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College grant for updating lighting system Charges for four men after door smashed _ A Reeves Gate resident called the police for help Friday after four men tried to force their way into his house by breaking down the front door. . The funding aims to assist instiâ€" tutions with enrolment increases, improved accessibility for the handâ€" jcapped, improved workplace and campus health and safety, and improved energy conservation through water, waste and air manâ€" agement projects. A total $93.5â€"million has been committed through Jobs Ontario Capital to help the postâ€"secondary institutions renew facilities and revitalize the economy in local communities over the next three Police said the incident was a result of an unresolved verbal arguâ€" ment between the men earlier that day. The nature of the argument wasn‘t disclosed. __ Most of a $186,700 grant from Jobs Ontario Capital for Sheridan College will be spent at the colâ€" lege‘s Brampton campus while the Oakville campus will get some energy efficient lighting replaceâ€" Sheridan was among nine postâ€" secondary institutions to share $5.6â€" million in grant money geared to improve postâ€"secondary institutions in the Metro Toronto area while creâ€" ating construction jobs. _ The funding was announced last week by Colleges and Universities Minister Richard Allen. _ Later the four men went to the Reeves Gate home to settle the arguâ€" ment. "Four males pounded on the door and demanded the occupant come out. When he didn‘t, they knocked down the door and forced their way into his house," said Sgt. Grant Wilkinson. The male complainant, aged 19, was with two friends inside the home and called police to the scene. Police reported approximately $800 damage to the front door, a light fixture and the door frame. Charged with break and enter with intent to commit an indictable offence are Paul Alex Chin, 22 and Mark Anthony Chin, 21, both of Heritage Way; Dean Spence, 18, of Schoolmaster Circle and, Kyle Gallant, 19 of Felan Ave. All four are scheduled to appear in Oakville Provincial Court Feb. 9th. Dropping his aspirations for a time, Ricci earned a Master of Arts degree from Concordia University in 1985 and part of his thesis became his first novel. â€" Ricci spent eight months travelâ€" The author, who grew up in Leamington, Ontario under the the influence of a strong Italian backâ€" ground, began his talk with students with a reading from the novel, a passage in which the myths of America are recalled through the protagonist, Vittorio‘s thoughts. Born in Canada, Ricci visited Italy when he was 12 years old and six years later, left Leamington to study at York University where a creative writing professor told him he didn‘t have what it took. â€"The novel has been published in Britain and the U.S. with translation rights sold for publication in French, Swedish, German, Danish and Spanish â€" and a movie is in the works. _ The fictional novel was a nationâ€" al bestâ€"seller, and winner of numerâ€" ous awards at home and abroad, including the Bressani Prize, the W.H. Smith/Books in Canada First Novel Award, and the Governor General‘s Award for Fiction, and in Great Britain of the Betty Trask Award and the Winifred Holtby ‘"They believed I wasn‘t paying sufficient attention to my financial wellâ€"being," admitted Ricci who joked his father would say "What will we tell the relatives?" But all that appears to have changed with the success of "Lives of the Saints." _ _Ricci, whose first novel "Lives Oof the Saints" won numerous awards at home and abroad gave candid responses to White Oaks 3econday School students‘ quesâ€" ons last week including his parâ€" ents‘ reaction to his desire to be a writer. By ANGELA BLACKBURN Oakville Beaver Staff It wasn‘t until his awardâ€"winning first novel was published that 33â€" yearâ€"old Nino Ricci won parental support for his choice of career. Early rejection didn‘t deter awardâ€"winning author 10 Ricci told students his first drafts are "garbage by any standard" but serve to get the idea out. It‘s in the second to fifth revisions that he really starts writing something Admitting a desire to tell stories, Ricci said writing is a talent, but one that he believes can be learned through much hard work and selfâ€" discipline. "I‘ve gone through various phasâ€" es," he said. Stories he wrote in his basement as a youth which he thought "brilliant" now seem "juveâ€" nile". He was also asked about his feelâ€" ings toward the professor who had discouraged him in university. "You never really get the revenge you‘d hoped for," joked Ricci adding based on the work he‘d turned in at the time, the proâ€" fessor most likely was giving him an honest opinion. ling in Italy in 1988 and 1989 doing research for his writing and though turned down by five publishing houses, saw his novel put in print by Cormorant Publishing in 1990. sockeye salmon steaks picnic shoulder roast Tomato sauce Hunt‘s pretzel sticks & cues boneless chicken breast Quaker Oats Squares cereal Bertolli spaghett!/ spaghetini pasta 500 g pxg Product of Italy fresh zucchini chicken drumsticks Thick ‘N Rich spaghetti sauce OPEN SUNDAY Product of U.S.A Individually quick frozen t .89 1.96 ko 338 Dundas at Trafaigar Mon. to Fri. 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sat. 7 a.m. till 7 p.m fresh pork tresh Hunt‘s tresh 69 20 q9 2.84 ko lb. 10.98 kg mL can #& 12 kg OAKVILLE California Mix ¢q New York striploin steaks Cut from Canada Grade *A" bee! One student wanted to know if teachers over analyze literature. "If you‘re able to see something most likely the writer put it there," said Ricci, admitting however the idea may have been written conâ€" Ricci told students his computer is on eight or nine hours a day, but admitted he finds ways of avoiding work as he thrashes around ideas and gets approximately three to four hours in each day on his writing. worthwhile. "It takes until at least the third draft before you feel some satisâ€" faction," he said. "Lives of the m * Saints" began $ML, with . an idea about a brother m and a sister, an NINO RICCI idea that grew too cumbersome for one novel and evolved into the first of a planned trilogy. 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Ricci was asked if anyone ever recognized him in the street and said while he has been recognized in literary circles, "It‘s not like being Madonna." "You should write and read as much as possible. The rest is just hard work." he said. sciously â€" the author "Unconsciously the writer may have put it there but that doesn‘t mean it isn‘t there," said Ricci, notâ€" ing people have pointed to things in his novel which he hasn‘t recogâ€" nized until they point to it. Dempster‘s Hi Fibre bread 19 /=> 250| fes | a(+4| pecan pie * aat fresh Indian River English muffins 70 > % of pink grapefruit soft drinks Cott & R.C I E l Oskru or subconsciously 7.5 oz Product of Florida â€" h50 fresh ly 28 oz. tin S © 409 8" pie each 56 2l V by Cadbury hot chocolate Sealtest Parlour ice cream Mineral water errier make my myself." 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