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Serving the <strong>Glebe</strong> community since 1973<br />
Main hall sealed during repairs<br />
The main hall of the <strong>Glebe</strong><br />
community Centre was closed<br />
March 26 to remove asbestos from<br />
the dome. The asbestos had been<br />
covered by a painted canvas<br />
ceiling that has probably lined<br />
the dome since the days the<br />
building was a church. VVhen city<br />
workers discovered the canvas<br />
was no longer stable and there<br />
was a risk asbestos fibres could<br />
be introduced into the space, the<br />
city decided to remove the asbestos<br />
completely to ensure public<br />
safety.<br />
According to Lucian Blair,<br />
communications officer for the<br />
city, the monitored level of asbestos<br />
fibres in the air at that<br />
time was negligible. The area in<br />
question is now sealed off and<br />
there is no risk to adjacent areas.<br />
Asbex, a licensed asbestos re-<br />
Photos: John Oison<br />
Curved canv-as ceiling covered a layer of asbestos under the dome.<br />
Old book inspires <strong>Glebe</strong> writer<br />
When Margaret Negodaeff's<br />
husband brought home an old<br />
book noting the achievements of<br />
one of Canada's first woman doctors<br />
who practised medicine in<br />
China, Margaret knew she had no<br />
tell her story.<br />
The book, Honour Due: The<br />
Story of Dr. Leonora Howard King,<br />
was launched on International<br />
Women's Day in Toronto and has<br />
already received considerable<br />
publicity.<br />
The Ottawa book launch in<br />
March was attended by Hedy Fry,<br />
the Secretary of State responsible<br />
for the status of women, and the<br />
cultural counsellor from the Chinese<br />
embassy.<br />
It took Margaret six years to<br />
research and write the book. The<br />
biography is a first for this<br />
freelance writer and editor who<br />
has worked extensively for Health<br />
Canada and hosted a radio talk<br />
show on women's issues for CKOY.<br />
"Fascinating and frustrating,"<br />
is how Margaret Negodaeff describes<br />
her research in China and<br />
various universities on the life of<br />
the medical missionary Leonora<br />
Asbestos removed from <strong>Glebe</strong> C. C. dome<br />
Author Margaret Negodaeff<br />
Howard King. As a high school<br />
dropout, she felt "like a kid in a<br />
candy shop using the incredible<br />
reference material at Yale University.<br />
I had a wonderful time."<br />
A generous grant from the<br />
Canada Council got her started,<br />
and a push from Dr. Catherine<br />
Younger-Lewis of the Federation<br />
of Medical Women of Canada<br />
(FMVVC) helped her finish it. The<br />
Canadian Medical Association i s<br />
the publisher of Honour Due. Ed-<br />
Continued on page 3<br />
moval contractor, is removing the<br />
asbestos over the next two ID<br />
three weeks and T. Harris Environmental<br />
Management Inc. will<br />
monitor the work daily. Air<br />
monitoring will take place in<br />
rooms adjacent to the main hall to<br />
ensure that the containment is<br />
complete.<br />
Removing the asbestos will<br />
cost $18,500, said Steve Finnamore,<br />
city architect. An extra<br />
$5,000 is estimated for the scaffolding<br />
which will also be needed<br />
to finish the interior of the dome.<br />
Staff are considering how tu<br />
patch and paint the plaster surface.<br />
"We need a product to adhere<br />
to the sealer on the original<br />
plaster," said Finnamore, adding<br />
that they must be sensitive to the<br />
Glebite puts her stamp on the future<br />
Madeline Hall of Monkland<br />
Ave. is one of 30 finalists in Canada<br />
Post's national stamp design<br />
contest, Stampin' the Future'.<br />
Madeline, 12, a <strong>Glebe</strong> <strong>Report</strong> deliverer,<br />
designed the stamp for an<br />
art class at First Avenue School.<br />
She decided to mail in her entry<br />
with her vision of the new millennium.<br />
"A girl in a rocket ship looking<br />
at a planet and the stars," is<br />
how she describes her colourful<br />
illustration.<br />
As a finalist from 56,000 entries,<br />
Madeline won an allinclusive<br />
trip for four to Ottawa<br />
in July, as well as a t-shirt and a<br />
stamp collection. "I'll definitely<br />
be there in July," she said.<br />
"When I found out, I screamed<br />
and jumped up and down. I was<br />
really happy." She hopes to be<br />
one of the four grand prize winners<br />
whose drawings will become<br />
Canadian postage stamps in the<br />
year 2000.<br />
OTTAWA<br />
ItTN§<br />
SOCCER CLUB<br />
Ottawa Royals soccer<br />
registration <strong>April</strong> 10<br />
The Ottawa Royals soccer registration<br />
for House League (ages<br />
5-11) and Competitive (under 10<br />
to adult) takes place at the Dovercourt<br />
Community Centre Saturday,<br />
<strong>April</strong> 10, 10 am. to 4 p.m.<br />
Walk in or phone 729-95<strong>09</strong>.<br />
Annabella & The TyCoon<br />
book signing <strong>April</strong> 29<br />
Joanne Sulzenko, who reports<br />
on Hopewell School for the <strong>Glebe</strong><br />
<strong>Report</strong>; has written a children's<br />
book, Anna bella and The TyCoon.<br />
There will be a signing by the<br />
author at Mother Tongue Books<br />
<strong>April</strong> 29.<br />
Half the proceeds from the sale<br />
of each book goes to Hopewell's<br />
instrumental music program. See<br />
Hopewell School News, page 27.<br />
delicate plaster on the walls as<br />
well. A spray-on stipple finish is<br />
being considered. Cost of the<br />
finishing is not yet known.<br />
MOST PROGRAMS CONTINUE<br />
In the meantime, community<br />
centre and GNAG staff have rescheduled<br />
some events (see GNAG<br />
News, page 6). The after-school<br />
program is continuing; the preschool<br />
indoor playground and<br />
playgroup have been rescheduled,<br />
and yoga and evening fitness will<br />
move to Corpus Christi school.<br />
Call the centre at 564-1058 foe.,<br />
more information.<br />
The Pantry, the lunch/tea room<br />
adjacent to the main hall in the<br />
community centre, has had to<br />
close; owner-manager Carolyn<br />
Best hopes to re-open it <strong>April</strong> 19.<br />
Finalist Madeline Hall<br />
INSIDE<br />
Letters 5<br />
Market forces change Bank St.<br />
GNAG 6<br />
GCA 7<br />
City Councillor 9<br />
Reg'! Councillor 11<br />
Forum 12<br />
Garden for everyone proposed<br />
Feature 19<br />
loung <strong>Glebe</strong> skiers compete<br />
Arts 21,22<br />
Books 31,32<br />
Reviews of books by <strong>Glebe</strong><br />
authors Negodaeff & Marlin<br />
NEXT DEADLINE<br />
Monday, <strong>April</strong> 26<br />
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NEWS<br />
<strong>Glebe</strong> <strong>Report</strong> <strong>April</strong> 9, <strong>1999</strong> 2<br />
Abbotsford House<br />
Spring programs begin<br />
BY GORDON HAUSER<br />
<strong>April</strong> is always a busy month<br />
at 950 Bank Street. Not that we<br />
have been hibernating through<br />
the cold, but the absence of snow<br />
and the return of warm sunshine<br />
revitalizes our energy level and<br />
we plan an exciting session for<br />
lively folk 55 years and older.<br />
On Friday <strong>April</strong> 9 and Saturday<br />
<strong>April</strong> 10 we have our second annual<br />
Book Sale, from 10 a.m. to 2<br />
p.m. If you are going to be ahead<br />
of the discerning collectors who<br />
will be looking over our stock you<br />
will have to be early. A phone<br />
call to 230-5730 will give you<br />
insight as to what is available but<br />
we don't reserve first editions for<br />
anyone. Every visitor has the<br />
same opportunity to snaffle a<br />
bargain as the next<br />
Starting <strong>April</strong> 12 for those<br />
whe like a musical challenge, we<br />
are starting group lessons in<br />
guitar, mandolin and fiddle. Perhaps<br />
you need a refresher to improve<br />
your skill; we have spaced<br />
lessons so there will be no com-<br />
peting sounds.<br />
Guitar on Mon-<br />
days from 1 to 2 p.m., mandolin<br />
and fiddle on Wednesdays from<br />
10 to 11 am. Phone 230-5730 to<br />
reg is ter.<br />
<strong>April</strong> 12 all our programs<br />
start Chinese Brush Painting,<br />
Stained Glass, Pottery, Play<br />
Reading and so many others too<br />
numerous to mention here. Pick<br />
up the free program guide when<br />
you visit for it has a succinct description<br />
of the course and names<br />
of the expert who will guide you.<br />
On <strong>April</strong> 13 we have a presentation<br />
by Future Memories, a<br />
free demonstration about telling<br />
and preserving your life story. It<br />
always amazes me to hear the fascinating<br />
experiences of ordinary<br />
people who often start by saying<br />
that their life was not special.<br />
Your life's ups and downs are<br />
probably another interesting unwritten<br />
book. However we expect<br />
a crowd for this, so advance registration<br />
is required, 230-5730<br />
is the number to call. BecaUse it<br />
starts at 1 p.m. you might like to<br />
come early and have lunch before<br />
it starts. Lunch begins at noon.<br />
After the demonstration refreshments<br />
will be served. Bring your<br />
photo album any one picture<br />
will start a flood of memories.<br />
<strong>April</strong> 20 is a Tuesday and we<br />
have arranged a 'Weekenders'<br />
spring fashion sale from noon to 2<br />
p.m. No registration necessary.<br />
The first Wednesday of each<br />
month we have smoke free bingo,<br />
25 cents per card/game, and on<br />
each second Wednesday we have a<br />
bridge and tea party. Prizes and<br />
refreshments, tickets $4 in advance.<br />
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3 <strong>Glebe</strong> <strong>Report</strong> <strong>April</strong> 9, <strong>1999</strong><br />
<strong>Glebe</strong> Co-op Nursery<br />
Plant sale May 8 and 9<br />
BY KAREN REYNOLDS &<br />
SOSHANAH ELIAS<br />
PLANT SALE MAY 8-9<br />
The <strong>Glebe</strong> Co-operative Nursery<br />
School (690 Lyon Street at<br />
Third) is holding its annual plant<br />
sale on Saturday and Sunday, May<br />
8-9 from 9 to 3 p.m. It's a wonderful<br />
opportunity to get your<br />
flats of annuals, baskets, flowering<br />
plants and great Mother's Day<br />
gifts!<br />
COLOURFUL MURAL<br />
CREATED<br />
Spring has actually been<br />
blooming at the nursery school<br />
since last November. That is<br />
when Marie Christine Feraud began<br />
to sketch tulips and daffodils<br />
forming part of a colourful mural<br />
which now adorns the stairway to<br />
the school. As well as caring for<br />
her children, Sacha (age 3 1/2)<br />
and his sister Zepherine (age 19<br />
months), Marie Christine works<br />
as a professional art director,<br />
Neighbourhood<br />
There will be a meeting of the<br />
Neighbourhood Watch, <strong>Glebe</strong><br />
North, on Wednesday, <strong>April</strong> 21,<br />
from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the<br />
<strong>Glebe</strong> Community Centre, 690<br />
Lyon Street.<br />
The <strong>Glebe</strong> North Watch area<br />
comprises Powell (Bank to Bronson),<br />
Renfrew, Imperial, Rosebery<br />
and Glendale Avenues. All resi-<br />
Cont'd from p. 1<br />
winna von Baeyer of Ottawa South<br />
was the editor.<br />
Margaret, a Glebite for the past<br />
11 years, lives on Regent Street<br />
with her husband Stephen Tomsik<br />
and their deranged cats, Bonnie<br />
and Clyde. For the past few years,<br />
Negodaeff has concentrated on<br />
travelling and writing about her<br />
adventures for various publications,<br />
including the <strong>Glebe</strong> <strong>Report</strong>.<br />
Margaret will sign copies of<br />
her book at the Kanata Chapters<br />
store <strong>April</strong> 24, 2 to 3:30 p.m.<br />
Honour Due is also for sale at the<br />
<strong>Glebe</strong> Bookshop and Octopus<br />
Books in the <strong>Glebe</strong>.<br />
See review of Honour Due on page<br />
31.<br />
designing and putting together<br />
sets for television, film and video<br />
productions. When asked why<br />
Marie Christine generously donated<br />
her talents to produce the<br />
mural she said simply, "I thought<br />
it would be something fun for our<br />
kids at the co-op nursery<br />
something fun to look at and it<br />
just kept growing because I was<br />
having fun doing it." Marie<br />
Christine has spent many hours<br />
creating the colourful and whimsical<br />
mural which takes the children<br />
through the four seasons as<br />
they climb the stairs, ending with<br />
an underwater ocean scene. Another<br />
student, Sam Angel describes<br />
the results as "so beautiful"<br />
and particularly likes the<br />
"baby mice" and "crawly,bugs."<br />
For more information about the<br />
plant sale or registration at the<br />
<strong>Glebe</strong> Co-operative Nursery<br />
School, call 233-9708.<br />
Watch meeting<br />
dents are cordially invited to attend.<br />
The purpose of the meeting is<br />
to review the current situation<br />
and to discuss options for change<br />
to the Neighbourhood Watch.<br />
The meeting will be chaired by<br />
Bill Kearns, a block captain for<br />
Glendale Avenue.<br />
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to support<br />
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Saturday, May 29th, 9 am to 3 pm<br />
In case of pouring rain<br />
Rain Date: Sunday, May 30th, 9 am to 3 pm<br />
Get together with your neighbours by selling your treasures or<br />
wander through the <strong>Glebe</strong> in search of bargains. To help support the<br />
Ottawa Food Bank, the <strong>Glebe</strong> Community Association asks that<br />
you donate 10% of your sales.<br />
Register by May 24 to have your address and sale items entered on<br />
the Garage Sale Map. Complete the registration form below and<br />
drop it off at the <strong>Glebe</strong> Community Centre or at LOEB <strong>Glebe</strong>. You<br />
can also register by emailsend your name, address and sale items<br />
to George Holland at gholland@compmore.net.<br />
For further information contact George Holland 235-4732<br />
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5 <strong>Glebe</strong> <strong>Report</strong> <strong>April</strong> 9, <strong>1999</strong><br />
Restore gardens and arboretum<br />
Editor, <strong>Glebe</strong> <strong>Report</strong>,<br />
Champlain's planting of roses<br />
at Quebec in the year 1611 may<br />
be the earliest record of ornamental<br />
gardening horticulture in<br />
Canada and although there is<br />
much valuable written material<br />
on the history of Canadian gardens,<br />
the information is very<br />
fragmented. Even more so are the<br />
few remaining historic gardens<br />
left in Canada.<br />
Ms. Edwinna von Baeyer, who<br />
wrote "Central Experimental<br />
Farm threatened by Garden Proposal"<br />
in last month's <strong>Glebe</strong> <strong>Report</strong>;<br />
has every right to be<br />
alarmed at the crass propositions<br />
put forth by the Ottawa Botanical<br />
Garden Society.<br />
It would seem to me that the<br />
garden society chooses to ignore<br />
the much needed therapeutic<br />
value that these historic gardens<br />
have to offer which were partly<br />
Bank St. character threatened<br />
Editor, <strong>Glebe</strong> <strong>Report</strong>,<br />
I, for one, am getting sick of<br />
hearing 'market forces' applied to<br />
everything as an imperative for<br />
determining how we live. Market<br />
forces be damned! I hate the way<br />
they change many things for the<br />
worse.<br />
Take Bank Street, today, for<br />
example. It is a street under assault<br />
by market forces. VVhat we,<br />
in the <strong>Glebe</strong>, risk is becoming a<br />
main street version of a shopping<br />
mall. If I wanted to live next to<br />
the Rideau Centre, I would have<br />
done so. I chose to live here, because<br />
the neighborhood is so<br />
wonderful, with Bank Street at its<br />
core.<br />
My rant is occasioned by the<br />
sign in the window of Puggwash,<br />
the delightful children's book<br />
store that has been a feature of<br />
this neighbourhood for many<br />
years. The sign says: "for lease."<br />
Puggwash has to move. The owners<br />
can make their living with<br />
their rent at a reasonable rate. I<br />
have learned that they cannot afford<br />
the large increase in rent<br />
their landlord is demanding,<br />
given the influx of 'boutique'<br />
chain stores that can pay much<br />
higher rates for space on our<br />
s treet.<br />
I have no trouble understanding<br />
that landlords are in the<br />
business of making money from<br />
their properties. What I do have<br />
trouble both understanding and<br />
accepting is that the rents they<br />
choose, without any restrictions,<br />
can dictate the kind of stores we<br />
have in our neighborhood. It is<br />
understandable that such an independent<br />
business would have<br />
Sorry to say good-bye<br />
Editor, <strong>Glebe</strong> <strong>Report</strong>,<br />
Today I learned that Puggwash<br />
is moving because the rent is being<br />
raised. As a citizen of the<br />
area I am deeply concerned because<br />
I have been going there for<br />
the past ten years (since I was 2).<br />
intended to be free public gardens<br />
for the enjoyment of everyone.<br />
However the garden society<br />
does not ignore that, carving up<br />
the Experimental Farm to make<br />
way for fifty or so Disney-like<br />
theme gardens (including a<br />
walled garden in the Arboretum)<br />
can be very profitable, in terms<br />
of the ever increasing number of<br />
tourist dollars spent in the Nation's<br />
Capital.<br />
The gardens and Arboretum at<br />
the Experimental Farm are sadly<br />
neglected year by year and any<br />
money invested should be on the<br />
restoration of this historic gem of<br />
19th-century Canadian gardening<br />
and landscaping to its original<br />
design and planting material.<br />
These gardens have over 110<br />
years held many pleasant memories<br />
for many Ottawa residents<br />
and visitors and should continue<br />
to do so.<br />
Emma Robe<br />
difficulty in paying what a na<br />
tional chain store can afford,<br />
given the backing the chains gain<br />
through a national or international<br />
presence. It seems unconscionable<br />
to me to increase the<br />
rent of a small, successful business,<br />
so that it cannot afford to<br />
continue to contribute to our<br />
community.<br />
I know the owners of Puggwash<br />
are trying to find another site in<br />
the area for their business. I<br />
hope they find one. We need the<br />
specialty stores that lend this<br />
main street and neighborhood so<br />
much character. It is shortsighted<br />
of some members of the<br />
business community not to recognize<br />
that we chose to shop on our<br />
main street because of that character.<br />
The advent of the chains is<br />
welcome, for they add diversity to<br />
mix, but they should not be given<br />
the opportunity to dominate our<br />
local marketplace.<br />
I would ask landlords to consider<br />
that, if Bank Street becomes<br />
more like a shopping mall, it will<br />
lose its unique appeal. I would<br />
ask, not that they subsidize, but<br />
that they value independent,<br />
small businesses for the customers<br />
they bring to the street.<br />
Without them, many people may<br />
begin to choose the one-stop<br />
shopping malls' way of buying<br />
what they need. If that happens,<br />
business on Bank will begin to<br />
decline and, I would bet, as it becomes<br />
a poorer place, the chains<br />
will find somewhere else, more<br />
profitable, to go. And then,<br />
where will we all be? Certainly,<br />
no further ahead.<br />
J. C. Sulzenko<br />
I think the landlord is forgetting<br />
that Puggwash has been there for<br />
10 years and is a community<br />
bookstore that adults and children<br />
alike love very much.<br />
If you have news call the editor at 236-4955<br />
or write to the <strong>Glebe</strong> <strong>Report</strong>, P.O Box 4794,<br />
Station E, Ottawa, K1S 5H9<br />
Ben Prentice<br />
Where have all the children gone?<br />
Editor, <strong>Glebe</strong> <strong>Report</strong>,<br />
