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The Osgoode Carleton Snowmobile Club has been awarded Canada’s top snowmobiling honours for 2011.

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Founder hopes to offer more choice for rural youth Emma Jackson

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EMC news - Metcalfe’s Just Kiddin Theatre announced a range of program changes on Saturday, May 5 that founder Andrie Nel hopes will allow more children to participate while providing expanded options at introductory and advanced levels.

Three new programs will offer choice at a range of skill levels for youth actors in rural south Ottawa and a new funding model will allow the theatre to hire professionals and provide more structured programming, she said.

Since the theatre began in 2005, participation has increased dramatically and Nel and her group of volunteers have tried their best to keep up to demand.

But the theatre has finally reached its breaking point.

Although Nel said she is “extremely excited” about the changes, she knows they will be a big adjustment for families that have participated in the non-profit children’s theatre since it began in 2005, particularly around the issue of cost.

Until now, the theatre’s performance-based program Mainstage has been volunteer-run and subsidized, costing $100 per child to perform in an 18-week session. But beginning in September, that program will be billed “at market rate” or $400 per child per session.

Nel said it wasn’t the ideal solution, but had to be done.

“It’s causing me heartburn, I’m really not pleased that it has to happen,” she said. “The reason that has had to happen

is we now can’t keep doing it on our volunteer structure, we need to hire people.”

Mainstage’s program structure will remain the same: open to everyone over age nine, and offering speaking parts for everyone in the various original plays produced throughout the school year.

But Nel said she had to create new programs to offset how production-based Mainstage has become.

She said she has heard comments that individual children don’t get the attention they need and that there’s not enough time spent on skill development because of the pressure to pull together a quality show.

A new program called Setting the Stage will take care of that. Beginning in September, the new program open to children aged nine and up will teach introductory theatre skills, with a focus on one particular aspect in each three-month session. The first session will focus on sound and voice.

Nel said the program will be 50 per cent skills development and 50 per cent preparation for an end-of-session production that will showcase the session’s chosen theme.

The performances will be for family and friends only, and free of charge.

Nel said some of the plays have been written by several high school students involved in the Just Kiddin program.

Setting the Stage will be offered at the subsidized rate of $100, which Nel said will rely on grants and fundraising to maintain.

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Metcalfe resident Doug MacDonald helps himself to some succulent ‘shrooms at Shroomfest, Metcalfe’s annual men’s night out fundraiser for local charities. At this year’s fundraiser the mushroom-loving men raised $40,000. For more see page 13.

Greely Business Association to host inaugural meeting Emma Jackson

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EMC news - On Wednesday, May 30, a group of Greely business leaders will host what they hope will be the first of many Greely Business Association meetings.

A steering committee and interim executive began creating the business association in October and have spent the last seven months spreading the word, getting local busi-

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Now all businesses in the area are welcome to attend the inaugural May 30 meeting at the Greely Community Centre beginning at 7 p.m., where the interim committee hopes to elect a board of directors – likely about 10 members – as well as four or five executive leaders to fill positions like president, vice-president,

treasurer and secretary.

Osgoode Coun. Doug Thompson was instrumental in starting the association last fall and said it’s a necessary tool to help expand the commercial landscape in rural south Ottawa while providing local jobs for residents.

“The goal is to have a stronger business voice in the south end of the city, the rural south end,” he said.

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It will also be the ideal program for children with special needs, a group Nel has always encouraged to join the theatre.

She said it will provide more time for one-on-one attention, collaboration and learning without the pressure of a full production.

Nel said she has also realized that Mainstage, being open to all, has become too introductory for some participants.

“Some of our returning kids that have been with us since day one, they’ve done all that introductory stuff and they’re looking for more challenge,” Nel said.

For them, she has created the Repertory Company, an advanced-level, audition-only theatre group that will operate like a community theatre. The cost for those cast in a role would be covered for members and $50 for non-members.

“Any kid can try out, it’s an open audition,” she said.

“This is based on whether you are the right person for that role, the way it works in real theatre.”

This company could see adults cast in some roles, but Nel said it will “favour opportunities for kids” in its play selections and casting choices over adults.

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Just Kiddin Theatre founder Andrie Nel said the major cost changes to the popular Mainstage program are “giving me heartburn,” but she’s excited to expand the programming to more kids and more skill levels. sions, the theatre will also introduce one-off Saturday workshops every few months beginning in October.

The workshops are open to everyone, but Nel said they have been scheduled and designed to augment the skills

learned in the Setting the Stage program.

The theatre’s third year of summer drama camp will remain unchanged at $195 per child per session.

Nel said she expects to accommodate 180 kids next year

instead of 144, and hopes the changes will help even more rural youth discover the magic of theatre.

“Now we are creating a model where we can now offer more and get our name out there,” she said.

