April 09, 1999 - Glebe Report

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Main hall sealed during repairs 

The main hall of the Glebe 

community Centre was closed 

March 26 to remove asbestos from 

the dome. The asbestos had been 

covered by a painted canvas 

ceiling that has probably lined 

the dome since the days the 

building was a church. VVhen city 

workers discovered the canvas 

was no longer stable and there 

was a risk asbestos fibres could 

be introduced into the space, the 

city decided to remove the asbestos 

completely to ensure public 

safety. 

According to Lucian Blair, 

communications officer for the 

city, the monitored level of asbestos 

fibres in the air at that 

time was negligible. The area in 

question is now sealed off and 

there is no risk to adjacent areas. 

Asbex, a licensed asbestos re- 

Photos: John Oison 

Curved canv-as ceiling covered a layer of asbestos under the dome. 

Old book inspires Glebe writer 

When Margaret Negodaeff's 

husband brought home an old 

book noting the achievements of 

one of Canada's first woman doctors 

who practised medicine in 

China, Margaret knew she had no 

tell her story. 

The book, Honour Due: The 

Story of Dr. Leonora Howard King, 

was launched on International 

Women's Day in Toronto and has 

already received considerable 

publicity. 

The Ottawa book launch in 

March was attended by Hedy Fry, 

the Secretary of State responsible 

for the status of women, and the 

cultural counsellor from the Chinese 

embassy. 

It took Margaret six years to 

research and write the book. The 

biography is a first for this 

freelance writer and editor who 

has worked extensively for Health 

Canada and hosted a radio talk 

show on women's issues for CKOY. 

"Fascinating and frustrating," 

is how Margaret Negodaeff describes 

her research in China and 

various universities on the life of 

the medical missionary Leonora 

Asbestos removed from Glebe C. C. dome 

Author Margaret Negodaeff 

Howard King. As a high school 

dropout, she felt "like a kid in a 

candy shop using the incredible 

reference material at Yale University. 

I had a wonderful time." 

A generous grant from the 

Canada Council got her started, 

and a push from Dr. Catherine 

Younger-Lewis of the Federation 

of Medical Women of Canada 

(FMVVC) helped her finish it. The 

Canadian Medical Association i s 

the publisher of Honour Due. Ed- 

Continued on page 3 

moval contractor, is removing the 

asbestos over the next two ID 

three weeks and T. Harris Environmental 

Management Inc. will 

monitor the work daily. Air 

monitoring will take place in 

rooms adjacent to the main hall to 

ensure that the containment is 

complete. 

Removing the asbestos will 

cost $18,500, said Steve Finnamore, 

city architect. An extra 

$5,000 is estimated for the scaffolding 

which will also be needed 

to finish the interior of the dome. 

Staff are considering how tu 

patch and paint the plaster surface. 

"We need a product to adhere 

to the sealer on the original 

plaster," said Finnamore, adding 

that they must be sensitive to the 

Glebite puts her stamp on the future 

Madeline Hall of Monkland 

Ave. is one of 30 finalists in Canada 

Post's national stamp design 

contest, Stampin' the Future'. 

Madeline, 12, a Glebe Report deliverer, 

designed the stamp for an 

art class at First Avenue School. 

She decided to mail in her entry 

with her vision of the new millennium. 

"A girl in a rocket ship looking 

at a planet and the stars," is 

how she describes her colourful 

illustration. 

As a finalist from 56,000 entries, 

Madeline won an allinclusive 

trip for four to Ottawa 

in July, as well as a t-shirt and a 

stamp collection. "I'll definitely 

be there in July," she said. 

"When I found out, I screamed 

and jumped up and down. I was 

really happy." She hopes to be 

one of the four grand prize winners 

whose drawings will become 

Canadian postage stamps in the 

year 2000. 

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SOCCER CLUB 

Ottawa Royals soccer 

registration April 10 

The Ottawa Royals soccer registration 

for House League (ages 

5-11) and Competitive (under 10 

to adult) takes place at the Dovercourt 

Community Centre Saturday, 

April 10, 10 am. to 4 p.m. 

Walk in or phone 729-9509. 

Annabella & The TyCoon 

book signing April 29 

Joanne Sulzenko, who reports 

on Hopewell School for the Glebe 

Report; has written a children's 

book, Anna bella and The TyCoon. 

There will be a signing by the 

author at Mother Tongue Books 

April 29. 

Half the proceeds from the sale 

of each book goes to Hopewell's 

instrumental music program. See 

Hopewell School News, page 27. 

delicate plaster on the walls as 

well. A spray-on stipple finish is 

being considered. Cost of the 

finishing is not yet known. 

MOST PROGRAMS CONTINUE 

In the meantime, community 

centre and GNAG staff have rescheduled 

some events (see GNAG 

News, page 6). The after-school 

program is continuing; the preschool 

indoor playground and 

playgroup have been rescheduled, 

and yoga and evening fitness will 

move to Corpus Christi school. 

Call the centre at 564-1058 foe., 

more information. 

The Pantry, the lunch/tea room 

adjacent to the main hall in the 

community centre, has had to 

close; owner-manager Carolyn 

Best hopes to re-open it April 19. 

Finalist Madeline Hall 

INSIDE 

Letters 5 

Market forces change Bank St. 

GNAG 6 

GCA 7 

City Councillor 9 

Reg'! Councillor 11 

Forum 12 

Garden for everyone proposed 

Feature 19 

loung Glebe skiers compete 

Arts 21,22 

Books 31,32 

Reviews of books by Glebe 

authors Negodaeff & Marlin 

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Glebe Report April 9, 1999 2 

Abbotsford House 

Spring programs begin 

BY GORDON HAUSER 

April is always a busy month 

at 950 Bank Street. Not that we 

have been hibernating through 

the cold, but the absence of snow 

and the return of warm sunshine 

revitalizes our energy level and 

we plan an exciting session for 

lively folk 55 years and older. 

On Friday April 9 and Saturday 

April 10 we have our second annual 

Book Sale, from 10 a.m. to 2 

p.m. If you are going to be ahead 

of the discerning collectors who 

will be looking over our stock you 

will have to be early. A phone 

call to 230-5730 will give you 

insight as to what is available but 

we don't reserve first editions for 

anyone. Every visitor has the 

same opportunity to snaffle a 

bargain as the next 

Starting April 12 for those 

whe like a musical challenge, we 

are starting group lessons in 

guitar, mandolin and fiddle. Perhaps 

you need a refresher to improve 

your skill; we have spaced 

lessons so there will be no com- 

peting sounds. 

Guitar on Mon- 

days from 1 to 2 p.m., mandolin 

and fiddle on Wednesdays from 

10 to 11 am. Phone 230-5730 to 

reg is ter. 

April 12 all our programs 

start Chinese Brush Painting, 

Stained Glass, Pottery, Play 

Reading and so many others too 

numerous to mention here. Pick 

up the free program guide when 

you visit for it has a succinct description 

of the course and names 

of the expert who will guide you. 

On April 13 we have a presentation 

by Future Memories, a 

free demonstration about telling 

and preserving your life story. It 

always amazes me to hear the fascinating 

experiences of ordinary 

people who often start by saying 

that their life was not special. 

Your life's ups and downs are 

probably another interesting unwritten 

book. However we expect 

a crowd for this, so advance registration 

is required, 230-5730 

is the number to call. BecaUse it 

starts at 1 p.m. you might like to 

come early and have lunch before 

it starts. Lunch begins at noon. 

After the demonstration refreshments 

will be served. Bring your 

photo album any one picture 

will start a flood of memories. 

April 20 is a Tuesday and we 

have arranged a 'Weekenders' 

spring fashion sale from noon to 2 

p.m. No registration necessary. 

The first Wednesday of each 

month we have smoke free bingo, 

25 cents per card/game, and on 

each second Wednesday we have a 

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Glebe Co-op Nursery 

Plant sale May 8 and 9 

BY KAREN REYNOLDS & 

SOSHANAH ELIAS 

PLANT SALE MAY 8-9 

The Glebe Co-operative Nursery 

School (690 Lyon Street at 

Third) is holding its annual plant 

sale on Saturday and Sunday, May 

8-9 from 9 to 3 p.m. It's a wonderful 

opportunity to get your 

flats of annuals, baskets, flowering 

plants and great Mother's Day 

gifts! 

COLOURFUL MURAL 

CREATED 

Spring has actually been 

blooming at the nursery school 

since last November. That is 

when Marie Christine Feraud began 

to sketch tulips and daffodils 

forming part of a colourful mural 

which now adorns the stairway to 

the school. As well as caring for 

her children, Sacha (age 3 1/2) 

and his sister Zepherine (age 19 

months), Marie Christine works 

as a professional art director, 

Neighbourhood 

There will be a meeting of the 

Neighbourhood Watch, Glebe 

North, on Wednesday, April 21, 

from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the 

Glebe Community Centre, 690 

Lyon Street. 

The Glebe North Watch area 

comprises Powell (Bank to Bronson), 

Renfrew, Imperial, Rosebery 

and Glendale Avenues. All resi- 

Cont'd from p. 1 

winna von Baeyer of Ottawa South 

was the editor. 

Margaret, a Glebite for the past 

11 years, lives on Regent Street 

with her husband Stephen Tomsik 

and their deranged cats, Bonnie 

and Clyde. For the past few years, 

Negodaeff has concentrated on 

travelling and writing about her 

adventures for various publications, 

including the Glebe Report. 

Margaret will sign copies of 

her book at the Kanata Chapters 

store April 24, 2 to 3:30 p.m. 

Honour Due is also for sale at the 

Glebe Bookshop and Octopus 

Books in the Glebe. 

See review of Honour Due on page 

31. 

designing and putting together 

sets for television, film and video 

productions. When asked why 

Marie Christine generously donated 

her talents to produce the 

mural she said simply, "I thought 

it would be something fun for our 

kids at the co-op nursery 

something fun to look at and it 

just kept growing because I was 

having fun doing it." Marie 

Christine has spent many hours 

creating the colourful and whimsical 

mural which takes the children 

through the four seasons as 

they climb the stairs, ending with 

an underwater ocean scene. Another 

student, Sam Angel describes 

the results as "so beautiful" 

and particularly likes the 

"baby mice" and "crawly,bugs." 

For more information about the 

plant sale or registration at the 

Glebe Co-operative Nursery 

School, call 233-9708. 

Watch meeting 

dents are cordially invited to attend. 

The purpose of the meeting is 

to review the current situation 

and to discuss options for change 

to the Neighbourhood Watch. 

The meeting will be chaired by 

Bill Kearns, a block captain for 

Glendale Avenue. 

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Restore gardens and arboretum 

Editor, Glebe Report, 

Champlain's planting of roses 

at Quebec in the year 1611 may 

be the earliest record of ornamental 

gardening horticulture in 

Canada and although there is 

much valuable written material 

on the history of Canadian gardens, 

the information is very 

fragmented. Even more so are the 

few remaining historic gardens 

left in Canada. 

Ms. Edwinna von Baeyer, who 

wrote "Central Experimental 

Farm threatened by Garden Proposal" 

in last month's Glebe Report; 

has every right to be 

alarmed at the crass propositions 

put forth by the Ottawa Botanical 

Garden Society. 

It would seem to me that the 

garden society chooses to ignore 

the much needed therapeutic 

value that these historic gardens 

have to offer which were partly 

Bank St. character threatened 


I, for one, am getting sick of 

hearing 'market forces' applied to 

everything as an imperative for 

determining how we live. Market 

forces be damned! I hate the way 

they change many things for the 

worse. 

Take Bank Street, today, for 

example. It is a street under assault 

by market forces. VVhat we, 

in the Glebe, risk is becoming a 

main street version of a shopping 

mall. If I wanted to live next to 

the Rideau Centre, I would have 

done so. I chose to live here, because 

the neighborhood is so 

wonderful, with Bank Street at its 

core. 

My rant is occasioned by the 

sign in the window of Puggwash, 

the delightful children's book 

store that has been a feature of 

this neighbourhood for many 

years. The sign says: "for lease." 

Puggwash has to move. The owners 

can make their living with 

their rent at a reasonable rate. I 

have learned that they cannot afford 

the large increase in rent 

their landlord is demanding, 

given the influx of 'boutique' 

chain stores that can pay much 

higher rates for space on our 

s treet. 

I have no trouble understanding 

that landlords are in the 

business of making money from 

their properties. What I do have 

trouble both understanding and 

accepting is that the rents they 

choose, without any restrictions, 

can dictate the kind of stores we 

have in our neighborhood. It is 

understandable that such an independent 

business would have 

Sorry to say good-bye 


Today I learned that Puggwash 

is moving because the rent is being 

raised. As a citizen of the 

area I am deeply concerned because 

I have been going there for 

the past ten years (since I was 2). 

intended to be free public gardens 

for the enjoyment of everyone. 

However the garden society 

does not ignore that, carving up 

the Experimental Farm to make 

way for fifty or so Disney-like 

theme gardens (including a 

walled garden in the Arboretum) 

can be very profitable, in terms 

of the ever increasing number of 

tourist dollars spent in the Nation's 

Capital. 

The gardens and Arboretum at 

the Experimental Farm are sadly 

neglected year by year and any 

money invested should be on the 

restoration of this historic gem of 

19th-century Canadian gardening 

and landscaping to its original 

design and planting material. 

These gardens have over 110 

years held many pleasant memories 

for many Ottawa residents 

and visitors and should continue 

to do so. 

Emma Robe 

difficulty in paying what a na 

tional chain store can afford, 

given the backing the chains gain 

through a national or international 

presence. It seems unconscionable 

to me to increase the 

rent of a small, successful business, 

so that it cannot afford to 

continue to contribute to our 

community. 

I know the owners of Puggwash 

are trying to find another site in 

the area for their business. I 

hope they find one. We need the 

specialty stores that lend this 

main street and neighborhood so 

much character. It is shortsighted 

of some members of the 

business community not to recognize 

that we chose to shop on our 

main street because of that character. 

The advent of the chains is 

welcome, for they add diversity to 

mix, but they should not be given 

the opportunity to dominate our 

local marketplace. 

I would ask landlords to consider 

that, if Bank Street becomes 

more like a shopping mall, it will 

lose its unique appeal. I would 

ask, not that they subsidize, but 

that they value independent, 

small businesses for the customers 

they bring to the street. 

Without them, many people may 

begin to choose the one-stop 

shopping malls' way of buying 

what they need. If that happens, 

business on Bank will begin to 

decline and, I would bet, as it becomes 

a poorer place, the chains 

will find somewhere else, more 

profitable, to go. And then, 

where will we all be? Certainly, 

no further ahead. 

J. C. Sulzenko 

I think the landlord is forgetting 

that Puggwash has been there for 

10 years and is a community 

bookstore that adults and children 

alike love very much. 

If you have news call the editor at 236-4955 

or write to the Glebe Report, P.O Box 4794, 

Station E, Ottawa, K1S 5H9 

Ben Prentice 

Where have all the children gone? 


Did you know that MacSkimming 

Outdoor Centre has fabulous 

March Break and summer programs? 

Why was the March Break 

bus only half full? 

Have you seen the setting at 

the outdoor centre? The many 

acres of forest are beautiful in all 

seasons. 

What an opportunity this is 

Member by invitation: 

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for our urban children! Mac- 

Skimming Outdoor Centre has so 

much to offer. Hopefully this 

program will not be lost for the 

lack of interest. 

With our school board cut 

backs, it is now almost impossible 

to have regular class trips 

there. For so long this was taken 

for granted. 

Mary Kovacs 

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Puggwash Children's Books on Bank St. and Allan Mayer's tea room 

on Fourth Ave. are leaving the Glebe after nearly 10 years in business. 

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GLEBE 

Program changes during repairs 

BY ALICE HINTHER 

GNAG spring registration took 

place on March 27, but registration 

for courses and workshops 

will continue on an ongoing basis 

during normal centre hours at the 

front desk. 

We still have space available 

in many of our children's and 

adult programmes. Please call 

564-1058 for more information. 

Due to repairs to the main 

hall, the Spring Craft Fair has 

been rescheduled for April 24, 

10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Also the Spring 

Flea Market has been rescheduled 

to May lst, 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. 

The Antique and Collectibles 

fair is cancelled. 

We will have tables available 

at the Glebe Community Centre 

for the Great Glebe Garage Sale. If 

you have items you would like to 

News from the Grimacing Nun 

BY AMY BRANDON 

The Grimacing Nun Café hosted 

an Electric Coffeehouse Saturday 

March 27. D. J. Lucid started the 

evening with two hours of spinning. 

Following were Spark Plug, 

a West End band that amazed the 

crowd with fantastic instrumentais. 

Crash rocked the house with 

covers of Aerosmith and Green 

Day. Nimbus, just returning from 

a tour of England, was also a huge 

crowd pleaser. The hit of the 

night was Pipetown who was 

enthusiastically heard by the 

audience (and probably the rest 

of the Glebe as well). Wrapping 

up the show was the last performance 

ever by Kidicarus, now 

known as Divinity Burst, who will 

likely be seen again very soon, 

making the rounds of the Ottawa 

circuit. 

A public thank you to the 

bands and volunteers who made 

the coffeehouse possible, and our 

special thanks goes to our sponsors, 

the Glebe Neighbourhood 

Activities Group, Martin Sound 

and Grabbajabba. Our next dates 

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sell, but don't have a lawn to sell 

them on, we have the perfect spot 

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Great Glebe Garage Sale will be 

held on May 29. 

