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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1994 moss THE OAKVILLE BEAVER 844â€"CHIP £ o/ ) : I 10'04 o MIDLAND WAL | B L U EC HJ P _T HOIN KT N covEerNMENT T"BLUE CHIP THINKING is a tradeâ€" ‘ GUARANTEED markcof Midand V wéoam/gyg ggg Inc. BONDS _ Oakville artists grace new calendars By WILMA BLOKHUIS Focus Editor ooking for that last minute Christmas gift? How about a locally produced folk art calendar, capturing the spirit of J Oakville? These large colorful calenâ€" dars, popular in the United States, have made their debut here, thanks to two local artists. These two productions, on sale across Canada, represent the introduction of Canada‘s first folk art calendars to the domestic art lovers market. One of these artists is Barbara Kerr, long associâ€" ated with Harbour Craft in Bronte as a teacher of decorative painting. "I selected as my theme the older buildings of a quaint and quiet village," says Kerr of her stylized g ns renderings of some popular Oakville themes, some ntroducing the Artwork of CAROL WATTS very recognizable, others existing only in the imagâ€" ination of the artist. _ Carol Watts‘ 1995 Pioneer Calendar is a "As I am not an architect, I chose to photograph oneâ€"time project for this local artist. existing buildings and take ‘artistic license‘ in terms of rearranging features and landscaping, and _ Oakville for almost 20 years, describes her paintâ€" PINE 7 S* 1995 *< PIONEER changing colors and structural materials," she ings as "country folk art, a bit primitive, a bit naive wrote in her short biographical sketch printed in ..." With a background is decorative painting on ; the back of the calendar. In one instance, she added _ wood, Kerr has taught herself to paint in the folk a stone face to a clapboard building, creating the art style. illusion of familiarity. "We live on the shore of Lake Ontario in the "As a result, people often maintain that they feel _ charming town of Oakville where I first started they ‘know‘ this house or that barn, but just can‘t painting," she wrote in the calendar notes. "Six . place it. This sense of familiarity delights me . . ." years ago I began teaching decorative painting and wrote Kerr, who says "I like to keep people guessâ€" _ now have the good fortune to share my love of this ing about the locations of me scenes." She‘s given _ art form with about fifty students a week." many of her paintings the names of familiar local Creating the paintings for this calendar has businesses. Scenes of the former Dock 16 location _ become yet another avenue for for Kerr‘s work. (under a different name) on Lakeshore Road beside _ For many, folk art calendars become collectors‘ Sixteen Mile Creek â€" minus Navy Street and the items. condominiums, and another of a bandshell in a The Pioneer calendar by Carol Watts, who for Oakville artists Barbara Kerr, left, and Lyn Estall brought the last of their 12 folk art park with two piers stretching out into the harbor, _ the past four years has done the ‘Our Early Years‘ paintings to Pine Ridge Art Productions Ltd., for their 1996 calendars. Kerr‘s new calenâ€" are unmistakably Oakville. feature for the Toronto Star, is a oneâ€"ofâ€"aâ€"kind. dar is ‘Cottage Country,‘ and Estall‘s is ‘T.C. the Cat.‘ (Photo by Peter McCusker) Kerr, a native of Pennsylvania who has lived in (See ‘Company promotes . . .‘ page 12) Honored for dedication, brought dentistry to OTMH Oakville dentist assists colleagues in Lithuania By WILMA BLOKHUIS related." Dailyde added some dentists have found themselves underâ€" Focus Editor insured, while other get caught between policies, "a time lapse of up to 90 days" before the old insurance runs out and a new plan begins. Dr. Arunas (Paul) Dailyde, a dentist practicing at the same downâ€" "Dentists can run into problems too." town office since 1966, has finally won some recognition. When Dailyde arrived in Oakvill,, there were eight other dentists in He was recently awarded The Service Award by the Ontario Dental _ town. "When I first came to Oakville in 1965, I took over for a dentist Association (ODA) for his years of service to the association, plus his _ who went to Europe for five weeks. I learned he was looking for someâ€" efforts to organize dental services at Oakville Trafalgar Memorial â€" body to take over his practice, and I decided I really liked Oakville and Hospital, and his contributions towards the establishment of a dental _ its surroundings . . . I had returned to Toronto for a year before coming association in his native Lithuania. back, for good, in 1966 to set up my own practice." Today, Oakville Dailyde opened his practice at the Chamber of Commerce Building has about 60 general practitioners. at the corner of Lakeshore Road and Allan Streets after serving a stint Today, he has a partâ€"time associate, Dr. Asta Grinis, who arrived in the Canadian Armed Forces, which took him to Edmonton, Victoria, _ two years ago. And, twice before her arrived, Dailyde expanded his aboard ship for a year, and to the Middle East as part of the United practice, "every time there was a recession in 1981 and 1991," he Nations Emergency Force. He graduated in dentistry from the chuckles. Each time, he added a dental hygienist. Today he has eight University of Toronto in 1962. staff, and values their support. "Without them, I couldn‘t run this pracâ€" Dailyde received his award at the ODA‘s semiâ€"annual meeting in _ tice, nor volunteer my time." Toronto on Nov. 26th. The recognition caught this softâ€"spoken dentist Dailyde worked behind the scenes to organize the dental service by surprise. currently available at OTMH. "I did the background work for Dr. Mac Over the years, Dailyde had been very active with the Haltonâ€"Peel Balfour and Dr. Ron Bell," he recalled, adding about 25 local dentists Dental Association, which represents some 350 dentists from Oakville, _ are involved with this program which began as an emergency service in Milton and Mississauga. He spent six years on this organization‘s execâ€" 1980. "I did the duty roster." ‘ utive, including president in 1978. In 1989, he returned to Lithuania to help establish that country‘s He was mediation chairman for two years, handling patient comâ€" â€" first professional dental association in 50 years. "When I went back, plaints. "Most disputes were settled amicably," he said. Lithuania was still under Communist rule. I was the only dentist there Dailyde was recognized for the volunteer time I‘ve given as a memâ€" _ from the free world. I was my only trip back to Lithuania, and I went at ber of various committees of the ODA, including constitution and _ my own expense." He was 11 years old when his family was sponâ€" bylaws, membership services, the benevolence committee, and public sored, by a farmer, into Canada. education. Length of service ranged from two to six years. Since then, representatives from the Lithuanian Dental Association * _ : He explained the benevolence committee manages a fund set up by have come here to see Dailyde for updated information and technoloâ€" _ Dr. Arunas Dailyde, who has maintained his downtown Oakville the ODA to help "dentists in distress, and to help their families subsist _ gies. "Lithuania is still 50 years behind us, and I‘m very supportive of practice since coming here in 1966, has received the Ontario while he (or she) has no insurance, during illness â€" some of it stress â€" the dentists who come here to see how we do things." Dental Associuation‘s Service Award. (Photo by Peter McCusker) 7 s ecember 1 â€" 24, from 6:00 â€" 9:00 p.m. Thursdays Fridays 10:00 and 4:00 Saturdays, Mr. Keyboard will be on hand at centre court to entertain you with your favourite Christmas tunes. Holday Stoppny Houn Monday to Friday â€" 9:30 a.m. â€" 9:00 p.m., Saturdays â€" 8:30 a.m. â€" 6:00 p.m. Sundays â€" noon â€" 5:00 p.m. n e fl E ” December 24th â€" 8:30 a.m. â€" 5:00 p.m. /. Boxing Day Sale â€" December 27th â€" 8:00 a.m. â€" 6:00 p.m. 3rd Line Rebecca Street, Oakville 827â€"7146