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A = = "A Family Tradition for 125 Years" PORT PERRY STAR - Wednesday, August 7, 1991 - 21 Yearlong exchange Cannington girl off to South Africa on Rotary Club exchange Shelia Bowness began school last week. Although it isn't entirely strange that she's attending school in July, the location of the school may be a bit strange. Shelia will be attending school in Vereeniging, South Africa. Shelia, 17, of Cannington, was chosen by the Port Perry Rotary Club to participate in a yearlong exchange program. And she couldn't be happier. "I'm so excited," she said. "I can't believe I'm going tomor- row," she told the Port Perry Star last week. Shelia will represent the Port Perry Rotary Club and act as its representative while in the country. She will make a number of public appearances to talk about herself, her com- munity and Canada. For a person who admits she does some "off the wall things," she believes this is probably the most interesting thing she has done so far. But it is also something that she has been contemplating for quite some time. * :SHe:first got the idea of par- - ticipating in this program a few years back. "It kinda hit me right in the face," she said. She went through the extensive screening process and was se- lected as one of the two people who would represent Port Perry in the program. Although she had the choice of exotic places such as India, 'Japan, and Mexico, she says the mystery and excitement of South Africa made it easy for her. She says South Africa is experiencing historic times right now, and she felt she had to be there to witness it. She says she is well aware of the problems that the country is facing at present, but is not worried. She believes the world only sees the negatives and not the positives. But at the same SEER Food Bank workers not concerned over bare cupboards Although the cupboards are still fairly bare at the Opera- tion Scugog Food Bank, "we're not concerned," says secretary- treasurer Barbara Carnegie. "Donations of food are really down, but we're well covered as far as money is concerned," she explains. Just last Wednesday there was only a few boxes of maca- roni and cheese left on the shelves after 22 families visit- ed the food bank. But since the food bank is in good financial shape, the volunteers were able to stock up again. The food bank has received three times the number of re- quests for food as last year, which shows that "times are tough," she says. "I'm thankful that we have a very generous community." The food bank, located on the corner of Simcoe and Paxton Streets, is open every Wednes- day from 1 p.m.to4 p.m . time she knows that she must not let her guard down. She is not as nervous about living in South Africa as she is about switching schools. This will be the first time she will be away from her friends, alone at a new school. This quick intro- duction into the new school will make the transition to her new life easier though. "I won't have time to get homesick," she says. While in Vereeniging Shelia will board for various amounts of time with three or four dif- ferent families. Her first host family will make her introduc- tion to school a little easier as not only does the host mother work at the school, but the daughter, approximately the same age as Shelia, attends the school. Although she will be attend- ing school while away, she will not receive any credits towards her diploma at Brock High. But she already prepared for that by working ahead, there- fore she will still graduate with her friends. But it isn't exactly the in- school training that she is go- ing to South Africa for anyway. It's more the total experience. She says up until this point in her life she has been quite shel- tered, admitting that Ontario, Port Perry and Cannington "was her part of the world." With the trip, she says she "will gain a better understand- ing of the world." She says she has mixed emo- . tions about leaving home, leav- ing her family and her friends but she realizes that it is some- thing that must be done. "This will probably be the most excit- ing year of my life." Suzie Allin to spend a year in South America Suzie Allin has been brush- ing up on her Spanish lately. With the aid of self-help kits she has been trying to learn as much of the language as possi- ble, before August 20. Why August 20? Because that's the day that Suzie be- gins a yearlong Rotary Club sponsored exchange trip to Co- rova City, Argentina. The tapes have been a little helpful in teaching her the new language, but she says what she is really looking forward to is actually learning the lan guage in Argentina. : The 16-year-old Port Perry High student will have plenty of time to do that. Not only will she be attending school in Cor- dova City, but she will be liv- ing with a number of the local families. Her first host family has a 17-year-old daughter which should make things a lit- tle easier to adjust. While she is in Argentina she will not only attend school and be integrated into the com- munity, but she will also travel extensively throughout the country, and some of the other South American countries as a representative of the Port Perry Rotary Club. Suzie is no stranger to the Rotary Club exchange pro- gram. Her father, Dr. Robert Allin, is involved extensively in the Rotary Club and Suzie has had the opportunity to meet visiting Rotarians. Also her older sister, Meredith, is away on a summer exchange in France. ' Suzie applied to the program along with some of her friends, not expecting too much, but she said the reality of actually being chosen got greater as time went on. Now that the date is nearer, the realization that she is go- ing to be leaving home is get- ting more real as well. The re- ality of leaving home sunk in recently when she saw her friends and realized she would be away from them. "I'm not the type of person who get's homesick," she said. "I know I'll get a little home- sick, but I'll cope." Suzie's main goal while she is in Argentina is to become fluent in Spanish, but admits she has a long way to go before this goal is met. At the present she says the only word she has mastered is "no comprendo." LENI HELLER UPCOMING SEMINARS: Wed. Aug. 7/91. Sun. Aug. 11/91 Hohday Inn, Oshawa, 1011 Bloor St. E. (Hwy. 401 & Harmony Rd.) REGISTRATION: At hotel from 6:30-7pm. Seminars are from 7-8:45pm. 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