February, 2008 - Glebe Report

February 15, 2008 Vol. 38 No. 2 

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Glebe Business Improvement Area advances 

with city council approval 

The Glebe Business Group (GBG) has just passed a major milestone in its 

efforts to designate a Glebe Business Improvement Area (BIA) with city council’s 

approval of the designation on Jan. 23. 

The Glebe BIA will include all commercial properties along the Glebe’s 

primary east-west and north-south commercial corridors: from Lyon Street 

along Chamberlain Avenue, Isabella Street and Pretoria Avenue to Queen Elizabeth 

Driveway; and from the Queensway along Bank Street to the Bank 

Street Bridge, including properties on intersecting streets and Lansdowne 

Park. 

Most business districts throughout the city of Ottawa already have a BIA in 

place (there are 13 existing and a 14th being formed). Designated under the 

Municipal Act, BIAs allow commercial property owners and tenants to establish 

a board of management and hire staff to address priority business issues 

and initiatives using funds collected through a special levy on commercially 

assessed properties within a designated area. 

Members of the voluntary Glebe Business Group (GBG) that have 

addressed business matters on an ad-hoc basis in recent years struck a Glebe 

BIA Formation Steering Committee and hired a consultant to help establish a 

BIA. The steering committee and consultant have been communicating and 

meeting with commercial property and business owners over the past year to 

affirm their support for establishing and investing in the Glebe BIA. 

“We're delighted with the positive response from the Glebe business community 

and city council,” says GBG chair Liam McGahern of Patrick McGahern 

Books. “We urgently need an official BIA to represent our interests. As 

volunteers with our own businesses to run, we can’t provide the dedicated 

leadership this area needs.” 

continued on page 3 

PHOTO: J.D. WIENECKE 

Mark your calendars 

February 16, 17 

February 18 

February 21 - 24 



March 3 

Winderlude continues 

Family Day holiday 

Ottawa Boat Sportsmen’s & Cottage Show 

Lansdowne Park 

GCA Board Meeting. 7:30 p.m. GCC 

All are welcome 

Facilitated public workshop 

Lansdowne Park, Salons A & B, 6:30 p.m. 

(Pre-register: designlansdowne@ottawa.ca) 

Glebe Co-op Nursery registration 

2008-2009 school year, www.glebepreschool.com 

WHAT’S INSIDE 

Abbotsford . . . . . . . . . . . .2 Councillor’s Report . . . . .12 

Editorial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 Business . . . . . . . . . . .16-17 

Letters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 Taste in the Glebe . . . .6, 21 

GNAG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 At the movies . . . . . . . . .26 

GCA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 Schools . . . . . . . . . . . .27-32 

March 5,6 

March 6 

March 8-9 

March 10-14 

March 18 

GNAG spring program registration begins 

City of Ottawa 

Registration for summer camps, www.ottawa.ca 

National Women’s Show 

Ottawa Congress Centre 

March Break 

GNAG soccer registration online, 11 p.m. 

www.gnag.ca 

Lansdowne Park . . . . . . .7-9 Books . . . . . . . . . . . . .33-35 

Good Old Days . . . . . . . .10 Religion . . . . . . . . . . .36, 37 

Glebe Questions . . . . . . .11 Grapevine . . . . . . . . . .38, 39 

NEXT DEADLINE: FOR THE MARCH 14 ISSUE 

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 2008

2 Glebe Report February 15, 2008 

The many faces 

of volunteers at Glebe Centre 

For many, from students to retirees, volunteering has become a way of life. 

Volunteers provide assistance that is both useful and rewarding. Organizations 

are dependent on the commitment and contribution of volunteers and the generosity 

of spirit that allows for an individual to give back to their community. 

It is a win-win situation and the benefits for all are endless. 

Volunteers are an essential part of our Glebe Centre community. Volunteers 

supplement and enrich the day-to-day operation of programs and services, 

thereby enhancing the quality of life for our residents. Whether it is a student 

completing a forty hour commitment, a co-op placement, or retiree who has 

time to share, the skills and talents of each and every volunteer can contribute 

so much in making a difference in the lives of our seniors. 

Students will often continue and mentor new students, or family members 

will volunteer after a loved one has moved into the facility. Whether you are 

volunteering in our “day away” program, pastoral care, art therapy activities 

or through friendly visits, you quickly become part of the Glebe Centre family 

and our volunteer community. 

Grow, learn, give, nurture, smile. BE A VOLUNTEER! We hope you will 

join us! For further information on how you can volunteer at The Glebe Centre, 

please contact Lonelle Butler at 613-238-2727, ext. 353 or send an email 

to us at volunteer@glebecentre.ca. 

Left to right: Tatiana Rother, John McNeish, Tracy Lay, Sarah Gravel 

PHOTO: KIRSTEN O’BRIEN 

Come, listen and learn 

at Abbotsford 

NEWS 

BY JULIE IRETON 

Some Abbotsford members 

were able to put a face to a very 

familiar voice recently. “Everyone 

was very pleased to hear Rob 

Clipperton. They miss the voice 

on CBC Radio,” noted Abbotsford’s 

Pat Goyeche. “There were a 

lot of CBC Radio listeners in the 

room, so it’s nice to hear the stories.” 

Abbotsford’s Learn and 

Explore speaker’s series recently 

kicked off a new season. Broadcaster 

Rob Clipperton spoke to the 

crowd on Jan. 30. 

Clipperton, an Old Ottawa 

South resident, spent 28 years at 

CBC in Ottawa. He retired last 

fall, leaving on a high note as his 

program, “In Town and Out” is the 

highest rated Saturday morning 

show in Canada. He had a lot of 

Rob Clipperton 

great stories to relate to the audience 

at Abbotsford. 

For more than two decades, Clipperton says he enjoyed walking into work 

through the stately lobby of the Chateau Laurier. The radio station was housed 

on the seventh floor of the hotel for many years. He described how the first 

offices he worked in were simply converted hotel rooms, with marble floors 

and full bathrooms. Clipperton explained that he started at about the same 

time as another popular broadcaster, Shelagh Rogers. He says they had a lot 

of fun in those “good old days,” with some memorable pranks, including competing 

to get the other laughing on air. Over the years, Clipperton hosted a 

number of shows and events in Ottawa and the Valley. 

“People often ask me what was my favorite interview…I’ve interviewed 

authors, entertainers, politicians. But my favorite interviews are just regular 

folks. Everyone has a story to tell and often it can be very compelling,” said 

Clipperton. 

Clipperton took questions from the audience after his talk. Former city of 

Ottawa councilor for Capital Ward, Inez Berg stood up to thank Rob for his 

work during the ice storm of 1998. She said it was one time in particular people 

really relied on radio. She said his famous voice will now be missed by listeners. 

Abbotsford’s Learn and Explore speaker’s series brings in different speakers 

each Wednesday. “The quality of speakers is amazing,” says Abbotsford 

member Bill Robertson. He and his wife Maxine try to come each week. 

“They bring in authors, topical speakers, people who’ve traveled, broadcasters 

– it’s quite impressive,” notes Robertson. 

Some of the future speakers on the schedule include Helene Viel, long distance 

walker and author of My Canada, Every Step of the Way. Viel and her 

husband walked from Tuktoyaktuk to St. John’s in 2000. She’ll speak at 

Abbotsford on Feb. 20. 

The following week, on Feb. 27, Sandra Garland from Fletcher Wildlife 

Garden will be along to share her knowledge of the gardens and wildlife. And 

on March 12, Abbotsford welcomes one of its own members to the podium. 

Madeleine Honeyman will share her anecdotes and show some footage of a 

documentary about Canada during the first world war. Honeyman and other 

Ottawa women were interviewed for the film. 

Abbotsford’s Learn and Explore speaker’s series continues each Wednesday 

from 1:00-2:30 p.m. The cost is just $2.00 and it includes tea or coffee and 

home-made treats! Abbotsford House is at 950 Bank Street. 

PHOTO: PAT GOYECHE

NEWS 

Glebe Business Improvement Area 

continued from page 1 

BIA Formation Steering Committee chair Greg Best owns three businesses 

in the Glebe (Bank Street Framing, Pom Pom and The Sassy Bead Company) 

and additional businesses in other parts of Ottawa where BIAs are in place. “A 

Glebe BIA will give us the resources and competitive advantage we need to 

look out for our interests and to retain and attract new businesses, clients and 

customers,” says Best. 

A key reason for forming the Glebe BIA now is the major reconstruction of 

Bank Street in the Glebe scheduled to start in 2009. “We know how difficult 

and even devastating construction can be for business, as it was during construction 

on Bank Street downtown and in Old Ottawa South,” says Best. “We 

need to be well organized and represented to mitigate the impacts construction 

will have in the Glebe and to promote our newly improved business area afterwards.” 

Long-time property and business owner of the Loeb Glebe, Jim McKeen, is 

anxious to see the BIA formed. “Time is of the essence,” says McKeen. “With 

major construction planned for the street and the revitalization of Lansdowne 

Park being pursued, we have to be at the table.” 

The designation of the Glebe BIA is also strongly supported by Capital 

Ward Councillor Clive Doucet and the Glebe Community Association (GCA). 

The final steps in the designation include a mailing of notice by the city clerk 

to all commercial property owners, and through them to any tenants who will 

share in their investment in the BIA. Unless a significant level of formal objections 

are received, the BIA will be officially designated and get down to business. 

“The Glebe business district offers an exciting mix of unique businesses and 

services and a heritage village style main street,” says business development 

consultant Catherine Lindquist. “With a BIA in place, the Glebe will be able 

to protect, build on and promote those strengths, ensuring a vibrant business 

area and community.” 

“Collectively, commercial property and business owners are stronger and 

can tackle key issues like transportation, parking and security, as well as pursue 

marketing, promotional and beautification opportunities,” says Lindquist. 

“Think of a BIA as ‘Business in Action.’” 

Paul Dewar 

Member of Parliament/ député 

Ottawa-Centre 

Constituency Office/Bureau de circonscription: 

1306 Wellington St, Suite 304 

Ottawa, ON K1Y 3B2 

Tel: 613-946-8682 

Fax/Téléc.: 613-946-8680 

dewarp1@parl.gc.ca 

www.pauldewar.ca 

Deadline Extended 

to March 17, 2008 

How to enter 

Glebe Report February 15, 2008 3 

Calling all emerging 

Glebe poets over 18 

Glebe Report Poetry Contest 

Theme: “Life in the Glebe” 

Guidelines 

•The contest is open to all Glebe residents 18 and older who have 

never been published in book form. 

•All entries must be original and the poem must not be published in 

any form. 

•Poems must be in English and may be in any style. 

•Poems should not exceed 25 lines or 250 words 

•One entry per person. 

•Do give your poem a title, but not “Life in the Glebe” please 

•Entries should be typed on 8.5” x 11” white paper. 

•The entrant’s name must not appear on the manuscript. 

•Please include a separate sheet with your name, address, phone 

number, e-mail address (if applicable), word or line count and title. 

•The final deadline for entries is Mon., March. 17, 2008. 

•The Glebe Report accepts no responsibility for lost, delayed 

or incomplete entries. 

Prizes 

Each of our three judges (Judy Peacocke, David Rampton and 

JC Sulzenko) will select the best quality poem that addresses the theme 

“Life in the Glebe.” Winners will be notified by phone or e-mail by Apr. 4, 

2008. The selected entries will be included in the “Winners Triangle” published 

in the April 18, issue. In event of a tie, a coin toss will determine 

which of the two judges voting for the same poem can select another one. 

By e-mail 

Send your entry as text (.txt), formatted text (.rtf), Word (.doc) or Pages 

(.pages) attachment to: glebe.report@mac.com with the subject line 

“Poetry Contest Entry”. 

Regular mail or drop off 

Send or drop off three copies of your entry to: Glebe Report, 175 Third 

Avenue, Ottawa, Ontario K1S 2K2. Poems must be typewritten on 

8.5”x11” white paper. Entries will not be returned. 

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Got the February blahs? 

Get involved! 

There are ongoing topics which you can get involved in by sharing your 

opinions and ideas with our local politicians, community associations and 

even online discussion groups. 

The city of Ottawa has been holding public consultations to see what you 

would like to see happen with Lansdowne Park. How will these changes to the 

park affect next year’s Bank Street reconstruction project? Will the city finally 

decide to bury those unsightly wires? 

What about Sunnyside public library? A private redevelopment idea was 

recently presented at the OSCA (Ottawa South Community Association) and 

GCA (Glebe Community Association) meetings, which involved building a 

high-rise on this prime property. Should the library then be situated on the 

lower levels of the high-rise or should it be relocated to Lansdowne Park? 

Some feel that the existing building should remain intact with no further redevelopment 

at all. 

What about parking? The city has proposed to increase on-street parking 

rates and extend paid parking times in commercial areas city wide. Does any 

of this make sense? How will this affect visitors to the area, residents and local 

businesses? 

The Glebe Business Group has had the foresight to form a business 

improvement area (BIA) to ensure that the above changes will not have a negative 

impact on their businesses. Together, they can take on some of these key 

issues and work toward making the commercial/retail portion of our community 

successful and attractive to prospective businesses. 

But the BIA can’t do it alone. The strength and voice of the residents of this 

community need to come together as well. The decisions being made today 

will have a big impact on the Glebe community for years to come. This warrants 

careful and well considered planning. 

You too can have your say! Take a pause from your blahs. It’s never too late 

to get involved. 

Write to the Glebe Community Association 

at gca@glebeca.ca, Councillor Clive Doucet 

at Clive.Doucet@ottawa.ca or send a letter to 

the editor at glebe.report@mac.com. 

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LETTERS Glebe Report February 15, 2008 5 

What would James Herriot do? 

Dear Diary: 

Today I met my sister for our regular (and much anticipated) morning coffee 

at Second Cup. 

We settled in for a good gossip, when we were suddenly aware of an unfamiliar 

sound coming from the counter area. What? Raised voices? Squabbling? 

At 9 a.m.? In the Glebe?? 

As we watched in stunned silence, the squabble accelerated into what was 

promising to be a real brawl! The argument appeared to be over the presence 

of two dogs. Now, as my sister will tell you with a snicker, I am NOT a rulebreaker. 

I can’t bring myself to walk on a ‘don’t walk’ or even go in the ‘out’ 

door at Loblaws. So, I was in total agreement with the woman who was 

reminding the offending dog-owner that there were health issues, and RULES, 

and ‘those dogs should be tied up outside.’ On the other hand, they were cute 

little pooches, and the owner was carrying them (although they did appear to 

be leaning perilously close to the lattes on the counter). Dog-lady stated 

numerous times that they cost $1,000 each and she wasn’t going to leave them 

out on the street to be dog-napped. There was a lot of talk about blind people 

and abused women, which I didn’t exactly follow, but, boy, Diary, you should 

have seen what happened next! 

I thought the ‘rules-lady’ was handling it well when she said, (well, to be 

honest, she SHOUTED) ‘I’ll pay for your coffee if you just wait outside.’ I 

think the whole thing would have blown over then, but she started shoving 

‘dog-lady’ towards the door. Well! Of COURSE, ‘dog-lady’ wasn’t going to 

take THAT kind of man-handling and started fighting her way back to the 

counter. I don’t mind telling you, Diary, that my blood was really pumping! 

Neither my sister nor I are the confrontational type, but we’re not averse to 

watching a good ‘one-on-one’ for entertainment. 

People were starting to get a little twitchy, and everyone (except the dogs) 

was looking pretty nervous. Personally, I think the whole thing could have 

been settled easily if ‘rules-lady’ had stopped screaming, reminded ‘dog-lady’ 

that animals were to be leashed outside, and suggested that perhaps next time, 

she (a) tie the dogs up outside or (b) come for her coffee without the dogs. And 

‘dog-lady’ could have laid off the insults (rhymes with witch), stopped 

screaming, apologized, and said, “You’re right, thanks for the reminder; it 

won’t happen again.” 

As it was, the last I saw of them, they were leaving together, bellowing to 

all within ear-shot that they would NEVER (neither of them!) set foot in Second 

Cup again (despite both being 10 year customers). Frankly, Diary, I think 

that would be best for all of us….. 

Until next time….. 

Isabel 

p.s. I’d like to thank the ‘rules-lady’ for the lattes which she left behind on 

the counter. The staff offered them to us gratis. And my comment about possible 

‘doggy drool’ – I still seem to be healthy. 

No thanks, Charlesfort 

Editor, Glebe Report 

Doug Casey, the head of Charlesfort Development, made an unannounced 

presentation to the Jan. 21 meeting of the Glebe Community Association 

(GCA) outlining his proposal for Charlesfort to take over the site of the Sunnyside 

Library and to build a thirteen storey high rise containing 70-80 condos 

on top of it. Under Mr. Casey’s plan (which he said he was presenting to 

city officials the following week), the library would move into the Civic Centre 

or somewhere else for a year and a half while the high rise was constructed. 

The library would eventually occupy a storey and a half of the new building. 

(According to Mr. Casey, the city would own the library space but the rest 

of the building would be in private hands). I hope this project never happens. 

The Sunnyside Library is a charming building as it is, serving its community 

well. I see no advantage to the city, the community, or the library system 

arising from replacing it with a high rise, but I think I can see what 

Charlesfort has to gain. 

An immediate concern, however, is the process needed to canvass public 

opinion on the Charlesfort proposal before the library board or the city makes 

a decision on it. Giving the Ottawa South Community Association and the 

GCA just a peek is not sufficient. The two community associations should, as 

soon as possible, sponsor public meetings where there can be full discussion 

of Charlesfort’s concept and where Mr. Casey could present his plans in full 

and get a full community response, if he wished. Certainly city officials should 

make no decision about the Sunnyside Library site until the city’s Design 

Lansdowne process is over. It would be ludicrous for the city to allow a thirteen 

storey high rise to be built across the Canal from Lansdowne Park before 

we decide what we want in the Park. 

