Glebe Report - Volume 36 Number 6 - June 16 2006
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<strong>June</strong> <strong>16</strong>, <strong>2006</strong>
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<strong>June</strong> <strong>16</strong>, <strong>2006</strong> Vol. <strong>36</strong> No. 6<br />
Serving the <strong>Glebe</strong> community since 1973<br />
Residents brainstorm<br />
on the future of Bank Street<br />
BY SYLVIE GRENIER<br />
On May 10, the <strong>Glebe</strong> Community Association launched the second phase<br />
of community consultations on the future of Bank Street. Phase two began<br />
with a brainstorming event on how the community would like to see the buildings<br />
and businesses along Bank Street develop, including the types of uses, design<br />
criteria and amenities.<br />
A group of residents offered their ideas about the following main issues:<br />
types of uses, building height, building location on properties, design guidelines,<br />
parking and transition from commercial use to residential use. This article<br />
provides a summary of what was said.<br />
TYPES OF USES<br />
There is a strong consensus on the desire to maintain and enhance the village<br />
mainstreet atmosphere of Bank Street. The following characteristics of<br />
Bank Street are highly praised: the walkability of the street, the ability to form<br />
personal relationships with merchants, the opportunity to have informal encounters<br />
along the way, and the variety of small retail stores that provide<br />
unique goods and services responding to the daily needs of residents.<br />
Participants recommended development with a mix of uses, including retail<br />
on the ground floor with office and residential uses above. They wanted to encourage<br />
the small independently owned shops because they provide a shopping<br />
experience different from that in a suburban mall and help create the<br />
identity of the <strong>Glebe</strong>.<br />
We should build on the success of the section between <strong>Glebe</strong> Avenue and<br />
Fifth, and extend mixed-use development with small-scale retail stores north<br />
to the Queensway and south to the canal. Integrating small public spaces and<br />
Central Park with the street is also seen as contributing to the quality of the<br />
street.<br />
Participants listed uses that could be discouraged along Bank Street: big<br />
box retail and parking lots. There is a also concern that the number of drinking<br />
establishments is increasing to a critical point where Bank Street could<br />
turn into a bar strip, increasing rents too much to sustain the small independent<br />
shops.<br />
BUILDING HEIGHT<br />
The general consensus was that the building height on Bank Street should<br />
be fairly low to promote the village character and to protect pedestrians from<br />
shading and wind. The minimum building height discussed varied from two to<br />
three storeys and the maximum height varied from three to six storeys. Anything<br />
higher than three storeys should be set back from the street to allow sunlight<br />
to reach the street more easily and to preserve a visually continuous,<br />
pedestrian-friendly scale.<br />
cont'd on page 3<br />
Mark your calendars<br />
<strong>June</strong> 15-25:<br />
Ottawa Fringe Festival<br />
www.ottawafringe.com<br />
<strong>June</strong> 20: Abbotsford AGM, 1 p.m.<br />
Art in the Park:<br />
the sun shines after all!<br />
BY BHAT BOY<br />
There was one word on everybody's lips on the first day of Art in the Park:<br />
RAIN! It didn't stop coming down all day, but despite this, more than 90 per<br />
cent of the artists set up their work. Many brave art-hunters, armed with plastic<br />
coats, waterproof hats and cash, came to pick their way through the muddy<br />
park. It all happened despite the rain. Oddly enough, the only thing the rain<br />
didn't dampen was our spirits. The bellydancers even went on as scheduled at<br />
1 p.m. There was a wider selection of artists than ever before this year, creating<br />
everything you could ever imagine. As the day wore on, Bridgehead actually<br />
ran out of coffee, the grey sky grew greyer and wet feet became wetter.<br />
The exodus from the park at 5 p.m. on Saturday looked for all the world<br />
like a scene from a disaster film. The mud was at critical mass, but we all<br />
woke up on Sunday morning to sunshine and Art in the Park had its most successful<br />
day ever, running late for the first time in its history. I have been involved<br />
in every Art in the Park since its inception in 1993 and each one is a<br />
different animal. Over time, the festival is continually evolvingthis flexibility<br />
is part of what makes it alive.<br />
coned on page 3<br />
WHAT'S INSIDE<br />
Abbotsford 2<br />
Editorial 4<br />
FREE<br />
Heritage 21-23<br />
Music 24,25<br />
<strong>June</strong> 22 to July 2:<br />
Ottawa Jazz Festival<br />
www.ottawajazzfestival.com<br />
GCA 7,8<br />
Art 26-28<br />
July 1:<br />
July 7-<strong>16</strong>:<br />
July 8-9:<br />
Canada Day<br />
Bluesfest<br />
www.ottawa-bluesfest.ca<br />
Art in Our Gardens<br />
See page 27 for details.<br />
July 22 to August 5: Ottawa Chamber Music Festival<br />
www.chamberfest.com<br />
August 10-20:<br />
August 17-20:<br />
August 17-27:<br />
Ottawa Greek Summer Festival<br />
www.ottawagreekfest.com<br />
Ottawa Folk Festival<br />
www.ottawafolk.org<br />
Ottawa SuperEx<br />
www.ottawasuperex.com<br />
GNAG 10<br />
The Good Old Days 12<br />
<strong>Glebe</strong> Questions 13<br />
Councillor Doucet 14<br />
Business <strong>16</strong>-17<br />
School News 29-35<br />
Movie Reviews 37<br />
Entertainment 18,38<br />
Books 39,40<br />
Religion 42<br />
NEXT DEADLINE: FOR THE AUGUST 11 ISSUE,<br />
FRIDAY, JULY 28, <strong>2006</strong><br />
THERE IS NO JULY ISSUE
2 <strong>Glebe</strong> <strong>Report</strong> <strong>June</strong> <strong>16</strong>, <strong>2006</strong> NEWS<br />
Abbotsford House:<br />
Summer activities<br />
By<br />
Borgny<br />
Pearson<br />
Now is a good timeany weekday<br />
in <strong>June</strong>for everyone in the neighbourhood<br />
to drop in at Abbotsford<br />
Houseenjoy a good lunch, browse<br />
for a bargain in the Boutique and<br />
check out the leisure and resource activities<br />
planned for the summer.<br />
Dates to circle on your calendar:<br />
'Tues, <strong>June</strong> 20, 1 p.m.: The annual<br />
general meeting of the Abbotsford<br />
council has been expanded into a joint<br />
meeting with The <strong>Glebe</strong> Centre board<br />
of directors. All members and anyone interested in a review of the past year<br />
and plans for a membership drive are urged to attend.<br />
*Wed., <strong>June</strong> 28, noon: This month's Food for Thought luncheon features<br />
Paul Dewar, Member of Parliament for Ottawa Centre. His topic: The Session<br />
in Review. The public is invited to attend, but seating is limited, so please call<br />
230-5730 at least a week ahead to reserve space and order lunch.<br />
ART IN OUR GARDENS, JULY 8-9<br />
This is not an Abbotsford event, but has become a popular summer highlight.<br />
<strong>Glebe</strong> artists-cum-gardeners welcome visitors to share the enjoyment of<br />
their colourful gardens and works of art. Each year they pick a charity to receive<br />
the donations their viewers contribute. This time, Abbotsford House, a<br />
non-profit organization, is most grateful to be the chosen recipient.<br />
Here are examples of some of Abbotsford's continuing activities:<br />
FITNESS FOR ALL<br />
Abbotsford's fitness classes are popular all year. Summer instructors include:<br />
Jackie Diguer (aerobics), Laurel Anderson (beginners' flow yoga),<br />
Nancy Novitsky (muscle toning) and Chris Rogers (cardio combo and muscle<br />
toning).<br />
FUN AND GAMES<br />
Snooker, euchre, Scrabble, bridge...perhaps you had no pool table in your<br />
past, but now you can enjoy snookerand other gamesin the air-conditioned<br />
comfort of Abbotsford House. Or drop in for the summer movie or<br />
opera clubs. The play-reading and book clubs are taking the summer off, but<br />
these friendly groups plan to resume meeting in September.<br />
COMMUNITY OUTREACH<br />
"What a difference a day away makes," to paraphrase a line from a popular<br />
old song. The Day Away program is offered four days a week for people<br />
in the early stages of Alzheimer's or related dementias. It also gives caregivers<br />
at home a day of rest.<br />
The Luncheon Club meets twice weekly. It provides transportation for<br />
seniors who may be challenged by mobility issues or loneliness, bringing<br />
them together for a nourishing meal and a variety of activities.<br />
The new Summer Program Guide will be available at the Abbotsford House<br />
reception desk in mid-<strong>June</strong>.<br />
Abbotsford House will be closed for these statutory holidays: July 3,<br />
Aug. 7, Sept. 4.<br />
For more information, please call 230-5730.<br />
PHOTO: JOHN FLA DERS<br />
Nell keeps the rockers rocking at this year's Jailhouse Rock-a-Thon.<br />
The <strong>Glebe</strong> Centre "rocks"<br />
BY SUE WALKER<br />
On Sat., May 6, The <strong>Glebe</strong> Centre was "rocking" to the sounds of Elvis at<br />
their ninth annual Rock-a-Thon. This year's theme was Jailhouse Rock and<br />
the fundraising goal was $25,000, with all proceeds going to support programs<br />
and services for residents and clients of The <strong>Glebe</strong> Centre.<br />
This event is the premier fundraiser for The <strong>Glebe</strong> Centre and it would not<br />
be possible without the generous support of the loyal community sponsors.<br />
The premier sponsor of this event is Capcorp Financial and other major sponsors<br />
include Scotiabank, Lord Lansdowne Retirement Residence, Loeb <strong>Glebe</strong><br />
and Tri-Co Printing.<br />
The <strong>Glebe</strong> Centre would like to thank all of this year's sponsors and teams<br />
who joined together to rock away the afternoon while being entertained by<br />
special guests Ashley Wright; Jim Watson, Honorary Chair; "Elvis" (Shawn<br />
Berry); and Nell and Mike Fahey. This year's goal was exceeded and everyone<br />
looks forward to the milestone tenth anniversary of Rock-a-Thon in 2007.<br />
Dog do doesn't go here<br />
Editor, <strong>Glebe</strong> <strong>Report</strong>:<br />
Thank you, dear Gwendolyn<br />
Best, for your message beautifully<br />
painted on the lid of the garbage<br />
can, located near the Memorial<br />
bench in The Pantry garden. Tim.<br />
Bertrand, maintenance supervisor of<br />
the <strong>Glebe</strong> Community Centre, went<br />
out of his way to make a very practical<br />
lid for the garbage can to prevent<br />
it from filling up with rain water.<br />
All winter long. Carolyn and I<br />
emptied the animal waste, which<br />
Glebites strolling by carelessly<br />
dropped into the can. I do hope<br />
everyone can read. Absolutely no<br />
animal waste, please!<br />
lise Kyssa<br />
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NEWS <strong>Glebe</strong> <strong>Report</strong> <strong>June</strong> <strong>16</strong>, <strong>2006</strong> 3<br />
Residents brainstorm on<br />
the future of Bank Street<br />
cont'd from page 1<br />
Taller building heights might be acceptable at some locations, such as adjacent<br />
to the Queensway and the canal or on corner sites. However, height<br />
should be determined according to human scale, usually with a ratio of building<br />
height to street width that creates a comfortable sense of enclosure for<br />
pedestrians.<br />
BUILDING POSITION ON THE PROPERTY<br />
There was a general agreement that buildings should be located at the edge<br />
of the property line near the sidewalk and touching the adjacent buildings,<br />
creating a continuous compact streetscape. Exceptions could be made for the<br />
creation of gardens (e.g., the Baptist Church's side garden at Fourth Avenue)<br />
or informal gathering spaces (e.g., the outdoor patios of Feleena's or Starbucks).<br />
DESIGN GUIDELINES<br />
Participants mentioned the importance of improving the visual quality of<br />
the streetscape. They recommended greening the street and burying hydro<br />
wires. They saw the blocks between <strong>Glebe</strong> Avenue and Fifth Avenue as reflecting<br />
the identity of the <strong>Glebe</strong>. They would like to see design guidelines for<br />
new development that respect the architectural character of the existing buildings<br />
and extend it all the way to the Queensway and the canal. It was also suggested<br />
that a Heritage District designation be explored as a tool for managing<br />
change.<br />
Design guidelines should ensure that the buildings are designed to enhance<br />
the pedestrian experience. This would include providing lots of doors and<br />
windows facing the street to create a transparency between the buildings and<br />
the street, while respecting the rhythms and patterns of the existing windows<br />
and entrances.<br />
Participants recommended maintaining the continuous narrow building<br />
façades and filling the gaps created by under-developed parcels. The short<br />
blocks on Bank Street create easy access to the back through the side streets.<br />
This facilitates the creation of a continuous street façade with no gaps. Parking<br />
lots should not be permitted in front of or beside buildings not abutting<br />
the street.<br />
Larger commercial businesses should be designed to be compatible with<br />
the village small-scale retail character of the street. The redevelopment of the<br />
under-utilized properties along the street, such as former service stations, is<br />
seen as desirable to create a continuous and interesting streetscape.<br />
- In terms of signage, suggestions included the provision of wall-mounted<br />
commercial signs and lights in scale with the village character of the street.<br />
Participants feel that strong design guidelines would protect and enhance<br />
the unique identity of Bank Street. It would also make it attractive to business<br />
and property owners because the rules would be known, apply to everyone<br />
and be endorsed by the community, making the development process more<br />
predictable.<br />
PARKING<br />
The provision of parking for customers from outside the neighbourhood is<br />
perceived as an issue. At the same time, it was noted that the most successful<br />
retail part of the street has the smallest parking supply. Participants made the<br />
following suggestions to increase the number of parking spaces: build underground<br />
parking to meet parking requirements of new developments and explore<br />
the feasibility of building a parking facility off Bank Street.<br />
OTHER ISSUES<br />
The transition between commercial and residential use is considered an important<br />
issue due to the impact of commercial activities along Bank Street on<br />
adjacent properties. Other issues were raised such as improved use of Lansdowne<br />
Park, commercial rent increases and the ability or willingness of property<br />
owners to invest in their properties.<br />
NEXT STEP<br />
What is evident from the brainstorming is that <strong>Glebe</strong> residents appreciate<br />
the small scale and pedestrian-friendliness of Bank Street and would like to<br />
improve on what is already a great street. Community input on how to do that<br />
will help ensure that Bank Street remains a thriving "people" space. The next<br />
step is to establish a committee to draft a community vision and design principles<br />
over the summer for further community consultation in the fall. We<br />
hope to publish a draft in the <strong>Glebe</strong> <strong>Report</strong> in August. To volunteer for the<br />
committee, e-mail your contact information to GCA @theglebeon line.com.<br />
Art in the Park<br />
cont'd from page 1<br />
This year, one of the<br />
vendors who was NOT<br />
accepted into Art in the<br />
Park set up a "Salon des<br />
Refusées" on Clemow Av-<br />
enue. T was asked by a<br />
number of people vvhy<br />
this person, whose work<br />
was of excellent quality,<br />
was refused entry. What<br />
we are looking for is creativity<br />
and originality in<br />
the artists we accept, and<br />
the artist in question assembled<br />
beautiful jewellery,<br />
but lacked elements<br />
created by the artist<br />
herself. In addition to this,<br />
the artist was representing<br />
at least one other artist.<br />
Our registrants at Art<br />
in the Park are only allowed<br />
to share their area<br />
with another artist if they<br />
are exhibitin2 collaborative<br />
pieces. In addition to<br />
ILLUSTRATION<br />
BHAT BOY<br />
this, all things not being equal, it is sometimes difficult to assess an artist<br />
based on three photographs and we have more applicants than positions available.<br />
We try to distribute opportunity as evenly as possible, but some people<br />
have to be turned away and life is not always perfectly fair. There are many<br />
venues available to sell goods assembled from mass-produced elements, but<br />
Art in the Park is not one of them.<br />
Another question I was asked was why no children were represented in the<br />
show. We would like to have a dedicated children's area next year and are currently<br />
looking for someone to co-ordinate this program.<br />
In the next issue of the <strong>Glebe</strong> <strong>Report</strong>, look for an article about the <strong>2006</strong> Art<br />
in the Park winner of a <strong>Glebe</strong> Collegiate Institute scholarship.<br />
We are pleased to have created the opportunity for both the artists and the<br />
community to come together once again in a wonderful weekend of magic.<br />
We look forward to seeing everyone again next <strong>June</strong>.<br />
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4 <strong>Glebe</strong> <strong>Report</strong> <strong>June</strong> <strong>16</strong>, <strong>2006</strong><br />
A Canadian Citizenship Story<br />
Recently, I had the opportunity to witness someone very close to me<br />
become a Canadian citizen. My American-bom husband, Ted, after 10<br />
years here in Canada, finally applied for citizenship in December 2005.<br />
He was told it would take 12-18 months at the very least, so we figured<br />
we wouldn't hear anything for two years minimum, and on we went<br />
with our lives.<br />
Then in March, much to our surprise, Ted received a letter from the<br />
citizenship office that the citizenship test date would be in two weeks.<br />
He completed the test and came home thinking that we wouldn't hear<br />
from them again for a while. Then, a few weeks later, he received another<br />
notice that he was scheduled to take the oath of citizenship in one<br />
week!on April 27.<br />
Well, that was quick. Was there a catch? This wasn't possible. The<br />
whole wait time was about five months total. This never happens (to us,<br />
anyway). We didn't even have to drive! The building where this ceremony<br />
was being held was just under the bridge on Catherine Street, just<br />
on the edge of the <strong>Glebe</strong>. How convenient!<br />
So we took the kids and off we went. Everything was very organized.<br />
We sat and waited there, in a sterile-looking room with plain chairs<br />
against the walls. There were about 80 people from 30 different countries,<br />
along with their guests, friends and relatives. Two staff members<br />
gathered up everybody's old identification as the soon-to-be-citizens<br />
lined up to go into the "special room." Shortly after everyone was settled<br />
inside, their guests were allowed to join them and the ceremony<br />
started. Judge Suzanne Pinel recited the most heartfelt and memorable<br />
speech I have heard in a long time. Everyone took the oath together and<br />
sang our national anthem. At that moment, I felt so proud to be a Canadian.<br />
It was a very touching moment for me and, of course,<br />
for my husband Ted.<br />
If you have never been to one of these ceremonies,<br />
I highly recommend it. You are<br />
Canadian after all. Celebrate Canada<br />
this Canada Day!<br />
Happy summer everyone. See you<br />
in August.<br />
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Dillon, the Dingle family, Clive Doucet, Callum Duggan, Trent Duggan, Education for Community Living (GCI), the Ferguson family, Matthew & Esmerelda<br />
Fernandes, Judy Field, Brigid & Keavin Finnerty, Hannah Fraser, Emma, Keltie, Lauchlan & Duncan Gale, Bobby Giesen, Gabrielle Giguère, Elizabeth<br />
Gordon, Stuart & Andrew Gordon, Thomas Grace, Gary Greenwood, Nazanine Griffith, Roxanne Griffith, Marjolein Groenvelt, Daniel Gurman, David Gurman,<br />
Maximilian Haghighat. Madeline & Bridget Hall, Lois Hardy. the Hamer-Wilson fainily, Pam Hassell, the Hawkins family, Ellis & Callan Hayman, Sebastien<br />
Hoffman-Monker, Daniel Hovey, Gill Hunter, Christian Hurlow, Joan Irwin, the Johnston family, Patrick & Joseph Kelly, Carly & Reilly Kimber, Liam<br />
Kirkpatrick, Matthew & Brendan Koop, Mary & Imre Kovacs, Lauren & Jamie Kronick, Bonnie Kruspe, Magdalena & Fredrik Kucinska-Abrahamson, the<br />
Kuffner family, the Lambert family, Gary Lucas. Maria Macintosh, Emily and Oliver Maddox, Madeline & Tara Martin, Philip & Fiona Mason, Heather May,<br />
Gordon McCaffrey, Fiona and Timothy McCarthy-Kennedy, Lindsay & Lauren McKercher, Ellen & John McLeod, Katie Millington, Julie Monaghan, Claude-<br />
Mathieu Munson, Sana Nesrallah, Tracy, Frank, the Ouellette Borza family, Mary Pal, Paul Poirier, the Pritchard family, the Quinn family. Beatrice Raffoul,<br />
Mary & Steve Reid, Alex Richards, Carley Richmond-Ward, Roger Roberge, the Rogers family, Hannah Rogers, Thomas Rogers, the Ross-Blevis family,<br />
Emile & Sebastien Roy-Foster, Emily & Owen Saar, Ellen Schowalter, Zachary, Anik, Richard & Liam Seaker, the Short family, Tim Siebrasse, Sobriety<br />
HouseBill Dalton, Kristen Soo, Victoria, Rebecca, Nicholas and Patrick Spited, Michael & Mariah Stassen, Susan Steele, Isaac Stethem, the Stephenson<br />
family, Elanor Studen-Bourgaize, Mrs. Stevenson, Joanne Sulek, JC Sulzenko, Karen Swinburne, Ruth Swyers, Emmet & Niamh Taylor, Eleanor Thomas,<br />
John & Maggie Thomson, the Trudeau family, Caroline Vanneste, the Veevers family, Sara & Michael-James Viinalass-Smith, Ward Walker, the Weider family,<br />
Paul Wernick, Chantal West, Hannah Wiens, Gillian & Jake Wright, the Young-Smith family, Zelda Yule, Julia, Eric 8z. Vanessa Zayed.
