Glebe Report - Volume 36 Number 1 - January 20 2006

January 20, 2006

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January 20, 2006 Vol. 36 No. 1
Hundreds gather for All-Candidates Meeting
BY ASHWIN
SHINGADIA
Scotton Hall at the
Glebe Community
Centre was the place
to be on Jan. 11,
2006. People lined
the corridors to hear a
debate among the
candidates running
for Ottawa-Centre.
Moderated by Anne
Scotton, Past-President
of the Glebe
Community Association,
more than 400
persons attended the
meeting, with all ages
John Akpata, Marijuana Party; David Chernushenko,
represented. It is estimated
that 200-300 Christian Legeais, Marxist/Leninist Party; Paul Dewar
people were turned Party; and Richard Mahoney, Liberal Party.
away at the door, due to late arrival, space limitations and fire regulations.
Opening statements by the seven attending candidatesJohn Akpata
(Marijuana Party), David Chernushenko (Green Party), Paul Dewar (NDP),
Keith Fountain (Conservative), Christian Legeais (Marxist/ Leninist),
Richard Mahoney (Liberal) and Stuart Ryan (Communist)were followed
by questions posed by representatives of sponsoring community associationsCentretown,
Dalhousie, Dow's Lake, Glebe, Ottawa East and Ottawa
Southinterspersed with questions from the general public.
Issues discussed included the location of a parole office near Elgin Street
School; priorities for foreign policy; affordable housing; electoral reform;
funding for community centres, arts and culture; and public transportation.
Other questions covered health issues, such as the refusal of GPs to take on
new patients and a benchmark for finding doctors. Members of the audience
asked candidates questions about concerns for the disabled, the autistic, student
debt and pesticides.
Concerns about having a parole office in the OttawaCentre riding situated
close to a school had all the candidates agreeing that there was a lack of
consultation on the part of Corrections Canada and that it should be moved
to another location. After the election, more pressure could be brought to bear
on Corrections Canada.
The question on priorities in foreign policy elicited a more heated exchange.
Mr. Akpata stated that he was in the reserves, but was anti-war: "We
need real institutions for world peace and we need to be world leaders." Mr.
Chernushenko suggested a new departmentInternational Peace and Sustainable
Developmentwhich would include Foreign Affairs, CIDA and
parts of Environment. The problems are population, migration, the over-use
of resources and desertification. Mr. Ryan believes in independent foreign
policy for Canada, disarmament and peace. He would respect the sovereignty
of other countries, reduce the military budget and increase foreign aid. Mr.
Legeais opposes integration with the US and advocates withdrawal from all
blocs like NATO, NORAD and NAFTA. Mr. Fountain's priorities are gover-
ISee
page 5 for candidate contact information I
Shooting in the Glebe
BY SIMON DOYLE
On Dec. 17, 2005, a 19-year-old student was shot on Third Avenue at the
entrance of the parking lot at Bank Street, behind Loeb Glebe. He said he had
little idea that his attackers were using a real gunthat is, until he lifted his
pant leg to see blood coMing out of a hole that went straight through his leg.
The student, whose name cannot be published for his own safety, got into
a confrontation with four men at a bar during a "Pub Night" organized by the
grad committee of the school he attends. He and 20-40 students from an Ottawa
high school rented a bus and went to a bar in Aylmer, he said, where
some relatively innocent partying got out of control. As the students were
leaving, a spat escalated into a larger confrontation with four local men.
cont'd on pg. 10
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FREE
nance and democracy,
giving the example of
Haiti. Mr. Dewar suggested
honouring the
millennium development
goals, improving
aid effectiveness,
bringing in legislation
on poverty reduction as
policy and backing it
up with money for developing
nations, as
well as peace-keeping.
Mr. Mahoney said
Canada supported "Responsibility
for Protection"
at the United Nations
which, under cer-
Photo: Giovanni
Green Party; Keith Fountain, Conservative Party; tain circumstances,
, New Democratic Party; Stuart Ryan, Communist would allow the protection,
through international
intervention, of a country's people from their own government. He also
mentioned that the Government of Canada had promised to double foreign
aid through organizations such as Care.
All the candidates advocated more affordable housing. Mr. Chernushenko
wanted "affordable, sustainable, energy-efficient housing in a healthy and
mixed community." At least 25 per cent of the LeBreton development would
be affordable for those earning in the $20,000-$30,000 income range.
The NDP and the Greens clearly advocated a system of mixed proportional
representation, as does the Law Reform Commission. An NDP Bill introduced
in the last Parliament was blocked by the Liberals. Keith Fountain of
the Conservatives suggested fixed election dates and "elected senators" to be
chosen by the provinces for appointment by the PM.
All the candidates supported funding for community centres, arts and culture.
More information on the candidates and parties is available from their websites,
campaign offices and campaign materials delivered to households.
Please remember to vote on Election Day, Mon., Jan. 23, 2006. The polls
are open from 9.30 a.m. to 9.30 p.m. You may register at the polling station on
election day, but proof of your identity and your address are required.
Dates to remember
January 23 - Voting Day
January 24 - GCA meeting 7:30
February 3-19 - Winterlude - Weekends
February 4 - Art on Ice
February 7 - L'amicale meeting
February 8 - GNAG meeting
February 17 - Deadline for nominations -
Women of "distinction
February 23 - Tom Wilson with Bob Lanois,
Underground Sound Concert Series
WHAT'S INSIDE
Abbotsford 2 Clyde Sanger 13
Editorial 4 Business 14-16
Letters 5 Babies of the Glebe .20-21
Candidate info 5 Music 23-24
GCA 8 Art 25
GNAG 9 School news 26-30
Councillor Doucet 11 Books 33-35
The Good Old Days 12 Religion 37,38
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2 Glebe Report January 20, 2006 NEWS
Abbotsford House members enjoy more benefits
BY BORGNY PEARSON
At Abbotsford House, membership
has its privileges. And now members
enjoy even more benefits through
partnerships between Abbotsford and
local businesses.
January is the best of all times to
become an Abbotsford member or to
renew membership (just $35 for a full
year). It's a good time to come in out
of the cold to the warmth of Abbotsford
House for your choice of activities
to help you stay fit, fulfill your
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creative interests and give your spirits a boost.
Among the benefits of membership are: reduced rates for classes, a choice
of clubs and activities, active participation in the Abbotsford council (if you
wish) and substantial discounts with partnership groups.
For a list of all current partners and discounts, see the box on this page, or
pick up a copy of Abbotsford's Winter 2006 Program Guide at Abbotsford
House, the Glebe Community Centre or Loeb Glebe. The ,guide is jampacked
with programs, clubs and outings. Here is a sampling:
'Jan. 30: Men's Breakfastspeaker: journalist William Johnson, "Quebec
Now"
Feb. 8: Food for Thought speaker seriesspeaker: George Laidlaw, president
of Ottawa Independent Writers Association, "Weaving Words"
Feb. 10: Opera ClubMozart's Don Giovanni
Feb. 13: Save a Senior CPR course learn to be a first responder in an
emergency
Feb. 16: Real Small Mealsmeal-planning for one, John Kevin Meldrum
of Kitchen Pilots
Feb. 17: Book ClubMercy among the Children, by Donald A. Richards
Feb. 18: Motorcoach tour, brunch and matineeThe Melville Boys, a Norm
Foster comedy, in Cornwall
Feb. 23: Writing workshop--writing a short story about a memorable event
in your life, George Laidlaw, Ottawa author (see Feb. 8 above)
Feb. 27 Men's Breakfastspeaker: Joseph Scanlon, Director of Emergency
Communications Research Unit, Carleton University, "Identifying the
Tsunami Dead"
Advance planning for March events:
March 22: Luncheon and theatrical performancePatricia Goyeche is leading
a group (newcomers welcome) to plan, act in, stage-manage and produce
a short comedyfun for all!
*March 30: GST AuctionGST takes on a new meaning in calls for donations
of goods, services and talents for this fundraising evente.g., bookkeeping
services? a cottage to rent? a timeshare? cooking a dinner for six?
Help is needed in running this project.
For information, times, costs, tickets (if applicable), phone Abbotsford
House at 230-5730 or e-mail at Abbotsford@glebecentre.ca.
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*Changing Pace, circuit training for women, 99 Fourth Avenueno
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Compact Music, 785-1/2 Bank Street-10 per cent discount on all
classical CDs
Glebe Pharmasave Apothecary, 778 Bank Street-10 per cent discount
on all store merchandise (excuding prescriptions and stamps)
*Glebe Neighbourhood Activities Group-10 per cent discount on all
GNAG programs offered at the Glebe Community Centre
-Glebe Photo, 837 Bank Street-10 per cent discount on three-day
photo-finishing service
Glebe Spa, 177 First Avenue at Bank Street, 567-7720-15 per cent
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*Travel Cuts, 740 Bank Street, 565-3555$100 off a Sun Holiday
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On Thurs., Feb. 2, 4:30-6:30 p.m., the Glebe Centre Inc. invites all
who are interested in donating time, giving back to the community,
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requirements and making new friends to come to our Volunteer
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hands-on to administration and fundraising. The open house is a good
way to learn what you can do through volunteering at the Glebe Centre
Inc. For more information, please contact Christine at 238-2727,
ext. 353, or e-mail at cforget@glebecentre.ca.
Abbotsford Seniors Centre is seeking volunteer drivers to escort
seniors to/from medical appointments. If you have a car and can give
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NEWS Glebe Report January 20, 2006 3
Brown's Inlet in early September 2005
Photo: Mark Schacter
Update on Brown's Inlet
BY VIRGINIA CARVER
A community meeting, chaired by GCA President June Creelman, was held
on Dec. 6 to discuss the laying of a "bio-cover" on the city-managed portion
of Brown's Inlet pond, the upper pond between Ralph and Craig Streets. The
bio-cover was laid to retard the growth of an invasive weed, called yellow
pond lily or spatterdock, which has taken over a large portion of the pond.
Councillor Doucet and city staff Cynthia Levesque (Environmental Management)
and Ray Yantha and Brian Smith (Parks and Forestry Services) were in
attendance, as were approximately 70 community residents.
Councillor Doucet began the meeting by explaining that both the city and
his office had intended to hold a community consultation prior to installation
of the bio-cover, but communication problems over the summer had prevented
this. This resulted in numerous calls and e-mails to the councillor's office
and to the Glebe Community Association from residents concerned about
what would happen to the pond when the bio-cover was laid.
A representative from the condominiums bordering Brown's Inlet, Dr. Liberty,
provided the historical context surrounding installation of the bio-cover.
Concerns about the yellow pond lily go back a decade or more when it appeared
in the upper pond, following its spread and eradication in the lower
NCC-managed, pond. Over the last few years, the city and homeowners living
around the pond made a variety of efforts to contain the pond lily's spread,
including pulling up the plant from a boat, digging it up and plowing the pond
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in order to allow deeper penetration of the frost to kill the roots, but none of
these efforts was successful. In 2003/04, the city laid a bio-cover over some
portions of the pond; this successfully retarded yellow pond lily growth in the
covered areas. As a result, the city decided to install a bio-cover over the
whole pond; some homeowners around the pond raised the necessary funds
to cover the cost of the fabric. About ten years ago, the NCC had installed a
similar cover in the lower pond, with apparently no negative environmental
consequences.
Several homeowners living around the pond said that they have a long history
of contributing to the upkeep of the pond and adjacent park, and their
municipal tax assessment takes into account their proximity to the pond and
park. Thus they have a legitimate role in decisions about how to manage the
pond.
Ray Yantha, from the city's Parks department, explained that the city had
been concerned about the growth of the pond lilies since the mid to late
nineties. In 2005, they had received a request from the local homeowners to
expand the partial bio-cover to cover the whole pond, with the understanding
from the NCC that there had been no negative environmental consequences
from installation of a bio-cover on the lower pond. Ray Yantha also explained
that the city is working with the federal Department of Fisheries and Oceans
and requires their approval of the bio-cover as a permanent solution.
Following these opening presentations, there was-a lively discussion which
mainly focused on the safety hazard posed by the stones holding down the
bio-cover near the toboggan run on the Holmwood Avenue side of the pond
and the possible impact of the bio-cover on the pond's wildlife.
Many of those attending the meeting voiced concern that the large stones
holding down the bio-cover are a significant safety hazard for children tobogganing
into the pond, a neighbourhood activity going back several generations.
A few days before the Dec. 6 meeting, the city had posted a sign warning
about the hazards of tobogganing at that location. The sign had nothing
to do with the bio-cover, but was the result of a city review of all toboggan
runs after last year's fatality in Gatineau. Many residents suggested other
ways of keeping the bio-cover in place, such as wooden stakes or sandbags.
At the meeting, city staff agreed to make the area safe for tobogganing, although
the warning sign will stay.
The potential effect on wildlife was afso a major concern of many of those
present and a number of participants had spoken to experts about the issues.
Based on feedback from these experts, it seems clear that while the bio-cover
will not affect wildlife such as toads, turtles and frogs during winter hibernation,
because these animals leave the pond and hibernate elsewhere, it is
not known what effect the bio-cover will have on the aquatic wildlife when
they come back to the pond in the summer. Several people raised concerns -
that food sources for aquatic wildlife, such as plants and micro-organisms,
will not survive with the bio-cover, and some people asked whether there
were other solutions such as introducing herbivores or mechanical cutting.
Many felt that a more natural and less interventionist method could be found
to control the weeds. There was some speculation as to whether the correct
species of invasive weed had been identified and general concern whether a
proper scientific study had been carried out in advance of laying the bio-cover.
Another environmental issue mentioned was the relationship between the
bio-cover, the pond and overall plans for storm water management around
Brown's Inlet. In 2004, the Glebe Community Association asked the province
for a more complete environmental assessment of the impact of storm water
management on the pond.
At the conclusion of the meeting, city staff said that they needed to do more
investigation of the environmental impact of the bio-cover, and that they were
awaiting advice from the Department of Fisheries and Oceans. Also, since the
meeting, the toboggan hill has been made safer with padding placed around
trees, willow branches cnt back and more rocks removed in the toboggan
area.
Councillor Doucet will hold another public meeting to discuss possible solutions,
when we have some more definitive answers. This meeting will probably
occur in February or March. Stay tuned.
Missing
Photo: Stephen Richer
On Dec. 9, this bench (pictured above) was stolen from the *storefront at
Second Cup at Bank St. and Second Ave. Glebites and visitors to the area
have been marvelling at the artwork on this bench since Second Cup commissioned
Glebe resident Janine Smith to paint it back in June 2005.
If anyone has any information on the whereabouts of this bench please contact
the Glebe Report at 236-4955 or simply return it to the front of Second
Cup.

" 4 January 20, 2006
Vote today to make
a difference for tomorrow
When I attended the All Candidates Meeting on Jan. 11, at the
GlebèCommunity Centre, Scotton Hall was filled to capacity with
hundreds lined up outside hoping a space would open up. it was
nice to see that democracy is alive and well in the Ottawa-Centre
Riding. It says a lot about our community and those around usvve
want to be educated in our voting decisions and will brave the
slippery sidewalks to get there.
Page 1 begins the story of a teenage victim of a shooting in our
neighbourhood. The shooting cari be linked to an Ottawa high
school tradition of "Pub Nights," typically arranged by high
school grad committees and students. A large group of them, many
only 16 or 17 years old, with fake IDs, take a school bus over to
Quebec bars where the drinking age is 18. Unfortunately, one of
these pub nights took a turn for the worse and led to a shooting
right here in our Glebe community. The victim vows never to go
on a pub night again. Some parents grudgingly support this tradition,
saying that at least their children won't be drinking and driving.
But it seems that drunk driving isn't the only harm that can
come to these teens.
Also in this edition, on page 3, we have an update on the
Brown's Inlet story from the November issue. On page 36, we
have information on the Women of Distinction awards. The centrespread
introduces some of the many babies
born in our community in the past
year, and in the Schools section, we
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In many ways, the decisions we make in
this months election will affect the world
all these children will inherit.
Let us know what you think about
these stories and all other issues that
are important to you. E-mail us
at glebe.report@mac.com
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LETTERS Glebe Report January 20, 2006 5
Bench sitters at McKale's?
Editor, Glebe Report:
I am concerned that the benches to be installed
adjacent to Marlin McKale's establishment will
never be used.
I therefore propose that the staff in the city department
responsible for putting the benches there
should each be required to sit on them for one hour
per week, winter and summer.
That will make the benches appear to be of some use.
Ken Shipley
Too few subsidize too many
Editor, Glebe Report:
Re: Market Value Assessment, Glebe Report, December 2005
On a city-wide basis, property taxes on above-average assessments subsidize,
in effect, the cost of the same municipal services enjoyed by owners of
properties of less than average assessment. Yet property owners, by definition,
are not poor.
