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Residents, politicians and community groups celebrated at the Osgoode Village Community Association’s annual general meeting Jan. 26.

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Cupid’s on the loose in Osgoode Ward

Photo by Emma Jackson

Osgoode Township High School student Sydney Miller, left, and Canterbury High School student Vivian Vandewint are best friends in real life as well as on stage in Just Kiddin’ Theatre’s latest production, When Cupid Comes Out to Play. Set in Metcalfe’s real public high school, love and miscommunication run rampant during a Valentine’s Day masquerade ball. See page 15 for story.

An Ottawa South family has been inducted into CHEO’s Order of the Good Bear after raising $119,000 at the Rideau Valley golf club in Manotick.

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Elton John tribute singer Donnie Leafloor is taking the stage this weekend at the North Grenville Municipal Centre in Kemptville.

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School board approves Kars/Rideau Valley merge New school to operate under one administration in Sept. 2012 Emma Jackson

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EMC News - Students at Kars Public School and Rideau Valley Middle School will officially become a united student body after the Ottawa Carleton District School Board approved a recommendation to merge the two schools into one organization beginning September 2012.

The two schools have shared the same building since January 2011, and the crumbling three-storey Kars Public School building was torn down in March 2011.

An addition was built on the middle school on Dorack Drive to accommodate the approximately 330 elementary students enrolled at Kars.

Beginning in September 2012, the newly merged school will have one princi-

pal, one office administration and one name – although the name has yet to be decided.

“We could amalgamate the two names, choose either one or come up with a totally different name,” explained Rideau-Goulbourn school board trustee Lynn Scott, who sits on the business committee that recommended the merge.

“The school administrators will be working with the school community. We have a policy around naming, so if there is a desire to find a new name for the school, that will come forward through that process.”

Currently students from junior kindergarten to Grade 8 all attend school in the same building, but there are two sets of office staff, two principals and two sets of funding.

The board’s approval of

the merge on Tuesday, Jan. 24 didn’t faze either set of office staff, who all share the same space. One administrative assistant said she thought it was already “a done deal.”

Kars Public School principal Denise Gagnon-Lebrun, who will leave the school in June, said staff from both schools have been anticipating the merge for some time.

In fact, staffing changes had already been carried out before the board approved the merge. Gagnon-Lebrun was vice-principal of Rideau Valley until December, when she was appointed principal of Kars to allow a new Rideau Valley vice-principal, Denise St. Jules to come in for the transition. Current Rideau Valley principal Roger Lee left on Friday, Jan. 27 and a new principal, Rick Haggar,

took over the following Monday.

“It was important for them to be here for the process,” said Gagnon-Lebrun.

Gagnon-Lebrun said the Kars students have been enjoying the benefits of studying in a brand new building.

“The students are enjoying the new yard, new play structure, new building. But academically there shouldn’t be a big change for them,” she said.

The old Kars Public School was a three-storey building deemed too costly to repair.

Instead, the provincial government provided about $5 million from the Prohibitiveto-Repair capital grant to build the addition onto the middle school next door. Scott said this new addition has better kindergarten space in prepara-

tion for full-day kindergarten next year, as well as access to a larger gym.

It’s more energy efficient, and it is accessible for people with special needs.

Gagnon-Lebrun said having all grades in one building will help the middle school students practice their leadership skills while helping the younger kids with computer problems, reading and other activities – partnerships that are all in the planning stages right now.

The merge will have very little financial impact on the school board, a report to the business committee said. Scott added that there will likely be no job losses even though one entire office and one principal will be eliminated, because attrition in other schools will absorb the losses.

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Residents share the love at Osgoode AGM Emma Jackson

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EMC News - About 50 residents came out to the Osgoode Village Community Association’s annual general meeting on Thursday, Jan. 26, which quickly became a lovein for the village and everyone in it.

Mayor Jim Watson had nothing but kind words for the association, whose members were quick to point out that he is the first Ottawa mayor to ever attend Osgoode’s AGM. Watson raved about the Osgoode Lions’ efforts to beautify the community and commended the association’s annual medieval festival, which had more than 4,000 visitors last summer.

“It’s a great initiative. The medieval festival is an old idea but a new concept and it’s the only one of its kind in Ottawa. So congratulations to all of the organizers,” he said.

Watson also commended Osgoode Councillor Doug Thompson for his successful lobbying efforts for road improvements in the ward, noting that a long list of projects have been approved in the 2012 budget.

“One of the things I heard loud and clear at the Osgoode budget meeting here is that we need to improve the quality of the roads in rural Ottawa, be-

cause you don’t have transit.

Your transit is your roads,” he said.

Nepean-Carleton MP Pierre Poilievre and a representative for MPP Lisa MacLeod also heaped on the praise, delaying the meeting 15 minutes while they presented certificates to each association member.

“You have an exceptional community association here,” Poilievre said.

“Although the population in Osgoode is not as big as some of the populations I represent in Barrhaven and Nepean, this is by far the most active part of my constituency and I probably attend more events here than the rest of my constituency combined because of the leadership of your local community association, your churches, service clubs and sports associations.”

Community police officer Nicole Gorham called the village “Os-Vegas” in her remarks, commending the good works of the Osgoode Youth Association and praising residents for a reduction in snowmobile-related incidents.

The good news continued when real estate agent Jeff Ritskes gave an update on the long-awaited Buckles development, which after 15 years is actually coming to fruition in the next year or so.

“We’ve been expecting it, we’ve been wanting it, we’ve

Photo by Emma Jackson

Osgoode brothers James, Peter and Adam Griesbach received a token of appreciation at the Osgoode Village Community Association annual general meeting on Thursday, Jan. 26 for their exceptional efforts during the association’s Fall Cleaning the Capital event. Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson and Osgoode Councillor Doug Thompson presented the awards. been seeing it, we’ve been teased with it, and then it goes

away. And then it comes back, and then it goes away,” he

After fifty years of good morning and good night kisses...

laughed.

He said the developer, Park

View Homes, is about two weeks away from fulfilling the demands of the city so that the development can go forward – news that made association president Lori Daneliak cheer out loud and clap her hands. Servicing of the site on the south end of Osgoode off Nixon Drive will hopefully start in June 2012, and the first home could be complete as early as January 2013.

Phase one of the 95-lot South Creek Village will build 45 houses, including “Osgoode’s first waterfront properties” along a planned storm water pond, Ritskes said.

The houses will cost about $350,000 and many will be one-level, two-bedroom homes with widened hallways and doorframes to accommodate wheelchairs, walkers and other mobility devices.

Ritskes said there’s an immediate need for senior housing in the area, which will only continue to increase.

“There’s not a whole lot available in terms of smaller homes. There are some, but they are multi-level,” he said.

The community association, Osgoode Lions, and other community groups will host a two-weekend winter carnival across the village beginning Saturday, Feb. 4.

For more information contact Daneliak at lori@magma. ca.

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Cheers could lead to Chapman Mills pedestrian bridge Jennifer McIntosh

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Greely resident Kay Johnston received the Mayor’s City Builder Award in January.

Greely’s Kay Johnston recognized for life-long volunteering Emma Jackson

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EMC News - Greely resident and long-time volunteer Kay Johnston was awarded the Mayor’s City Builder Award on Wednesday, Jan. 25 for her commitment to helping those around her.

Johnston, 80, has lived in Greely for nearly 50 years, and has spent much of that time volunteering for various charitable and community programs around the ward.

She was an instrumental fundraiser for the Township of Osgoode Care Centre in the 1980s and has been volunteering and fundraising for the centre ever since.

She has donated her time

to the Osgoode Home Support Program, the Catholic Women’s League and the Parish Church Council Board.

She sits on the Osgoode Ward advisory committee and the Winchester Hospital fundraising board and is president of the Gloucester South Seniors Club.

For more than 60 years, Johnston has been an active member of the Women’s Institute in Vernon. Johnston said at her 80th birthday party in October that she doesn’t need recognition for what she does, because it’s not a chore.

“It comes to me naturally.

I’ve always done it, I like to do it,” she said. Johnston was born in Prince Edward Island where she worked for her fam-

ily’s business doing “muscle work” that she says kids these days can’t even imagine. She moved to Ottawa in 1950 and began working for the federal government’s finance department, where she stayed for 35 years.

She moved to the Greely area in 1965 to raise her family of three girls and a boy, and has been involved in a huge range of community activities ever since. According to a city press release, the city builder award is a monthly civic honour created by Mayor Jim Watson to recognize an individual, group or organization that has demonstrated an extraordinary commitment to making our city a better place today and for the future.

EMC News - One of the city’s busiest trails could become a year-round attraction in south Nepean.

The Rideau Valley Conservation Foundation (RVCF) is asking for the public’s help in securing funds for a 35-metre pedestrian bridge across an inlet of the Rideau River in the Chapman Mills Conservation Area.

The concept is one of the many that have been entered into the Molson Coors Community Cheer contest, which gives $1 million to projects that bring the community together.

The Chapman Mills Conservation Area on the Rideau River in Barrhaven is the gateway to a 12-kilometre network of forest trails, riverside boardwalks and wetland meadows.

It stretches from an area along the riverbank that is parallel to Waterbridge Drive and ends just south of Barnstone Drive.

From November to May use of the area is restricted because a floating sectional bridge leading to the inlet parallel to the intersection of Fairpark and Prince of Wales drives is removed to protect it from ice damage.

The RVCF called the annual move hard on the environment, costly for taxpayers and frustrating for park users.

“The Rideau Valley Conservation Foundation has undertaken a project to build a 35-metre pedestrian bridge across the inlet,” Jason Kelly, the foundation’s chair, said in a

press release. “This will complete a…yearround, walking facility jewel in the heart of the of the burgeoning south Ottawa community.”

The Chapman Mills Conservation Area is celebrating is 10th anniversary this year.

The foundation has been tracking the use of the trail now and said it is one of the busiest in the city. Estimates say that the bridge would create at least a 10 per cent increase in the pedestrian traffic.

