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Kids made magic at Watson’s Mill on Monday, March 12 during the mill’s annual March Break Camp. Education officer Cam Trueman taught 23 kids a couple of cool tricks before helping them make their own magician hats and wands.

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EMC news - Manotick will host its own farmers’ market this summer after several community members cultivated the idea this winter.

The farmers’ market is sponsored by Watson’s Mill and will be held in Dickinson Square outside the museum from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. every Saturday morning beginning June 23. This year’s market is a pilot project run by volunteers rather than the usual board of directors, and could expand in the future if it goes well.

Although the details haven’t been ironed out, Roots and Shoots Farm proprietor Robin Turner, who spearheaded the idea with several local farmers, said the market will offer a beneficial alternative for residents.

“We’re gearing to make it a market where people can get a good part of their groceries for the week,” including vegetables, fruits, cheese, eggs, meats and baked goods, he said.

It will be a “producer market” meaning the vendors actually produce the food they sell, Turner added.

“There’s no reselling allowed, which means its all going to be local products.

There’s an emphasis on finding producers who are as close to Manotick as possible,” he said.

He said he hopes residents will do their shopping for fresh food at the market and then head down the road to the Independent for the rest of their cooking supplies.

Watson’s Mill did host a farmer’s market some years ago, but it fell to the wayside.

Although Turner doesn’t know why Manotick’s market failed last time, he said a common plague for farmer’s markets is bringing in nonessential vendors.

“If you’re not very thoughtful about what vendors you

let in you can have a lot of crafters that offer products you wouldn’t want to buy every week. They’re great local, handmade products, but you buy it once and you’re done for the season,” said Turner, who is also president of the Ottawa Farmers Market at Lansdowne Park. “What you need is a strong set of vendors that offer products you can buy every week.”

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Scott Moffatt was cautiously optimistic about the project.

“I think promoting local shopping is always a good thing,” he said. However, he said he’s concerned about its impact on the well-established North Gower Farmers’ Mar-

ket to the south. “I’m a huge supporter of the North Gower Farmers’ Market, it has a really good drawing in terms of support, so if this new market in Manotick is going to have an effect we’ll have to review from there,” he said.

The markets will, in theory, be in direct competition on Saturday mornings, and Moffatt said it’s unlikely the Manotick market would be able to move to Sundays because of lack of parking near Dickinson Square. With two churches and a number of restaurants nearby, parking is at a premium on Sundays downtown Manotick, and would virtually force the two farmer’s markets to compete, he said.

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EMC news - A plaza at Manotick’s main intersection is hoping to expand.

The strip mall on the northwest corner of Bridge and Main streets is in preapplication discussions with the City of Ottawa to add two free-standing buildings to its development, which currently houses a Subway, Mac’s Milk, Hard Stones Grill and several other stores and restaurants.

The proposal would add 1,200 square metres of commercial space just north of the plaza that exists now, on an adjacent piece of land the owner bought a number of

years ago.

Axia Property Management president Scott Wilson, who manages the property and is leading the expansion plans, said the land could not be developed before because it was on a holding tank, but now that the town is on city water it can be developed.

He said it’s still early days but the two buildings would likely hold “the type of services and businesses you already see in Manotick.”

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The development would also include a facelift for the existing plaza, to help it better fit with the heritage feel of the village.

“We see it as being the main entry point to Manotick and we really do want to capture that village feel,” he said.

The building would receive a new heritage-looking facade.

“This is positive because it will improve that corner and bring it more up to date,” said Business Improvement Area director Donna Cooper. “It is a focal point of the community, it is the main intersection.”

On Friday, March 9 Wilson met with with Cooper and Rideau-Goulbourn Coun.

Scott Moffatt to discuss the plan. While Moffatt said it’s too early to comment, Cooper said she supports the proposal as long as Manotick’s heritage look is maintained and traffic concerns are addressed.

For the most part, she feels confident Axia and the owner are on board with those requests.

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The strip mall on the corner of Bridge and Main streets is looking to add several freestanding buildings beginning in 2013. If all is approved, the current building will also receive a facelift to help the building better fit with the village’s heritage look. plan, in terms of the facade and the village look and feel,” she said.

In terms of traffic, Wilson said the plaza’s entrance onto Bridge Street is currently hazardous for drivers turning left, so it will likely stop

allowing left turns and only accept right turns in and out.

The entrance on Main Street would likely stay “more or less the same,” Wilson said.

So far Axia has not completed its designs, and has not filed an official development

application to the city. Wilson said the company hopes to have shovels in the ground in 2013.

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EMC news - The Rideau Carleton Raceway could experience “catastrophic” changes after the province approved a proposal from the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation to end the slots at racetracks program across Ontario.

On March 12, the provincial government announced a number of changes to the way OLG operates, including the cancellation by March 2013 of the revenue-sharing agreement that pays racetracks millions of dollars to host slot machines at their facilities. OLG will also be able to choose locations “more strategically” in the future. Relying on private sector bidders, this would encourage placing casinos in urban and downtown areas “where customers are,” according to the OLG’s strategic business review.

A press release said OLG would “stop annual payments to the horse racing industry by ending the slots at racetracks program,” but many affected by the notice said that’s not enough detail to go on.

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Rideau Carleton Raceway employee Suzanne McDonald talks to patrons about the issues facing the horse racing industry in Ontario now that OLG is ending its slots at racetracks program. So far, the future is unclear for the Ottawa South racetrack and its popular slots facility. haven’t told us what is going to happen specifically,” said Susan Leslie, president of the Ontario Horse Racing Industry Association. She said it’s unclear whether ending the program means some slots will leave, all slots will leave, or if they will stay and simply not pay the racetracks the current fee to be there. “There’s

so much uncertainty, we can’t react because we don’t know what we’re reacting to.”

On March 14, racetracks in Windsor, Fort Erie and Sarnia were given notice that OLG would close their slot facilities by April 30.

If the plan is indeed to move all slots out of racetracks and promote down-

town and urban casinos instead, Leslie said the effect could be disastrous. The association estimates that 31,000 people are employed by or rely on the horse racing and breeding industry, from farmers and vets to the breeders and jockeys themselves.

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manned a booth on March 14 with a large sign bearing the message “Help Save the Harness Racing Industry,” where patrons could sign a petition. The booth is part of the association’s province-wide campaign Value 4 Money to convince the OLG and the province to change its mind.

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manager Jean Larose said he’s not ready to talk about the potential impact at the south Ottawa facility because, like Leslie, he hasn’t been told anything yet.

“Right now it’s like spitting in the air. We don’t have the information,” he said, noting that Leslie speaks on behalf of all 17 racetracks in the province.

The OLG’s new business plan would raise as much as $1.3 billion more revenue per year on top of the approximately $2 billion the province already receives from gambling at the crown corporation’s facilities.

Ottawa Centre MPP Yasir Naqvi said ending the slots at racetrack program would save the province $345 million per year, money that can be used to fund education and health care initiatives.

According to the association, however, the province clears $1.1 billion each year from slots at racetracks after all of its contracted fees to the racetracks are paid.

The OLG’s annual report showed that in 2010 the province kept $935 million from slots and casinos at racetracks after “operating expenses” were paid for.

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However, Turner said the Manotick market will have little impact on North Gower’s.

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“I do not consider myself in competition with North Gower, because I think we can both be viable.

In the end we will be building excitement about local food in Ottawa,” he said, noting that previous concerns about new markets stealing customers from well-established spots like Carp and Lansdowne have not materialized.

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Manotick’s Business Improvement Area director Donna Cooper said the market will enhance the village.

“We’re very excited about this. It will bring traffic to the village, and it’s a great fit,” Cooper said. “It’s another reason to come to Manotick.”

Watson’s Mill manager Isabelle Geoffrion agreed, and said a farmer’s market outside the mill fits nicely with its heritage mandate.

“Watson’s Mill has been the natural gathering place in town since 1860. This is where these types of things would happen,” she said.

“So for us to be supporting something like this is fun

and interesting.”

Of course, Watson’s Mill could also stand to benefit if it draws traffic to the museum on a more regular basis.

“It would be nice to add to all the amazing events already happening at Watsons mill,” Turner said.

The market will contribute financially to the mill through vendor fees, of which a portion will go to the mill as rent for the museum’s parking lot on Saturdays.

“What’s important for them is we’re organizing it and making sure it goes smoothly and it’s not taking away from their bottom line,” he said.

More details about the market’s vendors and activities will be available later in the spring.

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Coronation Street to drive through Ottawa Emma Jackson emma.jackson@metroland.com

EMC entertainment - Melanie Coyle admits her love for Coronation Street is an obsession. In fact, she’s quite proud of it.

A suitcase full of books, DVDs, signed posters and even a street sign are just the beginning of the memorabilia she’s collected over the past 28 years since she began watching the show after her son was born.

The 47-year-old Nepean resident said she got hooked at home with her newborn son with only a few channels on the television. The long-running series caught her attention, she said, because it was so real.

“It’s not like American soap operas. When people get up in the morning they look like they got just up. They’re broke, they’re losing their jobs,” she said. “Those characters are real to me.”

And she’ll get to meet some of them in real life next week when she and a colleague cash in their VIP tickets to meet four former cast members at the Rideau Carleton Raceway on March 24.

Although she’s met “Corrie” cast members before – last week she met “Ken Barlow” actor William Roache at Centrepointe Theatre – she said this time it’s different: it’s four at a time and they’re some of the

most popular characters from recent seasons. Most exciting of all is they’ve all recently disappeared from the plot.