.
To put this i nto a practical perspective, the average 2006 Capital Ward residential
property assessment, depending upon the type of dwelling (single
family, semi-detached, etc.) and using the 2005 urban residential rate, would
produce a tax payment of from 35 per cent to 50 per cent higher than average
city-wide assessments.
Could there not be legislation passed to limit the payment range to plus or
minus, say, 10 per cent of the average tax payment per type of residential
property?
M.R. Quinn
Why do we have
market value assessment?
Editor, Glebe Report:
The thinking behind market value assessment (MVA) seems to be that people
who own the more valuable properties are obviously well able to afford
high city taxes. They are rich, so they should pay more. It is a moral argument.
The city services they get may be the same as those received by other citydwellers,
but they must pay more for them because they can afford it.
But wait. These people are not necessarily rich. Some are pensioners on
fixed incomes, and because of higher property taxes, find it increasingly difficult
to remain where they have lived for so many years.
Surely they, and we, would be bette-ri served with a law based on equal pay for
equal services. Now, that would be moral. That these people should be forced
to move is immoral and a disgrace. If only for their sakes, the system should
be changed.
MVA LEADS TO TAXATION ON REALIZED CAPITAL GAINUsually,
one is taxed on a capital gain when one sells an asset. Residential tax
based on MVA is the reversetax now, gain later...maybe. The Assessment
Act is therefore unjust.
MVA DISCOURAGES HOME RENOVATIONSIf you improve your
property, you can expect to pay more taxes. It would be good if we had some
system that actually encouraged homeowners to improve their properties.
MVA does the opposite.
MVA AND MPAC (MUNICIPAL PROPERTY ASSESSMENT CORPO-
RATION)To make the Assessment Act work, MPAC was created. This
huge bureaucracy constantly adjusts the price that they say your house could
sell for. Apart from a couple of other minor tasks, guessing your house price
is what keeps them occupied most of the time. They call it assessing its value,
but guessing its price is more accurate.
As house prices will always be changing, the guessing game is never-ending.
This means that MPAC employees will have long careers at our expense.
I was not surprised to learn that the City of Ottawa paid over nine million dollars
in 2005 for the services of MPAC, and that this annual cost is rising. One
person with a computer seems like an attractive alternative. I wonder if that
would be possible with a simpler system. Probably not.
MVA AND CLARITYThe lack of a constant or fixed figure on which to
base residential tax is the cause of much annoyance. You may not like provincial
or federal sales tax, for example, but it is clearthere is no room for argument
on that aspect. Customs and income tax are similarly clear, as they are
based on verifiable amounts. MVA, in contrast, is based on constantly shifting
figures, with the result that it can never be clear or predictable.
Various judges of old have admonished lawmakers that clarity comes before
justice. When a law is clear, people can accommodate themselves to it.
When it is also just, that makes it a good law. The Assessment Act, in my
opinion, fails on both counts.
So, let us encourage our provincial politicians to do the right thing and get
this monkey off our backs.
Desmond Hassell
Editor, Glebe Report:
Having read Clyde Sanger's article, In a piclde over rules on meat (Dec. 9,
2005), I have waited some days to calm down, but I remain infuriated by the
Ontario government regulations being imposed upon the Glebe Meat Market.
There has been a butchery on Bank Street in the Glebe for 87 years. What
possible logic would compel our provincial government to suddenly concern
itself with our local meat supplier? What health drama has occurred to cause
such demands being made on a family-owned business? The answer is almost
certainlynone. The real truth lies with the power of the supermarket
giants and the abattoir owners. It is patently ludicrous for a government to
even imagine that a "level playing field" should exist between mega-corporations
and a small local butchery. Apparently, the supermarkets are concerned
that family butcheries are taking customers away from their meat
business. The small butcheries are taking nothing away. They are, in fact,
giving to us, because those of us who shop at the Glebe Meat Market would
not buy supermarket meat.
We have eaten meat from stalls in the souks of North Africa, lamb from a
roadside table in the mountains of Turkey, sacrificial goat in Pakistan and
treats from the vendors on train station platforms in Indiaall of it delicious
beyond measure and incomparably superior to the drug/chemical-laced, allergy-inducing
pap served up at our Ontario supermarket meat counters.
The Sauvé family at 869 Bank Street has served us superbly well for over
three decades. They know the history of every carcass that comes into their
buildingthey do not receive pre-packaged meat in boxes. This is a food
certainty that provides huge comfort to all their clients.
The government has seen fit to exempt delicatessens and Italian stores
from the bureaucratic impositions of a C2, free-standing meat plant designation.
Why can they not do the same for our Glebe Meat Market and others
like it?
We must bombard our local MPP Richard Patten (tel: 722-6414) and Ms.
Leona Dombrowsky, Minister of Agriculture, Food & Rural Affairs, at 77
Grenville Street, 11 th Floor, Toronto, ON M5S 1B3 (tel: 416-326-3074, fax:
416-326-3083), expressing our outrage and concern.
And further, if this regulation is not reversed by the spring, we should organize
a mass protest at the corner of Bank and Thornton to demonstrate our
extreme displeasure with the Ontario government's capitulation to corporate
pressure.
Peggy Nixon Gualtieri
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Green Party: David Chernushenko, 860-1330
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New Democratic Party: Paul Dewar, 232-1888
www.pauldewar.ca
Conservative Party: Keith Fountain, 237-1532
www.keithfountain.ca
Marxist/Leninist Party: Christian Legeais, 232-7108
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Liberal Party: Richard Mahoney, 216-1121
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Communist Party: Stuart Ryan, 232-7108
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BY CAROL MacLEOD
Responsibility for removing litter
in the Glebe is a patchwork. At least
20 agencies share respOnsibility for
maintaining the face of Bank Street:
the City of Ottawa deals with city
property, roads, sidewalks and some
parks
advertisers own "street furniture":
newspaper boxes, bus benches, bike
stands and telephone booths
*Canada Post owns letter boxes
*Hydro Ottawa owns hydro poles
add the National Capital Commission,
merchants and owners of private
property, each having a piece of
the action.
Some people who drop the litter
live in the Glebe; some do not. With
so many players, one understands
why litter clean-up is often less that
satisfactory.
The City of Ottawa encourages
citizens to think of waste as material
for recycling, rather than garbage.
Here's a bit of a guide to the "what
and when" of recycling in the Glebe:
HOUSEHOLD PICKUP
The Glebe is Zone 4 and includes
residences on Bank Street. The city
distributes information about what
can be recycled; its residential pickup
schedule is distributed every year
to each house. The website at www.
ottawa.ca/city_services/garbage/11_
0_en.shtml contains information
about the disposal of all types of
household waste, as well as printable
monthly pickup schedules.
LEAF PICKUP
Compostable yard waste, including
leaves, is picked up on scheduled
Zone 4 days. Leaves left lying
on the street have not been collected
since the city started its composting
program. Homeowners are encouraged
to bag and recycle leaves lying
in the road in front of their houses.
SNOW REMOVAL
Road and sidewalk snow plowing
and removal occurs according to the
schedule at w w w.ottawa.ca/city_
services/traffic/road_maintenance/
snow/index_en.shtml.
SIDEWALK AND ROAD WASTE
The city's maintenance quality
standards for roads, sidewalks and
paths (2003), and for parks and
sports fields (2004), do not reflect
2004 budget cuts. Bank and Bronson
are arterials, Fifth is a collector and
other streets are residential. Currently,
no sidewalks and streets are swept
or washed. However, street cleaning
may be restored to pre-2004 standards
this coming spring. This includes
sweeping Bank Street sidewalks
from Isabella to Holmwood.
Sidewalks on the first blocks east
and west from Bank Street will be
swept in rotation. A schedule will be
established.
BANK STREET SIDEWALK
AND ROAD WAStE
Bins (open public garbage receptacles,
usually at corners) are emptied
by a city contractor. Monday,
Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday
nights from April to mid-November,
the contractor empties 20
bins. Seven bins are removed for the
winter; in the remaining months, the
13 bins left are emptied Tuesday,
Thursday and Saturday. The contract
does not include clean-up around the
bins.
BUSINESS PROPERTIES
Individual Bank Street businesses
must arrange their own garbage removal
by contracting pickup with
one of two collectors. The day varies
depending on the collector. Recycling
is a contract add-on.
SPECIAL EVENTS
Sponsors obtain permits for events
that use the Bank Street roadway.
They must hire post-event streetcleaners.
This does not include emptying
bins.
LANSDOWNE PARK
Bins are emptied daily. Sponsors
are responsible for cleaning stands
immediately after events. The entire
site is swept each spring and washed
once during the summer and again
after the Exhibition. A revamped recycling
program is being considered.
OTHER
When waste collects on private
property, and the owner does riot remove
it, a complaint can be made to
the City of Ottawa. This is a By-Law
matter. The owner of the property
will be billed for the cost of collection.
HOW YOU CAN HELP
*take your litter home to recycle
*put weights on your recyclable paper,
particularly on windy days
*put garbage in animal-proof containers
*keep the sidewalk and gutter in
front of your house clear of debris,
including leaves, which helps water
drain away in rainstorms or snow
melts and prevents ice buildup
*make sure water doesn't gather at
drivewaysreport to the city any areas
where water gathers
*pet feces should be flushed down
the toilet to be properly treated along
with other sewage
*lead by exampledon't litter and
politely remind others not to litter
*call 3-1-1 to report problemsthe
city notes "hot spots" for remedy

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I would like to extend my thanks to all of those who have entrusted us with their business
through the years and a special thanks to those who recommended us to their friends.
It is a joy to live in this vibrant community and a pleasure to be welcomed into your home.
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wishing you all the best
for 2006.
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BANK STREET
RECONSTRUCTION TIMING
UP IN THE AIR
There will be no Bank Street reconstruction
in the Glebe in 2006.
That's about the only thing we know
for sure about the timing for the reconstruction
project. Depending on
city budgets and the light-rapid transit
project, there could be some work
in the Glebe in' 2007 (at the Lansdowne
end of Bank Street), but it
looks like the main part of the Bank
Street in the Glebe won't be rebuilt
until 2008, 2009 or even later.
The good news about this delay is
that the city will have time to develop
a policy on the burial of hydro
wires and it may mean that, when
Bank Street is rebuilt, it will be done
the way we want. It also means we'll
have several more years of Underground
Sound concerts to enjoy.
The unfortunate part is that we risk
losing the positive momentum and
collaboration we have with the city
project team at present.
There will be construction on
Bank Street downtown (Wellington
to Laurier) in 2006, so if you work
in that area, plan accordingly.
FLOOD CONTROL
Only a few people turned out for
the consultation on the O'Connor
Drainage Study, which is looking at
flooding and storm water management
for the entire area north of
Fourth Avenue. One thing city staff
did tell us is that very few homes or
businesses in this area report flooding
and they're not sure if this is be-
By
June
Creelman
cause there are no problems or if
people are not reporting problems. It
is essential that every single time
you have a flooded basement, you
call the city at 3-1-1 to report it. If
not, the city will have no way of
knowing if there are problems in this
area or not.
RESPONDING TO CONCERNS
ABOUT FIFTH & BANK
I've been surprised by the letters
in the Glebe Report criticizing the
city's improvements to the southwest
corner of Fifth and Bank.
Hasn't our community consistently
asked for wider sidewalks, more
trees and better public spaces? From
the Glebe Community Association's
point of view, the city has done the
right thing on Fifth Avenue. It took
advantage of a sewer replacement
project to improve the streetscape.
Building a landscaped area with a
planter at this corner may be a small
thing, but it supports a liveable,
walkable and sustainable community.
As for the impact on McKale's
Service Centre, I doubt that cus-
tomers will abandon his excellent
car service because they have to enter
or park with a little more care.
And how can the city be criticized
for reclaiming public lands for the
public good? For once, instead of
paving paradise to put up a parking
lot, the city has taken a bit of a parking
lot to put up some green public
space. I'm not sure if we can call it
paradise yet, but let's wait till spring
and see.
PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT
At its next meeting, the GCA will
be discussing two proposed developments:
an infill residential project at
14 Morris and the site plan for 680
Clemow, where the former Olympic
Sports Shoppe is being converted into
a restaurant.
ALL-CANDIDATES MEETING
Voter apathy is not a problem in
our neighbourhood, if the full house
turn-out for our All-Candidates
Meeting was any indication. It was
great to see so many people taking.
the time on an icy winter evening to
come out and hear the candidates.
We're sorry that upwards of 200 people
had to be turned away, but fire
regulations meant that we could not
safely squeeze one more person into
Scotton Hall. Unfortunately, relatively
few other organizations scheduled
all-candidates meetings for this
election, so there was an exceptionally
strong demand for ours.
NEXT GCA MEETING
The next GCA meeting will be
held on Tues., Jan. 24, 7:30 p.m., at
the Glebe Community Centre.
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Glebe Report January 20, 2006 9
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GLEBE LEADERSHIP PROGRAM
2006BURSARY FUND
Check it out! GNAG is pleased to
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How to apply: Schools have been
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youth applying must complete a simple
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Application forms are available
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those not on the selection comrnittee.
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you should apply. If selected,
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10 Glebe Report January 20, 2006 NEWS
Shooting in Glebe cont'd from pg. 1
The students piled onto the bus,
thinking they had left the confrontation
behind them. On their way to
the drop-off point at the parking lot
on Third Avenue behind Loeb
Glebe, some students noticed a car
following them.
As the student walked west on
Third, the four men emerged from a
vehicle in front of him with what
looked like a number of pellet guns.
What he didn't realize was that one
of the guns was a .22-calibre hunting
rifle with a silencer on it, which
made it sound like an air gun, he
said.
"Put your guns away," the student,
235 lbs. and 5'11", told the four
men, as he explained in a phone interview.
Some students ran off to call
the police. Others scattered or avoided
the scene. After the four attackers
threatened to shoot the student's 17-
year-old brother, who also attended
the party, he approached them aggressively.
"I consider him my best
friend," he said of his brother.
The four men fired at the student
more than once with a paintball gun
and a b.b. gun, he said. The rifle
with the silencer was fired mostly at
his feet, he saidabout six or seven
shots. He noticed splashes of snow
where the bullets landed in front of
him.
"Whether it's a pellet gun or a real
gun, you're going to get hurt. Es-
pecially if you're hit in the eye with
it," he said. A real bullet pierced his
leg, missing the shin bone and a tendon
by only one centimetre. As the
four men ran out of ammunition, he
attacked one with an empty beer
bottle. They hopped into their vehicle
and drove away. Under a light in
the parking lot, he pulled up his pant
leg to see the hole, which gushed
blood from the exit wound and was
seared around the entrance wound.
"I eventually went into shock," he
said. He is thankful to fellow partygoers
and Third Avenue residents
who came out of their houses with
towels and offers of help. He began
walking on the leg, although
painfully, the next day.
The whole confrontation lasted
r about five minutes, he said. The bus,
behind him at that point, was shot at
"chest-level" with pellets and even
the .22 rifle.
Ottawa Police have not announced
any arrests. News reports
in December said that police had descriptions
of the men and were looking
for a small, light-grey-coloured
SUV. The student said that police
told him it would be unwise to publish
his identity before the arrest of
the attackers.
Simon Doyle is a Master's student
at Carleton University and lives on
Rosebery Avenue.
EDITOR'S NOTE:
Let us know what you think about "Pub Nights."
E-mail us at glebe.report@mac.com.
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A self-defence guide
for the assessment battle
I.
2.
3Get
File a Request for Reconsideration with MPAC by Dec. 31,
2006. (Note the irony of this date in view of the next deadline.)
Do not wait for MPAC to reply, but do the next item.
File a Complaint with the ARB by March 31, 2006. Pay the
$75 filing feeit will be returned if a settlement with MPAC
is reached before an ARB hearing.
the MPAC Property Report of your property from the
0 MPAC website or by asking for it by telephone or mail. Demand
the list of six comparable properties used by MPAC to
determine your assessment. (There was no such list, but you will force
MPAC to start working to create one to substantiate their opinion.)
the real estate market MPAC does. Track what hous-
4Watch I es near you are listing and selling for. Get close to your
neighbours; divide the preparation workload, exchange information
and experience. Find your own "comparables" and get property
reports from MPAC. (Six property reports are free, as are six assessment
value look-ups.)
must state your reasons for objecting to MPAC's assess-
5You O ment in the Request for Reconsideration (see item #1 above).
Be objective, state all valid reasons, but details are not required
at this stage.
There are only three workable reasons for objecting: 1) MPAC
IPP factual error (e.g., wrong number of bedrooms); 2) inaccurate
condition of your property (get repair estimates or inspection
report as evidence); and 3) comparable properties near yours that have
lower assessments or listing/selling prices.
