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<strong>February</strong> 15, <strong>2008</strong> Vol. 38 No. 2<br />
Serving the <strong>Glebe</strong> community since 1973<br />
FREE<br />
<strong>Glebe</strong> Business Improvement Area advances<br />
with city council approval<br />
The <strong>Glebe</strong> Business Group (GBG) has just passed a major milestone in its<br />
efforts to designate a <strong>Glebe</strong> Business Improvement Area (BIA) with city council’s<br />
approval of the designation on Jan. 23.<br />
The <strong>Glebe</strong> BIA will include all commercial properties along the <strong>Glebe</strong>’s<br />
primary east-west and north-south commercial corridors: from Lyon Street<br />
along Chamberlain Avenue, Isabella Street and Pretoria Avenue to Queen Elizabeth<br />
Driveway; and from the Queensway along Bank Street to the Bank<br />
Street Bridge, including properties on intersecting streets and Lansdowne<br />
Park.<br />
Most business districts throughout the city of Ottawa already have a BIA in<br />
place (there are 13 existing and a 14th being formed). Designated under the<br />
Municipal Act, BIAs allow commercial property owners and tenants to establish<br />
a board of management and hire staff to address priority business issues<br />
and initiatives using funds collected through a special levy on commercially<br />
assessed properties within a designated area.<br />
Members of the voluntary <strong>Glebe</strong> Business Group (GBG) that have<br />
addressed business matters on an ad-hoc basis in recent years struck a <strong>Glebe</strong><br />
BIA Formation Steering Committee and hired a consultant to help establish a<br />
BIA. The steering committee and consultant have been communicating and<br />
meeting with commercial property and business owners over the past year to<br />
affirm their support for establishing and investing in the <strong>Glebe</strong> BIA.<br />
“We're delighted with the positive response from the <strong>Glebe</strong> business community<br />
and city council,” says GBG chair Liam McGahern of Patrick McGahern<br />
Books. “We urgently need an official BIA to represent our interests. As<br />
volunteers with our own businesses to run, we can’t provide the dedicated<br />
leadership this area needs.”<br />
continued on page 3<br />
PHOTO: J.D. WIENECKE<br />
Mark your calendars<br />
<strong>February</strong> 16, 17<br />
<strong>February</strong> 18<br />
<strong>February</strong> 21 - 24<br />
<strong>February</strong> 25<br />
<strong>February</strong> 26<br />
March 3<br />
Winderlude continues<br />
Family Day holiday<br />
Ottawa Boat Sportsmen’s & Cottage Show<br />
Lansdowne Park<br />
GCA Board Meeting. 7:30 p.m. GCC<br />
All are welcome<br />
Facilitated public workshop<br />
Lansdowne Park, Salons A & B, 6:30 p.m.<br />
(Pre-register: designlansdowne@ottawa.ca)<br />
<strong>Glebe</strong> Co-op Nursery registration<br />
<strong>2008</strong>-2009 school year, www.glebepreschool.com<br />
WHAT’S INSIDE<br />
Abbotsford . . . . . . . . . . . .2 Councillor’s <strong>Report</strong> . . . . .12<br />
Editorial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 Business . . . . . . . . . . .16-17<br />
Letters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 Taste in the <strong>Glebe</strong> . . . .6, 21<br />
GNAG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 At the movies . . . . . . . . .26<br />
GCA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 Schools . . . . . . . . . . . .27-32<br />
March 5,6<br />
March 6<br />
March 8-9<br />
March 10-14<br />
March 18<br />
GNAG spring program registration begins<br />
City of Ottawa<br />
Registration for summer camps, www.ottawa.ca<br />
National Women’s Show<br />
Ottawa Congress Centre<br />
March Break<br />
GNAG soccer registration online, 11 p.m.<br />
www.gnag.ca<br />
Lansdowne Park . . . . . . .7-9 Books . . . . . . . . . . . . .33-35<br />
Good Old Days . . . . . . . .10 Religion . . . . . . . . . . .36, 37<br />
<strong>Glebe</strong> Questions . . . . . . .11 Grapevine . . . . . . . . . .38, 39<br />
NEXT DEADLINE: FOR THE MARCH 14 ISSUE<br />
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 29, <strong>2008</strong>
2 <strong>Glebe</strong> <strong>Report</strong> <strong>February</strong> 15, <strong>2008</strong><br />
The many faces<br />
of volunteers at <strong>Glebe</strong> Centre<br />
For many, from students to retirees, volunteering has become a way of life.<br />
Volunteers provide assistance that is both useful and rewarding. Organizations<br />
are dependent on the commitment and contribution of volunteers and the generosity<br />
of spirit that allows for an individual to give back to their community.<br />
It is a win-win situation and the benefits for all are endless.<br />
Volunteers are an essential part of our <strong>Glebe</strong> Centre community. Volunteers<br />
supplement and enrich the day-to-day operation of programs and services,<br />
thereby enhancing the quality of life for our residents. Whether it is a student<br />
completing a forty hour commitment, a co-op placement, or retiree who has<br />
time to share, the skills and talents of each and every volunteer can contribute<br />
so much in making a difference in the lives of our seniors.<br />
Students will often continue and mentor new students, or family members<br />
will volunteer after a loved one has moved into the facility. Whether you are<br />
volunteering in our “day away” program, pastoral care, art therapy activities<br />
or through friendly visits, you quickly become part of the <strong>Glebe</strong> Centre family<br />
and our volunteer community.<br />
Grow, learn, give, nurture, smile. BE A VOLUNTEER! We hope you will<br />
join us! For further information on how you can volunteer at The <strong>Glebe</strong> Centre,<br />
please contact Lonelle Butler at 613-238-2727, ext. 353 or send an email<br />
to us at volunteer@glebecentre.ca.<br />
Left to right: Tatiana Rother, John McNeish, Tracy Lay, Sarah Gravel<br />
PHOTO: KIRSTEN O’BRIEN<br />
Come, listen and learn<br />
at Abbotsford<br />
NEWS<br />
BY JULIE IRETON<br />
Some Abbotsford members<br />
were able to put a face to a very<br />
familiar voice recently. “Everyone<br />
was very pleased to hear Rob<br />
Clipperton. They miss the voice<br />
on CBC Radio,” noted Abbotsford’s<br />
Pat Goyeche. “There were a<br />
lot of CBC Radio listeners in the<br />
room, so it’s nice to hear the stories.”<br />
Abbotsford’s Learn and<br />
Explore speaker’s series recently<br />
kicked off a new season. Broadcaster<br />
Rob Clipperton spoke to the<br />
crowd on Jan. 30.<br />
Clipperton, an Old Ottawa<br />
South resident, spent 28 years at<br />
CBC in Ottawa. He retired last<br />
fall, leaving on a high note as his<br />
program, “In Town and Out” is the<br />
highest rated Saturday morning<br />
show in Canada. He had a lot of<br />
Rob Clipperton<br />
great stories to relate to the audience<br />
at Abbotsford.<br />
For more than two decades, Clipperton says he enjoyed walking into work<br />
through the stately lobby of the Chateau Laurier. The radio station was housed<br />
on the seventh floor of the hotel for many years. He described how the first<br />
offices he worked in were simply converted hotel rooms, with marble floors<br />
and full bathrooms. Clipperton explained that he started at about the same<br />
time as another popular broadcaster, Shelagh Rogers. He says they had a lot<br />
of fun in those “good old days,” with some memorable pranks, including competing<br />
to get the other laughing on air. Over the years, Clipperton hosted a<br />
number of shows and events in Ottawa and the Valley.<br />
“People often ask me what was my favorite interview…I’ve interviewed<br />
authors, entertainers, politicians. But my favorite interviews are just regular<br />
folks. Everyone has a story to tell and often it can be very compelling,” said<br />
Clipperton.<br />
Clipperton took questions from the audience after his talk. Former city of<br />
Ottawa councilor for Capital Ward, Inez Berg stood up to thank Rob for his<br />
work during the ice storm of 1998. She said it was one time in particular people<br />
really relied on radio. She said his famous voice will now be missed by listeners.<br />
Abbotsford’s Learn and Explore speaker’s series brings in different speakers<br />
each Wednesday. “The quality of speakers is amazing,” says Abbotsford<br />
member Bill Robertson. He and his wife Maxine try to come each week.<br />
“They bring in authors, topical speakers, people who’ve traveled, broadcasters<br />
– it’s quite impressive,” notes Robertson.<br />
Some of the future speakers on the schedule include Helene Viel, long distance<br />
walker and author of My Canada, Every Step of the Way. Viel and her<br />
husband walked from Tuktoyaktuk to St. John’s in 2000. She’ll speak at<br />
Abbotsford on Feb. 20.<br />
The following week, on Feb. 27, Sandra Garland from Fletcher Wildlife<br />
Garden will be along to share her knowledge of the gardens and wildlife. And<br />
on March 12, Abbotsford welcomes one of its own members to the podium.<br />
Madeleine Honeyman will share her anecdotes and show some footage of a<br />
documentary about Canada during the first world war. Honeyman and other<br />
Ottawa women were interviewed for the film.<br />
Abbotsford’s Learn and Explore speaker’s series continues each Wednesday<br />
from 1:00-2:30 p.m. The cost is just $2.00 and it includes tea or coffee and<br />
home-made treats! Abbotsford House is at 950 Bank Street.<br />
PHOTO: PAT GOYECHE
NEWS<br />
<strong>Glebe</strong> Business Improvement Area<br />
continued from page 1<br />
BIA Formation Steering Committee chair Greg Best owns three businesses<br />
in the <strong>Glebe</strong> (Bank Street Framing, Pom Pom and The Sassy Bead Company)<br />
and additional businesses in other parts of Ottawa where BIAs are in place. “A<br />
<strong>Glebe</strong> BIA will give us the resources and competitive advantage we need to<br />
look out for our interests and to retain and attract new businesses, clients and<br />
customers,” says Best.<br />
A key reason for forming the <strong>Glebe</strong> BIA now is the major reconstruction of<br />
Bank Street in the <strong>Glebe</strong> scheduled to start in 2009. “We know how difficult<br />
and even devastating construction can be for business, as it was during construction<br />
on Bank Street downtown and in Old Ottawa South,” says Best. “We<br />
need to be well organized and represented to mitigate the impacts construction<br />
will have in the <strong>Glebe</strong> and to promote our newly improved business area afterwards.”<br />
Long-time property and business owner of the Loeb <strong>Glebe</strong>, Jim McKeen, is<br />
anxious to see the BIA formed. “Time is of the essence,” says McKeen. “With<br />
major construction planned for the street and the revitalization of Lansdowne<br />
Park being pursued, we have to be at the table.”<br />
The designation of the <strong>Glebe</strong> BIA is also strongly supported by Capital<br />
Ward Councillor Clive Doucet and the <strong>Glebe</strong> Community Association (GCA).<br />
The final steps in the designation include a mailing of notice by the city clerk<br />
to all commercial property owners, and through them to any tenants who will<br />
share in their investment in the BIA. Unless a significant level of formal objections<br />
are received, the BIA will be officially designated and get down to business.<br />
“The <strong>Glebe</strong> business district offers an exciting mix of unique businesses and<br />
services and a heritage village style main street,” says business development<br />
consultant Catherine Lindquist. “With a BIA in place, the <strong>Glebe</strong> will be able<br />
to protect, build on and promote those strengths, ensuring a vibrant business<br />
area and community.”<br />
“Collectively, commercial property and business owners are stronger and<br />
can tackle key issues like transportation, parking and security, as well as pursue<br />
marketing, promotional and beautification opportunities,” says Lindquist.<br />
“Think of a BIA as ‘Business in Action.’”<br />
Paul Dewar<br />
Member of Parliament/ député<br />
Ottawa-Centre<br />
Constituency Office/Bureau de circonscription:<br />
1306 Wellington St, Suite 304<br />
Ottawa, ON K1Y 3B2<br />
Tel: 613-946-8682<br />
Fax/Téléc.: 613-946-8680<br />
dewarp1@parl.gc.ca<br />
www.pauldewar.ca<br />
Deadline Extended<br />
to March 17, <strong>2008</strong><br />
How to enter<br />
<strong>Glebe</strong> <strong>Report</strong> <strong>February</strong> 15, <strong>2008</strong> 3<br />
Calling all emerging<br />
<strong>Glebe</strong> poets over 18<br />
<strong>Glebe</strong> <strong>Report</strong> Poetry Contest<br />
Theme: “Life in the <strong>Glebe</strong>”<br />
Guidelines<br />
•The contest is open to all <strong>Glebe</strong> residents 18 and older who have<br />
never been published in book form.<br />
•All entries must be original and the poem must not be published in<br />
any form.<br />
•Poems must be in English and may be in any style.<br />
•Poems should not exceed 25 lines or 250 words<br />
•One entry per person.<br />
•Do give your poem a title, but not “Life in the <strong>Glebe</strong>” please<br />
•Entries should be typed on 8.5” x 11” white paper.<br />
•The entrant’s name must not appear on the manuscript.<br />
•Please include a separate sheet with your name, address, phone<br />
number, e-mail address (if applicable), word or line count and title.<br />
•The final deadline for entries is Mon., March. 17, <strong>2008</strong>.<br />
•The <strong>Glebe</strong> <strong>Report</strong> accepts no responsibility for lost, delayed<br />
or incomplete entries.<br />
Prizes<br />
Each of our three judges (Judy Peacocke, David Rampton and<br />
JC Sulzenko) will select the best quality poem that addresses the theme<br />
“Life in the <strong>Glebe</strong>.” Winners will be notified by phone or e-mail by Apr. 4,<br />
<strong>2008</strong>. The selected entries will be included in the “Winners Triangle” published<br />
in the April 18, issue. In event of a tie, a coin toss will determine<br />
which of the two judges voting for the same poem can select another one.<br />
By e-mail<br />
Send your entry as text (.txt), formatted text (.rtf), Word (.doc) or Pages<br />
(.pages) attachment to: glebe.report@mac.com with the subject line<br />
“Poetry Contest Entry”.<br />
Regular mail or drop off<br />
Send or drop off three copies of your entry to: <strong>Glebe</strong> <strong>Report</strong>, 175 Third<br />
Avenue, Ottawa, Ontario K1S 2K2. Poems must be typewritten on<br />
8.5”x11” white paper. Entries will not be returned.<br />
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4 <strong>Glebe</strong> <strong>Report</strong> <strong>February</strong> 15, <strong>2008</strong><br />
Got the <strong>February</strong> blahs?<br />
Get involved!<br />
There are ongoing topics which you can get involved in by sharing your<br />
opinions and ideas with our local politicians, community associations and<br />
even online discussion groups.<br />
The city of Ottawa has been holding public consultations to see what you<br />
would like to see happen with Lansdowne Park. How will these changes to the<br />
park affect next year’s Bank Street reconstruction project? Will the city finally<br />
decide to bury those unsightly wires?<br />
What about Sunnyside public library? A private redevelopment idea was<br />
recently presented at the OSCA (Ottawa South Community Association) and<br />
GCA (<strong>Glebe</strong> Community Association) meetings, which involved building a<br />
high-rise on this prime property. Should the library then be situated on the<br />
lower levels of the high-rise or should it be relocated to Lansdowne Park?<br />
Some feel that the existing building should remain intact with no further redevelopment<br />
at all.<br />
What about parking? The city has proposed to increase on-street parking<br />
rates and extend paid parking times in commercial areas city wide. Does any<br />
of this make sense? How will this affect visitors to the area, residents and local<br />
businesses?<br />
The <strong>Glebe</strong> Business Group has had the foresight to form a business<br />
improvement area (BIA) to ensure that the above changes will not have a negative<br />
impact on their businesses. Together, they can take on some of these key<br />
issues and work toward making the commercial/retail portion of our community<br />
successful and attractive to prospective businesses.<br />
But the BIA can’t do it alone. The strength and voice of the residents of this<br />
community need to come together as well. The decisions being made today<br />
will have a big impact on the <strong>Glebe</strong> community for years to come. This warrants<br />
careful and well considered planning.<br />
You too can have your say! Take a pause from your blahs. It’s never too late<br />
to get involved.<br />
Write to the <strong>Glebe</strong> Community Association<br />
at gca@glebeca.ca, Councillor Clive Doucet<br />
at Clive.Doucet@ottawa.ca or send a letter to<br />
the editor at glebe.report@mac.com.<br />
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reserve the right to edit all submissions. Articles selected for publication<br />
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LETTERS <strong>Glebe</strong> <strong>Report</strong> <strong>February</strong> 15, <strong>2008</strong> 5<br />
What would James Herriot do?<br />
Dear Diary:<br />
Today I met my sister for our regular (and much anticipated) morning coffee<br />
at Second Cup.<br />
We settled in for a good gossip, when we were suddenly aware of an unfamiliar<br />
sound coming from the counter area. What? Raised voices? Squabbling?<br />
At 9 a.m.? In the <strong>Glebe</strong>??<br />
As we watched in stunned silence, the squabble accelerated into what was<br />
promising to be a real brawl! The argument appeared to be over the presence<br />
of two dogs. Now, as my sister will tell you with a snicker, I am NOT a rulebreaker.<br />
I can’t bring myself to walk on a ‘don’t walk’ or even go in the ‘out’<br />
door at Loblaws. So, I was in total agreement with the woman who was<br />
reminding the offending dog-owner that there were health issues, and RULES,<br />
and ‘those dogs should be tied up outside.’ On the other hand, they were cute<br />
little pooches, and the owner was carrying them (although they did appear to<br />
be leaning perilously close to the lattes on the counter). Dog-lady stated<br />
numerous times that they cost $1,000 each and she wasn’t going to leave them<br />
out on the street to be dog-napped. There was a lot of talk about blind people<br />
and abused women, which I didn’t exactly follow, but, boy, Diary, you should<br />
have seen what happened next!<br />
I thought the ‘rules-lady’ was handling it well when she said, (well, to be<br />
honest, she SHOUTED) ‘I’ll pay for your coffee if you just wait outside.’ I<br />
think the whole thing would have blown over then, but she started shoving<br />
‘dog-lady’ towards the door. Well! Of COURSE, ‘dog-lady’ wasn’t going to<br />
take THAT kind of man-handling and started fighting her way back to the<br />
counter. I don’t mind telling you, Diary, that my blood was really pumping!<br />
Neither my sister nor I are the confrontational type, but we’re not averse to<br />
watching a good ‘one-on-one’ for entertainment.<br />
People were starting to get a little twitchy, and everyone (except the dogs)<br />
was looking pretty nervous. Personally, I think the whole thing could have<br />
been settled easily if ‘rules-lady’ had stopped screaming, reminded ‘dog-lady’<br />
that animals were to be leashed outside, and suggested that perhaps next time,<br />
she (a) tie the dogs up outside or (b) come for her coffee without the dogs. And<br />
‘dog-lady’ could have laid off the insults (rhymes with witch), stopped<br />
screaming, apologized, and said, “You’re right, thanks for the reminder; it<br />
won’t happen again.”<br />
As it was, the last I saw of them, they were leaving together, bellowing to<br />
all within ear-shot that they would NEVER (neither of them!) set foot in Second<br />
Cup again (despite both being 10 year customers). Frankly, Diary, I think<br />
that would be best for all of us…..<br />
Until next time…..<br />
Isabel<br />
p.s. I’d like to thank the ‘rules-lady’ for the lattes which she left behind on<br />
the counter. The staff offered them to us gratis. And my comment about possible<br />
‘doggy drool’ – I still seem to be healthy.<br />
No thanks, Charlesfort<br />
Editor, <strong>Glebe</strong> <strong>Report</strong><br />
Doug Casey, the head of Charlesfort Development, made an unannounced<br />
presentation to the Jan. 21 meeting of the <strong>Glebe</strong> Community Association<br />
(GCA) outlining his proposal for Charlesfort to take over the site of the Sunnyside<br />
Library and to build a thirteen storey high rise containing 70-80 condos<br />
on top of it. Under Mr. Casey’s plan (which he said he was presenting to<br />
city officials the following week), the library would move into the Civic Centre<br />
or somewhere else for a year and a half while the high rise was constructed.<br />
The library would eventually occupy a storey and a half of the new building.<br />
(According to Mr. Casey, the city would own the library space but the rest<br />
of the building would be in private hands). I hope this project never happens.<br />
The Sunnyside Library is a charming building as it is, serving its community<br />
well. I see no advantage to the city, the community, or the library system<br />
arising from replacing it with a high rise, but I think I can see what<br />
Charlesfort has to gain.<br />
An immediate concern, however, is the process needed to canvass public<br />
opinion on the Charlesfort proposal before the library board or the city makes<br />
a decision on it. Giving the Ottawa South Community Association and the<br />
GCA just a peek is not sufficient. The two community associations should, as<br />
soon as possible, sponsor public meetings where there can be full discussion<br />
of Charlesfort’s concept and where Mr. Casey could present his plans in full<br />
and get a full community response, if he wished. Certainly city officials should<br />
make no decision about the Sunnyside Library site until the city’s Design<br />
Lansdowne process is over. It would be ludicrous for the city to allow a thirteen<br />
storey high rise to be built across the Canal from Lansdowne Park before<br />
we decide what we want in the Park.<br />
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Mr. Rankin is the first architect to be so honoured since the award was<br />
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high standard of integrity and ethics in dealing with local construction<br />
industry participants – contractors, engineers and owners alike.”<br />
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community plan was developed and served three terms as president of the<br />
Ottawa School of Art. He has mentored students at Carleton University since<br />
1978 and has been an adjunct professor there since 1987.<br />
The General Contractors Association of Ottawa represents over 60 firms<br />
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Bridgehead Coffeehouse<br />
Corner Bar and Grill<br />
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March break camps<br />
Registration for our very popular March break programs is available in person<br />
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Why the sudden rush to re-develop Lansdowne?<br />
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Brocklebank<br />
Parking<br />
One of the issues that seems to<br />
have seized the neighbourhood is the<br />
decision by city council to raise rates<br />
for parking meters and to extend the<br />
time that meters need to be fed.<br />
There are several concerns which<br />
