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tribune may 27 1987 c3 funding cut upsets gallery by chris garbutt the administrator for stouff vil- les latcham gallery is unhappy with the way a recent funding sus pension by the ontario arts coun cil oac was handled i have reservations about the way we were dealt with george schlukbier said monday the gallery received a letter from the oac feb 11 indicating it had been cut off from 5000 worth of financial support the oac added the gallery may reapply for funds in november 1987 mr schlukbier said that when he questioned the suspension the oac responded that the gallery had been examined by a commit tee of peers and was failing to meet the criteria set out by the council they give grants on socalled artistic merit the ontario arts council is making a big mistake by trying to decide what is good art let them the community decide what is good art we feel that we have met the criteria he said mr schlukbier claimed the names of the members on the committee of peers were kept confidential and their notes on the problems with the gallery were not released he said the oac is a govern ment organization and should not withhold names of decision makers you have got to be accountable and they are not accountable schlukbier noted that the latcham gallery is the only pub lic one in york region other than the mcmicheal canadian collec tion in kleinburg and public fund ing plays a ma jor role in its opera tion irene emig director of the gal lery emphasized the importance of not relying solely upon the town of whitchurchstouffville for funds im personally frustrated with this whole process schlukbier said the latcham gallery has achieved a good reputation throughout the region cake kids a cakedecorating contest was one of several fun events held saturday at whitchurch high land public schools annual country fair the brothersis ter team of matthew left rear and jennifer brain baked up a storm to claim top honors in the junior gr 46 and intermedi ate gr 78 classes respective ly while kinderkarten student holly ghadery front was best among primary entries chris shanahan sunland landscape thousands of trees to choose from urge selection of trees shrubs evergreens roses box punts perennials upright spreading junipers yews urge trees our specialty colorado spruce from no up