Page X4 Whiiby Free Presq, VVednesçiay, M4ay 5, 1993 Host faill es wanted for. Spanish students By Lucie Rochette PaulEmIond is looking for host families. In Jul1 about 45 high school and college/university students from Spain and Mexico will be arrivinI to stay for a month, and study n rlish, ail while being immersed in Canadian culture. Emond is part of the Language Workshop, which is an ESL school in Toronto that teaches English ail year to new Cana- dians. The Whitby native is the local coordinator for the Language Workshop, which began in t he late seventies. Emond bas been involved with the workshop for four years, teaching English to students for the flirst year, and coordinating the visits for the past three years. The students need places to stay during their visit to Canada. According to Emond, anybody canaply to host a student from eitherMexico or Spain. A fee is paid to the host families, to cover various expenses during the students' stay ini their homes, but Emond says that those people who are only in it for the money need not apnl activities are planned for the students, such as bowl- ig, roler skatingametn wihMayor Tom Edwards, the WhitbyRacquetball Club, a day at WildWater Kingdom, a trip up to Canada's Wonderland, a day in Nia gara Falls, a tour of Toronto, and many other events. The students take En glish classes in the morning, and the afternoon is spent doing the vari- ous activities planned. According to Emond the philo- sophy of the workshop is to improve the students' English skills, their knowledge of Canada, meet people from another culture and to leara- about them. Emond says that the program is not an exchange, although the host familles have been invited te the native countries in the past. Some of the students that came last year wifl be coming back again. The general age range of the students is about 15 to 19, although there may be some older students and some younger students. The spoken English of the stu- dents is of "a wide range," says Emond. He says that it can go from a student conversing very well to students carrying a dic- tionary wherever they go. Anyone interested in being a host ana contact Emond at 668- 7883. L A Jennifer Ayling FATHER LEO J. AUS11N KA- BOM YOU JUST GmT HIT BY THE I e POWNER 0F NEWISPAPE R. You neyer s'aw it coming. You were thumbing through the paper, minding your own business. When suddenly this ad caught your eye. And your interest. Newspapers don't read themselves, you know. It takes two, a newspaper AND YOU! -That's why newspaper is such a powerful advertising medium. It requires your full attention and complete concentration. The radio can be playing to nobody in particular, and the TV can be on in an empty room. But when people tumn to their paper, they tum there wi'.h inter- est. Which means that's where your advertising message needs to be. With ail the choices available, it's difficuit deciding how best to advertise your business. But everything becomes a littie simpler when you remember one mile... Did we have a busy week or what? Grade 9 students finished their retreats, so maybe we'll actually get to see Father Loza at school - then again. This has been an eventful week for Wildcat sports. Austin~s girls softball team played their first two gaines of the season. On April 27 the girls defeated Pine Ridge by a score of 25-24. On April 29, in the midst of,, a pitcher's duel, the Wildcats came out victorlous by a close score of 4-3. Special congratulations to Courtney Mitchell who drove in the winning run in the bottoin of the seventh. Good luck to the girls on ail their upcoming gaines. It has corne time to bid -adieu to our esteerned student council. Our heroes - Dave Brannon and Kelvin Beaudette will no longer be in charge of the student council - I think this deserves a moment of silence to moura our terrible loss - okay, long enough. Campaigns begin May 5 and the election speeches will be heard at the May 10 assembly. Results will ho announced at the May 13 student council election dance. Ill keep you posted in the weeks to corne. Congratulations to Ms. Patenaude, Kathleen Lafontaine and the rest of the Austin Action staff. The hard-working group received an award for the best school newspaper in the Durham Region Roman Catholic School Board. Keep up the good work, gang. We ail look forward to readi ng your next edition. Prom tickets sales have been going great. There are only two days left until the deadline. As the.Prom Committee says, "Buy yourself a specio.l memory!" Cet your tickets now. I must run now -- off to the mal before ail the great prom dresses are gone (maybe I can find a date while ]Pm ini the etsearch mode"). So, until we meet again -- keep smiling. Durham Liberals PROM PAGE 19 Dave Robinson, president of the Port Perry Kinsmen club; * Alex Shepherd, a Port Perry accountant. Riding association president John Wilson told the Free Press about 1,200 people will be elig- ible to vote at the meeting. means that p arty menihers will liat their choices in order of preference on the ballot. Ibis will likely eliminate the need for a series of ballots in order te, determine a winner, he said. Unlike most politicai meetings, there will not be a guest speaker on Monday. "We flxgured we'Il have enough to do," said Wilson, referring to speeches froin ail the candidates and their nominators. Durham riding, which includes Whitby north of Taunton Road, came into excistance in the 1988 election. The Liberals are the last of the fmajor parties to pick a candidate for the election which must cal- led some time this year. Stevenson, a former MPP and provincial cabinet minister, was nominated by the Tories last month. Bo*manville resident Lucy Rlybka-Becker was acclaimed as the New Democratie Party candi- date in January while Ian Smyth of Çourtice won the Reforin Party nomination last November. la addition te north Whitby, Durham Riding also includes Oshawa north of Rossland Road, plus the municipalities of New- castle, Scugog and Uxbridge. MY MOTHER My mother 15 someone whds 1;mother is someone whcs nappy. My mother is someone nice, My mother is someone who hates mice. My rnother is someone who cares, My mother is someone who neyer swears. My mother is someone whcs neat, My mother ias omeone who doesn't cheat. My mother is someone te love, My mother 15 as sweet as a dove. My mother bas cheeks like a mOyrother's as ight as a posy. Mother I thank you so much, When y ou put me to sleep with your touch. My mother always protects me, My mother neyer reject.s me. My mother is a beautiful creature, My mother has a very nie feature. Nadine McDonald Whitby D E A Mothees ay poe