Nick Cochrane’s character Andy McDonald has moved to Spain to teach English, and his character’s father Jim McDonald, played by Charles Lawson, is serving a seven year jail sentence for robbing a bank. Steven Arnold’s character Ashley Peacock was tragically killed in a massive tram accident on the 50th anniversary program, and shortly afterward his character’s wife Claire, played by Julia Haworth, had to be smuggled out of the country to avoid arrest for attacking another woman.

Cochrane, Lawson, Arnold and Haworth will take the stage Saturday, March 24 for Tales From the Street, an interactive question-and-answer show.

The event is part of an 18stop, cross-Canada tour that takes the four former characters to some of their most loyal audiences outside Britain.

Cochrane said he was surprised to see how much the show is played “on the telly” in Canada, but he was prepared for a certain amount of Canadian love.

“It was well received in the UK, and Canada seemed the next progression, really.

The audiences are so big over here,” he said from a hotel

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Melanie Coyle has been a die-hard Coronation Street fan for 28 years. She has VIP tickets for a meet-and-greet with four former characters at the Rideau Carleton Raceway on March 24. room in the Toronto area.

Michael Cox, owner of the Scottish and Irish Store in Orleans and Ottawa West, said

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do now, and how people react them when they see them on the street.”

The second half will feature a casual question-andanswer period moderated by Cochrane himself.

Topp said reactions to the first few stops of the tour in Toronto, Peterborough and Oshawa were “incredible,” noting the audience is not as white-haired as a non-Corrie fan might think.

“There were people (at the Toronto show) who are guys in punk bands who came with their wives because they watch Coronation Street,” Topp said. “You might think it’s just a real elderly crowd, but it’s not at all. It’s a real mixed crowd.”

That’s because the 51-year-

old show is a “world class TV drama serial” that hooks people, he added.

“People get involved in it, it’s very contemporary in terms of human nature,” Topp said.

Coyle said she can see herself in the characters despite living in a different country.

And even though she’s not British, she said after her weekly Sunday marathon of Corrie she sounds like a native Brit.

“It’s not intentional but at the end of five hours I sound like I’m from Manchester,” she laughed.

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approximately two thirds of Ottawa residents have a connection to Britain, either as an expatriate themselves or by family heritage.

“Wherever there’s a good base of British connection there’s always a good group of viewers,” he said, noting that his Coronation Street memorabilia is always popular.

During the first half of Tales From the Street, the four actors will talk about their experiences in the show.

“It’s pretty spontaneous, it’s hopefully not the same thing every show,” explained Gary Topp, marketing manager for the tour. “They talk about other actors, little funny stories that happened on set, about the production of the show, the set, about what they

Naqvi said it’s “too early to speculate” whether slots will be pulled out of racetracks entirely and what effect that might have locally, but it makes sense to stop subsidizing the industry.

“One has to always to look at the business viability of all industries,” he said. “If an industry exists that would not be able to survive without significant subsidy, maybe some transformation is needed in that particular business as well.”

Nepean-Carleton MPP Lisa McLeod, in whose riding the raceway is located, said she was “insulted” by Naqvi’s term, noting that the revenuesharing agreement is basically rent OLG pays to use the space at the private racetrack facilities.

“This is very insulting to

suburban and rural members (of provincial parliament),” she said. “The Liberals have one rural member in that caucus. They have no idea what this is going to mean to vets, to feed producers, to rural tourism, and the reality is it is not a subsidy.

“When the government decided it wanted more revenue, the logical place to put (the slots) was at the racetrack.

Those slots are at racetracks because they were put where there was already a significant and robust industry.”

Naqvi said he would have to speak to his constituents before he could support a casino in urban Ottawa, but emphasized that it’s no guarantee it will happen any time soon, if at all.

“OLG has to do their own business analysis to make any such determination,” he

said. “The ultimate decision will lie with the city council and they will make a decision of what they want. They are an important partner in this process.”

Sandy Knudsen, owner of Sandy’s Saddlery just west of the racetrack on Mitch Owens Road, said people won’t go to a downtown casino because it’s too much hassle.

“Here they can come, they can stay as long as they like, and the parking’s free. And that means a lot,” she said.

“I know a lot of people who drive 250 kilometres return trip to come to this one here, but I don’t think they’d go if they had to go downtown. I think they would avoid it.”

As a private company, the Rideau Carleton Raceway would be able to bid on any casino proposals OLG brings forward.

Klinkhammer making name with Sens

By Rob Brodie OttawaSenators.com It’s a name almost guaranteed to attract instant attention.

And Rob Klinkhammer deďŹ nitely knows it’s so. “Especially playing in the States, a lot of people like my name and they gravitate toward it,â€? said the Ottawa Senators rookie forward with a most distinctive German name. “I’ve seen some weird signs in the stands all the time ... It’s one of the more interesting ones and I’m glad to have it.â€?

But it’s more than just that family name — the second-longest in Senators history, if you’re wondering — that earned the 6-3, 214-pound forward his current opportunity in Ottawa. He’s been a constant presence in front of the net since being summoned from Binghamton Senators of the American Hockey League on March 3.

Klinkhammer’s efforts were duly noted during the Senators’ 4-1 triumph over the New York Rangers on March 8 at Scotiabank Place. He drew an assist on a thirdperiod goal by Kyle Turris — the ďŹ rst career National Hockey League point for the native of Lethbridge, Alta. — and was named the game’s third star.

Senators forward Rob Klinkhammer has made an immediate impact with the big club since being called up from the AHL’s Binghamton Senators (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images).

“I was pumped, I was happy to receive it,â€? Klinkhammer said of the post-season honour in his ďŹ rst home game with the big club. “It was a big night for me. I was just excited and I’ll take (the points) any way I can get them.â€?

All of this is just reward for a ďŹ fth-year pro who seized upon a massive opportunity presented to him in Binghamton, after Klinkhammer was acquired in a Dec. 2 trade with the Chicago Blackhawks. He’d been buried down on the farm for the previous three seasons with the AHL’s Rockford IceHogs, seeing just one game of action with the Hawks, for whom he made his NHL debut on Dec. 7, 2010, against the Dallas Stars. “Things were going rough for me there,â€? said Klinkhammer. “I’d been there awhile and I think a change was really good for me ... I was on the fourth line (in Rockford) and I wasn’t really going anywhere.â€?

Contrast that to what happened almost from the day of his arrival in Binghamton, where B-Sens head coach Kurt Kleinendorst gave Klinkhammer an immediate chance to be a prime-time performer. The 25year-old forward didn’t disappoint,

PITTSBURGH PENGUINS Saturday, March 24, 7 p.m., CBC The Penguins are charging hard to earn the top seed in the Eastern Conference, rating as the NHL’s hottest team through the first two weeks of March. Evgeni Malkin and James Neal have been a dynamic duo offensively for Pittsburgh, with the former a top contender for both the Art Ross and Hart trophies. The Pens’ attack has gained a massive boost with the return last week of Sidney

Crosby, who missed the vast majority of the season with post-concussion issues. The defence corps is hoping to soon say the same about Kris Letang, whose absence greatly hurts production from the back end.

Goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury is another key to the Pens’ success.

James Neal has emerged as a huge contributor to the Pittsburgh Penguins attack (Photo by Claus Andersen/Getty Images).

CAROLINA HURRICANES Tuesday, April 3, 7:30 p.m., Sportsnet East While the Hurricanes’ play has improved in recent weeks, a poor start pretty much scuttled any real playoff hopes for this team. As always, the Carolina attack revolves around captain Eric Staal, whose season has mirrored that of his team – bad start, much better finish. Beyond Staal, the ’Canes rely on the likes of Jeff Skinner, Jussi Jokinen and Tuomo Ruutu to generate offence. Ruutu was considered

a prime candidate to be moved at the NHL trade deadline but instead inked a new contract with the team, as did Tim Gleason, a steady member of the Carolina blue-line brigade. In goal, Cam Ward still rates as one of the league’s top stoppers.

Captain Eric Staal’s season has mirrored that of his Carolina Hurricanes team (Photo by Grant Halverson/Getty Images).

UPCOMING SENATORS GAMES Pittsburgh Penguins at Ottawa Senators: Saturday, March 24, 7 p.m. (CBC) Carolina Hurricanes at Ottawa Senators: Tuesday, April 3, 7:30 p.m. (Sportsnet East) Boston Bruins at Ottawa Senators: Thursday, April 5, 7:30 p.m.

(Sportsnet East)

SCOTIABANK PLACE EVENTS 2012 JUNO Awards: April 1, 7:30 p.m.

Harlem Globetrotters: April 7, 3 p.m.

Larry The Cable Guy and Bill Engvall: April 13, 7:30 p.m.

Stars On Ice: April 29, 4 p.m.

Red Hot Chili Peppers: April 30, 7:30 p.m.

Bryan Adams: May 4, 8 p.m.

Chris de Burgh: May 5, 8 p.m.

Johnny Reid: May 12, 7:30 p.m.

Il Divo: May 20, 8 p.m.

Monster Spectacular: May 26, 7:30 p.m..

