Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - November 30, 1981, Winnipeg, Manitoba 2 Winnipeg free november 1981 w v 4 i artist braves ice to put bite on buyers by Bob Lowery Winnipeg free press flin flon one of Canadas few remaining bitten Birch bark artists crossed 400 metres of half fro zen ice last week from her Island Home to bring 200 of her latest works to Christmas shoppers in flin Angelique said she and her husband had to break ice All across amiss Lake As they inched their boat toward they walked for about an hour through Bush to Denair Beach before hailing a taxi for the remaining 18 Kilometre trip to flin practising the ancient Indian Art is becoming More and More Angelique my few remaining Teeth Are Loose and they ache a the artist has always maintained it would be impossible to make the sensitive impressions on the Birch bark with false she and Bill have decided they will have to try probably in the new pattern in mind her works have progressed from Geometric forms to those including butterflies and Angelique never traces a pattern or has any kind of guide for her my pattern is in my i see it All the time in working and it comes out perfectly on the Birch she Angelique said she has found a younger woman to work with her and learn the next summer she Hopes to open a workshop and add a number of Young Bill said the Market for Angeli ques biting is always orders have come in from Many parts of Canada and the United some of the works have found their Way to West and her works have also been on display in Winnipeg at the Manitoba museum of Man and prices have ranged from for smaller pieces up to for a Large work set in a beaded Bill said it took Angelique Only a few Days to produce the 200 pieces Angelique Merasty sinks creative Teeth into Birch she brought to flin he it takes weeks to get things set intakes three Days to find one Good Birch Bill they Are currently travelling More than 15 Kilometres from their Home to find the right Bill said Birch bark has As Many As 10 layers of skin and usually five or six layers Are the bark must be soft and supple in order to retain the delicate imprints left by Angelique he their search for Birch bark this fall was not without tangible on three occasions the Merasty have come across Moose and each time Angelique felled the animal with a single leaving her husband to haul the spoils Toj leu i we l in 1 rappers find new buyer offers higher fur prices Thompson staff there is an upsurge in trapping at about Kilometres Northeast of since Manitoba registered trappers association started buying furs directly from chief Phillip High Etty of the Barren lands Indian band said he arrived Here this weekend with More than 200 including Timber Otter and about every Man in our Community has taken off to the trap Treyve seen the the chief the ones that have sold their fur so far have been getting More Cash in their first payment on their furs than they got from the Bay store who bought the furs he cited the example of a trapper who sold six Mink to the Bay for the total Price of big Hetty who acts As the agent for bought six Mink from another trapper for on the first Down Meta is sending the trappers fur to the Ontario trappers association auction at North on 9 to the final payments Are to be in the hands of the Manitoba trappers by big Hetty is optimistic about the final he recalls an occasion when the Bays buyer offered him for seven he refused the offer and insisted that the Bay Send his fur to an auction big Hetty finally collected for his seven use dog teams a lot of the Brochet fur now on its Way to North Bay was purchased from trappers Horace Cook and Archie both trapped 240to320 kilo metres North of Brochet near the Northwest territories both men trapped with dog teams and each has two sons working with them using Power big Hetty said the Veteran trappers stay right out on the trap lines with their dogs while their sons transport the fur to twice in the last 10 big Hetty has flown fur to Lynn Lake and Tran sported it by his own truck to the Meta fur depot in the Thompson City from there it is shipped to Winnipeg and on to North on his initial big Hetty was Given to make initial payments to the Brochet on this return he will take and plans to return with a larger shipment of fur in mid this fur will be placed on the Ontario trappers auction in big Hetty said he has talked with the chief of the North lands Indian band at Lac Brochet where there Are 40 trappers working and the chief of the Madoule Lake Indian both of whom Are interested in shipping fur through Murray manager of the Thompson fur said two South Indian Lake trappers who operate their own aircraft have been in Thompson this weekend and plan to return with their in the first 10 Days of operation furs valued at about have been sent to the Ontario Mackenzie jobs elected directory Large by Norman development body Thompson staff former lieu tenant governor Bud Jobin was elected to the Board of the Norman regional development corporation at its annual meeting Here who will serve As a director was the corporations first president when it was founded 10 years we value joins return to this said Vic president Percy Pielak of the few men have carried the concerns of the North More consistently than he has and worked so hard to resolve other officers elected include presi Andy Champagne of Gillam Pielak second vice Walter mayor of Lynn Lake Bob of the mystery Lake local government District and Earl Sim Thompson the directors decided to make representations to Federal and provincial governments for financial assistance for Community airports at Snow Lake and Leaf Gerry of Snow said the which has no Airport facile has proposed to the provincial Jobin Norman director government that a min tailings Pond be drained to form a Engi Neering studies indicate the conversion would create an excellent Airport for about he City Calendar Mac Leaf rapids local government said improve ments to the Community Airport Are needed because the provinces new citation aircraft purchased especially for medical evacuations can not land on the Hydro studies indicate an extensive draining system is needed before any improvements to the Airport would be Riddell he said one Side of the Airstrip is constructed partially on the existing Airport costs a year to the town receives in government assistance and the rest has to be raised from local we dont mind raising some of our but we dislike being the Only Community up Here that has to do it Means we have practically Noth ing for capital improvements to the he airports at the flin Lynn Gillam and Churchill Are All operated by the Federal depart ment of isolated communities such As South Indian near Leaf operate under a Provin Cial artisans to display crafts Western works will hold its second annual Manitoba Christmas Craft Sale from noon to 10 thursday and Friday and to 6 saturday and sunday at the Winnipeg convention artists and artisans will display and discuss their the vital child guidance clinic will offer evening sessions for parents of adolescents at 7 thursday at vital school Board Norberry 900 marys topics include adolescent depression teenage sexuality Parent adolescent conflict the adolescent in the and the out control weather to phone Pearl Wark at 2577827 will give a presentation of slides of his work and discuss the work and its development to the present time at 11 thursday in room 27 at the school of University of can div will assist the Christmas cheer Board with a special Nair Campaign for Public donation of canned and nonperishable foods to fill Christmas hampers for the people can deliver donations from 8 to 8 Friday to sunday at the hotel fort the hotel will establish a special reception depot at the motor Entrance on the South Side of the h High l Low Praia pfc cold of font worm front Toronto up the million winning number in yesterdays super loto draw was five winning numbers were 996245 and the winning number was the 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