October 06, 1995 - Glebe Report

ctober 6, 1995

Join Centra 

BY JOHN ZVONAR 

Volunteers of all ages are welcome 

to join us again in Central 

Park on Saturday October 14 for the 

GCA's Autumn Clean-up. 

This time we have the inspiration 

of an early photograph of the park. 

Taken from Bank Street looking 

west, this striking image will provide 

the impetus for future works, 

particularly in evoking the important 

historic character-defining 

features. I hope to see the centre 

path through the park weeded and 

widened. This will require some 

toil and sweat but we know we can 

count upon our community's well 

known enthusiasm and support. 

Considering other parks in the 

Glebe, is there interest in the section 

of Central Park east of Bank 

Street or elsewhere? I would be 

happy to get together with interested 

individuals to discuss the issues. 

Contact me via the GCA's 

telephone mailbox at 234-7911. 

THANKS TO PLANTER BOX 

VOLUNTEERS 

Barbara Hicks deserves a round of 

Outdoor gallery at Brown's In let 

BY INEZ BERG 

"It was a blessing." With those 

words, Glebe artist Jaya Krishnan 

summed up the October 1st outdoor 

exhibition of his work at Brown's 

Inlet Park on Craig Street. 

Balmy 22 degree temperatures 

and a clear blue sky turned the 

park into an idyllic setting - the 

perfect gallery in which to display 

over 30 large impressionistic 

acrylic renderings of the park and 

ebe Pe,iport 

October 6, 1995 Va 23 No. 9 

Park autumn cleanup 

Glebe artist Jaya Krishnan beside "Evening Glow,* just one of more than 30 

of his paintings shown at Brown's Inlet park October I Photo: John Olson 

Central Park in the 1920s. Photo courtesy of Ottawa Archives 

applause for her coordination of the LOOSESTRIFE CAMPAIGN 

planter box programme this past 

year. This colourful expression of 

Thanks to Mr. George Falconer for 

community spirit is appreciated by monitoring the European Beetle reall. 

Congratulations and thanks to 

lease at Dow's Lake swamp in early 

each of the volunteers! We look September. His article in Septemforward 

to another strong effort for ber's Glebe Report was informative 

1996! 

and educational. 

the Brown's Inlet ponds themselves. 

The exhibit, entitled Brown's 

Inlet Through My Window, , drew 

hundreds of people, from its 11 

a.m. opening until well after its 4 

p.m. close. Whether they arrived 

on foot, by car, or pedalled in on 

bicycles, people stayed to wander 

through the exhibit, drawn in by 

the rich tones and sensuous opulence 

of the paintings, then were 

charmed to stay and enjoy the glistening 

water and fall colours. Many 

Recycling Day Sat. Oct. 21 

On Saturday, October 21, Mayor 

Holzman in cooperation with 

Councillors Jim Watson, Elisabeth 

Arnold and Stéphane Emard-Chabot 

will once again join Laidlaw Waste 

Systems and the Ottawa Area Girl 

Guides to set up a recycling depot, 

one of four across the city. 

Plastics, corrugated cardboard 

and boxboard will be accepted at 

our local depot at First Avenue 

Public School, 73 First Avenue 

from 9:30 am to 4:00 pm. 

You can bring rigid plastic bottles 

and containers with recycling 

numbers 2 to 7 plus all kinds of 

cardboard. Corrugated cardboard, 

cereal boxes, Kleenex boxes, shoe 

boxes, detergent boxes, cigarette 

boxes, paper towel rolls and cardboard 

egg cartons are acceptable. 

took the time to tell Jaya Krishnan 

how much they enjoyed his recreations 

of their familiar surroundings. 

The response was so 

positive, that the artist is planning 

a winter showing of the works at 

Fifth Avenue Court. He welcomes 

pre-arranged visits to his home 

studio at 25 Newton Street as well. 

Refreshments were served and 

Councillor Jim Watson officially 

opened the exhibit at 1:30 p.m. 

THE GREAT GLEBE TREE HUNT 

The Great Glebe Tree Hunt is 

modeled on the great Kanata tree 

hunt of years past. I am looking for 

a group of volunteers to help 

coordinate this project next spring. 

The idea is simple: nominate trees 

of significant size (height, 

diameter), unique species, etc. 

Other considerations will include 

associative value, i.e. connections 

with famous individuals, events, 

and the like. 

Following review by a panel of 

judges, awards will be presented. 

It is important to acknowledge important 

trees in our midst, and by 

doing so, perhaps assist in protecting 

them for the future. This endeavour 

may provide the impetus to 

develop a comprehensive survey of 

trees throughout the Glebe. I will 

be in touch with the City to coordinate 

this larger effort. 

If you are interested in volunteering 

for the Environment Committee, 

or if you have ideas for potential 

projects or initiatives, call 

me at 234-7911. 

Friendly Girl Guides will help 

toss your recycled donations into 

the Laidlaw trucks. 

"I encourage residents to 

participate in our Recycling Days, 

and to buy with an eye for less 

packaging," said Mayor Holzman. 

Another Recycling Day is 

scheduled to take place on April 

20, 1996. 

INSIDE 

Letters 5 

GNAG 6 

GCA 8 

Focus 9 

Capital Column 10 

Glebe Questions 13 

Feature 17 

Business News 19 

School News 21-25 

Church News 28,29 

Next Deadline Oct. 23 

Quote of the month 

If you have your sight, you are 

blessed. If you have insight, you 

are a thousand times blessed.

NEWS 

Playgroup to become 

Glebe Cooperative 

Nursery School 

BY BRENDA WHALEN 

It's September and that means 

another fun-filled year at the nursery 

school. There is a lot to celebrate 

this year. We are now undergoing 

a name change, and will soon 

become the Glebe Cooperative Nursery 

School. 

In addition to our name change we 

are pleased to welcome our new coordinator 

Lisa Fletcher. Lisa comes 

to us from Bells Corners Co-operative 

where she has had many years 

experience as a nursery school 

teacher. I am returning for my 

third year, and looking forward to 

it. 

Our nursery school offers a licensed 

preschool program for children 

aged 18 months to 5 years. 

Toddlers enjoy our Tuesday/ 

Thursday morning program which 

offers sensory activities, crafts and 

art, sandbox, blocks, dress up area, 

circle time and stories. 

In addition, our program offers 

time for gross motor activities such 

as playing with balls, bikes, cars, 

climber and slides. 

Preschoolers aged 2 1/2 - 3 years 

enjoy similar activities in our 

Mon/Wed/Fri morning group from 

9:00 - 11:30 am. 

We also offer an afternoon program 

for children who will be entering 

Kindergarten the following 

year. The afternoon group enjoys a 

variety of field trips to the library, 

fire station, pumpkin patch etc. As 

well, special visitors come to the 

school. The afternoon program operates 

Monday to Thursday from 

1:00 - 3:30 p.m. 

The Glebe Cooperative Nursery 

School is located in the Glebe Community 

Centre at 690 Lyon Street 

South. For information, please 

contact our coordinator Lisa 

Fletcher, 723-8067 or our President 

Ann Scotten at 231-2778. 

Heather's Hippopotamus Concert 

comes to the Glebe Oct. 28 

On Saturday, October 28, the irrepressible 

Heather Bishop will 

come to Ottawa for a special benefit 

concert at Glebe Parent's Daycare, 

10 Fifth Avenue. 

Heather has a wonderful ability 

to draw everyone into the act, taking 

listeners on a rollicking guided 

tour through a land populated with 

helpful robots, operatic slugs, and 

kids who know what's what. This 

singer, songwriter and guitar 

player travels throughout Canada 

and the United States spreading her 

philosophy that "music lives in us 

all." Heather also has toured in 

Australia and in Scotland and 

Wales. She has been a regular guest 

on the TV program, Fred Penner's 

Place. 

Billings Estate Museum 

Heather's third children's 

recording, A Duck in New York 

City, received the prestigious Parents' 

Choice Gold Award. A reviewer 

called it "an outstanding 

production," containing songs of 

"sheer fantasy" that "convince us 

that there's beauty and value in every 

creature." 

The concert is at 2:00 pm on Saturday, 

October 28 in the Basement 

Hall at Glebe Parents' Daycare, 10 

Fifth Avenue, near Queen Elizabeth 

Driveway. Tickets are $6 and are 

available at Octopus Books, 

Puggwash Books, Ottawa Folklore 

Centre, Glebe Parents Daycare or at 

the door. 

For information, call Dave Hagerman 

at 233-9268. 

Historic finishes seminar 

The City of Ottawa's Billings Estate 

Museum will offer a House and 

Home seminar on Sunday, October 

15, from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm. This 

year's seminar focuses on the use of 

historic finishes and their applicability 

in your home today. 

In the morning, instructor David 

Bevan will take participants 

through a history of wall coverings 

and finishes, followed by a session 

on "vital questions" one must have 

answered before starting such a 

October 6, 1995 Globe Report-2 

project. 

The afternoon features instructional 

demonstrations of stencilling, 

faux finishing and woodgraining, 

and will introduce 

sponging, spattering, dragging and 

blocking techniques. Cost is $20. 

Participants must register in advance, 

by calling the Billings Estate 

at 247-4833. The Billings Estate is 

located at 2100 Cabot Street, off 

Pleasant Park Road near Riverside 

Drive. 

rI . S. 

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REmEmBER td.iiiek up your free copy of 

"Family Health Care Counselor", our newletter. Filled with 

great health care advice and this month's In Store Speçials. 

As your Family Healthcare Pharmacist, I am committed to providing our 

community with the best possible personal pharmaceutical care. Every business day 

you will receive knowledgeable advice, counselling and courteous bilingual service. 

After business hours an answering machine is available" for your service needs. 

If you are on prescription medications, always check with the Pharmacist before 

you buy a non-prescription product, the product may seem harmless but they can 

form harmful combinations with adverse health effects. 

This is not a new concept or service, it has always been our way of working 

with you as your health care partner. For almost a century the Pharmacy at the 

corner of Bank and Second has dispensed medication, support and counselling. 

Technology has changed the way we do some of our business but our long 

heritage of caring, human, face to face counselling for your prescriptions and nonprescription 

needs will never change. Your complete health care is worth much 

more than a simple info leaflet. 

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These prices are in effect until the end of the month 

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II

Obituary 

Remembering Bob Merritt 

Family and friends of Bob Merritt 

gathered for a memorial service 

September 20, at Trinity Anglican 

Church on Cameron Avenue. 

Glebe residents will remember 

Bob as the Fifth Avenue barber who 

was always ready for a friendly 

chat. Until his retirement, he spent 

over 35 years cutting hair in the 

same Glebe location. 

In the last few years Bob enjoyed 

growing a remarkable array of roses 

in his Ottawa South garden, and 

would often stop to cut a blossom 

for a passing friend. 

Donations in his memory may be 

sent to: The Heart and Stroke Foundation 

of Ontario, 1729 Bank Street, 

Suite 303, Ottawa, Ontario, K1V 

7Z5. Bob Merritt 

Abbotsford photo contest winners 

BY JEAN SOUTHWORTH 

After winning the grand prize in 

the Abbotsford Senior Centre's 

1995 Seniors Photo Contest, Reg 

Waterman has been appointed 

chairman of the next competition, 

to be held in the spring of 1996. 

Inaugurated in 1994 as an activity 

for Abbotsford members, the 

contest this year was open to all 

City of Ottawa residents 55 and 

over. Sponsored by the Japan Camera 

centres at the Rideau Centre 

and 175 Bank Street it am-acted 

some 110 entries in five categories. 

The awards were presented by 

Mayor Jacquelin Holzman, the contest 

patron at Abbotsford House. 

Waterman was principal of Queen 

Mary School when he retired in 

1989 following an extensive career 

in education, which 

included assignments 

in Thailand and 

Jamaica. He grew up in 

the Glebe and now 

resides in the Alta 

Vista area. His prize- 

winning entry was a 

photo of a lion, which 

he took in Kenya earlier 

in the year. 

'Three Glebe 

residents were among 

the prize-winners. 

Don Rowat and SA. 

Gitterman placed 

second and third 

respectively in the 

miscellaneous category 

and Margaret Ficner 

came third in the class 

for photos of people. 

October is 

UNICEF Month 

Jeanne Fortier took first prize in 

two categories -- landscapes and 

animals. Another dual winner was 

Vernon Mullen, who came first in 

the people category and third in 

buildings and structures. Brooke 

Cornwall and Jeanne Wolfe topped 

the miscellaneous and buildings/structures 

classes respectively. 

Other prize-winners were: Judy 

McGillivray, 2nd, buildings/structures; 

Ann J. Watt 2nd 

and Robert Mahlitz, 3rd in landscapes; 

James Ashwin, 2nd, people; 

John A. Maguire 2nd, and Fred 

Anthony 3rd, animals. Honourable 

mentions went to Alice Lymburner, 

Ron Garson, Elaine Fernandez- 

Davila and Elisabeth Bond. 

PAEDIATRIC 

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today's active youth 

Talk to someone tvho understands the needs 

of competitive athletes, and specializes in the 

injuries commonly associated with youth 

and children in sport. 

LORRAINE HENDRY, physiotherapist 

DR. PEGGY BAXTER, orthopaedic surgeon 

DR. KATHY KEELY, paediatrician 

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sport nutritionist/dietitian 

Overuse problems 

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Underlying medical conditions: 

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NEWS 

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Barrister and Solicitor. 

Your 

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Lawyer 

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Tel: 237-6773 Fax: 237-8026 

200 

First Ave. 

Oi Suite 301 

Our commitment to skin care is second only to our 

commitment to you. Our staff are specially trained to 

provide you with the latest and safest skin care 

techniques . 

Carol Fairhall has joined the team, she is a registered 

massage therapist with over:13 years experience. 

Call today if you would like to learn more about what 

we can do for your skin or about our other 

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EDITORIAL NOTES 

Giving thanks for our heritage 

and our environment 

Happy Thanksgiving to all our readers from all of us at the 

Glebe Report. We wish one and all a safe and enjoyable long 

week-end holiday. 

CENTRAL EXPERIMENTAL FARM NEEDS HELP 

This month's Focus Page article is about changes at the 

Central Experimental Farm and the Arboretum. Many of us who 

have either grown up, or raised children in proximity to this 

wonderful, user friendly, inner-city resource truly appreciate 

the way it has opened a window for us on agriculture past and 

present. Many feel sadness at the cutbacks taking place. The 

Farm is a jewel in the heart of Ottawa, an oasis of green, which 

if it is lost can never be replaced. It is something to think 

about and act on, if you care. 

On your Thanksgiving long weekend you may want to include a 

visit to the Experimental Farm and the Agriculture Museum 

there. Its Fall Harvest Celebration '95 takes place October 7 - 

9. See page 21 for details. 

PAPER RECYCLING DEPOT - NOV.11, 9 AM - NOON 

Congratulations to all the participants who worked together to 

set up the one day community Paper Recycling Depot at 

Lansdowne Park. See the ad on page 18 for details. See you 

there! 

Don't forget to bring all your plastics out to the Plastics 

Recycling Depot on Saturday, October 21 as well. 

COVER STORY 

Seven year old Alyssa Iswolsky is thinking ahead to 

Hallowe'en. She's an inspiration to all you ghosts and goblins 

out there to start planning for "trick or treating." Happy 

Hallowe'en to all of you! 

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School board amalgamation will 

hurt Ottawa Catholic rate payers 

Editor, Glebe Report, 

A tax hike of between six-and-ahalf 

per cent and 20 percent will 

hit Ottawa Catholic rate payers if 

the current plans for school board 

amalgamation go through. This is 

only one of the ways amalgamation, 

as outlined in the Interim Report of 

the Ontario School Board Reduction 

Task Force, will affect those of us 

living in downtown Ottawa and supporting 

the separate system. 

If your child is in school, chances 

are you've received your copy of the 

Interim Report. Its basic premise 

is that by amalgamating school 

boards more money will be available 

for students in the classroom. 

Sounds great if, like most parents 

and taxpayers, you are concerned 

about the quality and cost of education. 

But if your child happens to attend 

a school within the Ottawa Roman 

Catholic School Separate Board 

(ORCSSB) amalgamation can only 

mean an increase in taxes and a decrease 

in services. Services that 

are essential to inner city Catholic 

schools. 

The task force calls for the amalgamation 

of the Ottawa, Carleton 

and Renfrew Catholic School Boards. 

This new board would educate over 

38,000 students in nearly 100 

schools. Based on the current expenditure 

levels of the three separate 

boards, its total budget would 

reach $244 million. Rate payers in 

Ottawa would be responsible for 

half of that $244 million due to our 

assessment base. Yet we would have 

less than a third of the students 

and be represented by only three of 

the proposed nine trustees. 

Editor, Glebe Report 

I am very concerned about the 

Federal Government's unilateral reassessment 

of their property values 

which would seriously reduce their 

grants-in-lieu of taxes to be paid to 

the City of Ottawa. 

In a letter to the City of Ottawa, 

dated March 8, 1993, Jean Chretien 

stated: 

"Liberals believe that the 

Conservative government's practice 

of downloading its debt problems to 

the provinces and municipalities 

must come to an end. Our basic 

premise is that the role of governments 

is to serve citizens, not to 

compete with one another. While 

there may be some short term political 

gain in downloading and forcing 

another level of government to 

take the heat for increasing taxes, 

at the end of the day the same taxpayer 

is stuck with the tab." 

"A Liberal government would aim 

to achieve the maximum predictability 

possible in inter-goy- 

Our priorities are different than 

both the Carleton and Renfrew 

Boards. Ottawa has a poverty rate 

up to 5 times higher than that of 

the municipalities. Many Ottawa 

Catholic programs have been designed 

to face this need, such as resources 

for social workers, special 

education professionals and additional 

funds in school budgets. It 

will be difficult for these priorities 

to hold their ground in an 

amalgamated board. 

While the report promises benefits, 

it doesn't go into detail and 

manages to avoid dealing with some 

of the very real costs of amalgamation 

- estimated only two years ago 

by the Boums Report at between $2 

and $6 million for our local 

Catholic boards. It manages to 

avoid detail in a number of other 

areas and gives us nowhere to go for 

answers. It seems rather convenient 

that the state of the Province's finances 

has not allowed them to hold 

public hearings. 

If we're concerned we need to ask 

questions. Talk to your principal, 

your trustee, your neighbours. We 

have until the end of October to respond 

by writing, faxing or calling 

the Task Force. But if you really 

want your voice to be heard, get in 

touch with your MPP. 

Write: Ontario School Board Reduction 

Task Force, 101 Bloor St. 

West, 13th floor, Toronto, Ontario, 

M5S 1P7. Fax (416)325-2976 or 

call 1-800-562-6954. 

Nancy Huggett, Member 

Special Advisory Committee, 

O.R.C.S.S.B 

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A simple message that, in reality, can some- 

times be very difficult to follow. One thing is 

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emmental financial arrangements." 

I hope that Mr. Chretien's position 

is likewise predictable and 

that he will not move forward with 

this proposed unfair reduction to 

the Federal Government share of 

Editor, Glebe Report: 

In his September 15 Glebe Report 

column Regional Councillor Brian 

McGarry laments the departure of 

the Ottawa Senators (and possibly 

the Rough Riders) from Lansdowne 

Park, referring to it as "looming 

economic change" in Capital Ward. 

He asks, "...do we have initiatives 

that will replace and contribute to 

the long-standing vitality of 

Capital Ward?" 

It would be nice to see the statistics 

that lead Mr. McGarry to equate 

the departure of these teams with 

economic doomsday in Capital 

Ward. What statistics and/or 

opinions does the Glebe Business 

Group have on this? How much revenue 

do Senators games actually 

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our city's revenue base. 

I hope everyone in the community 

will write' to all local MP's and 

make their views known. 

Diane McIntyre, President, 

Glebe Community Association 

Looming economic change? 