Tickets can be purchased by visiting www.CapitalTickets.ca, by phone at 613-599-FANS (3267) or 1-877-788-FANS (3267); in person at The Sens Store at Carlingwood Mall and Place d’OrlÊans, any Ottawa Sports Experts location, Les Galeries de Hull and at the Scotiabank Place box office.

racking up 35 points in 35 games — including a dozen goals — while playing major minutes. “When I got in there, (the B-Sens) had a lot of injuries and they really needed an older guy,â€? said Klinkhammer. “Right away, they put me in a position to succeed. I was getting ďŹ rst line everything. First line PP (power play), ďŹ rst line PK (penalty killing) ... I played a ton of minutes, about 20-25 a night.â€?

Klinkhammer also saw plenty of time with top B-Sens offensive talents, such as Corey Locke and Stephane Da Costa, along with veteran captain Mark Parrish.

And since he’s joined the big club, it’s been more of the same — his current linemates are captain Daniel Alfredsson and Kyle Turris. “He’s been great,â€? Turris said of Klinkhammer. “He’s been moving really well, he moves the puck quick, he’s getting ďŹ rst in on the forecheck and pressuring (opponents) and making them turn over the puck.â€?

Senators head coach Paul MacLean has also been pleased by the new addition to his lineup. “He’s got real good speed and he gets around the rink real well,� he said. “I think he does a good job in the defensive zone along the boards, he does a good job on the forecheck and he shares the puck real well. I think he makes our team faster and a little more skilled.�

For his part, Klinkhammer admitted it was a real eye opener when he learned he’d be playing on a line with Alfredsson, merely the greatest player in Senators modern franchise history. “I was shocked,â€? said Klinkhammer, who remembers watching plenty of Alfredsson highlights on TV as a young player in Alberta. “I walked in here for my ďŹ rst game, I looked at the lineup and my eyes kind of popped out of my head. I was like ‘holy cow.’ I was expecting to play ďŹ ve or six minutes (a game). “But I have so much respect for a player like Alfredsson. He’s the franchise, he’s the captain, he’s the whole team, and I’m just honoured to be able to play with him.â€?

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WHEN TO WATCH: MARCH 23: AT MONTREAL, 7:30 P.M. (SPORTSNET EAST) MARCH 24: VS. PITTSBURGH, 7 P.M. (CBC) MARCH 26: AT WINNIPEG, 8:30 P.M. (SPORTSNET EAST) MARCH 31: AT PHILADELPHIA, 1 P.M. (CBC)

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The robocalls that ring in the night

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here’s something happening here.

What it is ain’t exactly clear.

That the opposition is up in arms over allegations that voters were being misled by a series of “robocalls” ahead of the federal election last May is not surprising.

Conservative supporters would point out that Liberals and New Democrats wanted results from the 2008 federal election tossed out too, hence

the coalition crisis that winter.

But the Conservatives, spinning as quickly as we’ve ever seen them, are now claiming that it was rogue elements within their campaign in the riding of Guelph that perpetuated this.

Subsequently, a Tory staffer linked to that riding campaign was laid off, though we aren’t sure why. We’ve heard this excuse before of a lone, rogue wolf, playing by his own rules in the News of the World

phone hacking scandal.

Is this robocall scandal the end of Canadian democracy as some are saying? Surely not, we’ve endured worse.

But this is certainly not isolated and it’s a little farfetched to believe that Tory activists, across the country, took the initiative at the same time, using the same methods, to intentionally mislead people. There had to be some coordination, somewhere.

These things don’t just happen

organically, in separate areas, in a co-ordinated fashion.

Maybe they were just learning from the pros.

The Conservatives have skirted this issue before in ways that are not illegal, but certainly in ways that are not to be elevated as models of democratic etiquette.

In Montreal, Liberal MP Irwin Cotler was recently the target of calls insinuating that a by-election was in the offing because of Cotler’s imminent

retirement from politics, something he later had to strongly deny.

This isn’t some issue that just affects some faraway riding in Guelph. It’s across the country and, just as importantly, on the edge of eastern Ontario.

To our northwest, in the riding of Nipissing-Timiskaming, Liberal Anthony Rota lost his seat by only 18 votes to Conservative Jay Aspin, according to Elections Canada.

There are allegations of robocalls there mis-directing people to bogus polling stations, and callers purporting to be from the Liberal campaign annoying voters. The margin of victory was so small that even preventing less than 20 people from voting could have spelled the difference between victory and defeat.

Just because we live in an area where ridings are held very tightly by representatives of the Conservative, NDP and Liberal parities does not mean that issue should be any less important. These calls are little different than goons standing in front of polling stations.

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Casinos don’t create winners CHARLES GORDON Funny Town

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he issue of new casinos has surfaced again and this time it’s closer to home.

You’ll recall that about six weeks ago there were hints that the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp. (OLG) was expressing interest in moving a casino into Toronto.

This probably had something to do with the fact that many of the province’s casinos have fallen on hard times. This is particularly true of casinos in border towns, where American sports used to flock across the border to take advantage of the low Canadian dollar.

The low Canadian dollar has vanished and so have the American sports. Hence, the OLG is looking for new suckers, such as the people of Toronto.

So far the people have not spoken – they may well feel that their city has quite enough to entertain them – but some of the Toronto politicians have. Despite an absence of historical proof, some of the city councillors are convinced that a casino would be a big tourist draw. Tourists bring money, their money goes into local businesses, raises their revenues, they pay more taxes and, presto: the city is rolling in dough.

Yes, there is one born every minute. It could just as easily be argued that, in the real world, the tourists come in on the bus, lose some money at the casino, get back on the bus and go home, with no one the richer except the OLG and maybe the tour bus operator.

It was argued in this space a few weeks back that Toronto could show how world class it is by refusing a casino; a casino being neither necessary nor useful to the fabric of the city.

Now it’s Ottawa’s turn to do that. The prov-

ince has announced a decision to seek bids for the opening or relocation of a gaming facility in the city. Early local political reaction was as expected, with the exception of one refreshing statement by Coun. Diane Deans.

“At the end of the day, it’s not all positive,” Deans said, as reported in the Citizen. “I know that there’s an appeal or an attraction to governments to gain the additional revenue, but you have to look at the other side of the ledger as well, and consider the costs associated with it, in terms of the community and the quality of life in the community and also the ill effects on families.”

It would be easier to accept the counter-argument, if it were voiced with any enthusiasm for casinos. But there is no enthusiasm for casinos, only enthusiasm for revenue.

Mayor Jim Watson’s reaction, quoted in the Citizen, is typical: “Any given month, literally millions of dollars from Ontario residents are staying in Quebec and that doesn’t help our city or hospitals or schools. If we have an opportunity to repatriate some of that money, we should have a serious discussion with the province.”

This is not praise for a casino. It is not praise for what a casino brings to the lift of the community. It is praise for the revenue that comes from a casino. Most councillors seem praiseful in the same reserved way. That’s no surprise.

There is never enthusiasm for a casino.

In fact, there is never enthusiasm in a casino.

Nobody ever smiles in there. Yet casinos prevail, because governments always need money and dare not tax for it. One of the sad ironies of the casino discussion is that some councillors are recommending downtown locations. Does anyone need reminding that this city failed, just a few years ago, to generate enough support for a downtown concert hall?

The concert hall would have provided performing opportunities for local artists, added character to the downtown area and at no social cost.

Instead, we get a casino? Time for a serious rethink.

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Legion open house celebrates 70 years Manotick legion Branch 314 enjoys community support as it overcomes challenges Emma Jackson emma.jackson@metroland.com

EMC news - The Manotick legion will celebrate its 70 year anniversary at an open house this weekend.

From 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, March 24 members of the public are invited to visit the legion to learn about its 70-year history in the area, what it does now and why people should get involved.

“This is something special.

It is a chance to come in to the legion to say hi and see what we do,” said legion member Derek Graham, who is promoting the event. The South Carleton branch of the Royal Canadian Legion, located at the corner of Ann Street and Beaverwood Road in Manotick, has survived a number of challenges since it was chartered on March 21, 1942.

For more than 25 years, legion members bounced around South Carleton without a permanent place to call home.

North Gower’s town hall, Orange Hall, and post office all served as meeting places, as well as the Manotick Odd Fellows Hall and fire hall.

Before Richmond gained its own branch, meetings were also held in its town hall as well as the Kars Orange Hall.

At one point the legion even owned the Women’s Institute in Kars but it was in disrepair and needed to be torn down.

Of course, many meetings were also held in members’ homes. In 1969, the legion

bought the Manotick Orange Hall at 5550 Ann St. and moved in on May 24, 1970.

The legion thrived in the lodge for 35 years, running many charitable events and activities and even operating several bowling alleys in the basement. In June 2005, however, the 66-year-old building burnt down, leaving the legion yet again without a place to stay. It was a bleak period for the legion at a time when other branches were closing due to lack of membership or funds.

But the resilient organization persevered, and community groups and residents raised thousands of dollars to rebuild the hall.

Today the legion hosts a number of regular social events, activities and programs and supports many local charities and community members. Graham said the legion is especially relevant today as Canada continues to support military and humanitarian missions in Afghanistan and other countries.

He is hoping a few hundred people will come by to check out the legion on Saturday, and hopes they like what they see enough to join up.

“I didn’t join (until two years ago) because I thought it was one of these places where people sat around in a smoky room.

But that’s an old impression of the legion. It’s a good place to come out and meet people,” he said.

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Legionnaires Derek Graham and Margery Toner are among the organizers of the Manotick legion’s 70th anniversary open house on March 24.

