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36 - The Oakville Beaver, Friday September 28, 2007 www.oakvillebeaver.com Got a Story? It's Your Write2Xpress 5th Annual Fall Truckload Sale Pay No GST and No PST on Every Item Outside Truckloads of Hardwoods, Laminates and Engineered Flooring to choose from. ALL AT UNBEATABLE BLOWOUT PRICES! · 8mm Laminates $0.99/sq ft · 12.3mm & 15mm Laminates $1.99/sq ft · 3 1/4" pre-finished solid oak Select & Better grade available in many colours $3.99/sq ft · 3 1/4" pre-finished solid oak Country grade available in many colours $3.49/sq ft · Pre-finished Engineered flooring $2.99/sq ft · Pre-finished Bamboo flooring $2.99/sq ft T AND MUCH MUCH MORE TO CHOOSE FROM!!! PAY NO TAX! 3 DAYS Friday Sept. 28 Sat Sept. 29 Sun Sept. 30 10am-8pm 10am-6pm 10am-6pm ONLY! THE FALL WAREHOUSE SALE AT ONTARIO'S LARGEST RETAILER BRAMPTON HARDWOOD FLOORS 59 Bramalea Road, Brampton he Oakville Public Library invites teens to participate in its third annual Write2Xpress writing contest. Simply submit an original short story based on your interpretation of any or all of the three photos in the promotional material (the Eiffel Tower, Venice and Stonehenge). The awards night is on Nov. 13 at the Glen Abbey Branch. Contest winners will be announced and all invited guests will have the opportunity to meet author, Marsha Skrypuch as she discusses her writing career and her new book, Prisoners in a Promised Land ­ a depiction of one girl's experience at a Ukrainian internment camp in Quebec during World War I. Interestingly enough, Skrypuch didn't learn how to read until she repeated Grade 4. When she finally did learn to read, she chose the thickest book in the children's section of the Brantford Public Library: Oliver Twist, by Charles Dickens. Reading Dickens was a turning point in her life: she became a reading fanatic and promised herself that she'd be a writer one day. Skrypuch began writing fiction in 1992, receiving well over 100 rejection slips, but she kept at it. In 1994, her picture book, Silver Threads, was accepted for publication and she's been writing ever since. Skrypuch is the author of many books for children, including Silver Threads and Enough as well as her young adult novels, Hope's War, The Hunger and Nobody's Child, which was nominated for the Red Maple Award, the Alberta Rocky Mountain Book Award, and the B.C. Stellar Award. Her chapter book, Aram's Choice, was nominated for the CLA Children's Book of the Year Award for 2007, as well as for the Silver Birch Express Award, 2007. Stories for the Write2Xpress contest may be submitted until Oct. 26. Entrants must reside in Oakville or attend an Oakville school in Grades 7 to 12. Entrants will have a chance to win one of nine certificates to Oakville Place Mall. All short stories must be the original creation of the person whose name appears on the Write2Xpress official entry form. A maximum of three short stories per entrant are permitted. All entries must be based on the photograph used in the library's promotional literature for this contest. For full contest rules and regulations, pick up a Write2Xpress official entry form available at any library location or on the Teen Wiki at www.opl.on.ca. -- Submitted by the Oakville Public Library. Escape to Nature opens at Sovereign House Lyn Estall and Linda Goodrow are hosting Escape to Nature ­ a painting, sculpture and photography show ­ at Sovereign House. It opens tonight ­ Friday, Sept. 28 ­ from 5:30 ­ 9:30 p.m. The show, presented by Art on the Bluffs, runs from Sept. 29 to Oct. 10 at the historic house, located at 7 West River St. It's open Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays from 1­4 p.m. 905-450-6268 1-866-450-6268 bramptonhardwood.com HOURS: Mon.- Fri. 7 am - 8 pm · Sat. 9 am - 6 pm · Sun. 11 am - 5 pm Masquerade Discover downtown Oakville Downtown Oakville is one of the foremost dining and shopping areas in the Province of Ontario. With its unique blend of more than 450 affordable yet diverse shops, fine eateries and personal and business to business services available at your fingertips, Downtown Oakville is the place to be, day or night, working, entertaining, shopping or relaxing. People enjoy our clean, safe streets and vibrant atmosphere. Downtown Oakville isn't just about shopping. It's about lifestyle, meeting friends, and pampering yourself and your family. It's about leisure, fun, and discovery. It's going about your routine tasks in a relaxed atmosphere. Downtown Oakville is home to many well known events including Midnight Madness, Oakville's biggest social and shopping event of the year, sidewalk sale, Christmas in Downtown, and the Downtown Oakville Jazz Festival. Whether you are new to our downtown, or here on a regular basis, we welcome the opportunity to pamper you with the best in affordable, unique, quality products and services. We're sure you'll agree that once you have visited us "Do It Downtown" will be a recurring thought. NOW OPEN Featuring North America's #1 Selling Artist! ­ Michael Godard Advertising space courtesy of the Oakville Beaver 333 LAKESHORE ROAD E., UNIT B, OAKVILLE, 905-844-2000