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Times Advocate, 1991-04-17, Page 7PAr r L1 TimQs-Advocate, April 17, 1991 Page 7 Dinner held at Lucan United By Muriel Lewis GRANTON - a number of poeple from Granton enjoyed the Lucan United Church supper held at the Community Centre on Thursday evening. A neighbourhood watch meeting was held at the Masonic Hall on Thursday chaired by Shirley Mills. Toni Chapman from the OPP in Lucan was present to review the program and showed a film on se- curing your home against break and enter. Anyone wishing more infor- mation should call Shirley at 225- 2660. The Spring Fling program for Community Outreach sponsored by St. Paul's Anglican Church was held at the Kirkton Community Centre on Sunday. With Lee Paul as MC, all those taking part in the variety program are to be commend- ed on such a fine performance. To top it all off, the capacity audience was treated to a smorgasbord lunch served by the St. Pauls ladies. ACW The St. Thomas' ACW meeting was held at the home of Cathie Westman on Thursday. The secre- tary Jean Noon co-ordinated the pro- gram in the absence of Irene Rolo- son who was unable to attend due to illness. Olive K. Hodgins read the invocation and Marlene French gave the meditation on the theme Successors of Peter. The lesson was read by Margaret Oakley. Business discussion included a donation to the Annual Thankoffering for the ACW conference and the spring de- anery meeting is to be held at Saintsbury on May 14. Lunch was served by the hostess. At the St. Thomas' Anglican Church on Sunday, the Rev. Bever- ley Wheeler's message was about the appearance of Jesus after the res- urrection and how He is met today in the Eucharist and through those in need. The lessons were read by Marlene French and the minister. Flowers were placed in the church from the funeral of Gerrie Wallis. The Anglican Bible Study group met at the home of Mary Jefferies on Wednesday. At the Granton United Church on Sunday, Pastor Normalie Voakes led the service and read the lessons from Isaiah 42 and James 2. Jim and Sheila Duffin of Thom - dale were present and showed slides while telling about their time spent in Ethiopia last summer as part of the Ethiopian Project Committee. The theme of their address was Part- nership. They also led the children's focus, after which the Sunday School group went to the home of Leroy and April Bryan to see a movie. The service was held in the lower church hall because of work being done on the floor upstairs. A time of fellowship followed, The Granton UTH group met at the United Church on Sunday evening. UCW The general UCW meeting was held at the Church on Tuesday. Unit one was in charge of the pro- gram and presented a fashion show based on women of the Bible. Nine young women from Unit 2 mod- elled clothing similar to styles in the time they represented. They used their imagination and pro- duced some lovely fashions which were shown to be both beautif:tl and practical for their time in his- tory .Doreen McRobert and Audrey Harloff were the fashion commen- tators and Amelia Jameson and Au- drey Wessman read the correspond- ing scriptures. Special music relating to each Bible story was presented by Normalie Voakes, Cindy Bilyea, Linda Blom, Made- line Hardie, Ruth Cook, the choir and member sof Units 3, 4 and 5 all accompanied by Normalie Voakes on the piano. Sympathy from the community is extended to the family of the late Gertie Wallis who died at Park - wood Hospital, London on Mon- day, April 8. Sympathy also to Dianne Blake and family in the loss of her moth- er Peggy Guyatt who died at St. Marys Memorial Hospital on Wed- nesday April 10. Ontario supporting energy efficiency TORONTO - Ontarians responded positively to energy efficiency pro- grams in 1990 and save enough electricity last year to serve a town the.size of Oshawa, according to Ontario Hydro's 1990 annual re- port. "This is a positive start," said Robert Franklin, Hydro's President and Chief Executive Officer in re- leasing the report. "it's a good indi- cation of the electricity savings that can be made by working together." "The benefits of energy efficiency and conservation are substantial. " he added. "Using less electricity helps reduce customers' energy costs and helps protect the environ- ment." Hydro invested over $100 million in energy efficiency programs in 1990 and will spend $3 billion by the year 2000 to achieve its overall energy reduction goals. The report shows that business and industry as well as residential consumers are responding to Hy- dro's energy efficiency initiatives. Consumers bought over 700,000 energy efficient products during spe- cial promotions or Hydro rebate programs. Almost 1500 businesses changed to energy efficient lighting systems and industry installed over 100,000 horsepower of high effi- ciency motors. The review of financial operations indicates a year of substantial cost increases and reduced•power demand. Milder weather and the recession combined to produce a net reduction in provincial electricity demand for • only the third time in Ontario's his- tory. Demand fell by 2.9 percent to 136.7 million megawatt -hours from the 1989 total. Nuclear power supplied 43 per- cent of provincial power require- ments, coal and oil supplied 20 per- cent, hydraulic 27 percent and imports and other purchases provid- ed the remaining 10 percent. Total revenues in 1990 were $6.5 billion, an increase of $138 million friom 1989. Excellent quality paintings at Conservation dinner auction The quality of the art work to be auctioned at the second annual Aus- able Bayfield Conservation dinner is being described as excellent by din- ner officials. The headline artist will again be Tammy