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tribune march 30 1988 a5 edwina bech right from caboolture au stralia is a guest at the homejof maura kirby jciim roaurstcufiville and attending sacred heart high school at newmarket edwina says shes slowly adjusting to life in canada even the weathet although a canadian citizen she still considers australia her home jim thomas under bruce s touffviixe when hyearold edwina ibech climbed aboard the airliner that would take herto canada back in january the temperature was 40 degrees celsias the location was her home town ofcaboolture nearbjisbane australia enishefairrivedat pearson international slie stepped out into the bitter coldf a jical winter day in toronto ontario canada didnt take long for my jan to disappeary ajfghs thetiiativecanadiah who has lived with her family in australia since age three ha ving recently completed her grade 12 in de- jmberjedwiha decided to take advantage of an i opportunity toattend classes in canada for the remainder of the school year with an eye tctcnyt rolling in a graphic arts course at a toronto i college im not really sure hov long ill be staying vsays the my immediate fii furji jltdjdnt seewall thatfesciting sol chose to come hereiveaiwayswahtelftotravei edwina had initially contacted paul and peg- v gykirby her elm road stouffville hosts en quiring if daughter maura could come andstay yni her a age 14 mrs kirjby felt maura wash t quite ready for sucban adventure instead she suggestededwiha come here mr- kirby and 4 edwinas father have ties dating back to their jvhigh school days since her arrival edwinas discovered there 1 are more adjustments thanjusit the weather everythings a culture shock to me she v admits but im becoming accustomed to it r f it helps when you begin making friends iy edwina and maiua travel by bus to sacred it heart high school in newmarket jn addition to sights around toronto shes also visited niagara falls in may shell serve as a bridesmaid at her aunts wedding in new jersey canada was completely unfamiliar to edwina she was a visitor here back in 1982 but only for six weeks despite the change inclimate edwina de scribes it as more interesting than australia here you get to appreciate the changing sea sons she says the seventeenyearold admits to confusion cohcerhing her national allegiance im a canadian citizen in a sense she says it was a little like coming home but now that y i still consider australia as home y enqufriesconcerning paul hogan crocodile dundee and olivia newtonjohn cause edwina to smilemany people dontseem to realize just how large australia is she says misses her r family just how muchis indicated by a 500 telephone bill the first month she was here she also keeps in touch with her boyfrieridmostly by mail shes received sever al letters in return the thing thats impressed her most is the quality andyarjety of food f i ipveoreosandreeses pjeces she admits i still tiavenmasted an egg roll but my dad says theyre great edwina appreciates the number of tv chanr nelsherelgasolirie prices are a far cry fromthe 60 back home surprises her thetightly grouped houses with most looking exactly the same homes in australia are built much farther apart she explains there are no smalllots and crowded subdivisions and all the homes are different each house is built individually edwinas hobbies include art and photogra- phy since arriving here shes taken dozens of pictures shes also purchased many new clothes y- athe shopping isawesome she says- aswinter gfces way to spring edwinas look- ing forward to regaining some of the tan she lost following her arrival here in january her many new acquaintances are hoping they dont lose edwinas friendship that shell re- main in stouffville at least for awhile cabcol- tures loss is our gain girl next door drummer to beat sixteenyearold nicki wison cone 7 whitchurchstouffvillc is a member in the percussion section of the high schools sr band she also plays the drums with the oakland crusaders north york nickis a student in grade 11 at sdss jim thomas by jim thomas whitchurch sixteen- yearold nicki wilson cone 7 whitchurchstouffvillc is a member in the percussion sec tion of the high school sr band nickis expertise in this area gives the band a profes sional touch shes also a member of the oakland cru saders north york and play ed previously with the ambas sadors drum and bugle corps newmarket shes our girl next door nicki has always lived in the country and while she enjoys occasional visits to the big city the rural area is home nickis a student in grade 1 1 at sdss english is her favo rite subject mr hodgson re ceives top marks as a favorite teacher nickis association with music began in public school where she played the flute at the high school level she switched to percussions shs happy with the change participation with both the ambassadors and the crusad ers has allowed her an oppor tunity to travel competitions have been held in madison wisconsin washington and quebec city she attends 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