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SATURDAY, April 17/10


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“GETTING HIS  BEAR-INGS  IN NEW AYLMER HABITAT!”

(This ‘Bear’ was set up in the lot south of the library on Thursday. Photo supplied by Don Durkee. Info provided by Thom Polland, Aylmer Parks Director)

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“In the summer of 2009, the town put the green wire animations in Kinsmen Park, which was very well received from the public.  Due to the
location, the animations were subjected to severe and repeated vandalism, which resulted in them having to be removed.  The bear was part of that original purchase in 2009.   It is made from a wire frame and stuffed with moss – the idea is to use plant material that would for example
resemble fur, and yes, the bear is sturdy.”
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AYLMER TODAY:

-(Next week) Town Works Spring Leaf Collection (see Aylmer website) http://www.aylmer.ca

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“CRASH ON CULLODEN LINE”

(From the Free Press) A two vehicle crash occurred Thursday on Culloden Line as a van heading north collided with a truck heading south and van driver Philip Eatock, 56 of Elgin County is in critical condition in hospital.

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“AUTHOR KELLEY ARMSTRONG OF AYLMER HAS RELEASED ‘WEREWOLVES’ AGAIN’ “

(Author of numerous ‘supernatural’ books, Kelley Armstrong, of Aylmer,  just released another in the past week – ‘Tales of the Otherworld’. A recent story in the ‘Globe and Mail’ noted that last year’s novel ‘The Awakening’ debuted at Number #1 on the New York times booklist. She features werewolves in many of her accounts – “I love werewolves,” she says. “They are my favourite supernatural type.”. She provided this information for TheAylmerNews on her writing.)

1-(From the Globe and Mail interview)

“Armstrong’s werewolves are more like real animals: cunning, intelligent and under control. She makes clear that in her fictional world, becoming a wolf “doesn’t mean you go around slaughtering people at midnight, because animals do not generally do that. But it does mean you would have no problem killing someone for survival or territory or anything like that, because that is how an animal thinks.”

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2-How long have you been in Aylmer and why choose it?

-”I live outside Aylmer.  We moved here twelve years ago.  My husband and I grew up in London, and our families are still there, so while we wanted to get out of the city, we also wanted to stay within an easy drive.”

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3–Are your books available locally; what age range do you think is your greatest readership”

-”I believe the Aylmer library has them.  Otherwise, they’re available at Rose Cottage books in Tillsonburg, and any of the Chapters/Coles chain stores in Canada.  My readership varies.  For my teen books, it’s predominantly, well, teen.  For the others, it ranges from mid-teens up, though the majority of readers would be 20-50.”

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4-Where will you have your first booksigning of the April 13th release of Tales Of The Underworld?

-”I don’t actually have any for Tales.  It’s an anthology, so it’s overshadowed by my third YA novel, which came out April 6.  My only official Canadian signing is in London (April 16) because I’m doing a US tour for this one instead.”

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5-Do you use any local ideas/settings in your books?

-”I don’t.  Sorry!  Writers fall into two groups–those who use local settings and those who separate work and home by not using them.  I’m one of the latter.  The closest setting I do is Toronto, and even that’s only featured in a few of my novels.”
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6- “With your family, what is the your best location and time for writing?
-”Having a family means I don’t get the luxury of choosing when or where I’ll write!  I usually do it when the kids are at school and my husband is at work, but that doesn’t always cover it.  I’ve learned to be able to shut everything out and write whenever I can.”
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"Amish of Aylmer" ($5). On sale at local stores

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