How much and for whom? 

irAw"/ 

generate for local businesses, on 

and off Bank Street? How about 

Ottawa South? Has anyone determined 

the cost to local businesses 

when their neighbourhood "bread 

and butter" customers go elsewhere 

in frustration to shop because they 

can't find parking near local 

stores? 

The Glebe and the rest of Capital 

Ward survived quite well pre- 

Senators, and will continue to do so 

when residents don't have to plan 

their lives, i.e. dinner parties, 

family get-togethers, community 

events, shopping trips, etc. around 

the Senators or Roughriders game 

schedules. 

Eleanor Bennett, & Mira Mossop 

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GNAG NEWS 

Community Centre renovation update 

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GLEBE NEIGHBOURHOOD 

ACTIVITIES GROUP 

690 Lvon Sut South 

Ottawa. Ornano LIS 3Z9 Tel. S64-1056 

BY CLARA HIRSCH 

Kids are at school and registered 

for activities and parents are back 

to the frenetic work routines. You 

might actually find an afternoon to 

enjoy the fall colours along the 

canal or in the Gatineau Hills. 

For those of you who have not yet 

registered for fitness classes or 

have children looking for sport activities, 

consider the programmes 

listed below. Remember Professional 

Development days mean your 

kids need some supervision and /or 

activities and Hallowe'en is coming 

soon. The Glebe Neighbourhood Activities 

Group can help. 

There are several events to mark 

on your calendar: a very important 

public meeting on the future of our 

Community Centre as well as the 

ever popular Flea Market. 

PUBLIC MEETING 

GLEBE COMMUNITY CENTRE 

RENOVATION UPDATE 

A public meeting will be held on 

the proposal for renovating the 

community centre October 25 at 

7:30 pm ih the multi-purpose room. 

The City Planner and architect will 

present drawings and more detailed 

costs of the three options available. 

This is a chance for public input. 

We welcome and need your attendance. 

FLEA MARKET 

October 14th, 10:00 am - 2:00 

pm. The Pantry will be open for 

light refreshments. Free admission. 

YOUTH HALLOWE'EN DANCE 

On "Friday" October 13 there 

will be a Hallowe'en Dance. There 

are prizes for the best costume. 

7:00-10:30 pm $3.00 at the door. 

P. D. DAYS 

The Glebe Community Centre will 

offer programming during the Professional 

Development days: 

September 29 and October 27. 

YOUTH GYM NIGHTS 

Mondays at First Ave there is 

Basketball: 7:00 - 8:30 pm for 11-14 

year olds and from 8:30 - 10:00 pm 

for 14 years and up. Thursdays at 

Mutchmor there is Open Gym for 

11-14 year olds, 7:00 - 10:00 p.m. 

Drop-in charge of $1.00 for both 

locations. 

REGISTER 

Register for the following programming 

while there is still room 

available: 

FITNESS PROGRAMMES 

Early Bird Fitness: Tuesdays and 

Thursdays: 6:45 am to 7:45 am. 

Super Sweat Fitness: Tuesdays 

and Thursdays: 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm. 

Evening Fitness: Tuesdays and 

Thursdays: 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm. 

Step Aerobics: Mondays and 

Wednesdays 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm. 

Fee is $48 for all the above. 

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21/2 hour evening sessions (Microsoft Office is six sessions) and are limited to 5 people per class. Since 

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need to know about the most popular line of computer programs available today. And don't miss our 

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Explore the newest operating 

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Learn how to use the most 

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from a business plan to an A+ 

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This course will teach you how 

to fill in spreadsheets, create 

formulas to do your calculations 

for you, and format sheets to 

look more professional. You will 

also learn how to make graphs 

and charts with the click of a 

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Learn everything you need or 

want to know about the Internet 

and its uses. This course will 

teach you how to send and 

receive E-mail, browse the World 

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October 6, 1995 Globe Report-6

BY KEN ROSS, PRESIDENT 

This year Glebe Little League celebrated 

40 years as a volunteer organization 

dedicated to providing 

baseball opportunities to boys and 

girls in the community. 

Serving the communities of Centretown, 

Glebe, Ottawa South and 

Ottawa East (Main Street area), 378 

young players participated in the 

League's spring baseball program 

which centred on teaching the fundamentals 

of the game, the benefits 

of team play and the value of good 

sportsmanship. 

One or more League Divisions 

played at local diamonds in most of 

these neighborhoods. The Rookies 

(ages 7-8) used Brantwood Park in 

Ottawa East; the Little Leaguers 

(ages 9-12) played at Lansdowne 

Park in the Glebe; and Ottawa South 

hosted the Juniors (age 13), Seniors 

(ages 14-15) and Big League (ages 

16-18) at Brewer Park, and the 

Girls' Softball Division at Windsor 

Park. 

The 1995 spring season was a 

tremendous success attributed, in 

part, to favourable weather conditions 

(it did not rain a great deal 

nor did it snow) and to the interest 

and enthusiasm shown by the parents 

in getting involved. 

A good number of parent volunteers 

came out to coach, groom the 

baseball fields and flip hamburgers 

to the delight of hundreds of baseball 

fans. 

The League has relied on volunteer 

help for the past 40 years and 

has been quite successful in this 

regard. 

However, every year brings forth 

increasing needs and new volunteers 

are always in demand. 

During the summer months, five 

teams were entered in the Ottawa 

District 6 Competitive League and 

did very well. 

One of our Major "B" teams, under 

the stewardship of volunteer coach 

Paul Jenkins and his able assistants 

Ed Laushway, Rick Tremblay 

and Aaron Gillich, won the Ottawa 

District Major "B" Championship 

which was no small task given the 

caliber of the competition. A special 

thanks is extended to Black's 

Photography at Billings Bridge for 

their help with the championship 

team photos. 

The League operates on a budget 

which is funded each year by registration 

fees, fundraising activities 

and financial contributions from 

local businesses. Contributions 

from various groups have always 

been appreciated. 

This year, the banquet facilities 

were provided as a community service 

by the Super Eight Hotel 

(Ottawa), formerly the Venture Inn, 

at 480 Metcalfe Street. 

The dinner was arranged and 

served (at below market cost) by 

the Nightingale Restaurant which is 

located on the premises. 

Earlier this year, the Glebe Meat 

Market provided a summer B.B.Q, 

special to all registered members. 

Randall Paints, in addition to a 

financial contribution, provided 

paint to "dress up" the League's 

storage space at the Lansdowne 

Field House. 

Grabbajabba, at 843 Bank Street, 

provided all the coaches with a cup 

of coffee for a job well done. And 

that was in addition to making a 

generous financial contribution. 

Financial support was also provided 

by the Glebe Apothecary, 

Glebe Fashion Cleaners, McKeen's 

Miscellanea, Mexicali Rosa's, Royal 

Canadian Legion Branch 16, the 

Fresh Fruit Company, Enviro-Masters, 

Glebe Physiotherapy and 

Sports Injury Clinic, McKale's Service 

Centre, Tubman Motors, Glebe 

Emporium, McKeen IGA, Britton's 

Smoke Shop, Puggwash Children's 

Books, Alpha Stereo and Television/RCA, 

Gowling, Strathy and 

Henderson, and the Charlesfort Development 

Corporation. 

We thank these local businesses 

who have responded to the baseball 

needs in the community. 

In appreciation to, Paul Jenkins, 

Head Coach, Glebe Little League, 

Ottawa District Major "B" Champions, 

1995. Thanlcs for the season! 

Josh Clipperton; James Diak; David 

Duchene; Peter Gillich; Neil Jansen; 

Devin Jenkins; Robin Laushway; 

Graham Long; Ian Mungall; Adrian 

Oak; James Oulton; Jeff Simpson; 

Greg Wagland; Ed Laushway; Rick 

Tremblay; Aaron Gillich. 

Hopefully, their interest and 

those of the community will continue 

for another 40 years. Little 

League baseball players appreciate 

it and are already looking forward 

to next season! 

SPORT 

Little League wins with community support 

Honda Run for the Cure 

for Breast Cancer Research 

The Honda Run for the Cure for breast cancer research, treatment 

and education takes place Sunday October 22 at 10 am at Lansdowne 

Park. Register for the 5 K run/walk or the 1 K walk in person at all 

local Honda auto dealers or the Running Room, 911 Bank Street. If 

registered by October 21st the entry fee for adults is $25, $15 for a 

child 12 & under, and $65 for a family of 4 (max. 2 adults; children 

under 12). Entry fees on race day are higher. Enter now and then 

start collecting pledges. 

Running for someone special? Your race number will have an Pm 

running for... section, with plenty of room for you to write in the 

name of someone special. 

VOLUNTEER CREW NEEDED 

Help make the Honda Run for the cure happen. You'll get a 

limited edition Run Crew T-shirt and be invited to a volunteer 

appreciation party. Call 231-3590 to sign up. 

Breast cancer will strike one in nine Canadian women in her lifetime. 

It is the single biggest killer of Canadian women aged 35 to 

54. Everyone who raises at least $50 in pledges is eligible to win 

fabulous pledge draw prizes. 

Photo: Penny Skelton 

Ottawa District 1995 Major "B" Championship Team from Glebe Little 

League. First row left to right: Adrian Oak, Robin Laushway, Peter Gillich, 

Devin Jenkins, Neil Jan sen. Second row left to right: Graham Long, Josh 

Clipperton, James Diak, Greg Wagland, David Duchene, Ian Mun gall, James 

Oulton, Jeff Simpson. Back row left to right: Head Coach Paul Jenlcins, 

Assistant Coaches Ed Laushway, Rick Tremblay, Aaron Gillich. 

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GCA 

GCA represents the views of our community 

By 

G.C.A. 

President 

Diane 

McIntyre 

The Glebe Community Association's 

first fall meeting touched on 

a wide range of topics from property 

development and zoning concerns, 

to much broader social issues. 

Many services and programs 

that we have taken for granted to 

sustain our quality of life are being 

reevaluated as various levels of 

government look for ways to cut 

public expense. 

Each of us has an opportunity, 

and a duty as citizens, to advocate 

our positions to the decision makers. 

Only through participation at 

the decision making stage can we 

influence the directions that will 

alter our communities' futures. 

Fortunately, we have numerous opportunities 

to provide input to the 

City, Region, school boards, and to 

school councils by participating in 

public budget and long term planning 

meetings. Elected officials 

need our input in order to understand 

our priorities for public 

spending, and they need our feedback 

on results to ensure that plans 

and programs put in place are administered 

effectively. 

REPRESENTING COMMUNITY 

VIEWS 

The GCA Board has played an active 

role providing input to various 

official plans and policy papers. 

We have represented community 

views on traffic planning, zoning 

and development, environmental 

protection, taxation, safety and security 

and local policy by hosting 

discussion sessions on taxes and 

heritage and facilitated candidates 

debates. The GCA has focused 

mainly on local issues - within the 

purview of the City, the Region or 

the NCC- only addressing other 

levels of government on issues such 

as MVA, funding for restoration of 

the Aberdeen Pavilion or in appeals 

to the Ontario Municipal Board. At 

our September 26 meeting, Brian 

Jonah our Social Planning Chair, 

initiated a discussion question on 

how the GCA could best serve community 

interests in light of the 

curtailment of various Government 

programs. Budget cuts could alter 

seniors drug benefits, hospital 

accessibility, classroom sizes, UI 

coverage , subsidized housing and 

daycare. While many of us may not 

feel the direct impact of cutbacks 

to social programs immediately we 

will not have to look far to see the 


effects on seniors, students, low 

income families, and the local 

businesses. Beyond program cuts, 

the federal government which pays 

grants in lieu of taxes to the City 

and the RMOC is considering cuts to 

our local government in the order of 

$30 Million - this action would 

have a serious impact on municipal 

services or taxes. 

We'd like your input. Should the 

GCA take a stand on these issues or 

continue to focus on only direct 

municipal affairs? Should we provide 

for community think tank discussion 

evenings focusing on various 

social issues ? Please call 

234-7911 ext. 1 or use our mailbox 

at the Glebe Community Centre to 

let us know what you think . Please 

also let your elected representatives 

know what you think. 

PLANNING AND ZONING 

At our October 24 meeting, GCA 

Planning Chair Bill Metz will guide 

us through the processes that provide 

for community involvement. 

We'll publish a summary in the 

next Glebe Report.. In the meantime 

please get involved by monitoring 

and providing comments on 

any changes proposed for your part 

of the community. 

We will review current City policy 

on front yard parking and revisit 

the GCA position. The Glebe 

does not have a surfeit of private 

parking space for cars but our 

proximity to services and the core 

of the city provides many transportation 

options. Our current 

policy is to oppose front yard 

parking in an attempt to preserve 

our limited green spaces, to maintain 

soft surfaces to allow for 

runoff and for tree survival. I hope 

this community will take every 

opportunity to protect our green 

spaces and pleasant streetscapes. I 

have no desire to live in a parking 

lot. What are your views on front 

yard parking for residents ? Call us 

at 234-7911 ext. 3 or leave us a 

note in our GCA mailbox at the 

Glebe Community Centre. 

PARKDALE AND BYWARD 

MARKET 

The GCA Board has written to the 

Mayor and City Council asking that 

they not proceed with an appeal to 

the court decision to strike the new 

Market Bylaw. The Board also 

agreed unanimously that the bylaw 

placed unreasonable limits on merchants 

and had negative effects on 

the markets. 

THE FEDERATION OF 

COMMUNITY ASSOCIATIONS 

Brian Jonah, our representative 

reported the FCA's priorities for 

95/96 as being: to participate in 

the review of the Regional Official 

Plan; to increase membership from 

20 organizations; to comment on the 

newly structured zoning bylaws 

2020 ; and to participate in City 

and Regional budget processes. 

ENVIRONMENT 

John Zvonar, our new Environment 

chair has some interesting ideas for 

the coming year. They include: 

continued care of our green spaces 

by involving the community , initiating 

projects with local schools 

and working to identify and preserve 

our community's trees. Come 

out to meet him and join the community 

in a fall clean-up day in 

Central Park, Saturday, October 14 

from 9 till noon. We need lots of 

volunteers. Bring your gardening 

gloves and tools for trimming, edging 

and weeding. This is a great way 

to meet the community. 

MEMBERSHIP - 

Thanks to the skills and hard 

work of Valerie Swinton, Martine 

Bresson and Kathryn Bradford, who 

organized this year's blitz, and the 

dedicated team of Area Representatives 

who made it happen, the 

GCA membership campaign is 

drawing to a close. If we missed you 

please make an effort to join by 

visiting the Glebe Community Centre 

reception desk; or call 234- 

7911 ext. 2; or by contacting your 

block or area rep listed on the flyer 

dropped door to door. 

Our objective is to represent all 

households in the Glebe and Dow's 

Lake communities. 

We welcome Kate Preston Thomas 

and Eleanor Taylor as new representatives 

for the North East Area - 

Area 6, and bid farewell and thanks 

to Gary and Lisa Zed, who will be 

active in other capacities. 

Area Directors 

Zone 1 

(Dow's Lake) 

Zone 2 

(Southwest) 

Zone 3 

(Midwest) 

Zone 4 

(Northwest) 

Zone 5 

(East) 

Zone 6 

(Northeast) 

WASTE MANAGEMENT 

The GCA is looking at the opportunities 

citizens have to recycle 

and reuse materials in our community. 

The Great Glebe Garage Sale 

is our major GCA sponsored recycling 

event. The municipal blue 

box program recycles all cans, 

newspaper and #1 plastics. As the 

Region's capacity to stack garbage 

in landfill sites decreases, they 

are looking at an expanded mandate 

for blue boxes. In the meantime 

community spirited organizations, 

businesses and individuals have 

established extended recycling 

opportunities. 

Thanks to the Girl Guides who organize 

a semi annual depot at First 

Avenue School for plastics and 

cardboard, the City who provide 

Sue Killam 

George Falconer 

Inez Berg 

Steve Gurman 

Reija Hilska-Hall 

Rochelle Handelman 

Janice Gautreau 

George Hiemstra 

Ginny Haysom 

Karen Hunter 

Kate Preston-Thomas 

Eleanor Taylor 

bins at the Glebe Community Centre 

for fine paper recycling, Loeb Glebe 

for providing a site for plastic 

containers, and Blind Images for 

providing for cardboard reuse. Congratulations 

to Jessica Beaubier, a 

Grade 13 student in Mary Ann 

Martin's Canadian Studies - Economy 

and Environment Class who 

initiated a student run paper recycling 

program at Glebe Collegiate 

that has blue boxes in all classrooms. 

Jim McKeen of Loeb Glebe 

generously offered his support and 

is working with the Bike Stop 

(Ottawa South) to provide a monthly 

Saturday recycling depot that is 

more accessible. A GCA subcommittee 

will contact the RMOC Solid 

Waste Division to see what other 

gaps exist and to push for extended 

Blue Box pickup. 

Thanks to each of you and 

thanks to businesses who provide 

recycling opportunities and information. 

CLIP AND SAVE THE LIST OF RE- 

CYCLING DEPOTS ON THE OPPOSITE 

PAGE 

TRAFFIC 

We have had community comment 

on increased traffic volumes coming 

off Bronson onto Holmwood and 

Powell Avenues. We have also 

heard grumblings about on- street 

parking arrangements. If you'd like 

to help us evaluate the traffic concerns 

for the community please let 

us know by calling 234-7911 ext. 

3. 

230-4496 

234-9532 


235-2992 

230-5583 

234-4032 

567-3251 

238-4016 

563-7044 

234-0813 

233-0038 

232-8084 

GCA COMMUNITY CONTACT 

You are welcome to attend GCA 

meetings on the fourth Tuesday 

each month at 7:30 PM at the Glebe 

Community Centre or to contact me 

with agenda items. The next 

meeting is October 24. You can 

reach us by phone at 234-7911 

where messages are taken for 

various committee chairs: extension 

1 - agenda, priorities, environment, 

social planning, etc.; extension 2 - 

membership; extension 3 - 

planning, zoning, traffic. Or you 

can contact Board members 

directly. You can also send mail to 

GCA President, 1 Renfrew Ave, 

Ottawa K1S 1Z2.

Empty stalls & pens at Experimental Farm 

BY JENNIFER SMITH 

It is happening so gradually that 

its hardly noticeable. But if you 

are a frequent visitor to the Central 

Experimental Farm, you will have 

noticed more and more empty stalls 

and pens, more buildings closed up 

and generally less and less activity 

on the Farm. The Department of 

Agriculture, like all government 

departments, has been faced with 

massive cutbacks, and quite reasonably, 

has seen fit to cut back on 

its "non-mission" areas - the Farm, 

the Arboretum and the Ornamental 

Gardens. 

The Farm was, at one time, a major 

Canadian research centre. Many 

scientific breakthroughs were 

achieved by the Farm's researchers, 

including the development in the 

early 1900s of Marquis Wheat, an 

early ripening grain resistant to 

drought. The Farm is also unique 

for its landscape design and architecture. 

Much of this can be directly 

attributed to William Saunders, 

its first director. Saunders' 

aesthetic values can still be found 

in the Farm's lawns, lanes, vistas 

and the surviving examples of Victorian 

architecture. 

The Farm today is a unique oasis 

in the midst of an urban environment. 

But much has changed, and 

there is reason to be concerned 

about the future of the Farm. The 

Department of Agriculture has now 

transferred most of its research 

activities to other locations. The 

Recycling reference 

VVHAT THEY'LL TAKE 

Fine Paper: white & 

coloured 

Rigid plastic 

Containers #2- #7 

Cardboard, cereal 

boxes, etc. 

