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Burton reconnects with grandparents in Uruguay
PEOPLE AROUND
LONDESBORO
By BRENDA
RADFORD
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Last week's column contained part
one of the trip to Uruguay taken by
Lianne Hoogenboom and Alicia
Burton last spring to reunite Alicia
with her grandparents after 20 years.
The women say that the food in this
South American country was rather
bland as far as seasonings and spices
go.
Many restaurants offer `asado',
beef cooked on large outdoor wood
and coal fired grills. Sandwiches,
called chivitos', are made with
steak, or pork with egg. In fact,
Lianne reports, a lot of things
seemed to have egg on them. Even
papa fritas, or French fries, had egg
on them.
The national drink is `mate', a tea
also called yerba mate, which is the
Uruguayan version of coffee. Mate
is steeped and sipped through a steel
A good use of time
Hullett Central Public School student Kianna Lehmann took her recess time to catch up on
some colouring on Monday. Lehmann found a quiet spot near the door, laid out her book on
her lap to keep it dry and got lost in a world of colouring while her classmates enjoyed the
freshly fallen snow from the wild weather that touched down in the area over the weekend.
(Denny Scott photo)
Committee aims to raise $1,200
During the children's time of the
morning service at Londesborough
United Church Rev. Fletcher spoke
with them about ways people show
their love to others on Valentine's
Day - cards, chocolates, flowers, etc.
He reminded them that God showed
His love for all of us by sending His
Son to us.
Then, Terry called on Erica Baxter
to tell the children about a way the
Outreach Committee has decided to
show Londesborough United's love
to others.
Erica told the children that when
she finds a way to help people in
another part of the world she feels
like a `super hero'. She asked the
children to help with this new
project and made them all
superheroes by handing out tie -on
masks while she explained. Their
super power was to be love which
she reinforced with the reading of
five Biblical love verses. The
Outreach Committee is hoping to
raise $1200 to fill a stable in
Bangladesh with animals through
World Vision.
An evening to help raise funds has
been planned for Saturday, March 4.
The community is invited to a
`lasagna and salad supper' to be
followed by a movie. This will be a
free-will offering.
As if to back the project, the
senior choir offered the hymn "Go,
Make a Diff'rence" as their morning
anthem.
"Words of Love" was the title of
Rev. Fletcher's message to the
adults. His supporting New
Testament passage was the familiar I
Corinthians 13: 1-8. Psalm 119 was
the responsive psalm.
Terry remarked that on Valentine's
Day everyone makes an extra effort
to show love to all the people in their
lives for whom they feel affection; to
show them how much we care for
and value them. True love is
unconditional.
That is God's love for us. He
appreciates our love given back to
Him but He loves us regardless; we
don't have to earn that love. God's
gift of love to us is the greatest gift
the world has ever received as stated
in John 3:16. The Greeks have four
words for love. Jesus used just one
of them when He told us to love one
another as ourselves, to hold each
other precious. To love one another
is the oldest and purest kind of love;
it speaks of value and esteem. Terry
admonished everyone to reach out
and share God's supreme love to the
whole world.
Londesborough United Church
will hold its morning service at 9:30
on Feb. 19. The following Sunday,
Feb. 26, the congregation will hold
its annual meeting. Following the
service there will be a light pot luck
lunch. At this meeting the question
of selling or retaining the manse will
be voted on. Your input into this
issue as well as the future of the
congregation for 2017 is important.
Plan now to attend and be heard.
The UCW meeting on Feb. 20 will
begin with dessert at 7 p.m. to which
the whole congregation is invited.
That evening there will be a showing
of "Front Runners" a video inspired
by the story of the Aboriginal torch
runners for the 1976 Pan American
Games in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Snowarama this weekend
Not only does February show love
on Valentine's Day, it is also Easter
Seals Snowarama time. More than
once in recent years organizers have
worried until the last minute about
there being enough snow for the 130
mile trail ride. This year is no
different. There just will not be
enough pack on the trails, so
organizers have already made plans
for other activities.
This coming Saturday, Feb. 18
will be the 13th annual North Huron
Snowarama. As usual the centre for
the event will be the Londesborough
Community Hall from 9 a.m. until
noon. Planned are a 50/50 draw, a
dart poker challenge and prizes.
As in other years, the
Londesborough Lions Club will be
cooking up their hearty `olde tyme
breakfast' for everyone in the
community to enjoy. Proceeds from
the event will help kids with
physical disabilities in our
community.
straw called a `bombilla'. It was
interesting to see men everywhere
sporting an unusual looking leather
purse that holds a thermos of hot
water, and special `mate' cups made
out of gourds or even a hollowed -out
cattle hoof.
The pair spent a few days
exploring the varied landscape of
Uruguay. One day they took a half-
hour boat ride down a narrow river to
visit a rare grove of trees called
Ombu. These massive trees are the
national tree but aren't actually a
tree at all. The trunk and branches
are made up of layers of fibrous
plant material that can be cut with a
knife. The fibrous material forms
strange shapes and the tourists were
able to walk inside them and into the
root system. The sap is poisonous so
the trees themselves are insect free.
However, the sightseers were
thankful they had taken along
repellent, which they shared with
others less prepared, to fend off
mosquitoes.
The berries of the tree cause
intoxication and even the animals
don't eat them. The tourists were
strictly warned by the tour guide to
stick to the path as the saplings were
fragile and the forest is rare.
Uruguay is one of the safest
countries in South America with a
very low crime rate. Consequently
the Huron County duo felt safe even
when driving through the country
and in remote areas by themselves.
Another time they took a tour truck
to visit an unique settlement called
Cabo Polonio. This fascinating
hamlet along the Atlantic Ocean was
reached by an hour's slow drive over
sand dunes. Many homes in this
settlement were actually old fishing
shacks. Lianne and Alicia felt they
had some how wandered into a
hippie commune with the brightly
coloured shacks transformed into
homes, tiny eateries or artisan shops
with windmills atop to generate
small amounts of energy.
The women found the light in this
settlement came from the people,
fires and candles. But then, as
before, opposite these shacks were
upscale cottages, white adobe style,
where the wealthier of the country
came to escape the city.
From this area, the pair saw
beautiful open ocean on one side
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with South America's largest seal
colony and on the other side
towering sand dunes to climb. They
were entranced with these sights.
This spot was far enough south that
they had hoped to see some penguins
but were disappointed. The beaches
in Uruguay are mostly stunning.
Even in the busiest tourist area of
Punta Del Este, wide sandy beaches
are popular destinations for
Argentinians and many celebrities.
Away from the cities were miles of
lonely stretches of golden sand.
There they came across transparent
tennis ball -sized hollow spheres that
they determined were empty turtle
eggs. Another time the women drove
a rental car into the rocky foothills
where horses and sheep grazed
freely along the roadsides.
Both Lianne and Alicia fell in love
with the small country and plan to
return, perhaps in 2018, to see the
Abuelos, grandparents.
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