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r O «■j •4J o <5) -x < Qandiia Soyons -j by Donna Fairey When Sandra Lyons graduated from a three year fine arts course in Toronto in 1967, she found herself at loose ends not knowing for sure what she wanted to do with her life. The Montreal Expo was on at the time and it seemed like a good idea to apply for work there. She was one of numerous artists internationally internationally who was hired to paint character portraits during the world exposition. exposition. "I met a wonderful collection collection of people from all over the globe," she stated. "I was jn good company but it only lasted for the summer." summer." Sandra then moved on leaving both Montreal and art behind her. It is only this year that she has returned to her talent for painting. The watercolor artist lives in a cottage-home at Cedar- crest Beach southwest of Bowmanville where Lake Ontario frequently provides provides the inspiration forher work. There is, however, a huge gap in Sandra's history be- z \ Q:Ever see a fat jogger? A: Not for long. V paRTicipacTianPL tween Expo and her return to painting. After the Montreal exposition, she followed an urge to see New York city and ended up staying for 18 months. In effect, Sandra was seeing seeing the world and developing developing a maturity. She paid her way by working at anything she could get from bartending bartending to taxi driving. Eventually Eventually the glitter of New York wore off and she returned to her native Toronto. Still not moved to settle down to painting, to support herself she took a job with a city taxi company. It was while she was a cabbie that Sandra met her future mate John, a co-worker in the firm. Their move to Bowmanville Bowmanville five years ago came about when the house they were renting in the city was sold. Events brought them east where they were looking looking for a small acreage on which they might keep horses. Instead, they exchanged this dream for a cottage full of character which they say is as pleasant to abide with in winter as it is in summer. The couple have made the cottage their home filling it with a host of compatible antiques including an early rope bed. After they became settled in this area, John's urgings for Sandra to abandon work in the city in favor of returning returning to art, became more insistent. insistent. Finally, last Fall the artist made the decision to give his suggestion a try. Sandra enrolled in two or three brush-up courses before before she began. 'T've worked surprisingly quickly since then," she stated. The walls of the couple's cottage are decorated decorated with the fruits of her talent. At present her work is not focused on a specific subject and includes a ranging ranging selection of pieces from landscapes to portraiture. The 34-year-old has become become actively involved in the Newcastle Visual Arts Centre currently serving on the board of directors as property chairman. Sandra has entered her paintings in several shows at the Centre and elsewhere in the area finding that a favorable market for her watercolors exists. Saturday mornings she teaches a children's art course at the Visual Arts building and instructs two calligraphy courses for adults, one in Bowmanville and the other in Oshawa. Once Sandra realized that art and herself were in harmony together, her development development moved forward by leaps and bounds. At present, she's preparing for her first one woman show scheduled to appear at the Bowmanville Library October October 11th through 29th. Apparently a talent which laid dormant for several several years is prospering from the maturity the artist gained during her period of remission. We've taken $5.00 off the price of taking it off. 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WEIGHT WATCHERS FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CAUL: 1-800-268.3915 3C 3D 1 Waiyhl Will hm IMemibuuil l«t IV*1 t)wne« ol the Weight Wiltheii Tintent I ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ I ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ I ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ I ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ i I J Brooklin Horticultural Society 66 Annuals" Show Successful Section Two The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville, September 7,1983 9 Croatiana Gather for Oshawa Soccer Tournament Bv Margaret Beath Following it» uwu tradition of other years, the Brooklin Horticultural Society held a very successful "Annuals" Show on August 24, with 77 entries received. The meeting was opened by President Lyla Allan who welcomed welcomed members and guests and made the announcement that Veronica Colangelo, one of our very talented members, will conduct a workshop in flower design in the morning, afternoon and evening of September September 20. Anyone interested should call Veronica at 655-3869. Valerie Hundert informed the meeting that the junior members of the society were responsible for the painting and planting of all the attractive attractive Darrels on Baldwin Street. They are to be commended for doing such a fine job and a special thanks goes to Valerie for her untiring efforts in working with this group of yôung people. Secretary Betty Van Buuren read the minutes of the last meeting and made a special request for assistance in cleaning up all the flower beds and civic plantings in the Fall. So gather together your pruning shears and bushel baskets and give Betty a call at 655-4937. Your help will be greatly appreciated. Ken Brown introduced the speaker for the evening, Marjorie Marjorie Mason of Pineridge Nurseries, Nurseries, whose topic was Geraniums Geraniums and who raises over 200 varieties of this plant. Ms. Mason brought several geraniums geraniums with her, varying in color, shape and size and as well, showed slides on the subject. She spoke with authority and humor and proved to be one of the best speakers we have heard in many years. The winners of the flower show were announced by Penny Hoskin, as follows: Best Specimen Gladiolus - Gib Marlow, award donated by Brooklin IGA; Best Decorative Decorative - Doris Marlow, a silver serving tray to be held one year, donated by the Brooklin Horticultural Society; Best Specimen Flower - Mary Housego - prize given by Cullen Cullen Gardens; Best Specimen Vegetable, also won by Mary Housego and donated by Brooklin Flour Mill. A delicious lunch was served by Betty Van Buuren. Lakeview Park in Oshawa was a busy spot on Saturday during the playdowns of the 20th annual Croatian Soccer Tournament. The event was expected to attract more than 10,000 players and fans from all over North America. The finals were played at Civic Fields on Sunday. This photo shows a tense moment in one of the quarter final games when a goalie was injured in a collision with an attacker and players were asking the referee for a penalty. The goalie attempted to resume, but had to withdraw with a hip injury. working together to achieve * - j * -*■ l-jj: .. j â ,: i V. t . • ' * » JT _ Bowmanville Audio-Vision and James Publishing have teamed up to to create one of the most advanced typesetting systems anywhere. Using a Radio Shack word processing program, Canadian Statesman reporters are able to write their stories on Radio Shack Model 4 microcomputers. microcomputers. After the stories have been proofread on the video display, they are sent through an interface to the photo unit of a computerized CRTronic typesetter. The computer in the typesetter then takes over and sets the story according to the editor's specifications. Within minutes, the story appears from the typesetter, ready to be placed in the newspaper, saving hours of time in retyping, proofreading, and correcting stories. A telephone modem allows stories to be transmitted from James Publishing's Publishing's Port Hope office directly to Bowmanville, saving hours of travelling time and fuel. A portable microcomputer even allows stories to be written out of the office. Shown above, from the left, are Joseph Denny of Bowmanville Audio-Vision Audio-Vision with a Radio Shack Model 4, Rick James with a portable Radio Shack Model 100, and typesetter Liz Jones with the CRTronic typesetter. James Publishing Company Limited and Bowmanville Audio-Vision Limited (C Working together for a better future through computer technology"