The Lucknow Sentinel, 1990-03-28, Page 11
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Students of the tuekllow and District Art . bine held. last Tnetiday in the Town nie Sbiefla. &Cuss one Of Mrs'. Young's
class displayed their work at an open Hall. Edna Voting (left) and teacher, An- ell paintings. (Pat Livingston photos)
Local art students -are.a, taleritod. gioup
Members of the LucknOw and District
Art Class displayed their paintings. and •
other works of art at an open house last •
Tuesday in the Town Hall, as -a wrap up
to this season's classes. Teacher. Annie
Shiells can be very proud of the way in
which her students have transferred her
teachings to canvas. , •
It was approximately 40 yearsago-that' •
Mrs. Shiells decided to take art lessons,
travelling to local towns such as Ripley
and Kincardine, and to cities such as Kit-
chener, to gain the adroitness of oil pain-
ting. Some 14 years later she was being
called upon to share her skills by
teaching night school. Mrs. Shiells recall-
ed the day when Mr. LE. Goyette, prin-
cipal of the Lucknow District High
School, called and asked her to give art'
classes at night school. Although she is a
former teacher, Mrs. Shiells was very
hesitant to take on the role of ad instruc-
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tor, however* the agreed to do it for one
month. Twenty-six years later Mrs.
Shiells is still teaching art classes to
Lucknow and area residents.
The weekly, two hour classes this year
differed in numbers between October and
March, with as many 12 showing up in
given weeks. Mrs. Edens recalled have
classes with as many as 25 students in
the past, but said that the smaller ckisses
are better.'
Through talking with the students and
viewing their work on display, it was
mating to find that some had been tak-
ing lessons for .as little as three years.
The quality of the work Warred different
- a credit to their teacher. When asked if
It. was necessary to have some knowledge
or talent in this field prior to taking the
lessons, the reporter was assured it was
indeed not a necessity. •
•The majorit of the students are
Lucknowites, with other bdies,heing from
Blyth and IlipleY,
Dorothy Brown of -Lucknow is one of
the students who started the lessons three
years ago as a beghmer. Mrs. Brown
receives a great deal of satisfaction from
oil painting, saying that as a retiree she
finds it very stimulating. She maintains
you never 'know what talent you have
til you get at it. A former teacher, who
then went into business with her husbancl,
operating the Lucknow Fruit Market,
Mrs. Brown found, like other retired peo-
ple, that she went from being too busy to
not busy enough. In order to fill the void,
she developed some hobbies, the latest of
Which is oil painting.
If you ever had the desire to t bush
• to canvas, remember classes resume
in the fall. The old adage "you're never
too old to learn" has been proven true by
the students of the Lucknow and District
Art class.
Alvin's law: when the going gets tough, get going!
Thirty years ago in Yorkton, Saskat-
chewan a baby boy was born without
arms. His natural mother was one of the
thousands who, in the early 60's, used the
drug Thalidomide. The doctors told the
parents that this baby would never walk
or sit-up; that he would neeci help his en-
tire life to do the smallest things. Not
knowing what to do, Alvin Law's natural
parents put him up for adoption.
Today, Alvin Law is a completely in-
dependent person, driving his own car.
He is a professional motivational speaker,
who tours the country making presenta-
tions to high schools, universities or con-
ventions. He said that high school
students quite often have problems with
how they feel about themselves. He told
the young audience that they will
discover that all people, no matter how
they look, are all very special people.
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At approximately four weeks of age,
Alvin was adopted by an•older couple, in
their mid 50's, who had already raised
two boy. The adoptive father was a
mechanie, who was very busy; the adop-
tive mother, a lady who desired to have
another child to lavish her love on. Due
to their ages, this ceuple opted to adopt.
