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Liz MacGregor of Hullett was treated to some spectacular
views when the students involved in the Lions exchange to
Brazil spent a week in Rio de Janiero. (Photo submitted)
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PAGE 6. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 28, 2002.
Exchange student sees Brazil
By Janice Becker
Citizen staff
With World Cup soccer fever
hitting much of the world this
summer, Liz MacGregor., an avid
fan, was in the perfect place to
participate in the fervor.
MacGregor, of Hullett, travelled to
Brazil June 28 as part of the Lions
Club summer exchange program.
For the first two weeks of her
month-long stay, MacGregor stayed
•
Morris-Turnberry council en-
dorsed a resolution from the
Municipality of Bluewater at the
Aug. 22 session, regarding a tribute
to all firefighters and the Sept. 11,
2001 tragedy. The information will
be forwarded to all churches in the
municipality.
Council approved a donation to
the Brussels Agricultural Society,
which will be taken from the
Latimer Estate interest fund.
A grant of $1,000 will be given to
the Bluevale Hall for 2002.
The annual well costs for the
McCrea well are $500. Numbers
from the Belgrave well had not yet
been received.
Council authorized the
establishment of internet/PC
banking at the CIBC for viewing
purposes only.
A letter will be sent to the
Municipality of South Huron to ask
with a family in Pouso Alegre Minas
Gerias.
She laughed when explaining that
community is considered a small
city with a population of
approximately 80,000.
Being such a huge soccer fan,
MacGregor was thrilled when her
host family took her to Pile's
hometown. "There is a tiny museum
but the city is beautiful," she said.
She was also taken to an
amusement park which she describes
that Morris-Turnberry be included in
the cost review for policing.
However, no commitment is being
made at this time.
A bylaw was passed authorizing
the purchase of land from Robert
and Marie Taylor for municipal
purposes.
There were no objections to the
consent application for Todd and
Janet O'Neil, Lot 17, Conc. 7,
Turnberry Ward.
A request for improvement to the
Ellis drain was accepted.
Support was given to resolutions
from the Town of.Mono regarding a
moratorium on the issuance of
permits to take water for commercial
ventures and the Municipality of
Leamington for the establishment of
an environmental compensation
fund to pay for the cost of cleaning
up oil spills.
as a combination of Western Fair and
Canada's Wonderland.
With the terrain of Brazil and the
distances to most attractions,
MacGregor said they did a lot of
driving. It was a four-hour trip to the
Lions camp which was held in Sao
Jose dos Campos, the city where
many of the exchange students had
been housed.
It was at the camp that MacGregor
was struck by how small the world
truly is. Being the only student
travelling 'to Brazil-from this Lions
club district, she did not expect to
meet anyone she knew.
Hm:vever, she soon met a girl from
Atwood, . whose brother played
hockey with MacGregor's neighboUr
and had actually been. to the house
across the road from her home.
The only other Canadian student
among the 27 campers was from
Saskatch-ewan.
The camp was held at a winter
resort/youth hostel type -place, she
said.
Because of the location, "it was
very cold," she added. "I had to go
buy extra clothes because the night
temperatures got down to -4° C at
night and just 15° C during the day.
However, MacGregor said the
resort was beautiful, much like a
German village. "We took a lot of
hikes and visited the local towns to
go shopping."
Though the scenery appeared
beautiful from the mountainside
location with a view of the village
below, the village actually consisted
of mud shacks, she said„
As for the shopping, MacGregor
was at an advantage. "The prices
were the same, but their dollar is half
the value of ours."
For the second week of the camp.
the students shared a large apartment
in Rio de Janiero, where the rooms
had been converted into eight
bedrooms.
Here, the weather was much
warmer, said MacGregor, and the
students had the chance to spend
some time on the beach, wander the
markets and view such world-
famous sights as Sugar Loaf
Mountain and the huge Christ statute
upon the hill.
Of the Christ statute, MacGregor
said, "It felt as though His eyes were
following you."
There was also a small chapel in
the base of the statute of which she
was previously unaware.
From atop that hill, MacGregor
said, "It was the best view I have
ever seen anywhere."
While in Rio, MacGregor also
visited a soccer stadium which seats
90,000, had the chance to place her
own feet in Pele's cement footprints,
toured the imperial city within Rio
and viewed the home of an inventor
who had worked with the Wright
brothers on their invention of the
plane.
With some knowledge of Spanish,
MacGregor said she was able to pick
up quite a bit of Portuguese during
her stay.
Fulfilling her wish to be part of the
Lions exchange and have the
opportunity to travel, MacGregor
said, "No one should pass it up. Just
go for it."
MacGregor, who will be returning
to Central Huron Secondary School
this fall as a Grade 12 student would
like to thank the Londesboro,
Clinton, Auburn and Goderich Lions
Clubs for helping her make the trip.
Community
-•sir Living In support of
people with an intellectual disability
Morris-Turnberry
endorses resolution
for firefighters