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Page THE HERALD Wednesday May 10 1989 J Hospice helps people deal with death Our culture 15 death denying says the of the North Halton Hospice in Acton Donna McClure In attempting to help those confronting death Ms Mc Clure said she and her staff of 10 volunteers try to get the sufferer to understand that life t be lived in the future but rather one day at a time This outlook on life is reflected in the choice of words Ms McClure uses to describe the ivpe of pa the hospice works I prefer not to use the word ill Ms explain ed because what terminal I ve seen people diagnosed with a terminal illness recover after three years of suffering Ms who has been with the hospice for just over a year described the confrontation with death as the most significant period in a person s life As a result it should be looked upon as the beginning of a new experience and not as an ending Ms McClure however is the first to admit this goal is only achieved over a long and difficult process This is why her staff are trained to understand all aspects of disease ranging from the disease process the hospice deals primarily with cancer and heart patients to the emotional impact of the disease on all affected suf family and friends The most important thing the volunteer can do for the patient is be an active listener The volunteer is trained to talk about the disease in an understanding and straight forward manner said Ms Family and friends have a tendency to either withdraw or dance around the topic Ms Mc said The patient needs to know the other person is feeling no discomfort in talking about the subject Ms also said the volunteer can relieve some of the strain the family experiences by caring for the patient while he or she fulfills daily obligations The volunteer s purpose is to make the family life as normal as possible Ms McClure said This includes being there for the family after the patient has died Ms McClure has known family members to go into a real tail spin she said Ms McClure explained people get involved with the hospice for a number of reasons including the desire to get involved in work or an with the resulting from one of their family members having gone through the same experience The the North Halton Hospice Donna says dealing with death Is the most important and difficult experience in a person life Stone thrown A youth was seen picking up and throwing a large stone through a window at Barragers Cleaners at 62 Guelph St during the early morning of May Police say a year old Georgetown youth was charged with rmschievious behavior in connection with the incident and is scheduled to appear in court May 22 The broken window is valued at B7 8770109 GEORGETOWN SPA FITNESS CENTRE EXCLUSIVELY YOURS 8771924 I Simon CHARTERED Phone Main Street South Georgetown Ontario 0109 Nurses from the Bennett Health Care Centre and the Georgetown and District Memorial Hospital gathered In the centre court of the Bennett Centre Monday to plant a rose bush for Nurses Week Left to right are Caldwell Ford Director of Nurses Quackenbush nurse Lynda San dlfer Nurses Week organizer Trudy Edwards Halton Hills Mayor Miller Hospital board member Joyce Mackle and nurse Sherry Eastwood Herald photo Meat draw still big attraction Legion Lines JT Hayes Branch 120 PRO The Saturday Afternoon Meat Draw continues to be a big attrac tion Here are this week s lucky winners Harry Bottoms Lottie Bottoms Pat Chamberlain Bea Clark Frank Kirk Herman Nicholson Dick Succee Bill Col lier Steve Clayton Harold Hadham and McCausland Harold Badham won the roast CLUB Weekly draw May Yvonne Graham 172 Herb Roshier Dave Clarke 310 Helen Sparks Jim and Smith FRIDAY NIGHT EUtHHK High lady Jean Mills 2nd Lois Richardson Most lone hands Boyd Gents High Tutty 2nd Bert Porter Most lone hands Ernie Peasey Roy Bradley The branch executive have had a busy week up to now following our elections Last Sunday we travell to Branch 114 to con duct their elections and on Tues- last night the president Hank Russell led a team to Branch Brampton to conduct their elec tions Membership chairman Pat Chamberlain once again asks for your co operation regarding change of addresses If you have moved in the last year and a half think Did you notify the member ship chairman If you did not do it now Not sure give Pat a call he will check it out for you Pat continues to mail member ship cards to your address of record only you know if it s the correct one craft shop 1 MAIN STREET SOUTH Sears Agency 853 31 FLORAL FANTASEY Wedding Bouquets its FREE Home on at your convenience by appointment only Margaret and Ann 8531928 ACTON GREEN MEADOWS NURSERY GARDEN CENTRE BOX PLANTS GERANIUM PLANTERS VASES Trees Shrubs Roses Mums HANGING PLANTS Peal Moss 6 cub cub cub 4 1 cub 3 Pine Bark Nugets 3 cub 8 Bring this into our Nursery and rece a 0 Discount Card A EAGLE ENTFRPRISES j I I I HOURS Monday Saturday a to Sunday 10 00 to 3 8731200