VOL. 67 NO. 27
The Paper That ’s Going Places!
MONDAY, JULY 14, 2014
41st Pysanka Festival breathes rich Ukrainian history Rosanne Fortier Vegreville’s 41st Pysanka Festival burst with educational opportunities that drew citizens of all ages to the Ukrainian festival on July 4, 5 and 6. The Pioneer Village held a large crowd who viewed and questioned the demonstrators and directors for this demonstrations and displays. The Blacksmith demonstrations and displays were directed by John Babcock who was a Blacksmith for 60 years where he constructed chisels, ham(left to right) Scott Quinnell, Scott Degen, Steve Hessels, Dennis Girardin, Sky Hoffos with John Babcock (seated) were the Blacksmiths who gave demonstrations that held a large following of viewers. (Rosanne Fortier/Photo)
mers, anvils, vices, tongs and everything he could create. Babcock is a poet too and he
gave out his poetry, which spoke about how life was years ago. The five other blacksmiths were Steve Hessels, Scott Quinnell, Scott Degen, Dennis Girardin and Sky Hoffos. These blacksmiths had people of all ages enthralled with their work. Sky Hoffos was the youngest of the gang and he is talented with his hands where he can do fine arts, leatherwork, blacksmithing and much more. Quinnell spoke about blacksmithing which is his biggest passion in life. “I am a Journeyman Machinist but my trade is connected with black smit hing. T his Blacksmith demonstration helps to show people the old ways of helping to get things
done on the forge. It’s the old ways of life that are making a comeback; that is part of our heritage, especially for the See Story............................ Page 2
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