“Residents on both sides of the river will be able to enjoy this recreational link with the future pedestrian connections created by the completion of the Strandherd Armstrong bridge,” Gloucester-South Nepean Coun.

Steve Desroches said. “The pathway bridge will provide access to the Chapman Mills Conservation Area in all seasons.”

The RCVF estimates that there are 35,000 residents living near the conservation area.

The new link would eliminate some of the environmental concerns of the old, floating bridge and avoids the temptation for people to try and cross the ice on foot.

The RCVF submitted the proposal for the project before the September deadline and is asking the community to cast the votes that may mean an award of up to $50,000.

The summary of the project is available at www.ourcommunitycheer.com/projectDetails.aspx?id=48 and the deadline for the voting is Feb. 10.

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Exclusive: OC Transpo set to release bus-location data March 22 Laura Mueller

er told the transit commission on Jan. 17 that the data should be kept private for use by OC Transpo with its mobile applications and displays in order to maximize the amount of revenue that could be made from the data.

At the last meeting, transit commissioners were told that “dynamic advertising,” including the potential for exclusive OC Transpo use of bus-location data, could net the transit agency $1.1 million in new revenue over the next four years.

Mercier told transit commissioners on Jan. 17 that OC Transpo would be looking at how much money could be made from harnessing the exclusive use of bus-location data, and then let commissioners decide what’s more important: potential advertising revenue from the only mobile app that can show real-time bus locations, or the city’s commitment to transparency through its open data initiative. That debate was set to take place this summer.

But after the commission voted in favour of speeding up the public release of the information, Mercier said OC Transpo has been “very open to moving ahead.”

While last year, the transit agency was focused on ad-

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EMC News - Following the outrage that ensued after OC Transpo management backtracked on a promise to release bus-location data openly to the public, the transit agency is set to keep its commitment and release the information by March 22.

Beacon Hill-Cyrville Coun.

Tim Tierney, a commissioner who is also chairman of the information technology subcommittee, said a productive Jan. 24 meeting of an OC Transpo IT working group led to the change of heart.

During a special transit commission meeting on Jan. 26, members unanimously approved a report directing strict timelines for when the bus-location data should be released.

“I think we have to be able to provide the open data,” Tierney said. “That’s a commitment that we made, and this (the report) is going to address that. By March 22, that commitment will be fulfilled.”

Tierney said he was pleased with the subsequent action on the bus-location data issue, after becoming “extremely upset” that chairwoman Diane Deans and OC Transpo general manager Alain Merci-

dressing the financial constraints in its fiscal framework, this year has brought a challenge of balancing the needs of OC Transpo and the expectations of customers.

“Customers’ expectations are going fast and we’re keeping up with the times,” Mercier said. “We’ve been working together and we know where we want to go, and we’ll be talking about that on March 22.”

Although there were some “major discrepancies” in opinions on the issue among transit commissioners after the commission’s last meeting, the discussion at the working group got everyone back on the same page and recommitted to openly releasing the information for the public to use and for riders to take advantage of.

A strong argument was made by Tierney to look more closely at the model Winnipeg uses to release its bus-location data to the public for use in privately-developed applications that let riders know how far away their next bus is.

Alex Lougheed, spokesperson for the local advocacy group Open Data Ottawa, said the group is “super excited” about this next stage in the ongoing process of fighting for open data.

In the end, it was community pressure that led to this success, said Lougheed, a Centretown residents. That pressure went beyond the open data community and tech-minded developers because transit users are able to see the benefit and express that to councillors and commissioners.

“There is a lot of genuine demand for this stuff,” Lougheed said.

Lougheed handed out “Certificates of Awesome” to transit commission members to thank them for their support.

The city did release a buslocation data briefly during its Apps4Ottawa contest in 2010 and early 2011, and transit apps were very popular: “Where is My Bus?,” an app developed by ByWard Market resident Jonathan Rudenberg, won the people’s choice award.

But some other bus apps didn’t work and left OC Transpo to field calls about the bad information they were putting out to the public, transit commissioners were told on Jan. 17.

Rudenberg said he intends to look at the format OC Transpo plans to release the data in and rework his app to make it useable.

Busting out all the moves to raise money for breast cancer Michelle Nash

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EMC News – A one-day event offering the chance to participate in a number of activities for people of all fitness levels, will give Ottawans a different way to raise money to support breast cancer awareness and treatment.

The Bust A Move campaign was launched on Jan. 23 at the Ottawa Athletic Club, encouraging residents to start to organize teams and raise money for breast cancer research. The April 21 event will also be replacing the annual Weekend to End Breast Cancer in Ottawa. Bernice Rachkowksi is one of the event organizers and said this event is not to take away from the importance of the previous fundraising cause, but is simply a new way to support the same cause.

“All the money stays in Ottawa and is directed towards breast cancer health programs: reducing wait times, preventative programs, education and purchasing equipment all while you are having fun doing a fitness activity,” Rachkowksi said.

According to Rachkowksi the event hopes to draw in

the same participants and crowds the Weekend to End Breast Cancer has in the past.

“We are hoping people with teams that have participated in the weekend for a number of years will want to participate in this,” Rachkowksi said. Each entrant must raise $1,000 to participate, but can form teams for the event. All donations will be accepted on the ottawacancer.ca website.

On the event day, Rachkowksi said there will be hundreds of people at the Ottawa Athletic Club participating in a number of different fitness activities, such as yoga or zumba.

Everyone will get a yoga mat and then the fun will begin. “It is going to be great.

The vibe of the event is going to be amazing, imagine fabulous music, with about 500 people at the Ottawa Athletic Club,” said Rachkowksi. The Ottawa Athletic Club is just one of the 20 sponsors who are donating for the event to take place. Being fit for the event is not a necessity; it is all based on personal levels of comfort and will offer participants the option to take a break, receive a massage or visit the market place that will be set up during the event.

Those interested in signing up for the event can go to ottawacancer.ca and click on the Bust A Move icon on the website.

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South family named “Good Bears” for CHEO

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The Robinson family has been inducted into CHEO’s Order of the Good Bear. emma.jackson@metroland.com

EMC News - An Ottawa South couple has been inducted into CHEO’s Order of the Good Bear in appreciation of their

ongoing fundraising efforts for the children’s hospital.

Matt and Dayna Robinson from Riverside South were officially inducted on Tuesday, Jan. 24 with their three children.

“Whenever they call, I just Golf and Country Club in Manotick, where he works as a say I’ll do it,” she said, insistteaching professional. From 5 ing the effort is “minimal.”

“Essentially its four days a.m. to midnight he gives continuous golf lessons, with all worth of work,” she said of the proceeds going to CHEO. the annual Longest Day of The annual events have raised Golf event, which relies heava total of $119,000 – an aston- ily on Matt’s efforts. “It’s an ishing feat helped by an anon- easy thing to do and we enjoy ymous donor who matches all doing it.”

Robinson said the award of their fundraising. Robinson added that the golf club mem- was an unexpected surprise.

“We’re honoured but it’s bers are very supportive of the not something we would have event each year.

Robinson said she also expected. We do this to give back,” she said. helps occasionally by sharing Paulsen Communications Inc. A statement from CHEO at the family’s experiences during CHEO telethons, radio- the induction ceremony said the Robinson family’s efforts thons and other campaigns.

have allowed the hospital to update much-needed equipment.

“Thanks to the Robinson family, CHEO has been able to purchase new equipment for the audiology department using money raised from this event.

On top of that, they have invested in CHEO’s future by giving to the Dr. Brock MacMurray Endowment Fund in support of the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and the NICU follow-up clinic,”20 theLeslie statement said.

The whole family was there to receive the award.

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The Robinsons have been active supporters of CHEO ever since their six-year-old twin daughters were born 12 weeks early at the Ottawa General Hospital. Kathryn weighed only 1 pound 15 ounces, and especially needed the support of CHEO’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.

After six weeks at the general hospital, she moved to CHEO to spend another three months in hospital.

After her discharge, doctors discovered Kathryn had profound hearing loss and proceeded to give her cochlear implants to improve her hearing.

She has had seven surgeries at CHEO since she was born, and has been seeing a hearing specialist once a week for several years.

“It’s like family, because you spend so much time there,” said Dayna Robinson, who noted that Kathryn’s sister Kristina has also had minor eye surgery at the children’s hospital and the family’s nineyear-old son Mitchell has been there to treat his asthma.

“When Kathryn graduated (from hearing therapy) in October last year, it was sad but happy at the same time.”

As a thank you, the family has tried to do as much as possible to give back.

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Youth Suicide Prevention

By: Benjamin Leikin, Mental Health Project Officer Jemimah Brown, Mental Health Youth Facilitator

Suicides are a tragic reality, especially amongst the youth population. In Canada, suicides are the second leading cause of death among youth aged 10 to 24. Teenage years can be a difficult time of much change and transition and with that comes many additional stressors. Unfortunately, being unable to deal with these additional stressors can cause youth to turn to suicide. But suicide is never the answer.

Warning signs of suicide: Warning signs may indicate that a person could be having suicidal thoughts. Some of these warning signs include: • Withdrawal from family and friends • Lack of interest in school, work, or hobbies • Behaviour that is out of character • Increase in risky behaviour • Substance misuse • Increased mood swings, aggression, and “flat” mood

Written by Andrée Raymond RN BScN Public Health Nurse, School Health Program Ottawa Public Health

Many parents feel anxious about talking to their kids about sex, yet, they are a major source of information about sexuality for their children.

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start early Talking about sexuality at an early age will make it easier when talking about more complex issues when they become teenagers.

If your child has not asked you “where babies come from” by age 6 or 7—bring it up. Take it slowly, building on topics you have already discussed.

If your teen has not asked you about sex—bring it up with them. Do not expect that everything will be covered in one “talk” as it may take more than one conversation before you are both comfortable discussing the subject. What is most important is that your teen feels they can come to you with their questions and concerns. make tHe most of teacHable moments Capitalize on opportunities that come up in everyday life. Talk about a relative’s pregnancy and ask them if they have reflected on the question—where do babies come from?

