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aoe eS, Techform employee wins competition A Techform Products Ltd., of Penetang, employee has earned the title of top forklift operator in the Sim- coe Muskoka Division Forklift Truck Compeition sponsored by the Industrial Accident Prevention Association (IAPA). On Saturday at the Midland Centennial Arena, Rick Beausoliel naviaged his Checking all systems Ross Quilan of Thorton makes a quick check of his equipment before taking his turn in the Simcoe-Muskoka Division Forklift Truck Competition held at the Midland Centennial Arena on Saturday. A total of 34 competitors from various in- ot. John Baptist Day celebration planned for Lafontaine Action Plans are already in the works for this year's St. John Baptiste Day celebra- tions at En Action Lafon- taine on June 21. According to Centre D' Activities Francaises Pro- gram Director Claudette Couture Lacroix, this year's festivities will include an art exhibition at the Centre, musical presentations at Lafontaine by the Georgian Bay French choir, a huge bonfire out at the site at 11 p.m. on the Saturday even- ing and highlighting the oc- casion, Decouvrete '86. Decouvrete "B6 (Discovery '86), a talent show sponsored by the cen- tre, will give local musicians an opportunity to try for the chance to perform with some top notch French per- formers in the Quenouilles Festival being held at the Mpale Valley Club in August. According to Lacroix, this year's plans for St. John Baptist Day are a little dif- ferent from other years when the talent show and Quenouilles Festival was all held on one weekend. Lacroix says this year the activities are being spread forklift to the top prize in the Midkand Orillia section and the best overall in the whole competition. According to local organizer-Ron Sauve of dustries took part in the competition spon- sored by the Industrial Accident Prevent Association. The top two winners in the two divisions will now go on the finals in Niagara Falls on June 15. over the summer to give more people a chance to take in some of the ac- tivities. Although for the past five years, the local talent con- test was held at the same time as the Centre hired professional performers to entertain at the Festival, Lacroix. says this year's event should be even bigger and better than previous years. ' Many of the plans are still sketchy but Lacroix says she hopes to finalize many of the arrangements very shortly. Ste. Marie hosts art exhibit A unique exhibit of original paintings and draw- ings marks the May 17 open- ing of Sainte-Marie among the Hurons in Midland. The artist is Ivan Koscis whose drawing of Jesuit Father Jean de Brebeuf and his Huron companion was the basis of the Ron Hunt bas-relief wood-carving that was presented to Pope John Paul II in September 1984. More than two dozen of the painter's works have been gathered together for the first time, and will hang in the Sainte-Marie foyer from May 17 to July 10. Koscis is widely respected for his pictorial representa- tions of native people across Canada. His work is in col- lections at Sainte-Marie; at the Simcoe County Museum; at Mohawk College; at the University of Western On- tario; the National Museum of Man in Ottawa. Many more of his works are in private collections. Mr. Kocsis was born in 1933 in Budapest, Hungary and studied art at the Academy of Applied Arts. Always an avid student of In- dian archaeology and ethnology he has become a specialist in portraying the native way of life in regional settings. The Hamilton Spectator has called Mr. Kocsis, 'One of Canada's foremost painters of the Indian." The Royal Ontario Museum has commented, "We have found his work to be not only accurate and technically excellent but dramtic as well, evoking strong feelings in the museum' visitors about native lue in the distant past." The exhibit at Sainte-Marie opens (along with the site) on May 17. The following week on May 13 the artist himself will speak on the research which goes into each of his paintings. Private collectors have been invited to the reception which runs from 7 - 10 p.m. The public is in- vited also and is requested to telephone 516-7838 for details and confirmation. The opening of Sainte- Marie and the art show on May 17 should give visitors a wonderful insight into native life in the 17th century. One week later on May 13 the evening reception will provide a valuable oppor- tunity to meet a talented and scholarly man who brings the past to life in a particular- ly dramatic way. Waltec Sinks, this year the compeition was very tight in the contest which will see the top two finalists in both divisions go on to the IAPA's Provincial Championship slated for June 15 in Niagara Falls. In the same division as Beausoliel, Mitsubishi employee Doug Faint placed second. In the Barrie division of the competition, David Johnston of Devilbiss Canada Ltd. in Barrie came first with Paul Reynolds of Tambrands Canada Inc. coming a very close second. New executives elected In simultaneous meetings last Tuesday night members of the Penetanguishene Royal Canadian Legion Branch 68 and the Ladies' Auxiliary held their election of officers for the coming year. While meeting in the Nor- mandy Room, Legion Presi- dent Bud Brown was return- ed to the office for another year. The position of First Vice-president will be filled by Ivan Robitaille while the office of Second Vice- president will be held by Herb Parker. The rest of the executive will comprise of members Una Dupuis, Kitty Perrault, Denis Robitaille, Russ Foreman, Tom Adair, Bill Robbins and Vic Valliere. Valliere will also act as the Branch's Sargeant of Arms. In the Ladies' Auxiliary a new president has been elected. Lil Reynolds will take over from Ella Parker. Joan Ackerman will hold the office of First Vice- president while Denise Gregoire will take on the position of Second Vice- president. The ranks of the ex- ecutive will be filled by Aux- iliary members Theresa LePage, Hortance Gignac, Mona Quinn, Beatrice McIntosh, Pat Marchand, Fern Dorion, and Marg Parker. Anne Brown is the newly elected secretary of the organization. Rita Pud- dicomb will act as both the treasurer and the Sargeant of Arms. Installations of both the executives will take place at next month's general meetings on June 3. Jesuit leader visits Friday The elected leader of the world's 26,000 Jesuits is to visit the Martyrs' Shrine on Friday, during a 12 day tour of Canada. Father Peter Hans Kolvenbach, 57, the Superior General for life of the Society of Jesus, will meet with missionaires who work with Ontario Indians, and visit the graves of two fo the martyrs to whom the shrine is dedicated. Friday's visit will be the second by a Jesuit superior general to the Shrine. Fr. Kolvenbach's predecessor, Father Pedro Arrupe, at- tended the opening in 1967 of Sainte-Marie among the Hurons, the site of the com- mon grave of Martyrs Frs. Brebeuf and Lalement. NOW FOR 4 DAYS ONLY SAVESO%. 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