The Lucknow Sentinel, 1979-08-15, Page 2Page 2—Lucknow Sentinel, Wednesday, August 15, 1979
Lions excF,an-
visitors think
Canadians li,
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to party
Four young people participating in the
Lions International Exchange have just
• returned to their homes following a visit with
host families of the Lucknow Lions Club.,
Becky Byerley., Sudan, Texas stayed with
Grant Chisholm and Al Hamilton. David
Lynch of McComb, Mississippi visited with
Lorne Cook. and Art Helm. Stefan Boch of
Vojens, Denmark was hosted by Cliff
Livingston and Remy Cousaux of Pal.,.,
France was with Walter Arnold.
Becky, 17, Whose hometown of .Sudan on
the Texas panhandle is about the swore size
as `Lucknow, was chosen Sudan's 'Lions Club
Sweetheart. Girls from the area compete in a
pageant whose winner is chosen by the local
Lions Club. She will compete in the District
Queen Pageant in April. Sheattends the
meetings'of. the local Lionsclub which is no
small gesture, because they are a breakfast
clubwhich meets at 6.30 a.m, Wednesday
mornings...
She is the second 'eldest of a family of four
and lives with her parents, two brothers and
a sister. She, is entering her last year of high
school and plans to persue a degree in
education for'"teaching or counselling at the
Texas Tech University. .
She enjoys reading, ' music and plays
basketball. She also likes to ski whether it be
. in water or snow.
This is the first time Becky has been away
from home for such anextended: period. She
was homesick during the beginning weeks,'
but has really enjoyed her trip. She now
wants to travel if she has the opportunity.
She finds the experience is .helping her to
-find meeting people easier and she has
learned to take a lot of kidding. People like
her Texas accent. and ask her to . say some-
thing, just tohear her .talk.
She finds our Canadian lifestyledifferent
than the Texas way, '.but seeing members of
the Amish community has been a .surprise.
She says • she could not believe at first that,
people really do .live the lifestyle they have
chosen'
Wilma Chisholm, her host, also points out
Becky- was really impressed with the
Wingham shirttail Parade which was part of
their Centennial celebrations.
DRAMATIC INTEREST
David Lynch, 17, -of McComb,. Mississippi,
population 15,000, was Most impressed by
the Stratford Festival where he, got his first
taste of professional theatre.
"It was fantastic," says David enthus-
iastically.
If he live4 this dose .to a professional
theatre like Stratford at home, he'd go every
night. When asked how he would afford the
tickets, he'quips he'd find a way, somehow.
A steady job atythe theatre would be a
dream to David, - who wants to study'
performing arts and education for teaching
to fall back on, when he takes his college
degree in music,
A. trained . singer who is taking private
voice lessons, David has acted in "a produc-
tion of The. Sound of Music, produced by the
Pike County Arts Council, David was chosen
from those who auditioned from all over the
county to play the character, Rolf, whofalls
in love with the Trapp family's oldest
daughter Liesel, Rolf is a delivery boy who
irtelivets telegrams to the Baron von Trapp
° where he meets the Baron's 16 -year-old
daughter. Rolf is to be a year older than
Liesel and they sing the song, I am Sixteen
Going. On Seventeen to each other in the,
production. David was 16 playing 17 and the
actress who played Liesel was in her thirties
and the mother of two children.
David's parents phoned while he was in
Canada to tell him he has been nominated to
a scholarship, administered by the Who's
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These four young people
have just returned to their
home countries following an
exchange visit GI Ontari0
through the Lions : Interna-
tional Exchange program.
From the . -left are, Remy
Coursaux from Paris.
France, who stayed with
Walter Arnold, Lucknow;
Stefan Boch, Vojens, Den-
mark, who was hosted by
Cliff Livingston, Ashfield;
Becky Byerley, Sudan, Tex-
as, whose hosts were Grant
Chishohn, West Wawanosh
and Al Hamilton, Lucknow
and David Lynch, McComb,
Mississippi, who visited with
Lorne Cook, Ashfield.and Art
Hehn, West • Wawanosh.
[Sentinel Staff Photo]
Who of American High School. Students
organization, :
Should he be • chosen to receive the
scholarship which . gives more than $50.,000
to American high school students to further
their university or college education, David's
name :will appear in' the Rand `.McNally
publication of the .organization. .
the youngest . of five children,.. Davids
father . is a druggist . and although a . past
president of their local Lions Club, he is at
present an inactive member. The club holds.
their meetings on ~ the lunch .hour and
David's father is unableto leave his business,
to attend the meetings at that .time of the
day.
The trip to. Canadais. not David's first
travel venture. Ile has workedin with .a
church mission in Saltillo, Mexico during the
past two. summers. He accompanies a nurse
and dentist who are the youth advisors, for
his church youth group. While in Mexico, he
assists the dentist, who goes there to work
while on vacation from his home practice.
