B2 THE OAKVILLE BEAVER Wednesday, May 12, 1999 Chamwood celebrates 25 years Charnwood Co-op Nursery School celebrates its 25th anniversary on M ay 13th and is looking for former gradu a te s ; volunteers and staff to join the party. The evening cele- 'b ra tion will be held at the school, 228 Chartwell Rd., from 7 to 9:30 p.m., and will feature a silent auction. For informa tion, call Colette Baty at 693-1072, or 844-4250. Weston speaks about her early years Request for Proposals (RFP) for Long-Term Care Centre Beds in the Regional Municipality of Halton. 32# Beds Project RFP 99-007 For the second phase of the Ontario government's six-year expansion plan to increase the number of long-term care centre beds by 20,000, proposals are invited to develop 320 new beds in the Regional Municipality of Halton. Proposals must be submitted using a standard form (available for a fee) that can be obtained beginning May 5, 1999 exclusively through: MERX - 1-800-964-6379 24 hours a day, 7 days a week or visit the website: www.merx.cebra.com Proposals submitted under this RFP must be received on or before July 30,1999, 12 noon local time, at the: Ministry of Health Tender Office 99 Adesso Drive, Concord, Ontario L4K 3C7 Applicants are invited, but not required, to attend an information session regarding the RFP process conducted by Ministry staff, held on: Thursday, May 20,1999,1:30 to 5:30 p.m. Hamilton Convention Centre, Wentworth Room 1 Summer's Lane, Hamilton, ON L8P 4Y2 O ntario By W ilm a B lokhu is BEAVER FOCUS EDITOR Ever wonder what life was like for Hilary M. Weston before he was named Ontario's 26th Lieutenant Governor - and before she met and married Galen Weston? "The bare facts o f my life have been boiled down by the papers," she began, "that I'm Irish, that I'm married to a wealthy baker, a mother o f two, and the Queen's representative." Weston was speaking at last week's second annual Women of the Year gala reception hosted by the W om en's Centre at the Glen Abbey Golf Club. "But, after 32 years of marriage, I have yet to see my husband bake any thing. He claims he can bake the most wonderful chocolate cake, but I have yet to see it" Weston chose to share details of her life in Ireland before her marriage to Weston in 1966. She met him while he was in Ireland expanding his father's grocery store chain. Weston, the eldest of five, helped her mother look after an ailing husband and father. "He died when I was 17. I was not yet finished high school, and I had set aside my dream of going to uni versity. My mom and I went to work to support the family. M y brothers went to university - that seemed to be a right of boys." Fortunately for her, she won an opportunity to train as a model, a career which enabled her to leave her job. "That was before the days of super models com m anding astronom ical fees." She rose to become Ireland's top model 35 years ago. "Through it all my mother battled to keep her MS in remission until she entered into her final phase. As testa ment to her strength, she always dis missed as something less serious. "Shortly before my marriage (in 1966) she was diagnosed with M S, and right up until the last year o f her life, she loved to garden, giving it up only after becoming totally dependent and had to be cared for. She died in 1974 at age 54." Weston came to Canada 26 years ago with a young son and daughter, Alannah and Galen Jr. "I call them my Irish tw ins, as they w ere born in January and December o f the same year." She considered herself fortunate, as a new immigrant, to be English- speaking, thus escaping the language barrier within the unfamiliarity. She imm ersed herself through volunteer work. As her m andate as L ieutenant Governor, Weston chose to "celebrate volunteerism , the achievem ents and contributions of women, and to cham pion the causes o f Ontario's youth." Prior to being sworn in as Ontario's second woman Lieutenant Governor, Weston gave up her deputy chairman ship of Holt Renfrew. As a condition of accepting the position, she asked that herfederally paid salary be donated to charity, and has to that end established the Hilary M. Weston Foundation to help youth programs and hostels. "The Prime M inister's office called, and after picking m yself up from the floor, my first reaction was to decline the honour," adm its W eston, w ho accepted with the notion of using the position to "give something back to Canada and especially to Ontario for all o f the many ways I've been blessed." She com plim ented the W om en's Centre, run by 60 volunteers and only three part-time staff. 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The winners are: □ Kathy Douthart o f Oakville, a volunteer with Brainchild, who plans to jum p from an airplane, the Leap of Hope, as a fundraiser, on June 27th. □ Lottie Grant, also of Oakville, a breast cancer survivor with Burlington Breast Cancer Support Services and its Oakville support group. □ D ianne Banks, W aterdown, a family support worker at the Oakville Parent Child Centre for 15 years; and □ Dorothy Allen, Acton, Tough Talk group for families o f troubled youth. The other 16 nom inees are: □ Sue Hierlihy, Oakville, active supporter o f St. John's United Church, United Way, and Canadian Federation o f University W omen - Oakville; □ D iana Isherwood, Oakville, organizer o f C anadian M usic Com petition, and director o f Interlink Choir organized through the Canadian M ental Health Association; □ Lorraine M acDonald, Oakville, nom inated by her clients at CIBC Hopedale M all for 'going the extra m ile' in providing personal service; □ Diana Soulez, Oakville, volun teer with CAVEAT, Big Sisters, Special Olympics, Ian Anderson House, Wigs for Cancer Victims, Abused Children's Charity, and Halton Fam ily Services; □ Nancy Scott, Oakville (posthu mous), active m em ber o f St. Cuthbert's Anglican Church, and has contributed 'many works from the heart;' □ M elvina Walter, Oakville, o f W om en's Centre as volunteer and part o f its three-m em ber part-tim e staff as Director o f Programs and Volunteer Service; □ Patti W ilson, Oakville, a coun sellor and psychotherapist for 25 years, sought-after m otivational speaker, and Oakville Beaver colum nist (Ask Patti), and currently com pleting her PhD in Psychology; □ Lynda M cK enzie, M ilton, painter, writer, photographer, and orga nizer o f support group for those diag nosed w ith young on-set Parkinson. She received controversial 'fetal tissue im plant' therapy in Denver to reversing the effects o f Parkinson's. □ Lillian Ross, Burlington, volun teer at Halton W omen's Place for five years. □ Peggy Russell, B urlington, helped established the Halton Parent M entoring Association. □ June C lose, O akville, first women coach o f Oakville m inor base ball league in 1965 - that year they won every game except one, volun teered at Syl Apps Assessm ent Centre, Birthright, Oakville Distress Centre, an advocacy com m ittee for Extendicare, and as a regular Diocesan hospital vis itor. □ Sandra Farley, Oakville, first woman chair o f the Oakville Trafalgar M emorial Hospital and currently chairs the GTA-905 Healthcare Alliance, also volunteers for the Canadian Cancer Society, W ellspring, and the Salvation Army. □ Donna M esser, Oakville, runner- up in Oakville's Entrepreneur o f the Year, m entor to Canadian Youth Business Foundation, volunteers for R otary C lub's C am p Enterprise, Ontario W om en's Directorate, and net working. □ Dorothy Rognvaldson, Acton, prepares meals for people returning from hospital, organizer o f many suc cessful church functions, volunteer dri ver for Red Cross, board m em ber of Halton Hills Com m unity Support and Information, and a Parkinson support group - all at age 81. □ B arbara Schejbal, O akville, promote goodness, kindness and inspi ration throughout corporate Canada through her business Angels. □ Jill Smyth, Burlington, chair of M ultiple Sclerosis Supercities W alk in Halton for five years, raising public aw areness and $420,000 for MS research and client services, also vol unteers w ith Burlington Teen Tour Band, despite her own battle with MS. http://www.merx.cebra.com