have led the GCA to express opposition<br />
to the decision and to request<br />
that it be reconsidered.<br />
Although the impact of higher<br />
parking charges on our local businesses<br />
is of concern, we worry most<br />
about the effect on community activity.<br />
The need at odd hours to run out<br />
in the middle of fitness class or choir<br />
practice to stuff coins in a parking<br />
meter may scare away friends who<br />
regularly come to the <strong>Glebe</strong>.<br />
The decision on parking fees was<br />
a sudden grab for funds in the midst<br />
of the city budget debate. It was not<br />
a thoughtful examination taking into<br />
account the effect of asking that<br />
meters be fed on Sunday mornings<br />
or weekday evenings. A more comprehensive<br />
discussion of parking<br />
issues is needed.<br />
Residencial property tax<br />
The press has been filled with dire<br />
warnings about the impact of<br />
reassessments and the increased tax<br />
burden to be placed on dwellers in<br />
the city centre. There is probably<br />
good reason to be concerned<br />
although the new assessments by<br />
MPAC are not scheduled for release<br />
until the autumn.<br />
But back in August 2006 the<br />
provincial government, in association<br />
with the Association of Municipalities<br />
of Ontario, launched a<br />
“Provincial-Municipal Fiscal and<br />
Service Delivery Review” with a<br />
timetable calling for a report in<br />
spring <strong>2008</strong>. There have been no<br />
leaks, no trial balloons, in short –<br />
nothing from the review deliberations<br />
since it was established.<br />
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Some cynical people thought that<br />
the review was simply a way to stifle<br />
all discussion of property taxes and<br />
similar problems for the provincial<br />
election. I thought it was a genuine<br />
attempt to find solutions and I hope<br />
we will soon learn what the review<br />
recommends. If the review fails to<br />
consider property tax reform, it will<br />
be a bitter disappointment, considering<br />
the number of politicians and<br />
community spokesmen who have<br />
described the tax system as “broken.”<br />
Sunnyside public library<br />
At the January GCA board meeting<br />
we heard from Doug Casey of<br />
Charlesfort Developements about his<br />
concept of redevelopment of the<br />
Sunnyside public library. We welcome<br />
such presentations at the idea<br />
stage of a project as it gives the community<br />
time to think about the pros<br />
and cons of a proposal, before it has<br />
gone too far. The idea, and that is all<br />
it is, would see the site of the library<br />
hosting a tower of condos with a new<br />
library on the lower floors of the<br />
building. Mr. Casey indicated that he<br />
was about to begin discussions with<br />
the city concerning his ideas.<br />
Board members at the meeting<br />
asked questions about this concept –<br />
some were beginning to form opinions<br />
for and against the idea. But at<br />
the moment, there is no specific project<br />
proposal and the GCA has taken<br />
no position with respect to the concept.<br />
Lansdowne Park<br />
The GCA had been pressing for<br />
public consultations on the future<br />
development of Lansdowne Park<br />
and the city has responded, notably<br />
with a workshop held on Jan. 29 and<br />
another to be held Feb. 26. We are<br />
pleased that the public will have a<br />
say and we want to encourage<br />
everyone with an interest to participate<br />
on Feb. 26 and in the online<br />
forum on Lansdowne on the city<br />
website.<br />
We do have two areas of concern<br />
about the process for addressing the<br />
future of Lansdowne Park. First, the<br />
process has a very aggressive<br />
timetable. After doing virtually nothing<br />
for years (with the sole exception<br />
of saving the Aberdeen Pavilion)<br />
why are we in such a rush? In particular,<br />
why are we in such a haste to<br />
come up with a design brief? Surely<br />
we need to decide what we want on<br />
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idea of offering “right to develop” to<br />
the successful competitor. This<br />
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bringing together architects,<br />
builders, developers, and financiers.<br />
The winning team, which might have<br />
the worst plan for development but<br />
the best financing and project management<br />
skills, would be granted the<br />
approval to proceed to redevelop the<br />
entire Lansdowne site in accordance<br />
with their plan.<br />
Public-private partnerships<br />
Both the idea for the Sunnyside<br />
public library site and the competition<br />
for Lansdowne Park are possible<br />
examples of public-private partnerships<br />
(often abbreviated to P3).<br />
I have no ideological position of<br />
opposition to P3 proposals. Some<br />
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others by private companies.<br />
Often the two can work together. The<br />
challenge is to find the right mix.<br />
Our experience in Ottawa with P3<br />
projects is neither all bad nor all<br />
good. We should approach such proposals<br />
cautiously but with an open<br />
mind. Frankly, I was surprised to<br />
read comments by a P3 proponent<br />
who made negative remarks about<br />
public servants. That is no basis for a<br />
reasoned discussion, particularly in<br />
this city, traditionally dominated by<br />
the civil service.<br />
Next meeting<br />
The GCA board meets Mon., Feb.<br />
25 at 7:30 at the <strong>Glebe</strong> Community<br />
Centre. (The meeting is moved from<br />
Tuesday to permit full participation<br />
in the city workshop on Lansdowne<br />
Park on Feb. 26 from 6:30 p.m., in<br />
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8 <strong>Glebe</strong> <strong>Report</strong> <strong>February</strong> 15, <strong>2008</strong><br />
BY JUNE CREELMAN<br />
A first phase of public consultations<br />
on the design competition for<br />
Lansdowne Park is now complete,<br />
and the second phase is about to<br />
begin. This whirlwind pace and the<br />
nature of the consultations are ringing<br />
alarm bells.<br />
“What’s the rush?” asks Barbara<br />
Riley, one of many <strong>Glebe</strong> residents<br />
who came out to the city’s public<br />
workshop on Jan. 29. “I am concerned<br />
that the city is rushing to<br />
judgment with a process that is a<br />
winner-take-all development competition.”<br />
Barbara is not alone in her concerns.<br />
The <strong>Glebe</strong> Community Association<br />
(GCA), the board of the<br />
Ottawa Farmers Market and Ottawa<br />
Regional Society of Architects are<br />
among the diverse groups that have<br />
voiced questions about the competition<br />
process.<br />
Even more than the timetable, it’s<br />
the fundamental premise of the competition<br />
that is being challenged by<br />
concerned citizens. The plan to<br />
award the right to develop all of<br />
Lansdowne Park to a single consortium<br />
seems dangerous without a<br />
vision for the site. And how can a<br />
grand design vision emerge when<br />
planners and architects cannot even<br />
bid without the backing of a developer?<br />
According to Bob Brocklebank,<br />
the president of the GCA, the<br />
competition may be called “Design<br />
Lansdowne” but when you look at<br />
the terms of the competition it<br />
should be called “Develop Lansdowne.”<br />
Brocklebank thinks a vision<br />
is needed before we make arrangements<br />
for development.<br />
“Make no mistake,” says Gina<br />
Grotolli, another concerned <strong>Glebe</strong><br />
resident. “Once the prize is awarded,<br />
the city and citizens of Ottawa will<br />
have less control over the future of<br />
the park.” She fears Lansdowne Park<br />
will end up largely in private development<br />
hands, and the opportunity<br />
to make Lansdowne Park into a<br />
world class destination will be lost.<br />
Things are moving quickly. Go to<br />
www.ottawa.ca/designlansdowne to<br />
get the background, give your opinions<br />
and sign up for the second (and<br />
possibly last) public workshop on<br />
Tues., Feb. 26.<br />
Check the <strong>Glebe</strong> Community<br />
Association (www.glebeca.ca) website<br />
for the latest updates. The time<br />
to get involved is now.<br />
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Concerns emerge about the Design Lansdowne process<br />
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10 <strong>Glebe</strong> <strong>Report</strong> <strong>February</strong> 15, <strong>2008</strong> GOOD OLD DAYS<br />
By<br />
Ian<br />
McKercher<br />
“Glashan: New School Nearer”<br />
was the front page headline thirty<br />
years ago. To a cheering gallery,<br />
the Ottawa board of education<br />
passed plans for the re-building of<br />
the Glashan school on Jan. 30,<br />
1978. Elizabeth Waddell, chairman<br />
of the parents’ group, had organized<br />
a letter-writing and petition<br />
campaign. She expressed appreciation<br />
for the support of the board,<br />
and strong satisfaction with the<br />
new design. The target date to<br />
begin construction was the summer<br />
of 1978.<br />
An article by Helena Jeletzky<br />
described the growth of the <strong>Glebe</strong> as<br />
a popular residential district in 1900.<br />
Third Avenue east of Bank Street<br />
saw the number of houses increase<br />
from several to fifty-three between<br />
1890 and 1900.<br />
Thirty Years Ago<br />
in the <strong>Glebe</strong> <strong>Report</strong>:<br />
Vol. 6 No. 2, <strong>February</strong>, 1978<br />
Since 1891, the <strong>Glebe</strong> had the<br />
advantage of Ahearn and Soper’s<br />
electric street railway on Bank Street<br />
to connect the area with downtown<br />
Ottawa. Another attractive feature<br />
was the building of the Park Driveway<br />
through the <strong>Glebe</strong> in 1900-1904<br />
by the Ottawa Improvement Commission<br />
(forerunner of the NCC).<br />
Thomas Craig was a local carpenter<br />
who worked on the Driveway construction.<br />
He designed a cedar summer<br />
house for the Papal Nunciat at<br />
520 The Driveway.<br />
Susan Pye, city animator working<br />
with the on-going <strong>Glebe</strong> neighbourhood<br />
study, interviewed Reverend<br />
Jack Birtch, of <strong>Glebe</strong>-St. James<br />
United Church, on the needs of the<br />
one-third of <strong>Glebe</strong> residents who<br />
were senior citizens. Isolation was<br />
cited as a major problem. Seniors<br />
found that icy sidewalks and high<br />
snow banks inhibited them from<br />
venturing out in winter. Reverend<br />
Birtch added, “The <strong>Glebe</strong> is not as<br />
responsive as it might be to having<br />
buildings more accessible to seniors<br />
citizens and the physically handicapped.<br />
We need ramps with rails<br />
leading into buildings. Also getting<br />
on and off buses is very difficult for<br />
some senior citizens. The steps are<br />
high and it is difficult getting a seat<br />
during rush hours.”<br />
This retrospective is filed monthly by Ian McKercher of the <strong>Glebe</strong> Historical<br />
Society (GHS). The GHS welcomes the donation or loan (for copying) of<br />
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GLEBE QUESTIONS <strong>Glebe</strong> <strong>Report</strong> <strong>February</strong> 15, <strong>2008</strong> 11<br />
In good hands at the Gallery<br />
By<br />
Clyde<br />
Sanger<br />
Three years ago, in March 2005, I<br />
wrote a column under the somewhat<br />
sneaky headline “How Ellen and<br />
Penny and Mary spent Winterlude.”<br />
It wasn’t about three happy schoolgirls<br />
having a joyous time on the ice.<br />
It was about painful mishaps.<br />
Penny, my adventurous wife, trying<br />
out new skates on the Rideau<br />
Canal, had fallen hard near Bronson<br />
Bridge and fractured her<br />
kneecap. Mary Marsh, the enthusiastic<br />
wine-maker, had suffered<br />
even worse with a broken ankle<br />
while salvaging bottles on garbage<br />
night along Holmwood. And Ellen<br />
McLeod had gone shopping and<br />
slipped on the icy entrance to the<br />
parking lot on Second Avenue. She<br />
spent weeks in a full cast around<br />
her broken ankle.<br />
This year – touch wood, if you<br />
haven’t already burned it – things are<br />
different for this trio. Certainly with<br />
Ellen. Among her past achievements,<br />
she wrote an MA thesis at Carleton<br />
which she enlarged into a pioneering<br />
book, In Good Hands: The Women of<br />
the Canadian Handicrafts Guild.<br />
More recently she gave documentary<br />
support (38 pages of bibliography<br />
and endnotes) to Laura Brandon,<br />
whose 2005 book Pegi by Herself is<br />
an authoritative biography of the<br />
artist Pegi Nicol MacLeod. (All<br />
these three women we can claim as<br />
<strong>Glebe</strong> residents.)<br />
Art, in brief, is a big part of<br />
Ellen’s world. She contributes her<br />
knowledge to the National Art<br />
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docent for half-a-dozen years.<br />
The gallery has a roster of some 60<br />
docents, who offer a visitor a more<br />
personal guided tour than you will<br />
get on the audio commentary you<br />
can hire. Ellen is one of the more<br />
active of these guides, even at holiday<br />
time, and brave enough to allow<br />
me to join the tour she gave on Jan.<br />
2. Docent tours are given in English<br />
(and French) every weekday at 2<br />
p.m.<br />
The Great Hall, when we had<br />
walked up Moshe Safdie’s long<br />
Roman slope, was not exactly pulsating<br />
with life. Only three names<br />
were signed up for Ellen’s tour of<br />
Canadian works. They included a<br />
couple of British exchange teachers,<br />
Rob and Liz Angell, who had driven<br />
through the snow from Huntsville<br />
with small children to see the big<br />
city. But eventually a dozen visitors,<br />
from Vancouver and Winnipeg and a<br />
young woman from France, assembled<br />
for the hour’s tour.<br />
For me, Canadian works in the<br />
Gallery have meant my favourite<br />
Group of Seven paintings, particularly<br />
Varley’s and Lismer’s contrasting<br />
canvases of Georgian Bay from<br />
the same island in Go Home Bay.<br />
Ellen was in no hurry to reach them.<br />
First, we had to bend our necks back<br />
to admire the Great Hall’s vaulting<br />
roof, 15 storeys high, held up by<br />
clusters of modest pillars; and gaze<br />
outside to Cornelia Oberlander’s<br />
tundra garden, inspired (Ellen said)<br />
by A.Y. Jackson’s “Terre Sauvage.”<br />
Then it was downstairs to the nontraditional<br />
Inuit sculpture: an intricate<br />
carving of caribou antlers by<br />
Jackoposie Oopakak and – a fun<br />
piece we crowded around – three<br />
slabs of limestone that Mattiusi<br />
Iyaituk had turned into “Singing and<br />
Dancing Shaman” with a wisp of<br />
muskox hair.<br />
Still no Group of Seven. Ellen<br />
clearly likes the 19th century, and we<br />
lingered over the contrast between<br />
Lucius O’Brien’s vast “Sunrise on<br />
the Saguenay” (“tranquil, topographical”)<br />
and James Wilson Morrice’s<br />
“The Ferry, Quebec.” Ellen pointed<br />
out its three tiers and obvious brushstrokes:<br />
“the horses only suggested.”<br />
It prompted one of the few comments<br />
from our group: the Vancouver<br />
woman in the red jacket murmured,<br />
“almost like a child’s painting.”<br />
And we had to puzzle over the<br />
story behind “A Meeting of the<br />
School Trustees.” Was the teacher<br />
the wife of artist Robert Harris and<br />
the middle trustee his uncle? What<br />
was she asking?<br />
At last to my Seven – well, not<br />
quite. First, it was to the small<br />
sketches Tom Thomson pioneered,<br />
and then to his admired “Jack Pine.”<br />
On this, Ellen expands: “He makes<br />
the tree heroic, like a Renaissance<br />
portrait.” On to Lismer and his “caricaturist<br />
style.” And – a memorable<br />
switch in the Depression years – she<br />
brought us out of idyllic landscapes<br />
to Carl Schaefer’s derelict farmhouse<br />
and Yvonne McKague Housser’s<br />
“Cobalt” deserted minetown.<br />
“Still some people in the street,” she<br />
points out.<br />
A bit of fun to end with. At Alfred<br />
Pellan’s “On the Beach,” Ellen tells<br />
us to stand back to make out the<br />
cavorting figures. And at Jean-Paul<br />
Riopelle’s “Pavane” triptych, she<br />
invites us to say what we see. Our<br />
Vancouverite comes up with “explosion<br />
of energy.” The silent Winnipeg<br />
pair head off to the cafeteria to think<br />
it all out. Ellen and I check into the<br />
bookstore, and I place her book In<br />
Good Hands more prominently on<br />
the shelf. Well, so we had been this<br />
afternoon.<br />
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12 <strong>Glebe</strong> <strong>Report</strong> <strong>February</strong> 15, <strong>2008</strong> COUNCILLOR’S REPORT<br />
The need for change<br />
By<br />
Councillor<br />
Clive<br />
Doucet<br />
Recently I’ve had the opportunity<br />
to travel to both ends of the country,<br />
which offered a chance to compare<br />
Ottawa’s situation with other cities.<br />
While I was in Vancouver, I was<br />
asked to speak in the Necessary<br />
Voices Society lecture series and at a<br />
fundraiser for the West End Residents<br />
Association. The trip to Halifax<br />
was as a result of an invitation to<br />
speak at the Killam lecture series,<br />
Resilient Communities: Envisioning<br />
and Acting for Sustainable Futures.<br />
I mention the lectures because they<br />
demonstrate we are not alone – many<br />
people want to change to a more sustainable<br />
way of life.<br />
The trip to Vancouver and Seattle<br />
was a fact-finding mission on their<br />
transit systems. What I learned in<br />
Seattle and Vancouver will be presented<br />
in a report to the transit committee<br />
later this month, and will be<br />
available on my website. Seattle’s<br />
experience with their bus tunnel<br />
should serve as a chilling case study<br />
for those advocating a bus tunnel in<br />
Ottawa. In a nutshell, it’s expensive<br />
to build and difficult to operate, hasn’t<br />
reduced bus service on the surface<br />
and will be converted to full service<br />
light rail as soon as the surface system<br />
to the airport is in place to support<br />
the tunnel. Nor will Seattle<br />
build another bus-only tunnel. Their<br />
second line is rail only.<br />
In Vancouver, the change to a<br />
more sustainable city has begun. In<br />
spite of a growing population, car<br />
usage has actually declined in Vancouver.<br />
Imagine fewer cars in rush<br />
hour, less congestion and less pollution.<br />
They’ve done this not by<br />
expanding their road system but by<br />
investing in transit and smart densification.<br />
When you visit Vancouver,<br />
you quickly realize that<br />
Ottawa has a bus company, not a<br />
transit system.<br />
In Vancouver and in Halifax, I<br />
spoke about how we are heading<br />
towards a polarization of cities into<br />
two types: refugee and refuge cities.<br />
New Orleans is an example of<br />
refugee city as result of climate<br />
change while Detroit is caught in an<br />
economic spiral with industry and<br />
neighourhoods that are no longer<br />
viable. Both these cities are experiencing<br />
dramatic population declines.<br />
A thousand people leave Detroit<br />
every month, and New Orleans has<br />
lost a third of its population.<br />
The refugees from these cities<br />
seek out refuge cities. We are fortunate<br />
in Canada that most of our cities<br />
can still be regarded as refuges but<br />
Canadian cities will not be immune<br />
from the phenomenon forever. Climate<br />
change and peak oil (which is<br />
shorthand for the end of cheap fuel)<br />
will tip the scales for many cities.<br />
The key to remaining a refuge<br />
city will be making a successful<br />
transition from high cost, energyintensive<br />
environments to old-fashioned<br />
pedestrian oriented neighbourhoods<br />
and re-localizing the<br />
economy so we’re not sitting at the<br />
end of the costly 3,000-mile salad<br />
truck trip.<br />
Unfortunately, this isn’t happening<br />
and doesn’t appear to be on the<br />
political horizon anytime soon.<br />
After two years of waiting, the<br />
provincial ministry of the environment<br />
just ruled against the “bumpup”<br />
challenge by Citizen’s for<br />
Healthy Communities on the Alta<br />
Vista Corridor expressway and this<br />
doesn’t bode well for our pending<br />
“bump-up” challenge of the environmental<br />
assessment for widening<br />
the 417.<br />
The reality is all the fine books<br />
written about the financial, social<br />
and environmental costs of roadbased<br />
growth haven’t made any difference.<br />
Sixty years ago, William H.<br />
White wrote Lost Landscape about<br />
the loss of Pennsylvania farmland to<br />
the mall and sprawl subdivisions of<br />
the period. Forty-five years ago, Jane<br />
Jacobs wrote the exceptional The<br />
Death and Life of Great American<br />
Cities. The only conclusion that you<br />
can arrive at is that knowledge has<br />
had no power to change the way<br />
cities grow or the way we live in<br />
them.<br />
Politics as usual reinforces business<br />
as usual. We have to change<br />
things at the political level if we<br />
want to move towards sustainability.<br />
It’s not going to come out of celebrity<br />
philanthropy. As I mentioned in<br />
my column last month, the federal<br />
government is rolling in $12 billion<br />
surplus and has for years, while<br />
Canadian municipalities are struggling<br />
to keep roads paved and water<br />
lines repaired. The reality is 80 per<br />
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per cent of the taxes they pay. Just a<br />
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always an excuse. The question you<br />
have to ask yourself at all levels is:<br />
who’s gonna make the necessary<br />
change?<br />
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NEWS <strong>Glebe</strong> <strong>Report</strong> <strong>February</strong> 15, <strong>2008</strong> 13<br />
Focus on our community<br />
By<br />
Yasir<br />
Naqvi, MPP<br />
I want to welcome you back from<br />
the holidays and extend my sincerest<br />
greetings to those who celebrated the<br />
Chinese New Year on Feb. 7. May<br />
<strong>2008</strong> bring you health and good fortune.<br />
The recent election in October has<br />
allowed me the honour to serve as<br />
your member of provincial parliament.<br />
It is a great responsibility that<br />
the constituents of Ottawa Centre<br />
have bestowed on me, and I am humbled<br />
by the tremendous opportunity<br />
to advocate for your ideas, hopes and<br />
dreams at Queen’s Park.<br />
Open house<br />
On Sat., Jan. 12, I was pleased to<br />
host an open house at my community<br />
office at 411 Roosevelt Avenue,<br />
Suite 204. The turnout from the<br />
community was overwhelming, and<br />
I want to sincerely thank everyone<br />
who came out to meet their neighbours!<br />
I was excited to meet so many<br />
people from the community, and I<br />
look forward to hosting another open<br />
house in the future.<br />
But please don’t wait! If you have<br />
a question or concern, feel free to<br />
come by my office at anytime. Our<br />
doors are always open and I look forward<br />
to hearing from you about the<br />
issues that matter most to our community.<br />
Issues for the year ahead<br />
Looking ahead to the year before<br />
us, I am excited about the upcoming<br />
initiatives from our government. We<br />
are moving forward on our commitment<br />
to ban the cosmetic use of pesticides<br />
by beginning the first stage of<br />
consultations with Ontarians on how<br />
