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8-Orono Weekly Times, Wednesday, August 26, 1987 Orono girl on Rotary exchange to Australia By Gretchen Ballantyne For most of us that first big move from home takes a great deal of courage, even if it is only a move around the corner or to the next town, but for one young Orono resident. Christy Climenhage, that Christy Climenhage first move is all the way to the other side of the world, as she takes part in the 1987 Rotary Exchange to Australia. Beginning last Friday and for the following year Christy will be making making her home in the quaint seaside town of Henley Beach on the southern coastal shore of Australia. Christy is a 16-year-old student at Clarke High School who last fall, just for interest sake, put in an application* application* with the Bowmanville Rotary Club. Submiting the application, which was an evaluation of candidates expectations expectations for the exchange and what they believed they could offer their host country, led to an interview. interview. Christy was the final selection for the exchange from the ten other applicants applicants from the Clarke, Courtice and Bowmanville area. Upon her arrival in Australia, Christy was met by the first of her four host.families. Each will sponsor sponsor her for three months. Christy simply provided her air fare and spending money, and the Rotary families and sponsor Rotary Club provide an allowance and living, expenses. We had a chance to speak to" Christy before she embarked on her exciting adventure. She explained explained how Australia was chosen as her destination. "I really, really wanted to go to Australia but it was between a year in Australia, which seemed an awfully long time, or three months in Europe. I took the year exchange and I will be going to the place 1 wanted to visit the most." Christy said. Christy admitted to being a little nervous about the trip, but mostly excited, "I think it will be a really good learning experience. I know there will be an adjustment to make once I arrive but I'm giving myself until Christmas before I decide if I'm enjoying it." Although Christy will move quickly into the life of an Australian student her obligations to the Rotary will continue, "I'm expected to do quite a bit of public speaking in Australia as well as when I get home. I'll make a slide presentation about Canada to the sponsor Rotary Club, and whenever they want me to participate in Rotary events, that obligation will have to come before school or social events." Christy will also be writing for the Oshawa Times and Orono Times, keeping us posted on her trip. When she returns Christy will speak to the Bowmanville Rotary Club and speak at high schools around the 7 areà about her exchange. exchange. For a young lady whose furthest travels have been to Florida and greatest length of time from home has been two weeks this is quite an adventure. "I really surprised a few people when I said I was off to Australia for a year. But if the host families are as positive and excited about me coming as they sound in their letters it should all work out." she said. Christy said the key to a good exchange exchange she thought was to adapt to the host family, "volunteer to help around the house, follow the house ■ rules and make the most of the stay." A host councillor, a member of the Rotary Club in Henley will help bring Christy through any rough bumps she may encounter on the exchange whether with her host family or school life. But the mature attitude and positive approach of Christy make anything but a successful exchange 'hard to imagine. ! 'I know I will get homesick, it's inevitable, but I'll deal with it when it comes. I'm not going to let that stop me from going!' CLOCA and Ministry in swan round-up As part of the Ontario Ministry, of Natural Resources program to establish a breeding population of, trumpeter swans on Cranberry Marsh (located at the Lynde Shores Conservation Area in Whitby), staff from the Central Lake Ontario Conservation Authority will take part in a swan roundup on Thursday, Thursday, August 27th. M.N.R. wildlife biologist Dr- Harry Lumsden directs this program in which the eggs of Mute swans (a species not native td North America) are replaced with trumpeter eggs. In order to monitor the effectiveness of the program, swans on the marsh are rounded up and fitted with numbered wing tags. These highly visible tags assist in the ongoing research to determine the survival success of the trumpeter young. Cranberry Marsh is already well known for its excellent wildlife viewing opportunities. It's three lookout platforms provide nature watchers with a superior view of marsh life. The successful outcome of the trumpeter swan program will add one' more umisual speciês to the already long list of aquatic animals sighted from these lookouts. You are invited to attend CLOCA's Waterfowl Viewing Day at Cranberry Marsh on Sunday, September 20th. Starting at 1 p.m. Authority staff will be on hand to point out various species of migrating waterfowl. A telescope will be set up for use by members of the public. For more information call 579-0411. Save Time for the Orono Fair Sept. 10-13 Broadbent supports Marg Wilbur Federal New'Democratic Party Wilbur points out. "That's how Leader Ed Broadbent stopped in sucessful they are." Broadbent also called for better ' daycare, and said the provincial the area last week, throwing his support behind Durham East NDP candidate Marg Wilbur. "I encourage you to vote for Marg Wilbur" Broadbent said. "I've known Marg since we were students at the University of Toronto." Toronto." At a breakfast meeting in his home riding of Oshawa, the federal leader met with NDP candidates and supporters from six nearby ridings. Broadbent, whose federal party leads the popularity polls, has worked with Wilbur on the NDP's federal council. "Her commitment to fighting for the interests of ordinary people is part of a family tradition," Broadbent Broadbent said. Wilbur's father, Andrew Brewin, served as an NDP MPP in Toronto for seventeen years. "Her father helped me find my feet when I was first elected to Parliament," Broadbent said. At the breakfast meeting August 17 Broadbent threw his support behind provincial NDP leader Bob Rae's campaign. "People are turning to us both provincially and federally because we are a party that says what we mean and means what we say," he said. "We might not be perfect, but we're honest." Broadbent said the time has come for provincial auto insurance plan. "We can have lower costs and more effective auto insurance if we had a public plan like NDP governments have shown in the West." In British Columbia, Saskatchewan and Manitoba, driver-owned insurance plans are running successfully. "Those plans stayed in place when the governments changed hands to Tories and Socreds" Liberal record on the environment was "disturbing". "The Liberals, in trying to get a majority in this election, are backtracking on environmental issues," he said. Clarke Museum (Continued from page 1) teresting kitchen tools and utensils. Come out and enjoy the shady picnic picnic area and learn the history of the township - admission is FREE! The Clarke Township Museum is located in the old Kirby Schoolhouse on Hwy 35/115 at Kirby. Kirby. It is approximately 5 km. north of Orono only 15 minutes off the 401, take the Peterborough/Lind-, say turn off. Open from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. during the week, 11 a.m. to 5 • p.m. on weekends. CLOSED EVERY WEDNESDAY. Admission Admission is free!! For more information contact the curator, Mark Jackman at (416) 983-9243. Running from July 27 until September 27, 1987 is a display entitled entitled "By the Hand of Man". It contains tools both hand made and commercially produced. Included are some interesting types of^saws, 1 Jocelyn Muir (Continued from page 1) Other donations were made by in- divduals. Muir had explained that strong winds had swept most of the warm water from the surface of the lake causing the temperature to drop. A normal temperature inside a refrigerator is generally set around 45 degree F. The young swimmer rested from the cold water in a small travel van at the Newcastle Marina after being, lifted from the waters in the late afternoon. 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