20 – <strong>WESTMOUNT</strong> <strong>INDEPENDENT</strong> – March 19, 2008Westmount’s largest icicle?“The year of my life”:Rotary scholar comes homeKat Baulu filming at Victory Beach.Westmounter Kat Baulu returnedMarch 12 to speak at The Rotary Club ofWestmount, the same club that sponsoredher bid to become a Rotary AmbassadorialScholar. She won the ultra-competitivescholarship for the Rotary district that includessouthern Quebec, eastern OntarioPhoto by Julia Kelbling.and northern New York and went off tostudy nature photography in Dunedin,New Zealand in 2006 and 2007.Her talk focused on sea lions, an animalthat is being reintroduced to that region.She is now working at the NationalFilm Board.If not the largest, it is close. This behemoth could be viewed March 15 on Grosvenor Ave., north of WestmountAve.I will be FRANK:we need more ads to grow.As we enter our second calendar year, I am very pleased to reportthat we are healthy at our current size and frequency. But I know thatwe can bring more great content to Westmounters, more often.That’s where YOU come in.There are several large advertisers who are not yet our clients.They may not know what Westmounters are reading.But someone among our supporters must have their ear.If you like what we’re doing and want to help, please letthem know that you read the Westmount Independent.Please note: more ads won’t affect our target blend of ads to content.David Price, EditorKat Baulu at the Rotary meeting of March 12.ClassifiedPSYCHIC AND SPIRIT TEA Thursday, March 27, 6:00 pm-9:00 p.m.Mediums, Psychics and more. Refreshments. 1974 de MaisonneuveBlvd. West.FREE Clairvoyance, Spirit Communication, Mediumship & Messages.Sunday, March 23 & 30, 7:30 p.m. Days Hotel, 1005 Guy Street. ALL IN-VITED. Bring a friend. Info: (514) 937-8359.Russian and Romanian speaker looking for English speaker to practiceEnglish. Please call Victoria at 514.941.5523, evenings after 5 p.m.
<strong>WESTMOUNT</strong> <strong>INDEPENDENT</strong> – March 19, 2008 – 21Former Westmounters present ’night MotherOn the shelvesSandy FergusonTwo former Westmounters, Sandy Fergusonand Jesse Corbeil, will take part in aproduction of ‘night, Mother by MarshaNorman. Ferguson will play Mama andCorbeil is the play’s director.Corbeil lived in Westmount for nineWe goofed!The real RiverviewIn the March 5 Westmount Independent,we ran a story about the house that goesby the names Riverview and Justine-Solomée-Hurtubise house. Doreen Lindsaygave me the right photograph, but itwas a summer photo. I set out to “improve”things – and photographed thewrong house (one at Claremont and CôteSt. Antoine). Doreen has been nothing butclassy about the whole thing (“Many peoplemake the same mistake”) – and I apologizeto everyone for the error.David Price, EditorJesse Corbeilyears before moving in July. Fergusonlived here less recently (the 1940s) andgrew up on Aberdeen.The Altera Vitae production will takeplace at the Mainline Theatre (3997 St.Laurent) from Wednesday, March 19 toSunday, March 30. Tickets are $18 ($15 forstudents). Performances take place Tuesdaysto Sundays at 7:55 pm, plus Saturdayand Sunday matinees at 1:55 pm. For moreinformation, call 514.823.8823 or emailtickets@alteravitae.com.At a charity night on Tuesday, March 25,Altera Vitae will give Family Survivors ofSuicide $10 from each ticket and $5 fromeach soundtrack CD sold. The two groupsare also partnering for public relationspurposes.Green roofcourses availableGreen Roofs for Healthy Cities will conductits Green Roof Design Courses atSmith House on Mount Royal beginningApril 7, 2008.For more information or to register, goto www.greenroofs.org.Stamp club to welcomePatrick J. CampbellThe Philatelic Club of Montreal meetsthe fourth Tuesday of the month at 7:30pm at the Westmount Public Library. OnMarch 25, it will host Patrick J. Campbellwho will discuss “The Exploration of theEurasian Arctic”.Electronic Independents availableIf you’d like to be on the WestmountIndependent’s email list for the pdf versionof the paper, please write to us atindie@westmountindependent.com.Thanks for your interest!Among the new arrivals at the WestmountPublic Library singled out by staff are:Magazines“Marry him! He’s not perfect, but he’lldo” by Lori Gottlieb in The AtlanticMonthly, March 2008, p.76. Freelancejournalist Lori Gottlieb’s provocative articleon marriage and relationships.“2008 Preview Special: the 25 most excitingmovies of 2008”. Empire Magazine,February 2008, p.71.“Dans l’oeil du Web: vous êtes traquésur Internet” by Noémi Mercier. QuébecScience, Mars 2008, p.8.DVDsThe Namesake. Based upon the bestsellingnovel by Jhumpa Lahiri andbrought to the screen by acclaimed directorMira Nair, this epic family saga is aninspiring tale about the ties that bind usall.The Ice Storm. Academy Award-winningdirector Ang Lee adapts RickMoody’s acclaimed novel of Americanmalaise into a tumultuous, tragic portraitof lost souls.English AdultThe Dancer and the Thief by AntonioSkarmeta. As in his earlier novel The Postman,Skarmeta layers Chile’s rich historyand literature between a sexy, seedy andcomplex story line, a fine mix of literaryand crime fiction.John A: The Man who Made Us: the Livesand Times of John A. Macdonald by RichardGwyn. This lively biography gives a vividimage of 19th-century Canada and helpsus understand Macdonald’s genius and vision.(Winner of the Charles Taylor Prizefor literary non-fiction 2008.)For 9-12 year oldsSwindle by Gordon Korman. A funny,fast-paced novel about a nasty collectorwho cons a million-dollar baseball card outof Griffin Bing. But Griffin is a “man witha plan” and he won’t let his fortune gowithout a fight!Elle danse dans la tourmente by Jean Little.10-year-old Min has been abandonedby foster parents. When she meets kindheartedDr. Jess Hart before Christmas,she can’t help but believe in miracles.Reference2007 Global Environment Outlook: Environmentfor Development, GEO 4 by theUnited Nations Environment Programme.L’année stratégique 2008. A team of expertspresents an analysis of the world’ssituation and what is at stake in 2008.Book displays in the library this week:• Think about Ireland• Spring cleaningTo grow, we need YOUR helpAs of this issue, the Westmount Independent is very healthy at its currentpage count and frequency. Given reader response, we know there is anappetite out there for more pages and more issues per month.That’s where YOU come in.One of our major advertisers will be assessing our effectiveness soon.They may be polling Westmounters.If you like what we’re doing and want to help,please SPREAD THE WORD about our publicationBY NAME (people mix up publications).Thank you for comments and encouragement.David Price, Editor