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Glory be! Flora at 80<br />
BY CLYDE SANGER<br />
It really was "Glory be!" when Floranobody feels the need to add her<br />
family name of MacDonaldcelebrated her 80th birthday on Parliament Hill<br />
on <strong>June</strong> 4. A lovely sunny Sunday, and the party open to anyone who found<br />
their way past the odd statue of Mackenzie King to the courtyard inside the<br />
East Block.<br />
Everything done in style. The jolly company called to order by the Usher<br />
of the Black Rod in the Senate. Serenaded by the saxophone quartet of the<br />
Governor-General's Foot Guards and, of course, by the Pipe Major from the<br />
Cameron Highlanders. Three great womenAlexa McDonough, Landon<br />
Pearson and Marjory LeBretongave greetings (they all kept to a fiveminute<br />
limit) and a merry one from Joe Clark, who as prime minister in 1979<br />
chose Flora as his foreign minister.<br />
And Flora in the thick of the throng, trim in a green outfit, chatting to<br />
everyone and laughing. When my turn came, I gave her the power bar I<br />
hadn't eaten on the Aga Khan Foundation sponsorship walk that morning,<br />
and she gave me a big hug. Not that she needs a power bar. She never chose<br />
to take a Senate seat, like two of her greeters. instead, she has spent the last<br />
two decades trekking around fairly inaccessible places, from the eastern<br />
Congo to the far reaches of Tibet, working for NGOs that do quiet things<br />
well, with peasant farmers or grandmothers of AIDS orphans.<br />
She has lived in the high-rise on Third Avenue for all these years, and<br />
you'll often see her among the Bank Street shoppers. Equally often, she is off<br />
on her travels, with her heart spread between her native Nova Scotia and the<br />
taller bits of the Himalayas. She had to give up speed-skating after damaging<br />
a tendon on the way up to Base Camp on Everestthat's 23,000 feet up!<br />
The folks at the courtyard party mirrored her activities and passions. The<br />
veterans were there, like Norma Walmsley, founder of MATCH International,<br />
the women's aid agency. And younger activists, too, like Carolyn McAskie,<br />
a former Glebite, back from doing the top UN job in Burundi and newly<br />
appointed assistant secretary general to build up the UN peace-building support<br />
office.<br />
Lots of good things were said and memories recalled. Landon Pearson, the<br />
now retired Senator for Children, told me she regretted not saying in her<br />
speech that the Indian government had given Flora, alone of any foreigner, its<br />
highest honour ("the equivalent of the Order of Canada"). But then, who<br />
thinks of Flora as a foreigner anywhere? Glory be, and happy birthday.<br />
<strong>Glebe</strong> <strong>Report</strong> <strong>June</strong> <strong>16</strong>, <strong>2006</strong> 5<br />
Underground Sound co-chair Leslie Fulton with Mayor Bob Chiarelli and<br />
Councillor Clive Doucet.<br />
Underground Sound<br />
recognized for civic activism<br />
The Underground Sound committee was honoured with certificates of<br />
achievement for community activism at the Civic Appreciation Awards held<br />
at City Hall on May 3. Mayor Bob Chiarelli and Capital Ward Councillor<br />
Clive Doucet presented Underground Sound co-chair Leslie Fulton with<br />
certificates to recognize the group's contribution to the community. "It was<br />
a real honour, especially as this is our first year," said Fulton. "It's great that<br />
the city recognizes the volunteers who work hard to make our neighbourhoods<br />
better places."<br />
The committee is comprised of Ian Boyd, <strong>June</strong> Creelman, Doreen Drolet,<br />
Jim McKeen, Linda Reiss, Janet Sutherland and Caroline Vanneste. Underground<br />
Sound is a joint venture between the <strong>Glebe</strong> Community Association<br />
and the <strong>Glebe</strong> Business Group.<br />
Seven concerts, featuring top-name Juno award-winners and nominees,<br />
were held at the <strong>Glebe</strong> Community Centre this past year to raise money and<br />
awareness of the importance of burying the hydro wires along Bank Street<br />
during the upcoming reconstruction. Approximately $25,000 was raised in the<br />
inaugural year. The series was sponsored by six local businesses: Compact<br />
Music, Davidson's Jewellers, <strong>Glebe</strong> Pharmasave Apothecary, Capital Home<br />
Hardware, Loeb <strong>Glebe</strong> and ScotiaBank. Four concerts are in the planning<br />
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Heather Crowe's legacy<br />
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BY ASHWIN SHINGADIA<br />
Heather Crowe, a <strong>Glebe</strong> resident<br />
for over 25 years and a non-smoker,<br />
was diagnosed with cancer from<br />
second-hand smoke in 2002. After<br />
that, she worked tirelessly to ban<br />
smoking from the Workplace until<br />
her death on Mon.. May 22, just a<br />
week before the implementation of<br />
the Smoke-Free Ontario Act on May<br />
31, <strong>2006</strong>.<br />
Born in Nova Scotia, raised by a<br />
Mi.kmay mother, Heather moved to<br />
Ottawa in the late 1970s. bought a<br />
house in the <strong>Glebe</strong> and worked as a<br />
waitress in many restaurants, the last<br />
one being the Newport Restaurant<br />
on Richmond Road. In those days,<br />
smoking in restaurants was the<br />
norm.<br />
Heather won a historic case obtaining<br />
workers' compensation benefits<br />
for exposure to second-hand<br />
smoke. Then she began a campaign<br />
to make Canada smoke-free. She appeared<br />
in Health Canada advertisements<br />
against second-hand smoke in<br />
the workplace, gave speeches in<br />
schools, and lobbied cities and<br />
provincial and territorial governments.<br />
Among the many awards she received<br />
is the World Health Organization<br />
avvard for public service,<br />
given only to six people in the<br />
Western Hemisphere each year.<br />
Adrienne Clarkson, the former<br />
Governor-General, awarded her the<br />
Meritorious Service Decoration for<br />
activities that bring honour to the<br />
community.<br />
The Smoke-Free Ontario Act will<br />
replace the patchwork of mies by<br />
municipalities, banning smoking in<br />
all enclosed work and public places,<br />
including taxis and company vehicles.<br />
Ottawa had already implemented<br />
this legislation five years ago.<br />
Similar bans are coming into effect<br />
this year in other provinces,<br />
ing Nova Scotia, New Brunswick,<br />
Manitoba, Quebec, Nunavut and the<br />
Northwest Territories. However,<br />
smoking in bars and restaurants is<br />
still allowed in British Columbia and<br />
Prince Edward Island. Workplace<br />
smoking rooms are allowed in Newfoundland<br />
and Saskatchewan. In Alberta,<br />
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New York City implemented a complete<br />
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July 2 at Lansdowne Park<br />
Fresh local produce will be just a<br />
short walk away when the new<br />
Farmers' Market starts at Lansdowne<br />
Park (945 Bank) on Sun., July<br />
2. Markets will be held every<br />
Sunday from 8 am. to 4 p.m. This is<br />
the only market in the city where all<br />
the produce will be locally grown.<br />
This is a pilot project, so if you think<br />
a farmers' market is a good thing,<br />
make sure to give it your support.<br />
By<br />
<strong>June</strong><br />
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CUTS for this show of support.<br />
NEW GCA BOARD<br />
By the time you read this, a new<br />
GCA president and board of directors<br />
will have been elected. Several<br />
longtime GCA board members are<br />
moving on after several years of<br />
service to the community. Thanks<br />
are due to Catherine Bell, Chris<br />
Bradshaw, George Holland, Brian<br />
Mitchell, Anne Scotton, Diana Tyndale<br />
and Lisa Weinberger. Even<br />
though I'm stepping down as president,<br />
I'll remain on the board as past<br />
president, so I'll still be involved.<br />
<strong>Glebe</strong> <strong>Report</strong> <strong>June</strong> <strong>16</strong>, <strong>2006</strong> 7<br />
Look for news of your new board in<br />
the August issue of the <strong>Glebe</strong> <strong>Report</strong>.<br />
If you need to reach the GCA<br />
in the meantime, contact us at<br />
gca@theglebeonline.com.<br />
HAVE A GOOD SUMMER!<br />
On behalf of the GCA board, I<br />
wish you all a good summer. Enjoy<br />
the new Farmers' Market at Lansdowne<br />
and all the great activities our<br />
community has to offerfrom tennis<br />
at St. James, to camps at the GCC, to<br />
the wading pool at Lansdowne Park,<br />
as well as shopping/sipping on Bank<br />
Street. Enjoy the holidays.<br />
NEXT GCA MEETING<br />
will be held on Tues., <strong>June</strong> 27,<br />
7:30 p.m., at the <strong>Glebe</strong> Community Centre.<br />
TRAFFIC<br />
MEASURES<br />
Cross your fingers! The GCA will<br />
go to the city's Transportation Committee<br />
in late <strong>June</strong> with a proposal to<br />
ban right-hand tums (e.g., westbound<br />
towards Dow's Lake) from<br />
Torrington and Broadway onto<br />
Queen Elizabeth Driveway during<br />
the morning weekday peak from 7-9<br />
am. , Since 40 per cent of morning<br />
traffic goes right at Torrington,<br />
rather than left towards downtown,<br />
this prohibition should significantly<br />
reduce traffic volumes. Also part of<br />
the plan is a proposal to prohibit<br />
left-hand turns from Bronson onto<br />
Madawaska during the morning<br />
rush hour.<br />
This revision to the <strong>Glebe</strong> Traffic<br />
Plan was supported in a public consultation<br />
on <strong>June</strong> 6 and has been endorsed<br />
by the Dow's Lake Residents'<br />
Association and by the Old<br />
Ottawa South Community Association.<br />
It has also been accepted by<br />
city staff and by the NCC. If the<br />
committee and council agree, we<br />
may have some action to reduce<br />
traffic volumes on Findlay-Broadway-TotTington<br />
by as much as 40<br />
per cent this summer.<br />
If the measures go ahead, the city<br />
has promised to monitor the situation<br />
and take action to implement<br />
additional traffic calming measures,<br />
if we see that the displaced traffic is<br />
having unanticipated effects elsewhere.<br />
Medium and longer-term actions<br />
regarding right-hand turns on<br />
Bronson will await a study of impacts<br />
on Sunnyside.<br />
APOLOGY<br />
Last month, we ran some photos<br />
of the traffic problems on Findlay-<br />
Broadway-Torrington which were<br />
incorrectly attributed. They were<br />
photographed by Allan Miller, who<br />
has taken hundreds of photos to document<br />
the traffic problems there. We<br />
apologize to Mr. Miller and thank<br />
him for all his help.<br />
BOLLARDS DOWN<br />
AT McKALE'S<br />
Several residents contacted the<br />
GCA with concerns about cement<br />
bollards erected by the city that<br />
blocked access to McKale's Service<br />
Centre (at Bank and Fifth). Thanks<br />
to the city for quickly responding to<br />
cotnplaints and removing the bollards.<br />
The GCA is also working with<br />
McKale's to see if we can find ways<br />
to resolve access and illegal parking<br />
issues there, while retaining a pedestrian-friendly<br />
streetscape with trees<br />
and benches.<br />
WELCOMING OUR<br />
BEAT COPS<br />
I don't know if it was a coincidence<br />
or good luck, but a few days<br />
before the GCA was scheduled to<br />
appear before the Police Services<br />
Board to ask for a beat cop, we got a<br />
call saying that a new beat squad had<br />
been created. Now we'll have increased<br />
foot patrols, an enhanced<br />
police presence and some dedicated<br />
cops who will get to know our<br />
neighbourhood and whom we'll get<br />
to know in turn. The officers have<br />
asked us to organize a community<br />
meeting come fall so that they can<br />
find out about residents' issues and<br />
concerns. We will organize something<br />
in September.<br />
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8 <strong>Glebe</strong> <strong>Report</strong> <strong>June</strong> <strong>16</strong>, <strong>2006</strong> GCA<br />
GCA thanks its many volunteers<br />
BY DOREEN DROLET<br />
The month of May was membership<br />
month. The strength of the<br />
<strong>Glebe</strong> Community Association's is<br />
founded on the size of its membership.<br />
Area and block representatives<br />
have been the fundamental building<br />
blocks of the GCA since it was<br />
founded in 1967. The membership<br />
campaign is a massive effort that involves<br />
hundreds of volunteers going<br />
door to door. This gives us a strong<br />
membership base. Last year, we registered<br />
over 4,000 members, but also<br />
this yearly face-to-face contact<br />
with residents is another way to<br />
keep in touch with community issues.<br />
The GCA would like to thank all<br />
of the volunteers who help out with<br />
its membership drive every year. We<br />
appreciate your support. A special<br />
mention and thank you to Janet Still<br />
and John McLeod for their longtime<br />
commitment to GCA membership--<br />
they have been canvassing for over<br />
13 years each. We try to have a representative<br />
on every block, but this<br />
is not always possible. Your house<br />
may have not been canvassed or you<br />
may have not been home when our<br />
representatives knocked on your<br />
door. Please help out by registering<br />
year-round online or by the end of<br />
<strong>June</strong> in person at the <strong>Glebe</strong> Community<br />
Centre.<br />
MEMBERSHIP ASSISTANTS<br />
Cindy Delage<br />
Martha Bowers<br />
AREA1A (DOW'S LAKE)<br />
Area representative:<br />
Brian Carrol<br />
Block representatives:<br />
Catherine Bell<br />
Sue Killam<br />
David Archer<br />
Cam Robertson<br />
Caroline Curran<br />
Serban Dragnea<br />
Dick Seaborn<br />
Marsha Skuce<br />
Cathy Simons<br />
Leezah Cohen<br />
Doug Cargo<br />
AREA 2A (SOUTH OF FIFTH-<br />
CANAL/CRAIG-BRONSON)<br />
Area representatives:<br />
Cindy Delage &<br />
Lisa Weinberger<br />
Block representatives:<br />
Regis Alcorn<br />
Eleanor Bennett<br />
Bertrand Braschi<br />
Jenifer Cepella<br />
Graeme Chase<br />
Fran Cherry<br />
Cindy Delage<br />
Lester Johnson<br />
Jane Klingaman<br />
Kathy Mahoney<br />
Nina Meyer<br />
Diane Nymark<br />
Tom Schatzky<br />
Faith Schneider<br />
Betsy Springer<br />
Sheila Steeves<br />
Kristin Teitelbaum<br />
Ann Thompson<br />
Paul Thompson<br />
Mary Tsai-,Davies<br />
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Megan Wallace<br />
Lisa Weinberger<br />
Adrian Zahl<br />
AREA 2B (SOUTH OF FIFTH-<br />
CANAL/CRAIG-BANK)<br />
Area representatives:<br />
Allan Rosenzveig &<br />
Caroline Vanneste<br />
Block representatives:<br />
Catherine Caule<br />
Adrian Belanger<br />
Aleksandra Bennett<br />
Sharon Chisolm<br />
Caroline Vanneste<br />
Nancy Bresolin<br />
Sylvia Williams<br />
Gina Grottoli<br />
Jeff Bloor<br />
Ginny Grimshaw<br />
Allan Rosenzveig<br />
AREA 3A (GLEBE-SECOND/<br />
BRONSON-BANK)<br />
Area representative:<br />
Rochelle Handelman<br />
Block representatives:<br />
Anita Barewal<br />
Kathrin Von Dehn<br />
Susan Chibuk<br />
Catherine Culley<br />
Janet Still<br />
Suzanne Harrison<br />
Ann Croll<br />
Gopika Mehta<br />
Camrose Burdon<br />
John Westdal<br />
Karen Yundt<br />
John McLeod<br />
George Wright<br />
John Bennett<br />
AREA <strong>36</strong> (THIRD-FIFTH/<br />
BRONSON-BANK)<br />
Area representatives:<br />
Dale Miller &<br />
Michelle Gagnon<br />
Block representatives:<br />
Colleen Leighton<br />
John Horvath<br />
Ian McKercher<br />
Roger Smith<br />
Mary Lou Bienefeld<br />
Monica Sapiano<br />
Jennifer Tiller<br />
Jim Gauvreau<br />
Jodi Diamant<br />
Linda MacDougall<br />
Brenda Ferras<br />
Odile Waslander<br />
Bronwen Grace<br />
AREA 4A (QUEENSWAY-<br />
RENFREW/BRONSON-BANK)<br />
Area representative:<br />
Christine McAllister<br />
Block representatives:<br />
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NEWS <strong>Glebe</strong> <strong>Report</strong> <strong>June</strong> <strong>16</strong>, <strong>2006</strong> 11<br />
Jane Jacobs a retrospective<br />
BY JOHN LEANING<br />
I was saddened to hear recently<br />
of the death of an old<br />
friend of mine, Jane Jacobs,<br />
the author who did so much to<br />
raise concerns about the way<br />
North American cities were<br />
going in the post-war years.<br />
While she was being read internationally.<br />
I was working in<br />
much the same vein in Ottawa,<br />
trying to get people out of their<br />
cars and onto their feet. Looking<br />
at Ottawa now and its<br />
mostly inevitably suburban citizens<br />
who seem to have no<br />
clear economic alternative or<br />
wish but to be car-dependent, I<br />
believe we have only partially<br />
succeeded.<br />
I first met Jane in downtown<br />
Manhattan in the mid-sixties.<br />
She and her family were living<br />
in a rather decrepit house surrounded<br />
by enormous sky-<br />
scrapers. I<br />
mentioned to her<br />
N<br />
over a cup of tea that many of<br />
us in Canada were concerned<br />
about the issues she raisedthat<br />
liveability was more important<br />
than profitability: I remember her<br />
putting down her cup with a bang:<br />
"Then that's where I am going to<br />
live." L& and behold, a few short<br />
'yeaYS later she moved tO Toronto.<br />
She came to Ottawa to visit in the<br />
mid-seventies. By then, 1 had quit<br />
being architect and civic designer<br />
with the National Capital Commission<br />
and was working on urban reyi,<br />
1h<br />
talization in the <strong>Glebe</strong> and Centretown,<br />
so she was an inspiring guest<br />
who assisted me greatly.<br />
It was about the time when many<br />
people were emigrating to Canada, often<br />
expecting to improve their material<br />
circumstances and their finances.<br />
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their prime concern, except when they<br />
rued having left more civilized envi-<br />
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environment and its<br />
demolition to create a<br />
more profitable Manhattan<br />
North. I had been a<br />
resident of the <strong>Glebe</strong><br />
since 1957 and had witnessed<br />
the beginnings of<br />
the destruction of the older<br />
residential area nearby<br />
in the euly seventies, fortunately<br />
soon arrested by<br />
civic action against the<br />
profiteers. Meanwhile,<br />
with her literary skills,<br />
Jane was dealing with the<br />
problem continent-wide.<br />
Jane was a very private<br />
person, notwithstanding<br />
her increasingly international<br />
status. I suggested<br />
inviting people to meet<br />
her while she was here,<br />
but she declined. She did<br />
not wish to be put on show and emphatically<br />
said, "No!"<br />
Now, though she has passed away,<br />
I know she would not regard that<br />
event as tragic or sad. It happens to<br />
us all eventually," she would have<br />
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Thirty Years Ago<br />
in the <strong>Glebe</strong> <strong>Report</strong>:<br />
Vol. 4 No. 6 <strong>June</strong> 5, 1976<br />
By<br />
Ian<br />
McKercher<br />
Classic Auto Sales had recently<br />
opened at 890 Bank Street (the current<br />
home of Mister Muffler). Owner<br />
Mike Senyck was basically a Corvette<br />
dealer, but he stated that the<br />
four Bricklins on his lot were generating<br />
a great deal of interest. The<br />
Bricklins 1,vere selling for $12,500.<br />
In all, only 2,900 were ever made.<br />
(Classic Auto left this location in<br />
1977.)<br />
Southpaw Cycles, a new business<br />
specializing in the sale and<br />
service of new and used bicycles,<br />
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857 Bank Street (the current<br />
home of Creative Floorworx<br />
Inc.). The store was organized by<br />
Jim Corrigan and Basil Trudeau,<br />
and was staffed entirely by <strong>Glebe</strong><br />
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sport of cycling. (Southpaw Cycles<br />
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1980.)<br />
On May 1, 1976. Sunshine Trading<br />
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opened at 590 Bank Street (the current<br />
home of Artguise Gallery).<br />
Owner Ken Fraser, formerly an electrical<br />
contractor, had difficulty finding<br />
low-price, high-quality natural<br />
food in Ottawa, so decided to go into<br />
the business himself. Prices were<br />
kept low because everything was<br />
sold in bulk, and customers did the<br />
packaging, weighing and pricing<br />
themselves. (The Sunshine Trading<br />
Company remained in this location<br />
until 1982.)<br />
In early <strong>June</strong> of 1976, the Lightning<br />
Bakery opened at 586 Bank<br />
Street (now part of Olga's Deli &<br />
Catering). Owner and operator<br />
Michael Crutehlow had established a<br />
reputation as a baker over the preceding<br />
two years, supplying several<br />
Ottawa health-food restaurants with<br />
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diets, as there was no other bakery<br />
in Ottawa that catered to these<br />
special diet needs. (The Lightning<br />
Bakery was in business here until<br />
1999.)<br />
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After Heather, the heroes are still with us<br />
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When Heather Crowe, who lived<br />
on Fifth Avenue, died after four<br />
years of campaigning against second-hand<br />
smoke that had given her<br />
lung cancer, all the media stories<br />
hailed the 61-year-old woman as a<br />
hero. This started a debate in our<br />
household about heroes and heroworship<br />
that, in fact, began after rereading<br />
those essays written by the<br />
Scottish historian Thomas Carlyle in<br />
I 841.<br />
The months of April and May witnessed<br />
the death of other quite heroic<br />
figures: Jane Jacobs, whose books<br />
on cities will have an enduring influence<br />
for planners and activists<br />
(ask Clive Doucet!) and John Kenneth<br />
Galbraith, the Ontario-born<br />
economist and advisor to President<br />
Kennedy. Nearer home came the<br />
death of John Small, one of the best<br />
,and humblest of Canada's ambassadors<br />
(Pakistan, Afghanistan and<br />
China, where he'd been born as a<br />
child of missionaries or "rnishkid").<br />
In our debate, Penny and I had<br />
first to define a hero, particularly<br />
what she or he is not. Not a role<br />
model, and not necessarily someone<br />
,whom you want to know personally:<br />
a man or woman, though, you are<br />
very glad is there and doing the<br />
things he or she is doing. Despite the<br />
imminence of the World Cup, we<br />
dismissed sporting stars as heroes,<br />
and politicians hardly got a mention.<br />
We decided to make a short list of<br />
our Living Heroes. That cut out our<br />
mothers, a usual choice for most<br />
men of middle age. Carlyle interestingly<br />
chose his (dead) heroes in five<br />
categories: a prophet (Mohammed),<br />
two poets (Dante and Shakespeare),<br />