The Fitness Fundraiser has 

been rescheduled to June 5, 9:30 

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APRIL CALENDAR. 

April 6: Regular programmes 

begin 

April 9: Youth Dance, $3 at the 

door 

April 24: Spring Craft Fair, 10 

a.m. - 5 p.m. 

May 1: Flea Market, 10 a.m. - 3 

p.m. 

Come into or call the Glebe 

Community Centre at 564- 

1058 to confirm dates for 

programs in the main hall 

such as fitness and yoga. 

are April 16, 23 and 30. Watch 

for posters in the Glebe area, and 

be sure to come and see the show! 

Friday Nights at the Grimacing 

Nun is an all-ages youth event. 

For more information call Amy at 

237-1689. 

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stoop & scoop services in 

the Ottawa area 

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One range of ingredients acts on the blood micro-circulation: 

These active ingredients include: 

Grape Seed Bioflavonoids which take care of veins and their 

elastic fibres. They are also as much as 50 times more powerful 

as radical scavengers than Vitamin E. 

Ginko Biloba Extract whose beneficial action addresses the 

circulation. 

Sweet Clover Extract (Melitotus officinals) which improves the 

lymphatic drainage of the ce!lulite areas. 

The second type of active ingredient is beneficial to the 

metabolism: 

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to speed up the metabolic rate and therefore burn fat. This 

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you with the knowledge to better manage your health. -- 

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Call 234-8587 or visit our website at www.feelbest.com 

to arrange an appointment. 

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Personal, Relationship and Marriage Counselling 

Comprehensive Divorce Mediation (with or without lawyers) 

Family, Financial, Commercial and Community Mediation 

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7 Glebe Report April 9, 1999 GCA 

Annual General Meeting May 12 

The annual meeting of the 

Glebe Community Association 

will be held on May 12 at the 

Glebe Community Centre starting 

at 7:30 p.m. Part of the evening 

will be election of officers for the 

GCA board. See the notice in this 

issue of the Glebe Report or contact 

me if you require any further 

information. 

This is an opportunity to review 

the actions taken by the association 

over the past year and 

consider the direction we will be 

taking in the months and perhaps 

years to come. It is also an opportunity 

for the residents of the 

Glebe to become active members 

of the board and their community. 

GREAT GLEBE GARAGE SALE 

The Great Glebe Garage sale 

will be held on May 29. For details 

contact George Holland at 

235-4732. A limited number of 

tables and space are available at 

the Glebe Community Centre on 

May 29. Contact Mary Tsai Davies 

at the community centre for additional 

information. 

PLANNING AND TRAFFIC 

Please read the article on page 

8 about a GCA proposal on neighbourhood 

planning. Also, on page 

13, is a unique proposal for Bronson 

Ave. from the GCA traffic 

committee. 

FORUM ON EDUCATION 

An all-party Forum on Education 

hosted by the Ottawa- 

Carleton Educational Coalition 

will be held on April 22 at the 

Civic Centre from 6:30 - 9 p.m.; 

speakers will be Premier Mike 

Harris, Dalton McGuinty and 

Howard Hampton with host Ken 

Rockburn. Each speaker will 

outline his party policy on education 

and there will be an op- 

By 

G. C. A. 

President 

John Kane 

portunity for questions from the 

audience. If nothing else, it 

should be entertaining. 

1999 MEETING SCHEDULE 

Monthly board meetings: 

April 27, May 25, June 22. Annual 

general meeting: May 12. 

All meetings start at 7:30 p.m. 

and are held at the Glebe Community 

Centre. 

I would like to remind everyone 

that the GCA board meetings 

are open to the public. All residents 

of the Glebe are always welcome. 

If you have ideas, concerns 

or problems regarding our neighbourhood, 

contact the GCA. 

I can be reached at 235-1782 

between 6 & 9:30 p.m. or e-mail: 

homekane@sympatico.co 

GREEN THUMBS NEEDED 

Peter Duchemin 

Got a green thumb? The Glebe 

Environment Committee is looking 

for volunteer gardeners to maintain 

the planter boxes that grace 

our neighbourhood each summer. 

Please call Joyce McMahon at 

237-0988 or e-mail jmcmahon 

@cyberus.ca 

This Mother's Day 

Remind Mom 

of How Sweet 

She's Always Been 

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(613) 567-4300 

We're In the Glebe, 

Just South 

of the Queensway 

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Mon. - Wed. 10-6 

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GLEBE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION 

L'ASSOCIATION COMMUNAUTAIRE DU GLEBE 

Nominations for Board of Directors 

and 

Annual General Meeting 

The Glebe Community Association will hold its annual general meeting on Wednesday, May 12, 1999 at 7:30 p.m. in the Glebe Community 

Centre (main hall) at 690 Lyon Street. One of the items on the agenda is the annual election of the Board of Directors. 

All members of the Association, including incumbents, are eligible to serve on the Board in the positions listed below: 

180 Percy Street 

564-1070 

Introduction to 

Landscaping Design 

An introduction to 

placing patios, 

decks, and other 

structures in your 

yard, and to selecting the best 

plants to go with them. As well, 

learn how to attract birds and 

butterflies, and how to keep 

maintenance low so you can enjoy 

your new yard! 

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A Series of four gardening courses 

designed to help you create a great 

garden in a small urban 

environment. Sessions on basic 

garden care and maintenance: tips 

to maximise your gardening space 

and privacy: alternatives to front 

lawn and selecting plants, trees and 

shrubs for the small garden. Note: 

Membership in the Ottawa 

Horticultural Society if offered to all 

participants at a reduced rate. 

Wednesdays, 6:30- 8:30 p.m. 

$60 

For more information, call the 564-1070. 

President 

Committee Chairpersons or representatives for: 

Vice-President (2) 

Business 

Recording Secretary 

Education 

Treasurer 

Environment 

Past President (ex officio, and by 

Glebe Neighbourhood Activities Group Liaison 

succession) 

Heritage 

Membership Co-ordinator 

Lansdowne Park 

Assistant Membership Co-ordinator 

Neighbourhood Planning 

Publicity Co-ordinator 

Recreation/Garage Sale 

Area Directors: (12) 

Seniors 

2 for each of 6 Zones Social Planning 

Tenants 

Traffic 

(From this Board 2 members will represent the community at the F.C.A.) 

If you would like to participate in the direction of your neighboutood association, or if you wish to forward a nomination, the Nominating 

Committee would welcome your call and provide further information. The closing date for nominations is May 10. Please call or contact: 

Anne Scotton John Kane Cindy Delage 

231-2778 235-1782 233-2207 

Wednesday, May 12, 1999

s. 

NEWS 

GCA proposes new planning procedures 

BY JUNE CREELMAN 

The planning committee of the 

Glebe Community Association is 

proposing new procedures to deal 

with development issues in a 

more consistent and pro-active 

manner. They will be discussed 

at the next GCA meeting on April 

27 so please attend to give your 

input. 

REZONING AND 

DEVELOPMENT REQUESTS 

The GCA will post all requests 

for rezoning and development 

on its bulletin board at the 

community centre and on its Web 

site (when the site is up). 

All requests will be assessed 

according to a template of impact 

areas (e.g. traffic, parking 

(including winter and snow removal 

issues), massing, height, 

sun, setbacks, density, environmental 

impact, impact on immediate 

neighbours (i.e. privacy/sun) 

and the community as a whole 

(i.e. nature of use), and compatibility 

with neighbourhood character. 

This template will be provided 

to developers ahead of time. 

Developers of major development 

projects or projects that require 

rezoning will be asked to 

make a presentation to the GCA 

and submit copies of their plans, 

as well as parking/traffic impact 

studies (where applicable) for 

review. These will be kept by the 

GCA for reference. Proponents 

will have 15 - 20 minutes to make 

a presentation. Following the 

presentation, the chair will ask 

for comments from the GCA board 

and community members, however 

Bunnies in a basket 

no formal response will be given 

at that time. (The board will 

comment at its next meeting). 

The planning committee will 

assess the project based on the 

template. Normally, the area representative 

and/or block rep. will 

be invited to join the committee 

for its discussions. In the interim, 

the committee may meet 

with the developers and/or concerned 

community members to 

discuss issues and to fully assess 

potential impacts. 

At the next GCA meeting, the 

planning committee will make a 

reconunendation to the board. 

Following further discussion as 

required, the GCA will formally 

respond to the developer and/or 

the city with a response of either 

1) Objects to, 2) Does not object 

to, or 3) Supports the project 

Comments and copies of the impact 

assessment will be provided. 

The No Comment designation will 

be reserved for projects that are 

not discussed. 

Special committees will be 

struck for major projects. 

COMMITTEE OF 

ADJUSTMENT APPLICATIONS 

FOR MINOR VARIANCES 

The GCA will post all requests 

for variances on its bulletin 

board and Web site. 

GCA will not normally intervene 

in committee of adjustment 

applications unless a board member 

believes it is of concern, or 

community members ask for help, 

or unless the variance involves a 

project already discussed by the 

GCA. 

When community members approach 

the GCA for help with CoA 

variance application, the planning 

committee, the area rep. and 

the concerned community members 

will have a meeting to discuss 

it with the proponent wherever 

possible. The planning 

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Easter bunnies take up residence. Photo: Jennie Aliman 

These spring bunnies were hopping around the house on Easter 

weekend. Born in late February, the bunnies' proud parents are Chelsea 

Iswolsky, owned by Alyssa, and C-me Sydor-Estable, owned by Cecilia. 

Southside Preschool open house 

and registration 

Keep the evening of Wednesday, 

April 28 free for Southside 

Preschool's annual open house 

and registration night, 6:30 to 

8:30 p.m. Our nursery school offers 

half-day programs for 2 1/2- 

to five-year-olds, and operates 

Monday to Friday 9 to 11:30 a.m. 

and Tuesday and Thursday, 1 to 

3:30 p.m. 

A local consultant for Please 

Mum and Carters will be there 

along with a representative from 

Jokus toys. Both will donate a 

percentage of the profit as a. 

fund-raiser for the preschool. 

It'll be a perfect time to stock up 

on some new summer clothes or 

find some educational 

'graduation' or birthday gifts. 

Please feel free to drop by the 

school to pick up your registration 

forms. 

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9 Glebe Report April 9, 1999 REPORT 

City Councillor's 

COMMUNITY SUPPORTS GCC 

The main hall of the Glebe 

Community Centre which is slated 

to re-open April 19 has been 

fully sealed to allow for complete 

removal of the canvas canopy in 

the dome and acoustic insulation 

behind it which presents a potential 

risk of asbestos dispersal. 

Air monitoring results taken 

when the change in the fabric's 

stability was observed are very 

reassuring. Findings were negligible 

in the main hall. The rest of 

the community centre is completely 

safe for public occupancy. 

Air monitoring will take place in 

all areas adjacent to the main hall 

to ensure that the containment i s 

complete. The project, including 

complete clean up, is expected to 

take about three weeks. 

Thanks to GNAG staff, volunteers 

and city staff for their fast, 

effective rescheduling of events 

and programs. The entire response 

to the situation was commendable. 

For program information, 

call the centre at 564-1058. 

WHITTON AWARDS - JUNE 1 

Please circle Tuesday, June 1 

on your calendars and plan to attend 

the Whitton Award ceremony 

in the Assembly Hall at 

Lansdowne Park at 7 p.m. Once 

again it will be my pleasure to 

host this great conununity event 

to honour outstanding volunteers 

in Capital Ward. Refreshments 

and food will be provided courtesy 

of many local businesses. I 

look forward to seeing you and 

your family and friends there. 

FIGHTING SCHOOL CLOSURES 

In March I took part in a suc- 

update 

By 

Councillor 

Inez Berg 

cessful conference, Reclaiming 

Our Schools/Mobilizing Our 

Communities. I thank Mitchell 

Beer and the many concerned parents 

who organized it and continue 

to work on this issue. To 

join this initiative or learn more 

please call 237-6227. 

LANSDOWNE PARK 

We are near the end of the 90- 

day freeze on negotiations between 

the city and Canderel Management 

for revitalization of 

Lansdowne Park. Requested by 

Canderel in March so that the city 

and region could settle outstanding 

issues, the freeze has 

involved a number of meetings 

between Mayor Watson, Chair 

Chiarelli, their CAOs and local 

architect Barry Hobin and Richard 

Moore. Last October regional 

council approved a motion to purchase 

the park to retain it as a 

public space. 

Whatever proposals the region 

puts forward, they must fully 

consider the residential nature of 

the surrounding communities, 

and the need to keep development 

to a scale that will not create 

negative traffic and parking impacts 

on Bank Street, Q_ueen 

Elizabeth Driveway and sur- 

rounding residential streets. 

Remember that Canderel's 

plan, which included 100,000 

square feet of commercial and 

retail development, an office 

building, a parking garage of at 

least 1,500 spaces and space for 

85 per cent of current trade 

show/exhibition activity on site, 

(as well as the residential component 

which attracted most media 

attention), was based on the assumption 

that the stadium would 

be demolished and the Civic Centre 

seating capacity halved to 

6,500 seats. Should a proposal 

from the region include retaining 

the stadium in some form and 

keeping the current capacity of 

the Civic Centre, then a serious 

reduction in commercial development 

in the rest of the park 

should be considered. We must 

not generate increased demand 

for parking which could not be 

adequately accommodated at 

Lansdowne. Area residents are 

justifiably concerned that, even 

with a large parking garage onsite, 

man' y visitors to Lansdowne 

would opt for free street parking 

in surrounding neighbourhoods, 

adding to existing parking problems. 

SALUTE TO SUE LECONTE 

A very special thank you and 

farewell to Sue LeConte, the director 

of Glebe Centre. Sue is retiring 

after 14 years of providing 

unfaltering leadership, guidance 

and commitment to the growth and 

quality of the seniors residence, 

its programs and extended care 

facilities. Staff, residents, and 

our community extend our heartfelt 

thanks and best wishes to Sue 

and her family. 

MAYOR'S AWARD 

Congratulations to Glebe resident 

Stan Currie who received the 

Mayor's Award for Community 

Service on March 4. 

Stan has 

worked tirelessly for many years 

to support public education and 

protect schools. It was my pleasure 

to co-present the award with 

Mayor Watson and to thank Stan 

on behalf of all Ottawa residents. 

SPRING CLEAN THE CAPITAL 

This year's Spring Cleaning 

the Capital Campaign runs from 

April 16 to May 16. Participants 

can win prizes by pre-registering 

before April 16 and/or returning 

their report by May 31. To get an 

application form, call my office at 

244-5367 or 244-5444. Join us 

in the Sixth Annual Spring 

Cleaning the Capital campaign! 

BAIL OR JAIL 

On March 25, I was arrested 

and charged with being the councillor 

for a ward which calls itself 

Capital Ward, when it is only 

a part of the capital of Canada. In 

spite of my plea that it was not a 

capital offence to live in the 

Glebe, and a legal argument that I 

was already suffering capital 

punishment because Lansdowne 

Park was in my ward, I was found 

guilty as charged. Those who 

wish to help pay my bail (and 

support the Crime Stoppers Program) 

may call my office for a 

pledge form or send their cheque 

to Crime Stoppers, Box 1198, Stn. 

B, Ottawa, ON KlP 5R2. 

CAN I 

HELP? 

Inez Berg, Councillor, 111 

Sussex Drive, Ottawa, ON, K1N 

5A1. Tel: 244-5367. Fax: 244- 

5373. E-mail: 

bergi@city.ottawa.on.ca 

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QUIET GLEBE LOCATION close to everything in 

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SUPER GLEBE LOCATION ideal for comfortable 

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rooms & charm; 2 fireplaces, large foyer, 5 bedrooms 

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Glebe Report April 9, 1999 1 0 

Spring is a busy time 

for building permit 

applications, but 

you can beat the 

rush by applying 

Ottawa 

for your building permit now. If you're just in the 

planning stages, we'll be happy to discuss your 

ideas and inform you on what the 

municipality's building regulations and codes allow and 

what is required in the application process. 

To apply for a Building Permit or get more information, stop by the Business 

Services Zone of the City's Client Service Centre, Level I, 

Environmental Achievement Awards 

Nominations are being accepted for the 1998/99 Environmental Achievement Awards, 

which recognizes contributions for the protection or enhancement of Ottawa's 

environment. You may nominate yourself, another person, group or association in the 

appropriate category: Individuals, Community Groups and Associations, Institutions 

(including schools), and Business. Nominations must be Ottawa based. 

Nomination forms can be picked up at all City facilities. Completed forms and 

supporting documentation, which must be received by Apri116, should be 

mailed to the address below (mark to attention of: Environmental 

Achievement Awards, Environmental Management Branch, 

Dept. of Urban Planning and Public Works). 

!nia: Onno Gaanderse, 244-5300, ext. 3364; 

e-mail: gaanderseo@city.ottawa.on.ca 

CITY RECEIVES AWARD FOR REDUCTION OF 

GREEN HOUSE GAS 

On February 11 and on behalf of the City, Councillor Elisabeth Arnold accepted the 

Voluntary Challenge and Registry's 1998 Leadership Award for Municipalities, for the 

City's role in the reduction of local green house gas emissions. The City also has a 

program to reduce CO2 emissions on a community-vvide basis, including residential, 

commercial, industrial and transportation sectors. 

