COMMUNITY
Joint effort for CAS
Child abuse prevention team
Special photo
Pictured above are members of the local Child Abuse Prevention Campaign commit- tee. Front row, from left, are Cindy Cholette, Christiane Bergeron, and Tammy Tur- bide, CAS and Kimly Thivierge, CAS and committee chair. Second row, from left, are Robert White, Akwesasne police; Stefanie Powers; Nicole Legault, CAS; Josee Fortier, CAS; Cassandra Roy, Snap Cornwall; Shelley Roy, Red Cross; Alyssa Blais, Agape Cen- tre. Third row, from left, are Eric Curtis, CAS; Jensen Stanley, CAS; Brian Snyder, Corn- wall police; Zach Pilon, CAS. Members of the committee that were not present for the picture: are Andrea Gariepy, CAS; Cecilia Kyer, CAS; Deborah Lock, Boys & Girls Corn- wall; Farhana Meghji, York Centre; Jodi Hawkshaw, 1015 thefox; Katie Vachon, CAS; Kelly Thompson CAS; Sid Gardiner, Cornwall City Councilor; Theresa Lauzon, OPP.
Special photo
A joint effort at a fundraising BBQ by Cornwall Police Association, RBC Financial and Benson Auto Parts raises more than $1,240 for the Children’s Aid Society Kids Camp. Pictured, from left, is David MacLean, Cornwall Police Association Vice President, Da- vid Murphy, Benson Marketing and Promotions, Melissa Moore, RBC Manager Client Care and Elaine Duhaime, RBC Customer Service Representative.
Jean Martin became a teacher at an early age
By Lisa Etherington-Runions
award from the Rotary Club, and in 1992, the 125th Anniversary of the Confederation of Canada Medal for her significant contri- bution to her community. Retirement is not a word in Martin’s vo- cabulary. She is an honourary member of both the Sunrise and Cornwall Rotary Clubs, founding president of Probus with the Rotary club, member of the auxiliary to the Cornwall Community Hospital, where she is past president. She also is involved with The Friends of the Cornwall Public Library, the Lost Villages Historical Society, the Canadian Cancer So- ciety, the Canadian Federation of University Women and their reading group, United Church Women, member of the ministry, personal committee and communications committee of Knox-St.Paul’s, president of the Manoir McConnell Manor residents’ committee, and a founding board member of the Encore Seniors’ Education Program where she is also a participant. In her life journey, Martin has also trav- elled extensively, and has visited more than 97 countries across the continents. During her travels she learned a lot about various cultures, different languages, and food. Martin enjoys adventure, and for this rea- son has read many different culturally ori- ented books. She also enjoys adventure or nature movies, and all types of music, but mostly classical. Martin feels fortunate to always manage somehow to do what she enjoyed. “Now, for the future, I would just like to have time left to enjoy the people I meet every day, or if they are from afar when they come to visit.” She also hopes to devote time to compil- ing an autobiography.
When Jean Elizabeth Martin, known to her friends as Betty, talks about her life’s jour- ney so far, it brings a smile to her face. The active 75 year old, whose zest for life has taken her around the world, through a teaching career spanning 35 years, and as a lay preacher, philanthro- SLVW DQG FRPPXQLW\ DGYRFDWH LV FRQ¿ - dent, that it is because of these life ex- periences she is able to keep active in her senior years with a clear mind, and a close association with people. %RUQLQ LQ5LYHU¿HOG4XHDORQJ the English River in the Chateauguay Valley, Martin is the eldest in a family of three. Getting married, and having children didn’t happen for Martin, but she found herself working with children as an edu- cator which was very rewarding. From a very young age, Martin wanted to be a WHDFKHU DQG KHU YHU\ ¿UVW VWXGHQW ZDV her sister. “She was three years younger than me. I would go to school, learn the day’s work, and then come home after school and teach her.” Martin left home at the age of 17 to be- come a teacher. She later learned that she was following in the footsteps of her mom and two grandmothers. Martin feels blessed to have been brought up in a home where respect was always present, and where her parents led by example -- to do what you can, and do it well. “My parents nurtured my desire to al- ways do my best in a loving environment. This had an effect on me in adult life,”
Jean Martin hopes to eventually write an autobiography.
said Martin. “I have always tried to be respectful of the people I come in contact with, and I have followed in my dream in the world of education and work. “I am thankful to God for each new day with its opportunities.” People have always been at the cen- ter of what Martin was doing, and of all things she has accomplished, teaching stands out as her best experience so far. “I particularly enjoyed teaching, help- ing young people learn, which I did for 35 years in Grade 2 to Grade 13.”
“I have also taught adults with the En- core program, and have helped learners in the Tri-County Literacy program for nearly 25 years.” For Martin, her greatest accomplishment is seeing the success of people she has helped in their life. Martin’s educational success was graduat- ing from high school, obtaining a Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Educationand teaching diploma, Masters of Education, PhD, and a certificate as a lay preacher in the United Church of Canada. She has also received the Paul Harris
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