John Smart 

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Former GCA vice-president 

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On Feb. 6, Alex Rankin of Roslyn Avenue, a partner in Griffiths Rankin 

Cook Architects, was presented with the Integrity and Ethics award of the 

General Contractors Association of Ottawa. 

Mr. Rankin is the first architect to be so honoured since the award was 

established in 1999. It is presented to one who “has demonstrated a consistently 

high standard of integrity and ethics in dealing with local construction 

industry participants – contractors, engineers and owners alike.” 

In addition to holding office in professional associations and winning 

design awards, Mr. Rankin has been very active in community service. He 

was vice-president of the Glebe Community Association when the Glebe 

community plan was developed and served three terms as president of the 

Ottawa School of Art. He has mentored students at Carleton University since 

1978 and has been an adjunct professor there since 1987. 

The General Contractors Association of Ottawa represents over 60 firms 

engaged in non-residential building work in Ottawa and the surrounding 

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Glebe celebrates a tasty evening 

Thanks to your support, Taste in the Glebe 2008 raised over $10,000 

towards the Glebe Neighbourhood Activities Group (GNAG) community 

fund. We appreciate your ongoing support as we strive to bring you new and 

innovative programming. 

On behalf of GNAG and the community, I would like to extend my sincerest 

thanks to the following businesses for their generous support. 

By 

Mary 

Tsai- 

Davies 

Brick Brewery 

Churchill Cellars 

Diamond Estates 

Foster’s Wine Estates 

Henry of Pelham 

Heritage Brewing 

Hobbs Wine Merchants 

Kittling Ridge 

Maxxium 

McAuslan Brewing 

Steam Whistle Brewing 

Strewn Inc. 

Vendange Institute Wine School 

Nestle Waters Canada 

Canadian Linen & Uniform Service 

Bloomfields Flowers 

Cody Party Centre 

Blind Brother’s Inc. 

Bridgehead Coffeehouse 

Corner Bar and Grill 

Denis’ Gourmet Sausages 

Domus Café 

Forno Antico 

Flippers Seafood Restaurant 

Fratelli 

Glebe Meat Market 

Humphrey’s 

Il Negozio Nicastro 

Infusion Bistro 

Irene’s Pub & Restaurant 

Kettleman’s Bagel Company 

Loeb Glebe 

Mexicali Rosa’s 

Morala Specialty Coffee 

Olga’s Deli and Catering 

The Arrow & the Loon 

The Pantry 

The Pelican Grill 

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Parking 

One of the issues that seems to 

have seized the neighbourhood is the 

decision by city council to raise rates 

for parking meters and to extend the 

time that meters need to be fed. 

There are several concerns which 

have led the GCA to express opposition 

to the decision and to request 

that it be reconsidered. 

Although the impact of higher 

parking charges on our local businesses 

is of concern, we worry most 

about the effect on community activity. 

The need at odd hours to run out 

in the middle of fitness class or choir 

practice to stuff coins in a parking 

meter may scare away friends who 

regularly come to the Glebe. 

The decision on parking fees was 

a sudden grab for funds in the midst 

of the city budget debate. It was not 

a thoughtful examination taking into 

account the effect of asking that 

meters be fed on Sunday mornings 

or weekday evenings. A more comprehensive 

discussion of parking 

issues is needed. 

Residencial property tax 

The press has been filled with dire 

warnings about the impact of 

reassessments and the increased tax 

burden to be placed on dwellers in 

the city centre. There is probably 

good reason to be concerned 

although the new assessments by 

MPAC are not scheduled for release 

until the autumn. 

But back in August 2006 the 

provincial government, in association 

with the Association of Municipalities 

of Ontario, launched a 

“Provincial-Municipal Fiscal and 

Service Delivery Review” with a 

timetable calling for a report in 

spring 2008. There have been no 

leaks, no trial balloons, in short – 

nothing from the review deliberations 

since it was established. 

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Some cynical people thought that 

the review was simply a way to stifle 

all discussion of property taxes and 

similar problems for the provincial 

election. I thought it was a genuine 

attempt to find solutions and I hope 

we will soon learn what the review 

recommends. If the review fails to 

consider property tax reform, it will 

be a bitter disappointment, considering 

the number of politicians and 

community spokesmen who have 

described the tax system as “broken.” 

Sunnyside public library 

At the January GCA board meeting 

we heard from Doug Casey of 

Charlesfort Developements about his 

concept of redevelopment of the 

Sunnyside public library. We welcome 

such presentations at the idea 

stage of a project as it gives the community 

time to think about the pros 

and cons of a proposal, before it has 

gone too far. The idea, and that is all 

it is, would see the site of the library 

hosting a tower of condos with a new 

library on the lower floors of the 

building. Mr. Casey indicated that he 

was about to begin discussions with 

the city concerning his ideas. 

Board members at the meeting 

asked questions about this concept – 

some were beginning to form opinions 

for and against the idea. But at 

the moment, there is no specific project 

proposal and the GCA has taken 

no position with respect to the concept. 

Lansdowne Park 

The GCA had been pressing for 

public consultations on the future 

development of Lansdowne Park 

and the city has responded, notably 

with a workshop held on Jan. 29 and 

another to be held Feb. 26. We are 

pleased that the public will have a 

say and we want to encourage 

everyone with an interest to participate 

on Feb. 26 and in the online 

forum on Lansdowne on the city 

website. 

We do have two areas of concern 

about the process for addressing the 

future of Lansdowne Park. First, the 

process has a very aggressive 

timetable. After doing virtually nothing 

for years (with the sole exception 

of saving the Aberdeen Pavilion) 

why are we in such a rush? In particular, 

why are we in such a haste to 

come up with a design brief? Surely 

we need to decide what we want on 

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the site before we start asking for 

designs. 

The second concern is about the 

idea of offering “right to develop” to 

the successful competitor. This 

forces the formation of consortia 

bringing together architects, 

builders, developers, and financiers. 

The winning team, which might have 

the worst plan for development but 

the best financing and project management 

skills, would be granted the 

approval to proceed to redevelop the 

entire Lansdowne site in accordance 

with their plan. 

Public-private partnerships 

Both the idea for the Sunnyside 

public library site and the competition 

for Lansdowne Park are possible 

examples of public-private partnerships 

(often abbreviated to P3). 

I have no ideological position of 

opposition to P3 proposals. Some 


things are better done by government, 

others by private companies. 

Often the two can work together. The 

challenge is to find the right mix. 

Our experience in Ottawa with P3 

projects is neither all bad nor all 

good. We should approach such proposals 

cautiously but with an open 

mind. Frankly, I was surprised to 

read comments by a P3 proponent 

who made negative remarks about 

public servants. That is no basis for a 

reasoned discussion, particularly in 

this city, traditionally dominated by 

the civil service. 

Next meeting 

The GCA board meets Mon., Feb. 

25 at 7:30 at the Glebe Community 

Centre. (The meeting is moved from 

Tuesday to permit full participation 

in the city workshop on Lansdowne 

Park on Feb. 26 from 6:30 p.m., in 

salons A & B of the Civic Centre.) 

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BY JUNE CREELMAN 

A first phase of public consultations 

on the design competition for 

Lansdowne Park is now complete, 

and the second phase is about to 

begin. This whirlwind pace and the 

nature of the consultations are ringing 

alarm bells. 

“What’s the rush?” asks Barbara 

Riley, one of many Glebe residents 

who came out to the city’s public 

workshop on Jan. 29. “I am concerned 

that the city is rushing to 

judgment with a process that is a 

winner-take-all development competition.” 

Barbara is not alone in her concerns. 

The Glebe Community Association 

(GCA), the board of the 

Ottawa Farmers Market and Ottawa 

Regional Society of Architects are 

among the diverse groups that have 

voiced questions about the competition 

process. 

Even more than the timetable, it’s 

the fundamental premise of the competition 

that is being challenged by 

concerned citizens. The plan to 

award the right to develop all of 

Lansdowne Park to a single consortium 

seems dangerous without a 

vision for the site. And how can a 

grand design vision emerge when 

planners and architects cannot even 

bid without the backing of a developer? 

According to Bob Brocklebank, 

the president of the GCA, the 

competition may be called “Design 

Lansdowne” but when you look at 

the terms of the competition it 

should be called “Develop Lansdowne.” 

Brocklebank thinks a vision 

is needed before we make arrangements 

for development. 

“Make no mistake,” says Gina 

Grotolli, another concerned Glebe 

resident. “Once the prize is awarded, 

the city and citizens of Ottawa will 

have less control over the future of 

the park.” She fears Lansdowne Park 

will end up largely in private development 

hands, and the opportunity 

to make Lansdowne Park into a 

world class destination will be lost. 

Things are moving quickly. Go to 

www.ottawa.ca/designlansdowne to 

get the background, give your opinions 

and sign up for the second (and 

possibly last) public workshop on 

Tues., Feb. 26. 

Check the Glebe Community 

Association (www.glebeca.ca) website 

for the latest updates. The time 

to get involved is now. 

NEWS 

Concerns emerge about the Design Lansdowne process 

A world of possibilities 

What can you do with Lansdowne’s 40 acres? You can build a Granville 

Island, Tiananmen Square, Tivoli Gardens or Kanata Centrum. A group of 

local architects interested in creating a compelling vision for Lansdowne 

Park has taken to-scale images from cities around the world and put them on 

the Lansdowne site. Here are just a few examples. Go to www.glebeca.ca to 

see the amazing possibilities that Lansdowne holds. 

Granville Island, Vancouver B.C. 

Have your say 

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E-mail glebe.report@mac.com 

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NEWS Glebe Report February 15, 2008 9 

Ideas for Lansdowne Park redevelopment 

This design for Lansdowne Park has been prepared for the benefit of the 

Ottawa community by John Leaning. It endeavours to satisfy many of the 

community’s needs whilst maintaining complete ownership by the community 

and integration with the Canal-side parkway. 

John Leaning is an architect and urban design consultant, resident in the 

Glebe and formerly NCC chief architect. He is also the author of The Story of 

the Glebe, and was instrumental in developing the Centretown plan and the 

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10 Glebe Report February 15, 2008 GOOD OLD DAYS 

By 

Ian 

McKercher 

“Glashan: New School Nearer” 

was the front page headline thirty 

years ago. To a cheering gallery, 

the Ottawa board of education 

passed plans for the re-building of 

the Glashan school on Jan. 30, 

1978. Elizabeth Waddell, chairman 

of the parents’ group, had organized 

a letter-writing and petition 

campaign. She expressed appreciation 

for the support of the board, 

and strong satisfaction with the 

new design. The target date to 

begin construction was the summer 

of 1978. 

An article by Helena Jeletzky 

described the growth of the Glebe as 

a popular residential district in 1900. 

Third Avenue east of Bank Street 

saw the number of houses increase 

from several to fifty-three between 

1890 and 1900. 

Thirty Years Ago 

in the Glebe Report: 

Vol. 6 No. 2, February, 1978 

Since 1891, the Glebe had the 

advantage of Ahearn and Soper’s 

electric street railway on Bank Street 

to connect the area with downtown 

Ottawa. Another attractive feature 

was the building of the Park Driveway 

through the Glebe in 1900-1904 

by the Ottawa Improvement Commission 

(forerunner of the NCC). 

Thomas Craig was a local carpenter 

who worked on the Driveway construction. 

He designed a cedar summer 

house for the Papal Nunciat at 

520 The Driveway. 

Susan Pye, city animator working 

with the on-going Glebe neighbourhood 

study, interviewed Reverend 

Jack Birtch, of Glebe-St. James 

United Church, on the needs of the 

one-third of Glebe residents who 

were senior citizens. Isolation was 

cited as a major problem. Seniors 

found that icy sidewalks and high 

snow banks inhibited them from 

venturing out in winter. Reverend 

Birtch added, “The Glebe is not as 

responsive as it might be to having 

buildings more accessible to seniors 

citizens and the physically handicapped. 

We need ramps with rails 

leading into buildings. Also getting 

on and off buses is very difficult for 

some senior citizens. The steps are 

high and it is difficult getting a seat 

during rush hours.” 

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In good hands at the Gallery 

By 

Clyde 

Sanger 

Three years ago, in March 2005, I 

wrote a column under the somewhat 

sneaky headline “How Ellen and 

Penny and Mary spent Winterlude.” 

It wasn’t about three happy schoolgirls 

having a joyous time on the ice. 

It was about painful mishaps. 

Penny, my adventurous wife, trying 

out new skates on the Rideau 

Canal, had fallen hard near Bronson 

Bridge and fractured her 

kneecap. Mary Marsh, the enthusiastic 

wine-maker, had suffered 

even worse with a broken ankle 

while salvaging bottles on garbage 

night along Holmwood. And Ellen 

McLeod had gone shopping and 

slipped on the icy entrance to the 

parking lot on Second Avenue. She 

spent weeks in a full cast around 

her broken ankle. 

This year – touch wood, if you 

haven’t already burned it – things are 

different for this trio. Certainly with 

Ellen. Among her past achievements, 

she wrote an MA thesis at Carleton 

which she enlarged into a pioneering 

book, In Good Hands: The Women of 

the Canadian Handicrafts Guild. 

More recently she gave documentary 

support (38 pages of bibliography 

and endnotes) to Laura Brandon, 

whose 2005 book Pegi by Herself is 

an authoritative biography of the 

artist Pegi Nicol MacLeod. (All 

these three women we can claim as 

Glebe residents.) 

Art, in brief, is a big part of 

Ellen’s world. She contributes her 

knowledge to the National Art 

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Gallery, where she has been a volunteer 

docent for half-a-dozen years. 

The gallery has a roster of some 60 

docents, who offer a visitor a more 

personal guided tour than you will 

get on the audio commentary you 

can hire. Ellen is one of the more 

active of these guides, even at holiday 

time, and brave enough to allow 

me to join the tour she gave on Jan. 

2. Docent tours are given in English 

(and French) every weekday at 2 

p.m. 

The Great Hall, when we had 

walked up Moshe Safdie’s long 

Roman slope, was not exactly pulsating 

with life. Only three names 

were signed up for Ellen’s tour of 

Canadian works. They included a 

couple of British exchange teachers, 

Rob and Liz Angell, who had driven 

through the snow from Huntsville 

with small children to see the big 

city. But eventually a dozen visitors, 

from Vancouver and Winnipeg and a 

young woman from France, assembled 

for the hour’s tour. 

For me, Canadian works in the 

Gallery have meant my favourite 

Group of Seven paintings, particularly 

Varley’s and Lismer’s contrasting 

canvases of Georgian Bay from 

the same island in Go Home Bay. 

Ellen was in no hurry to reach them. 

First, we had to bend our necks back 

to admire the Great Hall’s vaulting 

roof, 15 storeys high, held up by 

clusters of modest pillars; and gaze 

outside to Cornelia Oberlander’s 

tundra garden, inspired (Ellen said) 

by A.Y. Jackson’s “Terre Sauvage.” 

Then it was downstairs to the nontraditional 

Inuit sculpture: an intricate 

carving of caribou antlers by 

Jackoposie Oopakak and – a fun 

piece we crowded around – three 

slabs of limestone that Mattiusi 

Iyaituk had turned into “Singing and 

Dancing Shaman” with a wisp of 

muskox hair. 

Still no Group of Seven. Ellen 

clearly likes the 19th century, and we 

lingered over the contrast between 

Lucius O’Brien’s vast “Sunrise on 

the Saguenay” (“tranquil, topographical”) 

and James Wilson Morrice’s 

“The Ferry, Quebec.” Ellen pointed 

out its three tiers and obvious brushstrokes: 

“the horses only suggested.” 

It prompted one of the few comments 

from our group: the Vancouver 

woman in the red jacket murmured, 

“almost like a child’s painting.” 

And we had to puzzle over the 

story behind “A Meeting of the 

School Trustees.” Was the teacher 

the wife of artist Robert Harris and 

the middle trustee his uncle? What 

was she asking? 

At last to my Seven – well, not 

quite. First, it was to the small 

sketches Tom Thomson pioneered, 

and then to his admired “Jack Pine.” 

On this, Ellen expands: “He makes 

the tree heroic, like a Renaissance 

portrait.” On to Lismer and his “caricaturist 

style.” And – a memorable 

switch in the Depression years – she 

brought us out of idyllic landscapes 

to Carl Schaefer’s derelict farmhouse 

and Yvonne McKague Housser’s 

“Cobalt” deserted minetown. 

“Still some people in the street,” she 

points out. 

A bit of fun to end with. At Alfred 

Pellan’s “On the Beach,” Ellen tells 

us to stand back to make out the 

cavorting figures. And at Jean-Paul 

Riopelle’s “Pavane” triptych, she 

invites us to say what we see. Our 

Vancouverite comes up with “explosion 

of energy.” The silent Winnipeg 

pair head off to the cafeteria to think 

it all out. Ellen and I check into the 

bookstore, and I place her book In 

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the shelf. Well, so we had been this 

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12 Glebe Report February 15, 2008 COUNCILLOR’S REPORT 

The need for change 

By 

Councillor 

Clive 

Doucet 

Recently I’ve had the opportunity 

to travel to both ends of the country, 

which offered a chance to compare 

Ottawa’s situation with other cities. 

While I was in Vancouver, I was 

asked to speak in the Necessary 

Voices Society lecture series and at a 

fundraiser for the West End Residents 

Association. The trip to Halifax 

was as a result of an invitation to 

speak at the Killam lecture series, 

Resilient Communities: Envisioning 

and Acting for Sustainable Futures. 

I mention the lectures because they 

demonstrate we are not alone – many 

people want to change to a more sustainable 

way of life. 

The trip to Vancouver and Seattle 

was a fact-finding mission on their 

transit systems. What I learned in 

Seattle and Vancouver will be presented 

in a report to the transit committee 

later this month, and will be 

available on my website. Seattle’s 

experience with their bus tunnel 

should serve as a chilling case study 

for those advocating a bus tunnel in 

Ottawa. In a nutshell, it’s expensive 

to build and difficult to operate, hasn’t 

reduced bus service on the surface 

and will be converted to full service 

light rail as soon as the surface system 

to the airport is in place to support 

the tunnel. Nor will Seattle 

build another bus-only tunnel. Their 

second line is rail only. 

