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Lucknow Sentinel, Wednesday, August 10, 1983—Page 2
Finnish girl sees Canada on Lions youth exchange
Marjukka Tervo of Finland likes to
travel. She has been to Norway, England,
several European countries and is present-
ly spending a month in Canada on the
Lions International Exchange.
One of 50 young people from eleven
countries, Marjukka is staying with Grant
and Wilma Chisholm of Lucknow, her host
family.
Canadians are friendly, outgoing people,
she says, like the people she has met in the
other countries she has visited.
"People in the different countries are
the same but their lifestyles are different,"
she observes.
Marjukka spent over two months in
England on an English immersion program
sponsored by the Finnish government,
working for an English family caring for
their children.
When in Norway she worked in a factory
and she spent two weeks working with
handicapped adults in Greece.
She plans to take fashion design and
fabric deign at a university if she is
accepted this fall. She has already
completed one year of art college. If she is
not accepted in design, Marjukka will take
art history and teach art.
Twenty years old, she prefers to live in
the countryside and enjoys reading, handi-
crafts, movies, theatre, art, swimming and
cycling.
The oldest of a family of three girls,
Marjukka lives with her parents in
Utajarvi, a town of 3,500 people, 800
kilometres north Helsinki. Her mother is a
bank official and her father is a graduated
forester.
Forestry is a major industry in Finland,
producing wood products, lumber, pulp
and paper. A unique aspect of their
agricultural industry is reindeer farming.
Filet of reindeer and pork is a common
entree on restaurant menus served with
curry sauce with onions and celery; deep
fried potato wedges; stewed broccoli and a
summer salad with French bread.
Finland's vast southern wilderness is a
popular tourist attraction featuring lakes,
rivers and river valleys where people enjoy
camping, boating and hiking.
Pietarasaari, a town with expanding
industry and trade, is nevertheless popular
among tourists for its sandy beaches on the
shore of the Gulf of Bothnia.
Kalajoki sand dunes are another tourist
spot which has developed into a many
sided holiday centre close to nature. The
sandy beach is surrounded by grand pine
forests and wide blue sea.
Situated near the same latitude as our
Northwest Territories, Finland has five
months of snow and only two hours of
daylight in the winter months. In the north
of Finland, there are 52 days without any
daylight in the winter season. In summer
there is no darkness for the months of June
and July and the temperatures range
between 25 - 30 degrees Celsius.
While in Canada Marjukka attended the
Youth Camp for Lions exchange visitors
where she met the other young people
staying with host families in Lions Districts
A-9 and A-15.
The countries represented at the camp
included United States, Austria, West
Germany, Netherlands, Finland, Denmark,
Japan, Israel, France, Italy and Switzer-
land.
At the camp held at Wildwood Conser-
vation Area near St. Marys, Marjukka
made new friends and learned about other
cultures. She also got a chance to try out
the languages she speaks, Finnish, Eng-
lish, Swedish and a bit of German.
While at camp, activities included
sports, a hayride, roller skating, swimming
and dancing and trips to see Niagara Falls,
the CN Tower, the Ontario Science Centre
and Ontario Place.
Just prior to leaving for home several of
the visitors staying in this immediate area
enjoyed an afternoon together in Mildmay
and on Friday, Marjukka toured the Art
Gallery in Toronto before catching a flight
for home.
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Open road grader tenders
The August session of
West Wawanosh Township
Council took place on Tues-
day evening, August 2, 1983,
in the Municipal Office. All
members were in attendance
with Reeve Aitchison presid-
ing.
Deputy -Reeve Brindley
declared that he would be in
Conflict of Interest should
the County Auction of used
equipment be discussed as to
possible purchases by the
Township, since he is the
Auctioneer for the sale.
The minutes of the July
meeting were adopted as
printed, on motion of Coun-
cillors Brindley and Todd.
An application for Loan for
tile drainage, submited by
Roger Pannabecker, was ap-
proved by Council on a
motion by Councillors Todd
and Hickey.
Six applications for Build-
ing Permits were examined
by Council members, and a
motion by Councillors Hickey
and Brindley authorized the
Building inspector to issue
permits to 1. Sproul (gran-
ary); L. Robson (addition); L.
Alton (shed); J. Stutzman
(barn); A Delbergue (silo);
and R. Pentland (house).
An Application to the Min-
istry of Natural Resources for
approval to deepen the wat-
ercouse on the N'/z of Lot 24
concession 7 was discussed
by Council, and Council was
informed that the owner
must stay within his own
property to do the work. The
Robinson Drainage Works
was also discussed and the
need for a meeting of the
owners with Council and
Ministry Officials was dis-
cussed. The Clerk and Drain-
age Superintendent are to
arrange for such a meeting.
The tenders for a new
motor grader were opened.
Capital Equipment Limited
returned the tender form not
completed, with the explan-
ation that it could not bid
competitvely because the
T600C Galion grader had
been discontinued. There-
fore, only one valid tender
was received - that from
Champion Road Machinery
Sales Ltd. Champion submit-
ted two tenders - one with
one way plow. A -frame and
snow wing. the second with-
out the equipment, both ten-
ders stating prices with and
without the trade of the used
grader. Motion by Council-
lors Todd and Hickey, That
West Wawanosh Township
hereby accepts the tender of
Champion Road Machinery
Sales Limited to supply a
C740 motor grader for
$118,500 less trade-in of
536,600, plus retail sales tax
- a net price of 587,633.00.
The Reeve's vote carried the
motion.
The Boundary Account
submitted by Colborne
Township was discussed at
length. The Huron County
Highways Department Auc-
tion Sale of used equipment
was discussed and Council
members agreed to make an
inspection of the equipment
being offered prior to the
sale.
Road Accounts in the
amount of $18,296.63 were
ordered paid on motion of
Councillors Brindley and
Raynard.
Two resolutions which
were felt to have little or no
impact on the affairs of West
Wawanosh Township were
ordered filed.
Motion by Councillors
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Discuss hazards of old chopping mill
The August 2 meeting of
Kinloss council was held in
the municipal office with
Reeve Barry Johnston and all
council members present.
Council decided to adver-
tise for tenders in the Luck -
now, Teeswater and Wing -
ham newspapers to remove
the chopping mill on lot 4
plan 226 in the village of
Whitechurch. The property
is being turned over to the
Township by the Federal
Business Development Bank.
A delegation from White-
church attended council ad-
vising the hazards of the
chopping mill, the week
problem and the anxiety of
children and adults concern-
ing local dogs.
Building permit applica-
tions were accepted for four
grain storage buildings. one
concrete silo, two cement
basements, three additions
to barns. one addition to a
house and one machinery
shed.
Paragon Engineering Lim-
ited is appointed as Town-
ship engineers to relocate the
open portion of the Stirling
municipal drain from the
Township road allowance to
lot 1, Range 1, NDR. The
cost of relocation is to be
shared equally by the roads
departments of Kincardine
and Kinloss Townships.
By-law 22-1983 was given
three readings being a by-
law for the elimination of
nuisance beaver causing
damage to woodlands, road-
ways and agricultural lands
in the Township.
Two by-laws were passed
pertaining to repairs to the
Black Creek Southwest sec-
tion municipal drain.
Application for tile drain-
age loans were accepted for
Hilray Farms Ltd. for
$20,000.00; Ernest Hanna
$4,000.00 and for Irvin Hub-
er for 55,100.00.
General accounts for
530,884.57 and highways ac-
counts for 5166,554.50 were
ordered paid.
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