Fine Paper 

Aluminum cans 

Cardboard, textbooks, 

any paper 

Plastics #1 & #2 

Plastics #1 & #2 

All Papers 

'Friends of the Farm' - happy in their work among the trees and flowers. 

staff of the Farm will be cut back no question that government cutfrom 

935 in 1994 to 235 in 1997. backs will affect all of us in many 

Trevor Cole, the Curator of the Ar- ways. But there are things you can 

boretum has retired and no one has do to help preserve an institution 

been appointed to replace him. The like the Farm for your children and 

showcase herds are dwindling and your children's children. First of 

many heritage buildings are in all, actively object to any sale of 

need of repair. It doesn't take a Farm or Arboretum lands. You can 

great deal of imagination to envis- also join an organization called the 

age a situation where once more, "Friends of the Farm." 

there will be pressure to sell some The "Friends of the Farm" is a 

or all of the Farm or the Arboretum non-profit organization and a 

for development 

registered charity that is 

If you grew up in Ottawa, you committed to the protection, 

probably take the Farm for granted, preservation and enhancement of 

and you probably resent the fact the Central Experimental Farm, 

that there is a small admission fee including the Arboretum and the 

to see the showcase herds. There is Ornamental Gardens. This 

WHERE 

Glebe Community 

Centre 690 Lyon 

Girl Guides & the City 

at 

First Avenue School 

73 First Ave. 

Glebe Collegiate 

Institute 212 Glebe 

The Kidney 

Foundation 

1335 Carling - 

parking lot 

or Herongate Mall 

Herongate Mall 

Herongate Mall 

Loeb Glebe opposite 

the parking lot 

Lansdowne Park (TBA) 

WHEN 

Centre 

hours 

Sat Oct 

21st 

school 

days 

Oct 24 

4-6 pm 

& Nov 28 

am 

Oct 14 

9-noon 

Nov 11 

am only 

all Sat am 

all Sat am 

anytime 

TBA 

Don't forget to call the Salvation Army, Neighbourhood Services, St 

Vincent de Paul, Canadian Diabetes Society, First Avenue Book Sale, ski 

and skate exchanges, the Snowsuit Fund, Habitat for Humanity (used water 

heaters, building supplies, etc.), the Food Bank (fridges), etc. In future we 

will post recycling reference lists on our bulletin board in the Glebe 

Community Centre lobby. If you need a supply of some disposable item let 

FOCUS 

organization, incorporated in April 

of 1988, works at arms length, but 

in cooperation with the Department 

of Agriculture. Teams of 

volunteers maintain the Ornamental 

Gardens and the Arboretum and 

help to organize special activities 

on the Farm. Without the work of 

the Friends of the Farm, these areas 

would have deteriorated. 

The Friends now will be forced to 

play an even more active role in the 

preservation and enhancement of 

the Farm, as the Department of 

Agriculture continues to cut back. 

To do this, they need more resources 

and volunteers. You can 

become a member of the Friends of 

the Farm for just $20. Family 

memberships are only $30. Membership 

entitles you to free entry 

to see the showcase herds and to 

special events of the Farm. You 

will also receive newsletters giving 

you advance notice of special events 

on the Farm, gardening courses and 

lectures, and lots of other benefits. 

Most importantly, you will know 

that you have helped protect the 

Farm. 

You can also help by becoming a 

volunteer working in the Arboretum, 

in the Ornamental Gardens, at 

special events, making crafts or 

working in the Friends' administration. 

All ages and talents are 

welcome and much appreciated. If 

you think you can help, or wish to 

become a member, call the Friends 

of the Farm at 230-FARM/230- 

3276. 

us know and as an experiment we'll attempt to match you with regular 

sources. Call 234-7911 extension 1. 

If you'd like to become part of this team please call - we are always 

looking for volunteers. 

Relax Ottawa, you can float again 

We are glad to announce the October opening of 

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ation Tanks. 

Ith Books and 

yFloatation 

sHealth Books 

igyFloatation 

Hearth Books 

Ottawa's Therapeutic & Relaxation Center 

(previously Crystal Seas) at 24 Clarence St. 

241-7001 

We will honour the gift 

certificates for floatation 

from Crystal Seas for the 

month of October 

(Mon-Tues-Wed-Sun only) 

Glebe Alternative Health 

Care 

& Massage Therapy Clinic 

107 Fourth Avenue, 

tel. 567-6634 

will be relocating to 

AQ_JAS PH E RE 

24 Clarence St, 

as of October 31, 1995 


CAPITAL COLUMN 

Nominate special persons for a Whitton Award 

By 

Councillor 

Jim Watson 

WHITTON AWARD 

NOMINATIONS 

Once again, it's time to send in 

your nominations for the Whitton 

Awards. The Whitton'Awards, 

named after former Mayor and 

Capital Ward Alderman Charlotte 

Whitton, are given to special people 

in our community who contribute 

their time and energy in one of the 

following areas: Arts & Culture, 

Environment, Commercial & Business 

Activities, Sports & Recreation, 

and Community Activism. 

If you know someone in our community 

who deserves special 

recognition for their efforts, please 

send me a note with their name, address 

and phone number, along with 

an explanation of why this person 

should receive a Whitton Award. 

Please remember to include your 

name, address and phone number. 

The deadline for nominations is December 

31, 1995. Please send your 

nomination to my office at 111 Sussex 

Drive, Ottawa, K1N 5A1. You 

can also fax it to 244-5651 or e- 

mail to ad202@freenet.carleton.ca. 

BUDGET '96 PUBLIC MEETING 

I was pleased to see so many 

people out to discuss the City of 

Ottawa's 1996 Budget at our public 

meeting on September 28th. I appreciate 

receiving your feedback 

about budget priorities, and I 

would like to thank everyone who 

took the time to attend the meeting 

and make their views known. 

CHRISTMAS CARD 

DESIGN CONTEST 

Once again, I am looking for a 

Christmas card design to use on the 

cover of my Ward Christmas cards 

for this year. Last year, Sheila 

Gariepy, a student from Corpus 

Christi, submitted the winning design. 

I am also writing to all the 

principals of elementary schools in 

the ward asking for their assistance. 

The Christmas card drawing, 

should be submitted on 8 1/2 "x 

11" paper no later than November 

3rd, 1995. The children can use 

paints, coloured pencils, markers, 

or keep it black & white but I ask 

that only two colours be used. I am 

looking for a design that depicts a 

Christmas scene from our 

community or the City of Ottawa. 

UNITED WAY CAMPAIGN 

The United Way fundraising campaign 

is now underway, and organizers 

are trying to reach their 


$12.7 million goal during the campaign. 

I recently took part in the 

kick-off of the City of Ottawa's corporate 

United Way campaign, and I 

had the opportunity to meet Glebe 

resident Janie Burstein, who is the 

Campaign Chair of the United Way 

of Ottawa-Carleton. I wish Ms. 

Burstein well during the campaign, 

and I urge all Capital Ward residents 

to contribute to this very 

worthy cause. 

TERRY FOX RUN 

Congratulations to all of the participants 

in the Terry Fox Run on 

September 17th. Thanks to your 

efforts, the Terry Fox Run at Carleton 

University raised approximately 

$2,000. Congratulations to 

Peter Nogalo from the Carleton University 

Students' Association, 

Shawn Akthar and his family, and 

Anant Nagpur for organizing a very 

successful event. 

LANSDOWNE COMMUNITY PARK 

We expect to have the light at 

Lansdowne Community Park up and 

running very shortly. I believe the 

new light will improve urban 

safety, and I thank area residents 

for their patience. 

PLASTIC &CARDBOARD 

RECYCUNG 

Everyone who has been saving up 

their plastic containers and cardboard 

boxes will be pleased to hear 

that the next plastic and cardboard 

recycling day will be held Saturday, 

October 21, 1995, between 

9:30 am and 4:00 pm, and our depot 

is located at First Avenue Public 

School, 73 First Avenue. 

Rigid plastic containers and lids 

with the recycling symbol with 

number 2 through 7 marked on the 

bottom will be accepted, as well as 

corrugated cardboard (e.g. moving 

boxes) and box board (e.g. cereal 

and Kleenex boxes, paper towel 

rolls and cardboard egg cartons). 

Plastics with the number 1 on the 

bottom (e.g. 2-litre pop bottles) 

will not be accepted, since they are 

collected in the blue box. 

CATCH BASINS 

You may have noticed arrows 

painted in the middle of our 

streets. These arrows point to catch 

basins, which drain storm water 

and melted snow from the roadway. 

During the winter, catch basins become 

blocked by snow and ice, 

causing drainage problems on our 

streets. The arrows indicate where 

the catch basins are so that they 

can be unblocked during winter 

months. 

If you notice leaves covering the 

catch basins during the fall, please 

take the time to remove the leaves 

to prevent them from blocking the 

catch basins during the winter 

months. 

WELCOME TO THE 

NEIGHBOURHOOD 

Over 100 students living in our 

community attended my "Welcome 

to the Neighbourhood" Dinner on 

September 21st The event gave 

students the opportunity to meet 

their neighbours, and to learn 

about their rights and responsibilities 

as tenants, and residents in 

a community. Students were 

treated to pizza provided by Domino's 

and the Carleton University 

Students' Association, pop provided 

by Shoppers Drug Mart, and bagels 

and cream cheese compliments of 

Bagels & More. Door prizes for the 

event were generously donated by 

Lansdowne Park, Wringer's, The 

Arrow & the Loon, Royal Oak, Patty's 

Place Pub, Lick's Homeburgers 

& Ice Cream, Mayfair Theatre, 

Dairy Queen, The Ottawa Sun, Labatt's, 

Coca-Cola, Ottawa Rough 

Riders and Brian McGarry. 

Activities like the Welcome Dinner 

help resolve tensions between 

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students and their neighbours. 

They give us the opportunity to express 

our concerns to the students, 

but also to listen to the students as 

well. This two-way communication 

on how we can all be better neighbours 

will benefit the entire community. 

Relations between students 

and their neighbours have 

improved dramatically in the past 

few years, and I would like to thank 

all student and non-student residents 

in our community for their 

consideration and tolerance. 

ROAD RECONSTRUCTION 

Work is now underway on Third 

Avenue (between Queen Elizabeth 

Driveway and O'Connor Street) and 

Clemow is almost completed. My 

thanks to all residents for their 

patience and to the crews for their 

good work. 

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BY MAYOR JACQUELIN HOLZMAN 

City Council will approve Ottawa's 

Budget Guidelines on October 

18. Administrators will use 

these Guidelines to draft the 1996 

Budget, which Council will approve 

by December 20. Administrators 

are currently establishing the policy 

priorities upon which the 

Guidelines will be based. At this 

and other stages throughout the 

budget process, you have the opportunity 

to tell your local government 

what your priorities are. 

Obtain a copy of the draft 

Guidelines and Brochure: These are 

now available at all community 

centres, flre stations or any service 

desk at City Hall, or can be mailed 

to you by calling 244-5654. 

Fill out a reply card ranking 

your spending priorities: The 1996 

Budget Brochure contains a reply 

card inviting you to rank the city's 

services in order of importance and 

return it to City Hall. An electronic 

version of this form is also 

available on FreeNet. 

Call your elected representatives 

and voice your views: Mayor's 

Office: 224-5380: Councillor office: 

224-5350. 

Views gathered during this consultation 

process will be incorporated 

into the Guidelines presented 

to City Council for consideration in 

October. 

SOME BUDGET ISSUES 

No more taxes! The people of 

Ottawa said no to tax increases in 

the last municipal election. Last 

year we delivered the city's first 

tax decrease since 1969, and we 

intend to hold the line on taxes 

again this year. 

Grants-in-lieu of taxes: Legislation 

does not permit the city to 

tax the federal government for the 

property it occupies here. Instead, 

the city receives a grant from the 

government equivalent to the prop- 

erty tax revenues it would otherwise 

receive. In ongoing negotiations 

with the city on this year's 

grant amount, the Federal Government 

is claiming that the value of 

their property, including Parliament 

Hill, has gone down and 

that grants-in-lieu of taxes may be 

reduced by as much as $8.6 million. 

- The Common Sense Revolution: 

The new Ontario government was 

elected on a platform of reducing 

all government expenditures, other 

than health care, education and 

policing, by at least 20%. We anticipate 

unconditional grants from 

the provincial government to be reduced 

by $1.3 million. 

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SKATE'S BEAT 

Pistol training course - not just band-aid operation 

By Sr.Cst. Gary Schuiteboer 

I am often asked to speak to young 

people about being a law enforcement 

officer. I explain my role as a 

foot patrol officer or "beat cop" by 

outlining the duties I perform 

during a typical working day. I 

also highlight the equipment I am 

issued. These tools enable me to 

function effectively as a street 

level police officer. I let the kids 

try on my soft body armour or bullet 

proof vest, listen to the police 

radio and even let them try on the 

handcuffs. No matter what the age 

group however, the most fascinating 

piece of hardware, and the one that 

the kids most want to see, is my 

police service firearm. This request 

is always denied. I will not remove 

the firearm for any reason other 

than serious police business. Circumstances 

that permit an officer 

to draw a firearm are listed clearly 

within the Ontario Regulations of 

the Police Services Act. 

A plumber's wrench, the carpenter's 

hammer and the police officer's 

firearm are all just tools. 

These tools make it possible to do 

the job. Knowledge as to how a tool 

operates is an obvious benefit if 

one is to accomplish a task. As I 

prepare this article, my hands 

ache. I am punching the keys on my 

home computer with very sore fingers 

and thumbs. I also have the 

beginning of a callous on the palm 

of my right hand. These are the result 

of an intensive three-day 

course where I was taught how to 

load and fire over 1100 rounds 

from my new police issue Glock 

Model 22 pistol. Before I even held 

the firearm I was instructed to 

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study an extensive information 

package explaining its workings 

and capabilities. The Pistol Transition 

Training Course has three 

requirements: 100% mandatory attendance, 

successful completion of 

an entrance test and successful 

completion of the proficiency 

training portion of the course. 

I knew the course would be interesting 

because along with the 

mandatory wearing of eye and ear 

protection, a ball cap and body armour, 

the instructors suggested we 

bring a good supply of "bandaids." 

After the wear and tear my hands 

sustained from activities on the 

range I fully endorse this suggestion 

for future students. 

Officer safety was consistently 

stressed by the range instructors. 

Absolute discipline was demanded 

and received from officers on the 

firing line. A firearm is not a toy 

and should be handled and treated 

in a serious and respectful manner. 

I do not consider myself a gun 

lover. I don't own a gun, or have 

any intentions of purchasing one in 

the future. The firearm I carry on 

duty is just a tool to accomplish a 

task. 

An understanding of how the 

weapon works and the confidence to 

successfully use the weapon is 

mandatory if one is to survive a life 

threatening situation. The course 

not only enhanced my shooting 

ability but it also improved my officer 

survival skills. In the past, a 

police officer in a life threatening 

situation was armed with the Smith 

and Wesson .38 calibre revolver 

which contained only six rounds of 

ammunition. Along with concentrating 

on the movements and actions 

of an armed suspect the officer 

also had to be aware of his limited 

fire capability. The reason our 

Ottawa Carleton Police Service 

changed to the .40 calibre Glock 

Model 22 semi-automatic pistol is 

because of its higher ammunition 

capacity. 

I was one of the 31 police officers 

who attended the thirteenth class of 

UNIVERSITY 

PAINTERS 

the Pistol Transition Course. Members 

from all divisions of the Ottawa 

Carleton Police Service were 

represented. We not only became 

familiar with our new Glock Model 

22 pistol but I had a great time 

getting to know the different officers 

from the Nepean and Gloucester 

Divisions of the Ottawa Carleton 

Police Service. We were sometimes 

on the range for over ten hours a 

day, loading, target shooting and 

participating in various scenarios 

set by the range instructors to 

simulate field situations. We supported, 

cheered, and offered advice 

to help one another do better on the 

next turn. Not only did we learn 

about a new weapon but we became 

familiar with each other as a united 

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team working together. 

Oh and by the way, yes I did pass 

the course and was issued with a 

new Glock Model 22 pistol. 

ASK SKATE 

My purpose has always been to 

become more involved with the 

concerns of the community I patrol. 

The Glebe Report has been an excellent 

medium to give advice on 

the different subjects that involve 

the Police and the Community. If 

you have a concern you think could 

be of interest to others, stop me on 

the street or write to Skate's Beat, 

c/o the Ottawa Carleton Police, 

Community Services, 474 Elgin St., 

Ottawa, Ontario, K2P 2J6. 

So until next time....see you on 

the beat! 

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Break Enter Commercial 5 4 2 0 

Break Enter Residential 5 .3 8 0 

Theft over $1000 0 0 1 0 

Theft under $1000 30 13 18 5 

Theft of Motor Vehicle 2 0 1 1 

Robbery 0 2 0 0 

Setting a Fire 0 0 0 0 

Indecent Act 0 0 0 0 

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Glebe Questions 

Spying the spiders 

By 

Clyde 

Sanger 

Take heart, all ye who have waded 

through Jacques Parizeau's mockpoetic 

Preamble and cunningly 

ambiguous Question! Here, from 

the brain (in the age of coputers 

one cannot say 'pen' any more) of 

Boyce Richardson, on Second Avenue, 

comes a pure and clear Question, 

or set of questions, and a 

quite beautiful Preamble to it. 

You may think I am ducking out of 

answers, as Jean Chrétien has been 

doing, by quoting Boyce at length. I 

promise you, and him, that the answers 

will come in due time. But in 

the meanwhile let me give you the 

elegant words of this early morning 

walker and budding naturalist. 

"Dear Clyde: Having wrestled the 

ducks to the ground with such effortless 

authority [see the Glebe 

Report of November 4, 1994], you 

will no doubt be chomping at the 

bit to take on the spiders. Viz: 

"One of the unheralded glories of 

the Glebe is the network of spiders' 

webs that is constructed along the 

length and breadth of the canal 

railings in the summer. On a dull 

day one can walk by without noticing 

them. But, if one takes a walk 

on a sunny early morning, as I 

usually do, when they are backlit 

(as they say in the movie business) 

by the rising sun, they present an 

absolutely glorious spectacle. They 

seem to be at their peak about mid- 

August, but have declined noticeably 

in the last ten days or so as 

colder weather, wind and rain have 

taken their toll, and apparently 

sent your fair-weather spider scurrying 

for warmer cover. 

"There are literally thousands of 

these webs, of all shapes and sizes, 

strung along the railings. Many of 

them extend from the top of the 

pillars to the ground, a distance of 

about four feet, and halfway along 

to the next pillar, so that their total 

extent could be as much as 12 

square feet or so. Others are 

bunched in tight, cylindrical 

shapes that look impenetrable. 

Some have a whole space to themselves, 

others are grouped in layers 

of two or three webs about a couple 

of inches apart. 

"They appear to have been built 

in response to a business opportunity 

presented by the clouds of 

small white insects (whose exis- 

tence is no doubt familiar to every 

cyclist and walker) that gather 

along the recreation paths. Tens of 

thousands of these hapless creatures 

end their lives in these webs. 

"My question is, what kind of 

spiders are these, and what are 

these little insects? Why do the 

insects accumulate in clouds close 

to the water? They seem to like the 

water so much that you can avoid 

most of them by simply walking in 

the lane furthest from the water. 

Why do spiders make such a variety 

of differently-shaped webs? Is this 

done by different species of spider, 

or what? 

"You will observe that I am 

working from a very profound ignorance 

of spiders and insects, but 

you can't help wondering. I am 

confident you'll come up with some 

mind-blowing information to equal 

your amazing revelation [see the 

Glebe Report of February 10, 1995) 

that black and grey squirrels come 

from the same nests. Who would 

have thought it?" 

Isn't it great to get letters like 

that? There's more to Boyce's letter, 

mainly about canal ducklings. 

(There was an annual convention of 

mallards, with some 50 delegates 

foregathering in the Arboretum 

creek in mid-September, which I am 

sorry he missed.) But let's stick to 

spiders. 

Of course they deserve a whole 

column of answers. After all, there 

are 30,000 species of them worldwide, 

divided into some 105 families. 

