Whitchurch-Stouffville Newspaper Index

Stouffville Tribune (Stouffville, ON), April 2, 1986, p. 17

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tribune april 2 198s a17 frenchenglish poses no problem for exchange partners tasneem and claire during her 10day stay to canada 17yearold claire chedot right from carpentras france and her host tasneem doctor 18 find the only language barrier is in discussing foods theyve had to read package labels in french to help decide what theyre eating erkki pohjolainen amajotosraannc markhams proudly presents buuuet to be released april 2 here until april 5 french student enjoys canada by erkki pohjolainen stouffville when 17- yearold claire chedot from car pentras france arrived at mar- kham dist high school her 18- yearold host tasneem doctor dildnt recognize her as one of 40 exchange students from france claire sent a letter and photo of herself to her host bijt even with the picture tas neem couldnt pick out her guest claire and the other exchange students will stay in canada until april 5 taking trips to the science centre cn tower niagara falls aijid other interesting sites as well they classes with tleir hosts after a day in tasneems grade li course at stouftville dist secondary school the girls noted several differences between the tvo educational systems during an interview tasneem told the tribune she felt schools irfrance are a little more adv anced claire is a year younger then me and shes studying the same things at least in physics we were reviewing work for a test ajd she knew everything vith good command of the en glish language claire said she foind canadian and french schools quite different in france we dont get to choose sub jects like the students do here she also noted canadian teachers are warmer and closer tothe students differences claire said she wants to dis cover what canadian life is like host maple f syrup i supper i by elsie boland igoodwood dont forget to bring your appetite to the maple syrup supper tomorrow april 3 at goodwood community centre it begins at 5 pm and continues until all are served cost of the hotham meal is 7 for adults 3 for children and preschoolers free come on out and have a good feed thc adult choir at goodwood urrited church performed a love ly contata on good friday it was a pretty sight to sec the members dressed in their red gowns inside a nicely decorated sanctuary organist bob willoughby played some superspirited music for us all to devour after the contata everyone went down into the church basement for lunch and refreshments all agreed the evening was a good way to cele brate good friday on easter sunday the remain der of the contata was sung by the congregation during a morning service bob avery performed a reading and rev edith ann mcmaniman delivered the mes sage followed by communion attendance was high for both the friday and sunday worships thc choir deserves great credit for the contata especially mr willoughby who arranged and directed the program the junior choir also performed two selec tions what shes seen so far is quite different the most noticeable difference claire noted is in the number of large apartment and office build ings here you see many more large buildings she said comparing the two cultures claire said i think canadian people are more friendly and they ask a lot of questions in france they would just say hello how are you and that would be all after the first day with her guest tasneem noted some of the differences she has discovered between the two cultures- particularly in the cuisine depart ment they dont have bagels in france tasneem said jokingly adding and were not yet sure if they have sour cream the worst problem the two girls have encountered is in describ ing foods tasneem said we had to take things out of the cup board and read the list of ingre dients in french having visited england ger many and greece claire said she wasnt at all apprehensive about coming to north america about two months ago stu dents were asked if they would like to have a guest from france from a list of names we were told to pick someone who we thought we could best get along with tasneem explained she chose claire both girls said their knowledge of each others customs and lan guage has prospered from the time theyve spent together aardvark sound 1sttime in this area fletchers presents yuk yuk comedy cabaret april 24th 1 night only s600 advance tickets s700 at the door call bill 6405282 for reservations fully licenced business mens luncheons please call for reservations 4772715 198 main st unionville closed mondays 2949853 hours monthurs 12800 frl 1200 900 sat 10o0 900 sun 12o06o0 2 c j s 5 i mi m 3 5 i 1 svpr sior lwy7 aa1 a iftfflllfl afl a 11 fl fl ah aaaklfii mljl jl ia l m j1l ja 2 a m a ja

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