OSTA Ottawa Student Transportation Authority The Ottawa Student Transportation Authority will be conducting public consultation sessions on a number of proposed changes to transportation policies for the Ottawa Carleton District School Board (OCDSB) and the Ottawa Catholic School Board (OCSB) in an effort to harmonize policies between the two school boards.

There will be four sessions in total, one in each transportation zone occurring on the following dates: April 2, 2012 A.Y. Jackson S.S. – 150 Abbeyhill Dr., Kanata April 3, 2012 Confederation E.C. – 1645 Woodroffe Ave., Nepean April 4, 2012 Glebe Collegiate – 212 Glebe Ave., Ottawa April 5, 2012 Cairine Wilson S.S. – 975 Orleans Blvd., Orleans

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Sessions will begin at 5:30pm and end promptly at 7:00 pm. There will be a presentation and “Q&A” period.

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were logged overnight in the first nine hours registration was open – almost 1,000 more than last year, which saw 7,575 registrations in the same timeframe.

It’s a good problem to have, said Bay Coun. Mark Taylor, chairman of the community and protective services committee. But he agreed that some changes were in order to reduce the number of people who face a crashed ottawa.ca website when the try to register. “Every year, we have the same problem,” Taylor said. “I obviously don’t

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EMC news - Improvements are coming to the online aquatics program registration following another year that saw the system overloaded far too often.

Registration for city swimming programs opened on March 5 and the city’s website promptly crashed when too many people tried to register at once. A record number of people signed up for swimming classes on the day registration opened. A total of 8,512 registrations

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for certain programs over a period of time.

Aquatic program registration is already split from the rest of the recreation program sign-ups for that reason. Last year, total land program registrations only amounted to 6,980 – less than pool programs for that year.

The software that powers the online registration system will also be upgraded by next year, said Beacon HillCyrville Coun. Tim Tierney, chairman of the city’s information technology subcommittee.

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want it to happen again next year … but there is a cost point there. The solution is going to be coming up with a new process.”

The city tried to tackle the issue this year by adding more servers to handle the influx of website traffic, but it wasn’t enough.

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Boost bike network to hit high cyclist target: advocates Laura Mueller

EMC news - It’s nestled in the heart of the city, bounded by the Rideau Canal on one side and accessible by a limited selection of narrow neighbourhood streets.

Lansdowne Park and its dense urban surroundings are no suburban Scotiabank Place, and that means people are going to have to change their thinking about how they plan to get there, the city says.

After the site is redeveloped with a renovated stadium, new retail offerings, a cinema, offices and homes, the city is hoping that more people will see the wisdom in hopping on a bicycle to get to Lansdowne Park.

When it comes to big events, the city expects up to three per cent of trips to Lansdowne Park to be made by bicycle.

That’s the cycling “modal share” anticipated for the city as a whole by 2031, according to the transportation master plan.

It’s also higher than any other North American stadium that one cycling activist researched – but he still thinks it’s do-able.

Alex deVries, vice president of local cyclist advocacy group, Citizens for Safe Cycling, found that Ottawa’s plans include an “unusual expectation” that more people

will bike to the stadium at Lansdowne than the overall city average for cycling, which is about two per cent right now.

DeVries applauded the city’s goal to get people on bikes. But he came to city hall on March 7 to tell councillors that telling people to cycle and even giving them a place to park their bikes when they get to Lansdowne is not enough.

The city needs to look beyond Lansdowne Park itself and update the cycling plan for the Glebe to ensure that people have direct and convenient ways to get to the site on their bikes, deVries said.

“The Ottawa cycling plan has been stale,” deVries said.

“The problem is that the world has changed because Lansdowne is now going to be a major destination.

“How do you get there from Hintonburg and Westboro? What about from north of the Queensway? What are the routes?” deVries asked.

Creating cycling lanes, improving intersections with cyclist in mind and putting up wayfinding signs are helpful ways to get non-cyclists out of their cars and onto bikes.

“What we need to do is get new people to cycle – people who would otherwise normally drive to the stadium,” deVries said.

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The city wants more residents to bike to Lansdowne Park once it has been redeveloped. mission’s multi-use pathway along the canal is a great way for nervous cyclists to make their way to Lansdowne, deVries said, but the NCC and the city need to work together to create a crossing to make it safe for cyclists and pedestrians to cross from the path over Queen Elizabeth Drive to Lansdowne.

DeVries’ other ideas in-

clude making improvements to O’Connor Street so that it can be used as a north-south route instead of Bank Street, which is a bit more intimidating for novice cyclists due to the high level of traffic and the amount of on-street parking and pedestrian traffic.

“Right now that access isn’t identified in the plans, but it should be,” deVries said.

For an east-west cutthrough, the city should look at altering a pedestrian access at Fifth Avenue and Lyon Street to allow cyclists to use it, deVries said.

DeVries wasn’t alone in his call for the city to back up its cycling numbers with improvements to make it happen.

Michael Powell, chairman of the city’s citizen advisory

group on roads and cycling, echoed deVries’ comments that the city needs to look beyond the site itself.

“The city has set a very aggressive target for modal share,” Powell said, adding that Ottawa will have to be diligent to ensure it can reach that three per cent target.

Some creative thinking, like painting a “contra” westbound cycling lane on Holmwood Avenue (a one-way eastbound street) to enable cyclists to get through the Bank Street intersection to the Lyon Street bike lane without making a left turn.

The committee was discussing a series of updated reports for transportation at Lansdowne, including a transportation demand management report. Dedicated bicycle parking for 450 bikes should be provided on site, the report states, including secure parking for all of the future residents and for a portion of the parking allotted for the offices and retail (mainly for employees.

More bike parking would be added during special events. The “cattle castle,” or the Aberdeen Pavilion, could provide room for an indoor supervised bike corral.

The report also recommends that space be set aside for a Bixi station at Lansdowne.

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Kids watch in awe as Little Ray picks up a 500-pound alligator named Stewart from his tank at Little Ray’s Reptile Zoo in Ottawa south. Stewart was born in captivity and was kept as a pet in Rockland east of Ottawa until he got too big for the owner to handle in 1996. The recently renovated reptile zoo near Bank Street and Rideau Road was packed on Wednesday, March 14 as kids filled their March Break with local activities.

No less than five (5) OSU 2000 born players have made it to the next round of the Danone Nations Cup team Canada selection.

Lighting and traffic pose biggest safety concerns in Greely Emma Jackson

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EMC news - The Greely Community Association has identified a number of areas in need of a safety audit.

In February the association began working with Women’s Initiatives for Safer Environments (WISE), an Ottawa-based community safety group, to identify unsafe spaces in the community. These could include poorly lit parks and pathways, dangerous roads and isolated areas with potential for crime.

After receiving a handful of suggestions from the community, project leader Tama-

Selections for Danone 2012 started in the fall of 2011 in Montreal and Toronto. The Danone coaches were impressed by no less than 5 players from Ottawa South United Soccer Association having demonstrated their superb soccer skills at the various identification camps.

Eric Batali, David Chung, Mollie Erikson, Tarik Jouali and Luc Rowlands have all been given the opportunity to further prove their talents to the Eastern team coaches at the selection camp in Montreal in April 2012. This will be the last step before selection for the Danone Eastern Canadian team is finalised. 12 players will be selected and subsequently invited to take part in a 3 day training camp in July 2012 before facing the Danone Western Canadian team in the National final. Across Canada, over 8,000 players registered and the selection process is now down to less than 160. President Bill Michalopulos stated that although OSU has had previous success in sending OSU players to Danone- Team Canada final selection round, the “sheer numbers this year are unprecedented. These players are an excellent representation of OSU’s quality player development program”.

She said the audits will likely take place in April.

The audit report will be complete about one month later, and will be sent to the local politicians, the City of Ottawa, and owners of the audited areas.

Trenholm said she hopes community members step forward to attend the audits in their neighbourhoods, since they know the areas best and can more thoroughly address safety needs with the consultant.

Suggestions are still being accepted Trenholm said, although at this point she can’t guarantee they will be audited right away.

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One resident also requested sidewalks along Old Prescott Road down to Shadow Ridge.

Now that the areas of concern are chosen, WISE will send a consultant to audit the areas with members of the community, local politicians and authorities.

Trenholm said she will contact WISE to set up dates for the audits, which must take place around dusk so the consultant can accurately gauge lighting and other issues such as sight lines and exits.

“It’s light out enough to see, but it’s getting a feel for where the shadows are once darkness starts to fall,” Trenholm said.

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According to Trenholm, areas with poor lighting include Greely West Park, pathways in and around the Shadow Ridge development including those through Bush Drive and the ball park, Stanley Park, the pathway from Stanley Park to the Lakeland development, and all pathways around the community centre.

In terms of traffic safety, community members suggested that better signage is needed where the Osgoode multi-use pathway crosses roads such as Mitch Owens, so that drivers know to watch for snowmobilers and pedestrians using the pathway.

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Cut the crap in the river, says Ecology Ottawa Kristy Wallace

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EMC news - A young man sitting on a toilet placed on the ice at Britannia Beach was part of Ecology Ottawa’s push to have the federal government include money for the Ottawa River Action Plan in its 2012 budget.

“Every year, there’s 400 million litres of untreated sewage getting dumped into this river,” said Graham Saul, chairman of Ecology Ottawa.

“It’s a serious problem, but we have a solution.”

The city’s Ottawa River Action Plan would help clean up the river, but Ecology Ottawa members said that the plan needs additional funds from the federal and provincial level in order to happen.