In Vancouver, the change to a 

more sustainable city has begun. In 

spite of a growing population, car 

usage has actually declined in Vancouver. 

Imagine fewer cars in rush 

hour, less congestion and less pollution. 

They’ve done this not by 

expanding their road system but by 

investing in transit and smart densification. 

When you visit Vancouver, 

you quickly realize that 

Ottawa has a bus company, not a 

transit system. 

In Vancouver and in Halifax, I 

spoke about how we are heading 

towards a polarization of cities into 

two types: refugee and refuge cities. 

New Orleans is an example of 

refugee city as result of climate 

change while Detroit is caught in an 

economic spiral with industry and 

neighourhoods that are no longer 

viable. Both these cities are experiencing 

dramatic population declines. 

A thousand people leave Detroit 

every month, and New Orleans has 

lost a third of its population. 

The refugees from these cities 

seek out refuge cities. We are fortunate 

in Canada that most of our cities 

can still be regarded as refuges but 

Canadian cities will not be immune 

from the phenomenon forever. Climate 

change and peak oil (which is 

shorthand for the end of cheap fuel) 

will tip the scales for many cities. 

The key to remaining a refuge 

city will be making a successful 

transition from high cost, energyintensive 

environments to old-fashioned 

pedestrian oriented neighbourhoods 

and re-localizing the 

economy so we’re not sitting at the 

end of the costly 3,000-mile salad 

truck trip. 

Unfortunately, this isn’t happening 

and doesn’t appear to be on the 

political horizon anytime soon. 

After two years of waiting, the 

provincial ministry of the environment 

just ruled against the “bumpup” 

challenge by Citizen’s for 

Healthy Communities on the Alta 

Vista Corridor expressway and this 

doesn’t bode well for our pending 

“bump-up” challenge of the environmental 

assessment for widening 

the 417. 

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and environmental costs of roadbased 

growth haven’t made any difference. 

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things at the political level if we 

want to move towards sustainability. 

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my column last month, the federal 

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surplus and has for years, while 

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Focus on our community 

By 

Yasir 

Naqvi, MPP 

I want to welcome you back from 

the holidays and extend my sincerest 

greetings to those who celebrated the 

Chinese New Year on Feb. 7. May 

2008 bring you health and good fortune. 

The recent election in October has 

allowed me the honour to serve as 

your member of provincial parliament. 

It is a great responsibility that 

the constituents of Ottawa Centre 

have bestowed on me, and I am humbled 

by the tremendous opportunity 

to advocate for your ideas, hopes and 

dreams at Queen’s Park. 

Open house 

On Sat., Jan. 12, I was pleased to 

host an open house at my community 

office at 411 Roosevelt Avenue, 

Suite 204. The turnout from the 

community was overwhelming, and 

I want to sincerely thank everyone 

who came out to meet their neighbours! 

I was excited to meet so many 

people from the community, and I 

look forward to hosting another open 

house in the future. 

But please don’t wait! If you have 

a question or concern, feel free to 

come by my office at anytime. Our 

doors are always open and I look forward 

to hearing from you about the 

issues that matter most to our community. 

Issues for the year ahead 

Looking ahead to the year before 

us, I am excited about the upcoming 

initiatives from our government. We 

are moving forward on our commitment 

to ban the cosmetic use of pesticides 

by beginning the first stage of 

consultations with Ontarians on how 

to shape the legislation. 

A notice of proposal has been 

posted to the Environmental Registry, 

inviting the public to provide 

initial comments. The registry is at 

www.ebr.gov.on.ca, registry number 

010-2248. I encourage you to visit 

the registry and provide your feedback 

on this important piece of legislation. 

There is growing concern about 

the potential harmful effects of pesticides 

and other chemicals on human 

health and the environment. This 

growing concern cannot be ignored, 

and that is why we are keeping our 

promise to ban the use of these products 

for cosmetic purposes. 

We are also in the middle of 

another important process: the prebudget 

consultations. The Honourable 

Dwight Duncan, minister of 

Finance, is currently traveling the 

province, conducting pre-budget 

consultations with Ontarians. As part 

of the budget process, the Ministry 

of Finance seeks feedback from 

Ontarians about their priorities and 

needs. 

Minister Duncan was in Ottawa 

on Jan. 15 for the pre-budget consultations, 

and he met with a range 

of groups representing non-profit 

organizations, community service 

providers, private business and average 

Ontarians. I want to thank all of 

the local groups who took time out 

of their busy schedules to participate 

in this process. 

If you were unable to attend the 

consultations and would like to provide 

input regarding the 2008 

Ontario budget, I encourage you to 

write down your ideas and suggestions 

and send them to the Minister 

of Finance at submissions@ 

fin.gov.on.ca. 

I am also pleased to remind everyone 

that Feb. 18 is Family Day 

across Ontario. Our government 

believes Ontarians work very hard 

and deserve more time to spend with 

their family and loved ones. We 

believe in a healthy balance between 

work and family life, and that is why 

Family Day is so important. I hope 

you take the time to enjoy this holiday 

with your family and friends – to 

catch up on some much needed 

relaxation or leisure time! 

As your MPP 

As your new MPP, I pledge to 

work hard over the next four years to 

serve our community by working for 

more public transportation, more 

affordable housing, more opportunities 

for new Canadians, and for a 

greener community. 

As long as we have neighbours 

that are seeking work, students that 

are seeking knowledge, patients that 

need care, or vulnerable people that 

need help – we have challenges to 

overcome and work to do. 

One thing I know for sure is that 

communities become better when 

we work together. They become 

more livable, greener, safer, more 

tolerant and prosperous – in a word, 

sustainable. 

I look forward to hearing from 

you about the issues that matter to 

our community. Please feel free to 

call me at 613-722-6414 or email me 

anytime to share your thoughts at 

ynaqvi.mpp.co@liberal.ola.org. 

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Who said museum season is in the 

heat of the summer? Ottawa’s museums 

are surviving and thriving 

throughout the cold winter months. 

Heritage Day festivities at City 

Hall will be sure to jumpstart the 

heart of any history buff at this time 

of year. Starting Feb. 19 at noon, 

costumed characters from Ottawa’s 

past will mingle with visitors at Jean 

Pigott Hall as they browse the work 

of local history organizations at the 

Heritage Fair. 

Even if they can’t come to City 

Hall, cultural planner Cynthia Smith 

encourages residents to celebrate 

Heritage Day by visiting museums, 

looking at old photo albums or discovering 

family treasures in their 

attics. 

“Everyone always wants to know 

what their identity is, what a Canadian 

is. I think the more you learn 

about the community you live in and 

the person that you are from genealogy, 

the better person you are,” says 

Smith. 

Glebe residents can explore their 

local history on Heritage Day and 

throughout winter and spring at 

Billings Estate National Historic 

Site. For a unique outdoor experience 

in the heart of the city, visitors 

are invited to trek through the historic 

grounds at 2100 Cabot St. this 

month. 

On Feb. 16, survival hike participants 

will revisit the long winters of 

the early 1800s when Braddish and 

Lamira Billings first settled along 

the banks of the Rideau River. 

Experts will teach them basic winter 

survival tips. 

A week later, families can strap on 

snowshoes with program co-ordinator 

Brahm Lewandowski as he shows 

off the site’s natural beauty amidst 

the snowy drifts. “We’ll be talking 

about the architecture of the site. 

We’ll be talking about some of the 

agricultural activities here. We’ll 

also talk about Elkanah Billings, 

who was a geologist,” says 

Lewandowski. 

Although the museum will provide 

a limited quantity of snowshoes, 

participants are encouraged to 

bring their own. Registration is 

required. 

For those who would rather spend 

a cozy afternoon reading indoors, 

the museum will continue its popular 

children’s storybook programs 

in March. “The goal is to get kids 

excited about reading some classics 

from literature,” says Lewandowski. 

Youth aged 8 to 12 will learn about 

the hardships poor children faced in 

Victorian England as they listen to 

excerpts of Charles Dickens’ Oliver 

Twist on March 15. They can also 

get a peek at toys, tools and school 

supplies used by children from the 

Billings family during the same 

time period. These will be part of 

the museum’s upcoming exhibit 

“Silver Spoons and Calloused 

Hands: A Portrait of Middle-Class 

Childhood in 19th Century Rural 

Ontario.” 

For a fun P.A. day on Fri., March 

28, students can return for a look at 

how Billings family history compares 

with another well-known pioneer 

family, the Ingalls. Participants 

will hear parts of Little House on the 

Prairie and join in hands-on activities. 

To hop into spring, the Estate will 

host an Easter egg hunt on its 

sprawling grounds on March 22. 

Families can make traditional crafts 

and learn how pioneer families spent 

their spring. 

For more information or to register, 

please visit ottawa.ca/museums 

or call 613-247-4830. 

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A BLAST FROM THE PAST Glebe Report February 15, 2008 15 

Gas masks and cheese curds 

Memories of the Ex in the early 60s 

BY BOB IRVINE 

From 1955 to 1976, my father, 

Owen R. Irvine, was head of the 

Dairy Division at Kemptville College 

of Agricultural Technology 

(KCAT), now the University of 

Guelph at Kemptville. In the late 50s 

and early 60s, Dad along with other 

KCAT faculty members would 

organize and staff an exhibit about 

the college at the Central Canada 

Exhibition. The exhibit was on the 

ground floor of the Grandstand 

Building. The goal of the exhibit was 

to attract high school students to 

enroll in the agriculture and home 

economics diploma programs at 

KCAT and to provide information to 

homemakers on behalf of the 

Ontario Department of Agriculture. 

Other Ontario departments typically 

had adjacent exhibits in the same 

building. The Department of Lands 

and Forests usually had wild animals, 

such as raccoons and beavers 

on display in cages. 

My father would often be on duty 

at the KCAT exhibit for about two 

days during the Ex. Dad would 

always ask me if I wanted to go to 

the Ex for the day, while he was on 

duty. I was around ten or twelve 

years of age. I always said yes. I got 

on the grounds for free because Dad 

was an exhibitor. And I had some 

money of my own to spend on rides 

from collecting dozens of empty 

beer bottles strewn around the KCAT 

campus. My best friend Alan Parks, 

whose dad also worked at the college, 

and I, would pile into the back 

seat of our car for the trip into 

Ottawa. (Our family would only 

come into Ottawa about two or three 

times a year at the most. In my parents’ 

view, prices were better and the 

traffic less intimidating in Prescott 

and Brockville.) 

There is one thing I really remember 

about the Glebe in the late 1950s: 

every house seemed to have a boy 

my age in front of it selling parking 

spaces in their front yard and driveway. 

I marveled how every boy 

would single-handedly direct drivers 

on to his front lawn. And every home 

seemed to have a large group of 

tightly-packed cars nestled around it 

by mid-morning. 

I also remember the big field of 

potatoes on the west side of Bank 

Street across from the main Exhibition 

entrance. Our family had a big 

garden in Kemptville so I was able to 

recognize the potato plants. I thought 

it was neat that somebody was able 

to grow potatoes in the middle of a 

big city like Ottawa. 

The Ex was heaven for smalltown 

boys. The sights, sounds and 

smells seemed so special. Many 

Ottawa churches had big tents with 

Woolworth’s-style lunch counters, 

where we could get a big homecooked 

supper if Dad’s shift 

stretched into the evening. Each 

year, Midway hawkers would sell 

something new, which became the 

must-get item for all of the boys. 

One year, it was a brightly-coloured 

hat with an ostrich feather stuck in 

the side. Another year, it was armysurplus 

gas masks from the Second 

World War. A man nailed a big sign 

Largest Midway on Earth 1954 

into the side of the Aberdeen Pavilion 

proclaiming something like 

“Real gas masks. Get them here.” 

(Everyone propped and nailed 

things into the Pavilion in those 

days.) The gas masks were fifty 

cents apiece, I believe. That was a 

fair bit of money for me. (Later in 

my teens when I babysat the toddler 

next door, I charged thirty-five cents 

an hour and fifty cents an hour after 

midnight.) But I gladly paid it 

because of all of the fun I knew I 

would have wearing the gas mask 

around Kemptville. 

One summer during her second 

term of office, Ottawa Mayor Charlotte 

Whitton advised Kemptville 

College that she wished to visit a 

display of antique cheese-making 

equipment that Dad had organized at 

the Ex. On a warm Sunday evening 

and with newspaper photographers 

in tow, Mayor Whitton listened 

attentively as Dad, an intelligent but 

shy man, explained the intricacies of 

old-time cheese-making. After 

Dad’s careful explanation, the 

indomitable mayor suddenly turned 

and plunged her hand into a barrel of 

cheese curds near her. Pronouncing 

to all assembled that they were just 

like the cheese curds of her childhood 

in Renfrew County, Her Worship 

then firmly bit into them. Only 

at this point and with Mayor Whitton 

spitting out cheese curds could 

Dad shout out that he had preserved 

the curds in formaldehyde. A photo 

of the mayor, grimacing like 

Churchill, appeared in the next day’s 

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What’s old is new again 

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University of Ottawa, Kristal started 

her career as a teacher in Thailand, 

South Korea and western Ontario. In 

2003, Kristal, her husband and 

young son moved to Ottawa and settled 

in the Glebe. As a new parent, 

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designing a number of vintage fabric 

crafts, and by 2006 had launched 

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available in over 30 stores, including 

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such as Arbour Environmental 

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Arbour carries the rikrak line as 

items are often made from recycled - 

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“Reusing and recycling fabric has 

been done for generations” explains 

Kristal. “For example, quilts were 

traditionally made with the materials 

from favourite cloth, clothing and 

linens. It’s practical and sustainable 

as well as nostalgic. When you see a 

fabric from your youth it evokes special 

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Custom quilts are one of Kristal’s 

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After 32 years with the public 

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so Alan looked to his interests: driving 

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It’s that extra mile however, that 

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Tiggy’s turns 30 

It’s hard to believe, but it was 30 

years ago that Maida Anisman 

opened a little toy store in the Glebe 

called Mrs. Tiggy Winkle’s. Still 

family owned and operated today, 

with 5 locations in Ottawa, Mrs. 

Tiggy Winkle’s is at the top of the 

list of Ottawa’s most popular toy 

stores, and a wonderful small business 

success story. 

The flagship store in the Glebe, at 

809 Bank Street, is stuffed full of 

every toy imaginable for children 

aged from infant to 8 years old – 

from Lamaze, Haba, Lego, Playmobil, 

to Thomas the Train and Corolle 

Dolls, to name just a few. There is a 

huge selection of bathtub toys, musical 

instruments, craft supplies, 

books, plush toys, dress up clothes, 

and board games – many of which 

are not found at the big box stores. 

Some of the best-selling toys have 

been available for 30 years, while 

others are the latest fad and new on 

the market. The one thing all the toys 

have in common is they are powered 

more by the imagination of children 

than by batteries. 

In 2004, Mrs. Tiggy Winkle’s 

branched out and created Lost Marbles, 

a store geared towards preteens, 

teenagers and adults. Sharing 

store space with Mrs. Tiggy Winkle’s 

in the Glebe (upstairs) or in its 

Westboro location, Lost Marbles is a 

fun, upbeat store where time seems 

to stand still. The novelty gifts are 

fun and retro with games like Boggle, 

Rubik’s cubes, Hello Kitty and 

other items from a time gone by. 

Like Mrs. Tiggy Winkle’s, Lost Marbles 

has become a successful toy 

venture. 

“A lot of the success of Mrs. Tiggy 

Winkle’s is due to the support we 

have had in the Glebe,” says general 

manager Eira Macdonell. “The 

Glebe community has been very 

loyal over the past 30 years and is an 

important part of our overall success 

as a company throughout the rest of 

Ottawa.” Eira, who has been with the 

company for 27 years, also credits 

the dedicated store employees with 

this milestone achievement. “The 

staff deserve a lot of credit. They 

really work as a team to provide 

excellent customer service, a fun and 

Cecily Cavell the Glebe Store manager 

friendly store atmosphere, and have 

really contributed to the success over 

the years.” 

Mrs. Tiggy Winkles works with 

and contributes to many local charities 

including CHEO, Toy Mountain, 

and the Succeed to Read campaign. 

They also support fundraisers 

for many local schools and childrelated 

programs throughout the 

year. A wonderful store to visit, Mrs. 

Tiggy Winkle’s has so many things 

to offer our children, our imagination 

and our community. For more 

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Co-housing: 

An alternative for retiring boomers 

BY NORMAN MOYER 

AND SYLVIE GRENIER 

As people with larger single family 

homes approach retirement, they 

will be looking at downsizing 

options that are consistent with independence, 

flexibility and innovative 

ways to obtain social support. They 

will be looking for alternatives to 

conventional seniors housing that is 

often isolating, controlling, and 

impersonal. 

A small group of people are interested 

in creating a co-housing project 

to be located in a downtown 

Ottawa neighbourhood. The group 

intends to work with a builder to tailor-design 

part of a condominium 

development for use as co-housing. 

If you are interested in participating 

in such a project, you are invited to 

attend an information session at the 

Glebe Community Centre on Wed., 

Feb. 27 at 7:00 p.m. in the Meeting 

Room. 

Co-housing provides a community 

approach to independent living. It 

combines the autonomy of private 

dwellings with the advantages of 

shared resources in the spirit of 

community cooperation. Residents 

continue to own their individual 

homes (apartments, townhouses or 

singles) which are clustered around 

a “common house or space” with 

shared amenities that may include a 

kitchen and dining room, a workshop, 

guest rooms, laundry and 

more. 

Co-housing is a contemporary 

version of the tightly-knit village or 

urban neighbourhood where residents 

know each other and are famil- 

iar with each other’s family histories. 

These informal social links provide a 

sense of security and belonging. Cohousing 

goes further by sharing 

meals, activities and management of 

the living environment. This creates 

a strong social support system that 

can help seniors age in place. 