two priests (Luther and Knox), tvvo<br />
men of letters (Samuel Johnson and<br />
Robbie Burns), and two so-called or<br />
self-made "kings" (Cromwell and<br />
Napoleon). Our list is different.<br />
Aung San Suu Kyi, the democratic<br />
leader of Burma, was a joint<br />
choice. She has spent I 1 of the past<br />
<strong>16</strong> years, since winning an overwhelming<br />
election victory, under<br />
house arrest by the thuggish and essentially<br />
stupid junta of generals<br />
who have wrecked that beautiful<br />
country. On May 27, the junta extended<br />
her latest four-year confinement<br />
by another six months, since<br />
she wouldn't agree, if released, to<br />
stay completely out of politics. Yet<br />
she has always pleaded for non-violence<br />
and reconciliation.<br />
Aung San Suu Kyi<br />
Penny's next choice was Murray<br />
Thomson, another "mish-kid" from<br />
China who went into adult education,<br />
became a Quaker, moved from<br />
development work (boss of CUSO)<br />
to peace activism. He has inspired<br />
the birth of half a dozen NGOs and<br />
today (now in his eighties) plays<br />
both tennis and the violin, has three<br />
games of chess on the go (you can,<br />
with the Internet) and writes jokey<br />
verse. Murray is a cross between<br />
Gandhi and Ogden Nash.<br />
I contributed Manitoba-born Pat<br />
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he has, over the past 40 years,<br />
thought out and pursued more imaginative<br />
ideas in international development<br />
than anyone I know. Always<br />
concerned about power relationships,<br />
he has championed peasant<br />
farmers with their inherited knowledge<br />
against the global seed companies<br />
(how did he see to do all that<br />
computer work?), attended the biodiversity<br />
conference in Brazil to urge<br />
the continuing moratorium on "terminator"<br />
seeds, and once again is<br />
ahead of the NGO pack in his concern<br />
about great corporations gaining<br />
patents on unproven nanotechnology.<br />
Nelson Mandela had to be on our<br />
list of heroes, the only politician.<br />
(Julius Nyerere would have been, but<br />
he died in 1999). I met Mandela, a<br />
young lawyer, in Ethiopia in 1963<br />
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In the same vein. Penny contributed<br />
Betty Reardon, professor at<br />
Columbia University and founder of<br />
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Murray Thomson<br />
<strong>Glebe</strong> <strong>Report</strong> <strong>June</strong> <strong>16</strong>, <strong>2006</strong> 13<br />
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Finally. Penny's choice of Anne<br />
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Traffic concerns cause anxiety in two communities<br />
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Councillor<br />
Clive<br />
Doucet<br />
Dear <strong>Glebe</strong> <strong>Report</strong> readers:<br />
KEEPING OUR<br />
STREETS SAFE<br />
The struggle to keep streets and<br />
parks in Capital Ward safe is one<br />
that mostly occurs out of sight of<br />
anyone but the immediate neighbours.<br />
Some boulders in Timmermans<br />
and Lansdowne Parks have<br />
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Horizons<br />
There is an edge<br />
to a hayfield.<br />
It is the same edge<br />
as the line<br />
between sky and sea<br />
the same taste of eternity.<br />
from<br />
Lost and Found in Acadie<br />
Specializing in:<br />
Thinning<br />
Pruning &<br />
Removals<br />
Prompt Courteous Service<br />
lian Foods<br />
-'y Trays<br />
Gift Baskets<br />
imported Cheeses<br />
Fresh Pasta & Sauces<br />
ornemade Italian Sausages<br />
Sandwiches<br />
Ove' 50 Olive Oils and<br />
Balsamic Vinegars<br />
been installed to prevent drivers<br />
from using park pathways as shortcuts.<br />
New stop signs, street narrowings<br />
and bulbouts are all designed to<br />
slow cars down and give better visibility<br />
for pedestrians and drivers.<br />
Only one traffic calming measure<br />
has caught the attention, not just of<br />
our ward, but the entire citythe<br />
right-hand morning turning restrictions<br />
off Bronson into the <strong>Glebe</strong>.<br />
Drivers from as far away as Barrhaven<br />
are annoyed that they won't be<br />
able to cut through Findlay, Broadway<br />
and Ton-ington to reach the<br />
Queen Elizabeth Driveway. Currently,<br />
600 of them do it every hour in<br />
the morning peak period.<br />
Forbidding this turning motion<br />
has also caused a great deal of concern<br />
in our own ward, because staff<br />
studies show it could add about 60<br />
cars to Sunnyside which already has<br />
over 500 cars per hour in the morning<br />
peak period (this is the total of<br />
cars going in both directions). Needless<br />
to say, residents in Old Ottawa<br />
South weren't keen on the Bronson<br />
turn restrictions being implemented<br />
without including Sunnyside.<br />
The recommendation from city<br />
staff to approve the Bronson turn restrictions<br />
threw both communities<br />
into considerable anxietyresidents<br />
of the <strong>Glebe</strong> because they worried<br />
that they wouldn't be able to get the<br />
turn restrictions and Old Ottawa<br />
South because they might.<br />
Traffic planning is so difficult that<br />
unless there is consensus in ward<br />
communities about how to achieve<br />
it, the plan always fails at Transportation<br />
Committee. The opinion of<br />
my fellow councillors is always:<br />
"Well, if the ward can't make up its<br />
mind about what should be done,<br />
how do they expect us to do it?"<br />
Thus I was worried that we could<br />
lose all possibility of continuing<br />
with traffic calming plans for the<br />
ward. To try to circumvent this, 1<br />
asked that the report from city staff<br />
be defen-ed until a sub-committee of<br />
community leaders from both Old<br />
Ottawa South and the <strong>Glebe</strong> could<br />
meet with city staff and myself to see<br />
if a compromise solution could be<br />
found that was acceptable to each<br />
community.<br />
I believe we worked out very good<br />
short-terni and long-terni packages<br />
that keep traffic security plans moving<br />
forward for everybody. There are<br />
two measures:<br />
I. In the short term, put turn restrictions<br />
off Torrington onto the Queen<br />
Elizabeth Driveway towards Preston,<br />
but not towards Bank Street. This<br />
should reduce the cut-through on<br />
Findlay and Torrington by 40 per<br />
cent, but will not affect Sunnyside<br />
because it is not possible to use Sunnyside<br />
as an alternative cut-through<br />
to get to the Preston area.<br />
2. For the longer term, put the Bronson<br />
right-turn prohibitions on the<br />
shelf until a study of the inclusion of<br />
Sunnyside is completed. Right-hand<br />
turn prohibitions off Bronson should<br />
be co-ordinated with the beginning<br />
of the new north/south rail line, such<br />
that the public in the south as far as<br />
Barrhaven have a viable option to car<br />
usage.<br />
Hats off to hardworking community<br />
members <strong>June</strong> Creelman, Mike<br />
Jenkin, Leo Doyle, Guy Giguère, Diane<br />
Hiscox and Bob Brocklebank,<br />
and to Ravi Mehta from the citythey<br />
have all kept traffic calming<br />
moving forward for both Old Ottawa<br />
South and the <strong>Glebe</strong>.<br />
PROPERTY TAX REFORM<br />
We're making good progress here<br />
on many fronts. My request to the<br />
Ombudsman of Ontario for an enquiry<br />
into the property tax system<br />
was taken up and Mr. Marin's recommendations<br />
have been accepted<br />
by the province. The Mayor has requested<br />
that assessments be frozen<br />
until a solution is found. Our ward<br />
council, comprised of representatives<br />
from each community association<br />
in Capital Ward, recommended<br />
an alternative of Indexed Market Value<br />
assessment (actual sale price indexed<br />
to inflation). This has received<br />
favourable response in the press and<br />
I sent the reccommendations to Premier<br />
McGuinty with the suggestion<br />
that he pilot this system in Ottawa<br />
next year. All of this has achieved<br />
high visibility and considerable ma,<br />
mentum for change. and I remain optimistic<br />
that we will get the assessment<br />
system fixed. If you would like<br />
a copy of the Capital Ward Council<br />
Tax Assessment Study and Proposal,<br />
please check my website at www.<br />
clivedoucet.coth or contact Pierre<br />
Johnson in my office at 580-2487.<br />
GREAT GLEBE<br />
GARAGE SALE<br />
The sale lias become so successful<br />
that many people use it for many different<br />
purposes. Many charities from<br />
all over this city rent or borrow lawn<br />
space to raise money. Bank Street<br />
businesses use it as an opportunity<br />
for a sidewalk sale. It is even on the<br />
Internet. In many ways, it has become<br />
a logistic challenge. It may be<br />
useful to strike a community committee<br />
to look at hovv the Great<br />
<strong>Glebe</strong> Garage Sale has grown and<br />
how we can keep it successful.<br />
Coffee with Clive is at the Second<br />
Cup at the corner of Bank and Sunnyside<br />
on the first Friday of every<br />
month at 10 a.m.<br />
All the best,<br />
Clive<br />
CONTACT<br />
Clive Doucet<br />
Capital Ward Councillor<br />
110 Laurier Avenue West<br />
Ottawa, ON K 1 P<br />
tel: 613-580-2487<br />
fax: 613-580-2527<br />
e-mail: clive.doucet@ottawa.ca<br />
website: www.clivedoucet.com<br />
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NEWS<br />
Great <strong>Glebe</strong> Garage Sale<br />
notes another successful year<br />
BY JANET SUTHERLAND<br />
Another successful Great <strong>Glebe</strong><br />
Garage Sale has come and gone.<br />
Each year it seems to get larger and<br />
more diverse, drawing more vendors<br />
and shoppers from across the region<br />
and making it an official Ottawa<br />
"special event." We had lots of media<br />
interest this year and we responded<br />
to at least 100 e-mails from<br />
inquiring shoppers, vendors and<br />
tourists. While this is a boon to those<br />
wanting to sell or buy goods, the<br />
motivating force remainssince its<br />
inception in 1986, the Great <strong>Glebe</strong><br />
Garage Sale has aimed to raise<br />
funds for The Ottawa Food Bank.<br />
The <strong>Glebe</strong> Community Association<br />
(GCA) encourages vendors<br />
(and shoppers who saved money) to<br />
donate 10 per cent of their sale proceeds<br />
to this important Ottawa charity.<br />
Did you know that 38,500 people<br />
access the Food Bank each<br />
month? Contributions from the<br />
Great <strong>Glebe</strong> Garage Sale result in a<br />
much-needed boost to The Ottawa<br />
Food Bank's ability to meet increasing<br />
community needs. In the first<br />
week following the sale, $3,000 was<br />
donated to The Ottawa Food Bank.<br />
We hope that this is just the tip of<br />
the iceberg and that we will exceed<br />
our previous benchmark of $12,000<br />
reached in 2004.<br />
ff you haven't already done so,<br />
please consider making a donation<br />
as soon as possible:<br />
By mail: send a cheque to<br />
The Ottawa Food Bank,<br />
1317B Michael Street,<br />
Ottawa ON KlB 3M9<br />
By phone: call The Ottawa Food<br />
Bank directly at 613-745-7001.<br />
They can take Visa, MasterCard and<br />
American Express over the phone<br />
and answer any questions you may<br />
have.<br />
*Online: https://secure.csfm.com/<br />
ottawa_foodbank/<br />
Household vendors are not the<br />
only ones involved. In a new development<br />
this year, the GCA approached<br />
the <strong>Glebe</strong> Business Group<br />
to get involved formally in this<br />
worthwhile cause. They rallied with<br />
enthusiasm, with 30 members making<br />
pledges which will soon result in<br />
a collective donation to The Ottawa<br />
Food Bank of over $2,500. Thank<br />
you to the following <strong>Glebe</strong> merchants<br />
who participated in what is<br />
hoped will be an annual pledge campaign:<br />
Arbour Environmental Shoppe<br />
Bank Street Framing<br />
Bloomfield's Flowers<br />
Booster Juice<br />
Brio Bodywear<br />
Compact Music<br />
Davidson's Jewellers<br />
<strong>Glebe</strong> Pharmasave Apothecary<br />
<strong>Glebe</strong> Spa<br />
Capital Home Hardware<br />
Il Negozio Nicastro<br />
Inniss Pharmacy<br />
LazerZone Print & Copy<br />
Loeb <strong>Glebe</strong><br />
Magpie<br />
McCrank's Cycles<br />
Metro Music<br />
Morala Specialty Coffee<br />
Mrs. Tiggy Winkle's<br />
Optical Excellence<br />
Patrick McGahern Books<br />
Pom Pom<br />
Prime Crime Books<br />
TheRoyal Bank<br />
(at Bank and First)<br />
The Sassy Bead Company<br />
Snapdragon Gallery<br />
The Papery<br />
The Prana Group<br />
Third Avenue Spa<br />
Travel CUTS<br />
Special thanks are also due to:<br />
*Marlin McKale (McKale's Service<br />
Centre), who provided parking<br />
for the 17 Ottawa Food Bank volunteers<br />
who canvassed the neighbourhood<br />
during the sale.<br />
*Rick Milito (La Strada Restaurant),<br />
whose parking lot provided a<br />
prime location for Ottawa Hydro's<br />
conservation van to conduct its public<br />
education activities.<br />
Donna Silver, from Councillor<br />
Clive Doucet's office, who facilitated<br />
the GCA's liaison with the city to<br />
ensure the establishment of emergency<br />
routes, no-parking zones and<br />
additional garbage removal.<br />
GCA's Environment Committee,<br />
who organized a post-sale sweep<br />
down Bank Street to ensure that excess<br />
litter and overflowing garbage<br />
was contained in short order.<br />
Thank you to everyone who contributed<br />
to the organization of this<br />
annual display of community spirit!<br />
If you have any ideas about how<br />
to improve any aspect of the Great<br />
<strong>Glebe</strong> Garage Sale, please e-mail:<br />
greatglebegaragesale @ mail.com.<br />
While the Great <strong>Glebe</strong> Garage Sale<br />
has come and gone for another year,<br />
people will continue to need The Ottawa<br />
Food Bank all year round. Remember<br />
to give generously!<br />
One cup at a time<br />
BY WALTER HENDELMAN<br />
Walk almost anywhere in the<br />
<strong>Glebe</strong> on a Tuesday"blue box or<br />
black box" dayand you will be<br />
happy to see that Glebites believe in<br />
recycling. It seems that our community<br />
does care for our local environment<br />
and for the planet.<br />
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A walk along Bank Street, however,<br />
may make you wonder about<br />
this as you see coffee cups and other<br />
assorted litter, often stuffed into<br />
Pick up your copy of the<br />
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After a successful first year, the<br />
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"Being parents ourselves, we are always<br />
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crevices or simply strewn about.<br />
Walk into any food-vending store in<br />
the <strong>Glebe</strong> and you're not always sure<br />
what standard is being maintained.<br />
The <strong>Glebe</strong>'s Bank Street anti-litter<br />
group would like to help create a<br />
clean and pleasant feel as we walk<br />
through our neighbourhood, and we<br />
need everyone's co-operation.<br />
Please remember what you can do<br />
to help keep our streets clean:<br />
If you cannot find a litter container<br />
or if it is full, please take your<br />
garbage home.<br />
*If you do buy your coffee or food<br />
from a local vendor to take out,<br />
please ask if the container or coffee<br />
cup is recyclableand take it home<br />
to recycle it! If there are enough<br />
merchants using recyClable products,<br />
maybe we can get a BOX to put<br />
these items in on Bank Streetinstead<br />
of all those newspaper boxes!<br />
*If you eat or drink inside the establishment,<br />
please ask for a reusable<br />
(china) cup, at least.<br />
So, by being mindful of your litter,<br />
plus reducing and reusing, each of us<br />
can have a share in keeping our<br />
neighbourhood clean.<br />
As consumers, we CAN make a<br />
differenceone cup at a time.<br />
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<strong>16</strong> Globe <strong>Report</strong> <strong>June</strong> <strong>16</strong>, <strong>2006</strong> BUSINESS NEWS<br />
Business Buzz<br />
By<br />
Dana<br />
McQuaid<br />
BRITTON'S GLEBE INC.<br />
CELEBRATES ITS<br />
40TH ANNIVERSARY<br />
Britton's is certainly no stranger<br />
to the <strong>Glebe</strong> area. The popular magazine/smokeshop<br />
is celebrating 40<br />
years in the <strong>Glebe</strong> this month! Although<br />
the store has moved once or<br />
twice within the last four decades,<br />
Britton's has always been on the<br />
same block on Bank Street between<br />
Fourth and Fifth. Anyone born and<br />
raised in the area has more than like-<br />
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powe /SEP<br />
ly popped into the store at some time<br />
to pick up their favourite magazine<br />
or newspaper.<br />
Lionel and Lillian Britton first<br />
opened the store in 1966. The store<br />
remains in the family, as their -son<br />
Ted Britton has taken over and continues<br />
to run one of the <strong>Glebe</strong>'s oldest<br />
magazine stores. Ted Britton has<br />
made a few changes to the shop over<br />
the years, but has always offered the<br />
same great selection of cigars and<br />
smoking paraphernalia, a large selection<br />
of national and international<br />
magazines, and a variety of newspapers<br />
from all over the world. Within<br />
recent years, however, the demand<br />
for tobacco has decreased, so he felt<br />
it was time to change the focus of the<br />
store to include more magazines,<br />
newspapers and his most recent additionbooks!<br />
You can now find a selection of<br />
bestsellers. and books by Canadian<br />
and local authors at Britton's. Ted<br />
particularly wants to promote writers<br />
from the <strong>Glebe</strong> and other local au-<br />
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Charlesfort Development<br />
thors, as he knows exposure for writers<br />
can sometimes be difficult. Starting<br />
this month. Britton's will have<br />
local authors in the store offering<br />
book signings on a regular basis. So<br />
stop by. You might see your favourite<br />
author on the list!<br />
Ted has also opened a second location<br />
in Westboro, celebrating its<br />
second anniversary this year. Britton's<br />
Westboro is located at 352<br />
Richmond Avenue and offers a similar<br />
great selection of magazines,<br />
newspapers, tobacco, books and<br />
greetin. cards.<br />
Within the last few months, Ted<br />
Britton has been even busier promoting<br />
his newest project: an international<br />
newspaper kiosk. He and his<br />
business partner and longtime friend,<br />
Shahab Bakhtyar, now run Satellite<br />
Newspaper Kiosknot much bigger<br />
than a bank machine, but linked to<br />
electronic newspapers from around<br />
the world.<br />
"It's the first of its kind in Canada,"<br />
says Ted. It can print newspapers<br />
from around the world within<br />
minutes! Just insert your credit card<br />
into the kiosk, make your selection<br />
on the touch-screen and within a<br />
minute or two, your newspaper will<br />
be printed out.<br />
The two friends decided to start<br />
this newspaper kiosk in Ottawa as<br />
they felt it was a perfect city for this<br />
service, with its abundance of embassies,<br />
hotels, foreign affairs and<br />
tourism. They hope to expand their<br />
new business to other major cities in<br />
Canada. You can find their Satellite<br />
Newspaper Kiosk in the Cartier<br />
Place Hotel at 180 Cooper Street.<br />
They plan to have three or more<br />
kiosks available throughout the city<br />
in the near future.<br />
Britton's <strong>Glebe</strong> Inc.<br />
846 Bank Street<br />
613-237-61<strong>16</strong><br />
http://brittons-news.tripod.com<br />
CHARLESFORT DEVELOPMENT:<br />
NEW SALES CENTRE<br />
IN THE GLEBE<br />
If you live in the <strong>Glebe</strong>, you've<br />
probably noticed and admired one of<br />
the several buildings designed by Ottawa<br />
developer Doug Casey of<br />
Charlesfort Developments. Some of<br />
their beautiful buildings in the <strong>Glebe</strong><br />
are The Glasgow, The Clemow<br />
Towns and Central Park, to name<br />
just a few!<br />
Doug Casey, a resident of the<br />
<strong>Glebe</strong>, is renowned as an Ottawa developer<br />
with a beautiful style and an<br />
eye for detail. Within the last 25<br />
years, Doug Casey and his company<br />
Charlesfort Developments have created<br />
and developed several residen-<br />
PHOTO: DANA MCQUAID<br />
tial and commercial buildings in other<br />
Ottawa neighbourhoods, including<br />
New Edinburgh, Ottawa' South,<br />
Upper Town and along the Rideau<br />
Canal.<br />
Doug Casey's designs successfully<br />
capture the historical aspects of<br />
the neighbourhood and blend them<br />
with a contemporary design for a<br />
more modern look. He pays close attention<br />
to detail, making each one<br />
unique. A wide range of professionals<br />
are involved in the design<br />
process, including wrought-iron<br />
smiths, sculptors, stained-glass<br />
artists, landscape architects,. interior<br />
designers and more, to help achieve<br />
the beautiful design of each building.<br />
One of Charlesfort's most sirc,<br />
cessful projects is Jefferson Hall at<br />
130 <strong>Glebe</strong> Avenue beside St.<br />
Matthew's Anglican Church. Using<br />
the stonework from the old Church<br />
Hall, Doug Casey designed a 15-unit<br />
residential building which perfectly<br />
showcases his talent at integrating a<br />
contemporary design into an old<br />
neighbourhood. The architecture of<br />
Jefferson Hall is derived from the<br />
church itself and many will agree<br />
that it is one of the <strong>Glebe</strong>'s most<br />
modern, unique buildings. Charlesfort<br />
Development received a Heritage<br />
Infill award from the City of<br />
Ottawa for Jefferson Hall and also<br />
received the Builder of the Year 2000<br />
award from the Ontario New Home<br />
Warranty program for excellence in<br />
design.<br />
Another of Doug Casey's successful,<br />
well-known projects in the area<br />
is Central Park just off Patterson Avenue.<br />
What makes this development<br />
unique is that it incorporated the mature<br />
trees on the property to integrate<br />
it more easily with the environment.<br />
Charlesfort also received a design<br />
excellence award from the Ottawa-<br />
Carleton Home Builders Association<br />
for this project.<br />
The next time you head to Starbucks<br />
in the <strong>Glebe</strong> for a cup of java,<br />
take a peek at the building the coffee<br />
shop is housed in at the corner of<br />
Bank and Third. Called the St.<br />
Charles project, it's another Charleston<br />
design and houses Starbucks,<br />
Roots and the Charlesfort Development<br />
Corporation's office and sales<br />
centre. Stop by to view their latest<br />