Did you know that MacSkimming<br />
Outdoor Centre has fabulous<br />
March Break and summer programs?<br />
Why was the March Break<br />
bus only half full?<br />
Have you seen the setting at<br />
the outdoor centre? The many<br />
acres of forest are beautiful in all<br />
seasons.<br />
What an opportunity this is<br />
Member by invitation:<br />
LETTERS<br />
for our urban children! Mac-<br />
Skimming Outdoor Centre has so<br />
much to offer. Hopefully this<br />
program will not be lost for the<br />
lack of interest.<br />
With our school board cut<br />
backs, it is now almost impossible<br />
to have regular class trips<br />
there. For so long this was taken<br />
for granted.<br />
Mary Kovacs<br />
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EDITOR'S NOTE<br />
Puggwash Children's Books on Bank St. and Allan Mayer's tea room<br />
on Fourth Ave. are leaving the <strong>Glebe</strong> after nearly 10 years in business.<br />
787 Bank St. (at third ave.) Ottawa<br />
KAMAL'S FALAFEL STOP<br />
OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK
GNAG NEW S<br />
GLEBE<br />
Program changes during repairs<br />
BY ALICE HINTHER<br />
GNAG spring registration took<br />
place on March 27, but registration<br />
for courses and workshops<br />
will continue on an ongoing basis<br />
during normal centre hours at the<br />
front desk.<br />
We still have space available<br />
in many of our children's and<br />
adult programmes. Please call<br />
564-1058 for more information.<br />
Due to repairs to the main<br />
hall, the Spring Craft Fair has<br />
been rescheduled for <strong>April</strong> 24,<br />
10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Also the Spring<br />
Flea Market has been rescheduled<br />
to May lst, 10 a.m. - 3 p.m.<br />
The Antique and Collectibles<br />
fair is cancelled.<br />
We will have tables available<br />
at the <strong>Glebe</strong> Community Centre<br />
for the Great <strong>Glebe</strong> Garage Sale. If<br />
you have items you would like to<br />
News from the Grimacing Nun<br />
BY AMY BRANDON<br />
The Grimacing Nun Café hosted<br />
an Electric Coffeehouse Saturday<br />
March 27. D. J. Lucid started the<br />
evening with two hours of spinning.<br />
Following were Spark Plug,<br />
a West End band that amazed the<br />
crowd with fantastic instrumentais.<br />
Crash rocked the house with<br />
covers of Aerosmith and Green<br />
Day. Nimbus, just returning from<br />
a tour of England, was also a huge<br />
crowd pleaser. The hit of the<br />
night was Pipetown who was<br />
enthusiastically heard by the<br />
audience (and probably the rest<br />
of the <strong>Glebe</strong> as well). Wrapping<br />
up the show was the last performance<br />
ever by Kidicarus, now<br />
known as Divinity Burst, who will<br />
likely be seen again very soon,<br />
making the rounds of the Ottawa<br />
circuit.<br />
A public thank you to the<br />
bands and volunteers who made<br />
the coffeehouse possible, and our<br />
special thanks goes to our sponsors,<br />
the <strong>Glebe</strong> Neighbourhood<br />
Activities Group, Martin Sound<br />
and Grabbajabba. Our next dates<br />
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sell, but don't have a lawn to sell<br />
them on, we have the perfect spot<br />
for you! Tables cost $25. The<br />
Great <strong>Glebe</strong> Garage Sale will be<br />
held on May 29.<br />
The Fitness Fundraiser has<br />
been rescheduled to June 5, 9:30<br />
- 11:30 a.m.<br />
APRIL CALENDAR.<br />
<strong>April</strong> 6: Regular programmes<br />
begin<br />
<strong>April</strong> 9: Youth Dance, $3 at the<br />
door<br />
<strong>April</strong> 24: Spring Craft Fair, 10<br />
a.m. - 5 p.m.<br />
May 1: Flea Market, 10 a.m. - 3<br />
p.m.<br />
Come into or call the <strong>Glebe</strong><br />
Community Centre at 564-<br />
1058 to confirm dates for<br />
programs in the main hall<br />
such as fitness and yoga.<br />
are <strong>April</strong> 16, 23 and 30. Watch<br />
for posters in the <strong>Glebe</strong> area, and<br />
be sure to come and see the show!<br />
Friday Nights at the Grimacing<br />
Nun is an all-ages youth event.<br />
For more information call Amy at<br />
237-1689.<br />
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7 <strong>Glebe</strong> <strong>Report</strong> <strong>April</strong> 9, <strong>1999</strong> GCA<br />
Annual General Meeting May 12<br />
The annual meeting of the<br />
<strong>Glebe</strong> Community Association<br />
will be held on May 12 at the<br />
<strong>Glebe</strong> Community Centre starting<br />
at 7:30 p.m. Part of the evening<br />
will be election of officers for the<br />
GCA board. See the notice in this<br />
issue of the <strong>Glebe</strong> <strong>Report</strong> or contact<br />
me if you require any further<br />
information.<br />
This is an opportunity to review<br />
the actions taken by the association<br />
over the past year and<br />
consider the direction we will be<br />
taking in the months and perhaps<br />
years to come. It is also an opportunity<br />
for the residents of the<br />
<strong>Glebe</strong> to become active members<br />
of the board and their community.<br />
GREAT GLEBE GARAGE SALE<br />
The Great <strong>Glebe</strong> Garage sale<br />
will be held on May 29. For details<br />
contact George Holland at<br />
235-4732. A limited number of<br />
tables and space are available at<br />
the <strong>Glebe</strong> Community Centre on<br />
May 29. Contact Mary Tsai Davies<br />
at the community centre for additional<br />
information.<br />
PLANNING AND TRAFFIC<br />
Please read the article on page<br />
8 about a GCA proposal on neighbourhood<br />
planning. Also, on page<br />
13, is a unique proposal for Bronson<br />
Ave. from the GCA traffic<br />
committee.<br />
FORUM ON EDUCATION<br />
An all-party Forum on Education<br />
hosted by the Ottawa-<br />
Carleton Educational Coalition<br />
will be held on <strong>April</strong> 22 at the<br />
Civic Centre from 6:30 - 9 p.m.;<br />
speakers will be Premier Mike<br />
Harris, Dalton McGuinty and<br />
Howard Hampton with host Ken<br />
Rockburn. Each speaker will<br />
outline his party policy on education<br />
and there will be an op-<br />
By<br />
G. C. A.<br />
President<br />
John Kane<br />
portunity for questions from the<br />
audience. If nothing else, it<br />
should be entertaining.<br />
<strong>1999</strong> MEETING SCHEDULE<br />
Monthly board meetings:<br />
<strong>April</strong> 27, May 25, June 22. Annual<br />
general meeting: May 12.<br />
All meetings start at 7:30 p.m.<br />
and are held at the <strong>Glebe</strong> Community<br />
Centre.<br />
I would like to remind everyone<br />
that the GCA board meetings<br />
are open to the public. All residents<br />
of the <strong>Glebe</strong> are always welcome.<br />
If you have ideas, concerns<br />
or problems regarding our neighbourhood,<br />
contact the GCA.<br />
I can be reached at 235-1782<br />
between 6 & 9:30 p.m. or e-mail:<br />
homekane@sympatico.co<br />
GREEN THUMBS NEEDED<br />
Peter Duchemin<br />
Got a green thumb? The <strong>Glebe</strong><br />
Environment Committee is looking<br />
for volunteer gardeners to maintain<br />
the planter boxes that grace<br />
our neighbourhood each summer.<br />
Please call Joyce McMahon at<br />
237-<strong>09</strong>88 or e-mail jmcmahon<br />
@cyberus.ca<br />
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Mon. - Wed. 10-6<br />
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GLEBE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION<br />
L'ASSOCIATION COMMUNAUTAIRE DU GLEBE<br />
Nominations for Board of Directors<br />
and<br />
Annual General Meeting<br />
The <strong>Glebe</strong> Community Association will hold its annual general meeting on Wednesday, May 12, <strong>1999</strong> at 7:30 p.m. in the <strong>Glebe</strong> Community<br />
Centre (main hall) at 690 Lyon Street. One of the items on the agenda is the annual election of the Board of Directors.<br />
All members of the Association, including incumbents, are eligible to serve on the Board in the positions listed below:<br />
180 Percy Street<br />
564-1070<br />
Introduction to<br />
Landscaping Design<br />
An introduction to<br />
placing patios,<br />
decks, and other<br />
structures in your<br />
yard, and to selecting the best<br />
plants to go with them. As well,<br />
learn how to attract birds and<br />
butterflies, and how to keep<br />
maintenance low so you can enjoy<br />
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A Series of four gardening courses<br />
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environment. Sessions on basic<br />
garden care and maintenance: tips<br />
to maximise your gardening space<br />
and privacy: alternatives to front<br />
lawn and selecting plants, trees and<br />
shrubs for the small garden. Note:<br />
Membership in the Ottawa<br />
Horticultural Society if offered to all<br />
participants at a reduced rate.<br />
Wednesdays, 6:30- 8:30 p.m.<br />
$60<br />
For more information, call the 564-1070.<br />
President<br />
Committee Chairpersons or representatives for:<br />
Vice-President (2)<br />
Business<br />
Recording Secretary<br />
Education<br />
Treasurer<br />
Environment<br />
Past President (ex officio, and by<br />
<strong>Glebe</strong> Neighbourhood Activities Group Liaison<br />
succession)<br />
Heritage<br />
Membership Co-ordinator<br />
Lansdowne Park<br />
Assistant Membership Co-ordinator<br />
Neighbourhood Planning<br />
Publicity Co-ordinator<br />
Recreation/Garage Sale<br />
Area Directors: (12)<br />
Seniors<br />
2 for each of 6 Zones Social Planning<br />
Tenants<br />
Traffic<br />
(From this Board 2 members will represent the community at the F.C.A.)<br />
If you would like to participate in the direction of your neighboutood association, or if you wish to forward a nomination, the Nominating<br />
Committee would welcome your call and provide further information. The closing date for nominations is May 10. Please call or contact:<br />
Anne Scotton John Kane Cindy Delage<br />
231-2778 235-1782 233-2207<br />
Wednesday, May 12, <strong>1999</strong>
s.<br />
NEWS<br />
GCA proposes new planning procedures<br />
BY JUNE CREELMAN<br />
The planning committee of the<br />
<strong>Glebe</strong> Community Association is<br />
proposing new procedures to deal<br />
with development issues in a<br />
more consistent and pro-active<br />
manner. They will be discussed<br />
at the next GCA meeting on <strong>April</strong><br />
27 so please attend to give your<br />
input.<br />
REZONING AND<br />
DEVELOPMENT REQUESTS<br />
The GCA will post all requests<br />
for rezoning and development<br />
on its bulletin board at the<br />
community centre and on its Web<br />
site (when the site is up).<br />
All requests will be assessed<br />
according to a template of impact<br />
areas (e.g. traffic, parking<br />
(including winter and snow removal<br />
issues), massing, height,<br />
sun, setbacks, density, environmental<br />
impact, impact on immediate<br />
neighbours (i.e. privacy/sun)<br />
and the community as a whole<br />
(i.e. nature of use), and compatibility<br />
with neighbourhood character.<br />
This template will be provided<br />
to developers ahead of time.<br />
Developers of major development<br />
projects or projects that require<br />
rezoning will be asked to<br />
make a presentation to the GCA<br />
and submit copies of their plans,<br />
as well as parking/traffic impact<br />
studies (where applicable) for<br />
review. These will be kept by the<br />
GCA for reference. Proponents<br />
will have 15 - 20 minutes to make<br />
a presentation. Following the<br />
presentation, the chair will ask<br />
for comments from the GCA board<br />
and community members, however<br />
Bunnies in a basket<br />
no formal response will be given<br />
at that time. (The board will<br />
comment at its next meeting).<br />
The planning committee will<br />
assess the project based on the<br />
template. Normally, the area representative<br />
and/or block rep. will<br />
be invited to join the committee<br />
for its discussions. In the interim,<br />
the committee may meet<br />
with the developers and/or concerned<br />
community members to<br />
discuss issues and to fully assess<br />
potential impacts.<br />
At the next GCA meeting, the<br />
planning committee will make a<br />
reconunendation to the board.<br />
Following further discussion as<br />
required, the GCA will formally<br />
respond to the developer and/or<br />
the city with a response of either<br />
1) Objects to, 2) Does not object<br />
to, or 3) Supports the project<br />
Comments and copies of the impact<br />
assessment will be provided.<br />
The No Comment designation will<br />
be reserved for projects that are<br />
not discussed.<br />
Special committees will be<br />
struck for major projects.<br />
COMMITTEE OF<br />
ADJUSTMENT APPLICATIONS<br />
FOR MINOR VARIANCES<br />
The GCA will post all requests<br />
for variances on its bulletin<br />
board and Web site.<br />
GCA will not normally intervene<br />
in committee of adjustment<br />
applications unless a board member<br />
believes it is of concern, or<br />
community members ask for help,<br />
or unless the variance involves a<br />
project already discussed by the<br />
GCA.<br />
When community members approach<br />
the GCA for help with CoA<br />
variance application, the planning<br />
committee, the area rep. and<br />
the concerned community members<br />
will have a meeting to discuss<br />
it with the proponent wherever<br />
possible. The planning<br />
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Easter bunnies take up residence. Photo: Jennie Aliman<br />
These spring bunnies were hopping around the house on Easter<br />
weekend. Born in late February, the bunnies' proud parents are Chelsea<br />
Iswolsky, owned by Alyssa, and C-me Sydor-Estable, owned by Cecilia.<br />
Southside Preschool open house<br />
and registration<br />
Keep the evening of Wednesday,<br />
<strong>April</strong> 28 free for Southside<br />
Preschool's annual open house<br />
and registration night, 6:30 to<br />
8:30 p.m. Our nursery school offers<br />
half-day programs for 2 1/2-<br />
to five-year-olds, and operates<br />
Monday to Friday 9 to 11:30 a.m.<br />
and Tuesday and Thursday, 1 to<br />
3:30 p.m.<br />
A local consultant for Please<br />
Mum and Carters will be there<br />
along with a representative from<br />
Jokus toys. Both will donate a<br />
percentage of the profit as a.<br />
fund-raiser for the preschool.<br />
It'll be a perfect time to stock up<br />
on some new summer clothes or<br />
find some educational<br />
'graduation' or birthday gifts.<br />
Please feel free to drop by the<br />
school to pick up your registration<br />
forms.<br />
Registration is ongoing at<br />
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9 <strong>Glebe</strong> <strong>Report</strong> <strong>April</strong> 9, <strong>1999</strong> REPORT<br />
City Councillor's<br />
COMMUNITY SUPPORTS GCC<br />
The main hall of the <strong>Glebe</strong><br />
Community Centre which is slated<br />
to re-open <strong>April</strong> 19 has been<br />
fully sealed to allow for complete<br />
removal of the canvas canopy in<br />
the dome and acoustic insulation<br />
behind it which presents a potential<br />
risk of asbestos dispersal.<br />
Air monitoring results taken<br />
when the change in the fabric's<br />
stability was observed are very<br />
reassuring. Findings were negligible<br />
in the main hall. The rest of<br />
the community centre is completely<br />
safe for public occupancy.<br />
Air monitoring will take place in<br />
all areas adjacent to the main hall<br />
to ensure that the containment i s<br />
complete. The project, including<br />
complete clean up, is expected to<br />
take about three weeks.<br />
Thanks to GNAG staff, volunteers<br />
and city staff for their fast,<br />
effective rescheduling of events<br />
and programs. The entire response<br />
to the situation was commendable.<br />
For program information,<br />
call the centre at 564-1058.<br />
WHITTON AWARDS - JUNE 1<br />
Please circle Tuesday, June 1<br />
on your calendars and plan to attend<br />
the Whitton Award ceremony<br />
in the Assembly Hall at<br />
Lansdowne Park at 7 p.m. Once<br />
again it will be my pleasure to<br />
host this great conununity event<br />
to honour outstanding volunteers<br />
in Capital Ward. Refreshments<br />
and food will be provided courtesy<br />
of many local businesses. I<br />
look forward to seeing you and<br />
your family and friends there.<br />
FIGHTING SCHOOL CLOSURES<br />
In March I took part in a suc-<br />
update<br />
By<br />
Councillor<br />
Inez Berg<br />
cessful conference, Reclaiming<br />
Our Schools/Mobilizing Our<br />
Communities. I thank Mitchell<br />
Beer and the many concerned parents<br />
who organized it and continue<br />
to work on this issue. To<br />
join this initiative or learn more<br />
please call 237-6227.<br />
LANSDOWNE PARK<br />
We are near the end of the 90-<br />
day freeze on negotiations between<br />
the city and Canderel Management<br />
for revitalization of<br />
Lansdowne Park. Requested by<br />
Canderel in March so that the city<br />
and region could settle outstanding<br />
issues, the freeze has<br />
involved a number of meetings<br />
between Mayor Watson, Chair<br />
Chiarelli, their CAOs and local<br />
architect Barry Hobin and Richard<br />
Moore. Last October regional<br />
council approved a motion to purchase<br />
the park to retain it as a<br />
public space.<br />
Whatever proposals the region<br />
puts forward, they must fully<br />
consider the residential nature of<br />
the surrounding communities,<br />
and the need to keep development<br />
to a scale that will not create<br />
negative traffic and parking impacts<br />
on Bank Street, Q_ueen<br />
Elizabeth Driveway and sur-<br />
rounding residential streets.<br />
Remember that Canderel's<br />
plan, which included 100,000<br />
square feet of commercial and<br />
retail development, an office<br />
building, a parking garage of at<br />
least 1,500 spaces and space for<br />
85 per cent of current trade<br />
show/exhibition activity on site,<br />
(as well as the residential component<br />
which attracted most media<br />
attention), was based on the assumption<br />
that the stadium would<br />
be demolished and the Civic Centre<br />
seating capacity halved to<br />
6,500 seats. Should a proposal<br />
from the region include retaining<br />
the stadium in some form and<br />
keeping the current capacity of<br />
the Civic Centre, then a serious<br />
reduction in commercial development<br />
in the rest of the park<br />
should be considered. We must<br />
not generate increased demand<br />
for parking which could not be<br />
adequately accommodated at<br />
Lansdowne. Area residents are<br />
justifiably concerned that, even<br />
with a large parking garage onsite,<br />
man' y visitors to Lansdowne<br />
would opt for free street parking<br />
in surrounding neighbourhoods,<br />
adding to existing parking problems.<br />
SALUTE TO SUE LECONTE<br />
A very special thank you and<br />
farewell to Sue LeConte, the director<br />
of <strong>Glebe</strong> Centre. Sue is retiring<br />
after 14 years of providing<br />
unfaltering leadership, guidance<br />
and commitment to the growth and<br />
quality of the seniors residence,<br />
its programs and extended care<br />
facilities. Staff, residents, and<br />
our community extend our heartfelt<br />
thanks and best wishes to Sue<br />
and her family.<br />
MAYOR'S AWARD<br />
Congratulations to <strong>Glebe</strong> resident<br />
Stan Currie who received the<br />
Mayor's Award for Community<br />
Service on March 4.<br />
Stan has<br />
worked tirelessly for many years<br />
to support public education and<br />
protect schools. It was my pleasure<br />
to co-present the award with<br />
Mayor Watson and to thank Stan<br />
on behalf of all Ottawa residents.<br />
SPRING CLEAN THE CAPITAL<br />
This year's Spring Cleaning<br />
the Capital Campaign runs from<br />
<strong>April</strong> 16 to May 16. Participants<br />
can win prizes by pre-registering<br />
before <strong>April</strong> 16 and/or returning<br />
their report by May 31. To get an<br />
