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Exeter Times -Advocate
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%gig teeter residentwins Alice Munro Award
By Nina Van Lieshout
By Nina Van
point was more to see if I
point was more see I
had progression in my
work and to actually get
some proof that my writ-
ing is getting better."
Hundey has been writ-
ing for about 25 years just
for fun. Now that he's half
retired and has more time
he's concentrating on hav-
ing a few of his pieces
published.
The short story submit-
ted for the writers' festival
has also been sent to
Alfred Hitchcock's maga-
zine. Hundey says "my
story seems to fit the type
of work they publish so
hopefully I'll hear back
Graduate -Phil and
Ellen Conlin are
pleased to announce
the graduation of
their daughter Anne
Elizabeth from the
Shulich School of
Medicine, University
of Western Ontario,
May 20th, 2005.
Congratulations,
Mom & Dad,
Tara & Mike,
Pat & Kelly
and Cathy
TIMES -ADVOCATE STAFF
EXETER — There were
about 40 entries for the
Alice Munro Writers
Festival, but Exeter's Rick
Hundey won first place.
The 4th annual festival
which took place last
month honours Wingham-
born Clinton resident Alice
Munro, regarded as one
of Canada's best writers
of short stories.
This was Hundey's first
time submitting. He
stresses that although
winning first place is a
great achievement, it's not
necessarily the reason he
entered the contest. "The
Correction
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newspaper incorrectly
identified the hours of
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The Times -Advocate
regrets the error.
TA welcomes new reporter
By Nina Van Lieshout
TIMES -ADVOCATE STAFF
NAIRN — Hello every-
one, my name is Nina
Van Lieshout and I'm the
newest member of the
reporting team at the
Exeter Times -Advocate.
After completing a two-
year program at
Fanshawe
College for
Broadcasting
Journalism,
print journal-
ism will be a
whole new
world for me,
but I'm up for
the challenge.
I decided after
school I want-
ed to explore
others areas of
journalism and I
figured working
for a newspaper would
be ideal.
Let me tell you a bit
about myself. I've lived in
Nairn, yes the big town of
Nairn (population 350)
for about 12 years. I
actually love living there
although some days I do
wish it was closer to
something, anything real-
ly. Apart from the park
and public school, which
I've kind of outgrown,
there's really not much
going on.
Although life in Nairn
may seem a little shel-
tered I really have been
pretty lucky. I've been to
Europe several times,
mainly Holland (I was
born there). I've also
been to the United States
a couple of times, getting
the opportunity to go to
Disney World to meet
some of my favourite
characters!
Something I would real-
ly love to do is travel
Canada — hopefully one
day this dream comes
true. One of my other
favourites in life is rock
'n' roll music (and con-
certs). To date I've seen
about 25 different rock
'n' roll bands live.
Another love I have is
animals. I have two dogs
and five cats and if it
were up to me I would
adopt more. Among my
other likes are sports,
shopping, trying
new things and
hanging out with
friends.
Just before I
wrap this col-
umn up, I'd like
to say I'm very
excited about the
opportunity I
have to work
here at the
Exeter Times -
Advocate. I think
it'll be great cov-
ering different sto-
ries in and around the
Exeter area. If you ever
see me please don't be
hesitant to come and say
"hello" and if you would
ever like any stories cov-
ered or have any ideas
for me, I will do my best
to help you out.
Nina
Liesh
Van
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from them soon."
from them soon."
"The Interview" is
Hundey's story about a
fellow who's had a tough
life. He's been
in trouble with
the law and
goes to look for
work in a rural
setting, unfor-
tunately get-
ting himself in
situations with
people who
have ulterior
motives.
Although Hundey enjoys
writing stories involving
murder mysteries he also
has a knack for writing
children's nieces.
pieces.
"I used to write different
for my children
they were
younger,"he
explains.
"Now that
they've
grown I'm
not really
doing that
anymore."
For the past
two years
Hundey has
been in a writers' group. It
consists of about five to six
people from around the
Exeter area. Hundey says
"it's nice getting some
stories
when
"Hopefully if I get
published I'll be able
to visit English
classes, sharing my
experiences as a
writer,"
RICK HUNDEY
Feedback from other writ-
ers,
from other writ-
ers, some have even got-
ten their work published."
For the near future, on
top of getting a couple of
stories published, Hundey
would love to visit
schools.
"Hopefully if I get pub-
lished I'll be able to visit
English classes, sharing
my experiences as a
writer," explains Hundey.
"I'm also re -doing part
of a novel I wrote a while
ago. I'd really like to use
some of the things I've
learned most recently to
polish that piece."
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