From Paul Morden, Sarnia
Observer.
Judy Foote carried home a
treasured connection to Sarnia when she returned to Newfoundland after graduating
from Lambton College.
Foote,
a former politician and cabinet minister, has been named the next
lieutenant-governor of Newfoundland and Labrador.
But back
in the late 1970s, she was a Memorial University graduate interested in
pursuing a career in journalism after working for a public affairs program with
the CBC in Newfoundland.
Foote
went looking for place she could take formal training and her electrician
husband could also find work.
That
ended up being Sarnia where they lived for two years while she completed a
journalism and broadcasting program at Lambton College.
“I had
two children when I moved to Sarnia and, when I finished my diploma program, I
had three,” she said.
Her
daughter Heidi was born in Sarnia while Foote was still in school.
Now 38,
Foote’s youngest child works with a law firm in Newfoundland.
“I keep
telling her, ‘your hometown is Sarnia,’” Foote said.
“Thing
happen and we have very fond memories of Sarnia.”
Foote
said they enjoyed the community and came to know others in Sarnia who had moved
from Newfoundland.
“It’s a
lovely, lovely place.”
Image. Michael
Ignatieff.
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