application form, call my office at<br />
244-5367 or 244-5444. Join us<br />
in the Sixth Annual Spring<br />
Cleaning the Capital campaign!<br />
BAIL OR JAIL<br />
On March 25, I was arrested<br />
and charged with being the councillor<br />
for a ward which calls itself<br />
Capital Ward, when it is only<br />
a part of the capital of Canada. In<br />
spite of my plea that it was not a<br />
capital offence to live in the<br />
<strong>Glebe</strong>, and a legal argument that I<br />
was already suffering capital<br />
punishment because Lansdowne<br />
Park was in my ward, I was found<br />
guilty as charged. Those who<br />
wish to help pay my bail (and<br />
support the Crime Stoppers Program)<br />
may call my office for a<br />
pledge form or send their cheque<br />
to Crime Stoppers, Box 1198, Stn.<br />
B, Ottawa, ON KlP 5R2.<br />
CAN I<br />
HELP?<br />
Inez Berg, Councillor, 111<br />
Sussex Drive, Ottawa, ON, K1N<br />
5A1. Tel: 244-5367. Fax: 244-<br />
5373. E-mail:<br />
bergi@city.ottawa.on.ca<br />
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SPACIOUS GLEBE HOME full of original charm and<br />
character. The main floor has large formal rooms &<br />
the kitchen opens to screened porch that views<br />
garden. Hardwood floors, high ceilings<br />
w/med.I lions & coving. Attached garage to be built.<br />
GREAT GLEBE HOME on quiet street, steps to Canal.<br />
Superb entertaining space w/hardwood floors &<br />
pillars plus a huge kitchen & family room. Luxurious<br />
2nd floor master plus 3 additional bedrooms. Third<br />
floor is a 724 sq. ft. room w/soaring ceilings. Garage.<br />
QUIET GLEBE LOCATION close to everything in<br />
community. Renovated 1/2 double offers sun filled<br />
space w/hardwood & softwood floors. 3 ample<br />
sized bedrooms and the main bath has a soaring<br />
skylit ceiling. Fenced rear garden. 2 car parking.<br />
SUPER GLEBE LOCATION ideal for comfortable<br />
family living. Hardwood floors, beamed ceiling in<br />
dining room, and a wood burning fireplace. A wide<br />
lot provides an area for expansion. Finished<br />
basement w/full bath & rec room. Private driveway.<br />
344 O'Connor Street<br />
LOCATED ON QUIET STREET steps to Brown's Inlet<br />
and Canal, this Victorian home offers well scaled<br />
rooms & charm; 2 fireplaces, large foyer, 5 bedrooms<br />
and 2 full baths. Kitchen needs renovation but could<br />
be made into a kitchen/family room area.<br />
Not intended to solicit property already listed for sale<br />
IDEALLY LOCATED steps from Canal/parkland.<br />
Spacious Victorian home, beautifully restored &<br />
stylishly renovated. Main floor offers 20' dining<br />
room, 2 sitting rooms ( w/fireplaces) & a stately<br />
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<strong>Glebe</strong> <strong>Report</strong> <strong>April</strong> 9, <strong>1999</strong> 1 0<br />
Spring is a busy time<br />
for building permit<br />
applications, but<br />
you can beat the<br />
rush by applying<br />
Ottawa<br />
for your building permit now. If you're just in the<br />
planning stages, we'll be happy to discuss your<br />
ideas and inform you on what the<br />
municipality's building regulations and codes allow and<br />
what is required in the application process.<br />
To apply for a Building Permit or get more information, stop by the Business<br />
Services Zone of the City's Client Service Centre, Level I,<br />
Environmental Achievement Awards<br />
Nominations are being accepted for the 1998/99 Environmental Achievement Awards,<br />
which recognizes contributions for the protection or enhancement of Ottawa's<br />
environment. You may nominate yourself, another person, group or association in the<br />
appropriate category: Individuals, Community Groups and Associations, Institutions<br />
(including schools), and Business. Nominations must be Ottawa based.<br />
Nomination forms can be picked up at all City facilities. Completed forms and<br />
supporting documentation, which must be received by Apri116, should be<br />
mailed to the address below (mark to attention of: Environmental<br />
Achievement Awards, Environmental Management Branch,<br />
Dept. of Urban Planning and Public Works).<br />
!nia: Onno Gaanderse, 244-5300, ext. 3364;<br />
e-mail: gaanderseo@city.ottawa.on.ca<br />
CITY RECEIVES AWARD FOR REDUCTION OF<br />
GREEN HOUSE GAS<br />
On February 11 and on behalf of the City, Councillor Elisabeth Arnold accepted the<br />
Voluntary Challenge and Registry's 1998 Leadership Award for Municipalities, for the<br />
City's role in the reduction of local green house gas emissions. The City also has a<br />
program to reduce CO2 emissions on a community-vvide basis, including residential,<br />
commercial, industrial and transportation sectors.<br />
Info: Paul McDonald, 244-5300, ext. 3221;<br />
e-mail: mcdonaldp@city.ottawa.on.ca<br />
LA VILLE REÇOIT UN POIX POUR SA<br />
CONTRIBUTION A LA REDUCTION DES<br />
CONCENTRATIONS DE GAZ A EFFET DE SERRE<br />
Le 11 février, la conseillère Elisabeth Arnold a accepté au nom de la Ville d'Ottawa le Prix<br />
de leadership des municipalités de 1998 de Mesures volontaires et Registre pour la<br />
contribution de la Ville a la réduction des émissions locales de gazà effet de serre. La Ville a<br />
aussi un programme de réduction des émissions de CO2 pour l'ensemble de la collectivité<br />
dans les secteurs résidentiels, commerciaux et industriels, ainsi que dans celui des transports.<br />
Pour information : Paul McDonald, 244-5300, poste 3221;<br />
courriel : mcdonaldp@city.ottawa.on.ca<br />
Ottawa Cycling Advisory Group<br />
The City's Cycling Advisory Group, a committee of citizen volunteers who<br />
provide advice on cycling issues, is seeking new members (must be City of<br />
Ottawa resident). Deadline to receive applications is A pril 30. Letters of<br />
application (including your background) should be forwarded to the address below<br />
(mark to attention of: Daphne Hope, Alternative Transportation Planner, Licensing,<br />
Transportation and Buildings Branch, Dept. of Urban Planning and Public Works.<br />
Info: 2445300, ext. 3225.<br />
Groupe consultatif sur le cyclisme d'Ottawa<br />
Le Groupe consultatif sur le cyclisme de la Ville d'Ottawa, un comité de citoyens bénévoles qui<br />
donnent des conseils sur diverses questions liées au cyclisme, cherche de nouveaux membres (qui<br />
doivent habiter Ottawa). La date limite de réception des demandes d'adhésion est le 30 avril.<br />
Envoyez vos lettres de demande (avec votre c.v.) aux soins de Daphne Hope, planificatrice des<br />
modes de transport de rechange, Direction des permis, des transports et du bâtiment. Service de<br />
l'urbanisme et des travaux publics.<br />
Tél. : 244-5300, poste 3225.<br />
Au printemps, la<br />
Ville reçoit .<br />
beaucoup de<br />
demandes de<br />
permis de<br />
construire, mais vous pourrez échapper à la cohue en demandant<br />
votre permis dès maintenant Si vous n'êtes encore qu'a l'étape<br />
des plans, nous nous fenins un plaisir d'en parler<br />
avec vous et de vous dire ce qu'autorisent les codes et les règlements<br />
de construction municipaux, en plus de ce que vous devez faire pour obtenir un permis.<br />
Pour demander un permis de construire ou de l'information, présentez-vous à la Zone des services<br />
commerciaux et d'aménagement du Centre du service à la clientèle de la Ville, au niveau I du pavillon<br />
Rideau Pavilion, City Hall.<br />
Rideau, à l'hôtel de ville.<br />
lnfo: 244-5300, ext. 3202.<br />
Pour information, composez le 244-5300, poste 3202.<br />
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Prix d'excellence environnementale<br />
On accepte déjà les mises en candidature pour l'édition de 1998-<strong>1999</strong> des Prix d'excellence<br />
environnementale, qui récompensent les contributions à la protection ou â l'amélioration de<br />
l'environnement d'Ottawa. Vous pouvez vous mettre en candidature ou proposer les noms<br />
d'une autre personne, d'un groupe ou d'une association dans les catégories suivantes<br />
Particuliers, Groupes et associations communautaires, Organismes (y compris les<br />
écoles) et Entreprises. Tous les candidats doivent être basés â Ottawa ou y habiter.<br />
Les intéresses peuvent se procurer des formules de mise en candidature dans<br />
tous les bureaux de la Ville. La date limite de réception des formules et des<br />
pièces justificatives est le 16 avril. Veuillez les envoyer aux soins des Prix<br />
d'excellence environnementale, Direction de la gestion de<br />
l'environnement, Service de l'urbanisme et des travaux publics.<br />
eàbiesloppossiiiikli,i0iiiiiirefte: Pour information : Ohno Gaanderse, tél. : 244-5300, poste 3364;<br />
courriel : gaanderseo@city.ottawa.on.ca<br />
EnviroCentre opens at City Hall<br />
Need good advice on how to lower your enera bills while<br />
your home more comfortable? Want some extra cash in your<br />
pocket? As part of the City's Residential Energy Conservation<br />
Campaign, t,he non-profit EnviroCentre is now offering a<br />
comprehensive Home Comfort Service at a special low rate.<br />
Info: 244-8824 or fax 244-8428.<br />
L/EnviroCentre ouvre ses portes à l'hôtel de ville<br />
Il vous faut de bons conseils pour réduire vos factures d'énergie, tout en<br />
accroissant le confort de votre foyer? Vous voulez avoir plus d'argent en<br />
poche? Dans le cadre de la Campagne d'économie d'énergie résidentielle de la<br />
Ville, l'EnviroCentre (sans but lucratif) offre désormais un service complet de<br />
confort au foyer à un tarif réduit.<br />
Pour information, tél. : 244-5624, téléc. : 244-5428.<br />
Spring Cleaning the Capital<br />
The annual Spring Cleaning the Capital campaign from <strong>April</strong> 16 - May 16 encourages<br />
residents to help keep Ottawa clean and green by conducting clean-up projects on their own<br />
property or somewhere in their community. Tell us about your clean-up project! We'll register<br />
your group and give you helpful hints and clean-up supplies, (while quantities last).<br />
Registered participants who return their clean-up reports before May 31 are eligible to win<br />
one of several prizes donated by our sponsors.<br />
To register, call 244-5444 fax: 244-5430 or visit our web site.<br />
Grand ménage du printemps de la capitale<br />
La campagne de Grand ménage du printemps de la capitale, du<br />
16 avril au 16 mai, encourage les citoyens d'Ottawa à garder leur ville<br />
propre et verte en nettoyant leur propriété ou en contribuant a nettoyer<br />
d'autres endroits de la Ville. Dites-nous quel est votre projet de nettoyage!<br />
Nous inscrirons votre groupe, nous vous donnerons des conseils et<br />
nous vous fournirons des produits de nettoyage, tant qu'il nous en<br />
:mrestera. Les participants inscrits qui nous retourneront leur<br />
rapport de nettoyage d'ici au 31 mai seront admissibles au<br />
tirage d'un des nombreux prix offerts par nos<br />
commanditaires.<br />
Vous pouvez vous inscrire par téléphone, au 244-5444, ou<br />
par télécopieur, au 244-5430. Si vous préférez, vous pouvez<br />
aussi visiter notre site Web.<br />
0 244-5300<br />
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FORUM <strong>Glebe</strong> <strong>Report</strong> <strong>April</strong> 9, <strong>1999</strong> 1 2<br />
Botanical Garden Society proposes a garden for everyone<br />
BY JOSEFA PAZDZIOR<br />
Can you recall a time when we<br />
weren't skating on the canal?<br />
Seems hard to remember those<br />
days before Douglas Fullerton's<br />
brilliant idea in 1971, doesn't it?<br />
Despite the naysayers, canal<br />
skating and Winterlude have become<br />
a highlight of Ottawa life.<br />
Will we be able to say the same,<br />
years hence, of a botanic garden?<br />
A botanic garden in Ottawa is<br />
a long-cherished idea that is<br />
rapidly approaching reality, say<br />
Ian Efford and over two hundred<br />
members of the Ottawa Botanical<br />
Garden Society (OBGS). The appeal<br />
may be obvious for gardeners<br />
but what's in it for the rest of<br />
us? Simply, something for everyone.<br />
Urban dwellers will find a<br />
public garden on the proposed<br />
Experimental Farm site a great<br />
recreational resource. The existing<br />
arboretum, the ornamental,<br />
wildlife and organic gardens are<br />
beautiful, thanks to dedicated<br />
volunteers but imagine an area<br />
several times larger and far more<br />
diverse! Changing displays, indoors<br />
and out, will make a reasonably-priced<br />
annual pass well<br />
worth obtaining, for year-round<br />
visits. <strong>Glebe</strong> residents are especially<br />
blessed with walking and<br />
cycling access.<br />
Besides plant displays in perennial<br />
beds, trial and heritage<br />
gardens, greenhouses, conservatory,<br />
and possibly a Royal Chinese<br />
garden, the beautiful natural<br />
setting will be available for social<br />
events such as concerts and<br />
receptions. Eventually, the garden<br />
would become' known for its<br />
special permanent collections, as<br />
the Royal Botanical Gardens in<br />
Hamilton are famous for the<br />
world's largest lilac collection.<br />
And there would sometimes be<br />
amazing exotic plants to see,<br />
plants like the enormousflowered<br />
Amorphophailus titanum,<br />
which reaches a height of<br />
140 cm in Indonesia's botanical<br />
garden.<br />
Access for all will be provided<br />
by wheelchair-friendly paths and<br />
a quiet, non-polluting shuttle<br />
(probably electric.) Therapeutic<br />
gardening programmes will enrich<br />
the lives of physically and<br />
mentally disabled, as at the Chi-<br />
cago Botanic Gardens, where a<br />
walk was designed especially for<br />
the blind, with flowers to touch<br />
and smell. Down Syndrome Society<br />
or other groups may revive<br />
the popular Chrysanthemum<br />
Show.<br />
Amateur gardeners and horticulturalists<br />
alike are excited<br />
about prospects of interesting<br />
new plants developed through<br />
botanical research. For seniors,<br />
students, arborists and gardeners,<br />
outreach programmes and<br />
courses will promote the science<br />
and art of growing things. Surely<br />
the whole city will display more<br />
gorgeous blooms every summer!<br />
Research will help meet the<br />
challenges of coping with climatic<br />
changes and obstacles to a<br />
healthy environment, by developing<br />
hardier plants, organic<br />
gardening methods, plants for<br />
medical uses, etc. Conferences<br />
and scientific and educational<br />
exchanges will take place.<br />
It is easy to see the potential<br />
benefits, as did past proponents;<br />
it's money that is the main stumbling<br />
block, especially start-up<br />
funds. An established garden, a<br />
major tourist attraction, will<br />
maintain itself financially and<br />
bring economic benefits ranging<br />
from direct employment to increased<br />
business for related in-<br />
dustries. Meanwhile, there are<br />
significant costs to preparing a<br />
professional, watertight proposal<br />
(about $100,000); and the hardworking<br />
volunteers at OBGS are<br />
seeking public support and company<br />
sponsorship.<br />
There are, inevitably, some<br />
opponents, as well as valid concerns<br />
about plans for continuing<br />
public access to the Arboretum<br />
and gardens access which we all<br />
would like to keep free. Remember,<br />
you can help determine the<br />
outcome. Communicate with<br />
OBGS!<br />
Those concerned about maintaining<br />
heritage value need to<br />
know that the plan calls for very<br />
modest buildings which would<br />
enhance the designated heritage<br />
site. The conservatory and butterfly<br />
house are proposed for the<br />
Dow's Lake end. The region's<br />
history of plant breeding will be<br />
"made visible" through displays,<br />
signage and publications. Isa-<br />
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A public garden is an expression<br />
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blend of organic nature and human<br />
artistry would bring benefits<br />
far into our chidren's future. It's<br />
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Think of awe-inspiring cathedrals<br />
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Children to calm Bronson traffic<br />
The GCA board has fully endorsed<br />
an exciting new proposal<br />
that came across the table at the<br />
last GCA meeting. Our own local<br />
artist Bhat Boy, in conjunction<br />
with the <strong>Glebe</strong> Traffic Committee,<br />
has proposed that we organize<br />
members of the community 13D<br />
paint wooden cutouts of children<br />
to mount onto telephone poles<br />
along Bronson Avenue in the battle<br />
to calm traffic.<br />
The community benefits would<br />
be:<br />
a cost-effective solution to a<br />
traffic problem which will not<br />
offend drivers;<br />
a way to beautify a dismal<br />
stretch of regional road; and,<br />
an opportunity for people in<br />
our community to effect change in<br />
their own neighbourhood, giving<br />
them a sense of self-worth as well<br />
as an opportunity to learn something<br />
about painting.<br />
Bhat Boy is particularly keen<br />
on targeting the Conquest Continuum<br />
(a youth group at the <strong>Glebe</strong><br />
Conununity Centre) and the students<br />
of <strong>Glebe</strong> Collegiate to help<br />
deliver this project.<br />
The <strong>Glebe</strong>, as a community, is<br />
concerned about the increase in<br />
traffic volume in our neighbourhood.<br />
The situation has been aggravated<br />
in recent years by the<br />
expansion of Bronson Avenue.<br />
Many commuters drive along<br />
Bronson Avenue as if it were an<br />
expressway, seemingly<br />
unaware that i t<br />
flows through a<br />
residential neighbourhood<br />
with a high<br />
pedestrian and cycle<br />
traffic volume.<br />
Children must cross<br />
Bronson Avenue every<br />
day to get to school,<br />
yet cars drive along it<br />
as if it were the<br />
Queensway. These<br />
figures will remind<br />
drivers that they are driving<br />
through our neighbourhood.<br />
The wooden figures would be<br />
mounted on poles using traditional<br />
sign-mounting equipment,<br />
with a metal band secured around<br />
the exterior of the column. The<br />
4-foot-high figures will start 5<br />
1/2 feet off the pavement. The<br />
painted figures will be cut out<br />
from 3/4-inch plywood. They<br />
should present no threat to pedestrians,<br />
cyclists or snowplows<br />
and will have a life expectancy of<br />
at least three years.<br />
This project is an exciting opportunity<br />
to put up a friendly but<br />
firm reminder to drivers on Bronson<br />
Avenue that the <strong>Glebe</strong> is a<br />
neighbourhood and not an expressway.<br />
Seniors deplore #4 bus changes<br />
Seniors living at Colonel By<br />
Towers, Bank at Holmwood, have<br />
sent a petition to OC Transpo deploring<br />
changes proposed for the<br />
No. 4 Bronson bus. The proposals<br />
were on view in March at the<br />
TransPLAN 99 open houses.<br />
One senior, who does not want<br />
her name to appear in print, lists<br />
more than a dozen destinations<br />
available on the cuiTent route.<br />
The Bronson bus now turns on<br />
Chamberlain to Kent, takes Gladstone<br />
to Bank, then turns onto<br />
Wellington, passing the Rideau<br />
Center. Thus she can take the bus<br />
directly to the Voyageur bus terminal,<br />
litany Bank St. businesses<br />
including a grocery store, banks,<br />
medical offices, pharmacy, Big<br />
Bud's, liquor store and restau-<br />
restaurants.<br />
The trip south to<br />
Billings Bridge will take twice as<br />
long 20 minutes instead of the<br />
current 10.<br />
Students in Colonel By Towers<br />
support the protest, since they<br />
too need access to the bus terminal.<br />
a<br />
There is no Msdom in the<br />
changes<br />
The senior, who takes the bus<br />
every day, feels there is no wisdom<br />
in the changes. Although the<br />
plan has the 'advantage' of connecting<br />
No. 4 to Hurdman transitway<br />
station, she says she finds<br />
the transitway stops frightening<br />
at night. "It can be eerie if you<br />
rants as well as the Rideau Cen- are by yourself."<br />
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NEWS<br />