Info: Paul McDonald, 244-5300, ext. 3221; 

e-mail: mcdonaldp@city.ottawa.on.ca 

LA VILLE REÇOIT UN POIX POUR SA 

CONTRIBUTION A LA REDUCTION DES 

CONCENTRATIONS DE GAZ A EFFET DE SERRE 

Le 11 février, la conseillère Elisabeth Arnold a accepté au nom de la Ville d'Ottawa le Prix 

de leadership des municipalités de 1998 de Mesures volontaires et Registre pour la 

contribution de la Ville a la réduction des émissions locales de gazà effet de serre. La Ville a 

aussi un programme de réduction des émissions de CO2 pour l'ensemble de la collectivité 

dans les secteurs résidentiels, commerciaux et industriels, ainsi que dans celui des transports. 

Pour information : Paul McDonald, 244-5300, poste 3221; 

courriel : mcdonaldp@city.ottawa.on.ca 

Ottawa Cycling Advisory Group 

The City's Cycling Advisory Group, a committee of citizen volunteers who 

provide advice on cycling issues, is seeking new members (must be City of 

Ottawa resident). Deadline to receive applications is A pril 30. Letters of 

application (including your background) should be forwarded to the address below 

(mark to attention of: Daphne Hope, Alternative Transportation Planner, Licensing, 

Transportation and Buildings Branch, Dept. of Urban Planning and Public Works. 

Info: 2445300, ext. 3225. 

Groupe consultatif sur le cyclisme d'Ottawa 

Le Groupe consultatif sur le cyclisme de la Ville d'Ottawa, un comité de citoyens bénévoles qui 

donnent des conseils sur diverses questions liées au cyclisme, cherche de nouveaux membres (qui 

doivent habiter Ottawa). La date limite de réception des demandes d'adhésion est le 30 avril. 

Envoyez vos lettres de demande (avec votre c.v.) aux soins de Daphne Hope, planificatrice des 

modes de transport de rechange, Direction des permis, des transports et du bâtiment. Service de 

l'urbanisme et des travaux publics. 

Tél. : 244-5300, poste 3225. 

Au printemps, la 

Ville reçoit . 

beaucoup de 

demandes de 

permis de 

construire, mais vous pourrez échapper à la cohue en demandant 

votre permis dès maintenant Si vous n'êtes encore qu'a l'étape 

des plans, nous nous fenins un plaisir d'en parler 

avec vous et de vous dire ce qu'autorisent les codes et les règlements 

de construction municipaux, en plus de ce que vous devez faire pour obtenir un permis. 

Pour demander un permis de construire ou de l'information, présentez-vous à la Zone des services 

commerciaux et d'aménagement du Centre du service à la clientèle de la Ville, au niveau I du pavillon 

Rideau Pavilion, City Hall. 

Rideau, à l'hôtel de ville. 

lnfo: 244-5300, ext. 3202. 

Pour information, composez le 244-5300, poste 3202. 

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Prix d'excellence environnementale 

On accepte déjà les mises en candidature pour l'édition de 1998-1999 des Prix d'excellence 

environnementale, qui récompensent les contributions à la protection ou â l'amélioration de 

l'environnement d'Ottawa. Vous pouvez vous mettre en candidature ou proposer les noms 

d'une autre personne, d'un groupe ou d'une association dans les catégories suivantes 

Particuliers, Groupes et associations communautaires, Organismes (y compris les 

écoles) et Entreprises. Tous les candidats doivent être basés â Ottawa ou y habiter. 

Les intéresses peuvent se procurer des formules de mise en candidature dans 

tous les bureaux de la Ville. La date limite de réception des formules et des 

pièces justificatives est le 16 avril. Veuillez les envoyer aux soins des Prix 

d'excellence environnementale, Direction de la gestion de 

l'environnement, Service de l'urbanisme et des travaux publics. 

eàbiesloppossiiiikli,i0iiiiiirefte: Pour information : Ohno Gaanderse, tél. : 244-5300, poste 3364; 

courriel : gaanderseo@city.ottawa.on.ca 

EnviroCentre opens at City Hall 

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your home more comfortable? Want some extra cash in your 

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FORUM Glebe Report April 9, 1999 1 2 

Botanical Garden Society proposes a garden for everyone 

BY JOSEFA PAZDZIOR 

Can you recall a time when we 

weren't skating on the canal? 

Seems hard to remember those 

days before Douglas Fullerton's 

brilliant idea in 1971, doesn't it? 

Despite the naysayers, canal 

skating and Winterlude have become 

a highlight of Ottawa life. 

Will we be able to say the same, 

years hence, of a botanic garden? 

A botanic garden in Ottawa is 

a long-cherished idea that is 

rapidly approaching reality, say 

Ian Efford and over two hundred 

members of the Ottawa Botanical 

Garden Society (OBGS). The appeal 

may be obvious for gardeners 

but what's in it for the rest of 

us? Simply, something for everyone. 

Urban dwellers will find a 

public garden on the proposed 

Experimental Farm site a great 

recreational resource. The existing 

arboretum, the ornamental, 

wildlife and organic gardens are 

beautiful, thanks to dedicated 

volunteers but imagine an area 

several times larger and far more 

diverse! Changing displays, indoors 

and out, will make a reasonably-priced 

annual pass well 

worth obtaining, for year-round 

visits. Glebe residents are especially 

blessed with walking and 

cycling access. 

Besides plant displays in perennial 

beds, trial and heritage 

gardens, greenhouses, conservatory, 

and possibly a Royal Chinese 

garden, the beautiful natural 

setting will be available for social 

events such as concerts and 

receptions. Eventually, the garden 

would become' known for its 

special permanent collections, as 

the Royal Botanical Gardens in 

Hamilton are famous for the 

world's largest lilac collection. 

And there would sometimes be 

amazing exotic plants to see, 

plants like the enormousflowered 

Amorphophailus titanum, 

which reaches a height of 

140 cm in Indonesia's botanical 

garden. 

Access for all will be provided 

by wheelchair-friendly paths and 

a quiet, non-polluting shuttle 

(probably electric.) Therapeutic 

gardening programmes will enrich 

the lives of physically and 

mentally disabled, as at the Chi- 

cago Botanic Gardens, where a 

walk was designed especially for 

the blind, with flowers to touch 

and smell. Down Syndrome Society 

or other groups may revive 

the popular Chrysanthemum 

Show. 

Amateur gardeners and horticulturalists 

alike are excited 

about prospects of interesting 

new plants developed through 

botanical research. For seniors, 

students, arborists and gardeners, 

outreach programmes and 

courses will promote the science 

and art of growing things. Surely 

the whole city will display more 

gorgeous blooms every summer! 

Research will help meet the 

challenges of coping with climatic 

changes and obstacles to a 

healthy environment, by developing 

hardier plants, organic 

gardening methods, plants for 

medical uses, etc. Conferences 

and scientific and educational 

exchanges will take place. 

It is easy to see the potential 

benefits, as did past proponents; 

it's money that is the main stumbling 

block, especially start-up 

funds. An established garden, a 

major tourist attraction, will 

maintain itself financially and 

bring economic benefits ranging 

from direct employment to increased 

business for related in- 

dustries. Meanwhile, there are 

significant costs to preparing a 

professional, watertight proposal 

(about $100,000); and the hardworking 

volunteers at OBGS are 

seeking public support and company 

sponsorship. 

There are, inevitably, some 

opponents, as well as valid concerns 

about plans for continuing 

public access to the Arboretum 

and gardens access which we all 

would like to keep free. Remember, 

you can help determine the 

outcome. Communicate with 

OBGS! 

Those concerned about maintaining 

heritage value need to 

know that the plan calls for very 

modest buildings which would 

enhance the designated heritage 

site. The conservatory and butterfly 

house are proposed for the 

Dow's Lake end. The region's 

history of plant breeding will be 

"made visible" through displays, 

signage and publications. Isa- 

bella Preston, originator of the 

lilacs in the Ornamental Garden, 

will finally receive her due. 

A public garden is an expression 

of the cultural achievement 

of a civilization, like a concert 

hall, a museum, an art gallery: all 

places that display great human 

achievements. A garden's special 

blend of organic nature and human 

artistry would bring benefits 

far into our chidren's future. It's 

not an overnight project, it's a 

long term commitment ... but what 

else is community life about? 

Think of awe-inspiring cathedrals 

that took decades, centuries, 

to complete. Large projects 

call for co-operation of a high 

order. Leaders mobilize forces, 

but just as vital are the people 

who understand and support the 

vision. 

Imagine what an earthly paradise 

would exist now, if work had 

begun a century ago, or even 

sixty, forty, fifteen years ago! 

Patience is part of gardening, but 

patience should ultimately be 

rewarded. Can we afford to wait 

another 100 years? Join the society 

and help create this new gem 

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1 3 Glebe Report April 9, 1999 NEWS 

Children to calm Bronson traffic 

The GCA board has fully endorsed 

an exciting new proposal 

that came across the table at the 

last GCA meeting. Our own local 

artist Bhat Boy, in conjunction 

with the Glebe Traffic Committee, 

has proposed that we organize 

members of the community 13D 

paint wooden cutouts of children 

to mount onto telephone poles 

along Bronson Avenue in the battle 

to calm traffic. 

The community benefits would 

be: 

a cost-effective solution to a 

traffic problem which will not 

offend drivers; 

a way to beautify a dismal 

stretch of regional road; and, 

an opportunity for people in 

our community to effect change in 

their own neighbourhood, giving 

them a sense of self-worth as well 

as an opportunity to learn something 

about painting. 

Bhat Boy is particularly keen 

on targeting the Conquest Continuum 

(a youth group at the Glebe 

Conununity Centre) and the students 

of Glebe Collegiate to help 

deliver this project. 

The Glebe, as a community, is 

concerned about the increase in 

traffic volume in our neighbourhood. 

The situation has been aggravated 

in recent years by the 

expansion of Bronson Avenue. 

Many commuters drive along 

Bronson Avenue as if it were an 

expressway, seemingly 

unaware that i t 

flows through a 

residential neighbourhood 

with a high 

pedestrian and cycle 

traffic volume. 

Children must cross 

Bronson Avenue every 

day to get to school, 

yet cars drive along it 

as if it were the 

Queensway. These 

figures will remind 

drivers that they are driving 

through our neighbourhood. 

The wooden figures would be 

mounted on poles using traditional 

sign-mounting equipment, 

with a metal band secured around 

the exterior of the column. The 

4-foot-high figures will start 5 

1/2 feet off the pavement. The 

painted figures will be cut out 

from 3/4-inch plywood. They 

should present no threat to pedestrians, 

cyclists or snowplows 

and will have a life expectancy of 

at least three years. 

This project is an exciting opportunity 

to put up a friendly but 

firm reminder to drivers on Bronson 

Avenue that the Glebe is a 

neighbourhood and not an expressway. 

Seniors deplore #4 bus changes 

Seniors living at Colonel By 

Towers, Bank at Holmwood, have 

sent a petition to OC Transpo deploring 

changes proposed for the 

No. 4 Bronson bus. The proposals 

were on view in March at the 

TransPLAN 99 open houses. 

One senior, who does not want 

her name to appear in print, lists 

more than a dozen destinations 

available on the cuiTent route. 

The Bronson bus now turns on 

Chamberlain to Kent, takes Gladstone 

to Bank, then turns onto 

Wellington, passing the Rideau 

Center. Thus she can take the bus 

directly to the Voyageur bus terminal, 

litany Bank St. businesses 

including a grocery store, banks, 

medical offices, pharmacy, Big 

Bud's, liquor store and restau- 

restaurants. 

The trip south to 

Billings Bridge will take twice as 

long 20 minutes instead of the 

current 10. 

Students in Colonel By Towers 

support the protest, since they 

too need access to the bus terminal. 

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There is no Msdom in the 

changes 

The senior, who takes the bus 

every day, feels there is no wisdom 

in the changes. Although the 

plan has the 'advantage' of connecting 

No. 4 to Hurdman transitway 

station, she says she finds 

the transitway stops frightening 

at night. "It can be eerie if you 

rants as well as the Rideau Cen- are by yourself." 

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1 5 Glebe Report April 9, 1999 

NEWS 

Glebe Questions 

Packing a Wollock 

A lot of people around the 

Glebe have been asking. "Who's 

this guy who says he's starting a 

new community paper in the 

Glebe and Ottawa South? Where's 

he come from? Doesn't he know 

we've got the Glebe Report and 

Oscar already?" 

Sure he does, and, by the time 

this issue of the Glebe Report is 

out, the first few issues of his 

paper, The Glebe and Ottawa 

South News, will have been 

dropped on your doorstep and you 

can judge his product for yourself. 

So this column is about the 

man himself, Michael Wollock, 

whom I interviewed out at the office 

on Antares Drive, Nepean, 

where he and his full-time staff 

of 12 are now producing five 

community newspapers. 

"I'm not an ogre," he says and, 

pointing to his jar of chocolatecoated 

almonds I had been sampling, 

adds "I'm a really sweet 

guy." Earlier, when I was fixing 

up the interview, he suggested we 

did it by phone; I said no, I 

wanted to look into his steelygrey 

eyes, and he countered: 

"They're baby-blue." And they 

are, almost 

But there's nothing playboy 

about him. At 44, he's a successful 

businessman, making (I 

would think) lots of money out of 

papers he has run in West Montreal, 

Kanata and the south side of 

Ottawa. I judge that from his 

saying he is prepared to invest 

$100,000 into The Glebe and Ottawa 

South News. 

Where he comes from is Montreal. 

His father, a master electrician, 

is responsible for most of 

the airport runway lighting in 

Canada. Sophie, his mother, was a 

most remarkable lady. She 

walked out on the publisher of a 

suburban weekly, The Monitor, 

saying "you'll regret it" when he 

refused to print an exposé she 

had written, and started her own 

paper, The Suburban. It was 

more than a thorn in René 

Levesque's side. My Montrealer 

son Daniel's comment on it was 

.."angry and very anglo." Michael 

admits as much: "She was a firebrand." 

She died in 1978 when only 57 

and Michael, then 24, took it on 

while his father went off to the 

Rockies. In his nine years he 

trebled its circulation to more 

than 100,000. He says he "toned 

it down and brought more sense of 

community." He also bought the 

Kanata Standard, then in decline. 

Then came Bill 178, the law Robert 

Bourassa brought in to overrule 

(with the 'notwithstanding' 

clause) a Supreme Court ruling on 

street signs. 

Michael turned to his wife, 

Roslyn, and said: "We're getting 

out. Where?" She, being third 

generation Ottawa and one of the 

Kardish clan, said "Ottawa." 

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the Kanata paper. That's how 

they came here some 10 years ago. 

Almost at once he made what 

he calls his "business plan" 

which I gather included from the 

start the launching of this Glebe 

paper. He thoroughly analyzed 

the future growth of Ottawa, and 

set his newspaper plans. Most of 

our talk, indeed, was about 

population growth in different 

districts ("Kanata and Barrhaven 

are almost full, but 5,000 to 

7,000 homes will go in this south 

part"), about transportation (very 

definite views) and about his 

newspapers. He has a large Canada 

Post map on his wall, and gave 

an impressive lecture. 

What of his present papers 

all called The News but circulating 

in Hunt Club-Riverside, Alta 

Vista, Greenboro-Hunt Club Park 

and Ottawa East-Gloucester? A 

glance will show you many common 

features (front page photo, 

editorial, cartoon) and stories 

written by two incredibly busy 

reporters, Patricia Hitsman and 

Jan Duncan. He has paid distributors 

(carrying some 600 papers 

each); and his five papers, 

he tells advertisers seeking a 

multiple deal, will go into 74,770 

homes. That includes a projected 

10,700 in the Glebe and Ottawa 

South. 

He plans 28 issues a year 

(every two weeks, plus specials 

for 'back to school' and Christmas). 

Quite politely he ques- 

tioned whether a paper appearing 

only 11 times a year he meant 

the Glebe Report and Oscar can 

serve a community with all the 

information it needs on local decisions. 

On the other hand, it 

will be interesting to analyze in 

the next few months how many of 

the articles in his newspaper are 

particular to our two communities. 

He has a solution for the Airport 

Parkway "threat" (as Glebites 

see it) that he thinks tould 

run as an editorial approved in 

Hunt Club and the Glebe. Three 

connected measures are needed. 

One, revive the Alta Vista parkway 

scheme; two, restrict access 

off Bronson into the Glebe; three, 

widen the section of Bronson 

Avenue north of the canal. He has 

spoken out at public meetings in 

Hunt Club, saying "cut-through 

traffic is wrong." 

Lots more to tell, but out of 

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Olive Simpson honoured by 

The Glebe Centre 

BY CATHY MANN 

Jolly 011y. That's what they 

call Olive Simpson at McLeod 

Stewarton Church, where she also 

volunteers. It's a fitting moniker. 

Olive's smile greets all who enter 

the Glebe Centre gift shop when 

she's on dtity. And you'll often 

hear her chuckle or laugh as she 

serves shoppers, who usually 

leave feeling a little lighter after 

their encounter. 

But Olive's disposition and her 

volunteer work at the gift shop 

are only a small part of the reason 

she was honoured with the 

Edwin A. Gardner award at a 

ceremony in March. The award 

recognizes individuals who, 

through their service with the 

Glebe Centre, have made an outstanding 

contribution to the improvement 

of the quality of life of 

older persons. 