Laye. She has been com- missioned to prepare the feature art piece and it will feature a kingfish- er. More than a dozen artists from Ontario and the United States are contributing some of their master- pieces and. most are limited edi- tions. Tammy Laye began painting eight years after she graduated from the University of Western Ontario and was almost immediately asked to do a collector plate series for At- lantis Art. She went on to win numerous art awards across North America. These include "Best Display" for her first appearance, The National Wildlife Show in Kansas City, a merit award at the Chicago International Art Show, "Best Original" at the Cana- dian Wildlife Conservation Show and a two-time winner of the Peo- ple's Choice Award in Lambeth. Her versatility and ability to paint any subject with equal skill has made her a very popular commis- sion artist for many companies and private collectors. Her work is best described as country realism and usually reflects a happy and contented side of life. Children and animals are her main subjects. Although she has participated in numerous shows, she currently sells much of her work from her studio in Lambeth. Another area artist participating in the April 25 dinner and auction at the South Huron Rec Centre in Ex- eter is Renee Knight of RR 6 St. Marys. Renee Knight received a degree in Fine Arts from the University of Western Ontario. In July of this year, she will be showing her works at Ingersoll's Creative Arts Council. Presently, she works from her stu- dio overlooking Southwestern Onta- rio. She says, "In this fast -paced world, I find myself increasingly drawn to the peaceful harmony of- fered by nature. Renee has recently introduced three new limited edition prints. They are, the Hairy Wood- pecker, Red -winged Blackbird and Wildwood. Also from St. Marys is Mark Fletcher. He is a professional com- missioned artist with an work that reflects his experiences on the prair- ies and in Eastern Canada. The fourth Western Ontario artist is William Johnston of London. He attended OCA on a scholarship, where he obtained academic qualifi- cations ualif -cations to teach secondary school art until resigning in 1971 to paint full time. Known for outstanding portrait painting, he was sent as a war artist to Cyprus in 1975, and 1977. dur- in* which time he completed 39 paintings, seven of which are now in the permanent collection of the National War Museum in Ottawa. In 1983, Bill Johnston spent three weeks in the Norwegian Arctic on a NATIO exercise recording in draw- ings and watercolours, the work of the Royal Canadian Regiment. For several years, he has designed murals and abstract monoprints and serigraphs which are displayea tit many international corporate collec- tions. Renowned Canadian artist Mi- chael Dumas is also a participant in the upcoming dinner art auction. Michael Dtunas, the man, enjoys a reputation of being quiet, sincere and diligent, with an unbridled love and appreciation for the wildlife of this country. His name and his art are are sy- nonymous with conservation; so mulch that he recently become the only artist in Canada to ever earn the Professional Conservationist of the Year award presented by Carling O'Keefe Breweries. His reputation as a gifted artist spans this continent and beyond. His watercolour portrayals of Cana- da's wildlife in real -to- life settings have delighted millions. Through the donation of his art and numerous public appearances, Dumas has been instrumental in raising over five million dollars for conservation projects from coast to coast. Two of the next artists come from the state of Pennsylvania. they are Ray Hendershot and Peter Keating. Ray endershot is a painter of textures. He has travelled the coun- tryside of his native Pennsylvania for more than 30 years, searching for suitable subjects for his realistic watercolours. Although he selects barns and farmhouses, wagons and mills, the fence rows and fields of the area, his true subjects have been their surfaces, weather beaten wood and quarried stone, cracking plaster and rusty metal. He uses a limited palette, predo- mininanuy mutes eartn tones. Gradually he builds his textures in alternating layers of wash and dry brush, creating a surface depth that enriches the painting. Peter Keating, a versatile painter of American landscapes, with very successful shows already to his credit, is known for his sensitive pastoral scenes. His pen and ink drawings and dramatic oil paintings are all sophisticated compositions. He descnbes them as "illustrated landscapes." One works of Cornelius Kriegh- off will be on sale at the upcoming auction. Krieghoff is famous for his paint- ings from the mid 1880's. He lived in a French-Canadian cottage near the Plains of Abraham until 1864 when he left Canada to journey around Europe. He shares with Paul Kane the dis- tinction of being the first profes- sional artist to make a livelihood by painting Canadian pictures. His recording of life in French Canada invests his paintings with their main charm today. Also available will be original watercolours on silk. The first paintings on silk date back to the third century B.C. and by the Tang Dynasty had become the pre-eminent medium for paint- ing. Also up for auction will be sever- al photographs taken by former Ex- eter resident John Dobbs. His phot - ors win prizes each year at Western Fair. The 1991 conservation dinner is being sponsored jointly by the Ausable Bayfield Conservation Foundation and the Exeter Lions Club. r MOUNT 1181 H43M-I 4 "CLUSTER OF DIAMONDS GIVES SPARKLING BEAUTY" .10ct. Brilliant Cut Centre Diamond surrounded by 16 Diamonds *styles vary by store. 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