What’s Happening at Landon Library Submitted by Ashleigh Hickey Cursive Writing (Ages 8+) January 20, 2024 10:30 am – noon (Registered) Come learn the benefits of cursive writing and try your hand at some pangrams with Dez, a local archivist. PA Day Creativity Break (Teen) February 2, 2024 3:00 – 4:30 pm (Drop-In) It’s time to be creative! Drop by your local library to take a break and create. Craft supplies may vary, chill vibes only. STEAM, Saturdays (Family) February 3, 2024 10:00 – 11:00 am (Drop-In) Drop-in to explore a variety of Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math related activities! Dr. Fred Sexton, who retired from medicine in 2017, is a well- known and well-respected radiation oncologist. His medical history also included a practice in men’s health and work as a family physician. With popped collars on his Tommy Bahama shirts, Fred is also one of London’s best dressed doctors. Westervelt College inhabited 190 Wortley for many years and when the school vacated the premises, Dr. Fred Sexton decided, “40,000 square feet of space represented an opportunity”. He purchased the building in 1995 to make it a medical facility. Fred tells me, “There was the process of recruiting other physicians to see who would come in, and there was a lot of negotiation to bring in an X-ray, laboratory and pharmacy. It was these kinds of tenants which would make a medical building survive or fall”. And it did succeed as thirteen physicians as well as a physiotherapist quickly occupied the building. AlvegoRoot Theatre Trivia Night Manor Park Memorial Hall, 11 Briscoe Street For ticket information and to learn more about AlvegoRoot’s 2024 season, visit www.alvegoroottheatre.com The Fred Sexton Building by J. Bruce Parker There was a time when 190 Wortley Road, home of our beloved ‘Wortley Roadhouse’, was referred to as ‘The Fred Sexton Building’. So who is Fred Sexton? Though no sign was erected, the building was deemed the ‘Sexton Health Facility’. Looking back, Fred recalls, “I really didn’t need my name on it. Maybe I should have considered calling it the ‘Wortley Medical Clinic’, but I was too busy trying to fill the place to worry about naming it.” Tenant Marty Verweel, who established the Wortley Road- house in 1990, recalls his landlord as “a great guy and when we wanted to install the patio, he was very supportive”.
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