at Madill who heads
up the school's fledgling
continuing education
program, is excited by the
response he has been getting
from returning students.
Although the school has.
had one or two adults come
back to take courses, it was
only last year that it really
started to promote ' the
program. That year it had
six and this year the number
has climbed to 10, thanks
largely to a feature in The
Advance -Times last year, he
said.
Not everyone realizes it,
he noted, but any course
offered at the school is
available to any member of
the public, whether you have
a high school diploma or not.
ost returning students are
back to complete the
requirements for their
diplomas, but some have
also returned to advance
their education in areas such
as computers, technical or
business courses which were
not available when they went
to school.
. A big plus is that, unlike.
community or technical
colleges, the high school
courses are free, he noted.
There . are a number f
benefits to the school as we .
„With declining enrolme t
there is space and s aff
available to accommodate
adult students, and their
dedication and work habits
tend to rub off on the
teenagers.
"I was convinced they
would be a good influenceon
the day students," Mr.
Gavreluk said, "but the staff
wasn't convinced, Now they
are.
"The students see these
people come back and how
hard they work and that's a
positive influence.
"It's nice to see teenagers
talking to adults on a one°'to-
one basis — both in the same
position."
He also noted that every
adult student who has
returned to school ,has been
The Wingham Advance -Times, May 1, 1985—Page 5
Liberal leader
addresses crowd
"We are ready to govern",
Ontario Liberal Leader
David Peterson told an over-
flow crowd of 400 party faith-
ful at a breakfast held last
Thursday at Kincardine.
Mr. Peterson's campaign
swing through Southwestern
Ontario last week took him to
Owen Sound, Kincardine and
the Clinton hospital to "rally
the troops" in this
predominantly -Liberal area
before the May 2 provincial
election.
The leader paid tribute to
Huron -Bruce MPP Murray
Elston, calling him a multi-
faceted individual and- a
"heavyweight" at Queen's
Park. He also predicted Mr.
Elston would be re-elected
with a "stunning majority".
Mr. Peterson soon turned
to Ontario Premier Frank
Miller and the Progressive
Conservatives who, the
Liberal leader contended,
are "dropping cheques
everywhere" in an effort to
win the election.
"It's sad to watch the
wheels come off the Big Blue
Machine," he said.
A Liberal government
would move to stabilize the
agricultural sector by
providing $50 million in
emergency relief to farmers,
he said. Foreign buyers are
"destroying the municipal
base" and, his government
would ass‘rt the primacy of
the family farm.
As far as the Bruce Energy
Centre is concerned, he said
the Liberals "don't just get
interested every time there
is an- election. The com-
mitment is firm and has
been firm."
The Liberal leader said
Mr. Miller "revealed his real
sensitivity" to small towns
and health needs in the
province when he attempted
the close local hospitals at
Clinton and Chesley when he
was health minister. A
Liberal government would
provide a thorough review of
hospital funding, he said.
In closing he said his party
promises "new and bold
approaches. .The Liberal
agenda is the appropriate
one for 1985."
Earlier last Thursday
morning, Mr. Elston paid
tribute to the "wonderful
team" of people who have
helped him 'throughout the
election campaign. Huron -
Middlesex MPP Jack Rid-
dell also was in attendance
and accompanied Mr.
Peterson to Clinton.
PEE WEE 'B' TEAM—Todd Chadwick was named most
valuable player and top scorer while Trevor Elmslie was
most improved player on the WMHAPeeWee 'B' team
during the past season. They received their trophies
Saturday at the Wingham Minor Hockey Association's
awards banquet. .
More nursing home.
beds, for Huron
The Counties of Huron and
Perth will get up to 42 new
nursing home beds as part of
a province -wide allocation of
4,500 to be added , to the
health care system over the
next three years.
The new beds are among
615 for the southwest area of
the province. The allocation
calls for 100 new beds for'
Essex County, 40 for the
Counties of Grey and Bruce,'
up to 140 for Lambton County
and 193 for the Thames
Valley area. Another 100
beds will be allocated in the
southwest area during the
three-year period as needs
dictate, according to Health
-MinisterAlan Pope:
changed. You don't have to
go," Mrs. Coultes noted,
while Mrs. Hanula reminded
them that, "Resides, we're
not playing the mating
game, girls."
All agreed that returning
to the classroom is much
better 'than taking a
correspondence course.
"You need a teacher to set
, you on the right track and
answer your questions,"
Mrs. Coultes explained.
Now they have taken the
first plunge, all .said. they-.
hope to be able to continue
their education. Mrs.
Hopper, who needs several
more credits to earn her
diploma, plans to return to
Madill in the fall, while Mrs.
Hanula said she would like to
go on to university and study
literature or history.
As for Mrs. Coultes, she
said she will not be back next
year — "My family deserves
something" — but she will be
back.
The only thing they would
change would be the time,
they said: they need more
hours in the day to get every -
their attitude, he said,
"They're in there to learn.'
Really motivated." ,
For anyone interested in
returning to high school,
either to complete a diploma
or to, take interest courses,
the first step is 'to contact
either Mr. Gavreluk or
Principal Ken Wood at
Madill. Those who have been
out of school for a number of
years may be granted
credits by the principal on
the basis of other training or
experience they have had,
reducing the number
required to obtain'a diploma.
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There are now 29,525
licensed nursing home beds
in operation in the province,
Mr. Pope said, and another
977 allocated over the last
several years are in various
stages of planning or con-
struction:
He said the increase in
beds willgo a long way
toward meeting the needs of,
.those requiring this type of
care, adding it should also
lessen __pressure on hospital
beds in the province.
Nursing home beds for
Huron and Perth will in-
crease. next month with the
opening of 30 more beds' at
the Hillside Nursing' Home,
Stratford`
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