7
Assume that MPAC will not agree with you. File a complaint
with the ARB (see item #2 above). Then formally ask the
ARB to assign your complaint to the "Prehearing" stream.
This is your right and has a number of advantages: it forces both MPAC
and you to clarify the issues, it forces both sides to disclose the evidence
they have and intend to use, it explores the possibility of settlement, it
takes place in a less formal legal setting, and it still affords the chance of
recovery in a subsequent full hearing. Starting in the "normal" hearing
stream is a tactical errorMPAC has the lawyers, experience and expertise
to do well at formal ARB hearings.
8
MPAC and you now can consider the possibilities of success
having seen each other's "cards." The better "hand" will win.
If MPAC sees that you have a good case, they will offer to reduce
your assessment by an amount to be negotiated. They won't waste
effort, time and money on a losing proposition.
9.
If you must continue to a formal ARB hearing, study the ARB
Rules and Procedures (see their website) and line up your evidence.
Prepare a written submission, rather than relying on
the ARB chair's attention span, note-taking, or memory.
An encouraging aftecthoughtthe only way to reduce your property
taxes is to reduce MPAC's assessment of your property.
As one of Ottawa's top
architects, Barry Hobin literally
helps shape our community.
He focuses on designing spaces
that balance function with
appearance, that create an
environment in which people feel
comfortable working and living.
And because he believes that
individual success has more
meaning when the benefits are
shared with others, he is most proud
of his designs of public buildings
around Ottawa.
"Once the work is done, the
community takes ownership
it belongs to everyone."
This strong sense of community
explains why his architecture firm
makes donations to many charities,
as chosen by his employees.
And why he volunteers his time
to support improvements at The
Ottawa Hospital.
"I invest my time in the Hospital
because it is one atour most critical
community spaces. By supporting
The Ottawa Hospital, we will see
measurable and concrete results
that will have a profound impact on
all of us."
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Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday 8:30 am. 4:45 p.m.
Wednesday 8:45 am. 4:45 p.m.
MEDICAL & SOCIAL SERVICES WALK-IN:
Monday Friday 1:00 p.m.- 4:00 p.m.
Evening Appointments Available for Medical & Social Services
Monday 5:00 8:00 p.m.
Tuesday 5:00 8:00 p.m.
Wednesday 5:00 8:00 p.m.
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COUNCILLOR'S REPORT Glebe Report January 20, 2006 11
Bottom line
volunteering for your community gets things done!
We are born old and young at the same time.
We are born with great loves and great pains
that we grow into like an acorn grows into an oak tree;
like God grows into the universe.
Dear Glebe Report readers:
Sometimes I'm criticized for
spending too much time in one community
or another of Capital Ward. I
can understand this because everybody
feels their own needs most
acutely. The reality is that all communities
of Capital Ward are engaged
in very similar struggles to repair
damages which are largely the
result of carnivorous city growth
that cares little for established communities.
It's understandable that the Glebe
is sometimes looked at as the
favoured child, given that this community
seems to have the most to
show for its struggles. This is largely
due to the community's persistence
over a longer time. Compared
to Heron Park, Old Ottawa South,
Riverside Drive and Old Ottawa
East, the Glebe has been at it the
longest. Roll back the clock a few
decades and most people would not
recognize the Glebe. It was run
down. It had no community centre,
no traffic plan, the houses were in
disrepair, 25 per cent of children in
the schools were on social assistance.
It was a neighbourhood
poised to get paved over for the Carling
Avenue extension. There had
even been talk of paving over the
Canal.
Some luck and hard community
work turned the tide. Doug Fullerton
saved the Canal by making it a yearround
recreational attraction. The
threat of Carling Avenue bisecting
the neighbourhood provided the crisis
that led to the first Glebe traffic
plan. An abandoned church at Lyon
between Second and Third was
turned into a makeshift community
centre. A community association developed
which worked to unite business
and residents on key issues.
Years of volunteer organization and
pressure helped secure a renovation
of the community centre and the
Glebe's second traffic plan which is
now under way.
Old Ottawa South got its community
centre when the city disposed of
an old firehall. Like the Glebe, it became
the hub for community activities
and activism. Just like the community
centres in Old Ottawa East
and the Glebe, attempts to have the
Old Firehall closed in favour a larger
shared complex that people would
have to drive to were successfully
thwarted. In the 1960s, Sunnyside
By
Councitlor
Clive
Doucet
was widened and in the 1990s, it
was the Dunbar Bridge's turn on
Bronson. Both were done to serve
commuters better, but have been destructive
to the community. Unfortunately,
Old Ottawa South's traffic
plan stalled in the mid 1990s. Old
Ottawa South took the lead in the
ward for the reconstruction of Bank
Street and was the first to get new
streetscaping (including getting the
hydro wires buried), but safety issues
remain on Bronson, Sunnyside
and Riverdale. In 2006, Sunnyside
will be the subject of a streetscaping
study and we're waiting for the results
of the Bronson Safety Audit.
The community's top priority is the
long-overdue expansion and renovation
of the Old Fire Hall.
Old Ottawa East was assaulted
by traffic planners in the early
1960s. The Queensway, the widening
of Main Street and the McIlraith
Bridge linking to Smyth cut
up the neighbourhood, harmed its
commercial core and made it less
attractive. It has taken decades to
begin to repair the damage and
build momentum for the residents
to reclaim their neighbourhood and
make it better. Based in the Old
Town Hall, the community association
and activities groups have
saved their community centre from
closure more than once. In 2000,
Old Ottawa East got its first traffic
plan for the neighbourhood. By
now, a few of the long-term measures,
like the reconfiguration of
Greenfield, and roughly half of the
short-term measures have been implemented.
Getting the plan implemented
is taking time and steady
pressure. Their traffic plan will also
benefit Old Ottawa South when
traffic calming measures ,at Main
and Riverdale get done. Last year,
the community rallied to take their
destiny in hand and create plans to
revitalize Main Street and make it a
true Main Street once again. It now
has an Official Plan designation as
a Main Street and an official city
community design study will begin
in 2006.
Heron Park's story shares the
same themes of division and neglect
in the past. The destruction of
Billings Village, when the City of
Ottawa amalgamated the village to
make way for Billings Bridge Plaza,
was the start. Hundreds of houses
and the small local businesses along
the southern banks of the Rideau
River were demolished. The massive
project of relocating the mouth
of Sawmill Creek to reduce swampland
and flooding issues led to better
parking for the plaza and major road
work in the widening of Riverside
Drive, Bank Street and Heron Road.
The community was devasted. Property
taxes rose ten-fold and families
were forced to move to make way
for the new subdivisions.
The good news is that Heron Park
has pulled itself together and begun
rebuilding. They've worked to have
stop signs, one-way streets and advance
turning lights installed, and to
improve the traffic flow through the
neighbourhood. An underused windowless
field house is being converted
into a community centre.
We've managed to have two windows
installed and more are in the
planning phase. The community association
has a key agreement with
the city now and community-based
programming is growing stronger.
This small facility has enabled the
members of the community to return
to the "village," and they are beginning
the work to have a proper facility
built here in the future.
Riverside Drive's geography and
layout present special challenges. It
is a community with good access to
many parts of the city, thanks to the
proximity of major arterial roads. A
natural heart or centre has not yet
emerged in the area. Like other
neighbourhoods in the ward, Riverside
shares traffic safety issues.
Another common theme for the
communities of Capital Ward has
been "the changing of the guard."
Within the last year, the Glebe Report,
OSCAR, the Mainstreeter and
the Heron Park Herald have all taken
on new editors. The community
newspapers are as vital as the community
centres and associations in
helping keep the vision alive for the
neighbourhoods. I've noticed articles
being shared amongst the papers
too, which is great! This year
also brings a new generation who
have joined the boards of most community
associations. It is very exciting
to see new people stepping forward
to carry the community torch.
All of this is to say thank you and
welcome aboard. It is a long journey,
but a rewarding one, to create
the kinds of communities where our
children and grandchildren will also
want to live.
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12 Glebe Report January 20, 2006 THE GOOD OLD DAYS
Residential wood-burning
an indoor & outdoor
air-quality issue
In fall and winter, many Ottawa residents burn wood to heat their homes or
supplement their existing heating system. But it is important to keep in mind
that wood-burning creates pollution that can adversely impact your health.
Precautions should be taken to burn wood safely and minimize wood smoke,
both inside and outside the home.
Wood smoke is one of the top ten contributors to poor air-quality in Ottawa.
It disperses easily in the outside air and is drawn indoors where it can accumulate
inside the home. We spend 85 per cent of our time indoors during the
winter months, and it is important that our indoor air is clean. Those most vulnerable
to the effects of wood smoke are young children, the elderly and the
chronically ill. They are also the ones most likely to stay indoors during the
winter.
Although many people enjoy the smell of wood smoke, it contains cancercausing
chemicals, smog-contributing contaminants and unhealthy volatile
organic compounds. Well-documented health effects associated with wood
smoke include respiratory infections and irritations, the exacerbation of asthma
and, in rare cases, deadly carbon monoxide poisoning.
To help protect your health and the health of your family and neighbours:
replace older wood-burning equipment with new high efficiency
and low-emission appliances
look for a wood stove that has been approved by the US
Environmental Protection Agency and certified by the Canadian
Standards Association
'start your fire with newspaper and dry kindling
burn,only clean, dry, well-seasoned wood and newsprint
never burn garbage and products such as cardboard containing
chemicals which end up in our lungs
keep fires small and hot; smouldering fires create more smoke
install smoke alarms and a carbon monoxide detector in your
home
For more information: call Ottawa Public Health at 580-6744 or visit the
website at www.wawa.ca or the Natural Resources Canada website at
www.burnitsmart.org.
Thirty Years Ago
in the Glebe Report:
Volume 4, Number 1, January 12, 1976
By
Ian
McKercher
The lead story under the alliterative
headline, Rosebery Residents
Resist Rezoning, concerned a zoning
change request by the Gospel
Tabernacle and Christian and Missionary
Alliance Church (now the
Ottawa Chinese United Church) at
the corner of Bank Street and Rosebery.
The zoning change request
would affect the entire property, including
the parking lot west of the
building and the house at 22 Rosebery.
In its application, the church requested
a change to a .commercial
zoning with double the floor space
index. The church stated that the
building was no longer being used to
its full capacity and was unsuitable
for sale as a church. There were
prospective purchasers for the building,
conditional on its being rezoned
commercial.
Rosebery residents and the Glebe
Community Association took the
position that spot-zoning changes
that threatened to erode the housing
stock of the Glebe should be opposed
until such time as the area was
looked at as a whole and the present
zoning re-evaluated.
Mohindar and Inder Handa had
just opened their health food store at
740 Bank Street (where Travel Cuts
and Feleena's Restaurant are today),
specializing in bulk sales of Indian
and vegetarian foods. The brothers
had opened their first store 14
months earlier at Billings Bridge.
Glebe poet George Johnston was
featured in an article by Judith Sandiford
under the title Artists in the
Glebe. Mr. Johnston, who had published
three collections of poems between
1959 and 1972, also taught
Old Icelandic and Old English at
Carleton University.
A lengthy article by GCA President
Annaline Loubser outlined the
association's accomplishments to
date. These focused on opposing a
proposed canal bridge south of the
Queensway, acting as a watchdog on
Lansdowne Park, supporting downzoning
the Driveway to, prevent further
highrise development, and facilitating
the development of a traffic
plan to deflect traffic around the
Glebe.
This retrospective is filed monthly
by Ian McKercher of the Glebe Historical
Society.
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GLEBE QUESTIONS
By
Clyde
Sanger
Two short items before the main
topic. It was good to see how many
people have signed the petition at
the Glebe Meat Market, asking the
Ontario Government to revise their
meat regulations (adding a "grandfather
clause") to save the Sauvé
family from having to close their
shop. Such a clause was used for
physiotherapists who were practising
before Medicare came in.
Second item: I planned only one
New Year's Resolution (which I
would doubtless break). This was
never to cross Pretoria Bridge except
on foot. City police lie in wait
there. I was fined $30 years ago for
cycling on its sidewalk (instead of
twice crossing traffic lanes). Then in
early December, Constable N. Perras
in her police car screamed her
siren at my little Mazda, then lectured
me about turning left onto
Colonel By Drive, as was normal
until just the week before. "The notice
says 'New'you can't miss it,"
she said. Obviously you can. With
an ounce of human kindness, she
fined me $35 under the traffic rules.
"I could have fined you $110 under
the Highway Code," she added.
Now to the main point. We have
really got to reform our electoral
system and get rid of the first-pastthe-post
(FPTP) formula, which
produces such wildly unrepresentative
results. I am hardly the first to
say this. Five provinces have been
studying alternatives. The Pepin-
Robarts Task Force on Canadian
Unity made proposals in 1979. So
did the Law Commission of Canada
in 2004. Our former Ottawa Centre
MP, Mike Cassidy, wrote a report on
electoral reform. Ed Broadbent was
pushing reform in the last parliament.
Tom Kent, a Pearsonian Liberal,
is an eloquent advocate. And
last May, The Globe and Mail de-
Fair voting
voted four page-long editorials to an
analysis (May 2 to 5).
Why reform the system? Hardly
any MP today is elected with a majority
of votes. Even Ed Broadbent
only won 41 per cent in Ottawa Centre.
It produces totally unbalanced
results: in the 2004 election, the
Conservatives got twice as many
votes in Quebec as they did in
Saskatchewan, but won 12 seats
there and none in Quebec. And it aggravates
regional divisions by promoting
regional parties: the Bloc
Québecois and the Reform Party
leapt to 50-odd seats in their first
time at the polls.
I would add another reason. With
a single-member riding and FPTP,
obviously only one candidate is
elected, and by probably a minority
of voters. In Ottawa Centre, we have
at least four candidates this month
who could be excellent MPs. If you
mix, say, one-third of MPs elected
from a PR list and two-thirds (as
now) in single-member ridings,
there's a near-certainty of getting
every party's best people into parliament.
Which alternative system is best?
There seems to be broad agreement
on a mixed-member proportional
system (MMP) similar to those in
Germany, Scotland and New Zealand.
The Globe and Mail explained
at length why the single-transferable-vote
proposal that British Columbia
put to a referendum on May
17 was "the zaniest, most confusing
and most ill-considered option available."
The confused voters obligingly
rejected it. The sensible MMP option
that Conservative Premier Pat
Binns put to a plebiscite in PEI on
Nov. 28 also failed, but only because
he put the bar of acceptance at 60
per cent, with a majority required in
every riding.
Even the details have been hashed
out. How you compile PR lists in
each party, for example. (By five regions,
The Globe recommended,
with the order settled not by party
leaders, but democratically in a regional
party primary.) How you accommodate
extra MPs in a House
(or legislature) crowded with desks.
That was why the BC citizens' assembly
rejected the MMP approach.
Easy, says Tom Kent, who suggests
it has to come
adding 100 PR members. Tear out
the desksit would make the Commons
less confrontational and raucous.
The Brits have benches, and
behave better.
So why isn't it happening? To this
columnist, it is because the Liberals
think they would lose the advantage
of FPTP. The Globe calculated the
following differences between the
actual June 2004 results and what
MMP would have produced in the
House of 308 MPs. The Liberals
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Glebe Report January 20, 2006 13
would be six seats down, to 129; the
Conservatives would be unchanged
at 99; the New Democrats would
gain ten, to hold 29; the Bloc would
lose five and become 49; the one Independent
would remain; and the
Greens would pick up one. (Of
course, with Kent's extra 100 PR
seats, the figures would vary.)
Hardly a dramatic change, anyway,
and the gains in proper representation
and in national unity could
be immense. Go for it!
Move over, Clive Doucet!
Clyde Sanger has self-published
a 72-page book of verses
he has written over the past 50
years. They range from workplace
poems though young gallantry,
to poems about Penny,
the Georgian Bay, and special
occasions with friends and
family. Illustrated with vignettes
of old photographs,
skillfully contrived by Ron
Greene, it is called Defrosting:
A Half-Century of Melting
Verse.
At a recent book launch, he
-CLYDE SANGER sold copies for $15 each, sending
the proceeds to the Stephen
Lewis Foundation (for AIDS
relief in Africa). Anyone wanting to buy a copy on such terms should
come to see him at 299 First Avenue or phone 233-7133.
Photo: Clyde Sanger
Ed Broadbent and Mike Cassidy, pictured back in 1988, both advocates for
electoral reform
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14 Glebe Report January 20, 2006 BUSINESS NEWS
RENOVATIONS
TO LOEB GLEBE
If you've been shopping at Loeb
Glebe lately, you've probably noticed
a few changes to the-store. Along with
the Glebe Pharmasave Apothecary, the
storefront of the building has been under
renovation, including the addition
of large windows lining both store-
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Dana
fronts. Also Loeb Glebe now has a full
McQuaid
deli/bakery section, chock full of new
deli Products, cheeses, cakes and much
more!
