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Souvankham Thammmmgsa. who immigrated to Canada in the early lMfimauosufugetmmnwiflbefeafluedatLatdlmGalkry's ‘Homc: From Here and Away'. E-mail: jmason@yrmg.com Mail or hand detiver to: .Stouffville Sun-Tribune . 6290 Main Street, Stouffville, Ontario MA 167 Attention: Jim Mason For more info: 905-640-2612 ext. 23 2013 Sports Person of the Year? DEADLINE JUNE 9. 2013 Nominations should include nOminee's detailed resume and letters of support. Who will be Whitchurch-Stouffville's \\ SEW-Wham Sum/hulk - O STA“ PHOTO'STEVE mmu Newcomers under spotlight at Latcham livery generation wants a better life than their pnedecesoxs. ttom college or university. Other times it entails moving to another country in cider to expefience the oppommities not afforded in one's homeland. As Whitchurchfitouffville is becoming the town many new Canadians call home. Latcham Gallery curator ChaiDuncanwam- ed to provide them a voice. Home: Stories me Here and Away opens Saturday at the Main the first famin member to graduaté Away opens Saturday at the Main Street gallery. “We wan! to provide gallery vis‘i tors a reflection of their mmmu in choosing the pieces for the show from the roughly 30 artists who answered the gallery's open call for submissions. Mt. Duncan found a few common themes. with the mo§t striking being that “life is everywhere and contains both victory and failure". IDfS COMING UP BY SANDRA IOLAN sbulanOyrmg the five anists cho- university. Other Who do you think should be Whitchurchâ€"Stouffville's L‘ ("H 2013 Citizen of the Year? Attention: Jim Mason For more information call 905-640-2612 ext. 23 Award to be ptesented dunng the opening ot the 29'“ Annual Whitchurch-Stouffvifle Strawberry Festival Nominations ate open fov this year's award? We are looking for a person who 0 makps our community a bone! placo to live, work and play 0 is involved. to benefit more than his or her family or busmess 0 sets a positive examplefor others DEADLINE JUNE 9. 2013 Nominations should include nominee's detailed resume and letters of support. e mail: jmason©yrmgcom Mail or hand deliver to: Stouffville Sun-Ttibune 6290 Main St. Stouffville, Ont. MA 167 sen for the show is Whilchurch- Stouffvflle's Souvankham 11mm- mavongsa. who immigrated to Canada in the early [93 from a Laos refugee camp. Ms Thammavongsa could speak English when she arrived as a young child. But like many bilin- gual people. she somEtimes spoke to her friends in Law. In Grade 2. the teacher put her in the school's ESL class Ms Thammavungsa didn't mind. [he class had no strudure to it so the students spent much of the lime eating foods from other countn’es. she said. The ‘IM-yuar-ukl's piece in this show is actually a tmworpomt presentation of photos and draw- ings depicting her and her family's immigth extwrienco. "That makes me interested right away.” Mr. Duncan said of Ms- 'lhammawmgsa's chosen medium. which is typically found m the hnardmnm. nm the an gallvry Ms Thammavnngsa chuw to exhibit her experience this way because. as with all of her an. she utilizes everyday nbjects. (Khawa's Toni Hamel. also Sponsored by SfifiiTribune worked with a common object for “Yam creates a kind of tension within the work" that illustrates the strain that might occui with immi- gration. according to Mr. Duncan. No matter the medium Ol’ experience. one thing the exhibi- tion depicts is all really the same. When we talk about home. it doesn't really matter if we've from Canada or nm.” Ms 'lhammamng- 'Ihe other exhibitors in the show originally hail from Israel. Palm- tine. Taiwan. Hong Kong and Italy, This is the first of two shuws dealing with immigration. At about the same ,time next year. the gal- lery will hust an exhibition by firsbgvncmtinn ; (kinadiuns that will examine the culturv clash ui Canadian childmn being raised by immigrants. F0! more mformamn. go to m_la!cham swayed 1110 opening n‘t‘vptinn for this show takes place lune l. 7 m 9 p.m. at latcham (Query. ham Mam 5|. 'I‘ne Shaw runs until My 20. m