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Home My WebLink AboutTimes-Advocate, 1978-05-04, Page 7Library sponsors contest Opportunity for poets, writersI I Public library patrons with literary skills will soon be able to compete for $1,500 in the 1978 Dorothy Shoemaker Literary Contest for prose and poetry. The contest, sponsored by public libraries in the Midwestern regional library system, is open to all library patrons in the region of Waterloo and in Perth, Huron and Wellington counties. Entry forms and contest rules are now available in lopal, libraries. The contest officially opened May 1. Entries must be received no later than Monday, October 2 to be eligible for the contest. Named in honour of a former chief librarian at Kitchener public library, the contest last year attracted more than 1,100 entries from all age groups in prose and poetry categories. “The number of entries grows every year,” said Bill Zambusi, Midwestern’s co ordinator of programs and services, “and this year we are expecting another record.” It is hoped that two noted Canadian authors will be available to judge the con test and to present the Kippen By MRS. RENA CALDWELL Farmers in this area have Mr. and Mrs. Arnold completed the seeding of the Gackstetter, Guelph visited early grains and are busy with Mr. and Mrs. Harold tilling the corn ground. Jones, recently. awards at a special ceremony at Cambridge public library on Friday, November 24. The names of the judges are expected to be announced shortly. Last year authors Miriam Waddington and Constance Beresford Howe presented the awards in Stratford. The Dorothy Shoemaker Literary contest was originally sponsored by the Kitchener public library. But the contest became so popular that it has now been extended to include all libraries in the Midwestern region. Times-Advocate, May4; 1978 OHIP reduced VENTRILOQUIST — One of the star performers in last week's program at Exeter Public School was Larry Mathers, who entertained with his hand puppet. The youngster delighted the audience with his mastery of ventriloquism. 1 J r H ... [i The Provincial Treasurer has been forced by the combined Opposition Parties to back down on the major revenue-raising item in his March 7th Budget. It was the Treasurer’s intention to raise the OHIP premiums by 37.5 per cent as of the 1st of May, increasing single monthly coverage from $16 to $22, family coverage from $32 to $44. 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