• Giving away prized belongings • Dark themes in poetry, art, or writing • Feelings of depression, hopelessness, and helplessness • Changes in sleeping, eating, or personal hygiene • Talking about death or suicide • Having a plan on how to commit suicide HoW to Help someone: If you see any of the above warning signs, there are things you can do to help: • First, confront it. If you suspect suicidal thoughts, don’t be afraid to ask directly if they are considering suicide. You cannot make someone more suicidal by asking about it. Suicide is not an idea you can put in someone’s head.

• Listen with an open mind. Do not judge.

• Don’t lessen or dismiss any of their feelings.

• Tell the person that you really care about

them. Express that they matter to you. Clearly tell them that you want to help in any way that you can.

• Do not promise to keep their thoughts of suicide a secret. When a life is at risk, you must tell someone.

• Getting outside help is critical. Contact your family doctor, a mental health professional, a crisis line, or go to the closest emergency room. If there is immediate danger, call 911.

• Stay in contact with the person. Check in to see how they are doing. Be sure to praise the person for their courage to get help.

Youth suicide is a major public health concern.

Ottawa Public Health (OPH) is currently working with schools, to provide programming to build resiliency and reduce risks of suicide in youth.

As well, OPH is financially supporting the Youth Services Bureau (YSB) mental health walk-in clinic, allowing more youth and families to get support.

Suicides will not go away unless we create an open dialogue, and support those in need. If you or someone you know is in need, please do not hesitate to contact the following: YSB 24/7 Crisis Line – 613-260-2360 Distress Centre Ottawa and Region - 613-238-3311 Tel-aide Outaouais – Gatineau -819-775-3223, Ottawa -613-741-6433 For more information, please visit ottawa.ca/ health or call Ottawa Public Health Information at 613-580-6744 (TTY: 613-580-9656). You can also connect with OPH on Twitter (@ottawahealth) for the latest public health information.

Whether you just heard a news report about sexually transmitted infections, watching a love scene in a TV show, or even listening to provocative lyrics on the radio, these can be conversation starters with your teen. It does not matter how you bring it up—it just matters that you let your teen know that you are willing to talk about it. use “real” Words Use proper vocabulary when referring to body parts. Along with learning the correct terms, your child will learn that these are not “dirty” words

and that it’s ok to ask questions. clarify questions When your child or teen comes to you with a question, clarify what it is they are asking. When a child asks where they came from, they might simply be asking in which city they were born.

Keep in mind that many of their questions are really “am I normal?” in disguise.

You don’t have to know all the answers, and it’s ok to say that you do not know. Suggest that you and your child find the answer together.

sHare your values —don’t lecture or preacH Listen and respect your child’s ideas.

Ask them what they think about it. Share your experiences and thoughts about the subject at hand. Don’t impose your values; share them by putting them in context.

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Short list for new police chief too short The city has picked up a nasty habit.

In the interest of harm reduction, an intervention is in order as our elected representatives appear to have learned little from the Lansdowne reconstruction fiasco.

In that case, council voted to accept a proposal from a sole supplier, and then had to attempt to explain why they didn’t need to explore alternatives. The consequences of that decision has

led to a drawn-out process where nearly two years after the vote, shovels have yet to be plunged into the ground along the Rideau Canal.

Now we come to the process to select a new chief of police following Vern White’s appointment to the Senate. The police services board appears to have caught the same bug that befell council over Lansdowne.

Usually the city wouldn’t hire a street sweeper without

asking for public applications, but the police board thinks it’s a good idea to only consider existing members of the police department for the chief’s job.

There are a couple of potential problems with this decision.

For one, White was long ago given the mandate to groom an internal candidate to take his position if he moved on. The potential folly of that requirement

becomes evident now: his subordinates may have spent years beholden to the man who can hand them the keys to the chief’s office down the road. One of those former subordinates will now become chief.

Another problem is similar to the one that caused all the kerfuffle over Lansdowne.

What if there is an external candidate out there who has a better product to offer.

Why shut them out?

we’ll never know if there’s no open competition.

By foregoing an open, cross-country job search, the police services board has limited the quantity – and likely the quality – of applicants. Ottawa is one of the biggest cities in the country, plus its capital. Surely a Help Wanted sign hung in the window by the board would attract the interest of a number of top law enforcement officers in Canada.

Choosing a supplier and ignoring all other offers is not a good way to run an ice cream stand and it’s not a good way to run a city either.

White has shown good judgment as chief and we hope he shows good judgment in recommending someone for his job. But we shouldn’t have to gamble on one person’s best guess.

Maybe one of the two deputy chiefs is the best person for the job of chief, but

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Everything for nothing on the web?

CHARLES GORDON Funny Town If there was a way to sneak into the NHL All-Star Game without paying, some of us would have. Most of us wouldn’t.

That’s the way we were brought up. If somebody is selling something and you want it, you pay for it. But if someone offered us a pirated version of the all-star game video for nothing over the Internet, a lot more of us would take that. And, of course, that also applies to music, books and movies. A disturbing number of us feel that we are entitled to free, music, books and movies over the Internet.

In recent weeks there has been a huge outcry, mostly in the U.S., over proposed anti-piracy legislation. Millions participated in online protests of one sort or another, to the extent that some American legislators who originally supported the bill are said to be getting cold feet.

Why, exactly, do some people feel entitled to free content over the Internet? Is it because they paid for their computers? You know, they paid for the washing machines. Do they expect free clothes? Is it because they pay for the Internet connection? Is it because they’re cheap? Is it because they don’t respect the right of artists to be paid for their work.

It’s an important question, because the Internet has a good chance to wipe out the music industry and the publishing industry. Companies have been steadily going under for the last few years. Musicians and writers have seen their earning opportunities drastically diminished at the same time as consumers have feasted on free content.

New copyright legislation, both here and in the U.S., is an attempt to right some of those wrongs. Inevitably, there are details that need to

be changed, but most of the outcry has nothing to do with details. It has to do with the principle of the thing: that we have a right to everything, for free.

Again, why? Leonard Cohen has a new album out this week. He’s worked hard over a long career, provided joy and inspiration to millions of people. Isn’t that worth something?

Or do we somehow have a right to his music without paying for it. One argument that will be made is that Leonard Cohen doesn’t need the money and neither does the big company that records him. But most of the victims of Internet piracy are not the Leonard Cohens, Sonys or Céline Dions of this world. Artists who get rich from their music are in the minority.

Most of the victims of Internet piracy are struggling artists who have financed their own projects and are trying to make an honest dollar from them. This is not taking a quarter from a payphone; it is stealing from the mom-and-pop store down the street. It is interesting to note that among the supporters of the legislation are unions representing both artists and craftspeople employed in the entertainment industry.

These are not wealthy entertainers, just working people who realize that their livelihood is at stake. (Disclosure alert: I am a member of the musicians’ union, but am not selling CDs.) One of the targets of the controversial legislation is the big offshore operator who sends pirated material back to North American consumers. There won’t be too many defending him. But that guy couldn’t exist without his customers and his customers are ordinary people who are not willing to pay for content produced by others. Some recent attempts to punish ordinary people for this have been clumsy and heavy-handed, but that doesn’t make what they are doing right.

The debate will move closer to home in the next few years as newspapers, some of which now attack copyright laws as infringements on freedom of speech, begin to charge for the Internet content they have been giving away for free. Will that be you, trying to sneak into the sports section?

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Is the city’s police services board right to limit its search for a new chief to internal candidates only?

What should the City of Ottawa do with its OC Transpo GPS information?

A) They’re the experts – if they feel the

make money for the city.

right person is in-house, hire away.

B) No. It should be the city’s policy to open up all job application processes.

C) If they’ve identified qualified candidates this time, that’s fine – but we need to fix this in the future.

D) I don’t care. I won’t be chief at any rate

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C) All city data like this should be freely available.

D) I don’t care, as long as I get the real-time location of my bus.

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The stuff of life It’s been six weeks since Christmas, and I’m finding it difficult to get around my house. Everywhere I step there are toys, toys and more toys.

My mom called the other day to say she was ordering a table top hockey game for my son’s birthday in February. “Dear God, no!� It was the only thing that came to mind. “Mom, we can’t cram another toy into our space. And even if we could, I wouldn’t want it.� Anyone who’s sliced a foot open on a piece of Lego will understand why I was so adamant.

Like many families, we have an issue with what professional organizer Heather Burke calls “the stuff of life.� “We bring things into our space, but we forget that the

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house is not a balloon,� says Burke, the founder of Smart Space Organizing in Ottawa.

Two decades ago, Burke discovered she was “chronically disorganized,� losing car keys, late for appointments, and never finding what she needed when she needed it.

Since 1999, Burke – a former management consultant – has been helping families, students, and employers get more organized.

She points out most people have issues with organization.

But anyone who feels overwhelmed can make 10 simple changes in their daily routines to try and cut down on the clutter.

The first rule is “one in, one out,� especially for toys, clothes and books. Don’t allow yourself to buy an item until you’ve selected one to donate.

Once you do bring it into the house, “don’t put it down, put it away,� says Burke. (Rule two) This includes mail, kids’ homework, groceries, new clothes.

The third and fourth rules, “have a home for everything,� and “keep flat surfaces clear,� means deciding what to do with new acquisitions the minute we bring them across the threshold.

“Think about things before you bring them into the house,� Burke says. (Rule five). “If you see something on special at the grocery store, ask yourself if you have room in the pantry for it before you buy it and bring it home.� “Make it easy for everyone in the house to put things away.� (Rule six).

Have a basket for television remotes, a box for receipts, a tray for mail, and label the shelves in the fridge to help kids know where everything goes. For anything that doesn’t have a place anymore, “have a donation station.� (Rule number seven).

