Canadian Syndicated Newspaper Column for Canadian Achievers

Canadian Syndicated Newspaper Column for Canadian Achievers: "Although he had to overcome so many disabilities, Art rejects the word handicapped when applied to people like himself.

'I never felt handicapped. It is not a word in my vocabulary. I think it's a state ofmind. Ifyou want to be afailure, you can be one. Ifyou want to be a success, you can be that too. Your disability has got to be pretty bad ifyou can't accomplish something out of it. '

Art has received many plaques and awards for community service. He married his wife Marlene the same year the Saskatchewan Country Music Association presented him with its prestigious 'Heritage Award'. In November of the same year he was given the Saskatchewan Order of Merit, the highest honour the Province can bestow on one of its citizens."