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stouffville suntribune thursday feb 15 2007 7 soak up latest latcham show by hannelore volpe staff writer members of iris explore the idea of fluidity through photographs sculp tures paintings and mixed media art in the latcham gallerys latest show open ing feb 24 in the show by laura hair holly mcclellan ruth read margaret rodgers janice taylorprebble sally thurlow and wendy wallace water is portrayed as an endangered yet vital natural resource the opening reception for the show entitled fluid is from 1 to 3 pm feb 24 everyone is welcome to meet the artists the exhibition continues until april 7 the artists are from durham region and are part of iris a collective which was formed in 1996 it aims to raise lev els of access for women in the arts and allow the artists to share ideas and offer mutual support ffils is a member of carfac cana dian artists representation le front des artistes canadiens the national voice of canadas professional visual artists and the red head gallery the seven artists make philosophi cal artistic and conceptual observa tions about the complexity of the rela tionship between human beings and the environment some of the works deal directly with issues surrounding water while others portray the theme in more abstract terms a catalogue is available with essays by maralynn cherry and ola wlusek curator of the latcham gallery the latcham gallery is a public art gallery at 6240 main st in stouffville the gallerys hours are from 10 am to 5 pm tuesdays to saturdays call 9056408954 or email to cura- torlatchamgalleryca calling all bookworms while youll have to wait until the end of march to get good bargains at the whitchurchstouffville public librarys giant book sale you can donate materi als now the library is looking for hardcover and softcover books videos and dvds in good condition the only donations that the library cant use are old encyclopedias and text books magazines and copies of read ers digest this year all books and materials will be new to the public the librarys ceo carolyn nordheimer said nothing has been held over from last years sale the 2006 sale which was held in the multipurpose room in the lebovic leisure centre brought in around 11500 the library board wants this years sale to surpass 12000 new this year is an early bird sale that replaces the collectors hour for 15 you get the pick of the pris tine crop of books and materials from 630 to 8 pm on march 28 while the sale officially starts the next day at 10 am a new seniors hour lets anyone 60 years of age and over browse through the books and materials at their leisure from 9 to 10 am the book sale runs from 10 am to 8 pm march 29 and 30 from 10 am to 5 pm march 31 and from 10 am to 4 pm april 1 helping to transport books and shelves arrange books refill shelves and handle the cash box are volunteers including students from stouffville dis trict secondary school local service clubs the towns volunteer firefighters and local residents some of whom come back year after year although the book sale is run under the auspices of the library board- it depends on support from everyone in the community ms nordheimer said funds raised go to such things as prizes for the summer reading program to pay a coordinator for the program in case grant monies arent forthcoming next years march break program and to have a sound system for the multipur pose room at the leisure centre to donate to the book sale call ms nordheimer at 9056427323 for pickup or to make arrange ments to deliver the materials arrive alive please dont drink and drive this message brought to you as a community service of the economist suntribune inserts for thurs feb 15 2007 canadian tire woodbine cleaners giant tiger dominos pizza 360 auto sobeys mm meat shops iga longos sears shoppers drug mart dominion loblaws ap price chopper zellers the bay no frills maytag rona home depot future shop staplesbusiness depot food basics sport mart toyota the brick michaels 2007 autoshow real 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