to shape the legislation.<br />
A notice of proposal has been<br />
posted to the Environmental Registry,<br />
inviting the public to provide<br />
initial comments. The registry is at<br />
www.ebr.gov.on.ca, registry number<br />
010-2248. I encourage you to visit<br />
the registry and provide your feedback<br />
on this important piece of legislation.<br />
There is growing concern about<br />
the potential harmful effects of pesticides<br />
and other chemicals on human<br />
health and the environment. This<br />
growing concern cannot be ignored,<br />
and that is why we are keeping our<br />
promise to ban the use of these products<br />
for cosmetic purposes.<br />
We are also in the middle of<br />
another important process: the prebudget<br />
consultations. The Honourable<br />
Dwight Duncan, minister of<br />
Finance, is currently traveling the<br />
province, conducting pre-budget<br />
consultations with Ontarians. As part<br />
of the budget process, the Ministry<br />
of Finance seeks feedback from<br />
Ontarians about their priorities and<br />
needs.<br />
Minister Duncan was in Ottawa<br />
on Jan. 15 for the pre-budget consultations,<br />
and he met with a range<br />
of groups representing non-profit<br />
organizations, community service<br />
providers, private business and average<br />
Ontarians. I want to thank all of<br />
the local groups who took time out<br />
of their busy schedules to participate<br />
in this process.<br />
If you were unable to attend the<br />
consultations and would like to provide<br />
input regarding the <strong>2008</strong><br />
Ontario budget, I encourage you to<br />
write down your ideas and suggestions<br />
and send them to the Minister<br />
of Finance at submissions@<br />
fin.gov.on.ca.<br />
I am also pleased to remind everyone<br />
that Feb. 18 is Family Day<br />
across Ontario. Our government<br />
believes Ontarians work very hard<br />
and deserve more time to spend with<br />
their family and loved ones. We<br />
believe in a healthy balance between<br />
work and family life, and that is why<br />
Family Day is so important. I hope<br />
you take the time to enjoy this holiday<br />
with your family and friends – to<br />
catch up on some much needed<br />
relaxation or leisure time!<br />
As your MPP<br />
As your new MPP, I pledge to<br />
work hard over the next four years to<br />
serve our community by working for<br />
more public transportation, more<br />
affordable housing, more opportunities<br />
for new Canadians, and for a<br />
greener community.<br />
As long as we have neighbours<br />
that are seeking work, students that<br />
are seeking knowledge, patients that<br />
need care, or vulnerable people that<br />
need help – we have challenges to<br />
overcome and work to do.<br />
One thing I know for sure is that<br />
communities become better when<br />
we work together. They become<br />
more livable, greener, safer, more<br />
tolerant and prosperous – in a word,<br />
sustainable.<br />
I look forward to hearing from<br />
you about the issues that matter to<br />
our community. Please feel free to<br />
call me at 613-722-6414 or email me<br />
anytime to share your thoughts at<br />
ynaqvi.mpp.co@liberal.ola.org.<br />
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14 <strong>Glebe</strong> <strong>Report</strong> <strong>February</strong> 15, <strong>2008</strong><br />
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Who said museum season is in the<br />
heat of the summer? Ottawa’s museums<br />
are surviving and thriving<br />
throughout the cold winter months.<br />
Heritage Day festivities at City<br />
Hall will be sure to jumpstart the<br />
heart of any history buff at this time<br />
of year. Starting Feb. 19 at noon,<br />
costumed characters from Ottawa’s<br />
past will mingle with visitors at Jean<br />
Pigott Hall as they browse the work<br />
of local history organizations at the<br />
Heritage Fair.<br />
Even if they can’t come to City<br />
Hall, cultural planner Cynthia Smith<br />
encourages residents to celebrate<br />
Heritage Day by visiting museums,<br />
looking at old photo albums or discovering<br />
family treasures in their<br />
attics.<br />
“Everyone always wants to know<br />
what their identity is, what a Canadian<br />
is. I think the more you learn<br />
about the community you live in and<br />
the person that you are from genealogy,<br />
the better person you are,” says<br />
Smith.<br />
<strong>Glebe</strong> residents can explore their<br />
local history on Heritage Day and<br />
throughout winter and spring at<br />
Billings Estate National Historic<br />
Site. For a unique outdoor experience<br />
in the heart of the city, visitors<br />
are invited to trek through the historic<br />
grounds at 2100 Cabot St. this<br />
month.<br />
On Feb. 16, survival hike participants<br />
will revisit the long winters of<br />
the early 1800s when Braddish and<br />
Lamira Billings first settled along<br />
the banks of the Rideau River.<br />
Experts will teach them basic winter<br />
survival tips.<br />
A week later, families can strap on<br />
snowshoes with program co-ordinator<br />
Brahm Lewandowski as he shows<br />
off the site’s natural beauty amidst<br />
the snowy drifts. “We’ll be talking<br />
about the architecture of the site.<br />
We’ll be talking about some of the<br />
agricultural activities here. We’ll<br />
also talk about Elkanah Billings,<br />
who was a geologist,” says<br />
Lewandowski.<br />
Although the museum will provide<br />
a limited quantity of snowshoes,<br />
participants are encouraged to<br />
bring their own. Registration is<br />
required.<br />
For those who would rather spend<br />
a cozy afternoon reading indoors,<br />
the museum will continue its popular<br />
children’s storybook programs<br />
in March. “The goal is to get kids<br />
excited about reading some classics<br />
from literature,” says Lewandowski.<br />
Youth aged 8 to 12 will learn about<br />
the hardships poor children faced in<br />
Victorian England as they listen to<br />
excerpts of Charles Dickens’ Oliver<br />
Twist on March 15. They can also<br />
get a peek at toys, tools and school<br />
supplies used by children from the<br />
Billings family during the same<br />
time period. These will be part of<br />
the museum’s upcoming exhibit<br />
“Silver Spoons and Calloused<br />
Hands: A Portrait of Middle-Class<br />
Childhood in 19th Century Rural<br />
Ontario.”<br />
For a fun P.A. day on Fri., March<br />
28, students can return for a look at<br />
how Billings family history compares<br />
with another well-known pioneer<br />
family, the Ingalls. Participants<br />
will hear parts of Little House on the<br />
Prairie and join in hands-on activities.<br />
To hop into spring, the Estate will<br />
host an Easter egg hunt on its<br />
sprawling grounds on March 22.<br />
Families can make traditional crafts<br />
and learn how pioneer families spent<br />
their spring.<br />
For more information or to register,<br />
please visit ottawa.ca/museums<br />
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A BLAST FROM THE PAST <strong>Glebe</strong> <strong>Report</strong> <strong>February</strong> 15, <strong>2008</strong> 15<br />
Gas masks and cheese curds<br />
Memories of the Ex in the early 60s<br />
BY BOB IRVINE<br />
From 1955 to 1976, my father,<br />
Owen R. Irvine, was head of the<br />
Dairy Division at Kemptville College<br />
of Agricultural Technology<br />
(KCAT), now the University of<br />
Guelph at Kemptville. In the late 50s<br />
and early 60s, Dad along with other<br />
KCAT faculty members would<br />
organize and staff an exhibit about<br />
the college at the Central Canada<br />
Exhibition. The exhibit was on the<br />
ground floor of the Grandstand<br />
Building. The goal of the exhibit was<br />
to attract high school students to<br />
enroll in the agriculture and home<br />
economics diploma programs at<br />
KCAT and to provide information to<br />
homemakers on behalf of the<br />
Ontario Department of Agriculture.<br />
Other Ontario departments typically<br />
had adjacent exhibits in the same<br />
building. The Department of Lands<br />
and Forests usually had wild animals,<br />
such as raccoons and beavers<br />
on display in cages.<br />
My father would often be on duty<br />
at the KCAT exhibit for about two<br />
days during the Ex. Dad would<br />
always ask me if I wanted to go to<br />
the Ex for the day, while he was on<br />
duty. I was around ten or twelve<br />
years of age. I always said yes. I got<br />
on the grounds for free because Dad<br />
was an exhibitor. And I had some<br />
money of my own to spend on rides<br />
from collecting dozens of empty<br />
beer bottles strewn around the KCAT<br />
campus. My best friend Alan Parks,<br />
whose dad also worked at the college,<br />
and I, would pile into the back<br />
seat of our car for the trip into<br />
Ottawa. (Our family would only<br />
come into Ottawa about two or three<br />
times a year at the most. In my parents’<br />
view, prices were better and the<br />
traffic less intimidating in Prescott<br />
and Brockville.)<br />
There is one thing I really remember<br />
about the <strong>Glebe</strong> in the late 1950s:<br />
every house seemed to have a boy<br />
my age in front of it selling parking<br />
spaces in their front yard and driveway.<br />
I marveled how every boy<br />
would single-handedly direct drivers<br />
on to his front lawn. And every home<br />
seemed to have a large group of<br />
tightly-packed cars nestled around it<br />
by mid-morning.<br />
I also remember the big field of<br />
potatoes on the west side of Bank<br />
Street across from the main Exhibition<br />
entrance. Our family had a big<br />
garden in Kemptville so I was able to<br />
recognize the potato plants. I thought<br />
it was neat that somebody was able<br />
to grow potatoes in the middle of a<br />
big city like Ottawa.<br />
The Ex was heaven for smalltown<br />
boys. The sights, sounds and<br />
smells seemed so special. Many<br />
Ottawa churches had big tents with<br />
Woolworth’s-style lunch counters,<br />
where we could get a big homecooked<br />
supper if Dad’s shift<br />
stretched into the evening. Each<br />
year, Midway hawkers would sell<br />
something new, which became the<br />
must-get item for all of the boys.<br />
One year, it was a brightly-coloured<br />
hat with an ostrich feather stuck in<br />
the side. Another year, it was armysurplus<br />
gas masks from the Second<br />
World War. A man nailed a big sign<br />
Largest Midway on Earth 1954<br />
into the side of the Aberdeen Pavilion<br />
proclaiming something like<br />
“Real gas masks. Get them here.”<br />
(Everyone propped and nailed<br />
things into the Pavilion in those<br />
days.) The gas masks were fifty<br />
cents apiece, I believe. That was a<br />
fair bit of money for me. (Later in<br />
my teens when I babysat the toddler<br />
next door, I charged thirty-five cents<br />
an hour and fifty cents an hour after<br />
midnight.) But I gladly paid it<br />
because of all of the fun I knew I<br />
would have wearing the gas mask<br />
around Kemptville.<br />
One summer during her second<br />
term of office, Ottawa Mayor Charlotte<br />
Whitton advised Kemptville<br />
College that she wished to visit a<br />
display of antique cheese-making<br />
equipment that Dad had organized at<br />
the Ex. On a warm Sunday evening<br />
and with newspaper photographers<br />
in tow, Mayor Whitton listened<br />
attentively as Dad, an intelligent but<br />
shy man, explained the intricacies of<br />
old-time cheese-making. After<br />
Dad’s careful explanation, the<br />
indomitable mayor suddenly turned<br />
and plunged her hand into a barrel of<br />
cheese curds near her. Pronouncing<br />
to all assembled that they were just<br />
like the cheese curds of her childhood<br />
in Renfrew County, Her Worship<br />
then firmly bit into them. Only<br />
at this point and with Mayor Whitton<br />
spitting out cheese curds could<br />
Dad shout out that he had preserved<br />
the curds in formaldehyde. A photo<br />
of the mayor, grimacing like<br />
Churchill, appeared in the next day’s<br />
Ottawa Citizen.<br />
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16 <strong>Glebe</strong> <strong>Report</strong> <strong>February</strong> 15, <strong>2008</strong><br />
By<br />
Lesley<br />
Caldicott<br />
What’s old is new again<br />
Kristal Davis combines her artistic<br />
talent and creative flair with her passion<br />
for vintage materials to create a<br />
variety of quality handmade crafts,<br />
including quilts, greeting cards,<br />
plush infant toys, quilted wall hangings,<br />
journal covers, handbags, playmats<br />
and all kinds of wonderful oneof-a-kind<br />
creations.<br />
With a grandmother who was a<br />
master quilter, Kristal came by her<br />
keen interest in textiles, crafts and<br />
sewing very early in life. A graduate<br />
in commerce from Mount Allison<br />
University and with a B.Ed. from the<br />
University of Ottawa, Kristal started<br />
her career as a teacher in Thailand,<br />
South Korea and western Ontario. In<br />
2003, Kristal, her husband and<br />
young son moved to Ottawa and settled<br />
in the <strong>Glebe</strong>. As a new parent,<br />
Kristal found herself reconnected<br />
with her creative instinct and started<br />
designing a number of vintage fabric<br />
crafts, and by 2006 had launched<br />
rikrak. Rikrak creations are now<br />
available in over 30 stores, including<br />
Red Chair Kids and specialty stores<br />
such as Arbour Environmental<br />
Shoppe in the <strong>Glebe</strong>.<br />
Arbour carries the rikrak line as<br />
items are often made from recycled -<br />
and high quality – vintage fabrics.<br />
“Reusing and recycling fabric has<br />
been done for generations” explains<br />
Kristal. “For example, quilts were<br />
traditionally made with the materials<br />
from favourite cloth, clothing and<br />
linens. It’s practical and sustainable<br />
as well as nostalgic. When you see a<br />
fabric from your youth it evokes special<br />
memories.” This is true as popular<br />
prints from 70’s and 80’s make<br />
their way into many of her unique,<br />
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Custom quilts are one of Kristal’s<br />
specialties. She works closely with<br />
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and fabric choices to create one-of-akind<br />
quilts that are both functional<br />
and keepsakes. The most popular<br />
design is a small square quilt for<br />
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make a great baby shower gift. They<br />
are bold and colourful and are sure to<br />
be tucked away and saved as a<br />
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Tiggy’s turns 30<br />
It’s hard to believe, but it was 30<br />
years ago that Maida Anisman<br />
opened a little toy store in the <strong>Glebe</strong><br />
called Mrs. Tiggy Winkle’s. Still<br />
family owned and operated today,<br />
with 5 locations in Ottawa, Mrs.<br />
Tiggy Winkle’s is at the top of the<br />
list of Ottawa’s most popular toy<br />
stores, and a wonderful small business<br />
success story.<br />
The flagship store in the <strong>Glebe</strong>, at<br />
809 Bank Street, is stuffed full of<br />
every toy imaginable for children<br />
aged from infant to 8 years old –<br />
from Lamaze, Haba, Lego, Playmobil,<br />
to Thomas the Train and Corolle<br />
Dolls, to name just a few. There is a<br />
huge selection of bathtub toys, musical<br />
instruments, craft supplies,<br />
books, plush toys, dress up clothes,<br />
and board games – many of which<br />
are not found at the big box stores.<br />
Some of the best-selling toys have<br />
been available for 30 years, while<br />
others are the latest fad and new on<br />
the market. The one thing all the toys<br />
have in common is they are powered<br />
more by the imagination of children<br />
than by batteries.<br />
In 2004, Mrs. Tiggy Winkle’s<br />
branched out and created Lost Marbles,<br />
a store geared towards preteens,<br />
teenagers and adults. Sharing<br />
store space with Mrs. Tiggy Winkle’s<br />
in the <strong>Glebe</strong> (upstairs) or in its<br />
Westboro location, Lost Marbles is a<br />
fun, upbeat store where time seems<br />
to stand still. The novelty gifts are<br />
fun and retro with games like Boggle,<br />
Rubik’s cubes, Hello Kitty and<br />
other items from a time gone by.<br />
Like Mrs. Tiggy Winkle’s, Lost Marbles<br />
has become a successful toy<br />
venture.<br />
“A lot of the success of Mrs. Tiggy<br />
Winkle’s is due to the support we<br />
have had in the <strong>Glebe</strong>,” says general<br />
manager Eira Macdonell. “The<br />
<strong>Glebe</strong> community has been very<br />
loyal over the past 30 years and is an<br />
important part of our overall success<br />
as a company throughout the rest of<br />
Ottawa.” Eira, who has been with the<br />
company for 27 years, also credits<br />
the dedicated store employees with<br />
this milestone achievement. “The<br />
staff deserve a lot of credit. They<br />
really work as a team to provide<br />
excellent customer service, a fun and<br />
Cecily Cavell the <strong>Glebe</strong> Store manager<br />
friendly store atmosphere, and have<br />
really contributed to the success over<br />
the years.”<br />
Mrs. Tiggy Winkles works with<br />
and contributes to many local charities<br />
including CHEO, Toy Mountain,<br />
and the Succeed to Read campaign.<br />
They also support fundraisers<br />
for many local schools and childrelated<br />
programs throughout the<br />
year. A wonderful store to visit, Mrs.<br />
Tiggy Winkle’s has so many things<br />
to offer our children, our imagination<br />
and our community. For more<br />
information (or to shop online!),<br />
please visit:<br />
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809 Bank St.<br />
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18 <strong>Glebe</strong> <strong>Report</strong> <strong>February</strong> 15, <strong>2008</strong><br />
Co-housing:<br />
An alternative for retiring boomers<br />
BY NORMAN MOYER<br />
AND SYLVIE GRENIER<br />
As people with larger single family<br />
homes approach retirement, they<br />
will be looking at downsizing<br />
options that are consistent with independence,<br />
flexibility and innovative<br />
ways to obtain social support. They<br />
will be looking for alternatives to<br />
conventional seniors housing that is<br />
often isolating, controlling, and<br />
impersonal.<br />
A small group of people are interested<br />
in creating a co-housing project<br />
to be located in a downtown<br />
Ottawa neighbourhood. The group<br />
intends to work with a builder to tailor-design<br />
part of a condominium<br />
development for use as co-housing.<br />
If you are interested in participating<br />
in such a project, you are invited to<br />
attend an information session at the<br />
<strong>Glebe</strong> Community Centre on Wed.,<br />
Feb. 27 at 7:00 p.m. in the Meeting<br />
Room.<br />
Co-housing provides a community<br />
approach to independent living. It<br />
combines the autonomy of private<br />
dwellings with the advantages of<br />
shared resources in the spirit of<br />
community cooperation. Residents<br />
continue to own their individual<br />
homes (apartments, townhouses or<br />
singles) which are clustered around<br />
a “common house or space” with<br />
shared amenities that may include a<br />
kitchen and dining room, a workshop,<br />
guest rooms, laundry and<br />
more.<br />
Co-housing is a contemporary<br />
version of the tightly-knit village or<br />
urban neighbourhood where residents<br />
know each other and are famil-<br />
iar with each other’s family histories.<br />
These informal social links provide a<br />
sense of security and belonging. Cohousing<br />
goes further by sharing<br />
meals, activities and management of<br />
the living environment. This creates<br />
a strong social support system that<br />
can help seniors age in place.<br />
About 10 co-housing projects<br />
have been built in Canada, most of<br />
them in British Columbia. They typically<br />
range from 10-35 households<br />
often with a multi-generational mix<br />
of singles, couples and families.<br />
None specifically cater to older residents.<br />
Senior co-housing is different<br />
in that prospective residents directly<br />
discuss issues of accessibility,<br />
mobility and co-care.<br />
If you are interested in this concept,<br />
please bring your ideas to the<br />
meeting on Feb. 27. The evening will<br />
be a presentation on co-housing,<br />
followed by a discussion about the<br />
housing needs that can be met<br />
through cohousing. At the end of the<br />
meeting, people who are interested<br />
can indicate their willingness to<br />
explore this concept further.<br />
Norman Moyer and Sylvie Grenier<br />
are <strong>Glebe</strong> residents. They have<br />
recently retired and now that their<br />
children have left home and they<br />
want a smaller home, they are looking<br />
for styles of living that are compatible<br />
with the independence and<br />
sense of community that they want as<br />
part of their ongoing lifestyle. Sylvie<br />
has long been interested in co-housing<br />
and was closely involved in the<br />
efforts that led to the only existing<br />
co-housing project in Ottawa.<br />
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You are never<br />
too far from home<br />
BY CAROL MACLEOD<br />
Last October, friends and I made<br />
the pilgrimage to Italy – Cinque<br />
Terre and Tuscany to be exact. In our<br />
last week, we rented a car to visit<br />
those delightful Tuscan hill towns.<br />
We relied on a neighbour’s recommendation<br />
of a rural boutique<br />
hotel near Montereggioni. When we<br />
got into our wee Elf on the second<br />
morning, the dashboard flashed<br />
an alarming message about the oil<br />
level. It was in Italian and the maintenance<br />
manual didn’t elaborate. So,<br />
I asked a hotel guest in a UCLA t-<br />
shirt whether he could help. He gallantly<br />
lifted the hood and checked<br />
the dipstick, which did indeed show<br />
a low level. We fell to chatting as a<br />
colleague went off to fetch another<br />
member of their group who spoke<br />
some Italian.<br />
Our “knight” was from Los Angeles,<br />
the vice-president, Technology<br />
for Mattel, in Italy on business. His<br />
group had decided on a long weekend<br />
before heading home to Cali-<br />
NEWS<br />
fornian bush fires. That they were at<br />
our hotel was serendipitous. When<br />
his colleagues returned, one said,<br />
“Did you know these people are<br />
from Ottawa?” Since most people<br />
referred to us as Canadians rather<br />
than Ottawans, I knew something<br />
was up. Turns out that our rescuer<br />
was Tim Hart, formerly of Broadway<br />
Avenue. Tim asked me to pass on<br />
greetings via the <strong>Glebe</strong> <strong>Report</strong> to all<br />
his friends in the <strong>Glebe</strong>.<br />
Besides this close encounter, at<br />
the same small hotel we met a couple<br />
from the Beaver Ridge development,<br />
who visit Italy annually to hike. We<br />
also saw a page of the Ottawa Citizen<br />
in a wine shop in Anghiari which<br />
elaborated on the fact that this was<br />
the shop where the market Nicastro’s<br />
in Ottawa buys its specialty olive<br />
oils.<br />
If you have a story like this, please<br />
send it along to the <strong>Glebe</strong> <strong>Report</strong>. E-<br />
mail your story to the editor at<br />
glebe.report@mac.com.<br />
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NEWS <strong>Glebe</strong> <strong>Report</strong> <strong>February</strong> 15, <strong>2008</strong> 19<br />
City warns residents<br />
of home water filter sales<br />
A number of sales companies<br />
have recently been reported to target<br />
