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st tribune september 20 1995 p19 works of pie atkinson on display at menger gallery sign language the wonderful decor for fridays benefit dance for the yorkdurham heritage railway at stouffville country market included a mag nificent lifesized silhouette of a locomptive created by sharon and ken kinsman flanked by two crossing signals the beautifully backlit cutout took up most of one wall one couldnt help wondering however whether in the light of recent events such blatant propa ganda to promote the railway would be considered to be in con travention of the towns sign bylaw council generously support ed the event by coming out in force and by appearing to overlook what cpuld be construed by some as a large and persuasive commercial forydhra fall season at gallery grape vine the menger gallerys fall season begins with an exhibition and sale of original watercolors by gallery owner fie atkinson which will be featured until oct 1 pies florals and landscapes have gained her an enthusiastic following and one of her works water for lbmorrow was commissioned by the girl guides of canada the gallery also features paintings by her five sib lings three of whom will be fea tured in exhibitions later this fall mitch oct 13 to 29 specializes in oils and covers a wide range of sub jects from beautiful old homes to landscapes cole- brook nov 1026 has always been drawn- to nature a love which is reflected in his work and in 1991 he was named ducks unlimited canada artist of the year keirstead who will be featured at the gallery dec 1 and 2 uses oil and palette knives to capture the beauty of old mills and stone homesteads as well as many beautiful landscapes in canada and around the world the menger gallery is on the south side of stouf fville road just east of high way 404 and is open tues- dayto friday from 10 am to 9 pm saturday from 10 am to 5 pm and sunday from 1 to 5 pm creative instincts the latcham gallery is hosting a oneday interac tive seminar- entitled kick- start your creativity on sat urday sept 30 eventsget under way at latcham hall with refreshments and reg istration at 930 am at 10 am keynote speaker lois schklar will address partici pants and a general discus sion will follow her presenta tion schklar received her bachelor of fine arts degree from the atlanta school of art and her sculptures have been exhibited throughout canada in juried group and solo exhibitions lunch will be served at latcham hall following a tour of the gallerys current exhibition ontario craft works and a discussion will take place from 130 to 330 pm with a group of three panelists seminar fee is 40 and includes lunch and gst call 6402395 stouffville district secondary school invites you to attend the first 1 99596 meeting of the parentteacher liaison group tuesday sept 26th in the high school library topic for the evening meeting mr leonard general discussion of school issues all welcome 730 pirn mr w hogarth director of education t bowes trustee r leonard principal mr w crothers chairman of the board wednesday sept 20 markham youth the atre will present stephen sond- heims company directed by stouffville r resident jennifer lacey beginning today and run ning until sept 23 at the markham theatre for performing arts call 305show for tickets thursday sept 21 stouffville district secondary school is hold ing grade 9 parents night from 7 to 9 p m in the gymnasium misfits for bowling every thursday at 5 pm tlweek two strike it rich pots one at 2000 and one at 430 calendar monthly draws for prizes lb become a mis fit call diane ferguson 6409942 stouffville chess club will be held at silver jubilee club 6297 main st stouffville thursdays 7 to 10 pm adults sun days 1 to- 4 pm all ages children under 13 must be accompanied by an adultbring your own chess sets and clocks friday sept 22 the euchres will start again at the silver jubileeclub at 730 pm all seniors welcome to participate saturday sept 23 stouffville 830 pm legion steak social held at the legion steaks served 7 to 9 pm dance 9 pm to 1 am dinner only 7 dance only 5 limited tickets available at the legion for more information please call 6401714 sunday sept 24- parkview village hymn sing tenants evening at 7 pm monday sept 25 the explorer group at stouffville united church has started again all girls 9 10 and 11 years old grades 4 5 and 6 are welcome to join meet ings are mondays 7 to stouffville district secondary school invitation to parentsguardians of our grade 9 students please come and join us for conversation refreshments meet our new principal and your sonsdaughters teachers hear our expectations curricular evaluation assessment strategies etc come and join us as we encourage a comfortable transition from elementary to secondary school time 700 900 pm date thurs sept 2195 place gymnasium 6401433 rod leonard jay hooper viceprincipal