Contributors:
(In no Apparent Order)
We are currently revamping the contributors
page
please note that it is currently of date.
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| Jody McKone |
Jody
expresses her creativity through oil, acryllic, watercolour
as well as silk painting and unique crafts.
She studied at Sheridan College and through years
of artplay. Currently, she is operating the
Driftwood Gallery in Whitney, where her
original work can be seen. |
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| Robert Perkins |
Robert worked
as a freelance artist for 9 years
developing his artistic skills before entering teaching in 1984.
Bob was head of the Madawaska Valley District High School Art
Department
until his retirement in June of 2008. Primarily a painter, his
preferred subjects are
the intimate local scenes which convey the story of the environment
in which he lives. Now in retirement Bob looks forward to returning
to
his artistic roots, doing paintings and drawings of the people
and places
that enrich his life. Bob also intends to further expand upon
his artistic nature
through the creation of mixed-media ceramic sculptures.
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| Kathy Blomquist |
Kathy is an RN
and Certified Fitness Instructor
in Killaloe, Ontario. She works with a multi-disciplinary, collaborative
team
at Rainbow Valley Community Health Centre and facilitates fitness
programs for adults and seniors.
She has a special interest in designing programs that explore
skills essential for healthy movement
and also use movement to learn about health. |
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| Jim Jones |
"Zapp!Productions,
record store, indie label
and promotions has been at it since 1991,
the old fashioned way, ethically and responsibly
and business with a handshake...
We would like to see the music business change
to a strong upstanding business as opposed to it's current
monopoly of marketing and control.."
www.zapp-productions.com
www.myspace.com/zappproductions
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August 2009 ~ 'If Music be the Food of Love, Play On'
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| Rob Bersan |
Rob
is a singer/songwriter who has recorded several cds.
He is a member of The Fireweed Company and is currently working
with Jenny Gunn,
recording artist from Killaloe.
www.myspace.com/robbersan |
August 2009 ~ How to Write a Song
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| Jessica Shulist |
A country girl at heart, Jessica makes her home in Toronto,
escaping when the need for wide open spaces beckons
her for a spiritual cleansing.
Currently working in publishing,
she is planning a novel that will be written
in the Fall and Winter of 2009/2010.
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August 2009 ~ Natural Reflections
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| Turtle Tim Beckett |
Tim is a visual artist/musician/songwriter
living in the Bonnechere Valley area. He runs the Turtle Tim
Art
Gallery and Studio located on Scotch Bush Rd east of Eganville,
where he showcases his oil on canvas paintings.
He has recently released a CD "Live in Killaloe" which
was
recorded as a live radio broadcast.The CD is a compilation of
some of the many songs that he has written and was performed
by his group the Turtle Tim Trio.
www.radio3.cbc.ca/bands/Turtle-Tim-Trio
or just Google 'Turtle Tim Trio'. |
August 2009 ~ Turtle Tim Beckett ~ Paintings
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| Leo Del Pasqua |
Leo is a practicing symbolist
with special interest in Christian art, history and spirituality.
He holds a Masters Degree in Theology from Toronto School
of Theology,
and currently runs an on-line store called Veronicas Liturgical
Art on Ebay,
where rare books and other items of ceremonial and devotion
are sold.
Visit Leo's Ebay Store at:
Veronicas
Liturgical Art
Examples of some of his artwork can
be viewed in the Contributing Artists
section of the Urantia Book-Ottawa web site,
www.urantia-ottawa.ca
He also hosts a weekly local radio show
on Culture and Religion called Church of the Earth on CHCR
in Killaloe.
Visit CHCR and listen on-line to Leo's Show:
www.chcr.org
August
2009 ~ Outdoor Shrines
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| Doug De La Matter |
"I am converting from a retired science teacher
to a photographer. So far, I have had 2 photo shows.
The most recent was in the Algonquin Park Visitor Centre August
2008 .
Natural close-ups are my special interests."
To check out Doug's science mind, his teaching ideas and
to view his photophotography
please visit:
www.dougdelamatter.com
www.dougdelamatter.blogspot.com
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| July
2009 ~ Ommm... |
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| Clark Guettel |
Clark Guettel, artist, glassblower, musician
and original member of the Wilno Express,
has been an organizer, performer, craft exhibiter
and demonstrator, in any one of several different
combinations, at just about every
Killaloe Craft and Community Fair
since the first fair in 1976.
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| July
2009 ~ Recollections of the Killaloe Craft and Community Fair |
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| Rosa del Flores |
Rosa is a connesseur and supporter of 'art of the living'
and is planning her escape from the city.
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| July
2009 ~ From Derelict to Dynamic |
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| Ben Anderman |
Ben,
a self-taught photographer, treats nature as his portrait
studio,
as he tries to capture nature at it's best,allowing the photo
to tell a
story all of it's own.
Ben’s greeting cards are
available at:
Grandma's Pantry in Killaloe, The Driftwood Gallery and Gift
Shop in Whitney,
The Wilno Craft Gallery and The Wilno Station in Wilno,
South of 60 Art Centre and The Vintage Shoppe in Barry's Bay.
To view more of Ben's work, please
visit:
www.happyspork.com
crimsonpenguin.deviantart.com
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| July
2009 ~ Ben Anderman Photography |
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| Joanne Leclerc |
Joanne
is a graphic designer who paints
entirely for fun. She enjoys recreating the textures
in bark, feathers and nature with various
painting techiques. She lives in Ottawa with her
two kids, Brittany and Nickolas.