<strong>Glebe</strong> Questions<br />
Packing a Wollock<br />
A lot of people around the<br />
<strong>Glebe</strong> have been asking. "Who's<br />
this guy who says he's starting a<br />
new community paper in the<br />
<strong>Glebe</strong> and Ottawa South? Where's<br />
he come from? Doesn't he know<br />
we've got the <strong>Glebe</strong> <strong>Report</strong> and<br />
Oscar already?"<br />
Sure he does, and, by the time<br />
this issue of the <strong>Glebe</strong> <strong>Report</strong> is<br />
out, the first few issues of his<br />
paper, The <strong>Glebe</strong> and Ottawa<br />
South News, will have been<br />
dropped on your doorstep and you<br />
can judge his product for yourself.<br />
So this column is about the<br />
man himself, Michael Wollock,<br />
whom I interviewed out at the office<br />
on Antares Drive, Nepean,<br />
where he and his full-time staff<br />
of 12 are now producing five<br />
community newspapers.<br />
"I'm not an ogre," he says and,<br />
pointing to his jar of chocolatecoated<br />
almonds I had been sampling,<br />
adds "I'm a really sweet<br />
guy." Earlier, when I was fixing<br />
up the interview, he suggested we<br />
did it by phone; I said no, I<br />
wanted to look into his steelygrey<br />
eyes, and he countered:<br />
"They're baby-blue." And they<br />
are, almost<br />
But there's nothing playboy<br />
about him. At 44, he's a successful<br />
businessman, making (I<br />
would think) lots of money out of<br />
papers he has run in West Montreal,<br />
Kanata and the south side of<br />
Ottawa. I judge that from his<br />
saying he is prepared to invest<br />
$100,000 into The <strong>Glebe</strong> and Ottawa<br />
South News.<br />
Where he comes from is Montreal.<br />
His father, a master electrician,<br />
is responsible for most of<br />
the airport runway lighting in<br />
Canada. Sophie, his mother, was a<br />
most remarkable lady. She<br />
walked out on the publisher of a<br />
suburban weekly, The Monitor,<br />
saying "you'll regret it" when he<br />
refused to print an exposé she<br />
had written, and started her own<br />
paper, The Suburban. It was<br />
more than a thorn in René<br />
Levesque's side. My Montrealer<br />
son Daniel's comment on it was<br />
.."angry and very anglo." Michael<br />
admits as much: "She was a firebrand."<br />
She died in 1978 when only 57<br />
and Michael, then 24, took it on<br />
while his father went off to the<br />
Rockies. In his nine years he<br />
trebled its circulation to more<br />
than 100,000. He says he "toned<br />
it down and brought more sense of<br />
community." He also bought the<br />
Kanata Standard, then in decline.<br />
Then came Bill 178, the law Robert<br />
Bourassa brought in to overrule<br />
(with the 'notwithstanding'<br />
clause) a Supreme Court ruling on<br />
street signs.<br />
Michael turned to his wife,<br />
Roslyn, and said: "We're getting<br />
out. Where?" She, being third<br />
generation Ottawa and one of the<br />
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Almost at once he made what<br />
he calls his "business plan"<br />
which I gather included from the<br />
start the launching of this <strong>Glebe</strong><br />
paper. He thoroughly analyzed<br />
the future growth of Ottawa, and<br />
set his newspaper plans. Most of<br />
our talk, indeed, was about<br />
population growth in different<br />
districts ("Kanata and Barrhaven<br />
are almost full, but 5,000 to<br />
7,000 homes will go in this south<br />
part"), about transportation (very<br />
definite views) and about his<br />
newspapers. He has a large Canada<br />
Post map on his wall, and gave<br />
an impressive lecture.<br />
What of his present papers<br />
all called The News but circulating<br />
in Hunt Club-Riverside, Alta<br />
Vista, Greenboro-Hunt Club Park<br />
and Ottawa East-Gloucester? A<br />
glance will show you many common<br />
features (front page photo,<br />
editorial, cartoon) and stories<br />
written by two incredibly busy<br />
reporters, Patricia Hitsman and<br />
Jan Duncan. He has paid distributors<br />
(carrying some 600 papers<br />
each); and his five papers,<br />
he tells advertisers seeking a<br />
multiple deal, will go into 74,770<br />
homes. That includes a projected<br />
10,700 in the <strong>Glebe</strong> and Ottawa<br />
South.<br />
He plans 28 issues a year<br />
(every two weeks, plus specials<br />
for 'back to school' and Christmas).<br />
Quite politely he ques-<br />
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only 11 times a year he meant<br />
the <strong>Glebe</strong> <strong>Report</strong> and Oscar can<br />
serve a community with all the<br />
information it needs on local decisions.<br />
On the other hand, it<br />
will be interesting to analyze in<br />
the next few months how many of<br />
the articles in his newspaper are<br />
particular to our two communities.<br />
He has a solution for the Airport<br />
Parkway "threat" (as Glebites<br />
see it) that he thinks tould<br />
run as an editorial approved in<br />
Hunt Club and the <strong>Glebe</strong>. Three<br />
connected measures are needed.<br />
One, revive the Alta Vista parkway<br />
scheme; two, restrict access<br />
off Bronson into the <strong>Glebe</strong>; three,<br />
widen the section of Bronson<br />
Avenue north of the canal. He has<br />
spoken out at public meetings in<br />
Hunt Club, saying "cut-through<br />
traffic is wrong."<br />
Lots more to tell, but out of<br />
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Olive Simpson honoured by<br />
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BY CATHY MANN<br />
Jolly 011y. That's what they<br />
call Olive Simpson at McLeod<br />
Stewarton Church, where she also<br />
volunteers. It's a fitting moniker.<br />
Olive's smile greets all who enter<br />
the <strong>Glebe</strong> Centre gift shop when<br />
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hear her chuckle or laugh as she<br />
serves shoppers, who usually<br />
leave feeling a little lighter after<br />
their encounter.<br />
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volunteer work at the gift shop<br />
are only a small part of the reason<br />
she was honoured with the<br />
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ceremony in March. The award<br />
recognizes individuals who,<br />
through their service with the<br />
<strong>Glebe</strong> Centre, have made an outstanding<br />
contribution to the improvement<br />
of the quality of life of<br />
older persons.<br />
For Sue LeConte, executive director<br />
of thè <strong>Glebe</strong> Centre, "Olive<br />
combines a caring and compassionate<br />
nature with her skills as<br />
a highly competent leader. You<br />
know if Olive says she is going tp<br />
do something, it gets done and<br />
extraordinarily well. She takes<br />
an idea, develops it and creates<br />
something marvelous."<br />
"I've been involved with the<br />
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gleam in the eye of the United<br />
Church," says Olive. "Because I<br />
knew how to type and take shorthand,<br />
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committee (which eventually<br />
founded the <strong>Glebe</strong> Centre). I<br />
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then left to spend more time with<br />
my young family. But I was bit-<br />
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A. Gardner<br />
award.<br />
ten by the <strong>Glebe</strong> Centre bug. So,<br />
in 1976 after 1 retired, I returned<br />
as a member of what was then<br />
called the Alumni, now known as<br />
the Auxiliary. I've been president<br />
now for about 10 years."<br />
She is quick to point out that<br />
without the hard work and dedication<br />
of Auxiliary members, she<br />
could not have done what she is<br />
being given credit for. "I'm<br />
pleased someone from the Auxiliary<br />
is being recognized because I<br />
feel this is corning to the Auxiliary<br />
more than me."<br />
The Auxiliary's original mandate<br />
was to enhance the life of the<br />
residents. And although that is<br />
still the group's primary focus,<br />
its role has changed as the residents'<br />
needs have evolved.<br />
The Auxiliary still organizes<br />
regular "At-Homes" tea parties<br />
which hark back to another era<br />
with tea poured from silver tea<br />
services where new residents<br />
are welcomed and birthdays celebrated.<br />
But the group has also<br />
embraced a new role: fundraising.<br />
"I don't really know when we<br />
became fund-raisers," ponders<br />
Olive. "We decided to run an<br />
event to raise money to pay for<br />
some of the things we were doing<br />
with the residents. And it grew<br />
from there. With over $50,000 in<br />
donations to the <strong>Glebe</strong> Centre<br />
since 1990, we're proud of the<br />
contribution we've made."<br />
Olive has every reason to be<br />
proud of her contribution, also.<br />
And the <strong>Glebe</strong> Centre is grateful<br />
and fortunate for the benefits it<br />
reaps from her leadership and<br />
hard work.<br />
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281 Sunnyside Ave.<br />
(corner of Bank 8i Sunnyside)<br />
730-2460<br />
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Senior adult hiking program<br />
The City of Ottawa's Active<br />
Living Club's spring hiking programme,<br />
designed for older adults<br />
so they may enjoy the great outdoors<br />
in a safe and healthy environment,<br />
starts Monday, <strong>April</strong><br />
19, and new participants are welcome<br />
to join the fun.<br />
There are three levels of hikes<br />
each week Mondays: 9:30 a.m. -<br />
noon, intermediate; Wednesdays:<br />
9:30 - 11:30 a.m., beginner; Fridays:<br />
9:30 a.m. - 1 p.m., advanced.<br />
Individuals are encouraged<br />
to walk at their own pace and<br />
build up their endurance. As<br />
endurance builds, participants<br />
tend to go on more hikes. Many<br />
now hike three days a week.<br />
A staff leader and trained volunteers<br />
ensure the safety of all<br />
participants on each hike. Information<br />
workshops and socials are<br />
also part of the spring hiking<br />
programme, which runs from<br />
<strong>April</strong> 19 to June 30. The fee is<br />
$35 per person ($44 for non-<br />
City-of-Ottawa residents) and<br />
participants are welcome to attend<br />
all three hikes each week for<br />
this fee.<br />
The hiking programme is one<br />
of several activities offered by<br />
the Active Living Club, including<br />
cross-country skiing, snowshoeing,<br />
walking, cycling and canoeing,<br />
which take place in Ottawa-<br />
Carleton's great outdoors, as well<br />
as information workshops, social<br />
pot-luck luncheons and out-oftown<br />
trips.<br />
The Active Living Club annual<br />
membership is $60 ($69 for non-<br />
City-of-Ottawa residents). With<br />
annual membership, there are no<br />
further fees for any activities.<br />
For further information please<br />
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Silver Scissors celebrates!<br />
Every 7 seconds someone in North<br />
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Silver Scissors celebrates its 20th anniversary as the first unisex hair<br />
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Mayor Jim Watson drawing winner's name watched by Manager Jo-Ann<br />
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Giving back to the community<br />
Local yarn stores Yarn Forward<br />
& Sew-On in the <strong>Glebe</strong> and<br />
Yarn Forward in Kanata have been<br />
saying thank you to their conununities<br />
by giving something back<br />
to the communities.<br />
Each winter, the stores have<br />
provided free yarn so that customers<br />
can knit tnittens and hats<br />
for the Ottawa Snowsuit Fund. To<br />
date, the store's customers have<br />
knitted nearly 1,000 items (hats,<br />
mittens and scarves) for the fund.<br />
In the sununer, the store's customers<br />
knit garments for the<br />
Guardian Angel program run by<br />
Guardian Drug stores, and many<br />
hundreds of items have been donated<br />
to that worthy cause.<br />
Last year Yarn Forward contributed<br />
to the Abbotsford Senior<br />
Centre in the <strong>Glebe</strong> and to In-.<br />
vesting in Women's Worth, a project<br />
to help women re-enter the<br />
The <strong>Glebe</strong> Chiropractic Clinic<br />
has grown significantly over the<br />
past seven years, and has recently<br />
expanded its services to a<br />
second location within Fifth Avenue<br />
Court. The addition of this<br />
distinct massage therapy and<br />
acupuncture centre will enable<br />
the clinic to provide the corrununity<br />
with a more comprehensive<br />
range of wellness services.<br />
On Saturday, May 8, from 9<br />
a.m. to 3:30 P.m., the clinic will<br />
hold its second annual patient<br />
appreciation day. The day's<br />
events include: complimentary<br />
chiropractic adjustments for existing<br />
patients, complimentary<br />
consultation for new patients,<br />
workplace.<br />
As a way of thanking customers<br />
for their support, Yarn Forward<br />
has just given more than<br />
$1,000 worth of prizes directly to<br />
its customers. All the customers<br />
had to do was come into either<br />
store and answer a skill-testing<br />
question. Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson<br />
had the pleasant task of<br />
drawing the winning names March<br />
2. The first prize a Husqvarna<br />
Husky Sewing machine went to<br />
Joan McDiarmid in Carleton<br />
Place.<br />
Yarn Forward president Helen<br />
Gunther said, "Our customers<br />
have given us incredible support<br />
since we opened our stores. We<br />
wanted to give something back,<br />
not just to the conununity, but<br />
also directly to our customers.<br />
This is our way of saying thank<br />
you."<br />
Patient appreciation day at clinic<br />
complimentary spinal examinadons<br />
and x-rays for new patients,<br />
complimentary, 5-minute chair<br />
massages, muscle testing, information<br />
sessions about acupuncture,<br />
and more.<br />
Refreshments, entertainment<br />
and interactive displays will be<br />
provided, including door prizes,<br />
live entertainment and child care<br />
providers. For more information<br />
or to reserve an appointment time<br />
for you and a friend, please contact<br />
the clinic at 237-9000. We<br />
hope you will be able to join us.<br />
The <strong>Glebe</strong> Chiropractic Clinic<br />
is located in Fifth Avenue Court,<br />
Suite 7, 99 Fifth Avenue. Tel:<br />
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Business matters<br />
BY BRUCE DONALDSON<br />
Some improvement can be<br />
noted in dealing with the policy<br />
areas that concern <strong>Glebe</strong> businesses<br />
i.e. community policing,<br />
parking on Bank Street and<br />
Lansdowne Park planning.<br />
COMMUNITY POLICING<br />
Police services are the responsibility<br />
of the region and community<br />
policing across the region is<br />
now the responsibility of Inspector<br />
Linda Smith who has assigned<br />
Constable Jennifer Smith<br />
to the <strong>Glebe</strong>. However, due to<br />
other responsibilities, her time<br />
cannot be fully dedicated to the<br />
<strong>Glebe</strong>, as it was for "Skate." Mark<br />
Bordeleau, president of the <strong>Glebe</strong><br />
Business Group (GI3G) has a<br />
meeting in mid-<strong>April</strong> with Jennifer<br />
to discuss GBG needs and to<br />
improve the process of keeping<br />
her updated on problems. We understand<br />
that she will soon have a<br />
pager. Inspector Linda Smith has<br />
said that she is available to discuss<br />
problems as well.<br />
PANHANDLING<br />
With the arrival of warm<br />
weather there are signs already<br />
that the number of panhandlers<br />
on Bank St. will increase, as will<br />
their squabbling to get the best<br />
corner and thus interfere with<br />
shoppers. The police are somewhat<br />
restricted in what they can<br />
do since existing bylaws are too<br />
permissive, and to shoo them out<br />
to another part of the city only<br />
transfers the problem. <strong>Glebe</strong><br />
merchants have expressed their<br />
concerns and the topic will be<br />
included in the mid-<strong>April</strong> meeting<br />
with the police.<br />
The basic cause is that many<br />
people feel satisfied when making<br />
a donation intended to help a<br />
panhandler. The downside is that<br />
this encourages them to keep<br />
coming back. The proposed coordination<br />
with the police is essential<br />
to help in controlling unacceptable<br />
behaviour on the<br />
street when the soliciting becomes<br />
intolerable or aggressive.<br />
PARKING ON BANK STREET<br />
Rush-hour-parking<br />
restric-<br />
tions on Bank Street are an expensive<br />
inconvenience to <strong>Glebe</strong><br />
shoppers as well as visitors. This<br />
is particularly irritating since<br />
the cost of metered parking was<br />
doubled this past year. In addition<br />
to the inconvenience is the<br />
increased danger that pedestrians<br />
are exposed to during the rush<br />
hour. When the cars are cleared<br />
from the curb lane it becomes a<br />
high-speed lane. On rainy days,<br />
the pedestrian is splashed. The<br />
idea to ticket and tow cars left<br />
parked after 3:30 p.m. is not successful<br />
since there usually can be<br />
found someone making a delivery,<br />
for example, that eliminates the<br />
advantage of the extra lane during<br />
the period.<br />
The GBG and the <strong>Glebe</strong> Community<br />
Association (GCA) share<br />
these concerns and are working<br />
jointly on the problem.<br />
Recently, a consulting firm,<br />
Parksmart, employed by the city,<br />
collected considerable data at<br />
no extra cost to the city and<br />
prepared a report on the parking<br />
habits of meter users. As a result<br />
there are reliable data now<br />
available to assist the city, the<br />
GBG and the GCA with parking<br />
planning.<br />
RENT INCREASES<br />
Some businesses on Bank<br />
Street have moved to other locations<br />
or closed due to proposed<br />
increases to their rent Usually<br />
rent increases of note are triggered<br />
by increased property<br />
taxes that the landlord passes on<br />
to the business. However, there<br />
has been no new debt issued<br />
during the past two years and the<br />
mayor and council are on record<br />
that they do not want to increase<br />
taxes now or next year. Thus significant<br />
rent increases may be<br />
attributed to the increasing attraction<br />
of business property in<br />
the <strong>Glebe</strong> and demand to locate<br />
here.<br />
While not much can be done to<br />
stem property value change, GBC<br />
and GCA should continue their<br />
efforts to support council members<br />
to maintain taxes at current<br />
levels.<br />
LANSDOWNE PARK<br />
The status of Lansdowne Park<br />
is in limbo until the region and<br />
the city can agree on a plan. The<br />
90-day moratorium requested by<br />
Canderel will be over by mid-<br />
<strong>April</strong>. Hope for a resolution is<br />
fading, and if there is none, we<br />
will be stuck with the annual $1-<br />
million operating expenditure as<br />
well as the $2-million interest on<br />
debentures for the park.<br />
NEW OPENINGS<br />
The following new businesses<br />
have opened on Bank Street.<br />
Third Avenue Spa: associated<br />
with Reflections owned by Pierre<br />
Hahn, the Spa is located next door<br />
to it and is managed by Maria<br />
Louisa D'Adderio. All the products<br />
used by the Spa are Avida<br />
Salon and are environmentally<br />
<strong>Glebe</strong> <strong>Report</strong> <strong>April</strong> 9, <strong>1999</strong> 1 8<br />
friendly.<br />
Neptune's Staircase: located<br />
at 732 Bank Street next to Bank<br />
Street Framing, is a store with<br />
books, toys, gifts and collectibles<br />
primarily aimed at children from<br />
newborn to 10 years of age. The<br />
charming owner is Vanessa<br />
Kooter. A second store is located<br />
in Niagara-on-the-Lake. The<br />
collectibles include Boyd's Bears<br />
and Friends.<br />
Valente: Valente is an Italian<br />
food shop and bakery that carries<br />
