John David Hart came to Sarnia’s Artpath with plans to leave something behind when the weekend event was finished.

The veteran stone carver got to work Friday, before the two-day summer event began Saturday near Sarnia Bay and downtown, carving owls from two large pieces of granite provided by DeGroot’s Nurseries as part of a project with the Lions Club International.

Hart, who was born in Strathroy and had careers as a broadcaster, miner, 911 operator and teacher, retired in the Chatham area with his partner Marjorie Malloy Corman Green and they joined the Chatham Lions Club just over a year ago.

He started out painting as a young man and later began carving stone, becoming a bit of an evangelist of the art form.

The sculpture resulting from his weekend of carving, along with some

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