ANNUAL SLIDE COMPETITION by Marion Copleston 
     
    
   
   
    
     The May 7th meeting of the Natural History Society was well attended. As 
     
     usual, the slide show proved to be a popular event. Almost 70 slides were 
     
     submitted for the contest and the quality was excellent. 
     
    

    
     First prize was won by Geoff Hogan for a winter scene taken in Springvale 
     
     which included fields, a church, and a red fox. Second prize went to Donald 
     
     Wilkinson for a striking sunset shot and third prize to Roberta Palmer for the 
     
     picture of a squirrel at a feeder. The winning prize in the special category on 
     
     birds was taken by Margaret Mallett. The photo was an amazing close-up of a 
     
     Great Blue Heron. 
     
    

    
     Thanks to all who attended for their interest and comments during the 
     
     show. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Editor's Note: Thanks to Marion Copleston for acting as the judge for the slide 
     
     show and her preparation of this article. 
     
    
   
   
    
     NEH BIRD CHECK LIST FOR THE ISLAND by Dan McAskill 
     
    
   
   
    
     The Department of Tourism and Parks with the assistance of Geoff Hogan and 
     
     the Society has completed the 5th edition of the Field Check List of Birds for 
     
     Prince Edward Island. This edition features the most up-to-date list of the 
     
     birds of the Island and depicts the Great Blue Heron on the cover. 
     
    

    
     The Society approached the Department on a number or changes to the Check 
     
     List including the production of separate French and English lists to reduce 
     
     paper consumption and the cost of mailing the list, the addition of a section 
     
     requesting users of the list to report rare or unusual bird sightings to the 
     
     Society, and information on what information to provide on such sightings. Our 
     
     thanks to the Department of Tourism and Parks for their cooperation on these 
     
     changes. 
     
    
   
   
    
     ANOTHER AUTHOR IN OUR MIDST by Margaret E. Mallett lg 
     
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     The news is out. Since last fall our Natural History Society has numbered 
     
     among its members Louise Ravenhill, a native Islander who now resides in 
     
     Cornwall, P.E.I. In mid-April, Louise won the Bennett Carr literary award for 
     
     her historical novel Move Smartz Boy which has a Prince Edward Island setting. 
     
    

    
     Ten years of research and interviews preceded the actual writing which 
     
     began in February, 1990. She submitted the completed manuscript to the Bennett 
     
     Carr Award Competition in 1991. 
     
    

    
     The suspense ended and the exhilaration began when all the first prize 
     
     winners received notification a few days before Awards Night at the Coles 
     
     Building, Charlottetown on April 20, 1991. 
     
    

    
     In Move Smartz Boy Adam Hollyfield tells the story of the first two years 
     
     of his life as a 'Home Boy" on Prince Edward Island. Adam was the middle child 
     
     of three Hollyfield children - Helen, Adam, and Terry - of Birmingham, England. 
     
     They came to the Island as Home Children in 1911. Helen and Terry were taken to 
     
     live with ideal guardians. Adam was less fortunate. 
     
    

    
     Louise Ravenhill was born in Charlottetown. Her early years were spent at 
     
     her parent's home in Union Road, Queens County, then intermittently in 
     
     Massachusetts during school years. 
     
    

    
     Another period of Island residence was in her teens when she attended 
     
     Union Commercial College. After this she was employed in Charlottetown as a 
     
     bookkeeper at A. Pickard & Company, coal dealers; then at Central Creameries. 
     
    
   
   
    
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