About 10 co-housing projects 

have been built in Canada, most of 

them in British Columbia. They typically 

range from 10-35 households 

often with a multi-generational mix 

of singles, couples and families. 

None specifically cater to older residents. 

Senior co-housing is different 

in that prospective residents directly 

discuss issues of accessibility, 

mobility and co-care. 

If you are interested in this concept, 

please bring your ideas to the 

meeting on Feb. 27. The evening will 

be a presentation on co-housing, 

followed by a discussion about the 

housing needs that can be met 

through cohousing. At the end of the 

meeting, people who are interested 

can indicate their willingness to 

explore this concept further. 

Norman Moyer and Sylvie Grenier 

are Glebe residents. They have 

recently retired and now that their 

children have left home and they 

want a smaller home, they are looking 

for styles of living that are compatible 

with the independence and 

sense of community that they want as 

part of their ongoing lifestyle. Sylvie 

has long been interested in co-housing 

and was closely involved in the 

efforts that led to the only existing 

co-housing project in Ottawa. 

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Last October, friends and I made 

the pilgrimage to Italy – Cinque 

Terre and Tuscany to be exact. In our 

last week, we rented a car to visit 

those delightful Tuscan hill towns. 

We relied on a neighbour’s recommendation 

of a rural boutique 

hotel near Montereggioni. When we 

got into our wee Elf on the second 

morning, the dashboard flashed 

an alarming message about the oil 

level. It was in Italian and the maintenance 

manual didn’t elaborate. So, 

I asked a hotel guest in a UCLA t- 

shirt whether he could help. He gallantly 

lifted the hood and checked 

the dipstick, which did indeed show 

a low level. We fell to chatting as a 

colleague went off to fetch another 

member of their group who spoke 

some Italian. 

Our “knight” was from Los Angeles, 

the vice-president, Technology 

for Mattel, in Italy on business. His 

group had decided on a long weekend 

before heading home to Cali- 

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fornian bush fires. That they were at 

our hotel was serendipitous. When 

his colleagues returned, one said, 

“Did you know these people are 

from Ottawa?” Since most people 

referred to us as Canadians rather 

than Ottawans, I knew something 

was up. Turns out that our rescuer 

was Tim Hart, formerly of Broadway 

Avenue. Tim asked me to pass on 

greetings via the Glebe Report to all 

his friends in the Glebe. 

Besides this close encounter, at 

the same small hotel we met a couple 

from the Beaver Ridge development, 

who visit Italy annually to hike. We 

also saw a page of the Ottawa Citizen 

in a wine shop in Anghiari which 

elaborated on the fact that this was 

the shop where the market Nicastro’s 

in Ottawa buys its specialty olive 

oils. 

If you have a story like this, please 

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City warns residents 

of home water filter sales 

A number of sales companies 

have recently been reported to target 

Ottawa residents to “test” their tap 

water and arrange for a site 

visit. Some have falsely indicated 

that the water is contaminated with 

human waste and is unsafe for consumption. 

Often, the follow-up visit 

is a sales pitch designed to sell 

expensive water filtration equipment. 

These door-to-door sales efforts are 

not endorsed by or affiliated with the 

City of Ottawa. Ottawa’s drinking 

water supply continues to be safe 

and of high quality, and does not 

require further treatment in the 

home. 

The City of Ottawa tests the water 

quality at every stage of treatment, 

and throughout the distribution system 

to ensure the high quality of 

drinking water for Ottawa residents. 

Each year, 125,000 water quality 

tests, covering over 300 test parameters, 

are conducted through certified 

laboratories. All test results are made 

available to the public, by calling 

311 and asking for the Water Quality 

Information Line, and many are 

available on ottawa.ca. Ottawa 

drinking water meets all federal and 

provincial drinking water standards, 

and is considered one of the best in 

the country. Ottawa was ranked as 

“excellent” through the 2007 provincial 

drinking water inspection program. 

City staff are currently coordinating 

a number of in-home water quality 

sampling visits. These visits are a 

requirement of new provincial regulations. 

All visits will be via prearranged 

appointments. In all cases, 

the water technicians will clearly 

identify themselves as City of 

Ottawa staff with visible photo-identification. 

If you would like to find out more 

about Ottawa’s drinking water supply 

or facts about in-home treatment 

filters, please call our Water Quality 

Information Line at 613-580-2424, 

ext. 22300 or call 311 and ask for the 

Water Quality Information Line. 

Stop idling your car and 

save our environment 

As one of its environmental initiatives 

to improve Ottawa’s air quality, 

the City of Ottawa has officially 

launched its public education campaign 

to make drivers aware of the 

new idling control bylaw that came 

into effect on Sept. 1, 2007. The 

bylaw limits idling to three minutes 

when the temperature is between 5º 

and 27º Celsius, including wind chill 

and humidex. Enforcement begins 

this January, with a minimum $100 

fine. 

“Car, truck and bus emissions are 

the single largest source of smogcausing 

pollutants and greenhouse 

gases in Ontario. Reduce them and 

we reduce pollution,” said Councillor 

Clive Doucet. “Our environment 

is what sustains us. If it’s not healthy, 

how can we be? It’s time that all 

drivers take responsibility for our air 

quality.” 

“We need to take action to 

improve public health. Every year, 

290 people die in Ottawa due to air 

pollution. Children are particularly 

vulnerable, because they inhale more 

air per pound of body weight,” said 

Dr. David Salisbury, Medical Officer 

of Health. 

Reducing idling is one of the 

measures outlined in the city’s Air 

Quality and Climate Change Action 

Plan. The plan proposes projects and 

activities to reduce air pollutants and 

greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, 

and outlines strategies to deliver on 

these actions. It also confirms com- 

mitments to reduce GHG emissions 

by 20 per cent from 1990 levels by 

2007 for the city as a corporation and 

by 2012 for Ottawa overall. 

“In order for us to achieve our air 

quality targets, we have to address 

the impact idling has as a source of 

pollution,” said Nancy Schepers, 

deputy city manager, Planning, Transit 

and the Environment. “Cutting 

down on idling is something we can 

all do. When we turn off our vehicle, 

we save our environment, protect our 

health, reduce greenhouse gas emissions 

and even save money on fuel.” 

Over the next few months, city 

parking enforcement officers will 

educate drivers about the new bylaw 

by handing out a fact sheet about the 

environmental and health-related 

benefits of stopping idling. 

To reduce emissions, residents are 

encouraged to: 

• Reduce warm-up idling – start 

driving after no more than 30 seconds 

of idling because excessive 

idling is not good for your engine. 

• Turn off your engine if you are 

going to be stopped for more than 10 

seconds, except in traffic. 

• Minimize your use of remote car 

starters. These devices encourage 

you to start your vehicle before you 

are ready to leave, which means 

wasteful idling. 

• Use a block heater this winter – 

in temperatures below 0°C, use this 

device to warm up the engine before 

starting your vehicle. 


Green Partnership Program 

Apply now – deadline April 15 

There’s still time for community 

groups and residents to partner with 

the city for a cleaner and greener 

capital. Apply to the Green Partnership 

program for funding today. The 

city has committed $1 million to 

fund innovative and sustainable 

community environmental projects 

that will be completed by the end of 

this year. 

Projects large and small are eligible. 

The program supports a broad 

range of environmentally focused 

projects. Potential projects include: 

improving neighbourhood parks, 

treating storm water naturally, preserving 

woodlots from invasive 

species, greening local schoolyards, 

installing educational signage preserving 

our city’s greenspaces, and 

cleaning up or preventing graffiti in 

public places. 


Don’t wait, make an application 

to the Green Partnership program 

today for your new spring, summer 

or fall projects. Grants are available 

to local community associations, 

service clubs, non-profit groups, 

local BIAs and community groups 

to improve and beautify their communities 

and environment through 

greening and cleaning projects. 

Funding levels are based on the 

type of project and location. For 

common grounds – publicly-owned 

and accessible property – successful 

applicants may receive up to 

$10,000. For projects on city-owned 

property, successful applicants may 

receive up to $20,000. Funding must 

be matched by the applicant in 

either financial or in-kind contributions. 

Innovative hallmark projects 

on city-owned property that significantly 

enhance the long-term diversity 

and sustainability of the site 

may be eligible for funding over 

$20,000. 

Visit ottawa.ca/green or any client 

service centre to pick up an application 

form. The funding application 

deadline is Tues., April 15, 2008. 

Applications are reviewed as 

received with funding awarded on an 

ongoing basis. Approved projects 

must be completed by Dec. 31, 2008. 

For more information on the 

Green Partnership program and 

potential project ideas, visit 

ottawa.ca/green or call 3-1-1 (TTY: 

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TASTE IN THE GLEBE Glebe Report February 15, 2008 21 

Sampling, sipping and savouring! 

Simply Raw 

Glebe Meat Market 

BY GIOVANNI 

The 10th anniversary of the celebrated 

“Taste in the Glebe” 

event, a famous showcase of 

Ottawa and area eateries, vintners, 

and brewers, once again proved to 

be an excellent fundraiser for the 

Glebe Neighbourhood Activities 

Group (GNAG) Community 

Fund. So much sampling, sipping, 

savouring and socializing proved 

that even after 10 years Taste in 

the Glebe remains as fresh as 

pizza from Forno Antico, soup 

from Infusion Bistro, seafood 

from Flippers Restaurant, and 

many other foods served that 

night. With tasty wine and food 

graciously donated, it was next to 

impossible to leave with an empty 

stomach! 

Kettlemans’s Bagel Company 

Fratelli 

Mary Tsai-Davies, executive director, 

GNAG, Jim Watson, MPP, Jeff Froggett, 

chair, and Jack Coghill, piper 

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It’s February. As I write the snow is whipping around, under a grey scudding 

sky. Can you picture yourself on some far-away beach? You don’t need 

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ART 

Promises of Love 

Love promises. Love hopes. Love dreams. 

by Susan Phipps 

Feb. 4 - March 2 

Susan Phipps is a Glebe artist and 

local entrepreneur and her work is on 

display at the Glebe Community Centre 

from Feb. 4 to March 2. 

Her roots in Newfoundland and 

New Brunswick brought her a nature 

perspective that has never left her 

heart. “I believe that each of us has 

another life, a place where we secretly 

long to be and to reside, a place where 

time is endless and one never tires. I 

find this place through my art. I am 

inspired at what I find through my art, 

what it reveals to me both on the canvas 

and in my own heart.” 

Susan has been painting for four 

years. Her work builds on her love of 

poems and inspirational psychology. 

Many pieces are mixed media 

abstracts and surreal nature scenes: a 

juxtaposition of nature’s fight to survive 

in a world that would take over 

every inch of space, if it were permitted 

to. She has painted many commissions, 

can be found each year on the 

Glebe Art in Our Gardens Tour and is 

the main organizer of the Old Ottawa 

South Art Festival. Susan’s many years 

in Ecuador have afforded her a love of the Spanish language and a unique cultural 

perspective. By day she runs a high-tech recruiting company from her 

home, by night she paints and teaches classical piano to her students, creates 

and runs gluten free cooking courses. Reach her at pce@magma.ca. See her 

art at www.flickr.com/photos/phippsart. 

The Glebe Community Centre 

175 Third Avenue 

If you are interested in showing your work 

at the Glebe Community Centre, 

please e-mail GCCArtShows@gmail.com

ART Glebe Report February 15, 2008 23 

“Loss” 

new work by Cynthia O’Brien 

Rose Eleanor Milne 

at Rothwell Hauck Gallery 

March 1 - 29 

Rothwell Hauck Gallery will feature 

Ottawa’s award winning sculptor, Rose 

Eleanor Milne, during the month of 

March. An open house to meet and 

greet the artist will be held Sat., March 

8, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. This is an exciting 

event that you won’t want to miss. 

Rose Eleanor Milne, Canada’s 

Dominion Sculptor 1961-1993, will be 

present exhibiting several “one of a 

kind” bronze and stone sculptures. Ms. 

Milne will conduct a signing of her new 

book Captured in Stone, highlighting 

the enormous undertaking of the high 

relief frieze stone carving that she and 

the team produced in the lobby of the 

House of Commons. The book, as well 

as pieces of sculpture, will be available 

for purchase, with the bonus of meeting 

and talking with Eleanor and her coauthor, 

Barbara Lambert. Ms. Milne is also an accomplished painter and 

designer of stained glass. 

Rose Eleanor Milne’s accomplishments, awards and medals are too numerous 

to list and are highlighted in The Canadian Who’s Who 2007 edition. Living 

in the Glebe since 1975, she was fortunate to live in a house that was originally 

owned by her grandparents. 

Rothwell Hauck Gallery will also be exhibiting the works of Janet MacKay, 

featuring her bronze sculpture series, as well as gallery artists presenting 

original art work in a wide range of styles, sizes and prices. Here you will find 

original oil, acrylic, water mediums, etc, along with cards and books by local 

authors, including Adrian DeHoog and Bill Smallwood. 

There is no admission fee to the event and free parking is available in the 

galleries’ spacious lot. For further information, contact owner/artist Cindy 

Quayle Hauck. 

Rothwell Hauck Gallery 

1718 Montreal Road, Ottawa, ON K1J 6N5 

613-745-6410 

Email: info@rothwellgallery.com 

www.rothwellgallery.com 

BY MISSY FRASER 

A thoughtful and engaging new 

show by artist Cynthia O’Brien is 

on display at the City Hall Art 

Gallery. The work is an installation 

entitled “Loss,” that includes hundreds 

of ceramic forms with found 

objects. It’s not what you might typically 

expect of ceramic art. The 

forms are surprising and keep the 

viewer looking both closer and further 

and moving between innumerable 

viewpoints. Words from the 

artist are printed on one of the 

gallery walls, “As we grow and 

accept there is loss, we see the true 

beauty of life.” 

At the Jan. 31 opening, a great 

crowd of people circled their way 

around and around the installation. 

Many said that they would be returning 

to visit when it was quieter and 

they could be alone with the work. 

The room was buzzing with a variety 

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something you would see up North 

– a natural phenomenon.” One 

woman observed, “I thought I might 

feel sad but I had no idea that it 

would be so beautiful.” Another man 

commented, “Terrifying,” my friend 

Linda said. “The more you look, the 

more layers appear and they just 

keep coming.” 

O’Brien says that she hopes that 

viewers will come with an open 

mind and experience all the aspects 

of the installation. She added that it 

is a chance to “quiet right down” in 

the middle of a “bustling, talkative” 

day. 

“Loss” runs from Feb. 1 to March 

9. City Hall Art Gallery is located at 

110 Laurier West. The gallery is 

open from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., daily. 

Admission is free. For more information, 

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Music and mythology with Seventeen Voyces 

BY MARGRET BRADY 

NANKIVELL 

Ottawa’s multi-talented chamber 

choir Seventeen Voyces, directed by 

Kevin Reeves, presents a concert 

entitled Music & Mythology on Fri., 

Feb. 22, 7:30 p.m. at St. Matthew’s 

Anglican Church. 

The concert includes new works 

by three Ottawa composers. Margrit 

Cattell has written an a cappella 

work, The Peace Pipe, based on 

Longfellow’s “The Song of 

Hiawatha,” which tells the legend of 

Gitchi Manitou. “I think Seventeen 

Voyces is a terrific choir and that’s 

why I asked Kevin to write for it,” 

says the composer. When a mythology-based 

composition was proposed, 

she immediately considered the richness 

of North American legends. The 

part of Gitchi Manitou will be sung 

by Ottawa baritone Gary Dahl who 

“will make a good spirit,” says Ms. 

Cattell. 

The choir will also sing “Arcadia” 

by former Ottawan Andrew Ager, 

now director of music and composer-in-residence 

at Toronto’s St. 

James’ Cathedral. A setting of seven 

odes by the great Roman poet 

Horace, the texts explore themes of 

love, regret, jealousy and pastoral 

beauty. Written for the rising young 

Canadian soprano Andrea Naccarato, 

who will be singing the premiere, 

these short pieces, with choral and 

harp accompaniment, will bring a 

refreshing and contemporary offering 

to this concert on the theme of 

mythology. 

Last year Seventeen Voyces gave a 

stunning rendition of Ager’s 

Unknown Soldier at St. Matthew’s. 

The poignant work will premiere in 

London under the direction of 

CBC’s host and conductor Howard 

Dyck this summer. Ager is also 

working on Frankenstein, a fullscale 

opera based on Mary Shelley’s 

novel. 

Seventeen Voyces will also give 

the second performance of Kevin 

Reeves’ delightful composition 

Tyger, Tyger from the poem by 

William Blake. It was first performed 

by renowned baritone Gerald 

Finley and the men and boys of St. 

Matthew’s Choir in celebration of 

the church choir’s 50th anniversary 

last September. 

The guest artists for these works 

are Toronto-based soprano Andrea 

Naccarato, baritone Gary Dahl and 

harpist Lucile Hildesheim. 

Other works on the programme 

include excerpts from Dido and 

Aeneas by Henry Purcell and Hymn 

to St. Cecilia by Benjamin Britten. 

A reception celebrating the new 

works and their composers will follow 

the concert. 

Tickets are $15-$25 and free for 

students 16 and under if accompanied 

by an adult. They can be 

obtained at Leading Note, 317 Elgin 

St.; Compact Music, 190 Bank St. 

and 785A Bank St.; Book Bazaar, 

417 Bank St.; Herb & Spice Shop, 

1310 Wellington St. West, or at the 

door. For more information, check 

www.seventeenvoyces.ca. 

MUSIC 

PHOTO: PETER FRITZ 

April comes alive with The Sound of Music 

BY DAN SMYTHE 

Singing nuns, yodelling children 

and a compelling story of triumph 

over oppression will be coming to 

the Glebe Community Centre this 

April, as Rodgers and Hammerstein’s 

popular musical about the 

singing Von Trapp family comes to 

the stage. 

The Sound of Music will take 

place April 4-6, the fourth full-scale 

musical to be presented by the Glebe 

Neighbourhood Activities Group 

(GNAG) over the past two years. The 

spring production follows on the 

heels of a successful musical presentation 

of A Christmas Carol in 

December. 