And despite rumours we exist in a paperless society, Burke points out that we have more paper in our lives

than ever before. She recommends having a system for paper. (Rule eight). File bills, discard flyers and old newspapers, and disconnect your computer from the printer. If you feel compelled to print something, “ask yourself why you’re keeping it, and only keep items that you want to take action on.�

Laundry-time is an opportunity to get rid of things that are worn or don’t fit. At the beginning of each season, turn all hangers in the closet around backward. As you wear items, turn the hangers forward. “We only wear 20 per cent of our clothes 80 per cent of the time,� says Burke.

Finally, the one in, one out rule applies to time manage-

ment as well. “Make friends with your calendar,� Burke advises, and “verb your to-do list.� This means to-do lists are action-oriented. Without action, it’s just another piece of paper to add to the pile.

Decide to do it, delegate it or delete it.

If you’re like us, the postChristmas bulk means before any of these great ideas can be implemented, a de-cluttering session is in order. Burke advises tackling one drawer or shelf at a time for 15-minutes and “see if you can beat the clock.�

And if you still need help, even with a single room or group of items? “You don’t have to be knee-deep in clutter� (or Lego) to call in the pros.

Health unit calls for safe snow shoveling Jennifer McIntosh

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The recent winter weather has prompted warnings from health units about the importance of properly shoveling snow.

A full shovel of wet snow can weigh as much as 11 kilograms and an hour of snow shoveling can use as much energy as running 15 kilometres.

Area health units are recommending individuals over the age of 40 who are usually inactive to be especially careful when shoveling.

They were advised to: * Avoid shoveling after a heavy meal or smoking. * Warm up muscles before shoveling by walking or marching in place and do some stretches before and after shoveling. * Dress in layers so clothing can be peeled off as the body becomes warmer as overheating puts extra strain on the heart. * Push the snow the same way a snowplow does, don’t lift it. * Stay hydrated by drinking water – in the

cold air people can lose a lot of water through respiration and perspiration. * Take frequent breaks. * Use a shovel with a small scoop to keep loads small and light. * Keep legs apart, knees bent and back straight. * Wear a hat, make sure hands and feet are warm. * Stop immediately if you feel a tightness in your chest, shortness of breath or pain of any kind.

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Centre in partnership with the City of Ottawa offers the Snow Go and the Snow Go Assist programs. The centre serves west of Fisher Avenue and south of Baseline Road, including Bells Corners, Barrhaven, Kanata, Carp, West Carleton, Goulbourn and Richmond.

The Snow Go program partners seniors and people with physical disabilities with contractors to clear their snow, while the Snow Go Assist program will help reimburse low-income residents with up to 50 per cent of the cost of snow clearing per event, with a seasonal maximum of $250.

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Corn appears in an amazing variety of forms as you’d expect, full of the sweet flavour of corn.

The pudding has a very dense texture and, as a result, is quite filling. It’s best served as a side dish with a light main course.

Parsley and Red Pepper Corn Pudding 1/3 cup cream cheese (the block type, not the spreadable kind) 1/2 cup warm milk 2 eggs, beaten 1 1/8 cup canned niblets corn, drained (1/8 cup = 2 tbsp.)

1 1/8 cup canned creamstyle corn 2/3 cup grated Cheddar cheese 1 tbsp. chopped fresh parsley (or 2 tsp. dried parsley) 2 tbsp. diced sweet red pep-

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EMC Lifestyle - Corn is an amazing vegetable when you look at the many different forms in which it’s available.

There’s fresh corn cooked on the cob, canned or frozen niblets corn, and creamed corn. There’s corn syrup and corn oil which are both liquids. In its dried, ground form, corn is available as cornmeal, cornstarch and corn flour, all used in baking and cooking.

And then there are popular snack foods such as popped corn and corn chips.

There are thousands of different recipes using corn in one or more of its various forms. This tasty corn pudding is made with three different types – canned niblets corn, creamed corn, and ground cornmeal. It’s colourful, and,

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per 1/2 cup cornmeal 1/2 cup flour 2 tbsp. white sugar 2 tsp. baking powder Preheat the oven to375F. Butter an 8x8” cake pan.

Soften the cream cheese in the microwave. Depending on the wattage of your oven, this will take about 25-30 seconds on Power Level 3. Repeat, if necessary, until the cheese is quite soft.

In a large bowl, whisk or beat the cream cheese and warm milk together until smooth.

Add the eggs, niblets corn, creamed corn, Cheddar cheese, parsley and sweet red pepper. Stir well.

In another bowl, mix the cornmeal, flour, sugar and baking powder. Add this to the liquid ingredients, and stir until thoroughly combined.

Spread the mixture in the prepared cake pan, and bake at 375F for 30-35 minutes.

When a knife inserted into the center of the pudding comes out clean, the pudding is done.

Remove from the oven, and let sit for 5 minutes before cutting and serving.

This makes 9-12 pieces depending on how large you cut the portions.

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By Rob Brodie OttawaSenators.com Time flies, it’s often been said, when you’re having fun.

Maybe that’s why — even at the ripe old hockey age of 28 — Jesse Winchester might seem a little young for the veteran’s role with the Ottawa Senators. But given the team’s roster turnover in the past year, the native of nearby Long Sault, Ont., has quickly moved up the ranks in terms of seniority with the team.

Four years into his career with the Senators, the graduate of Colgate University in upstate New York — who’s been sidelined recently with a concussion — still feels blessed to be playing the game he loves so close to home. He took some time out with Score to talk about that and a whole lot more: Q: Does it really seem like you’re already in your fourth full season with the Senators?

A: When you think about all the places you’ve been and all the games you’ve played … it does seem like it’s been a lot (of time).

But if you just ask me quickly, it feels like I got here yesterday.

Q: Do you feel like you can provide a leadership/mentoring role to the younger players now on the team?

A: I’ve learned the day-today routines and I have a grasp of what it takes to make your body feel good (conditioningwise) and that kind of stuff. So if anybody has any questions, I try to help out as best as I can. I believe in conditioning and being committed, and those are little things that might not always get

Though he’s currently sidelined with a concussion, Jesse Winchester enjoys providing a mentorship role for some of his younger Ottawa Senators teammates (Photo by Rich Lam/ Getty Images). noticed.

Q: The number of former NCAA players on this team keeps growing. How does

tell you that off the ice, you get stronger. It’s a place where you grow as a person as well as a hockey player. You become more independent and ready to take on life after school.

Q: A lot of the college players here went to easternbased schools. Any fun rivalry talk between some of you?

A: Greener (Colin Greening) is my buddy on the plane and we sit together. He went to my rival school (Cornell), so we had some pretty big games against them.

When we played at Cornell, the fans there would throw Colgate toothpaste at us. Cornell’s (nickname) is the Big Red, so when they played at our place, our fans would throw Big Red chewing gum at them and just litter the ice. We reminisce about that kind of stuff, for sure.

Q: How much have you enjoyed playing in the NHL so close to home?

A: I’m very, very fortunate to have been given the opportunity here. I’m thankful for it every day and I just want to be here as long as I possibly can.

Q: How heavy do the ticket requests get from friends and family?

A: I’m pretty good that way.

I have a ton of family. My mom’s side is pretty much all in Ottawa, and I try to get as many people

out to a game a year with my tickets that we’re given.

Q: Your favourite Senators memory to date?

A: I remember Matt Carkner’s triple overtime goal (against

Pittsburgh in 2010) to send the series back here. That was pretty memorable. I remember my first goal, my first game and going to Sweden with the team to start my first year here.

UPCOMING SENATORS GAMES

New York Islanders at Ottawa Senators: Friday, Feb. 3, 7:30 p.m. (Sportsnet East) Toronto Maple Leafs at Ottawa Senators: Saturday, Feb. 4, 7 p.m. (CBC) St. Louis Blues at Ottawa Senators: Tuesday, Feb. 7, 7:30 p.m. (Sportsnet East)

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playing at that level prepare you for the NHL? A: Ask anyone who played college (hockey) and they’ll

ST. LOUIS BLUES Tuesday, February 7, 7:30 p.m., Sportsnet East With former Stanley Cup winner Ken Hitchcock now behind the bench, the surprising Blues are challenging for top spot in the Western Conference. St. Louis is thriving in a big way on the goaltending work of Jaroslav Halak and Brian Elliott, a former Sens stopper. They also operate behind a solid blue-line corps that includes the likes of the underrated Kevin Shattenkirk, along with Alex Pietrangelo,

Carlo Colaiacovo and Barret Jackman. Up front, the Blues present a balanced attack led by David Backes, T.J. Oshie and Jason Arnott. Meanwhile, Alex Steen is one of the NHL’s top two-way talents at forward.

Alexander Steen brings a strong two-way presence to the St. Louis Blues lineup (Photo by Mitchell Layton/ NHLI via Getty Images).

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Birds That Make for Popular Pets Snails: Fish Tank Friends AND Foes of the cage to exercise and interact with owners. Parrots are the birds pet owners commonly perch on their shoulders or arms. What’s more, parrots can live as long as 80 years depending on the species.

While finches and parrots are the birds most likely to be adopted as pets, that’s not to say bird lovers don’t also choose other feathered friends as pets. There are other options as well when it comes to finding a pet bird. * Toucans: Thanks to Kellogg’s(R) Fruit Loops(R), most people hear the word “toucan” and immediately think of “Toucan Sam,” the popular Fruit Loops(R) mascot. Known for their large bills, toucans need more space than a small indoor space can provide. Toucans love and need to exercise, and are generally

best suited to large outdoor aviaries. Toucans typically do not grow affectionate with people, and some may even bite. Toucan owners often get the birds, which can live for as long as 20 years, for their beauty. * Mynahs: Mynahs are not native to the Americas and can be very noisy. For those looking for colorful appeal, mynahs might not be the best fit, as their plumage is typically dark and plain. Not all mynahs enjoy being handled, but many prefer human interaction. Mynahs’ life expectancy isn’t long nor is it short, as many live between eight to 10 years.

While choosing a bird as a pet isn’t the same as finding the right cat or dog for a family, birds can make a fun and aesthetically appealing addition to a home.