With the 2012 federal budget fast approaching, Saul said it’s time to ask the government for help.

“They have money for jets, jails and oil subsidies,” he said.

The group also collected 750 signatures on a letter to all of the area members of Parliament asking them to en-

sure funding in the upcoming budget.

Ecology Ottawa also distributed email responses from area MPs, including Pierre Poilievre of NepeanCarleton.

“Through the Economic Action Plan, the federal government provided the City of Ottawa with an unprecedented $600 million to spend on its priorities,” Poilievre wrote in the email. “The city decided it would use the funds for its stated number one priority: transit.”

Poilievre added in the email that cleaning up the river remains a priority for the federal government.

“We wished the city shared that priority,” he wrote.

However Saul said the comments were “unfair” and “inappropriate.”

“We think it’s inappropriate to be suggesting that the clean up is not a priority for the city of Ottawa,” he said.

“They’ve come up with a plan and now we need the federal and provincial government to step forward. The federal government, in a couple of weeks, has the opportunity

to help the people of Ottawa clean up this river.”

Mari Wellman, chairwoman of the Westboro Beach Community Association, said her neighbourhood’s beach was closed 26 times last season.

“That’s not acceptable,” Wellman said. “In the summer, it’s so nice to see little children coming and swimming, but there’s nothing sadder than seeing them be turned away.”

If the plan doesn’t receive government funding, Wellman said, the community association, Ecology Ottawa and members of the community will keep pressuring the federal government for the funding.

“We rely on them, and I think they should help,” she said.

Saul said the group’s letter writing campaign is still going, and the issue will come back up in the summer once swimming season starts.

“Ottawans love this river and we have to move as fast as possible to make funding happen.”

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Ecology Ottawa members came out to call on the federal government to put funds towards helping clean up the Ottawa River in its upcoming budget.

City announces Fat Cats can play in stadium this season Renovations for a new Class-AA baseball team could could interfere with Fat Cats’ playoffs Michelle Nash

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EMC news - After a month of uncertainty, the Ottawa Fat Cats will be able to play out their final season at the Ottawa Baseball Stadium.

On March 15, the city announced staff had been able to create a construction schedule that would allow the Fat Cats to play out their 2012 season

at the stadium.

“City of Ottawa staff have worked closely with the Fat Cats to provide them with the opportunity to bring baseball to the residents of Ottawa over the coming summer months,” Mayor Jim Watson said in a release. “On behalf of Council, I wish the Fat Cats every success with their upcoming season. They have played, and

continue to play, an important role in keeping baseball front and centre in the Nation’s capital.”

The arrangement remains subject to both parties agreeing to revised lease terms.

The conditions only apply to the club’s 18-game regular season and Fat Cats management would need to make alternative arrangements if, like last year, the team earned a playoff berth. City staff has been working with the organization to find such alternatives.

The future for the Intercounty Baseball League club became clouded when

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city council approved a report endorsing a lease proposal on Feb. 22 made by Beacon Sports Capital that would see that organization bring a Class-AA minor league baseball team to Ottawa. The report approved at council allocates $5.7 million to give the Coventry Road stadium a major upgrade, including the installation of artificial turf.

Initially, there was a possibility the schedule to have the stadium renovated in time for the start of the 2013 minor league season would force the Fat Cats to find a new home.

When the Overbrook

Community Association discovered the Fat Cats’ season might be in jeopardy, it reached out and asked the city to find a way to make both construction and field time a possibility for the team. Association board member and baseball fan Peter Macfarlane said at the time he did not think it would be unreasonable for a new lease holder to work something out with the existing tenant.

“Although the Fat Cats are not the end all and be all of baseball, the stadium would not be in the state it is in had it not been for them,” Macfarlane said. “They kept the idea

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The association wrote a letter in support for the team, echoed by neighbouring associations, including the Riverview Park Community Association.

Upon hearing the news that the intercounty team will play in the stadium this season, Overbrook Community Association board members were pleased.

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Women’s employment agency gets a boost Kristy Strauss

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EMC news - An organization that helps change disadvantaged women’s lives recently got a $73,000 boost from the Ontario Trillium Foundation, allowing it to expand programming.

Dress For Success Ottawa National Capital Region will use the funding to expand its professional women’s group programs, which help women who are already employed move into

a better job.

The organization also provides gently used clothing, shoes and accessories to women seeking employment.

The all-volunteer staff even helps prepare the women for job interviews.

“We can’t thank (the foundation) enough for this generous grant,” said Marlene Floyd, chairwoman of the Dress for Success Ottawa National Capital Region. “It allows us to offer programs to women who we feel will

directly benefit.”

Floyd said she sees firsthand what a difference the service makes in women’s lives.

“It’s spectacular to see the transformation when they come to the boutique,” said Floyd. “They’re a little shy and then they realize they’re coming to a warm and welcoming place. And when they leave, they feel like a million dollars and walk out that door full of confidence.”

Yasir Naqvi, MPP for Ot-

tawa Centre, was also at the announcement which took place at the Dress for Success Ottawa National Capital Region Boutique at 1339 Wellington St. W. “The work you’re doing could not have been at a better time,” said Naqvi. “We’re going through serious and challenging economic times where jobs are fewer. Any help we can provide to them is a big step forward to ensure they are able to get on their two feet.”

Alex Wojtow, program manager at the Ontario Trillium Foundation Champlain region, was also on site to present the award to the organization.

Wojtow said she knows first-hand the struggles that disadvantaged women, such as new Canadians, have when they first come to Canada.

She said her mother, a Polish immigrant, would have benefited from an organization like Dress for Success.

“She was very excited (when she heard about the organization) and wished

this was in place when she needed to dress for success,” Wojtow said. “We all have right to achieve our dreams in life.”

Dress for Success started in New York in 1997, and its Ottawa chapter opened in January 2011.

Its programs include the suiting program, dress rehearsal program and professional women’s group which give women skills and confidence to help change their lives.

For more information on the organization visit dress forsuccess.org/ottawa.

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Septic shock occurs when an infection spreads throughout the body and over-activates the immune system, resulting in severe organ damage and death in 30 to 40 per cent of cases. Spencer Eady spent five days in a coma on life support in the Intensive Care Unit at the Ottawa Hospital’s General Campus, while doctors gave him antibiotics, fluids and bloodpressure medications to try to save his life.

Luckily, Eady recovered and was released from hospital after two and a half weeks.

To help reduce the number of deaths from this deadly condition, a team of Ottawa researchers has received a $442,000 federal grant to lead the world’s fist clinical trials of a stem-cell therapy aimed at patients suffering from septic shock.

“Our ultimate goal in studying this therapy for septic shock is to help and save more lives as our death rate is still substantial,” said Dr. Lauralyn McIntyre, a scientist at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute who is also leading the initiative.

The trial is expected to test the experimental therapy in up to 15 patients with septic shock at the Ottawa Hospital’s ICU. The treatment involves mesenchymal stem cells, also called MSCs. Like other stem cells, they can give rise to a variety of more specialized cells and help and regenerate damaged organs.

“Developing treatment that may help to reduce that death rate and improve the outcome for our patients is really important,” said McIntyre.

The MSCs are still considered experimental and have not been approved by Health Canada as a standard therapy for any disease.

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need to do is to establish that giving these cells to patients with septic shock is safe,” said McIntyre.

The experiment therapy will be obtained from the bone marrow of healthy donors and purified in Ottawa laboratory.

“If the data shows us that the therapy is safe and we are able to determine the optimal dose to be used in the cells, then our plan is to proceed with a larger clinical trial that would be conducted at multiple centres with a primary goal of looking at whether the therapy is improving patient outcome,” she said.

Earlier results from animal test results appear promising, according to McIntyre.

She however admits that it will take many years for clinical trials involving hundreds of patients to if it is safe and effective.

“Because these therapeutic seems to work on so many different pathways in septic shock we are really excited that maybe it will help us to decrease our death rate and save lives,” she said adding that it gives them hope that they have something else that the can try help their patients with.

Her hopes were echoed by Eady, who continues to recover well, although he has had to reduce his university course load for this semester.

Eady was thankful for the care that he received at The Ottawa Hospital, and glad that researchers at the hospital are working to develop innovative approaches to improve treatment for this devastating condition.

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Eady’s case of septic shock was linked to a rare inherited condition in which the intestine grows a “dead end” arm.

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FOOD

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Herb-flavoured carrot soup a favourite year-round

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A potato helps to thicken the soup, and cream cheese gives it a creamy texture without the use of rich cream.

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Bring to a boil, then reduce the heat to medium and cook until the carrots are soft.

A blender works best to puree the soup. Because of the amount of soup, it will have to be blended in two batches.

Ladle half of the soup into the blender, then add half of the cream cheese. Cover and blend until there are no white specks of cream cheese visible.

Pour this into another container, then repeat with the remaining soup and cream cheese.

Add salt and pepper to taste. Serves 4.

Ottawa Comiccon coming to CE Centre Kristy Strauss

kristy.strauss@metroland.com

EMC entertainment - For the first time, residents in Ottawa will be able to sit in Back to the Future’s DeLorean time machine, meet writers and actors and even dress up as their favourite fantasy character.

Ottawa Comiccon will be taking place at the CE Centre on May 12 and 13 and the team leading the festival formally announced the event at the Mill Street Brew Pub on March 13.

“Many of these niches used to be obscure or a subculture for outsiders,” said David Newman, vice-president of creative development for Ottawa Comiccon. “But today, it’s clearly visible that this subculture is now the mainstream.”