developments, including the new<br />
Hudson project which is being built<br />
in downtown Ottawa.<br />
Charlesfort Development Corp.<br />
Offices & Sales Centre<br />
787 Bank Street<br />
613-233-0044<br />
info@charlesfort.ca<br />
http://www.charlesfort.ca
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SHOPPERS DRUG MART<br />
GRAND OPENING<br />
On Sat., <strong>June</strong> 17, Ottawa's newest<br />
Shoppers Drug Mart will celebrate<br />
its grand opening in the <strong>Glebe</strong>! The<br />
first Shoppers in the area, it will offer<br />
a great selection of products, as<br />
well as a full-service beauty boutique,<br />
a value zone, a healthy living<br />
nutrition centre for vitamin and supplement<br />
needs, a convenience foods<br />
section and much more. The beauty<br />
boutique will offer exclusive lines of<br />
cosmetics from companies such as<br />
Guerlain. Lancôme. Smashbox,<br />
Clarins, Biotherm and Shiseido.<br />
<strong>Glebe</strong>'s Shoppers Drug Mart is located<br />
at the corner of Bank Street<br />
and <strong>Glebe</strong> Avenue and vvill be open<br />
until midnight, seven days a week. It<br />
is owned and operated by licensed<br />
pharmacist Frank Tee who has been<br />
serving the health care needs of Ottawa<br />
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"Customers are going to love it<br />
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Don't expect this new Shoppers<br />
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From the triangular pharmacy design<br />
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There are many different types of<br />
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Mark Ehlebracht, right, conducted Vox Femina al their summer concert on<br />
<strong>June</strong> 3, accompanied by Sarah Westbrook, centre. Choir members top left to<br />
right, Sheri Kwasnik, Colleen Weaver, Angela Larson-LePage, Glebite Gail<br />
Graser, Gillian Batt, Jan Creelman, Andrea Levy and Kristie Kelly. Lower<br />
row, left to right, Robin Westmacott, Rita Lerngruber, Miranda Oprisan,<br />
Josephine Fitzgerald, Christa Metcalf, Glebite Jeunette Rive, Sue Rice and<br />
Jan Teevan.<br />
Vox Femina<br />
Vox Femina, a local women's community choir, has been practising at<br />
<strong>Glebe</strong>-St. James United Church. Under their former director, the choir made<br />
it through the first round of the CBC choral competition! The music is an<br />
eclectic mix of pieces, ranging from Vivaldi's Gloria to Lee Anne Womack's<br />
I hope you Dance! Stay tuned for upcoming concert dates.<br />
ENTERTAINMENT<br />
Talking with... is back!<br />
BY JC SULZENKO<br />
Here's the recipe for icing on the<br />
cake of this theatre season. Take the<br />
magic of a play that speaks with zest<br />
to the passages and issues women<br />
face in their lives. Add two <strong>Glebe</strong><br />
women, theatre enthusiasts and professionals<br />
bothone with the experience<br />
to direct the play, the other<br />
with the moxie to pull together<br />
funding (no subsidies) for the<br />
largest independent professional<br />
theatre production in Ottawa since<br />
the touring mega-musicals, according<br />
to its producers. Sift with an Ottawa-based<br />
cast and production<br />
crew, professionals all. Stir in the<br />
excellent facilities of the Ottawa Little<br />
Theatre, now open to professional<br />
theatre productions when space<br />
allows. What have you got?<br />
The not-to-be missed return to<br />
Ottawa of Talking With.... <strong>June</strong> 21-<br />
30, by American playwright Jane<br />
Martin. Directed by Janet Irwin and<br />
produced by Barbara Crook and her<br />
CanPI ay Productions, this ac-<br />
claimed drama shares 11 compelling<br />
stories told by 1 1 amazing women.<br />
The collection of monologues spoken<br />
by a snake handler, a baton twir-<br />
ler, a daughter in mourning, a<br />
scarred woman covered in tattoos, to<br />
name a few, makes for memorable<br />
theatre.<br />
Barbara Crook reviewed the original<br />
1985 Ottawa production of<br />
Talking with... for The Ottawa Citizen.<br />
She never forgot the play's impact.<br />
In fact, she took the promotional<br />
poster for that production<br />
with her wherever she moved. Returning<br />
to Ottawa, she settled in our<br />
neighbourhood. After her CanPlay<br />
Productions became involved in<br />
professional productions in New<br />
York City, she wanted to take on a<br />
theatre project here. Talking vvith...<br />
was it: "Of course, I knew right<br />
away I wanted Janet Irwin to direct<br />
the show again."<br />
Janet, also a <strong>Glebe</strong> resident, directed<br />
the play's hit run here in 1985.<br />
She jumped at the chance to do it<br />
again: was keen to see how the<br />
play reads two decades later. It<br />
stands up. In fact, it stands up and<br />
shouts." Don't miss it.<br />
Tickets are available through the<br />
Ottawa Little Theatre box office at<br />
233-8948. More information can be<br />
found at www.talkingwith.ca.<br />
Do you know<br />
of a community event coming up?<br />
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Three candidates now in<br />
the running for Capital<br />
Ward councillor<br />
BY MICHELINE BOYLE<br />
Ian Boyd, Clive Doucet and Jay Nordenstrom have now declared their intention<br />
to seek the councillor seat for Capital Ward in the <strong>2006</strong> municipal<br />
election, scheduled to take place on Nov. 13.<br />
David Kealey, Jennie Aliman, lan Boyd, Mary Pal and Fred Litwin<br />
Photo: Giovanni<br />
Ian Boyd, the owner of Compact Music in the <strong>Glebe</strong>, officially declared his<br />
candidacy on May 23 and kicked off his campaign on May 29 at the Arrow<br />
and Loon Pub at Fifth and Bank. In Ian's view, the elected representative must<br />
create and maintain an ongoing dialogue with the ward's constituents in order<br />
to be able to meet the jurisdiction's needs better and to vote for the proper allocation<br />
of finite sets of resources. He believes that his business and financial<br />
experience make him the best candidate to represent the collective interests of<br />
the citizens of Ward 17.<br />
Sarah Fortier, Clive Doucet and Stuart Lister<br />
Photo: Etienne Ranger<br />
Clive Doucet, the incumbent, lives in the <strong>Glebe</strong>. He officially announced<br />
his candidacy on Apr. 24 and had a campaign kick-off at the <strong>Glebe</strong> Community<br />
Centre on Fri., <strong>June</strong> 9. Some of the accomplishments he is most proud of<br />
are the light-rail project, the preservation and renovation of the <strong>Glebe</strong> Community<br />
Centre, new greener streetscapes for Fifth Avenue and Craig Street,<br />
and a farmers' market for Lansdowne Park. The need to secure such local accomplishments<br />
and move on to the things that connect all citizens is what motivates<br />
him to run. He believes that insisting that the province change the present<br />
property assessment system to one based on an Index Market Sale Assessment<br />
will make the results fairer for all city residents; that smart-growth<br />
budgets should be adopted by council; and that an integrated public transit<br />
system serving all residents and not just peak-hour commuters is a priority.<br />
Jay Nordenstrom officially declared<br />
his candidacy on May 18 and<br />
had his campaign kick-off on Thurs.,<br />
<strong>June</strong> 1, at the Thirsty Toad Pub at Bank<br />
and Riverside. He is a resident of Old<br />
Ottawa East and works as the director<br />
of government and industry affairs for<br />
a national transportation agency. He is<br />
concerned with some of the following<br />
issues. Property assessments: he<br />
favours a system that would better reflect<br />
one's ability to pay or one based<br />
on a more stable philosophy such as the<br />
square footage of the home. Term limits:<br />
he will propose that the Municipal Jay Nordenstrom<br />
Elections act be amended to limit incumbents<br />
to no more than three full terms. Public transit: while supporting the<br />
light-rail transit system, he believes the project is too expensive and should be<br />
monitored by the city auditor; he also believes that the provincial government<br />
should allow transit riders to deduct the cost of bus passes from their provincial<br />
income tax, and that increases in fares and passes should be tied only to<br />
the annual consumer price index. Finally, public safety: he supports the reinstatement<br />
of the beat cop to bring back community policing on our main<br />
streets.<br />
Letting it all hang out<br />
BY LIZ WYLIE<br />
It's morning. The birds are chattering,<br />
the squirrels are rummaging<br />
in the garden far below. I can hear<br />
life on Bank Street beginning to<br />
stir. I smell the lilacs from my<br />
neighbour's bush. The air is cool,<br />
clean and fresh, and so is my pile of<br />
wet laundry. The clothesline attached<br />
to the fire escape stairs<br />
stretches all the way up to the third<br />
floor of our home. From up here,<br />
the view of the <strong>Glebe</strong> is spectacular.<br />
This is bliss. I have my coffee<br />
on one side of me and my jar of<br />
wooden clothespins on the other.<br />
My life feels in balance. I like to<br />
take my time with this "job." There<br />
is no rush to be finished. While I'm<br />
pinching clothespins, I can enjoy<br />
the scent of flowers, the breeze, the<br />
sunshine. This is my therapy. The<br />
fabric of my life is here for all to<br />
see. I feel no shame as I hang up<br />
my polka-dot bra next to my<br />
stretched and threadbare underwear<br />
and the dishtowel with the raspberry<br />
juice stain that never came out.<br />
Clothes-dryer use has skyrocketed<br />
since the 1970s. Between six and<br />
ten per cent of residential energy is<br />
consumed by the household dryer,<br />
costing about 50 cents per load. By<br />
choosing not to own a dryer, one can<br />
save at least ten per cent on the hydro<br />
bill. (Use even less energy by<br />
choosing the cold-water cycle when<br />
washing, reserving warm water for<br />
your grimiest duds.)<br />
Air-dried laundry lasts longer,<br />
smells better, with no static cling to<br />
speak of. Outdoors, the sun helps to<br />
remove stains from white clothes<br />
and the ultraviolet rays kill bacteria<br />
and most fungi. Hanging laundry is<br />
not as time-consuming as one might<br />
imagine. Although I like to take my<br />
time, I can hang a large load in about<br />
10 minutes. In the winter months, I<br />
keep a collapsible clothes rack in my<br />
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bedroom. This acts as a wonderful<br />
natural humidifier, keeping the air<br />
healthier to breathe at night. It's<br />
handywhen the clothes are dry, the<br />
closet is just steps away.<br />
Stiff laundry can be avoided by<br />
using less detergent (a good idea in<br />
any case). Wrinkles can be avoided<br />
by shaking out the clothes before<br />
pinning them, hanging them up on<br />
windy days and pinning clothes with<br />
the heavy part on the bottom (e.g.,<br />
pants with belt loops down).<br />
When the laundry is dry, there is<br />
no shrill of a machine's buzzer to tell<br />
me I must hurry or else face the<br />
wrath of wrinkled shirts. I'm free to<br />
fold it when it suits me better yet,<br />
I can enjoy the warm sunshine and<br />
do my folding outside too.<br />
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20 <strong>Glebe</strong> <strong>Report</strong> <strong>June</strong> <strong>16</strong>, <strong>2006</strong> N EWS<br />
Summer at the Experimental Farm<br />
BY MARSHA GUTIERREZ<br />
The summer is blooming with activity at the Central Experimental Farm<br />
(CEP). Below are just a few of the events happening over the next few<br />
months:<br />
TREE IDENTIFICATION<br />
A tour and lecture will be held on <strong>June</strong> 24, 10 a.m. to noon, at Building 72<br />
at the CEF Arboretum. You will be shown how to identify various families of<br />
trees or shrubs. Fee: $12 for members, $15 for non-members.<br />
STRAWBERRY SOCIAL<br />
On July 1, come and enjoy a delicious strawberry treat while celebrating<br />
Canada's Birthday during the Canada Agriculture Museum's holiday activities.<br />
This Friends of the Farm fundraiser will take place from 10:30 a.m. to 2<br />
p.m. in Memory Park. Cost: $5.50, admission into the Farm is free on July 1<br />
&2.<br />
PESTS & DISEASE IN YOUR GARDEN<br />
On July 5, 7-9 p.m., make your acquaintance with the wee creatures who<br />
dine on your favourite plants and flowers. This lecture will be held in Building<br />
72 at the CEF Arboretum. Fee: $12 for members, $15 for non-members.<br />
BUS TRIP TO THE INTERNATIONAL FLORA SHOW<br />
The Ottawa Botanical Society and the Friends of the Farm are teaming up<br />
to invite you to join them on July 6 on a one-day bus trip to the International<br />
Flora Show in Montreal. To reserve your seat, call 230-3276.<br />
TEN-MILE RUN<br />
Join the Friends of the Farm and the National Capital Runners Association<br />
on July 12 for a runner's challenge: a 10-mile run at the CEF. Run/registration<br />
information available at www.mynextrace.com/Post Calendar.<br />
CHILDREN'S PAINTING<br />
Children from five to eight years of age are invited to a paint class on July<br />
19, 9-11 a.m., in the CEF Ornamental Gardens, presented by area artist Galina<br />
Ponomarenko. Fee: $22 for members, $25 for non-membersmaterials included.<br />
A BIODYNAMIC EXPERIENCE<br />
On July 26, 7-9 p.m., experience an introduction to biodynamic agriculture,<br />
its methods and observations. Organic/biodynamic growers Scott and Carin<br />
Goldsberry of Ottawa discuss Rudolf Steiner's holistic approach to re-establishing<br />
balance and health in our earth and soil. Fee: $12 for members. $15<br />
for non-members.<br />
VICTORIAN TEA<br />
A classic Victorian tea will be served on the lawns of the CEF Arboretum<br />
on Aug. 6, 2-4 p.m. Bring a patio chair and listen to the music. Enter the<br />
"best hat" contest and don period costume (not required). Fee: admission to<br />
the CEF is free; the formal tea is $5.50.<br />
For information and to register for all the above events, call 230-3276.<br />
Marsha Gutierrez is a member of the Friends of the Central Experimental<br />
Farm.<br />
Free Ottawa Veg Guide<br />
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During a recent trip to Toronto,<br />
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the Toronto Vegetarian Directory.<br />
He knew that Ottawa is a surprisingly<br />
vegetarian/vegan-friendly city.<br />
Being connected with Ottawa's vegan<br />
community through SimplyRaw,<br />
a business Mark and his wife<br />
Natasha run to promote healthier<br />
lifestyles, Mark felt that the potential<br />
for publishing an Ottawa vegetarian<br />
guidebook was good.<br />
The new Ottawa Veg Guide is a<br />
comprehensive directory of veggiefriendly<br />
businesses in Ottawa. It includes<br />
over 50 restaurants, health<br />
food stores, bakeries and other businesses<br />
in and around the city. The<br />
guide was produced by SimplyRaw<br />
as a contribution to the local community,<br />
intended to help make life<br />
easier for vegetarians, vegans and<br />
raw vegans.<br />
Look for your free copy of the<br />
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HERITAGE <strong>Glebe</strong> <strong>Report</strong> <strong>June</strong> <strong>16</strong>, <strong>2006</strong> 21<br />
Heritage designations in the <strong>Glebe</strong><br />
BY IAN McKERCHER -<br />
(With thanks to Sally Coitus of the<br />
City of Ottawa 's Heritage Staff for<br />
her invaluable assistance in writing<br />
this article.)<br />
BACKGROUND<br />
An increased concerti for the<br />
preservation of historic buildings<br />
and neighbourhoods led to the passage<br />
of the Ontario Heritage Act in<br />
1975. This legislation enabled municipalities<br />
to identify and protect<br />
properties of architectural and historic<br />
significance.<br />
The Ontario Heritage Act provides<br />
two ways to recognize and<br />
protect heritage properties. Part IV<br />
of the Act relates to individual heritage<br />
designations and Part V of the<br />
Act provides for heritage district<br />
designations. (see sidebar)<br />
INDIVIDUAL<br />
PROPERTY HERITAGE<br />
DESIGNATION<br />
Individual heritage designation<br />
applies to single properties that have<br />
a cultural heritage value. A building<br />
may be associated with an outstanding<br />
member of the community or it<br />
may have played a role in an important<br />
historical event. It may also<br />
have cultural heritage value if it is a<br />
good example of a particular type of<br />
building or architectural style or if it<br />
is the work of an important architect.<br />
Ottawa now has approximately<br />
3,500 properties designated, some<br />
individually designated and some in<br />
heritage conservation districts, rang-<br />
ing from Lowertown cottages to rural<br />
churches. Ten of these properties<br />
are in the <strong>Glebe</strong>, counting the fivedoor<br />
row of Queale Terrace at 304-<br />
312 Queen Elizabeth Drive as one<br />
designation.<br />
THE PROCESS<br />
Anyone can initiate a heritage designation<br />
by submitting a request for<br />
designation under the Heritage Act<br />
to the Planning and Growth Management<br />
Department of the City of Ottawa.<br />
Research is then done on the<br />
structure, focusing on its historic, architectural<br />
and contextual significance,<br />
and a two-phased evaluation<br />
takes place. If the structure is<br />
deemed worthy, a report is prepared<br />
for consideration by the Local Architectural<br />
Conservation Advisory<br />
Committee (LACAC) and by city<br />
council. The owner is notified, community<br />
support is solicited and the<br />
report is forwarded to LACAC and<br />
to council. If council supports the<br />
designation, an Intention to Designate<br />
is published in the city newspapers.<br />
Members of the public then<br />
have 30 days to respond to the proposed<br />
designation. City council enacts<br />
the designation by passing a bylaw.<br />
ALTERING<br />
A HERITAGE BUILDING<br />
Once a structure receives heritage<br />
designation, all major changes to the<br />
areas covered by the heritage designation<br />
must be approved by city<br />
council. Should an owner desire to<br />
change the appearance of a desig7<br />
nated building, he/she must submit<br />
an Application to Alter to Heritage<br />
staff of the Planning and Growth<br />
Management Department. Staff then<br />
prepares a report for the consideration<br />
of LACAC, the Planning and<br />
Environment Committee and city<br />
council.<br />
If the desired alteration does not<br />
detract from the building's heritage<br />
attributes, it may be allowed. For example,<br />
the developers of the condominium<br />
complex at 268 First Avenue<br />
wished to change the south entrance<br />
and add balconies on the east and<br />
west façades of the building. As the<br />
modifications respected the heritage<br />
character of the structure, they were<br />
allowed.<br />
The following pages show photos<br />
and descriptions of the ten properties<br />
in the <strong>Glebe</strong> with heritage designation.<br />
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A district heritage designation<br />
can apply to a collection of<br />
buildings, streets or open spaces<br />
of special significance to the<br />
community. A district should<br />
convey a definite sense of time<br />
and place. In 2004, John Leaning,<br />
Heritage Chair of the <strong>Glebe</strong><br />
Community Association, submitted<br />
a request to the city for<br />
the first district heritage designation<br />
in the <strong>Glebe</strong>. Named<br />
Central Park East Heritage Conservation<br />
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applied to 65 addresses in the<br />
neighbourhood of Central Park<br />
east of Bank Street. This includes<br />
houses on Clemow Avenue,<br />
O'Connor Street, <strong>Glebe</strong><br />
Avenue, Allan Place and Linden<br />
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by architect W: E. Noffke in the<br />
early 1900s, or are neighbours<br />
to a Noffke house. Work continues<br />
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Abbotsford House at 954 Bank Street<br />
The house was constructed for local businessman and land developer<br />
Alexander Mutchmor sometime between 1867 and 1872. It is a large, pitchedroof<br />
stone structure with multiple gables, fantastically decorated verge<br />
boards, quoins and a ground-floor brick bay window. It was purchased by Ottawa<br />
Mayor C.H. Mackintosh in 1879. In 1889, it became the Protestant<br />
Home for Aged Men. It has had several additions and currently functions as<br />
The <strong>Glebe</strong> Centre, offering recreational programming for resident seniors and<br />
the community.<br />
Mutchmor Public School at 185 Fifth Avenue<br />
The building dates from 1895, when it was designed by E.L. Norwood in<br />
the Romanesque Revival style. There were subsequent additions in 1911 and<br />
1920. There is a centrally-placed, round-arched entrance and a recessed door.<br />
Elaborate terra cotta imposts, a date stone and a pair of handsome wroughtiron<br />
gates further enhance the south (principal) façade. Brick is used with<br />
considerable accomplishment to create decorative features such as channels.<br />
a dog-toothed course and elaborate corbelling below the comice.<br />
First Avenue Public School at 73 First Avenue<br />
This building was constructed in 1898 in the Richardsonian Romanesque<br />
style, and is an excellent example of late 19th-century urban school architec-<br />
turc. It too was designed by E.L. Horwood, vvho served as Chief Dominion<br />
Architect during World War I. The symmetrical composition of the façade<br />
and the distinctive arched doorway, with its large brick voussoirs springirw<br />
from decorative terra cotta imposts, are prominent features of this style. A<br />
third floor was added in 1907 and major renovations were undertaken in<br />
1981, but the building retains a large degree of architectural integrity.<br />
The Aberdeen Pavilion at Lansdowne Park<br />
The building by local architect Moses C. Edey was erected in 1898 in just<br />
two months at a cost of $75,000. The last remaining example of a popular<br />
style of 19th-century exhibition hall is impressive because of its large, column-free<br />
interior space-94 metres by 39 metres. In 1904, the original Ottawa<br />
Senators won the Stanley Cup here. It was extensively refurbished in<br />
1992.<br />
Queale Terrace at 304-312 Queen Elizabeth Driveway<br />
This whimsical masterpiece of Queen Anne Revival domestic architecture<br />
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five-door row built of solid brick, with a flat roof hidden behind a fantastic<br />
façade of varying three-storey square brick towers, gables and cornices. It<br />
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The O'Connor Street Bridge at Patterson's Creek<br />