For Sue LeConte, executive director 

of thè Glebe Centre, "Olive 

combines a caring and compassionate 

nature with her skills as 

a highly competent leader. You 

know if Olive says she is going tp 

do something, it gets done and 

extraordinarily well. She takes 

an idea, develops it and creates 

something marvelous." 

"I've been involved with the 

Glebe Centre since it was only a 

gleam in the eye of the United 

Church," says Olive. "Because I 

knew how to type and take shorthand, 

I was invited to join the 

committee (which eventually 

founded the Glebe Centre). I 

acted as secretary for three years 

then left to spend more time with 

my young family. But I was bit- 

Russ Tully, 

president of 

the board of 

directors of 

the Glebe 

Centre, presents 

volunteer 

Olive Simpson 

with the Edwin 

A. Gardner 

award. 

ten by the Glebe Centre bug. So, 

in 1976 after 1 retired, I returned 

as a member of what was then 

called the Alumni, now known as 

the Auxiliary. I've been president 

now for about 10 years." 

She is quick to point out that 

without the hard work and dedication 

of Auxiliary members, she 

could not have done what she is 

being given credit for. "I'm 

pleased someone from the Auxiliary 

is being recognized because I 

feel this is corning to the Auxiliary 

more than me." 

The Auxiliary's original mandate 

was to enhance the life of the 

residents. And although that is 

still the group's primary focus, 

its role has changed as the residents' 

needs have evolved. 

The Auxiliary still organizes 

regular "At-Homes" tea parties 

which hark back to another era 

with tea poured from silver tea 

services where new residents 

are welcomed and birthdays celebrated. 

But the group has also 

embraced a new role: fundraising. 

"I don't really know when we 

became fund-raisers," ponders 

Olive. "We decided to run an 

event to raise money to pay for 

some of the things we were doing 

with the residents. And it grew 

from there. With over $50,000 in 

donations to the Glebe Centre 

since 1990, we're proud of the 

contribution we've made." 

Olive has every reason to be 

proud of her contribution, also. 

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in a safe and healthy environment, 

starts Monday, April 

19, and new participants are welcome 

to join the fun. 

There are three levels of hikes 

each week Mondays: 9:30 a.m. - 

noon, intermediate; Wednesdays: 

9:30 - 11:30 a.m., beginner; Fridays: 

9:30 a.m. - 1 p.m., advanced. 

Individuals are encouraged 

to walk at their own pace and 

build up their endurance. As 

endurance builds, participants 

tend to go on more hikes. Many 

now hike three days a week. 

A staff leader and trained volunteers 

ensure the safety of all 

participants on each hike. Information 

workshops and socials are 

also part of the spring hiking 

programme, which runs from 

April 19 to June 30. The fee is 

$35 per person ($44 for non- 

City-of-Ottawa residents) and 

participants are welcome to attend 

all three hikes each week for 

this fee. 

The hiking programme is one 

of several activities offered by 

the Active Living Club, including 

cross-country skiing, snowshoeing, 

walking, cycling and canoeing, 

which take place in Ottawa- 

Carleton's great outdoors, as well 

as information workshops, social 

pot-luck luncheons and out-oftown 

trips. 

The Active Living Club annual 

membership is $60 ($69 for non- 

City-of-Ottawa residents). With 

annual membership, there are no 

further fees for any activities. 

For further information please 

call 798-8734. 

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17 Glebe Report April 9, 1999 BUSINESS NEWS 

Silver Scissors celebrates! 

Every 7 seconds someone in North 

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Is your investment horizon less than 10 years? Can 

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with GIC returns? 

Silver Scissors celebrates its 20th anniversary as the first unisex hair 

salon in the Glebe. Shown left to right are Bruce Saikaley, Sid Saikaley, 

Johanna Saikaley and Lee Saikaley. Owner Lee Saikaley attributes their 

success to good customer service "it never goes out of style." The 

staff believe wholeheartedly in supporting local charities, with cut-athons 

and golf tournaments for CHEO. Silver Scissors, at 851 Bank St., 

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Mayor Jim Watson drawing winner's name watched by Manager Jo-Ann 

Raven. 

Giving back to the community 

Local yarn stores Yarn Forward 

& Sew-On in the Glebe and 

Yarn Forward in Kanata have been 

saying thank you to their conununities 

by giving something back 

to the communities. 

Each winter, the stores have 

provided free yarn so that customers 

can knit tnittens and hats 

for the Ottawa Snowsuit Fund. To 

date, the store's customers have 

knitted nearly 1,000 items (hats, 

mittens and scarves) for the fund. 

In the sununer, the store's customers 

knit garments for the 

Guardian Angel program run by 

Guardian Drug stores, and many 

hundreds of items have been donated 

to that worthy cause. 

Last year Yarn Forward contributed 

to the Abbotsford Senior 

Centre in the Glebe and to In-. 

vesting in Women's Worth, a project 

to help women re-enter the 

The Glebe Chiropractic Clinic 

has grown significantly over the 

past seven years, and has recently 

expanded its services to a 

second location within Fifth Avenue 

Court. The addition of this 

distinct massage therapy and 

acupuncture centre will enable 

the clinic to provide the corrununity 

with a more comprehensive 

range of wellness services. 

On Saturday, May 8, from 9 

a.m. to 3:30 P.m., the clinic will 

hold its second annual patient 

appreciation day. The day's 

events include: complimentary 

chiropractic adjustments for existing 

patients, complimentary 

consultation for new patients, 

workplace. 

As a way of thanking customers 

for their support, Yarn Forward 

has just given more than 

$1,000 worth of prizes directly to 

its customers. All the customers 

had to do was come into either 

store and answer a skill-testing 

question. Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson 

had the pleasant task of 

drawing the winning names March 

2. The first prize a Husqvarna 

Husky Sewing machine went to 

Joan McDiarmid in Carleton 

Place. 

Yarn Forward president Helen 

Gunther said, "Our customers 

have given us incredible support 

since we opened our stores. We 

wanted to give something back, 

not just to the conununity, but 

also directly to our customers. 

This is our way of saying thank 

you." 

Patient appreciation day at clinic 

complimentary spinal examinadons 

and x-rays for new patients, 

complimentary, 5-minute chair 

massages, muscle testing, information 

sessions about acupuncture, 

and more. 

Refreshments, entertainment 

and interactive displays will be 

provided, including door prizes, 

live entertainment and child care 

providers. For more information 

or to reserve an appointment time 

for you and a friend, please contact 

the clinic at 237-9000. We 

hope you will be able to join us. 

The Glebe Chiropractic Clinic 

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BUSINESS NEWS 

Business matters 

BY BRUCE DONALDSON 

Some improvement can be 

noted in dealing with the policy 

areas that concern Glebe businesses 

i.e. community policing, 

parking on Bank Street and 

Lansdowne Park planning. 

COMMUNITY POLICING 

Police services are the responsibility 

of the region and community 

policing across the region is 

now the responsibility of Inspector 

Linda Smith who has assigned 

Constable Jennifer Smith 

to the Glebe. However, due to 

other responsibilities, her time 

cannot be fully dedicated to the 

Glebe, as it was for "Skate." Mark 

Bordeleau, president of the Glebe 

Business Group (GI3G) has a 

meeting in mid-April with Jennifer 

to discuss GBG needs and to 

improve the process of keeping 

her updated on problems. We understand 

that she will soon have a 

pager. Inspector Linda Smith has 

said that she is available to discuss 

problems as well. 

PANHANDLING 

With the arrival of warm 

weather there are signs already 

that the number of panhandlers 

on Bank St. will increase, as will 

their squabbling to get the best 

corner and thus interfere with 

shoppers. The police are somewhat 

restricted in what they can 

do since existing bylaws are too 

permissive, and to shoo them out 

to another part of the city only 

transfers the problem. Glebe 

merchants have expressed their 

concerns and the topic will be 

included in the mid-April meeting 

with the police. 

The basic cause is that many 

people feel satisfied when making 

a donation intended to help a 

panhandler. The downside is that 

this encourages them to keep 

coming back. The proposed coordination 

with the police is essential 

to help in controlling unacceptable 

behaviour on the 

street when the soliciting becomes 

intolerable or aggressive. 

PARKING ON BANK STREET 

Rush-hour-parking 

restric- 

tions on Bank Street are an expensive 

inconvenience to Glebe 

shoppers as well as visitors. This 

is particularly irritating since 

the cost of metered parking was 

doubled this past year. In addition 

to the inconvenience is the 

increased danger that pedestrians 

are exposed to during the rush 

hour. When the cars are cleared 

from the curb lane it becomes a 

high-speed lane. On rainy days, 

the pedestrian is splashed. The 

idea to ticket and tow cars left 

parked after 3:30 p.m. is not successful 

since there usually can be 

found someone making a delivery, 

for example, that eliminates the 

advantage of the extra lane during 

the period. 

The GBG and the Glebe Community 

Association (GCA) share 

these concerns and are working 

jointly on the problem. 

Recently, a consulting firm, 

Parksmart, employed by the city, 

collected considerable data at 

no extra cost to the city and 

prepared a report on the parking 

habits of meter users. As a result 

there are reliable data now 

available to assist the city, the 

GBG and the GCA with parking 

planning. 

RENT INCREASES 

Some businesses on Bank 

Street have moved to other locations 

or closed due to proposed 

increases to their rent Usually 

rent increases of note are triggered 

by increased property 

taxes that the landlord passes on 

to the business. However, there 

has been no new debt issued 

during the past two years and the 

mayor and council are on record 

that they do not want to increase 

taxes now or next year. Thus significant 

rent increases may be 

attributed to the increasing attraction 

of business property in 

the Glebe and demand to locate 

here. 

While not much can be done to 

stem property value change, GBC 

and GCA should continue their 

efforts to support council members 

to maintain taxes at current 

levels. 

LANSDOWNE PARK 

The status of Lansdowne Park 

is in limbo until the region and 

the city can agree on a plan. The 

90-day moratorium requested by 

Canderel will be over by mid- 

April. Hope for a resolution is 

fading, and if there is none, we 

will be stuck with the annual $1- 

million operating expenditure as 

well as the $2-million interest on 

debentures for the park. 

NEW OPENINGS 

The following new businesses 

have opened on Bank Street. 

Third Avenue Spa: associated 

with Reflections owned by Pierre 

Hahn, the Spa is located next door 

to it and is managed by Maria 

Louisa D'Adderio. All the products 

used by the Spa are Avida 

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friendly. 

Neptune's Staircase: located 

at 732 Bank Street next to Bank 

Street Framing, is a store with 

books, toys, gifts and collectibles 

primarily aimed at children from 

newborn to 10 years of age. The 

charming owner is Vanessa 

Kooter. A second store is located 

in Niagara-on-the-Lake. The 

collectibles include Boyd's Bears 

and Friends. 

Valente: Valente is an Italian 

food shop and bakery that carries 

all of the ingredients one would 

need to prepare Italian food. The 

staff will prepare food to order 

for takeout. In particular, the 

staff bakes a variety of Italian 

bread daily on premises that 

looks delicious. 

The shop is run by Richard 

and Robert Valente who are part 

of the family which owns the 

Fratelli restaurant - next to the 

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FEATURE 

Glebe cross-country skiers compete in 1999 junior nationals 

Pasta and granola bars that's 

what fuels the Glebe's young com- 

petitive cross-country skiers. 

Four Glebe teenagers Paul 

Jonah, Tom McCarthy and Amanda 

and Lucas Wilson competed recently 

in the 1999 junior nationals 

in cross-country skiing in 

Smithers, B. C. 

To get there, they had to qualify 

for the Ontario team by placing 

in the top three at two races 

in Deep River. Tom says "(the 

selection system) is confusing, 

but all you have to do is ski fast." 

Amanda qualified by force majeur: 

too sick to race at Deep 

River, her Eastern Canadian race 

results got her in. 

How do they describe their experience 

at nationals? 

"Awesome," "amazing," and "a 

blast," say Amanda, Lucas and 

Tom. "Disappointing," says Paul 

who was sick with bronchitis and 

didn't perform well. Tom placed 

10th overall for his age group; 

Lucas placed 9th on both days of 

the pursuit race. They all enjoyed 

meeting and partying with 

skiers from across Canada, the 

dances, karaoke, and eating pasta 

seven nights in a row. "We had 

lots of time to fool around," says 

Lucas. 

All four train and learned to 

ski at Nakkertok Ski Club near 

Cantley, Que. Amanda, now 17, of 

Powell Ave., first skied on her 

father's back in a baby-carrier. 

The Nakkertok jackrabbit program 

gave them their cross- 

country ski skills (classic and 

skating styles) and the club's 

competitive program prepared 

them for racing. 

They train winter and summer. 

Paul, 19, of Fifth Ave., says the 

Nakkertok coaches specify 560 

hours of training per year the 

intricate training program builds 

endurance and speed and brings 

each racer to peak condition when 

competition begins. Saturday and 

Paul Jonah, Amanda Wilson, Tom McCarthy and Lucas Wilson 

Sunday mornings and Wednesday 

nights find them running, roller 

skiing or skiing, including skiing 

under the lights on the Nakkertok 

trails. Lucas, 15, says, "the 

worst part is getting up on the 

weekends at 7:30 a.m. I missed a 

lot of training last year because I 

was too darn lazy." 

Paul also likes being on the 

school cross-country ski team at 

Lisgar Collegiate. "I found that 

participating on athletic teams 

helped me to integrate into the 

school because I shared activities 

with old friends and made many 

new friends. Athletics became a 

special link to the school." At 

the provincial secondary school 

meets (OFSSA), "I really enjoyed 

the chance to meet other teams 

from across the province. The 

team spirit is great. We cheer for 

one another and, in times of crisis 

when poles or ski bindings 

break, we willingly borrow or 

lend the necessary equipment for 

the competition. I really appreciate 

the time and effort that Mr. 

Cushion your feet on a bed of air! 

Ashworth (now retired), Mr. 

MacMillan and Mr. Neidre have 

put into the cross-country skiing 

activities at Lisgar." His favourite 

ski memories are of the school 

team spirit and going to the nationals. 

Tom, 18, of First Ave., says his 

best ski memory is the time he 

and some others decided to ski 

around the outside trails of Gatineau 

Park. "We started at 7 a.m. 

The first two hours were superfast 

we were on the parkways, 

and it was all icy, so we were 

flying. 'Then the sun came out 

(this was late March) and everything 

got soft, and slow. We had 

to hit some hilly trails that 

weren't tracked. Then Steve 

broke a ski, so that slowed us 

down. I called my Dad from 

Wakefield, and he brought us a 

new ski. We finally finished at 8 

p.m. It was around 95 km. I slept 

for 16 hours that night." 

Amanda remembers when her 

ski binding broke 20 seconds 

before her race started. 

"Everybody panicked and someone 

found me another ski. I 

started two minutes late and finished 

pretty far back." 

Are injuries a problem? 

Amanada has been lucky enoug,h 

to get nothing more than occasional 

scratches and bruises. Her 

brother Lucas has been injuryfree, 

because "skiing is a low im- 

pact sport." However, he did 

break his collarbone roller skiing 

in practice! Tom gets occasional 

shin splints from running and 

Paul reports only an Achilles 

tendon injury a few years ago. He 

adds that it is important to warm 

up and do training. 

Is it the training that accounts 

for the achievements of these 

young Glebe residents? (all Li s- 

gar students, incidentally). Is it 

their competitive personalities? 

the food? 

The nature of their competitiveness 

ranges from not really 

competitive (Lucas), to "I'm a 

pretty intense skier" (Amanda), 

to "yes I am competitive but I 

don't think about the other competitors 

much during a race" 

(Paul). Tom says "I'm pretty 

competitive, but I don't hate people. 

I just try to beat them." 

Tom goes on to stress the dedication 

and motivation it takes. 

"It is a lot of boring hours 

pounding the running paths along 

the Canal, doing long, slow, twoand 

three-hour runs. But it pays 

off, just the feeling of being active 

is enough." 

As for the food, they all report 

eating lots of pasta and granola 

bars before a race. Afterwards, 

they like fluids, chocolate and 

more granola bars. 

"A waist is a terrible thinie to mind" 

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Canada wins gold in Lake Placid 

BY BRUCE POULIN 

The East Ottawa Vanier Voya- 

_;c-::.:;3 Atom B team won their division's 

Gold Medal at an international 

invitational hockey 

tournament in Lake Placid, March 

14. 

The East Ottawa Vanier Voyageurs 

beat the Tri-County Phantoms 

team from Pennsylvania in 

the sixth period of overtime to 

win 3-2. 

In the game, held in the Olympic 

Center's 1932 rink, the East 

Ottawa Vanier Voyageurs took an 

early 2-0 lead only to see it 

dwindle to a two-all tie by the 

middle of the third period. By 

then, however, both teams were 

running on empty and neither 

team could muster enough 

strength to score the winning goal 

in regulation time (despite the 

cheers from the hundreds of respective 

team supporters in the 

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two, then one. It would stay oneon-one 

for three consecutive sets 

of two minutes of overtime until 

Patrick Keogh finally scored, 

marking an end to an outstanding 

performance by both minor league 

hockey teams. 