They get very precise at the 

Canadian Museum of Nature, and 

tell you there are exactly 1,256 

species in Canada, in 33 families 

(of which only 12 are really worth 

noting). And they add that "spiders 

were already well established 

and diversified in the Carboniferous 

period, about 300 million years 

ago." As Boyce would say, who 

would have thought it? 

Anyway, with those numbers and 

those aeons of evolution, there will 

be plenty of tales to spin. Which 

we'll do next issue, with the help of 

Robert Leuenberger at the museum. 

But, Boyce, to stir your anticipation 

I should add that spiders are not 

related to insects (or, for that matter, 

to squirrels). Their closest 

relatives are - scorpions. 

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Regional Councillor report 

cost but we would be still seeking 

agreement in the year 2000. The 

Region has a responsibility to help 

develop a solid economy for our 

citizens and this could be an area 

to augment one of our regional 

By 

Regional 

Councillor 

Brian McGarry 

Expo 2005 will not be part of Ottawa-Carleton's 

future. Gone is the 

early clean-up of Lebreton Flats, 

the waterfront islands and lands on 

both sides of the Ottawa River. 

Many millions of visitors will be 

lost to Calgary or Japan. Officials 

from 'Expo 86' (Vancouver) verified 

that the resurged economy of 

British Columbia's lower mainland 

has never looked back since their 

World's Fair...yes a deficit on paper 

but a tourist industry now 

much expanded and much new investment 

resulting in part from the 

focus on the Vancouver Region in 

1986. 

In Ottawa-Carleton we had some 

Regional Councillors leading a 

protest against Expo 2005 while the 

International Panel examining our 

site were present in Ottawa. I hope 

the same Councillors will now point 

the way to a recovered economy in 

the National Capital Region. 

A high-tech research park is being 

discouraged by some ("not in 

my back-yard"). A casino in the 

downtown core will be studied to 

death while Windsor and other 

cities (i.e. Hull) move forward. 

Ditto a possible convention-centre 

to complement and support the 

Congress Center...attempts are being 

made to de-rail or postpone a 

feasibility study until we have all 

levels of government onside 

(whenever that might be!). 

Such negative attitudes prevail 

and at a time when our federal government 

is downsizing by 15,000 

jobs. When will our 'nay-sayers' 

turn the corner and come up with 

solid economic development for 

Ottawa-Carleton in general and our 

city centre specifically? 

There is hope. Private industry 

(Minto) has agreed to pay one-half 

of the $250,000 feasibility study 

for a convention-centre; indeed 

they offered to pay the whole 

amount but we can only imagine the 

cries of conflict of interest, attempt 

to bribe the study outcome etc. 

(Minto would build a 21 million 

dollar hotel as part of the overall 

68 million dollar project). The Region 

will fund the remaining 

$125,000 portion of the study. 

Yes...we could have pleaded with 

the Federal Government, Ontario 

Provincial Government, Ottawa and 

on and on to share in the study's 


strengths...tourism. 

On the subject of a casino (part of 

the convention-centre? part of Le- 

Breton Flats? part of a revived 

Sparks Street?) Mayor Holzman recently 

hosted Dr. Michael Brude 

and Paul Twigg, two citizens of 

Windsor, Ontario who were early 

proponents of that city's casino. In 

brief, the interim facility 

(eventually to be expanded into 6 

city blocks with 2,500 in-house 

jobs) will gross $500,000,000 this 

coming year. This permanent 

structure will be a $400,000,000 

facility which will complement, not 

compete with, other businesses. 

The goal from the outset was to 

revitalize their city centre. Hotel 

occupancy rates are up by 15-30% 

and traffic into other businesses 

downtown has increased too. This 

isn't to say there are no negatives 

with such initiatives...compulsive 

gambling must be recognized as 

well as the possible attraction of 

'undesirables' into the community. 

On the latter point, Windsor has 

not experienced an increase in 

crime except what would be normally 

expected with 16,000 more 

visitors per day into their 'downtown.' 

The Casino (i.e. not the taxpayer) 

has funded 25 more police 

officers into the region to ensure a 

continuation of a safe environment 

in Windsor. 

To return for a moment to the 

feasibility study for a convention 

centre (which may overlap into a 

casino facility?), Regional Councillors 

must, of course, ascertain how 

any such project affects our neighborhoods. 

Our downtown area must 

be a healthy mix of residential and 

business in order to remain the vibrant 

city we have known for years. 

Sandy Hill, Ottawa East, Old Ottawa 

South, the Glebe, Centretown, Ottawa 

U Campus etc. can all be adversely 

affected by decisions which 

benefit business only. This is not 

the record as of late however; in 

fact the opposite is true. More and 

more business people are moving 

away from the Region to the U.S. or 

off-shore as we all (average citizen 

and entrepreneur alike) experience 

heavy municipal, provincial and 

federal taxes. Many elected (and 

non-elected) officials seem to have 

forgotten that 75% of jobs throughout 

Canada are created by small 

business. Regulations in the extreme 

discourage new investment 

and can drive away present. 

I remain optimistic. In the main 

we have a well educated understanding 

constituency in Ottawa 

Centre. With the Quebec Referendum 

soon behind us (hopefully with 

a vote in favour of renewed federalism) 

we can start to re-build. The 

Premier of Ontario has delayed his 

Government's economic statement 

until after the Referendum and understandably 

so. A constituent recently 

wrote to me to say forget 

Quebec and get on with more important 

matters. The letter was none 

too polite but that aside, we all 

must remain hopeful for a united 

Canada and do all we can in the remaining 

weeks to let our Quebec 

neighbours know how that Canada is 

still the best country in the world. 

Please watch for Dialogue Canada's 

efforts as we approach October 30 

and take part if you are so inclined. 

A positive outcome by November 1 

will be a good kick-start to rebuilding 

our region and country. 

I welcome your thoughts on any of 

Tutorial 

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the above: Convention Centre, 

Casino, our Regions economic future 

following the Referendum etc. 

On other matters within our 

constituency: 

1) THURSDAY, OCTOBER 12 is the 

AGM of the Ottawa South Community 

Association, 7:30pm, at the 

Old Fire Hall. Among other 

matters, the reconstruction of Bank 

Street through " Old Ottawa South" 

will be discussed. 

2)LANDSCAPING plans around 

the Dunbar Bridge and Bronson 

Place are moving forward but we 

await N.C.C. cooperation. 

3)The contaminated property at 

160 LEES AVENUE in Ottawa East 

remains a concern. 

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OBE trustee report 

By 

OBE, 

Trustee 

Lynn 

Graham 

OTTAWA BOARD OF EDUCATION 

PLANNING SESSION 

I have just returned from a twoday 

retreat for trustees and senior 

administration. This event received 

much media attention, due to 

the debate as to whether the sessions 

should be open or closed to 

the public. All along, I proposed 

that the first part only be closed 

and the remainder open. This is in 

fact what occurred. 

As trustees, we had the opportunity 

to have frank discussions in 

private regarding the acrimony 

which developed during 1995 budget 

discussions. I think this will 

now allow us to work more effectively 

as a group. As trustees and 

senior administration, we debated a 

number of topics in the open, including 

the use of technology in the 

schools, accountability, and a paper 

I presented on "A New Approach to 

Improved Budgeting and Decision- 

Making in the OBE." 

I received valuable assistance 

from members of our community in 

the preparation of my document. 

The paper develops a framework for 

budget decision-making and, if 

adopted by trustees, should help us 

deal with the difficult task of 

making choices among competing 

priorities. Programs and services 

designed to meet the needs of our 

student population will have to be 

reviewed as the status quo no 

longer appears sustainable. Anyone 

interested in receiving a copy 

of my presentation-should contact 

Board Services at 239-2490. I welcome 

your comments. 

INTERIM REPORT OF THE 

ONTARIO SCHOOL BOARD 

REDUCTION TASK FORCE 

This Task Force, chaired by former 

Liberal MPP John Sweeney, has 

submitted its Interim Report to the 

Harris government Key among its 

recommendations is the amalgamation 

of the Ottawa Board of Education 

with the Carleton Board of Education 

i.e.. the two public school 

boards in Ottawa-Carleton. The 

Canadian Constitution and the 

Charter of Rights didn't allow the 

Task Force to consider the amalgamation 

of public boards with either 

French-language or Roman Catholic 

separate boards. 

In my view, the report is lacking 

in substance, as there is little data 

or analysis to support the recommendations. 

Many questions need 

to be answered before an informed 

decision can be made on whether 

the amalgamation of the two public 

boards makes sense. How will this 

improve children's learning? What 

resources, if any, will be redirected 

to the classroom? Will it 

reduce or increase our taxes? Why 

not, instead, mandate co-operative 

ventures among all the school 

boards in Ottawa-Carleton? To obtain 

a copy of the report, call the 

local office of the Ministry of Education 

and Training (225-9210 

ext.126). Public response to the 

Interim Report must be submittea 

by the end of October by mail, 

phone or fax (details in the report). 

While the new Provincial Government 

has cancelled public hearings, 

the OBE, in co-operation with local 

boards, is planning an open community 

forum for October 19. 

Please call the OBE Communications 

Office for details (239-2777). 

Again, I seek your opinions. 

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Spotlight on a Local Business 

Glebe Apothecary Inc. 

'Ottawa's most diversified drugstore' 

glance around Glebe Apothecary 

eveals that not only the name distinguishes 

Arhiquick 's drugstore. Mixed in with the customary 

drugstore goods are homeopathic remedies to 

soothe babies' teething problems, $4 tubes of 

imported toothpaste and Birkenstock sandals - 

all products requested by customers. 

Listening and responding to customers' requests 

has also expanded their services. When patients 

of a doctor practicing environment medicine asked 

for products not commercially available, Glebe 

Apothecary became a compounding phan-nacy, 

one of the few drugstores in the region making its 

own medication. Over the past five years, they've 

produced products as varied as natural progesterone 

in capsule and cream form to lozenges and 

anti-fungal creams for clients of a local dentist. 

The products are shipped across Canada, since 

rnany of the patients do not live in this region. 

To facilitate ordering, Glebe Apothecary has an 

800 number. A small benefit, perhaps, but typical 

of its highly personalized service, as is the cubicle 

by the pharmacy counter. 

"We built the little patient counselling booth 

so it's a private consultation area," says Claudia 

McKeen, who started the drugstore 10 years ago. 

With 14 staff members, including three 

technicians to assist behind the pharmacy counter. 

McKeen has insured that she and the other full-time 

pharmacist have time to talk to customers, explain 

their medications, check their drug files, and look 

for drug interactions and compliance problems. 

"Perhaps the drug doesn't match you," says McKeen. 

"If a person cannot swallow a pill, we'll make it into 

a suspension for them that they can swallow or we'll 

make it into a suppository or we can combine all 

their medications into one capsule." 

Another innovation just introduced within the 

last two months is a clean room, a facility to prepare 

sterile products for home infusion. In this room, 

containing both a chemotherapy hood and a larninar 

flow hood, they can prepare a morphine purnp 

for use by a dying patient at home, for instance, 

or an intravenous bag can be injected with an 

antibiotic. After a VON hooks it up, the patient could 

receive the antibiotic while watching tv at home. 

Few pharmacies have such a clean room - 

even some hospital pharmacies lack this facility - 

but funding cutbacks and shorter hospital stays 

means more patients will be kept at home. By 

providing this service, Glebe Apothecary is securing 

its front-line position. "Once patients leave the hospital, 

they're the responsibility of the community, 

so the community pharmacist has to start to pull in 

the slack," says McKeen. 

A clean room is a large financial investment 

besides requiring a minimum amount of space. 

Doug McKeen, Claudia's husband, managed its installation 

into the 1500-square-foot shop by completely 

automating the store and streamlining operations. 

Doug handles the administration and marketing, 

freeing Claudia to develop the pharmacy side of the 

business. 

Physicians receive a newsletter about new drugs 

and other medical information as well as brochures 

about solving medical problems through the drugstore's 

compounding services. If a child hates the 

taste of a medication, for example, a non-sugar 

chocolate flavor can be added. 

Holding events in their store, such as the recent 

cholesterol testing clinic, also builds their client 

base and brings in people who are often surprised 

that an independent pharmacy can compete in 

price with the chains both in the products on the 

shelves and in drugs. "Most of the time, we're 

cheaper," says Claudia McKeen, pointing to their 

prices for cough syrup and other items not 

generally put on sale by the chains. 

For drugs, consumers have to look at both the 

dispensing fee and the price of the drug. Since very 

few drugs are standard price, another drugstore 

might offer a low dispensing fee but heavily mark 

up the price of the drug itself. "You have to shop 

two things - total price and the service you're buying," 

says McKeen. "If you can't talk to a pharmacist, 

then they don't deserve your business." 

"If yag::can't talk 

pharmacist, 

then they don't 

deserve your 

business. 

Claudia McKeen, 

Glebe A potheca 

Doug and Claudia McKeen 

Thank you 

Residents of 

The Glebe 

We are proud to announce that 

Claudia McKeen has been 

chosen by fellow pharmacists 

from across Canada a 

Commitment To Care* 

Award Winner 

For her work she was nominated 

and awarded the Commitment 

To Care award for Patient Care. 

All of us at the Glebe 

Apothecary congratulate Claudia 

for her achievement and extra 

special thanks to all our patents 

and customers'who have 

supported her through the past 

10 years. 

*sponsored by Astra Canada. 

The Glebe Apothecary 

Celebrating 10 years of 

community care. 

We can't be everyone's 

pharmacy... we only 

want to be your 

pharmacy! 

Saturday September 23. /995 

Reprinted with permission qf the Onawa Citizen 

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FEATURE 

Glebe artist 'takes the vei ' as subject in Nonewhere 

BY ELLEN SCHOWALTER 

Glebe artist takes the veil -- as 

subject matter that is. Nonewhere, 

a series of 40 new paintings featuring 

images of nuns by Glebe artist 

Ian Van Lock, opens Tuesday, October 

10, at A Source of Art Gallery. 

Nuns in traditional garb in a variety 

of settings people these inventive, 

vividly imaginative works 

by the talented, young local artist 

who, incidentally, is known for his 

distinctive headgear and colourful 

fashion statements. 

Ian states that these are not religious 

paintings though they contain 

frequent richly symbolic references. 

Gothic cathedrals and 

arches point heavenward and fish, 

an ancient Christian symbol make 

guest appearances. Sunflowers glow 

and bloom on many of the canvases. 

would suggest that since Van 

Gogh's famous sunflower paintings 

the flower has gradually taken on 

the status of a spiritual icon for the 

20th century. Particularly in cold, 

northern countries these mini-suns 

seem to distil and radiate light and 

life. 

Several of the new paintings are 

done in a lower key than usual. 

Greys, blacks and antique golds 

Conception by Ian Van Lock 

create a pensive, reflective mood, a 

nostalgia for traditions which are 

rapidly disappearing. Many contain 

visual puns which I'll let you puzzle 

out. 

But why nuns? Nuns are trendy 

now, Ian notes. Witness the 

ubiquitous IBM ads featuring nuns. 

A recent trip to Newfoundland 

where he met and talked with real 

nuns helped focus Ian's imagery. 

Sisters live in community and corn- 

Photo: Ian Van Lock 

munity is fundamental to Ian. A 

passionate Glebite, he often paints 

local landmarks like the Cattle 

Castle and the Glebe Community 

Centre (originally a church). Three 

years ago he originated and almost 

single-handedly produced the first 

"Art in the "Park" an outdoor 

festival organized to promote cornmunitas 

among artists and residents. 

He is an active member of 

ASA, the artists' cooperative 

gallery. 

This summer Ian completed a 

commission for the City of Ottawa, 

decorating the wading pool at St. 

Luke's Park on Elgin Street. He 

enjoys painting interiors as well. 

His work is found in numerous 

collections in Canada, the United 

States, the U.K. and Europe. 

A Glebe resident since 1975, Ian 

attended Mutchmor, Glebe Collegiate 

and the Ottawa School of Art. 

He then studied at the Ontario College 

of Art for four years, three of 

them spent in Toronto and one in 

Florence, Italy. 

Nonewhere will continue until 

October 21, at A Source of Art 

Gallery. Vernissage is Saturday, 

October 14, from 2-6 p.m. For more 

information please phone the 

gallery at 238-5908. 

David Rose is away. 

Cryptic Crossword will 

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pastries; caterer/traiteur 

Chef/owner Alain Demiannay, a 

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and the south of France, to Vancouver 

and Toronto, Alain has been involved 

in all facets of the food industry, 

and his interests and skills 

have expanded to include many of 

the great cuisines of the world, including 

those of Italy, India and 

Thailand. Alain brings all his experience 

and dynamism to L'Amuse 

Gueule, his first business in Ottawa. 

L'Amuse Gueule is a true family 

business. Alain's wife Judith Bellis 

practices law full time but often 

helps prepare the food, serve customers 

and ensures that the shop 

interior, with its vibrant Matisse 

colours, is interesting and inviting. 

It is not unusual to see their sons 

Pascal and Jean Jacques colouring 

at the counter, wrestling on the 

Pharmacist Claudia McKeen has 

won a national pharmacy award for 

her outstanding efforts in providing 

comprehensive services to patients 

of her pharmacy, Glebe 

Apothecary. McKeen will receive 

the Commitment to Care Award for 

Patient Care at a special luncheon 

November 3, in Toronto, during National 

Pharmacy Awareness Week, 

which runs November 1 to 7. 

This national awards program, organized 

by Pharmacy Practice magazine, 

Canada's leading pharmacy 

journal. The patient care category 

is sponsored by pharmaceutical 

manufacturer Astra Canada. 

Chosen from a lengthy list of entries, 

McKeen was selected by a 

panel of pharmacist-judges for 

having demonstrated commitment to 

her patients by offering important 

services and creating a pharmacy 

environment that enhances patient 

wellness. 

McKeen's initiatives at Glebe 

Apothecary, include a compounding 

program which specially prepares 

medications for individual patients 

across Canada; a "clean" room 

which provides home infusion 

products and other sterile medications 

to patients; and sponsorship 

of such health promotion activities 

in the Glebe 

floor in the back room, or rollerblading 

out of the store on their 

way to the park with Papa. They 

also make a mean blueberry/ 

cornmeal muffin! 

With its provençal yellow and 

blue store front and eye-catching 

signage it's hard to miss. Alain 

and Judith collaborated not only on 

its conception and design inside 

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Alain and Judith know there is a 

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people who share their love of good 

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to pates, sandwiches and salads, 

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Alain and his staff. 

In addition, every evening after 

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is prepared for you to take home. 

The weekly menu is displayed on 

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available, such as savory pies 

and quiches, and grain fed chickens 

freshly roasted simply with fresh 

herbs and garlic. 

L'Amuse Gueule offers a full 

catering service, from appetizers to 

Glebe Apothecary puts 

patients first 

as a cholesterol clinic, UV radio 

report updates and a seminar on the 

safe use of medications. 

Glebe Apothecary is designed to 

allow patients access to all the 

health care information they need. 

Two booths ensure privacy when 

patients speak to their pharmacist 

and a selection of reference materials 

is available for patients to 

consult at leisure. 

McKeen also provides patients 

with pocket-sized medication/health 

information wallets to 

hold their health card, drug file, 

allergy information or other pertinent 

details health care providers 

might need. 

In the view of the judges, McKeen 

"exemplifies the professional and 

care attitude that distinguishes 

outstanding pharmacists." 

"Claudia's concern and commitment 

to her patients' wellness 

shows the kind of impact caring 

pharmacists have on their clientele," 

notes Anne Bokma, editor of 

Pharmacy Practice magazine. 

The 1995 Commitment to Care 

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pharmacies across Canada with 

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ARTS 

Songs of Experience at A Source of Art Gallery 

Ellen Schowalter, Gwendolyn Best and 

Frank Potvin. Photo: John Olson 

BY MEREDITH OLSON 

An upcoming show of three 

Glebe area artists Gwendolyn 

Best, Ellen Schowalter and Frank 

Potvin promises to be both varied 

and artistically stimulating. 