The home aquarium enthusiast hopes his or her fish tank is one that enables marine life to happily grow inside of its confined perimeters. An aquarium that is relatively self-sufficient, requiring only routine cleaning and feeding, is often the goal.

With this in mind, many enthusiasts set to recreate the natural ecosystem that would be present in the wild, including predators, prey and scavengers to keep the tank in top form. A snail is a creature that naturally scours the tank and often fish tank lovers introduce them to the tank with mixed results.

Snails are mollusks, meaning they have a soft body and a protective shell. There are more than 80,000 known varieties of snails, many of which are marine animals. Most marine snails are scavengers that feed on decaying plants, dead fish and algae. Some are carnivorous and look to feed on other creatures like themselves.

Because they are known to

scour the tank, snails can be beneficial to the aquarium environment.

But snails have earned a bad reputation in aquarium circles. That’s because, if left unchecked, snails can proliferate quickly and become a tank nuisance. Snails prefer alkaline water, which keeps their shell strong and healthy. An alkaline tank may contribute to snail reproduction.

Aquatic snails have both hermaphroditic (both sexual organs on one snail) and heterosexual reproduction. Most snails lay eggs. However, a notable exception to this is the Malaysian Trumpet Snail, which is a live-bearer. With the right conditions in the tank, snails can bloom very quickly, which is often why they get a bad rap.

Snails tend to feed on decaying plant matter, excess food and even some dead fish, traits that can be beneficial in the tank to an extent. Indi-

viduals who over-feed their fish and have excess flakes lying around the tank could see their snail population explode.

Feeding fish only what they can eat in 5 minutes tends to reduce food waste and snail overpopulation. Snail predators in the tank can also keep snails in check. There are some fish that feed on snails, such as the Clown Loach and Pufferfish.

For those who feel that snails have gotten out of control, there are some ways to remove snails from the tank.

Pet stores sell chemical products that can kill off the snails.

The trouble is they also may get rid of beneficial bacteria in the tank or harm other fish as well.

Aquarium snails can be a beneficial addition to a home aquarium when the snail population is carefully monitored.

Otherwise, snails can get out of control and overrun the tank quite easily.

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Though cats and dogs may garner the most attention, birds are popular pets as well.

But which birds make good pets? Finches and parrots are the birds most often chosen as pets. * Finches: Finches are small colorful birds that can handle cages well, making them one of the more popular pet options. Finches don’t talk and are generally quiet and not destructive. For those looking for a friend, a finch likely isn’t the ideal option, as finches typically interact very little with people. But some, including the popular canary, do sing quite well. * Parrots: The term “parrot” applies to many different varieties of cage birds. In general, birds that fall into the parrot category have bright plumage and generally need time out

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Jerry is a handsome black and tan extra-large dog that would love a new family to take him to obedience classes.

He’s a quick learner and he gets along well with other dogs. Jerry would love to go on trips to the dog park! Jerry is a good watch dog, but his alarm barking is not suited for apartment and townhome living. He is a good boy who would rather not live life as a couch potato – daily walks are key to helping him burn off extra energy! Jerry would benefit from an experienced owner who can provide him with structure and teach him all of the basics.

This neutered male, black smoke Domestic Shorthair cat is about 3 years old. He was transferred to the OHS from another shelter on September 28, 2011. Shady loves to keep an eye on things! He is a keen observer with an inquisitive nature. He loves to be on the lookout, so he would love a home that has lots of windowsills. He gets along well with other cats and is very tolerant of all sorts, whether they’re young or old, playful or reserved, he’s just happy to be with them. Shady would rather not be picked up like a baby. He’d rather just sit on your lap – on his own terms. Shady needs a home where he will be free to do cat things… and someone who will listen when he comes to tell them what he’s discovered.

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munity. From bake sales to garage sales, birthday parties to concerts, there a many ways you can help raise funds for the animals!

If you have an idea for an event you’d like to host to benefit the animals at the Ottawa Humane Society, visit www. ottawahumane.ca for information on how to plan your activity and set up your own personalized online fundraising web page. Most activities require a simple written agreement. Guidelines are posted on the website. The OHS will help you promote your event via the events calendar on our website, posting on our FaceBook page, Blog and Twitter.

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Please note: The Ottawa Humane Society has many other companion animals available for adoption. Featured animals are adopted quickly! To learn more about adopting an animal from the Ottawa Humane Society please contact us: Website: www.ottawahumane.ca Email: Adoptions@ottawahumane.ca Telephone: (613) 725-3166 x258 Manotick EMC - Thursday, February 2, 2012

ing event, contact events@ottawhumane.ca or call 613-7253166 ext. 263.

Don’t forget! Warm Hearts Raffle tickets in support of the Ottawa Humane Society are on sale now! Tickets are only $5 each (or five for $20) and you have a chance to win a first prize of $5,000 cash! Second prize is $2,500 cash and third prize is $1,000 cash. The Grand Prize draw will take place on March 9. To sell tickets and help raise money for the animals, please contact us at events@ottawahumane.ca.

Congratulations to Larry Wallace of Ottawa who won the Warm Hearts Early Bird Prize of two tickets to the 2012 FurBall Gala! The Early Bird Draw took place on Friday, January 13.

Ginny This is Ginny, she was adopted from the Humane Society about 1 year ago, she plays just like a kitten and loves to tear paper. She is now 5 years old.

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EMERSON EMC Lifestyle - Losing a sibling is never easy. You try to remember the good times, and they help sustain you, as you come to grips with the finality of the sudden death of a loved one.

Last week my brother Emerson, who has been so much a part of these stories since their inception in 1976, passed away.

He had a massive heart attack and died in hospital in St. Thomas.

And so, this week, please let me tell you about another side of the impish brother who has peppered the pages of this paper for more than 35 years. To do so, I have to roll back the clock to when he was only 16 years old, and when he put on the uniform of a Royal Canadian Airman. The war had barely started and he wanted so badly to be in the

Mary Cook’s Memories

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service. He would celebrate his 17th birthday in Holland.

He wasn’t the only Canadian “boy soldier” to join up and head to the battlefields, he was just my brother.

His mail home was full of description. He had a great talent for painting a picture of whatever country he was in. And his ability to always see the lighter side of life certainly manifested itself when he was in Holland. He was a dispatch-rider, and a picture sent home of him straddling his motor-bike, had our mother convinced he was go-

ing to end up in jail. Painted in blazing white letters on the motor were two words: “Miss Carriage”, while others serving with him, had inscriptions like “Miss Canada” and “Miss America”!

We always thought Emerson was born laughing. When he arrived back in Canada, and he and his young family took up residence in a military base, and with children of his own, I wasn’t surprised when I visited, to hear a rap on the door, and a group of youngsters stood there wanting to know if Emerson could

come out and play!

He bought me my first flashy bicycle when he came home from overseas. It was blazing red! It had feathers on the handlebars, a bell the size of a platter, and shiny silver fenders. For a young girl in high school, this was the ultimate bicycle, and it served me well for many years.

Emerson was tall, and when he lived in Port Stanley, he was known as “The Laird”.

He knew everyone in the town and there was no mistaking him. He often wore plusfours, a deerstalker hat, and carried a walking stick with a brass boar on the handle. A carry-over from his service days, you could see your face in his shoes.

He was very proud of his family, and was devoted to his two grandsons, Tyler and Lucas. We talked often on the

phone, and he always started his conversation by saying, “well, g’day, g’ day, how are things in the Valley?”

It was always my belief that the war robbed my brother of his childhood. He went overseas as a young boy, and came back a man. I often wonder if he had had the chance, could he have gone on to help design all those glass buildings we see in the cities today. He drew them when he was a youngster around our kitchen table on the farm. We thought at the time that Emerson was “different” ...imagine: glass towers from ground level reaching up into the sky... imagine: elevators going up on the outside of buildings.

And we’d laugh at the absurdity of his dreams. Yes, we’d say, “Emerson is different.”

And what of the stories I told about him? Emerson al-

lowed me generous literary licence as his mischievous behaviour became part of my tales of our growing up on a Renfrew County farm. It was touching last Sunday at my church, when so many people gave me their sympathy and wondered if the tales about my brother would end.

They will go on as before.

Memories of a loved one do not cease with his passing.

And so I ask you, my faithful readers, to remember a fun-loving, often exasperating, but always full of life individual, who made my stories come alive. I will miss him greatly, as will those who were dear to his heart, but it is my prayer that he is in another place where he has found rest, where his wit will still be intact to amuse and, yes, perhaps confound those around him.

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Cupid takes the stage in Just Kiddin’s latest play

Metcalfe school collecting old electronics

Emma Jackson

EMC News - Metcalfe’s Community Christian School is trading old for new as it recycles old electronics to buy a new sound system for the school.

The elementary school on Glen Street in Metcalfe is collecting old cell phones, printer and toner cartridges and digital cameras to send to Think Recycle, a North American recycling company that will pay the school for each qualifying item and plant a tree for every 24.

“Its win-win,” said administrative assistant Kathryn Vedder, who organized the recycling drive.

“We reduce the carbon footprint, trees get planted, and it teaches that stewardship premise to our students as well as raising funds.”

Parents, students and members of the community are welcome to drop off their old electronics at the school.

As the collection box fills up, Think Recycle covers shipping costs to send it to the depot, and it’s sorted.

For each qualifying item, the school gets a certain amount of money in their online account. When they hit $50, they can request a cheque be sent to the

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EMC News - Love is the main character in Just Kiddin’ Theatre’s latest comedy of errors, which takes the stage in Metcalfe just in time for Valentine’s Day. The youth theatre’s teen group will stage When Cupid Comes Out To Play, a madcap farce set in Metcalfe’s Osgoode Township High School.

Most of the play takes place at the school’s Valentine’s Day masquerade ball, where young love, miscommunication and mistaken identities can run rampant.

Writer and director Andrie Nel said love triangles are everywhere and are constantly shifting, and the fast-paced dialogue and physical humour keeps everyone on their toes.