Most valuable players from 

atom-level Voyageurs were Jean- 

Mathieu Poulin the goalie, Stephen 

Rock at left wing and Patrick 

Keogh, the team's centre. 

"We were all very proud to 

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the finals to begin with," said 

Bruce Poulin, the team's coach. 

"Winning the championship was 

merely gravy added to an already 

remarkable effort by all the players, 

my coaching staff and the 

parents." 

The 15-player East Ottawa 

Vanier Voyageurs Atom B team i s 

sponsored by Boston Pizza. Glebe 

residents Derek Hooper, 11, and 

Redmond O'Brien, 11, play on this 

competitive team. 

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Stefan Schneider, drummer 

Drums and all 

BY STEFAN SCHNEIDER & 

SUSAN JERMYN 

Jazz drummer Stefan Schneider 

and his group, the Sienna Band, 

have recently released a demo CD 

with five tunes on it Stef, a Glebe 

resident, and the band recently 

played at the Whipping Post in 

Ottawa. 

The pop band, made up of students 

from McGill University's 

jazz music program, plays alloriginal 

compositions by lead vocalist 

Sienna Dahlen. Stef says, 

The band is hard to pinpoint 

stylistically. We cover a wide 

range of music within the pop 

genre. There is certainly a heavy 

jazz influence in the band because 

of our backgrounds." 

They have had many gigs in 

Montreal, a city Stef, 22, has 

really taken a shine to. "I love it 

here! Montreal is an incredible 

city with tons going on in the arts 

and in music." 

Currently in his third year as 

a percussionist in the McGill jazz 

performance program, Stef has 

made the dean's honour list and 

has received the 1998 James 

McGill Award for excellence in 

music and non-music courses and 

the Marion Magor Memorial scholarship 

for excellence in percussion 

performance and academic 

achievement 

Photo credit: Ottawa Citizen 

that jazz 

Stef played the drums for the 

stage band and the senior band at 

Glebe Collegiate (which awarded 

him the trophy for excellence in 

performance for percussion) and 

also played with the Nepean Al 1 

City Jazz Band which earned a 

gold award at MusicFest Canada 

national finals six years in a row. 

STARTED WITH HOPEWELL'S 

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PROGRAM 

Stefan started to pursue his 

interest in music, and drumming 

in particular, in Grade 7 at 

Hopewell School. He went on to 

take private lessons and has had a 

keen interest in playing jazz music 

from early on. 

Stef grew up on Broadway Avenue, 

the son of Faith and Gerd 

Schneider, and attended First 

Avenue school and the Glebe Coop 

Play Group. 

What does the future hold musically 

for Stef? "I'd really like 

to see the Sienna Band get better 

known and do some touring 

around Canada. We are working on 

that. I will probably stay in 

Montreal after I finish at McGill. 

I know that whatever I do and 

wherever I go, music will always 

play a big part in my life." 

The Sienna Band CD, Sienna 

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Originated seven years ago by 

Glebe artist Bhat Boy, Art in the 

Park has grown to become a dynamic 

event on the Ottawa arts 

calendar. Saturday, June 5 (rain 

date is June 6), from 10 a.m. to 4 

p.m., apprdmately 100 artists 

including painters, potters, photographers, 

jewelers and craftspeople 

will display their work in 

Central Park, off Bank St. between 

Clemow and Patterson Avenues. 

Art in the Park is a nonprofit, 

volunteer-run organization 

which aims to develop a 

sense of community among artists 

as well as to provide an accessible 

venue for the exhibition and 

sale of artwork. Part of our mandate 

is to encourage young artists 

and to enhance the environment 

BY KEVIN REEVES 

For its last concert of the season, 

Ottawa's chamber, choir Seventeen 

Voyces will be presenting 

more offbeat repertoire than 

usual. The concert is entitled 

Humour in Music and ranges from 

the Renaissance to the present. 

For those who are interested in 

some of Henry Purcell's or 

Mozart's 'naughtier' moments in 

music, this is the show for you. 

Early composers include de Las- 

CALL TO ARTISTS 

- 

Last year, Art in the Park funded 

awards to two Glebe Collegiate 

arts students and donated $300 to 

plant trees in the Glebe. 

We are extremely pleased to be 

able to share the park and the day 

with the Peace and Environment 

Resource Centre again this year. 

Participants can pick up registration 

forms from the information 

rack at the entrance of the 

Glebe Community Centre, 690 

Lyon St. South. Deadline for 

registration is May 21. For more 

information please call 230- 

9990. 

Enjoy music, dance, visual arts 

and crafts and sunshine, shop for 

unique gifts and visit with 

friends and neighbours in beautiful 

Central Park. 

Musica Viva sings of faith & love 

The entertaining and energetic Church) as well as by trumpets. 

choir, Musica Viva Singers, in- Soloists will be soprano Pam 

vites you to join them in a cele- Fitch, alto Janet Berkman, tenor 

bration of the season at their an- Stan Hanna and bass Alvin Yung. 

nual spring concert on Saturday, Musica Viva Singers is directed 

May 1 at 8 p.m. 

by Old Ottawa South resident 

The 52-member group sings an Brian Cameron, Minister of Music 

eclectic repertoire of music. The at Glebe-St. James United Church. 

theme for this concert is Music of The group was started by res 

Faith - Songs of Faith. 

dents of the Glebe and Ottawa 

The first half of the program South now about half the memfeatures 

Mozart's Coronation bers hip lives in these neighbor- 

Mass. The second half of the eve- hoods, while the other singers 

ning will be a pot-pourri of love come from across the region. 

songs, including Up the Ladder to The May 1st concert takes place 

the Roof made famous by the Ny- at 8 p.m. at Glebe-St. James 

Ions, Carly Simon's Let the River United Church, corner of First 

Run and Seasons of Love from the Avenue and Lyon Street. Admismusical 

Rent. 

sion is $10 for adults; $5 for stu- 

For the first part, the choir will dents and children. Advance 

be accompanied by Ottawa organ- tickets may be purchased from 

ist Matthew Larkin (director of choir members or at Compact Mumusic 

at St. Matthew's Anglican sic, 785-A Bank Street. 

Seventeen Voyces concert May 2 

sus, Janequin and Farmer, and 

the more contemporary include 

Bennett, Rutter, and local composers, 

Ager and Reeves. There 

will also be a rendition of P.D.Q 

Bach's comic oratorio, The Seasonings. 

Humour in Music will take 

place on Sunday, May 2, 7:30 p.m. 

at St. Matthew's Church. Tickets 

are $12 for adults and $10 for 

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Guild of Potters anniversary sale 

The Ottawa Guild of Potters 

will celebrate its 25th anniversary 

at a new location, the Hellenic 

Centre on Prince of Wales 

Drive. 

At the sale, watch for our information 

display featuring 25 

years of Guild history and videos 

of our potters at work. 

This year the sale features a 

separate section devoted to the 

gardening enthusiast. Along with 

our new garden area you will find 

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Each year the Guild members 

donate pieces to be sold in aid of 

a local charity. This year the 

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Oxygen Therapy equipment for 

children with cerebral palsy. 

Please come to the Hellenic 

Centre, 1315 Prince of Wales 

Drive. The pottery sale starts 

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75 plus sales tables: small antiques, old 

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23 Glebe Report April 9 1999 NEWS 

Ottawa-Carleton District 

School Board trustee report 

OCDSB 1999-2000 BUDGET 

(SEPTEMBER 1 TO AUGUST 31) 

Trustees have ratified a 

budget of $520.5 million for the 

school year beginning in September. 

All education funding comes 

from the province and the OCDSB 

faces a decline in revenues of 15 

per cent over five years. For the 

coming school year (year two of 

the five), the board identified 

$15.7 million in reductions by: 

eliminating some teaching 

positions at both the elementary 

and secondary levels; provincially 

mandated average class 

sizes will be maintained, but the 

board will have less flexibility in 

staffing schools and in finding 

replacement teachers 

elhninating transportation 

from Grade 7 to OAC for all students 

who live in the urban transit 

area (exceptions include students 

who are financially disadvantaged 

and some special education 

students); this is a major 

policy change for students in the 

former Carleton Board of Education 

reducing program materials 

and school supplies; central department 

and school budgets will 

be cut and families will be asked 

to pay for items such as pencils, 

pens and notebooks for elementary 

students 

'using working fund reserves 

(unspent operating funds from. 

the previous year) for program 

purposes; these are not capital 

reserves 

The combination of these decisions 

has allowed the board to 

limit the reductions in Special 

Education to $3.2 million (the 

original budget proposal was $7.2 

million) and keep the English as a 

Second language program un- 

changed. I know these programs 

are of particular importance to 

parents and school councils and I 

am relieved that we found some 

savings elsewhere in the budget. 

Thanks to the Glebe Collegiate 

school council for taking a leadership 

role in opposing ESL cuts. 

Additions to the budget include 

an increase in funds for information 

technology, secondary school 

reform and custodial support for 

schools. 

The provincial government's 

level of education funding is inadequate 

and many of the allocations 

in the various grant categories 

do not respond to needs in 

our community. Further downsizing 

will continue to have a 

negative effect on the quality of 

our public education system in 

Ottawa-Carleton. 

COMMUNITY USE OF SCHOOLS 

Trustees have approved a new 

agreement between the OCDSB and 

the municipalities across Ottawa- 

Carleton for the use of each others' 

indoor facilities. If approved 

by the municipalities, the agreement 

is to take effect in September 

1999. For groups wanting to 

use school facilities, the agreement 

requires users, such as 

community centres, community 

associations, and youth groups 

By 

Lynn 

Graham 

(e.g. Guides, Scouts, cadets and 

sports teams) to pay $7 per hour 

for the use of schools after 4 p.m. 

and on weekends. There are two 

exceptions: OCDSB groups (e.g. 

school councils) will not be 

charged a fee; and private, revenue-generating 

users will continue 

to pay between $25 and $41 

per hour, depending on the day(s) 

booked. For school groups wanting 

to book municipal facilities, 

the agreement requires OCDSB 

payment to the municipalities of 

$7 per hour. 

It is unfortunate that the formal, 

reciprocal agreement currently 

in place between the 

school board and the City of Ottawa 

can no longer be continued. 

However, patterns of use have 

changed over the years and the 

school board can no longer subsidize 

the community use of 

schools. Youth groups are certainly 

going to be affected by this 

change as they have been paying 

$1 per hour for school facilities 

during the week. The provincial 

funding formula does not provide 

funds for the use of schools outside 

normal school hours and the 

OCDSB must focus on regular day 

school operations. 

If you have any questions regarding 

the policy or would like 

to book school facilities, please 

call the Community Use of Schools 

office at 239-2540. 

SCHOOL CLOSURES 

Five schools are being closed 

(Confederation, Crichton Alternative, 

McNabb, Queensway and 

Whitehaven) and the OCDSB may 

have to close another 15 schools 

in order to qualify for funds for 

new school construction in highgrowth 

areas outside the Greenbelt. 

The Minister of Education 

and Training is reviewing the 

school accommodation situation 

in Ottawa-Carleton and I hope the 

funding formula will be modified 

to allow schools to operate at 90 

per cent capacity and to allow 

schools to rent out surplus space 

(without penalty) to adult education 

and new child care groups. 

These adjustments would significantly 

reduce the number of 

school closures in the downtown 

core. To date, there has been no 

announcement from Queen's Park. 

For information on the OCDSB, 

check the web site at 

www.ocdsb.edu.on.ca or call the 

automated information line at 

596-8222. 

I hope to hear from you. 

Lynn Graham, Ottawa- 

Carleton District School Board, 

133 Greenbank Road, Nepean, ON, 

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Fax: 730-3589. E-mail: 

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NEWS 

Ottawa-Carleton Catholic 

school board trustee report 

The Ottawa-Carleton Catholic 

School Board completed its first 

school area review process on 

March 25 after five long months 

of staff recommendations, public 

consultation and board deliberations. 

Two schools, St. Victor in 

Heron Park and St. Raymond Intermediate 

in the west end, will 

close their doors at the end of 

this school year. Immaculate 

Heart of Mary School in the Pleasant 

Park area will close at the end 

of the 1999-2000 school year. 

Non-operational day schools 

(which the Ministry of Education 

had counted in the board's inventory 

of pupil places) which 

were declared surplus by the 

board included Barrette, Jean 

XXIII, St. Agnes, Queen of the Angels, 

St. Patrick and St Andrew. 

Staff have been asked to develop a 

plan to dispose of the properties. 

The board will also ask the Ministry 

of Education to allow the 

use of two other non-operating 

schools (DeMazenod and Canadian 

Martyrs) for administrative purposes. 

The board will assist the 

Youville Centre, which is operating 

out of Sacre Coeur, to find 

new, more appropriate facilities, 

after which the board will dis- 

pose of Sacre Coeur. During the 

course of its deliberations last 

week, the board reaffirmed its 

support for Continuing Education 

and asked staff to pursue a leaseback 

agreement or other accommodation 

arrangements so that 

programs currently offered at the 

non-operating schools will continue. 

Three schools that were on the 

list slated for closure will be 

kept open under varying circum- 

stances. St Thomas in Crystal 

Beach will stay open pending an 

agreement between the board and 

the City of Nepean which has expressed 

an interest in taking over 

a portion of the school for com- 

munity use. St Mary School 

(Beech/Bayswater area) will remain 

open until staff review the 

St Mary and St Thomas Aquinas 

facilities to determine the most 

appropriate location for the St. 

Mary students. 

ST. MARGARET MARY SCHOOL 

TO STAY OPEN 

In a unanimous decision, St. 

Margaret Mary School will remain 

open. With this facility remaining 

an active day school, the need 

to readjust the boundary for Corpus 

Christi School to accommodate 

the influx of students from 

St Margaret Mary was eliminated. 

For the upcoming school year, 

both schonic win 

By 

Cathy 

Maguire- 

Urban 

"the reasons to keep them open as 

opposed to why St Margaret Mary 

should not be closed," to quote 

trustee June Flynn-Turner on the 

night that the decision was made 

to keep the school open. The two 

councils brought to their presentations 

these past few months, 

to both the board and the independent 

review panel, a level of 

discussion that impressed trustees 

from all zones of the board's 

jurisdiction, which was evident 

by the 10-0 final vote. I appreciate 

the amount of hours that went 

into both schools' presentations 

and the sacrifices that parents 

made to ensure that the board was 

aware of just how valuable St. 

Margaret Mary and the Bytown 

Childcare Cooperative were to the 

Ottawa South community and the 

possible negative impacts that 

could result at Corpus Christi 

School if the administrative recommendation 

was carried out. 

Parent leaders Michael Napier 

(Corpus Christi) and Reg Charett 

(St Margaret Mary) led their 

councils throughout this process 

in a very professional manner and 

it was certainly my pleasure to 

assist them in whatever way I 

could these past five months. 

The board will consider the 

future of Elmridge Catholic and 

Jean Vanier Catholic Intermediate 

schools as part of a further staff 

review of Area 11 with the intention 

of making the best possible 

use of school space in these areas. 

The future of St Michael School 

has been deferred until staff 

comes back with a recommendation 

as to where the students will 

be relocated if the school is 

closed. 

The decisions made last week 

mark the culmination of five 

months of work, including a series 

of public hearings by the 

school board and by the threemember 

Independent Review 

Panel and extensive study by 

staff. The board stressed that 

there was a tremendous amount of 

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25 Glebe Report April 9, 1999 SCHOOL 

Computer lab a great success 

BY KEN DESSON AND 

LISA MENARD 

One of the great success stories 

at First Avenue School this 

year is the innovative use being 

made of one of the Ottawa- 

Carleton District School Board's 

(OCDSB) few dedicated computer 

labs in an elementary school. 

Principal Chantal Racine supported 

the initiative of maintaining 

and expanding the computer 

lab which has the use of 18 

CD-ROM-equipped computers 

hooked up to a new laser printer 

and the school's own Internet 

server. All the computers can 

access the Internet as well as 

utilize an excellent selection of 

computer programs. In addition, 

each regular classroom has at 

least one computer with access to 

the Internet. Principal Racine 

stated, "I felt very strongly that a 

portion of someone's time had to 

be allocated to maintaining the 

computer lab and helping to integrate 

technology into the regular 

program." Sylvie Quessy was 

given two new roles: resource 

teacher for five of the larger 

classes, and computer lab specialist 

in the afternoons. Thus the 

computer lab is one of the most 

utilized areas in the school. 

SPECIAL CHALLENGES OF 

FRENCH 

IMMERSION 

of Education 

The Ministry 

does not have a specific curriculum 

for French immersion 

schools. That means that much of 

the software available from the 

Ministry is not in French or is 

not appropriate for an immersion 

program. To solve this dilemma, 

Sylvie has become a member of 

the OCDSB's software committee. 

"As a member of committee I can 

meet with other teachers from the 

OCDSB and discuss First Avenue's 

French immersion needs 

and determine which software is 

most suitable." 

INDEPENDENT LEARNING 

ENCOURAGED 

Classes use the lab throughout 

the week - rarely is the lab 

empty. The children have an opportunity 

to acquire many skills. 

The children practise their keyboarding 

skills using All the 

Right Type. They develop story 

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using Story Book Weaver, and flex 

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FINDING NEW MATERIAL 

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curriculum has been to find in- 

formation in French. The older 

students have spent many hours 

in the computer lab searching the 

Internet for current information. 

