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Page 16 THE HERALD Wednesday January 1989 Nominees being sought for conservation award New anthology series looks at the family Entertainment Bob Spence Thomson News Service A new CBCTV anthology offers an intriguing look at some a the issues that affect family relationships Family Pictures a series of It unrelated half hour dramas from independent producers across Canada reflects the diversity this nation and its people Hie series debuts Jan 5 with Cowpunk A young man in full punk regalia with a strange look ing girlfriend in tow returns to his familys farm for his grand fathers funeral A number of the dramas revolve around what people expect out of life The views of a rancher and his son come into sharp conflict in One Boy One Wolf One Summer Jan 26 A rancher wants his son to take over the family ranch but the youth is more interested in computers and the environment Their differences come to a head when the rancher tries to force his son to shoot a wolf Anniversary Feb 23 is also based on a conflict of priorities A year old boy is more interested in a heavy metal concert and a hot date than his grandparents wedding anniversary Twist of Fate a four hour TV mini series is based on a bizarre premise A former SS officer hides his Nazi past by posing as a Jewonly to fall in love with a Jewish woman who survived a concentration camp Kids can show artistic talent Children will have the opportuni ty to develop their artistic skills through a new Saturday morning program beginning Jan 7 Pegasus Art Studio at 3 Georgetown on the Fifth Line near Stderoad 17 operated by Pan Sturgess is offering the courses for youngsters between the ages of five and seven Beginning Saturday Jan 7 and continuing each Saturday morning for Jan 14 and 28 the focus will be on Introduction To Clay Hand Building Techniques Then beginning Feb and conti nuing Feb 18 and 25 children can enjoy Introductory Printing and Picture Making All classes begin at a m and end at noon Children can be enroll ed in one or both of these courses subject to space For more information contact Sturgess at 877 or AFTER FIVE THINGS TO Dp PLACES TO GO FOR LISTENING AND DANCING PLEASURE MAIN ST S 8773388 Ben Cross Chariots of Fire and Veronioa Hill Street Blues star in this two parter It airs Jan For more than half a century parents siblings and babysitters have been reading Babar stories to children Jean de Brunhoff created the elephant character in his own children Since then has captured the imagination of millions of readers Now CBCTV is unveiling an animated series based on this fabl ed character Produced by Nelvana Ltd which among other things produced the Care Bear movies the Babar series makes its debut this week Gordon Pin sent Canadian writer and film and TV star provides Babars voice The episodes are all based on the Babar books Many of the tales deal with the valuable lessons Babar learned in his younger days presented in flashback sequences with King Babar telling his children about his own ex penences The journals John Steinbeck kept while he was writing The Grapes of Wrath will be published in April the 50th anniversary of the publication of his classic novel Working Days The Journals of The Grapes of Wrath 19381941 Viking Press was edited by Robert Mott a Steinbeck scholar and founder of The Steinbeck Quarterly As the dates in the title indicate Working Days also includes jour entries made by Steinbeck after The Grapes of Wrath became a controversial success Viking also will be releasing a commemorative edition of The Grapes of Wrath in Apnl Many organizations and in dividuals care about conservation and have undertaken projects whch enhance and protect the en vironment In recognition of this a conser vation award program has been earned out by the Conservation Authority since The award was named after Ralph Sherwood a long standing and distinguished member of the Halton Authority whose service and dedication to conservation extended over 20 years The award is presented to a citizen or group who has made an outstanding contribution to conser vation in the watershed In 1987 the Authority received seven worthy nominations for the award Mr Peter van of was selected for his in in the Bird Breeding Atlas project From to 1986 Mr van Dijken was a regional co ordinator for the HaltonPeel section of the Ontano Bird Breeding Atlas project This recently published document is now regarded as the mose com prehensive book on Ontano birds Mr van Dijken was responsible for ensuring that his research area was completely covered as well as monitonng and checking the ty of the information The regional were a vital link between project organizers and the hundreds of volunteers who participated in the program The publication is impor tant for both the serious naturalist as well as agencies such as conser vation authorities and universities This year the award has been expanded to three categones In dividual Institutional and tional This has been done to 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