“It’s very farcical. It’s basically just a comedy of errors that unfolds and hits a climax until finally everything gets explained,” she said.

Cupid isn’t a physical character in the play, but certainly has a presence. He’s referred to several times in the play, and Nel said that since it’s a group of 16 teenagers, Cupid has “made an early entrance”

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Sydney Miller and Vivian Vandewint are best friends in real life and on stage. among the actors as well.

Thankfully Nel has three teenaged children, all of whom are in the play, so she’s familiar with the ways of teens – although she had her children check her jargon.

“I would ask my kids to read it to make sure this is what they say. They didn’t laugh at me, and I think I got it somewhat accurate or they would have told me,” Nel laughed.

Nel said the biggest chal-

lenge for some of the actors has been overcoming the physical demands of their roles: kissing.

“To suddenly have to do that among your peers is very awkward. So we talked about how this is going to be difficult for the actors, and how important it is to be respectful,” she said. The actors have the option of “staging” a kiss but so far the actors have persevered through the awkward moment.

The other challenge is timing. Because nearly every character is on stage at all times, it’s a crowded stage where the focus flips from one group of characters to another very quickly.

“The challenge is when the conversation flips back and forth. It’s dangerous to lose momentum. What we have to do is have a seamless transition between the two, and we’re still working on that,” Nel said.

Nel noted that she hopes the play will draw a younger audience from the area.

“I would love to see the high school kids come out and have a laugh, because it’s them watching them,” she said.

Although the play is set in Metcalfe’s public high school (with fictional teachers, of course), the actors come from across the region, including Embrun, Manotick and Canterbury High School.

Just Kiddin’ Theatre is a not-for-profit volunteer organization that delivers dramatic arts to children and teens in Ottawa’s rural south.

The play runs from Friday, Feb. 10 to Sunday, Feb. 12 at the Metcalfe town hall on Victoria Street. Tickets are $10 at www.justkiddintheatre.com.

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Unqualified items, such as phone chargers, are sent to other depots that can recycle them or dispose of them properly, according to the Think Recycle website.

Think Recycle has also partnered with Tree Canada to plant a tree for every 24 items recycled, although they aren’t necessarily planted locally.

Vedder said the school hopes to make $500 towards buying a sound system, because each time they host an open house or meeting they must rent the expensive equipment from an outside company.

“We’re hoping to raise $500, but we’re not going to stop there,” she said. “As long as we’re able to keep the interest up, we’ll just keep collecting and sending them in.”

She noted the program is primarily for the environmental benefit, although the fundraising benefits the private school which relies entirely on donations and tuition to operate.

“Our primary focus is the greening of the planet. We’re trying to be stewardly in as many ways as we can,” Vedder said. For more information contact the school at 613-821-3669.

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Elton John tribute singer inspired by soundtrack of his youth “The Rainman” Donnie Leafloor comes to Kemptville Feb. 4 J.P. Antonacci jp.antonacci@metroland.com

EMC News - Classic rock fans know him as The Rainman, but Kanata musician Donnie Leafloor has another alter ego: Captain Fantastic.

Leafloor brings Captain Fantastic: A Tribute to the Music of Elton John to the North Grenville Municipal Centre Theatre on Feb. 4.

Leafloor and his seven-piece Captain Fantastic Band cover the songbook of composer Elton John and lyricist Bernie Taupin, including classics “Your Song,” “Rocket Man,” “Benny and the Jets” and “Saturday Night’s Alright for Fighting.”

The two-hour show is a tribute, not an impersonation, Leafloor said in a recent interview. “It’s truly about the music. I really wanted to focus on that,” he said.

Tribute acts that depend on looks and gimmickry “get old quite quickly,” he said.

But his vision is different.

Leafloor doesn’t wear any outlandish wigs or costumes, instead trusting on his natural showmanship and years of performing experience to win over the crowd. “I think we’ll bring some fantastic music to

the stage, but we’ll also bring a high level of entertainment,” he said.

Listening to his older brother’s records as a kid got the burgeoning musician hooked on Elton John, who was then a new face on the pop scene.

“When I was a teenager, I owned every album that he had ever written. As I thought then and as I do now, he’s an incredible writer. He’s been a big influence on me musically for many, many years, and I thought it was fitting to do a musical tribute to him,” he explained.

Leafloor remembers seeing the bespectacled pianist perform for the first time in Montreal. “I’ll never forget it – he was the man,” he said.

Ottawa Senators fans might know Leafloor as The Rainman from his longtime solo act at a Scotiabank Place pub.

During his 25-year solo career, fans would always tell him that he sounded “just like Elton” when he covered an Elton John song. It’s not an impression, he says, but because John was such a big influence, some of the pop star’s “vocal nuances” come through in Leafloor’s singing.

Leafloor formed the Captain Fantastic Band two years

ago, and the group performs by John’s landmark 1975 remonthly shows in the Ot- cord Captain Fantastic and tawa area and as far away as the Brown Dirt Cowboy, but North Bay and Edmonton. Leafloor says he can’t name “Elton John’s music itself is a favourite album. “Candle in quite difficult to play, but I the Wind” and a newer track, couldn’t ask for a better band “Healing Hands,” are among than I have now. We nail it. the songs he particularly loves It’s a simply fantastic band,” to perform.

Captain Fantastic is stophe said.

With mainstays like “Croc- ping in North Grenville beodile Rock” and “Daniel,” the fore a Feb. 24 gig at the Naband’s set list stays mostly tional Arts Centre in Ottawa. mainstream to appeal to a The current tour visits several wide audience, but Leafloor smaller venues, Leafloor said, said the true Elton fan will ap- as it’s an “intimate” show that preciate a few more “obscure” involves the audience.

“I’ll get to know the crowd, numbers.

Though the band takes we’ll share some stories, we’ll some musical liberties, Lea- have a lot of laughs, and we’ll floor says the audience will get the people singing,” he recognize their favourite said.

Leafloor is welcoming four songs. “We stay pretty close to the originals. People have local musicians to the stage as been accustomed to hearing backup singers. “They’re very it that way, so you really have excited to do it. The more to stay pretty close to it,” he people you bring on stage, the more exciting it gets,” he said.

That includes Elton’s dis- said.

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Residents going bald for wishes in Metcalfe Emma Jackson

emma.jackson@metroland.com

EMC news - Few people wish to go bald, but several Ottawa South residents are going bald for wishes this weekend.

Vernon resident Kim Sheldrick and her two sons Michael and Matthew Bates will host their fourth annual Go Bald for Wishes event at the Metcalfe Lions Den on Saturday, Feb. 4 to raise money for Make a Wish Foundation Eastern Ontario.

The charity grants wishes like trips, toys and adventures for children with life-threatening and terminal illnesses.

This year’s event will raise money to grant one Osgoode boy his wish – a close-tohome factor Sheldrick said helps convince people to donate.

“When you receive (charitable donation requests) in the mail, you’re not sure where it’s going. But if you can see the results, a lot of people are more apt to donate if they can see it’s in their backyard,” she said.

Sheldrick’s son Michael Bates first shaved his head five years ago at the Rideau Centre, where the charity hosted one city-wide event each year.

But Sheldrick didn’t like the long drive into downtown Ottawa, and decided to do some-

thing about it.

“I talked to the organizers, and the next year we had one in Metcalfe,” she said.

Both of her sons, aged 10 and 12, shave their heads each year, although Sheldrick sticks to her supervisory role.

“I’m not that brave,” she laughed.

Between 10 and 15 people each year submit to having their heads shaved, which Sheldrick said is fun to watch.

“It’s a fun time because the reactions are quite interesting.

Usually they’re pretty excited, but there’s a look of shock,” she said.

The past three events combined have raised $14,000, sending two girls from Metcalfe on adventures of a lifetime.

One girl went to Montreal and met pop sensation Justin Bieber, and the other went with her family to England.

This year’s recipient, whose name has not been released by his family, hasn’t decided what he would like to do, Sheldrick said.

Already seven people are signed up to shave their heads, but Sheldrick is looking for more.

Participants can collect pledges for their new ‘do in a variety of ways, from tracking pledges on the Make A Wish

Foundation’s official pledge form, writing them on a piece of paper or just collecting in a jar.

“It depends if people want a receipt or not,” Sheldrick said. Her goal for the event this year is $3,500.

The Metcalfe Lions have already donated about $500, and have paid for the use of the Lions Den. For the second year in a row Metcalfe Public School, which Michael attends, will host a crazy hair day on Feb. 3, the day before the event.

For $2 students can do anything they want to their hair, with all proceeds going to the event.

Currently Michael and Matthew have their own crazy hair styles: Michael’s is bright pink and Matthew is sporting a black mohawk.

“They’re allowed because I know it will be gone in a few weeks,” Sheldrick said.

Make a Wish Foundation has had a chapter in Eastern Ontario since 1999. The charity aims to grant the wishes of children with life-threatening medical conditions to “enrich the human experience with hope, strength and joy,” according to the website.

To pledge or participate in the event, contact Sheldrick at 613-821-3033 or kimsheldrick@yahoo.ca.

Photo by Emma Jackson

Twelve-year-old Michael Bates, left, and his brother Matthew Bates, 10, will both shave their heads on Saturday, Feb. 4 in support of the Eastern Ontario chapter of Make A Wish Foundation. Their mother Kim Sheldrick has organized the event for four years and hopes to raise $3,500.

Outstanding archer

Photo by Brier Dodge

Manotick resident Peter Garrett was recognized at the 59th annual Ottawa Sports Awards on Wednesday, Jan. 25 for his outstanding archery skills.

For four years in a row Garrett, 55, has won the provincial 3D championships, provincial indoor championships, national indoor championships and national 3D championships in the barebow division.

In March 2011 he placed 5th out of 250 archers at the World Indoor Championships and won a gold medal at the world 3D championships in September 2011.

Mayor Jim Watson presented the award Wednesday night.

