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Quebec 4H Member Spends a Week Learning About Local Farms The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville, July 18,1990 7 Rita Widmer, front right, spent a week at Karleen (left) and Laurel Welsh's (centre) house in Bowmanville as part of an interprovincial 4H Club exchange sponsored by the Royal Bank of Canada. Representatives of the Bowmanville Branch of the Royal Bank, David Cutway and Valerie Gardiner, visited the girls last week to discover if Rita was enjoying her exchange. Rita plans to recommend the experience to other members of 4H in her home province of Quebec. V ?by Andrea Adair Sixteen-year-old Rita Widmer is finding differences differences between 4H clubs in her own province and in Ontario. Ontario. • • Rita 1 , from Howick, Quebec, Quebec, stayed a week with Laurel, Laurel, 17, and Karleen, 14, Welsh on an interprovincial exchange program spon- sôred by the Royal Bank of Canada. I Valerie Gardiner, from the Bowmanville Branch of the Royal Bank, said the program has been in existence existence for more than 28 years. It's a way for the bank to show its support for agriculture agriculture in Canada, she explained. explained. She said people living in cities tend to think farming is something somebody else does and often, kids on the farm leave to do other things. The 4H clubs teach kids I BLOCK BUSTER SALE \"TALK TO US WE'RE DEALING!" 1990 NEW YORKER , Dark blue, 6900 km. STK# P159 *$645.89 per mo. 1990 SHADOW 5 speed turbo STK# 220A *$354.88 per mo. 1989 SUNDANCE white, 25,900 km. STK# P147 *$283.91 per mo. 1988 DYNASTY black cherry, 40,000 km. STK# P199A *$352.52 per mo. 1987 PONY CX Blue, 65,000 km. STK# 268A '$118.29 per mo. 1985 FIREBIRD Grey, 73,900 km. : :: • STK# 158A '$214.69 per mo. MANY MORE DEALS TO CHOOSE FROM! 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In this area, Laurel stated, stated, there are 25 different clubs ranging from dairy and sheep to forestry and wildlife. "There, is a leadership club where you learn to speak in front of people. I'd be in that if I were here," Rita exclaimed. She said when she returns returns home she will be suggesting suggesting other people participate participate in the program since she has been enjoying herself. herself. Also having fun are Rita's hosts. Karleen jokingly said that "if your summer is bor-. ing then this is the time to get active and do things" when you have an exchange. She and her sister have both participated in exchanges exchanges before and found them to be learning experiences experiences as well. Both girls said they would go on another exchange exchange if they were given the opportunity. They said it was a chance to see different cultures and meet now people. Those remarks were echoed by Rita who said she has seen a lot of different things she wouldn't have had a chance to see. And she's met ninny people. Fifty persons across the country arc involved with the exchange this year. Spanish Students Anxious To Speak Our Language by Lisa C. Brown Blinca Suela and Natalia Fernaneez have come to Canada from Spain to learn English. The girls are part of a S of 41 Spanish stu- who are visiting Canada Canada through The Language Workshop. According to The Language Language Workshop's local coordinator, coordinator, Shirley Freek, "the students came to Canada Canada to expand their English. During the morning they study English at Henry St. High School and in the afternoon afternoon they go on tours etc." . While the girls are here, evenings and weekends are spent with local families. Mrs. Freek says that this "gives families a chance to learn about another culture and an opportunity for the student to practice their english." Debbie ten Grotenhuis is hosting Natalia because she "thought it would be nice to learn about Spain, what they eat, what the country side is like." Blinca Suela is staying with Kathy Thompson and her family. Mrs. Thompson thought that hosting a Spanish Spanish student would, give me a good idea of what it will be like to have a teenager in the house." Natalia is 19 and became involved in the program after after meeting a friend who used to go to Ireland. "I decided to go to Ireland and learn English, and I went there for three summers. summers. Now I have come here." Both girls agree that they like Canada, the people and the beautiful country. Natalia says that, "almost "almost everything in Canada is different from home. The weather, the way the houses are spread all over the country country - even the cars are different." different." Both of the girls said the weather in Canada is different different from Ireland and they are both enjoying the sun very much. The students arrived in Canada on July 3 and head home in August. ; , . :■ ■ , .. vi>>. * $ ■ t' ■■ • i ' - f : . i ■. : - Jm '■ "tVvh >r . . • * I ; -, ■ j j * • * T 4»* , k t ■■ ' >>, . \ iüc i /. S -* . ;vr I „„ iEr: Blinca Suela and Natalia Fernaneez are two of the 41 Spanish students visiting Canada to learn English. The students are here for one month, attending school in the morning and sightseeing in the afternoons. y y v - : • ' è ? t, À > ' % h', #< - Shown above, from left to right, are: Kathy Thompson, Blinca Suela, Natalia Fernaneez, Debbie ten Grotenhuis Grotenhuis and Shirley Freek, the local co-ordinator for the Language Workshop. ■I ,p M l'I .1 ■Jr VI d . 1 •fi "When it comes to savings, put us on the top of your list." • "JO j.iiB tun t.ioir. 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