With the help of volunteers and 

teachers, many students have created 

Web sites of their projects. 

These Web sites will be stored on 

the school's server and will be 

kept as resource materials for 

other students. 

NEVER A DULL MOMENT 

Sylvie and two parent volunteers 

ensure that the lab is available 

to students three lunch 

hours per week. On Tuesdays, 

Grade 3 and 4 students "surf the 

Net" or hone their geography 

skills playing Carmen San Diego. 

Wednesday is an opportunity for 

Grade 6 students to work on their 

Web sites. Working on Thursdays, 

more than 30 Grade 5 students 

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Thursday, April 22 to Saturday, 

April 24. Parent and student 

volunteers collect and organize 

the books - some 25,000 of them. 

From classics to cookbooks, children's 

literature to best-sellers 

to romance, there is something for 

everyone! 

Proceeds allow the school to 

purchase computers and play 

structures. In these days of 

school budget restraints, your 

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We are grateful for any book donations. 

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SCHOOL NEWS Glebe Report April 9, 1999 2 6 

Photo: Shawna Valentiate 

Heather Greenwood & Andrew Paul with Mitel mentor Anne Robitaille. 

Glebe Collegiate at 

Canada FIRST Robotics Games 

BY ALISON VAN KOUGHNE1'1' 

On February 25, Glebe Collegiate's 

team of engineers, wricers, 

Web page creators and video makers 

won first place for Web site, 

video and spirit and sixth for 

written documentation in the 

Canada FIRST Robotics Competition. 

Glebe came first on their 

presentation to the engineering 

panel, too. Glebe's robot placed 

eighth of 18 in the nation-wide 

competition. 

The games were held at Scarborough's 

Centennial College. 

Eighteen high school teams competed 

from across Canada. 

This year's theme was curling. 

Glebe's robot was designed and 

built to shoot a curling stone into 

a target. The curling stone, designed 

by students, was made of 

wood and aluminum The curling 

stones were stored near the top of 

the robot in a simple box. A motor 

provided energy to push a 

piston and pushed the stone out 

of the storage area. Then, once it 

had dropped, it landed on a sliding 

tray. Another motor wound 

up a strong cord attached to the 

tray and some surgical tubing. 

This elastic substance would ultimately 

propel the curling stone 

out of the robot and onto the 

playing surface. 

To make this all happen, students 

logged hours of hard work 

at Mitel Corporation, and the 

guidance of their mentors was 

needed. Students worked up to 

the last night (and morning), 

adding the final touches. 

The competition itself was a 

great way to spend the weekend. 

Students met other teams from 

across the country and finally 

put their creation to the test. 

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There was not only the robot in 

the competition, there was also a 

Web site, a video and a binder of 

written documentation. 

All 18 teams chose different 

parts of the bleachers from which 

their supportive team members 

could cheer. Every team had special 

shirts to show who they were. 

Team Glebe's was a blue and white 

Umbro soccer shirt. 

When Team Glebe was eliminated 

we joined the 'Unionville 

Wolfpack' and a team composed of 

many Quebec towns called the 

`Nayas' to make the biggest and 

loudest team in the room Glebe 

was one of the loudest and biggest 

teams already! 

Team Glebe (the GCI Stones) 

did amazingly well this_ year. It 

was our fifth year at the competition, 

and probably our best 

Last year's robot was in ninth 

place, so making it to the second 

round this year was a great 

achievement. The team is very 

proud of its amazing standings, 

and so is the school. Team Glebe 

won second place for the President's 

Award, which is awarded 

to the team with the best overall 

documentation, in other words, 

all aspects not including the robot. 

Second in all the country! 

We hope that by telling the community 

about our successes that 

you will share a part of the pride. 

Robotics is an amazing experience 

for anyone to try. You do not 

have to love engineering or construction; 

writing and drawing 

are also very important. If you 

are a Glebe student looking for an 

extra activity, you know you are 

most welcome to join the robotics 

team. 

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Investment Advisor 

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27 Glebe Report April 9, 1999 SCHOOL_ NEWS 

April on best behaviour at Hopewell School 

BY J. C. SULZENKO 

STUDENT ASSEMBLY 

INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR THE 

ELIMINATION OF RACIAL 

DISCRIMINATION 

Hopewell's Students Against 

Discrimination Club planned a 

poetry reading and dramatic 

presentations to mark the U.N.'s 

conunemoration of the Sharpeville 

Massacre in South Africa. At the 

assembly for intermediate students, 

June Girvan from the 

J'Nikira Dinoinesh Educational 

Centre, brought to life Canadian 

history surrounding events 

leading to Canada's anti-slavery 

position. Anti-slavery is one of 

three areas on which the club is 

focusing its efforts this year to 

build a world without prejudice, 

bias or hatred. They also have 

targeted the issues of religious 

intolerance and cultural discrimination. 

It is the club's hope 

that everyone will learn how each 

person's voice can make a difference. 

STUDENT BEHAVIOUR IN THE 

COMMUNITY 

Concerns from certain Hopewell 

neighbours, both businesses 

and private citizens, have been 

expressed about the behaviour of 

some intermediate students during 

the lunch hour and sometimes 

after school. Finding such behaviour 

unacceptable and being 

concerned that a few students 

could give the rest a 'black eye,' 

the administration has embarked 

on a strategy of working closely 

with the police and the school's 

neighbours, as well as placing 

emphasis inside the school on 

personal responsibility and the 

consequences of such behaviour. 

The police force has increased its 

patrols of vulnerable areas and is 

visiting intermediate classes. In 

addition, the school is meeting 

with local businesses, and heaith 

classes are emphasizing the risks 

of substance abuse. The school is 

also developing a program that 

will give students the opportunity 

to contribute to the community 

through a spring clean-up 

effort. 

BEACH PARTY 

Over 500 people turned out for 

the first extraordinary beach 

party at Hopewell. A core committee 

of eight volunteers made 

sure the revelers had fine food, 

music and lots of fun. The excellent 

turn-out of Hopewell 

teachers ensured the success of 

the student/teacher volleyball 

game at the party. Local businesses 

and benefactors provided 

an array of splendid door prizes, 

to everyone's delight! 

HOPEWELL READ-A-THON AND 

BOOK LAUNCH 

From April 12-30, reading becomes 

even more serious business 

at the school with the advent of 

the annual Read-a-Thon. This 

special campaign encourages 

reading, while, at the same time, 

raises funds for school projects. 

Each participant obtains sponsors, 

who pledge a certain amount 

per book the student reads during 

the three weelcs. At the end of 

April, when the tallies are in, the 

class in each division (primary, 

MIMI NM MI II= ME 

junior and intermediate) with the 

most children participating will 

win a pizza lunch! The Read-a- 

Thon also benefits from the generous 

participation of Coles Books 

(Billings Bridge) and Mother 

Tongue Books. 

Other activities linked to 

Read-a-Thon include 'celebrity' 

readings and the launch of a 

Hopewell-based book for children, 

Annabella and The TyCoon. 

This story tells of Annabella's 

efforts to save her school bands. 

Written by your humble correspondent 

and designed by Hopewell 

parent, Edie Wawrychuk 

(Traffic Design), the book will be 

sold through the school, starting 

April 20, and at Mother Tongue 

Books. Half the proceeds from 

each sale will be donated to the 

Canadian Parks & Wilderness Society Present 

Wolf Country: 

Eleven Years Tracking 

the Algonquin Wolves 

John and Mary Theberge 

'Il is simple caring that 

leads to a cautious 

sustainable, 

harmonious 

. relationship with wild 

things, caring even for 

the wolflitmus of our 

environmental 

sincerety." 

John B. The berge 

www_ 

For more information contact: Mtp://www.cpaws-morg 

Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society 730-2797 

instrumental music program at 

Hop ewell. 

BIKE AND WHEEL SALE 

APRIL 10 

Bring your bikes, tricycles, 

scooters, roller blades, etc., to 

this annual sale on Saturday, 

April 10. Drop off items, labelled 

with the price and a contact 

telephone number, at the 

Hopewell garage from 12:30 p.m. - 

1:30 p.m. The sale goes on from 

1:30 p.m. - 3 p.m. Participants 

must return to pick up their cash 

(hopefully) or any unsold items 

at 3 p.m. 

UPCOMING EVENTS 

School Council Meeting, Tuesday, 

April 13, 7:15 p.m., in the 

library. Junior Musical: Jack the 

Giant, Wednesday, April 28, 7:30 

p.m. in the gym. 

Lecture & slides 

Thursday, April 29 8:00 p.m. 

Bell Theatre, Minto Bldg. 

Carleton University 

Tickets: $8 at the door and in 

advance at Trailhead. 

The howl of the wolf symbolizes the 

wildness and beauty of nature. But 

how long will that howl last? One of 

Ontario's most famous and loved 

wolf populations faces a 

questionable future. We invite you 

to join us for a compelling and 

informative evening to hear about 

the wolves of Algonquin Park, the 

challenges they face, and what is 

required to ensure a brighter future 

for these complex, social creatures. 

The Theberges' research on these 

wolves represents one of the 

longest-running wolf studies in North 

America by two of the foremost wolf 

authorities. 

In cooperation with: Carleton University Dept of Biology, Geography 8 Environmental Studies, Ottawa Field Naturalists Club, and Trailhead. 

woo INN I= Nam 

Dates 

Friday April 23 

Saturday April 24 

Sunday April 25 

5- 9 pm 

10- 5 pm 

10- 5 pm 

The Kidne 

The 

resents 

A Kidney Foundation 

Fundraising Event 

of Canada 

versary 

of the ational 

Capita Fine Art 

Festival 

www.artfestival.ottawa.com 

At the Aberdeen Pavillion 

Lansdowne Park 

Free Parking 

"A complete art awareness weekendwith 

over 80 selected artists and art manufacturers 

offering a unique opportunity 

to meet the artist and purchase original 

art. Over 5000 original artworks in one 

location to choose from." 

Fees 

Adults $7.00 

Seniors and Students $6.00 

Children under 12 are Free 

Festival Information 724-9953 

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admission to the Flower and Garden Show 

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IN THE REGION is published by the Region of Ottawa-Carleton, Spring 1999 

eiffesswec,com the g?vioned Chat>. 

NIAINTAINING 

SERVICES WHILE 

FREEZING TAXES 

FOLLOWING REGIONAL COUNCIL'S approval of the 1999 budget in February, residents 

in Ottawa-Carleton will once again enjoy a tax freeze. We were able to do this despite 

more than $50-million in new annual costs created by the 

provincial downloading of services to the Region. Difficult 

decisions were made, and a fair compromise was reached 

that allowed us to protect services residents value. 

Regional programs and services were protected in 

this year's budget process, many of which you will find 

highlighted in the articles of thi§ edition of In the Region. 

Services provided by your Regional Government affect 

each one of us every day and contribute greatly to the 

quality of life we enjoy. Whether we take public transit or 

drive to work, turn on the tap in the morning, need the 

help of a public health nurse, send our kids to day care, 

visit our elderly friends at a senior's lodge, or get help 

finding a job, we all benefit from Regional Government 

programs. 

In addition to our regular programs and services, we 

are also working hard on several new initiatives. We are 

trying to streamline local economic development agencies 

so that we can better focus on marketing our hi-tech 

strengths to the rest of the world. Our newly created Task 

Force on Employment is working to develop an employment 

strategy to help breakdown barriers to employment in our Region. 

We have worked very hard this year to ensure that this budget reflects the priorities 

of the community. In many cases the voice of the community at budget meetings 

changed the direction of Council's decisions. Thank you to everyone who participated in 

this budget process. Everyone's work helped to deliver a regional budget that respects 

the demand of taxpayers to freeze taxes while ensuring the services people rely on are 

maintained and enhanced. 

Sincerely, 

REGION OF OTTAWA-CARLETON 

1999 TAX FREEZE DESPITE 

nCONTINUING PROVINCIAL 

DOWNLOADING 

REGIONAL COUNCIL WAS ABLE TO HOLD THE LINE on property taxes again this year 

despite on-going downloading of programs and services from the Province to the Region. 

The portfolio of services delivered by your Regional GoVernment continues to grow as the 

province transfers its responsibilities to the Region. Many of the services transferred come 

without adequate levels of funding. 

1999 Regional Budget 

$ 1.2 billion 

Public Health 

Most of the costs of public health, once 100% paid for by the Province, are now entirely 

covered by the Region. 

The Region has been told to assume responsibility for land ambulance in the year 2000. 

Transportation Services 

The Province has transferred 255 lane kilometres of roadway and 130 bridges and 

structures to the Region without enough funding to even cover maintenance. 

Child Care Services 

The Province will be transferring licensing responsibilities to the Region, as well as the 

management of other child care related services such as child-parent resource centres. 

Community Services: Restaurant inspections, social 

assistance, ambulances, social housing, long term care, 

public health 

Transportation: Major road maintenance, 

snow removal, traffic signs and signals 

Public Transit OC Transpo, Para Transo 

Capital Formation: Debt charges plus 

capital reserve fund contributions 

Other: Administration and grants to 

external agencies 

Police: Emergency response traffic control 

crime prevention, victim services 

Water, Sewer, Solid Waste: Drinking water, sewer, 

garbage, blue box, leaf & yard waste collection 

Social Assistance Services 

The Region now has cost-sharing responsibilities 

for all social assistance programs including the 

Ontario Disability Support Program. Sole support 

families formerly administered by the Provincial 

Family Benefits program have now been trans: 

ferred to the Region under Ontario Works. 

Regional Police Services 

Withdrawal of Provincial OPP service has made 

the Region solely responsible for all police services. 

This means that rural residents are being 

asked to pay for policing service on their property 

tax bill that they used to receive at no additional 

cost from the Province. 

Public Transit Services 

In the past, the Province funded 75% of the cost 

of building the public transit system. The 

Province has now withdrawn support entirely for 

public transit, transferring the costs to Regional 

taxpayers. 

Even though these funding challenges have added over $51 million in new annual 

costs, the Region of Ottawa-Carleton has not increased property taxes in the 1998 or 

1999 budgets. That leaves Ottawa-Carleton alone as the only Region in the Province 

to successfully hold the line on taxes despite the extra cost of provincially downloaded 

services. 

Bob Chiarelli 

Regional Chair 

YOUR REGIONAL COUNCILLOR 

Clive Doucet 

Ward R17 

Capital 

Tel: 560-1224 

E-mail: 

doucetclarmoc.on.ca 

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440 Ottawa-Carleton 560-1335 

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THE REGION ON TOP OF TRAFFIC 

ISSUES IN YOUR COMIVIUNITY 

The Bronson Corridor - The Airport Parkways Extended Traffic Impact Study 

(APETIS) is moving ahead with the completion of the first draft of the consultant's 

report. APETIS outlines measures to mitigate increasing traffic flows on 

the Bronson corridor. 

The Glebe Traffic Study - Thanks to the work of many volunteer traffic counters 

on the Glebe Traffic Committee, Regional staff have been able to collect 

and compile traffic counts for the Glebe. The next step will be to hire a consultant 

to conduct the study. 

Main Street - The Main Street Traffic Calming Committee selected DELCAN for 

its study of Main Street to be completed by December 31st of this year. 

Bank Street Reconstruction - A business and community-friendly reconstruction 

and streetscaping of Bank Street in Old Ottawa South is scheduled to 

begin in the Spring of 2001. Design consultations with local businesses and the 

community will begin shortly. 

Light Rail - Preparations for the Light Rail Pilot Project continue. The Pilot will 

divert traffic out of the Bronson corridor and ease cut-through traffic in the 

Glebe. A second round of Regional open-houses took place during the last week 

of February. The pilot project is scheduled to start in the Spring of 2000. 

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LINDA SMITH'S DAUGHTER was only 

nine months old when the car she was 

in - driven by Linda's caregiver - 

flipped over on the Queensway and 

skidded upside down across several 

lanes, trapping the caregiver and three 

children inside. Miraculously, everyone 

walked away without a scratch. 

"If my daughter hadn't been harnessed 

into a properly installed child 

car seat, she wouldn't be around 

today," Smith says. 

"Injury prevention and children's 

safety are major public health issues," 

says Dr. Robert Cushmtut, Medical 

Officer of Health for the Region of 

Ottawa-Carleton. Close to SO% of 

injury-related deaths are caused by 

traffic injuries." 

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seat& 

CONUVION CAR SEAT ERRORS 

According to public health nurse Gail Salminen, 

the following are some of the most common 

errors made by people using child car seats: 

tether strap used incorrectly or not at all 

metal clip used incorrectly or not at all 

handles on infant car seats left up while 

travelling 

infants put into forward-facing seats too 

quickly (must be sufficient size and weight) 

children moved to booster seats too quickly, 

or to a regular seat beit too quickly 

improper use of shoulder belt 

Gail Salmenin(right) and trainees check 

car seat with Linda Smith and son. 

Today, Smith uses her personal experience as a train-the-trainer to teach public 

health nurses, firefighters and other volunteers to inspect child car seats for their compli 

ance with safety standards. 

The inspections are part of the Child Safety Seat Program, offered by members of 

the Eastern Ontario Car Seat Coalition which includes the Region of Ottawa-Carleton. 

"When the coalition started in 1997, up to 500 seats a year were voluntarily inspect 

ed for their compliance with safety standards. Now, we have well over 1000 seats 

inspected per year," says Gail Salminen, a public health nurse with the Region of 

Ottawa-Carleton. 

