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4 . Friday, April l, 2005 'a'-----"--""".'"-"-------.---"-"' . . q f I O t q Young Mexican visitors get a taste o rura n arlo By HeathchCGmc vate schools back home and speak ""cs-ee_,s, __., ""'e"rt _-f, 'N-s-... a.L1tir'cs Scugug Standard English, some better than others. him - Trr. - - We" = i 'ci,:t[i,t'e'i . Li 'c- f "tf , ' ' While most of us are glad co see the The local School Community Councils ' _ V f . , . c , _ ‘ , tl, i" it ' " 3: _ LL cnd ofthe cold weather, and i” the T?"s have benefited from their arrivals. . illRll 513:: g . t " R: ,5 .-.r and activities that are associated with a Instead ofgiving money to their host fam- V Fa ' _ - _ ' ' " at. Canadian winter, the White sniff still lrofr ilies, each visitor paid $100 to the two _ " Rt " , ,‘ u - - ’ , _" 'r') on thc ground has been a delight ro.r 20 schools' organizations. st: '- V _ . 9 F l = . Bur 'u' ' if on: young people visiting here frory VarloUs The visitors and their hosts have been ' ' T » tr , , Fi iiti, i. . ' ' I""". . parts of Mexico. busy with all sorts of winter activities, as TV . j. "‘5 'iitiNt ' _ 1 On March 19, thcst: young 9501313 and well as bowling, and had a tour ofVan-Lea t ', i "A t ' . . u; _ two. group leaders arrived I". Scugog Holsteins, a Blackstock dairy farm owned l r“ / (s'iii,ri1W.rl")i' C ‘31 Township and have been staying with by Lawrence and Jan Van Camp. A “" . _ _ p: , '/ _ ' C , ; host families in the hamlets ofBlacksrock Many had never been on a farm before Ciqt1 'T' , , v' W; f') r',' kr , I} and Nestleton. _ . and found the tour of the dairy operation iii:; “M V' _ . Fe .. > r; “K3,, #3:. They are taking part in a "mini-stay", an aye-opener. ' RN ti “N. ar Ci";':,'] ' p, i thi'; L, - "r which was arranged between Ingrid "We’re always willing co educate chil- biitq ”he a c, ' _ - Flt tKN p"" Brand, of Blackstock, and l friend in dren about where their food comes from (WE w, tilWi"_,r T " - l ' Bh", 'r'aT,??,T:ir,r: Toronto who owns an cducational travel and from the looks on their faces, they 'itiiE" g, I tl-l (Q ;,;"‘.'»;37'-,, Mit . - . - lil "Et/iii-iii/Cr':'",'" company. seem to be enjoying their visit here Magyar-,3; cia " r , q "w ' EC.» vor" "When my friend called, she asked if today," Mr. Van Vamp said. fir T5S 'f'sfipi'il'), . - e a r)? _. - . I. 7 we‘d be interested in hosting thescyoung Michelle Castilla, 12, of Cancun, liked BYN y‘egag‘, ' " ',, V. ' , i , - *gl people. They wanted a country where the snow and the snowmobiling. _i,s'i'i2ri,,,,?:,, . _ I ErCsir')'s' ‘ 7 i "ii,' , I' - r they could get a new and different cultur- "This is the first time I have ever seen "i"i'i'fivitiis:y3, Ejit1is)ti WW _ "f _ 'f re . , ‘ al opportunity, 'waik on water' and snow. I like it and was able to go snowmo- IEWsg,':5 Pr"V . i '),'iliiifii)'4 I , ‘ ' _ " . '. . " become familiar with a 'small town fecl- biling and skated for the first time, coo, - Br.))?,?), _ "", a" ttkat ' , . ' - - my ing,'" Mrs. Brand told The Standard. without falling," she said, grinning. "It’s ' Over the past two weeks, 20 young visitors from Mexico have enjoyed l Scugog Township seems to have fit the all been cool." being hosted by many families in Blackstock and Nestleton. Together, l bill pcrfccrly Pablo liamberto, 13, who lives near they took a tour of Lawrence and Jan Van Camp's dairy operation in l Twenty families have each taken in a Mexico City, and is staying with Justyn Blackstock last week. The foreign visitors had never been on a farm visiaor. _ _ Walsh and his family, enjoyed walking on before. Enjoying the animals are (L-R), Enrique Aguilar, (Mexico City), "We tried to match each Visitor with a [mice and said it was great meeting all Justyn Walsh (Blackstock), Jan Van Camp (holding the calf), Aidan Canadian child theirown age and gender!" the new kids. Shivering, he said he wants Blakely (Nestleton), Michelle Castilla (Cancun), and, in front, Pablo Mrs. Brand said. to come back again "when it's warmer," Lamberto, (Mexico City). WW?“ school.ryumtid, rwo WEEKS 350, On their own, the visitors from Mexico our Visitors ,pT,icipatt,'d, m class activrtres visited Niagara Falls, got to make s9me Rogers Centre. "Everyone has been so kind to US and 'l2ttrtiivtt)tigrt,12olol'.ublic School and purchases rat the] 'tT, Centred alld f"The whole experience has. been a lot have gone out of their way to make this . . ‘tstotle owcran me . " ' , . . ' i ' . I . . l All of the Mcxican visitors attend pri- “We ml 0 fun, said Enrique Aguilar, 13. mp a memorable went! he said. 4 . Friday, June 6, 2008 WWWâ€"KW - -.et" -----"-------------e-----iu-i- All th f Af h q . h e way ram g anlstan, wrt thanks Mi 3'38 . - t p 5.3 = ‘ {Ml ' Sa t '. ER r " r " . 3. V‘ Fd g ‘ Ci? - _ " a) . f " q l MN P I . . . g. I k", [l , E . ’ s‘f... - 1 y , inning.“ . ‘ - r i " , t. . - , m . Kerr, " , '= a . . l rat IMI . _ FA, i ' , .,. 'tll. ‘ r E , " l l " I ll ' . r . -= . N ' «A tell , T .. ‘ I V ' ' . . Cartwright Central RS. students (from left) Matthew Van Camp, Brandon Veomanson, Asta Hansen, Megan Stekel and Claudia Zilstra hold the Canadian flag that former pen pal Master Corporal Mark Wells F (centre) brought back from Afghanistan as a gift for his young friends.