This reinforced-concrete arch, single-span bridge, constructed in 1907 by<br />
the Ottawa Improvement Commission (forerunner of the National Capital<br />
Commission), is attributed to Francis C. Sullivan. The low-profile arched<br />
bridge complements the curving creek shoreline, adding significantly to the<br />
aesthetic value of the lake, park and surrounding residential area.<br />
268 First Avenue<br />
The condominium complex currently located at 268 First Avenue at Lyon<br />
Street was built in 1912 as the Ottawa Ladies College. Designed by Allen<br />
Keefer, this is an understated example of Edwardian classicism. The building<br />
has a residential quality that reflects its origin as a boarding school for girls.<br />
The federal government took over the building in 1942 and it was used as a<br />
residence for members of the Canadian Women's Army Corps (CWAC) for<br />
the duration. From 1946 until 1959, it was the first campus of Carleton College,<br />
now Carleton University. It was then purchased by the Ottawa Board of<br />
Education and used as administrative offices. In 1999, the main structure was<br />
converted into condominiums.<br />
The Powell House at 85 <strong>Glebe</strong> Avenue<br />
Now the Vietnamese Embassy, this building is probably the pre-eminent<br />
example of notcd architect W. E. Noffke's Spanish Colonial Reyival style still<br />
standing in Ottawa today. It was commissioned and built as a private home<br />
for W. F. Powell in 1913. In partnership with Miss Adelaide Clemow, Mr.<br />
Powell was one of the pioneer land developers of the <strong>Glebe</strong>.<br />
The Horticulture Building at Lansdowne Park<br />
This building was built in 1914 as one of the rare public commissions of<br />
architect Francis C. Sullivan. The juxtaposition of clearly defined cubic<br />
masses and the use of a flat roof with cantilevered eaves show the strong<br />
influence of Frank Lloyd Wright's early work on Sullivan. In 1991, city<br />
council voted to remove the heritage designation to accommodate a convention<br />
centre proposal, but the building was re-designated a heritage structure<br />
in 1994.<br />
The <strong>Glebe</strong> Conununity Centre, 175 Third Avenue & Lyon Street<br />
This massive Palladian Revival-style building was constructed between<br />
1914 and 1924 as St. Paul's Methodist Church under the direction of Ottawa<br />
architect J. Burritt. In 1925, the congregation entered the union of the United<br />
Church of Canada and the building took on the name of St. James United<br />
Church. The monumental copper dome of the rotunda is a prominent<br />
<strong>Glebe</strong> landmark. The original grand entrance portico facing north displays<br />
Tuscan stone columns and pediment. In 1973, the City of Ottawa acquired<br />
the building as a community centre. In 2004, it was completely renovated<br />
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24 <strong>Glebe</strong> <strong>Report</strong> <strong>June</strong> <strong>16</strong>, <strong>2006</strong> MUSIC<br />
<strong>2006</strong> Folkfest launched<br />
ROil Sexsmith<br />
BY CAROL SILCOFF<br />
The <strong>2006</strong> Ottawa Folk Festival<br />
will be held at Britannia Park, Aug.<br />
18-20. The theme of this year's festival<br />
is "music on a human scale."<br />
This relates to the fact that the festival<br />
is held in scenic, accessible and<br />
comfortable surroundings, offers<br />
programming that is environmentally<br />
and family friendly, as well as interactive,<br />
and presents a range of<br />
acoustic music diverse enough to<br />
suit many different tastes. This year,<br />
the festival is providing an "audiophile<br />
comfort zone" for those will-<br />
ing to pay a higher price ($100) for a<br />
comfortable, reserved seat in a quiet,<br />
covered area close to the mainstage.<br />
The festival also strives to create an<br />
atmosphere of civility and "peaceful<br />
co-existence" among various segments<br />
of the audience, including<br />
youth.<br />
For the first time,' the festival will<br />
hold a youth-oriented concert downtown<br />
(on Thurs., Aug. 17) at the New<br />
Capital Music Hall, featuring a dynamite<br />
quadruple bill with the<br />
Sadies (country rock, psychedelia,<br />
surf, punk and bluegrass), Ridley<br />
Bent (alt-country "hick hop" rap<br />
master), the Agnostic Mountain<br />
Gospel Choir (percussive Delta and<br />
Appalachian music) and the Stars'<br />
Amy Millan (lush pop and roots music)<br />
who is touring her first-ever solo<br />
CD. Each of these acts will also perform<br />
in workshops or mini-concerts<br />
at Britannia Park during the festival<br />
weekend.<br />
Also on Thursday evening, the<br />
previously announced celebration of<br />
the 25th anniversary of Rasputin's<br />
Folk Café will be held at the Library<br />
and Archives Canada Auditorium.<br />
Erick Manana, one of Madagascar's<br />
musical giants, will open the show<br />
for singer-songwriters Lynn Miles,<br />
Ian Tamblyn and Bill Bourne.<br />
A rootsy mix of singer-songwriters,<br />
high-energy acoustic bands and<br />
world music will be presented on the<br />
mainstage at Britannia Park. Friday<br />
night's headliner will be alt-country<br />
artist Steve Earle, who paints a compelling<br />
contemporary landscape with<br />
MUS!<br />
his mix of deeply personal and intensely<br />
political views.<br />
The Saturday evening concert<br />
will include Ron Sexsmith (one of<br />
Canada's most widely respected<br />
singer/songwriters), Ferron (who<br />
continues to blaze a trail for feminist<br />
folk artists), Balfa Toujours (a<br />
Louisiana band that is making a<br />
name for itself both on the Cajun<br />
circuit and in the larger realm of traditional<br />
music) and the Robert<br />
Michaels Band (Michaels is arguably<br />
Canada's most accomplished<br />
Latin jazz guitarist).<br />
The Sunday evening concert will<br />
feature Iris DeMent, one of the most<br />
celebrated country-folk performers<br />
in America today. DeMent's collaboration<br />
with folk-country legend<br />
John Prine, In S'pite of Ourselves,<br />
earned her a Grammy nomination.<br />
Consummate country-folk artist<br />
Greg Brown, described by Rolling<br />
Stone as "a wickedly sharp observer<br />
of the human condition," will also<br />
perform on Sunday evening. Also on<br />
the bill is American pop diva Dar<br />
Williams, who writes songs (exploring<br />
such issues as religion, politics<br />
and the environment) recognized for<br />
their depth and authenticity.<br />
Other artists on the mainstage<br />
during the weekend include the<br />
Montreal-based blues/folk/jazz duo<br />
of Dawn Tyler Watson and Paul<br />
Deslauriers, fiddler Erynn Marshall<br />
and clawhammer king Chris Coole,<br />
world-class ukulele sensation James<br />
Hill, the highly energetic Québécois<br />
band Mauvais Sort, and the intoxicating<br />
Cuban band Valle Son.<br />
Daytime performers (on Saturday<br />
and Sunday) and workshops are too<br />
numerous to mention, but <strong>Glebe</strong> <strong>Report</strong><br />
readers might want to check out<br />
the morning raga performed on Saturday<br />
by Vishwa Mohan Bhatt, one<br />
of India's leading cultural ambassadors,<br />
the gospel concert and brunch<br />
(available for a modest fee) on Sunday<br />
morning, a Phil Ochs tribute<br />
workshop hosted by Sonny Ochs<br />
(sister of the late "protest" singersongwriter),<br />
klezmer musical and<br />
dance performances, and various<br />
workshops with the intriguing<br />
theme of "East meets West."<br />
Once again, Gray Line will operate<br />
a free shuttle bus between the<br />
<strong>Glebe</strong> and Britannia Park; Arbour<br />
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More info about the festival can<br />
be obtained at www.otta,wafolk.org.<br />
Festival passes can be purchased online<br />
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The Glebop Jazz Trio: (L-R) Howard Tweddle on bass, John Haysom on<br />
horns, Bert Waslander on piano.<br />
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the Arrow and Loon, <strong>June</strong> 18<br />
BY ODILE WASLANDER<br />
The Glebop Jazz Trio will celebrate its second anniversary at the Arrow and<br />
Loon on Sun., <strong>June</strong> 18. The band consists of John Haysom on horns, Bert<br />
Waslander on pianoboth long-time residents of the <strong>Glebe</strong>and Howard<br />
Tweddle on bass. An enthusiastic core group of fans turns up and many others<br />
come out to find out what Glebop sounds like when the band plays, every<br />
Sunday evening, 6-8 p.m.<br />
Over the band's two years, many players of the jazz community have joined<br />
in. On Sun., <strong>June</strong> 18, this happy history will be celebrated with a jam session<br />
with players and vocalists who have played with the band from time to time.<br />
We will also celebrate Elie Khalil's second anniversary as owner of the<br />
Arrow and Loon. Please come and join us for music and cake on <strong>June</strong> 18.<br />
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MUSIC<br />
Ottawa Symphony Orchestra:<br />
music that moves you!<br />
OTTAWA<br />
SYMPHONY<br />
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The Ottawa Symphony Orchestra<br />
(OSO) announces its 41st season<br />
with the theme Music That Moves<br />
You. As music director David Currie<br />
notes: "I often get requests from local<br />
music-lovers to perform their<br />
favourite works. This season, I'm<br />
delighted to include many of those<br />
suggestions in our program." The result<br />
is a series of concerts made up<br />
of some of the most popular and best<br />
loved music of all time.<br />
On Oct. 3, the OSO will greet its<br />
new fall season with music from the<br />
New World. Aaron Copland uses<br />
American folk tunes to evoke rural<br />
Pennsylvania in Appalachian<br />
Spring. ln Putnam's Camp, Charles<br />
Ives reflects the amazement and<br />
amusement of a small boy as he daydreams<br />
of two marching bands, each<br />
trying to outplay the other. And<br />
Dvorâk's awe at the beauties of<br />
America bursts forth in his New<br />
World Symphony.<br />
The tone changes on Nov. 13,<br />
when the orchestra plays music of<br />
farewell. Richard Strauss' Four Last<br />
Songs is the hauntingly beautiful<br />
creation of an artist in the autumn of<br />
his life. Brahms chooses moving<br />
passages from the Bible to make A<br />
German Requiem one of the most<br />
poignant of all requiems and one of<br />
the most beloved pieces of choral<br />
music of the 19th century. Presented<br />
in partnership with the Ottawa<br />
Choral Society, soprano Monica<br />
Whicher and baritone Peter<br />
McGillivray join the OSO for this<br />
concert.<br />
The concert on Jan. 29, 2007, will<br />
be full of French and Canadian favourites.<br />
Pierre Mercure's Kaléidoscope<br />
conjures up a palette of<br />
swirling colours. Then follows the<br />
world premiere of a new viola concerto<br />
by Ottawa's internationally acclaimed<br />
Steven Gellman, with soloist<br />
Jethro Marks. And no music can<br />
excite an audience like Camille<br />
Saint-Saëns' Organ Symphony, making<br />
full use of the monumental power<br />
of the organ to create a truly majestic<br />
celebration of sound.<br />
Unmistakably Russian masterpieces<br />
make up the program on<br />
March 5, 2007. Tchaikovsky's<br />
Romeo and Juliet captures the passion<br />
of this immortal love story. In<br />
The Firebird, Stravinsky began to<br />
create the radical new style that<br />
made him the most important composer<br />
of the 20th century. At once<br />
gentle and swaggering, sprightly and<br />
wistful, Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet<br />
stands as perhaps the greatest ballet<br />
score ever written.<br />
The OSO closes its season with<br />
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his great Symphony No. 6, his most<br />
personal creation. Mahler describes<br />
himself and his own downfall, a hero<br />
crushed by his tragic destiny, in this<br />
heart-rending masterpiece.<br />
The OSO's past extends back to<br />
<strong>Glebe</strong> Collegiate where in 1966 the<br />
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The National Capital Region's<br />
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Fri., <strong>June</strong> 30, 7:30 p.m<br />
presenting sacred and light-hearted<br />
choral works with organ music<br />
St. Matthew's Anglican Church in the <strong>Glebe</strong> will play host to the Chapel<br />
Choir of Corpus Christi College, Oxford University. on Fri., <strong>June</strong> 30.<br />
Founded in 1517, the college has a strong choral tradition and supports<br />
about 200 students studying a wide variety of subjects. The choir sings a<br />
weekly service of choral evensong or sung eucharist in the college chapel,<br />
where they perform a variety of sacred works in the English choral tradition,<br />
ranging from Handel and Byrd through to more modern composers such as<br />
Stafford and Laurisden. In 2005, the choir released its most recent CD, Pie<br />
Pelicane, which met with critical acclaim from Fanfare magazine and was<br />
deemed to be deserving of a "place in any music-lover's collection" by the<br />
Oxford Times. Tickets: $15/10 available from the church office: call 234-<br />
4024, e-mail: simonsc@bellnet.ca. Also available at the door at 217 First Avenue/130<br />
<strong>Glebe</strong> Avenue.<br />
<strong>Glebe</strong> <strong>Report</strong> <strong>June</strong> <strong>16</strong>, <strong>2006</strong> 25<br />
PHOTO: 00! LE WASLANDER<br />
Horn section players, L-R: Bob Godkin on sax, John Palmer on clarinet and<br />
Jacques Waisvisz on trombone.<br />
Swampwater Jazz Band<br />
does it again!<br />
B Y ODILE WASLANDER<br />
The Swampwater Jazz Band has done it again. They played from 8:30 am.<br />
to noon at 372 Third Avenue during the Great <strong>Glebe</strong> Garage Sale, raising<br />
$1,<strong>36</strong>8 for The Ottawa Food Bank, thanks to the generous support of the<br />
community and visitors.<br />
People looked all over to find where this jazz band was playing and were<br />
so pleased to have found them for their last set. They will be back next year.<br />
Others worked hard as well. Three girls from across the streetErin, Kate<br />
and Rachel Birniewere selling their toys for the whole morning. When the<br />
band stopped playing, they donated all their earnings to The Ottawa Food<br />
Banka total of $114.83. They started this tradition last year because they<br />
wanted to help out.<br />
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Patterson Creek Park<br />
<strong>Glebe</strong> photographer at Mill Street Gallery in Almonte<br />
This summer is a busy time for<br />
<strong>Glebe</strong> photographer Mark Schacter.<br />
A three-week exhibition of his photos<br />
opened earlier this month at the<br />
Mill Street Gallery in the historic<br />
wool-milling town of Almonte, west<br />
of Ottawa. The exhibition runs<br />
through <strong>June</strong> 25. The aallery, at 79<br />
Mill Street, is open from 10:30 a.m.<br />
to 4:30 p.m., Tuesday to Friday, and<br />
from noon to 5 p.m. on weekends.<br />
Later in the summer his exhibition,<br />
entitled Light and Truth, moves to<br />
the <strong>Glebe</strong> Community Centre, where<br />
it will hang for the month of September.<br />
Mark's photos are an eclectic mix<br />
of urban scenes, landscapes and architectural<br />
images, with a few stylized<br />
images of hi.s family's two cats<br />
thrown in for good measure. What<br />
ties all the pieces together is M.ark's<br />
fascination with shape and form,<br />
light and shadow.<br />
Mark's "real job," as he puts it, is<br />
policy and strategy consulting, main-<br />
Photo. Mark SchacMr<br />
ly for federal government clients. He<br />
runs his consulting business out of<br />
his home. But photography has long<br />
been a passion, and he began to pursue<br />
it with greater intensity in 2004<br />
when he purchased a digital camera.<br />
"Digital gives me a degree of creative<br />
control over images that wasn't<br />
available before," he said. "I don't<br />
have traditional darkroom skills, but<br />
it's amazing what you can do with a<br />
digital darkroom." Anyone who<br />
knows the <strong>Glebe</strong> will recoanize it in<br />
Mark's work: "This is a great neighbourhood<br />
for a photographer."<br />
Patterson Creek, just steps from<br />
his home, is one of his favourite locations.<br />
His portfolio includes dramatic<br />
images of the small bridges at<br />
either end of the creek, including<br />
one that captures golden, late-afternoon<br />
sunlight reflected on the inside<br />
wall of the O'Connor Street<br />
bridge.<br />
"I was in the right place at the<br />
right time, camera in hand," he said.<br />
Another imageone that captures<br />
the essence of the canal in winter<br />
shows skaters gliding beneath the<br />
arch under the Queen Elizabeth Driveway,<br />
their long shadows stretched<br />
out ahead of them. "I was out on the<br />
ice for a couple of hours until I had a<br />
shot I liked. My fingers aot pretty<br />
cold," he said. But that didn't prepare<br />
him for the full day he and his<br />
wife, Shereen Miller, spent on Patterson<br />
Creek in February, displaying<br />
his work at Art on Ice. "We froze!<br />
But the reaction to my work was<br />
very positive, and it was a great<br />
event for me and all the other artists<br />
who exhibited," he said.<br />
Mark recently spent several days<br />
on Cape Breton Island taking photographs<br />
for Cape Breton Clay, a maker<br />
of fine potte,ry that will sell his images<br />
over the summer as a complement<br />
to its own product line.<br />
Mark ventures farther afield as<br />
well. Some of his favourite images<br />
corne from, among other places,<br />
eastern Ontario, Quebec, the Northwest<br />
Territories, New York City,<br />
Washington State, Crete and Israel.<br />
A virtual gallery of Mark's work can<br />
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Site 4: 219 <strong>Glebe</strong> Avenue<br />
Alice Hintherpainted art furniture<br />
Lynda Turnerstone lithography, paintings<br />
Rosemary Scraggcast plaster<br />
Carolynne Pynn-Trudeaupottery<br />
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Be sure to mark your calendars for this very popular summer event. Sixteen<br />
artists will be exhibiting and selling their work on nine sites on Saturday<br />
and Sunday, July 8-9, from 11 am. to 5 p.m., amidst the beauty of midsummer<br />
gardens. This year. we will be raising money to benefit programming<br />
at Abbotsford House. Admission is free and you may visit sites in any<br />
order on the two days.<br />
Save a treekeep this page of the <strong>Glebe</strong> <strong>Report</strong>.<br />
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28 <strong>Glebe</strong> <strong>Report</strong> <strong>June</strong> <strong>16</strong>, <strong>2006</strong> ART<br />
S NAPDRAGON<br />
GALLERY<br />
"Chez nous<br />
Acrylic paintings on canvas<br />
by Pauline Leccours Clancy<br />
Friday, <strong>June</strong> 2, to Tuesday, July 4<br />
Pauline Leccours Clancy grew up in northern Ontario, along the<br />
Lake Superior shore. She has a healthy respect for the life skills of<br />
the settlers that she saw there. Pauline knows their story, both stark<br />
and beautiful, and she tells it in her work.<br />
Blink Gallery robbed!<br />
BY KATHRIN VON DEHN<br />
It was to be the second year of Blink Gallery at Header House in Major's<br />
Hill Park, Ottawa. The Blink Collective, a group of 14 local visual artists, had<br />
their opening on May 28. By the morning of May 29, all the work had disappeared,<br />
gone without a clue as to motivation or signs of entry. The Ottawa Police<br />
detective in charge of the case has never seen anything like it.<br />
As one of the members of Blink, and a new one at that, for me it was an extremely<br />
shocking incident. I had joined the collective recently and was looking<br />
forward to being part of a group of emerging professional artists. Our<br />
mandate is to show edgy, interesting and unusual works and to hold workshops<br />
to educate<br />
the public on our<br />
chosen craft. I<br />
was asked to be<br />
the resident jew-<br />
eller and had over<br />
50 pieces in my collectionall,<br />
of course, now<br />
missing.<br />
I have been a<br />
Glebite for the<br />
past four years<br />
and have been<br />
designing and producing jew-<br />
ellery and paint-<br />
ings for the past<br />
15 years. I stud- ied in Toronto at<br />
George Brown College for three<br />
years in the Jew-<br />
ellery Arts program<br />
and was a<br />
three-year resident<br />
at Toronto's<br />
anartist's<br />
Harbourfront studio.<br />
Since mov-<br />
ing to Ottawa and<br />
prior to joining<br />
Blink, I missed<br />
belonging to communi-<br />
Kathrin Von Dehn<br />
ty. Although most of us work<br />
independently, we all benefit from being part of an association of other artists.<br />
Each member's knowledge and experience, the ideas and perspectives, the<br />
critiques of our work, all help us progress and grow as artists.<br />
We have certainly come together as a group during the last week as a result<br />
of this theft, and I have seen the positive and creative energy explode. This incident<br />
has made us feel violated, but it will make us stronger. The whole artist<br />
community, not only in Ottawa, but across the country, has sent out their support<br />
as well. The owner of Cube Gallery, Don Monet, immediately planned,<br />
then hosted a benefit for us on Sun., <strong>June</strong> 11.<br />
We would appreciate it if you would take the time to check out our website<br />
at www.blinkgallery.ca. On it, you will find updates and some of the images<br />
of the stolen work. Please call your local police department if you see any of<br />
the stolen work anywhere. Blink Gallery continues to be committed to the Ottawa<br />
arts community.<br />
Gallery Hours:<br />
Tuesday to Friday: 10 am. to 6 p.m.<br />
Saturday: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.<br />
Sunday: noon to 5 p.m.<br />
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In her exhibit entitled Eleven Pieces Old & New at the <strong>Glebe</strong> COmmunity<br />
Centre, Tanis Dennis shows the transition of her drawings and paintings over<br />
the years. After studying fine arts at college and university, art took a back<br />
seat for a number of years as Tanis worked on her career as a librarian and<br />
then as a stay-at-home mom. Her passion for making art would occasionally<br />
resurface as she completed a drawing or painting for her children. That passion<br />
was fully reignited when Tanis was asked to submit a painting for a collage<br />
celebrating Alberta's 100th anniversary. Since then, Tanis has spent more<br />
time focusing on painting and creating art. As well as trying to make time for<br />
her own art work. Tanis teaches art classes at Lady Evelyn School and Arts<br />
Under One Roof at <strong>Glebe</strong>-St. James United Church.<br />
Art is exhibited in the Meeting Room located on the main floor<br />
of the <strong>Glebe</strong> Community Centre.