"The majority of people don't use car seats properly, which compromises the safety 

of a child. For example, in 1996, we inspected 85 child car seats during a series of volun 

tary car seats clinics. Of these, 

only one was correctly installed." 

says Salminen. 

"We now have many firefighters 

on board to give inspections 

at fire stations, and the 

CAA is also giving inspections. 

Regional public health nurses 

educate parents about the importance 

of car seats in pre-natal 

classes," says Salminen. 

For information about child 

car seat safety, please contact the 

Region of Ottawa-Carleton at 

560-1335. 


AT THE END OF APRIL, thousands of residents from across Ottawa-Carleton will pull out 

their spades, soil and gardening gear in a region-wide effort to plant new trees to replace 

those trees destroyed during the 1998 ice storm. 

The trees were made available to area residents through the Plant for Tomorrow 

program, which provided a 2.5 centimetre caliper tree to each homeowner requesting one. 

More than 7,000 requests for trees were received. 

"This one-time initiative is part of our forest renewal program, intended to restore the 

forest cover in Ottawa-Carleton," says Craig Huff, the Region's Forester. 

In Vernon, a small community in the Township of Osgoode, the Plant for Tomorrow 

program has become a launching pad for a community-wide improvement project. Vernon 

resident Elaine Newton has spearheaded 

the creation of the Friends 

for a Greener Vernon organization in 

her community. 

"We will be planting 192 trees 

throughout Vernon as part of the 

Plant for Tomorrow program. We also 

have plans in place to enhance our 

Main Street with lights, benches and 

interlocking brick, and improve the 

appearance of the community at 

large," says Newton. 

"Vernon used to be a beautiful 

little town, but the streetscape has 

deteriorated. Twenty years ago, the 

streets were widened destroying the 

trees on one side of Main Street. The 

ice storm destroyed the trees on the 

other side of the street last year," 

she says. Newton and other volunteers 

from Friends for a Greener 

Vernon ht4 ben actively looking 

for funding for its many initiatives. 

For more information, call 

the Region of Ottawa-Carleton at 

560-1335. 

Karen Shea (foreground), Elaine 

Newton, Jim Clark, and Helen Ferguson 

(background left to right), all executives 

on the Friends for a Greener Vernon. 

REGIONAL GOVERNMENT IS THE ENVIRONMENT... 

The Region of Ottawa-Carleton Plant for Tomorrow program - intended to 

replace trees on individual properties - is one of three Regional reforestation initiatives. 

The Community 11-ee Planting Partnership program targets urban and suburban 

communities, and assists groups interested in planting trees within their 

communities. 

The Rural Community Restoration program assists rural communities in their 

reforestation efforts. 

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Res'ident Paul Sirois works 

with Regional Police to solve 

a conimunity problern. 

with, 

FOR THE PAST FIVE YEARS, Ottawa-Carleton resident 

Paul Sirois has been troubled by a problem 

that just wouldn't go away until he joined 

forces with the Ottawa-Carleton Regional Police 

and other community members to solve it. 

"My backyard faces a Bell Canada building 

on Montreal Road, close to where people used to 

hang out at all hours," says Sirois. 

To solve the problem, Sirois met With 

Ottawa-Carleton police officer Michel Hébert, Bell 

Canada and other community members to jointly 

find a solution. They decided to cut down the 

shrubs and turn the outdoor lights on at night. 

"They don't corne here anymore. I'm very 

happy and feel safer now," says Sirois. 

"We often solve problems by bringing together people in the neighborhood who can 

influence a problem. It is part of our role as community police officers to act as a catalyst 

for community problem solving," says Hébert. 

"More and more, we tap into people working in the neighborhood. With the new 

model of district policing, we get to know our "customers" better, and can solve problems 

together." 

The Ottawa-Carleton Regional Police is making community policing a priority. 

"Neighbourhood officers can focus on specific community situations," says Hébert. 

For more information, call the Ottawa-Carleton Regional Police at 236-1222. 

REGIONAL GOVERNMENT IS POLICING... 

' 

The Region's municipal police services amalgamated on January 1, 1995. 

By July, 1999, the Ottawa-Carleton Regional Police Service will have 

responsibility for police services in all the of the Ottawa-Carleton region. 

The Ottawa-Carleton Regional Police Service is the fourth largest municipal 

police service in Canada. 

The Ottawa-Carleton Regional Police operate community police centres 

located in neighbourhoods throughout Ottawa-Carleton. 

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WHERE SHOULD YOUR GARBAGE GO? 

"AWAY" IS NOT AN OPTION 


THE TRAIL WASTE FACILITY, located off Moodie Drive in Nepean, is the main municipal 

landfill site for residential garbage in Ottawa-Carleton. The Region of Ottawa-Carleton 

has operated the facility for almost 20 years and estimates that the site has enough 

remaining capacity to continue accepting residential waste for another 8 to 10 years. The 

Region has recently completed a feasibility study on options for extending the life of the 

Tlail Waste Facility. Some of the options are summarised below. Regional staff would like 

to know what you think about these 

options. Your comments will be included 

TRAIL ROAD FACTS 

In addition to the landfill, the Trail 

Waste Facility houses the Household 

Special Waste Depot and the leaf & 

yard waste composting site. 

As the site develops current °state 

of the art" technology ensures safe 

operation of the facility. 

Leadiate and methane gas, two 

by-products of the landfill operations, 

are monitored and managed to 

ensure environmental protection. 

The site is operated in accordance 

with the Ontario Ministry of the 

Environment regulation. 

in a report to Regional Council when they 

consider this optimization report. 

What are the choices? 

Most of us are actively involved in 

reducing and recycling waste to reduce 

the amount that ends up in the landfill. 

And our efforts are working! In 1998, 

Ottawa-Carleton residents recycled over 

51,000 tonnes of materials and a record 

37,000 tonnes of yard waste was composted 

(almost half of which was due to the 

ice storm). The Region is continuing to 

develop programs to divert even more 

waste. Yet despite all of our efforts, there 

is still a need to dispose of garbage. 

If we continue to produce garbage 

at the current rate, the landfill is estimated to be filled by 2008 or 2009. We would then 

need an alternative, which could either be a new landfill, a waste incinerator (which 

w6uld still require a landfill for residue ash), exporting waste to another landfill or 

maybe find some other emerging disposal technology. 

An alternative to starting or finding a new disposal facility is to maximize the use of 

the existing landfill, an asset we have. The Region has completed a preliminary technical 

study and identified a number of options that could extend the life of the landfill. These 

options include increasing the landfill's size, increasing the landfill's height and excavating 

an older part of the landfill (landfill mining) to reclaim space and perhaps recycle 

some materials that may have been discarded as garbage in years gone by. 

It's Your Landfill 

The Trail Waste Facility is a 

valuable asset that the Region manages on behalf of all 

regional taxpayers. A long term waste disposal strategy which inçludes 

strong diversion programs helps to contribute to the competitiveness and environmental 

health of Ottawa-Carleton. Your voice is important. Do you think Regional Council should 

support optimizing the current landfill as much as possible (as long as it makes economic, 

environmental and operational sense) or 

should we start looking elsewhere for our 

future waste disposal needs? 

Have a Say! 

For more information on this project 

fill out the form below to receive an information 

package or come out to one of the 

open houses. Information can also be 

viewed at the Region's web page at 

www.rmoc.on.ca (click on announcements). 

The full technical report on 

optimization will be available for viewing 

at all public libraries in the region and at 

Regional Headquarters, 111 Lisgar Street. 

Questions or comments may be faxed, 

e-mailed or mailed in by using the 

form below. 

THE LANDFILL 

OPTIMIZATION STUDY: 

October 1998 

Technical Study completed 

October 27, 1998 

Tabled with the Planning and 

Environment Committee 

March - April 1999 

Consultation 

May 25, 1999 (tentative) 

Planning & Environment Committee 

to c:onsider technic.al report and 

public comments 

Comments must be submitted by May 14. We will compile your comments and 

present them later this spring to Regional Council with the technical report. Here is your 

opportunity to get involved at this preliminary phase and be part of the decision process. 

Two open houses will be held in April: 

Saturday April 17, 1999 - Trail Road Landfill, Moodie Drive, 

Nepean 9:00 am to 12:00 noon 

Bring your household special waste to our Household Special 

Waste Depot when you visit the open house at Trail Road. 

Thursday April 22, 1999 Earth Day - Regional Headquarters, 

111 Lisgar Street, Colonel By ROOM, 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm 

A 33-tonne compactor 

spreads and crushes 

the garbage. 

YES, I AM INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING IN THIS PROCESS. 

Do you feel the current landfill resource should-be optimized as much as possible (as 

long as it makes economic, environmental and operational sense) or should we start 

looking elsewhere for our future waste disposal needs? 

PLEASE SEND ME THE FOLLOWING: 

E Question and Answer document on the project 

fl Booklet on the Trail Road Waste Facility 

El Executive summary of the technical report on optimization 

Please add me to your mailing list 

Comments: 

Name: 

Phone: 

E-Mail: 

Address: 

Fax: 

- 

Mail to: Region of Ottawa-Carleton, Solid Waste Division, 111 Lisgar Street, Ottawa, Ontario K2P 217 Fax to: 560-1274 E-mail: wylieke@rmoc.on.ca Phone: 560-1335 

560-1335 

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31 Glebe Report April 9, 1999 BOOKS 

A woman ahead of her time 

HONOUR DUE: THE STORY OF 

DR. LEONORA HOWARD 

KING 

By Margaret Negodaeff- 

Tomsik (221 pages) 

REVIEWED BY PAULETTE COURCHÊNE 

This is the story of a young 

woman from eastern Ontario who 

became a doctor well before 

women in Canada were encouraged 

or even legally permitted to do so, 

who spent her life in China as a 

missionary, and who was 

eventually made a Mandarin - a 

singular honour for a foreigner 

and a woman. 

In writing this biography, Ms. 

Negodaeff-Tomsik was faced with 

a difficult task. Like most of us, 

Dr. King does not seem to have 

written much in the way of 

opinions and impressions. Nor 

has time been the ally of her 

biographer in saving what she did 

record. As a result, her words do 

not often appear in this 

biography. While it is possible 

to sympathize with the dearth of 

material available to the author, 

it is also frustrating to be met 

regularly with "she would have," 

"she probably..." Though Ms. 

Negodaeff-Tomsik has done her 

best to flesh out skimpy material, 

the account is too conjectural. 

Leonora Howard King remains a 

shadow. This is unfortunate, as 

even with little to go by, we get a 

sense of a strong woman who 

lived according to her principles, 

and who impressed others with 

her dedication and compassion. 

We can only hope that this book 

will serve as a catalyst to bring to 

light more information about her. 

If this book is not a satisfying 

account of the more -personal 

details of Dr. King's life, it is 

nonetheless a well-researched 

description of missionary life in 

19"-century China. And if Dr. 

King doesn't figure as 

prominently in her own 

biography as do the missionary 

societies, the high-born and 

working-class Chinese and the 

petty officials who peopled that 

tigie and place, we get a sense of 

the courage it must have taken to 

live in China 100 years ago. From 

WEIM 

the elegance of the vice-regal 

palace to the street smells, lice 

and squalor of the poorer parts of 

town, Dr. King's living and 

working conditions are well 

portrayed. The conflicts and 

misunderstandings resulting 

from the clash of different beliefs 

and customs are honestly 

described. This is no mean feat, 

as such an account provides 

opportunities to preach on 

several issues. It is, after all, a 

book about a professional woman 

in a time when women's rights 

were non-existent, about a 

missionary sent to convert the 

Chinese, about a Westerner in 

Asia at a time when Westerners 

saw themselves as having a 

civilizing mission to the rest of 

the world. It is to her credit that 

Ms Negodaeff-Tomsik, though she 

has several soapboxes to choose 

from, has chosen to examine the 

soapboxes but not to climb on 

one. 

In addition, it is a quite 

readable account of events. If the 

Chinese really do consider it a 

curse to "live in interesting 

times," they have been richly 

cursed in their long history. 

Leonora King lived there during 

fiercely interesting times, as 

China was forced to accommodate 

foreign presences it neither 

understood, respected, nor 

desired. The events that took 

place during the almost 50 years 

she lived in China (1877-1925) 

included the Boxer Rebellion, the 

subsequent punitive expedition 

mounted by European powers and 

the final days of Imperial rule. 

These events are also part of her 

story. 

Finally, on a literary level, 

one more edit would have been in 

order. Now and then the reader 

encounters a sentence in need of 

syntactic first aid. Though these 

annoyances are infrequent, they 

do detract from the overall merit 

of a readable and informative 

book. PauletteiCourchéne teaches 

History at Glebe Collegiate and 

became fascinated with China 

during her seven-month stay 

there in 1990-91. 

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Lessons from the past and for the future 

THE DAVID LEVINE 

AFFAIR: SEPARATIST 

BETRAYAL OR 

MCCARTHYISM NORTH? 

By Randal Marlin 

Fernwood Publishing, 

176 pages 

$16.95 (paper) 

The David Levine Affair by 

Randal Marlin, philosophy professor 

at Carleton University (and 

Glebe resident), could prove a 

courageous introduction to a very 

necessary sequel. I much prefer 

Marlin's subtitle for this current, 

hastily put together offering: 

Separatist Betrayal or McCarthyism 

North, heady topics for the 

post-NAFTA era, crying out for 

more of Marlin's valuable insights. 

This, rather, is a summation 

of articles by sensational 

journalists (mostly in Ottawa), 

who in all fairness were trying to 

do their job, but fell short of the 

mark because of the disastrous 

public relations of an appointed, 

rather than an elected board of 

directors at the Ottawa Hospital. 

Marlin almost falls into the 

same trap as the journalists he 

maligns, but his well-intentioned 

manifesto proves his thesis, much 

-as Emile Zola passionately proclaimed 

the innocence of Alfred 

Dreyfus. Zola accused his denouncers 

of malicious libel in an 

open letter on the front page of a 

Paris newspaper, L'Aurore (that 

was on January 13, 1898), entitled 

J'Accuse. 

Alfred Dreyfus was the French 

Army officer sentenced to life 

By 

Sharon 

Abron 

Drache 

imprisonment for treason during 

a closed trial in Paris in 1894. 

The in camera trial offers weak, 

but vigilant similarities to the 

poor PR by the appointed Ottawa 

Hospital board. In fact, claims 

Marlin, there the comparison 

ends almost 

In 1906 Alfred Dreyfus was 

totally exonerated, after serving 

10 years of his original lifetime 

sentence in exile on Devil's Island 

(French New Guinea, off the 

coast of South America). 

Marlin dances around the 

Dreyfus/Zola metaphor to suggest 

that the appointment of David 

Levine from Qpebec (who was once 

a member of the Parti Québecois) 

as the new CEO of the Ottawa Hospital 

in May 1998, and the subsequent 

public outcry to fire Levine 

smacks of McCarthyism North or 

separatist betrayal Marlin is 

trying to focus on the importance 

of clear thinking about Canada's 

Health Act as an issue separate 

from national unity. 

Jean Paul Sartre's famous line, 

"If the anti-Semite didn't exist, 

the Jew would invek him," lurks 

dubiously close to Marlin's insightful 

thesis, drawing curious 

parallels between the ultimate 

significance of the Dreyfus Affair 

on the French Republic at the 

threshold of the twentieth century 

and the Levine Affair, as 

Canada steps into the twentyfirst. 

The new CEO of the Ottawa 

Hospital was not asked to resign 

by the board of directors, nor was 

he sent back to Montreal following 

the public outcry. Instead he 

is currently doing the job he was 

hired for, after what proved to be 

a tempest in a teapot, which was, 

in fact, a cover for the slow and 

persistent erosion of Canada's 

health care system. 

As Levine heads the third 

largest hospital in Canada and 

continues to be accountable to an 

appointed rather than an elected 

board, he is trying to accomplish 

what he came to Ottawa for, much 

as Alfred Dreyfus was reinstated 

in the French Army after his full 

pardon. Dreyfus re-enlisted 

during the First World War and, 

at its conclusion, was promoted to 

lieutenant colonel. The Dreyfus 

Affair was another turning point 


in the mind of political theorist, 

Theodor Herzl, leading to his development 

of Zionism. 

Marlin sashays around the 

question of national unity - persistently 

driving home the importance 

of a unified country in 

which one has the ability both to 

live in peace and comfort as well 

as to be healed (hospitalized, if 

necessary). 

"I hope by putting the 'Levine 

Affair' under close scrutiny, and 

by recording step by step the development 

of emotions, prejudices 

and eventually the display of ignorance, 

the lessons will not be 

forgotten," concludes Marlin. 

This thought could be the 

opening for a far-reaching philosophical 

probe into the nature of 

what it means to be Canadian, a 

dedication to upholding Canada's 

finest program, in this case the 

Canada Health Act, by committed 

Canadians from all provinces and 

all ethnic minorities, held together 

in a fragile, yet firm alliance. 

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33 Glebe Report April 9, 1999 RELIGION 

Thoughts on Easter 

BY REV. DR. JACK NIELD 

On April 4, Christians celebrated 

Easter. Has it ever struck 

you how different are the ways we 

celebrate Christmas and Easter? 

It seems we spend months in 

preparation for Christmas 

whereas Easter seems to come and 

go on a long weekend. 