Ottawa residents to “test” their tap<br />
water and arrange for a site<br />
visit. Some have falsely indicated<br />
that the water is contaminated with<br />
human waste and is unsafe for consumption.<br />
Often, the follow-up visit<br />
is a sales pitch designed to sell<br />
expensive water filtration equipment.<br />
These door-to-door sales efforts are<br />
not endorsed by or affiliated with the<br />
City of Ottawa. Ottawa’s drinking<br />
water supply continues to be safe<br />
and of high quality, and does not<br />
require further treatment in the<br />
home.<br />
The City of Ottawa tests the water<br />
quality at every stage of treatment,<br />
and throughout the distribution system<br />
to ensure the high quality of<br />
drinking water for Ottawa residents.<br />
Each year, 125,000 water quality<br />
tests, covering over 300 test parameters,<br />
are conducted through certified<br />
laboratories. All test results are made<br />
available to the public, by calling<br />
311 and asking for the Water Quality<br />
Information Line, and many are<br />
available on ottawa.ca. Ottawa<br />
drinking water meets all federal and<br />
provincial drinking water standards,<br />
and is considered one of the best in<br />
the country. Ottawa was ranked as<br />
“excellent” through the 2007 provincial<br />
drinking water inspection program.<br />
City staff are currently coordinating<br />
a number of in-home water quality<br />
sampling visits. These visits are a<br />
requirement of new provincial regulations.<br />
All visits will be via prearranged<br />
appointments. In all cases,<br />
the water technicians will clearly<br />
identify themselves as City of<br />
Ottawa staff with visible photo-identification.<br />
If you would like to find out more<br />
about Ottawa’s drinking water supply<br />
or facts about in-home treatment<br />
filters, please call our Water Quality<br />
Information Line at 613-580-2424,<br />
ext. 22300 or call 311 and ask for the<br />
Water Quality Information Line.<br />
Stop idling your car and<br />
save our environment<br />
As one of its environmental initiatives<br />
to improve Ottawa’s air quality,<br />
the City of Ottawa has officially<br />
launched its public education campaign<br />
to make drivers aware of the<br />
new idling control bylaw that came<br />
into effect on Sept. 1, 2007. The<br />
bylaw limits idling to three minutes<br />
when the temperature is between 5º<br />
and 27º Celsius, including wind chill<br />
and humidex. Enforcement begins<br />
this January, with a minimum $100<br />
fine.<br />
“Car, truck and bus emissions are<br />
the single largest source of smogcausing<br />
pollutants and greenhouse<br />
gases in Ontario. Reduce them and<br />
we reduce pollution,” said Councillor<br />
Clive Doucet. “Our environment<br />
is what sustains us. If it’s not healthy,<br />
how can we be? It’s time that all<br />
drivers take responsibility for our air<br />
quality.”<br />
“We need to take action to<br />
improve public health. Every year,<br />
290 people die in Ottawa due to air<br />
pollution. Children are particularly<br />
vulnerable, because they inhale more<br />
air per pound of body weight,” said<br />
Dr. David Salisbury, Medical Officer<br />
of Health.<br />
Reducing idling is one of the<br />
measures outlined in the city’s Air<br />
Quality and Climate Change Action<br />
Plan. The plan proposes projects and<br />
activities to reduce air pollutants and<br />
greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions,<br />
and outlines strategies to deliver on<br />
these actions. It also confirms com-<br />
mitments to reduce GHG emissions<br />
by 20 per cent from 1990 levels by<br />
2007 for the city as a corporation and<br />
by 2012 for Ottawa overall.<br />
“In order for us to achieve our air<br />
quality targets, we have to address<br />
the impact idling has as a source of<br />
pollution,” said Nancy Schepers,<br />
deputy city manager, Planning, Transit<br />
and the Environment. “Cutting<br />
down on idling is something we can<br />
all do. When we turn off our vehicle,<br />
we save our environment, protect our<br />
health, reduce greenhouse gas emissions<br />
and even save money on fuel.”<br />
Over the next few months, city<br />
parking enforcement officers will<br />
educate drivers about the new bylaw<br />
by handing out a fact sheet about the<br />
environmental and health-related<br />
benefits of stopping idling.<br />
To reduce emissions, residents are<br />
encouraged to:<br />
• Reduce warm-up idling – start<br />
driving after no more than 30 seconds<br />
of idling because excessive<br />
idling is not good for your engine.<br />
• Turn off your engine if you are<br />
going to be stopped for more than 10<br />
seconds, except in traffic.<br />
• Minimize your use of remote car<br />
starters. These devices encourage<br />
you to start your vehicle before you<br />
are ready to leave, which means<br />
wasteful idling.<br />
• Use a block heater this winter –<br />
in temperatures below 0°C, use this<br />
device to warm up the engine before<br />
starting your vehicle.<br />
ILLUSTRATION: GWENDOLYN BEST<br />
Green Partnership Program<br />
Apply now – deadline April 15<br />
There’s still time for community<br />
groups and residents to partner with<br />
the city for a cleaner and greener<br />
capital. Apply to the Green Partnership<br />
program for funding today. The<br />
city has committed $1 million to<br />
fund innovative and sustainable<br />
community environmental projects<br />
that will be completed by the end of<br />
this year.<br />
Projects large and small are eligible.<br />
The program supports a broad<br />
range of environmentally focused<br />
projects. Potential projects include:<br />
improving neighbourhood parks,<br />
treating storm water naturally, preserving<br />
woodlots from invasive<br />
species, greening local schoolyards,<br />
installing educational signage preserving<br />
our city’s greenspaces, and<br />
cleaning up or preventing graffiti in<br />
public places.<br />
ILLUSTRATION: GWENDOLYN BEST<br />
Don’t wait, make an application<br />
to the Green Partnership program<br />
today for your new spring, summer<br />
or fall projects. Grants are available<br />
to local community associations,<br />
service clubs, non-profit groups,<br />
local BIAs and community groups<br />
to improve and beautify their communities<br />
and environment through<br />
greening and cleaning projects.<br />
Funding levels are based on the<br />
type of project and location. For<br />
common grounds – publicly-owned<br />
and accessible property – successful<br />
applicants may receive up to<br />
$10,000. For projects on city-owned<br />
property, successful applicants may<br />
receive up to $20,000. Funding must<br />
be matched by the applicant in<br />
either financial or in-kind contributions.<br />
Innovative hallmark projects<br />
on city-owned property that significantly<br />
enhance the long-term diversity<br />
and sustainability of the site<br />
may be eligible for funding over<br />
$20,000.<br />
Visit ottawa.ca/green or any client<br />
service centre to pick up an application<br />
form. The funding application<br />
deadline is Tues., April 15, <strong>2008</strong>.<br />
Applications are reviewed as<br />
received with funding awarded on an<br />
ongoing basis. Approved projects<br />
must be completed by Dec. 31, <strong>2008</strong>.<br />
For more information on the<br />
Green Partnership program and<br />
potential project ideas, visit<br />
ottawa.ca/green or call 3-1-1 (TTY:<br />
613-580-2401).<br />
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20 <strong>Glebe</strong> <strong>Report</strong> <strong>February</strong> 15, <strong>2008</strong><br />
Neighbourhood kids tobogganing at Brown’s Inlet<br />
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Lois Siegel<br />
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TASTE IN THE GLEBE <strong>Glebe</strong> <strong>Report</strong> <strong>February</strong> 15, <strong>2008</strong> 21<br />
Sampling, sipping and savouring!<br />
Simply Raw<br />
<strong>Glebe</strong> Meat Market<br />
BY GIOVANNI<br />
The 10th anniversary of the celebrated<br />
“Taste in the <strong>Glebe</strong>”<br />
event, a famous showcase of<br />
Ottawa and area eateries, vintners,<br />
and brewers, once again proved to<br />
be an excellent fundraiser for the<br />
<strong>Glebe</strong> Neighbourhood Activities<br />
Group (GNAG) Community<br />
Fund. So much sampling, sipping,<br />
savouring and socializing proved<br />
that even after 10 years Taste in<br />
the <strong>Glebe</strong> remains as fresh as<br />
pizza from Forno Antico, soup<br />
from Infusion Bistro, seafood<br />
from Flippers Restaurant, and<br />
many other foods served that<br />
night. With tasty wine and food<br />
graciously donated, it was next to<br />
impossible to leave with an empty<br />
stomach!<br />
Kettlemans’s Bagel Company<br />
Fratelli<br />
Mary Tsai-Davies, executive director,<br />
GNAG, Jim Watson, MPP, Jeff Froggett,<br />
chair, and Jack Coghill, piper<br />
Von’s Bistro<br />
Photos<br />
by<br />
Giovanni<br />
The WORKS Gourmet Burger Bistro<br />
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22 <strong>Glebe</strong> <strong>Report</strong> <strong>February</strong> 15, <strong>2008</strong><br />
Distant Shores<br />
by Valerie Fulford<br />
Opening Feb. 7<br />
It’s <strong>February</strong>. As I write the snow is whipping around, under a grey scudding<br />
sky. Can you picture yourself on some far-away beach? You don’t need<br />
plane tickets or reservations, simply get yourself to “Distant Shores” and prepare<br />
to be transported. Itinerary: San Diego, Hawaii, Cape Breton and points<br />
in between. Valerie Fulford’s work is oil on linen and pastel on paper.<br />
Snapdragon Gallery<br />
791 Bank Street<br />
Ottawa, ON<br />
Tel: 613-233-1296<br />
www.snapdragongallery.com<br />
info@snapdragongallery.com<br />
Hours: Tues-Sat, 10-6<br />
Sundays, 12-5<br />
ART<br />
Promises of Love<br />
Love promises. Love hopes. Love dreams.<br />
by Susan Phipps<br />
Feb. 4 - March 2<br />
Susan Phipps is a <strong>Glebe</strong> artist and<br />
local entrepreneur and her work is on<br />
display at the <strong>Glebe</strong> Community Centre<br />
from Feb. 4 to March 2.<br />
Her roots in Newfoundland and<br />
New Brunswick brought her a nature<br />
perspective that has never left her<br />
heart. “I believe that each of us has<br />
another life, a place where we secretly<br />
long to be and to reside, a place where<br />
time is endless and one never tires. I<br />
find this place through my art. I am<br />
inspired at what I find through my art,<br />
what it reveals to me both on the canvas<br />
and in my own heart.”<br />
Susan has been painting for four<br />
years. Her work builds on her love of<br />
poems and inspirational psychology.<br />
Many pieces are mixed media<br />
abstracts and surreal nature scenes: a<br />
juxtaposition of nature’s fight to survive<br />
in a world that would take over<br />
every inch of space, if it were permitted<br />
to. She has painted many commissions,<br />
can be found each year on the<br />
<strong>Glebe</strong> Art in Our Gardens Tour and is<br />
the main organizer of the Old Ottawa<br />
South Art Festival. Susan’s many years<br />
in Ecuador have afforded her a love of the Spanish language and a unique cultural<br />
perspective. By day she runs a high-tech recruiting company from her<br />
home, by night she paints and teaches classical piano to her students, creates<br />
and runs gluten free cooking courses. Reach her at pce@magma.ca. See her<br />
art at www.flickr.com/photos/phippsart.<br />
The <strong>Glebe</strong> Community Centre<br />
175 Third Avenue<br />
If you are interested in showing your work<br />
at the <strong>Glebe</strong> Community Centre,<br />
please e-mail GCCArtShows@gmail.com
ART <strong>Glebe</strong> <strong>Report</strong> <strong>February</strong> 15, <strong>2008</strong> 23<br />
“Loss”<br />
new work by Cynthia O’Brien<br />
Rose Eleanor Milne<br />
at Rothwell Hauck Gallery<br />
March 1 - 29<br />
Rothwell Hauck Gallery will feature<br />
Ottawa’s award winning sculptor, Rose<br />
Eleanor Milne, during the month of<br />
March. An open house to meet and<br />
greet the artist will be held Sat., March<br />
8, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. This is an exciting<br />
event that you won’t want to miss.<br />
Rose Eleanor Milne, Canada’s<br />
Dominion Sculptor 1961-1993, will be<br />
present exhibiting several “one of a<br />
kind” bronze and stone sculptures. Ms.<br />
Milne will conduct a signing of her new<br />
book Captured in Stone, highlighting<br />
the enormous undertaking of the high<br />
relief frieze stone carving that she and<br />
the team produced in the lobby of the<br />
House of Commons. The book, as well<br />
as pieces of sculpture, will be available<br />
for purchase, with the bonus of meeting<br />
and talking with Eleanor and her coauthor,<br />
Barbara Lambert. Ms. Milne is also an accomplished painter and<br />
designer of stained glass.<br />
Rose Eleanor Milne’s accomplishments, awards and medals are too numerous<br />
to list and are highlighted in The Canadian Who’s Who 2007 edition. Living<br />
in the <strong>Glebe</strong> since 1975, she was fortunate to live in a house that was originally<br />
owned by her grandparents.<br />
Rothwell Hauck Gallery will also be exhibiting the works of Janet MacKay,<br />
featuring her bronze sculpture series, as well as gallery artists presenting<br />
original art work in a wide range of styles, sizes and prices. Here you will find<br />
original oil, acrylic, water mediums, etc, along with cards and books by local<br />
authors, including Adrian DeHoog and Bill Smallwood.<br />
There is no admission fee to the event and free parking is available in the<br />
galleries’ spacious lot. For further information, contact owner/artist Cindy<br />
Quayle Hauck.<br />
Rothwell Hauck Gallery<br />
1718 Montreal Road, Ottawa, ON K1J 6N5<br />
613-745-6410<br />
Email: info@rothwellgallery.com<br />
www.rothwellgallery.com<br />
BY MISSY FRASER<br />
A thoughtful and engaging new<br />
show by artist Cynthia O’Brien is<br />
on display at the City Hall Art<br />
Gallery. The work is an installation<br />
entitled “Loss,” that includes hundreds<br />
of ceramic forms with found<br />
objects. It’s not what you might typically<br />
expect of ceramic art. The<br />
forms are surprising and keep the<br />
viewer looking both closer and further<br />
and moving between innumerable<br />
viewpoints. Words from the<br />
artist are printed on one of the<br />
gallery walls, “As we grow and<br />
accept there is loss, we see the true<br />
beauty of life.”<br />
At the Jan. 31 opening, a great<br />
crowd of people circled their way<br />
around and around the installation.<br />
Many said that they would be returning<br />
to visit when it was quieter and<br />
they could be alone with the work.<br />
The room was buzzing with a variety<br />
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of responses. High school arts student<br />
Julian explained, “It is like<br />
something you would see up North<br />
– a natural phenomenon.” One<br />
woman observed, “I thought I might<br />
feel sad but I had no idea that it<br />
would be so beautiful.” Another man<br />
commented, “Terrifying,” my friend<br />
Linda said. “The more you look, the<br />
more layers appear and they just<br />
keep coming.”<br />
O’Brien says that she hopes that<br />
viewers will come with an open<br />
mind and experience all the aspects<br />
of the installation. She added that it<br />
is a chance to “quiet right down” in<br />
the middle of a “bustling, talkative”<br />
day.<br />
“Loss” runs from Feb. 1 to March<br />
9. City Hall Art Gallery is located at<br />
110 Laurier West. The gallery is<br />
open from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., daily.<br />
Admission is free. For more information,<br />
visit: ottawa.ca/arts.<br />
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24 <strong>Glebe</strong> <strong>Report</strong> <strong>February</strong> 15, <strong>2008</strong><br />
Music and mythology with Seventeen Voyces<br />
BY MARGRET BRADY<br />
NANKIVELL<br />
Ottawa’s multi-talented chamber<br />
choir Seventeen Voyces, directed by<br />
Kevin Reeves, presents a concert<br />
entitled Music & Mythology on Fri.,<br />
Feb. 22, 7:30 p.m. at St. Matthew’s<br />
Anglican Church.<br />
The concert includes new works<br />
by three Ottawa composers. Margrit<br />
Cattell has written an a cappella<br />
work, The Peace Pipe, based on<br />
Longfellow’s “The Song of<br />
Hiawatha,” which tells the legend of<br />
Gitchi Manitou. “I think Seventeen<br />
Voyces is a terrific choir and that’s<br />
why I asked Kevin to write for it,”<br />
says the composer. When a mythology-based<br />
composition was proposed,<br />
she immediately considered the richness<br />
of North American legends. The<br />
part of Gitchi Manitou will be sung<br />
by Ottawa baritone Gary Dahl who<br />
“will make a good spirit,” says Ms.<br />
Cattell.<br />
The choir will also sing “Arcadia”<br />
by former Ottawan Andrew Ager,<br />
now director of music and composer-in-residence<br />
at Toronto’s St.<br />
James’ Cathedral. A setting of seven<br />
odes by the great Roman poet<br />
Horace, the texts explore themes of<br />
love, regret, jealousy and pastoral<br />
beauty. Written for the rising young<br />
Canadian soprano Andrea Naccarato,<br />
who will be singing the premiere,<br />
these short pieces, with choral and<br />
harp accompaniment, will bring a<br />
refreshing and contemporary offering<br />
to this concert on the theme of<br />
mythology.<br />
Last year Seventeen Voyces gave a<br />
stunning rendition of Ager’s<br />
Unknown Soldier at St. Matthew’s.<br />
The poignant work will premiere in<br />
London under the direction of<br />
CBC’s host and conductor Howard<br />
Dyck this summer. Ager is also<br />
working on Frankenstein, a fullscale<br />
opera based on Mary Shelley’s<br />
novel.<br />
Seventeen Voyces will also give<br />
the second performance of Kevin<br />
Reeves’ delightful composition<br />
Tyger, Tyger from the poem by<br />
William Blake. It was first performed<br />
by renowned baritone Gerald<br />
Finley and the men and boys of St.<br />
Matthew’s Choir in celebration of<br />
the church choir’s 50th anniversary<br />
last September.<br />
The guest artists for these works<br />
are Toronto-based soprano Andrea<br />
Naccarato, baritone Gary Dahl and<br />
harpist Lucile Hildesheim.<br />
Other works on the programme<br />
include excerpts from Dido and<br />
Aeneas by Henry Purcell and Hymn<br />
to St. Cecilia by Benjamin Britten.<br />
A reception celebrating the new<br />
works and their composers will follow<br />
the concert.<br />
Tickets are $15-$25 and free for<br />
students 16 and under if accompanied<br />
by an adult. They can be<br />
obtained at Leading Note, 317 Elgin<br />
St.; Compact Music, 190 Bank St.<br />
and 785A Bank St.; Book Bazaar,<br />
417 Bank St.; Herb & Spice Shop,<br />
1310 Wellington St. West, or at the<br />
door. For more information, check<br />
www.seventeenvoyces.ca.<br />
MUSIC<br />
PHOTO: PETER FRITZ<br />
April comes alive with The Sound of Music<br />
BY DAN SMYTHE<br />
Singing nuns, yodelling children<br />
and a compelling story of triumph<br />
over oppression will be coming to<br />
the <strong>Glebe</strong> Community Centre this<br />
April, as Rodgers and Hammerstein’s<br />
popular musical about the<br />
singing Von Trapp family comes to<br />
the stage.<br />
The Sound of Music will take<br />
place April 4-6, the fourth full-scale<br />
musical to be presented by the <strong>Glebe</strong><br />
Neighbourhood Activities Group<br />
(GNAG) over the past two years. The<br />
spring production follows on the<br />
heels of a successful musical presentation<br />
of A Christmas Carol in<br />
December.<br />
The philosophy of the GNAG productions<br />
is very much “learning by<br />
doing.” The plays are presented as an<br />
educational course where people can<br />
get involved in community theatre<br />
and learn the steps required to put on<br />
a show, from auditions and<br />
rehearsals to the behind-the-scenes<br />
stagecraft that all lead to the frenzy<br />
of production week.<br />
Some of the actors are novices<br />
with minimal theatre or singing<br />
experience, others have some form<br />
of performance under their belt (and<br />
fans of the GNAG shows will be sure<br />
to recognize a number of familiar<br />
faces for The Sound of Music). “For<br />
many involved, they learn how much<br />
fun it can be to make good theatre,”<br />
explains director Eleanor Crowder,<br />
who has worked on 10 of GNAG’s<br />
11 shows. She is joined again on the<br />
creative team by musical director<br />
Rachel Eugster, with Kate Preston-<br />
Thomas stepping up from the position<br />
of set crew boss to become<br />
stage manager.<br />
Rehearsals with the large cast of<br />
75 adults and children are now in<br />
full swing. It’s arguably the most<br />
ambitious – and most popular – production<br />
GNAG has taken on. Due to<br />
the large turnout at auditions in<br />
December, Crowder and Eugster<br />
have double cast some of the roles.<br />
It’s one way to involve more people<br />
in this unique community event.<br />
“It’s really fun to see people develop<br />
new skills,” Crowder enthuses, as<br />
she relates some of the benefits that<br />
come from being involved in community<br />
theatre.<br />
Most people know The Sound of<br />
Music through the 1965 movie in<br />
which Julie Andrews played the<br />
young governess Maria, who steals<br />
the hearts of the aristocratic Captain<br />
Von Trapp and his seven children.<br />
But the play, which debuted on<br />
Broadway in 1959, offers a chance<br />
to explore the larger theme of the<br />
historic backdrop that inspired the<br />
show. “It’s really a story about the<br />
Nazi invasion of Austria, and the<br />
events related to a courageous family<br />
that stood up to that,” explains<br />
Crowder.<br />
With more than 40 vocal numbers,<br />
Eugster, stalwart pianist Lauren<br />
McGee and the singing cast will<br />
need all their musical savvy to create<br />
the world inspired by the story of<br />
the Von Trapp family. All the popular<br />
songs will be there including<br />
“My Favourite Things,” “Climb<br />
Every Mountain,” and “Edelweiss.”<br />
Other musical delights include a<br />
choir of nuns singing sacred music<br />
in four- and six-part harmony. The<br />
play also has a few musical numbers<br />
not featured in the movie, most<br />
notably a German-style cabaret duet<br />
between Elsa and Max that helps<br />
highlight the political storm clouds<br />
that hang over Europe in the late<br />
1930s.<br />
Eugster has reached back to her<br />
family roots, and has adapted some<br />
Swiss-German folk songs that will<br />
be sung by a troup of Boy Scouts<br />
and folk dancers that she and Crowder<br />
have added to the show. “It’s<br />
exciting to perform the music that<br />
people know so well, but we also<br />
want to find the depth and meaning<br />
in songs that may not have been as<br />
well noticed,” says Eugster.<br />
While the actors are well on their<br />
way, volunteers are still needed to<br />
assist with costuming, set design<br />
and other duties. If you think you<br />
can contribute, contact Kate Preston-Thomas<br />
at 613-233-0038<br />
Showtimes are Fri., April 4 at<br />
7:30 p.m., Sat., April 5 at 2 p.m. and<br />
7:30 p.m., and Sun., April 6 at 2<br />
p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Tickets for The<br />
Sound of Music will be on sale at<br />
the <strong>Glebe</strong> Community Centre by the<br />
end of <strong>February</strong>. For more information,<br />
phone 613-564-1058 or 613-<br />
233-8713.