The OCDSB is looking for

Sale of Unclaimed Items

Parent Involvement Committee Members

obtained by the Ottawa Police Service

To learn more about how to apply visit www.ocdsb.ca

Whether it’s taken as evidence or found abandoned, the Ottawa Police Service catalogs and tracks every piece of property that comes into the custody of officers. If the property goes unclaimed after a period of time, in accordance with the Police Services Act of Ontario, these items are released for public auction to Crown Assets Distribution or Rideau Auctions. This is done regularly throughout the year.

Are you a parent of an OCDSB student?

Are you interested in public education, student achievement and well-being?

Do you want to volunteer your time to make a difference in public education?

Apply to be a parent member of the OCDSB’s Parent Involvement Committee!

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For more information on property obtained by the Ottawa Police Service,

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Location: St. Thomas More Catholic School, 1620 Blohm Drive

Sunday Services: Bible Study at 10:00 AM - Worship Service at 11:00 AM A warm welcome awaits you For Information Call 613-224-8507

We are a small church in the city of Ottawa with a big heart for God and for people. newhopeottawa.co

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Riverside United Church 3191 Riverside Dr. (at Walkley) Sunday Worship & Sunday School at 11:00 a.m.

Parkdale United Church 429 Parkdale at Gladstone Ministers Rev. Dr. Anthony Bailey Barbara Faught - Pastoral Care Melodee Lovering - Youth and Children Worship Service - 10:30 am 613-728-8656 Sunday School for all ages pdale@trytel.com www.parkdaleunitedchurch.ca Nursery Available

www.magma.ca/~ruc (613) 733-7735

Watch & Pray Ministry

Refreshments/Fellowship following the service.

Worship services Sundays at 10:30 a.m.

Pleasant Park Baptist

Gloucester South Seniors Centre

Come & worship with us Sundays at 10:00am Fellowship & Sunday School after the service

Invites you to our worship service with Rev. Dean Noakes Sundays at 11am 414 Pleasant Park Road 613 733-4886 pleasantparkbaptist.org

4550 Bank Street (at Leitrim Rd.) (613) 277-8621 Come for an encouraging Word!

380166-1208

43 Meadowlands Dr. W. Ottawa

1229.380414

613.224.1971

5533 Dickinson St., Manotick, Ontario

1020.371452

Nursery and Church School provided Website: www.knoxmanotick.ca

Pastor: Rev. Kelly Graham Knox church office: 613-692-4228

Dominion-Chalmers United Church Sunday Services Worship Service10:30am Sundays Prayer Circle Tuesday at 11:30 10:30 a.m.

Rev. James Murray 355 Cooper Street at O’Connor 613-235-5143 www.dc-church.org

Sunday Services: 8am and 10am Thursday Eucharist: 10am Nearly New Shop/Book Nook Open Thursday, Fridays 1pm - 3:30pm and first Saturday of each month: 10am - Noon 8 Withrow Avenue 613-224-7178

Real God. Real People. Real Church.

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Come A n g ltogether i c a n C h u r c h o f at CMilitary a n a d a Chapel Sunday Services

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Come Protestant Worship with Sunday School 09:30 Cometogether together Sundays Come together at atat Sundays Roman Catholic Mass with Children’s Liturgy 11:00 www.stlukesottawa.ca www.stlukesottawa.ca Come Join Us! Sundays 10am Choral Eucharist with10am Sunday School & Nusery Choral Eucharist with Sunday(Located School & Nusery Sundays www.stlukesottawa.ca at Breadner at DeNiverville)

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Tel: (613) 276-5481; (613) 440-5481 202 – 100 Malvern Drive Nepean, Sunday Service 10.30am – 12.30pm Bible study / Night Vigil: Friday 10.00pm – 1.00am Website: heavensgateottawa.org E-mail: heavensgatechapel@yahoo.ca

3:30pm

Anglican Church of Canada

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0818.362691

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10am Choral Eucharist with Sunday School & Nusery Sundays 10am Choral Eucharist with Sunday School & Nusery 3:30pm Contemplative 3:30pmEucharist Contemplative Eucharist Contemplative 10am Choral Eucharist with Sunday School & Nusery Eucharist 3:30pm Contemplative Eucharist

1117.369775

All are welcome without exception.

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Sunday Service 10:00 am

715 Roosevelt Ave. (at Carling at Cole) Pastor: Rev. Marek Sabol Visit: http://www.oursaviourottawa.com • (613) 296- 6375

0112.385871

“A friendly church with a warm welcome”

0127.353011

St. Richard’s Anglican Church

ALL WELCOME Sundays at 10:30 a.m.

The Salvation Army Community Church Meeting at St. Andrew School 201 Crestway Dr. 613-440-7555 Barrhaven www.sawoodroffe.org

Sunday Worship & Sunday School 10:30 a.m.

0112.380538

0105.380519

KNOX PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

faith@magma.ca www.magma.ca/~faith

1229.380511

Our Saviour Lutheran Church 1110.369768

Email: admin@mywestminister.ca

613-722-1144 273400-0925

Sunday Worship - 10:00 a.m.

Nursery and Sunday School February 5th - Deciples: The joy of disciple-Makers

Pastors John & Christine Woods Upcoming Events: See website (613) 224-9122 www.alfc.ca for details email: alcf@magma.ca Our Mission: Christ be formed in us (Galatians 4:19)

470 Roosevelt Ave. Westboro www.mywestminster.ca

368457-0908

368459-0908

10 Chesterton Drive, Ottawa (Meadowlands and Chesterton) Tel: 613-225-6648 parkwoodchurch.ca

0112.385886

Confederation High School 1645 Woodroffe Avenue (Beside Nepean Sportsplex) Weekly Sunday Service 10:00am-Noon Children’s Ministry during service

Building an authentic, relational, diverse church.

Minister: James T. Hurd Everyone Welcome

Minister - Rev. William Ball Organist - Alan Thomas Nusery & Sunday School, Loop audio, Wheelchair access

Healing of Body, Soul and Spirt through Knowing Christ and His Promises

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205 Greenbank Road, Ottawa www.woodvale.on.ca (613) 829-2362 Child care provided. Please call or visit us on-line.

613.247.8676 (Do not mail the school please)

westminster presbyterian church

Abundant Life Christian Fellowship Sunday Services at 9 or 11 AM

Celebrating 14 years in this area!

1028.335029

613-733-3156

0126.379626

www.rideaupark.ca

Holy Eucharist 8:00 am & 10:30 am 10:30 am - Play Area for Under 5 934 Hamlet Road (near St Laurent & Smyth) 613 733 0102 – staidans@bellnet.ca

Service Time: Sundays at 10:30 AM

meets every Sunday at The Old Forge Community Resource Centre 2730 Carling Avenue, Ottawa, ON K2B 7J1

0217.335268

Worship and Sunday School 9:30am Traditional Worship 11:15

The West Ottawa Church of Christ

265247

St Aidan’s Anglican Church

2203 Alta Vista Drive

760 West Somerset West 760 Somerset

613-235-3416

760 Somerset West 613-235-3416 613-235-3416

613-235-3416

361256-0908

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OWN A SMALL BUSINESS AND NEED TO PROMOTE IT? NEED TO FILL A POSITION AND HIRE LOCALLY? SELLING UNWANTED ITEMS? HAVE A HOUSE TO SELL OR RENT? HAVE A NOTICE of a BIRTH , ENGAGEMENT OR ANNIVERSARY?

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AUCTIONS

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Watch for Auction Signs.

Saturday, February 11 at 10:00 am (viewing from 8:30 am) We hope that you will be as enthusiastic as we are about this sale. We are selling high quality antiques and excellent collectibles, beautiful glassware, household furnishings and tools from the Van Geffen’s of Manotick and other area estates. Come and be part of an exciting day! See www.theauctionfever.com for more detailed listing.

Terms of Sale – Cash or Cheque with Proper ID Auctioneers James and Hill Auction Service Ltd. Stewart James Carson Hill (613) 445-3269 (613) 821-2946 Our auction team offers 40 years of experience and integrity, along with the youthful enthusiasm of our next generation of bilingual auctioneers. We are proud of our past but passionate about our future. Call us today to book your real estate, farm or household auction.

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EMC News - Nepean-Carleton MP Pierre Poilievre wasted no time celebrating the Queen’s diamond jubilee on Jan. 25, kicking off her 60th anniversary at Manotick’s post office to promote Canada Post’s new commemorative stamp.

The stamp is a clean, white stamp featuring an image of Queen Elizabeth II in her early senior years. It was officially issued on Jan. 16, but arrived at Manotick’s post office on Wednesday, Jan. 25 when Poilievre visited.

The Conservative MP said the stamp celebrates the Queen’s reign as head of state, and serves to remind Canadians of our history.

“Our entire system of government is based on the British parliamentary model and the Queen is ultimately our head of state.

So I like to remind our citizens the importance of those traditions and all the freedoms we enjoy as a result,” Poilievre said.

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on Feb. 6. Canada Post is also issuing a series of stamps that commemorate her decades in office in more detail.

In May, the post office will release a special stamp that replicates the diamond jubilee stamp made for Queen Victoria in 1897.

Like the original, Queen Elizabeth’s stamp will feature an image from her early years as queen beside a contemporary photo, and will be printed in roughly the same colour, size and format as Queen Victoria’s.

Longtime stamp collector and stamp store owner Ian Kimmerly said that while the commemorative stamp released in January is “a handsome stamp” that collectors generally love, the stamp planned for May has not been received so favourably.

“The contemporary photo has apparently been approved by the Queen, but collectors are unanimous about how ugly it is. It’s not a flattering photo,” he said.

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“It shows her looking younger than her years, definitely very regal and I’ve heard a number of comments from collectors and they’re unanimously effusive in their praise,” Kimmerly said.

Poilievre said he hopes residents will take the opportunity to buy the stamp before it’s gone.

“In our lifetime, there will never be a Queen’s jubilee again so it’s an opportunity to grab a special stamp, not only to send letters but to keep for the future,” he said.

Manotick made its mark on the stamp collecting world in 2011 when Watson’s Mill was included in a collector’s booklet of mills across Canada.

