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Local photographers show
work in Festival gallery exhibit
The long-awaited Photography
Exhibition at the Blyth Festival Art
Gallery opens this Friday, present
ing the public with the opportunity
to see some of the best photo
graphs of Huron County people
and scenery taken in recent years.
More than 100 entries in the
juried competition were received,
with judges Colleen Maguire of
Goderich and Jim Snyder of
Wingham, both professional
photographers, eventually nar
rowing the exhibit down to 35
works submitted by 17different
photographers from all parts of the
county.
Photographs by Margaret Burk
hart, Alex Walton, Ross Hamilton,
Merle Gunby, Joy Dickson, Gary
Walden, Joan Chandler, Jerry
McDonnell, Jean Kennedy,
Dorene Radford, Deanne Dickson,
Mary Passchier, Bob Campbell,
Leona Armstrong, Gregor Camp
bell, Gordon Folkard and Adrian
Vos will beonviewuntil August 19.
During this period, the public will
be invited to vote for their favourite
photograph in the exhibition.
The contest, the first ofits kind to
be sponsored by the Festival Art
Gallery, was announced late last
fall, with entries to be submitted by
the end of March. Both colour and
black-and-white photographs
were eligible, but the subject
matter had to be people and places
of Huron County, and all photo
graphers had to be residents of the
county.
The exhibition opens at 7:30
p.m. this Friday. All exhibiting
photographers, along with their
families and friends, havebeen
invited to be present at the opening
to meet the public.
The International Scene
Continued from page 5
children; in 1986 it had increased to
2.4 and when final figures are in for
1987, it is expected to be higher
than that.
Anybody who has been keeping
tract of birth rates in Canada may
recall that Quebec used to have the
highest rate of any province in the
country. As the predominantly
rural population started to move to
the city, this rate began a steady
decline until, with a far more urban
population; Quebec has the lowest
birth rate in the country.
The same is true in China; as
families move to the cities, the
number of children which they
have declines rather rapidly but,
unfortunately for the government
in Beijing, there are still too many
people living in the country and the
peasants have gone to great
lengths to thwart any government
dictum about the birth rate.
Oneof the reasons suggested
makes for very interesting read
ing. There is no doubt that the
farmers in China have become
more prosperous under the re
forms which were launched 10
years ago. Since there is more
opportunity to farm for profit,
there is also more desire to have
children to help do just that. In
addition, the more affluent farm
ers have, the necessary money to
pay the fines which are levied for
exceeding the one-child limit.
What the Chinese government
would like to see happen is that the
populationleveloff at about 1.2
billion by the turn of the century
and then gradually decline to about
700 million by the middle of the
Joan Chandler of RR 4, Brussels poses with one of her photographs,
selected for display at the Blyth Festival Art Gallery’s Photography
Exhibition which opens this Friday evening. Thirty-five photographs
by 17 Huron County photographers are on display at the first
exhibition of its kind at the Gallery.
Pioneer days return
COME ON OUT and
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• Seniors' League - Mondays, 9 a.m.
• Ladles* Night - Mondays, 4 p.m.
•Juniors' Morning - Tuesdays, 9 a m.
• Men's Night - Tuesdays, 4 p.m.
•Couples' Night • 2nd and 4th Fridays, 6 p.m.
GREEN FEES WELCOME
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In 1669 Rene Robert Cavelier
sieur de La Salle, the renowned
explorer and trader, followed the
Grand River on his way to discover
a western sea.
next century. I talked earlier about
the 2.4-plus birth rate at the
present time; to have any hope of
reaching this goal, the government
has to force this by one means or
another down to about 1.75 by 2050
and then it would be permissible to
revert back to a two-child family.
Some of the country’s own
demographers have thrown some
thing of a monkey wrench into such
thinking by suggesting that, if such
apolicy isfollowed, noless than
two-fifths of those living in China
would be of the senior citizen
variety and as such dependent on
the rest for their support. We are
concerned about such a trend in
Canada as the baby boom of the
post World War II period works its
way toward retirement age and, if
we are concerned, so are the
Chinese.
Onecanonly wonderwhat the
plans of Head No. 3 of the State
Family Planning Commission will
be like and how long he will last.
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On Sunday, July 31, 1988, you
canfollowthe ‘TrailoftheBlack
Walnut’ to the annual Black
Powder Rendezvous at Doon Heri
tage Crossroads.
In the tradition of La Salle, J olliet
and other traders who visited
south-western Ontario, buckskin
clad mountain men, trappers, and
woodsmen willbe arriving from
throughoutthe United States of
Canada. They will set up camp and
recreate an authentic rendezvous
from the fur trade era.
Visitthetentsandlean-tos on
the Willow Green at Doon, during
the afternoon of J uly 31. Trade with
the campers for blankets, knives,
powderhorns and other fur trade
era replicas. Stay to watch the
contests for knife or tomahawk
throwing, and other games of skill
and strength. Enter your ticket for
a door prize of a Hudson’s Bay
Company point blanket, generous
ly donated by The Bay at Fairview
Park Mall, Kitchener. Enjoy a taste
of rabbit stew from the caldron
simmering over the fire, and
discover the adventureof Cana
da’s past.
Rendezvous included in village
admission.
For further information, call
748-1914.
Glen Loates
wins award
The conservation ambassador
for MNR’s Wingham district has
-been named June’s Conservation
ist of the Month.
The award to Glcr T nates, oneof
Canada’s best-known wildlife ar
tists, was announced Friday by
Natural Resources Minister Vin
cent Kerrio. The conservationist
award honors Ontarians who have
made an outstanding contribution
to conservation.
A native of Toronto, he lives with
his 'wife and two sons in Maple.
BRUSSELS LEGION
FAMILY
FISH FRY
by Howells of Wiarton
SUNDAY, JULY 17
3to7p.m.
Music by “Steve Marks & Nashville Bound”
$7.00 per meal - Tickets available
at Murray’s Barber Shop
To be held at
B.M. & G.
Community
Centre
BRUSSELS LIONS
ELIMINATION DRAW
OVER $5,000.
WORTH OF PRIZES TO BE DRAWN
WINNERS OF EARLY BIRD DRAWS
June 25th - Murray Ducharme
July 2nd - Ralph Rowland
July 9th-Joan Bateman &
Dorothy Dillworth
Saturday, July 16th
MEALSERVED 6-8
DANCE 9-1
AT B.M. & G.
COMMUNITY CENTRE
TICKETS $30.00 EACH
Available from any Lions member
Huron County Pork Producers
Pork Barbecue
& Dance
FRIDAY, JULY 22
(Seaforth & District Community Centre)
• Dance to “Rick the Singing D.J."
•Supper from 5:30 - 8:00 p.m.
•Chops being prepared by Perth
County's famous chef
O ADULTS: s8;
s9 at the door
CHILDREN: (6-12)
>4, *4.50 at the door
CHILDREN under 6) I
Free
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&
CHILDREN’S
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