The show, entitled Songs of Experience, 

takes place October 24 to 

November 4 at the Source of Art 

Gallery, rear main floor of Fifth 

Avenue Court. The opening reception 

will be held Saturday, October 

28 from noon to 3 p.m. 

Gwendolyn Best is known for her 

subtly coloured, but lush, oil landscapes. 

She teaches art at the 

Rudolf Steiner School and her thorough 

knowledge of art principles as 

well as a certain philosophic gentleness, 

are evident in her work. 

Another facet of her art is her watercolour 

portraits, often drawn 

from her imagination, but with 

some based on actual sittings. 

These portraits truly seem to capture 

the personalities of the subjects 

-- an enviable quality in a 

portraitist! 

For this year's show, Gwendolyn 

will show new landscapes frum Al- 

Weaverworld returns 

to the Glebe Oct. 27-29 

What Ottawa Valley Weavers 

and Spinners Guild - 17th Annual 

Exhibition and Sale 

Where: The Glebe Community 

Centre, 690 Lyon Street 

When: Friday October 27, (5pm 

to 9pm); Saturday and Sunday, October 

28 & 29 (10am - 5pm). 

Fashion Shows at 2 pm, Saturday 

and Sunday. Admission is free. 

It may not be as scary as a Clive 

Barker novel, but the Annual Exhibition 

and Sale of the Ottawa 

Valley Weavers and Spinners Guild 

is just as full of wonder. There are 

colours and textures that can be 

found nowhere else. The tapestries, 

rugs, sweaters and afghans on display 

and on sale are the result of 

some very ancient crafts. Today, 

Guild members put their hands to 

everything: selecting and dying 

fleece, spinning exotic fibers and 

weaving anything from silk to angora 

to cotton. 

The Ottawa Valley Weavers Guild 

was formed in 1949, with members 

of the Bytown Weavers Guild and a 

group of weavers from the Ottawa 

Civil Service Recreation Association, 

which began in 1943. Over 

the years there has been a diverse 

membership, from Lady Alexander, 

the wife of a Governor General, to 

well-known local artisans. 

The Guild has always worked hard 

to help improve quality and design 

in the arts of spinning and weaving. 

In the early years there were 

classes and field trips to local 


crafts people. The Guild meets on 

mills. More recently the Guild has 

sponsored workshops and presentations 

by leading artists and 

the first Monday of every month at 

Devonshire Public School and offers 

programs to improve skills and 

knowledge and let members share 

experiences. 

This year's theme is Weaving 

Then and Now. As old as these 

crafts are, computers are now 

adding exciting new dimensions. 

Weavers can try new designs and 

colour combinations on the computer, 

then automatically produce a 

"drawdown," which is the blue 

print for the final product. Guild 

members will show these new 

techniques and you can see examples 

of computer-aided designs. At 

the other end of the time scale, you 

will also be able to try an enormous 

19th century "barn loom." 

Fashion shows of original handwoven 

designs created by local artisans 

of the Guild will be held at 2 

pm on Saturday and Sunday, October 

28 and 29. 

On Friday, October 27, at 7:30 

pm, Ruth K. Mills, Textile Curator 

for Parks Canada will present The 

Lowly, Lofty Blanke4 a unique look 

at our history through blankets, 

from buffalo robes to ornate quilts. 

There will also be a raffle, with a 

selection of hand-woven prizes. 

All proceeds go to support children's 

programs at the Glebe Community 

Centre. 

gonquin Park, family camping trips 

and local scenes. As well, she has 

done meditative watercolours based 

on spiritual philosophies of Rudolf 

Steiner. 

Ellen Schowalter is no stranger to 

readers of the Glebe Report. Ex editor, 

graphic artist and art reviewer 

of the paper are but some of the 

many hats this talented artist has 

worn. 

Another -- more personal 

side 

to her is her art, which is on display 

at the show. 

Her art is eclectic -- drawing 

from her varied interests in folk 

art, collage, assemblage as well as 

traditional oil techniques. 

Gardens are one of her passions 

and in the show Ellen will have new 

oils and acrylics of her characteristically 

powerful and sensuous 

gardenscapes, as well as still lifes. 

She also will continue with her on- 

Everything old 

BY MOLLY SEON 

Local women were key in the 

creation of a small quilting guild 

called Quilt Co., that will host its 

first show Saturday and Sunday 

October 21 and 22 at the Glebe 

Community Centre. 

About 20 Quilt Co. members meet 

monthly at the Glebe Community 

Centre to sew, talk, share ideas and 

enhance their quilting experience. 

Each approaches the craft just a 

bit differently. Some love bold, 

modern designs; others recreate 

quilts from olden days. Fabrics 

may be manufactured, or tea-dyed 

by hand, to look worn or faded, so 

the final product looks as if it had 

just fallen off the back of a settler's 

wagon. 

At the Quilt Co. sale, members 

will display quilts from personal 

collections and some will offer 

pieces for sale. A craft shop will 

sell wall hangings, quilted 

clothing, sewing boxes, etc. 

A central display will be the 

"Tree of Life" quilt which is to be 

raffled later this year Tickets can 

be purchased for this beautiful 

queen size quilt which has taken 

Quilt Co. members over a year to 

complete. 

Totally original in design, the 

quilt depicts Canadian themes such 

as flying geese, maple leaves, brown 

bears and log cabins. Proceeds 

from the raffle go to The Therapeutic 

Riding Association of Ottawa 

Carleton, a non-profit organization 

whose goal is to enhance the quality 

of life of handicapped and disabled 

children through horseback riding. 

TROTT will have an information 

booth at the event 

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Sun. Oct. 22, 11 - 4 PM. 

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going assemblage series on famous 

artists and their chairs. 

Frank Potvin recently retired and 

is now able to devote himself to his 

passion for painting. He paints 

(mainly in oils) on location in all 

weather, often in difficult and uncomfortable 

settings. 

His vivid landscapes mirror his 

verve and energy, the love of manipulating 

paint and his innate 

sense of design and rhythm. Frank 

is currently studying with Brodie 

Shearer and credits this amazing 

older artist and teacher with new 

insights and direction in cun-ent 

works. Frank will be showing oil 

and acrylic paintings set in the Ottawa 

Valley, Quebec and the Experimental 

Farm and Gardens. 

The three artists invite all their 

friends, patrons and the Glebe 

community to see their new works 

and directions. 

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Hopewell happenings 

BY NORMA STANSBURY 

Welcome to another year of Hopewell Happenings, where some of the 

many events at the school will be covered for your entertainment and 

information. I'd like to welcome back Drew Williamson and thank him for 

his efforts this past year in bringing you the Sportsbeat and Artsbeat 

columns. Drew has become an integral part (and some issues even the only 

part!) of the Hopewell Happenings page. 

I'd also like to take this opportunity to remind you that membership in 

the Hopewell Parent Teacher Organization is automatic for all parents of 

Hopewell students. Meetings are usually held the second Tuesday each 

month in the Library Resource Centre and offer an opportunity to gain 

information about the school. They provide a forum for your comments 

and connect you with some interesting people. HPTO always welcomes your 

support and the executive is always available to answer questions. The 

95-96 executive is as follows: 

Chair 

Jeff Hume 

Vice Chair & Chair of Liaison Cttee Colleen Leighton 

Secretary & Newsletter Coordinator Danica Wolkow 

Treasurer 

Karen Landheer 

Joint Council Representative Ken Slemko 

Publicity 

Norma Stansbury 

Fund Raising 

Beth Ross 

COSSPA Representative 

Bonnie Ostler 

Vice Chair of Liaison Cttee Margaret Biggs 

DIVISION REPRESENTATIVES 

Primary Representative 

Nancy Bickford/Georgia Barr 

Junior Representative 

Margaret Biggs/Laura Moir 

Intermediate Representative Melanie Fan 

Past Chair & Chair of Renovation Cttee Ken Slemko 

SPORTSBEAT 

BY DREW WILLIAMSON 

Our sports program is up and running for another year, and with it 

comes the bounty of Hopewell sports activities. The Hopewell Athletic 

Association, led by Anna Singer of 8-1, hopes to organize many of the fun 

and fast paced sports activities you have come to know and love again this 

year. 

The first sport introduced to students was Cross Country Running. 

Practices began the second day of school, and are ongoing. Soon the noon 

running clubs will start for people who can't make the morning practices. 

The actual date of this year's race is October 25th, so stay tuned next 

month for the thrilling finale. 

The next sport was soccer. The boy's and girl's teams were chosen and 

practices are ongoing. The girls team consist of Alexa Hutchinson, 

Cynthia Balloch, Maura Kehoe, Ruth Annis, Kelly Bradley, Karen Millar, 

Vanessa Goodkey, Natalia Chenier, Mary Stewart, Lindsay McShane, Leah 

Landry, Eva Holland, Alexis McBride, Hannah Armstrong, Janeen Parkin, 

Sarah Slemko, Anna Singer, Julie Monaghan, Laura Fauquier, and Adrienne 

Showler. Congrats to all! The boys compete in their tournament on 

October 17 and the girls on October 11. Good luck to all! 

Six girls in M. Thompson's class won silver medals at the Ottawa 

International's soccer tournament held on September 10th. Congratulations 

to Lianna French, Emily Hough, Megan Kane, Katie Kurys, Claire 

Rennie, and their coach, Glynnis French. 

ARTSBEAT 

BY DREW WILLIAMSON 

We have spent the last month blowin' the dust offa the ol'instruments 

and practicing for the band auditions. This year, we have four bands - 

Junior, Intermediate, Senior, and Stage. The enrolment and enthusiasm 

has been so high in previous years that Allison Woyiwada has been 

working hard to get as many spots as possible for our young musicians. 

She expects enrolment will reach 160 students this year. This is why she 

devotes the Junior concert band almost exclusively to enthusiastic grade 

sevens who often get crowded out of the other bands. Please note that the 

first band performance will be the Senior concert band at Hopewell's 

Remembrance Day ceremony on November 10th. 

CROSSING GUARD UPDATE 

Once again the smiling faces of crossing guards can be seen at the 

corners of Sunnyside and Bank, and Sunnyside and Grosvenor, guiding our 

children across (you'll be glad to know) two intersections that were 

ranked amongst the five most dangerous in the city Welcome back 

Cathleen, and please stop and say hello to Tracy Curie, who as far as I can 

tell, has basically taken over Dale's life. She holds the crossing guard 

position he manned for almost 2 years, she and her husband have taken 

SCHOOL NEWS 

over his apartment, as well as his position as Assistant Pastor at the 

Wesleyan church. I talked to Tracy briefly last week and although she's 

only been on duty for 2 weelcs, (and only in Ottawa South for 5 weeks, 

moving recently from the Edmonton area), she feels that she is definitely 

needed at her corner - mornings because the traffic is so heavy - and she 

says that the closer to 9:00 the worse it gets, as motorists are late and 

tend to rush, and students are also late and tend to rush! Afternoons are 

more crowd control, as Hopewell's student body is all let out at the same 

(high-spirited) time. She is enjoying getting to know all the kids parents 

and caregivers, and her one comment about her new job is that she wishes 

she could be in two places at the same time! 

Lady Evelyn Alternative 

School news 

BY MARTHA BOWERS 

Welcome back to lovely Lady 

Evelyn! It's hard to believe we're 

already into October!. Student enrolment 

has increased significantly, 

meaning a more crowded 

lunch room and playground. But 

given Lady Evelyn's traditional 

spirit of co-operation and accommodation, 

things are working out. 

Thanks to parent volunteers, an 

arts program and games will be organized 

for the lunch periods. 

Several new staff members have 

joined the Lady Evelyn community 

including the Principal, Susanne 

Lutsch. A friendly, successful 

"Meet the Staff Night" was held on 

Fall Harvest Celebration 

at Agriculture Museum 

During Thanksgiving weekend, 

the Agriculture Museum at the 

Central Experimental Farm invites 

you to celebrate harvest time: 

working the fields, threshing the 

grains, preserving foods and more. 

Its Fall Harvest Celebration '95 

feature three days of family-oriented 

activities: Saturday, October 

Heavy Horses; Sunday, October 

Focus on food; Monday, October 

Machinery in Motion. 

Watch teams of Belgians, Clydesdales, 

Black Percherons and Canadians 

at work in the field. See a 

blacicsmith and harness-maker at 

work. Visit the Harvest Pantry to 

help make apple cider, beer, wine, 

breads, sauerkraut and sausages. 

Take part in family activities and 

learn the secrets of harvesting and 

preserving food. 

Treat the children to a tractor 

hay ride, a pony ride (fees) and a 

horse-drawn wagon ride. Jump 

around in the Hay Bale Park. See 

harvesting equipment on display. 

See live turkeys and tour the 

livestock barns with cows, pigs, 

sheep and horses. Visit exhibits in 

the Dairy Barn Loft. 

Admission is $7 per family, $1 

for children (3-15), $2 for seniors 

and students, $3 for adults. Children 

under 3 admitted free. There 

is plenty of free parking. Activities 

run from 9:30 am to 4:30 pm at 

the Agriculture Museum on Experimental 

Farm Drive. 

September 28. In a relaxed atmosphere 

parents had the opportunity 

to visit classrooms and have a 

glimpse of the daily and projected 

activities. We would like to wish 

the two new primary teachers, Margaret 

Foreman and Andrea Daigle, 

an especially warm welcome. 

As the golden days of autumn 

shorten and the roofs are tipped 

with frost, we look forward to an 

exciting year of learning and 

growing. Children, parents and 

teachers will have a full slate of 

activities to share next time. Happy 

Thanksgiving! Gobble - gobble - 

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SCHOOL NEWS 

Corpus Christi news 

BY LUCILLE B. PUMMER, PRINCI- 

PAL 

We wish to thank the parents for 

coming to the Meet the Teacher 

Night The students and staff were 

delighted to share their expectations 

for the coming academic year. 

We appreciate the support and 

dedication that was exhibited by 

one and all. We were also delighted 

to observe the enthusiasm of the 

parents for the work of the PTA executive. 

As a community we look 

forward to a bright and exciting 

future. 

We are presently preparing to 

host the first 1995-1996 Technology 

inservice for the group of 

schools that joined the Board's pilot 

last academic year. It will be an 

opportunity for the teams from the 

eleven schools who were part of the 

Board's Elementary Technology Pilot, 

Year One group to share ideas, 

resources and determine the next 

year's professional development 

program. We look forward to a ver 

stimulating session. 

We are continuing to recruit vo 

unteers. Parents, Senior Citizens 

or anyone who has time and an interest 

they wish to share with the 

students are invited to contact the 

school and arrange for a meeting 

with one or more of the teachers 

and principal. We believe that the 

Educational undertaking at Corpus 

Christi School will be further enriched 

by the community as we 

work together in providing a challenging 

learning environment. Your 

presence in the school is a witness 

to the students that adults truly 

believe that the school, home, 

parish and larger community are 

the educational team. 

Both staff and students extend a 

sincere welcome to the community; 

please come and visit us at Corpus 

Christi School, 157 Fourth Avenue, 

Ottawa (232-9743). 

First Ave School 

Salute to our crossingguards 

BY RUTH BUTTON 

'There are many new faces at First 

Avenue this year, both among the 

student population and the teaching 

staff. One of them is our new 

principal, John Loucks, whom many 

in the community may know from 

his time as principal at Hopewell 

School a few years ago. We welcome 

all new and returning students and 

staff to the community and to First 

Avenue school where many activities 

are underway. 

One of the many programmes 

First Avenue undertakes is the 

Cross Guard Patrol programme. 

This year we have approximately 75 

volunteer Grade 5 and 6 students 

who work on a rotational basis to 

patrol the busy intersections 

around and near the school in the 

morning, at lunch time, and after 

school. Currently the Grade 5's are 

in training. Having attended a 

training session put on by the Ottawa-Carleton 

Police department, 

they shadow an experienced guard 

before going out on their own. 

What's it like to be a volunteer 

Cross Guard? Chris Cochrane, winner 

of First Avenue School's 

1994/95 Cross Guard of the Year 

Award, says that he likes the responsibility. 

Having always walked 


Chris Cochrane, Cross Guard of the 

Year. 

to school, he knows that many students 

would not be allowed to walk 

to school if it were not for the Cross 

Guards. However, Chris admits that 

getting up early on a cold February 

morning and then standing on a 

windy corner for twenty minutes 

can be pretty tough. Standing in 

the rain and missing most of your 

lunch hour can also be hard, but 

Chris says he still was eager to sign 

up again this year. And not just for 

the hot chocolate in the winter, or 

the appreciation day at the waterslide 

park in the summer! 

Many thanks to all the Cross 

Guards; they are doing a great job 

which so many students and their 

parents appreciate. 

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Thursday, October 26 

6:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. 

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Monday, October 30 

6:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. 

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mean more taxes for additional roads, water 

supply, sewers, transit and social services. 

As the Federal government reduces its size and the Provincial government provides less for 

local/regional services, it is important that plans for Ottawa-Carleton's future are realistic and 

affordable. 

As part of the Region's Official Plan Review, as well as the development of the Transportation 

Master Plan and the Water and Wastewater Master Plan, Regional Staff will be holding Community 

Open Houses/ Public Meetings to talk about various ways in which development might occur in 

Ottawa-Carleton in the next 25 years. Growth scenarios will demonstrate possible impacts of 

urban, suburban and rural development, as well as the costs associated with these impacts. 

Come to these meetings to discuss the future 

of your community 

Tuesday, October 17 

6:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. 

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1701 Woodroffe Ave., Nepean 

Wednesday, October 25 

6:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. 

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For more information on these and other meetings held across Ottawa-Carleton, call the 

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SCHOOL NEWS 

Mutchmor School 

New year, new 

BY JACQUIE MANSELL AND 

KELLY SWEENEY 

Just one short month into our new 

school year (and second century), 

Mutchmor has already experienced 

plenty of change and excitement. 

With significantly larger enrolments 

than had been anticipated, 

we started September with a very 

high class average of 34.5 students 

in the Junior Division. Fortunately, 

this situation was quickly 

and happily resolved with the assignment 

of two additional teachers 

to Mutchmor. 

NEW FACES AT MUTCHMOR 

The Mutchmor community has received 

a shot of "new blood" with 

seven new people in this year's 

teaching staff. We are happy to 

welcome Marion Mayer (Grade 5/6), 

Sylvia Darwood (grade 5 Enrichment), 

Kelly Sweeney (Learning 

Language Disability), Dorilyn 

Kooy-Roome (Special Education Resource 

Teacher), Barbara Griffith 

(Teacher Resource Librarian) and 

Joanne Cameron and Silvana Cesario 

(both Core French). Staff, parents 

and students alike look forward to 

sharing both past and new experiences 

with you all! 

In addition to the new staff, 

Mutchmor welcomes many new 

families to the school from the 

Glebe and the larger Ottawa area, 

Ontario and several other provinces 

in Canada, and from as far away as 

the United States, Iran, Australia 

and Africa. 

As of September 22, Mutchmor 

has a busy population of 309 students 

and 18 teaching staff. 

FOCUS ON SCIENCE AND 

TECHNOLOGY 

As we ease out of the intense activity 

of last year's Centennial celebrations, 

several ideas are already 

well underway for an interesting 

year ahead. 'There will be a schoolwide 

focus in 1995/96 on science 

and technology. Special activities 

and events are being planned where 

students of all ages will not only 

learn more about the many aspects 

of science and technology with 

which they are already familiar in 

their own daily lives, but will also 

explore the whole area of change 

and even do a little scientific invention 

themselves! 