HEALTH<br />
Keeping healthy<br />
during the winter months<br />
BY AMANDA BLAZEVIC<br />
As an East-Coaster, I know a thing<br />
or two about surviving wacky weather,<br />
but there’s something more<br />
intense about winters in Ottawa.<br />
Needless to say, with all the snow,<br />
rise and fall of temperature and drabness,<br />
Ottawa winters are a leading<br />
cause of the “winter blahs.”<br />
As much as I like getting outdoors,<br />
it can be a daunting task in the<br />
wintertime. This means we may be<br />
getting less exercise, and definitely<br />
less sunshine and fresh air (unless<br />
you’re an avid winter sports fan). All<br />
of these “lacks” deprive us of vitamin<br />
D and overall energy, which<br />
affects our moods and sleep patterns.<br />
Some people experience seasonal<br />
affective disorder (SAD), where the<br />
shift in daylight time causes disturbed<br />
sleep patterns, fatigue,<br />
depression, low libido, etc.<br />
So what do you do? First of all,<br />
find a winter activity you like that<br />
will motivate you to exercise. Try<br />
something new. With all the snowstorms,<br />
snowshoeing doesn’t seem<br />
like such a bad idea!<br />
Don’t want to freeze your buns<br />
off? What about indoor activities?<br />
There is so much choice in Ottawa,<br />
from simple classes at the local gym<br />
to indoor sports teams like lacrosse<br />
or even rock climbing (which I love).<br />
It’s a great way to expand your social<br />
network, meeting new and interesting<br />
people. All of this equals definite<br />
“pick-me-upper!”<br />
What about supplements? It is<br />
now recommended (as seen in our<br />
new Canada’s Food Guide) people<br />
over 50 take vitamin D. Vitamin D<br />
helps you absorb calcium, an integral<br />
mineral for strong bones. Vitamin<br />
D is made when UV rays contact<br />
our skin. In summer months, we<br />
tend to need less supplementation.<br />
The Canadian Cancer Society says<br />
we get basic vitamin D production<br />
from minutes of sun exposure per<br />
day, but they remind us to be aware<br />
of the cancer risks of UV exposure.<br />
They suggest that supplementation<br />
can safely bring you up to osteoporosis-prevention<br />
levels.<br />
But it doesn’t end there. In the<br />
past few months, news story after<br />
news story detailed the wonders of<br />
vitamin D for all ages. It seemed that<br />
each week it cured a different ailment!<br />
Researchers keep finding evidence<br />
that a lack of vitamin D could<br />
be a leading cause of conditions such<br />
as SAD, breast cancer, cardiovascular<br />
disease, and others.<br />
Now I’m not one to “jump on to<br />
bandwagons.” Years ago, vitamin E<br />
was the vitamin du jour, but then it<br />
was found that too much could cause<br />
heart failure in patients at risk (ex:<br />
diabetic patients, patients with preexisting<br />
heart disease). It seems<br />
however, that a moderate intake of<br />
vitamin D, higher in the winter, is<br />
not harmful and could benefit. Each<br />
source you read is different, some<br />
citing 2,000 IU per day or more, but<br />
even 1,000 IU per day is a great start,<br />
especially of you are on calcium<br />
supplements.<br />
Other vitamins include the B vitamins,<br />
commonly found in “B complexes.”<br />
B vitamins aid in many of<br />
our normal body processes and<br />
metabolisms. They are water-soluble<br />
and in the proper amounts don’t<br />
exert side effects. While some formulas<br />
are called “stress complexes,”<br />
this only means that B vitamins help<br />
the body deal with physiologic<br />
stress, not mental stress.<br />
Vitamin C is a very popular antioxidant.<br />
Ester-C is a form of vitamin<br />
C that is less acidic, and may be<br />
absorbed better. You may choose to<br />
increase your vitamin C consumption<br />
in cold and flu season, as it may<br />
help boost the immune system, with<br />
few side effects.<br />
For cold prevention, many herbals<br />
exist on the market. Two of my<br />
favourite are Echinacea and Goldenseal.<br />
Buy a quality brand…each<br />
herbal product differs from the next<br />
and there will be differences from<br />
brand to brand. ColdFx® is an<br />
American ginseng product, and<br />
many patients say that it really helps<br />
boost their energy and fight a cold.<br />
Keep in mind that ginseng is a stimulant,<br />
and may be harmful to those<br />
with heart conditions or other illnesses.<br />
As with all herbals, and even vitamins,<br />
check with your pharmacist<br />
first! We can guide you to a safe<br />
selection of supplements. And if<br />
your supplement routine seems like<br />
too much work, we can even help<br />
simplify it for you.<br />
Warm wishes for a cold winter!<br />
Amanda Blazevic is a pharmacist<br />
at <strong>Glebe</strong> Pharmasave Apothecary.<br />
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If your New Year’s resolutions<br />
involve good health and staying fit,<br />
the University of Ottawa Heart Institute<br />
just might be the place to visit.<br />
Family members of former patients<br />
at the University of Ottawa Heart<br />
Institute are invited to join a free,<br />
intensive year-long Family Heart<br />
Health study, which tests a program<br />
to help reduce cardiovascular risks.<br />
Participants – only one per family –<br />
will be screened for coronary risks<br />
such as smoking, diet, exercise and<br />
high cholesterol. After a heart health<br />
profile is created, participants will<br />
get assigned to one of two groups at<br />
the Heart Institute: a Family Heart<br />
Health group, or a Usual Care group.<br />
For the Family Heart Health group,<br />
an adviser will construct a 12-week<br />
personalized plan that could include<br />
weight reduction, improved nutrition,<br />
smoking cessation, an exercise<br />
routine, and, if necessary, a drug regimen<br />
in collaboration with the family<br />
physician.<br />
“A family history of heart disease<br />
usually means an increased risk for<br />
developing heart disease yourself.<br />
So the Heart Institute is launching a<br />
new research project to examine how<br />
a personalized plan would effectively<br />
reduce risks for cardiovascular<br />
disease among spouses, siblings and<br />
offspring of former patients here,”<br />
said Robert Reid, PhD, associate<br />
director, UOHI Minto Prevention<br />
and Rehabilitation Centre.<br />
A total of 450 participants are<br />
needed for the project. They will<br />
each get a basic assessment that<br />
includes a complete medical history;<br />
an evaluation about nutrition, exercise<br />
and smoking, for example; and a<br />
health profile involving components<br />
such as blood pressure and waist circumference.<br />
The study will track all<br />
participants for a one-year period,<br />
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to study risk reduction<br />
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from their time of enrolment. Both<br />
groups will be reassessed at 12<br />
weeks and 52 weeks.<br />
Participants in the Family Heart<br />
Health Group get a personalized<br />
plan with weekly coaching sessions<br />
and counselling. Smoking, dietary<br />
changes, exercise and medication<br />
use, for instance, will be measured<br />
and monitored throughout the study.<br />
The Usual Care group will receive<br />
heart health information but not any<br />
further intervention. If any risk factors<br />
such as high blood pressure or<br />
elevated cholesterol levels are found,<br />
participants will receive the results<br />
in a letter for their family physician.<br />
Coronary heart disease, a leading<br />
cause of death in Canada, is related<br />
to the presence of several wellknown<br />
risk factors including family<br />
history. Changes in lifestyle and<br />
other risks have helped lower death<br />
rates from heart disease over the last<br />
few decades. Now the rate of decline<br />
might be slowing. The Heart Institute<br />
research team is developing new<br />
approaches to step up prevention and<br />
to ease heavy demands on Canada’s<br />
health care system.<br />
“Researchers at the Heart Institute<br />
found in an earlier study that 23 per<br />
cent of family members were at a<br />
predicted risk for future coronary<br />
artery disease. We also learned that<br />
close family shows a very high willingness<br />
to change habits and<br />
lifestyle in areas such as smoking<br />
and physical activity, compared to<br />
the rest of the population,” said Reid.<br />
If your brother, sister, spouse or<br />
parent has been treated at the Heart<br />
Institute in the past five years, you<br />
may be eligible to participate in this<br />
project. To learn more, call 613-798-<br />
5555, ext. 17341.<br />
For more information, visit<br />
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26 <strong>Glebe</strong> <strong>Report</strong> <strong>February</strong> 15, <strong>2008</strong><br />
BY TED LANDIS<br />
Bridge to Terabithia<br />
Directed by Gabor Csupo<br />
Rated PG<br />
AnnaSophia Robb and Josh Hutcherson star in<br />
this excellent rendition of this Newbery award<br />
winning young persons’ novel. The story<br />
revolves around two unpopular kids who are<br />
drawn together and discover a way to escape into<br />
an exciting world of shared imagination. Zooey<br />
Deschanel plays a hip, ever smiling music<br />
teacher in this film that accurately depicts the<br />
imperfect reality of family life and childhood<br />
relationships some of which might not be appropriate<br />
for children under 8.<br />
Bobby<br />
Directed by Emilio Estevez<br />
Rated 14A<br />
Forty years after the tragic event that took place at the Ambassador Hotel<br />
during the California primary election, the loss can still be felt. The assassination<br />
of Robert Kennedy battered the already violence weary generation that<br />
had hoped to change the world with love. Some of the side stories work well<br />
and some don’t, but you quickly forget those minor details when the full<br />
impact of the climax hits home.<br />
Blood Diamond<br />
Directed by Edward Zwick<br />
Rated 14A<br />
Leonardo DiCaprio does an excellent job as the protagonist in this story of<br />
an innocent family almost destroyed by the world’s lust for diamonds. Edward<br />
Zwick keeps everything moving at a fast pace with lots of explosions and general<br />
mayhem, but at the same time manages to bring home the point that greed<br />
makes people do terrible things.<br />
The Good Shepherd<br />
Directed by Robert De Niro<br />
Rated 14A<br />
This epic story of the birth of the CIA begins with the earliest acts of Cold<br />
War espionage in the waning days of World War II up through the blundered<br />
invasion of Cuba at the Bay of Pigs. Matt Damon plays a young Yale Skull and<br />
Bones club inductee who finds life as a spy easier than dealing with real world<br />
relationships.<br />
The Secret Life of Words<br />
Directed by Isabel Coixet<br />
Rated 14A<br />
This is a beautiful and touching film by Isabel Coxiat who brought us My<br />
Life Without Me (2003). Sarah Polley plays a quiet factory worker forced to<br />
take a holiday to the coast. To keep herself busy, she volunteers to care for a<br />
badly burned offshore oil rig worker played by Tim Robbins. The bond of trust<br />
between patient and caregiver slowly leads to heart wrenching revelations.<br />
TED AND LOIS AT THE MOVIES<br />
For those cold winter nights...<br />
BY LOIS SIEGEL<br />
Junebug<br />
Directed by Phil Morrison<br />
Rated 14A<br />
“Junebug” relies on pure drama – the simple<br />
interactions within a family. Shot in Winston-<br />
Salem, North Carolina, the setting and tone of the<br />
southern town give the film an authentic reality to<br />
the life of its inhabitants. Amy Adam’s performance<br />
is outstanding. Newsweek called “Junebug”...<br />
“one of the greatest, best-acted films of 2005<br />
you’ve never heard of.” The film also has a great<br />
selection of classical music. Available at the<br />
Ottawa Public Library.<br />
Blow-up<br />
Directed by Michelangelo Antonioni<br />
Rated R<br />
“Blow-Up” could be any photographer’s adventure or fantasy. A young<br />
David Hemmings plays a fashion photographer who happens upon a strange<br />
scene one day while in the park. His camera may have captured a murder.<br />
Hemmings explains “Antonioni painted the park in Woolwich (England) a<br />
complete green: bark of trees, fences, grass, leaves and various other odd<br />
spots. Took about two days while we waited.” Available at the Ottawa Public<br />
Library.<br />
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room<br />
Directed by Alex Gibney<br />
This is a very informative and well-made documentary. The film focuses on<br />
one of the biggest business scandals in American history – a frightening study<br />
of greed. Available at the Ottawa Public Library.<br />
Schultze Gets the Blues<br />
Directed by Michael Schorr<br />
Rated PG<br />
The discovery of Zydeco music leads the recently retired Schultze to a new<br />
life. He travels from his German polka land to the more hip Louisiana back<br />
country. Accordion in hand, he discovers another world. The film is slow moving,<br />
but worth the wait. Available at the Ottawa Public Library<br />
Aislin: Dangerous When Provoked – The Life and Times of Terry Mosher<br />
Directed by John Curtin<br />
This Gemini Award-winning Best Biography Documentary Program<br />
focuses on Terry Mosher, aka Aislin, often called the nastiest political<br />
cartoonist – at the edge of his pen, no one gets out alive.<br />
The film reveals little known aspects of Mosher’s life, from his early days<br />
in Ottawa, to his adventurous ramblings, hitchhiking across North America as<br />
a young man, looking for something interesting to do with his life. He finally<br />
decides on art school, leading to a job with The Montreal Star as a cartoonist,<br />
and then with The Gazette. The rest is history. CBC has the rights to show the<br />
film in Canada for the next five years.<br />
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at: 12:30<br />
Show starts<br />
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SCHOOLS <strong>Glebe</strong> <strong>Report</strong> <strong>February</strong> 15, <strong>2008</strong> 27<br />
Catholic board gets outstanding physical education results<br />
The board was presented with the<br />
outstanding school results of the<br />
CAHPERD (Canadian Associations<br />
for Health, Physical Education,<br />
Recreation and Dance) RAP Awards<br />
and the CIRA (Canadian Intramural<br />
Recreation Association) outstanding<br />
intramural awards.<br />
Student Success Department staff<br />
members, consultants Deb Lawlor<br />
and Bob Thomas, and principals<br />
Brenda Wilson provided the following<br />
exceptional school results.<br />
CAPHERD awards 2006-07<br />
An unprecedented number of<br />
award recipients were recognized<br />
across Canada – a total of 1,086<br />
schools. The Ottawa Catholic school<br />
board received 54 awards (4.8 per<br />
cent of the country).<br />
In the School Recognition award<br />
program, our board totaled 54 awards<br />
out of 387 provincial schools (14 per<br />
cent of the provincial average).<br />
In this category, there are three<br />
awards for the elementary schools:<br />
Diamond – 23 awards (13 per cent<br />
of the province): Chapel Hill, Divine<br />
Infant, Dr. F.J. McDonald Catholic,<br />
Frank Ryan Catholic Senior Elementary,<br />
Georges Vanier Catholic, Good<br />
Shepherd, Guardian Angels, Holy<br />
Cross, Holy Redeemer, McMaster<br />
Catholic, St. Anne, St. Augustine, St.<br />
Daniel, St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, St.<br />
George, St. Leonard, St. Mary<br />
(Gloucester), St. Michael Fitzroy, St.<br />
Patrick’s Intermediate, St. Philip and<br />
Lester B. Pearson (grades 7 and 8),<br />
Mother Teresa (grades 7 and 8) and<br />
St. Joseph (grades 7 and 8) high<br />
schools.<br />
Platinum – 14 awards (14 per cent<br />
of the province): Assumption,<br />
Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha, Holy<br />
Family, Our Lady of Wisdom, St.<br />
Andrew, St. Brigid, St. Clare, St.<br />
Francis of Assisi, St. James, St. Martin<br />
de Porres, St. Theresa, and Holy<br />
Trinity (grades 7and 8) and Immaculata<br />
(grades 7 and 8) high schools.<br />
Gold – 10 awards (17 per cent of<br />
the province): Convent Glen Catholic,<br />
Holy Family, Monsignor Paul Baxter,<br />
Pope John XXIII, St. Gregory, St.<br />
Isidore, St. John the Apostle, St. Marguerite<br />
d’Youville, St. Patrick and St.<br />
Thomas More schools.<br />
There was also a Secondary<br />
Award (7 awards – 16 per cent of the<br />
province) presented to All Saints,<br />
Immaculata, Holy Trinity Catholic,<br />
Notre Dame, St. Patrick’s, St. Paul<br />
and St. Pius X high schools.<br />
By<br />
OCCSB<br />
Trustee<br />
Kathy<br />
Ablett<br />
Ottawa Catholic school board students<br />
also achieved great success in<br />
the 2006-2007 CIRA Ontario, Outstanding<br />
Intramural Awards with a<br />
total of nine awards at the elementary<br />
level (23 per cent of the<br />
province) and six awards at the secondary<br />
level (67 per cent of the<br />
province). Congratulations to the<br />
following schools on their accomplishment:<br />
Convent Glen Catholic<br />
School, Good Shepherd, Holy Cross,<br />
Frank Ryan Catholic Senior Elementary,<br />
St. Andrew, St. Elizabeth Ann<br />
Seton, St. Isidore, St. John the Apostle,<br />
St. Patrick’s Intermediate and All<br />
Saints, Holy Trinity Catholic,<br />
Immaculata, Sacred Heart, St.<br />
Joseph and St. Paul high schools.<br />
Assistive technology learning<br />
Special education consultant<br />
Laura Shanahan and Monique<br />
Campeau-Leblanc, system technology<br />
teacher, brought to the boardroom<br />
a hands-on demonstration of new<br />
assistive technology software being<br />
introduced to teachers during professional<br />
development sessions in the<br />
coming months.<br />
These programs will greatly assist<br />
learners in their quest for understanding<br />
and success independent of<br />
learning styles. All participants in<br />
this program, including staff, students<br />
and parents, will complete<br />
quantitative surveys through the various<br />
stages of the software’s implementation<br />
in the classroom.<br />
Bill 212: Safe schools<br />
Members of the Safe Schools<br />
Committee: Brent Wilson, superintendent<br />
of Information Technology,<br />
Brenda Wilson, principal, Student<br />
Success (Elementary), and Tom<br />
D’Amico, principal of Immaculata<br />
high school, presented an overview<br />
of the new Bill 212: Safe schools<br />
implementation.<br />
Following new provincial legislation<br />
concerning progressive discipline<br />
and school safety, the Ottawa<br />
Catholic school board will see the<br />
implementation of these new safe<br />
schools changes effective Feb. 1.<br />
Among the significant changes are<br />
the provisions to extend the right to<br />
discipline for actions off-property<br />
that impact the school climate; bullying<br />
is added to the list of activities<br />
for which suspension may be considered;<br />
teachers can no longer suspend;<br />
principals can no longer expel;<br />
and a program must be provided for<br />
students on long-term suspension.<br />
Suspensions will be comprised of<br />
three categories:<br />
1 to 5 days: teachers supply work.<br />
Discipline reflection packages are<br />
available to all schools to provide to<br />
students on suspension.<br />
6 to 10 days: teachers supply<br />
work. Student may attend a program<br />
for students on suspension. Student<br />
action plan is developed. Access to<br />
external safe schools resources<br />
including psychologist, social worker,<br />
vice-principal, teacher.<br />
11 to 20 days: teachers supply<br />
work. Student may attend a program<br />
for students on suspension. Student<br />
action plan is developed. Access to<br />
external safe schools resources<br />
including psychologist, social worker,<br />
vice-principal, teacher. Program<br />
includes academic and non-academic<br />
components with the goal to<br />
developing positive attitudes and<br />
behaviour.<br />
Students will also be governed by<br />
a new code of conduct that sets out<br />
specific expectations regarding<br />
behaviour and their parents’ or<br />
guardians’ role in encouraging and<br />
promoting this behaviour. “I congratulate<br />
those on the committee<br />
who have put so much work into the<br />
implementation of this new legislation,”<br />
said director of education<br />
James McCracken.<br />
Overall, this legislation and subsequent<br />
practice will see more students<br />
obtaining additional help with various<br />
factors affecting their behaviour<br />
in school, thereby increasing their<br />
ability to stay in school and finish<br />
their education. A safe schools website<br />
will continue to be developed<br />
over the course of the year. As of<br />
Feb. 1, the new site can be found at<br />
www.ottawacatholicschools.ca/safes<br />
chools.<br />
CEFO Production of<br />
Anne of Green Gables<br />
The Catholic Education Foundation<br />
of Ottawa is proud to present<br />
Anne of Green Gables. The production’s<br />
remaining shows are Feb. 16-<br />
17 and Feb. 21-23 at St. Paul high<br />
school, 2675 Draper Avenue. All<br />
performances begin at 7:30 p.m.<br />
except Sun., Feb. 17 and Sat., Feb.<br />
23 matinées, which begin at 2 p.m.<br />
Please contact your school for tickets<br />
and information. We hope you will<br />
be able to join us for this, the fifth<br />
musical for CEFO with again over<br />
600 students involved. Thank you for<br />
your continued support!<br />
If, at any time, I can be of assistance<br />
to you, please do not hesitate<br />
to call me at 613-526-9512.
