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THE OAKVILLE BEAVER Friday, Jan. 21, 1994 â€"10 The ) CAKVILLE SYMDPHONY ORCHESTRA Looking for a principle Horn player to join 0.$.0. please call 844â€"7984 By KATY CLARK Special to the Beaver When Greg Gatenby was a teenager living in Oakville, he never imagined he would be able to pursue a literary career in Canada. "There were no Canadian writers that I knew about. I had no models," said Gatenby, author, poet, and artistic director of the Harbourfront Reading Series. Gatenby started writing poems when he was six, but a decade later, only his family knew of his hobby. "I thought I was crazy, so I should keep this pastime secret," he said. "That you cared about beauty is something you would never admit." The uncertainty Gatenby experiâ€" enced as a young student, however, has long since disappeared. Today at 43. Gatenby sits in the top chair at the Reading Series‘ Queens Quay headquarters. The sunlight barely OAKVI LLE INTARIO urbanization on the watershed. | Bunhamthorpe Roud! THE CORPORATION OF THE TOWN OF OAKVILLE in cooperation with THE NORTH IROQUOIS RIDGE LA NDOWNERS GROUP is conducting a SUBWATERSHED STUDY for the EAST MORRISON CREEK SUBWATERSHED The purpose of this study is to evaluate and mitigate the effects of THE OAKVILLE BEAVER riday File ‘ A weekly potpourri of Oakville entertainment and the arts! Gatenby committed to Canadian literary talent penetrates his spacious office. Metal shelves filled with books line every wall. Over the past 20 years, Gatenby, a rotund man with a bristly ginger beard, has published numerous books, mixed with the world‘s literati and enjoyed a career that he never dreamed possible. Since 1974, this selfâ€"described literary impresario, has run the Harbourfront Reading Series â€" a series of weekly readings by local writers â€" _ and the annual International Festival of Authors. Gatenby‘s ‘anything is possible‘ attitude and total commitment to the promotion of Canadian literary talâ€" ent has dramatically increased the popularity of the weekly readings, and the success of his Festival of Authors has earned him internationâ€" al acclaim. Indeed, at the closing of one of the Festivals, which runs for 11 days each October and features famous foreign and Canadian writâ€" ; X Subwatersned Former Oakville resident Greg Gatenby, author poet and artistic direcâ€" tor of Harbourfront‘s Reading Series. ers reading to audiences of several hundred, a distinguished visitor said Gatenby had made Toronto one of the foremost literary centres in the world. Although Gatenby devotes much of his time to showcasing the talent of Canadian and international authors, he is also an accomplished writer and is presently savoring the publication of his latest book, The Wild Is Always There, which was released by Knopf Canada in (Photo by Rick Mugford) November. His last book â€" Whales: A Celebration â€" a collection of art, music, poems, and essays about whales â€" was published in 1982 and received rave reviews around the world. The Wild Is Always There is an anthology of memoirs, short stories, letters, plays, poems, excerpts from novels and travelogues written by wellâ€"known foreign writers â€" William _ Faulkner, _ Ernest Hemingway, Henry James, and PUBLIC NOTICE PROPOSED INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS UPPER MIDDLE ROAD (REGIONAL ROAD 38) AT FORD DRIVE TOWN OF OAKVILLE PRâ€"1497 323 Church S Church Reynolds Mlllef Mews) dozens more â€" about their visits to Canada during the last three cenâ€" turies. Gatenby is passionate about proâ€" moting the Canadian culture (one of his goals of the Festival is to give many first time visitors a taste of our country), and the foreign authors‘ anecdotes and reflections about our ‘wild‘ land which fill his latest work, give a true sense of the beauty and uniqueness of Canada. It took Gatenby 15 years to research his work â€" a great deal of which was spent scanning hundreds of old newspapers on microfilm. "You can play Sherlock Holmes and extrapolate a lot," said Gatenby, who pieced together the snippets of information he found to form detailed accounts of the writers‘ stays in Canada. Gatenby has discovered 1,500 authors who spent some time in Canada, and as he nears completion of a second volume, he talks confiâ€" dently about having enough inforâ€" mation to fill dozens more. "I see the series developing into a major reference work for Canada," he said. Gatenby â€" who lived in Oakville from 1951 to 1957 â€" and then returned for three years in 1965, (See ‘Inspiration ‘ page 11) Notice is hereby given pursuant to Sections 297 and 300 of The Municipal Act, R.S.O. 1990, Chapter M.45 as amended, that the Council for the Regional Municipality of Halton proposes at its meeting on Wednesday, March 2, 1994 to pass a byâ€"law for the intersection reconstruction mcludmg double left turn lanes northbound on Ford Drive and eastbound channelization on Upper Middle Road. The proposed works extend along Ford Drive from the QEW east north/south ramp to 100 m north of Upper Middle Road and along Upper Middle Road from 50 m west of Ford Drive to 280 m East of Ford Drive. Plans showing the proposed work may be inspected at the Public Works Department office, Halton Regional Centre, 1151 Bronte Road, Oakville, Ontario during normal business hours. On Wednesday, February 23, 1994 at 9:30 a.m. in the Halton Room at the Halton Reglonal Centre, 1151 Bronte Road, Oakville, Ontario, Council through its Planning and Public Works Committee will hear in person, or by his/her Counsel, any person who claims that his/her lands will be prejudicially affected by the said byâ€"law and who applies to the Regional Clerk no later than Friday, February 18, 1994 to be heard. For further information, please contact Mr. J. Choi, P. Eng., Manager of Design at (905) 825â€"6030, extension 7610. â€"_Ttalaigar Roag ( HWYS won uv’/_{ Eighth Line x/ g«« Uppw Mldd'i Road j I i 1 i l wufe Div w,|\pao<1\1‘?"""d J â€"= cen The Town of Oakville invites residents in the area to attend a PUBLIC MEETING AT THE OAKVILLE MUNICIPAL BUILDING 1225 TRAFALGAR ROAD on WEDNESDAY JANUARY 26, 1994 rrom 6:30 P.M. to 9:00 P.M. in TtuE BRONTE ROOM, OAKVILLE, ONTARIO to review alternative solutions and provide input required to pioritize selection criteria in accordance with the CLASS ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT procedures of the Environmental Assessment Act. If you are unable to attend but would like to comment please forward your comments in writing to: W.D. Butler, P. Eng., Manager of Development Engineering Planning Services Department, Town of Oakville 1225 Trafalgar Road, P.O. Box 310 Oakville, Ontario, L6J 5A6 JOAN A. EAGLESHAM REGIONAL CLERK +ob 6 6 4 4 409 im w 4 4 ty 3 9 ) 5 # a C449 #o% bo# #o% +o+