PARENT AND COMMUNITY IN- 

VOLVEMENT 

Mutchmor School has always had a 

very active, supportive parent 

body. With close to 40 people at 

the first Home and School Meeting, 

this year's community promises to 

be no exception. The co-chairs for 

the 1995/96 Home and School Association 

are Eleanor Crowder 

(722-2809) and Deborah Hanscom 

(231-7291). 

faces 

Eleanor Crowder, Co-chair of 

Mutchmor Home & School 

Association 

All parents are encouraged to 

participate as much as possible in a 

wide range of activities in the 

school from assisting in the 

classroom or library, to helping 

with a social or fund-raising event, 

to sitting on an Education Committee. 

Two special committees that 

will need a lot of ideas and energy 

this year are the Science and Technology 

Committee and the Environment 

and Gardens Committee. If 

you are interested in the Science 

and Technology Committee, please 

call Glenn Boustead at 567-2675. 

For any other interests, or if you 

would like more information about 

getting involved in Mutchmor, call 

Eleanor, Deborah or our Mutchmor 

Volunteer Coordinator, Mary Wilson 

(237-2739). 

If you are not a Mutchmor parent, 

but think you might like to be active 

in our school in some way--big 

or small, there are many interesting 

and important roles waiting for 

someone with the time and interest. 

Just contact our school Volunteer 

Coordinator, Mary Wilson, or the 

Ottawa School Board Coordinator of 

Volunteer Services, Georgette 

Beaulieu, at 239-2685. 

DATES TO REMEMBER 

The Mutchmor "Community Calendar" 

for this year includes a 

Family Dance, Skating Party 

(January 26), Mutchmor Reads More 

(February 26 - March 8) and a few 

new twists, such as one or two 

school-wide "Breakfast at School" 

days. Watch your children's backpack 

express for dates and details. 

Mark these dates now for upcoming 

Home and School meetings: 

November 6, December 4, January 

15, February 5, March 4, April 1 

and 29 and June 3. There will be 

many crucial education issues facing 

all our schools this year. As a 

school community, we need to begin 

the discussion process now! 

L. to r. Pat Hendry, Principal, Mrs. Kate Paterson and son Kyle. 

2ND ANNUAL 

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Sell what you can't use! 

Buy what you need! 

Support Mutchmor & First Avenue Schools 

Drop off equipment: Friday, October 20, 1995, 7-9 pm 

Sale date: Saturday, October 21, 9:30 - noon 

Where: Mutchmor Public School, 4th Ave. entrance 

What Skates, Skis, Boots, Poles, Snow Boards and Roller Blades 

Also: Homemade munchies, baking, preserves 

Enjoy the fun and satisfaction of finding a bargain, trading up or 

sideways and meeting friends and neighbours in our community. 

25% of your asking price benefits Mutchmor & First Ave. Schools 

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SCHOOL NEWS 

Glebe leaders show their true coloursyellow & blue! 

BY SARAH DINGLE 

What does one get when one mixes 

30 students who love their school 

with a three-day camping trip? The 

answer is a wealth of original ideas, 

strong new friendships, and a rejoicing 

in school spirit. 

This was certainly the outcome of 

the Glebe Collegiate Leadership 

Camp, which took place September 

13-15 at MacSkimming Outdoor Education 

Centre and which resulted 

in a vision of how to make the coming 

year special for all Glebe C.I. 

students. 

The Leadership Camp is a program 

run by the Student Council 

through which students learn leadership 

skills which they can then 

apply to their own organizations 

within the school. The entire Student 

Council attended the camp, 

along with representatives from 

Glebe's Athletic Board, the Debating 

Team, Drama Executive, Peer 

Outreach, and Peer Mediation. 

The students divided into three 

groups, each headed by two skillbuilders. 

Monika MacLaren, 

Suzanne Watters, Hillary Clarke 

and Julianna Tomlinson, along with 

Student-Council co-presidents 

Football returns to Glebe 

after 14 year absence 

BY JAMES COURTRIGHT 

On Friday September 22 the Glebe 

football field was officially reopened 

with a ceremonial kickoff 

by recently retired C.I. head of 

gym, Mr. Cummings. Football games 

were played at other fields around 

the city for more than a decade after 

the Glebe field was ruled unsafe 

and too small in 1981. The names 

on the Junior and Senior coaching 

staffs, Steve Snell, John Maione, 

Mike O'Meara, John Jenkins, may be 

familiar to Glebe alumni as they 

were involved in that last game as 

players or coaches. 

This year Head Coach Mr. Simpson, 

in his last year at Glebe, felt 

that it was time for football games 

to return to the school. During the 

off-season extensive refurbishing 

of the field was undertaken and 

with stands loaned by the NCC we 

finally can have true home games. 

For Football Day September 29, 

both teams played the Gloucester 

Gators. The Glebe Juniors with the 

early start at 2 pm were routed bythe 

Jr. Gators 31-6 with Glebe's 

only touchdown coming from quarterback 

Travis Artell. 

The Glebe Seniors came into the 

game with high hopes after a heartbreaking 

loss the week before. 

Using the second string quarterback, 

the Glebe offence scored first 

with Matt Duetta running it in for 

six points and Dan Flower kicking 


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The Cumberland Chiquitas: Glebe C.I. Leadership Camp. 

Amanda Foran and Noel Baldwin, 

did an inspiring job leading their 

groups through various workshops. 

These included topics such as communication 

skills, group dynamics, 

and leadership styles. 

Can you imagine having to fall 

backwards off a picnic-table into 

the arms of people whom you barely 

Icnow, or having to get a whole group 

of people over a fence, too high to 

be climbed over alone, without 

touching the fence once? Trust- 

the one point conversion. The rest 

of the show was stolen by the defence 

who held the Gators to only 

one touchdown, which was scored on 

a very questionable play, and one 

field goal. In the end the Glebe offence 

could not make up the lost 

points and the final score was 10 to 

8 for the Gators. 

All in all the Glebe football day 

was fun, with lots of fans out and 

great weather. We hope that this is 

the first of many home games and 

better luck next week for the Glebe 

Gryphons. 

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building and cooperation exercises 

such as these taught the students 

the importance of taking risks and 

working together when leading a 

group. 

A lot of time was devoted to 

making plans for the coming year. 

The leaders suggested: students 

read school announcements, a competition 

for a new school song and a 

better version of the national anthem, 

lunch-time talent shows in 

GLEBE COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE 

PARENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING 

OUR AGENDA WILL FEATURE 

"FINANCING UNIVERSITY EDUCATION" - ROLAND BEALNE & 

"TAKE YOUR (GR.9) KID TO WORK (NOV 4)" - LINDA FOURNIER 

Thursday, Oct 12, 1995 at 7:30 p.m. 

Staff Room, Second Floor, Glebe Collegiate 

Glebe basketball club starts 

BY JOCK SIMPSON 

Once again this fall, the Glebe 

basketball club, begun last year, 

will swing into action. Initiated 

last year by coach Jock Simpson, it 

provides an opportunity for boys 

and girls, K to grade 8, to learn 

some basketball and have some fun. 

The club will run from Saturday, 

October 14 to Saturday December 2. 

Tony and Geoff House, accomplished 

players and coaches, and 

lead instructors of the Rautins- 

House International Basketball 

The Evergreen Foundation is 

working with schools across Canada 

to improve the environmental, educational 

and social quality of their 

grounds by transforming desertlike 

expanses of asphalt and grass 

into rich and exciting spaces for 

learning. 

Come and discover the potential 

for 'outdoor classroom' development 

on Friday evening, November 3rd 

and all day Saturday November 4th. 

the Caf., homeroom vs homeroom 

activities, and spirit weeks, to 

name a few. Within three days of 

their return to Glebe, the Student 

Council had organized an ice-cream 

day for all those wearing the school 

colours. The leaders also conceived 

and organized an assembly for the 

whole school to advertise the many 

students activities available at 

a Glebe. 

"t) 

cts 

However, the Leadership Camp 

was not entirely devoted to 

business and work. The leaders 

still found time to play soccer, 

listen to Mike and Emily play 

°. guitar, eat tasty snacks, put gel in 

Mr. Fournier's hair (I'm not Mr. 

Bean!), put on a play, make cheers 

for their groups, take a night-hike 

through the woods, and much more. 

The leaders all made some close 

friends and gained experiences that 

gave them a fresh outlook on life. 

The rule of the camp was to wear 

the school colours, yellow and blue, 

at all times. This was done with 

much enthusiasm, since the leaders 

are determined to make school 

spirit the name of the game at Glebe 

Collegiate Institute. 

School, are our main instructors. 

They are supported by GCI players. 

The hour is spent in instruction 

and in play. Last year saw a 

marked improvement in the many 

skills this club has an opportunity 

to develop. 

REGISTRATION AND FIRST DAY 

Place: Glebe Collegiate Gym 

Date: Saturday, October14. 

Time: K to Grade 4, 9 am Grades 

5,6, 10 am, grades 7, 8, 11 am. Cost 

is $40. which includes a Glebe Basketball 

Club T-shirt. 

Learning Grounds 1995: Plant a good idea! 

Workshops include: Design and 

Technique; connecting with Curriculum; 

Resources in the community 

and a Field Trip to Fletcher 

Wildlife Garden. 

Registration fee is $35 which includes 

Saturday lunch, snacks and 

beverages. For registration forms 

and information contact the Evergreen 

Foundation, 24 Elm Street, 

Ottawa K1R 6N1, phone 235-7550, 

fax 798-4748

Glebe C.I. 

BY CAROL PENNY 

In June 1995 Glebe Collegiate 

said good-bye and a big thank you 

to several seasoned veterans on the 

teaching staff. This created vacancies 

at the Headship level. We are 

now delighted to welcome several 

new department heads whose collective 

enthusiasm, creativity, and 

commitment will be felt significantly 

over their years at Glebe 

Collegiate. With so many changes 

within the Heads Council, the opportunity 

is great for review of past 

practice and the blending of exemplary 

practice from other locations. 

Last year our primary focus was 

to ensure that our community realized 

how many great things occurred 

at Glebe and how responsible 

and involved the vast majority 

of students are. The message from 

our community is that the image 

has been restored and the traditions 

of a great school continue. 

We are in the second year of our 

process of school climate analysis, 

designed to ensure that we understand 

our priorities, the expectations 

of our publics, and that our 

overall environment for learning is 

of the highest quality. This year 

we want to make sure we got it 

right, pick up the threads missed 

last year, and celebrate our excellence. 

Our operational focus is 

consistent with our motto "in alta 

tende," "strive for the heights." 

Anne Gillespie, the new head of 

Business Studies, comes to us from 

Lisgar. Her department's major focus 

this year will be to ensure that 

business courses are relevant to 

what is happening in the business 

community. Anne hopes to inspire 

her students with the knowledge 

that learning is exciting and challenging 

and to instill in them a 

pride in the achievements that flow 

from hard, consistent work. 

In moving from Ridgemount to 

Glebe, Rod Deneau, has accepted the 

challenge of increasing student interest 

in Physical Education 

courses. Higher enrolment will enable 

the staff to offer a wider variety 

of physical education options. 

Rod will focus on enabling students 

to set personal goals and to assume 

leadership roles. 

Sheila Meggs, head of English, is 

adapting to a full year school program 

after the semestered programs 

of Canterbury. Her department's 

focus will be on developing a team 

approach to meeting curriculum 

objectives. As is natural for an English 

teacher, Sheila hopes to imbue 

her students with a love of literature 

and the ability to communicate 

effectively. 

The goal of Nancy Murdock, who 

is returning to Glebe after stints at 

other schools is to make the Guid- 

the renewal continues 

Back row: Sheila Meggs (English), Rod Deneau (Phys Ed), Nancy Murdock 

(Guidance). Front row: Brian Williams (Languages), Anne Gillespie 

(Business), Steve Snell (Math). 

ance department most accessible to 

students. Glebe students have always 

enjoyed their relationship 

with the guidance department and 

it often seems there are not enough 

hours in the day to respond to their 

concerns. Nancy's first step has 

been to enlarge the guidance reception 

area to encourage students 

to drop in, thus making the department 

even more accessible. 

Steve Snell, fresh from the 

Woodroffe mathematics department 

has set a department goal of increasing 

the use of computer technology 

in classrooms. His aim is to 

help his own students develop the 

techniques of posing the right 

questions which will help them 

analyze problems. 

The head of Languages comes to 

Immaculata 

Immaculata's school year got off 

to a great start with many activities 

to welcome new students and staff. 

The Students' Council and Student 

Athletic Association jointly hosted 

a barbecue for the entire student 

body. Thanks to excellent planning, 

perfect sunshine and the support 

of everyone the event was a 

great success. 

Enrolment has increased this 

September. As Immaculata becomes 

known in the community, parents 

and students are making inquiries 

about programs, activities and resources. 

210 new registrations 

have brought the total student 

population to 1192. 

Opening assemblies were held by 

the administrative team to 

familiarize all students with the 

year's activities, to outline 

expectations and to introduce the 

new principal, Mrs. Evelyn Kelly. 

SCHOOLNEWS 

Glebe from Nepean. Brian 

Williams, a teacher with the Ottawa 

Board for 30 years, sets his department's 

target as accommodating 

the principles of "Transitions" 

while maintaining a solid level of 

education. His students will get a 

lot of practice in speaking and 

writing enabling them to communicate 

in French outside the classroom. 

Brian brings to his teaching 

a wealth of cultural and linguistic 

experience gained from extensive 

travel in Europe, Asia, and South 

America. He noted that Glebe is a 

microcosm of Canadian society, rich 

in many cultures and ethnic backgrounds. 

The new heads appreciated the 

warm welcome they received from 

a growing success 

In her remarks to the students Mrs. 

Kelly stressed the importance of 

building a strong sense of 

conununity within the school, and 

of developing a sense of selfdiscipline 

and responsibility. 

According to Mrs. Kelly, the 

school's code of conduct could be 

summarized in one phrase: "Respect 

for self; respect for others; respect 

for the community and the environment." 

Evelyn is no stranger to Immaculata 

High School. Prior to her previous 

position as principal of Notre 

Dame High school (1989-1995) she 

had served as teacher, department 

head and acting principal of Immaculata. 

Mrs. Kelly is very proud 

of the school's reputation as a place 

of excellence and encouraged students 

to continue to build upon that 

excellence personally, and as a 

community. 

staff and students and their willingness 

to be helpful. Even department 

heads can get lost in a 

building of this size! Ms. Meggs 

was surprised to see so many male 

students. The population of Canterbury, 

her last school, is 70% female. 

Commenting on her first 

weeks in guidance, Ms. Burdock was 

impressed by the strength of Glebe 

parent involvement in the life of 

the school. All newcomers agreed 

it was challenging to learn the large 

number of student names and adjust 

to life and routines in a school with 

a population of 1325 students. 

Joining the new arrivals on the 

Heads Council is Linda Fournier. 

After ten years in Glebe's Science 

department, Linda has taken the 

reins of the Co-operative Education 

department. Ms. Fournier will 

continue to encourage staff from all 

departments to participate in co-op 

education in order to provide diversity 

and depth to the placement 

offerings. Her particular goal, as 

part of the Women in Science and 

Engineering Co-op Project is to increase 

the number of female students 

taking science coop placements. 

All in all the prospects for 1995- 

96 at Glebe are excellent. 

To emphasize their sense of 

willingness to support activities in 

the community at large many students 

and staff participated as a 

group for the first time in the 

Terry Fox Run on September 17th. 

They dedicated their participation 

to the memory of friends and family 

who have died from cancer in the 

last few years and the walk was especially 

in memory of them. 

There is a sense of excitement 

and energy at Immaculata this year. 

The initial "settling in" period is 

over and staff and students are 

busy establishing goals and priorities 

for the next five years. If 

you have questions about the 

school, please call the principal, 

Evelyn Kelly or the vice-principals, 

Brian MacDonald and Gilberte 

McGrath, at 237-2001. They will 

be happy to assist you. 


OBSERVATION POST 

John Greer 

BY COURTNEY BOND 

In 1991 came an astonishing 

snippet of news: The New Yorker 

mentioned a performance at Lincoln 

Centre in the very heart of The Big 

Apple, a performance of a song cycle, 

The Sweet Son gstress of 

Saskatchewan. Sarah Binks! How 

did the works of our Prairie bard, 

Paul Hiebert come to be performed 

in those august halls? It took me a 

good year to trace the composer, 

John Greer. 

He proved to be a Torontonian. 

Very obligingly, he sent me scores 

and a cassette of his cycle. It was 

my hope to make it the centrepiece 

of a celebratory musical programme, 

perhaps with a few other 

works like the Walton /Sitwell 

Façade (because the Binks work is 

short). But nothing jelled. Finally, 

in 1994 Carol Wood, studying voice 

at Carleton's School of Music, 

showed an interest. She got the 

songs up beautifully and presented 

them with verve at Carleton University 

on March 17, 1995. For the 

concert we gathered an audience of 

Binks enthusiasts, who went on to a 

dinner that spun out till near dusk. 

Who is this man who had the wit 

to see that Sarah was worthy of a 

song cycle? John Cameron Greer 

was born in Murdochville, Gaspésie, 

Québec, in 1954. His parents were 

"musical" but not especially so. He 

showed promise early, winning the 

Governor General's Medal at high 

school. When he chose to study 

music, circumstances sent him to 

the University of Manitoba; it 

proved to be a wise choice, he feels. 

There he studied piano and composition, 

the cello and voice. With 

the baccalaureate in music he won 

the Gold Medal. Post-graduate work 

followed, in conducting with Boris 

Goldofsky, and in German Lieder 

with Greta Kraus. He has attended 

many master classes including 

some at the University of Colorado 


Canadian music maker 

in Boulder, at the Conservatory of 

Music in Geneva and at the Music 

Academy of the West in Santa Barbara 

His working languages, in 

addition to English, are French, 

German and Italian. 

John Greer early showed a 

predilection for setting Canadian 

folk songs and tunes. His 1984 New 

Brunswick Bicentennial Salute was 

performed in Fredericton and televised. 

His Op. 8 is a sprightly arrangement 

of Newfoundland songs. 

Twice he has included our Ottawa 

timber-cutters' Les Raftsmen in 

collections; one of these arrangements 

is for men's chorus with triangle, 

glockenspiel and hand drum. 

0 to have heard his setting of 

Burns' My luve's like a red, red 

rose for high voice and piano, his 

Beau Ciel, performed in Caraquet to 

celebrate the 1990 Festival 

Acadien, his Chante, voyageur, 

chante at the Festival of the Sound 

in 1992 or perhaps The Second 

Dip, which includes She's like the 

swallow and the plaintive, touching 

Un canadien errant. Two songs of 

1994 have the tang of the Isles: The 

Keel Row and Lewis Bridal Song. 

But works based on folk song are 

only a part of this composer's 

repertoire. From his first days of 

musical creation he has set psalms 

and hymns. He has set Shakespeare 

songs and songs for the William 

Morris Society, Dennis Lee's Songs 

of the Bubble Ring. He has also 

composed settings for songs by 

Wilfred Owen and Mariana Bindig 

(his Op. 12 and Op. 13). A little 

earlier he created an opera for 

children, based on a Hans Christian 

Andersen story, The Snow Queen, 

presented by the Canadian Children's 

Opera Chorus to celebrate 

their 25th anniversary. This delight 

was broadcast on the CBC. His 

earlier Op. 3, commissioned for the 

National Youth Choir for its inaugural 

season, was From the Diary of 

Louis Riel. When he set an Ogden 

Nash poem to the madrigal form he 

must have come to see that he has a 

facility for the comic, for shortly 

afterward he set seven poems by 

Sarah Binks, the Sweet Songstress of 

Saskatchewan. Sarah and the corpus 

of her poetry had been created 

in 1947 by a solemn little Mennonite 

professor of chemistry at the 

University of Manitoba, Paul 

Hiebert, incidentally winning for 

him the Leacock Award for Humour 

the next year. 

