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' ' 1| By Geoff Dale Women‘s Employment Resource worked together on environmenâ€", STAFF WRITER â€"_Centre and an active participant tal issues. . WOODSTOCK â€" Tove Finlay, with the United Way of Oxford, _ "I was astudent when Tove, who one of Oxford County‘s leading she was particularly well known â€" was doing some substitute teaph- environmental activists and a reâ€" as one of the original members of ing at IDCI, taughf me physical spected special education instrucâ€" â€" Grassroots Woodstock. education," she saxd.‘“H.er husâ€" tor, has died. For Cathy Mott, a longtime band John was the principal. So The 70â€"yearâ€"old Tavistock naâ€" member of Grassroots Woodstock, whenI joined Grassroots, my first tive Finlay, the former wife of her association with Finlay began image when I opened the door was Oxford MPP John Finlay, died when she was a student at seeing them both_m the room E?- Tuesday at the University Hospiâ€"< â€" Ingersoll District Collegiate Instiâ€" gether in a very different light. tal in London. tute (IDCI), and later developed _ ermmnmamse~ A founding board memberofthe into a friendship as the two __________Continued on page 3 Tove Finlay remembered fondly Continued from page 1 ficult, she would throw herself political notoriety in later days when I was mayor of To â€"â€"â€"â€"â€" _ into the task fully." years with the political satiriâ€" Southwest Oxford Township "Both were very passionate _ Beth Taylor, CASS viceâ€"prinâ€" cal group The Ragin‘ Grannies and she was active trying to about the environment. It was cipal for the last five years, folâ€" â€" her enthusiasm even manâ€" â€" deal with the garbage situation. an interesting imageâ€"rememâ€" â€" lowed Finlay into the job of aged to impress some of her She is so well known for her bering them both initially as special education head when targets, crossing political barâ€" good work with Grassroots." my instructors, authority figâ€" she retired seven years ago. riers along the way. said Oxford MPP Ernie ures then as colleagues and "When she was at CASS, I "I remember back to the Hardeman. friends. She was a rather bubâ€" was at Glendale High (in no is we ind ie â€" smm mmmoms Hommmumemomommatie ne ce es en bly person, so conscientious Tillsonburg)," she said. "She rrrarisa zmm and just an aura of énergy. was a very assionate educator a o Working alongside her was who just l)ox\)/ed kids." Flnlay descrlbed as quite an honour. She put her _ The phrase halfâ€"hearted was NTTUTTTNTAITNGSrimewans 4 M s w un o i menemm t im n n rme en n e ns heart and soul into everything â€" simply not part of Tove Finlay‘s 6 1 ° t she did. This is an incredible vocabulary, _ said Oxford d d d t h loss." County Federal Liberal Assoâ€" se e @-A, lâ€"C a -e ‘Qag â€" e:â€"r â€" Huron Park Secondary ciation president Keith Garner. School (HPSS) principal Fred _ "People often have issues Wi s s 9 Curry remembered her as a with things and they shrug them th t ‘very dedicated teacher with off with gissip,“ he said. "Not _ â€"=â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"= â€"S r Qn Oplnlons strong opinions‘, an individual Tove. She dealt with them imâ€" e k O who always put the interests of mediately. setting out to resolve _ mm 4 TaViStOCk naltive her students first. them right away. Whatevershe _ | _ / y "I worked with her for a year â€" did in life, whether it was with remembered by when she was the head of speâ€" â€" the Thistle Theatre. Grassroots e %ggf & cial education at CASS," he Woodstock and environmental ;:%,,g, _ #a fl‘lendS and said. "She always tried to help .concerns or as a teacher, she _ ||_ e ts e . L s as many students as possible was a diligenthard worker" _ | W _ W e | colleagues in and if the task seemed a bit difâ€" Finlay gained a measure of < m par smm «. & 2 41L C =â€"â€" 4 Coojoâ€"o â€"â€"â€" WWe y | education and _ _ _| ‘environmental ; = * â€" CC â€" activism _ ____ |