The philosophy of the GNAG productions 

is very much “learning by 

doing.” The plays are presented as an 

educational course where people can 

get involved in community theatre 

and learn the steps required to put on 

a show, from auditions and 

rehearsals to the behind-the-scenes 

stagecraft that all lead to the frenzy 

of production week. 

Some of the actors are novices 

with minimal theatre or singing 

experience, others have some form 

of performance under their belt (and 

fans of the GNAG shows will be sure 

to recognize a number of familiar 

faces for The Sound of Music). “For 

many involved, they learn how much 

fun it can be to make good theatre,” 

explains director Eleanor Crowder, 

who has worked on 10 of GNAG’s 

11 shows. She is joined again on the 

creative team by musical director 

Rachel Eugster, with Kate Preston- 

Thomas stepping up from the position 

of set crew boss to become 

stage manager. 

Rehearsals with the large cast of 

75 adults and children are now in 

full swing. It’s arguably the most 

ambitious – and most popular – production 

GNAG has taken on. Due to 

the large turnout at auditions in 

December, Crowder and Eugster 

have double cast some of the roles. 

It’s one way to involve more people 

in this unique community event. 

“It’s really fun to see people develop 

new skills,” Crowder enthuses, as 

she relates some of the benefits that 

come from being involved in community 

theatre. 

Most people know The Sound of 

Music through the 1965 movie in 

which Julie Andrews played the 

young governess Maria, who steals 

the hearts of the aristocratic Captain 

Von Trapp and his seven children. 

But the play, which debuted on 

Broadway in 1959, offers a chance 

to explore the larger theme of the 

historic backdrop that inspired the 

show. “It’s really a story about the 

Nazi invasion of Austria, and the 

events related to a courageous family 

that stood up to that,” explains 

Crowder. 

With more than 40 vocal numbers, 

Eugster, stalwart pianist Lauren 

McGee and the singing cast will 

need all their musical savvy to create 

the world inspired by the story of 

the Von Trapp family. All the popular 

songs will be there including 

“My Favourite Things,” “Climb 

Every Mountain,” and “Edelweiss.” 

Other musical delights include a 

choir of nuns singing sacred music 

in four- and six-part harmony. The 

play also has a few musical numbers 

not featured in the movie, most 

notably a German-style cabaret duet 

between Elsa and Max that helps 

highlight the political storm clouds 

that hang over Europe in the late 

1930s. 

Eugster has reached back to her 

family roots, and has adapted some 

Swiss-German folk songs that will 

be sung by a troup of Boy Scouts 

and folk dancers that she and Crowder 

have added to the show. “It’s 

exciting to perform the music that 

people know so well, but we also 

want to find the depth and meaning 

in songs that may not have been as 

well noticed,” says Eugster. 

While the actors are well on their 

way, volunteers are still needed to 

assist with costuming, set design 

and other duties. If you think you 

can contribute, contact Kate Preston-Thomas 

at 613-233-0038 

Showtimes are Fri., April 4 at 

7:30 p.m., Sat., April 5 at 2 p.m. and 

7:30 p.m., and Sun., April 6 at 2 

p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Tickets for The 

Sound of Music will be on sale at 

the Glebe Community Centre by the 

end of February. For more information, 

phone 613-564-1058 or 613- 

233-8713.

HEALTH 

Keeping healthy 

during the winter months 

BY AMANDA BLAZEVIC 

As an East-Coaster, I know a thing 

or two about surviving wacky weather, 

but there’s something more 

intense about winters in Ottawa. 

Needless to say, with all the snow, 

rise and fall of temperature and drabness, 

Ottawa winters are a leading 

cause of the “winter blahs.” 

As much as I like getting outdoors, 

it can be a daunting task in the 

wintertime. This means we may be 

getting less exercise, and definitely 

less sunshine and fresh air (unless 

you’re an avid winter sports fan). All 

of these “lacks” deprive us of vitamin 

D and overall energy, which 

affects our moods and sleep patterns. 

Some people experience seasonal 

affective disorder (SAD), where the 

shift in daylight time causes disturbed 

sleep patterns, fatigue, 

depression, low libido, etc. 

So what do you do? First of all, 

find a winter activity you like that 

will motivate you to exercise. Try 

something new. With all the snowstorms, 

snowshoeing doesn’t seem 

like such a bad idea! 

Don’t want to freeze your buns 

off? What about indoor activities? 

There is so much choice in Ottawa, 

from simple classes at the local gym 

to indoor sports teams like lacrosse 

or even rock climbing (which I love). 

It’s a great way to expand your social 

network, meeting new and interesting 

people. All of this equals definite 

“pick-me-upper!” 

What about supplements? It is 

now recommended (as seen in our 

new Canada’s Food Guide) people 

over 50 take vitamin D. Vitamin D 

helps you absorb calcium, an integral 

mineral for strong bones. Vitamin 

D is made when UV rays contact 

our skin. In summer months, we 

tend to need less supplementation. 

The Canadian Cancer Society says 

we get basic vitamin D production 

from minutes of sun exposure per 

day, but they remind us to be aware 

of the cancer risks of UV exposure. 

They suggest that supplementation 

can safely bring you up to osteoporosis-prevention 

levels. 

But it doesn’t end there. In the 

past few months, news story after 

news story detailed the wonders of 

vitamin D for all ages. It seemed that 

each week it cured a different ailment! 

Researchers keep finding evidence 

that a lack of vitamin D could 

be a leading cause of conditions such 

as SAD, breast cancer, cardiovascular 

disease, and others. 

Now I’m not one to “jump on to 

bandwagons.” Years ago, vitamin E 

was the vitamin du jour, but then it 

was found that too much could cause 

heart failure in patients at risk (ex: 

diabetic patients, patients with preexisting 

heart disease). It seems 

however, that a moderate intake of 

vitamin D, higher in the winter, is 

not harmful and could benefit. Each 

source you read is different, some 

citing 2,000 IU per day or more, but 

even 1,000 IU per day is a great start, 

especially of you are on calcium 

supplements. 

Other vitamins include the B vitamins, 

commonly found in “B complexes.” 

B vitamins aid in many of 

our normal body processes and 

metabolisms. They are water-soluble 

and in the proper amounts don’t 

exert side effects. While some formulas 

are called “stress complexes,” 

this only means that B vitamins help 

the body deal with physiologic 

stress, not mental stress. 

Vitamin C is a very popular antioxidant. 

Ester-C is a form of vitamin 

C that is less acidic, and may be 

absorbed better. You may choose to 

increase your vitamin C consumption 

in cold and flu season, as it may 

help boost the immune system, with 

few side effects. 

For cold prevention, many herbals 

exist on the market. Two of my 

favourite are Echinacea and Goldenseal. 

Buy a quality brand…each 

herbal product differs from the next 

and there will be differences from 

brand to brand. ColdFx® is an 

American ginseng product, and 

many patients say that it really helps 

boost their energy and fight a cold. 

Keep in mind that ginseng is a stimulant, 

and may be harmful to those 

with heart conditions or other illnesses. 

As with all herbals, and even vitamins, 

check with your pharmacist 

first! We can guide you to a safe 

selection of supplements. And if 

your supplement routine seems like 

too much work, we can even help 

simplify it for you. 

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If your New Year’s resolutions 

involve good health and staying fit, 

the University of Ottawa Heart Institute 

just might be the place to visit. 

Family members of former patients 

at the University of Ottawa Heart 

Institute are invited to join a free, 

intensive year-long Family Heart 

Health study, which tests a program 

to help reduce cardiovascular risks. 

Participants – only one per family – 

will be screened for coronary risks 

such as smoking, diet, exercise and 

high cholesterol. After a heart health 

profile is created, participants will 

get assigned to one of two groups at 

the Heart Institute: a Family Heart 

Health group, or a Usual Care group. 

For the Family Heart Health group, 

an adviser will construct a 12-week 

personalized plan that could include 

weight reduction, improved nutrition, 

smoking cessation, an exercise 

routine, and, if necessary, a drug regimen 

in collaboration with the family 

physician. 

“A family history of heart disease 

usually means an increased risk for 

developing heart disease yourself. 

So the Heart Institute is launching a 

new research project to examine how 

a personalized plan would effectively 

reduce risks for cardiovascular 

disease among spouses, siblings and 

offspring of former patients here,” 

said Robert Reid, PhD, associate 

director, UOHI Minto Prevention 

and Rehabilitation Centre. 

A total of 450 participants are 

needed for the project. They will 

each get a basic assessment that 

includes a complete medical history; 

an evaluation about nutrition, exercise 

and smoking, for example; and a 

health profile involving components 

such as blood pressure and waist circumference. 

The study will track all 

participants for a one-year period, 


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from their time of enrolment. Both 

groups will be reassessed at 12 

weeks and 52 weeks. 

Participants in the Family Heart 

Health Group get a personalized 

plan with weekly coaching sessions 

and counselling. Smoking, dietary 

changes, exercise and medication 

use, for instance, will be measured 

and monitored throughout the study. 

The Usual Care group will receive 

heart health information but not any 

further intervention. If any risk factors 

such as high blood pressure or 

elevated cholesterol levels are found, 

participants will receive the results 

in a letter for their family physician. 

Coronary heart disease, a leading 

cause of death in Canada, is related 

to the presence of several wellknown 

risk factors including family 

history. Changes in lifestyle and 

other risks have helped lower death 

rates from heart disease over the last 

few decades. Now the rate of decline 

might be slowing. The Heart Institute 

research team is developing new 

approaches to step up prevention and 

to ease heavy demands on Canada’s 

health care system. 

“Researchers at the Heart Institute 

found in an earlier study that 23 per 

cent of family members were at a 

predicted risk for future coronary 

artery disease. We also learned that 

close family shows a very high willingness 

to change habits and 

lifestyle in areas such as smoking 

and physical activity, compared to 

the rest of the population,” said Reid. 

If your brother, sister, spouse or 

parent has been treated at the Heart 

Institute in the past five years, you 

may be eligible to participate in this 

project. To learn more, call 613-798- 

5555, ext. 17341. 

For more information, visit 

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BY TED LANDIS 

Bridge to Terabithia 

Directed by Gabor Csupo 

Rated PG 

AnnaSophia Robb and Josh Hutcherson star in 

this excellent rendition of this Newbery award 

winning young persons’ novel. The story 

revolves around two unpopular kids who are 

drawn together and discover a way to escape into 

an exciting world of shared imagination. Zooey 

Deschanel plays a hip, ever smiling music 

teacher in this film that accurately depicts the 

imperfect reality of family life and childhood 

relationships some of which might not be appropriate 

for children under 8. 

Bobby 

Directed by Emilio Estevez 

Rated 14A 

Forty years after the tragic event that took place at the Ambassador Hotel 

during the California primary election, the loss can still be felt. The assassination 

of Robert Kennedy battered the already violence weary generation that 

had hoped to change the world with love. Some of the side stories work well 

and some don’t, but you quickly forget those minor details when the full 

impact of the climax hits home. 

Blood Diamond 

Directed by Edward Zwick 

Rated 14A 

Leonardo DiCaprio does an excellent job as the protagonist in this story of 

an innocent family almost destroyed by the world’s lust for diamonds. Edward 

Zwick keeps everything moving at a fast pace with lots of explosions and general 

mayhem, but at the same time manages to bring home the point that greed 

makes people do terrible things. 

The Good Shepherd 

Directed by Robert De Niro 

Rated 14A 

This epic story of the birth of the CIA begins with the earliest acts of Cold 

War espionage in the waning days of World War II up through the blundered 

invasion of Cuba at the Bay of Pigs. Matt Damon plays a young Yale Skull and 

Bones club inductee who finds life as a spy easier than dealing with real world 

relationships. 

The Secret Life of Words 

Directed by Isabel Coixet 

Rated 14A 

This is a beautiful and touching film by Isabel Coxiat who brought us My 

Life Without Me (2003). Sarah Polley plays a quiet factory worker forced to 

take a holiday to the coast. To keep herself busy, she volunteers to care for a 

badly burned offshore oil rig worker played by Tim Robbins. The bond of trust 

between patient and caregiver slowly leads to heart wrenching revelations. 

TED AND LOIS AT THE MOVIES 

For those cold winter nights... 

BY LOIS SIEGEL 

Junebug 

Directed by Phil Morrison 

Rated 14A 

“Junebug” relies on pure drama – the simple 

interactions within a family. Shot in Winston- 

Salem, North Carolina, the setting and tone of the 

southern town give the film an authentic reality to 

the life of its inhabitants. Amy Adam’s performance 

is outstanding. Newsweek called “Junebug”... 

“one of the greatest, best-acted films of 2005 

you’ve never heard of.” The film also has a great 

selection of classical music. Available at the 

Ottawa Public Library. 

Blow-up 

Directed by Michelangelo Antonioni 

Rated R 

“Blow-Up” could be any photographer’s adventure or fantasy. A young 

David Hemmings plays a fashion photographer who happens upon a strange 

scene one day while in the park. His camera may have captured a murder. 

Hemmings explains “Antonioni painted the park in Woolwich (England) a 

complete green: bark of trees, fences, grass, leaves and various other odd 

spots. Took about two days while we waited.” Available at the Ottawa Public 

Library. 

Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room 

Directed by Alex Gibney 

This is a very informative and well-made documentary. The film focuses on 

one of the biggest business scandals in American history – a frightening study 

of greed. Available at the Ottawa Public Library. 

Schultze Gets the Blues 

Directed by Michael Schorr 

Rated PG 

The discovery of Zydeco music leads the recently retired Schultze to a new 

life. He travels from his German polka land to the more hip Louisiana back 

country. Accordion in hand, he discovers another world. The film is slow moving, 

but worth the wait. Available at the Ottawa Public Library 

Aislin: Dangerous When Provoked – The Life and Times of Terry Mosher 

Directed by John Curtin 

This Gemini Award-winning Best Biography Documentary Program 

focuses on Terry Mosher, aka Aislin, often called the nastiest political 

cartoonist – at the edge of his pen, no one gets out alive. 

The film reveals little known aspects of Mosher’s life, from his early days 

in Ottawa, to his adventurous ramblings, hitchhiking across North America as 

a young man, looking for something interesting to do with his life. He finally 

decides on art school, leading to a job with The Montreal Star as a cartoonist, 

and then with The Gazette. The rest is history. CBC has the rights to show the 

film in Canada for the next five years. 

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SCHOOLS Glebe Report February 15, 2008 27 

Catholic board gets outstanding physical education results 

The board was presented with the 

outstanding school results of the 

CAHPERD (Canadian Associations 

for Health, Physical Education, 

Recreation and Dance) RAP Awards 

and the CIRA (Canadian Intramural 

Recreation Association) outstanding 

intramural awards. 

Student Success Department staff 

members, consultants Deb Lawlor 

and Bob Thomas, and principals 

Brenda Wilson provided the following 

exceptional school results. 

CAPHERD awards 2006-07 

An unprecedented number of 

award recipients were recognized 

across Canada – a total of 1,086 

schools. The Ottawa Catholic school 

board received 54 awards (4.8 per 

cent of the country). 

In the School Recognition award 

program, our board totaled 54 awards 

out of 387 provincial schools (14 per 

cent of the provincial average). 

In this category, there are three 

awards for the elementary schools: 

Diamond – 23 awards (13 per cent 

of the province): Chapel Hill, Divine 

Infant, Dr. F.J. McDonald Catholic, 

Frank Ryan Catholic Senior Elementary, 

Georges Vanier Catholic, Good 

Shepherd, Guardian Angels, Holy 

Cross, Holy Redeemer, McMaster 

Catholic, St. Anne, St. Augustine, St. 

Daniel, St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, St. 

George, St. Leonard, St. Mary 

(Gloucester), St. Michael Fitzroy, St. 

Patrick’s Intermediate, St. Philip and 

Lester B. Pearson (grades 7 and 8), 

Mother Teresa (grades 7 and 8) and 

St. Joseph (grades 7 and 8) high 

schools. 

Platinum – 14 awards (14 per cent 

of the province): Assumption, 

Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha, Holy 

Family, Our Lady of Wisdom, St. 

Andrew, St. Brigid, St. Clare, St. 

Francis of Assisi, St. James, St. Martin 

de Porres, St. Theresa, and Holy 

Trinity (grades 7and 8) and Immaculata 

(grades 7 and 8) high schools. 

Gold – 10 awards (17 per cent of 

the province): Convent Glen Catholic, 

Holy Family, Monsignor Paul Baxter, 

Pope John XXIII, St. Gregory, St. 

Isidore, St. John the Apostle, St. Marguerite 

d’Youville, St. Patrick and St. 

Thomas More schools. 

There was also a Secondary 

Award (7 awards – 16 per cent of the 

province) presented to All Saints, 

Immaculata, Holy Trinity Catholic, 

Notre Dame, St. Patrick’s, St. Paul 

and St. Pius X high schools. 

By 

OCCSB 

Trustee 

Kathy 

Ablett 

Ottawa Catholic school board students 

also achieved great success in 

the 2006-2007 CIRA Ontario, Outstanding 

Intramural Awards with a 

total of nine awards at the elementary 

level (23 per cent of the 

province) and six awards at the secondary 

level (67 per cent of the 

province). Congratulations to the 

following schools on their accomplishment: 

Convent Glen Catholic 

School, Good Shepherd, Holy Cross, 

Frank Ryan Catholic Senior Elementary, 

St. Andrew, St. Elizabeth Ann 

Seton, St. Isidore, St. John the Apostle, 

St. Patrick’s Intermediate and All 

Saints, Holy Trinity Catholic, 

Immaculata, Sacred Heart, St. 

Joseph and St. Paul high schools. 

Assistive technology learning 

Special education consultant 

Laura Shanahan and Monique 

Campeau-Leblanc, system technology 

teacher, brought to the boardroom 

a hands-on demonstration of new 

assistive technology software being 

introduced to teachers during professional 

development sessions in the 

coming months. 