During_ his presentation at Lucknow
Central Public School last Friday, Alvin
warmly referred to ids adoptive parents
as "special people".. "People who when
they saw this baby boy with no arms
didn't hesitate in taking him home, for
they believed that in life people can do
anything they want. He tells story of
the first time his mother saw him feeding
himself, holding the bottle between his
feet; of how she watched him play with
toys using his feet
At the age of four Alvin was fitted with
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artificial arms weighing 14 lbs. He said,
"they were supposed to make me look
like others, but I didn't feel like myself".
Doctors ,said he would fit into society if
he hid arms.. By the age of 14 he'd had
eight different arms and been in five dif.
ferent hospitals. In 1976 Alvin wore his
last arms and from then on he relied
solely on his feet to do the things others
use their hands for.
As a boy Alvin, despitehis handicap,
was etpected to do 'chores around the
house - dishes, mow the lawn, shovel the
snow. If he said, "1 can't do that" his
parents responded with, "there is no such
word as can't, but there is the word
won't." Growing up, he had a very nor-
mal childhood, playing shinny hockey,
baseball as a pinch runner, football as a
place kicker, and soccer.
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Spring ahead
Daylight WMgs time starts Sunday,
April 1, 1960. In order to be at church
on time make sure you set your clock
ahead one hour when you retire Satur-
day evening.
April is
Cancer month.
The Lucknow Cancer Society met at
the home of the president, Bill Render.
son, on Thursday evening with eight
Members present.
Since April is Cancer Month, can-
vassers will again be calling door-to-
door. Anna Kreutzweiser and Mildred
Loree have distributed the material to
the team captains and the Winnen's In-
stitutes that volunteer their help. It is'
important for people to remember that
out of every dollar . given, -96, goes to
Services.
A display has been arranged at the
library and ht the downtown area.
There are some very informative
phamplets available concerning what
the- Cancer society has to offer. •
Anyone interested in. attending
meetings is invited to call Bill.Hender-
son at 528-3403 or Margie Lougheed, pa-
tient services at 528-3607. -
It is important that the public is
aware of the group's work and that
members of the local Society are here
to give help.
OPP report
During the week of March 19 to 25
Kincardhie Detachment of the Ontario
Provincial Police investigated four
motor vehicle accidents,. three of which
resulted in property, damage -may and
*the fourth involved personal
On March 19 a Ministry of Natural
Resources officer reported locating an
abandoned truck truck and trailer on the "E"
sideroad west of 'Merton. The 1975
Ford pickup was found to have been
stolen from the Chesley area during the
night of March 16 - 17.
On the 19th, between 3 and 6:30 p.m.
unknown person(s) smashed a window
in the front door of Charmans, Camp-
bell Street, Lucknow. The business was
closed at the time and 'entry was not
gained. . •
Approximately $3000 worth of cigaret-
tes were stolen during a break, enter
and theft which occured overnight on
Merck 20 at Ellyatt's General Store,
Tiverton. This investigation continues as
doesthe break and enter at the Beef -
way last week. •
A Kinloss Township young offender
was apprehended and charged with
wilful damage on March 23, when it
was learned he had intentionally driven
his vehicle into a yield sign on conces-
sion 10, Huron Township, snapphus the
pole. .
Vehicle checks on Friday and Satur-
day evening resulted in charges being
laid against five persons for liquor of-
fences. There were no 12 hour suspen-
sions nor. impaired driving related
charges.
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Lions report
The Lucknow & District Lions are
.working hand to fulfill their motto, "We
Serve.' Numerous donations have been
made to community services in 1969
and the first part of the new year 1990.
One of the new fundraishig projects
for 1989 was the Lions Bingo and
Nevada Ticket Sales. The bingo has just
completed its first year of operation.
We appreciated the support that the
people have shown the bingo. The
money raised from such a project is
given back to the community through
donations. These donations are diver-
sified: fire and accident victims,
Christmas Benevolent Fund, Participa-
tion Lodge, Winghana & Area Day Cen-
tre, Lucknow Agriculture Society, Salve -
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