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From seeds grow the foods we eat. An idea can grow in the same manner, if a creative seed is planted in the mind.
AgAwareBC, a non-profit group dedicated to farmers and ranchers, knows all about the concept of food, and they are applying that knowledge to new thoughts about the provincial harvest. They are doing it through the arts writing, performing, drawing. Their annual competition has just wrapped up and Prince George participants have come away with some of the honours.
The Bel Canto Children’s Choir won top honours in the Children’s Choir category while the White Spruce City Chorus (of Sweet Adeline’s) picked up the top prize for the Community Choir category.
Harold and Linda Hartshorne: Harold was born in Sidney in 1947 and Linda (Wood) was born in Kelvington, Sask., in 1951. They married in 1971. Harold worked for the Department of Highways for 22 years, then the Prince George Regional Correctional Centre for eight years and then started A-Tec Dental Service for the next 22 years. After high school, Linda worked in the office for the Beautiful B.C. Magazine. Later, Linda worked for BCTel and retired after 26 years of service. Harold was named a Prince George Citizen Of The Year in 2018.
Harry and Barb Gairns: Harry Gairns, a UBC Forestry and Forest Engineering graduate and former president and manager of Industrial Forestry Service Limited was born in Atlin in 1932. He married Margaret Joughin who passed away in 2011 after 56 years of a good marriage. Barb (nee Longmore) Wilchek was born in Vancouver in 1938. She married Fred Wilchek who passed away in 2011 after 52 years of a good marriage. Harry and Barb knew of one anothe