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Home My WebLink AboutThe Citizen, 2006-07-27, Page 19Love your family and friends The Brubachers of Ethel Restaurant & Bakery Real Home Cooking Try our Cinnamon Buns Mon. - Fri. 7-6:30; Sat. 8-6:30, Sunday Closed 887-8659 You are invited to help Margaret Bennett celebrate her 80th birthday at an Open House at the home of her daughter Nanci and Greg Ducharme 10 Frederick Street, Brussels on Sunday, July 30th from 1-4 pm Best wishes only! 4 llucl & Doe Kevin White & Elizabeth Burchill Saturday, July 29 from 9-1 Brussels Community Centre Age of majority Lunch provided Music by DJ Tickets $5. in advance $6. at the door For tickets phone Cheryl 519-335-4348 or Brian 519-887-9195 . .• "1/4 .M1)11- •-.±. • ' • * • '„ "• • Stag Ate Steve Hallahan & Arletta Glenn Saturday, July 29 Blyth Arena 9-1 ** $5.00 Age of majority Bus pickup from Goderich 8:30, Dungannon 8:50 pm and Westfield 9:10 pm For more info. call 519323-9330 or 519-529-3528 THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, JULY 27, 2006. PAGE 19. Londesborough woman returns from year in England Adventure Liz MacGregor is on the rooftop of the Hotel Dunes d'Or in the Sahara during her hitchhiking trip to Morocco. (Photo submitted) By Carol Burns Liz MacGregor, daughter of Don and Kitty, Londesborough, returned June 23 from spending a year at York University in England. She is currently working in Toronto preparing for her final undergraduate year. "I love to travel, and one of the things I wanted to do while at university was to take a year abroad." MacGregor said. MacGregor got the travel bug from going to Brazil on the Lions' student exchange program, and from meeting the students who stayed with her family as part of the exchange program. In speaking about her nine months in England, MacGregor said "It Continued from page 1 On display at the Blyth Gallery is close to 50 examples of her work. It features sculptures standing a half a metre in height, many appearing to be in deep conversation. For the untutored, Monostory has a simple lesson to follow in looking at her work. "It's the emotions in the bigger figurative works. Look to the posture of the body, the tilt of the head. If there is any kind of emotion to them, and it doesn't have to be the one I saw when I created it. then I've reached my goal." exceeded my expectations. It is the best thing I've ever done. I found myself challenging my boundaries and had a chance to see myself differently." MacGregor who is studying language and linguistics took a course in Middle English, covering the period 1100 to 1400 AD. "I was expected to do more on my own time. We were to ready ourselves and be prepared for discussing the day's topics during the class, rather than reading material after the lecture," MacGregor said of the differences about school in England. "I worked part time at a grocery store, and found the measurements a bit of a challenge." And it seems she does many times over. "The rewards are the little letters I receive from people who say they bought a sleeping stone or box, that they just love it, or that it brings them comfort. That they put an effort into writing a letter to let me know the piece they've got is important to them is wonderful for me." Dialogues in Clay will be at the Bainton Gallery until Aug. 9. Admission is free. The Gallery is open Tuesdays to Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. "The expectations for clerks are different there than they are here. When I went to the pub, people would come up to me and say 'Oh, you're the polite one from the grocery store.' I found it quite interesting." said MacGregor. At school I was known as the two- stone turkey person because I had cooked a meal for 35 people that included a two-stone turkey (32 pounds). I really like cooking, and hadn't been able to cook while at school in Toronto," laughed MacGregor. "In the end, my oven wasn't big enough and we had to carry it across campus, and bring it back to my rooms on a cart." One opportunity MacGregor remembers well, was a university sponsored hitchhiking trip to Morocco. The original plan had been to travel with a friend she knew well, but he had to drop out, and she ended up hitchhiking across Europe with a stranger. "I told my parents after I had signed up. I am sure that they were concerned about their daughter The award recipients from Blyth Public School's graduation were inadvertently left out of the graduation issue. We apologize for the omission. Awards were presented at the Blyth Grade 8 graduation to: Jordan Rinn, computer technology; Hannah Uyl, public speaking (Grade 8); Hannah Uyl, public speaking (Int. Division); Ursina Studhalter, design and technology; Maaike vanHittersum, English award; Kurtis Kolkman, English improvement; Ursina Studhaiter, French award; Hannah Uyl, science award; Maaike vanHittersum, history award; Ursina Studhalter, geography award; Colin Bokhout, Ursina Studhalter, Maaike vanHittersum, Hannah Uyl, Gauss math certificates of participation; Hannah Uyl, outstanding achievement (Gauss) - highest mark in Grade 8; Hannah Uyl, award of distinction (Gauss), ranked in top 25 per cent of contestants; Ursina Studhalter, mathematics; Jesse Baarda, mathematics improvement; Chantal Warwick, music award; Marcedes Pavao, art award; Darren Frazer, drama; Jared Bjorkman, citizenship; Bradley Fraser, most improved academic student in Morris ward; Hayley Pavao, Tyler Wilson memorial awards - most improved female student - academic; Gerrit Reinink, most improved male student - academic; Colin Bokhout, Laura Youngblut, hitchhiking across a strange continent, but they did not try to dissuade me. It was just fantastic." MacGregor said. "I speak French fluently, and was relying on that skill to get me through. At one point I found myself trying to get us on a bus that was 45 minutes late. If we didn't get on, I would have just wasted the $400 I had spent on flights." MacGregor continued. "Another experience that was very growing was going to a traditional bath house, and while sitting in my underwear, having a strange woman ask me to wash her back. It challenged my comfort zones." MacGregor said that during the trip she found new things out about herself, some she liked, some that surprised her. She is working on changing some parts of herself. She wants to return to London. "I would love to go back for my Master's or PhD, but I think I will probably finish them in Canada and then try to get work in England." "My parents are very supportive and know that top athletes; Colin Bokhout, track and field - male; Andy Egli, track and field - male runner-up; Laura Youngblut, track and field - female; Hayley Pavao, track and field - female runner-up; Colin Bokhout, regional track and field - male; Hannah Uyl, leadership; Aislinn Bremner, peacemaker; Ursina Studhalter, general proficiency. Fri, Sat & Tue 6:45 & 9:00 Sun, Mon, Wed & Thur 8:00 Sat & Sun Mat 1:30 travelling is in my future," MacGregor said. The War Amps PLAYSAFE/ DRIVESAFE messages Child amputees know that accidents can happen anywhere, hat's why they say to children "Spot the danger before you play. PLAYS.MTA" And to adults, "DRIVESAFFY To order your 2001 E. tens, s Spot the Dewed video or Oct PLAYSAF Interactive CO-ROW, contact The War Amps. 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