all of the ingredients one would<br />
need to prepare Italian food. The<br />
staff will prepare food to order<br />
for takeout. In particular, the<br />
staff bakes a variety of Italian<br />
bread daily on premises that<br />
looks delicious.<br />
The shop is run by Richard<br />
and Robert Valente who are part<br />
of the family which owns the<br />
Fratelli restaurant - next to the<br />
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19 <strong>Glebe</strong> <strong>Report</strong> <strong>April</strong> 9, <strong>1999</strong><br />
FEATURE<br />
<strong>Glebe</strong> cross-country skiers compete in <strong>1999</strong> junior nationals<br />
Pasta and granola bars that's<br />
what fuels the <strong>Glebe</strong>'s young com-<br />
petitive cross-country skiers.<br />
Four <strong>Glebe</strong> teenagers Paul<br />
Jonah, Tom McCarthy and Amanda<br />
and Lucas Wilson competed recently<br />
in the <strong>1999</strong> junior nationals<br />
in cross-country skiing in<br />
Smithers, B. C.<br />
To get there, they had to qualify<br />
for the Ontario team by placing<br />
in the top three at two races<br />
in Deep River. Tom says "(the<br />
selection system) is confusing,<br />
but all you have to do is ski fast."<br />
Amanda qualified by force majeur:<br />
too sick to race at Deep<br />
River, her Eastern Canadian race<br />
results got her in.<br />
How do they describe their experience<br />
at nationals?<br />
"Awesome," "amazing," and "a<br />
blast," say Amanda, Lucas and<br />
Tom. "Disappointing," says Paul<br />
who was sick with bronchitis and<br />
didn't perform well. Tom placed<br />
10th overall for his age group;<br />
Lucas placed 9th on both days of<br />
the pursuit race. They all enjoyed<br />
meeting and partying with<br />
skiers from across Canada, the<br />
dances, karaoke, and eating pasta<br />
seven nights in a row. "We had<br />
lots of time to fool around," says<br />
Lucas.<br />
All four train and learned to<br />
ski at Nakkertok Ski Club near<br />
Cantley, Que. Amanda, now 17, of<br />
Powell Ave., first skied on her<br />
father's back in a baby-carrier.<br />
The Nakkertok jackrabbit program<br />
gave them their cross-<br />
country ski skills (classic and<br />
skating styles) and the club's<br />
competitive program prepared<br />
them for racing.<br />
They train winter and summer.<br />
Paul, 19, of Fifth Ave., says the<br />
Nakkertok coaches specify 560<br />
hours of training per year the<br />
intricate training program builds<br />
endurance and speed and brings<br />
each racer to peak condition when<br />
competition begins. Saturday and<br />
Paul Jonah, Amanda Wilson, Tom McCarthy and Lucas Wilson<br />
Sunday mornings and Wednesday<br />
nights find them running, roller<br />
skiing or skiing, including skiing<br />
under the lights on the Nakkertok<br />
trails. Lucas, 15, says, "the<br />
worst part is getting up on the<br />
weekends at 7:30 a.m. I missed a<br />
lot of training last year because I<br />
was too darn lazy."<br />
Paul also likes being on the<br />
school cross-country ski team at<br />
Lisgar Collegiate. "I found that<br />
participating on athletic teams<br />
helped me to integrate into the<br />
school because I shared activities<br />
with old friends and made many<br />
new friends. Athletics became a<br />
special link to the school." At<br />
the provincial secondary school<br />
meets (OFSSA), "I really enjoyed<br />
the chance to meet other teams<br />
from across the province. The<br />
team spirit is great. We cheer for<br />
one another and, in times of crisis<br />
when poles or ski bindings<br />
break, we willingly borrow or<br />
lend the necessary equipment for<br />
the competition. I really appreciate<br />
the time and effort that Mr.<br />
Cushion your feet on a bed of air!<br />
Ashworth (now retired), Mr.<br />
MacMillan and Mr. Neidre have<br />
put into the cross-country skiing<br />
activities at Lisgar." His favourite<br />
ski memories are of the school<br />
team spirit and going to the nationals.<br />
Tom, 18, of First Ave., says his<br />
best ski memory is the time he<br />
and some others decided to ski<br />
around the outside trails of Gatineau<br />
Park. "We started at 7 a.m.<br />
The first two hours were superfast<br />
we were on the parkways,<br />
and it was all icy, so we were<br />
flying. 'Then the sun came out<br />
(this was late March) and everything<br />
got soft, and slow. We had<br />
to hit some hilly trails that<br />
weren't tracked. Then Steve<br />
broke a ski, so that slowed us<br />
down. I called my Dad from<br />
Wakefield, and he brought us a<br />
new ski. We finally finished at 8<br />
p.m. It was around 95 km. I slept<br />
for 16 hours that night."<br />
Amanda remembers when her<br />
ski binding broke 20 seconds<br />
before her race started.<br />
"Everybody panicked and someone<br />
found me another ski. I<br />
started two minutes late and finished<br />
pretty far back."<br />
Are injuries a problem?<br />
Amanada has been lucky enoug,h<br />
to get nothing more than occasional<br />
scratches and bruises. Her<br />
brother Lucas has been injuryfree,<br />
because "skiing is a low im-<br />
pact sport." However, he did<br />
break his collarbone roller skiing<br />
in practice! Tom gets occasional<br />
shin splints from running and<br />
Paul reports only an Achilles<br />
tendon injury a few years ago. He<br />
adds that it is important to warm<br />
up and do training.<br />
Is it the training that accounts<br />
for the achievements of these<br />
young <strong>Glebe</strong> residents? (all Li s-<br />
gar students, incidentally). Is it<br />
their competitive personalities?<br />
the food?<br />
The nature of their competitiveness<br />
ranges from not really<br />
competitive (Lucas), to "I'm a<br />
pretty intense skier" (Amanda),<br />
to "yes I am competitive but I<br />
don't think about the other competitors<br />
much during a race"<br />
(Paul). Tom says "I'm pretty<br />
competitive, but I don't hate people.<br />
I just try to beat them."<br />
Tom goes on to stress the dedication<br />
and motivation it takes.<br />
"It is a lot of boring hours<br />
pounding the running paths along<br />
the Canal, doing long, slow, twoand<br />
three-hour runs. But it pays<br />
off, just the feeling of being active<br />
is enough."<br />
As for the food, they all report<br />
eating lots of pasta and granola<br />
bars before a race. Afterwards,<br />
they like fluids, chocolate and<br />
more granola bars.<br />
"A waist is a terrible thinie to mind"<br />
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The East Ottawa Vanier Voya-<br />
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The East Ottawa Vanier Voyageurs<br />
beat the Tri-County Phantoms<br />
team from Pennsylvania in<br />
the sixth period of overtime to<br />
win 3-2.<br />
In the game, held in the Olympic<br />
Center's 1932 rink, the East<br />
Ottawa Vanier Voyageurs took an<br />
early 2-0 lead only to see it<br />
dwindle to a two-all tie by the<br />
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The 15-player East Ottawa<br />
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BY STEFAN SCHNEIDER &<br />
SUSAN JERMYN<br />
Jazz drummer Stefan Schneider<br />
and his group, the Sienna Band,<br />
have recently released a demo CD<br />
with five tunes on it Stef, a <strong>Glebe</strong><br />
resident, and the band recently<br />
played at the Whipping Post in<br />
Ottawa.<br />
The pop band, made up of students<br />
from McGill University's<br />
jazz music program, plays alloriginal<br />
compositions by lead vocalist<br />
Sienna Dahlen. Stef says,<br />
The band is hard to pinpoint<br />
stylistically. We cover a wide<br />
range of music within the pop<br />
genre. There is certainly a heavy<br />
jazz influence in the band because<br />
of our backgrounds."<br />
They have had many gigs in<br />
Montreal, a city Stef, 22, has<br />
really taken a shine to. "I love it<br />
here! Montreal is an incredible<br />
city with tons going on in the arts<br />
and in music."<br />
Currently in his third year as<br />
a percussionist in the McGill jazz<br />
performance program, Stef has<br />
made the dean's honour list and<br />
has received the 1998 James<br />
McGill Award for excellence in<br />
music and non-music courses and<br />
the Marion Magor Memorial scholarship<br />
for excellence in percussion<br />
performance and academic<br />
achievement<br />
Photo credit: Ottawa Citizen<br />
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Stef played the drums for the<br />
stage band and the senior band at<br />
<strong>Glebe</strong> Collegiate (which awarded<br />
him the trophy for excellence in<br />
performance for percussion) and<br />
also played with the Nepean Al 1<br />
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from early on.<br />
Stef grew up on Broadway Avenue,<br />
the son of Faith and Gerd<br />
Schneider, and attended First<br />
Avenue school and the <strong>Glebe</strong> Coop<br />
Play Group.<br />
What does the future hold musically<br />
for Stef? "I'd really like<br />
to see the Sienna Band get better<br />
known and do some touring<br />
around Canada. We are working on<br />
that. I will probably stay in<br />
Montreal after I finish at McGill.<br />
I know that whatever I do and<br />
wherever I go, music will always<br />
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<strong>Glebe</strong> <strong>Report</strong> <strong>April</strong> 9, <strong>1999</strong> 2 2<br />
SEVENTH ANNUAL COMmuNrri ARTS'kSTNAL<br />
Originated seven years ago by<br />
<strong>Glebe</strong> artist Bhat Boy, Art in the<br />
Park has grown to become a dynamic<br />
event on the Ottawa arts<br />
calendar. Saturday, June 5 (rain<br />
date is June 6), from 10 a.m. to 4<br />
p.m., apprdmately 100 artists<br />
including painters, potters, photographers,<br />
jewelers and craftspeople<br />
will display their work in<br />
Central Park, off Bank St. between<br />
Clemow and Patterson Avenues.<br />
Art in the Park is a nonprofit,<br />
volunteer-run organization<br />
which aims to develop a<br />
sense of community among artists<br />
as well as to provide an accessible<br />
venue for the exhibition and<br />
sale of artwork. Part of our mandate<br />
is to encourage young artists<br />
and to enhance the environment<br />
BY KEVIN REEVES<br />
For its last concert of the season,<br />
Ottawa's chamber, choir Seventeen<br />
Voyces will be presenting<br />
more offbeat repertoire than<br />
usual. The concert is entitled<br />
Humour in Music and ranges from<br />
the Renaissance to the present.<br />
For those who are interested in<br />
some of Henry Purcell's or<br />
Mozart's 'naughtier' moments in<br />
music, this is the show for you.<br />
Early composers include de Las-<br />
CALL TO ARTISTS<br />
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Last year, Art in the Park funded<br />
awards to two <strong>Glebe</strong> Collegiate<br />
arts students and donated $300 to<br />
plant trees in the <strong>Glebe</strong>.<br />
We are extremely pleased to be<br />
able to share the park and the day<br />
with the Peace and Environment<br />
Resource Centre again this year.<br />
Participants can pick up registration<br />
forms from the information<br />
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<strong>Glebe</strong> Community Centre, 690<br />
Lyon St. South. Deadline for<br />
registration is May 21. For more<br />
information please call 230-<br />
9990.<br />
Enjoy music, dance, visual arts<br />
and crafts and sunshine, shop for<br />
unique gifts and visit with<br />
friends and neighbours in beautiful<br />
Central Park.<br />
Musica Viva sings of faith & love<br />
The entertaining and energetic Church) as well as by trumpets.<br />
choir, Musica Viva Singers, in- Soloists will be soprano Pam<br />
vites you to join them in a cele- Fitch, alto Janet Berkman, tenor<br />
bration of the season at their an- Stan Hanna and bass Alvin Yung.<br />
nual spring concert on Saturday, Musica Viva Singers is directed<br />
May 1 at 8 p.m.<br />
by Old Ottawa South resident<br />
The 52-member group sings an Brian Cameron, Minister of Music<br />
eclectic repertoire of music. The at <strong>Glebe</strong>-St. James United Church.<br />
theme for this concert is Music of The group was started by res<br />
Faith - Songs of Faith.<br />
dents of the <strong>Glebe</strong> and Ottawa<br />
The first half of the program South now about half the memfeatures<br />
Mozart's Coronation bers hip lives in these neighbor-<br />
Mass. The second half of the eve- hoods, while the other singers<br />
ning will be a pot-pourri of love come from across the region.<br />
songs, including Up the Ladder to The May 1st concert takes place<br />
the Roof made famous by the Ny- at 8 p.m. at <strong>Glebe</strong>-St. James<br />
Ions, Carly Simon's Let the River United Church, corner of First<br />
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Seventeen Voyces concert May 2<br />
sus, Janequin and Farmer, and<br />
the more contemporary include<br />
Bennett, Rutter, and local composers,<br />
Ager and Reeves. There<br />
will also be a rendition of P.D.Q<br />
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Humour in Music will take<br />
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The Ottawa Guild of Potters<br />
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At the sale, watch for our information<br />
display featuring 25<br />
years of Guild history and videos<br />
of our potters at work.<br />
This year the sale features a<br />
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23 <strong>Glebe</strong> <strong>Report</strong> <strong>April</strong> 9 <strong>1999</strong> NEWS<br />
Ottawa-Carleton District<br />
School Board trustee report<br />
OCDSB <strong>1999</strong>-2000 BUDGET<br />
(SEPTEMBER 1 TO AUGUST 31)<br />
Trustees have ratified a<br />
budget of $520.5 million for the<br />
school year beginning in September.<br />
All education funding comes<br />
from the province and the OCDSB<br />
faces a decline in revenues of 15<br />
per cent over five years. For the<br />
coming school year (year two of<br />
the five), the board identified<br />
$15.7 million in reductions by:<br />
eliminating some teaching<br />
positions at both the elementary<br />
and secondary levels; provincially<br />
mandated average class<br />
sizes will be maintained, but the<br />
board will have less flexibility in<br />
staffing schools and in finding<br />
replacement teachers<br />
elhninating transportation<br />
from Grade 7 to OAC for all students<br />
who live in the urban transit<br />
area (exceptions include students<br />
who are financially disadvantaged<br />
and some special education<br />
students); this is a major<br />
policy change for students in the<br />
former Carleton Board of Education<br />
reducing program materials<br />
and school supplies; central department<br />
and school budgets will<br />
be cut and families will be asked<br />
to pay for items such as pencils,<br />
pens and notebooks for elementary<br />
students<br />
'using working fund reserves<br />
(unspent operating funds from.<br />
the previous year) for program<br />
purposes; these are not capital<br />
reserves<br />
The combination of these decisions<br />
has allowed the board to<br />
limit the reductions in Special<br />
Education to $3.2 million (the<br />
original budget proposal was $7.2<br />
million) and keep the English as a<br />
Second language program un-<br />
changed. I know these programs<br />
are of particular importance to<br />
parents and school councils and I<br />
am relieved that we found some<br />
savings elsewhere in the budget.<br />
Thanks to the <strong>Glebe</strong> Collegiate<br />
school council for taking a leadership<br />
role in opposing ESL cuts.<br />
Additions to the budget include<br />
an increase in funds for information<br />
technology, secondary school<br />
reform and custodial support for<br />
schools.<br />
The provincial government's<br />
level of education funding is inadequate<br />
and many of the allocations<br />
in the various grant categories<br />
do not respond to needs in<br />
our community. Further downsizing<br />
will continue to have a<br />
negative effect on the quality of<br />
our public education system in<br />
Ottawa-Carleton.<br />
COMMUNITY USE OF SCHOOLS<br />
Trustees have approved a new<br />
agreement between the OCDSB and<br />
the municipalities across Ottawa-<br />
Carleton for the use of each others'<br />
indoor facilities. If approved<br />
by the municipalities, the agreement<br />
is to take effect in September<br />
<strong>1999</strong>. For groups wanting to<br />
use school facilities, the agreement<br />
requires users, such as<br />
community centres, community<br />
associations, and youth groups<br />
By<br />
Lynn<br />
Graham<br />
(e.g. Guides, Scouts, cadets and<br />
sports teams) to pay $7 per hour<br />
for the use of schools after 4 p.m.<br />
and on weekends. There are two<br />
exceptions: OCDSB groups (e.g.<br />
school councils) will not be<br />
charged a fee; and private, revenue-generating<br />
users will continue<br />
to pay between $25 and $41<br />
per hour, depending on the day(s)<br />
booked. For school groups wanting<br />
to book municipal facilities,<br />
the agreement requires OCDSB<br />
payment to the municipalities of<br />
$7 per hour.<br />
It is unfortunate that the formal,<br />
reciprocal agreement currently<br />
in place between the<br />
school board and the City of Ottawa<br />
can no longer be continued.<br />
However, patterns of use have<br />
changed over the years and the<br />
school board can no longer subsidize<br />
the community use of<br />
schools. Youth groups are certainly<br />
going to be affected by this<br />
change as they have been paying<br />
$1 per hour for school facilities<br />
during the week. The provincial<br />
funding formula does not provide<br />
funds for the use of schools outside<br />
normal school hours and the<br />
OCDSB must focus on regular day<br />
school operations.<br />
If you have any questions regarding<br />
the policy or would like<br />
to book school facilities, please<br />
call the Community Use of Schools<br />
office at 239-2540.<br />
SCHOOL CLOSURES<br />
Five schools are being closed<br />
(Confederation, Crichton Alternative,<br />
McNabb, Queensway and<br />
Whitehaven) and the OCDSB may<br />
have to close another 15 schools<br />
in order to qualify for funds for<br />
new school construction in highgrowth<br />
areas outside the Greenbelt.<br />
The Minister of Education<br />
and Training is reviewing the<br />
school accommodation situation<br />
in Ottawa-Carleton and I hope the<br />
funding formula will be modified<br />
to allow schools to operate at 90<br />
per cent capacity and to allow<br />
schools to rent out surplus space<br />
(without penalty) to adult education<br />
and new child care groups.<br />
These adjustments would significantly<br />
reduce the number of<br />
school closures in the downtown<br />
core. To date, there has been no<br />
announcement from Queen's Park.<br />
For information on the OCDSB,<br />
check the web site at<br />
www.ocdsb.edu.on.ca or call the<br />
automated information line at<br />
596-8222.<br />
I hope to hear from you.<br />
Lynn Graham, Ottawa-<br />
Carleton District School Board,<br />
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Ottawa-Carleton Catholic<br />
school board trustee report<br />
The Ottawa-Carleton Catholic<br />
School Board completed its first<br />
school area review process on<br />
March 25 after five long months<br />
of staff recommendations, public<br />
consultation and board deliberations.<br />
Two schools, St. Victor in<br />
Heron Park and St. Raymond Intermediate<br />
in the west end, will<br />
close their doors at the end of<br />
this school year. Immaculate<br />
Heart of Mary School in the Pleasant<br />
Park area will close at the end<br />
of the <strong>1999</strong>-2000 school year.<br />
Non-operational day schools<br />
(which the Ministry of Education<br />
had counted in the board's inventory<br />
of pupil places) which<br />
were declared surplus by the<br />
board included Barrette, Jean<br />
XXIII, St. Agnes, Queen of the Angels,<br />