28 <strong>Glebe</strong> <strong>Report</strong> <strong>February</strong> 15, <strong>2008</strong><br />
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One of the most topical issues,<br />
which I’ll focus on here, is the<br />
approval of the new ‘safe schools’<br />
policies at the Board, in mid-decision<br />
as at the time of writing. The<br />
ministry, as readers may recall, has<br />
greatly improved on the most obnoxious<br />
aspects of their previous, harder<br />
lined requirements of school boards<br />
with respect to suspensions and<br />
expulsions, mitigating factors and<br />
supports for suspended or expelled<br />
students. All boards had until Feb. 1<br />
to have new policies in place to<br />
reflect this change in direction.<br />
The modifications to the Education<br />
Act effectively remove the ability<br />
to suspend from teachers and<br />
expulsions from principals and<br />
move these both up one level: now<br />
principals suspend and school<br />
boards expel. Also, there is now<br />
room to consider mitigating and<br />
other factors that can be more protective<br />
of special education students<br />
and others who may have been provoked<br />
or who are acting out. Also,<br />
school boards are required to provide<br />
continued programming of<br />
some quality for suspended or<br />
expelled students and some funding<br />
is flowing for this.<br />
Bullying is now more explicitly<br />
added as a matter which may attract<br />
suspension. The general change is<br />
towards a more progressive discipline<br />
with more interventions and<br />
supports for students. I have to say<br />
that these changes have my full<br />
endorsement and are a real breath of<br />
fresh air.<br />
However there are some questions<br />
remaining. One of the Ministry<br />
directives on the new appeal process<br />
means that the number of appeals<br />
now going to the board may multiply<br />
several times over previous levels. I<br />
don’t think that anyone wants to risk<br />
an ‘appeals mill’ given that appeals<br />
will likely be more complicated with<br />
more factors to consider. Another<br />
SCHOOLS<br />
By<br />
OCDSB<br />
Trustee<br />
Rob<br />
Campbell<br />
aspect of the legislation affecting<br />
school boards is the question of the<br />
interface between school and community.<br />
The legislation allows<br />
boards greater latitude to suspend or<br />
expel for behaviour off school property,<br />
which may affect the school climate,<br />
but there is a real grey area<br />
here also when the reach of a school<br />
board into the larger community may<br />
become over-reaching or questionable<br />
in this respect. Some other<br />
questions remain for me at present.<br />
The omnibus policy and procedural<br />
changes have been given extensive<br />
vetting by education stakeholders,<br />
staff and now trustees. And we’ll<br />
have something updated and vastly<br />
better for students in place by the<br />
<strong>February</strong> deadline. It will, however,<br />
frankly take some months, and in<br />
some respects, even years, of test<br />
driving before we really see how<br />
well it all works out. Further policy<br />
or procedural (or legislative) tweaks<br />
may well be needed as we proceed<br />
forward with these changes in hand.<br />
If you have a suggestion or a concern,<br />
or would like to be added to my<br />
electronic newsletter list, then please<br />
don’t hesitate to contact me. I can be<br />
reached via any of 613-730-8128,<br />
rob@ocdsbzone9.ca or Rob Campbell,<br />
133 Greenbank Road, Ottawa<br />
ON, K2H 6L3. Board meetings,<br />
budget documents and delegation<br />
and other info is available at<br />
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SCHOOLS <strong>Glebe</strong> <strong>Report</strong> <strong>February</strong> 15, <strong>2008</strong> 29<br />
Good Morning kids<br />
get busy hibernating<br />
BY STEPHANIE SMALL<br />
At this time of year, hibernating<br />
makes sense. Bears do it. So do kids<br />
at Good Morning Creative Arts and<br />
Preschool, who brought in their<br />
teddy bears and wore their pyjamas,<br />
to learn about hibernation.<br />
Children in the morning preschool<br />
program learned about animals<br />
that sleep through the winter,<br />
sang songs about bears and<br />
enjoyed honey sandwiches for<br />
snack. In the afternoon, three-yearolds<br />
in the Creative Arts Junior<br />
program made a collage inspired<br />
by the book Bear Snores On. They<br />
also made a den out of pillows, and<br />
then woke up and emerged from<br />
the den with a big growl, hungry<br />
and ready to eat their snack of<br />
Teddy grahams.<br />
Registration for these and other<br />
programs is starting now for the next<br />
school year at Good Morning Creative<br />
Arts and Preschool. There are<br />
also two spaces available right now<br />
in the Creative Arts Super afterschool<br />
art program for children in<br />
grades 1 to 4.<br />
For more information, please call<br />
Liane at 613-276-7974 or email<br />
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For general information about the<br />
various programs available for children<br />
aged 2 through 9, check out the<br />
website at www.goodmorning.name.<br />
PHOTOS: KAREN CAMERON<br />
<strong>Glebe</strong> Co-operative Nursery:<br />
A little school all of their own<br />
BY KARRI MUNN-VENN<br />
It really is amazing how quickly<br />
children grow.<br />
In the early days, as new parents,<br />
we marvel at the little people that<br />
have come into our world. We celebrate<br />
weight gain (the baby’s<br />
weight gain, I mean), we cherish the<br />
smiles and coos and cuddles, and<br />
we anticipate all of the wonderful<br />
milestones to come. Then, all of a<br />
sudden, it seems, they are walking,<br />
talking (and talking back!), and<br />
ready to venture out into the world<br />
on their own two little feet. Those<br />
first few steps towards independence<br />
can be hard on everyone, especially<br />
the parents of these little<br />
dynamos, who find themselves asking,<br />
“Where did my baby go?” Fortunately,<br />
however, there are places<br />
like the <strong>Glebe</strong> Co-operative Nursery<br />
School, whose caring, creative<br />
teachers, stimulating program, and<br />
wonderful community welcome our<br />
little ones into their care.<br />
The <strong>Glebe</strong> Co-operative Nursery<br />
School provides a quality learning<br />
environment for children aged 1½ to<br />
4½ years. Engaging weekly themes<br />
such as: under the sea, celebrations<br />
around the world, and all about me,<br />
and special dress-up days provide<br />
the backdrop for creative activities<br />
that inspire, entertain, and educate<br />
the school’s young students. Housed<br />
in the <strong>Glebe</strong> Community Centre, the<br />
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outdoor playground, and a<br />
weekly music program.<br />
Registration for the <strong>2008</strong>-2009<br />
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3. Both new and returning families<br />
can get their registration packages in<br />
the GCNS classroom, at the front<br />
desk of the GCC, and online at<br />
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packages must be returned no<br />
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The children at the <strong>Glebe</strong> Parents Day Care are enjoying all the new snow.<br />
The playgrounds are full of the white fluffy stuff and it’s great fun! It keeps<br />
us all young to be reminded of how much fun the winter can really be.<br />
Our kindergarten and school age programs are gearing up for the March<br />
break and are starting to look towards the enrolment for July. Those who are<br />
interested in having their child in our after-school programs are encouraged<br />
to contact the program and put their child’s name on the waiting list. We have<br />
programs in Hopewell, First Avenue, Mutchmor and Corpus Christi schools.<br />
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30 <strong>Glebe</strong> <strong>Report</strong> <strong>February</strong> 15, <strong>2008</strong><br />
Meet the new First Avenue<br />
school mascot!<br />
BY MARIE-PIERRE ROURE<br />
Earlier this school year, the Earthcare<br />
Club at First Avenue public<br />
school realized, with great astonishment,<br />
that the school didn’t have a<br />
mascot! What a shame! A mascot<br />
really enhances school spirit, and<br />
something had to be done about it!<br />
Therefore, the Earthcare Club members<br />
took the matter in their own<br />
hands and organized an election for<br />
the new school mascot. Initially, it<br />
seemed simple, but it took several<br />
meetings to find the “right candidates!”<br />
At first, the club came up with<br />
environmentally friendly suggestions<br />
such as a recycling bin or a<br />
tree. However, after some discussion,<br />
they thought that a mascot<br />
called, Mr. Recycling Bin, would be<br />
difficult to take seriously! More<br />
brainstorming and the team came up<br />
with several animals. From the chipmunk<br />
to the Komodo dragon, the<br />
enthusiasm grew each day! It was<br />
really difficult to come up with just a<br />
few choices because the kids loved<br />
so many animals! Mrs. Julie Morris,<br />
the school principal, finally suggested<br />
selecting animals whose names<br />
started with an “f” sound. The club<br />
accepted the idea and, narrowed it<br />
down to animals whose names started<br />
with “f” both in French and in<br />
English since the school is a French<br />
immersion centre. That’s how the<br />
final five candidates were chosen;<br />
the flamingo, the fennec fox, the<br />
phoenix, the ferret and the fawn were<br />
now ready to campaign!<br />
Students, parents and teachers<br />
across the school displayed extreme<br />
interest! Many teachers and parents<br />
took advantage of this event to teach<br />
about the election process, respecting<br />
the opinion of others, making up<br />
your own mind, discussing the values<br />
and strengths represented by<br />
each candidate, etc.<br />
Finally, the week of Jan. 21<br />
arrived and the students and staff<br />
voted for their favorite candidate!<br />
Most comments were very positive<br />
and the children seemed very<br />
excited. We had a fantastic 84 per<br />
cent participation rate! One JK student<br />
claimed that she had voted for<br />
“Bambi” because she loved him. A<br />
grade 1 student cheerfully stated that<br />
he had chosen the “magic bird!”<br />
However, most students respected<br />
the privacy of their vote and took<br />
their responsibility very seriously.<br />
After all this excitement, the<br />
Earthcare Club and all the children<br />
and staff at First Avenue are proud to<br />
introduce to the <strong>Glebe</strong> community,<br />
the First Avenue phoenix!<br />
Marie-Pierre Roure is a teacher<br />
and Earthcare Leader at First<br />
Avenue public school.<br />
P A days and school holidays<br />
OCDSB<br />
Family Day: Mon., Feb. 18<br />
March break: Mar. 10-14<br />
Fri., Mar. 28<br />
Good Friday, Mar. 21<br />
Victoria Day, May 19<br />
Tues., June 24 (secondary only)<br />
Wed., June 25 (secondary only)<br />
Thurs., June 26<br />
OCCDSB<br />
Family Day: Mon., Feb. 18<br />
Fri., Feb. 22<br />
March break: Mar. 10-14<br />
Good Friday, Mar. 21<br />
Easter Monday, Mar. 24<br />
Victoria Day, May 19<br />
Wed., June 25 (secondary only)<br />
Thurs., June 26<br />
SCHOOLS<br />
Mutchmor is much more!<br />
Librarian Connie Bruce and students enjoying the new reading area<br />
BY MARGO WILLIAMS<br />
Mutchmor students, staff and families<br />
are thrilled with the results of<br />
our library renovations. Beginning in<br />
mid-December, layers of carpet and<br />
sub flooring were removed to reveal<br />
beautiful hardwood floors in the<br />
library of our heritage building! The<br />
hardwood was refinished and now<br />
gleams and brightens the library,<br />
reflecting the freshly painted walls.<br />
New blinds have enhanced the large<br />
windows. A wonderful new area carpet<br />
invites the children to “chill with<br />
a good book.” New tables and chairs,<br />
shelving and dry mounted posters<br />
complete the renovation. We have<br />
been able to move all of the books<br />
into one room and the library now<br />
has a warm and welcoming atmosphere.<br />
The children have commented<br />
to our librarian, Connie Bruce, that<br />
the library is warm and inviting and<br />
that they feel they are now “entering<br />
a real library.” Many thanks to the<br />
principal, Lynn Watson-Senecal and<br />
the school board for ensuring that<br />
funds were allocated to this major<br />
renovation and that it was completed<br />
quickly with minimal disruption to<br />
the use of the library. School council<br />
deemed this project a top priority for<br />
this year and generously donated<br />
$10,000 towards the completion of<br />
this project.<br />
The staff and students are looking<br />
forward to a day of dancing on Feb.<br />
29. All of the classes will be involved<br />
in “Boogie for Bucks” that will raise<br />
funds to improve our computer lab.<br />
This room is located next door to the<br />
library and is now looking especially<br />
in need of improvements. The computer<br />
lab is used by most classes and<br />
is also a frequently used meeting<br />
place.<br />
Mutchmor is a busy school with<br />
almost 400 students. Our school<br />
community is very appreciative of<br />
the generosity of family, friends and<br />
neighbourhood businesses that make<br />
Mutchmor “much more”!!<br />
PHOTOS: LARRY STONEBRIDGE<br />
Connie Bruce at her new desk, shiny hardwood floors and the new tables<br />
and chairs
SCHOOLS <strong>Glebe</strong> <strong>Report</strong> <strong>February</strong> 15, <strong>2008</strong> 31<br />
New murals add visual excitement<br />
to Glashan school walls<br />
BY DAISY KIDEN AND<br />
KIERSTEN ALLER<br />
Here at Glashan we have many<br />
arts programs: art, music, and drama<br />
which wouldn’t be possible without<br />
the help of our caring teachers. In<br />
music, you can play the clarinet,<br />
flute, drums, and even the trumpet. If<br />
you think you’re good enough, you<br />
can join the band, and play after<br />
school two or three times a week.<br />
Glashan also has a choir with many<br />
beautiful voices, but you have to try<br />
out to make it in and, trust me, it isn’t<br />
easy with all the amazing talent at<br />
Glashan. In art class, the students get<br />
to do lots of art projects using paper,<br />
wire, cardboard and even old shoes.<br />
We also do lots of things with pictures<br />
and photo art.<br />
In early January, we had the pleasure<br />
of having grade 7 and 8 students<br />
work on the murals around the<br />
school, one at the Catherine Street<br />
entrance and one in the lunchroom.<br />
This was possible thanks to MASC,<br />
the arts organization, and an anonymous<br />
donor who gave $1,000 dollars<br />
to bring in the artist Nicole Bélanger.<br />
This was Nicole’s third year at the<br />
school and it’s really looking snazzy<br />
now with murals at both entrances,<br />
in the gym, on the main floor and in<br />
the basement. The Glashan grade 7<br />
and 8 students took turns working on<br />
the murals, with five to ten students<br />
from each 7 and 8 class taking a turn<br />
drawing and painting the murals.<br />
This year’s focus was diversity,<br />
reflecting the many cultures, interests,<br />
and backgrounds of Glashan’s<br />
students. Hopefully, we’ll be able to<br />
have Nicole come back again next<br />
year to work with us. Once and<br />
again, thanks to the artist, MASC,<br />
and the anonymous donor for bringing<br />
in the artist to give the students at<br />
Glashan a good glance at diversity.<br />
In other artistic news, Glashan<br />
staged its annual Black history play<br />
on Feb. 12-14. Written by teacher<br />
Mr. Rick Desclouds, this year’s play,<br />
“The Captain of Bundu,” focuses on<br />
the life of Captain Richard Pierpoint,<br />
a black loyalist from Senegal who<br />
served with Butler’s Rangers, and<br />
was a member of the Colored Corps<br />
during the War of 1812. Over 80 students<br />
in cast, crew and choir, plus<br />
many staff members were involved<br />
with this play. Glashan’s choir, under<br />
the direction of Ms. Bianchini, performed<br />
during the play and provided<br />
great musical background for this<br />
story.<br />
Stay tuned next month for more<br />
news about the happenings at<br />
Glashan.<br />
Daisy Kiden and Kiersten Aller<br />
are grade 7 students at Glashan.<br />
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BY LAURA CHADWICK<br />
Students and staff at Immaculata<br />
high school recognize the resources<br />
available to them beyond the classroom<br />
walls. Many of our high school<br />
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opportunity to gain invaluable perspective<br />
through class excursions,<br />
guest speakers or extra-curricular<br />
events. Many class trips have already<br />
taken place to the National Arts Centre,<br />
the National Gallery, the Ontario<br />
Court House, Parliament Hill, and<br />
the Museum of Science and Technology.<br />
During the first half of our<br />
school year, a bevy of professionals<br />
visited Immaculata to share their<br />
knowledge with our school community.<br />
Our co-operative education program<br />
allows senior students the<br />
chance to earn credit for their work<br />
at a preselected placement. Students<br />
are paired with a business or organization<br />
in the community and learn<br />
through daily hands-on experience.<br />
Co-operative education teachers and<br />
the Immaculata job coach closely<br />
monitor the students and provide the<br />
necessary guidance. The MAC Destination<br />
Employability Program provides<br />
students who are entering the<br />
world of work with the skills and<br />
knowledge they will need to be successful.<br />
This program also connects<br />
experiential learning to the curriculum.<br />
Imagine a classroom transformed<br />
into a café where the likes of Plato<br />
and Aristotle drop by for a cup of<br />
coffee. On Jan. 15, over 20 parents<br />
and visitors joined the students of<br />
Mr. Letts’ grade 12 philosophy<br />
class for an hour of refreshments<br />
and discussions about the CPT topics<br />
the students chose for their end<br />
of semester task. Guests were<br />
served treats of the mind and body<br />
by the very capable young thinkers.<br />
Every student applied philosophies,<br />
like existentialism, and views of<br />
great philosophers, to their issues<br />
and shared their personal opinions.<br />
Whether challenged or supported<br />
by visitors and peers, all were<br />
heard.<br />
Looking ahead, several students<br />
