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Don and Kittle MacGregor hosted exchange students Petra
Dubravkova of Slovakia, top, and Zoe Tranmer of Ireland
through the Lions International program. (Photo submitted)
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Localfamily hosts exchange students
Don and Kittie MacGregor and
family have been part of the Lions
International Student Exchange
Program since 1991 and this summer
played host to their 16th and 17th
youths. Zoe Tranmer from Northern
Ireland and Petra Dubravkova from
Slovakia arrived in Canada on July
2.
Both girls are 17 years old but
because of birth dates and differing
school systems in their homelands
were in different school years,
Grades 11 and 12, when compared to
our system. Kittie remarked how
well the girls meshed with each
other and her family in spite of their
differing backgrounds.
Zoe's hometown is Banbridge
(pop. 22,000) and is in a rural area.
Her father is a computer
programmer, her mother teaches
school and Zoe has one sister. Petra
hails from Zalina (pop. 800,000)
which makes her background more
urban in nature. Petra's father
manages a hotel; her mother is a
judge and she has one brother.
After months of court-supported
bankruptcy protection, Acre T Farms
Ltd. of Brussels and Hi-Tech
Feeding Equipment declared
bankruptcy July 31 leaving more
than $15 million owing to secured
and unsecured creditors.
Under the statement of affairs
from bankruptcy trustee Paddon &
Yorke Inc., the companies' assets
were listed at $862,446, less than 10
per cent of the amount owing to the
single secured creditor, the Royal
The gifts the girls brought to their
host family were a reflection of their
backgrounds - crystal, Irish Belleck
and handiwork. Petra is a dancer and
an artist and left the MacGregors
examples of her painting.
Barmy bags, from Walton, full of
distinctly Canadian items, were their
gifts to take home from the
MacGregors. The girls bought
souvenirs of their own as well. One
of the girls took home a cowboy hat
from the Cowboy Loft in Brussels
bought during a farm errand run.
It is intended that the students
experience the life of their host
family; in this case very rural/farm.
To that end, the girls did farm work
with both Kittie and Don and spent a
day in the bush with Don cutting
wood. MacKinnon Trucking
graciously arranged for a three-day
trucking route for Don and allowed
him to take the girls along. They
followed the St. Lawrence River,
through Kingston and on to
Montreal where they visited the
Island and saw the Champlain
Bank of Canada.
A further $5.5 million is owed to
260 unsecured creditors listed,
ranging from small amounts to $3.5
million.
The list does not include thoSe
who had contracts to produce hogs
for the company, Ontario's largest
pork operation.
Some 52 creditors are included on
this list with no value being listed in
what is owing to
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Bridge.
Both young women marvelled at
the distances Canadians travel on a
regular basis and the wide and
straight roads.
The Londesborough Lions Club
treated Zoe and Petra to dinner and
an evening at the Blyth Festival. A
multi-generational outing of
MacGregors took the girls to
London and a visit to Storybook
Gardens and the Masonville Mall.
Apparently malls in their homelands
are smaller with less variety of
stores.
On another day Zoe, Petra and
Kittie toured Stratford and went to
the movie, The Notebook, as well as
sampling a variety of ethnic dishes at
the Mandarin Restaurant. Visiting
the Kitchener Farmers' Market and
St. Jacob's brought another unique
experience. A member of Curyes for
Women in Clinton, Kittie was able to
take the girls with her for a workout
several times.
Liz MacGregor is working in
Toronto for the summer and lives on
the university campus. She toured
Zoe and Petra around TO for three
days using the city's incentive of
inexpensive all-day passes visiting
Chinatown, tourist sites and
finishing with a fun-filled day at
Canada's Wonderland.
Area beef producers had a
barbecue and potluck evening at
Hoggarts' farm which was attended
by the exchange youth. Potluck was
a new experience for both of them.
On the August holiday weekend,
the MacGregors hosted an annual
camping reunion of Kittie's family -
another unusual event for their
young visitors. Kittie's family, the
Craigs, immigrated from Ireland,
giving Zoe and the family lots to talk
about:
From July 17 - 24, all the
exchange youth in Zone 9A attended
camp at Kingsbridge and toured
together. From there 22 youth from
16 countries went to the beach, saw
Mama Mia in Toronto, visited
Niagara falls and stayed overnight
at the Guide Dog School in Oakville.
From camp the students also took
back road tours to a variety of farms,
etc. All students from each country
have to do a presentation about their
homeland to the others while at
camp.
Most Lions Clubs in Zone-9A help
with the meals and finances during
this camp week including the
Londesborough Lions. The
Londesborough Lions Club did the
lunch on Sunday, July 18.
Leaving on Aug. 2, Zoe felt she
had not met a "bad" or unfriendly
Canadian. Petra stated she most
enjoyed doing farm chores and
shopping.
The girls and the MacGregors
found the goodbyes difficult having
all enjoyed their month together.
Larry Ball of Tavistock and the
Heikoop family from Brantford
brought their particular kind of
ministry to the drive-in service at the
Fellowship Bible Chapel in
Londesborough on Sunday, Aug. 8.
It was a beautiful evening for
outdoor ministry, music and
fellowship.
This coming Sunday, Aug. 15,
Rob Thrall of New Hamburg will be
returning to deliver the evening's
message at 7 p.m. The musical
message will be offered by the
Wayne Ropp family from Tavistock.
Sunday morning services have
resumed at Londesborough United
Church as of Aug. 8. Rev. Pat
Cook's message that morning was
titled, Living Our Faith. A
supporting scripture from Hebrews
lit 1-3, 8-16 speaks of the power of
,_ faith. Abraham was called to go to a
FROM LONDESBORO
new place in which he would
prosper. There he and Sarah and his
descendants multiplied.
Trust in God says Luke 12: 32-40
and be ready for the coming of the
Son of man. The familiar Psalm 33
was the morning's responsive
reading which reminds one to praise
the Lord for His goodness.
Gail Lear was filling in at the
organ that morning in the absence of
Barb Bosman.
The Blyth and Community
Vacation Bible School Team wishes
to thank the ladies of
Londesborough United for the
generous donation of t-shirts for
crafts. This was an outreach
donation from the UCW.
When the choir room was cleaned
in preparation for painting, etc. a
large number of black hymnals were
discovered as well as a few of the
red hymnals, These hymnals were
donated to the church in memory of
loved ones. As they are no longer
being used by our congregation,
those that may be meaningful to
family members can be picked up
from the table in the Sunday School
room.
Take time to check those that are
laid out in the event you may find a
family treasure.
Acre T bankruptcy
leaves creditors of
$15 million uncovered