The event will bring fantasy and sci-fi favourites to the city and will feature guests like Patrick Stewart and John de Lancie from Star Trek: The Next Generation, Lou Ferrigno of The Incredible Hulk fame and many more.

A replica of the DeLorean time machine from Back To The Future will also be on site and will raise funds for the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research.

“The best part of Ottawa

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David Newman, vice-president of Creative Development for Ottawa Comiccon spoke about what residents can expect at this year’s first-ever convention.

Comiccon is it’s just about fun. It’s pure fun,” he said.

“There’s no pretention, no exclusion, no hard edges. It’s about enjoying yourself and you can be yourself.”

Newman said it was time to bring this convention to Ottawa after similar successes in Montreal and San Diego.

“I think this has been a good year for Ottawa ... hosting the NHL (all-star) weekend, the Juno awards are coming. This is the year of Ottawa. There’s a lot of momentum going on at the city and we thought this was the best time to jump in and make a splash when

things were happening.”

He also encouraged visitors to come dressed in their favourite sci-fi character gear and there will be a chance for people to learn how to draw their own comics.

There will also be a Magic: The Gathering tournament organized by The Comic Book Shoppe that will feature more than 200 players.

The event will run on May 12 from 10:30 a.m. to 7 p.m., and on May 13 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tickets are on sale now at www.ottawacomiccon.com which, also includes price and activity information.

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Food never went to waste Ottawa Public Library

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here was no such thing as haggling over meals. Didn’t finish all those turnips you didn’t like at dinner?

There was a good chance they would be on your plate again at supper.

Sometimes I could trade off with someone else at the table, if there was something I absolutely hated, like liver.

Since Emerson loved his dessert and I could easily do without it, I could often pass over my piece of liver as well as my piece of cake or pie.

Mother didn’t seem to mind, as long as there wasn’t a scrap of food left on our plates when the meal was over.

Leftovers in the bowls on the table were a different story. On the back of the Findlay Oval Mother kept a big aluminum pot at the ready.

Every last morsel of food left in the bowls would be tossed into this simmering pot. When there was a good accumulation, Mother added water and spices, and it turned into a delicious soup. Mother said it was a sin to waste food. She said wasted food was like taking it right out of the mouth of a starving person.

Back then there were lots of foods I didn’t much care for. Pickled Herring was high on the list. In fact, any fish caught right out of the Bonnechere River was another food I tried to trade at the

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Mary Cook’s Memories dinner table. That was because my brother Emerson told me fish came alive again when Mother put it in the fry pan.

Father always said it was a poor farmer indeed who could not feed his family. We grew just about everything we ate.

The sand pit in the cellar was full of vegetables and shelves held countless jars of pickles and preserves, jams and jellies.

Our smoke house was full of meat of every description. And of course, there was always a chicken ready for a pot, or a turkey or goose for feeding the droves of relatives that seemed to converge on the farm every weekend.

Mother made bread at least once or twice a week. Father didn’t consider it a meal without a stack of freshly cut bread on the table.

We seldom went to bed at night without what Father called a lunch. So we really had four meals a day.

Breakfast was hearty, dinner at noon, supper at night, and then the lunch just before we climbed the stairs. My favou-

rite bedtime lunch was when Mother buttered both sides of a couple slices of bread and then put them into the hot Findlay Oval oven. They didn’t toast, but they became very crisp and dripping with butter and I could polish off two of those slices quicker than you could blink an eye.

When Mother’s egg money was getting low and there was not much for frivolities like fresh lemons or raisins for pies, Mother made bread pudding.

Always, in my young mind, I wondered if we were so poor, how was it that there was always plenty to eat? And if my city relatives were so rich, why did they go back to Ottawa loaded with vegetables, chickens and whatever else Mother could cram into their car? And why, since my Father ate like it was his last meal on earth, did he never gain an ounce?

As long as we lived on the farm he remained as thin as a rail. Mother said he wore it off shoveling in his food at the table.

EMC community - Allison Hall-Murphy and Amy Hoffmann are used to seeing teens come into the library and use the computer to help find a job.

Over March break, librarians from branches across the Ottawa Public Library system held workshops called Get A Job, aimed at teaching youth Photo by Kristy Strauss job hunting tips ranging from Amy Hoff man, a business librarian at the Ottawa Public writing a resume to acing an Library’s Greenboro branch, helped youth over March interview.

“Teens are always asking Break fix up their resumes. about jobs,” said Hall-Murphy, the teen librarian at the egories of writing a resume, stressed in the workshop how library’s Greenboro branch. applying for the job and the important it is to check for spelling mistakes.

“But it takes a lot of prac- interview process.”

Hall-Murphy said as the Hoffmann said the worktice and we’re obviously in a good position to help in some shop gave teens applying for teen librarian, she and her a job for the first time some colleagues are always trying ways.”

Hoffmann, a business li- of the basics, including how to figure out what programs to brarian at the branch, led the to look for a job online and offer for teens and what information teens are looking for. workshop on March 13 for a where to apply.

“Creating a resume is alShe also went over how group of teens who were anxious to find jobs, whether it important it is to get some ways a hard one for teens, was in the fast food or retail background information on especially if they’re not necthe company you’re apply- essarily that experienced in industries.

“We have a list of what is ing for and consider possible putting together any written involved in the job process, questions an employer can document that looks good,” she said. “It’s a tricky one.” from trying to think about ask during an interview.

For more information on “There’s not necessarily an what kind of job you want, to the interview to sending a ideal way to answer the ques- library services, and teen prothank you letter at the end,” tions and it depends on the grams, visit the Ottawa PubHoffmann said. “We pretty interview and what the situ- lic Library’s website at biblio much have three main cat- ation is,” Hoffmann said. She ottawalibrary.ca.

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Camp FFIT â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Female Firefighters in Training with team building exercises, training in the use of SCBA (self contained breathing apparatus), basic training in how the pump and ladder operations work.

There will fitness and nutrition information, experiencing climbing an aerial ladder, automobile extraction and the basics of technical rescue techniques. To qualify fore camp participants have to be 15 to 19 yeas of age, be in good physical condition, have a positive attitude, have completed an application form and agreed to follow the rules and regulation of the amp. Partici-

pants have to take part in all of the activities and classes offered at the camp and must have a valid OHIP pr provincial health insurance card.

All CAMP FFIT Activities and Evolutions will be led by qualified members of Ottawa Fire Services.

The cost for the camp is $150. All participants require steel toe boots to take part in all fire ground activities.

Camp Instruction will be offered in English.

For additional information please contact campffit@ottawa.ca or 613-580-2424 x 12372.

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Having fun with history Six-year-old Osgoode resident Jasper Holden was the lone participant in a march break program at the Osgoode library branch on March 14. Ashley Moores from the Billings Estate National Historic Site in Alta Vista came to the library to teach kids about how Ottawaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first settlers lived, and the tools they needed to survive. She also taught Holden how to make various flavours of herbal teas that Ottawa settler Lamira Billings would have made from herbs in her own garden.

St Aidanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Anglican Church

Service Time: Sundays at 10:30 AM

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The West Ottawa Church of Christ

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 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; staidans@bellnet.ca

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

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

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Confederation High School 1645 Woodroffe Avenue (Beside Nepean Sportsplex) Weekly Sunday Service 10:00am-Noon Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Ministry during service

Dominion-Chalmers United Church 355 Cooper Street at Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Connor 613-235-5143 www.dc-church.org

Abundant Life Christian Fellowship

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)

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

The Redeemed Christian Church of God Heb. 13:8 â&#x20AC;&#x153;Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and today, and forever

Tel: (613) 276-5481; (613) 440-5481 1893 Baseline Rd., Ottawa (2nd Floor) Sunday Service 10.30am â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 12.30pm Bible study / Night Vigil: Friday 10.00pm â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 1.00am Website: heavensgateottawa.org E-mail: heavensgatechapel@yahoo.ca

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Bells Corners United Church 3955 Richmond Rd. (at Moodie Dr.) Ministers: Rev. Angela Bailey Rev. Don Maclean Ruth Sword CE Coordinator Worship 10:00 am Sunday School & Crib Nursery 613-820-8103 www.bcuc.org

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EMC news - Applications for next year are being accepted between March 15 and May 15, 2012 for Camp FFIT, (Female Firefighters in Training).

Applications received after the campaign deadline will not be considered.

The City of Ottawa, in partnership with Fire Service Women of Ontario (a nonprofit association of women in career and volunteer fire departments in Ontario) presents a unique opportunity to give young women a taste of what itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s like to be a firefighter.

The training camp offers basic firefighter training along

LIBRA – Sept 23/Oct 23 Libra, start thinking about curbing your spending. Your finances are in trouble if you don’t make some changes.

More is going out than is coming into your accounts.

TAURUS – Apr 21/May 21 Taurus, a good night is in store this week. The night brings rewards you did not expect. Working hard yields more than financial success.

SCORPIO – Oct 24/Nov 22 Scorpio, there’s not much you can do about the current situation. Complaining about things won’t solve anything, so why waste the breath? Better news is on the horizon.

GEMINI – May 22/Jun 21 Trust your instincts, Gemini. Someone who seems like they have your best interests at heart really may have ulterior motives. Heed Capricorn’s sage advice.

CANCER – Jun 22/Jul 22 Cancer, you may feel like you’re the only one keeping the ship from sinking. However, this is not the case. Behindthe-scenes work is taking place, too.

