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Waterloo Chronicle (Waterloo, On1868), 28 Jun 1978, p. 5

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For five weeks this sumâ€" mer, from July 4 to August 4, TVOntario is again ofâ€" fering its unique French course in Kitchener, Stratâ€" ford, Guelph, Cambridge and surrounding areas with in local calling distance of Kitchenerâ€"Waterloo. By watching a daily television program and talking to a French instructor over the phone, students can improve their French at home and then practice what they have learned in a weekly workshop. Summer Academy: Brush up your French is of value to beginners as well as adâ€" vanced students. Beginners will tune into the adventures of Sol the Clown in the tenâ€" minute program Parlezâ€"Moi shown daily at 6:45 p.m. on Channel 28 and Cable 2. Sol persistently turns everyday events into miniâ€"disasters for the people around himâ€"but still manages to repeat the basic functional French phrases that get him out of his dilemmas. By Gerry Ouderkirk Canada will be celebraâ€" ting it‘s 111th birthday on Saturday, July 1. What used to be called Dominâ€" ion Day,; (and is still ofâ€" ficially known as Dominâ€" ion Day) has been calld Canada Day since 1967. TV Ontario offers unique course _ Most people haven‘t been fooled by the name change. They realize that it‘s a holiday from work in the middle of the sumâ€" mer, just when it‘s needâ€" ed the most. Before the festivities got underway the Waâ€" terloo Chronicle went to the streets to find out why Canada is special to its readers. They were asked two questions. More advanced students who have at least two years of highschoolâ€"level French will watch Suive: la Piste, a serialized thriller with an excellent teaching method. This halfâ€"hour program will be broadcast twice daily at 4: 30 p.m. an at 7:00 p.m. 1) What does Canada mean to you? o 2) Are you satisfied living in Canada? All of those interâ€" viewed had to stop and think about what Canada meant to them. 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Then, using their corresponding textâ€" book, they discuss what they have seen and heard over the telephone, at a time conâ€" venient to them, with a priâ€" vate tutor. This individual instruction by telephone is geared to each student‘s abiâ€" lity and goes a long way to ease the difficulties of the student who may be attempâ€" ting to speak French for the first time. _ *‘*I‘ve done well here. I‘ve had plenty of opporâ€" _tunities. agreed that it‘s not soâ€" mething you think about until you‘re asked to. Brendon St., Kitchener said that Canada means a lot to him. It‘s his new home, since coming to Canada from Germany 27 years ago. Ron Truant 37, just moved to Kitchener from St. Catharines. He crossed the U.S. border many times while living there. He said, ‘"New York State isn‘t a good example of the United States. I was glad to come back. Canada is one of the cleaner counâ€" tries in the world. We don‘t have any more or less problems than the Canada is still a country with opportuniâ€" ties for those who look for them,"‘ he said. Edward (Ted) B. Tuck is officially retired but in reality he isn‘t. According to his wife and acquaintanâ€" ces he has never been busier. This is one of the reaâ€" sons he was named Senior Volunteer of the Year. Mayor Marjorie Carroll presented him with the award last Thursday evening at the Third Annual Voâ€" lunteer Recognition Dinner. The Kitchener resident has been active in a number of community and private groups and has gone out of his way to help fellow senior citizens. Two years ago he started an income tax clinic for seniors and in two or three cases hehas been known to go into private homes when the occupants have been unable to get out. Project Woodwork, the Kâ€"W Little Theatre, the Church of the Good Shepherd. the senior citizen drama club at the Rockway Senior Citizen Centre and the Social Planning Council of Kâ€"W have all benefited from his expertise and dedication. Senior volunteer *‘*We can do things in this country that I don‘t believe we could do elâ€" At the weekly cultural workshops students get toâ€" gether with an instructor and people of their own level of competence for a session of French folksongs and dance, or a discussion of current events or perhaps the history of the French settlements in the area. The workshops are coâ€"sponsored by Conestoga College. The $25 fee helps pay for some of the cost of the proâ€" gram, including the stuâ€" dents‘s textbook. rest of the world. We‘ve still got lots of good miss your country until you get away from it for a while. _ Gloria Voll, 55, of Hickâ€" ory St., Waterloo, just got back from Europe. She‘s happy to be a Canaâ€" dian, and even though she‘s never seen all of Canada she says, ‘‘You really should see Canada first. All these Canadians vacationing in Florida don‘t realize what they‘re missing by not travelling at home first." Absence makes the heart grow fonder they say. You never really "I travel with my job. On vacation I want to do Gord Reeve, 36, of Kitchener is a trucker who travels in Canada for a living. July 1 is a speâ€" cial day for him because he‘ll begin a month‘s hoâ€" liday. <oT Ed Lacy Gord Reeve â€" Julie Psenak "It used to be a "I thimk people should country 1 was proud be proud of Canada." to live in, but now ’ I‘m not so sure." some fishing and swimâ€" ;ning, I don‘t want to go ar'll Travelling had broaâ€" dened his perspective of Canada. ""It used to be a country I was proud of, but now I‘m not so sure. I run steady into Quebec, and I can see what‘s going on there. I don‘t know. It could be better. At least we‘re not a communist Mr. Roesler was in Quebec for his vacation Anne, 20 enjoys modelling, swimming, tennis and horseback riding. . Al Johnson‘s Wednesday Girl es n uw}.:_;y‘i%& * â€" > s Alagane 9e e w & [ t 4* ..‘ Cl Seee our greatest asset. We can do things in Canada that I believe we couldn‘t do elsewhere." last year. He talked to some Quebecers. ‘"All that talk about separaâ€" tism disappointed me,‘"‘ he said. I can‘t underâ€" stand why they think that way."‘ It‘s a free country. People can think and say what they want to. â€" Ed â€" Lacy, 23, of Kitchener said. ‘"‘Free en terprise, and rights are nice country. We still have lots of open spaces. We‘re a young country, made up of cultures from all the other countries. I don‘t think that we should be prejudiced ; I think that we should be best, some say the east. Some say the north, but Gloria Voll says it best: ‘‘*Canada is everything in the world to me." separatism disapâ€" Richard Roesler "All this talk â€"about Julie Psenak, 24, of Some say the west is

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