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Local artist featured in new book
BY SHELLEY McPHEE HAIST
Alf Dale of Seaforth is an unlike-
ly artist of international acclaim.
He discovered his artistic talents
after a life -altering accident.
In 1965 Alf was paralyzed in a
diving accident at Chesley Lake. An
avid swimmer, Alf hit the water the
wrong way on a fateful August day,
just six weeks after his marriage.
Since then, Alf has been confined
to a wheelchair, without the use of
his arms or legs. With his wife
Loreen by his side, Alf has strived
to make a new life for himself and
a flourishing career as an artist.
Alf is now an associate member
of the Association of Mouth and
Foot Painting Artists, a world-wide
organization representing 45 coun-
tries including its Canadian affiliate,
Rehandart Canada affiliate,
Rehandart Canada, a wholly-owned
subsidiary of the association.
This past year 12 of Alfs paint-
ings were submitted to a juried
panel and one of his landscape
works was chosen to be included in
a new book, Short Biographies of
Mouth and Footpainters, which was
published this fall in Ftlrstentum,
Liechtenstein.
The glossy -paged, large book
features some of the best mouth and
hand painters, sculptors and potters
in the world, from Canada, the
United States, Great Britain, Japan,
Italy, Israel Taiwan, Australia,
Mexico, Finland, among others.
A page is devoted to each fea-
tured artist, including a photograph
of them, a biography and a print of
the chosen painting.
The Association of Mouth and
Foot Painting Artists was founded
in 1956 in Germany. The associ-
ation is owned and controlled by its
members.
The aim of the association is to
locate and encourage handicapped
artists and help them to achieve
recognition and independence
through exhibitions of their works
and the sale, by mail order, of
reproductions.
After his accident, Alf remained
in hospital for many years. He
started working on Paint By Num-
bers as part of his therapy and
rehabilitation.
"A nurse put a pencil is my
mouth and it mushroomed from
there," Alf says.
Encouraged by his doctor, who
dabbled in art, Alf began sketching
with a pencil held in his mouth.
In 1978 he sold a painting to the
March of Dimes which was fea-
crt=ation
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BY MARTY BEDARD
Tree of Lights
now in third year
Plan now to attend the
Seaforth Hospital Auxiliary's
Tree of Lights celebration. The
Auxiliary has been busy
planning its 3rd Annual Celebra-
tion which will be held on Sun-
day, Nov. 20. The celebrations
will be held from 6:00 to 8:00
p.m. with the lighting ceremony
to take place at 7:00 p.m. Other
activities you can enjoy will be
their bazaar, which will feature
craft tables, bake table, mystery
table, entertainment, hot mulled
cider and cookies. Tickets for a
light can be purchased by any
Hospital Auxiliary member. For
more information call Frances
Teatero at 522-1979.
Last week's Senior
Shuffleboard winners after four
games played are:
WOMEN:
V. Preszcator 307
V. Glanville 278
H. McGonigle 243
MEN:
F. Glanville 385
K. Preszcator 275
B. McLean 272
The Seaforth Si. James Cath-
olic Women's League (CWL)
will be held on Saturday, Nov.
26 from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. at the
St. James School Auditorium.
Come enjoy a Penny Sale, Bake
Table, Mystery Table, Sewing,
Crafts and a Tea' Room as well
ass draw.
The Seaforth and District
Ringette Association is hosting a
Cash Draw Raffle with weekly
and monthly cash prizes.
FELE PHOTO
FEATURED IN BIOGRAPHY - Alf Dale, of Seaforth, is featured
in a new book. He donated copies of the book to area schools.
tured on its annual report, and by
1982 he had broadened his artistic
horizons to include oil painting.
Today he exhibits frequently in
local parks, shows and schools, and
in 1981 he had several paintings
entered in the International Year of
the Handicapped Art display which
covered all Canada.
He joined Rehandart in 1988 as a
student member and was promoted
two years ago to associate member-
ship. He hopes to gain fulitime
membership in the future.
"At one time I used to get a gov-
ernment pension, but now with
Rehandart I can earn a living," he
says.