David was thinking of a career in dentistry,
until he took Chemistry for the first time in
schoollast year.
He has noticed the difference in climate in
Ontario:. •Mississippi : suniniers are 95
degrees farhenheit in the daytime ;and rarely
below:80 degrees: at night. It is very humid.
He has really enjoyed the evening coolness
while here and hasn't noticed the humidity
during the past weeks that local residents
have found unbearable.
He has also noticed the lake water is very.
cold . compared to the inland lake where he
. swims at home.
He says he was surprised to find there are
not more French speaking people in the
area. People:. at home ,told him . to expect
Canadians would speak French orif they
spoke English, it Would be be with a British
• accent: He was even concerned his host
family would speak French and he would not
be able to understand them. He .was happy
to discover the people, who had offered their
knowledge about Canadians were: wrong:
STUDY MEDICINE
Stefan Bach, 17, of Vojens, 'Denitiark is.
surprised most of the distances Canadians
travel in one day to see a hockey game or to
visit friends. 'His host, Joan• ;Livingston
suggested: they go to Owen Soundand when
she transferred the miles.. to kilometres,.
Stefan was amazed she would consider going
that far in one, day, not to mention returning
the -same day as well.
He attended a Toronto Blizzard soccer
game and finds the American soccer game
has tod many goals scored compared to the
European game. He works with the Green
Cross First Aid on a volunteer basis and.
belongs to a Kung Fu club. He is interested
in the physical aspects of the martial art as
well as its philosophy.
He wants to study medicine at university
and plans to graduate with his M,D, at the
end of six years which will be followed by a
two-year internship: He wants to do research
when he finishes interning.
Stefannespecially enjoyed Canadian tele-
vision while here, because in Denmark,
television is only on the air for a limited time
each day and there is only one or two
channels.
Canada has a higher standard of living.
than Denmark says. Stefan and everything is
bigger;' ,the country, the :houses, the cars.
Stefan .has discovered t, during the. eC-
change that countries and lifestyles may be
different, but people are -basically the. sarne.
To him, it is an 'important aspect of his trip.
His hometown, Vojens, has a population
of 6,000 people and is located` in south
Denmark; . He is the oldest of his family and
has two sisters and one brother. Vojens is
known for the - best . speedway stadium in
Europe for motorbike racing.
ENJOYS HIKING
Remy. Coursaux, 21, attends 'a national
school of engineering and mining in Paris,
- France and visits with his parents in Corbeil-
Essones, a city of 40,000 about 30 'kilometres,
from 'Paris on weekends. He has one older
brother.
He is taking chemical; engineering,
sociology and economics and doesn't know
- • yet' what . field rte will persue when he
graduates next year. He . willbe going to
Mannhein, Germany" to tour a chemical
factory whenhe returns home following the
exchange trip to Canada.
He has toured the 'Mediterranean coun-
tries. and Scandinavia. He accompanied .a
• friend who was competing in the 'world
Junior Rowing Championship to Finland two
yearsago, a
He enjoys table tennis, volleyball,. Movies
and theatre and belonged ton rowing club
when he was younger;
Paris is much faster than life in Lucknow
laughs Remy and he finds it strange to walk
and see nobody on the streets because Paris
is so full of people.
Bicycling in France which was once •• yery
popular as a method of transportation, is
now only a Sunday hobby. When asked if the
Parisiens dislike tourists because they are
inundated with them every year, he answers
he rarely notices them because the only
tourist he has seen have been in groups. You.
don't know whether the individuals you meet
on the street are tourists or whether they are
local inhabitants, he says.
Paris is busy and people don't speak to
one another when they, meet on the street.
Remy noticed in Lucknow every one greets
everyone they `.meet, because everyone
knowns everyone else at least vaguely,.
Remy's host, Brian Arnold points out that
toronto is similar to Paris, because no one.
speaks on •the streets. David Lynch from
Mississippi finds this surprising because all
through the southern statesit is unusual if :
someonn�e doesn't speak as you meet them on
_ the st? et:
Remy speaks German as well as French
and English. He has studied French for six
years in school:
'He finds. Canada a vast country because in
France you can only go 100 kilometres before
you are in another country. In France you
can walk and see many things, says. Remy.
He backpacked on a hiking trip through the
Alps for three weeks one time He wanted to
walk through the Laplands when in Scandin-
avia, but. like Canada, discovered they were
too vast an area to walk
The four exchange visitors'' agreed Canad-
ians like to party, They have . attended
several functions and events during their
stay. Their' hosts quickly pointed . out ..in
Ontario you party as much as you can in the—
summer,
summer,• becauseyou're socked in for' four
months during the. winter.
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