Some renovations were made to the store a few years ago, but Loeb Glebe's
owner, Jim McKeen, felt it was time to upgrade the deli section, improve the
equipment and fix the storefront. He says that while most of the indoor renovations
are complete, the outside renovations should be done by the spring. To
give the store a more heritage look, in line with the old building it is situated
in, Jim McKeen plans to put up a more
antique-looking sign, similar to the
Glebe Apothecary's.
And even if you've just been walking
past the store, yoti've probably noticed
the new large ovens behind the
front windows of the deli/bakery section.
Jim McKeen decided to upgrade
this section and has brought in more
state-of-the-art equipment for the
Jason Laurin and Karen Maracle
behind the new deli counter at
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deli/bakery. Although renovations
aren't completely done yet, the deli is
now much larger and more spacious,
offering more of your favourite deli
products and baked goodies. You'll
now also find a much wider selection
of delicious fresh-baked breads, freshly
made-cakes (which you can see in the
new cake case!) and a cheese counter
with almost any kind of cheese you
might be looking for!
In addition to the store renovations,
Loeb Glebe continues to offer its valued
customers an excellent, friendly
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place to shop, as well as the
convenience of online shopping.
It now offers a complete
online shopping service,
.along with a home delivery
service. Visit the website at
www.loebglebe. corn to learn
more about online shopping
and to register an account for
grocery delivery.
Loeb Glebe
754 Bank Street
Tel: 232-9466
Fax: 232-6502
E-Mail:loeb@loebglebe.com
Storefronts
Photos: Dana McQuaid
MORALA'S CAFÉ: NEW MEXICAN THEME
Morala's Café has recently changed the interior. The colourful mural that
used to cover almost the entire back wall, since the café opened 13 years ago,
has now been painted over. Miriam Rangel, Morala's Café's charming and
personable owner, who knows almost every customer by their first name, has
received mixed reviews about the mural. Many of her customers have told her
that they really like the bright new vibrant orange colour that now covers the
wall where the mural used to be.
If you do miss the mural, don't worry. The wall will not be left bare! Miriam
has plans to put up artwork from local artists to support the community..
She'll be choosing creations from Glebe's artists and hopes to change it periodically
to keep things fresh and to show off the talent of our community's
superb artists.
Since there haven't been many changes to the shop in the 10 years since she
took over the café, Miriam decided it was time to update its look. To augment
the Mexican theme, she'll be adding some new touches, such as Spanish tiles
and other creative accents, to contribute to the new look. She's been renovating
gradually so as not interfere with the operations. "These changes will
help make the small space brighter, more roomy, and cleaner-looking," Miriam
said.
Morala's Café is always
busynot surprising,
since you can always
get a wonderful cup of
coffee and Miriam's
homemade treats, including
a variety of cookies,
squares, bars, cakes and
much more! Morala's
now has more meal-type
foods, such as
spinach/cheese pockets,
chicken wraps and daily
homemade soups. You
can also get a tasty madeto-order
sandwich, made
with fresh ingredients
and delicious bread. Stop
by on the weekends to try
Miriam's popular homemade
waffles, made from
scratch and served with
real maple syrup! The
waffles are available on
the weekend until 2 p.m.
Morala's Specialty
Coffee Shop
. 734 Bank Street
Morala's Café
Tel: 235-4740
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BUSINESS NEWS Glebe Report January 20, 2006 15
JD ADAM'S ANNUAL SALE
This month, JD Adam, the ever-popular kitchen and gift shop in the heart
of the Glebe, will be offering many of their great products at reduced prices
during their annual sale. During the last couple weeks of January, stop by the
store to pick up some new kitchen accessories, gifts and clearance items in
stock, all at sale prices.
JD Adam has been in the Glebe since 1988, when it opened its original
doors at 860 Bank Street. For almost 20 years, the store has offered a great
selection of kitchenware, bakeware and glassware, along with many great gift
ideas and nifty gadgets!
If you're a fan of Emile Henry products from France, make sure to drop by
to check out some of their selected products on sale. Visit the store for more
details about JD Adam's upcoming sale or call for more information.
JD Adam Kitchen & Home Accessories, 795 Bank Street
Tel: 235-8714, Website: www.jdadam.ca
The joy of learning is not written in textbooks,
it's written on the faces of our children.
STORE CLOS
You will find that the Montessori classroom is a place where
the joy of learning comes naturally.
To learn more about GMS, please join us for our
Open House on Tuesday, January 31st, Porn 6.30 to 7:30pm.
OWNER OF DILEMME SAYS GOODBYE
As announced last month, Dilemme, one of the Glebe's favourite gift
shops, will be closing its doors at the end of this month. Owner Bob Trotter
would like to thank his customers for their continued support and to say goodbye.
"It's certainly difficult to say goodbye to all our customers who have indeed
become friends over the past 18 years. You'll be missed," Bob said.
"Thanks for all the coffees, funny stories and sharing a little bit of your lives
with us. It is you that made Dilemme such a super store, a pleasure to own
and work in. Amy, her staff and I will be in the shop until the end of January,
so please drop in so we can thank each of you in person."
Bob Trotter, Dilemme, 785 Bank Street
Tel: 233-0445
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650 Lyon St. South, Ottawa, Ontario K1S 3Z7
(Glebe Stlames United Church)
Please Contact Us at: (613) 237-3824
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Correction Notice
In the December 2005 issue of the Glebe Report, the article on page 18,
entitled Nicastro's is Expanding, incorrectly stated the name of the store
next to Nicastro's as being Far East. It should have read East Wind. We regret
any inconvenience this may have caused.
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Rest assured, lassies and teddies,
The Royal Oak is pulling out all the stops on
Wednesday January 25
to ceiebrate
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Drop by enjoy the piping in of the Haggis ceremony
and stay for our party featuring
live Celtic entertainment with
The Staggering Punters
In the spirit of celebrating ALL THINGS SCO1TISH
between January 9 and 25
we*re offering a special
Scottish food and drinks menu.
Featured items include
Poached Salmon, and of course,
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16 Glebe Report January 20, 2006 BUSINESS NEWS
Glebe businesses help deliver Christmas cheer
Photos: Dave Watts
Daniel Proussalidis (left) and Liam McGahern take a break during the
Christmas Cheer Broadcast.
More than 20 members of the Glebe Business Group (GBG) rallied to provide
financial support for the Christmas Exchange via the recent Christmas
Cheer Broadcast on CFRA, an annual radio fundraiser.
"We wanted to get involved," says Liam McGahern, of Patrick McGahern
Books and chair of the GBG. "We were happy to be able to bring in so many
members of our group. A real collective effort."
The GBG sponsored an hour on the CFRA broadcast and Mr. McGahern
represented the GBG with an on-air appearance. The GI3G's contributions
continued beyond the normal one-hour sponsorship when Judy Richards,
owner and president of Davidson's Jewellers, dropped in on the Christmas
Cheer Broadcast and presented an additional cheque to the Christmas Exchange.
"We should all be proud of each other," said Ms. Richards in reference
to all of the Glebe business contributors. "Thanks for your support of
this radio program and the Christmas Exchange!" In total, the Glebe Business
Group donated over $3,000 to the Christmas Exchange via the Christmas
Cheer Broadcast.
Both the Christmas Exchange and the Christmas Cheer Broadcast have a
long history in Ottawa. Now into its 91st year, the Christmas Exchange has
been delivering food and hope to eligible families referred each year by
churches, schools and social agenciesthose who know the needs firsthand.
Many long-time area residents will remember the original 560 CFRA
when the first Christmas Cheer Broadcast aired in 1951. Since then, it has
evolved into the "unofficial start of the Christmas season" in Ottawa. The 55th
Christmas Cheer Broadcast on CFRA aired on Sat., Dec. 3. In excess of
$127,000 in pledges was raised during the nine-hour show for Ottawa's
Christmas Exchange.
The Glebe Business Group extends its sincerest thanks to the following organizations
for their generous contributions to the Christmas Exchange via
the Dec. 3 Christmas Cheer Broadcast on CFRA:
Sassy Bead Company
Bank Street Framing
Pom Pom
Travel Cuts
Bloomfield Flowers
Glebe Pharmasave Apothecary
Brio Bodywear
Magpie
Third Avenue Spa
Il Negozio Nicastro
Snapdragon Gallery
Davidson's Jewellers
Capital Home Hardware
Excellence Optical
Metro Music
Patrick McGahern Books
Glebe Spa
Sugar Mountain
Compact Music
RBC Royal Bank
Von's Restaurant
Inniss Pharmacy
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Glebe Report January 20, 2006 17
Think globally eat locally
BY LIZ WYLIE
It's January. We are all thinking
about losing that extra five pounds
gained through Christmas gluttony.
But here is a new diet trend that is
hot for 2006, one that is not only
good for you, but it's good for the
environment too. This is all about
where your food comes from: the
100 Mile Diet.
James MacKinnon and Alisa
Smith started the 100 Mile Diet last
spring when they took a vowfor
one year, they would only buy food
and drink that was produced within
100 miles of their home. You can
follow their challenges in an online
journal at www.thetyee.ca. The
point is not for all of us to go on the
100 Mile Diet, but for us to think
about the choices we make at the
dinner table. No other single activity
in which we regularly engage has
as much ecological importance as
our way of eating.
Food is often shipped a long way
from farms through central depots to
grocery stores. On average, food
travels 2,400 km from farms to our
dinner tables. These long-distance
foods not only create packaging,
which ends up as waste in landfills,
but also carbon-dioxide emissions
from the fuel burned in transporting
them, therefore contributing to climate
change.
When we eat locally-grown food,
we help to make sure that our planet
is healthy and sustainable. Ottawa
area farmers see their numbers decreasing
as they struggle in the face
of corporate agriculture. Small
farms are bought by larger farms
and farm land is developed due to
pressure from urban expansion.
These trends are putting economic
pressure on farmers either to sell
their land or to employ environmentally
unsustainable farming prac-,
tices, such as increasing the use of
chemical pesticides.
You could start to adjust your diet
by eliminating just two or three
of the farthest traveled out-of-season
foods from your menus, waiting
to enjoy them until they are
available in-season from a local
farmer. Giving up woody strawberries
in January is a small price to
pay for sustainability. If you want
to be a more engaged consumer
than the local grocery stores can
accommodate, here are a few resources:
-OTTAWA GOOD FOOD BOXa
non-profit community-based group
that buys in-season fruits and vegetables
that are grown as close to home
as possible
OTTAWA FOOD SECURITY
COUNCILonline Buy Local
guide at www.spcottawa.on.ca
BYWARD MARKET (open 6 a.m.
to 6 p.m. from May to October; 7
a.m. to 5 p.m. in the winter) and
PARKDALE MARKET (open 7
a.m. to 6 p.m. from May to Dec.
24)when shopping at these markets,
always ask the vendors if their
produce is locally grown, as in some
stalls it is not
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MARKETa good winter resource,
open year-round on Saturdays from
10 a.m. to 2 p.m., located at 1644
Bank Street, near Bank and Heron,
behind the Canadian Tire
BRYSON FARMSproduces and
home-delivers local organic produce
year-round to Ottawa customers
(www.brysonfarms.com)
By eating local and by creating relationships
of integrity around food
and farming, we can find a deeper
sense of responsibility toward the
earth and its living things.
Hungarian Goulash
Wonderful for those cold winter nights, it's a meal in
itself. Serve with fresh rolls or light rye bread.
Ingredients:
pound medium stewing beef cut into
cubes
2. tbsp oil
1 large chopped onion
2. large tomatoes, remove skin and chop
5 large sliced carrots
2 parsley root (whole) or parsnips
4 cups beef broth
4 cups water
4 medium potatoes cut into small wedges
1/2 cup fresh chopped parsley
1 tsp caraway seeds
salt and pepper
Sauté onion in oil. Add paprika, tomatoes, beef and
caraway seed. Simmer on low for 30-45 minutes stirring
every io minutes until browned with some juice
remaining. Add remaining ingredients except for potatoes.
Bring to a rolling boil. Reduce heat and simmer
on low for 4-6 hours. Add potatoes and simmer for
additional 20 minutes or until potatoes are soft.
Suzanne Landis
Local maple-roasted winter vegetables
3 Ca r rots whole head of garlic
(peeled & sectioned)
3 parsnips chopped sage or other seasoning
4 onions 3 tbsp. olive oil
1/2 rutabaga 4 tbsp. local maple syrup
1/2 squash salt & pepper
Preheat oven to 375°. Cut vegetables up in chunks. Toss in
bowl with olive oil and seasoning. Place in roasting pan and
roast for 35 to 40 minutes until golden brown. Place back in
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Not a Brie in the bunch
BY J. PHILLIP NICHOLSON
My boys call me The Stinky
Cheese Man. And for good reason.
I'll trade an éclair for an époisse any
time. Here are some favourites in
each cheese family. (Remember: the
dominant factor is what's important;
hence Roquefort is _a blue
cheese, not a sheep's-milk cheese.)
Fresh Cheeses: Unaged, unassuming
(Cottage, Quark), with
chameleon versatility (sandwiches,
salads, desserts). Mascarpone with a
splash of amaretto or fruit liqueur
offers size-12 WOW for size-two
price and effort.
Bloomy Rind Cheeses: Delicate
(Brie, Camembert), with trademark
velvety rind (edible mould); a
cheese board centrepiece (serve
soft). Authentic Brie de Meau (I lied
about "not a Brie in the bunch"!) is
madeas most great cheeses arewith
unpasteurized milk (natural enzymes
work their magic). Brighter
but equally classy are Chaource and
Neufchâtel, demanding Champagne
or a top sparkler.
Enriched (Triple Cream)
Cheeses: At 60 to 85 per cent butterfat,
death can be delightful! A
criSp dry Ontario or Alsace Riesling
or a sparkling wine will cut the luscious
fat of a Pierre Robert, Brillat
Savarin, Croupet or St. André.
Natural Rind Cheeses: "Old
France" bequeathed delicate Saint
Marcellin (lovely liquid when ripe).
"New France" returned the favour
with Pierre-Yves Chaput's uniquely
tangy, buttery Métis (cow/goat). Ex-
Illustration: Gwendolyn Best
quisite with Burgundian-style
chardonnay or Loire sauvignon
blanc.
Washed Rind Cheeses: Amazing
what bathing in a salty brine (Vacherin,
Munster, Reblochon), beer
(Maroilles), brandy (Époisses, Langres)
or eau de vie (Carré de L'Est)
FOOD
stinky cheeses you should know
yields: intense pungency, yet delicate,
exoticoccasionally sweetlingering
taste layers, drawn out by a
top white Burgundy, lightly-oaked
Ontario or New Zealand chardonnay,
or a Cru Beaujolais. Tangy, nutty
Munster with dry Alsace or VQA
Gewurztraminer is proof that somebody
up there loves us.
Goat's Milk Cheeses: A taste/
texture continuumOntario's delightfully
pasty Woolwich (great in
salads and fils); semi-firm, edibleash-coated
St. Maure de Touraine;
and very firm, almost chalky Chabi!
chou and Pyramide. Sauvignon
blancwhether gooseberry (Sancerre)
or more herbaceous (New
Zealand)is a wine match-up to
command all-party support in the
most fractious of Parliaments.
Sheep's Milk Cheeses: Pungent
straw flavours and chewy textures:
Manchego (Spain), Ossau Iraty
(Pyrénées) and Kashkaval (Bulgaria).
Go "ploughman" with ACE
baguette, a dollop of chutney and
Fitzroy Harbour's own Scotch-
Irish "Sgt. Majors India Pale Ale"
(LCBO). Lanark County's faint
hay "Back Forty" Dalhousie (Iceland
sheep), is a world-class local
treat.
Uncooked, Pressed Cheeses:
Cow's-milk cheeses pressed to extract
water. Diverse textures and
flavours reflect different cows, pasturing,
processing and aging: malleable
Caerphilly (Wales); crisp,
salty Asiago (Italy); low-fat, nutty
Tomme de Savoie and Comté
(France);
and hint-of-salt-marsh
Cheshire (England)all superb with
light fruity reds, flavourful whites,
beer or a fino dr dry amontillado
sherry.
Cheddar Cheeses: ("cheddaring"
involves scalding and dicing curd to
extract whey) Quebec's seven-year
Silo is giving Ontario's five-year
Mapledale and Forfar's extra-old
(still my favourite "by a nose") a
sharp, tangy run for their money. Enjoy
with robust, fruit-driven red
(Rhone or Australian Shiraz) or port.