Christmas comes with a list of 

players as long as your arm. Angels, 

shepherds, three wise men, 

Heavenly Hosts, King Herod, even 

animals kneeling at the manager. 

The story we know by heart, and 

it has grovvn so that it includes 

Santa and Rudolph and perhaps 

even Ebenezer Scrooge. Easter is 

far different. 

Easter comes as such a simple 

_Ef.ve/y 

(Terrgiwg 

story that, if it wasn't so important, 

we might not even notice. 

Three women go to the tomb and 

find it empty. No choirs of angels 

just Jesus! At first they 

thought he was the gardener. 

The story is so simple, it has a 

ring of truth about it. If I had 

been planning Easter, I would 

have added some pageantry and 

excitement. But this is so simple. 

It is as if this story is so impor- 

tant that everyone is holding 

their breath and sitting forward 

in their chairs waiting to see 

what will happen next. This 

story is so important it will take 

your whole life to celebrate it. 

Rev. Dr. Jack Nield is pastor at 

Glebe-St. James United Church. 

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THE GLEBE CHURCHES WELCOME YOU 

CHURCH OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT (Roman Catholic) 

Fourth Avenue at Percy Street 232-4891 

Father Joe Le Clair, Pastor 

Rev. Anthony O'Sullivan in Residence 

Masses: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday 9:30 a.m. 

Saturday: 9:00 a.m. 4:30 p.m. 

Sunday: 8:00 a.m. 9:30 a.m. 11:00 a.m. 8:00 p.m. 

(Elevator access for the handicapped. Loop system for the 

hearing impaired) 

FIFTH AVENUE FREE METHODIST CHURCH 

2 Monk Street (1 block west of Bank & Fifth) 233-1870 

Minister: Rev. Stanley J.T. Hanna 

Sunday: Morning Service at 11:00 a.m. 

with Sunday School and Nursery 

Friday: 12 Noon Eucharist 

OTTAWA DEAF FELLOWSHIP (Total Communication) 

at Fifth Avenue Free Methodist Church 

2 Monk Street (one block west of Bank & Fifth) 

Pastor Dick Foster 

Sunday Service: 11:00 a.m. 

FOURTH AVENUE BAPTIST CHURCH 

Fourth Avenue at Bank Street 236-1804 

Minister: E.J. Cox 

Sunday Services: Morning Worship 11:00 a.m. 

Nursery and Sunday School 

GLEBE-ST. JAMES UNITED CHURCH 

650 Lyon Street 236-0617 

Pastor: Rev. Dr. Jack Nield 

Christian Education: Dr. Gillian Wallace 

New Ventures in Celebration 10:00 a.m. (Informal worship 

in church hall) 

Worship (in Sanctuary) 11 a.m. with 

Baby Nursery, Sunday School (ages 3-11) and 

Youth Alternative Worship (12 & up) 

ST. MATTHEW'S ANGLICAN CHURCH 

Glebe Avenue near Bank Street 234-4024 

Rector: Archdeacon Désirée Stedman 

Holy Communion: 8:00 a.m. 

Choral Eucharist & Church School: 10:00 a.m. 

-7"ChOral Evensong: 5:00 p.m. (second & fourth Sundays) 

Weekday Eucharist Thursday 10:00 a.m. 

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: Anne Thomas 489-3341 

Sunday Service: 10:30 a.m. 

OTTAWA CHINESE UNITED CHURCH 

600 Bank Street 594-4571 

Senior Pastor: Rod Bennett 

Sunday Services: Sunday School 

Cantonese/Mandarin & English 

9:30 a.m. 

11:00 a.m. 

ST. GILES PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH (Wheelchair Access) 

Bank Street at First Avenue 235-2551 

Interim Moderator: Rev. MacArthur Shields 

Youth Coordinator: Colleen Smith 

Sunday Service: Worship 11:00 a.m. 

Church School 11:15 a.m. 

CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF THE ANNUNCIATION AND ST. NICHOLAS 

(ORTHODOX CHURCH IN AMERICA) 

55 Clarey Avenue 236-5596 

Dean: The Archpriest Andrew Morbey 

VIGIL 5 p.m. Saturday 

HOURS: 9:30 DIVINE LITURGY 10 a.m. Sunday 

VESPERS 7 p.m. Wednesdays 

PRESANCTIFIED LITURGY 5:30 P.M. Wednesdays in Lent 

* Services are 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 p.m. Wed. Prayer Meeting 7:30 p.m. 

Glebe Dental Office 

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WORDS Glebe Report April 9, 1999 34 

South branch library news 

BY HÉLÈNE MERRITT 

Did you know that we've expanded our video collection? Among new 

titles are feature films for adults from the 1930s and '40s. We also 

have videos that were released up to last year. This, along with our 

wide selection of documentaries including NFB films means that you 

can now curl up with one of our books or with a video. 

Adult videos may be borrowed for one week at a time. Children's 

videos can be borrowed for three weeks each. Please remember that 

overdue items incur a $2-a-day fine. As with books, titles not 

currently available can be requested in person or by telephone. 

CHILDREN'S PROGRAMMES 

Babes-in-the-Library: Music, finger plays and rhymes for 

babies from birth to 18 months, April 9 and 16. Next session begins 

May 7. Pre-registration for May session begins on April 23. 

Time for twos: Music, finger plays and rhymes for two-yearolds, 

April 7. Next session begins May 5. Pre-registration for next 

session begins April 21. 

Storyfimes for three- to five-year-olds Mondays at 10:15 a.m., 

Wednesdays at 2:15 p.m. 

Saturday stories and films Saturdays at 10:30 a.m. 

We hope to see you soon. For any questions about programmes 

please call us at 730-1082. 

Fly Me Over the Glebe 

Glebe Report board chair Judy 

Peacocke and Dick Peacocke are 

sponsoring a writing contest for 

young people to celebrate the 

first round-the-world balloon 

trip by Bertrand Picard and Brian 

Jones. 

The prize is a one-hour trip 

for two in a Cessna-172 aeroplane 

over Ottawa (and the Glebe) and 

publication in the Glebe Report 

To enter, write an essay, a 

short story, poem or free verse of 

not more than 500 words on one of 

the following topics: 1) How 

Flight has Changed the World; 2) 

Mankind's Dream of Flying; 3) 

Bird's Eye View. Deadline is 

April 30, 1999. 

Glebe residents 17 years of age 

and younger are eligible to enter. 

Competition not open to families 

of Glebe Report board members. 

Do not write your name on your 

entry but write your name, address, 

phone number, date of 

birth and title of your entry on a 

separate sheet of paper. Address 

your envelope to Fly Me Over the 

Glebe and bring to the Glebe Report 

at the Glebe Conununity 

Centre, 690 Lyon St., or mail to P. 

O. Box 4794, Station E, Ottawa, 

ON, K1S 5H9. 

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Life not always a happy story 

Happy Girl is not always a 

happy story. But it is a true 

story filled with dreams and disillusionment 

and some historical 

background. 

Artist Ilze Berzins returns to 

her native land ready to live a 

country idyll. But she is in for a 

shocking awakening. The reality 

of post-Soviet Latvia is far from 

the romantic cultured life of her 

parents and grandparents. The 

brutality of life in Riga, and on 

her ancestral homestead, cause 

her serious emotional problems 

she suffers a depression in a 

country where only the strong can 

now sutvive. She flees after one 

year of life in the newly liberated 

Latvia much like her family, did 

in 1944, to save her own life. 

The story has many lighter 

moments, some hilarious situations 

and offers an insight into a 

people struggling to regain the 

cultural richness they once enjoyed. 

Ilze Berzins lives in the Glebe 

with her dog Clyde. She paints, 

teaches private art classes and is 

at work on her next novel Death 

in the Glebe, a murder mystery 

featuring local "characters." 

Happy Girl by Ilze Berzins, 

published by Albert Street Press 

in Nova Scotia, 219 pages, contains 

the author's art work and 

cover illustration. It is available 

at the Book Bazaar on Bank Street, 

$17.95. 

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(73 First Avenue, at the corner of O'Connor) 

April 23 from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. 

April 24 from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. 

April 25 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. 

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off your GRAPEVINE message at the Glebe Community Centre, including your 

name, address and phone no. FOR SALE items must be less than $1,000. 

FOR SALE 

*THE ULTIMATE 50's ACCESSORY, 

off-white pure wool Flotki rug 5' 

x 9' $125. 236-5967. 

*ADJUSTABLE BED - $400, Kenmore 

Microwave & cart $50, Kenmore 

portable washer $100, 

Queen-size bedroom set $100. 

232-3827. 

* GOALIE PADS Black I-Tech 23", 

will fit ages 7-9 yrs. Like new 

$150. 236-8254. 

*BRIO BIG WHEEL STROLLER, good 

cond. $200. Fisher-Price toddler 

car seat $25. 563-8243. 

*ANTIQUE CANADIANA CUP- 

BOARD, 60"h, 19"d, x 44"w. 2 

doors, 2 drawers. Original paint 

$500. 237-6930. 

STORE/CAFÉ LIQUIDATION, all 

furniture & equip. for sale 

Chairs, tables, shelves, frig, 

freezer, dishes, espresso machine, 

etc. Allen 238-5031. 

CHILDCARE 

*MOTHER'S HELPER NEEDED 3-4x 

per week. Call 230-8102. 

*SPACE AVAILABLE for 1 preschool 

child in home with francophone 

caregiver. 233-5174. 

HOUSESITTING 

*RESPONSIBLE WOMAN avail, to 

house-sit your home, March to 

Sept. Experienced with plants & 

animals. References avail. Call 

Sarah at 233-5831. 

EMPLOYMENT 

DOG WALKER NEEDED. Permanent 

part-time avail, for reliable 

dog lover. Vehicle required for 

transportation of up to 4 dogs. 

Call 241-0428. 

EMPLOYMENT 

STUDENT WORKS 

PAINTING is looking for 

Painters and Crew 

Chiefs at good salary for 

the summer. 

Info: Emée at 

(613) 564-5400 ext. 4113. 

APARTMENT TO RENT 

FIRST West of Bank. 

2 bedroom equipped, 

hardwood floors, 

parking, nonsmokers, 

no pets. May, $1,044. 

Tel: 234-9253. 

CARPENTRY 

RENOVATIONS/ 

REPAIRS 

Peter D. Clarey 422-3714 

ACCOMMODATION WANTED 

UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR, nonsmoker, 

from Shanghai, China 

would like to board with family 

close to Carleton University. If 

you can host him for part of his 

10 month program contact Janet 

Sutherland 233-5647 (w), 236- 

8633 (h). 

*1-VVO PROFESSIONAL WOMEN 

wish to rent a quiet, sunny 2 - 

bedroom apt. Deck or garden access 

desired. Annelies 567-1536 

& leave message. 

WANTED 

KEI-1 LE, with extremely loud 

whistle. Call 730-2173. 

*DONATIONS OF USED 

FURNITURE & clothing, for 

Causeway non-profit Clubhouse 

program. Call 725-3494. 

NOTICES 

* OPEN HOUSE & REGISTRATION 

at Southside Preschool, Wed. Apr. 

28, 6:30-8:30 p.m. at the Preschool, 

located in Southminster 

Church, Bank & Aylmer. Representatives 

from Please Mum children's 

clothing & Jokus toys will 

be selling their wares! Registration 

for Sept. 99 has begun. Info: 

730-5819. 

Accounting & Tax Services 

U.S. and Canadian taxes, 

Personal and Business 

Returns and Schedules, 

20+ years experience. 

Low, reasonable rates. 

Call: 364-0143. 

PAINTINGS 

FOR SALE. Paintings 

by Barry McCarthy, 

Edwin Chau, Corbett 

Gray, Don Connolly 

and others. 

Tel: (613) 652-1263 

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NOTICES 

* RUMMAGE SALE and bake table. 

Fourth Ave. Baptist Church 

(corner of 4th & Bank). Sat. 

April 17, 9 a.m. - noon. 

" RUMMAGE SALE St Giles 

Church (Bank & First) Fri. Apr. 

23, 3-7 p.m. & Sat. Apr. 24, 9 

a.m. - noon. - 

SPRING RUMMAGE SALE, Glebe 

St. James United Church, 650 

Lyon St, April 17, 9 - noon. 

GARAGE SALE, Maycourt Club of 

Ottawa, Sat April 17, 9 am. - 2 

p.m. 114 Cameron Ave., Tel. 733- 

4681. 

DONATE THAT OLD VEHICLE, 

running or not, to the Kidney 

Foundation of Canada. Free towing, 

minimum $75 tax receipt. 

Tel. 724-9953. 

WOMEN'S READING GROUP 

April selection: "The River Midnight" 

by Lilian Natte!, Wed. 

April 28, 7 p.m. in GCC library. 

Contact Carole, 233-0954. 

* VENTE-DÉBARRAS, Ecole Francojeunesse, 

119 rue Osgoode, 

Côte-de-Sable (Sandy Hill), le 

samedi ler mai, de 10h. à 14h. 

ANNUAL IODE HOUSE & 

GARDEN TOUR Thurs. May 20, 10 

a.m. to 4 p.m. features 3 beautiful 

embassies & 3 attractive private 

homes. Tickets & info: 747-4106. 

DROP-IN FOR PARENTS, Caregivers 

& Children (0-5) at Centretown 

Community Health Centre 

every Tues. Apr. & May, 9:30 - 

11:30 a.m. at our new location, 

420 Cooper St (bet Bank & Kent). 

EPILEPSY INFO & SUPPORT 

GROUP 

meets at Jack Purcell 

Cornmogentre, 320 Elgin St., Mon. 

April 12, at 7:30 p.m. Topic: Disability 

Support What It Is & How 

To Get It Info: 594-9255. 

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GRAPEVINE 

NOTICES 

" ACTIVE LIVING CLUB Spring 

Hiking Programme for Senior 

Adults Monday April 19 until 

Friday June 30. Cost - $35 per 

person. Info: 798-8734. 

SENIOR PAINTING EXHIBITION 

at City Hall from Fri. May 7 to 

Wed. May 19. Free parking at City 

Hall for 1st hour. Info: 798-8734. 

OTTAWA SCHOOL OF ART presents 

The Art of Gardening II Apr. 

10, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. & Apr. 11, 1 

p.m.-5 p.m. at MacKay United 

Church, 39 Dufferin Rd. Everything 

about and for gardens & 

gardeners. Admission $4, seniors 

& students $3. 

* SENIORS IN ACTION The Council 

on Aging of Ottawa-Carleton presents: 

"Seniors in Action" Mon. 

Apr. 19 at 1:30 p.m. at RMOC 

headquarters, 111 Lisgar St Free. 

Information 789-3577. 

PREPARING FOR FUNERALS - 

The Community Support Network 

presents information on palliative 

care, funeral planning & bereavement 

support on Tues. Apr. 

27, 7:30 p.m. at the Hospice at 

Maycourt, 114 Cameron Ave. Cost: 

$5/ person, $7/ couple. To preregister 

or for info: 236-1433. 

WILMA PINKUS ART EXHIBIT at 

Orleans Arts Centre, 1490 Youville 

to April 30. Info: 830-5420. 

HOME LEARNERS CONFERENCE, 

May 1 Carleton U. Info: 746-2676. 

THE W/C GUY GIBSON V.C. 

Chapter IODE is holding a Primrose 

Tea, Tues. May 4, 2-4 p.m. at 

Bayne House, 40 Fuller Ave. Ottawa. 

Info: Mary Quirt 225-2518. 

* THE COUNCIL ON AGING's 25th 

Anniv. Gala, Sat., May 8 at Villa 

Marconi, 1026 Baseline Rd. $50 

($25 tax receipt). Call 789-3577. 

-Wife Household Organizers 

"%IMF wardwif woman, 'was, a ugor 

Regular & Occasional cleaning 

Pre & Post move cleaning and packing 

Pre & Post renovation cleaning 

Blitz & Spring cleaning 

Organizing cupboards, basements ... 

Perhaps a waitress??? 

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Recreate Your Old Garments 

Use Old As Pattern For New 

Custom Clothing by 

Slick & Sassy Fashions at 

PARKER CLEAN 

Same Day Cleaning Mon to Fri 

SEARS CATALOGUE Enna Green 

SALES MERCHANT 856 Bank St. (at 5th Ave) 

Phone: 236-9857 Phone: 236-9358 

Open Mon-Fri 8 am to 7 pm 

Sat 9 am to 5 pm 

CATIJ ILL I NE ST 

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MOVING? DOWNSIZING? 

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690 Lyon Street South 

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Special Events 

Don't worry, you haven't missed them! 

Due to the emergency repairs to the Main Hall, 

the following Special Events have been 

rescheduled. 

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41[14Tables are still available! 

It's time for Spring Cleaning. Come 

sell those long lost treasures 

stored in your basement or attic. 

*Spring Craft Fair 

Saturday, April 24 

10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. 

*Spring Flea Market 

Saturday, May 1 

10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. 

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*Spring Antique & Collectible Fair 4114 

Sorry it's cancelled. We will resume Fall 1999 dipA 

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*Glebe Flea Market 

Saturday, May 1,1999 

10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. 

$25.00 per table 

*GREAT GLEBE GARAGE SALE 

(on Glebe C.C. property) 

Saturday, May 29, 1999 

8:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. 

$25.00 per table

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