will have an opportunity in <strong>February</strong><br />
to attend a one-day World Vision<br />
event in Ottawa. This high energy<br />
one day event will engage and equip<br />
high school youth for action on global<br />
issues. Workshops will focus on<br />
global issues, leadership skills and a<br />
special assimilation time where people<br />
prepare themselves for action in<br />
their own community. Also this<br />
month, all grade 10 students will<br />
have the option of participating in a<br />
multimedia presentation at <strong>Glebe</strong><br />
high school. The presentation, entitiled<br />
“Heroes,” focuses on choices<br />
and risk behaviour. On Feb. 26, the<br />
entire school community with benefit<br />
from a motivational speaker.<br />
Spiritually, the Catholic community<br />
began this year’s lenten journey<br />
on Wed., Feb. 6. The Immaculata<br />
school community began the season<br />
with a liturgy held at Canadian Martyr’s<br />
Church. Students and staff were<br />
encouraged during this special time<br />
in the church year to take the time<br />
for silence, prayer and reflection.<br />
Canadian Children’s Museum presents<br />
Living in Space<br />
Living in Space, presented from Feb. 2 until April 27, in the Kaleidoscope<br />
Gallery, is inspired by the International Space Station (ISS), the largest international<br />
aerospace project ever undertaken by humankind. Visitors become<br />
ISS “crew members” and engage in astronaut activities to discover how people<br />
live, work and play together in a weightless environment.<br />
Canadian Children’s Museum<br />
Canadian Museum of<br />
Civilization<br />
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420 rue Cooper Street<br />
Ottawa, Ontario K2P 2N6<br />
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BOOKS <strong>Glebe</strong> <strong>Report</strong> <strong>February</strong> 15, <strong>2008</strong> 33<br />
Ottawa Storytellers Festival<br />
2007 encore!<br />
Rasputin’s folk café winter series<br />
Barney McCaffrey and DeanVerger:<br />
Risky Business in them “thar” Hills,<br />
Feb. 17<br />
No cells, no high-speed, no call forwarding, that’s the<br />
“risky business” of life in the Wilno hills – and it gets<br />
wilder in the Rockies. Barney McCaffrey is an off-grid<br />
subsistence farmer, poet, artist and storyteller who takes<br />
risks everyday with his horned, hand-milked cows, and<br />
tells about his like-minded neighbours. From the comfort<br />
of his famous café, Rasputin’s, for the last quarter century,<br />
Dean Verger weaves the stories of world travelers who<br />
drop in to share their experiences.<br />
Gail Anglin and Tom Lips:<br />
Caution: Men at Work,<br />
March 2<br />
History and humour in traditional songs and stories of dangerous, difficult,<br />
manly occupations. Gail Anglin can’t decide which she loves more – folk<br />
songs or folk stories – and everyone’s happy when she brings the two together.<br />
Singer-songwriter-storyteller Tom Lips never fails to captivate audiences<br />
with his music and his gentle humour.<br />
Ruth Stewart-Verger and Donna Stewart:<br />
Elizabeth and Helen:<br />
a story of the Winnipeg General Strike,<br />
March 9<br />
The story of two very different women, both living in Winnipeg’s infamous<br />
North Side during the hectic times of the 1919 Winnipeg General Strike. Ruth<br />
Stewart-Verger has spoken across Canada at festivals, libraries, and schools.<br />
Her first love is stories of people: their struggles and their triumphs. She has<br />
two storytelling CDs. Donna Stewart has great versatility and a depth of repertoire.<br />
She has “told” as part of Canada Book Week 2005, at Ottawa’s NAC<br />
Fourth Stage, festivals, schools, and community events.<br />
Daniel Richer:<br />
Dreamquest or the Many Faces of Bravery,<br />
March 16<br />
Taking risks and fighting battles with humans or the most evil of spirits,<br />
people manage to survive. Daniel Richer has been spinning tales since he was<br />
born. He is a teacher, actor, tour guide, town crier, and father of two sons.<br />
Jan Andrews:<br />
The Stone Book,<br />
March 30<br />
From Alan Garner’s The Stone Book Quartet, a journey to carry listeners<br />
from amazing heights to wondrous depths. Long-time member of the Ottawa<br />
Storytellers, Jan Andrews has recently retired as artistic director to increase<br />
her time for telling. Check out her new book, The Stories at the Door.<br />
Rasputin’s Folk Café<br />
696 Bronson Avenue<br />
The winter series will be Sunday evenings until the end of March. Shows<br />
start at 7:00 p.m.<br />
We recommend $8, or pay what you can. Tickets available from Rasputin’s,<br />
613-230-5102 or at the door.<br />
(Space is limited, so reservations are strongly recommended.)<br />
Events at Sunnyside Library<br />
For children<br />
Babytime<br />
For babies and their parent or caregiver with stories, rhymes, songs<br />
and games. Ages 0-18 months. Weekly.<br />
Tuesdays, 2:15 p.m. (30 mins.), Feb. 5 – Mar. 4<br />
Toddlertime<br />
For toddlers and a parent or caregiver with stories, rhymes, songs<br />
and games. Ages 18-35 months.Weekly. Winter session full.<br />
Tuesdays, 10:15 a.m. (30 mins.)<br />
Thursdays, 10:15 a.m. (30 mins.)<br />
Storytime<br />
Stories and rhymes for young children – parents and caregivers<br />
are welcome to join. Ages 3-6 years. Weekly.<br />
Wednesdays, 10:15 a.m. (30 mins.), Feb 6 – Mar. 5<br />
Mother Daughter Book Group<br />
A place for girls and the special women in their lives to share<br />
excellent books. Ages 10-12 years. Monthly. Registration required.<br />
Mondays, Feb. 18 and Mar. 17, 7 p.m. (1 hr.)<br />
Chess club<br />
After school chess club for all levels. Ages 8-12 years.<br />
Registration required.<br />
Wednesdays, Feb. 6 – Mar. 5, 4 p.m. (1 hr.)<br />
For teens<br />
girlzone<br />
For fun with a variety of themes, come join our monthly book chat<br />
group for girls in grades 7 and 8 at the Sunnyside Library.<br />
Registration required.<br />
Fridays, Feb. 15 and Mar. 7, 12:05 p.m. (45 mins.)<br />
Special programs<br />
Be my Valentine<br />
Lovely stories and a craft for ages 5-7. Registration required.<br />
Sat., Feb. 9, 2:15 p.m. (45 mins.)<br />
Library Peace Day<br />
brought to you by the University of Ottawa Medical Students for<br />
Global Sustainability. Come join in their celebration of peace.<br />
Family program. Registration required.<br />
Sat., Jan. 19, 1:15 p.m. (1 hour)<br />
March break<br />
Sock it to me!<br />
Sock puppets for fun for ages 7-9. Registration required.<br />
Mon., Mar. 10, 2:15 p.m. (45 mins.)<br />
Crazy cartons<br />
Bring an egg carton and create a crazy creature for ages 5-9.<br />
Registration required.<br />
Tues., Mar. 11, 2:15 p.m. (45 mins.)<br />
Special stories<br />
Storyteller Ruth Stewart-Verger presents stories for the whole<br />
family. Registration required.<br />
Wed., Mar. 12, 2:15 p.m. (45 mins.)<br />
Wiggling worms!<br />
Learn about verma composting for ages 5+. Registration required.<br />
Thurs., Mar. 13, 2:15 p.m. (45 mins.)<br />
Shamrocks and shillelaghs<br />
Put on a little green and celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with stories and a<br />
craft for ages 5-7. Registration required.<br />
Sat., Mar. 15, 2:15 p.m. (45 mins.)<br />
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For adults<br />
15 minute computer tutorials<br />
Having problems with the library catalogue? Accessing the Web?<br />
E-mail issues? Register for your own 15 minute computer tutorial.<br />
Mondays, 10-11:30 a.m., Feb. 4 – Mar. 3<br />
Basic Internet search techniques<br />
Learn basic Internet search techniques. Participants should have some<br />
previous experience in accessing the Internet.<br />
Fri., Feb. 22, 10:30 a.m. (1.5 hrs.)<br />
Adult Book Club<br />
Drop by, meet new people and join in stimulating discussions on<br />
selected titles in a friendly and relaxed atmosphere. Monthly.<br />
Fridays, 2 p.m. (1 hr.)<br />
Feb. 29 – The Bone People by Keri Hulme<br />
Mar. 28 – Nights Below Station Street by David Adams Richards<br />
For a complete list of Library events,<br />
visit www.BiblioOttawaLibrary.ca.
34 <strong>Glebe</strong> <strong>Report</strong> <strong>February</strong> 15, <strong>2008</strong><br />
City of Ottawa 55+ short<br />
story contest now underway<br />
The City of Ottawa’s 11th annual 55+ short story contest invites submissions<br />
of original, unpublished short stories or memoirs, 2,000 words or less,<br />
by Ottawa residents 55 years or older.<br />
Eight finalists will be named to the <strong>2008</strong> winners circle, sharing recognition<br />
and prize money of $400. Contest winners will be recognized at “An Afternoon<br />
of Reading,” to be held Wed., April 23 from 1-4 p.m. at the Heron<br />
Seniors’ Centre, 1480 Heron Road.<br />
One of the winning stories will be selected for publication in the spring<br />
issue of Forever Young. Though contestants may submit multiple entries, they<br />
will be eligible to win only one prize.<br />
An entry fee of $5 per story is applicable. Deadline for submissions is<br />
March 15, <strong>2008</strong>.<br />
For full contest details, pick up a brochure at any City of Ottawa Client<br />
Service Centre, or call the Heron Seniors’ Centre at 613-247-4802, ext.1.<br />
ILLUSTRATION: RITA WEST<br />
BOOKS<br />
WHAT YOUR NEIGHBOURS<br />
ARE READING<br />
Here is a list of some titles read and discussed<br />
recently in various local book clubs<br />
TITLE (for adults)<br />
AUTHOR<br />
Still at the Cottage 1<br />
Charles Gordon<br />
The Tipping Point 2<br />
Malcolm Gladwell<br />
Le Voile de la peur 3<br />
Samia Shariff<br />
Divisadero 4<br />
Michael Ondaatje<br />
A Fatal Grace 5<br />
Louise Penny<br />
Traveler 6<br />
Ron McLarty<br />
The Dead Guy Interviews 7 Michael Stusser<br />
Five Quarters of an Orange 8 Joanne Harris<br />
Cobalt Blue 9<br />
Mary Borsky<br />
The Inheritance of Loss 10<br />
Kiran Desai<br />
To Kill a Mockingbird<br />
Harper Lee<br />
Blink<br />
Malcolm Gladwell<br />
TITLE (for children & teens) AUTHOR<br />
There Were Monkeys in my Kitchen 11 Sheree Fitch<br />
Good Dog<br />
Maya Gottfried<br />
Murder Fit for a King:<br />
A Dani and Caitlin Mystery 12 Larry McCloskey<br />
Monkey Town 13<br />
Ronald Kidd<br />
Beauty: A Retellling of the story<br />
of Beauty & the Beast 14<br />
Robin McKinley<br />
Inkheart<br />
Cornelia Caroline Funke<br />
The Fairy-tale Detectives<br />
Michael Buckley<br />
The Magician’s Boy<br />
Susan Cooper<br />
Sleeping Beauty: The One Who<br />
Took the Really Long Nap Wendy Mass<br />
Swordbird 15<br />
Nancy Yi Fan<br />
1 Abbotsford Book Club<br />
2 Broadway Book Club<br />
3 Cercle de lecture de l’Amicale francophone<br />
4 Can’ Litterers<br />
5 OnLine Audio Book Club: www.DearReader.com<br />
6 OnLine Fiction Book Club: www.DearReader.com<br />
7 OnLine Nonfiction Book Club: www.DearReader.com<br />
8 OPL Sunnyside Book Chats<br />
9 Seriously No-Name Book Club<br />
10 Anonymous<br />
11 <strong>Glebe</strong> Children’s Book Podcast: www.JustOneMoreBook.com<br />
12 Kaleidoscope Kid Book Club<br />
11 OnLine Teen Book Club: www.DearReader.com<br />
14 OPL Sunnyside Branch Girlzone Book Chat<br />
15 OPL Sunnyside Branch Mother-Daughter Book Club<br />
If your book club would like to share its reading list,<br />
please call Micheline Boyle at 613-233-9971<br />
or e-mail glebe.report@mac.com.<br />
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BOOKS <strong>Glebe</strong> <strong>Report</strong> <strong>February</strong> 15, <strong>2008</strong> 35<br />
A long way from Pakistan<br />
By<br />
Sharon<br />
Abron<br />
Drache<br />
We are not in Pakistan<br />
by Shauna Singh Baldwin,<br />
Goose Lane Editions<br />
$22.95 (paper)<br />
Shauna Singh Baldwin’s unforgettable<br />
title, the same grabber as the<br />
fifth of ten stories in her stunning<br />
collection, possesses an eerie<br />
poignancy following the recent<br />
assassination of Ms. Benazir Bhutto.<br />
Singh Baldwin crosses cultures and<br />
even species to emphasize her stunning<br />
statement: “We are not in Pakistan.”<br />
With a wide range of individual<br />
and national portrayals, this very<br />
political author offers astonishing inyour-face<br />
options beyond the usual<br />
range of emotional responses to fear<br />
and distrust that will stay a long<br />
while in her readers’ minds.<br />
The first story, “Only a Button,”<br />
explores a scientist’s inability to say<br />
what he knows about the dangers of<br />
nuclear contamination. Over fifteen<br />
years, beginning with an explosion<br />
at the nuclear plant where Viktor<br />
works as a safety officer and the subsequent<br />
evacuation of the entire town<br />
to Kyiv, Pripyat becomes Viktor’s<br />
and his wife Olena’s “unthinkable<br />
Chernobyl.”<br />
Singh Baldwin writes, “It is very<br />
difficult not to remember the many<br />
things you need to forget. On the<br />
outskirts of Kyiv is the ravine called<br />
Babi Yar – Olena tries not to walk in<br />
this direction, but that only makes<br />
her think of it more. She’s an atheist,<br />
but she is also a zhid. Viktor too.”<br />
Olena and Viktor leave Russia but<br />
the couple’s secret, i.e. the cover-up<br />
of the truth behind the Pripyat<br />
nuclear explosion, travels with them.<br />
It takes a decade for the symptoms of<br />
radiation exposure to leave their only<br />
daughter, while Viktor pays the ultimate<br />
price for his collaboration of<br />
silence.<br />
The title story “We are not in Pakistan”<br />
explores the yearning of<br />
American-born Kathleen to shed the<br />
traditional customs of her single<br />
mother and grandmother who were<br />
raised in India and Pakistan, respectively.<br />
Kathleen resents the jabbering in<br />
Urdu that she hears her mom speak<br />
with grandma. She also resents her<br />
own long black hair and her too<br />
prominant Pakistani nose. Kathleen<br />
certainly doesn’t want to eat food<br />
“with funny names like allo cholas<br />
and eggplant bhartha.” In short,<br />
Kathleen wants to forget her “third<br />
world” roots.<br />
Author Shauna Singh Baldwin<br />
But one day when grandma Miriam<br />
suddenly disappears, Kathleen<br />
faces a brutal American reality – her<br />
mother cannot call 911. “We might<br />
as well phone Homeland Security.<br />
The cops are in cahoots with them<br />
anyway. They don’t look at the expiration<br />
dates on passports. They are<br />
looking for place of birth. Mine says<br />
Pakistan. If they take me away too,<br />
who’ll look after you?” This is followed<br />
by several paragraphs about<br />
how hard it is to “stay legal.”<br />
The final story in the collection,<br />
“The Distance Between Us” picks<br />
up where “We Are Not in Pakistan”<br />
leaves off. Almost all hope for lessening<br />
American paranoia about U.S.<br />
immigrant residents with green cards<br />
is abandoned in this poignant story of<br />
the reunion of Uma and her Indo-<br />
American father Karan, about whom<br />
she has heard many wonderful stories<br />
from her mother who has recently<br />
died. But what she was not told is that<br />
her father married her mother to get<br />
his green card so he could study and<br />
then teach at an American university.<br />
In contrast to the idyllic backdrop<br />
of Santa Barbara, California, where<br />
Karan lives and works, the bleak and<br />
horrid realities of Homeland Security<br />
take over. Still, Karan remains<br />
hopeful, even when his suburban<br />
house is burned to the ground during<br />
his daughter’s initial reunion visit.<br />
Karan tells Uma, “I’ve lost relatives<br />
and friends before now. This is nothing!<br />
Nothing! My grandfather – your<br />
grandfather – survived partition. And<br />
this is not as bad as the Delhi riots in<br />
l984 – fires everywhere. Three thousand<br />
Sikhs slaughtered.”<br />
Though a hate crime has been perpetrated<br />
against Karan, he cannot<br />
press charges. If Homeland Security<br />
hears of the incident, they will discover<br />
he has a green card but no<br />
American citizenship. Karan doesn’t<br />
want to risk losing his tenure track<br />
position at the local university where<br />
he teaches physics. Yet he reassures<br />
Uma: “I’ve been focusing on aggregate<br />
data; I’ve never really understood<br />
till now how a man feels when<br />
his slum home is bulldozed. How a<br />
villager feels when they build a new<br />
dam and flood his home. And tsunami<br />
survivors – how they must feel.”<br />
Fear and distrust of the other is<br />
what individuals and countries must<br />
learn to deal with and appropriately<br />
channel. It is not a new story, and<br />
sadly since 9/11, a nasty political<br />
momentum of irrationality has taken<br />
over. This remains the prescient and<br />
powerful message of Shauna Singh<br />
Baldwin’s amazing and very political<br />
second story collection.<br />
Singh Baldwin has also written<br />
two novels, What the Body Remembers<br />
(winner of the first novel Commonwealth<br />
Writer’s Prize) and The<br />
Tiger Claw (finalist for the Giller<br />
Prize). English Lessons and Other<br />
Stories, her first collection of short<br />
fiction won The Friends of American<br />
Writers Award.<br />
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36 <strong>Glebe</strong> <strong>Report</strong> <strong>February</strong> 15, <strong>2008</strong> RELIGION<br />
WONDERFULLY DIFFERENT!<br />
GLEBE CHURCHES<br />
O P E N I N G M A Y 2 0 0 8<br />
From the stunning location on Porter's Island to the panoramic<br />
vistas throughout the building, The Rockcliffe offers generously<br />
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one bedroom, one bedroom plus den, and two bedroom suites,<br />
all with kitchenettes. There is as well a full continuum of care in<br />
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the amenities are unsurpassed.<br />
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Resumes are welcome for the following positions.<br />
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CHURCH OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT (Roman Catholic)<br />
Fourth Avenue at Percy Street, 613-232-4891<br />
www.blessedsacrament.ca<br />
Pastor:<br />
Masses:<br />
Father Joe Le Clair<br />
Tuesdays, 6:30 p.m.<br />
Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, 9:30 a.m.<br />
Saturdays, 4:30 p.m.<br />
Sundays, 8:15 a.m., 9:30 a.m., 11 a.m., 8 p.m.<br />
(elevator available, loop system for people<br />
with impaired hearing)<br />
ECCLESIAX<br />
2 Monk Street, 613-565-4343<br />
www.ecclesiax.com<br />
Dream Specialist: Rev. Joseph Moreau<br />
Sundays:<br />
11:07 a.m.,*<br />
Art & worship service, followed<br />
by community meal – all welcome.<br />
View community art gallery by appointment.<br />
*NOTE: Sunday service time of 11:07 a.m. is the right time!<br />
FOURTH AVENUE BAPTIST CHURCH<br />