St. Patrick and St Andrew.<br />
Staff have been asked to develop a<br />
plan to dispose of the properties.<br />
The board will also ask the Ministry<br />
of Education to allow the<br />
use of two other non-operating<br />
schools (DeMazenod and Canadian<br />
Martyrs) for administrative purposes.<br />
The board will assist the<br />
Youville Centre, which is operating<br />
out of Sacre Coeur, to find<br />
new, more appropriate facilities,<br />
after which the board will dis-<br />
pose of Sacre Coeur. During the<br />
course of its deliberations last<br />
week, the board reaffirmed its<br />
support for Continuing Education<br />
and asked staff to pursue a leaseback<br />
agreement or other accommodation<br />
arrangements so that<br />
programs currently offered at the<br />
non-operating schools will continue.<br />
Three schools that were on the<br />
list slated for closure will be<br />
kept open under varying circum-<br />
stances. St Thomas in Crystal<br />
Beach will stay open pending an<br />
agreement between the board and<br />
the City of Nepean which has expressed<br />
an interest in taking over<br />
a portion of the school for com-<br />
munity use. St Mary School<br />
(Beech/Bayswater area) will remain<br />
open until staff review the<br />
St Mary and St Thomas Aquinas<br />
facilities to determine the most<br />
appropriate location for the St.<br />
Mary students.<br />
ST. MARGARET MARY SCHOOL<br />
TO STAY OPEN<br />
In a unanimous decision, St.<br />
Margaret Mary School will remain<br />
open. With this facility remaining<br />
an active day school, the need<br />
to readjust the boundary for Corpus<br />
Christi School to accommodate<br />
the influx of students from<br />
St Margaret Mary was eliminated.<br />
For the upcoming school year,<br />
both schonic win<br />
By<br />
Cathy<br />
Maguire-<br />
Urban<br />
"the reasons to keep them open as<br />
opposed to why St Margaret Mary<br />
should not be closed," to quote<br />
trustee June Flynn-Turner on the<br />
night that the decision was made<br />
to keep the school open. The two<br />
councils brought to their presentations<br />
these past few months,<br />
to both the board and the independent<br />
review panel, a level of<br />
discussion that impressed trustees<br />
from all zones of the board's<br />
jurisdiction, which was evident<br />
by the 10-0 final vote. I appreciate<br />
the amount of hours that went<br />
into both schools' presentations<br />
and the sacrifices that parents<br />
made to ensure that the board was<br />
aware of just how valuable St.<br />
Margaret Mary and the Bytown<br />
Childcare Cooperative were to the<br />
Ottawa South community and the<br />
possible negative impacts that<br />
could result at Corpus Christi<br />
School if the administrative recommendation<br />
was carried out.<br />
Parent leaders Michael Napier<br />
(Corpus Christi) and Reg Charett<br />
(St Margaret Mary) led their<br />
councils throughout this process<br />
in a very professional manner and<br />
it was certainly my pleasure to<br />
assist them in whatever way I<br />
could these past five months.<br />
The board will consider the<br />
future of Elmridge Catholic and<br />
Jean Vanier Catholic Intermediate<br />
schools as part of a further staff<br />
review of Area 11 with the intention<br />
of making the best possible<br />
use of school space in these areas.<br />
The future of St Michael School<br />
has been deferred until staff<br />
comes back with a recommendation<br />
as to where the students will<br />
be relocated if the school is<br />
closed.<br />
The decisions made last week<br />
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months of work, including a series<br />
of public hearings by the<br />
school board and by the threemember<br />
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25 <strong>Glebe</strong> <strong>Report</strong> <strong>April</strong> 9, <strong>1999</strong> SCHOOL<br />
Computer lab a great success<br />
BY KEN DESSON AND<br />
LISA MENARD<br />
One of the great success stories<br />
at First Avenue School this<br />
year is the innovative use being<br />
made of one of the Ottawa-<br />
Carleton District School Board's<br />
(OCDSB) few dedicated computer<br />
labs in an elementary school.<br />
Principal Chantal Racine supported<br />
the initiative of maintaining<br />
and expanding the computer<br />
lab which has the use of 18<br />
CD-ROM-equipped computers<br />
hooked up to a new laser printer<br />
and the school's own Internet<br />
server. All the computers can<br />
access the Internet as well as<br />
utilize an excellent selection of<br />
computer programs. In addition,<br />
each regular classroom has at<br />
least one computer with access to<br />
the Internet. Principal Racine<br />
stated, "I felt very strongly that a<br />
portion of someone's time had to<br />
be allocated to maintaining the<br />
computer lab and helping to integrate<br />
technology into the regular<br />
program." Sylvie Quessy was<br />
given two new roles: resource<br />
teacher for five of the larger<br />
classes, and computer lab specialist<br />
in the afternoons. Thus the<br />
computer lab is one of the most<br />
utilized areas in the school.<br />
SPECIAL CHALLENGES OF<br />
FRENCH<br />
IMMERSION<br />
of Education<br />
The Ministry<br />
does not have a specific curriculum<br />
for French immersion<br />
schools. That means that much of<br />
the software available from the<br />
Ministry is not in French or is<br />
not appropriate for an immersion<br />
program. To solve this dilemma,<br />
Sylvie has become a member of<br />
the OCDSB's software committee.<br />
"As a member of committee I can<br />
meet with other teachers from the<br />
OCDSB and discuss First Avenue's<br />
French immersion needs<br />
and determine which software is<br />
most suitable."<br />
INDEPENDENT LEARNING<br />
ENCOURAGED<br />
Classes use the lab throughout<br />
the week - rarely is the lab<br />
empty. The children have an opportunity<br />
to acquire many skills.<br />
The children practise their keyboarding<br />
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FINDING NEW MATERIAL<br />
Another challenge of the new<br />
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formation in French. The older<br />
students have spent many hours<br />
in the computer lab searching the<br />
Internet for current information.<br />
With the help of volunteers and<br />
teachers, many students have created<br />
Web sites of their projects.<br />
These Web sites will be stored on<br />
the school's server and will be<br />
kept as resource materials for<br />
other students.<br />
NEVER A DULL MOMENT<br />
Sylvie and two parent volunteers<br />
ensure that the lab is available<br />
to students three lunch<br />
hours per week. On Tuesdays,<br />
Grade 3 and 4 students "surf the<br />
Net" or hone their geography<br />
skills playing Carmen San Diego.<br />
Wednesday is an opportunity for<br />
Grade 6 students to work on their<br />
Web sites. Working on Thursdays,<br />
more than 30 Grade 5 students<br />
have designed Web sites<br />
most of which will be hosted on<br />
the school Web site at:<br />
www.ocdsb.edu.on.ca/FAVEweb/.<br />
During Education Week, May<br />
3-7, all the Web sites will be up,<br />
and running. Come to the computer<br />
lab and see your child(ren)<br />
in action.<br />
BOOK SALE APRIL 22 - 24<br />
First Avenue School's 16th annual<br />
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<strong>April</strong> 24. Parent and student<br />
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From classics to cookbooks, children's<br />
literature to best-sellers<br />
to romance, there is something for<br />
everyone!<br />
Proceeds allow the school to<br />
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structures. In these days of<br />
school budget restraints, your<br />
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We are grateful for any book donations.<br />
They can be dropped off<br />
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SCHOOL NEWS <strong>Glebe</strong> <strong>Report</strong> <strong>April</strong> 9, <strong>1999</strong> 2 6<br />
Photo: Shawna Valentiate<br />
Heather Greenwood & Andrew Paul with Mitel mentor Anne Robitaille.<br />
<strong>Glebe</strong> Collegiate at<br />
Canada FIRST Robotics Games<br />
BY ALISON VAN KOUGHNE1'1'<br />
On February 25, <strong>Glebe</strong> Collegiate's<br />
team of engineers, wricers,<br />
Web page creators and video makers<br />
won first place for Web site,<br />
video and spirit and sixth for<br />
written documentation in the<br />
Canada FIRST Robotics Competition.<br />
<strong>Glebe</strong> came first on their<br />
presentation to the engineering<br />
panel, too. <strong>Glebe</strong>'s robot placed<br />
eighth of 18 in the nation-wide<br />
competition.<br />
The games were held at Scarborough's<br />
Centennial College.<br />
Eighteen high school teams competed<br />
from across Canada.<br />
This year's theme was curling.<br />
<strong>Glebe</strong>'s robot was designed and<br />
built to shoot a curling stone into<br />
a target. The curling stone, designed<br />
by students, was made of<br />
wood and aluminum The curling<br />
stones were stored near the top of<br />
the robot in a simple box. A motor<br />
provided energy to push a<br />
piston and pushed the stone out<br />
of the storage area. Then, once it<br />
had dropped, it landed on a sliding<br />
tray. Another motor wound<br />
up a strong cord attached to the<br />
tray and some surgical tubing.<br />
This elastic substance would ultimately<br />
propel the curling stone<br />
out of the robot and onto the<br />
playing surface.<br />
To make this all happen, students<br />
logged hours of hard work<br />
at Mitel Corporation, and the<br />
guidance of their mentors was<br />
needed. Students worked up to<br />
the last night (and morning),<br />
adding the final touches.<br />
The competition itself was a<br />
great way to spend the weekend.<br />
Students met other teams from<br />
across the country and finally<br />
put their creation to the test.<br />
Plan for the<br />
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There was not only the robot in<br />
the competition, there was also a<br />
Web site, a video and a binder of<br />
written documentation.<br />
All 18 teams chose different<br />
parts of the bleachers from which<br />
their supportive team members<br />
could cheer. Every team had special<br />
shirts to show who they were.<br />
Team <strong>Glebe</strong>'s was a blue and white<br />
Umbro soccer shirt.<br />
When Team <strong>Glebe</strong> was eliminated<br />
we joined the 'Unionville<br />
Wolfpack' and a team composed of<br />
many Quebec towns called the<br />
`Nayas' to make the biggest and<br />
loudest team in the room <strong>Glebe</strong><br />
was one of the loudest and biggest<br />
teams already!<br />
Team <strong>Glebe</strong> (the GCI Stones)<br />
did amazingly well this_ year. It<br />
was our fifth year at the competition,<br />
and probably our best<br />
Last year's robot was in ninth<br />
place, so making it to the second<br />
round this year was a great<br />
achievement. The team is very<br />
proud of its amazing standings,<br />
and so is the school. Team <strong>Glebe</strong><br />
won second place for the President's<br />
Award, which is awarded<br />
to the team with the best overall<br />
documentation, in other words,<br />
all aspects not including the robot.<br />
Second in all the country!<br />
We hope that by telling the community<br />
about our successes that<br />
you will share a part of the pride.<br />
Robotics is an amazing experience<br />
for anyone to try. You do not<br />
have to love engineering or construction;<br />
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are also very important. If you<br />
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27 <strong>Glebe</strong> <strong>Report</strong> <strong>April</strong> 9, <strong>1999</strong> SCHOOL_ NEWS<br />
<strong>April</strong> on best behaviour at Hopewell School<br />
BY J. C. SULZENKO<br />
STUDENT ASSEMBLY<br />
INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR THE<br />
ELIMINATION OF RACIAL<br />
DISCRIMINATION<br />
Hopewell's Students Against<br />
Discrimination Club planned a<br />
poetry reading and dramatic<br />
presentations to mark the U.N.'s<br />
conunemoration of the Sharpeville<br />
Massacre in South Africa. At the<br />
assembly for intermediate students,<br />
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Centre, brought to life Canadian<br />
history surrounding events<br />
leading to Canada's anti-slavery<br />
position. Anti-slavery is one of<br />
three areas on which the club is<br />
focusing its efforts this year to<br />
build a world without prejudice,<br />
bias or hatred. They also have<br />
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intolerance and cultural discrimination.<br />
It is the club's hope<br />
that everyone will learn how each<br />
person's voice can make a difference.<br />
STUDENT BEHAVIOUR IN THE<br />
COMMUNITY<br />
Concerns from certain Hopewell<br />
neighbours, both businesses<br />
and private citizens, have been<br />
expressed about the behaviour of<br />
some intermediate students during<br />
the lunch hour and sometimes<br />
after school. Finding such behaviour<br />
unacceptable and being<br />
concerned that a few students<br />
could give the rest a 'black eye,'<br />
the administration has embarked<br />
on a strategy of working closely<br />
with the police and the school's<br />
neighbours, as well as placing<br />
emphasis inside the school on<br />
personal responsibility and the<br />
consequences of such behaviour.<br />
The police force has increased its<br />
patrols of vulnerable areas and is<br />
visiting intermediate classes. In<br />
addition, the school is meeting<br />
with local businesses, and heaith<br />
classes are emphasizing the risks<br />
of substance abuse. The school is<br />
also developing a program that<br />
will give students the opportunity<br />
to contribute to the community<br />
through a spring clean-up<br />
effort.<br />
BEACH PARTY<br />
Over 500 people turned out for<br />
the first extraordinary beach<br />
party at Hopewell. A core committee<br />
of eight volunteers made<br />
sure the revelers had fine food,<br />
music and lots of fun. The excellent<br />
turn-out of Hopewell<br />
teachers ensured the success of<br />
the student/teacher volleyball<br />
game at the party. Local businesses<br />
and benefactors provided<br />
an array of splendid door prizes,<br />
to everyone's delight!<br />
HOPEWELL READ-A-THON AND<br />
BOOK LAUNCH<br />
From <strong>April</strong> 12-30, reading becomes<br />
even more serious business<br />
at the school with the advent of<br />
the annual Read-a-Thon. This<br />
special campaign encourages<br />
reading, while, at the same time,<br />
raises funds for school projects.<br />
Each participant obtains sponsors,<br />
who pledge a certain amount<br />
per book the student reads during<br />
the three weelcs. At the end of<br />
<strong>April</strong>, when the tallies are in, the<br />
class in each division (primary,<br />
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junior and intermediate) with the<br />
most children participating will<br />
win a pizza lunch! The Read-a-<br />
Thon also benefits from the generous<br />
participation of Coles Books<br />
(Billings Bridge) and Mother<br />
Tongue Books.<br />
Other activities linked to<br />
Read-a-Thon include 'celebrity'<br />
readings and the launch of a<br />
Hopewell-based book for children,<br />
Annabella and The TyCoon.<br />
This story tells of Annabella's<br />
efforts to save her school bands.<br />
Written by your humble correspondent<br />
and designed by Hopewell<br />
parent, Edie Wawrychuk<br />
(Traffic Design), the book will be<br />
sold through the school, starting<br />
<strong>April</strong> 20, and at Mother Tongue<br />
Books. Half the proceeds from<br />
each sale will be donated to the<br />
Canadian Parks & Wilderness Society Present<br />
Wolf Country:<br />
Eleven Years Tracking<br />
the Algonquin Wolves<br />
John and Mary Theberge<br />
'Il is simple caring that<br />
leads to a cautious<br />
sustainable,<br />
harmonious<br />
. relationship with wild<br />
things, caring even for<br />
the wolflitmus of our<br />
environmental<br />
sincerety."<br />
John B. The berge<br />
www_<br />
For more information contact: Mtp://www.cpaws-morg<br />
Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society 730-2797<br />
instrumental music program at<br />
Hop ewell.<br />
BIKE AND WHEEL SALE<br />
APRIL 10<br />
Bring your bikes, tricycles,<br />
scooters, roller blades, etc., to<br />
this annual sale on Saturday,<br />
<strong>April</strong> 10. Drop off items, labelled<br />
with the price and a contact<br />
telephone number, at the<br />
Hopewell garage from 12:30 p.m. -<br />
1:30 p.m. The sale goes on from<br />
1:30 p.m. - 3 p.m. Participants<br />
must return to pick up their cash<br />
(hopefully) or any unsold items<br />
at 3 p.m.<br />
UPCOMING EVENTS<br />
School Council Meeting, Tuesday,<br />
<strong>April</strong> 13, 7:15 p.m., in the<br />
library. Junior Musical: Jack the<br />
Giant, Wednesday, <strong>April</strong> 28, 7:30<br />
p.m. in the gym.<br />
Lecture & slides<br />
Thursday, <strong>April</strong> 29 8:00 p.m.<br />
Bell Theatre, Minto Bldg.<br />
Carleton University<br />
Tickets: $8 at the door and in<br />
advance at Trailhead.<br />
The howl of the wolf symbolizes the<br />
wildness and beauty of nature. But<br />
how long will that howl last? One of<br />
Ontario's most famous and loved<br />
wolf populations faces a<br />
questionable future. We invite you<br />
to join us for a compelling and<br />
informative evening to hear about<br />
the wolves of Algonquin Park, the<br />
challenges they face, and what is<br />
required to ensure a brighter future<br />
for these complex, social creatures.<br />
The Theberges' research on these<br />
wolves represents one of the<br />
longest-running wolf studies in North<br />
America by two of the foremost wolf<br />
authorities.<br />
In cooperation with: Carleton University Dept of Biology, Geography 8 Environmental Studies, Ottawa Field Naturalists Club, and Trailhead.<br />
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Dates<br />
Friday <strong>April</strong> 23<br />
Saturday <strong>April</strong> 24<br />
Sunday <strong>April</strong> 25<br />
5- 9 pm<br />
10- 5 pm<br />
10- 5 pm<br />
The Kidne<br />
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resents<br />
A Kidney Foundation<br />
Fundraising Event<br />
of Canada<br />
versary<br />
of the ational<br />
Capita Fine Art<br />
Festival<br />
www.artfestival.ottawa.com<br />
At the Aberdeen Pavillion<br />
Lansdowne Park<br />
Free Parking<br />
"A complete art awareness weekendwith<br />
over 80 selected artists and art manufacturers<br />
offering a unique opportunity<br />
to meet the artist and purchase original<br />
art. Over 5000 original artworks in one<br />
location to choose from."<br />
Fees<br />
Adults $7.00<br />
Seniors and Students $6.00<br />
Children under 12 are Free<br />
Festival Information 724-9953<br />
* Plus with every admission, receive a 50% off<br />
admission to the Flower and Garden Show<br />
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<strong>Glebe</strong> <strong>Report</strong> <strong>April</strong> 9, <strong>1999</strong> 28<br />
BOB CHIARELLI<br />
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IN THE REGION is published by the Region of Ottawa-Carleton, Spring <strong>1999</strong><br />
eiffesswec,com the g?vioned Chat>.<br />
NIAINTAINING<br />
SERVICES WHILE<br />
FREEZING TAXES<br />
FOLLOWING REGIONAL COUNCIL'S approval of the <strong>1999</strong> budget in February, residents<br />
in Ottawa-Carleton will once again enjoy a tax freeze. We were able to do this despite<br />
more than $50-million in new annual costs created by the<br />
provincial downloading of services to the Region. Difficult<br />
decisions were made, and a fair compromise was reached<br />
that allowed us to protect services residents value.<br />
Regional programs and services were protected in<br />
this year's budget process, many of which you will find<br />
