Pontiac Community Events 

Strong showing at the Regional Heritage Fair.  Students from Onslow Elementary, S.E.McDowell, Dr.Wilbert Keon and St. John's Schools participated in the Regional Heritage Fair recently held at McDowell School.  On Thursday, May 5, the six judges picked the five finalists, from whose projects they will pick two to be shown at the National Heritage Fair in Saskatoon in July.
The five finalists, with their exhibitors and the schools they come from, are as follows: Royal Canadian Mint, by Bria Hearty and Makayla Campbell (McDowell);  Halifax Explosion, by Kyle Harris and Taylor Orr (McDowell); Wyman, by Josh Greenshields (Onslow); Jeffrey Mines, by Stephane Chartrand (Dr. Wilbert Keon); Canadian Armed Forces, by Tyler Toupin.
Four projects were selected for honourable mention: Mackenzie King Estate, by Brett Nugent;  Landmark Shawville Fires, by Colby Richardson;  Hudson Bay Company Award, Trapping, by Tiffany Bretzlaff; Aboriginal Award, Jeffrey Mines, by Dustin Raymond.

Celebrating History in Bristol.  The commemoration of the founding of Bristol and the celebration of the municipality's 150th birthday includes a variety of events and exhibitions. In June there will be an unveiling of Heritage sites, in July a dinner/dance on the wharf with the Dick Maloney band, and in October an expedition to the highest point of the Bristol Mines property.  Documents are on display at the town hall, including the Council minutes of 1855 and receipts from stores which now belong to the past.
For more information, visit the website www.bristolmunicipality.com or call the town hall at (81) 647-5555.

Clarendon Township's 150th anniversary events scheduled for June and July:
- June 26. Service at Holy Trinity Anglican Church, Radford.
- June 27. Baby contests and the competition for "Miss Clarendon 150".
July 1-2. Canada Day weekend. 
- Heritage displays, musical entertainment by the Bowes Brothers, and other events.
- Reunions for all those who went to school in this area. Events at McDowell School.
- 150th Anniversary Dance at Pontiac High School featuring Irish music by Mountain Tay & Robin Avril and the Mick Armitage Band.
- July 2. Clarendon 150th Anniversary Dance/Concert at the Agricultural Hall, Shawville. Irish music by Mountain Tay and Robin Avril.  Tickets available from Clarendon Municipal, Ann Rogers or Sylvia Hodgins. Tickets can be delivered.
- July 3. Ecumenical Service at the Shawville Fair Grounds.
- July 4-8. Heritage sites and displays will be open for visits.
Quilt show and tea, soap box derby.

July 23 to 31.
Pontiac School of the Arts first session.  Arrangements for courses are being finalized and copies of the brochure will soon be available. Some courses will be taught in one language and some in both.
The following people will be among those teaching courses at the School: Val Bridgeman (papermaking and working in clay), Robin Stone (nature writing), Eric and Katherine Fletcher (self-publishing), Dale Shutt (silk painting), Betty Russell (decorative painting), Heidi Arden (photography), Nancy Gaudreault (portraiture), Raymond Sander-Regier (printmaking and fly tying), Ruby Ewen (introduction to painting), Gretchen Schwarz (musical keyboard technique), and Robert Wills (the computer as a musical tool). For information, call: 1-819-647-2247 and leave a message, which will be answered as quickly as possible.  Visit the website at www.pontiacschoolofthearts.com or email: info@pontiacschoolofthearts.com
Some people attending the courses will need accommodation.  If you  have rooms, apartments or cottages which would be available for renting, please let the School's committee know by calling the abovementioned number.

Pontiac printmaker’s workshop resumes activity. Underground Impressions Souterraines is an open working Artist’s Print Studio, located at 320 Main Street in Shawville.  Artist/printmaker Raymond Sander-Regier will be using various hand printing processes over the summer.  You are invited to drop by and take this opportunity to learn about printmaking processes and equipment, see the creative work in progress and browse through the finished pieces. Hours: Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, 10.00 am. to 5.00 pm.; Friday, 10.00 am. to  6.00 pm.  For information call (819) 647-5549.
Raymond Sander-Regier is also a member of the Committee for the Pontiac School of the Arts (see above entry).

Katharine Fletcher wins another award.  In February of this year Katharine Fletcher won the Award of Excellence in Travel Journalism  from Choice Hotels Canada in the best international travel writing category for her story "The Spirit of Morocco" (published in Ottawa Life Magazine in May 2004).  Katharine Fletcher, who lives near Quyon, had previously received the Ottawa Tourism Media Award, for the second successive year, for her three-volume series of guidebooks to the National Capital Region (See the Summer issue of this Bulletin, under Books).