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Celebrity judges enjoyed many tasty treats before choosing this year’s crock pot and cookie kings at OYA’s annual cook-off on Feb. 11. – Page 2
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Manotick resident Peter Meincke was awarded one of 60 Diamond Jubilee medals on Feb. 6 to make the Queen’s 60th anniversary. – Page 5
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Manotick curler Jamie Sinclair lead her Ontario juniors team to a fourth-place finish at the national championships in Napanee. – Page 11
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Greely safety audit seeking community input Emma Jackson
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EMC News - The Greely Community Association is asking for suggestions for its upcoming community safety audit, which will assess potential safety issues in public spaces around the village. The association is compiling a list of parks, paths, parking lots, streets and other public spaces that pose personal safety risks in the Greely area. Those risks could range from speeding traffic along Parkway Road to poorly lit pathways that could lead to a crime. Elsy David from the Women’s Initiatives for Safer Environments (WISE) made a presentation at the association’s February meeting explaining how her non-profit organization completes the audit, which starts with a night-time walkabout in areas the residents deem unsafe. “We go out into public spaces that everyone uses, and if people are feeling afraid for their safety we look at certain criteria in that environment that might be contributing to people feeling unsafe there,” she said. Concerned residents, the local police officer and other community members would join WISE as it evaluates the amount of lighting and signage in a space, whether there are “entrapment areas” where someone could find themselves cornered, distance from populated areas and whether the space looks like it receives regular maintenance. “If it doesn’t look like its being maintained, it sends the message that perhaps nobody’s watching, nobody’s monitoring the area, and therefore an act of crime or vandalism can also go unnoticed,” David
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said. She said it’s important for community members to take part in the walkabout, because they know the space best. “It’s the people who use the space who know what’s going on there and see the potential problems before they occur, and they probably have good recommendations on how to make improvements to the space before something happens,” she said. After the walkabouts, WISE would write a report recommending solutions to create safer spaces. It could be as simple as adding a few lights to a pathway, or pruning branches to let current lights shine more brightly. New signs or more robust infrastructure may also be simple solutions. The report would be sent to participants, the ward councillor and whoever is responsible for the space, be it the city or a private owner. Association member Tamatha Trenholm spearheaded the project, because she said there are many places in Greely where she feels uncomfortable. “I have two dogs and get home late, and there are a lot of areas in Greely that I avoid because they are so dark and I feel afraid personally,” she said. Although the village has not seen the kinds of attacks or crimes that urban communities do, she said its better to make spaces safe now before something does happen. “There’s no history, but do we wait until something happens to do something about it? I’m a firm believer that it’s better to be proactive than reactive.” Osgoode Coun. Doug Thompson agreed. GREELY see page 2
Photo by David Sangster
Checking out the new neighbour
Even the mallards are coming to see the rare northern pintail duck, front, that has been wintering in Manotick this January and February. Birdwatcher David Sangster captured this image of the pintail surrounded by curious waterfowl on Jan. 29, 2012, which won him the Manotick Village Community Association’s annual photography contest in February. Sangster said it’s unusual to see the pintail, and because of limited open water there have been ample opportunities to get a close up look at the rare bird.
Welding training centre coming to Metcalfe Laura Mueller
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EMC News - Metcalfe village is now home to a new training facility to teach people how to become welders. The site, which is just west of Bank Street on Snake Island Road, used to be home to a truck-repair facility. Now it is set to become the first permanent home of the local iron workers’ union. The group used to train its members on Saturdays at Algonquin College, said Gaetan
Sigouin, the business manager of the International Association of Bridge, Structural, Ornamental and Reinforcing Iron Workers Local 765. He said the union has more people to train lately and needed its own facility. The building, which is already in place, has room for about a dozen people to train at a time as needed, Sigouin said. The 7775 Snake Island Rd. site has also been home to the union’s office since last June.
On Feb. 9, the city’s agriculture and rural affairs committee approved a rezoning to enable the union to add a training centre to the facility. The local has about 700 members in the Ottawa area, Sigouin said. The welding training facility is across the street from a pallet manufacturing operation, a collision repair shop and two homes to the south. East of the site is a vacant building that used to have an auto dealership.
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