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Page 34 The OSCAR - OUR 31 st YEAR OCTOBER 2005<br />
Community Calendar<br />
<strong>Oct</strong>ober 1 – Rummage Sale - Parkdale United<br />
Church, 429 Parkdale at Gladstone, free parking.<br />
9 a.m. to 12 p.m. for info: 728-8656.<br />
<strong>Oct</strong>. 2 – CIBC run for the Cure on Parliament<br />
Hill<br />
<strong>Oct</strong>. 5 - Breaking out of the Rut, Abbotsford<br />
house, see p. 16<br />
<strong>Oct</strong>. 6 – Build Day for Play structure Brewer<br />
Park<br />
<strong>Oct</strong>. 6 - Laughing Matters Toastmasters club<br />
is offering a six-session public speaking course<br />
for just $10 to cover materials. The course begins<br />
Thursday, <strong>Oct</strong>ober 6 from 6:30 to 8:30pm at 755<br />
Somerset St. West at Empress, 3 rd floor. The<br />
course continues on the first and third Thursdays<br />
of the month until December.<br />
For more information call Bob Lyle at 733-<br />
0421 or email Jim Robinson at jim@eisa.com<br />
<strong>Oct</strong> 13 – Elizabeth Hay, Carleton University,<br />
2:30 pm, see p. 21<br />
<strong>Oct</strong>. 15 – Firehall Design Open House 2 – 4<br />
pm.<br />
<strong>Oct</strong>. 15 – Community maintenance of the<br />
Rideau River Waterfront, Gary Lum, 730-<br />
4383<br />
<strong>Oct</strong>. 18 – OSCA Board Meeting 7:30 pm<br />
Firehall<br />
<strong>Oct</strong>. 19 – Underground Sound, Valdy at 7:30<br />
pm Glebe Community Centre. Tickets at OFC.<br />
<strong>Oct</strong>. 21 – St. John’s Chamber Orchestra, St.<br />
Thursday, September 8th<br />
Joseph Church (Wilbrod & Cumberland) see p.<br />
21<br />
<strong>Oct</strong>. 22 – Fallfest, Windsor Park, 11 am to 1:30<br />
pm see page 6<br />
Nov. 1 – AGM OSCA, 7:30 pm. Win and<br />
cheese, Firehall.<br />
Nov. 7, Coffee with Clive Doucet, Second Cup<br />
Sunnyside and BAnk, 10 am.<br />
Nov. 18 – Pro organo great organ recitals.<br />
8 pm. At Notre Dame Cathedral on Sussex.<br />
Nov. 18 - 20 - Homes for the Holidays, 10 am<br />
to 4 pm, see page 17.<br />
Nov. 26 - Christmas Craft Sale. Mark your<br />
calendar! Hintonburg Community Centre, 1064<br />
Wellington St. New time, new vendors! Sat.<br />
Nov. 26 th 10am-6pm. Info: pat.edit@sympatico.<br />
ca.<br />
See page 4 for events at the Sunnyside Library.<br />
See page 16 for events at Abbotsford House.<br />
Any charitable group, service organization, or<br />
community-based group is welcome to publicize<br />
its events in OSCAR.<br />
Please send information about your event to<br />
OSCAR:<br />
email: oscar@oldottawa.south<br />
or<br />
hand deliver to the Firehall office,<br />
260 Sunnyside<br />
Donate Your Used<br />
Computer<br />
Do you have a used<br />
computer (or<br />
peripherals) that you<br />
were going to throw out?<br />
World Computer Exchange is<br />
an international educational nonprofit<br />
focused on helping the<br />
world’s poorest youth to bridge<br />
the disturbing global divides in<br />
information, technology and<br />
understanding. WCE keeps<br />
donated computers out of<br />
landfills and gives them new life<br />
connecting youth to the Internet<br />
in developing countries.<br />
To find out more about<br />
WCE, log on to: http://<br />
worldcomputerexchange.org/<br />
To arrange a drop-off<br />
in <strong>Ottawa</strong>, please call Jan<br />
Sedivy at 613-744-7282 or<br />
e-mail her at: JSedivy@<br />
WorldComputerExchange.org<br />
Editor’s thanks<br />
Thanks to all of you who have contributed to<br />
the content of this newspaper. You are the eyes<br />
and ears of this community newspaper. The<br />
OSCAR is an important way for us to communicate<br />
with each other. Through our community<br />
newspaper we are better able to have a sense of<br />
identity that helps to make us feel proud of the<br />
neighbourhood in which we live.<br />
Colin Ashford<br />
J. Ashford<br />
Amy Bell<br />
Mary Belotti<br />
David Chernushenko<br />
Graham Deline<br />
Patty Deline<br />
Paul Dewar<br />
Clive Doucet<br />
Leo Doyle<br />
Missy Fraser<br />
Lalita Fugueredo<br />
Lynn Graham<br />
Dennis Gruending<br />
Stephen A. Haines<br />
Jenny Haysom<br />
James Hunter<br />
Bob Jamieson<br />
Michael Jenkin<br />
Mike Lascelles<br />
Brenda Lee<br />
Sarah Lindsay<br />
Gary Lum<br />
George Martin<br />
Brendan McCoy<br />
Peter McGregor<br />
Sheila Noble<br />
Richard Ostrofsky<br />
Brenda Pacitto<br />
Mary Pal<br />
Carolyn Pullen<br />
Peter Robiinson<br />
Christine Rowe<br />
Rick Sutherland<br />
Pat Sadavoy<br />
Brian Tansey<br />
Lisa Xing<br />
Zoscha<br />
WCE is looking for<br />
volunteers:<br />
• Marketing coordinator: to<br />
develop ad/publicity campaign<br />
• Event coordinator: to<br />
organize annual city-wide<br />
donation event<br />
• Fundraising coordinator: to<br />
solicit sponsorship money from<br />
companies<br />
• Donations coordinator:<br />
to solicit cash and equipment<br />
donations from companies<br />
• Volunteer coordinator: to<br />
recruit volunteers to help with<br />
equipment collection, testing<br />
and packing equipment for<br />
shipment<br />
• Donations collector(s): to<br />
pick up corporate donations<br />
during office hours<br />
Contact Jan Sedivy if<br />
interested.
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