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Contents
Features
All Thumbs Really Isn't 3
It's a co-op of talented artists
A moment in time 5
That's what Jeff Carroll captures in his photographs
Portrait of an Artist 6
Wildlife painter and biologist Bill Creighton captures the wild on
canvas.
Brilliant Colours and Powerful Images 8
Rob Tetu reviews the Huron Perth show at Gallery Stratford
Out to the Bush in Elmira 9
This maple syrup festival includes sugaring off tours
The view from up here
Two Mitchell flyers see Canada from a 1946 two seater plane.
10
Columns
Theatre 12
One Day at a Time 13
Six Achers 15
Update 18
People 21
McGillicuddy's Diary 23
Squire's Table 25
Dining Information 26
Around Town 30
P S 32
Cover: Artists and their Art. Starting at the top, from left - Kaaren
Batten, potter; Bill Creighton, watercolorist; Lynn Kestle, stained
glass artist;Ena de Haan, weaver and Jeff Carroll, photographer.
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At the beginning of what many people
say is the best time in Western Ontario,
spring, we bring you a Village Squire
that's full of interesting people and
places.
Now that the long, erratic winter is
over (keep your fingers crossed) Squire
readers are likely ready to get out and
investigate some of both.
Officially, it's an art issue. . .with
stories on some of the fine artists who
work in many media around our area.
But it's also a bit of a travel issue.
Where else could you read about a flight
to the Yukon in a 1946 aircraft and the
fruits of a Western Ontario maple bush in
a single magazine?
As Village Squire founder Keith
Roulston mentions in his back page
column, this issue marks the Squire's
eighth anniversary. Like the arts scene in
Western Ontario which we cover, the
magazine too has made progress.
Chief among our problems though and
one we've heard a lot about from readers,
is the difficulty in finding Village Squire
on newsstands. We're too small for the
province's major magazine distributor
and that means slugging away on our own
to make the magazine available all over
Western Ontario.
You can help. Thanks to a reader who
sent a letter full of suggested outlets,
we've just gotten a Village Squire dealer
in a town nearby. If you're a merchant
who wants to offer the Squire, we'd be
delighted. Drop us a line or give Laurel
Glousher a call at 523-9646.
You'll notice a new look in this month's
Squire. It's the contribution of Parkhill
graphic artist Frank D'Ambrosio who
worked with editorial board member
Sheila Gunby on the issue. We're excited
about the changes and welcome your
comments.
And so, work at improvements,
changes and getting Village Squire out to
a larger audience continues. Celebrate
our eighth birthday with us, will you? We
can hope together that the magazine, and
Western Ontario, just keep getting
better.