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| June
2009 ~ For the Birds |
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| Clem Cristoff |
Little Clem
Cristoff is a grade 4 boy, the kind of kid that is always
causing trouble at school, the kind the teacher has to find
something interesting for him to read so he learns to read,
the kind of kid that is the first to throw up his hand in
class but are afraid to ask because his answer is likely attached
to a swear word or sexual reference. In this case the field
trip to the Bonnechere Caves with the stories of exploration,
cave formations and fossils was so stimulating to young Clem
that he produced a poem so worthy that it went up on the bulletin
board in the hallway fir the whole school to see that his
self esteem shot through the roof and had an impact on his
attitude to learning and education and his life for years
to come.
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| June
2009 ~ The Making of a Geological Gem |
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| Lynn Jones |
Lynn
Jones is a member of both the Ottawa River Institute
and the Ottawa Valley Food Coop and has been working on
building awareness of local food and the environment in the
Ottawa Valley
for over a decade, both by way of her previous work with the
Public Health Unit,
as well as more recently with ORI and the OVFC.
She lives near Pembroke with her husband Ole Hendrickson,
a nature-loving ecologist, and their two daughters Grace and
Claire.
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| June
2009 ~ Making it Easy to Buy the Food Your Neighbour Grows! |
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| Nikki
Madigan |
At
the foot of the Camel's Back Range in the BC interior, you might
catch a glimpse
of Nikki capturing relics & vistas in paintings, in words
or through the camera lens. Her anthropological
heart strings pull her along mountain passes, as she sleuths
out histories on people/places to
weave their stories.
As well as completing "Sage Brush Country",
a painted series in oil, she is the curator at a local museum.
www.pembertonmuseum.org
May
2009 ~ The Aliens, the Time Machine and the Fool King |
| June
2009 - Illiterate |
| July
2009 ~ The Hunter and the Garden |
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| Chris
Hinsperger |
Chris
Hinsperger has spent most of his adult life as a youth worker,
with Browndale in his early years
and later with the Ministry of Community and Social Services
and the
Youth Services Bureau of Ottawa Carleton. For the past 17
years he and his wife Val
have owned the Bonnechere Caves. He is also a member of the
Delfi Group whose motto
is “Helping people and organizations to be the best
they can be.” One of Chris’s
pleasures of owning a geological treasure like the caves is
to welcome school groups
were he can pass on the wonderment of the planet earth and
what lies above that
earth and deep down inside it. Chris and Val have two boys,
Nic aged 24 who will
spend the summer at an organic farm in British Columbia
and Dan aged 21 who will spend the summer guiding whitewater
rafts in Alberta.
Both boys believe there is “life out there somewhere.”
Check out the Bonnechere
Caves :
www.bonnecherecaves.com
May
2009 ~ Cyril and
the Stars
July
2009 ~ Julius
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| Karen
Schimansky |
In
the spring of 1973, Karen moved up from the States
to homestead with husband in the Wilno Hills.
She worked as a community nurse and case manager
for 20 years. Currently she is involved and practices
in a variety of complimentary energy modalities including;
Therapeutic Touch, Reiki, Cranial Sacral and Meditation.
May
2009 ~ Back to the Land in Killaloe - 1968 - 2008
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| Robbie
Anderman |
Robbie Anderman ("Beaver") co-founded
Morninglory Farm intentional communtiy
with Mike Nickerson in March, 1969. He has recorded two CDs
of his flute music
and one compilation CD of music and stories about industrial
hemp.
www.robbiehanna.com
www.hempseedee.com
With Christina, he is co-founder of
The Cool Hemp Company, turning hemp hearts into nurishing frozen
goodness.
www.coolhemp.com
Robbie's almost finished book about the herbal and edible qualities
of the local trees can be read at:
coolhemp.com/healingtrees/beaver/index.shtml
May
2009 ~ Back to the Land in Killaloe - 1968 - 2008
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| Geoff
Bower |
Geoff's
Inner Philanthropist has given him a unique means to share
himself,
his love teaching the sport of tennis, and his greatest passion
of being able to give to others,
specifically those less fortunate than himself. Training at
Sadili in Kenya provides the
children with meals, opportunites, hope and something
to look forward to and get excitied about.
To support the children in Kibera, please visit:
www.sadili.com
or
Global
Giving
May
2009 ~ Serving in Africa
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| Deedee
Sanderson |
Deedee
expresses her art in many styles,
drawing inspiration from within as well as from the
natural beauty of her surroundings.
She makes her home in the sanctity of the Wilno hills,
near Algonquin Park. Her book,
"If Heaven Can Wait...Finding Grace Through Alzheimers"
is a non-fiction tale of her journey with her ailing Granny.
It is available through Chapters or online at:
www.gsph.com
www.myspace.com/deedeesanderson
May
2009 ~ Ewe, Me and the Hosses |
| June
2009 ~ Zapped by Zapp |
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| Larry
Dusseault |
Larry
Dusseault writes inspired words from
his home near Combermere. He works as a realtor for
Queenwood
Real Estate in Barry's Bay.
May
2009 ~ King Juan Franscesco
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| Tanya
Kornobis |
Tanya Kornobis has found her home in the beautiful Madawaska
Valley,
where she plays music, practices Reiki, yoga
and meditation with a dash of gardening on the side.
You can listen to her music at:
www.
cdbaby.com/cd/boogiewall
or
www.
boogiewall.com
May
2009 ~ Spin in to Natural Time
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| June
2009 ~ Spin in to Natural Time : Part Two |
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Bernadine
Roslyn
and Bayberry Lane Designs |
Special
thanks to Bernadine for her contribution of time, resources,
web hosting and technical & other supports she has generously
provided.
www.bayberrylane.ca
www.algonquineast.com
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