Cooked, Pressed Cheeses: The
first "appellation" anything, Parmigiano
Reggiano remains the nippiest.
The tangy, nutty Mimolettea
round, dark-orange, gnarly-rinded
dead-ringer for a cantaloupe"cuts
likes a cannonball yet melts like a
marshmallow." Try these with a big
Italian red or top Cabernet Sauvignon.
Blue Cheeses: Don't like blue?
Try creamy, approachable Bleu
d'Auvergne or Fourme d'Ambert or
the firmer but understated Lanark
County Highland Blue. Of sterner
stuff? Let her rip with Roquefort
(creamy, sheep's milk), Stilton
(crumbly but moist) or Gorgonzola
(buttery in younger dolce style)
whose creamy saltiness is superbly
offset by the spicy sweetness of a
sauterne or a vintage or tawny port.
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IYENGAR YOGA:
YOU REAP WHAT YOU SOW
If you've never done yoga beforeor
even if you havewhy
would you try Iyengar yoga, a rigorous
practice that demands discipline
and commitment? Because when
practiced consistently, Iyengar yoga
can provide exceptional results for
your body, mood and general wellbeing.
It can change your body, your
mind and your life if you put in the
time and effort.
MOST POWERFUL
FORM OF YOGA
Iyengar yoga is great for people
who are fit, and it is the best form of
yoga for people with conditions
such as sports injuries, scoliosis and
multiple sclerosis. For example,
Sandra Scott-Hartman, a student
with four years of Iyengar yoga
practice, had lost mobility in her
right hip because of scar tissue and
nerve damage following surgery.
"I've regained the use of my hip
from practicing Iyengar yoga," she
says, adding that now she can stride
along just like she could before the surgery.
"My husband can't believe it."
"Yoga can lead to physical and
mental wellness," says Iyengar yoga
teacher Barbara Young, "but dedicated,
regular practice over a sustained
period is absolutely necessary."
Iyengar yoga students can
reap the ultimate benefits of better
health and well being, regardless of
their level.
"IYENGAR YOGA EXACTLY
WHAT I NEED NOW"
John Giokas had taken an Iyengar
class 15 years ago and wasn't prepared
for the concentration and
mental effort it required. "But now,
after having taken some general yoga
classes and as a middle-aged man
with many sports injuries, I find it
exactly what I need. The attention to
individual people with unique problems
and the precision in the poses
means that Iyengar yoga is safe for
people like me."
He continues: "That's not to say
that Iyengar yoga is not also physically
demanding. Some people think
yoga is all relaxation and does not
require a lot of effort. They are absolutely
wrong and can leave classes
very disappointed."
EXCELLENT INSTRUCTION
TAILORED TO INDIVIDUAL
Iyengar yoga students receive
consistently excellent instruction
that can be tailored to their particular
abilities and limitations. That's because
Iyengar yoga teacher training
provides a thorough grounding in
asanas, philosophy, anatomy and
physiology. The teachers' own personal
practice is essential, and is the
foundation of their in-depth understanding
of the poses.
"When I tell 'people our teachers
are trained for three or four years,
they're very impressed. That's what
we mean when we say Iyengar
teachers are the best-trained yoga
teachers in the world," says Sandra
Scott-Hartman.
Iyengar yoga teachers move
through classes correcting and adjusting
their students, explaining
step by step how to do the poses.
B.K.S. Iyengar developed the use of
props such as belts, blocks and blankets
to support students so they can
do the poses safely and benefit from
them, regardless of their level. This
use of support in Iyengar yoga underlies
the various practices available
to students who have low energy,
are pregnant, menstruating, recovering
from illness or surgery, or
have a chronic condition.
The path of Iyengar yoga is noncompetitive
and completely individual,
which can be difficult to understand
for North American practitioners
who are used to competing in
everything.
"I think this is the most powerful
and precise form of hatha yoga that
exists," says John Giokas, a longtime
student. As with many disciplines,
you benefit from Iyengar yoga
to the degree that you invest your
time, energy and discipline in it: in
other words, you reap what you sow.
Check out the Iyengar yoga centre's
website at www.iyoga.ca or call
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The art of photographing babies
BY HELENE ANNE FORTIN
As a professional photographer
who specializes in capturing the
spirit of children on film, I get to
work with many "little ones," from a
few days or minutes old, to those
who toddle around investigating
their world 'through touch, taste,
feel, sight, sound and movement.
Have you noticed how babies have
such power? You cannot see, hold or
photograph a baby without smiling.
They remind us of their strength and
our fragilityor is it the other way
around? They are symbols that we
are all "family," each connected to
one another, each reflecting the other,
but with slight variations in skin
or hair colour, size and shape, but all
connected through the beauty of our
humanness and birthright.
Photographing a baby is an awesome
way to say to children that
they are unique. So here are a few
tips to get you started on this photographic
journey:
Take lots of photographs and do
it oftenAs you pick up your camera,
you naturally become the family
storyteller, telling the life story of
the most precious people in the
worldyour family! Sometimes
when a child is first born, there is a
flurry of photographic energy, but
then it peters out. Because this little
spirit is changing daily (especially
in the first 24 months of life), photograph
lots and often.
Keep records carefully!Even
though you might think your memory
is infallible, if it's anything like
mine, it's not. Details of when and
where photographs were taken
should NOT be kept on the photograph
themselves, but near to where
they are safely stored. Why not write
on the photograph? Because, over
time, whatever touches a photograph
(oil from fingerprints or ink
from pens) will speed up the deterioration
of the image.
Realize that those little ones are
just too busy and preoccupied to remember
the details of where and
when a photograph was taken or
that, in this particular image, they
were being held in the arms of Great
Auntie Jane on her 90th birthday on
a visit to Toronto. That kind of
knowledge is your child's link from
the past to the present. Write it
down!
Also, be careful how you store the
negatives from your photographs or
the images locked into your computer's
hard drive. Long-term storage
of either your film negatives or digital
photo images (and how they are
compressed and kept for the future)
requires special knowledge and handling.
Do everything you can to ensure
that your important images are
there for future generations. Your
kids are counting on you to keep
their history and visual story alive.
Photograph life from the bottom
upGet down to your child's eye
level. Crawl on the floor with your
eight-month old and you'll see life
from a whole new perspective.
Some of the neatest photographs of
my daughter at that age were taken
by a friend who was crawling after
her on the floor. Life at "foot" level
tells a very different story.
Have fun! and don't forget to
change the diaper before the photo
shoot.
Helene Anne Fortin is a professional
photographer whose photographs
are displayed throughout the
Glebe. She teaches courses and
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Exciting new line-up for
Underground Sound
BY LESLIE FULTON
Some big names in folk, blues
and Canadian alt-country have
signed on to play the Underground
Sound concert series.
Photo: Live Tour Artists
Tom Wilson and Bob Lanois
FEBRUARY 23
On Feb. 23, veteran musician
Tom Wilson, along with Bob
Lanois, will bring his eclectic character-driven
musical style to the
Glebe Community Centre. Wilson is
a dynamic performer with a voice
that is instantly recognizable. A
three-time Juno Award winner, he
has been an influential member of
the Florida Razors, Blackie & The
Rodeo Kings, and Junkhouse. Bob
Lanois is an interpretive artist both
visually and musically. With his
brother, the famed Daniel Lanois,
along with Brian Eno, Lanois hosted
the birth of what the world would
come to know as ambient music.
Together, Wilson and Lanois produce
a beautiful campfire feel to
their live performances, with Wilson
on guitar and vocals and Lanois on
harmonica and percussion. Wilson's
new release, Dog Years, comes out
on Feb. 15.
MARCH 22
Colin Linden, accompanied by
bluesman Paul Reddick, will play
on March 22. A legend here in
Canada, with a growing fan base in
the United States, Linden is an accomplished
singer, songwriter, guitarist
and producer. He has played
on more than 150 albums and has
produced more than 30 CDs. Linden
has worked with such stellar artists
as Bruce Cockburn, Colin James,
Leon Redbone, T-Bone Burnett and
The Band, to name only a few. A
multiple Juno Award winner, he has
also been nominated for a Grammy
Award in the United States and one
of his songs was featured on the
soundtrack of the hit film, 0 Brother,
Where Art Thou? Linden's new
CD, Easin' Back to Tennessee, was
released on Jan. 10.
APRIL 18
The blues are featured on April 18
when David Gogo hits the stage
with Tony D. Gogo was named the
2004 recipient of the CBC Saturday
Night Blues' "Great Canadian
Blues" award for his lifetime contribution.
Inspired by Howling Wolf
and Stevie Ray Vaughan, who encouraged
him to follow his dreams,
he has opened for such icons as Albert
Collins and George Thorogood.
Tony D. is a beloved mainstage performer
at the Ottawa Bluesfest each
year and is renowned for his solid
and spirited blues performances.
Together, Gogo and Tony D. pack a
formidable whallop!
MAY 16
Multiple Juno Award winner
David Francey is considered one of
Canada's most powerful and affecting
singer/songwriters. His strong
vocals and evocative lyrics combine
to make his subjectsfrom the foreclosed
farmer to the Canadian soldier
in Dieppe, the working Joe to
the teenage loverimmediate and
intensely moving. In concert,
Francey is a singer and a storyteller
who quickly establishes a personal
rapport with his audience. His wry
humour and astute observations,
combined with his openhearted
singing style, have earned him a loyal
following.
Tickets for these four shows are
available now at Compact Music
(two locations), the Ottawa Folklore
Centre, the Glebe Community
Centre and online at www.theglebeonline.com.
Tickets are $20, $25
at the door. The concerts are held at
the Glebe Community Centre, 175
Third Avenue (at Lyon). Doors
open at 7 p.m. with a concert start
of 7:30 p.m.
"We're very excited about this
solid line-up," said Underground
Sound co-chair Ian Boyd. "The concert
series has begun to attract some
top names in Canadian music. And
they're coming to the Glebe to
playa real coup for music lovers
in the city."
Underground Sound, hosted by
the Glebe Community Association
and the Glebe Business Group, is a
series of concerts to raise money to
bury the hydro wires when Bank
Street undergoes reconstruction. If
the City of Ottawa decides not to go
ahead with the plan to bury the lines,
the money will be spent on other improvement
projects such as banners,
art or benches. Burying the wires is
consistent with Ottawa's Official
Plan regarding main streets. With
the upcoming reconstruction, it's
now or never!
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Bowser & Blue
BY CAROL SILCOFF
It was previously reported that the
Ottawa Folk Festival accumulated a
sizeable deficit last summer as a result
of various adverse conditions.
The good news is that organizers
have planned a series of fundraisers
to help restore the festival's financial
health.
THREE FOLKFEST
FUNDRAISERS
Topping the list is a musical comedy
series, which kicks off with
Bowser & Blue on April 8. Bowser
and Blue have been performing their
unique brand of music, comedy and
satire since 1978. This award-winning
duo have produced a dozen
CDs in addition to their latest release,
Pull My Finger. They have also
written and appeared in many
full-length theatre shows, and provided
music for film and ,television.
The concert will be presented at the
Library & Archives Canada auditorium.
On April 15, The Arrogant
Worms perform at Centrepointe
Theatre. From humble beginnings
on campus radio, The 'Worms have
gone on to release seven CDs and
three videos. These self-styled
"comedic folk demigods" have become
a favourite on the festival circuit.
Not content to rest on their laurels,
the group has put out a DVD
entitled Three Worms and an Orchestra
(with the Edmonton Symphony
Orchestra) and established an
official Worm blog. To further enlighten
fans, lead singer Trevor
Strong has written a book entitled
Get Stupid. Special guests Paul and
Storm perform catchy and funny
songs, whether they are satirizing
opening bands, corporate America
or over-earnest folk-singers.
On May 10, Arlo Guthrie brings
his 40th Anniversary Alice's Restaurant
Massacree Tour to Centrepointe
Glebe Report January 20, 2006 23
Hear great music and
support the Folkfest
Theatre. Arlo's name became a
household word in 1967 with the release
of Alice's Restaurant, whose
title song helped foster a commitment
to social activism among the
'60s generation. Arlo starred in the
1969 film version of Alice's Restaurant,
which chronicled his troubles
with the police and draft board. The
concert will feature a performance
of the epic saga and other favouri tes.
Tickets (reserved seating) for The
Worms and Arlo Guthrie concerts
are available only through the Centrepointe
box office (580-2700).
Both shows are expected to sell out
in advance.
FOUR BENEFIT CONCERTS
Benefit concerts featuring acoustic
roots music will be presented
at the Fourth Stage of the National
Arts Centre (NAC). Ian Tamblyn
and special guest Doreen Stevens,
together with the NAC, will launch a
series of co-presentations of Anglophones
from Quebec. Ian has just released
a new instrumental CD, Machine
Works, which explores the
sonic landscape of the industrial
world. This concert takes place on
Jan. 20. Dawn Tyler Watson and
Paul Deslauriers bring their unique
blend of blues, jazz, gospel and folk
to the Fourth Stage on Feb. 17. A
third concert, on March 10, will
feature a traditional and progressive
bluegrass group that has been playing
in Montreal, the Laurentians and
Vermont for over 10 yearsNotre
Dame de Grass. Special guest Terry
Joe Banjo wowed festival audiences
last summer- with his
clawharnmer approach to the banjo
and his commanding stage presence.
A fourth concert, on April 7, involves
an evening of Celtic music
with Écosse, whose members, Bobby
Watt, James Stephens and Duncan
Gillis, play a lively mix of traditional
material from Scotland and
Quebec. Sharing the bill will be
Orealis, whose fresh, evocative and
innovative music has delighted audiences
across North America.
Those who purchase a ticket to all
four concerts will be entitled to a
special series rate, as well as an additional
discount for the Bowser &
Blue fundraiser.
AND TWO MORE...
At least two more concerts will be
presented at the Fourth Stage.
Booked so far are: The Pomelos
(Katherine Wheatley, Tannis Slimmon,
Laura Bird, Marianne Girard
and Heather Katz, all songstresses in
their own right) on March 3, and
Beyond the Pale (an original mix of
"post-modern" klezmer music) on
March 18.
For further information on benefit
concerts, call the festival office at
230-8234 or visit the website at
www.ottawafolk.org.
Carol Silcoff is a volunteer with
the Ottawa Folk Festival.

24 Glebe Report January 20, 2006
MUSIC
Divertimento Orchestra
concerts
Divertimento Orchestra presents its winter 2006 pops concerts, conducted
by Gordon Slater:
*Fri., Feb. 10, 8 p.m.: Rideau Park United Church, 2203 Alta Vista Drive
(wheelchair accessible)
Sat., Feb. II, 8 p.m., l'Église St-Thomas d'Aquin, 1244 Kilborn Avenue
Tickets: adults, $10; students/seniors, $8; children under 13: $5. For additional
information, contact Lois Siegel at 830-2509.
Lyon Street Celtic Band
Lyon Street Celtic Band at
Robbie Burns Day supper
The Robl5ie Burns Day supper, Wed., Jan. 25, at the Montgomery Legion,
330 Kent Street, features dinner and the "piping in of the haggis"
commencing at 7 p.m. The bar opens at 5:30 p.m.
The traditional five-course meal includes: potato and leek soup, wild
mushroom tarts, smoked salmon and cream cheese, Rock Cornish
game hen, Typsey Laird (sherry trifle), tea and coffee.
Entertainment is provided by The Lyon Street Celtic Band. Come
and join the celebration of Scotland's most famous poet.
Advarice sale tickets at $20 per person are available before Fri., Jan.
20, through the Montgomery Legion office (233-7292) or bar (233-
2310).
There is no smoking permitted in our upstairs hall at 330 Kent Street
(corner of Kent & MacLaren). Street parking is available, as well as
parking at 359 Kent Street behind Dominion Command (entrance off
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ART Glebe Report January 20, 2006 25
Art on Ice back for third year
at Winterlude
BY LESLIE FULTON
While skating along the canal in
February 2003, local artist Christopher
Griffin was struck by its dull
grey walls. "I thought it would be
great if we could break up the monotony
with splashes of colour, but I
wasn't sure how it could be done," he
said. "Then it hit mewhy not hold
an art exhibition outside that would
give skaters some eye candy?"
Along with two friends, Chelsea
artist Pam Connolly and Ottawa
writer Leslie Fulton, Griffin approached
the National Capital Commission
and pitched his idea for Art
on Ice, an outdoor art exhibit held
during Winterlude. This year, the
event will take place on Sat., Feb. 4,
10 a.m. to 4 p.m. If the weather doesn't
co-operate, the show will be held
on Feb. 5.
