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By Galen Simmons Though she’s gone, St. Marys’ Sheila Greason’s impact on Perth South Christian camp Camp Bimini won’t soon be forgotten.
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On Aug. 5, dozens of Greason’s friends and members of her Camp Bimini family gathered at the camp’s lower parking lot to dedicate a tree in her memory after she passed away unexpectedly at the age of 81 on Sept. 20, 2023.
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Several cyclists ride through downtown St. Marys during the first day of the Ontario Summer Games triathlon hosted in St. Marys from Aug. 2-3. After swimming in the Quarry, the athletes biked through the downtown area and back, before completing their course by running the grounds of the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame. The first day was dedicated to the team relay version of the triathlon, while the second day saw the individual competition. St. Marys Deputy Mayor Brogan Aylward and Perth-Wellington MPP Matthew Rae were on hand to help present the medals to the winning athletes. See more photos on page 20. Photo by Spencer Seymour
St. Marys community outreach worker assisted 109 residents last year By Galen Simmons
St. Marys’ community outreach worker assisted 109 residents last year and continued to develop a collaborative approach to providing outreach services to the town’s most vulnerable. At the July 23 St. Marys council meeting, outreach worker Brittany Petrie
presented a report outlining her work from April 1, 2023, to March 31, 2024. The community outreach worker is a full-time position within the town dedicated to meeting and supporting community members of St. Marys by providing outreach services to optimize social determinants of health.
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“Today we come with mixed emotions; sad that Sheila’s life has ended but glad there is eternal hope for Sheila and for all of us,” said camp coordinator Carol Young. “ … This tree is planted for the glory of God, a reminder in life or in death, nothing can separate us from the love of God revealed in Jesus Christ. … May her memory live on in this tree and in each one of us who knew and loved her.” Speaking ahead of the tree dedication, longtime friend and former Camp Bimini-Oxford Presbytery committee member and registrar Linda Bender said Greason’s time at Camp Bimini began in the early 1980s, if not before then. Affectionately nicknamed Bubbles, Greason is remembered as the heart of Camp Bimini Oxford. Serving as camp coordinator, she organized staff applications and training events, found camp cooks, scheduled meetings for the camp board and its subcommittees and worked at all of the camps on the Bimini property in the summers. Bender, whose family donated the redpointe maple dedicated in Greason’ memory, said the tree was planted on June 9 and will feature flamboyant fall colours every year around the time that she passed.
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