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Spiritual Singer wins Indie Music Channel Award enlightenment in new novel By Dominik Kurek OAKVILLE BEAVER STAFF Oakville's Darren Hogarth, a mechanical engineer, has just published a novel, which takes its central character through a journey of spiritual enlightenment. The book, titled Whatever Sticks Most, is available at www.amazon.com. The novel is about an engineer whose workaholic lifestyle has aged him physically and ruined his life socially. With the help of some friends, the character decides to vacation for the purpose of healing, but ends up going on a journey of spiritual enlightenment, culture shock and the confusion of love. Whatever Sticks Most is available in paperback and as an e-book. For more information, visit www.darrenhogarth. com. 23 · Wednesday, May 30, 2012 OAKVILLE BEAVER · www.insideHALTON.com Poet re-publishes book of works Former Oakville poet John Terpstra's Naked Trees is being re-released after having gone out of print. The cabinetmaker, who currently resides in Hamilton, has published seven poetry books. His Disarmament book was nominated for the Governor General's Award, while his Forty Days & Forty Nights book won the Bressani Award. For more information, visit www. johnterpstra.com. Longtime Oakville musician Sean Reyes is proof that it doesn't take a large record label to be noticed in the industry. The singer/songwriter/producer has just picked up the Best Male Pop Artist at this year's Indie Music Channel Awards, held in Hollywood, California. The awards ceremony was recently held at The Legendary House of Blues. "I am honoured," the 30-year-old said. "I was honoured to just be nominated. To win an award such as that is amazing and I'm so grateful for it." Along with the award, Reyes was nominated for four more categories -- best male rock artist, best rock song, best rock video and best pop video -- for his debut single All I Ever Need. "I was surprised more at the fact that I was nominated for five awards than the fact that I came home with one of them," he said. The award comes after several years of perseverance for the Oakville man. In 2009, he suffered a traumatic head injury; however, this did not stop him from pursuing a musical career and he continued to write and promote his own material. Eventually a radio station picked up two of his demos. Since then, he's focused on writing a full length album, titled Know Thyself, which is scheduled for release in the next few months. Dominik Kurek can followed on Twitter at @ DominikKurek. SUBMITTED PHOTO AWARDS: Oakville's Sean Reyes is pictured here alongside fellow winner Luci Lampe at the Indie Music Channel Awards, which were held recently in Hollywood, California. beauty & spa MICRODERMABRASION Fitness and Fun for Everyone Microdermabrasion safely propels fine mineral crystals along the surface of the skin for gentle dermal abrasion to remove dead skin cells and allow new, younger cells to emerge. Very effective for the treatment of: · sun damage · fine lines · age spots · large pores · acne scars · superficial blemishes invite you to experience a FREE Microdermabrasion Treatment (Phase One - Light Exfoliation) OR Save 50% on a full 3-Phase* Microdermabrasion Treatment! (Value $62.50) *All 3 phases are performed at one appointment. Oakville Place A YMCA membership offers you and your family so many options for getting fit and having fun! Visit us today! ymcaofoakville.com Questions? We want to hear from you. YMCA of Oakville 410 Rebecca Street, Oakville T: 905 845-3417 E: info@oakville.ymca.ca ymcaofoakville.com YMCA of Oakville Scan with your mobile to see our new video! Oakville Place (905) 849-1671 Limit one per client. Valid at Oakville Place location only. Offer expires November 30, 2011 Offer expires June 30, 2012 Offer expires May 31, 2011 Peter Gilgan Family YMCA