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Left to right: Hendrik Frosted, Kristen Frosted and James Armstrong.
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Local and former exchange student
reunite on Facebook after 32 years
Justine Alkema
Post Network
In 1984, Hendrik
Frosted from Denmark did
an overseas work
exchange in Huron County
for his college agriculture
program. He stayed with
James Armstrong who
lived just outside of Bay-
field at the time. 32 years
later, they reconnected on
Facebook in a matter of
minutes, and that recon-
nection lead to Frosted
coming to visit the area
once again.
Armstrong heard about
the exchange program on a
backpacking trip to New
Zealand several decades ago.
He thought it was a cool pro-
gram, and he needed some
help on his cash crop and
cattle farm, so he decided to
have a student over.
The pair had a great time.
Frosted stayed for six
months working, meeting
Armstrong's friends and
enjoying local activities.
I was so lucky I came to
stay with James," said
Frosted. "He was the only
one who wasn't married and
didn't have any kids, so he
had a lot of friends and did a
lot of things, and I would go
with him."
It's Frosted's first time
back since then. He recon-
nected with Armstrong on
Facebook three years ago.
When Armstrong's name
first popped up, Frosted
wasn't sure it was him. So he
started looking through his
pictures.
Then, he saw a photo of
white tractor which Frosted
used to drive. At that
moment, he knew it was the
right James Armstrong. He
messaged him, and Arm-
strong replied a few minutes
later, confirming that he was
indeed Henrik's host from 32
years before.
They chatted over the
internet for the next few
years eventually leading to
Frosted's visit back to
Canada.
Frosted, his wife Kristin
and his son Thomas were
back in the area for the past
two weeks. They went to Nia-
gara Falls, Toronto, Grand
Bend, Goderich, Bayfield,
Bruce Power, reunited with
Armstrong's friends which
Frosted met on his exchange
and more. Much of their visit
was simply enjoying Ontar-
io's west coast and hanging
out at Armstrong's cottage
which is just north of Bay-
field and has a view of the
Lake.
Armstrong had nine more
international exchange stu-
dents after Frosted over the
next many years. He men-
tioned that 7 out of 10 have
come back to visit.
As for the future, the two
old friends can now keep up
online, and Frosted has
invited Armstrong to come
to Denmark for their next
reunion.
NOMINATIONS
To the Board of Directors of Ritz Lutheran Villa
The Nominating Committee of the Board of Directors will consider names
submitted by interested residents of Perth and Huron Counties for election
to the Board at the
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING on
September 14, 2016.
Candidates will be elected for a two year term. Ritz Lutheran Villa is a
charitable corporation whose Board meets monthly and is responsible
for the governance of Ritz Lutheran Villa Long -Term Care Home; Mitchell
Nursing Home; Ritz Manor Non -Profit Seniors' Apartments; Mitchell and
Area Community Outreach; and the Thames River Place Life Lease Hous-
ing Community. Nominees must be a member of the corporation. For
more information on becoming a member of the corporation, or election
to the Board of Directors please contact the following:
Al Young, Nominating Committee Chair - capt.howie230@gmail.com
Persons willing to devote their time to these endeavours should submit
their names by August 12, 2016 to the Nominating Committee Chair or
to:
Ritz Lutheran Villa
Attention: Nominating Committee,
4118A Road 164
RR 5, Mitchell, ON NOK 1NO
or by email: info@ritzlutheranvilla.com
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Seaforth Citizenship
Awards 2016
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THE SEAFORTH BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT AREA
IS NOW ACCEPTING NOMINATIONS FOR THE CITIZENSHIP
AWARDS IN THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES:
SERVICE TO SPORTS: A person that volunteers his or her time to
sports organizations, or sports in general in Seaforth and area.
CIVIC SERVICE: A person that belongs to a service club or community
organization in which he or she contributes many hours of time for
the betterment of the community.
HUMANITARIAN SERVICE: A person who is considerate of mankind,
and is willing to give his/her time to help other people.
These awards are chosen based on the individual's contribution to
the community in a VOLUNTEER CAPACITY. To submit nominations,
write the name of the person you are nominating, which category
you want them in, background information on this person and why
you feel he or she should win.
Deadline for nominations is August 15, 2016
All nominations can be sent to:
Municipality of Huron East
P.O. Box 610
72 Main St. Seaforth, ON NOK 1WO
Phone: 519-527-0160 Fax: 519-527-2561 or
Email: bdalrymple@huroneast.com
These awards will be
presented at the
Seaforth Ambassador
Dinner in conjunction
with Seaforth Fall Fair
on September 15, 2016.