These programs will greatly assist 

learners in their quest for understanding 

and success independent of 

learning styles. All participants in 

this program, including staff, students 

and parents, will complete 

quantitative surveys through the various 

stages of the software’s implementation 

in the classroom. 

Bill 212: Safe schools 

Members of the Safe Schools 

Committee: Brent Wilson, superintendent 

of Information Technology, 

Brenda Wilson, principal, Student 

Success (Elementary), and Tom 

D’Amico, principal of Immaculata 

high school, presented an overview 

of the new Bill 212: Safe schools 

implementation. 

Following new provincial legislation 

concerning progressive discipline 

and school safety, the Ottawa 

Catholic school board will see the 

implementation of these new safe 

schools changes effective Feb. 1. 

Among the significant changes are 

the provisions to extend the right to 

discipline for actions off-property 

that impact the school climate; bullying 

is added to the list of activities 

for which suspension may be considered; 

teachers can no longer suspend; 

principals can no longer expel; 

and a program must be provided for 

students on long-term suspension. 

Suspensions will be comprised of 

three categories: 

1 to 5 days: teachers supply work. 

Discipline reflection packages are 

available to all schools to provide to 

students on suspension. 

6 to 10 days: teachers supply 

work. Student may attend a program 

for students on suspension. Student 

action plan is developed. Access to 

external safe schools resources 

including psychologist, social worker, 

vice-principal, teacher. 

11 to 20 days: teachers supply 

work. Student may attend a program 

for students on suspension. Student 

action plan is developed. Access to 

external safe schools resources 

including psychologist, social worker, 

vice-principal, teacher. Program 

includes academic and non-academic 

components with the goal to 

developing positive attitudes and 

behaviour. 

Students will also be governed by 

a new code of conduct that sets out 

specific expectations regarding 

behaviour and their parents’ or 

guardians’ role in encouraging and 

promoting this behaviour. “I congratulate 

those on the committee 

who have put so much work into the 

implementation of this new legislation,” 

said director of education 

James McCracken. 

Overall, this legislation and subsequent 

practice will see more students 

obtaining additional help with various 

factors affecting their behaviour 

in school, thereby increasing their 

ability to stay in school and finish 

their education. A safe schools website 

will continue to be developed 

over the course of the year. As of 

Feb. 1, the new site can be found at 

www.ottawacatholicschools.ca/safes 

chools. 

CEFO Production of 

Anne of Green Gables 

The Catholic Education Foundation 

of Ottawa is proud to present 

Anne of Green Gables. The production’s 

remaining shows are Feb. 16- 

17 and Feb. 21-23 at St. Paul high 

school, 2675 Draper Avenue. All 

performances begin at 7:30 p.m. 

except Sun., Feb. 17 and Sat., Feb. 

23 matinées, which begin at 2 p.m. 

Please contact your school for tickets 

and information. We hope you will 

be able to join us for this, the fifth 

musical for CEFO with again over 

600 students involved. Thank you for 

your continued support! 

If, at any time, I can be of assistance 

to you, please do not hesitate 

to call me at 613-526-9512.


 

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Safer schools for 2008 

One of the most topical issues, 

which I’ll focus on here, is the 

approval of the new ‘safe schools’ 

policies at the Board, in mid-decision 

as at the time of writing. The 

ministry, as readers may recall, has 

greatly improved on the most obnoxious 

aspects of their previous, harder 

lined requirements of school boards 

with respect to suspensions and 

expulsions, mitigating factors and 

supports for suspended or expelled 

students. All boards had until Feb. 1 

to have new policies in place to 

reflect this change in direction. 

The modifications to the Education 

Act effectively remove the ability 

to suspend from teachers and 

expulsions from principals and 

move these both up one level: now 

principals suspend and school 

boards expel. Also, there is now 

room to consider mitigating and 

other factors that can be more protective 

of special education students 

and others who may have been provoked 

or who are acting out. Also, 

school boards are required to provide 

continued programming of 

some quality for suspended or 

expelled students and some funding 

is flowing for this. 

Bullying is now more explicitly 

added as a matter which may attract 

suspension. The general change is 

towards a more progressive discipline 

with more interventions and 

supports for students. I have to say 

that these changes have my full 

endorsement and are a real breath of 

fresh air. 

However there are some questions 

remaining. One of the Ministry 

directives on the new appeal process 

means that the number of appeals 

now going to the board may multiply 

several times over previous levels. I 

don’t think that anyone wants to risk 

an ‘appeals mill’ given that appeals 

will likely be more complicated with 

more factors to consider. Another 

SCHOOLS 

By 

OCDSB 

Trustee 

Rob 

Campbell 

aspect of the legislation affecting 

school boards is the question of the 

interface between school and community. 

The legislation allows 

boards greater latitude to suspend or 

expel for behaviour off school property, 

which may affect the school climate, 

but there is a real grey area 

here also when the reach of a school 

board into the larger community may 

become over-reaching or questionable 

in this respect. Some other 

questions remain for me at present. 

The omnibus policy and procedural 

changes have been given extensive 

vetting by education stakeholders, 

staff and now trustees. And we’ll 

have something updated and vastly 

better for students in place by the 

February deadline. It will, however, 

frankly take some months, and in 

some respects, even years, of test 

driving before we really see how 

well it all works out. Further policy 

or procedural (or legislative) tweaks 

may well be needed as we proceed 

forward with these changes in hand. 

If you have a suggestion or a concern, 

or would like to be added to my 

electronic newsletter list, then please 

don’t hesitate to contact me. I can be 

reached via any of 613-730-8128, 

rob@ocdsbzone9.ca or Rob Campbell, 

133 Greenbank Road, Ottawa 

ON, K2H 6L3. Board meetings, 

budget documents and delegation 

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Good Morning kids 

get busy hibernating 

BY STEPHANIE SMALL 

At this time of year, hibernating 

makes sense. Bears do it. So do kids 

at Good Morning Creative Arts and 

Preschool, who brought in their 

teddy bears and wore their pyjamas, 

to learn about hibernation. 

Children in the morning preschool 

program learned about animals 

that sleep through the winter, 

sang songs about bears and 

enjoyed honey sandwiches for 

snack. In the afternoon, three-yearolds 

in the Creative Arts Junior 

program made a collage inspired 

by the book Bear Snores On. They 

also made a den out of pillows, and 

then woke up and emerged from 

the den with a big growl, hungry 

and ready to eat their snack of 

Teddy grahams. 

Registration for these and other 

programs is starting now for the next 

school year at Good Morning Creative 

Arts and Preschool. There are 

also two spaces available right now 

in the Creative Arts Super afterschool 

art program for children in 

grades 1 to 4. 

For more information, please call 

Liane at 613-276-7974 or email 

goodmorningpreschool@gmail.com. 

For general information about the 

various programs available for children 

aged 2 through 9, check out the 

website at www.goodmorning.name. 

PHOTOS: KAREN CAMERON 

Glebe Co-operative Nursery: 

A little school all of their own 

BY KARRI MUNN-VENN 

It really is amazing how quickly 

children grow. 

In the early days, as new parents, 

we marvel at the little people that 

have come into our world. We celebrate 

weight gain (the baby’s 

weight gain, I mean), we cherish the 

smiles and coos and cuddles, and 

we anticipate all of the wonderful 

milestones to come. Then, all of a 

sudden, it seems, they are walking, 

talking (and talking back!), and 

ready to venture out into the world 

on their own two little feet. Those 

first few steps towards independence 

can be hard on everyone, especially 

the parents of these little 

dynamos, who find themselves asking, 

“Where did my baby go?” Fortunately, 

however, there are places 

like the Glebe Co-operative Nursery 

School, whose caring, creative 

teachers, stimulating program, and 

wonderful community welcome our 

little ones into their care. 

The Glebe Co-operative Nursery 

School provides a quality learning 

environment for children aged 1½ to 

4½ years. Engaging weekly themes 

such as: under the sea, celebrations 

around the world, and all about me, 

and special dress-up days provide 

the backdrop for creative activities 

that inspire, entertain, and educate 

the school’s young students. Housed 

in the Glebe Community Centre, the 

GCNS also offers a vibrant classroom, 

outdoor playground, and a 

weekly music program. 

Registration for the 2008-2009 

school year begins Monday, March 

3. Both new and returning families 

can get their registration packages in 

the GCNS classroom, at the front 

desk of the GCC, and online at 

www.glebepreschool.com. Completed 

packages must be returned no 

later than Fri., March 28 at 4 p.m. to 

be included in the lottery. 

Come and join this fantastic cooperative, 

and give your child a 

wonderful preschool experience! 

Sign up now for 

Glebe Parents Day Care 

The children at the Glebe Parents Day Care are enjoying all the new snow. 

The playgrounds are full of the white fluffy stuff and it’s great fun! It keeps 

us all young to be reminded of how much fun the winter can really be. 

Our kindergarten and school age programs are gearing up for the March 

break and are starting to look towards the enrolment for July. Those who are 

interested in having their child in our after-school programs are encouraged 

to contact the program and put their child’s name on the waiting list. We have 

programs in Hopewell, First Avenue, Mutchmor and Corpus Christi schools. 

Our pancake brunch and book sale on Jan. 26 was a great success. We 

would like to thank all the parents and staff that helped out. We would also 

like to thank the Loeb Glebe for their support. A good time was had by all! 

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Meet the new First Avenue 

school mascot! 

BY MARIE-PIERRE ROURE 

Earlier this school year, the Earthcare 

Club at First Avenue public 

school realized, with great astonishment, 

that the school didn’t have a 

mascot! What a shame! A mascot 

really enhances school spirit, and 

something had to be done about it! 

Therefore, the Earthcare Club members 

took the matter in their own 

hands and organized an election for 

the new school mascot. Initially, it 

seemed simple, but it took several 

meetings to find the “right candidates!” 

At first, the club came up with 

environmentally friendly suggestions 

such as a recycling bin or a 

tree. However, after some discussion, 

they thought that a mascot 

called, Mr. Recycling Bin, would be 

difficult to take seriously! More 

brainstorming and the team came up 

with several animals. From the chipmunk 

to the Komodo dragon, the 

enthusiasm grew each day! It was 

really difficult to come up with just a 

few choices because the kids loved 

so many animals! Mrs. Julie Morris, 

the school principal, finally suggested 

selecting animals whose names 

started with an “f” sound. The club 

accepted the idea and, narrowed it 

down to animals whose names started 

with “f” both in French and in 

English since the school is a French 

immersion centre. That’s how the 

final five candidates were chosen; 

the flamingo, the fennec fox, the 

phoenix, the ferret and the fawn were 

now ready to campaign! 

Students, parents and teachers 

across the school displayed extreme 

interest! Many teachers and parents 

took advantage of this event to teach 

about the election process, respecting 

the opinion of others, making up 

your own mind, discussing the values 

and strengths represented by 

each candidate, etc. 

Finally, the week of Jan. 21 

arrived and the students and staff 

voted for their favorite candidate! 

Most comments were very positive 

and the children seemed very 

excited. We had a fantastic 84 per 

cent participation rate! One JK student 

claimed that she had voted for 

“Bambi” because she loved him. A 

grade 1 student cheerfully stated that 

he had chosen the “magic bird!” 

However, most students respected 

the privacy of their vote and took 

their responsibility very seriously. 

After all this excitement, the 

Earthcare Club and all the children 

and staff at First Avenue are proud to 

introduce to the Glebe community, 

the First Avenue phoenix! 

Marie-Pierre Roure is a teacher 

and Earthcare Leader at First 

Avenue public school. 

P A days and school holidays 

OCDSB 

Family Day: Mon., Feb. 18 

March break: Mar. 10-14 

Fri., Mar. 28 

Good Friday, Mar. 21 

Victoria Day, May 19 

Tues., June 24 (secondary only) 

Wed., June 25 (secondary only) 

Thurs., June 26 

OCCDSB 

Family Day: Mon., Feb. 18 

Fri., Feb. 22 

March break: Mar. 10-14 

Good Friday, Mar. 21 

Easter Monday, Mar. 24 

Victoria Day, May 19 

Wed., June 25 (secondary only) 

Thurs., June 26 

SCHOOLS 

Mutchmor is much more! 

Librarian Connie Bruce and students enjoying the new reading area 

BY MARGO WILLIAMS 

Mutchmor students, staff and families 

are thrilled with the results of 

our library renovations. Beginning in 

mid-December, layers of carpet and 

sub flooring were removed to reveal 

beautiful hardwood floors in the 

library of our heritage building! The 

hardwood was refinished and now 

gleams and brightens the library, 

reflecting the freshly painted walls. 

New blinds have enhanced the large 

windows. A wonderful new area carpet 

invites the children to “chill with 

a good book.” New tables and chairs, 

shelving and dry mounted posters 

complete the renovation. We have 

been able to move all of the books 

into one room and the library now 

has a warm and welcoming atmosphere. 

The children have commented 

to our librarian, Connie Bruce, that 

the library is warm and inviting and 

that they feel they are now “entering 

a real library.” Many thanks to the 

principal, Lynn Watson-Senecal and 

the school board for ensuring that 

funds were allocated to this major 

renovation and that it was completed 

quickly with minimal disruption to 

the use of the library. School council 

deemed this project a top priority for 

this year and generously donated 

$10,000 towards the completion of 

this project. 

The staff and students are looking 

forward to a day of dancing on Feb. 

29. All of the classes will be involved 

in “Boogie for Bucks” that will raise 

funds to improve our computer lab. 

This room is located next door to the 

library and is now looking especially 

in need of improvements. The computer 

lab is used by most classes and 

is also a frequently used meeting 

place. 

Mutchmor is a busy school with 

almost 400 students. Our school 

community is very appreciative of 

the generosity of family, friends and 

neighbourhood businesses that make 

Mutchmor “much more”!! 

PHOTOS: LARRY STONEBRIDGE 

Connie Bruce at her new desk, shiny hardwood floors and the new tables 

and chairs


New murals add visual excitement 

to Glashan school walls 

BY DAISY KIDEN AND 

KIERSTEN ALLER 

Here at Glashan we have many 

arts programs: art, music, and drama 

which wouldn’t be possible without 

the help of our caring teachers. In 

music, you can play the clarinet, 

flute, drums, and even the trumpet. If 

you think you’re good enough, you 

can join the band, and play after 

school two or three times a week. 

Glashan also has a choir with many 

beautiful voices, but you have to try 

out to make it in and, trust me, it isn’t 

easy with all the amazing talent at 

Glashan. In art class, the students get 

to do lots of art projects using paper, 

wire, cardboard and even old shoes. 

We also do lots of things with pictures 

and photo art. 

In early January, we had the pleasure 

of having grade 7 and 8 students 

work on the murals around the 

school, one at the Catherine Street 

entrance and one in the lunchroom. 

This was possible thanks to MASC, 

the arts organization, and an anonymous 

donor who gave $1,000 dollars 

to bring in the artist Nicole Bélanger. 

This was Nicole’s third year at the 

school and it’s really looking snazzy 

now with murals at both entrances, 

in the gym, on the main floor and in 

the basement. The Glashan grade 7 

and 8 students took turns working on 

the murals, with five to ten students 

from each 7 and 8 class taking a turn 

drawing and painting the murals. 

This year’s focus was diversity, 

reflecting the many cultures, interests, 

and backgrounds of Glashan’s 

students. Hopefully, we’ll be able to 

have Nicole come back again next 

year to work with us. Once and 

again, thanks to the artist, MASC, 

and the anonymous donor for bringing 

in the artist to give the students at 

Glashan a good glance at diversity. 

In other artistic news, Glashan 

staged its annual Black history play 

on Feb. 12-14. Written by teacher 

Mr. Rick Desclouds, this year’s play, 

“The Captain of Bundu,” focuses on 

the life of Captain Richard Pierpoint, 

a black loyalist from Senegal who 

served with Butler’s Rangers, and 

was a member of the Colored Corps 

during the War of 1812. Over 80 students 

in cast, crew and choir, plus 

many staff members were involved 

with this play. Glashan’s choir, under 

the direction of Ms. Bianchini, performed 

during the play and provided 

great musical background for this 

story. 

Stay tuned next month for more 

news about the happenings at 

Glashan. 

Daisy Kiden and Kiersten Aller 

are grade 7 students at Glashan. 

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Learning beyond 

the walls of Immaculata 

BY LAURA CHADWICK 

Students and staff at Immaculata 

high school recognize the resources 

available to them beyond the classroom 

walls. Many of our high school 

courses provide students with the 

opportunity to gain invaluable perspective 

through class excursions, 

guest speakers or extra-curricular 

events. Many class trips have already 

taken place to the National Arts Centre, 

the National Gallery, the Ontario 

Court House, Parliament Hill, and 

the Museum of Science and Technology. 

During the first half of our 

school year, a bevy of professionals 

visited Immaculata to share their 

knowledge with our school community. 

Our co-operative education program 

allows senior students the 

chance to earn credit for their work 

at a preselected placement. Students 

are paired with a business or organization 

in the community and learn 

through daily hands-on experience. 

Co-operative education teachers and 

the Immaculata job coach closely 

monitor the students and provide the 

necessary guidance. The MAC Destination 

Employability Program provides 

students who are entering the 

world of work with the skills and 

knowledge they will need to be successful. 

This program also connects 

experiential learning to the curriculum. 

Imagine a classroom transformed 

into a café where the likes of Plato 

and Aristotle drop by for a cup of 

coffee. On Jan. 15, over 20 parents 

and visitors joined the students of 

Mr. Letts’ grade 12 philosophy 

class for an hour of refreshments 

and discussions about the CPT topics 

the students chose for their end 

of semester task. Guests were 

served treats of the mind and body 

by the very capable young thinkers. 

Every student applied philosophies, 

like existentialism, and views of 

great philosophers, to their issues 

and shared their personal opinions. 

Whether challenged or supported 

by visitors and peers, all were 

heard. 