highlighted in the articles of thi§ edition of In the Region.<br />
Services provided by your Regional Government affect<br />
each one of us every day and contribute greatly to the<br />
quality of life we enjoy. Whether we take public transit or<br />
drive to work, turn on the tap in the morning, need the<br />
help of a public health nurse, send our kids to day care,<br />
visit our elderly friends at a senior's lodge, or get help<br />
finding a job, we all benefit from Regional Government<br />
programs.<br />
In addition to our regular programs and services, we<br />
are also working hard on several new initiatives. We are<br />
trying to streamline local economic development agencies<br />
so that we can better focus on marketing our hi-tech<br />
strengths to the rest of the world. Our newly created Task<br />
Force on Employment is working to develop an employment<br />
strategy to help breakdown barriers to employment in our Region.<br />
We have worked very hard this year to ensure that this budget reflects the priorities<br />
of the community. In many cases the voice of the community at budget meetings<br />
changed the direction of Council's decisions. Thank you to everyone who participated in<br />
this budget process. Everyone's work helped to deliver a regional budget that respects<br />
the demand of taxpayers to freeze taxes while ensuring the services people rely on are<br />
maintained and enhanced.<br />
Sincerely,<br />
REGION OF OTTAWA-CARLETON<br />
<strong>1999</strong> TAX FREEZE DESPITE<br />
nCONTINUING PROVINCIAL<br />
DOWNLOADING<br />
REGIONAL COUNCIL WAS ABLE TO HOLD THE LINE on property taxes again this year<br />
despite on-going downloading of programs and services from the Province to the Region.<br />
The portfolio of services delivered by your Regional GoVernment continues to grow as the<br />
province transfers its responsibilities to the Region. Many of the services transferred come<br />
without adequate levels of funding.<br />
<strong>1999</strong> Regional Budget<br />
$ 1.2 billion<br />
Public Health<br />
Most of the costs of public health, once 100% paid for by the Province, are now entirely<br />
covered by the Region.<br />
The Region has been told to assume responsibility for land ambulance in the year 2000.<br />
Transportation Services<br />
The Province has transferred 255 lane kilometres of roadway and 130 bridges and<br />
structures to the Region without enough funding to even cover maintenance.<br />
Child Care Services<br />
The Province will be transferring licensing responsibilities to the Region, as well as the<br />
management of other child care related services such as child-parent resource centres.<br />
Community Services: Restaurant inspections, social<br />
assistance, ambulances, social housing, long term care,<br />
public health<br />
Transportation: Major road maintenance,<br />
snow removal, traffic signs and signals<br />
Public Transit OC Transpo, Para Transo<br />
Capital Formation: Debt charges plus<br />
capital reserve fund contributions<br />
Other: Administration and grants to<br />
external agencies<br />
Police: Emergency response traffic control<br />
crime prevention, victim services<br />
Water, Sewer, Solid Waste: Drinking water, sewer,<br />
garbage, blue box, leaf & yard waste collection<br />
Social Assistance Services<br />
The Region now has cost-sharing responsibilities<br />
for all social assistance programs including the<br />
Ontario Disability Support Program. Sole support<br />
families formerly administered by the Provincial<br />
Family Benefits program have now been trans:<br />
ferred to the Region under Ontario Works.<br />
Regional Police Services<br />
Withdrawal of Provincial OPP service has made<br />
the Region solely responsible for all police services.<br />
This means that rural residents are being<br />
asked to pay for policing service on their property<br />
tax bill that they used to receive at no additional<br />
cost from the Province.<br />
Public Transit Services<br />
In the past, the Province funded 75% of the cost<br />
of building the public transit system. The<br />
Province has now withdrawn support entirely for<br />
public transit, transferring the costs to Regional<br />
taxpayers.<br />
Even though these funding challenges have added over $51 million in new annual<br />
costs, the Region of Ottawa-Carleton has not increased property taxes in the 1998 or<br />
<strong>1999</strong> budgets. That leaves Ottawa-Carleton alone as the only Region in the Province<br />
to successfully hold the line on taxes despite the extra cost of provincially downloaded<br />
services.<br />
Bob Chiarelli<br />
Regional Chair<br />
YOUR REGIONAL COUNCILLOR<br />
Clive Doucet<br />
Ward R17<br />
Capital<br />
Tel: 560-1224<br />
E-mail:<br />
doucetclarmoc.on.ca<br />
Putting p ap e r in its<br />
440 Ottawa-Carleton 560-1335<br />
The Black Bo<br />
place<br />
Coming Soon<br />
THE REGION ON TOP OF TRAFFIC<br />
ISSUES IN YOUR COMIVIUNITY<br />
The Bronson Corridor - The Airport Parkways Extended Traffic Impact Study<br />
(APETIS) is moving ahead with the completion of the first draft of the consultant's<br />
report. APETIS outlines measures to mitigate increasing traffic flows on<br />
the Bronson corridor.<br />
The <strong>Glebe</strong> Traffic Study - Thanks to the work of many volunteer traffic counters<br />
on the <strong>Glebe</strong> Traffic Committee, Regional staff have been able to collect<br />
and compile traffic counts for the <strong>Glebe</strong>. The next step will be to hire a consultant<br />
to conduct the study.<br />
Main Street - The Main Street Traffic Calming Committee selected DELCAN for<br />
its study of Main Street to be completed by December 31st of this year.<br />
Bank Street Reconstruction - A business and community-friendly reconstruction<br />
and streetscaping of Bank Street in Old Ottawa South is scheduled to<br />
begin in the Spring of 2001. Design consultations with local businesses and the<br />
community will begin shortly.<br />
Light Rail - Preparations for the Light Rail Pilot Project continue. The Pilot will<br />
divert traffic out of the Bronson corridor and ease cut-through traffic in the<br />
<strong>Glebe</strong>. A second round of Regional open-houses took place during the last week<br />
of February. The pilot project is scheduled to start in the Spring of 2000.<br />
560-1335<br />
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LINDA SMITH'S DAUGHTER was only<br />
nine months old when the car she was<br />
in - driven by Linda's caregiver -<br />
flipped over on the Queensway and<br />
skidded upside down across several<br />
lanes, trapping the caregiver and three<br />
children inside. Miraculously, everyone<br />
walked away without a scratch.<br />
"If my daughter hadn't been harnessed<br />
into a properly installed child<br />
car seat, she wouldn't be around<br />
today," Smith says.<br />
"Injury prevention and children's<br />
safety are major public health issues,"<br />
says Dr. Robert Cushmtut, Medical<br />
Officer of Health for the Region of<br />
Ottawa-Carleton. Close to SO% of<br />
injury-related deaths are caused by<br />
traffic injuries."<br />
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CONUVION CAR SEAT ERRORS<br />
According to public health nurse Gail Salminen,<br />
the following are some of the most common<br />
errors made by people using child car seats:<br />
tether strap used incorrectly or not at all<br />
metal clip used incorrectly or not at all<br />
handles on infant car seats left up while<br />
travelling<br />
infants put into forward-facing seats too<br />
quickly (must be sufficient size and weight)<br />
children moved to booster seats too quickly,<br />
or to a regular seat beit too quickly<br />
improper use of shoulder belt<br />
Gail Salmenin(right) and trainees check<br />
car seat with Linda Smith and son.<br />
Today, Smith uses her personal experience as a train-the-trainer to teach public<br />
health nurses, firefighters and other volunteers to inspect child car seats for their compli<br />
ance with safety standards.<br />
The inspections are part of the Child Safety Seat Program, offered by members of<br />
the Eastern Ontario Car Seat Coalition which includes the Region of Ottawa-Carleton.<br />
"When the coalition started in 1997, up to 500 seats a year were voluntarily inspect<br />
ed for their compliance with safety standards. Now, we have well over 1000 seats<br />
inspected per year," says Gail Salminen, a public health nurse with the Region of<br />
Ottawa-Carleton.<br />
"The majority of people don't use car seats properly, which compromises the safety<br />
of a child. For example, in 1996, we inspected 85 child car seats during a series of volun<br />
tary car seats clinics. Of these,<br />
only one was correctly installed."<br />
says Salminen.<br />
"We now have many firefighters<br />
on board to give inspections<br />
at fire stations, and the<br />
CAA is also giving inspections.<br />
Regional public health nurses<br />
educate parents about the importance<br />
of car seats in pre-natal<br />
classes," says Salminen.<br />
For information about child<br />
car seat safety, please contact the<br />
Region of Ottawa-Carleton at<br />
560-1335.<br />
REGION OF OTTAWA-CARLETON<br />
AT THE END OF APRIL, thousands of residents from across Ottawa-Carleton will pull out<br />
their spades, soil and gardening gear in a region-wide effort to plant new trees to replace<br />
those trees destroyed during the 1998 ice storm.<br />
The trees were made available to area residents through the Plant for Tomorrow<br />
program, which provided a 2.5 centimetre caliper tree to each homeowner requesting one.<br />
More than 7,000 requests for trees were received.<br />
"This one-time initiative is part of our forest renewal program, intended to restore the<br />
forest cover in Ottawa-Carleton," says Craig Huff, the Region's Forester.<br />
In Vernon, a small community in the Township of Osgoode, the Plant for Tomorrow<br />
program has become a launching pad for a community-wide improvement project. Vernon<br />
resident Elaine Newton has spearheaded<br />
the creation of the Friends<br />
for a Greener Vernon organization in<br />
her community.<br />
"We will be planting 192 trees<br />
throughout Vernon as part of the<br />
Plant for Tomorrow program. We also<br />
have plans in place to enhance our<br />
Main Street with lights, benches and<br />
interlocking brick, and improve the<br />
appearance of the community at<br />
large," says Newton.<br />
"Vernon used to be a beautiful<br />
little town, but the streetscape has<br />
deteriorated. Twenty years ago, the<br />
streets were widened destroying the<br />
trees on one side of Main Street. The<br />
ice storm destroyed the trees on the<br />
other side of the street last year,"<br />
she says. Newton and other volunteers<br />
from Friends for a Greener<br />
Vernon ht4 ben actively looking<br />
for funding for its many initiatives.<br />
For more information, call<br />
the Region of Ottawa-Carleton at<br />
560-1335.<br />
Karen Shea (foreground), Elaine<br />
Newton, Jim Clark, and Helen Ferguson<br />
(background left to right), all executives<br />
on the Friends for a Greener Vernon.<br />
REGIONAL GOVERNMENT IS THE ENVIRONMENT...<br />
The Region of Ottawa-Carleton Plant for Tomorrow program - intended to<br />
replace trees on individual properties - is one of three Regional reforestation initiatives.<br />
The Community 11-ee Planting Partnership program targets urban and suburban<br />
communities, and assists groups interested in planting trees within their<br />
communities.<br />
The Rural Community Restoration program assists rural communities in their<br />
reforestation efforts.<br />
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Res'ident Paul Sirois works<br />
with Regional Police to solve<br />
a conimunity problern.<br />
with,<br />
FOR THE PAST FIVE YEARS, Ottawa-Carleton resident<br />
Paul Sirois has been troubled by a problem<br />
that just wouldn't go away until he joined<br />
forces with the Ottawa-Carleton Regional Police<br />
and other community members to solve it.<br />
"My backyard faces a Bell Canada building<br />
on Montreal Road, close to where people used to<br />
hang out at all hours," says Sirois.<br />
To solve the problem, Sirois met With<br />
Ottawa-Carleton police officer Michel Hébert, Bell<br />
Canada and other community members to jointly<br />
find a solution. They decided to cut down the<br />
shrubs and turn the outdoor lights on at night.<br />
"They don't corne here anymore. I'm very<br />
happy and feel safer now," says Sirois.<br />
"We often solve problems by bringing together people in the neighborhood who can<br />
influence a problem. It is part of our role as community police officers to act as a catalyst<br />
for community problem solving," says Hébert.<br />
"More and more, we tap into people working in the neighborhood. With the new<br />
model of district policing, we get to know our "customers" better, and can solve problems<br />
together."<br />
The Ottawa-Carleton Regional Police is making community policing a priority.<br />
"Neighbourhood officers can focus on specific community situations," says Hébert.<br />
For more information, call the Ottawa-Carleton Regional Police at 236-1222.<br />
REGIONAL GOVERNMENT IS POLICING...<br />
'<br />
The Region's municipal police services amalgamated on January 1, 1995.<br />
By July, <strong>1999</strong>, the Ottawa-Carleton Regional Police Service will have<br />
responsibility for police services in all the of the Ottawa-Carleton region.<br />
The Ottawa-Carleton Regional Police Service is the fourth largest municipal<br />
police service in Canada.<br />
The Ottawa-Carleton Regional Police operate community police centres<br />
located in neighbourhoods throughout Ottawa-Carleton.<br />
560-1335<br />
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WHERE SHOULD YOUR GARBAGE GO?<br />
"AWAY" IS NOT AN OPTION<br />
REGION OF OTTAWA-CARLETON<br />
THE TRAIL WASTE FACILITY, located off Moodie Drive in Nepean, is the main municipal<br />
landfill site for residential garbage in Ottawa-Carleton. The Region of Ottawa-Carleton<br />
has operated the facility for almost 20 years and estimates that the site has enough<br />
remaining capacity to continue accepting residential waste for another 8 to 10 years. The<br />
Region has recently completed a feasibility study on options for extending the life of the<br />
Tlail Waste Facility. Some of the options are summarised below. Regional staff would like<br />
to know what you think about these<br />
options. Your comments will be included<br />
TRAIL ROAD FACTS<br />
In addition to the landfill, the Trail<br />
Waste Facility houses the Household<br />
Special Waste Depot and the leaf &<br />
yard waste composting site.<br />
As the site develops current °state<br />
of the art" technology ensures safe<br />
operation of the facility.<br />
Leadiate and methane gas, two<br />
by-products of the landfill operations,<br />
are monitored and managed to<br />
ensure environmental protection.<br />
The site is operated in accordance<br />
with the Ontario Ministry of the<br />
Environment regulation.<br />
in a report to Regional Council when they<br />
consider this optimization report.<br />
What are the choices?<br />
Most of us are actively involved in<br />
reducing and recycling waste to reduce<br />
the amount that ends up in the landfill.<br />
And our efforts are working! In 1998,<br />
Ottawa-Carleton residents recycled over<br />
51,000 tonnes of materials and a record<br />
37,000 tonnes of yard waste was composted<br />
(almost half of which was due to the<br />
ice storm). The Region is continuing to<br />
develop programs to divert even more<br />
waste. Yet despite all of our efforts, there<br />
is still a need to dispose of garbage.<br />
If we continue to produce garbage<br />
at the current rate, the landfill is estimated to be filled by 2008 or 20<strong>09</strong>. We would then<br />
need an alternative, which could either be a new landfill, a waste incinerator (which<br />
w6uld still require a landfill for residue ash), exporting waste to another landfill or<br />
maybe find some other emerging disposal technology.<br />
An alternative to starting or finding a new disposal facility is to maximize the use of<br />
the existing landfill, an asset we have. The Region has completed a preliminary technical<br />
study and identified a number of options that could extend the life of the landfill. These<br />
options include increasing the landfill's size, increasing the landfill's height and excavating<br />
an older part of the landfill (landfill mining) to reclaim space and perhaps recycle<br />
some materials that may have been discarded as garbage in years gone by.<br />
It's Your Landfill<br />
The Trail Waste Facility is a<br />
valuable asset that the Region manages on behalf of all<br />
regional taxpayers. A long term waste disposal strategy which inçludes<br />
strong diversion programs helps to contribute to the competitiveness and environmental<br />
health of Ottawa-Carleton. Your voice is important. Do you think Regional Council should<br />
support optimizing the current landfill as much as possible (as long as it makes economic,<br />
environmental and operational sense) or<br />
should we start looking elsewhere for our<br />
future waste disposal needs?<br />
Have a Say!<br />
For more information on this project<br />
fill out the form below to receive an information<br />
package or come out to one of the<br />
open houses. Information can also be<br />
viewed at the Region's web page at<br />
www.rmoc.on.ca (click on announcements).<br />
The full technical report on<br />
optimization will be available for viewing<br />
at all public libraries in the region and at<br />
Regional Headquarters, 111 Lisgar Street.<br />
Questions or comments may be faxed,<br />
e-mailed or mailed in by using the<br />
form below.<br />
THE LANDFILL<br />
OPTIMIZATION STUDY:<br />
October 1998<br />
Technical Study completed<br />
October 27, 1998<br />
Tabled with the Planning and<br />
Environment Committee<br />
March - <strong>April</strong> <strong>1999</strong><br />
Consultation<br />
May 25, <strong>1999</strong> (tentative)<br />
Planning & Environment Committee<br />
to c:onsider technic.al report and<br />
public comments<br />
Comments must be submitted by May 14. We will compile your comments and<br />
present them later this spring to Regional Council with the technical report. Here is your<br />
opportunity to get involved at this preliminary phase and be part of the decision process.<br />
Two open houses will be held in <strong>April</strong>:<br />
Saturday <strong>April</strong> 17, <strong>1999</strong> - Trail Road Landfill, Moodie Drive,<br />
Nepean 9:00 am to 12:00 noon<br />
Bring your household special waste to our Household Special<br />
Waste Depot when you visit the open house at Trail Road.<br />
Thursday <strong>April</strong> 22, <strong>1999</strong> Earth Day - Regional Headquarters,<br />
111 Lisgar Street, Colonel By ROOM, 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm<br />
A 33-tonne compactor<br />
spreads and crushes<br />
the garbage.<br />
YES, I AM INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING IN THIS PROCESS.<br />
Do you feel the current landfill resource should-be optimized as much as possible (as<br />
long as it makes economic, environmental and operational sense) or should we start<br />
looking elsewhere for our future waste disposal needs?<br />
PLEASE SEND ME THE FOLLOWING:<br />
E Question and Answer document on the project<br />
fl Booklet on the Trail Road Waste Facility<br />
El Executive summary of the technical report on optimization<br />
Please add me to your mailing list<br />
Comments:<br />
Name:<br />
Phone:<br />
E-Mail:<br />
Address:<br />
Fax:<br />
-<br />
Mail to: Region of Ottawa-Carleton, Solid Waste Division, 111 Lisgar Street, Ottawa, Ontario K2P 217 Fax to: 560-1274 E-mail: wylieke@rmoc.on.ca Phone: 560-1335<br />
560-1335<br />
www.rmoc.on.ca<br />
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31 <strong>Glebe</strong> <strong>Report</strong> <strong>April</strong> 9, <strong>1999</strong> BOOKS<br />
A woman ahead of her time<br />
HONOUR DUE: THE STORY OF<br />
DR. LEONORA HOWARD<br />
KING<br />