The association offers artists like
Alf the opportunity to sec:!re a
livelihood and to dedicate them -
Town & Country
Bowling League
November 1, 19%
Sweet Adelines - 32
The Twisters - 38
Boys Named Sue - 191/2
Go-Go's - 22
The Heart Throbs - 27
DJ's - 291/2
Women's High Average
Susanne Stokes - 174
Women's High Single
Sharon Evans - 197
Women's High Triple
Sue Stokes - 524
Men's High Average
John Staffen - 243
Men's High Single
John Steffen - 293
Men's 'High
George Johnston - 704
Personal best forevening: Ruth
Duffy (153); Betty Dale (158);
Lavern Hoegy (238); Dwain
Forrest (219); Mike Glousher
(161); Colleen Staffen (142);
Greta Hoegy (156); Carol
Johnston (174); Terry Smith
(200); Wayne Boyd (211)); Jeff
Dick (191); Darryl Smith (215);
Joe Veenstra (197); Lila Story
(171); Arie Van Diepen (216);
Gordon Murray (233); Bob
Duffy (172); Hazel Beurman
(131).
selves to art without worries or
anxieties.
His passion is winter landscapes,
because he like to create color and
shading with snow. He has also
been successful in sketching homes
and buildings for individuals.
The living room walls in Alf and
Loreen's Seaforth home are adorned
with many of his paintings.
Alf has been a steady contributor
to the Rehandart Christmas cards,
greeting cards and desk calendars
that are shipped out twice a year to
households across Canada.
They are offered for sale - on
approval - with the hope that the
recipients, although not obligated to
purchase, will appreciate their work
and not only remit payment, but
order more items such as gift wrap.
The paintings are also purchased
by corporations and private cus-
tomers around the world. Alf has
sold 10 additional paintings to
private customers.
Alf knows that many of the
household delivered card packages
end up in the trash.
"It's not a scam," he says. "At
one time there was a company with
a similar name selling them, but
that wasn't above -board. Look for
the name 'Rehandart' on the back
of the cards and you know it's
legitimate."
All the profits from the sale of
cards, calendars, stationary and gift
wrap go to the artists once the
manufacturing, mailing and admin-
istrative costs have been paid.
"When you get the cards in the
mail, don't throw them in the gar-
bage," Alf asks. "At least use them
even if you don't send us any
money. Somebody else might like
them. These are original oil paint-
ings."
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Alf meets with other disabled
people and helps to get them estab-
lished.
He will be the subject of a new
documentary video produced by
Rehandart.
In the spring of 1995 he hopes to
travel to Vancouver to attend the
international meeting of the associ-
ation.
Alf has taken part in art and
lifestyle shows and exhibits in the
area, London, Toronto and
Stratford. He has offered talks and
demonstrations in local schools and
for various organizations.
Recently he has been delivering
copies of the new book to Seaforth-
area schools and the library.
"I wanted to put this in schools.
You never know what's ahead in
life," he says.
Turkey supper successful
If you take a small committee of
women who get together in August
and then again in October, to plan a
large meal, and if these same
women hand out lists to people in
the church of things to bake or buy
or where and what time to work,
and if you add women, young and
old who start coming to the church
kitchen two days before the big
event and begin the task of peeling
potatoes, turnips and shredding
cabbage, cutting onions and apples
(the list goes on) plus cleaning,
stuffing and getting turkeys ready
for people to take home and bake,
then you will have the makings of
a very successful Turkey Smorgas-
bord, and that is what happened last
Wednesday at Duffs United
Church where over 600 people were
served. A lot of workers left that
evening feeling worn out but very
thankful that the people from all
over came out to support the
Church's main fundraiser.
Margaret, Harvey, Helen and
Graeme Craig attended the funeral
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Walton
by Patty Banks
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of their nephew and cousin, Frank
Cook, on November 5 in Mitchell.
Our condolences to the families.
Tom Leeming and Jo -Ann
McDonald were greeters at Duff's
United Church on Nov. 6. Sarah
McDonald came up with the choir
and Rev. Banks and lit the Christ
candle. Rev. Banks was greeted
with applause as he walked up to
the pulpit. He thanked everyone and
opened the service with the call to
worship.
Rev. Banks also thanked everyone
who worked so hard at the Turkey
supper: He pointed out that there
were Advent Meditation books at
the back of the church for the
upcoming morning Advent bible
study which will begin Wed. the 23
at 10:00 a.m.
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