LEO – Jul 23/Aug 23 Leo, it seems as if drama is always following you. That’s because you tend to be the life of the party or prefer all eyes be on you. Think about being less conspicuous.

VIRGO – Aug 24/Sept 22 Virgo, it’s hard to keep friends if you are overly critical of the way they live their lives. Remember, no one is perfect — including you. Keep an open mind.

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CLUES ACROSS 1. Medical products manufacturer SAGITTARIUS – Nov 23/Dec 21 5. Depletes gradually You’re in over your head, Sagittarius. Too many projects Metrical foot used in poetry and not enough helpers can leave you9. feeling overwhelmed. You may want to tackle one thing at a time.

13. Brand of clear wrap CAPRICORN – Dec 22/Jan 20 14. Gabriel was one Capricorn, new beginnings have arrived and you’re excited 16.

Famous about all of the prospects. Others may share your joy but for his window’s not to the extent that you do. & glass AQUARIUS – Jan 21/Feb 18 18. H. Potter’s best friend Aquarius, it’s alright to be cautious with your decisions, but flower taking much too long could indicate 19. you’re Tennessee’s not ready for a change. Soon a spouse or partner will grow impatient.

20. Narrow inlet PISCES – Feb 19/Mar 20 21. Puts it on the chopping It’s hard to accept help sometimes, Pisces. But help is what you need right now. Accept it with open arms. block 22. Fed 23. Hall of Fame DJ Rick 24.

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LIBRA - Sept 23/Oct 23

TAURUS - Apr 21/May 21

SCORPIO - Oct 24/Nov 22

GEMINI - May 22/Jun 21

SAGITTARIUS - Nov 23/Dec 21

CANCER - Jun 22/Jul 22

CAPRICORN - Dec 22/Jan 20

This is not the week to try to do everything solo, Taurus.

Involve your friends and family members as much as possible. At the very least you’ll have a host of able bodies.

Gemini, people are likely to offer you advice this week.

While the advice might be unsolicited, take it into consideration and you might just be better for it.

31. Today host Curry 33. Deriving pleasure from cruelty 34. Went quickly (archaic) 35. Kiln for drying hops 37. Misrepresentation 38. Absence of sound 40. Many blood vessels 42. Satisfies to excess 43. Glandular fever 44. Capital city of Shiga, Japan 45. Hit sharply 46. This (Spanish) 47. Payroll tax 48. Freshwater duck genus 49. In the past 50. A small drink of liquor 51. Own (Scottish) 52. Daughters of the Am. Revolution

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ARIES - Mar 21/Apr 20

Aries, kick back and let your fantasy world take over your conscious thoughts. You can use a little time lost in a land of utmost happiness this week.

Libra, focus on the things in life that provide you pleasure.

This will help balance out anything that might be bothering you. You’ll find this balance is right up your alley.

What you desire and what you experience are starting to meld, Scorpio. Be sure that you position yourself correctly to maximize the benefits of this scenario.

Sagittarius, now is the time to reach for something bold and big. Think about any changes you can make that will involve a leap of faith and then get started on the goal.

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Cancer, address any unresolved projects this week. You’re riding on a wave of very positive energy that will fuel you as you tie up all those loose ends.

Here’s How It Works: Sudoku puzzles are formatted as a 9x9 grid, broken down into nine 3x3 boxes. To solve a sudoku, the numbers 1 through 9 must fill each row, column and box. Each number can appear only once in each row, column and box. You can figure out the order in which the numbers will appear by using the numeric clues already provided in the boxes.

The more numbers you name, the easier it gets to solve the puzzle!

6. Music, ballet and literature 7. What part of (abbr.)

8. More deceitful 9. Informal term for data 10. Chinese gelatin 11. Repair fabric 12. Nellie __, journalist 13. Single Lens Reflex 15. Away from one’s home 17. Mined minerals 21. Longest division of geological time 22. Affirm positively 23. Paul Adrien __, Br. physicist 25. Ballroom dance 26. Tai (alt. sp.)

27. Dental group 28. Aba ____ Honeymoon 29. Female sibling

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ARIES - Mar 21/Apr 20 Patience is a virtue, Aries. The best will be in store for you later in the week. There’s not much chance for adventure Monday or Tuesday, but things pick up on Wednesday.

Carpicorn, encourage others to tackle a problem with a different mindset. Things are looking up for you, so don’t be afraid to offer some advice.

LEO - Jul 23/Aug 23

AQUARIUS - Jan 21/Feb 18

VIRGO - Aug 24/Sept 22

PISCES - Feb 19/Mar 20

Leo, try to keep your cool this week, even if stress levels are rising and you can’t seem to get anything done.

Maintain your composure and everything will work out.

Aquarius, your desire to help a person in need this week is paramount. Find some new ways to exhibit compassion and surprise a loved one with a random act of kindness.

Virgo, expect to get a lot done this week. An extra hop in your step is enabling you to accomplish all your goals. Offer your help to Pisces when you get a free moment.

Pisces, you will soon find you have the momentum to implement any change you desire. Start making a list of your plans.

This weeks puzzle answers in next weeks issue

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Currency Museum brings awareness to counterfeiting Kristy Strauss

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EMC news - Counterfeiting isn’t a new problem, but it’s one that the organizations that print the world’s currencies have come a long way towards tackling.

A new information campaign organized by the Currency Museum as part of Fraud Prevention Month, looks at the history of counterfeiting.

According Caroline Roberts, exhibition and program planner at the museum, one of the most notable stories of counterfeiting was the Johnson family which in the 19th century produced counterfeit bank notes that put more than $1 million of counterfeit notes into circulation.

“Edwin Johnson produced the engraving plates to make the counterfeits, the daughters forged the signatures, the sons did the printing and the wife passed the notes,” explained Roberts. “They were eventually caught in Toronto, but they were very good counterfeits actually.”

This story, along with information on counterfeiting and how to detect fake money, has been featured this past month at the Currency Museum located on Sparks Street.

Roberts said the museum wanted to teach people about counterfeit money because

Photo by Kristy Strauss

Josianne Roy, an analyst with the Bank of Canada, shows off the new $100 bill that came out on November and the new $50 bill that will be released at the end of the month. The new bills have security features which should make them harder to counterfeit. there was interest from the public. “People were very interested in the whole idea of counterfeiting, so we started running programs to teach people how to detect counterfeit,” Roberts said.

“And for Fraud Prevention

Month, we have a display case where we show seized goods from the RCMP. And, we use some of our artifacts to show counterfeiting has always been a problem.”

Josianne Roy, an analyst with the Bank of Canada, spe-

cializes in determining what money is real and what is fake and helps retailers, businesses, banks and police officers identify counterfeit notes.

She said the recently-issued polymer money includes advanced security features so it

could be harder to counterfeit.

“That’s what we want,” Roy said. “The polymer notes are a lot more secure and it’s also a great advantage because polymer is more durable, and it will last longer.”

The new $50 polymer bill is

expected to come out March, while the new $20 bills will come out near the end of next year. The new $5 and $10 bills are expected to come out by the end of 2014. “The security features are easy to detect,” Roy said, adding that the transparent window includes a portrait and building and when turned a certain way, changes colour.

Other security features include raised ink on certain areas of the notes including the portrait’s shoulders. Roy added that fraudsters usually know when to use their counterfeit money.

“Fraudsters know these tricks. They’ll target a store close to closing time, or pick a busy time or a busy season,” Roy said. “Or they’ll target a young cashier who’s less experienced.”

While there were other ways to tell what was fake and real in older money, including micro printing, Roy said the new way of producing money is more sophisticated.

However, she said people always need to check.

“We want people to get in the habit of checking bank notes,” she said. For more information on the new polymer notes, visit the website bankofcanada.ca. For information on upcoming events at the Currency Museum, visit currencymuseum.ca.

Pet Adoptions PET OF THE WEEK FINNIGAN

IRISH ID#A139396 This spayed female, black Domestic Shorthair cat is approximately 5 years old. She was surrendered to the shelter by her owner in December, 2011.

She loves to tell you all about her day and has been known to sleep in bed with her previous owners. She gets along well with other cats but she’d rather not be picked up – she would rather sit beside you to receive lots of love and affection.

Irish loves toys and would be very happy to have a variety to keep her occupied!

Visit the OHS website at www.ottawahumane.ca to see photos and descriptions of all of the animals available for adoption or stop by the Adoption Centre, weekdays 11 am to 7 pm and Saturdays 10 am to 5 pm.

If you’re looking for a new pet, please contact the OHS Adoption Centre at 613-725-3166 ext 258, or visit us at 245 West Hunt Club Rd.

PET TRIBUTES: A GIFT OF HOPE More and more, people are realizing that the death of a pet can be every bit as devastating as the loss of a humane loved one.

When a pet passes away a tribute gift can give comfort and hope to someone grieving the loss of their companion animal, and if this gift is to the Ottawa Humane Society, it will also help save the lives of other animals.

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These kinds of tributes at the OHS have more than tripled since 2004.

Jeff and Katrina Shave recognized the pain their friends were feeling. “For many of our friends, their dog or cat has been truly a member of the family,” said Jeff and Katrina. “The loss is truly heart-

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breaking, and we just had to do something for them. Just acknowledging their grief in this way seems to help. It did for us, when our friends sent gifts in memory of our dog.”