Fourth Avenue at Bank Street, 613-236-1804<br />
www.fourthavenuebaptist.ca<br />
Minister: Rev. Neil Hunter (interim)<br />
Services: Sundays, 11 a.m.<br />
Junior church and nursery available<br />
(parent/tot room available at the back of the church)<br />
GERMAN MARTIN LUTHER CHURCH<br />
499 Preston Street at Carling Avenue, 613-233-1671<br />
Pastor: Christoph Ernst<br />
Service: Sundays, 10 a.m.<br />
(first Sunday of month, 11:15 a.m., English service)<br />
Sunday school: 10 a.m.<br />
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GLEBE-ST. JAMES UNITED CHURCH<br />
650 Lyon Street at First Avenue, 613-236-0617<br />
www.glebestjames.ca<br />
Minister: Dr. Christine Johnson<br />
Music Director: Robert Palmai<br />
Worship: Sundays, 10:30 a.m.<br />
Sunday school: 10:30 a.m.<br />
(wheelchair access, FM system for people<br />
with impaired hearing)<br />
OTTAWA CHINESE UNITED CHURCH<br />
600 Bank Street, 613-594-4571<br />
www.ottawa-ocuc.org<br />
Minister: Rev. Wilson Chan (cell: 613-889-0838)<br />
Fridays:<br />
Sundays:<br />
Prayer meeting at church, 8 p.m.<br />
Worship, 11 a.m.<br />
(English with Mandarin translation)<br />
Sunday school: 9:30 a.m., (for all ages)<br />
THE RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF FRIENDS (Quaker)<br />
91A Fourth Avenue, 613-232-9923<br />
Co-clerks: Steve Fick & Signy Fridriksson, 613-233-8438<br />
ST. GILES PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH<br />
Reflect, Focus, Delight – Make church a part of your life.<br />
Bank Street at First Avenue, 613-235-2551<br />
www.stgilesottawa.org<br />
Minister:<br />
Worship:<br />
Rev. Ruth Houtby<br />
Sundays, 10:30 a.m. Note new time!<br />
Church school & nursery care available<br />
(Wheelchair access at First Ave. door.)<br />
ST. MATTHEW’S, THE ANGLICAN CHURCH IN THE GLEBE<br />
130 <strong>Glebe</strong> Avenue near Bank Street, 613-234-4024<br />
(office/weekday access 217 First Avenue)<br />
www.stmatthewsottawa.on.ca<br />
Rector: The Rev. Canon Pat Johnston<br />
Weekly service: Wednesdays, 7:15 a.m., Eucharist & fellowship<br />
Thursdays, 10 a.m., Eucharist & coffee<br />
Thursdays, 10 a.m., drop-in nannies/stay-athome<br />
parents group<br />
Sundays: Eucharist, 8 a.m.<br />
Choral Eucharist, 10 a.m.<br />
Choral Evensong, 4 p.m.,<br />
Feb. 17, March 2, March 16
RELIGION<br />
Art raffle at <strong>Glebe</strong> St. James<br />
<strong>Glebe</strong> <strong>Report</strong> <strong>February</strong> 15, <strong>2008</strong> 37<br />
BY REV. DR. CHRISTINE<br />
JOHNSON<br />
Take 100 pieces of art and 100<br />
tickets at $100 each and voila, you<br />
have a fundraiser!<br />
It’s called Art by Numbers and<br />
here’s how it works. On Sat., April 5<br />
at 7 p.m., the Fraser Hall of <strong>Glebe</strong>-<br />
St. James United Church (GSJ) will<br />
turn into an art gallery. Each person<br />
who buys a ticket to this event will<br />
be entitled to a wine and cheese<br />
reception, the chance to look at a<br />
variety of beautiful artwork, and<br />
most importantly, the opportunity to<br />
select one art work to take home.<br />
How this happens is the fun part!<br />
The selection of art work will be done<br />
as a draw. When a ticket holder<br />
arrives, he or she will be given a number<br />
between 1 and 100. When the<br />
draw begins at 8 p.m., a number will<br />
be pulled out of a hat. That lucky person<br />
has first choice of all the artworks.<br />
Numbers will continue to be<br />
pulled and persons will be able to<br />
choose a piece. As the choices are<br />
reduced, participants will have to juggle<br />
their own choices and priorities.<br />
This fundraiser reflects one of our<br />
passions here at GSJ. We have many<br />
parishioners who are artists in their<br />
own fields, plus we have an arts ministry<br />
called “Arts Under One Roof.”<br />
It is a program which is open to the<br />
entire community and consists of art<br />
classes for both children and adults.<br />
In fact, we have an artist-in-residence,<br />
Lisa Thomas.<br />
To make this event a success, we<br />
need 100 pieces of art. We are asking<br />
community artists if they would consider<br />
donating a piece of art valued<br />
at no less than $100. We are happy to<br />
give you a tax deductible receipt for<br />
this gift.<br />
What do we have so far? A number<br />
of limited edition prints, a watercolour,<br />
a baby quilt, a set of Chinese<br />
scrolls, one-of-a-kind dolls, a Hummel<br />
figurine and a photograph of the<br />
interior beauty of our church.<br />
Our goal, of course, is that magic<br />
“100” but whatever the number of art<br />
works that we gather, we’ll sell<br />
exactly the same number of tickets.<br />
The tickets will be on sale beginning<br />
March 4.<br />
Since this is a fundraising event,<br />
the goal is to raise money for our<br />
operating fund. Our money goal is<br />
to raise $10,000. We have to do this<br />
because we have a shortfall<br />
between our income and our<br />
expenses.<br />
As the caretakers of a heritage<br />
building, our congregation strives to<br />
provide a beautiful building for the<br />
residents of the <strong>Glebe</strong> and for its<br />
interior space to be used by community<br />
groups whenever it’s possible.<br />
We also minister to those outside of<br />
our own congregation who are sometimes<br />
in need of our caring and compassionate<br />
services. We have a vital<br />
and energetic Christian community<br />
and yet, the costs of this ministry<br />
often exceed our own resources.<br />
As a community member, we<br />
would welcome your participation<br />
and hope that you can offer your<br />
support.<br />
<strong>2008</strong>015001<br />
AND WELLNESS CENTRE<br />
192 Main Street, Ottawa, Ontario, 613-238-1881, www.watsonspharma.com<br />
Diabetes Clinic<br />
Saturday, March 1, 10:00 a.m. -1:00 p.m.<br />
Are you at risk? Watson's, in partnership with Bayshore Home Health, will offer<br />
complementary private consultations with a nurse to help you assess your risk<br />
and manage your diabetes. Blood sugar and other diagnostic tests will be<br />
available. Call 613-238-1881 to book an appointment. For details and a schedule<br />
of other upcoming clinics, please visit www.watsonspharma.com<br />
About our Partner<br />
Watson’s is proud to work in partnership with Bayshore Home Health. Bayshore<br />
Home Health has been enhancing the quality of life, dignity and independence of<br />
Canadians in their homes since 1966. Canadian owned and operated, it is the<br />
country’s largest provider of home and community health care services.<br />
Bayshore Home Health won Canada’s 50 Best Managed Companies award in<br />
2006. For more information, please visit www.bayshore.ca<br />
Now Open: Canada Post!<br />
In order to serve our community better, we have opened a full-service Canada<br />
Post outlet. The outlet offers Canada Post retail products, and a full array of<br />
services (including parcel pick-up and post office boxes).
GRAPEVINE<br />
This space acts as a free community bulletin board for <strong>Glebe</strong> residents. Drop off<br />
your GRAPEVINE message or COMMUNITY NOTICE at the <strong>Glebe</strong> <strong>Report</strong> office,<br />
175 Third Avenue, including your name, address and phone number or e-mail<br />
glebe.grapevine@mac.com. FOR SALE items must be less than $1,000.<br />
Community Connections<br />
THE CANADIAN RED CROSS<br />
AND MINES ACTION CANADA<br />
will present the documentary film<br />
Landmines: A Love Story as part of<br />
activities to promote Canadian Landmine<br />
Awareness Week (CLAW),<br />
Sat., Mar., 1, 7 p.m. at the <strong>Glebe</strong><br />
Community Centre.<br />
MY 2 HANDS, a local African<br />
fundraiser event will be raising<br />
money for the New Hope Centre,<br />
Swaziland with an African drum and<br />
dance performance and a silent<br />
action on Sat., Feb. 16, at the <strong>Glebe</strong><br />
Community Centre. There will be<br />
open workshops (drumming corner,<br />
kids’ collage table) from 4 to 6 p.m.,<br />
and African drum and dance performances<br />
from 6 to 8 p.m. Tickets<br />
$12 per person, $20 per family<br />
group, at the door or 613-552-6741.<br />
THE OTTAWA CHAPTER OF<br />
THE ONTARIO GENEALOGI-<br />
CAL SOCIETY in partnership with<br />
the Ottawa Public Library presents<br />
Gene-o-Rama at Ben Franklin Place,<br />
101 Centrepointe Dr. on Mar. 28-29.<br />
For information visit ogsottawa.<br />
on.ca/geneorama.<br />
Community WebLinks<br />
City of Ottawa<br />
<strong>Glebe</strong> Community Association (GCA)<br />
<strong>Glebe</strong> History<br />
<strong>Glebe</strong> <strong>Report</strong><br />
www.city.ottawa.on.ca<br />
www.glebeca.ca<br />
http://ottawahistory.ncf.ca<br />
www.glebereport.ca<br />
<strong>Glebe</strong> Neighbourhood Activities Group www.gnag.ca<br />
Ottawa Public Library<br />
The <strong>Glebe</strong> Centre<br />
Corpus Christi Catholic School<br />
First Avenue Public School<br />
Glashan Intermediate School<br />
<strong>Glebe</strong> Collegiate Institute<br />
<strong>Glebe</strong> Montessori School<br />
Hopewell Avenue Public School<br />
Immaculata Catholic High School<br />
Mutchmor Public School<br />
OTTAWA NEWCOMERS CLUB<br />
Women new to Ottawa are invited to<br />
the next monthly social event, a<br />
luncheon or dinner and speaker, on<br />
the first Wednesday of each month.<br />
Info: 613-860-0548.<br />
THE PROSTATE CANCER<br />
ASSOCIATION will be holding its<br />
regular monthly meeting on Thur.,<br />
Feb. 21 at 7 p.m. at St. Stephen’s<br />
Anglican Church, 930 Watson St.<br />
(enter off the parking lot). Admission<br />
is free and more information is<br />
available at www.ncf.ca/pca or call<br />
613-828-0762 (Voice Mail). There<br />
will be no meeting in March due to<br />
the proximity of the Easter Weekend.<br />
RIDEAU PARK UNITED<br />
CHURCH EASTER EGGS<br />
SALES begin Feb. 24. The eggs, $2<br />
each or $24 a baker’s dozen (13) can<br />
be pre-ordered, beginning Feb. 6 by<br />
calling Doug Robinson at 613-526-<br />
0642 or signing up at the church.<br />
They will also be sold at the<br />
Scatterbrain Gift Shop, 2653 Alta<br />
Vista Dr.<br />
www.biblioottawalibrary.ca<br />
www.glebecentre.ca<br />
www.occdsb.on.ca/cch<br />
www.firstaveps.ocdsb.ca<br />
www.glashanps.ocdsb.ca<br />
www.glebeci.ca<br />
www.glebemontessori.com<br />
www.hopewellaveps.ocdsb.ca<br />
www.occdsb.on.ca/ima<br />
www.mutchmorps.ocdsb.ca<br />
Art<br />
ART LENDING OF OTTAWA.<br />
At Art Lending of Ottawa, one can<br />
rent or buy original art at reasonable<br />
prices. First Unitarian Church Hall,<br />
30 Cleary Ave. Feb. 18, 7 p.m. to 9<br />
p.m. and Feb.19, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. In<br />
addition to the regular membership’s<br />
exposition, the work of Jill<br />
Alexander, Elvi Edwards and Patricia<br />
Gordon will be featured. Free<br />
admission. Info: 613-594-8513 or<br />
www.artlendingofottawa.com.<br />
ART SHOW & SALE. Many<br />
Anishnawbe Hands - First Nation<br />
and Metis art. Feb. 11 to Mar. 9.<br />
Vernissage Sun., Feb. 17, 4 to 7 p.m.<br />
Items include carved portrait masks,<br />
a totem pole, paintings, prints, sculpture<br />
and photography, in styles of the<br />
Algonquin, Blood, Cree, Haida,<br />
Metis, Mi’kmaq, Niisga, Ojibway.<br />
Irene’s Pub & Restaurant, 885 Bank<br />
St., 613-230-4474.<br />
YOUNG AT ART <strong>2008</strong>. The City of<br />
Ottawa, Kanata Civic Art Gallery,<br />
Foyer Gallery and Arts Ottawa East<br />
invites submissions of original artwork<br />
from visual artists between the<br />
ages of 13 and 19. The deadline for<br />
submissions is Fri., Mar. 7 at 4 p.m.<br />
Application forms and guidelines are<br />
available at secondary schools citywide,<br />
Ottawa Public Library branches<br />
and online at ottawa.ca/arts.<br />
Wanted<br />
APARTMENT TO RENT. Family<br />
of three looking for 2 bedroom apartment<br />
to rent in the <strong>Glebe</strong> for May 1.<br />
Non-smoking, pet free, parking.<br />
Please call 613 -237-2061 or Email<br />
mattandannie_hinther@yahoo.ca.<br />
LIVE-IN COMPANION for capable<br />
post-stroke Senior (F). 2-brdrm<br />
<strong>Glebe</strong> condo. Companionship,<br />
meals. Call 513-310-6092.<br />
CANINES WITH A CAUSE, a<br />
Canadian registered charity dedicated<br />
to help individuals with disabilities<br />
(other than blindness) become<br />
more independent with the support<br />
of an assistance dog is in desperate<br />
need of puppy raisers. Info:<br />
www.canineswithacause.org or call<br />
613-882-5923.<br />
Music<br />
HMS PINAFORE SAILORS<br />
NEEDED. The North Grenville<br />
Concert Choir and Divertimento<br />
Orchestra are presenting HMS<br />
Pinafore in May in Kemptville and<br />
need more men. If interested in joining<br />
the HMS Navy, call Helen 613-<br />
258-3177.<br />
IRISH CEILI DANCE AND CON-<br />
CERT. Sat., Feb. 23, 7:30 - 8 p.m.:<br />
dance lesson; 8 p.m.: start. Blessed<br />
Sacrament Hall, 194 Fourth Ave.<br />
Members $10, Non-members $15.<br />
Info: Sean 613-824-0284 or Bonnie<br />
613-761-8618.<br />
GLEBE ST. JAMES UNITED<br />
CHURCH CONCERTS, 650 Lyon<br />
St. Sun., Feb. 17, 4 p.m.: programme<br />
of music by George Gershwin,<br />
Neal Hefti, Rodgers and Hart,<br />
Henry Mancini. Sun. Mar. 2, 4<br />
p.m.: selections from works of Bach,<br />
Damase, Mozetich and Piazolla.<br />
Cost for each concert: $12 for adults,<br />
$6 for children with a pay-what-you<br />
can option, tickets available at the<br />
door. Info: 613-236-0617.<br />
For Sale<br />
GRAVITY EDGE HOME GYM.<br />
Excellent condition. Includes exercise<br />
catalogue and owner’s manual,<br />
exercise chart, VHS instructional<br />
video and assembly instructions.<br />
Asking $350 or best offer. Call<br />
Adrian 613-231-3429.<br />
TEAK WALL UNIT 1970s style, in<br />
perfect condition. Comes in 3 sections<br />
totalling 5’5” wide x 6’ high x<br />
15” deep. Has upper glass doors with<br />
built-in lighting. $850. Call 613-233-<br />
1673.<br />
Theatre<br />
RICHARD III IN BOUFFON, a<br />
production by a Company of Fools,<br />
Arts Court, Feb. 27 to Mar. 8. Info:<br />
613-564-7240 or www.fools.ca.<br />
Travel<br />
AUSTRALIAN TRAVEL SPE-<br />
CIALIST, overview of where to go,<br />
small group adventures, tips on climate,<br />
expat. insight. No charge.<br />
Info: BMtracks@aol.com.<br />
Calling all emerging <strong>Glebe</strong> poets over 18<br />
<strong>Glebe</strong> <strong>Report</strong> Poetry Contest<br />
Theme:<br />
“Life in the <strong>Glebe</strong>”<br />
Deadline Extended to<br />
March 17, <strong>2008</strong><br />
See page 3 for full details and contest rules
BEST<br />
GRAPEVINE<br />
Advertise<br />
your business<br />
on the<br />
Grapevine page.<br />
Call Judy Field at<br />
613.231.4938<br />
or e-mail:<br />
judyfield@rogers.com<br />
for ad rates and<br />
deadlines.<br />
Gibbon’s Painting and Decorating<br />
Local House Painter - Bonded with 18 years experience<br />
interior/exterior painting • stucco stipple ceilings • drywall<br />
Customer Satisfaction ALWAYS GUARANTEED<br />
For a free estimate please call Rory<br />
Business: 613-731-8079<br />
Cell: 613-322-0109<br />
Check out my website: www.gibbonspainting.ca<br />
ASK ABOUT MY $25 REFERRAL REBATE<br />
THE GLEBE COMMUNITY CENTRE<br />
MONDAY - FRIDAY<br />
11:30 TIL 3:00<br />
HOME DAY CARE AVAILABLE<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
Please call Maria’s Home Day Care at 613-569-6364.<br />
EXPERIENCED MATH/<br />
SCIENCE TUTOR<br />
At your home, reasonable<br />
<br />
Teacher; junior high to<br />
1st year university;<br />
613-521-3022.<br />
FINISHING<br />
CARPENTRY<br />
DOUG<br />
CORRIGAN<br />
613-327-3901<br />
dougcorrigan@hotmail.com<br />
TUTOR<br />
High School Math<br />
and Physics<br />
Zach 613-796-9230<br />
References<br />
DRUM LESSONS<br />
by experienced professional<br />
player and teacher. Current drum<br />
instructor for Algonquin College<br />
Music and Audio program.<br />
Lorne Kelly<br />
(Metro Music)<br />
233-9688 or<br />
725-1119<br />
CARPENTRY<br />
RENOVATIONS/<br />
REPAIRS<br />
Peter D. Clarey<br />
819-422-3714<br />
OLD AND RARE BOOKS<br />
The “MacKenzie” Voyages of<br />
Alexander MacKenzie across<br />
North America. First Edition<br />
1801 British Essayists;<br />
40 volumes 1823 and more.<br />
Tom 613-230-7392 or<br />
evans320@rogers.com<br />
HOME RENOS AND<br />
REPAIR - interior/exterior<br />
painting; all types of flooring;<br />
drywall repair and installation;<br />
plumbing repairs and<br />
much more.<br />
Please call Jamie Nininger<br />
@ 613-852-8511.<br />
NOTARY PUBLIC<br />
and<br />
COMMISSIONER FOR OATHS<br />
services in the <strong>Glebe</strong><br />
By appointment.<br />
613-233-0110<br />
Part Time<br />
Accounting/Admin<br />
PMC is a dynamic and growing consulting and training firm located in the <strong>Glebe</strong>.<br />
We are looking for a well-organized person to handle A/R, A/P, sales reports<br />
and some administrative functions. Part time with very flexible hours. Knowledge<br />
of AccPac and Excel an asset. Send resume to dhamilton@pmctraining.com<br />
or fax to (613) 569-1333.<br />
Rent<br />
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“Every working woman needs a wife!”<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 />
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CATHERINE ST.<br />
MINI STORAGE<br />
SECURE CLIMATE CONTROLLED SELF STORAGE<br />
MONTHLY RATES ***<br />
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399 CATHERINE ST. 613<br />
BETWEEN BAY AND PERCY<br />
FAMILY OWNED AND OPERATED<br />
WE SELL<br />
BOXES<br />
AND<br />
PACKING SUPPLIES<br />
234-6888<br />
GLEBE: 1 BEDROOM APT.<br />
with character and charm.<br />
Near Lansdowne Park and Queen<br />
Elizabeth Drive. Hardwood. Parking.<br />
Separate entrance. Private deck,<br />
Fireplace. Fridge and stove. Laundry.<br />
Immediate occupancy - $1375<br />
including heat. Pina Alessi, Broker,<br />
Royal Lepage Performance Realty.<br />
613-733-9100
PAINTING BY DONNA EDWARDS<br />
<strong>February</strong> 15, <strong>2008</strong><br />
e-mail: info@gnag.ca<br />
<strong>Glebe</strong> Neighbourhood Activities Group<br />
<strong>Glebe</strong> Community Centre<br />
175 Third Avenue, Ottawa, ON K1S 2K2<br />
Tel: (613) 233-8713 or (613) 564-1058<br />
website:www.gnag.ca<br />
Look inside to find our new<br />
Spring & Summer <strong>2008</strong> guide!<br />
is<br />
Registration for preschool programs starts at 11:00 p.m. on March 5.<br />
Registration for all other programs starts at 11:00 p.m. on March 6.<br />
Glamour in the <strong>Glebe</strong><br />
here!<br />
spring<br />
2nd Annual Jewellery Show<br />
May 9 & 10, <strong>2008</strong>.<br />
<strong>Glebe</strong> Community Centre<br />
This event will feature fun, glamorous and sophisticated<br />
jewellery. You will find something for every woman in<br />
your life, including you!