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Privacy commissioner Jennifer Stoddart asked a gymnasium full of Grade 7 and 8 students who has a Facebook account and most of the students raised their hands.

According to Stoddart, an estimated 86 per cent of all Ottawa-area residents over age 12 are using the Internet daily.

The privacy commissioner listed a number of tools students should take advantage of when spending time on social networking websites.

“When you are young, you may do dumb things, but all those dumb things do not have to follow you as you grow up,” Stoddart said.

And thinking before acting was one of the things Stoddart highlighted as a wise strategy for Internet users to apply.

“As privacy commissioner, my job is about protecting your reputations online,” Stoddart said to the students.

“Learn to get into the habit of thinking before you click.”

‘Less is more’ is another strategy, Stoddart said, noting they should carefully consider whether to post personal information, current location and questionable photos online.

Smart phone technology, which can update social networking sites to the exact location of a user, is another concern, Stoddart said. “Those phones are like a mini-broadcasting studio,” she said. “You need to use precaution. Ask yourself who you are telling where you are. Think before you post.” For more information go to www.youthprivacy. ca .

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Local events and happenings over the coming weeks — free to non-profit organizations Fax: 613-224-3330, E-mail: patricia.lonergan@metroland.com February 4: Kids craft day at the Osgoode Township Museum: Love bugs! On Saturday, Feb. 4 from 1 to 3 p.m., children can join us for a fun-filled kids craft day to create Valentine Love-Bugs to give to their special friends. Using lollipops, paper, scissors and other fun craft materials, children will create great gifts to give to their friends on February 14th. Children under six years can participate if accompanied by an adult. COST: $5 per Child. Please call the museum at 613-821-4062 to register.

Don’t miss Osgoode’s winter carnival running for two weekends in February. The fun kicks off Saturday, Feb. 4 with the Lion’s Pancake Breakfast at the Osgoode community centre from 7:30 to 10 a.m. From 5 to 7 p.m. come back for the St. James Carnival Supper, and from 7 to 10 leave your teens behind for the Teen Winter Dance hosted

by O-YA. The Osgoode Carleton Snowmobile Trail Club will also host their Ovarian Cancer Ride for Hope on Feb. 4, and the annual snow sculpture contest will begin. For more information visit www. osgoodevillage.com.

Join us at the ultimate girls’ day out on Feb. 4th from 10 to

4 at the Rideau Carleton Raceway. Free admission, and with every $5 donation, you receive a ballot for a chance to win the grand prize (value $600). The first 100 donations will also receive a FREE gift bag. All donations are in support of Ovarian Cancer Canada. Also enter to win two tickets to see an upcoming Senators game. A few local vendors are still needed. Visit www.businessinmotions.com Join Kim Sheldrick and her sons from 9 a.m. to noon at the Metcalfe Lions Den as participants Go Bald for Wishes to raise money for Make A Wish of Eastern Ontario. 100 per cent of all pledges go to Make A Wish and support local kids in Osgoode Ward. If you’d like to pledge, please Facebook, email or call Kim. Their goal is $3,500. Contact Kim at 613-821-3033 or kimsheldrick@yahoo.ca.

February 5: If you want to learn to snowshoe, now’s your chance!

Baxter Conservation Area is offering a half-day session from 2 to 3:30 p.m. for families to try snowshoeing. The cost is $15 per adult and $10 per child, including snowshoe rental. A family package is $40. Contact Andrea Wood at (613) 489-3592 or andrea.

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February 11: Greely & District Legion Branch 627 presents a Valentine’s Dinner and Dance on Saturday, February 11. cocktails begin at 6 p.m. and dinner is at 7 p.m. Country Reflections band will get the dancing started at 8 p.m. Tickets are $25. Call Linda at (613) 822-1451 or (613) 822-0233 or Arlene at (613) 822-1709.

Be My Valentine: Enjoy a special Valentine program for children with stories, songs, games and crafts. Saturday, Feb.11 from 11:30 a.m.

– 12:15 p.m. at the Osgoode Public Library.

February 17: Register your children ages 6 and up for our upcoming PD-Day Program at the Osgoode Museum! This month’s theme: MYTHS & LEGENDS! Learn about the Loch Ness Monster, Big Foot, and other mysterious creatures and legends of old! Children must bring their own lunch, but snacks will be provided.

COST: $25 per child. PD-Day programs run from 8:30 a.m. until 5:30 p.m. Please call the museum at 613-821-4062 to register.

February 18: On Saturday, February 18 at 7 p.m., Rideau Carleton Raceway local promoter Wayne Cryderman is featuring a fantastic wrestling

program. Many of the participants are young, future Hall of Fame Wrestlers. Tickets at the door are $10 for children and $15 for adults. Keep this date open.

February 20: Celebrate Heritage Day and Family Day from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Watson’s Mill & the Carriage Shed. Free admission. Come enjoy this year’s family day with great family programming options at Watson’s Mill and the Carriage Shed, in Heritage Dickinson Square. Crafts, games and new this year, a tatting workshop! We look forward to seeing you at the Mill.

February 21: If you are interested in eating better in 2012, O-YA has a message you need to hear during a series of free healthy eating workshops for teens (ages 11 – 18). Each workshop offerssamples, recipes and great stuff to take home. On Tuesday, Feb. 21 from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. check out “I Can’t Stand it Anymore!” nutrition to help with the joys of PMS. To attend, please email an RSVP to o-yacentre@rogers.com.

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February 24: The Watson’s Mill Team is proud to present an exclusive Wine Tasting event on Friday, Feb. 24 from 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m., featuring goodies from Manotick’s Main Street Cellar. Tickets go on sale Jan.

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February 25: Adult & teen hat-making workshop at the Osgoode Township Museum, Saturday, Feb. 25 from 1 to 4 p.m. Join us for a creative winter afternoon and discover how to make a classic or modern-day fabric hat! Participants will be shown various styles of hat patterns, and will choose one style of hat. All materials will be provided. Some hand-sewing will be involved. COST: $25 per Person. Please call the museum at 613-821-4062 to register.

February 28: The Watson’s Mill Team is thrilled to announce that our friends and partners at the Mill Tavern are helping us “Raise the Roof”. February 28th’s Quiz Night starts at 7 p.m., with proceeds to the Watson’s Mill roof campaign. WMMI challenges community members: recruit your friends and family, and see who will champion the evening’s trivia. $15/person.

Ongoing: The Community Christian School in Metcalfe is collecting unwanted cell phones, toner cartridges and digital cameras for recycling through the Think Recycle program, hoping to raise $500 for sound equipment and help the environment at the same time. Please drop off your items at the school, 2681 Glen Street, Metcalfe. For more information call (613) 821-3669 or email info@communitychristianschool.ca.

Join the Osgoode or the Metcalfe Sandwich Makers and help the downtown Mission in Ottawa! In each village individuals make one or two loaves of sandwiches each week and deliver them to a central location: Mondays in Metcalfe, Thursdays in Osgoode. The sandwiches are then delivered to the Mission in Ottawa. For information contact Sally Gray at (613) 821-2640 or email grayhound@xplornet.com.

The small but mighty talented Osgoode Olde Tyme Fiddlers Association invites you to its traditional old tyme fiddle and country music dance at the Osgoode Community Centre, every fourth Friday of the month from 7:30 - 11:30 p.m. Bring your fiddle, guitar, and musical talents! Welcome to all new members. Tickets are $5 per person for non-musicians, available at the door.

For more information please call 613-224-9888.

Gloucester South Seniors, 4550 Bank St., Leitrim, offers a full schedule of activities every week, including con-

tract bridge, carpet bowling, euchre, five hundred, shuffleboard and chess. Membership is $15 per year. The club is easily accessible by OCTranspo # 144, and has free parking. Info (613)821-0414.

Mondays and Thursdays: The Gloucester South Seniors Chess Club, 4550 Bank Street (at Leitrim Rd) meets every Monday and Thursday at 7 p.m. Immediate openings available for more chess aficionados. Please contact Robert MacDougal, 613-8211930, for more information.

Wednesdays: Enjoy Scottish country dancing for fun, friendship and fitness! Share the music and joy of dance. You do not have to be Scottish. You do not have to wear a kilt - but you can. No experience or partner is required. Meet Wednesday evenings at the Osgoode Community Centre from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. For information, contact Marie at 613-826-1221 or email OsgoodedanceScottish@gmail. com.

Euchre is played at the Greely Legion, 8021 Mitch Owen Road, Gloucester every Wednesday evening starting at 7 p.m. Admission is $5.00 per person. Come join us for a great time of cards, comradery and a light snack!

First Monday: Enjoy a discussion of good books with the Osgoode Book Club on the first Monday of each month from 2 to 3:15 p.m at the Osgoode library.

Reserve a Book Club copy at the library.

Feb. 6: Through Black Spruce by Joseph Boyden March 5: Curiosity by Joan Thomas April 2: Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand by Helen Simonson May 7: Water for Elephants

by Sara Gruen June 4: The Sentimentalists by Johanna Skibsrud Third Wednesday: Wii Bowling at the Osgoode Library! Show off your skills and spend an afternoon Wii Bowling at your local library from 2:15 to 3:45 p.m.

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Third Sunday: A Country Jamboree is held at the Greely Legion every third Sunday of the month starting at 2 p.m. Various bands provide great country music with lots of dancing all afternoon. Liquid refreshments are available as well as a delicious hot supper at 5 p.m. Admission is $5.00 and supper is $7.00. Come join us - we promise you’ll have a great time!

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Change is our mandate. Collaboration is our philosophy. Transforming lives is our goal. Together we can make it a reality.

Join these local women in helping us lead Canada’s fight against the epidemic of depression and mental illness in all its forms. Help us help those suffering by supporting leading edge research and clinical care programs at The Royal – programs that transform and save lives.

Meet some of The Royal’s Women for Mental Health – a group of philanthropic women who understand the need for open conversations about our community’s mental health – conversations to drive change and inspire new attitudes.

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