SCHOOL NEWS<br />
<strong>Glebe</strong> <strong>Report</strong> <strong>June</strong> <strong>16</strong>, <strong>2006</strong> 29<br />
PHOTO KATE. MteARTNEY<br />
Making lifelong friends at preschool. Soon-to-be-graduating students<br />
Gillian Parkes and Maryn MacLeod in the GCNS play ground.<br />
<strong>Glebe</strong> Co-operative Nursery School<br />
gives thanks<br />
BY GILLIAN MANN<br />
It is hard to believe it is <strong>June</strong> with<br />
the end of the school year fast approaching.<br />
This year has been a busy<br />
and fun one at the <strong>Glebe</strong> Co-operative<br />
Nursery School (GCNS). We've<br />
enjoyed it all: the art activities, the<br />
music, the special guests, the class<br />
trips and the theme parties in the<br />
community centre. We want to thank<br />
our terrific teachers, Vicky Hadd,<br />
Cindy LeBreton and Sharon Green,<br />
for all of their hard work and enthusiasm,<br />
and the care and dedication<br />
they devote to our children's development.<br />
We look forward to working<br />
with you again next year.<br />
We also want to thank everyone<br />
who participated in our annual<br />
Mother's Day Plant Sale. Despite<br />
the poor weather, the event went<br />
very well and many community<br />
members came out to buy perennials,<br />
annuals, bake sale items and<br />
other goodies. Your support is greatly<br />
appreciated. We also want to acknowledge<br />
those companies and in-<br />
dividuals who donated their time<br />
and/or items for our raffle, including<br />
the Sassy Bead Company, Roy Mac-<br />
Gregor, Bloomfield's Flowers, Tangles<br />
Hair Salon, Starbucks, Tamarack<br />
Homes and The Papery. Special<br />
thanks also go to those board and<br />
volunteer members of GCNS who<br />
organized the plant and food sales,<br />
the bake sale, the raffle and the special<br />
events of the day. The Ottawa<br />
Police booth was a big hit, as were<br />
the face painting and craft tables.<br />
Everyone loved Oftbeat's performancethis<br />
stomp-based rhythm<br />
group from <strong>Glebe</strong> Collegiate was a<br />
huge hit with people of all ages, and<br />
we look forward to having them<br />
back again next year.<br />
Finally, many thanks to all those<br />
who have made the 2005-06 school<br />
year such a success. Included in this<br />
group are duty parents, special-event<br />
volunteers, returning and retiring<br />
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Congratulations,<br />
graduates!<br />
By<br />
OCCSB<br />
Trustee<br />
Kathy<br />
Ablett<br />
It hardly seems possible that the<br />
end of another school year is upon<br />
us. These last few weeks are crampacked<br />
full of final school projects,<br />
studying for exams and class outings.<br />
There will be graduation from<br />
Grade 6 at Corpus Christi to a wonderful<br />
new school and, for Immaculata<br />
Grade 12 students, the final<br />
days of high school, the excitement<br />
of prom night and looking ahead to<br />
the world of work or continuing studies<br />
at college or university. All in<br />
all, it is a very busy time and one to<br />
be shared and enjoyed. I wish to extend<br />
my congratulations to each and<br />
every one of you for another successful<br />
year. Best wishes for a wonderful<br />
and relaxing summer break.<br />
<strong>2006</strong>-07 SCHOOL YEAR<br />
CALENDAR<br />
The Ministry of Education recently<br />
approved the proposed<br />
school year calendar for the upcoming<br />
school year. Please note the following<br />
dates:<br />
School Holidays:<br />
Labour Day: Sept. 4<br />
*Thanksgiving Day: Oct. 9<br />
Christmas Break:<br />
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*First day of school after<br />
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*Good Friday: April 6, 2007<br />
*Easter Monday: April 9. 2007<br />
Victoria Day: May 21, 2007<br />
Last day of school year<br />
(secondary): <strong>June</strong> 26, 2007<br />
*Last day of school year<br />
(elementary): <strong>June</strong> 27, 2007<br />
Professional Development Days:<br />
(all schools unless otherwise noted)<br />
Fri., Oct. 6<br />
*Fri., Dec. 8<br />
(elementary only;<br />
excludes all Grades 7 and 8,<br />
except St. Michael, Fitzroy)<br />
*Fri., Feb. 2. 2007<br />
*Wed., <strong>June</strong> 27, 2007<br />
(secondary only;<br />
includes all Grades 7 and 8,<br />
except St. Michael, Fitzroy)<br />
Thurs., <strong>June</strong> 28, 2007<br />
High School Examination<br />
Schedule: (all schools semestered)<br />
*Jan. 26 to Feb. 1, 2007<br />
<strong>June</strong> 20-26, 2007<br />
NEW<br />
COMMUNICATION TOOL<br />
The board has recently launched a<br />
new communication tool called The<br />
Spirit. It will present forward-looking<br />
plans, ideas and events that will<br />
be of interest to you. Watch for it to<br />
come online at www2.occdsb.on.ea.<br />
BOARD BUDGET<br />
The board is on its way to a balanced<br />
budget. I will post further details<br />
when they become available.<br />
My personal thanks to all members<br />
of Corpus Christi and Immaculata<br />
High School parent councils.<br />
You aive so freely of your time and<br />
support to your schools, your students<br />
and their teachers. This is truly<br />
a partnership that is welcomed and<br />
appreciated. See you in September.<br />
TRUSTEE REPORTS<br />
First female principal<br />
for <strong>Glebe</strong> Collegiate!<br />
By<br />
OCDSB<br />
Trustee<br />
Lynn<br />
Graham<br />
LEADERSHIP AT<br />
CAPITAL WARD<br />
SCHOOLS<br />
Another school year is drawing to<br />
a close and 1 want to thank everyone<br />
who is making a contribution to our<br />
public school system. As I work<br />
closely with principals and school<br />
council chairs, I would like to mention<br />
this group in particular:<br />
At Hopewell, principal Ken Blogg<br />
is retiring after two years in that position<br />
and many previous years in<br />
teaching and administrative assignments<br />
with the Ottawa Board of Education<br />
and the OCDSB. Sincere<br />
thanks to Ken for a lifetime commitment<br />
to education, and to Hopewell<br />
school council chair Diane Hiscox.<br />
Barbara Johnston-Iafelice, who is an<br />
experienced principal with the<br />
OCDSB, will be Hopewell's new<br />
principal. Welcome, Barbara.<br />
*At <strong>Glebe</strong> Collegiate, principal Walter<br />
Piovesan will be leaving after<br />
one year at GC1 to become a superintendent<br />
of instructi6n with the<br />
OCDSB. Congratulations and<br />
thanks to Walter and to GCI school<br />
council chair Gerry Ohlsen. Pat Kulka,<br />
vice-principal at GCI since<br />
2002, will be the new principal.<br />
Congratulations to Pat, the first female<br />
principal in <strong>Glebe</strong>'s long history!<br />
*At First Avenue School, principal<br />
Julie Morris is continuing in her<br />
present capacity. A big thank-you to<br />
her and to school council chair Sean<br />
Maddox.<br />
*At Lady Evelyn, principal Lori<br />
Lovett is also continuing as principal.<br />
Sincere thanks to her and to<br />
school council co-chairs Dominic<br />
Fontaine and Teresa LeGrand.<br />
*At Mutchmor, principal Lynn Watson-Senecal<br />
will also be back in the<br />
fall. Appreciation to her and to<br />
school council chair Megan Wallace.<br />
SUMMER CONTACTS<br />
For general information, check<br />
the board's website at www.ocdsb.<br />
ca or call the 24-hour information<br />
line at 596-8222. Here are some useful<br />
phone numbers:<br />
*summer courses & programs:<br />
239-2325 (8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.)<br />
'schools & programs for<br />
<strong>2006</strong>-07 school year: 596-8780<br />
'transportation: 596-8256<br />
Elementary school offices are<br />
closed for the summer and will reopen<br />
on Mon., Aug. 28. Secondary<br />
school offices are open all summer<br />
and staff can respond to questions<br />
and make appointments with school<br />
administrative staff for the week of<br />
Aug. 28. The first day of school for<br />
elementary and secondary students<br />
is Tues., Sept. 5.<br />
EDUCATION FUNDING<br />
As I mentioned in last month's<br />
column, the provincial government<br />
released its third budget on Mar. 23.<br />
However, that announcement provided<br />
only the budget framework.<br />
School boards are still awaiting grant<br />
details in order to set their budgets<br />
for the <strong>2006</strong>-07 school year. The delay<br />
is to some extent understandable,<br />
due to the April 5 appointment of the<br />
new Minister of Education, Sandra<br />
Pupatello. However, the late announcement<br />
of grants negates proper<br />
public consultation and leaves<br />
school boards scrambling to have<br />
everything in place for September.<br />
NEW ONTARIO<br />
LEGISLATION:THE<br />
PASSAGE OF BILL 78<br />
On <strong>June</strong> 1, the Ontario legislature<br />
passed Bill 78, the Student Performance<br />
Bill. It includes several<br />
amendments to the Education Act<br />
and the Ontario College of Teachers'<br />
Act, including:<br />
*authority to school boards to provide<br />
instruction by electronic means<br />
to students not in the classroom;<br />
*replacement of the Ontario College<br />
of Teachers Qualifying Test (OTQT)<br />
with effective mentoring programs<br />
for beginning teachers;<br />
ability to increase the number of<br />
professional activity days for teacher<br />
training;<br />
*additional resources, including an<br />
honorarium, for student trustees;<br />
*increase in trustee remuneration<br />
(currently the range is between<br />
$5,000 and $10,000 per annum for<br />
trustees across the province).<br />
1 have two general concerns with<br />
this legislation. First, several articles<br />
reflect an ongoing provincial trend to<br />
transfer authority from local school<br />
boards to the provincial government.<br />
Second, the Bill assigns extensive<br />
regulatory authority to the government<br />
on a wide range of issues (class<br />
size, for example). While regulations<br />
allow for flexibility and regular updating,<br />
they are not subject to debate<br />
or approval in the legislature. Let's<br />
hope the provision for consultation<br />
with stakeholders is meaningful! For<br />
more information, go to www.edu.<br />
gov.on.ca/eng/new/new.html.<br />
CONTACT INFORMATION<br />
THROUGHOUT<br />
THE SUMMER<br />
Lynn Graham, Ottawa-Carleton District<br />
School Board, 133 Greenbank<br />
Road, Ottawa, Ontario K2H 6L3.<br />
Tel: 730-3<strong>36</strong>6.<br />
Fax: 730-3589.<br />
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SCHOOL NEWS <strong>Glebe</strong> <strong>Report</strong> <strong>June</strong> <strong>16</strong>, <strong>2006</strong> 31<br />
<strong>Glebe</strong> Montessori School's spring French theatrical production of Saint-<br />
Exupéry 's Le Petit Prince.<br />
<strong>Glebe</strong> Montessori School<br />
thanks the <strong>Glebe</strong> community<br />
BY YVONNE THIJSEN<br />
In celebration of our lOth anniversary,<br />
<strong>Glebe</strong> Montessori School<br />
(GMS) launched a campaign in collaboration<br />
with Free the Children to<br />
raise $10,000 to build a school in<br />
the Maasai Mara region of Kenya.<br />
We are delighted to announce that,<br />
with the support of our students,<br />
parents, staff and the community,<br />
we have surpassed our goal of<br />
$10,000. GTV1S thanks everyone, including<br />
<strong>Glebe</strong> businesses, for their<br />
generous contributions and for their<br />
participation in our many fundraising<br />
events.<br />
Promotion of the arts went handin-hand<br />
with our fundraising objectives.<br />
GMS sponsored an Opera<br />
Gala for the community in February,<br />
hosted by Lawrence Wall and featuring<br />
Free the Children's founder<br />
Craig Kielburger who gave an opening<br />
address. The talented artists<br />
Alexander Savtchenko, Susan Blyth-<br />
Schofield, George Valettas, Laura<br />
Dziubaniuk and Renée Villemaire<br />
gave outstanding performances. A<br />
Cello for Chelsea was the second<br />
arts fundraiser, starring Margaret<br />
Munro Tobolowska, cellist with the<br />
NAC Orchestra. The in-fists presented<br />
special workshops for our students<br />
prior to the concerts. The final<br />
musical event at Zaphod Beeblebrox,<br />
kindly sponsored by Eugene<br />
Haslam, raised $1,800 for our campaign.<br />
The GMS focus on the arts as a<br />
major venue for fundraising is consistent<br />
with our belief in the overall<br />
importance of art in education. Combining<br />
our extensive arts curriculum<br />
and cultural studies program with<br />
our Build a School in Kenya campaign<br />
provided students with the opportunity<br />
to enjoy the benefits of an<br />
integrated curriculum, the cornerstone<br />
of the Montessori philosophy.<br />
The GMS commitment to the arts<br />
and its ability to unite people for a<br />
common cause have brought much<br />
pleasure. to our students and staff.<br />
Again, we thank everyone for joining<br />
our efforts on behalf of Free the<br />
Children.<br />
In a pickle, outer space and hearing<br />
from Justice Gomery<br />
BY LYNN MAINLAND<br />
Samuel Taylor Coleridge said that<br />
poetry is putting "the best words in<br />
the best order," and eight students<br />
from First Avenue Public School<br />
proved that they can do just that.<br />
They all had winning entries in this<br />
year's Poetry Institute of Canada<br />
competition, and have had their poems<br />
published in The Pickle Tree, a<br />
copy of which can be found in the<br />
school library. We hope that the poets,<br />
shown in the photo below, continue<br />
to follow their muse!<br />
Also on the arts front, the school<br />
held its annual Vernissage Art Show<br />
on <strong>June</strong> 8, with all proceeds going to<br />
the Kagoua School in Moribila,<br />
Mali. Every student from Grade 1 to<br />
Grade 6 had at least one artwork on<br />
display, and families provided<br />
snacks so that kids visiting the temporary<br />
gallery could munch and<br />
marvel.<br />
We all know that engineers can<br />
raise bridges and buildings, but super-volunteer<br />
Gordon Griffith has<br />
been proving that they know how to<br />
raise new talent too. As First Avenue's<br />
Engineer in Residence (EIR),<br />
Gordon has been showirw students<br />
how science and technology can get<br />
out of the classroom and into the<br />
real world. The EIR program is<br />
spearheaded by Professional Engineers<br />
Ontario in partnership with<br />
government and the private sector,<br />
and the school is very pleased to be<br />
benefiting from it.<br />
Grade 6 students and their parents<br />
will also be able to benefit from the<br />
wisdom and advice of Justice<br />
Gomery, the guest speaker at their<br />
graduation ceremony on <strong>June</strong> 26,<br />
1:30 p.m., in the gym. Budding<br />
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Once again, these students have also<br />
boldly gone where generations of<br />
First Avenue final-year students have<br />
aone beforethe Laval Cosmodome!<br />
The kids explored the solar<br />
system and saw a real moon rock.<br />
Many thanks to organizer Suzanne<br />
McCarthy, teacher contacts Stephanie<br />
Borrens and Sandra DeVries, and trip<br />
chaperones Brad, Laurice, Allison<br />
and Paul, for a mission acComplished!<br />
Planning for next year's voyage<br />
is already under way in the capable<br />
hands of Sue Sidebottom.<br />
The end of the school year means<br />
that it is time to say goodbye, not just<br />
to the Grade 6 students, but also to<br />
staff who have given so much to the<br />
First Avenue community. Several<br />
staff are going on leave, but two are<br />
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supported teachers' and students'<br />
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school. Claire Martin, who has<br />
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also for the last three years, has accepted<br />
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32 <strong>Glebe</strong> <strong>Report</strong> <strong>June</strong> <strong>16</strong>, <strong>2006</strong> SCHOOL NEWS<br />
Mutchmor schoolyard transformation: how can you help?<br />
BY<br />
LEONORE<br />
EVANS<br />
This summer<br />
you will<br />
see some<br />
changes happening<br />
in<br />
Mutchmor's<br />
junior yard.<br />
The Mutchmor<br />
yard<br />
transformation<br />
team has<br />
put together a<br />
plan to bring<br />
a little magic<br />
into our western<br />
yard. The<br />
larger plan is<br />
to tackle one<br />
yard at a time,<br />
next the primary,<br />
and the<br />
year after the<br />
field. Some<br />
ideas for the<br />
field include<br />
seating, maybe éven a gazebo. Yard<br />
transformation will be an ongoing<br />
process, which will require support<br />
from parents and the community.<br />
The goal this summer is to bring a<br />
little life, colour and magic into the<br />
junior yard. As it presents itself now,<br />
the junior yard does not have much<br />
to offer. There is no seating, so students<br />
usually sit on the ground. Although<br />
the trees along the fence are<br />
growing up well, there is very little<br />
shade for most of the yard area. The<br />
ILLUSTRATON BY 10ANA TEODORBSCU<br />
nook in the northeast corner has<br />
been cordoned off due to temporary<br />
stone storage. The new dumpster enclosure<br />
cuts into a four square<br />
(painted on the pavement), and cuts<br />
off the area where a large, empty<br />
planter stands. The fence surrounding<br />
the (temporary) parking lot cuts<br />
into the painted soccer field. There<br />
is only asphalt and hardly any<br />
colour. Under these circumstances,<br />
it should not be too difficult to bring<br />
about some change!<br />
Phase one of our junior yard plan<br />
is to build three cob benches along<br />
the south fence and east school<br />
wall. We will paint several murals<br />
on the gym doors and on the storage<br />
shed in the nook. Bright targets,<br />
painted on good-quality plywood,<br />
will be attached to the gym wall. A<br />
second tetherball will be installed.<br />
The asphalt area behind the dumpster<br />
will be taken up and a tree will<br />
be planted, with a bench around it to<br />
help protect it. The southern fence<br />
will be decorated by a colourful<br />
wave of student-made sun-catchers.<br />
We hope to have accomplished all<br />
of this by the fall. Phase two of our<br />
plan includes installing several<br />
chess tables along the western fence<br />
and a small art gallery in the same<br />
area.<br />
Mutchmor students reduce,<br />
reuse and recycle<br />
BY SAVANNAH, GILLIAN<br />
AND ANIQUE, GRADE 3/4<br />
In the past few months, the<br />
Mutchmor environment club has<br />
been participating in a number of<br />
different activities. One of the most<br />
important things we have been doing<br />
is planting seeds for the Mutchmor<br />
garden. We have planted snapdragons,<br />
poppies and many other<br />
beautifitl flowers. If you are ever<br />
walking past Mutchmor, take a look<br />
at the garden. It is so beautiful!<br />
Another activity the environment<br />
club has been involved in is picking<br />
up litter in and around the school.<br />
We actually found about 10 discarded<br />
water bottles. You can make<br />
many different things out of empty<br />
water bottles. You could make a piggy<br />
bank or, if you have More than<br />
one, you could fill them with something<br />
heavy, like sand, and use them<br />
as bowling pins. Better yet you<br />
could reuse them.<br />
Just think how beautiful the city<br />
would be if everybody picked up 10<br />
pieces of garbage. The next time you<br />
go to the store to buy something,<br />
don't just throw the wrapper on the<br />
groundlook for a garbage bin.<br />
They are everywhere. Used wrappers<br />
can even be cut into pieces and<br />
glued onto a piece of recycled paper<br />
to make a collage.<br />
An of this has already required a<br />
tremendous amount of energy. We<br />
know there are many skilled people<br />
and parents in the community who<br />
are eager to help. If you want to<br />
help, you will be greatly welcomed<br />
by the Mutchmor yard transformation<br />
team. Some of the skills we are<br />
looking for include carpentry, stonework,<br />
painting, planting, fundraising,<br />
natural building, sewing, ceramic<br />
work, organic growing and,<br />
most importantly, a willingness to<br />
help, whether or not you have the<br />
skills listed above. Several work<br />
days will be held this summer when<br />
students, parents and the community<br />
will be invited to participate. If you<br />
want to receive updates, e-mail<br />
loveleo@zworg.com or call Leo at<br />
237-6074.<br />
A few more recycling tips:<br />
Next time you have a peel from a<br />
banana, try to compost it.<br />
*Next time you are at the grocery<br />
store, try not to buy fruit in one of<br />
those little plastic cups that aren't<br />
very environmentally- friendly: Instead,<br />
you could cut up your own<br />
fruit and put it in a reusable container<br />
for lunch. -<br />
Another activity of the environment<br />
club was making recycled paper.<br />
How did we do this? We soaked<br />
paper in a glass cooking pan for half<br />
an hour. Then we got a blender,<br />
blended the mushy paper and put the<br />
mushy paper back into the glass pan.<br />
Next you need a screen with wooden<br />
walls and another bucket of water.<br />
Put the screen into the bucket of water<br />
and spread the mushy paper<br />
around on the screen. Then take out<br />
the screen with mushy paper in it and<br />
wring out the water by pushing down<br />
on the paper. Take the screen to a<br />
table covered with a cloth and flip it<br />
over so the paper comes out. Fold the<br />
other half of the cloth over the paper.<br />
Iron the cloth with the paper underneath.<br />
In a few days, you will have<br />
your own paper! Rememberreduce,<br />
reuse and recycle!<br />
Special thanks to Mrs. Rainer, the<br />
teacher who co-oidinates the Mutchmor<br />
environment club, and to Lynn<br />
Wohlfarth, the parent volunteer coordinating<br />
our garden project.<br />
Everything from<br />
fair traded recycled<br />
tire buckets and coffee,<br />
to certified organic plants,<br />
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SCHOOL NEWS <strong>Glebe</strong> <strong>Report</strong> <strong>June</strong> <strong>16</strong>, <strong>2006</strong> 33<br />
Students, parents and staff recently installed the aquatic life mural created by Grade 6A students at Corpus Christi School.<br />
Corpus Christi has a new mascot!<br />
BY JANE SPITERI<br />
The winning entry in the mascot<br />
competition is the Corpus Christi<br />
Kangaroo, by Grade 5 student Rebekka<br />
S.<br />
ARTS AT CORPUS CHRISTI<br />
Corpus Christi students enjoyed<br />
several concerts by blues musicians<br />
at the end of April as part of the<br />
Blues in the School program. The<br />
week of wonderful music ended<br />
with a performance by the kindergarten<br />
classes. They will also perform<br />
at Bluesfest on July <strong>16</strong>. Thanks<br />
to Mrs. Wong and Madame Bergeron<br />
for their work with the HUSK<br />
classes.<br />
Students have been hipping and<br />
hopping with local dance teacher<br />
Kailena Van de Nes. Students will<br />
present a routine at the <strong>Glebe</strong> Community<br />
Centre on <strong>June</strong> 14. 6-7:30<br />
p.m. as part of the GNAG Dance<br />
Studio Showcase.<br />
Art at Lunch wrapped up in May.<br />
Over the school year, 120 children<br />
enjoyed a different art project every<br />
month. Megan Richardson and her<br />
army of volunteers worked tirelessly<br />
on this project and plans are well under<br />
way for next year's edition.<br />
Students from Grade 6A unveiled<br />
a large-scale aquatic life mural they<br />
have worked on over the past year.<br />
The mural includes 30 studies of various<br />
species that students researched<br />
in the Science unit: "Diversity of<br />
Life." Painted in acrylic on canvas,<br />
the mural is permanently installed on<br />
the third floor across from the library.<br />
SPORTS<br />
Try-outs were held for the Corpus<br />
Christi track and field team. On <strong>June</strong><br />
