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30 - The Oakville Beaver, Wednesday September 20, 2006 www.oakvillebeaver.com Halton Museum fundraiser Saturday The Halton Museum Foundation kicks off its eighth year of the Hearthside Dinner & Music Series on Saturday, Sept. 23. The series will feature an evening of food and great jazz in the historic Hearth Room at the Halton Region Museum. Mood Indigo performs a mix of light jazz and pop sung by Monika Burany accompanied by Brent Setterington on keyboard and Peter Smith on sax. The Hearthside Dinner & Music series is one of the fundraising initiatives that the Halton Museum Foundation has developed to support the second phase of a multi-phase improvement plan for the Halton Region Museum, located in Kelso Conservation Area in Milton. Proceeds will go towards the construction of a new Artifact Centre to house the Museum's 35,000 artifacts. Doors to The Hearthside Dinner & Music Series on Sept. 23 open at 6 p.m., with dinner at 7 p.m. followed by Mood Indigo's performance until 11 p.m. Tickets cost $45, and are available by calling the Museum at 905-875-2200 ext. 21. Advance sales only. For more on Hearthside evenings and other special events, visit Halton Region's Website at www.halton.ca/museum/. Oakville resident to be honoured as pioneer amateur film maker John Straiton, long regarded as a pioneer in Canada's independent animation scene, is in Ottawa showing eight of his short films at this week's 30th annual Ottawa International Animation Festival. "I'm being presented as a pioneer of amateur film-making in the world," said Straiton, 84, a retired advertising executive who counts filmmaking among his artistic endeavours. The others include painting ­ he's donated paintings for Oakville Symphony Orchestra raffles ­ and making his own family Christmas cards. He has also written a book titled Of Women and Advertising in 1984 about the psychology of advertising to women. Straiton's films will be shown on Thursday and Saturday at the National Gallery Auditorium. "A pioneer in the Canadian independent animation scene from 1964 to 1987, John Straiton's technically innovative films explore depictions of psychology, sexuality and myth," wrote Patrick Jenkins in ASIFA News, a trade magazine published by the Association Internationale du Film d'Animation. "Now age 84, Straiton has produced an astonishing body of short animated films using animation techniques like plasticine, rotoscoping, cut outs and cel animation. "His films won over 80 awards at film festivals throughout the world, including a Genie Award (Canada's version of the Oscars) for his film Horseplay," wrote Jenkins. The repertoire of Straiton films to be shown include his first film, Portrait of Lydia created in 1964 and his last, Rock Video, made in 1987. Also included are Animals In Motion (1968, Eurynome (1970), Horseplay (1972), MM Myth Myth-A Collage (1985), Banshees (1966) and Picture Show The Regional Municipality of Halton Expropriations Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. E.26. NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL TO EXPROPRIATE LAND IN THE MATTER OF an application by The Regional Municipality of Halton for approval to expropriate the lands as described here in and being in the Town of Milton, Regional Municipality of Halton, registered in the Land Registry Office for the Land Titles Division of Halton Region (No. 20), for the purposes of construction of Regional Road No. 7 (Derry Road) from Regional Road No. 4 (James Snow Parkway) easterly to Ninth Line and works ancillary thereto. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that application has been made for approval to expropriate a fee simple interest in the lands described as follows: 1. Part Lots 10 and 11, Concessions 5 and 6, (Trafalgar) New Survey, Town of Milton, Regional Municipality of Halton, designated as Parts 1 through 6, inclusive, on Plan 20R-16615, being Part of PINs 24940-2718, 24936-0084, 24940-0072, 24940-0075 and 24937-0006, respectively; 2. Part Lots 10 and 11, Concession 6, (Trafalgar) New Survey, Town of Milton, Regional Municipality of Halton, designated as Parts 1 through 5, inclusive, and Part 7 on Plan 20R-16616, being Part of PINs 24940-0074, 24940-0076, 24940-0077, 24939-0027 and 24937-0009, respectively; 3. Part Lots 10 and 11, Concession 7, (Trafalgar) New Survey, Town of Milton, Regional Municipality of Halton, designated as Parts 1 through 7, inclusive, on Plan 20R-16624, being Part of PINs 24939-0023, 24939-0024, 24939-0110, 24937-0010, 24937-0015 and 24937-0074, respectively; 4. Part Lots 10 and 11, Concession 8 and 9, (Trafalgar) New Survey, Town of Milton, Regional Municipality of Halton, designated as Parts 1 through 8, inclusive, and Parts 10, 11 & 12 on Plan 20R-16627, being Part of PINs 24939-0135, 24939-0055, 24939-0057, 24938-0005, 24938-0007, 24938-0053, 24938-0054, 24939-0082, and 24939-0083, respectively. Any owner of lands in respect of which notice is given who desires an inquiry into whether the taking of such land is fair, sound and reasonably necessary in the achievement of the objectives of the expropriating authority shall so notify the approving authority in writing, (a) in the case of a registered owner, served personally or by registered mail within thirty (30) days after the registered owner is served with the notice, or, when the registered owner is served by publication, within thirty (30) days after the first publication of the notice; (b) in the case of an owner who is not a registered owner, within thirty (30) days after the first publication of the notice. The approving authority is: The Council of The Regional Municipality of Halton The expropriating authority is: The Regional Municipality of Halton c/o Monica Wallenfels, Regional Clerk For further information, please contact: Don Williams, Manager of Realty Services, The Regional Municipality of Halton, Ext. 7238. This Notice first published on the 20th day of September, 2006. 1151 Bronte Road, Oakville, Ontario L6M 3L1 Tel: 905-825-6000 · Toll Free: 1-866-4HALTON · TTY: 905-827-9833 · www.halton.ca John Straiton (1982). Straiton was recently discovered by Chuck Gammage, another local animator. "We met at a Christmas party and I loaned him a tape of my films. That led to a showing of my films in Toronto where they caught the attention of Patrick Jenkins, an animator and writer, who took me on as a project and now I'm going to Ottawa." Straiton explored depictions of psychology, sexuality and myth in the 10 different 16-millimetre films he produced evenings and weekends in his home studio. Days were spent creating advertising campaigns to sell anything from Campbell's Soup and J Cloths. The retired advertising executive got interested in filmmaking while working on a campaign to promote the Argus movie camera. Straiton has always considered himself to be an amateur filmmaker. A Life in Art opens at Beckett Fine Art Gallery Joe Rosenthal's A Life in Art opens Saturday at Oakville's Beckett Fine Art. The 85-year-old Canadian artist's sculptures, paintings and drawings will be showcased in this second of two-part retrospective exhibition, which opened at the Beckett Toronto gallery on Sept. 16. A native of Romania, Rosenthal came to Toronto as a child and began showing unusual artistic talent. By age 14, he was studying art at Central Technical School in Toronto. At age 20, Rosenthal won a national poster competition put on by the Art Gallery of Toronto in 1942 for his poster of a war image entitled, All Out for Victory. From 1942 ­ 1945, he joined the Canadian Army and during his service won first prize in the Canadian Army Exhibition. When he returned to Toronto, Rosenthal studied at the Ontario College of Art and in the years after, became known for his printmaking, drawing, painting and sculpture. His figurative sculptures have won praise both nationally and internationally. Rosenthal has received numerous awards including first prize in the National Open Sculpture Competition for the Dr. Sun Yat Sen Monument. A Life in Art opens Saturday, Sept. 23 from 1 ­ 4 p.m. at Oakville's Beckett Fine Art Gallery, 41 Lakeshore Rd. W. Rosenthal will be present at the opening. The show runs to Oct. 14.