Looking ahead, several students 

will have an opportunity in February 

to attend a one-day World Vision 

event in Ottawa. This high energy 

one day event will engage and equip 

high school youth for action on global 

issues. Workshops will focus on 

global issues, leadership skills and a 

special assimilation time where people 

prepare themselves for action in 

their own community. Also this 

month, all grade 10 students will 

have the option of participating in a 

multimedia presentation at Glebe 

high school. The presentation, entitiled 

“Heroes,” focuses on choices 

and risk behaviour. On Feb. 26, the 

entire school community with benefit 

from a motivational speaker. 

Spiritually, the Catholic community 

began this year’s lenten journey 

on Wed., Feb. 6. The Immaculata 

school community began the season 

with a liturgy held at Canadian Martyr’s 

Church. Students and staff were 

encouraged during this special time 

in the church year to take the time 

for silence, prayer and reflection. 

Canadian Children’s Museum presents 

Living in Space 

Living in Space, presented from Feb. 2 until April 27, in the Kaleidoscope 

Gallery, is inspired by the International Space Station (ISS), the largest international 

aerospace project ever undertaken by humankind. Visitors become 

ISS “crew members” and engage in astronaut activities to discover how people 

live, work and play together in a weightless environment. 

Canadian Children’s Museum 

Canadian Museum of 

Civilization 

100 Laurier Street, Gatineau 

420 rue Cooper Street 

Ottawa, Ontario K2P 2N6 

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BOOKS Glebe Report February 15, 2008 33 

Ottawa Storytellers Festival 

2007 encore! 

Rasputin’s folk café winter series 

Barney McCaffrey and DeanVerger: 

Risky Business in them “thar” Hills, 

Feb. 17 

No cells, no high-speed, no call forwarding, that’s the 

“risky business” of life in the Wilno hills – and it gets 

wilder in the Rockies. Barney McCaffrey is an off-grid 

subsistence farmer, poet, artist and storyteller who takes 

risks everyday with his horned, hand-milked cows, and 

tells about his like-minded neighbours. From the comfort 

of his famous café, Rasputin’s, for the last quarter century, 

Dean Verger weaves the stories of world travelers who 

drop in to share their experiences. 

Gail Anglin and Tom Lips: 

Caution: Men at Work, 

March 2 

History and humour in traditional songs and stories of dangerous, difficult, 

manly occupations. Gail Anglin can’t decide which she loves more – folk 

songs or folk stories – and everyone’s happy when she brings the two together. 

Singer-songwriter-storyteller Tom Lips never fails to captivate audiences 

with his music and his gentle humour. 

Ruth Stewart-Verger and Donna Stewart: 

Elizabeth and Helen: 

a story of the Winnipeg General Strike, 

March 9 

The story of two very different women, both living in Winnipeg’s infamous 

North Side during the hectic times of the 1919 Winnipeg General Strike. Ruth 

Stewart-Verger has spoken across Canada at festivals, libraries, and schools. 

Her first love is stories of people: their struggles and their triumphs. She has 

two storytelling CDs. Donna Stewart has great versatility and a depth of repertoire. 

She has “told” as part of Canada Book Week 2005, at Ottawa’s NAC 

Fourth Stage, festivals, schools, and community events. 

Daniel Richer: 

Dreamquest or the Many Faces of Bravery, 

March 16 

Taking risks and fighting battles with humans or the most evil of spirits, 

people manage to survive. Daniel Richer has been spinning tales since he was 

born. He is a teacher, actor, tour guide, town crier, and father of two sons. 

Jan Andrews: 

The Stone Book, 

March 30 

From Alan Garner’s The Stone Book Quartet, a journey to carry listeners 

from amazing heights to wondrous depths. Long-time member of the Ottawa 

Storytellers, Jan Andrews has recently retired as artistic director to increase 

her time for telling. Check out her new book, The Stories at the Door. 

Rasputin’s Folk Café 

696 Bronson Avenue 

The winter series will be Sunday evenings until the end of March. Shows 

start at 7:00 p.m. 

We recommend $8, or pay what you can. Tickets available from Rasputin’s, 

613-230-5102 or at the door. 

(Space is limited, so reservations are strongly recommended.) 

Events at Sunnyside Library 

For children 

Babytime 

For babies and their parent or caregiver with stories, rhymes, songs 

and games. Ages 0-18 months. Weekly. 

Tuesdays, 2:15 p.m. (30 mins.), Feb. 5 – Mar. 4 

Toddlertime 

For toddlers and a parent or caregiver with stories, rhymes, songs 

and games. Ages 18-35 months.Weekly. Winter session full. 

Tuesdays, 10:15 a.m. (30 mins.) 

Thursdays, 10:15 a.m. (30 mins.) 

Storytime 

Stories and rhymes for young children – parents and caregivers 

are welcome to join. Ages 3-6 years. Weekly. 

Wednesdays, 10:15 a.m. (30 mins.), Feb 6 – Mar. 5 

Mother Daughter Book Group 

A place for girls and the special women in their lives to share 

excellent books. Ages 10-12 years. Monthly. Registration required. 

Mondays, Feb. 18 and Mar. 17, 7 p.m. (1 hr.) 

Chess club 

After school chess club for all levels. Ages 8-12 years. 

Registration required. 

Wednesdays, Feb. 6 – Mar. 5, 4 p.m. (1 hr.) 

For teens 

girlzone 

For fun with a variety of themes, come join our monthly book chat 

group for girls in grades 7 and 8 at the Sunnyside Library. 


Fridays, Feb. 15 and Mar. 7, 12:05 p.m. (45 mins.) 

Special programs 

Be my Valentine 

Lovely stories and a craft for ages 5-7. Registration required. 

Sat., Feb. 9, 2:15 p.m. (45 mins.) 

Library Peace Day 

brought to you by the University of Ottawa Medical Students for 

Global Sustainability. Come join in their celebration of peace. 

Family program. Registration required. 

Sat., Jan. 19, 1:15 p.m. (1 hour) 

March break 

Sock it to me! 

Sock puppets for fun for ages 7-9. Registration required. 

Mon., Mar. 10, 2:15 p.m. (45 mins.) 

Crazy cartons 

Bring an egg carton and create a crazy creature for ages 5-9. 


Tues., Mar. 11, 2:15 p.m. (45 mins.) 

Special stories 

Storyteller Ruth Stewart-Verger presents stories for the whole 

family. Registration required. 

Wed., Mar. 12, 2:15 p.m. (45 mins.) 

Wiggling worms! 

Learn about verma composting for ages 5+. Registration required. 

Thurs., Mar. 13, 2:15 p.m. (45 mins.) 

Shamrocks and shillelaghs 

Put on a little green and celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with stories and a 

craft for ages 5-7. Registration required. 

Sat., Mar. 15, 2:15 p.m. (45 mins.) 

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For adults 

15 minute computer tutorials 

Having problems with the library catalogue? Accessing the Web? 

E-mail issues? Register for your own 15 minute computer tutorial. 

Mondays, 10-11:30 a.m., Feb. 4 – Mar. 3 

Basic Internet search techniques 

Learn basic Internet search techniques. Participants should have some 

previous experience in accessing the Internet. 

Fri., Feb. 22, 10:30 a.m. (1.5 hrs.) 

Adult Book Club 

Drop by, meet new people and join in stimulating discussions on 

selected titles in a friendly and relaxed atmosphere. Monthly. 

Fridays, 2 p.m. (1 hr.) 

Feb. 29 – The Bone People by Keri Hulme 

Mar. 28 – Nights Below Station Street by David Adams Richards 

For a complete list of Library events, 

visit www.BiblioOttawaLibrary.ca.


City of Ottawa 55+ short 

story contest now underway 

The City of Ottawa’s 11th annual 55+ short story contest invites submissions 

of original, unpublished short stories or memoirs, 2,000 words or less, 

by Ottawa residents 55 years or older. 

Eight finalists will be named to the 2008 winners circle, sharing recognition 

and prize money of $400. Contest winners will be recognized at “An Afternoon 

of Reading,” to be held Wed., April 23 from 1-4 p.m. at the Heron 

Seniors’ Centre, 1480 Heron Road. 

One of the winning stories will be selected for publication in the spring 

issue of Forever Young. Though contestants may submit multiple entries, they 

will be eligible to win only one prize. 

An entry fee of $5 per story is applicable. Deadline for submissions is 

March 15, 2008. 

For full contest details, pick up a brochure at any City of Ottawa Client 

Service Centre, or call the Heron Seniors’ Centre at 613-247-4802, ext.1. 

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BOOKS 

WHAT YOUR NEIGHBOURS 

ARE READING 

Here is a list of some titles read and discussed 

recently in various local book clubs 

TITLE (for adults) 

AUTHOR 

Still at the Cottage 1 

Charles Gordon 

The Tipping Point 2 

Malcolm Gladwell 

Le Voile de la peur 3 

Samia Shariff 

Divisadero 4 

Michael Ondaatje 

A Fatal Grace 5 

Louise Penny 

Traveler 6 

Ron McLarty 

The Dead Guy Interviews 7 Michael Stusser 

Five Quarters of an Orange 8 Joanne Harris 

Cobalt Blue 9 

Mary Borsky 

The Inheritance of Loss 10 

Kiran Desai 

To Kill a Mockingbird 

Harper Lee 

Blink 

Malcolm Gladwell 

TITLE (for children & teens) AUTHOR 

There Were Monkeys in my Kitchen 11 Sheree Fitch 

Good Dog 

Maya Gottfried 

Murder Fit for a King: 

A Dani and Caitlin Mystery 12 Larry McCloskey 

Monkey Town 13 

Ronald Kidd 

Beauty: A Retellling of the story 

of Beauty & the Beast 14 

Robin McKinley 

Inkheart 

Cornelia Caroline Funke 

The Fairy-tale Detectives 

Michael Buckley 

The Magician’s Boy 

Susan Cooper 

Sleeping Beauty: The One Who 

Took the Really Long Nap Wendy Mass 

Swordbird 15 

Nancy Yi Fan 

1 Abbotsford Book Club 

2 Broadway Book Club 

3 Cercle de lecture de l’Amicale francophone 

4 Can’ Litterers 

5 OnLine Audio Book Club: www.DearReader.com 

6 OnLine Fiction Book Club: www.DearReader.com 

7 OnLine Nonfiction Book Club: www.DearReader.com 

8 OPL Sunnyside Book Chats 

9 Seriously No-Name Book Club 

10 Anonymous 

11 Glebe Children’s Book Podcast: www.JustOneMoreBook.com 

12 Kaleidoscope Kid Book Club 

11 OnLine Teen Book Club: www.DearReader.com 

14 OPL Sunnyside Branch Girlzone Book Chat 

15 OPL Sunnyside Branch Mother-Daughter Book Club 

If your book club would like to share its reading list, 

please call Micheline Boyle at 613-233-9971 

or e-mail glebe.report@mac.com. 

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BOOKS Glebe Report February 15, 2008 35 

A long way from Pakistan 

By 

Sharon 

Abron 

Drache 

We are not in Pakistan 

by Shauna Singh Baldwin, 

Goose Lane Editions 

$22.95 (paper) 

Shauna Singh Baldwin’s unforgettable 

title, the same grabber as the 

fifth of ten stories in her stunning 

collection, possesses an eerie 

poignancy following the recent 

assassination of Ms. Benazir Bhutto. 

Singh Baldwin crosses cultures and 

even species to emphasize her stunning 

statement: “We are not in Pakistan.” 

With a wide range of individual 

and national portrayals, this very 

political author offers astonishing inyour-face 

options beyond the usual 

range of emotional responses to fear 

and distrust that will stay a long 

while in her readers’ minds. 

The first story, “Only a Button,” 

explores a scientist’s inability to say 

what he knows about the dangers of 

nuclear contamination. Over fifteen 

years, beginning with an explosion 

at the nuclear plant where Viktor 

works as a safety officer and the subsequent 

evacuation of the entire town 

to Kyiv, Pripyat becomes Viktor’s 

and his wife Olena’s “unthinkable 

Chernobyl.” 

Singh Baldwin writes, “It is very 

difficult not to remember the many 

things you need to forget. On the 

outskirts of Kyiv is the ravine called 

Babi Yar – Olena tries not to walk in 

this direction, but that only makes 

her think of it more. She’s an atheist, 

but she is also a zhid. Viktor too.” 

Olena and Viktor leave Russia but 

the couple’s secret, i.e. the cover-up 

of the truth behind the Pripyat 

nuclear explosion, travels with them. 

It takes a decade for the symptoms of 

radiation exposure to leave their only 

daughter, while Viktor pays the ultimate 

price for his collaboration of 

silence. 

The title story “We are not in Pakistan” 

explores the yearning of 

American-born Kathleen to shed the 

traditional customs of her single 

mother and grandmother who were 

raised in India and Pakistan, respectively. 

Kathleen resents the jabbering in 

Urdu that she hears her mom speak 

with grandma. She also resents her 

own long black hair and her too 

prominant Pakistani nose. Kathleen 

certainly doesn’t want to eat food 

“with funny names like allo cholas 

and eggplant bhartha.” In short, 

Kathleen wants to forget her “third 

world” roots. 

Author Shauna Singh Baldwin 

But one day when grandma Miriam 

suddenly disappears, Kathleen 

faces a brutal American reality – her 

mother cannot call 911. “We might 

as well phone Homeland Security. 

The cops are in cahoots with them 

anyway. They don’t look at the expiration 

dates on passports. They are 

looking for place of birth. Mine says 

Pakistan. If they take me away too, 

who’ll look after you?” This is followed 

by several paragraphs about 

how hard it is to “stay legal.” 

The final story in the collection, 

“The Distance Between Us” picks 

up where “We Are Not in Pakistan” 

leaves off. Almost all hope for lessening 

American paranoia about U.S. 

immigrant residents with green cards 

is abandoned in this poignant story of 

the reunion of Uma and her Indo- 

American father Karan, about whom 

she has heard many wonderful stories 

from her mother who has recently 

died. But what she was not told is that 

her father married her mother to get 

his green card so he could study and 

then teach at an American university. 

In contrast to the idyllic backdrop 

of Santa Barbara, California, where 

Karan lives and works, the bleak and 

horrid realities of Homeland Security 

take over. Still, Karan remains 

hopeful, even when his suburban 

house is burned to the ground during 

his daughter’s initial reunion visit. 

Karan tells Uma, “I’ve lost relatives 

and friends before now. This is nothing! 

Nothing! My grandfather – your 

grandfather – survived partition. And 

this is not as bad as the Delhi riots in 

l984 – fires everywhere. Three thousand 

Sikhs slaughtered.” 

Though a hate crime has been perpetrated 

against Karan, he cannot 

press charges. If Homeland Security 

hears of the incident, they will discover 

he has a green card but no 

American citizenship. Karan doesn’t 

want to risk losing his tenure track 

position at the local university where 

he teaches physics. Yet he reassures 

Uma: “I’ve been focusing on aggregate 

data; I’ve never really understood 

till now how a man feels when 

his slum home is bulldozed. How a 

villager feels when they build a new 

dam and flood his home. And tsunami 

survivors – how they must feel.” 

Fear and distrust of the other is 

what individuals and countries must 

learn to deal with and appropriately 

channel. It is not a new story, and 

sadly since 9/11, a nasty political 

momentum of irrationality has taken 

over. This remains the prescient and 

powerful message of Shauna Singh 

Baldwin’s amazing and very political 

second story collection. 

Singh Baldwin has also written 

two novels, What the Body Remembers 

(winner of the first novel Commonwealth 

Writer’s Prize) and The 

Tiger Claw (finalist for the Giller 

Prize). English Lessons and Other 

Stories, her first collection of short 

fiction won The Friends of American 

Writers Award. 

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36 Glebe Report February 15, 2008 RELIGION 

WONDERFULLY DIFFERENT! 

GLEBE CHURCHES 

O P E N I N G M A Y 2 0 0 8 

From the stunning location on Porter's Island to the panoramic 

vistas throughout the building, The Rockcliffe offers generously 

sized apartments in a variety of configurations. Choose between 

one bedroom, one bedroom plus den, and two bedroom suites, 

all with kitchenettes. There is as well a full continuum of care in 

a dedicated area. The Signature Service package is first rate and 

the amenities are unsurpassed. 

Reservations are now being accepted.You are invited to call 

the Executive Director, Mary Albota RN., at 613-562-3555 

for details, or visit her on site at 100 Island Lodge Road. 

She would be delighted to see you. 

Resumes are welcome for the following positions. 

D.O.C., sous chef, concierge, activity director, maintenance, driver. 

Please email to: maryalbota@sympatico.ca or fax: 613-562-7891. 

CHURCH OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT (Roman Catholic) 

Fourth Avenue at Percy Street, 613-232-4891 

www.blessedsacrament.ca 

Pastor: 

Masses: 

Father Joe Le Clair 

Tuesdays, 6:30 p.m. 

Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, 9:30 a.m. 

Saturdays, 4:30 p.m. 

Sundays, 8:15 a.m., 9:30 a.m., 11 a.m., 8 p.m. 

(elevator available, loop system for people 

with impaired hearing) 

ECCLESIAX 

2 Monk Street, 613-565-4343 

www.ecclesiax.com 

Dream Specialist: Rev. Joseph Moreau 

Sundays: 

11:07 a.m.,* 

Art & worship service, followed 

by community meal – all welcome. 

View community art gallery by appointment. 

*NOTE: Sunday service time of 11:07 a.m. is the right time! 

FOURTH AVENUE BAPTIST CHURCH 

Fourth Avenue at Bank Street, 613-236-1804 

www.fourthavenuebaptist.ca 

Minister: Rev. Neil Hunter (interim) 

Services: Sundays, 11 a.m. 

Junior church and nursery available 

(parent/tot room available at the back of the church) 

GERMAN MARTIN LUTHER CHURCH 

499 Preston Street at Carling Avenue, 613-233-1671 

Pastor: Christoph Ernst 

Service: Sundays, 10 a.m. 

(first Sunday of month, 11:15 a.m., English service) 

Sunday school: 10 a.m. 