8, 22 students participated in the<br />
eastern division track meet at the<br />
Terry Fox Athletic Facility. Thanks<br />
to Ms. Murphy, Madame Susie and<br />
Mrs. Muto-Pomakis for coaching<br />
the team.<br />
OTHER NEWS<br />
On May 24, a retirement party<br />
was held for our former principal,<br />
Bonnie McLaurin. Parents, colleagues<br />
and friends joined together<br />
at Blessed Sacrament Church to fête<br />
Bonnie on her retirement.<br />
Grade 5 students participated in<br />
the 13th annual Catholic School<br />
Board Peace Festival, which encourages<br />
and highlights conflict resolution<br />
in our school. Students were se-<br />
PHOTO: MISSY F1RASER<br />
lected to attend based on their<br />
demonstration of co-operation and<br />
positive attitude.<br />
Grade 6 students recorded a CD at<br />
Maya's School of Music and performed<br />
on Parliament Hill for the<br />
launch of H-U-G, Helping for a<br />
United Good, an organization which<br />
promotes Peace through Education.<br />
On a sad note, Corpus Christi has<br />
said farewell to the play structure in<br />
the schoolyard. Deemed unsafe by<br />
the school board, it has been dismantled.<br />
But every cloud has a silver<br />
lining, and this change in the<br />
yard gives parents, staff and students<br />
an opportunity to look at our space<br />
and improve the play area for our<br />
children.<br />
Very special congratulations go<br />
out to Kevin Simms, who received<br />
an award of excellence for academic<br />
progress at the board's Celebration<br />
of Excellence. Way to go, Kevin!<br />
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It wasn't your ordinary potluck! With foods from places as diverse as Vietnam,<br />
Eritrea and Russia, the Glashan family potluck was a feast of flavours<br />
from all over the world. A fashion show was similarly wide-ramling, featuring<br />
quite the array of attirefrom traditional clothing from Korea to designer<br />
looks from Italy. Inuit throat-singing, Scottish jigs, Indian dance and<br />
"Canadian" guitar were included in the evening's entertainment. The multicultural<br />
evening was the culmination of a month-long Grade 8 study unit on<br />
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34 <strong>Glebe</strong> <strong>Report</strong> <strong>June</strong> <strong>16</strong>, <strong>2006</strong> SCHOOL NEWS<br />
lmmaculata students gain work experience<br />
BY THOMAS D'AMICO<br />
Co-operative education has been<br />
a study in building respect for our<br />
community partners, trained workers,<br />
labour groups, staff and students.<br />
The co-op education department<br />
at Immaculata is primed to<br />
meet the challenge of the Ministry<br />
of Education's new vision for secondary<br />
school co-operative education.<br />
Photos Jaime Stewart<br />
Immaculata student Enock Irus<br />
works at OC Transpo for his co-op<br />
education placement.<br />
While we continue to have scheduling<br />
problems for positions within<br />
the building trades, we were much<br />
more fortunate with the automotive<br />
and service trades. Asi a result, we<br />
placed 20 students in the Ontario<br />
Youth Apprenticeship Program<br />
(OYAP) in the second semester and<br />
12 students in the first semester.<br />
Much effort was extended to place<br />
our students in positions that would<br />
allow them to grow, while exploring<br />
opportunities in an environment that<br />
would mirror or complement their<br />
chosen educational path and future<br />
careers. To that end, we had students<br />
working in various public and private<br />
enterprises that reflect the diverse<br />
world of career choices for today's<br />
youth. From small stores to<br />
box stores, from intimate offices to<br />
bustling legal bureaucracies, our students<br />
toiled and learned, experienced<br />
and grew, contributed and developed.<br />
The willingness of our generous<br />
employers to participate in co-op education<br />
has allowed us to experience<br />
the wide world of work in the nation's<br />
capital. Without the co-operation<br />
of our many partners, we would<br />
have to resort to a very limited and<br />
restricted work environment. Our<br />
partners have been committed to our<br />
program and our students. They've<br />
welcomed the staff and assisted in<br />
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generosity. If your company would<br />
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We would like to acknowledge our<br />
partners at this time and encourage<br />
the Immaculata community to recognize<br />
their contributions to co-operative<br />
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Congratulations to all staff and<br />
students who participated in the various<br />
walking and running events on<br />
May 27-28. The Immaculata Has<br />
Soles <strong>2006</strong> team had 43 registered<br />
members. Of the 37 staff and students<br />
who participated, 15 ran/<br />
walked the 5K and 15 ran/walked<br />
the 10K. In addition, four of our students<br />
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of our staff members walked the full<br />
marathon.<br />
In the 5K race, out of 5,757 official<br />
finishers, the following students'<br />
results were commendable:<br />
457th place (42nd in his age and<br />
gender group)Zachary Lewis<br />
(Grade 8)<br />
0666th place (46th in her age and<br />
gender group)Chelsey Blackman<br />
(Grade 8)<br />
899th place (72nd in his age and<br />
gender group)Krystoffer Fetzko<br />
(Grade 7).<br />
Zach was also our school's top<br />
fundraiser for the second year in a<br />
row, collecting $438 for the Ottawa<br />
Hospital Foundation. He was presented<br />
with a long-sleeved Loeb<br />
running shirt and Famous Players<br />
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prizes.<br />
In the 10K race, our school's top<br />
result was yet again from Mr. Tom<br />
Conklin, who placed 294th out of<br />
6,289 official finishers, with a chip<br />
time of 44:01! He ranked 19th in his<br />
age group!<br />
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Mr. Neil Purves-51st in his age<br />
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Mathew Gault-207th in his age<br />
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On the Sunday of the halfmarathon<br />
run, our amazing long-distance<br />
runner Mark Dance (Grade 12)<br />
placed 346th out of 6,646 official<br />
finishers. He ranked llth in his age<br />
group! Avvesome job. Mark! We are<br />
proud of you!<br />
Our other equally determined and<br />
remarkable Grade 12 students were:<br />
'Ryan Lum-19th place in his age<br />
group (695th overall)<br />
'Megan Pritchard-46th in her age<br />
group<br />
'Frances Bajdik-Bova-55th in her<br />
age group.<br />
In the full marathon walk, one of<br />
our Physical Education teachers,<br />
Mlle. Rachelle Berthelot, walked the<br />
distance in just over six hours.<br />
We also had one staff member,<br />
Ms. Heather Fraser, who registered<br />
on her own for the marathon and ran<br />
the distance in three hours, 45 minutes.<br />
She ranked 33rd in her age<br />
group and 826th overall!<br />
Thanks are also extended to our<br />
cheering section of students and staff<br />
members who came out for the various<br />
events, especially Mrs. Olenka<br />
Galadza.<br />
Well done, everyone!<br />
Our school raised $1,753 in the<br />
Loeb School Team Challenge. All<br />
proceeds went to the Ottawa Hospital<br />
Foundation.<br />
Mme. Darlene Charron is Innnaculata's<br />
co-tean2 captain for <strong>2006</strong>.<br />
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BY ELENA PAGLIARELLO<br />
Summer heat and sunshine have<br />
finally arrived, but the spring <strong>2006</strong><br />
high school rowing season started<br />
off on the wrong foot with the<br />
weather. Most of the early-morning<br />
practices during May had plenty of<br />
wind and rain to hamper the athletes'<br />
training. The first two regattas<br />
of the season were also affected by<br />
the<br />
soggy spring weather. The<br />
Brockville Secondary Schools Regatta<br />
was cancelled due to high<br />
winds, and almost every race at the<br />
Eastern Rowing Association's high<br />
school championships in Montreal<br />
took place under grey skies and allday<br />
rain.<br />
The last weekend of May<br />
brought a welcome changethe<br />
grey clouds parted and the sun was<br />
out all day at the Ottawa Rowing<br />
Club's high school regatta. Crews<br />
of teenagers from Lisgar Collegiate,<br />
<strong>Glebe</strong> Collegiate (GCI),<br />
Canterbury, Colonel By, Osgoode,<br />
Ashbury and Lycée Claudel were<br />
joined by athletes from the<br />
Kingston area representing Grenville<br />
Christian College, Kingston<br />
Collegiate Vocational Institute and<br />
Regiopolis-Notre Dame Catholic<br />
High School, for a day of racing on<br />
the Ottawa River.<br />
The racing course went downriver<br />
from the starting line behind the<br />
Museum of Civilization to the finish<br />
in front of the Ottawa clubhouse.<br />
Athletes competed according<br />
to age and experience in novice,<br />
junior and senior categories with a<br />
total of <strong>16</strong> different events. They<br />
raced in crews of four or eight rowers<br />
plus a coxswain who steered and<br />
kept the racers motivated. Some of<br />
the experienced senior athletes also<br />
had the chance to race in smaller,<br />
more difficult boats such as singles<br />
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quads, which are rowed with two<br />
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Many <strong>Glebe</strong> athletes took part in<br />
the regatta and the Lisgar and GCI<br />
crews fared well in their races. Gd,<br />
with the largest crew, had many impressive<br />
finishes, including first and<br />
second in the novice women's four,<br />
senior men's four and senior men's<br />
pair. They also scored first place in<br />
both the men's and women's junior<br />
four races, senior men's eight and<br />
the mixed eight. In addition, they<br />
had seven second-place finishes. Lisgar<br />
CI had one 1-2 finish in the senior<br />
women's eight and another first<br />
place in the senior women's single.<br />
They also had five third-place boats.<br />
The schools also earned points for<br />
their placing in races. GCI finished<br />
first with 120 points and Lisgar came<br />
third with 55. Colonel By placed<br />
second vvith 58, Canterbury fourth<br />
with 53, Ashbury seventh with 19,<br />
Osgoode eighth with 17, and Lycée<br />
Claudel tied for tenth with four<br />
points.<br />
The last regatta of the season was<br />
the Canadian Secondary Schools<br />
Rowing Association's championships,<br />
held in St. Catharines, Ontario,<br />
the weekend of <strong>June</strong> 2-4. Ottawa<br />
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TED AND LOIS AT THE MOVIES <strong>Glebe</strong> <strong>Report</strong> <strong>June</strong> <strong>16</strong>, <strong>2006</strong> 37<br />
Thank You<br />
for Smoking<br />
BY-TED LANDIS<br />
Just when the war on smoking<br />
seems to be winding down (at least<br />
here in Ontario), we are presented<br />
with a hilarious satire which lets us<br />
relive all those arguments just one<br />
more time. Thank You for Smoking<br />
tells the story of a US tobacco industry<br />
lobbyist trying to stop a senator<br />
from passing a law that would require<br />
a skull and crossbones on cigarette<br />
packaging. It sounds pretty<br />
dreadful by that synopsis, but don't<br />
worry, the myriad of subplots will<br />
keep you thoroughly entertained.<br />
Aaron Eckhart plays Nick, the embattled<br />
spokesman who readily admits<br />
his job requires a certain "moral<br />
flexibility". Aaron is very convincing<br />
and there are times when you<br />
find yourself falling for Nick's slick<br />
delivery. Aaron played a similar<br />
character in the brilliant, albeit much<br />
darker film In the Company of Men.<br />
As Nick, he excels as the consummate<br />
pitchman, sincerely explaining<br />
to his son (played by Cameron<br />
Bright): "That's the beauty of argument;<br />
if you argue correctly, you're<br />
never wrong."<br />
The cast is rounded out with<br />
William H. Macy as the senator, Rob<br />
Lowe as a Hollywood mogul, Sam<br />
Elliott as the Marlboro Man and<br />
Katie Holmes as an investigative<br />
journalist. But the script is the star<br />
and the sharp dialogue is delivered at<br />
a quick pace. I found myself laugh-<br />
ing out loud more<br />
than once. The text<br />
leaves no ideological<br />
group unscathed;<br />
left, right<br />
and especially the<br />
comfortable middle.<br />
It's a movie for<br />
those of us who can<br />
laugh at ourselves as easily as we can<br />
at the more obvious popular targets.<br />
After the first 15 minutes you begin<br />
to realize that the film is not so<br />
much about smoking or lobbying,<br />
but rather a facetious exploration of<br />
influence and perception in the political<br />
and entertainment industries. In<br />
fact, through the entire film, not once<br />
is anyone seen actually smoking!<br />
And a clip from Sands of Iwo Jima,<br />
showing John Wayne just asking for<br />
a cigarette, ends disastrously.<br />
In his feature directorial debut, Jason<br />
Reitman adapted the screenplay<br />
from Christopher Buckley's 1994<br />
book. As the son of Canadian director<br />
Ivan Reitman (Ghostbusters), Jason<br />
comes by his comic sensibilities<br />
honestly. Likewise, Christopher<br />
probably picked up some of his wit<br />
from his father, Firing Line's<br />
William F. Buckley.<br />
The movie is rated 14A for some<br />
minor sexual content. I recommend<br />
this movie to anyone who needs to<br />
escape from our all-too-real world<br />
for a few good laughs.<br />
*****<br />
e<br />
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SIEGEL<br />
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the timesa history<br />
lesson focusing<br />
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existence when the Nazis came to<br />
power. Hakoah was founded in 1909<br />
in response to the Aryan Paragraph<br />
which forbade Austrian sports clubs<br />
from accepting Jewish athletes. Watermarks<br />
documents the story of<br />
what happened to a teatn of women<br />
championship swimmers who had to<br />
flee after the political unification of<br />
Nazi Germany and Austria in 1938.<br />
They were saved by escaping on an<br />
illegal ship organized by Hakoah administrators.<br />
Director Yaron Zilberman finds<br />
the women 65 years later and interviews<br />
them. all now in their eidaies,<br />
in their new homes. Watermarks<br />
is a story of memories and<br />
the struggle these women faced in a<br />
period of turmoil. We are introduced<br />
to Judith Haspel and Hanni<br />
Lux, sisters now living in Herzlia,<br />
Israel, who visit each other every<br />
day at 6 p.m. to drink Vermouth and<br />
read poetry.<br />
The film presents images of the<br />
19<strong>36</strong> Berlin Olympics when the<br />
Nazi flag was flown and, we are<br />
told, signs were posted saying<br />
"Dogs and Jews Forbidden." Swimmer<br />
Judith, chosen best athlete that<br />
year in Austria, refused to participate<br />
in the Berlin Olympics. As a<br />
result, the Austrian Sports Federation<br />
banned her from competing<br />
and her sports records were removed<br />
from the official sports<br />
books in Austria.<br />
At the time of Hitler's 1938<br />
speech in Heldenplatz, Vienna's historical<br />
plaza, when he announced the<br />
Anschlussthe inclusion of Austria<br />
into the German Reichit was said<br />
that 98 per cent of Austrians were<br />
pro-Nazi, indicating the extent of<br />
mass hatred of Jews. After the annexation<br />
of Austria, the Hakoah club<br />
was shut down and the facilities confiscated.<br />
Ann Marie Pisker, who now lives<br />
in London, is an articulate and witty<br />
lady. She smiles, saying: "Some of<br />
my best friends were Nazis. I went to<br />
school with them. I would have preferred<br />
to stay in Austria, but you had<br />
to make changes." The changes included<br />
a new climate, new food and<br />
a different mentality in her new<br />
country. "You either sink or swim,"<br />
she says. "When you're young, you<br />
swim."<br />
Anni Lampl, 85, is blind. She has<br />
once again become an Austrian citizen<br />
so that she can vote and prevent<br />
someone like Hitler from ever again<br />
coming to power. "I hope my vote<br />
counts," she says.<br />
At the end of the film, we see six<br />
of the former champions reunited,<br />
swimming in a large Vienna pool.<br />
Watermarks has won numerous<br />
audience awards at film festivals.<br />
Look for it at your local video store<br />
and at the Ottawa Public Library.<br />
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The circus is in town<br />
BY TED LANDIS<br />
In case you haven't noticed, the<br />
world-famous Cirque du Soleil is at<br />
Lansdowne Park through the end of<br />
<strong>June</strong>. We recently got a chance to see<br />
their currently running show,<br />
Quidam, and what a show it was!<br />
The air-conditioned big top is a far<br />
cry froni the dirt-floor circus tents of<br />
days gone by, and yet it still retains<br />
the thrills and magic of the live performance.<br />
The seats are arranged to give<br />
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the acts and, through the use of sophisticated<br />
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As the live band focuses our attention<br />
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to the main characters of the<br />
Quidam story. A young girl receives<br />
a hat, which takes her on an adventure<br />
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the main act.<br />
My favourite act was the Diabolos,<br />
which involved large wooden spools<br />
being thrown into the air and caught<br />
on a string connected to two sticks. It<br />
sounds funny trying to describe it,<br />
but it is incredible to see! There are<br />
two audience participation clown<br />
acts that were hilarious to watch.<br />
After more than 20 successful<br />
years, Cirque du Soleil has been able<br />
to attract top talent from around the<br />
worldand it shows. Whether to relive<br />
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Pushing uphill all the way<br />
By<br />
Sharon<br />
Abron<br />
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THE FORCE OF VOCATION:<br />
THE LITERARY CAREER<br />
OF ADELE WISEMAN<br />
By Ruth Panofsky<br />
University of Manitoba Press,<br />
$19.95 (paper), <strong>2006</strong><br />
get the same reception as The Sacrifice.<br />
Crackpot was a total departure,<br />
portraying the moral dilemma of Hoda,<br />
an obese Jewish prostitute faced<br />
with servicing lier own adult son,<br />
whom she had abandoned to a Jewish<br />
orphanage in Winnipeg because<br />
she could not afford to raise him.<br />
As early as 1961, Wiseman began<br />
writing lier second novel while she<br />
was "digressing" with other literary<br />
projects. Writing and revising Crackpot<br />
took 13 years; it was then rejected<br />
more than 20 times by publishers.<br />
In 1974, Margaret Laurence wrote a<br />
letter to Jack McClelland, praising<br />
Crackpot. The result was almost immediate<br />
publication.<br />
from 1963 to 1969 and ending with<br />
several writers residencies, the last<br />
from 1988 to 1991 at the University<br />
of Windsor. She also served as Head<br />
of the May writing studios at the<br />
Banff Centre for the Arts from 1987<br />
to 1991.<br />
A collection of Wiseman's essays,<br />
Memoirs of a Book Molesting<br />
Childhood (1987), was a project<br />
brouaht to fruition by Oxford editor<br />
Richard Teleky, who valued Wiseman<br />
as a Jewish-Canadian female<br />
post-war novelist. During her final<br />
illness, before she succumbed to<br />
complications from sarcoma at age<br />
64, Teleky visited often, nursing<br />
Wiseman with his homemade lentil<br />
soup.<br />
Panofsky's biography charts the<br />
course of Wiseman's writings, both<br />
published and unpublished, serving<br />
as a guide for those interested in her<br />
total oeuvre, which includes poetry,<br />
plays, essays, children's stories and<br />
book reviews deposited in various<br />
archives.<br />
Panofsky's winsome refrain is that<br />
Wiseman believed passionately in<br />
writing about what was most important<br />
to herforging straight ahead,<br />
oblivious to editors and publishers,<br />
almost all of whom were male, pushing<br />
uphill all the way.<br />
Totally immersed in writing as a<br />
mission, Adele Wiseman (1928-<br />
1992) audaciously pursued an iconoclastic<br />
course throughout her literary<br />
career spanning some 40 years.<br />
At the unlikely age of 28, Wiseman<br />
hit the literary jackpot with her first<br />
novel, published simultaneously in<br />
Canada, Britain and the U.S. to rave<br />
reviews citing her commitment to<br />
writing about the Jewish immigrant<br />
experience. The Sacrifice, whose<br />
narrative followed a traditional patriarchal<br />
model, won the 1956 Governor<br />
General's Award and, ironically,<br />
deceived Wiseman into believing<br />
that she had joined the ranks of the<br />
favoured male literary establishment.<br />
After the success of The Sacrifice,<br />
Wiseman's publishers expected a<br />
second novel of similar scope, but<br />
her bold response was: "I write as<br />
well as I am able and about what is<br />
important to me." Following her<br />
muse, she began work on :a fourhour<br />
play, The Lovebound, set in the<br />
late summer of 1939 aboard an ancient<br />
freighter crowded with Jews<br />
fleeing Europe who are refused entry<br />
in North and South America and<br />
are forced to return to the death<br />
camps of Germany.<br />
The Lovebound was researched<br />
and written in New York City where<br />
Wiseman lived from November 1957<br />
to January 1960. When her publishers<br />
turned down the play, she printed<br />
it privately. At the time, Wiseman's<br />
living expenses were subsidized<br />
by writing fellowships from<br />
the Canada Council and the<br />
Guggenheim Foundation. Referees<br />
for the Guggenheim were all male:<br />
Saul Bellow, David Daiches, Irving<br />
Howe and Meyer Levin. Wiseman,<br />
flying high on their recommendations,<br />
appeared oblivious to the reality<br />
of the sales market.<br />
Ruth Panofsky's thesis is that<br />
Wiseman's digression into playwriting<br />
was a huge mistake and that her<br />
second novel, Crackpot (1974),<br />
should have appeared much earlier.<br />
She also wrote children's stories between<br />
May 1962 and August 1963,<br />
two of which were published<br />
decades later: Kenji and the Cricket<br />
(1988), and Puccini and the Prowlers<br />
(1992).<br />
Cornparing the length of time it<br />
took for' Crackpot to get published<br />
with the length of time it actually<br />
took to write and revise it, I am not<br />
sure I agree with Panofsky. Maybe<br />
Wiseman unconsciously sensed that<br />
the novel she was writing would not<br />
Adele Wiseman<br />
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Today's critics herald Crackpot as<br />
a masterpiece of contemporary literature<br />
with its central theme trashing<br />
prevailing stereotypes to reach its<br />
deeper truths. But when it was published,<br />
the subjects of incest and unconventional<br />
sexuality on which the<br />
novel touched were declared "subversive."<br />
Yet Crackpot continues to appeal<br />
to a growing readership who appreciate<br />
its daring execution and indomitable<br />
protagonist, froda. In<br />
1975, Marian Engel wrote of Crackpot:<br />
"Wiseman doesn't fit in any<br />
more than :Hoda does. She is prolix<br />
and life-loving, immensely strong...<br />
There's no one in the country to<br />
touch her unashamed femininity and<br />
Jewishness. It's a very odd combination<br />
and it's magical."<br />
Wiseman's third book, Old<br />
Woman at Play, was not a novel, but<br />
a classic in "life writing"a combination<br />
of fiction, memoir and biography--eelebrating<br />
her mother Chaika's<br />
craft of doll-making from scraps<br />
of household material. In the text,<br />
