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The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that Joy Laking predicted in a school writing assignment that within ten years she would be making a living as an artist?
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"What's On!". Owen Sound, ON: The Sun Times. 9 May 1996. Retrieved 19 April 2025.
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The CV is only used in cases when exact dates couldn't be determined by other sources. At the present time, the CV is used as a reference to confirm the subject's birth year, as well as the exact timing of a specific exhibition. The reference to the CV would ideally be replaced with a secondary source, if available.
I could not find any other mention of the postage stamp that Laking's painting was featured on. It would be great if we could get ahold of a picture of it, or another source to confirm such a stamp exists.
