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Seventeen -year-old Lirit Nisky of Israel spent a little over one month in Canada on an
Lions youth exchange program. She finds many differences between her homeland and
Canada, but did enjoy her stay at the Siertsema home in Bayfield. (Anne Narejko photo)
Everyone gains from
student exchange
. By Anne Narejko for small children. These shows run until
BAYFIELD - The countryside may be dif- 6:30 p.m. when adult shows are aired. These
ferent, the food is not the same and the pro-
grams offered on television are different,
but 17 -year-old Lirit Nisky is enjoying her
stay in Canada.
Miss Nisky stayed with John and Kathleen
Siertsema and family from July 9 to August
11 as part of the Bruce Murray International
Youth Exchange which the Bayfield Lions
participate in. Last year the Nisky family
hosted a student, therefore it was her turn to
experience life in another country.dean schooling to her own, however, there is
As for lite �}eFtsefips' -VC °thu;� fifth:,a. major difference.
time they hosted a student s udent 'from otheL , "When you turn, 18, everyone goes into the
countries. army. The girls go for two years and the
Miss Nisky was well prepared for her stay boys go for three years," she said. "You can
in Canada, studying English since Grade 5 choose between going to university or the
and picking up the language while watching army but you have to have high marks (90
English shows on the television. Although per cent or more) and take a subject that
these are the only two times she had the op- will allow you to serve in the army after."
portunity to use the language, she speaks Miss Nisky has the required marks to go
very fluently and understands the language to university, but she has not made a deci-
well. sion as to what she will do when she turns 18.
According to Miss Nisky, both the lay of
the land and the lifestyle m Canada are dif-
ferent from what she has grown accustom to
in Israel.
shows are over at 8 p.m. and are replaced
with movies for the entire family.
Miss Nisky finds the Canadian way of life
very structured as we make appointments a
week or so in advance and perhaps phone
friends before going to visit.
"In Israel, we just phone and say we're
coming over," she said.
As Miss Nisky has been here over the
summer months, she has not had the oppor-
tunity to sit in on classes and compare Cana -
"Canada is quite different from my coun-
try. Here there is a lot of green and lots of
ram. Israel is a flat country," she explained.
She was also surprised at the distance one
must travel to reach their destination.
"Here you travel for two or three hours. In
Israel we don't have to,' she said.
Miss Nisky also pointed out the difference
in food eaten by Canadians compared to
food consumed in Israel.
"In Israel we don't eat cereal for
breakfast. We have eggs, yogurt, salad and
a white cheese. I haven't Seen any of that
white cheese here," she said. "We also eat
our main meal at noon and you eat yours at
night."
Although Miss Nisky has the opportunity
to watch Benson, Dallas, Magnum P.I. and
The Love Boat back home, the television
programming in Israel is geared more
towards education.
"We don't have as many commercials,"
she laughs, "But we only have one
channel."
Miss Nisky explained that television pro-
gramming does not run 24 hours a day. It
begins at 8 a.m., showing special programs
for students until 1 p.m.
The station then goes off the air until 3
p.m. when it comes back dh with programs
Seeing The Country
Mrs. Siertsema explained the role of the
host family as showing their guest how a
typical Canadian family lives. Therefore,
during' the visitors' first week in Canada,
they attended the Bruce Murray Interna-
tional Youth Camp when time was set aside
to see the sights.
Among other places, Miss Nisky and other
visitors made trips to Niagra Falls, took in
horse races, visited the St. Jacobs, Elmira
and Kitchener area, toured the salt mine
and Champion Road Machinery Limited in
Goderich, went roller skating and to
Canada's Wonderland.
"It was the first time I went roller
skating. It was fun so I'm going to try it
again when I go home," she said, addling she
enjoyed the rollercoasters at Canada's
Wonderland too.
Another highlight of Miss Nisky's stay in
Canada is riding on a float in the Stanley
Township Sesquicentennial Parade.
"People had costumes on...it was very
nice. We don't do that in Israel so I really en-
joyed that," she said.
Both the Siertsemas and Miss Nisky have
enjoyed having the opportunity of sharing a
little of their lifestyles with one another for
the past few weeks.
"Because she speaks such good English it
has beeii'really easy," `s'Md Mrs. Siertsemn.
$9,667,612
allocated
for Heart
and Stroke
Foundation
The Heart and Stroke Foundation of On-
tario recently announced recipients of
grants for the 1987 fiscal year. A total of
$9,667,612 has been allocated. The
breakdown is as follows: publications -
$66,000; fellowships - $114,934; research
associateships - $885,125; scholarships -
$1,839,671; annual grants - $3,961,617.
The Foundation is pleased with the quality
of research being undertaken in the pro-
vince to ,further the fight against the
debilitating effects of heart disease and
stroke. Every medical school and major
hospital in Ontario receives support for
research and 237 research teams throughout
the province are funded by the Foundation.
Many of the projects concentrate on
'hardening of the arteries' (atherosclerosis)
and high blood pressure. Researchers feel
finding a cure or prevention for these two
diseases will virtually eliminate heart at-
tacks and stroke. The grim reality is that
heart disease and stroke kill as many Cana-
dians as all other diseases combined - claim-
ing 47 per cent of all deaths.
A complete list of grantees, their projects
and money received is available at the local
office of the Heart and Stroke Foundation,
R.R.4, Goderich.
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CLINTON NEWS -RECORD WEDNESDAY AUGUST 13 1986 Pae 3
Peggy VanWonderen (seated) and Debbie Cunningham worked over part of the summer
to computerize the library system at Huron Centennial Public School. (David Emslie
photo)
First computerized library
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enough resources for the kids, they can
switch to something else," Miss Cunn-
ingham explained.
A final point on the positive side of the
computer system lies in the fact that it may
be expanded on from its current catalogue
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snack
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smile
PARTICIPACTION MAKES PERFECT
program. One form of expansion is in cir-
culation programs.
"It will cut down a lot of work for
librarians," Miss VanWonderen said. "It
will tell whether books are signed out, how
long they are out for, who has got them, and
it will print overdue lists and overdue.
notices."
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