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Changing of the guard at Old Ottawa South association
Jenkin steps down after 11 years as president
Laura Mueller
laura.mueller@metroland.com
EMC news - A changing of the
guard at the Old Ottawa South
Community Association marks a
new chapter for the community.
After 11 years as the president of
the association, Michael Jenkin is
stepping back to let new leadership
take charge. One-year board member
Linda Hancock, who previously
served as vice president, was elected
as the new president on May 21.
“Itʼs a coming of age of this
place,” Jenkin said.
“I really just felt it was time to
give other people a chance to be involved.”
The community has been able to
mark many milestones and achievements
under his tenure, not the least
of which was a massive renovation
of the Old Firehall Community Centre.
The “iconic” facility re-opened
in 2011, marking the end of years
of intense community effort to advocate
and fundraise for the project.
The community raised $350,000 of
the $3.4 million spent on the expansion.
“It physically represents the community,”
Jenkin said.
With that behind him, Jenkin will
move into a more limited role on
the community associationʼs board.
He will continue to oversee the process
of negotiating a partnership
agreement with the city to oversee
operations of the firehall. Old Ottawa
South is hoping that agreement
can be finalized this year, once the
groundwork is set by a soon-to-becompleted
partnership agreement
with the Glebeʼs recreation association.
That makes way for Hancock,
who has extensive experience with
non-profit organizations. The senior
financial consultant with Investors
Group has lived in Old Ottawa
South since 2004 and resided in the
Glebe before that, having grown up
in Ottawa.
But she was never much of a
patron of community services or
facilities until last year, when at
age 51, she found herself a new
mother when her husbandʼs niece
came from the Middle East to live
with them. As the girlʼs legal guardian,
Hancock quickly became familiar
with the resources, facilities
and programs available in the community,
especially for families and
children.
“Now I see the value,” she said.
“I really wasnʼt much of a user of
the community facilities until then
and all of a sudden we have a vested
interest.”
After working with national nonprofit
organizations in the past,
Hancock said she was interested in
engaging in volunteerism that was
more tangible in her life.
“I wanted to do something at the
community level where you can really
see the results of the work,” she
said.
She has previously worked with
the Big Sisters of Ottawa-Carleton
(now called Big Brothers Big Sisters
of Ottawa), the Active Living
Alliance for Canadians with a Disability
and fitness programs at the
YWCA.
Hancock was recruited to join the
community association as vice president
last year due to her leadership
experience.
She says her focus this year will
be the ongoing project to come up
with a new strategic plan and future
direction for the association.
“I know when itʼs time to take a
step back and plan for the future,”
she said.
Issues surrounding land-use planning
and intensification are a hotbutton
topic in Old Ottawa South
and Hancock said she is interested
to learn more about those topics.
FILE
Micheal Jenkin, left, has handed over the reins to vice president Linda
Hancock, right. Hancock will focus some of her attention to a new strategic
plan and future direction for the assocaition.
Emerald Ash Borer
public information session
River Ward City Councillor Maria McRae, Chair of the City’s
Environment Committee, invites residents to attend a public
information session on the Emerald Ash Borer (EAB).
Since 2008, this invasive insect has spread across Ottawa. The
presence of EAB poses a serious threat to Ash trees located
on both public and private properties.
Residents are invited to attend this session to learn more
about the impacts on their community, what the City is doing
to address this situation and what residents can do to help
mitigate the impact that this pest is having on our Ash trees.
Date: June 4, 2013
Time: 4:30 to 9 p.m.
Staff presentation at 7 p.m.,
followed by a Q & A session.
Location: Jim Durrell Recreation Complex, Ellwood Hall
1265 Walkley Road
Bus info:
Take OC Transpo Route 8 Gatineau, or Route 1 Greenboro,
from Billings Bridge Transit Station to arrive at Bank and
Walkley.
6 Ottawa East News EMC - Thursday, May 30, 2013
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Wabano moves its culture night
New time starts in June
Michelle Nash
michelle.nash@metroland.com
EMC news - Wabano announced
its popular culture
night will be moving to Monday
evenings starting this
June.
The weekly events at the
Wabano Centre for Aboriginal
Health celebrate Aboriginal
culture in all forms, playing
host to different themes events
and different guests, as well as
offering presentations, information
booths, performances
and refreshments.
The evening is always free
and residents from across city
are welcome to attend.
Since the opening of the
new centre this spring, the
nights have been well-attended,
and the centre encourages
people to continue to come out
on its new night.
The events had been
held on Wednesdays in the
past.
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FILE
Nelson Tagoona takes the stage with a mix of throat
singing and rapping before the community dinner at
culture night at the Wabano Centre for Aboriginal Health
on May 1.
“We want the community to
start their week with culture,”
said Carlie Chase, director of
initiatives for the centre.
The evening is funded by
the Ministry of Health and
Long-Term Care and Aboriginal
Healing and Wellness
Strategy and the government
of Ontario.
The centre said bus tickets
will no longer be available for
the culture night events.
The first night will be June
3 from 5 to 8 p.m.
For more information contact
Lynn Fletcher at lfletcher@wabano.com.