Though the idea of exhibiting outdoors
in the middle of the unkindest
month of all was daunting, Griffin
says the idea was a no-brainer from
the start. "More than 500,000 people
take part in Winterlude and most of
them at some point will skate on the
canal," he said. "It's great exposureno
pun intendedfor some
very talented local artists."
Griffin applauds the NCC for its
support of Art on Ice. "From day
one, the NCC has been incredibly
helpful. The Patterson Creek site is a
perfect backdrop for our canvases
and, because it is so close to the Fifth
Avenue skaters' entrance, it's easy to
draw a crowd. As well, the surroundings
ate beautiful and they really add
to the ambience of the event."
Last year, 27 talented local artists
participated in Art on Ice. Griffin expects
to attract the same number and
calibre this year, and welcomes
more. A broad range of style and media
for original, two-dimensional
"wall art" is encouraged fo t maximum
visual impact, with space for
approximately 40 artists. The registration
fee is $30 and the deadline is
Jan. 29.
For more information and to register,
contact Christopher at cgriffin@magma.ca
or 231-4094.
Artguise holiday select
end-of-year group show
We invite you to attend our end-of-year celebration with an art show extraordinaire
at 590 Bank Street; the show runs to Jan. 31. Our exhibit is comprised
of new pieces by many of our most sought-after painters. We are also
introducing a select few pieces by new and emerging artists whose further
work we shall endeavour to host in the coming year. There are paintings of all
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coming year promises to offer. If you need any further information, please
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26 Glebe Report January 20, 2006 SCHOOL NEWS
Glebe Montessori School students
raise funds to build a school in Kenya
GMS students standing in front
poster
BY TRISH EVANS
& YVONNE THIJSEN
In celebration of our tenth anniversary,
Glebe Montessori School
is launching a campaign to build a
school in Kenya. GMS will join the
Free the Children organization,
which assists communities in developing
nations. We have chosen Free
the Children because its projects are
consistent with our Montessori
ideals to promote global awareness,
Photo: Kerry-Anne Livingston
of the brick by brick campaign
and because it shares our belief that
education is the key to breaking the
cycle of poverty and child exploitation.
Free the Children, founded by
Craig Kielburger, has built more
than 400 primary schools and provided
education to over 35,000 children.
For his humanitarian efforts,
Mr. Kielburger has received the Nelson
Mandela Human Rights Award,
the 2001 Distinguished Peace Lead-
ership Award, the Roosevelt Freedom
Medal, the Governor General's
Medal of Meritorious Service and
the State of the World Forum Award.
In our Adopt-a-Village endeavour,
GMS is setting itself a target of
$10,000 for construction of a school
in the Maasai Mara region of Kenya.
Our students have been introduced
to the Kenyan project through guest
speakers and will participate in related
educational activities. GMS'
older students are organizing bake
sales and special fundraising events.
Over $3,000 was raised at our Winter
Concert reception bake sale and
Kenya school brick sale in December.
Our primary fundraisers this year
will be the Feb. 25 Opera Gala, featuring
outstanding opera singers
(for details, please see the ad on this
page) and, on April 21, A Cello for
Chelsea, a magical performance for
children, to be performed by NAC
cellist Margaret Munro Tobolowska.
Both events will take place in
the sanctuary of Glebe-St. James
United Church at 650 Lyon Street
South. Tickets will be available at
Brittons, at 846 Bank Street in the
Glebe, and at the door of Glebe-St.
James prior to each performance.
For more information, please contact
Kerry-Anne Livingstone at
237-3824.
We hope members of our community
will share our enthusiasm and
join us at these special fundraising
events.
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in support of
Free the Children
Adopt-a-Village Campaign
Tickets are $20.00 and can be
reserved by calling 237-3824.
Tickets will also be available at the door.
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The Ottawa-Carleton Catholic
School Board (OCCSB) has elected
June Flynn-Turner as chairperson
for the coming year and myself as
vice-chairperson. I look forward to
continuing to represent you in this
capacity and thank my fellow
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your studies and renewed energy for
the challenges that lie ahead.
You may also be aware that Mrs.
Bonnie McLaurin, principal of Corpus
Christi School, is retiring at the
end of January after teaching and
providing leadership in our school
system for many years. My personal
thanks go out to her and I'm sure we
all wish her a long and happy retirement!
Monica Kerwin, currently principal
at Holy Cross School, will become
the new principal of Corpus
Christi beginning Jan. 31.
I'll sign off for now, but I look forward
to seeing you at upcoming
school events.
Best wishes for a happy and successful
new year!
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Trustee
Lynn
Graham
THE COMING YEAR
I am delighted that my colleagues
have, for the third consecutive year,
elected me to be OCDSB Chair. In
accepting this position, I reiterated
my commitment to speaking out for
public education, improving educational
outcomes and advancing the
agenda when it comes to key provincial
issues. However, I have also decided
that this will be my final year
as a school board trustee. The current
three-year term will end on
Nov. 30, 2006, following the municipal
election earlier that month. I
will not be putting my name forward
in that election. I can only say that it
has been the privilege of a lifetime
to be your representative on the public
school board since the municipal
elections of 1994.
TRUSTEE FOR ZONE 8
ORLEANS/CUMBERLAND
Eight qualified individuals have
applied to become the trustee for
Orléans/Cumberland, a position left
vacant due to the resignation of former
Trustee Sheryl MacDonald. The
position is being filled by appointment
in mid-January. Current board
members will hear public presentations
by the applicants and then vote
by secret ballot, in accordance with
the OCDSB by-laws. The successful
candidate will be sworn in at the
same meeting and will serve until
the end of the current term, Nov. 3.0,
2006.
OUTDOOR EDUCATION
CENTRES
Anyone who has visited Mac-
Skimming (east end) or the Bill Mason
Outdoor Education Centre (west
end) knows that these properties
provide golden opportunities to students
for curriculum-based outdoor
learning. Each school year, many
teachers arrange trips to these centres
so students can participate in
"hands on" classroom studies in science,
geography, Canadian studies
and physical education.
Such facilities are not mandated
by the province and funding is always
an issue. To overcome this,
and to ensure the sustainability of
the centres, the OCDSB has entered
into a partnership with FLOE
(Friends of Outdoor Education), the
YMCA-YWCA, the City of Ottawa,
and three local conservation author-
Glebe Report January 20, 2006 27
Lynn Graham announces
final year as OCDSB Trustee
ities (Rideau Valley, Mississippi Valley
and South Nations).
Thanks to the Province of Ontario
and the TD Financial Group, the
partnership has $180,000 over the
next two years to hire a co-ordinator
to harmonize programs and services,
identify cost-reducing initiatives and
maximize usage for all the facilities.
At the funding announcement, Minister
Jim Watson represented the
province and Mike Burnette (Manager,
Emerald Plaza Branch) represented
the TD Financial Group.
PEACE AND GLOBAL
EDUCATION
In December, the board approved
my motion which requires:
that staff bring to a future meeting
of the Education Committee a report
on Peace and Global Education initiatives
at the OCDSB
that the staff report include information
on current initiatives, possible
future initiatives and recommendations
to the Ministry of Education for
assisting boards to address this subject
matter.
The motion acknowledges the fact
that material on this topic is already
in the curriculum, to some extent.
For instance, there is a focus on conflict
resolution, rights and responsibilities
in the OCDSB's Safe and
Caring Schools program. Now we
will look at all available curriculum
components, consider additional
ones, and see how the provincial
government can assist. This will ensure
that students are provided with
sufficient opportunities to understand
issues related to peace, both in
the school environment and on a
global basis.
There are a number of individuals
who have been working for a long
time on this issue. My motion was a
direct result of their efforts. In particular,
I want to thank Penny Sanger
and Blodwen Piercy of Educating for
Peace, and Diane McIntyre and Pam
FitzGerald, past members of the
Glebe Collegiate School Council.
INFORMATION ON
SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS
To access the schedule of board &
committee meetings, go to www.ocd
sb.edu.on.ca/Board/Meetings/Board
_comm_mtgs.htm, where you will
see agenda documents for many of
the meetings. I welcome your comments
and suggestions on any of the
reports. Also, you are welcome to attend
these meetings, which are mainly
held at 133 Greenbank.
CONTACT INFORMATION
Lynn Graham, Ottawa-Carleton District
School Board, 133 Greenbank
Road, Ottawa, ON K2H 6L3.
Tel: 730-3366.
Fax: 730-3589.
E-mail: lynn.graham@ocdsb.ca.
Website: www.lynngraham.com.
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28 Glebe Report January 20, 2006 SCHOOL NEWS
First Avenue School
renovates over the holidays
Kevin Bolger's Grade 5 class at First Ave.
BY AIME ALTON
The Grade 5 students at First Avenue
School recently had a rare opportunity
to learn about writing, editing
and publishing when they participated
in a contest that published
the winners' stories in a book unveiled
at the Ottawa Independent
Writers' Festival at Lansdowne
Park. The book is a compilation of
short stories and poems written by
students from the Ottawa Valley
who have proven to be exceptional
young writers.
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When asked about the contest,
students explained that they learned
a lot about writing for deadlines, editing
and even about each other in
the process of this exercise. Morgan
Adam said that writing fictional
work is fun, though Marlow DePaul
learned that it can be difficult to
write within word limits. "Writing
for judges or any audience requires
flexibility and a willingness to return
to the work over and over
again." Katie Scott said that the
most difficult part was coming up
with a good idea to write about and
James Liston, agreed saying that a
good story needs a twist in the plot
to keep readers interested.
The Grade 5 students explained
that reading is important to their educational
development, citing other
books as the inspiration for their
stories, while some found their motivation
in their experiences at
school and home. Mark Nicol said
that he was surprised to learn that
poetry can be exciting, which he
learned from reading another stu-
Treasure Chest
dent's entry. Reading each other's
stories and poems gave them important
insights into their own writing
and each other's minds. Sarah Beltrame
found that it can be difficult to
draw ideas into a full-length story
(something every writer can relate
to) and Ingira Reimer explained that
it is through the details that the
writer speaks to the readerthough
plot is an important ingredient to a
fictional tale, the details give it
strength to hold the reader's attention.
Emily Copeland Dinan learned
that writing a good story requires a
lot of time to plan in order to take it
from the idea stage to a detailed
completed work.
Most students agreed with Abigail
Chan, who said that they learned a
lot about the editing process, which
talces up more time than writing the
story in the first place. Erin Bender
Kerbel and Emilie MacLeod thought
that, though plot and descriptive detail
are both important attributes,
creative characters are the key to interesting
stories. Philip Rogers said
that it is best when characters are defeated
initially, but don't give up.
Readers want to read about characters
they can admire and connect
with, not characters who haven't
made any mistakes.
Most of all, the students lear' ned
about success. They learned that success
is achieved by those who are
persistent in their writing, and by
those who are able to accept criticism
by teachers and peers. Now that
many of the students in Kevin Bolger's
Grade 5 class at First Avenue
Public School are published writers,
they said they would continue honing
their skills by writing often. I
wouldn't be surprised to see an article
written by a Grade 5 student in
the Glebe Report in the near future.
The students plan to contribute to the
same contest next year.
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While school was out for December
vacation, new carpeting.came in.
The First Avenue School Library got
brand new carpeting over the holiday
break, thanks, in part, to a dutiful
band of volunteers who helped
librarian Leona Groleau pack away
all the books. It seems that while the
books were well-read, the carpeting
was well-iread. Students can now
enjoy a fresh new look and feel to
the entire library. Even the books
seem more comfortable. And that's
not all. The computer lab was overhauled
as well. Bits and bytes can
now comfortably mingle above a
new tile floor that gives the whole
room a spiffy new shine.
And makeovers are not only happening
inside the school walls, but
outside as well. Thanks to a dedicated
group of students, First Avenue
has been working with the Canadian
Wildlife Federation to create and
preserve niches of wildlife habitats
on the school grounds and beyond.
Stroll by to see the beautiful bird
feeders students have made out of
used pop bottles and used milk cartons.
In the classrooms, students were
preparing for imminent careers as
scientists, doctors and climatologists,
among others. The kindergarten
students participated in an interactive
science fair, while primary
students learned how to read a ther-
Wheelchair ramp coming soon to Mutchmor
BY MEGAN WALLACE
Have you walked down Fourth
Avenue recently and noticed the big
orange tarp over the side of Mutchmor?
When the veil is lifted sometime
in January, you will be able to
see our brand new wheelchair ramp
providing access to the first floor of
our school. This very exciting development
is just one of the many upgrades
and investments the school
board has been making at Mutchmor
over the past few years. The most
visible projects include stripping
and repainting the crown moulding
at the top of the school, new flooring
in many areas, and new paint for
hallways, offices and many classrooms.
As someone who is in the
school every day, I find it amazing
mometer, watching intently as the
temperatures rose and fell. Meanwhile,
the junior students constructed
their own stethoscopes and listened
to the beating of their own
hearts. Gordon Griffith, Engineerat-School,
helped facilitate this
amazing project. No high blood
pressure was reported, although two
students' hearts apparently beat at
slightly elevated levels when told
that chocolate milk was being
served for lunch that day.
Despite the growing tensions surrounding
the upcoming Federal
election, First Avenue is sure to remain
tranquil and calm, due in no
small part to the peer mediation
training that sixth graders have begun.
Peer-mediators will be available
for any students who wish to
seek assistance in solving conflicts.
They will also present role-plays in
each classroom. Some parents think
that the House of Commons could
benefit greatly from their services.
In a final tribute to December, the
holiday concert was a tremendous
success, blending snowflakes, winter
stories and music. Two student
MCs did an expert job of introducing
the different performances.
Beautiful student art decorated the
gymnasium and the room was
packed.
Students are now preparing for
their second annual spelling beesnow
at First Avenue School is
spelled n-e-i-g-e.
Photo: Suzanne Landis
Renewal at Mutchmor
how a bit of renewal can call attention
to the gorgeous architecture and
details of such a beautiful heritage
building.
The most significant interior improvement
is our new computer lab,
which will be opening sometime
early in this new year. As well as
representing a substantial investment
in our school, this brand new
upgrade will provide our students
with many exciting learning opportunities.
At Mutchmor, we are very excited
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and improvements. Everyone should
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SCHOOL NEWS
lmmaculata's improv
team wins silver
BY THOMAS D'AMICO
STUDENT'S STORY PUBLISHED
Congratulations to Grade 8 student
Elyse Barre who recently had
her short story published. Her story,
From the Rabbit's Mouthabout a
girl who comes from Africa to Canadawas
a winner in the Ottawa Independent
Writers contest for
school-age children. Her story, along
with those of other winners, has been
published in a book entitled Treasure
Chest by Young Writers.
IMPROV TEAM WINS SILVER
Immaculata's improvisation team
won silver at the Connor's Cup finals
at the Museum of Nature on
Sat., Dec. 3. After placing fifth out
of 26 schools during the preliminary
rounds earlier in the week, Immaculata's
team earned itself an invitation
to the finals. Six schools
competed for the Connor's Cup. In
the end, Immaculata came in second
behind Brookfield by a mere three
points.
The team now qualifies for a new
round of play in the Canadian Improv
Games chanipionships. These
games will be held in late February
and involve many rounds of play, all
leading to the finals at the NAC in
March. From there, the winning
team from Ottawa competes against
teams from across the country.
Congratulations to the improv
team members: Erin Murray, Robert
Montcalm, Katie Copeland, Alex
Macdonald, Adrian Kalb, Kevin
Perkins, Matt Bellefeuille, Joey
Buckley and Jonathan Leblanc.
Thanks is also extended to the two
senior student coaches, Ailsa Galbreath
and John Connolly, who have
worked with the team, along with
teacher coach Mrs. Haché.
STUDENTS' ART SUPPORTS
BREAKFAST PROGRAM
For a second year, a group of
Grade 11 visual arts students have
participated in the Breakfast Program
art project. Jennifer Sterkenburg,
Layla Tosif and Sigute Zitkye
painted a very colourful and animated
tree based on the theme, Spirit of
the Seasons. This piece, along with
those of all participating schools,
will be displayed at 240 Sparks
Street. The 4' x 5' paintings will be
auctioned, with proceeds going to
the Breakfast Program. Thanks is extended
to Mme. Collette who provided
the opportunity for the students to
participate.
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BY JEFF FROGGETT
It's a long way from Mutchmor
Public School to Toronto's National
Ballet School to the Canterbury
High School arts program, by road
or by performance. For 20-year-old
acrobat Leigh Widdowson, the journey
continues with an upcoming appearance
in the Feb. 11 annual Stars
Return benefit gala, supporting the
Canterbury Arts Centre Development
Association (CACDA).
Widdowson, now in her fourth
year of a health sciences program at
the University of Ottawa, took her
first steps in the Glebe community.
Since then, body movement- has
been a source of pride and inspiration
for this ballet-dancer turned acrobat.
