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pe Georgia Tremaine may look reflective but she hasn't got a whole EY = lot of time to sit around thinking, even though the view from Mill Hollow in Utica is terrific. Instead, she's busy renovating the building and will open an art details. gallery later this month. See story for Successful x-country by Bryan Beatty & Sharri Masterson". As we swing into the third month of school we have already had many exciting events. On a beautiful Monday Oc- tober 24th, Cartwright ran very successfully at the Central Durham Cross Country meet. Some of the noted in- dividual results include: Tracy Malcolm- 3rd; Jody Logan- 2nd; Bryce Green- 2nd; Esther Kelly- 4th; Jason Kyte- 4th; Mindy Kellow- 1st; *Buffet Tickets $25 couple *Live entertainment «| FRANK'S RESTAURANT Caesarea Yvette Renes- 4th; Dan- ny Maw- 5th; Katy Thistel- 5th; Julie Byers- 5th; Richard Green- 4th; Kelly Thistel- 5th. Qur qualified teams include: 9 year old girls- 3rd; 10 year old girls- 2nd; 12 year old girls- 2nd; 10 year old boys- 2nd; 11 year old boys- 2nd; 12_ year old boys- 3rd. Our Pinto houseleague teams sponsored a Hallowe'en dance on Thursday the 27th. It was the first dance of the year and was very suc- 986-5553 cessful. Best costume award was given to: Melissa Stevens- as a tin pail woman. Both these events were run with great effort from students and teachers. To them a special thanks. Among events already mentioned in the last col- umn, our school Book Fair, Open House and school pictures were all run with great success. We have also started our fluoride rinse/swish programme, yuck! And of course everyone is sit- ting on the edge of their seat waiting for our in- terim report cards. Don't forget to watch for our column at the beginning of every month from now on! : > Yy'ang ik rR Al DRIER TTS lS F488 BE a Java BPE 1 Tv ' i CE 3 1 5 EAVES Thad YT nd 5 MEF INSS LE TREE : BLT Tina rt, A SCR II AAW : Ro Bd ind d ods Gavi iclparigile, PORT PERRY STAR -- Tues. November 1, 1983 -- 33 At Mill Hollow Gallery Potential is mill's middle name by Cathy Robb It's raining at Mill Hollow, drizzling down over piles of rotting lumber and abandoned bricks, snaking through low spots into the stag- nant pond out back. Georgia Tremaine's two watchdogs, a droop- eared Heinz 57 and a grizzled old boxer, seek refuge on the weather- beaten front porch, glan- cing hopefully at the door every once in a while, just in case it might open to admit them. It doesn't, but as the rain sputters off to nothing, a sleek blue car pulls up and Georgia steps out, a bag of milk in hand. Heartened, the dogs jump up to greet her and the slender blonde lady who is turn- ing the mill into an art gallery grins. "Told you it was a mess," she says. It might be a mess right now, but even the most obtuse observer has to admit the place: reeks of potential. Built in 1811, the building was used as a mill until 1966, sometimes for flour, later on for feed. The original builders had it placed closer to the road (on Durham 21, just east of Utica), but somewhere along the line an owner had it pushed back. But despite the move, the original spirit of the mill lives on. From the highway it looks like a combination of the Walton's homestead and an overgrown antique shop, covered with barn- board and highlighted with a slim stained glass window stretching from the first floor to a third floor loft. Forgetting the heaps of used lumber strewn around the yard, the mill is undeniably pretty. From the outside. It's the inside Georgia is worried about. On Saturday, November 12, she will of- ficially open the doors of Mill Hollow Gallery, with a private viewing of various artists' works by exclusive invitation only. The next day she'll invite the public. Which means that sometime between now and then the gallery area will have to be transformed from a "mess" (as she calls it) into a showroom. Mean- while, the insulation is still pouring out through holes in the ceiling, the walls need re-plastering | and all manner of jobs 193 QUEEN ST. PORT PERRY. (416)985 7306 ALL LINES OF GENERAL INSURANCE VICTORIA AND GREY TRUST V Since 1844 11Y, 5 Yr. Annual Interest 11% Semi-Annually Rates Subject to Change Without Notice. have to be completed before the gallery can be opened. Even the lumber outside will have to be removed. Georgia cups her face in her hands and shakes her head. "I'm so impatient," she admits. "I want ins- tant everything. Instant house, instant gallery. There's really a lesson in patience in all of this." She's actually confi- dent about the gallery opening. With her brother doing most of the work, she knows it will be ready in time. The rest of the mill, the Tremaine's living quarters, is another story entirely. Georgia expects it will be a full year before renovations are complete and she and her husband Terry, and daughter Tina, can fell like they're living in a home again, instead of a construction zone. The Tremaines moved to Utica from a century home in Claremont. It was a nice house, but small, and for years they harboured plans to build a solar passive house. In the spring they set about the process of buying land and had someone draw up plans for con- struction. At the same time, they put the house up for sale. At one point, things started to fall apart. The plans were taken to a renowned architect who condemned them, saying everything that could possibly go wrong, would, if the plans were used. 'He threw the book at them," she recalls. By the time they realized they'd have to hang onto their house for awhile, it was too late. The house was sold. "All those plans were scuttled right and left, and it just all fell through. The house was sold in four days, just snapped up," she says. "So there we were. Stuck." There was nothing to do but find another place to Jive. Georgia had already scoured the area and knew there was nothing that would suit her and the family. In near desperation, Terry picked up the Globe and Mail and discovered the Utica mill. "I drove up and saw the outside and said, ahh, this is it. Let's buy it," she remembers. 'We bought it -about two weeks later." She knew it needed work when the deal went through but didn't realize how much work until she got started. The well needed to be replaced, walls and ceilings suf- fered from water damage, floors needed refinishing, the kitchen had to be rebuilt, while a half-finished sauna and Japanese soaking tub added to "the mess." Still, the potential beckoned. Original thick wooden beams, high ceil- ings, open lofts, a whimisical old scale (still in working order though it hasn't been tested since 1954) and a greenhouse addition made the mill irresistible. "Actually, I really like it here." she smiles. "It's got a nice feel to it." The gallery is something she has done everywhere she has liv- ed. An artist who paints in a gender she calls romantic realism, she is excited about the loca- tion of the mill and the ambience it will provide as a gallery. Her works will be part of the collection, but she'll also have the pain- tings of Walter Camp- bell, an Uxbridge man who specializes in cen- tury buildings as sub- jects: watercolour artist Janet McGhee; photographer Robin Clegg; and character ar- tist Michael Bahnau. "I wouldn't sell anything I wouldn't hang in my own living room." she says about the work. "The show is a good cross-section of different art." She admits the gallery is a money-making ven- ture for her but doesn't expect to make a killing at it so her commission on paintings will be com- paratively low, making the prices reasonable. "In today's economy you have to be more practical," she says. "I think it's turned around but not very much. In fact, it may even be slip- ping back again. But whose to say what's a good time to open a gallery and what isn't ... sure buying art is im- pulse buying. At least if they're buying on im- pulse at Mill Hollow they'll be buying something substantial." Like the mill itself. HOME INSURANCE DJ TAYLO INSURANCE BROKERS LTD. 170 Water Street North, Port Perry - 985-8416 Also see us about your Life, Auto, Farm, Commercial & Mortgage Insurance Needs! Registered Education Savings Plan "Further funding cuts will restrict access to our universities and inevitably lead to a system where only the rich cango" -- school in the world. This is not an academic scholarship. 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