In this cycle Greer arranges 

Sarah's translation (excruciatingly 

bad) of Heinrich Heine's poem, Du 

bist wie eine Blume. Seeing that 

Sarah's work scanned the same as 

the Heine, Greer wrote a clever 

pastiche of the Robert Schumann 

setting. The pig-calling song, Hi 

Sooky Ho Sooky is brilliantly set, 

Composer John Greer. 

with exuberance and wild halloos. 

Carol Wood, who has gone with her 

husband to Washington, will be 

able to delight Americans with 

Methinks I heard the tinkling of a 

star and other Binlcsiana. John 

Greer set this "star" poem a second 

time, for Mary Lou Fallis, who sang 

it in a cabaret setting at the 

National Art Centre. A consummate 

pianist, he accompanied her 

beautifully. 

John Greer has also had a full 

time teaching career. From 1980 

until 1989 he was a faculty member 

of the University of Toronto's Opera 

Division in the Faculty of Music, as 

coach and conductor. He has occupied 

similar posts with the Canadian 

Opera Company, the Canadian 

Opera Piccola of Victoria, the Banff 

School of Fine Arts, Opera Lyra, 

Mirvish Productions, the Toronto 

Gilbert and Sullivan Society and the 

Manitoba Conservatory of Music and 

Arts. Since 1994 he has been Head 

Coach at the Eastman Opera Theatre, 

University of Rochester, New 

York. 

As a freelance accompanist he has 

played at numerous vocal recitals 

and CBC broadcasts. He was seen in 

Ottawa conducting a mega-show, Les 

Mis. An active accompanist, vocal 

coach, composer and arranger, he is 

heard in these capacities throughout 

Canada and abroad in recital 

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General practice including 

and on various CBC broadcasts. He 

is an honoured music graduate of 

both the University of Manitoba 

School of Music, where he studied 

piano and composition with Boyd 

McDonald, and of the university of 

Southern California, where he was a 

student of pianists Gwendolyn 

Koldofsky and Brooks Smith, and of 

harpsichordist Malcolm Hamilton. 

As a faculty member of the University 

of Toronto opera division he 

has conducted numerous operas 

there, including The Marriage of 

Figaro, Gianni Schicchi, 

Tschaikowksy's Iolanta and 

Massenet's Le Portrait de Manon. He 

was chorus master for the Canadian 

Opera Company's 1989 production 

of Un Ballo in Maschera and Barbiere 

di Siviglia and assistant conductor 

for their 1990 production of 

Suor Angelica. 

This highly endowed, wonderfully 

trained composer /musician is carrying 

out a broadly based career in 

the field of music. His taste is excellent. 

The scope of his work in 

the field of music makes one think 

of Gustav Mahler, Mahler without 

the mysticism. But I like and admire 

his Canadian approach to music, 

and his definitely down-toearth 

way of going at it. 

You can hear John Greer's music 

and performance on Marquis 

Records, ERAD 127, 1989, Benjamin 

Britten: Songs and Proverbs of 

William Blake, Op. 74 (includes 

Ralph Vaughan Williams, Five 

Mystical Songs), with Kevin 

McMillan, baritone; and on IBC 

Canada's IBS 1015, The Road to the 

Isles, Folksongs from Scotland, 

England, Ireland and Wales, sung 

by Mary Enid Haines, Pianist John 

Greer, and CBC Records MVCD 1077, 

Musica Viva Series 1995, Aldeburgh 

Connection, John Greer; All 

Around the Circle (A Canadian 

Folksong Suite) and Chamber works 

by Schumann and Brahms. John 

Greer, conductor. 

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The voices of Yiddish women writers are heard 

By 

Sharon 

Abron 

Drache 

FOUND TREASURES, STORIES 

BY YIDDISH WOMEN WRITERS 

Edited by Freida Forman, 

Ethel Raicus, Sara Silberstein 

Swartz, Margie Wolfe 

Second Story Press, 392 pages, 

$13.95 (paper) 

Found Treasures, Stories by Yiddish 

Women Writers is advertised 

as: "The First Collection of its 

Kind!" I admit this caused me 

concern; 

primarily the gnawing 

question, "Why?" 

Besides, I am already familiar 

with English translations of two 

rather prominent female Yiddish 

writers, the late Rochl a.k.a. Rachel 

Korn (1898-1982) and Chava 

Rosenfarb (1923). Since their 

writings have appeared in their own 

publications as well as numerous 

anthologies, I have always assumed 

there was no problem publishing 

women Yiddish writers. Further, I 

had read a novel, several years ago, 

by Isaac Bashevis Singer's sister, 

Esther Singer Kreitman, entitled 

Esther, and my false assumption 

was that this novel was the only 

work she chose to have in print. 

In this trailblazing publication, 

for which Second Story Press is to 

be heartily congratulated, the 

introduction by Irena Klepfisz 

explains how muzzled female 

Yiddish writers were. In the late 

1800s and early 1900s on through 

World War II, when these women 

were as prolific as they could be, 

their work rarely appeared. Not 

only were they suppressed, their 

literary territory was usurped by 

male Yiddish writers, actively 

competing for the same audience. 

In a riveting exposé of the meteoric 

rise of the male literary triumvirate, 

Mendle Mokher Sforim, 

a.k.a. Shalom Jacob Abramovich 

(1835-1917); I.L. Peretz, (1852- 

1915) and Sholem Rabinovich, a.k.a. 

Sholem Aleichem (1859-1963) of 

Fiddler on the Roof fame, Irena 

Klepfisz reveals that all three initially 

published in Hebrew, but 

deliberately switched to Yiddish, 

because of the growing interest in 

classical Yiddish literature, which 

began as a female-centered phenomenon. 

Men prayed in Hebrew 

and wrote in Hebrew, especially 

with the revitalization of the ancient 

Biblical language coinciding 

with the birth of the modern pop- 

ulist Zionist movement. Kepfisz 

writes, "What better way to show 

that contemporary Yiddish literature 

was not a continuation of, but a 

break from its illiterate and women's 

roots, than to fictionalize 

Mendele, at fifty-two, as its 'zeyde/ 

grandfather' (and creator) and 

Sholem Aleichem himself, at 

twenty-nine, as his 'eynikl/ 

grandson'? Klepfisz accuses these 

male authors of actively attempting 

to transform the mame-loshn, 

(translated mother-tongue) from 

matrilineal to patrilineal, to mirror 

the rabbinic dynasties, whose 

legitimacy and fame were rooted in 

Hebrew. 

Too bad if women had been banished 

to the balconies of the synagogues, 

prevented from reading Hebrew, 

only permitted to read Yiddish, 

usually the popular 16th 

century text, Tsene Urene on the 

Sabbath, while their spouses read 

Hebrew in the synagogues. Klepfisz 

makes it obvious that this book, intended 

for the masses, became the 

primary text for Jewish women, 

which they in turn appropriated as 

a solid foundation for modern Yiddish 

literature. 

All the stories in this current 

collection confirm Klepfisz's thesis; 

the themes are grim, almost always 

about women seeking desperately 

to improve their lot both at 

home and in the workplace. They 

are stifled first by their fathers, 

then by their husbands. If there is 

one pervasive plea from the eloquent 

stories, it is death to the Patriarchy 

as a solely legitimate heir 

of the Yiddish literary tradition 

from the 16th century on! 

What surprises is how light and 

enthralling the stories are, the female 

authors, like birds singing 

from gilded cages (golden on the 

inside, i.e. their voices) one cannot 

help but acknowledge that their 

great art has indeed sprung from 

acute suffering and deprivation. 

The contribution by Esther Singer 

Kreitman is heart-rending. She was 

raised in a Hasidic milieu similar 

to and yet totally different from 

her famous brothers Nobel Laureate, 

Isaac Bashevis Singer (1978) 

and Joseph Singer, both so much 

more prolific and well known than 

her during their lifetimes. 

In Kreitman's story, The New 

World, the protagonist, a Jewish 

daughter, is not only sent away 

from her father's house; she spends 

her first three years living under a 

foster family's kitchen table ... so 

much for being seen and not heard; 

she was not even seen! 

In a short introduction to Kreitman's 

story, her son acknowledges 

that his mother was prone to long 

and deep depressions which he be- 

lieves may have been caused by her 

own early childhood ostracism. 

One of my favourite stories is The 

Zogerin by Rokhl Brokes (1890- 

1945) translated by Shirley Kumove 

(well known for her 1985 

work, Words Like Arrows, Yiddish 

Folk Sayings (University of 

Toronto Press). In this tale, The 

Zogerin, Gneyse, prays for decades 

for the souls of her illiterate, but 

financially more secure coreligionists. 

The more she prays on 

their behalf, the poorer she 

becomes, even though they do pay 

her a pittance for her holy 

utterances. She becomes bitter and 

withdraws from the synagogue to 

find comfort in her chosen selfimposed 

madness. 

Another tale, 'Through the Eyes of 

Childhood, by MaIke Lee (1904- 

1972), translated by Ethel Raicus 

and Sara Silberstein Swartz is about 

a young woman's struggle to be a 

poet, also a highly autobiographical 

piece, which examines Lee's father's 

disapproval of her talent: 

"Only my father hated my words. 

How dare a Jewish daughter consort 

with such wickedness; she must 

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Her father tried to burn her poems, 

but her mother rescued them. "My 

mother understood me. These were 

her poems too." Lee was sent from 

her Galician shted to America, 

where perhaps her blasphemy could 

be tolerated. When she landed in 

New York the editor and publisher 

of the Yiddish Journal, Der Tog, 

urged her to write in Yiddish. She 

published seven volumes of poetry 

in New York, Buenos Aires and Tel 

Aviv. She also wrote a memoir from 

which this current selection is 

taken, Durkh Kindershe Oygn 

(Through the Eyes of Childhood), 

and a book of short stories for children. 

In all, eighteen Yiddish women 

writers are represented in this superb 

anthology, including Canadians 

Ida Maze, Chava Rosenfarb and 

Rachel Korn. Fifteen translators 

are also involved, including the 

brilliant essayist, Irena Klepfisz, 

whose scholarly introduction sheds 

new light on the true life force behind 

the tradition known as Yiddish 

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CHURCH NEWS 

St. Matthew's Anglican Church growing & changing 

BY DAVID FARR 

St. Matthew's Church, founded 

almost a century ago with the beginning 

of residential settlement in 

the Glebe, has grown and changed 

with its community. The Glebe is 

one of Ottawa's oldest suburbs. It 

was occupied in the 1890s, after 

street car tracks were laid south 

along Bank Street, thus allowing 

members of the expanding public 

service to move to the southern outskirts 

of old Ottawa. 

The churches came to the Glebe in 

this original wave of settlement. 

First were the Presbyterians, appropriate 

in view of the fact that 

the Glebe was still clergy reserve 

property owned by St. Andrew's 

Church on Wellington Street. The 

Anglicans followed, building the 

first St. Matthew's Church in 1898. 

The Baptists were only a few 

months behind, with the Methodists 

and the Roman Catholics appearing 

in the new century. 

The first St. Matthew's was a 

frame building of grey-blue clapboard 

siding located on First Avenue 

at the southeast corner of what 

is now the church's parking lot. It 

was designed by J.W.H. Watts, an 

architect who had lost his civil 

service job when the government 

changed and was in the process of 

establishing a new career as a 

fashionable architect, the designer 

of mansions for the lumber barons. 

Churches in the English ecclesiastical 

tradition were Watts' specialty, 

however, One still stands in 

the Glebe: Glebe-St. James United 

Church at First Avenue and Lyon 

Street, built to Watts' design in 

1906. The first St. Matthew's was a 

much simpler building, its most 

distinctive feature being magnificent 

hammer-beam trusses 

supporting the roof. Although 

periodically enlarged over the 

years, the building could not keep 

pace with the burgeoning 

congregation. By the end of the 

1920s there were 675 families on 

the parish roll and 500 children in 

the Sunday School. It was time for a 

new church. 

The decision to construct a new 

building could not have come at a 

more inopportune time. It was 

made in January 1929, when the 

parish had a reserve of only 

$29,000 with which to construct a 

building estimated to cost 

$237,000. The balance would have 

to be collected, pledged or borrowed. 

At the beginning of fundraising 

came disaster. The New 

York stock market crash of October 

1929 wiped out savings of many 

Ottawa residents. The Depression 

and reduced incomes followed. 

It was a critical moment for St. 


Matthew's. When the financial 

collapse occurred, the parish hall 

was almost completed but the walls 

and roof of the church were still 

unfinished. The popular and energetic 

fifth rector, Robert Jefferson, 

later to be bishop of Ottawa, urged 

completing the task and the parish 

agreed. The present church was 

opened in December 1930, one of 

the largest and most beautiful 

modified Gothic structures in the 

Anglican diocese. Seating 1100 

people and built of creamy Indiana 

limestone, it was the design of Cecil 

Burgess, an Ottawa architect who 

had a great sensitivity to the forms 

of English church architecture. 

Throughout the years that followed, 

St. Matthew's Church served as a 

social and cultural centre for the 

Glebe when Ottawa had a few such 

amenities and there was no television. 

The Sunday School was large 

and active; scouting and guiding 

were the priorities of every child; 

community and club dinners and 

bridge parties were a frequent occurrence; 

dances and plays offered 

regular entertainments for young 

and old. 

St. Matthew's musical tradition 

began in the late 1950's under a 

beloved seventh rector, Eric Osborne. 

Archdeacon Osborne loved 

church music and liturgy, especially 

the music sung in the English 

cathedrals by choirs of men 

and boys. Through his enthusiasm a 

young organist and Choirmaster, 

Gerald Wheeler, came from England 

in 1956 to form a male choir. He 

also designed a fine new organ, a 

monument to those in the congregation 

who had died in the two world 

wars. Thus was established one of 

the best-known choirs in the Ottawa 

area that at Christmas and 

Easter attracts many who are not 

members of the parish. In recent 

years a womens' and girls' choir 

has been created to sing separately 

or in partnership with the men and 

boys. 

In recent years St. Matthew's has 

turned to the larger Ottawa community 

to carry out a mission of 

service. Under the eighth rector, 

Canon Keith Calder, a Glebe Clothing 

Shop was set up to sell used 

clothing, and a self-help group, Operation 

Rainbow, was formed to help 

those temporarily unemployed. The 

church's 90th birthday brought 

about the establishment of a home 

for women who were victims of domestic 

violence. Harmony Flouse, 

launched in 1987, consists of ten 

small apartments in which battered 

women and their children can find 

shelter. 

An ambitious project in 

affordable non-profit housing, 

launched under its ninth rector, 

Illustration by John Leaning 

Canon Lydon McKeown, was to have 

provided 30 apartments, some 

subsidized, some reserved for 

women from Harmony House and 

some let at market rents. However 

the Ontario government has now 

withdrawn promised funding for 

the project. The church is looking 

at alternative ways to take 

advantage of the site which is 

provided by the parish hall and the 

Prot 

parking lot reached from First 

Avenue. 

David Farr, a long-time member 

of Carleton University's Histoiy 

Department is the author of "A 

Church in the Glebe, St. Matthew's, 

Ottawa, 1898-1988," from which 

this article is drawn. The book is 

available from the church office, 

217 First Avenue, for $10. 

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St. Matthew's in 1995/96 

BY DAVID FARR 

St. Matthew's Anglican Church 

has been a centre of worship, music 

and community service in the Glebe 

for ninety-seven years. The holyday 

of the church's patron, St. 

Matthew, falls on September 21 and 

is marked by special services held 

in the morning and evening of the 

Sunday closest to that day. These 

services traditionally begin a new 

church year for St. Matthew's. 

The church's central purpose is 

to proclaim the relevance of the 

kingdom of God. It does this 

through its Sunday worship: a full 

choral Eucharist at 10 a.m.; said 

services at 8 a.m. and 12 noon and 

choral evensong at 7 p.m. on the 

first and third Sundays of the 

month. In addition Holy Communion 

is celebrated at 10 a.m. each 

Thursday. Church school is held 

every Sunday morning and, of 

course, there is a range of activities 

for other age-groups and interests. 

The coming year will see two new 

faces at St. Matthew's: the Rev. 

The four part harmonies of traditional 

English cathedral music will 

echo through the neo-Gothic arches 

of St. Matthew's Anglican Church 

when the Choir of Gentlemen and 

Boys are joined by their counterparts 

from St. Matthias Church, 

Westmount and St. Peter's, 

Brockville in Choral Evensong on 

Sunday, October 15. 

Janet Smith, who brings a brisk and 

friendly manner as assistant to the 

Rev. Canon Lydon McKeown, and 

Matthew Larkin, a lively and gifted 

young organist and choir director 

who has joined St. Matthew's from a 

church in Victoria. He will lead 

the two choirs men and boys', 

women and girls' -- which have 

contributed so much to St. 

Matthew's tradition of fine music. 

Over the coming months instrumental 

accompaniments are promised to 

some of the services and concerts. 

Already the trumpet and the flute 

have provided vivid colour to our 

music. 

St. Matthew's welcomes all Glebe 

residents who are looking for a 

spiritual home that is caring and 

devoted to the beauty of the traditional 

Anglican form of worship. 

Further information on what the 

church has to offer can be obtained 

from the clergy or the secretary in 

the office at 217 First Avenue 

(telephone 234-4024). 

Choirs from Montreal & Brockville 

join St. Matthew's choir 

in choral festival 

The musical repertoire for the 7 

p.m. service will include Let the 

People Praise Thee, 0 God by 

William Mathias, and Evening Canticles 

in C by C.V. Stanford and 

Preces and Responses by John 

Reading. 

St. Matthew's Church is located on 

Glebe Ave. near Bank St. 

Ottawa Mennonite Church 

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Hand-made crafts made by thirdworld 

artisans will be on sale in 

November at the Ottawa Mennonite 

Church, 1830 Kilborn Avenue. 

From Laos to Mexico, from intricate 

wood carvings to delicate cotton 

prints, an abundance of items will 

be on display. Toys for children, 

ornaments for the festive season, 

musical instruments, and wall 

hangings are just a few of the items 

for sale every Friday evening and 

Saturday in ,November. 

