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writerirrrmidersee, returns to Waterloo Mon. Sept 18 to kick off Ye 'tttti. tlt,',',',,', festival. 1, The Child, publishedthisweekbylesterandOrpsannya Born is Morris Manitoba, Birvbell moved to Winnipeg in 1967. A sumssful scriptwriter, playwright and tihnrttaher, she has won numerous awards for her writing, including the Gaald Lampert Award for tsmr6etion, tltttytioeIMeiniarxirorisorttietiG, and the Canadian Book Information Centre’s 45 Below Award. Her t.yop-iot1ab?sAsdAoeutoeias,NightNmriursamiudiedof% House, were widely scammed 1st0,.eMi?.sirtC0.hii.dayet-tmentoetrieehameers,udtr theconfoundingMinniePullmamareh'oughttogetherintheglscisl village ot'Agasaiz, Manitoba. Unable to remember the simplest things about her everyday life (her family must leave complicated notes all overthehousetoremindheronwhichdaytodothelsundry.orwhat sheirtoma_kerordinne,atteamremetntkruektoatinkisiGriG was born. In this community of Hutterites, Mennonites. French. English, displaced Indians, and Metis, it is only Minnie who is aware that an ancient underground glacier is melting and the valley is about to be wiped out. While the lives of the town's inhabitants unravel and interconnect, aschildrengomisdnganddeathshikesunexpectedly,Minnie 1ppe1tryt1toreiaMtnoreaaaunifyingtortmAndasthefioorwatersot the old glaciel lake upon which Agassiz is built begin to rise, it is Minnie who proclaims the imminent demise of the valley. Through the stories of Agassiz’s inhabitants, life in this isolated valley comes to life - the captures the clash of cultures, the tensions between the different communities as well the problems and eonilieta within family groups. Birdsell will be reading at the Seagrm Museum at 8 pan. Tickets are $6, available at Words Worth Books, 100 King St. S. Fifty cents from each ticket will be donated to the Waterloo Literacy Coalition. Others participating in the Fall Author Festival are Canadian novelists Guy Vanderhaege and Leon Rooke, Arctic explorer Jeff Mclnnes, former United Church moderator Lois Wilson and journalist Michelle Landsburg. 7 For tickets call 854-2665. PAaEaroeATEmotrcStttmttx-tetttsAvaerrtE-rtt- 24 HR. LIMOUSINE SERVICE I MW 1uthte a.ndra 1he.e1l, (“we Unirsetritr_of Wm!» If our luxury Super Stretch Limousines aren't large enough, perhaps you should reserve Sandra Birdsell opens fall author festival The “Bigg " Executive Coach Call now for reservations 747-4330 in Guelph or Cambridge 658-7357 (gamma v - “”3 " (a n " 'i'irruuad ” t" uni-plum: onus 'T09guttt "Mg sets us apart!" "thlsai Feminine Reducing Salons 11: CAkrTMtHtA comm WAY " PASSIVE TOMM TABLES SUN TANMNG BEDS SKIN CARE PRO0ut7rtt RENOVATIONS "Willamloum" 01 QUEEN try. S. mm 'tttit lt', 'rttMts, m. Dodo. ”in“. boring. as. J. “ELI-ICE” commune - Quality Work! ' UMMNWWS FmSTTREATMENrrrtEE CALLFORAPFONTIENT Concerts at 2:30 pm. Woodside Bible Chapel, Elmira 7:30 pan. St. John's Luther-n Church, Waterloo Series Adults $24 t?tuderttdknior $12 Single Concert Adults $8 Student! Senior $4 Special concert February 11, 1990 (Waterloo and Guelph) FESTIVE MUSIC FOR CHOIR AND BRASS sponsored by John Sutherland and Son: Ltd. Look for Welli tt Winds brochures or " more information. 'tgg/4 669.1327 tttit, Series and single tickets are available at concerts. Wellington Winds, 98 McNaughton St., Cambridge NIR 124 April 29, 1990 November 12, 1989 April 1, 1990 Excellence in concert band music for Cum-ll Ontario Catch the Winds! Join us in 89-90. October 1, 1989 (Waterloo) MUSICAL BRITAIN October Ili, 1989 (Elmira) sponsored by Shawn! Music ("11)iiliiji,lif'l.li,'j'ii WINDS HISPANIC FESTIVAL A SPRING POPS sponsored by The Mutual Group WELCOIE JAPAN sponsored by Toyota Canada