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feii Barrier broken for ex will as he e student Alex Alejandro soon be returniig to his home In Mexico not without first accomplishing the learn ing of the language and adjusting jo a totally new life style Alex came to Acton in October on student ex change prog jam He could celebrated two Christ mases Alex explained that in Mexico Christmas is cele brated on December This year he spent that date at the home of Ariel Leal a good friend and his interpreter of Acton By the time he left the Leal home it was December speak no English at all and 25 and he celebrated his first A j j- t nn Hit tuns with Ihp had never to Canada be fore He had nine months ahead or which time he was expected to learn the language complete his grade 13 and livewith strangers as a member of their family In a story published in the Free last October a translator was necessary to conduct the interview However Alex was able to answer lis own questions for this interview Life was boring at first for Ale huexplamedbccausehe had feu people to com mum cute This gap altered his per sonaliti at first Alex ex plained thai he is generally talkative and friendly but be cause of the language barrier he was forced to sit etly and was not able to get into any conversations round him By Christmas however he was to understand some English and a few months later he could speak it Gradually he became the per was basketball team and enjoyed tennis badminton and The original concept of the program was to have Alex move from home to home ever month or so However the plan was changed slightly as he only made one move Alex out at the home of Mr and Mrs Wesley Jones and family on Tidey Ave most two months later he moved in with Mr and Mrs John Shadbolt and family also on Tidey where he has remained For a while admits Alex he was a little bit homesick However his English teacher and friend Keith Black said Alex bad wonderful self con trol of his home sicknesses himself says it was worth away from his family this long just to ex penenee living in a different culture learning a new language He also feels it was worth it because he has forced himself to grow up and mature At Christmas when most people are with their families Alex was with friends Actually he says being away from home on the special day turned out well Juggle staff Hal ton Region s Administration Committee continued its hard line on hiring new staff members for the region Wednesday but agreed that the treasury department could hire a stock clerk That is to be done if and when a vacancy in some other position in the region comes up If Chief Administration officer Ernie chooses to fill the position of the stock clerk he won be allowed to replace the person who quits or leaves the employ of the region Choose it TILDEN ANDREW MURRAY MOTORS Canadian Christmas with the In his time in Canada Alex has spent some time with his brother who lived in Boston for a while before moving back to Mexico The brother came to Acton to visit Other friends from Japan Venezuela and Mexico have also visited with him and the group went to Niagara Falls In March Alex went to Montreal for a few days but other than that he did not travel that much in Ontario He hopes to go to Ottawa be fore he leaves on June In spite of compliments from his English teacher Mr Black Alex is very appointed in his English He explains that he had hoped to be able to speak the language better than he docs and said his grammar was his down fall Mr Black however feels Alex speaks English very well considering the short time he has had to learn it in Alex explained that one method he used learn the language other than total immersion was to watch pro grams on television he had seen at home dubbed in Spanish He said he knew the story outline from back home and was able to learn from the English version here A person whose mother tongue is Fnglish says Alex who goes to Mexico hoping to learn the language would find it more difficult to learn than English He explained that in Mexico a lot of the people can speak English and there t be the total immersion effect Alex had in Acton In his lime away from home Alex only telephoned home once on Mother Day The eighteen yearold ex pressed regret at missing his brother wedding on June II but could not get a flight would get there before the ceremony anyway without missing too much school Alex expressed deep ap preciation to the Jones and the for opening their homes to him on a strictly volunteer basis He has been made to feel part of their families which in Itself helped a great deal in his initial adjustment to a foreign country When he gets home Alex will be making plans to attend university in the fall However because of his ex he knows now that he can handle anything which comes along without having lo help from his parents Tammy Thomson Ryerson graduate Steven Dills graduated from Polytechnical Institute in convocation exercises Friday He was awarded Bachelor of Applied Arts degree in Journalism and now em ployed by the Canadian Com Newspapers Assoc iatlon which represents weekly newspapers across Canada Steven is the son of Shirley and Jim Dills of Milton Attending graduation as well as his parents were grandparents Mr and Mrs Bower Ave Acton and uncle Frank Browning of Toronto Ottawa graduate Tamra Lynn Thomson Tammy received her Bach of Arts degree in chology on Sunday from the University of Ottawa Tammy is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Mervin Thomson I Moffatt and has been accepted into law school in Ottawa for the fall semester She attended public school and Acton high school Attending Sunday con vocation exercises were her grandparents Mr and Mrs Brltton Acton and Mr and Mrs C Thorn son Conn her brother Wayne her cousin Clifford aunt and uncle Col and Betty aunt and uncle Ed and Barb Wilson cousins Mr and Mrs Dave and her parents The Acton Freo Press Wednesday Juno 8 1977 Coordinator named for services The Board of Directors of Youth Services Network Region announced the appointment of Peter pie as Coordinator effective May 30 Born in where he received his early education Mr Gillespie is a graduate of Trent University psychology and Sir Sand ford Fleming College of Applied Arts and Technology education resources He has had a long association with camping and was em ployed by the Peterborough Family as Director of Kn wart ha for the past two seasons Prior to his re turn to university Mr Gilles pie was a counselling assis tant at Sir Sandford Fleming College Peterborough was active in student govern He Is a member of the Big ment and was the recipient or Brothers Association the the college award for Ontario Camping Association button lo cultural activities and the Association for Child A former Ontario gym no ren with Learning tic champion Mr Gillespie tics While at university enjoys skiing sail ng and music FRENCH IMMERSION PROGRAM The Hahcn Botrd of Education ICG again calls for independent study THE SHADBOLT FAMILY was the second family to open their home to Alex Guereca a student from Mexico for his eight month stay Acton Alex is leaving at the end of this month to return Front row Lynda and Judy Shadbolt Back row Mane Shadbolt Alex and John Punky the poodle is also shown Members of Interested roup Ihelr lawyer Dick Julian Heed presented brief lo the Minister of James Tiylor on Monday for an in depend en I study of the Bruce to Milton hydro corridor proposed by o Hydro The Minister listened to them the wis discussed but there were no other visible result from the meeting The ICG fell the reccnl on by the Supreme Court of Ontario which Ihc Commission did not study the north south route could influence the Minister decision on th matter In i prepared release stited Itis conceivable to me lhal if the Government is acting in good faith that should refuse the study whith could be completed in six when the alternative will longer delays through unhappy citizens the corridor it expropriation and by law he Of course Reed d if a majority Con servaiive government results from Ihe June election watch how quickly the will pass an order in council pushing the dor through despite Ihe efforts of the interested Group and the provisions of the local zoning by law It is quite gmficant my Conservative opponent Mr Gray has remained silent on the issue Mr has said Hydro must go somewhere and he would to ensure Ian downers got adequate compensation GEORGETOWN FARM ft HOME Your Headquarters for Lumber and Building Supplies FARM HOME COMMERCIAL i untied cooperatives Of owumo Georgetown Farm Home Centre 333 Guelph St OPEN Tut Frl to OIL CHANGE and FILTER Oil Oil Filter and Labour included For Most American Cars WHEEL ALIGNMENT SPECIAL 00 Stores CffiOiTPLAN MOORE PARK PLAZA GEORGETOWN Crystal No Wax CUSHION FLOORING Colours To Choose From Stock Items Only Reg sq yd 3 DAYS ONLY SQ YD PLUS- Bales Only Reg sq yd MULTICOLOUR SHORT SHAG Phis Many More very Day Super Specials CUSTOM MADE DRAPERIES CARPET CORNER Free Estimates 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