Wiseman also explores the creative<br />
impulse. "Her mother's dolls were<br />
made of a natural, playful impulse<br />
and designed not TO LAST in the<br />
tradition of high art, but to give immediate<br />
pleasure to the viewer or recipient."<br />
The closing chapters of Panofsky's<br />
biography address mentorship,<br />
Wiseman's contribution to the Canadian<br />
literary canon by encouraging<br />
other writers. The primary example<br />
is Margaret Laurence, a mutual mentorship<br />
lasting 40 years which is<br />
documented in their co-authored<br />
work, Selected Letters (1997), edited<br />
by John Lennox and Ruth Panofsky.<br />
Wiseman taught creative writing<br />
at a string of universities, beginning<br />
with Macdonald College at McGill<br />
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WHAT YOUR NEIGHBOURS<br />
ARE READING<br />
Here is a list of some titles read and discussed<br />
cal book clubs:<br />
The Year of Magical Thinkingl<br />
Bel Canto2<br />
Rouge Brésil<br />
L'Erable3<br />
The Siegel-<br />
Empire Falls (novel and HBO miniseries)5<br />
Hidden River6<br />
The Interruption of Everything7<br />
The $64 Tomato8<br />
A True and Faithful Nan-ative9<br />
The Great Gatsbyl°<br />
Chasing Vermeer11<br />
The Girl Who Played Go12<br />
Rockbound<br />
Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight<br />
Saturday<br />
Blink<br />
Why Gender Matters<br />
Middlesex<br />
1 Abbotsford Book Club<br />
2 Broadway Book Club<br />
3 Club de lecture de l'Amicale francophone<br />
4 Dow's Lake Book Club<br />
5 No-name Book Club<br />
6 OPL Dear-Reader OnLine Audio Book Club<br />
7 OPL Dear-Reader OnLine Fiction Book Club<br />
8 OPL Dear-Reader OnLine NonFiction Book Club<br />
9 OPL Dear-Reader OnLine Teen Book Club<br />
OPL Sunnyside Branch Adult Book Club<br />
11 OPL Sunnyside Branch Mother-Daughter Book Club<br />
12 Type A Reading Group<br />
recently in various lo-<br />
Joan Didion<br />
Ann Patchett<br />
Jean-Christophe Rufin<br />
Lise Gaboury-Diallo<br />
Helen Dunmore<br />
Richard Russo<br />
Adrian McKinty<br />
Terry McMillan<br />
William Alexander<br />
Katherine Sturtevant<br />
F. Scott Fitzgerald<br />
Blue Balliett<br />
Shan Sa<br />
Frank Parker Day<br />
Alexandra Fuller<br />
Ian McEwan<br />
Malcolm Gladwell<br />
Leonard Sax<br />
Jeffrey Eugenides<br />
Sharing traditions<br />
THE LU BAV IT CHERS<br />
ARE COMING TO<br />
SECOND AVENUE:<br />
A HANUKKAH STORY<br />
By Sharon Abron Drache<br />
Illustrated by Jayne Lemon<br />
L'Dor Vador Publications,<br />
64 pages, $1.99 (paper)<br />
REVIEW BY HELENE MERRITT<br />
Davika Bernstein feels very different<br />
from all the other children on<br />
Second Avenue at Christmastime.<br />
She particularly feels she would like<br />
a Christmas tree, but her parents remind<br />
her they are Jewish and celebrate<br />
not Christmas but Hanukkah.<br />
Davika is fortunate to have Anglican<br />
friends, Nicole and Yvonne Racine,<br />
who invite her and her sister Rachel<br />
to decorate their Christmas tree.<br />
Though she is nine and doesn't believe<br />
in Santa Claus anymore, Davika<br />
still longs for something special<br />
to happen at this time of year.<br />
This year, Davika's wish will be<br />
granted.<br />
After she delivers fresh cinnamon<br />
buns to the Racines on Christmas<br />
Eve, Davika learns that the Lubavitchers<br />
are coming for a visit. The<br />
Lubavitchers, a sect of pious Jews,<br />
are represented by Moshe and<br />
Yankel. They summon the Besht,<br />
who tells the Bernsteins two stories<br />
about his birth and youth. The<br />
Besht, a man whose head is covered<br />
by a black skull cap and whose<br />
beard reaches down to his knees, describes<br />
himself as a man who brings<br />
light through his stories.<br />
The Bemsteins listen, enraptured,<br />
as the Besht tells them of his wondrous<br />
abilities. The Racines are invited<br />
over and they too can partake<br />
of the Besht's stories.<br />
After his story-telling, the Besht<br />
disappears, leaving the two families<br />
with the impression of having been<br />
visited by a miracle. The children<br />
especially feel their that wish for a<br />
special event has come true.<br />
Sharon Drache tells the Besht's<br />
story simply and directly. She<br />
speaks as someone who has inside<br />
knowledge and wants to share the<br />
importance of these stories. By<br />
weaving these stories with Davika's<br />
wish for something special at<br />
Hanukkah, Drache reminds us that,<br />
though different from Christmas,<br />
Hanukkah is an equally important<br />
occasion. Both families learn about<br />
the uniqueness of Hanukkah and<br />
are especially impressed with the<br />
play of light the Besht leaves behind.<br />
Like the Besht in her story,<br />
Sharon Drache spreads light in the<br />
world by telling stories. Her story<br />
underlines the importance of learning<br />
from one another and sharing<br />
traditions.<br />
For ages nine and up, this story,<br />
beautifully illustrated by Jayne<br />
Lemon, would work equally well<br />
read aloud.<br />
If your book club would like to share its reading list, please call<br />
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Oto: Pat McGrath, Ottawa Citizen<br />
Margret Brady<br />
The Geological Association of<br />
Canada (GAC) is pleased to announce<br />
that Margret Brady, freelance<br />
science reporter vriting for<br />
The Citizen's Weekly/The Ottawa<br />
Citizen, has been selected as the<br />
<strong>2006</strong> recipient of the GAC's Yves<br />
Fortier Earth Science Jourrialism<br />
award and will receive the award's<br />
$1,000 prize.<br />
The Yves Fortier award is presented<br />
for excellence in journalistic<br />
treatment of earth science in the<br />
newspapers. It recognizes a journalist<br />
who has been exceptionally effective<br />
in presenting an earth science<br />
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or weekly newspapers during the<br />
previous calendar year. The award is<br />
named after Yves O. Fortier, a<br />
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director of the Geological Survey of<br />
Canada. Entries for the Yves Fortier<br />
award deal with a broad spectrum of<br />
earth science topics, ranging from<br />
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are judged on the basis of originality,<br />
clarity of interpretation, scientific<br />
accuracy and value in promoting a<br />
broader understanding of earth sciences<br />
to the public.<br />
Ms. Brady's vinning contribution,<br />
"Polar Revolt" (The Citizen's<br />
Weekly1The Ottawa Citizen, 13 Feb.<br />
2005) is a three-piece feature describing<br />
the overall significance of<br />
Arctic and Antarctic research in the<br />
understanding of our world, its<br />
weather and its future. The articles<br />
point out that the earth's magnetic<br />
field has reversed many times in the<br />
past and continues to change, as witnessed<br />
by the current migration of<br />
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Magnetic field changes are expected<br />
to affect the planet and life<br />
upon it, but in ways not yet entirely<br />
clear.<br />
Margret Brady is a freelance science<br />
writer and member of the<br />
Canadian Science Writers' Association.<br />
Her articles, which explain<br />
complex science to a lay readership,<br />
often appear in other CanWest publications.<br />
She will receive her certificate<br />
and $1,000 prize at the annual<br />
meeting of the Canadian Science<br />
Writers Association, to be held <strong>June</strong><br />
24-26, in St John's, Newfoundland.<br />
The GAC is very pleased to re,Gognize<br />
Ms. Brady for her contribution<br />
to earth sciences by providing readers<br />
with an understanding of geological<br />
processes about which they<br />
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deal. To read the article, visit the<br />
GAC's website at www.gac.ca/<br />
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42 <strong>Glebe</strong> <strong>Report</strong> <strong>June</strong> <strong>16</strong>, <strong>2006</strong><br />
RELIGION<br />
GLEBE CHURCHES<br />
CHURCH OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT (Roman Catholic)<br />
Fourth Avenue at Percy Street, 232-4891<br />
www.blessedsacrament.ca<br />
Pastor: Father Joe Le Clair<br />
Masses: Tuesdays: 6:30 p.m.<br />
Wednesdays, Thursdays & Fridays: 9:30 am.<br />
Saturdays: 4:30 p.m.<br />
Sundays: 8:15 a.m., 9:30 a.m., 11 a.m., 8 p.m.<br />
(elevator access for the handicapped, loop system for the<br />
hearing impaired)<br />
ECCLESIAX<br />
2 Monk Street, 565-4343<br />
www.ecclesiax.com<br />
Dream Specialist: Rev. Joseph Moreau<br />
Sundays:<br />
11:07 a.m.*, Art & Worship Service, followed<br />
by community mealall welcome.<br />
View community art gallery by appointment.<br />
*NOTE: Sunday service time of 11:07 a.m. is the right time!<br />
FOURTH AVENUE BAPTIST CHURCH<br />
Fourth Avenue at Bank Street, 2<strong>36</strong>-1804<br />
www.fourthavenuebaptist.ca<br />
Minister: Rev. E. J. Cox<br />
Services: Sundays: 10 a.m. for July & August<br />
Junior church & nursery available for July & August as well<br />
(parent/tot room available at the back of the church)<br />
Tom Martin, Bob Breithaupt and Beric Graham-Smith<br />
St. Matthew's Anglican Church<br />
reconstruction update<br />
BY MARGRET BRADY<br />
NANKIVELL<br />
Surging commodity prices have<br />
accelerated the reconstruction of St.<br />
Matthew's Anglican Church in the<br />
<strong>Glebe</strong>. The second and third phases<br />
of the masonry reconstruction are<br />
being rolled into one year, rather<br />
than extended over two years as<br />
originally planned. The work began<br />
this month.<br />
The first phase of the exterior masonry<br />
reconstruction was completed<br />
last year when stonework experts<br />
Atwill-Morin repaired the extensive<br />
damage to the 77-year-old church<br />
tower and north façade. Repairs to<br />
the rest of the building's façade are<br />
now slated for completion this year.<br />
Masonry reconstruction and various<br />
other repairs to the exterior will cost<br />
about $1 million, including the work<br />
already done. This does not include<br />
most of the future repairs to the<br />
Newfoundland slate roof or painting<br />
the church's interior.<br />
In April, the church's property<br />
committee was startled to discover<br />
that rising material costs would inflate<br />
project costs by about 40 per<br />
cent over less than a year. For example,<br />
the cost of copper has more than<br />
doubled over the past year. Completing<br />
the exterior stonework this<br />
year results in increased efficiencies<br />
for the contractor, the containment<br />
of remaining costs and a reduction<br />
in cost escalations for the church.<br />
The church has also slightly reduced<br />
the scope of the contracted work to<br />
reduce costs further. "It shows the<br />
difficulty of pricing in this environment,"<br />
says Bob Breithaupt, chair of<br />
St. Matthew's property committee.<br />
Last year's natural disasters, such<br />
as the major hurricanes that hit<br />
Florida and the Gulf states, are part-<br />
ly to blame, as is the building boom<br />
in China. "The huge amount of construction<br />
demand and rebuilding<br />
worldwide has put a big strain on<br />
materials costs," Breithaupt says.<br />
The property committee was<br />
pleased with the work completed last<br />
year by contractor Atwill-Morin Inc.<br />
and by Robertson Martin Architects<br />
Inc., the architectural firm overseeing<br />
the restoration. Both companies<br />
have extensive backgrounds in<br />
restoring older buildings, including<br />
some heritage buildings.<br />
"Unfortunately, there has been an<br />
acceleration in the need for funds,"<br />
says Tom Martin, chair of St.<br />
Matthew's finance committee. "One<br />
of the major challenges is going back<br />
to the same people." Just before discovering<br />
the need for major reconstruction,<br />
the congregation had spent<br />
$500,000 to restore the church's impressive<br />
organ.<br />
"Our church has continued to respond<br />
very well [to the fundraising<br />
campaigns], as has the greater community."<br />
Mr. Martin says. "St.<br />
Matthew's is more than a church; it<br />
is also a vital part of the community."<br />
The Building-in-Faith campaign has<br />
already raised more than $800,000 in<br />
donations and pledges, largely from the<br />
church's congregation. He is also delighted<br />
by the amount of money raised at the<br />
Great <strong>Glebe</strong> Garage Sale in May and last<br />
year's Treasures-for-the-Tower Auction.<br />
The auction raised more than<br />
$55,000 and almost half of its revenues<br />
were generated by cash, sponsorships<br />
and items donated by nonparishioners.<br />
Donations were received<br />
from people who first heard<br />
about the St. Matthew's restoration<br />
in the <strong>Glebe</strong> <strong>Report</strong>. The church<br />
plans to hold another auction in<br />
2007.<br />
GERMAN MARTIN LUTHER CHURCH<br />
499 Preston Street at Carling Avenue, 233-<strong>16</strong>71<br />
Pastor: Christoph Ernst<br />
Service: Sundays: 10 a.m.<br />
(first Sunday of month: 11:15 a.m., English Service)<br />
Sunday School: 10 a.m.<br />
GLEBE-ST. JAMES UNITED CHURCH<br />
650 Lyon Street at First Avenue, 2<strong>36</strong>-0617<br />
www.glebestjames.ca<br />
Minister: Rev. Jim Uhrich<br />
Worship: Sundays: 10:30 a.m.<br />
Sunday School: 10:30 a.m.<br />
(wheelchair accessible, FM system for the hearing impaired)<br />
OTTAWA CHINESE UNITED CHURCH<br />
600 Bank Street, 728-5720<br />
www.ottawa-ocuc.org<br />
Fridays: Prayer Meeting at Church: 8 p.m.<br />
Sundays: Christian Education (for all ages): 9:30 a.m.<br />
Worship: 11 am.<br />
THE RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF FRIENDS (QUAKERS)<br />
91A Fourth Avenue, 232-9923<br />
Co-Clerks: Steve Fick & Signy Fridriksson, 233-8438<br />
Sundays: 10:30 a.m.<br />
ST. GILES PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH<br />
Bank Street at First Avenue, 235-2551<br />
www.stgilesottawa.org<br />
Worship: Sundays: 11 a.m.<br />
(wheelchair accessible)<br />
ST. MATTHEW'S, THE ANGLICAN CHURCH IN THE GLEBE<br />
130 <strong>Glebe</strong> Avenue near Bank Street<br />
(office entrance at 217 First Avenue)<br />
234-4024, www.stmatthewsottawa.on.ca<br />
Interim Rector: The Rev. Jim Beall<br />
Regular Weekday Services:<br />
Wednesdays: 7:15 a.m., followed by breakfast 8z fellowship<br />
Thursdays: 10 a.m., followed by coffee & fellowship<br />
10-11:30 a.m., drop-in time for stay-at-home<br />
moms & nannies (with youngsters)<br />
Regular Sunday Services:<br />
8 a.m., Said Communion service<br />
10 am., Choral Communion, Sunday School<br />
& fellowship<br />
(Choral Evensong: 5 p.m. on first and third Sundays,<br />
from mid-September to mid-<strong>June</strong>, with some exceptions.)<br />
(B.C.P. service: first Sunday of month at both Sunday services)<br />
Counselling by appointment.
GRAPEVINE<br />
FOR SALE<br />
*BOY'S BICYCLE, 20" wheels,<br />
suitable for six to ten years old, fivespeed<br />
mountain bike, blue, $100.<br />
Call 235-0328<br />
*LOVESEAT, high back, Sklar Peppier,<br />
beige & brown floral design,<br />
like new, $150. Call 233-2619.<br />
*IKEA DOUBLE-BED FRAME<br />
with double futon mattress, $50. Call<br />
234-6144.<br />
*GARAGE SALE at 142 Third Avenue<br />
on <strong>June</strong> 24. 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.<br />
Raindate: <strong>June</strong> 25.<br />
*DIDN'T FIND WHAT WAS ON<br />
your list at the GGGS? Three-drawer<br />
dresser, light hardwood, $60; K2<br />
expandable rollerblades (child's size<br />
1, 2, 3), $15; Nike soccer cleats (size<br />
$5; Nike girl's tennis shoes (size<br />
$5; all in good condition. Call<br />
563-9641.<br />
FREE<br />
*FREE COALby the bucket or<br />
pick-up truck. Hard coal, we believe.<br />
Call 234-2233.<br />
CAREGI VER AVAILABLE<br />
*BABYSITTER available July &<br />
August; days, evenings, weekends;<br />
ECE, First Aid. Call Clare at 567-<br />
6626.<br />
NEED A HOUSE SITTER?<br />
Experienced house sitter<br />
available August 1st.<br />
Experience with looking<br />
after animals. Can<br />
provide references.<br />
Susan 862-7679 or email<br />
susan_well@yahoo.ca<br />
Furniture Repair,<br />
Refinishing and Restoration<br />
On-site Services - Commercial<br />
and Residential<br />
Pick up and Delivery<br />
Call 850-6707 for free estimates<br />
Ottawa/Gatineau area<br />
PERFECT<br />
CLEANING LADY<br />
Honest, reliable, responsible,<br />
Polish cleaning lady with<br />
experience and references.<br />
Will clean your house.<br />
Please call 237-3034.<br />
WANTED<br />
*SUMMER VOLUNTEERS needed<br />
at The <strong>Glebe</strong> Centre for taking residents<br />
out for walks, gardening, special<br />
events, etc. Also other permanent<br />
positions to be filled. Visit<br />
www.myvolunteerpage.com to apply<br />
or contact Christine at volunteer<br />
@glebecentre.ca or 238-2727, ext.<br />
353, for more information on how<br />
you can make a difference!<br />
*USED MAGAZINES needed by<br />
local designer; back issues of any<br />
home décor or fashion mag, Oprah,<br />
etc., will be appreciated! Call 234-<br />
5599 for pick-up or simply drop off<br />
at front porch at 85 Fourth Avenue.<br />
*VOLUNTEER NEEDED, parttime,<br />
for legally blind, senior gentleman<br />
for reading or computer assistance.<br />
Call 238-7544.<br />
*PARKING (covered), available immediately<br />
on Second Avenue just<br />
east of Bank Street, suits small car.<br />
$70/month summer-winter. Call<br />
Steve at 231-6652 after 6 p.m.<br />
*TWO-STOREY HOUSE on Craig<br />
Street, three bedrooms, large backyard,<br />
parking. available on Aug. I.<br />
E-mail: Ralph.osterwoldt@undp.org<br />
or lpelletier2005@hotmail.com.<br />
FOUND<br />
*FOUND at Fourth Ave. Great<br />
<strong>Glebe</strong> Garage Sale-burgandy maternity<br />
cardigan. Call 237-0876.<br />
CARPENTRY<br />
RENOVATIONS/<br />
REPAIRS<br />
Peter D. Clarey<br />
422-3714 237-2651<br />
THE HELPER<br />
Organizing and assistant services.<br />
Knowledgeable, resourceful,<br />
reliable. One-time projects or<br />
ongoing support. Serving in the<br />
<strong>Glebe</strong> since 1992.<br />
Call 728-2310<br />
DRUM LESSONS<br />
by experienced professional<br />
player and teacher. Current drum<br />
instructor for Algonquin College<br />
Music and Audio program.<br />
Lorne Kelly<br />
(Metro Music)<br />
233-9688 or<br />
725-1119<br />
This space acts as a free community bulletin board for <strong>Glebe</strong> residents. Drop off<br />
your GRAPEVINE message at the <strong>Glebe</strong> <strong>Report</strong> office, 175 Third Avenue, including<br />
your name, address and phone number. FOR SALE items must be less than $1,000.<br />
NOTICES<br />
*OTTAWA NEWCOMERS CLUB:<br />
Women new to Ottawa are invited to<br />
the club's next monthly social event,<br />
a luncheon or dinner and speaker, on<br />
the first Wednesday of each month.<br />
Call 860-0548 for details on this<br />
event and our many other activities.<br />
A great way to make new friends!<br />
*MORE THAN JUST A BOOK CLUB.<br />
Are you disturbed by the present<br />
state of affairs in the world? Would<br />
you like to vent your frustration<br />
about what is happening with other<br />
like-minded (or not so like-minded)<br />
individuals? If so, a get-together<br />
once a month in one of our neighbourhood<br />
cafés would provide the<br />
forum to do just that. Exchanging<br />
ideas, about politics, primarily, but<br />
also about movies, books, theatre,<br />
music or any other topic of interest,<br />
would be the raison d'être of these<br />
gatherings. Should you be interested<br />
in joining, please call 2<strong>36</strong>-0955.<br />
*OPEN HOUSE: Summer choral<br />
music classes with Lawrence Harris,<br />
Mon., <strong>June</strong> 19, 7 p.m., Dominican<br />
University College, Room 201, 96<br />
Empress Avenue (just off Somerset,<br />
west of Bronson). Free admission.<br />
Bring friends, enjoy a lively hour of<br />
music-making, see what the summer<br />
semester offers (mini-courses in<br />
sight-reading, vocal exercises, partsinging<br />
and Gregorian chant).<br />
PARIS APARTMENT<br />
FOR RENT<br />
Central Bastille very quiet<br />
60m2 mid-<strong>June</strong> end September.<br />
Minimum two week stays.<br />
Fully equipped, seconds away<br />
from well known market.<br />
melbinatoast@gmail.com<br />
CONDO FOR SALE<br />
BY OWNER<br />
in the <strong>Glebe</strong>, close to canal.<br />
Built 1985. Open concept<br />
living/dining/custom kitchen,<br />
3 bedrooms, 2 1/2 baths,<br />
ample storage, fireplace,<br />
balconies, indoor garage.<br />
Unique co-operative basis -<br />
no condo fees.<br />
Fully furnished $454,000.<br />
Call 232-4317 for appointment.<br />
*EIGHTH ANNUAL ALTERNA Do it<br />
for Dad! Run & Family Walk, Sun.,<br />
<strong>June</strong> 18, on Queen Elizabeth Driveway,<br />
starting/ending at Anniversary<br />
Park at Carleton University. Application/pledge<br />
forms available at Alterna<br />
Savings branches & Running<br />
Room stores or register/pledge online<br />
at www.altentadifd.ca. Event<br />
raises unds for Ottawa Regional<br />
Cancer Foundation to battle prostate<br />
cancer. Registration: <strong>June</strong> <strong>16</strong> (4:30<br />
-8 p.m.) and <strong>June</strong> 17 (9:30 a.m. to 3<br />
p.m.) at Alterna Savings, 400 Albert<br />
or on-site on event day from 7 a.m.<br />
*BOOK LAUNCH of Biodiesel: Basics<br />
and Beyondhow to make informed<br />
decisions about sustainable<br />
micro-scale biodiesel production-<br />
Sat., <strong>June</strong> 24, 1-3 p.m., Arbour Environmental<br />
Shoppe. 800 Bank.<br />
Meet the author, Bill Kemp, a leading<br />
expert in small- and mid-scale<br />
renewable energy technologies.<br />
*ART LENDING OF OTTAWA:<br />
<strong>June</strong> 19 (7-9 p.m.) and <strong>June</strong> 20 (10<br />
a.m. to 9 p.m.), Unitarian Church<br />
Hall, 30 Cleary Avenue. Rent or buy<br />
original art at reasonable pricesa<br />
large selection of works by local<br />
artists in various media: oils, watercolours,<br />
acrylics, pastels, mixed-media,<br />
sculpture. Also featuring work<br />
by Roy Cottee, Anne Remmer<br />
Thompson and Sharron Pretty. Free<br />
admission & parking. For more info,<br />
call 594-8513 or check the website at<br />
www.artlendingofottawa.com.<br />
LANNA hair & nails salon<br />
Busy <strong>Glebe</strong> salon looking for<br />
experienced hairstylist and<br />
esthetician with clientele,<br />
offering signing bonus to the<br />
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<strong>Glebe</strong> Neighbourhood Attivities Group<br />
<strong>Glebe</strong> Community Centre<br />
175 Third Avenue, Ottawa, ON K1S 2K2<br />
Tel: 233-8713 or 564-1058<br />
Ottawa<br />
email:info@gnag.ca<br />
Ch peat pt<br />
Dance Camp<br />
Hip Hop classes<br />
<strong>Glebe</strong> Leadenhip<br />
Extreme Guys Camp<br />
Graup Fitness<br />
Adult Pottety Classes<br />
Pet Dog Training<br />
Heakh and Wellness<br />
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The staff is excited to meet you at the <strong>Glebe</strong> Community<br />
Centre for the best summer programs offered in the city.<br />
Pick up your copy of our summer guide for full listings of<br />
camps and courses.<br />
There are still spaces left in the following programs:<br />
Preschool Camp<br />
Voyageun Day Camp<br />
Conquest Day Camp<br />
Tennis Camp<br />
& more!<br />
ya,CC Craft & Artisan Fair<br />
Friday, Nov. 17 6:00 _p.m.- 9:00 _p.m.<br />
Saturday; Nov. 18 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 _p.m.<br />
Sunday, Nov. 19 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 _p.m.<br />
Over 50 vendors wit"- be exhibiting their<br />
art work at the Gbe Community Centre<br />
Fee: $125.00<br />
Apylications for Artisans are availabte at<br />
the front desk of the qbe Co-mmunity<br />
Centre or by email at: info@gnag.ca<br />
&NAG wishes the &lobe community<br />
a safe and wonderful summer!<br />
'ta y tuned for the Fall 2004<br />
Program (Aside in the Auqust Mebe<br />
geport or visit our new website: www.gnaq.ca<br />
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