"I've always liked to express
myself through dance," says Widdowson,
who after graduating Grade
6 was accepted into the country's
premier ballet school. Her two years
in Toronto were exciting, but a desire
to be closer to family and
friends during her high school years
brought her back to Ottawa, where
she found herself in the dance program
of the region's only arts-oriented
high school.
Wieldowson has noth,ing but fond
memories of her Canterbury experience.
"Just an amazing place, so
open-minded artistically. From the
moment you arrive, you get this
great feeling. I've got friends who
said high school was so intimidating
when they first got there. At
Canterbury, initiation is walking
down the hall and everyone gives
you a hug."
Public funding for the 23-yearold
Canterbury arts program has
continued to erode. Today, the
province spends enough to support
one staff co-ordinator position on a
year-to-year basis. Further funds
must be raised annually. Long concerned
about the program's future,
and seeing how positive an experience
it was for the students, parents
and teachers decided to create a
charitable foundation. CACDA was
born.
In 2001, fearing the program
might be lost all together, CACDA
began a more aggressive fundraising
campaign. Money was raised, not
only to cover equipment costs, but to
provide bursaries for students, fund
the audition process and keep the entire
program running. A year later,
Jim McNabb, a retired Canterbury
arts teacher, with the help of over
150 volunteers, put on the first annual
Canterbury Stars Return Variety
and Art Show. Alumni performers
give back by donating their time and
talent.
Widdowson's contribution to this
year's show will be an aerial acrobatic
act. She will be collaborating
with fellow alumni Tyler Burke and
Paddy McCarthy. She was drawn to
acrobatics and contortion by Cirque
du Soleil performer Dustin Vye,
whom she met at university. In 2003,
they put together an act and appeared
at Ottawa's busker festival.
From an early age, Widdowson also
dreamed of being in the military.
In 2004, she joined the armed forces
reserve. That summer, she traded her
Danskin for bearskin, performing in
the storied Changing of the Guard on
Parliament Hill.
Widdowson will take to the stage
next month with 30 of her fellow
Canterbury alumni. Tickets for the
show are available at CACDA's website
at www.cacda.com. Widdowson
is calling on all of her old friends and
neighbours from the Glebe to come
out and support Canterbury's art education
program.
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Photo: Chuck Widdowson

30 Glebe Report January 20, 2006 SCHOOL NEWS
Photo: Russell McLelland
Two Ottawa Centre Minor Hockey players do their bit to raise funds for the
lqaluit exchange by helping with a bottle drive.
Getting ready for
the Ottawa-lqaluit
Minor Hockey exchange
BY JUNE CREELMAN
A few weeks from now, a group of
18 young hockey players from
Naluit will arrive as part of the Ottawa-Ipluit
Minor Hockey exchange,
supported by the Canada
Sports Friendship Exchange program.
In preparation, host families
in the Glebe, Old Ottawa South and
Old Ottawa East are busy arranging
an exciting program of events, including
an official welcome to Ottawa
by Councillor Doucet at City
Hall, visits to Parliament Hill and
the Canadian Museum of Civilization,
Winterlude adventures and, of
course, lots of hockey. They will also
have free time to explore our
community, so if you see some Inu-
it youngsters on Bank Street from
Feb. 8-14, please say hello. Most of
these youngsters have never left
Nunavut before and we want to'
make them feel as welcome as possible.
Ottawa-based participants are
busy fundraising so that our young
visitors from Nunavut do not have
to pay one cent while they are here.
We've received support from both
the Ottawa Senators and the Ottawa
67's, from First Air, and from businesses
active in our community
such as National Bank Financial
and the Ottawa Citizen. If you can
provide support, please e-mail
alaindoucet@rogers.com or call
799-0201.
Glebe Goes Global
GGG is a group of 12 Glebe students supervised by two
teachers who are participating in a Canada World Youth
program designed to help young people gain relevant
working experience, develop their language and cross-cultural
skills, and carry out meaningful volunteer work.
GGG will participate for two weeks in April 2006 as volunteers
in cultural excursions to gain an understanding of
a country and its culture through family living and volunteer
community work.
GGG OBJECTIVES
to educate students through exposure to a different culture
to apply Spanish language skills learned in the classroom to real life
to facilitate students sharing their culture with other students
oto involve students in volunteer work in a developing country
to learn how to adapt to different cultures, traditions, situations and families
to participate actively in exploration of the physical environment
to provide a cross-curricular experience of learninggeography, history,
world issues, civics, language (Spanish), science, physical education, the arts
and volunteerism
ACTIVITIES
pre-departure fundraising
community volunteer work, including working on a communal farm, teaching
English to children, working with the community on public awareness
campaigns, clearing paths and building fences in a national park, building a
community kitchen, and repairing classroom furniture at the elementary.
school
*living with host families
soutdoor education
*presentations of student experience upon return to Canada
Questions? Contact Jacklin Coolican at 239-2424, ext. 521.
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BY PATRICK O'SHEA
Back in September, I received a
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annual Canadian Ski Marathon
(CSM). After a long hot summer,
thoughts of cross-country skiing
were a welcome distraction and a
flood of fond memories of past
CSMs came to mind.
The CSM is North America's
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160 km and sleeping out under the
stars, with only a bale of hay, water
and a fire to get them through the
night. These skiers, known as
Coureurs des Bois Gold, need to be
self-sufficient and ski carrying their
oWn food, bedding and warm clothing
on their backs.
I first skied in the CSM in the
1970s and completed the Coureurs
des Bois Gold three times: in '83,
'84 and '86. It is 20 years since my
last Gold and I think it is time to go
for Gold again in 2006.
In the early days, our equipment
consisted of three-pin bindings, onepiece
ski suits, leather gloves and
wool liners, wool toques and
sweaters. I will try to dig up my old
ski suit and wear it for the CSM in
February.
The last two times I completed my
Gold, a group of us hired a bus from
Ottawa and drove to the start line in
Lachute. We arrived at 2 a.m. and
waited in the warm bus until we
could start at 5:45 a.m. The Coureurs
des Bois Gold skiers started first, as
they do today, then the Silver skiers;
the Bronze skiers followed ten minutes
later. Everyone wore head lamps
until it was bright enough to pack
them away.
In 1976, I met "Chief Jack Rabbit"
at the Chateau Montebello and had a
brain wave to ask him to sign my
CSM bib. Thirty years ago, when he
was 100 years young, I first met the
great Norwegian/Canadian crosscountry
skier. On one of my courses
for my Master's in Outdoor Education
from Northern Illinois University,
I chose to write a résumé of someone
who was my hero. Naturally, I
chose Chief Jack Rabbit. I would
like to donate my autographed bib to
the Canadian Ski Museum to recognize
this great man.
I am looking forward to my next
Coureurs des Bois Gold adventure
on Feb. 11-12, and to seeing how the
event has evolved. I understand that
there are some fellow Glebe residents
who will also be skiing as
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Martin Forbes, Martin Lurtz, Kimberly
Merrett and Margo Williams
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Not a straightforward case
AS THE CROW DIES
By Marwan Hassan
Common Redpoll Books, Ottawa
393 pages, $19.95 (paperback)
BY RITA WEST
Mystery fans are a loyal lot. Once
they discover an appealing protagonist
with a characteristic patter, presented
with a uniquely complicated
plot set in an interesting place, they
hunger for more. As the Crow Dies
(2005), Marwan Hassan's second
Alec Knight mystery, will not disappoint.
As in the first mystery of the seriesThe
Lost Patent (2004)Alec
Knight, an underpaid private investigator
with the Ottawa firm of Lajoie-Chang
Associates, is assigned a
seemingly straightforward case: to
determine the whereabouts of a
beautiful and brilliant law student,
Liz Strachan, whose family is distraught
over her unexplained disappearance.
Ah, but the true Alec Knight fan
will already be wary. The inveterate
reader knows that, like the cawing of
the crows which wakes Alec out of a
pleasant dream on the very first
page, almost everything is ominous
in the genre of hard-boiled detective
fiction.
As Alec digs deeper into Liz's
past, he uncovers an increasingly
complex maze of sophisticated
evildirty money, dirty dealing,
dirty politicsfuelled by greed and
Richard Patten, M.P,P.
Ottawa Centre
lust, perpetrated by the rich and powerful,
sanctioned by government and
society. Soon the missing-persons
case overlaps with an unsolved hitand-run.
Almost everyone involved is
implicated and certainly no one's
hands are entirely clean. In the end,
of course, Alec Knight solves the
mystery of the missing law student,
while the larger evil in the world
lurks on, chronically unresolved.
In the signature style of the genre,
Hassan's descriptions of his characters
are edgy, even merciless: "A
decade earlier Slowikowsky would
have been lean and considered handsome,
today he was edging towards
the banality of middle age before
shifting towards a dignified appearance
in old age." In this idiom, seen
through Alec Knight's eyes, the city
itself"the little-o"becomes perhaps
the book's most memorable
character. Bronson Avenue is described
as "as anonymous and rude a
street as could be found," King Edward
as "humiliated by harsh urban
development," while the Queensway
"trashed its congested way east to
west." Nepean, west of the Rideau
River near Colonnade Road, he designates
"the valley of the mattresses.
More king size mattresses were
warehoused in this neighbourhood
than in the entire city of Montreal."
In The Lost Patent, we were pleasantly
surprised by Alec Knight's eye
for art. In As the Crow Dies, we are
treated to his critical take on the
city's architecture.
Now what of the mysterious Mr.
Knight himself? In a sorry, seamy,
cynical city, his commitment to his
quest and his clients is unflinching,
his loyalty to the lost street kids unwavering,
his respect for the honest
working poor unqualified. These
qualities were evident first in The
Lost Patent. And yet, there is something
different about him in this volume.
Surely not only this reader will
detect a fresh playfulness in his demeanour,
a new insouciance with his
colleagues and his bosses? Is there
somewhere a chink in our shining
Knight's armour? Are there grounds
for suspecting that Cupid's arrow has
slipped through?
Glebe Report January 20, 2006 33
WHAT YOUR NEIGHBOURS
ARE READING
Here is a list of some titles read and discussed recently in various local
book clubs:
Pride and Prejudicel
Belonging: Home Away from Home2
109 East Palace3
Please Don't Come Back from the Moon4
Opening Mexico5
Elsewhere6
Freaky Green Eyes7
The Wreck of the Zanzibar8
The Tiger in the Tiger Pit9
The Secret Life of Beesl°
A Complicated Kindness
The Truth about Stories: A Native Narrative
The Five People You Meet in Heaven
Will in the World
Luck
Jane Austen
Isabel Huggan
1 Abbotsford Book Club
2 No-name Book Club
3 OPL Dear-Reader OnLine Audio Book Club
4 OPL Dear-Reader OnLine Fiction Book Club
5 OPL Dear-Reader OnLine NonFiction Book Club
6 OPL Dear-Reader OnLine Teen Book Club
7 OPL Sunnyside Branch Girlzone Book Chat
8 OPL Sunnyside Branch Mother-Daughter Book Club
9 Rockcliffe Park Library Book Chat
10 Type A Reading Group
Jennet Conant
Dean Bakopoulos
Julia Preston
and Samuel Dillon
Gabrielle Zevin
Joyce Carol Oates
Michael Morpurgo
Janette Turner Hospital
Sue Monk Kidd
Miriam Toews
Thomas King
Mitch Albom
Stephen Greenblatt
Joan Barfoot
If your book club would like to share its reading list, please call Micheline
Boyle at 233-9971 or e-mail: glebereport@bellnet.ca.
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unpublished short stories or memoirs, 2,000
words or less, by Ottawa residents 55 years or older.
Eight finalists will be named to the 2006 Winners Circle,
sharing recognition and prize money of $400. Contest winners
will be recognized at the Ottawa Literary Awards Ceremony, to be
held at the National Library of Canada, and one of the winning stories
will be selected for publication in the spring issue of Forever Young.
Though contestants may submit multiple entries, they will be eligible to
win only one prize. There is an entry fee of $5 per story. The deadline
for submissions is March 15.
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BY JILL McMILLAN
An old resolution has come back
to haunt me with the passing of the
year. My intentions are always
goodread those classics that sit
gathering dust on my overflowing
bookcase. At this point, I feel as
though War and Peace silently
mocks me as I pass by it in pursuit
of something less daunting. In bookstores,
I glance at the stacks of Dickens,
James and Eliot, promising myself
that I'll read them...someday.
But it's not just the fear of Russian
surnames that keeps me from the
classicsit's the draw of modern
literature. Perhaps it's the slightly
more accessible vernacular, the pacing
or the lure of the unknown (after
all, I already know how Dr. Zhivago
ends!), but I just can't resist new releases.
Luckily, there are so many
offerings that everyone should be
able to find something to their liking.
The following are but mere suggestions:
The Girls by Lori Lansens: This is
the story of Rose and Ruby Darien,
twin sisters born joined at the head,
and their experiences growing up in
rural Ontario. Nearing their 30th
birthday, they are the oldest living
craniopagus twins in history. Rose
has literary aspirations and begins
wriang her autobiographywith input
from Ruby, who questions how a
conjoined twin could "write the story
of her life when she hasn't lived
her life alone." Throughout the novel,
the unfolding present becomes as
important as the past, as the girls recount
different events of their lives
and the lives of those closest to
them. The author skillfully shifts between
the distinct voices of Rose and
Ruby, often with surprising twists
and reinterpretations of shared experience.
We Need to Talk About Kevin by
Lionel Shriver: A story of (reluctant)
motherhood, a difficult child and a
school massacre, this novel explores
the aftermath of a school shooting
from the point of view of the killer's
mother, Eva. In letters to her husband,
Eva explores her relationship
with her own mother, her son and
herself, to try to understand why
things unraveled as they did. With
candid, unflinching narration, the
author draws the reader into an engrossing
tale of love, resentment and
reflection that culminates with a
shocking revelation of betrayal.
The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova:
One of the blockbuster novels of
the summer, this book manages to
stand up to the hype. In the 1970s,
the 16-year old daughter of a diplomat
stationed in Amsterdam stumbles
across an ancient text in her father's
study. This book, with its mysterious
woodcut print of a dragon,
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Impaleror Draculastill reputed
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earth. The author interweaves multiple
narrators and different time periods
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CRAZY ABOUT LILI
By William Weintraub
McClelland and Stewart,
A Douglas Gibson Book,
272 pages, $29.99 (cloth)
William Weintraub's coming-ofage
novel, set in 1948, about McGill
freshman Richard Lippman, is a deliciously
exaggerated romp through
Montreal, from Westmount where
Richard lives with his parents, to the
underworld of burlesque and gambling
where he spends most of his
time. It is worldly Uncle Monty
whom Richard has to thank for his
extracurricular college activities and
summer employment as a public relations
writer for an advertising firm
which is totally dishonest.
Photo: Alex Cherney
Author William Weintraub
The resulting comedy borders on
farce, redeeming itself with exposures
that are pure "camp," a vision
of the world in terms of style, susceptible
to a double interpretation.
What could be more camp than following
naive, 18-year-old Richard,
as he morphs into an mature mensch
after meeting the famous stripper
Lili L'Amour at the Gayety Theatre
just before she is evicted from the
city. Of course, it is Uncle Monty, a
shady nightclub owner who introduces
his budding-poet nephew to
the stripper, never thinking for a moment
that she will be enchanted by
Richard when he presents her with
the poem he has written especially
for her.
Lili incorporates Richard's poem
into a new striptease act, Lili L'Amour's
Orpheus and Eurydice Dance.
After the snake bites Eurydice's foot
and she descends into the infernal regions,
the violins go sad, and the
reader of Richard's poem speaks the
wonderful line: "Too hot to bear the
fires of hell." This is the signal for
Lili to start taking her clothes off, to
cool down.
Unfortunately, the poem is too
highbrow for the Boston nightclub
where Lili works after she leaves
Montreal, but she saves the poem for
later use in England where she escapes
with her latest saviour, Sir Charlie,
"who decided not to go back to
Canada to look after his silly railroad."
From England, Lili writes letters
to Richard expressing how she longs
to be as famous as Isadora Duncan.
Lili dumps Sir Charles Hammond,
President of the Canadian Pacific
Railway, and gets a gig at the famous
Windmill Theatre off Piccadilly Circus.
She also performs Orpheus and
Eurydice during a private party at
Lord Edgworth's country estate,
along with Richard's poem, read by
"Larry" Olivier.
Lili asks Richard to write her a
new poem. "You once said you were
going to write about Diana the
Huntress forme. Did you ever do it?
Could you do it? The people at Lord
Edgworth's are very keen on hunting
and they would love to see me dancing
with Diana's bow and arrow. If
you could supply that poem,
Richard; I would love you forever."
