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The Meota Lions Club sponsored a student from Australia for six weeks of her eight-week summer holiday.

The family who hosted Cassandra (Cassie) Duncan were Gail and Doug Scorgie and their family of Elizabeth, William and Meg. They live on a farm, near Meota.

Cassie, a Grade 11 student, came from Adelaide, in 麻豆传媒AV Australia.

The temperature when she left home was between 30 C and 45 C, and when she stepped off the plane in Saskatoon she gasped with the cold air of - 30 C.

She experienced as many outdoor activities as they could crowd into a six-week period. The first thing they taught Cassie was how to dress to cope with the cold. They made snow angles in the new snow, they shook hoar frost off the trees, they attended hockey games, watched curling games, went out on the lake to the fish shack villa and saw a fellow catch a fish and they taught her how to drive a snowmobile.

Cassie joined three other girls and they sang a song at the Christmas Eve service at the Meota United Church and attended the Christmas concert at the hall with the family. She went to school with Meg a few days, too, so she could compare how things were done in our schools here. They drove out to Table Mountain for skiing lessons.

A trip to British Columbia started at Cranbrook, then Kimberly where they skied. They stopped at Radium Hot Springs, which she loved and at Banff she shopped for souvenirs. They were in Calgary, Alta. on New Years' Eve and made snowballs right downtown, the first time they'd been where it was warm enough to do that.

Some new customs had to be learned by both parties, some of the expressions didn't seem to have the same meaning as we are used to. One example is Aussies call MacDonalds "Mackers." When asked if she'd like a peanut butter sandwich, her reply was, "I'm not bothered" to which Gail asked, "Is that yes or no?"

One day Cassie phoned home and talked to her five-year-old sister who asked her, "Aren't you afraid to go outside where the polar bears are?"

The Meota Lions Club sponsored Cassie here and she was sponsored at home by the Lions Club of Stanbury Dalrymple in 麻豆传媒AV Australia.

Marie Boutin of the Battlefords is the international co-ordinator for Lions District No. 5, for Alliance Youth Exchange. In 2013 she placed six students in her area of North and 麻豆传媒AV Dakota and Saskatchewan. All were placed in our province. One went to Lake Lenore from New Zealand, one to Spiritwood/Leoville one to Meota and one to Edam, all from Australia. One went to Bjorkdale from Japan and a couple in southern Saskatchewan from Australia.

Anyone interested in this program should consult their local Lions club or Marie at 306-937-7147.