By Margaret Negodaeff-<br />
Tomsik (221 pages)<br />
REVIEWED BY PAULETTE COURCHÊNE<br />
This is the story of a young<br />
woman from eastern Ontario who<br />
became a doctor well before<br />
women in Canada were encouraged<br />
or even legally permitted to do so,<br />
who spent her life in China as a<br />
missionary, and who was<br />
eventually made a Mandarin - a<br />
singular honour for a foreigner<br />
and a woman.<br />
In writing this biography, Ms.<br />
Negodaeff-Tomsik was faced with<br />
a difficult task. Like most of us,<br />
Dr. King does not seem to have<br />
written much in the way of<br />
opinions and impressions. Nor<br />
has time been the ally of her<br />
biographer in saving what she did<br />
record. As a result, her words do<br />
not often appear in this<br />
biography. While it is possible<br />
to sympathize with the dearth of<br />
material available to the author,<br />
it is also frustrating to be met<br />
regularly with "she would have,"<br />
"she probably..." Though Ms.<br />
Negodaeff-Tomsik has done her<br />
best to flesh out skimpy material,<br />
the account is too conjectural.<br />
Leonora Howard King remains a<br />
shadow. This is unfortunate, as<br />
even with little to go by, we get a<br />
sense of a strong woman who<br />
lived according to her principles,<br />
and who impressed others with<br />
her dedication and compassion.<br />
We can only hope that this book<br />
will serve as a catalyst to bring to<br />
light more information about her.<br />
If this book is not a satisfying<br />
account of the more -personal<br />
details of Dr. King's life, it is<br />
nonetheless a well-researched<br />
description of missionary life in<br />
19"-century China. And if Dr.<br />
King doesn't figure as<br />
prominently in her own<br />
biography as do the missionary<br />
societies, the high-born and<br />
working-class Chinese and the<br />
petty officials who peopled that<br />
tigie and place, we get a sense of<br />
the courage it must have taken to<br />
live in China 100 years ago. From<br />
WEIM<br />
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and squalor of the poorer parts of<br />
town, Dr. King's living and<br />
working conditions are well<br />
portrayed. The conflicts and<br />
misunderstandings resulting<br />
from the clash of different beliefs<br />
and customs are honestly<br />
described. This is no mean feat,<br />
as such an account provides<br />
opportunities to preach on<br />
several issues. It is, after all, a<br />
book about a professional woman<br />
in a time when women's rights<br />
were non-existent, about a<br />
missionary sent to convert the<br />
Chinese, about a Westerner in<br />
Asia at a time when Westerners<br />
saw themselves as having a<br />
civilizing mission to the rest of<br />
the world. It is to her credit that<br />
Ms Negodaeff-Tomsik, though she<br />
has several soapboxes to choose<br />
from, has chosen to examine the<br />
soapboxes but not to climb on<br />
one.<br />
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readable account of events. If the<br />
Chinese really do consider it a<br />
curse to "live in interesting<br />
times," they have been richly<br />
cursed in their long history.<br />
Leonora King lived there during<br />
fiercely interesting times, as<br />
China was forced to accommodate<br />
foreign presences it neither<br />
understood, respected, nor<br />
desired. The events that took<br />
place during the almost 50 years<br />
she lived in China (1877-1925)<br />
included the Boxer Rebellion, the<br />
subsequent punitive expedition<br />
mounted by European powers and<br />
the final days of Imperial rule.<br />
These events are also part of her<br />
story.<br />
Finally, on a literary level,<br />
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order. Now and then the reader<br />
encounters a sentence in need of<br />
syntactic first aid. Though these<br />
annoyances are infrequent, they<br />
do detract from the overall merit<br />
of a readable and informative<br />
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The David Levine Affair by<br />
Randal Marlin, philosophy professor<br />
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<strong>Glebe</strong> resident), could prove a<br />
courageous introduction to a very<br />
necessary sequel. I much prefer<br />
Marlin's subtitle for this current,<br />
hastily put together offering:<br />
Separatist Betrayal or McCarthyism<br />
North, heady topics for the<br />
post-NAFTA era, crying out for<br />
more of Marlin's valuable insights.<br />
This, rather, is a summation<br />
of articles by sensational<br />
journalists (mostly in Ottawa),<br />
who in all fairness were trying to<br />
do their job, but fell short of the<br />
mark because of the disastrous<br />
public relations of an appointed,<br />
rather than an elected board of<br />
directors at the Ottawa Hospital.<br />
Marlin almost falls into the<br />
same trap as the journalists he<br />
maligns, but his well-intentioned<br />
manifesto proves his thesis, much<br />
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the innocence of Alfred<br />
Dreyfus. Zola accused his denouncers<br />
of malicious libel in an<br />
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Paris newspaper, L'Aurore (that<br />
was on January 13, 1898), entitled<br />
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Alfred Dreyfus was the French<br />
Army officer sentenced to life<br />
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The in camera trial offers weak,<br />
but vigilant similarities to the<br />
poor PR by the appointed Ottawa<br />
Hospital board. In fact, claims<br />
Marlin, there the comparison<br />
ends almost<br />
In 1906 Alfred Dreyfus was<br />
totally exonerated, after serving<br />
10 years of his original lifetime<br />
sentence in exile on Devil's Island<br />
(French New Guinea, off the<br />
coast of South America).<br />
Marlin dances around the<br />
Dreyfus/Zola metaphor to suggest<br />
that the appointment of David<br />
Levine from Qpebec (who was once<br />
a member of the Parti Québecois)<br />
as the new CEO of the Ottawa Hospital<br />
in May 1998, and the subsequent<br />
public outcry to fire Levine<br />
smacks of McCarthyism North or<br />
separatist betrayal Marlin is<br />
trying to focus on the importance<br />
of clear thinking about Canada's<br />
Health Act as an issue separate<br />
from national unity.<br />
Jean Paul Sartre's famous line,<br />
"If the anti-Semite didn't exist,<br />
the Jew would invek him," lurks<br />
dubiously close to Marlin's insightful<br />
thesis, drawing curious<br />
parallels between the ultimate<br />
significance of the Dreyfus Affair<br />
on the French Republic at the<br />
threshold of the twentieth century<br />
and the Levine Affair, as<br />
Canada steps into the twentyfirst.<br />
The new CEO of the Ottawa<br />
Hospital was not asked to resign<br />
by the board of directors, nor was<br />
he sent back to Montreal following<br />
the public outcry. Instead he<br />
is currently doing the job he was<br />
hired for, after what proved to be<br />
a tempest in a teapot, which was,<br />
in fact, a cover for the slow and<br />
persistent erosion of Canada's<br />
health care system.<br />
As Levine heads the third<br />
largest hospital in Canada and<br />
continues to be accountable to an<br />
appointed rather than an elected<br />
board, he is trying to accomplish<br />
what he came to Ottawa for, much<br />
as Alfred Dreyfus was reinstated<br />
in the French Army after his full<br />
pardon. Dreyfus re-enlisted<br />
during the First World War and,<br />
at its conclusion, was promoted to<br />
lieutenant colonel. The Dreyfus<br />
Affair was another turning point<br />
<strong>Glebe</strong> <strong>Report</strong> <strong>April</strong> 9, <strong>1999</strong> 3 2<br />
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Theodor Herzl, leading to his development<br />
of Zionism.<br />
Marlin sashays around the<br />
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driving home the importance<br />
of a unified country in<br />
which one has the ability both to<br />
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as to be healed (hospitalized, if<br />
necessary).<br />
"I hope by putting the 'Levine<br />
Affair' under close scrutiny, and<br />
by recording step by step the development<br />
of emotions, prejudices<br />
and eventually the display of ignorance,<br />
the lessons will not be<br />
forgotten," concludes Marlin.<br />
This thought could be the<br />
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what it means to be Canadian, a<br />
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Thoughts on Easter<br />
BY REV. DR. JACK NIELD<br />
On <strong>April</strong> 4, Christians celebrated<br />
Easter. Has it ever struck<br />
you how different are the ways we<br />
celebrate Christmas and Easter?<br />
It seems we spend months in<br />
preparation for Christmas<br />
whereas Easter seems to come and<br />
go on a long weekend.<br />
Christmas comes with a list of<br />
players as long as your arm. Angels,<br />
shepherds, three wise men,<br />
Heavenly Hosts, King Herod, even<br />
animals kneeling at the manager.<br />
The story we know by heart, and<br />
it has grovvn so that it includes<br />
Santa and Rudolph and perhaps<br />
even Ebenezer Scrooge. Easter is<br />
far different.<br />
Easter comes as such a simple<br />
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story that, if it wasn't so important,<br />
we might not even notice.<br />
Three women go to the tomb and<br />
find it empty. No choirs of angels<br />
just Jesus! At first they<br />
thought he was the gardener.<br />
The story is so simple, it has a<br />
ring of truth about it. If I had<br />
been planning Easter, I would<br />
have added some pageantry and<br />
excitement. But this is so simple.<br />
It is as if this story is so impor-<br />
tant that everyone is holding<br />
their breath and sitting forward<br />
in their chairs waiting to see<br />
what will happen next. This<br />
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South branch library news<br />
BY HÉLÈNE MERRITT<br />
Did you know that we've expanded our video collection? Among new<br />
titles are feature films for adults from the 1930s and '40s. We also<br />
have videos that were released up to last year. This, along with our<br />
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Fly Me Over the <strong>Glebe</strong><br />
<strong>Glebe</strong> <strong>Report</strong> board chair Judy<br />
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Artist Ilze Berzins returns to<br />
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the romantic cultured life of her<br />
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her ancestral homestead, cause<br />
her serious emotional problems<br />
she suffers a depression in a<br />
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This space acts as -a free community bulletin board for Globe residents. Drop<br />
off your GRAPEVINE message at the <strong>Glebe</strong> Community Centre, including your<br />
name, address and phone no. FOR SALE items must be less than $1,000.<br />
FOR SALE<br />
*THE ULTIMATE 50's ACCESSORY,<br />
off-white pure wool Flotki rug 5'<br />
x 9' $125. 236-5967.<br />
*ADJUSTABLE BED - $400, Kenmore<br />
Microwave & cart $50, Kenmore<br />
portable washer $100,<br />
Queen-size bedroom set $100.<br />
232-3827.<br />
* GOALIE PADS Black I-Tech 23",<br />
will fit ages 7-9 yrs. Like new<br />
$150. 236-8254.<br />
*BRIO BIG WHEEL STROLLER, good<br />
cond. $200. Fisher-Price toddler<br />
car seat $25. 563-8243.<br />
*ANTIQUE CANADIANA CUP-<br />
BOARD, 60"h, 19"d, x 44"w. 2<br />
doors, 2 drawers. Original paint<br />
$500. 237-6930.<br />
STORE/CAFÉ LIQUIDATION, all<br />
furniture & equip. for sale<br />
Chairs, tables, shelves, frig,<br />
freezer, dishes, espresso machine,<br />
etc. Allen 238-5031.<br />
CHILDCARE<br />
*MOTHER'S HELPER NEEDED 3-4x<br />
per week. Call 230-8102.<br />
*SPACE AVAILABLE for 1 preschool<br />
child in home with francophone<br />
caregiver. 233-5174.<br />
HOUSESITTING<br />
*RESPONSIBLE WOMAN avail, to<br />
house-sit your home, March to<br />
Sept. Experienced with plants &<br />
animals. References avail. Call<br />
Sarah at 233-5831.<br />
EMPLOYMENT<br />
DOG WALKER NEEDED. Permanent<br />
part-time avail, for reliable<br />
dog lover. Vehicle required for<br />
transportation of up to 4 dogs.<br />
Call 241-0428.<br />
EMPLOYMENT<br />
STUDENT WORKS<br />
PAINTING is looking for<br />
Painters and Crew<br />
Chiefs at good salary for<br />
the summer.<br />
Info: Emée at<br />
(613) 564-5400 ext. 4113.<br />
APARTMENT TO RENT<br />
FIRST West of Bank.<br />
2 bedroom equipped,<br />
hardwood floors,<br />
parking, nonsmokers,<br />
no pets. May, $1,044.<br />
Tel: 234-9253.<br />
CARPENTRY<br />
RENOVATIONS/<br />
REPAIRS<br />
Peter D. Clarey 422-3714<br />
ACCOMMODATION WANTED<br />
UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR, nonsmoker,<br />
from Shanghai, China<br />
would like to board with family<br />
close to Carleton University. If<br />
you can host him for part of his<br />
10 month program contact Janet<br />
Sutherland 233-5647 (w), 236-<br />
8633 (h).<br />
*1-VVO PROFESSIONAL WOMEN<br />
wish to rent a quiet, sunny 2 -<br />
bedroom apt. Deck or garden access<br />
desired. Annelies 567-1536<br />
& leave message.<br />
WANTED<br />
KEI-1 LE, with extremely loud<br />
whistle. Call 730-2173.<br />
*DONATIONS OF USED<br />
FURNITURE & clothing, for<br />
Causeway non-profit Clubhouse<br />
program. Call 725-3494.<br />
NOTICES<br />
* OPEN HOUSE & REGISTRATION<br />
at Southside Preschool, Wed. Apr.<br />
28, 6:30-8:30 p.m. at the Preschool,<br />
located in Southminster<br />
Church, Bank & Aylmer. Representatives<br />
from Please Mum children's<br />
clothing & Jokus toys will<br />
be selling their wares! Registration<br />
for Sept. 99 has begun. Info:<br />
730-5819.<br />
Accounting & Tax Services<br />
U.S. and Canadian taxes,<br />
Personal and Business<br />
Returns and Schedules,<br />
20+ years experience.<br />
Low, reasonable rates.<br />
Call: 364-0143.<br />
PAINTINGS<br />
FOR SALE. Paintings<br />
by Barry McCarthy,<br />
Edwin Chau, Corbett<br />
Gray, Don Connolly<br />
and others.<br />
Tel: (613) 652-1263<br />
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NOTICES<br />
* RUMMAGE SALE and bake table.<br />
Fourth Ave. Baptist Church<br />
(corner of 4th & Bank). Sat.<br />
<strong>April</strong> 17, 9 a.m. - noon.<br />
" RUMMAGE SALE St Giles<br />
Church (Bank & First) Fri. Apr.<br />
23, 3-7 p.m. & Sat. Apr. 24, 9<br />
a.m. - noon. -<br />
SPRING RUMMAGE SALE, <strong>Glebe</strong><br />
St. James United Church, 650<br />
Lyon St, <strong>April</strong> 17, 9 - noon.<br />
GARAGE SALE, Maycourt Club of<br />
Ottawa, Sat <strong>April</strong> 17, 9 am. - 2<br />
p.m. 114 Cameron Ave., Tel. 733-<br />
4681.<br />
DONATE THAT OLD VEHICLE,<br />
running or not, to the Kidney<br />
Foundation of Canada. Free towing,<br />
minimum $75 tax receipt.<br />
Tel. 724-9953.<br />
WOMEN'S READING GROUP<br />
<strong>April</strong> selection: "The River Midnight"<br />
by Lilian Natte!, Wed.<br />
<strong>April</strong> 28, 7 p.m. in GCC library.<br />
Contact Carole, 233-<strong>09</strong>54.<br />
* VENTE-DÉBARRAS, Ecole Francojeunesse,<br />
119 rue Osgoode,<br />
Côte-de-Sable (Sandy Hill), le<br />
samedi ler mai, de 10h. à 14h.<br />
ANNUAL IODE HOUSE &<br />
GARDEN TOUR Thurs. May 20, 10<br />
a.m. to 4 p.m. features 3 beautiful<br />
embassies & 3 attractive private<br />
homes. Tickets & info: 747-4106.<br />
DROP-IN FOR PARENTS, Caregivers<br />
& Children (0-5) at Centretown<br />
Community Health Centre<br />
every Tues. Apr. & May, 9:30 -<br />
11:30 a.m. at our new location,<br />
420 Cooper St (bet Bank & Kent).<br />
EPILEPSY INFO & SUPPORT<br />
GROUP<br />
meets at Jack Purcell<br />
Cornmogentre, 320 Elgin St., Mon.<br />
<strong>April</strong> 12, at 7:30 p.m. Topic: Disability<br />
Support What It Is & How<br />
To Get It Info: 594-9255.<br />
- Rent-<br />
GRAPEVINE<br />
NOTICES<br />
" ACTIVE LIVING CLUB Spring<br />
Hiking Programme for Senior<br />
Adults Monday <strong>April</strong> 19 until<br />
Friday June 30. Cost - $35 per<br />
person. Info: 798-8734.<br />
SENIOR PAINTING EXHIBITION<br />
at City Hall from Fri. May 7 to<br />
Wed. May 19. Free parking at City<br />
Hall for 1st hour. Info: 798-8734.<br />
OTTAWA SCHOOL OF ART presents<br />
The Art of Gardening II Apr.<br />
10, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. & Apr. 11, 1<br />
p.m.-5 p.m. at MacKay United<br />
Church, 39 Dufferin Rd. Everything<br />
about and for gardens &<br />
gardeners. Admission $4, seniors<br />
& students $3.<br />
* SENIORS IN ACTION The Council<br />
on Aging of Ottawa-Carleton presents:<br />
"Seniors in Action" Mon.<br />
Apr. 19 at 1:30 p.m. at RMOC<br />
headquarters, 111 Lisgar St Free.<br />
Information 789-3577.<br />
PREPARING FOR FUNERALS -<br />
The Community Support Network<br />
presents information on palliative<br />
care, funeral planning & bereavement<br />
support on Tues. Apr.<br />
27, 7:30 p.m. at the Hospice at<br />
Maycourt, 114 Cameron Ave. Cost:<br />
$5/ person, $7/ couple. To preregister<br />
or for info: 236-1433.<br />
WILMA PINKUS ART EXHIBIT at<br />
Orleans Arts Centre, 1490 Youville<br />
to <strong>April</strong> 30. Info: 830-5420.<br />
HOME LEARNERS CONFERENCE,<br />
May 1 Carleton U. Info: 746-2676.<br />
THE W/C GUY GIBSON V.C.<br />
Chapter IODE is holding a Primrose<br />
Tea, Tues. May 4, 2-4 p.m. at<br />
Bayne House, 40 Fuller Ave. Ottawa.<br />
Info: Mary Quirt 225-2518.<br />
* THE COUNCIL ON AGING's 25th<br />
Anniv. Gala, Sat., May 8 at Villa<br />
Marconi, 1026 Baseline Rd. $50<br />
($25 tax receipt). Call 789-3577.<br />
-Wife Household Organizers<br />
"%IMF wardwif woman, 'was, a ugor<br />
Regular & Occasional cleaning<br />
Pre & Post move cleaning and packing<br />
Pre & Post renovation cleaning<br />
Blitz & Spring cleaning<br />
Organizing cupboards, basements ...<br />
Perhaps a waitress???<br />
..e,../ 749-2249<br />
Recreate Your Old Garments<br />
Use Old As Pattern For New<br />
Custom Clothing by<br />
Slick & Sassy Fashions at<br />
PARKER CLEAN<br />
Same Day Cleaning Mon to Fri<br />
SEARS CATALOGUE Enna Green<br />
SALES MERCHANT 856 Bank St. (at 5th Ave)<br />
Phone: 236-9857 Phone: 236-9358<br />
Open Mon-Fri 8 am to 7 pm<br />
Sat 9 am to 5 pm<br />
CATIJ ILL I NE ST<br />
MINI STORAGE & MOVING<br />
MOVING? DOWNSIZING?<br />
NEED EXTRA SPACE?<br />
* Various locker sizes --- Reasonable rates<br />
* Indoor * Climate controlled * Secure<br />
1292 Wellington<br />
722-6414 fax 722-6703<br />
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399 CATTIERINE ST. (613)234-6888<br />
RELLA.BLE ENTERIENCED MOVERS **
<strong>Glebe</strong> Neighbourhood Activities Group<br />
690 Lyon Street South<br />
Ottawa, Ontario<br />
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Department of Community Services<br />
Services communautaires<br />
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Conunitted te the Comnuinitii<br />
564-1058 or 233-8713<br />
Special Events<br />
Don't worry, you haven't missed them!<br />
Due to the emergency repairs to the Main Hall,<br />
the following Special Events have been<br />
rescheduled.<br />
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It's time for Spring Cleaning. Come<br />
sell those long lost treasures<br />
stored in your basement or attic.<br />
*Spring Craft Fair<br />
Saturday, <strong>April</strong> 24<br />
10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.<br />
*Spring Flea Market<br />
Saturday, May 1<br />
10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.<br />
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*Spring Antique & Collectible Fair 4114<br />
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*<strong>Glebe</strong> Flea Market<br />
Saturday, May 1,<strong>1999</strong><br />
10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.<br />
$25.00 per table<br />
*GREAT GLEBE GARAGE SALE<br />
(on <strong>Glebe</strong> C.C. property)<br />
Saturday, May 29, <strong>1999</strong><br />
8:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.<br />
$25.00 per table