Grieving the loss of a pet is a different process for everyone. One of the most important steps in the process is to seek out people who understand the significance of losing a pet. If someone you care for sees that you understand their feelings and have made a gift in their pet’s honour, it will go a long way in helping them grieve.

“When we lost our cat, I didn’t want to tell people how I was feeling,” said Sharon Miko, Director of Operations at the OHS. “Friends made the effort to

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, March 22, 2012

make a tribute gift, and it meant so much to me. It meant they knew what we were going through.”

When you make a tribute gift to the OHS, you are helping to fund essential programs and services for Ottawa’s animals. We will send a condolence card to the bereaved family, in the form of a personalized e-card or a tribute card and letter in the mail.

How to make an In Memoriam donation • Online at www.ottawahumane.ca • By telephone at 613-725-3166 ext. 252 • By mail at 245 West Hunt Club Rd., Ottawa, ON K2E 1A6

Hali Life is too short. Take the time to stop and smell the roses!!!

No matter how work life is stressful take time to find time to be with friends and family!!! Keep your priorities straight!

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ID#A139476 Meet Finnigan, a three year old, neutered Basset Griffon Mix who arrived at the shelter as a stray. This little white and black furball loves to speak his mind!

He is a talkative fellow with lots to say. For that reason, he may not be suitable for apartment or townhouse living. A single home would be best for him.

Finnigan has a very friendly and outgoing personality and would make a great family pet for children over five years of age. He gets along well with people more than other dogs, and he’d rather not be a couch potato – he needs an owner who will take him for walks every day.

Finnigan’s fur needs to be groomed on a regular basis.

Local events and happenings over the coming weeks — free to non-profit organizations Fax: 613-224-3330, E-mail: patricia.lonergan@metroland.com

March 24: Ottawa Humane Society FurBall 2012 at the National Gallery of Canada: unveil your wild side! Join the Humane Society on Saturday, Mar. 24 for the 8th annual FurBall Gala.

Sponsorship opportunities, corporate tables and tickets are now available by calling 613725-3166 ext. 263. For more information, visit www.ottawahumane.ca/events/furball.cfm Sunday, March 25: The following workshop is being offered from 2 to 4 p.m. for free by the Osgoode Youth Association (O-YA) as part of a Healthy Communities Grant from the Ministry of Health Promotion and Sport: Bittersweet: Why white sugar is so bad for you, and what you can choose instead. The workshop is facilitated by local Holistic Nutritionist Sarah Green.

Childcare is available, please inquire when you RSVP to o-yacentre@rogers.com.

Wednesday, March 28: Open House at Community Christian School in Metcalfe.

To be held on Wednesday, March 28 from 7 to 8:30 p.m.

Come tour our school, meet our fantastic teachers, our committed principal, and some of our Grade 7 and 8 students. Hear from them the value of Christian education at 2681 Glen St., Metcalfe and www.community christianschool.ca.

Saturday, March 31: Adults are invited to the Osgoode Township Museum for a Ukrainian egg painting workshop just in time for Easter. From 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. learn about the history of “Pysanky,” the ancient art of Ukrainian egg painting. Decorate your own egg using the Pysanky technique. Cost is $25 per person. Please call 613-821-4062 to register. 7814 Lawrence St. in Vernon.

Saturday, March 31: Metcalfe Cooperative Nursery School’s largest fundraiser, the Easter Bunny Breakfast, is just a few “hops” away. This exciting event will take place from 8 to 11 a.m. at the Metcalfe Community Centre. The

Easter Bunny will be available for photos. For more information/advanced tickets, visit www.mcnskids.org, email president@mcnskids.org or call 613-821-3196.

Friday, April 13: The Hunks with Hammers ladies’ night out is back! On Friday, April 13 enjoy a ladies night out at Stanley’s Olde Maple Lane Farm. Tickets are $50 per person and can be purchased individually or by table.

Funds will be designated this year to the Ottawa Regional Cancer Foundation MapleSoft Centre, Eastern Ontario’s first centre for Cancer Survivorship.

The Centre focuses on a new concept in cancer therapy. To date, we have raised $66,837.

For information email gregsc@ sympatico.ca or call 613-8212805.

Friday, April 13: The very successful Books, Beads and Breakfast is back – Friday, April 13 at 9:30 a.m. at Falcon Ridge Golf Club. Tickets are $20. When purchasing a ticket readers should donate recent, gently used books. In return, your ticket gives you a delicious breakfast as well as your choice of books from the book exchange at no cost.

Kazuri Jewellery will also be for sale. The beads are hand made and hand painted in Africa. All funds raised by Grannies All About Kids for this event will go to the Stephen Lewis Foundation supporting grandmothers in sub-Saharan Africa dealing with the devastation caused by HIV/Aids.

Call Joan at 613-821-2505 or email Bev at bev@storm.ca.

April 21 and 22: Friends of the Farm are hosting a craft and bake sale from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. with an incredible selection of items to choose from. Don’t forget to pick up some delicious baked goods. Building. 72 at the Central Experimental Farm Arboretum, east off the Prince of Wales roundabout. Call 613230-3276 or visit www.friendsofthefarm.ca.

Ongoing: Kars Public School is looking for good-quality used children and adult books, movies, etc. for the annual community book sale on April 20 and 21.

If you would like to clear out your home collection, please drop off your books at Kars Public School, 6680 Dorack Dr. during school hours until April 13. Call Megan Dodge at 489-0631 for info. A portion of proceeds will go to Help Lesotho charity.

The Osgoode and District Lions Club is organizing the 2012 Osgoode Trade and Home Show at the Osgoode Community Centre on April 20 and 21.

The trade show committee is always looking for new exhibitors with products or services to showcase to the public. Contact Trudy Quinn at trudyquinn@ sympatico.ca or 613-826-1649 for more information.

Children’s soccer is returning to Metcalfe in May and June. Non-competitive, skills development, inexpensive soccer for children in JK to Grade 10 will be taking place at McKendry Park in Metcalfe again this summer. It is a parent-run fun league for beginners and there is a team for children with special needs as well. Parents, no soccer experience is required on your part either! For more information, please email metcalfesoccer@ gmail.com.

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 St. Metcalfe. For more information, please contact 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 the next day to the Mission in Ottawa where they are gratefully received for distribution.

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 to 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.

Ottawa Newcomers’ Club invites women new to Ottawa to join our activities and meet some new friends. Activities include: bridge, scrabble, walks, luncheons and dinners, book club, sightseeing, travel cafes and craft hours.

For more information call 613860-0548 or ottawanewcomers @hotmail.ca.

Gloucester South Seniors, 4550 Bank St., Leitrim, offers a full schedule of activities every week, including contract bridge, carpet bowling, euchre, five hundred, shuffleboard and chess.

Membership is $15 per

year. The club is easily accessible by OCTranspo Route 144, and has free parking. Info at 613-821-0414.

Mondays and Thursdays: The Gloucester South Seniors Chess Club, 4550 Bank St. (at Leitrim Road) meets every Monday and Thursday at 7 p.m. There are immediate openings available for more chess aficionados. Please contact Robert MacDougal, 613821-1930, 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 613-8261221 or email Osgoodedance Scottish@gmail.com.

Wednesdays: Want to meet new friends?

Have a great workout? Join the MET (Metropolitan Bible Church) every Wednesday from 12:15 to 1:15 p.m. for a free women’s fitness class with a certified fitness instructor, including a five-minute inspirational “Fit Tip.” Contact the church office at 613-238-8182 for information.

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Thursdays: Who switched off my brain?

Every Thursday enjoy this DVD series by Dr. Caroline Leaf, which includes interactive discussion about the 13 ways to detox your thoughts and live a life of physical, mental and emotional wholeness.

Everyone is invited to come to this life course at Parkway Road Pentecostal Church, 7275 Parkway Rd. in Greely at 7 p.m. on Thursday evenings.

For information call 613-8211056 or check www.parkwayroad.com.

Every second Thursday: Join ROSSS for “What’s For Dinner?” cooking class at Moncion’s Your Independent Grocer at noon followed by one hour of grocery shopping. You will attend a food demonstration, sample the creation and receive a copy of the recipe.

You will then have one hour of grocery shopping. Transportation service includes door-todoor service in Osgoode, Metcalfe and Greely for $7. For information call 613-821-1101.

First Monday of the month: 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.

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Riverboat dinner cruise, lunch & carriage ride at Middleton Place, tours of Charleston, Savannah, Drayton Hall Plantation, Jekyll Island, Biltmore Estate in NO Asheville, N.C., & more! TAX! Halifax Holiday July 26-Aug 1

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March 28 to April 1, 2012 The Greely Community Centre, 1447 Meadow Drive, Greely

Boston & Red Sox

Adults $18; Children/Seniors $12 TICKETS: www.greelyplayers.ca Ticket Line: 613-821-5407

Play euchre every Wednesday evening at 7 p.m. at the Greely and District Legion Branch 627, 8021 Mitch Owens Rd., Gloucester. Admission is $5 for eight games.

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Friday, March 23: The Osgoode Old Time Music and Dance Club will host a dance on Friday, March 23 at the Osgoode Community Centre from 7:30 to 11:30 p.m.

Dances are scheduled every fourth Friday of each month, except December and August.

We have round, two step and square dancing, classic country and old time music, so come out and enjoy an evening of country hospitality, bring your friends or make new friends at the dance. Dancing is for everyone! For info, call Barb at 613-258-7679 or Bernice at 613-224-9888.

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