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Your Weekly Clover Valley Newspaper June 14, 2012 Y www.CloverdaleReporter.com Y 604-575-2405
Two actors, one family The MacNeils reach for the stars while leading normal lives
By Jennifer Lang Two promising local actors recently had a chance to walk the red carpet at a Hollywood awards ceremony. Donnie and Laine MacNeil – siblings whose acting resumés include both film and TV credits – attended the 33rd annual Young Artist Awards in Los Angeles last month, where they were both up for acting awards. Donnie, 18, was nominated for Best Performance in a TV Laine MacNeil Series – Guest Starring (actors 14 to 17) for his turn on an episode of Hiccups, the CTV comedy starring Brett Butt and Nancy Robertson. He was pretty surprised to be nominated in a category brimming with other young hopefuls. “There’s a lot of big TV shows,” he said, back home in Cloverdale. “I just didn’t think they would consider a small show like Hiccups. It was amazing.” Younger sister Laine, 16, a four-time
nominee at the Young Artist Awards, took home a statuette for Best Performance in a Feature Film, Supporting Young Actress (14-16), for her work as “Patty Farrell” in Diary of a Wimpy Kid – Rodrick Rules. This was Laine’s fourth nomination and second win at the awards, which recognize children and youth for their work in the entertainment industry. Laine has acted in all three Diary of A Wimpy Kid movies. The latest, Diary of a Wimpy Kid – Dog Days, appears in Donnie MacNeil theatres Aug. 3. (This Sunday, Laine also appears in an episode of Falling Skies on TNT.) The gala ceremony was just the latest development in their burgeoning careers. Both siblings have been acting for several years, enjoying a kind of success – and honing a work ethic – that’s sometimes hard to explain to other kids their age. They started acting around the same Continued on Page 7
Family found, thanks
By Jennifer Lang Thanks to our readers, a P.E.I. author has been able to track down surviving family members of Dale Henderson, the late championship belly flop and cannonball dive competitor who lived in Cloverdale. Several family members and friends responded af-
ter reading our June 7 story, “Still Looking.” Author Tom Butler, a former B.C. resident, made his mark with outrageous public relations stunts. He ran the zany World Belly Flop and Cannonball Diving competition at the Bayshore and the Coach House Inn. Thousands of spectators
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turned out to watch the competition, noted for attracting celebrity divers like Andre the Giant and Gene Kiniski, and reaching TV audiences worldwide. Butler is penning his memoirs and would like permission to use a photograph of Dale “The Incredible Bulk” Henderson.
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George Greenaway Elementary student Cassandra, 5, poses with the $400 in pennies she’s collected on behalf of her school’s Goodbye Penny Drive, spearheaded by the Parent Advisory Council. For more information on what’s turned into a fundraising windfall, please turn to Page 3.
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