Proceeds help artisans and their 

families meet such basic needs as 

health care, education and often 

support culturally significant art 

forms and ancient skills. Products 

Pieuse support 

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have been selected by relief agencies 

associated with the Mennonite 

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7000 volunteers in the US and 

Canada help provide a vital link 

between North American consumers 

and over 65 producer groups, including 

a women's co-op in 

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CHURCH OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT (Roman Catholic) 

Fourth Avenue at Percy Street 232-4891 

Rev. Dr. Leslie Laszlo, Administrator 

Rev. Anthony O'Sullivan in Residence 

Rev. Dr. Leslie Laszlo, 233-8603 for Hungarian Community 

Masses: Weekdays: 8:00 AM Saturday: 8:00 AM 4:30 PM 

Sunday: 9:00 AM 11:00 AM 12:30 PM (Hungarian) 

(Elevator Access for the handicapped. Loop system for the 

hearing impaired) 

FIFTH AVENUE FREE METHODIST CHURCH 

Fifth Avenue at Monk Street 233-1870 

Minister: Rev. Stanley J.T. Hanna 

Sunday Services Sunday School 9:30 AM 

Worship Service 11:00 AM Evening Fellowship 6:30 PM 

FOURTH AVENUE BAPTIST CHURCH 

Fourth Avenue at Bank Street 236-1804 

Minister: E.J. Cox 

Sunday Services: Morning Worship 11:00 AM 

GLEBE-ST. JAMES UNITED CHURCH 

650 Lyon Street 236-0617 

Pastors: Ann McKeown and Jack Nield 

New Ventures in Celebration 9:30 AM (Family Service) 

Worship 11:00 AM plus 

Christian Development Program (ages 3-13) 

ST. MATTHEW'S ANGLICAN CHURCH 

Glebe Avenue near Bank Street 234-4024 

Rector: The Rev. Canon Lydon McKeown 

Priest Associate: The Rev. Dr. John Gibaut 

Holy Communion: 8:00 AM plus noon (2nd & 4th Sundays) 

Choral Eucharist & Church School: 10:00 AM 

Choral Evensong: 7:00 PM (first & third Sundays) 

Weekday Eucharist: Thursday 10:00 AM 

Counselling by appointment 234-4024 

(Handicapped accessible from parking lot. Loop System) 

THE RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF FRIENDS (QUAKERS) 

91 A Fourth Avenue 232-9923 

Clerk: Betty Hurst 

Sunday Service: 10:30 AM 

OTTAWA CHINESE BIBLE CHURCH 

Bank Street at Fourth Avenue (Fourth Avenue Baptist) 

Pastor: Rev. Yu-Hsiung Chen 232-5211 

Sunday Services: Worship 9:15 AM Sunday School: 11:00 

OTTAWA CHINESE UNITED CHURCH 

600 Bank Street 594-4571 

Minister: Rev. Wing Mak 

Sunday Services: Sunday School 

Bilingual Service 

9:30 AM 

11:00 AM 

OTTAWA DEAF FELLOWSHIP Total Communication 

Fifth Avenue at Monk Street 

Minister: Pastor Dick Foster 

Sunday Services: Worship 11:00 AM Sunday School 9:45 AM 

ST. GILES PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 

Bank Street at First Avenue 235-2551 

Minister: Rev. Duncan Kennedy 

Youth Coordinator: Colleen Smith 

Sunday Service: Worship11:00 AM Church School 11:15 AM 

CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF THE ANNUNCIATION AND ST. NICHOLAS 

(ORTHODOX CHURCH IN AMERICA)55 Clarey Avenue 236-5596 

Clergy: Father Andrew Morbey 523-1928 

Deacon Symeon Rodger 725-9215 

Vespers: Wed. & Sat. 6:30 PM Matins: Sunday 9:00 AM 

Liturgy: Sunday 10:00 AM (Services mostly in English) 

EMMANUEL BAPTIST CHURCH (Hispanic Ministry) 

Bank St. at Fourth (Fourth Avenue Baptist) 

Pastor Rev. Pedro Morataya 741-0628 

Sunday Service: 3:00 PM Wed. Prayer Meeting 7:30 PM 

October 6, 

1995 Glebe Report-29

(Octobei. 

WORDS 

South Branch Library news 

BY PAMELA ROSOLEN 

South Branch staff held a farewell luncheon for Branch Head Tim Mark on 

September 15. Tim has taken leave from public library work for a year to 

assume the position of Executive Director of CARL - Canadian Association 

of Research Libraries. We wish him success and happiness in this 

endeavor. In his absence, I am the acting Head Librarian. The staff joins 

me in welcoming Judy Wood from the Main Library, who is the Acting 

Assistant Head Librarian. Other staff changes have also occured. Gillian 

Shields has taken leave from her position as Library Assistant to pursue 

her studies at Carleton University. We welcome Marie Thivierge who is 

filling Gillian's position at the circulation desk. 

The following are the top ten requested items in the Ottawa Public 

Library System: 

The Rainmaker 

John Grisham 

From Potter's Field 

Patricia Cornwell 

Let Me Call You Sweetheart 

Mary Higgins Clark 

The Celestine Prophecy 

James Redfield 

The Piano Man's Daughter 

Timothy Findley 

Men Are From Mars Women are From Venus John Gray 

On The Take 

Stevie Cameron 

Simisola 

Ruth Rendell 

Ladder Of Years 

Anne Tyler 

Lightning 

Danielle Steel 

Upcoming programmes in the Children's Section include the following: 

Oct. 21 2:00 pm Apple Pigs Mmmm...make a pig of yourself with a 

delicious craft. Ages 4 to 7 (30 min.) 

Oct. 25 4:15 pm Mysterious Mysteries Put together clues and 

uncover secrets ... Ages 8 to 13 (45 min.) 

Oct. 28 2:00pm Pumpkins! Pumpkins! A pre-Hallowe'en 

surprise. Dress up or come as you are! Ages 3 to 6. Preregistration 

(45 min.) 

2 novembre 14h00 Heure de conte, histoires et films pour les 3 à 5 

ans. Inscription. (45 min.) 

2:00 pm Eensy Weensy World. Learn to make little 

people from embroidery thread and twist ties. Ages 6 to 10. 

Pre-registration. (45 min.) 

Babes in the Library Music, rhymes and books for babies from birth to 

18 months. Mondays at 9:30 am from November 6 to December 11 inclusive. 

Pre-registration begins October 23. 

Bébés à la biblio. Musique, comptines et livres pour les bébés de la 

naissance à 18 mois, mardi 5. 9h40 du 7 novembre au 12 décembre. 

Inscription dès le 24 octobre. 

Time for Twos. Stories and films for 2-year-olds, Wednesdays at 9:30 

a.m. from November 1 to December 6 inclusive. Pre-registration begins 

October 18. 

Storytime for 3 to 5-year-olds; Mondays at 10:30, and Wednesdays at 

10:30am and 2:15pm. 

Saturday Stories and Films. Ages 4 to 7. Saturdays at 10:30am. 

Bank Street Book Club! Drop in after school for bookish activities. 

Ages 12 to 14. Call for details. 

Lunchtime readings at 

the Ottawa Public Library 

Nov. 4 

The Ottawa Public Library's 

popular lunchtime reading series is 

back. 

The weekly readings, co-sponsored 

by Food for Thought Books, 

will be held at 12:15 pm in the Library 

auditorium at 120 Metcalfe 

Street. Copies of featured books 

will be available for sale at autographing 

sessions following each 

reading. Admission is free. 

Also coming in October: Marci 

MacDonald, Yankee Doodle Dandy: 

Brian Mulroney & 1-lis America 

Agenda (October 10); Ken Rockburn, 

Medium Rare: Jamming with 

Culture (October 12); the World 

Wildlife Fund, Protecting Canada's 

Endangered Spaces (October 19); 

Brian Nolan, Airborne: The Heroic 


Story of the 1st Canadian Parachute 

Ba talion in WWII (October 20); Ron 

Atkey, The Chancellor's Foot 

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Linda Cullen, Double Exposure 

(October 25); and Patrick Reid, 

Wild Colonial Boy: A Memoir 

(October 26). 

Cancer Centre Open 

House on October 14 

Come to the Grand Opening and 

Open House of the new Ottawa 

Regional Cancer Centre on Saturday 

October 14 at Ottawa General 

Hospital, 501 Smyth Road. From 10 

am to noon there is a pancake 

breakfast, followed by a tour to the 

centre from noon to 3 pm. For 

further information call 247-6883. 

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or write to the Glebe Report 

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Rockcliffe Park Public School will Although the emphasis is on chilhold 

its 34th Annual Book Fair on dren's books, adult best sellers and 

November 3rd, 4th and 5th. This specialty books are available. 

year's theme will be technology. Canadian authors are on hand 

Book Fair is the major fund- throughout the Fair for readings 

raiser for the Home and School As- and book signings. There is also a 

sociation of Rockcliffe Park Public good selection of used games, puz- 

School. Proceeds from the event are zles and magazines. 

used to upgrade school equipment Over 400 volunteers from several 

and books and to supplement Board communities work at Book Fair 

of Education funding. As well, throughout the year. Last year 

Rockcliffe provides grants to Ot- more than 5,500 people came to the 

tawa area schools so that they may Fair. In the truest sense, 

upgrade their libraries at the Fair. Rockcliffe Park Book Fair is a 

Rockcliffe's Fair sells new and community event with a great 

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This space acts as a free community bulletin board for Glebe residents. 

Drop off your GRAPEVINE message at the Glebe Community Centre including 

name, address and phone no. 'For Sale' items more than $1,000 not accepted - 

FOUND 

CHILD'S BIKE at Brown's Inlet on 

Fri. Sept. 15. Call 233-5332. 

WANTED 

* TO RENT single or double car 

garage, clean, dry w. proper cement 

floor. Call 233-1673. 

LOOKING FOR PIANO in $500- 

$600 range for beginner student as 

soon as possible. Ph. 230-3757. 

RELIABLE CAT-LOVER for occasional 

weekends. You will stay in a 

beautiful apartment overlooking the 

canal in the company of my lovely 

Lullu. Call 236-0955. 

* ALUMINUM TOOLSHED wanted, 

Please call 234-3169. 

WHEELBARROW WANTED for gardening 

in kindergarten at First 

Ave., call 237-5718. 

FOR SALE 

YAMAHA CLARINET & CASE 

$225, 234-6385. 

LOVESEAT, Barrymore tufted 

back, blue velvet, needs cleaning 

$150. Ph: 236-8103. 

FISHER INDOOR WOOD STOVE, 

med sz. w. all installation hardware. 

(Heat shields, piping, floor 

protector, etc.) Black w. silver 

knobs & detachable screen. All 

hardware never used, w. installation 

instructions, Call 832-4701. 

CHIDRENS' VIOLINS like new. 

One-eighth sz for 5-6 yr old; onesixteenth 

sz for 3-4 yr old. $125 

ea. 563-7249. 

AIR HOCKEY TABLE 72.5"1 x 

38.5"w x 32"h, Burton "Brushie" 

snowboard 160cm long, each $160. 

Call 567-7038. 

OAK VENEER KITCHEN TABLE & 

chairs. 42" round, pedestal table, 4 

matching oak chairs w. caned seats. 

Asking $125. Call 234-3758. 

KRYDNER UPRIGHT PIANO over 10 

yrs. old, $750, 237-1011. 

BEDROOM SET, Andrew Malcolm 

design, headboard for double bed, 2 

night tables, 7 drawer chest, 

cream/gold, asking $950. 232-7295 

FREE OIL TANK for heating oil, 

232-7295. 

1/4 SZ SUZUKI VIOLIN $250. 234- 

5348. 

EMPLOYMENT 

CAREGIVER NEEDED for 7 month 

old. My home or yours. Full time. 

Glebe, 230-8776. 

RESPONSIBLE PERSON to come into 

our home 3 days/wk, 4-7pm to 

babysit or do some cooking. If interested 

call Hélène 230-2620. 

LOOKING FOR EXTRA INCOME? 

People needed to recruit volunteers 

for Ontario March of Dimes doorto-door 

campaign. 4-6 weelcs of 

employment at $8/hr. If interested, 

call Laura Ospina at 745- 

6890. 

CHILDCARE AVAILABLE 

* CAREGIVER AVAIL. in Glebe 

Mon.-Fri. 1-5pm by exp. mom of 

one. Snacks, close to park, 

references, Marina 234-8253 

VOLUNTEERS 

CANADIAN MENTAL HEALTH AS- 

SOC. needs warm caring volunteers 

to work w. people in our community 

who have mental health problems. 

For more info: Call 737-7791. 

SISTERS OF CHARITY OF OTTAWA 

HEALTH SERVICE needs volunteers 

at Saint-Vincent Pavilion, 60 

Cambridge St. to take patients to 

hairdresser, for therapeutic leisure 

and friendly visiting. Ph: 782-2761 

* tLISABETH-BRUYÈRE PAVILION, 

43 Bruyère St. needs a volunteer 

receptionist. Tel. 562-6364. 

NOTICES 

THE OTTAWA STORYTELLERS are 

changing their meeting time & 

location. The first Thursday of the 

month (Oct. 5, Nov. 2, Dec.7), 7:30 

pm, Ottawa Old Town Hall, 61 Main 

St. (Bus routes 5 & 16). Come to 

listen, or to tell...Info: Donna 592- 

1223. 

MAXY'S NEARLY NEW - near 

Carling & Kirkwood fall clearance 

sale of nearly-new clothing. Bring 

your own bag and fill it for only $3. 

S.C.O.P.E. Support for Children, an 

Organization for Public Education 

is holding its Annual Meeting on 

Monday, Oct. 16, 7:30 pm at 

Hintonburg Com. Centre. For info: 

Call Judy 833-2452. 

COMMUNITY LEGAL SERVICES 

Annual General Meeting, Mon. Oct. 

23, Open House 5-6 pm. Meeting 6 

pm at 1 Nicholas St.Please come to 

the Open House. It will be an 

opportunity to discuss the clinic's 

work w. the staff. 

PARKING LOT SALE end of season 

new gift items, used clothing to 

support R.O.H. volunteer assoc'n, 

Sat. 30 Sept 10-3, at Carling & 

Merivale. 

Steff-Ki 

Retirement Lodge 

"Just like home" 

Enjoy modem conveniences in a 

traditional and cozy century home, 

located in the heart of Ottawa's Glebe 

community. Experience a comfortable 

lifestyle that meets your needs. 

To join our extended family, call 

Annie O'Connor, R.N., Administrator 

(613) 234-0590 

174 Glebe Ave., Ottawa, Ont. K I S 2C7 

go Managed by Dignicare Inc. 

Member of Ontario Residential Care Association 

NOTICES 

GARAGE SALE at Southminster 

United Church, Bank St. at Aylmer, 

Fri. Oct. 13, 1-6 pm, Sat. Oct. 14, 9 

am-noon. 

BAZAAR, Southminster United 

Church Nov. 4, 10 am-1 pm. 

Luncheon avail. 

BUFFET LUNCHEON (Casseroles, 

Desserts) $6. Home baking & gifts 

for sale. Fourth Ave. Baptist 

church, Fourth Ave. at Bank St., 

Oct. 14, 11:30 am-1 pm. 

EXHIBITIONS at Carleton University 

Art Gallery, St. Patrick's 

Building, open daily from 12 noon 

to 7:00 p.m. Tues.-Fri., 12 noon-5 

pm. Sat. & Sun. to Oct. 29. Call 788- 

2120. Memory Theatre by 

Vancouver architect Richard 

Henriquez. Shamanism as Subject 

Matter: It is Time to Ask Some 

Questions selections from a 

collection of Inuit Art and Myth 

and History: Prints from the 

Collection. 

CANADIAN MENTAL HEALTH AS- 

SOC. presents front-line workers' 

training. Nov. 29, Jan. 31/96 or 

May 29, 9 am - 5 pm at the R.A. 

Centre, 2451 Riverside Dr., Ottawa, 

Cost $60. For info: Call 737-7791. 

CHILDREN'S FESTIVAL PRESEN'TS 

London's Dufflebag Theatre in Peter 

Pan & Dracula, Nov. 4 & 5 at Can. 

Mus. of Nature, $7. Info 728-5863. 

MESH, Ottawa, Self Help Group for 

people w. Chronic Fatigue Syndrome 

presents open discussion: What 

Helps Me, What Helps You Tues. 

Oct. 24, 1 pm, Hintonberg Community 

Centre, 1064 Wellington St., 

Free. Information, 789-(MESH) 6374. 

DANISH BAZAAR 95 Sat. Nov. 4, 

11 am, Tom Brown Arena. Unusual 

& traditional items from Denmark, 

including Christmas crafts & decorations, 

embroideries & knitted 

garments. Real Danish pastry, 

many kinds of cookies & preserves. 

Danish food served. 

VISIT RAILFAIR '95, a Model Rail- 

road Show 

at the 

Woodroffe Campus of Algonquin 

College, Woodroffe at Baseline. 

Admission $5 adults, $3 teens & 

seniors, $1 for children 5-12. 

Handicap accessible, free parking. 

Sat. Oct. 14, 11 am - 5:30 pm, Oct. 

15, 10 am - 5pm. 

Hulse, Playfilir eir McGarry 

Funeral Homes 

233-1143 

Funeral 

Pre-Arrangement 

This important matter may be discussed at 

any of our 4 locations or within the 

privacy of your home. For information 

without obligation please call 233-1143. 

Serving The National Capital Region 

McGarry Family: majority owners 

Founded 1925 

GRAPEVINE 

NOTICES 

RUMMAGE SALE, Fourth Ave. 

Baptist Church, Fourth Ave. at Bank 

St. Sat. Oct. 28, 9 am-12 noon. 

FALL RUMMAGE SALE, Glebe St. 

James United Church, 650 Lyon St., 

Sat. 9 am - 12 noon: Oct. 14. 

*BAZAAR McLeod-Stewarton United 

Church, 507 Bank St., Sat. Nov. 4, 

10:30 - 2 pm. Luncheon, 11:30 - 

1:30 $5. 

* WIDOWED SUPPORT GROUP 

meeting Wed. Oct. 18 at 7:30 pm, 

YM/YWCA Room 137, 180 Argyle 

Ave. Speaker: Dr. Joe Dietrich, 

Learning by Heart - 10 Steps to 

Working Through Grief. 

* OTTAWA MUSIC CLUB opening 

concert of its 65th season Nov. 4 at 

2 pm in the Château Laurier. Pianist 

Frédéric Lacroix, trumpeter 

Steven Van Gulik & double bassist 

Nathan Morris are featured. Subscriptions 

$10, single tickets $5 

($3 for children under 12) avail, at 

the door. 236-3325. 

ORGAN RECITAL by German organist 

Heidi Emmert opens Christ 

Church Cathedral's concert series 

Oct. 18 at 8 pm. Tickets at the door 

$10, $4 seniors & students; Season 

tickets $45 & $25. Info: 236-9149. 

GOODS & SERVICES AUCTION, St. 

Luke's Church, Somerset St. at Bell. 

Auction starts at 10 am Sat. Oct. 

14. Doors open at 9. For info: 235- 

3416. 

ROH PRESENTS Children & Youth 

in the 90's: Why Are They So 

Needy? How Can We Meet Their 

Needs In A Time Of Diminishing 

Returns? Thurs. Nov. 9, 8 pm, 

Auditorium A, Health Sciences 

Centre, U. of Ottawa, 451 Smyth Rd. 

Free. Info: Dr. Malik 737-2256. 

Sponsored by The Division of Child 

& Adolescent Psychiatry, Faculty 

of Medicine, U. of Ottawa. 

* THE CENTRE FOR TREATMENT OF 

SEXUAL ABUSE & CHILDHOOD 

TRAUMA invites you to a screening 

of Severe Early Trauma: Theraphy 

for Adult Survivors, followed by a 

panel discussion Mon. Oct. 16, 

7:30pm. Info: 233-4929. 

Classical 

Cecchetti Syllabus 

Creative Movement 

Children's Classes 

Adults/Students 

Modern/Jazz/Fitness 

Training Programmes 

Directors 

Joyce Shietze (c.s.a.) 

Merril. HodginsA.R.A.D. 

Celia Franca 4-c.o.... 

203 Catherine St 

Ottawa, Ontario (613) 238-7838 

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GLEBE FITNESS PROGRAMMES 

Earily Bird Tues. & Thurs. 6:45 a.m. - 7:45 a.m. 

Step Aerobics Mon. & Wed. 6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. 

Super Sweat Tues. & Thurs. 6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. 

Evening Fitness Tues. & Thurs. 7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. 

September 18 to December 21 

$48.00 (includes G.S.T.) per course. 

Please call centre for details (564-1058) 

IMILL 

Glebe Neighbourhood Activities Group 

690 Lyon Street, South 

Ottawa, Ontario K1S 3Z9 

Tel: 564-1058 

DIcaTIzt 

Saturday, October 14 

10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. 

Free Admission! 

For further information, please call 564-1058. 

POTTERY STUDIO MEMBERSHIPS 

Studio memberships are available for individuals to have independant 

work time. The studio is open for members whenever the community 

centre is open and no classes are scheduled. For information, please 

call Pat Strickland (564-1058) 

Fees: 

Seasonal (3 months ): $107.00 (includes G.S.T.) 

*Oct. - Dec.; Jan. - Mar.; Apr. - June; and July - Sept.* 

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Tuesday, October 31 

400 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. 

Ages 5 - 12 years 

FREE ADMISSION AND TREATS ! 

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Come meet and play with some of the ghosts & goblins 

from the Glebe Community Centre!

October 06, 1995 - Glebe Report

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