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A local, aspiring makeup artist is using her talents in special-effects makeup for a chance to be recognized by horror-movie greats and their fans. St. Marys resident Alyssa Loucks has entered the Face of Horror Contest for the second year in a row. The contest awards the top horror fan $13,000 and a photoshoot with actor Kane Hodder, best known for his role in Friday the 13th as Jason Voorhees, to be featured in horror magazine Rue Morgue. Face of Horror also raises money for Starlight Children’s Foundation.
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Brian Slaughter of Lambton County judges the September heifer class at the Kirkton Fair on Saturday, Sept. 7. See Pages 12 and 13 for more Kirkton Fair photos. Photo by Murray Grant
St. Marys BIA recommends discontinuing downtown hangingbasket program By Galen Simmons As part of an overall effort to reduce the town – and its own – watering budget and improve streetscape appeal downtown, the St. Marys Business Improvement Area (BIA) board has recommended the town discontinue its summer downtown hanging-basket program. Amid discussions at the Sept. 9 BIA meeting around the board’s contribution of $15,000 towards the town’s
proposed purchase of 30 self-watering planters to replace the existing 24 downtown planters and drastically reduce the town’s annual watering budget from more than $30,000 to as little as $5,000 – almost the same amount the BIA currently pays into to the town’s watering budget each year – board members voted unanimously to recommend to town staff that the town discontinue the hanging-basket program.
“I've been super excited,” Loucks said. “I've been working really hard on doing my makeup looks and trying to learn more so that I have some extra pictures to put in this year." Loucks loves anything horror but it took her a long time to dive into her interest. Growing up, she said her mother was not a fan of anything horror related. "I never really got to (explore) that very much,” Loucks said. “Now, being an adult, I'm able to watch some YouTube tutorials and really dive into that and learn the different techniques." Through the tutorials, she learned skills including creating cuts and bruises, as well as shading and blending the makeup. "It has always drawn me in how much they can look so realistic,” she said. Loucks said the length of time it takes for her to create a look depends on what she is working on. For example, she made a prosthetic horn for her devil look, which took extra time in addition to working with makeup alone. Her Avatar-inspired
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