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THE HERALD OUTLOOK Saturday November 10 Page Features- Search for sisters has happy ending By I- 1 Til VIN Herald Not many people would fly all the way to Winnipeg to meet two perfect strangers Colleen Brown would however and plans to do just that on Dec They aren t just any strangers however they are two women whom Colleen has searched over a year to find They are her sisters The girls mother Suzanne Kehler put each of her babies up for adoption shortly after they were born They were all adopted by different families and lived for more than two decades without knowing of each other s ex istence Suzanne Kehler died several years ago One of 12 children of an old Rus sian Mennonite family she divorced after almost three years of marriage hat is when she put her threeyearold son and old daughter up for lion and they were welcomed into a Manitoba family home the boy died suddenly at and Deb bie now lives in Matlock Manitoba Colleen was born in about three years after Debbie and was placed for adoption Toron to A Georgetown family adopted her She now lives in Acton with her husband and two children Her adoptive parents waited until after the turbulent adolescent years to tell her that she was adopted said Colleen hey wanted to wait until I had children of my own About one year after Colleen came another little girl Cathy She was put up for adoption in Toronto as well but she went to a family in the United States She found out about adopted status when she started working for S Military Intelligence She put her mine on irtnl Finders in her state hoping to some in formation If it t for Parent wc would found si id r in the to slit with Hit I Hit in idi in I When she first appro tht told her tint would to wait five before they would be to help her Her birth id so she contacted Children s Aid in th it and in March 1989 found Debbie The oldest sibling id put her name on the Manitoba A list in after finding out that she wis adopted but had since given up thinking that it would do any goon Looking for Cathy their American sister was little more tricky Because Cathy is an American citizen she has no rights as a Canadian citizen ex plained Colleen We t cess C A information in the States and Cithy couldn t in Brown for lt timber A when she ti two slit discovert one in is itimit to a st Itini Ins mi hi rs Hi r blood i ess Hit in in id oiler n knew w is tint sistu is in in r thost So she took her to i tight lipped social worker in Toronto Until fedenl ire changed won t tell Colleen who had known that the file folder in that social worker hind held the interim she needed Sensing Colleen s desperation the social worker remarked She could be in New York or anywhere Colleen thought the woman was just making matters worse by reminding her that the United States is a big place and said She could be anywhere The sympathetic social worker answered Yes but she COULD be in New York Thus ill mild till me losing her ji Col Icon but th was ail she needed Toronto Finders con titled their New York Slate chapter the women contacted each other in this The three women rrnde plans to meet without their families in Winnipeg on Dec Thev are really strangers though because right from the first phone calls we knew each other Col leen After more conversations and letter they found that they are alike in many ways All three are smokers and the all wear glasses due to astigmatisms None of the women dnnk heavily and they are all within one half inch in height of each other They have similar personalities assertive outspoken and bad tempered but they are all extreme pacifists The three are also all animal lovers and have all worked in the health care profession Debbie as a paramedic with the Ministry of Health Colleen as a St John s Ambulance volunteer and Cathy as a Registered Nurse Assistant in the military Colleen is con vinced that for three people to be so alike there must be something genetic In Winnipeg we either kill each other in which case we real are sisters joked Colleen or we 11 just get along great They plan to swap stones pour over pictures and look for any other Kehlers living in Manitoba There are Kehlers listed in Manitoba said the amateur detective smiling and a Mennonite community the area Other relatives may be able to help with some unanswered lions Such as why their mother left Manitoba and what exactly caused her death And why Deb bie and Cathy s legal names are the same but Colleen s is In the sixties naming was not legal said Colleen It is much North Halton Scouters take Wood Badge training By J AN Herald Special Scouters from North District and Yellow Briar District spent last weekend ing part in Wood Badge Training it the Centre Tern Section leaders were velyn Owen lame Hannah Andrew Kavess n 1 ockh irl Scout Section wen Steve nnis lull Pirt Wood Bide lining is for leaders years of over designed to provide of all sections with addi tionil skills and training Divided into three parts the training consists of Part 1 which is a weekend course in section and group sessions Part train ing is week long or three weekends spent in train part is a penod during which the puts into t ice whit he or she has lei rued The experience of Wood Badge Training will hie lasting memories New friends are made and ill wilh it least one thing in common scouling Participants will be better trained from this course and in one year wilt be able to take part 2 Participants in the Colony sec tion were Pick Susan Gnerson David Hughes Hyatt Tim Jackson Fred Maiez Dave McGourtv Dianne Pan tin Participants in the Cub section were Paul Alexander Burton Mike McCallum and Ins Stiehl Participants in the Scout sec tion were Lynn Clark Dave DuBreuil Alex George Stull Phil Wilson and Clive Midwinter more regulated now That why she wants to tell her story she explained to let peo ple know what they are up against The whole point is to tell people not to give up If you are dealing with the Children Aid don t hold your breath she warns Contact Parent inders a profit organization run by volunteers People think that Parent is only to find parents noted Colleen That not true They will help you find any blood relations I have great admiration for people who help children in need and more people are needed for this volunteers and foster parents she said As for her adoptive parents Colleen noted they were a bit in timidated when she began her search afraid of what she would find or that she would abandon them There is probably no chance of that however as Col leen feels that her true family is Georgetown Parents are the ones that raise you and spend time with you not the ones who give you birth she said HEART AND STROKE FOUNDATION OF ONTARIO IMPROVING YOUR ODDS AGAINST CANADAS KILLER SHOPPING SPREE VALUE STORE GoldStar The bnghtest star in electronics GoldStar REMOTE CONTROL 20 COLOUR TV 181 channel tuner On screen display channel volume sleep time picture adjustment Automatic channel programming Automatic picture control 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