Page 14 THE WEEKEND OUTLOOK Friday February 15 1991 Chemistry drew Chris and Debbie together EDITORS NOTE Because of a lack of space In the Wednesday edition of the Herald we were unable to feature Chris and Deb bie Sargent In our feature Special Valentines Day as planned Their love story is special and deserves to be told By LISA BOONSTOPPELPOT The Herald It was chemistry that drew Debbie and Chris Sargent together Chris and Debbie Sargent ITS HISTORY What a birthday party The whole world sat up and paid attention to Canada The interna tional media raved Expo was one of this centurys most successful world fairs And yet the road to this exhibi tion was not a clear one Early in the game the Bureau international expositions the body responsible for site selection had chosen Moscow over Montreal as the preferred host city In however the USSR pulled out The door was open for Jean mayor of Montreal to make a new and this time successful bid Montreal was awarded the fair This marked the first time that a first category exhibition one that covered the full range of contempo rary mans activities had even been held in North America Lasting from Apnl 28 to October 27 1967 the fair hosted over 50 million visitors A chain of islands including the man- made lie Noire Dame in the St Lawrence nver served as the site for the event Man and his World was selected as the fairs theme Participating nations either built their own pavilions or cooperated with others lo produce regional exhibits Millions were spent on design and construction In all 1 20 governments were involved along with thousands of private sector and nonprofit ex hibitors and sponsors Close to 500 million dollars were generated for Montreal and Canada The worlds premier performing artists wowed audiences at Expo and many ground breaking works in design film and architecture were showcased COUNTRYSIDE BUTCHERING Custom Killing Cutting and Wrapping 4168771194 RR Georgetown Ttmre Behind Sat noon Meats on Trafalgar Debbie and Chris were school sweethearts whose romance was sparked in chemistry class at Georgetown District High School Chris was the shy hometown boy whod liv ed in Glen Williams ail his life Debbie was the new in town who made her appearance in Georgetown in the ninth grade It seemed chemistry was what drew them together since they never knew each other at all dur ing their high school years until they became chemistry partners in Grade Realizing that chemistry class wasnt as explosive as the chemistry between her and Chris Debbie asked him out to an April Fools Dance at her friends place and the two have been ever since After hight school the pair were separated during weekdays while Debbie went to nursing school in Toronto and Chris work ed as a police officer in now a part of Pee region But she came home every weekend and when she graduated Chris proposed The year was Two years later at St Albans Church in Glen Williams where Chriss parents got married the two took their vows and became man and wife Their honeymoon was a roman tic journey as the young couple sold their new Triumph Spitfire Sports car to fund the trip They travelled all over Europe spen ding all their money not even having enough money to buy food they waited to eat on the return plane home For the first while the couple lived on love since they only had in their bank account when they got home But the family for tune soon grew as Debbie began working at Hospital and Chris kept patrolling as a policeman Soon the family itself started to grow The couple had four children starting in 1977 with Amy 1979 with Heather 1981 with Rebecca and with Angela Then the couple fulfilled a dream by starting their own business Sargent Landscaping two years ago Theyve been married for 17 years and Debbie credits having a sense of humor as part of their marital success That and they didnt have a lot of weekends together during the first year of married life which is reputed as being the most difficult Being high school sweethearts and still happily married seems to be a tradition in their family Both their parents Ray and of Thornburg and George and Eni Sargent of Georgetown are also happily married high school sweethearts Just married V Clothing Mens Ladies Childrens- ALTERATIONS REPAIRS 8771598 SALE THIS WEEK FIND THE LOWEST PRICES EVER ON ALL BRAND NAME FURNISHINGS Ontario Chesterfield Wholesalers Behind Guelph Auto Mall Guelph TOWN COUNTRY CLOTHIERS Robbins Columbia Run Swim Fitness 8788622 THE 1M Mill St E MILTON 8770109 Simon CHARTERED ACCOUNTANT Phone 416 132 Main Street South Georgetown Ontario 9 J 8770109 FINAL TOUCH ESTHETICS Will Be ReLocating To Serve Our Customers Better We will close Monday February 25th 1 991 at 31 8 Guelph Street Indoor Mall and reopen Monday March 4th 1 991 at The Knolcrest Centre 360 Guelph Street Unit 36A Beside ReMax HOURS Wed 1 9 Frt 99 Saturday 31 Guelph St Indoor Mall 873601 3