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Page 10 CENTENNIAL GRANTS new buildings, additions to existing buildings, *o two municipalities who propose to spend a couple of thousand dollars to add kitchen facilities to their town halls. With the present talk by Terrace Bay Council of finding accommodation for the Police Department perhaps a Centennial Project with this in mind might find public support. INTER-FAITH DINNER PLANNED ickets for the Inter-faith Dinner being held on March 10th will be available this week. Those who wish tickets are invited to contact any of the fol- lowing: Rev. E.A.Gallagher, Rev. T.G.Husser, Don Boudreau, J.A.Ferrier, Ray Kenney, Don Laporte, Mrs.Mary Hale, Mrs.Lois Hopper, Mrs. Betty Cruickshank, Mrs. Lil Harris or Mr. J. Terpstra. WINTERAMA SPORTS IN DULUTH The Junior Chamber of Commerce of Duluth have sent a bulletin announcing plans for a Winterama Sports program for the weekend of February 19 to dist. The event includes the 65th annual men's inter- national bonspiel, night ski jumping, ski races - hockey - speed skating - sports car ice racing - Snowmobile championships - hockey and various other activities. NEWS RELEASES Among the many news releases reaching our desk recently is one from the Sun Life Assurance Company | _ of Canada announcing that they sold $1,369,000, 000 of life insurance in 1964 and established a new record for a Canadian life insurance company. Sales last year were the highest in Sun Life's 94 yé@ar histor; and 16% higher than in 1963 Mr.W.J. a Campb:ii, Sun Life's Branch Manager in Ft.William 2nneunces following the company's annual meeting in Montreal. : Dividens to policyholders will be increased in 1965 for the |6th consecutive year. Included in the literature and releases received from government sources are the Speech from the Throne delivered by the Hon.W.Earl Rowe on the opening of the third session of Parliament - a state- ment made in the Ontario Legislature by the Hon. John Robarts, Prime Minister of Ontario, regarding the Canada Pension Plan and the submission of the Government of Ontario to the Special Joint Com- mittee of the Senate and House of Commons on the Canada Pension Plan. All these make lengthly but interesting reading and are available to any indi- vidual or organization who may be interested. Another booklet which came to hand over the weekend is a "Statement to the Ontario Legislature by Robt.J.Boyer, MPP, second vice- chairman, Ontario Hydro, on Great Lakes Water Levels". This booklet includes maps and graphs and is a THE NEWS February II, 1965 comprehensive analysis of a situation which is caus~ ing great concern on both sides of the international border. ANNUAL FATHER & SON BANQUET The sixteenth annual Boy Scout Annual Fa ther and Son Banquet will be held on Saturday, February 20th in the Terrace Bay Community Church Hall. Tickets may be obtained from Mel Nicol, Geo. Dashkewytch, Charlie Simmer and Harry Coe. HARBINGERS OF SPRING The Dept .of Lands & Forests bulletin in the middle of January told of a Pays Plat resident and several Rossport residents who had spotted a pair of robins. Their presence was attributed to the unseasonabl y warm weather. Mr .John Ferrier reports that on Monday he noted at his feeding station one beautiful yellow Grosbeak - two Pine Grosbeaks - a robin and sev- eral blackbirds. The robin has been around all winter and is sleek and fat. No doubt the lure of well stocked feeding sta- tions is preferable to the trip south where the weather might or might not be better than what we have enjoyed so far fhis winter. We hear that Hugh (Scotty) Hamilton was lucky, not only in curling this past weekend, but in a Bond draw and a Cheque draw. You're proud of that last roll of For over-all steadiness, feet film you shot. The kids looked should be comfortably placed about great and so did the pictures you shoulder width apart. As far as took down by the lake. They were holding the camera goes, try for a good snapshots, the family really firm but comfortable grip and be got a kick out of them. sure your fingers are clear of the But you noticed that several of lens. them were not as sharp as the With waist-level-type cameras, others and one or two were blurry. the neck strap is a big aid to You wonder, "how come, I didn't steadiness. A rock-steady position change a thing? can be taken by bearing down Nine times out of ten you can firmly on the neck strap. blame that fuzziness: on an-un-- "cre is one basic. rule' that steady camera or "jabbing" the : always applies, regardless of the shutter release button. type of camera used. "Squeeze", Camera movement, that motion dow . mene? on't punch or jab the shutter of the camera during the moment jolease. Failure here cancels out of exposure can spoil an otherwise ° * delightful picture. This is why all prior ing of holding the shutterbugs should make a habit Seance: par y- aoe the of keeping their camera steady for ee aie ea. WIG YOUn Care every picture, when unloaded. Here is how to avoid amateur In support of these steadiness photography's most common error. techniques there are available In general, eye-level still and objects such as doorways, balco- movie cameras are best steadied if Mies, railings, chair backs, table your elbows are held close to the tops, tree trunks and large boulders body. Additional bracing is ac- --all of which provide a shoulder complished if the camera is pressed for the snapshooter to lean upon. against the cheek bone below the Camera steadiness is the most eye looking through the view- important single improvement you finder. can give your snapshots.