a6 tribune july 31 1985 area equestrienne to compete in national championships kim casselman of victoria corners rr 1 sunderland will enter her familys purebred polish stallion ecstacy in the national arabian championships the event takes place at the cne coliseum aug 5 to 10 kim 21 overcame her fear of horses to become an accomplished trainer jim thomas exchange student returns to english speaking reality 4 by brenda little stouffville its difficulty im- agine a responsive teen born and raised in an englishspeaking home having trouble conversing in her native tongue but thats what happened to lori thomp son rupert avenue stouffville when she returned two weeks ago from a three- month stay in germany i became so accustomed to thinking and speaking in german i found it hard to speak english again says lori the mouth movements are so different it physi cally hurt me lori left canada three months ago know ing very little german now she is almost fluent in the language it was difficult for the first couple of weeks says lori people didnt under stand me and i didnt understand thcm but i picked it up quickly after that it wasnt the language barrier that lori found hard to break it was the cultural barrier their way of life is so different ex plains lori they live at a much slower pace they seem to know how to enjoy life more adds wendy thompson loris mother wendy was also treated to a taste of german living when the thompson family joined lori in germany for a month lori also found german teens much different than those in canada young people there dont watch televi sion says lori when they do its an event they would much rather socialize the little lakefront town where lori stayed like most german towns had a place where all the teenagers met in the afternoons and evenings to talk or party loris family also found the german peo ple to be more social theyll go out to a restaurant for dinner then sit talking all through the night says wendy they also have many picnics and gettogethers one of the first things lori noticed about german teens and german people in general is they dont abuse alcohol everybody drinks beer over there ev ery day like they do water says lori the big difference is they dont abuse it lori was puzzled one rainy evening when she saw a german girl going to an outdoor park party with a sleeping bag the girl told lori there was no way any of them would drink and drive theyd rather sleep jn the rain one of the first things lori noticed being thrown into a foreign classroom was the differences between german and cana dian education systems german students go to school from 8 am to 1 pm monday to saturday the system is also geered entirely to academics and is very impersonal there are no sports teams explains lori also i missed talking to the teachers they dont get to know their stu dents like canadian teachers do although there were many barriers to overcome lori enjoyed her stay she travelled a great deal when school was dis missed for the summer the german government organized trips for the exchange students to west berlin east germany hamburg switzer land and munich loris favorite pilvi loris exchange partners parents also sent the girls to finland to attend a relatives party while travelling throughout germany lori appreciated the beauty of the country there are flowers everywhere says lori and theres no pollution she was also surprised by the manner isms of the people everyone is so friendly says lori they are also very polite they always shake hands when they meet and they show canadians a great deal of respect despite the warmth and generosity of the german people lori is glad to be home ive really learned to appreciate cana da she says unlike germany we have clean lakes and our country is more adv anced technologically lori was shocked when one of the host families became excited over an ice cube tray she found it hard to believe that until recently germans had never seen them lori also found the fridges in germany very small arid there are no computers in the homes of schools germany has its good points and its bad explains lori everything consi dered id like to go back some day lori thompson paul boyton right of the gormley missionary church fastball team ex changes pointers with newmarket grace church pitcher les downing their two teams met in the final of satur days church tournament won by host gormley 73 jim thomas hosts win ball tourney it was appropriate that grace church newmarket and the missionary church gormley should square off for the tourna ment championship saturday on the strength of paul boyntons pitch ing and john tyndalls hitting gormley came out the winners the score was 73 boynton held his opponents to six hits and appeared to improve as the game went on he shut out his rivals in the sixth and seventh tyndall was a powerhouse at the plate belting two triples and a single he drove in three runs and scored one himself he also played brilliantly in the outfield especially in the third inning when he gloveda wellhit ball from the bat of paul crosby and dou bled baserunner don crosby with a per fect throw to the plate other potent gormley hitters includcd- steve sayers three singles mark simp son one single one double paul boyn ton home run dave elliott two singles and ken rumble two singles don crosby was newmarkets best with a single and a double ron smith had two singles i les downing toiled through seven in nings on the newmarket mound he was clipped for twelve hits grace church build up a 21 lead in the early innings but boynton evened the count with a towering home run over the leftfield fence in the fourth both teams completed several defensive gems during the contest the most spec tacular was a sliding onehanded grab by newmarkets ron scanc in the fifth on a drive by gormley thirdsacker ron elliott the catch prompted applause from both benches in addition to gormley and newmarket other teams in the tourney includcdncw dundee tavistock and listowcl gormley went undefeated while newmarket won two and lost a pair by jim thomas for someone once terrified of horses 21yearold kim casselman of victoria corners rri sunderland has mastered those fears to become one of the top train ers in canada lovely kim daughter of wayne and ing- er casselman will rub shoulders with the best in the business when she places three entries in the national arabian cham pionships at the cne coliseum aug 5 to 10 notables likely to attend from south of the border include kenny rogers and wayne newton kim will be showing the familys beauti ful threeyearold purebred polish stallion ecstacy purchased in february from scotsdale arizona shell also show ma elkazonna a purebred arabian mare owned by ron and marilyn garlick of rr 1 union ville and ah entry from cherry hill arabians rr 3 stouffville the competition will bring together many of the top arabians from across canada and the united states kim also plans to participate in the us nationals next year in kentucky it was eight years ago that the cassel man family moved from scarborough to victoria corners scugog township mr casselman started kim on her way when he bought her a purebred arabian gelding called electric model the horse now thirteen won many awards and was much sought after by wouldbe buyers kim said was he never for sale kim was asked you wouldnt sell your pet dog would you she replied kim values ecstacy at 45000 stud fees presently stand at si 000 a lot of people will be looking at him kim says admitting that a national championship would be a dream of a lifetime kim says shed be happy with a placement in the top ten while shes made considerable sacri fices to reach her level of training excell ence kim says its all been worth it my parents are a wonderful help she says they attend most shows regardless of what successes lie ahead kim says horses will always remain the love of her life for someone who eight years ago was terrified kim casselman has come a long way late kathleen gostick a caring person claremont the late kathleen isobel gostick was known for her caring ways among a wide circle friends and family members miss gostick killed in a tragic june 24 automobile accident was born on the fami ly homestead farm in claremont she attended school there and was a member of the congregation at green riv er baptist church kathleen taught sun day school sang in the choir and held a happy hour for children in 1943 she graduated from toronto bi ble college later known as ontario bible college after teaching at the elemerttary school level for a number of years kathleen re tired to care for her aged parents until their deaths when her sister edith took ill miss gostick cared lovingly for her until her death in march of 1985 her death at age 65 leaves a large vacan cy in her family and in the community of cannington where the gosticks settled af ter their property was expropriated in 1975 for the proposed pickering airport left to mourn are three sisters and one brother myrtle mrs walter foote of woodville nellie mrs william hopkins ashburn ada mrs fred hodgson of brougham and russell claremont shes also survived by two nephews gary gos tick and maurice hopkins kathleen was predeceased by an older brother maurice and two sisters muriel and edith what a shock mother criticized it was nine weeks ago that a tornado cut a swath of deal through the barrie a mother was the tanm of critic- d destruction thursday afternoon when she in entered a stouffville store and left her t baby unattended in a carriage on fesoineitragio sftopeopie mauage mmmsmmmsmmsm action the motherl evening maafflf sfuttijilsleveir aged beyond f and one br unbe c licked up news report radio- discover all the pened to her it was jdio and had heard shell tioued however not until she turn s ml received a call from a tribunes- reader in brougham friday saying it wouldbeimproper mavbeeveii illegal forwhitchurclistouffville to adopt the friendliest town in ontario 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