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GLEBE-ST. JAMES UNITED CHURCH 

650 Lyon Street at First Avenue, 613-236-0617 

www.glebestjames.ca 

Minister: Dr. Christine Johnson 

Music Director: Robert Palmai 

Worship: Sundays, 10:30 a.m. 

Sunday school: 10:30 a.m. 

(wheelchair access, FM system for people 

with impaired hearing) 

OTTAWA CHINESE UNITED CHURCH 

600 Bank Street, 613-594-4571 

www.ottawa-ocuc.org 

Minister: Rev. Wilson Chan (cell: 613-889-0838) 

Fridays: 

Sundays: 

Prayer meeting at church, 8 p.m. 

Worship, 11 a.m. 

(English with Mandarin translation) 

Sunday school: 9:30 a.m., (for all ages) 

THE RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF FRIENDS (Quaker) 

91A Fourth Avenue, 613-232-9923 

Co-clerks: Steve Fick & Signy Fridriksson, 613-233-8438 

ST. GILES PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 

Reflect, Focus, Delight – Make church a part of your life. 

Bank Street at First Avenue, 613-235-2551 

www.stgilesottawa.org 

Minister: 

Worship: 

Rev. Ruth Houtby 

Sundays, 10:30 a.m. Note new time! 

Church school & nursery care available 

(Wheelchair access at First Ave. door.) 

ST. MATTHEW’S, THE ANGLICAN CHURCH IN THE GLEBE 

130 Glebe Avenue near Bank Street, 613-234-4024 

(office/weekday access 217 First Avenue) 

www.stmatthewsottawa.on.ca 

Rector: The Rev. Canon Pat Johnston 

Weekly service: Wednesdays, 7:15 a.m., Eucharist & fellowship 

Thursdays, 10 a.m., Eucharist & coffee 

Thursdays, 10 a.m., drop-in nannies/stay-athome 

parents group 

Sundays: Eucharist, 8 a.m. 

Choral Eucharist, 10 a.m. 

Choral Evensong, 4 p.m., 

Feb. 17, March 2, March 16

RELIGION 

Art raffle at Glebe St. James 


BY REV. DR. CHRISTINE 

JOHNSON 

Take 100 pieces of art and 100 

tickets at $100 each and voila, you 

have a fundraiser! 

It’s called Art by Numbers and 

here’s how it works. On Sat., April 5 

at 7 p.m., the Fraser Hall of Glebe- 

St. James United Church (GSJ) will 

turn into an art gallery. Each person 

who buys a ticket to this event will 

be entitled to a wine and cheese 

reception, the chance to look at a 

variety of beautiful artwork, and 

most importantly, the opportunity to 

select one art work to take home. 

How this happens is the fun part! 

The selection of art work will be done 

as a draw. When a ticket holder 

arrives, he or she will be given a number 

between 1 and 100. When the 

draw begins at 8 p.m., a number will 

be pulled out of a hat. That lucky person 

has first choice of all the artworks. 

Numbers will continue to be 

pulled and persons will be able to 

choose a piece. As the choices are 

reduced, participants will have to juggle 

their own choices and priorities. 

This fundraiser reflects one of our 

passions here at GSJ. We have many 

parishioners who are artists in their 

own fields, plus we have an arts ministry 

called “Arts Under One Roof.” 

It is a program which is open to the 

entire community and consists of art 

classes for both children and adults. 

In fact, we have an artist-in-residence, 

Lisa Thomas. 

To make this event a success, we 

need 100 pieces of art. We are asking 

community artists if they would consider 

donating a piece of art valued 

at no less than $100. We are happy to 

give you a tax deductible receipt for 

this gift. 

What do we have so far? A number 

of limited edition prints, a watercolour, 

a baby quilt, a set of Chinese 

scrolls, one-of-a-kind dolls, a Hummel 

figurine and a photograph of the 

interior beauty of our church. 

Our goal, of course, is that magic 

“100” but whatever the number of art 

works that we gather, we’ll sell 

exactly the same number of tickets. 

The tickets will be on sale beginning 

March 4. 

Since this is a fundraising event, 

the goal is to raise money for our 

operating fund. Our money goal is 

to raise $10,000. We have to do this 

because we have a shortfall 

between our income and our 

expenses. 

As the caretakers of a heritage 

building, our congregation strives to 

provide a beautiful building for the 

residents of the Glebe and for its 

interior space to be used by community 

groups whenever it’s possible. 

We also minister to those outside of 

our own congregation who are sometimes 

in need of our caring and compassionate 

services. We have a vital 

and energetic Christian community 

and yet, the costs of this ministry 

often exceed our own resources. 

As a community member, we 

would welcome your participation 

and hope that you can offer your 

support. 

2008015001 

AND WELLNESS CENTRE 

192 Main Street, Ottawa, Ontario, 613-238-1881, www.watsonspharma.com 

Diabetes Clinic 

Saturday, March 1, 10:00 a.m. -1:00 p.m. 

Are you at risk? Watson's, in partnership with Bayshore Home Health, will offer 

complementary private consultations with a nurse to help you assess your risk 

and manage your diabetes. Blood sugar and other diagnostic tests will be 

available. Call 613-238-1881 to book an appointment. For details and a schedule 

of other upcoming clinics, please visit www.watsonspharma.com 

About our Partner 

Watson’s is proud to work in partnership with Bayshore Home Health. Bayshore 

Home Health has been enhancing the quality of life, dignity and independence of 

Canadians in their homes since 1966. Canadian owned and operated, it is the 

country’s largest provider of home and community health care services. 

Bayshore Home Health won Canada’s 50 Best Managed Companies award in 

2006. For more information, please visit www.bayshore.ca 

Now Open: Canada Post! 

In order to serve our community better, we have opened a full-service Canada 

Post outlet. The outlet offers Canada Post retail products, and a full array of 

services (including parcel pick-up and post office boxes).

GRAPEVINE 

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

your GRAPEVINE message or COMMUNITY NOTICE at the Glebe Report office, 

175 Third Avenue, including your name, address and phone number or e-mail 

glebe.grapevine@mac.com. FOR SALE items must be less than $1,000. 

Community Connections 

THE CANADIAN RED CROSS 

AND MINES ACTION CANADA 

will present the documentary film 

Landmines: A Love Story as part of 

activities to promote Canadian Landmine 

Awareness Week (CLAW), 

Sat., Mar., 1, 7 p.m. at the Glebe 

Community Centre. 

MY 2 HANDS, a local African 

fundraiser event will be raising 

money for the New Hope Centre, 

Swaziland with an African drum and 

dance performance and a silent 

action on Sat., Feb. 16, at the Glebe 

Community Centre. There will be 

open workshops (drumming corner, 

kids’ collage table) from 4 to 6 p.m., 

and African drum and dance performances 

from 6 to 8 p.m. Tickets 

$12 per person, $20 per family 

group, at the door or 613-552-6741. 

THE OTTAWA CHAPTER OF 

THE ONTARIO GENEALOGI- 

CAL SOCIETY in partnership with 

the Ottawa Public Library presents 

Gene-o-Rama at Ben Franklin Place, 

101 Centrepointe Dr. on Mar. 28-29. 

For information visit ogsottawa. 

on.ca/geneorama. 

Community WebLinks 

City of Ottawa 

Glebe Community Association (GCA) 

Glebe History 

Glebe Report 

www.city.ottawa.on.ca 

www.glebeca.ca 

http://ottawahistory.ncf.ca 

www.glebereport.ca 

Glebe Neighbourhood Activities Group www.gnag.ca 

Ottawa Public Library 

The Glebe Centre 

Corpus Christi Catholic School 

First Avenue Public School 

Glashan Intermediate School 

Glebe Collegiate Institute 

Glebe Montessori School 

Hopewell Avenue Public School 

Immaculata Catholic High School 

Mutchmor Public School 

OTTAWA NEWCOMERS CLUB 

Women new to Ottawa are invited to 

the next monthly social event, a 

luncheon or dinner and speaker, on 

the first Wednesday of each month. 

Info: 613-860-0548. 

THE PROSTATE CANCER 

ASSOCIATION will be holding its 

regular monthly meeting on Thur., 

Feb. 21 at 7 p.m. at St. Stephen’s 

Anglican Church, 930 Watson St. 

(enter off the parking lot). Admission 

is free and more information is 

available at www.ncf.ca/pca or call 

613-828-0762 (Voice Mail). There 

will be no meeting in March due to 

the proximity of the Easter Weekend. 

RIDEAU PARK UNITED 

CHURCH EASTER EGGS 

SALES begin Feb. 24. The eggs, $2 

each or $24 a baker’s dozen (13) can 

be pre-ordered, beginning Feb. 6 by 

calling Doug Robinson at 613-526- 

0642 or signing up at the church. 

They will also be sold at the 

Scatterbrain Gift Shop, 2653 Alta 

Vista Dr. 

www.biblioottawalibrary.ca 

www.glebecentre.ca 

www.occdsb.on.ca/cch 

www.firstaveps.ocdsb.ca 

www.glashanps.ocdsb.ca 

www.glebeci.ca 

www.glebemontessori.com 

www.hopewellaveps.ocdsb.ca 

www.occdsb.on.ca/ima 

www.mutchmorps.ocdsb.ca 

Art 

ART LENDING OF OTTAWA. 

At Art Lending of Ottawa, one can 

rent or buy original art at reasonable 

prices. First Unitarian Church Hall, 

30 Cleary Ave. Feb. 18, 7 p.m. to 9 

p.m. and Feb.19, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. In 

addition to the regular membership’s 

exposition, the work of Jill 

Alexander, Elvi Edwards and Patricia 

Gordon will be featured. Free 

admission. Info: 613-594-8513 or 

www.artlendingofottawa.com. 

ART SHOW & SALE. Many 

Anishnawbe Hands - First Nation 

and Metis art. Feb. 11 to Mar. 9. 

Vernissage Sun., Feb. 17, 4 to 7 p.m. 

Items include carved portrait masks, 

a totem pole, paintings, prints, sculpture 

and photography, in styles of the 

Algonquin, Blood, Cree, Haida, 

Metis, Mi’kmaq, Niisga, Ojibway. 

Irene’s Pub & Restaurant, 885 Bank 

St., 613-230-4474. 

YOUNG AT ART 2008. The City of 

Ottawa, Kanata Civic Art Gallery, 

Foyer Gallery and Arts Ottawa East 

invites submissions of original artwork 

from visual artists between the 

ages of 13 and 19. The deadline for 

submissions is Fri., Mar. 7 at 4 p.m. 

Application forms and guidelines are 

available at secondary schools citywide, 

Ottawa Public Library branches 

and online at ottawa.ca/arts. 

Wanted 

APARTMENT TO RENT. Family 

of three looking for 2 bedroom apartment 

to rent in the Glebe for May 1. 

Non-smoking, pet free, parking. 

Please call 613 -237-2061 or Email 

mattandannie_hinther@yahoo.ca. 

LIVE-IN COMPANION for capable 

post-stroke Senior (F). 2-brdrm 

Glebe condo. Companionship, 

meals. Call 513-310-6092. 

CANINES WITH A CAUSE, a 

Canadian registered charity dedicated 

to help individuals with disabilities 

(other than blindness) become 

more independent with the support 

of an assistance dog is in desperate 

need of puppy raisers. Info: 

www.canineswithacause.org or call 

613-882-5923. 

Music 

HMS PINAFORE SAILORS 

NEEDED. The North Grenville 

Concert Choir and Divertimento 

Orchestra are presenting HMS 

Pinafore in May in Kemptville and 

need more men. If interested in joining 

the HMS Navy, call Helen 613- 

258-3177. 

IRISH CEILI DANCE AND CON- 

CERT. Sat., Feb. 23, 7:30 - 8 p.m.: 

dance lesson; 8 p.m.: start. Blessed 

Sacrament Hall, 194 Fourth Ave. 

Members $10, Non-members $15. 

Info: Sean 613-824-0284 or Bonnie 

613-761-8618. 

GLEBE ST. JAMES UNITED 

CHURCH CONCERTS, 650 Lyon 

St. Sun., Feb. 17, 4 p.m.: programme 

of music by George Gershwin, 

Neal Hefti, Rodgers and Hart, 

Henry Mancini. Sun. Mar. 2, 4 

p.m.: selections from works of Bach, 

Damase, Mozetich and Piazolla. 

Cost for each concert: $12 for adults, 

$6 for children with a pay-what-you 

can option, tickets available at the 

door. Info: 613-236-0617. 

For Sale 

GRAVITY EDGE HOME GYM. 

Excellent condition. Includes exercise 

catalogue and owner’s manual, 

exercise chart, VHS instructional 

video and assembly instructions. 

Asking $350 or best offer. Call 

Adrian 613-231-3429. 

TEAK WALL UNIT 1970s style, in 

perfect condition. Comes in 3 sections 

totalling 5’5” wide x 6’ high x 

15” deep. Has upper glass doors with 

built-in lighting. $850. Call 613-233- 

1673. 

Theatre 

RICHARD III IN BOUFFON, a 

production by a Company of Fools, 

Arts Court, Feb. 27 to Mar. 8. Info: 

613-564-7240 or www.fools.ca. 

Travel 

AUSTRALIAN TRAVEL SPE- 

CIALIST, overview of where to go, 

small group adventures, tips on climate, 

expat. insight. No charge. 

Info: BMtracks@aol.com. 

Calling all emerging Glebe poets over 18 

Glebe Report Poetry Contest 

Theme: 

“Life in the Glebe” 

Deadline Extended to 

March 17, 2008 

See page 3 for full details and contest rules

BEST 

GRAPEVINE 

Advertise 

your business 

on the 

Grapevine page. 

Call Judy Field at 

613.231.4938 

or e-mail: 

judyfield@rogers.com 

for ad rates and 

deadlines. 

Gibbon’s Painting and Decorating 

Local House Painter - Bonded with 18 years experience 

interior/exterior painting • stucco stipple ceilings • drywall 

Customer Satisfaction ALWAYS GUARANTEED 

For a free estimate please call Rory 

Business: 613-731-8079 

Cell: 613-322-0109 

Check out my website: www.gibbonspainting.ca 

ASK ABOUT MY $25 REFERRAL REBATE 

THE GLEBE COMMUNITY CENTRE 

MONDAY - FRIDAY 

11:30 TIL 3:00 

HOME DAY CARE AVAILABLE 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Please call Maria’s Home Day Care at 613-569-6364. 

EXPERIENCED MATH/ 

SCIENCE TUTOR 

At your home, reasonable 

 

Teacher; junior high to 

1st year university; 

613-521-3022. 

FINISHING 

CARPENTRY 

DOUG 

CORRIGAN 

613-327-3901 

dougcorrigan@hotmail.com 

TUTOR 

High School Math 

and Physics 

Zach 613-796-9230 

References 

DRUM LESSONS 

by experienced professional 

player and teacher. Current drum 

instructor for Algonquin College 

Music and Audio program. 

Lorne Kelly 

(Metro Music) 

233-9688 or 

725-1119 

CARPENTRY 

RENOVATIONS/ 

REPAIRS 

Peter D. Clarey 

819-422-3714 

OLD AND RARE BOOKS 

The “MacKenzie” Voyages of 

Alexander MacKenzie across 

North America. First Edition 

1801 British Essayists; 

40 volumes 1823 and more. 

Tom 613-230-7392 or 

evans320@rogers.com 

HOME RENOS AND 

REPAIR - interior/exterior 

painting; all types of flooring; 

drywall repair and installation; 

plumbing repairs and 

much more. 

Please call Jamie Nininger 

@ 613-852-8511. 

NOTARY PUBLIC 

and 

COMMISSIONER FOR OATHS 

services in the Glebe 

By appointment. 

613-233-0110 

Part Time 

Accounting/Admin 

PMC is a dynamic and growing consulting and training firm located in the Glebe. 

We are looking for a well-organized person to handle A/R, A/P, sales reports 

and some administrative functions. Part time with very flexible hours. Knowledge 

of AccPac and Excel an asset. Send resume to dhamilton@pmctraining.com 

or fax to (613) 569-1333. 

Rent 

A 

Wife Household Organizers 

“Every working woman needs a wife!” 

Regular & Occasional cleaning 

Pre & Post move cleaning and packing 

Pre & Post renovation cleaning 

Blitz & Spring cleaning 

Organizing cupboards, basements... 

Perhaps a waitress ??? 

rent-a-wife-ottawa.com 

Laurel 749-2249 

CATHERINE ST. 

MINI STORAGE 

SECURE CLIMATE CONTROLLED SELF STORAGE 

MONTHLY RATES *** 

MAX. SECURITY *** 

HEATED & AIR-CONDITIONED *** 

399 CATHERINE ST. 613 

BETWEEN BAY AND PERCY 

FAMILY OWNED AND OPERATED 

WE SELL 

BOXES 

AND 

PACKING SUPPLIES 

234-6888 

GLEBE: 1 BEDROOM APT. 

with character and charm. 

Near Lansdowne Park and Queen 

Elizabeth Drive. Hardwood. Parking. 

Separate entrance. Private deck, 

Fireplace. Fridge and stove. Laundry. 

Immediate occupancy - $1375 

including heat. Pina Alessi, Broker, 

Royal Lepage Performance Realty. 

613-733-9100

PAINTING BY DONNA EDWARDS 

February 15, 2008 

e-mail: info@gnag.ca 

Glebe Neighbourhood Activities Group 


175 Third Avenue, Ottawa, ON K1S 2K2 

Tel: (613) 233-8713 or (613) 564-1058 

website:www.gnag.ca 

Look inside to find our new 

Spring & Summer 2008 guide! 

is 

Registration for preschool programs starts at 11:00 p.m. on March 5. 

Registration for all other programs starts at 11:00 p.m. on March 6. 

Glamour in the Glebe 

here! 

spring 

2nd Annual Jewellery Show 

May 9 & 10, 2008. 


This event will feature fun, glamorous and sophisticated 

jewellery. You will find something for every woman in 

your life, including you!

February, 2008 - Glebe Report

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