But the love is for his talent as a poet,
not for himself. Richard realizes
that he will never have Lili as his
own true love, but that she will be his
first and perhaps most important
muse.
In the meantime, he loses his virginity
with one of Lili's friends,
Joyce, known as Whirlwind Wanda,
who comes to Montreal after Lili departs.
Richard invents a new act for
Joyce called Freckles, the Girl Next
Door, which is a huge success wherever
it is performed.
But the true love of a star stripper
is beyond Richard's grasp, so he falls
into the clutches of what turns up as
a safe substitute. She is the third
(perhaps the second) most beautiful
girl on the McGill campus who, like
Richard, lives in Westmount with her
parents, except that they are much
wealthier than Richard's and have
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A campy coming of age
is a budding Communist, against
everything her parents have inherited
and/or earned via filthy capitalism.
She takes Richard on a personal tour
of Montreal's slums and invites him
to write poems incorporating the
ideas of Marx, Trotsky and Lenin for
her new Communist magazine, The
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Richard declines, as he is too involved
with his summer public relations
job. Working for three months
for Archer Enterprises provides him
with all the skills he will need to live
through every possible business duplicity
for his entire life. According
to his Uncle Monty, who helped him
land the job, this kind of dreadful experience
is crucial if Richard is to be
successful.
At the close of the novel, Richard
is beginning his second year at
McGill, determined to write 112
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sonnets for Lili L'Amour, four more
poems than Sir Philip Sidney wrote
in his epic work, Astrophel and Stella.
And he will somehow wade
through the second of his four years
at McGill before he will truly get on
with his real life.
Weintraub is a marvellous raconteur.
He evokes the 1948 Montreal
setting with a journalist's precision.
A journalist and a documentary film
producer, Weintraub chununed with
Brian Moore, Mordecai Richler and
Mavis Gallant in his youth and wrote
a book about these friendships, Getting
Started. He is also the author of
City Unique: Montreal Days and
Nights in the 1940s and 1950s, as
well as two novels, Why Rock the
Boat? and The Underdogs.
Crazy about Lili is the equivalent
of The Apprenticeship of Duddy
Kravitz by Mordecai Richler or
Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger.
The difference among them is the
age of the authorWeintraub was
born in 1926, which explains why
his coming-of-age novel is "camp"
and Richler's and Salinger's are not.
A brief note on the passing of Irving
Layton who died on Jan. 4, 2006,
at the age of 93. More than a decade
older than Weintraub, Layton contributed
to the wondrous Montreal
Jewish Canadian writers' circle
which began with A.M. Klein (1909-
1972) and continued with Irving
Layton (1912-2006), Leonard Cohen
and Mordecai Richler (1931-2001).
Recommended reading: Waiting for
the Messiah, Layton's memoir published
in 1985 and reviewed in my
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She's the first to ask if you need a
helping hand, the person people go
to when they need guidance, the first
woman who comes to mind when
you've got something exciting to
plan. Now is the time to say thank
yOU.
We all know someone who has
enhanced our daily lives. The 13th
Annual Women of Distinction
Awards, hosted by the National
Capital Region YMCA-YWCA,
presents an opportunity to recognize
this inspirational woman. The ceremony
will be held on May 17, but
the Feb. 17 nomination deadline is
fast approaching. The Glebe area of
Ottawa's capital region holds elements
of each award nomination
category. Categories include workplace
innovation, volunteering,
health and young trail builders.
This year's woman of distinction
could be working in the Glebe's
many family-owned restaurants or
businesses, or volunteering in community
organizations. Inspiration
for a nominee can come- from a
workshop or event held in the Glebe
or from our many area schools and
youth leagues.
Last year, two women active in
the Glebe were celebrated as women
of distinction: Bryna Monson and
Tracey Clark.
With her sense of humour, clear
motivation, and collage of international
friends and colleagues, Bryna
Monson, director of Languages for
Life, was honoured as a nominee for
the Lifetime Achievement Award.
For 27 years, Monson has headed
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including immigration, contract information,
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Last year was a breakthrough year
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of a nomination in the Community
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she received recognition as
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was also nominated as small
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by the many women she
was surrounded by on the night of
the ceremony. "It's just incredible!
The whole night I was like 'wow,
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RELIGION Glebe Report January 20, 2006 37
Blessed Sacrament celebrates 75 yearsin
the beginning...
The chapel that sat the corner of Fourth and Percy and preceded today's
building.
BY MARSHA SKUCE stone stretching down the block with
The corner of Percy Street and the intricate tracing on its six-metre
Fourth Avenue"the fairest part of high windows, with its 30 metres of
Canada's fair capital." That was the tower rising up over the Gothic
view of one exuberant clergyman in arched entrance, the pre-Raphaelite-
1913 when Glebe Catholics cele- style Christ figure carved over the
brated their first Mass in the neigh- dooryou can easily forget you're
bourhood's brand new church. Actu- in 21st-century Ottawa, or that the
ally, it was just a chapel. And a site was once a tennis court.
space for meetings. But it turned in- Back in 1913, when the Glebe was
to what John Leaning, a Glebe his- still a suburb, neighbourhood
torian and the NCC's first Chief Ar- Catholics had to trek downtown to
chitect, called "the finest of all the worship at St. Patrick's Church. They
new Gothic churches."
decided to build their own church and
If you drive or walk by Percy and struck a committee under the leader-
Fourth and look at Blessed Sacra- ship of a rather remarkable priest,
ment Church-60 metres of lime- Rev. John J. O'Gorman. Considered
Glebe Reggio Centre
Preschool & Day( are
something of an intellectual leader
among the local English Catholic
clergy, Father O'Gorman was a bit of
a polymath, a doctor of theology,
conversant in several languages and
a student of European church architecture.
His learning and vision laid
the blueprint for the new church.
That was to be in the future. For
the here and now of 1913, they
needed land. St. Patrick's Church
happened to own some at Fourth and
Percy and sold it for $3,000 to the
building committee. Then a few adjacent
lots were bought for $5,000.
A chapel to accommodate the new
parish's 200 families was built. And
after the first Mass, the Archbishop
proudly declared that the "simple
chapel" was the first step towards a
"stately parish church," to be called
Blessed Sacrament Church.
History intervened. Before much
of anything could be done to move
the project along, the world was at
war. Father O'Gorman himself left
for the front as a chaplain and didn't
return until September 1919. He was
wounded in the Battle of the Somme
and came back to Ottawa to recuperate
briefly in the sum- mer of 1917.
While at home, he bought a property,
191 Fourth Avenue, which was
turned into the "Glebehouse," the
parish's new rectory. Later, a new
rectory was built directly next to the
church and, in 1962, the Glebehouse
was sold to the Grey Nuns who
taught at Corpus Christi School. In
2005, the last of the nuns left and the
Glebehouse was sold.
When life returned to normal, the
church building committee re-
Rev. John J. O'Gorman, the visionary
behind the Blessed
Sacrament building and the
parish's first pastor
grouped. After years of fundraising
and countless church bazaars, on July
5, 1931, the cornerstone of the
new building was laid and blessed
by the Archbishop of Ottawa. Father
O'Gorman worked with a Toronto
-architectural firm to create the
church, and his views determined
the shape and substance of the building.
When it was completed, some
people thought its linear appearance
and modernity were unheard of for a
church. Un-Catholic! But Father
O'Gorman saw it as "majestic simplicity."
Blessed Sacrament, he said
"is both traditional and individual; it
is both ancient and modern."
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38 Glebe Report January 20, 2006 CHURCHES
St. Matthew's Anglican Church:
The light and the dark
BY DESIRÉE STEDMAN
I remember listening to the CBC
morning show . many, many years
ago when Judy La Marsh was the
host. It was Jan. 6 of that particular
year and she was doing a feature
from Igaluit on the return of light after
the long period of unending
darkness. I have never forgotten the
date because it coincides with the
date on which Christians ob§erve
Epiphany. Epiphany celebrates the
arrival of the Eastern sagesthe
Three Wise Mento acknowledge
the birth of Jesus. The Wise Men
were guided to the stable by a star.
This was no ordinary star, as it has
been acknowledged by experts in astronomy
that it was, in all likelihood,
a rare alignment of three planets.
This star was extraordinarily
bright and guided the Wise Men a
distance of about 1,000 miles, a distance
which they may have taken up
to three years to travel.
In both instances, it is the interplay
of light and dark that fascinates
me. At this time of year (and I am
writing this on the grayest and
dullest of days), it is hard to imagine
the coming of spring. But, in fact,
spring creeps up on us most noticeably
through the slow lengthening of
days. It is the gradual return of light,
which will become more obvious
about the time you are reading this
paper, which gives us assurance that
life will return.
is the loss of light more
complete than in the Arctic at this
time of year and in the Antarctic during
our summer. So it is no wonder
that the peoples of the Arctic rush
out to greet that first ray of light on
Jan. 6 with absolute joy.
So far this article has been about
material light and dark, but there is
also the reality of spiritual light and
dark. The spiritual darkness of this
world is increasing, but without the
promise of spring to come. This
darkness is profoundly affected by
our behaviour. Our greed, selfishness
and blinkered vision are some
of the ingredients which contribute
to spiritual darkness. When and if
we deny God, we seal ourselves into
a state of permanent twilight. But by
becoming open to God, we have the
possibility of a permanent spring
within.
What a lovely thought! Buds,
growth, new life, birds singing, sunshine
and warming temperatures, all
herald the arrival of spring. This
spring can last for two to three
months, as it does annually, or for a
lifetime if you connect with God.
I wish you all a very blessed New
Year filled with light.
GLEBE CHURCHES
CHURCH OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT (Roman Catholic)
Fourth Avenue at Percy Street, 232-4891
www.blessedsacrament.ca
Pastor: Father Joe Le Clair
Masses: Tuesdays: 6:30 p.m.
Wednesdays, Thursdays & Fridays: 9:30 a.m.
Saturdays: 4:30 p.m.
Sundays: 8:15 a.m., 9:30 a.m., 11 a.m., 8 p.m.
- (elevator access for the handicapped, loop system for the
hearing impaired)
ECCLESIAX
2 Monk Street, 565-4343
Sundays: 11:07 a.m.*
Last Friday of every month: Come and Go Open House
Celebration, 8 p.m. to 12 am.
*NOTE: Sunday service time of 11:07 a.m. is the right time!
EMMANUEL BAPTIST CHURCH (Hispanic Ministry)
Bank at Fourth (Fourth Avenue Baptist), 799-9661
Minister: Rev. Pedro Morataya
Sunday Service: 4 p.m.
FOURTH AVENUE BAPTIST CHURCH
Fourth Avenue at Bank Street, 236-1804
www.fourthavenuebaptist.ca
Minister: Rev. E. J. Cox
Services: Sundays: 11 a.m.
(parent/tot room available at the back of the church)
GERMAN MARTIN LUTHER CHURCH
499 Preston Street at Carling Avenue, 233-1671
Pastor: Christoph Ernst
Service: Sundays: 10 a.m.
(first Sunday of month: 11:15 a.m., English Service)
Sunday School: 10 a.m.
GLEBE-ST. JAMES UNITED CHURCH
650 Lyon Street at First Avenue, 236-0617
www.glebestjames.ca
Minister: Rev. Jim Uhrich
Worship: Sundays: 10:30 a.m.
Sunday School: 10:30 a.m.
(wheelchair accessible, FM system for the hearing impaired)
Reverend Duncan Kennedy, 1944-2006
The congregation of St. Giles Presbyterian Church was saddened
by the unexpected death of former minister, Rev. Duncan Kennedy.
He died suddenly on Wed., Jan. 4, at his home in Cornwall. Duncan
served as the minister of St. Giles from 1986 to 1998. He and his
wife, Katalin, lived in the Glebe. Most recently, he was the minister
of St. Andrew's Church in Maxville and Knox Church in Moose
Creek. These are in the Glengarry region of Ontario where he was
born and raised. The funeral took place on Jan. 9 in Maxville.
Friends may send cards of condolence to Katalin Kennedy, c/o St.
Giles Church, 174 First Avenue, Ottawa, ON KIS 2G4. She has
asked that donations in memory of Duncan be made to The Mission,
35 Waller Street, Ottawa, ON K1N 7G4.
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Fridays:
Sundays:
Prayer Meeting at Church: 8 p.m.
Christian Education (for all ages): 9:30 a.m.
Worship: 11 a.m.
THE RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF FRIENDS (QUAKERS)
91A Fourth Avenue, 232-9923
Co-Clerks: Steve Fick & Signy Fridriksson, 233-8438
Sundays: 10:30 a.m.
ST. GILES PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Bank Street at First Avenue, 235-2551
www.stgilesottawa.org
Worship: Sundays: 11 a.m.
(wheelchair accessible)
ST. MATTHEW'S, THE ANGLICAN CHURCH IN THE GLEBE
130 Glebe Avenue near Bank Street
(office entrance at 217 First Avenue)
234-4024, www.stmatthewsottawa.on.ca
Rector: Archdeacon Désirée Stedman
Regular Weekday Services:
Wednesdays: 7:15 a.m., followed by breakfast & fellowship
Thursdays: 10 a.m., followed by coffee & fellowship
10-11:30 a.m., drop-in time for stay-at-home
moms & nannies (with youngsters)
Regular Sunday Services:
8 a.m., Said Communion service
10 am., Choral Communion, Sunday School
& fellowship
(B.C.P. service: first Sunday of month at both Sunday services)
Choral Evensong: 5 p.m. on first and third Sundays, from
mid-September to mid-June (with some exceptions)
Counselling by appointment.

GRAPEVINE
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Call 232-7801.
*JVC, 31" TV not in working condition.
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*LA-Z-BOY SOFA with double
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*TECHNICS STEREO system with
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DRUM LESSONS
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Ottawa Children's Choir
2006 ANNUAL BERRY SALE
It's time for the Ottawa Children's Choir's 16' Annual
Berry Sale Fundraiser. There are wild blueberries,
raspberries and cranberries for sale. The berries are tasty,
nutritious, are individually quick-frozen and conveniently
packaged in plastic bags.
Please support the Ottawa Children's Choir through this
annual fundraiser. Prices below include taxes.
Blueberries Raspberries Cranberries
5 kg box - $30 2.5 kg bag - $23 2 kg bag - $14
To place your berry order,
call Judy Field at 231-4938 by Thursday, February 2"°.
Berries will be delivered to you on Saturday, February 25 between 10:30 am. - 12:30 p.m.
This space acts as a free community bulletin board for Glebe residents. Drop off
your GRAPEVINE message at the Glebe Report office, 175 Third Avenue including
your name, address, and phone no. FOR SALE items must be less than $1000.
*BABYSITTER AVAILABLE. Glebe
Collegiate student available to babysit
in your home, evenings & weekends.
References available. Call 565-
2413.
NOTICES
*CANTERBURY STARS RETURN:
fifth annual benefit concert, Feb. 11,
7:30 p.m., Canterbury High School,
900 Canterbury Avenue. Variety and
visual art show featuring Canterbury's
finest alumni, including internationally-renowned
opera singer
Shannon Mercer. All proceeds go to
Canterbury Arts Centre Development
Association which raises funds
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arts specialty program alive.. Call
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GNAG Community Theatre presents
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You know the story,
you love the music,
you even know the
actors! Come experience
"Fiddler"
at the Glebe
Community Centre.
Director: Eleanor Crowder
Choreographer: Emmanuelle Zeesman
Music Director: James O'Farrell
Set: Ross lmrie
Stage Manager: Pat Goyeche
*Tickets are now on sale:
$15.00 (advance tickets)
$20.00 (at the door)
Show do:es & times:
Friday, April 7, 7:00 p.m.
Saturday, April 8, 7:00 p.m.
Sunday, April 9, 2:00 p.m. & 7:00 p.m.
Glebe Neighbourhood Activiti es Group
Glebe Community Centre
175 Third Avenue, Ottawa ON K1S 2K2
233-8713 or 564-1058
COMEDY NIGHT
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Friday, March 3
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GLEBE FAMILY MOVIE NIGHT
Featuring:
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January 27, 2006
6:30 p.m.
Runtime: 115 minutes
Rating: PG
Free Admission
A Tim Burton Film
starring Johnny Depp
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, is about an
eccentric chocolatier and a good-hearted boy
from a poor family who lives in the shadow of
Wonka's extraordinary factory. Long isolated
from his own family, Wonka launches a worldwide
contest to select an heir to his candy empire.
Five lucky children, including Charlie, draw
golden tickets from Wonka chocolate bars and
win a guided tour of the legendary candymaking
facility that no outsider has seen in 15
years. Dazzled by one amazing sight after anoiher,
Charlie is drawn into Wonka's fantastic
world in this astonishing and enduring story.