“We’re basically looking to create businesses in Greely... we’re looking to co-ordinate and speak with one voice. It certainly would help me from a political perspective if I have a united business group behind me.”

Thompson will take “an advisory role” in the association for the first year to help the new group navigate city processes and develop a constitution and mandate.

He said his involvement is not a conflict of interest with his duties to residents, who may not agree with the some changes the business community would like to see.

“Any rezoning or changes that would take place there would be a process, so residents would have an opportunity to speak at any meetings,” Thompson said.

He added that advising the business association on how to navigate through the city’s bureaucracy is the same as advising a single resident or community association.

Financial advisor and Greely Community Association president Bruce Brayman is one of five members of the business association’s

steering committee and he said he and his fellow members will stay on for the first year or so to help the executive get started.

He said it’s good for business and residents alike to bring more business to Greely.

“I’d like anything retail because right now Greely is 99 per cent industrial,” he said.

“Anything to do with people: restaurants, stores, services.

I think most people (want that).”

Brayman said part of his role is to represent the community association at business association meetings and vice versa, because there will be times residents and businesses disagree about particular projects.

Brayman said the steering committee hasn’t focused on particular issues like zoning barriers, development delays and other obstacles. He said they preferred to wait and take those concerns at the May 30 meeting.

For more information about the meeting contact Thompson’s office at 613580-2490 or by email at doug. thompson@ottawa.ca.

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We want this chat to be about concerns that directly affect your community. Tell the mayor what matters to you and your neighbours – right in your backyard.

The online chat will take place at www.jimwatsonottawa.ca/askjim on May 17 between 12:30 and 1:30 p.m.

To participate, send questions to laura.mueller@metroland.com before the chat, or post your questions on Twitter using the hashtag: #AskJim. The chat will be archived on the website.

The mayor began hosting monthly online chats in December 2011. They are moderated by a member of the media to ensure they are fair and objective.

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EMC news - The OsgoodeCarleton Snowmobile Club had a full tank of excitement on April 28 when the club found out it’s been named Canada’s snowmobile club of the year.

The club was already gathered to celebrate winning a new drag worth more than $13,000, used for grooming trails, in recognition of its hard-working volunteer base.

The piece of equipment was won by District 1, which covers the Ottawa Valley, and the Osgoode-Carleton Snowmobile Club took it home because it had so many volunteer recruits and hours logged throughout the 2011-2012 season.

But the announcement that the 2011 Ontario club of the year had also won the Canadian Council of Snowmobile Organizations’ 2011 national excellence award for outstanding snowmobile club took the celebrations over the top.

“You can’t win anything more, that’s the biggest,” said George Darouze, president of the club. “We’ve been partying (ever) since.”

He said it was a huge surprise to win the national award even though the club swept the Ontario awards gala last September, taking the two top awards for club of the year and volunteer of the year. He said another club from Ontario won the national title in 2010, and with competition from Quebec and other snowmobiling provinces it didn’t seem likely an Ontario club could win it again so quickly.

But win it they did and on June 9 the club’s executive will accept the award at the International Snowmobile Congress in Massachusetts.

Darouze said the conference is the largest gathering of international snowmobile clubs from across the world, including representatives from Russia, Sweden and other nations that use the machines.

Osgoode Coun. Doug Thompson said the group is more than just a snowmobile club, and consistently supports its community through annual fundraisers and participation in community events.

“Those are things they just do on behalf of the community.

That’s sort of the persona they have under George and the great people on the executive.

They really contribute back to the community,” he said.

While the recognition is nice, it’s the new equipment that will have a real impact for

the club, Darouze said.

The three-metre drag, which is a toothy flatbed literally dragged behind a tractor along the trails, is about 30 centimetres wider than the club’s current equipment, which will make the trails 60 centimetres wider by the time the tractor goes up one side of the trail and down the other, Darouze explained.

“We can make our trail a bit wider and safer for snowmobilers,” he said.

The equipment was donated by MTN, a Canadian snow equipment company, to the Ontario Federation of Snowmobile Clubs to hand out to the district with the most volunteer hours and recruits.

Darouze said the club will donate its old drag back to the district so other clubs can use it.

You can’t win anything more, that’s the biggest. We’ve been partying (ever) since.

“We need to share with different clubs,” he said. “They might be in need of a new drag or a smaller drag.”

Though the snow is gone until next winter, the club has been busy this spring.

On April 22, it held its annual landowners and volunteer appreciation dinner, which thanks landowners for letting club members snowmobile across their land and recognizes volunteers for a job well done.

On May 2 the club hosted its annual general meeting at the Red Dot Cafe in Osgoode, and the following Saturday hosted an evening to celebrate the national award.

On May 12 the club will host its annual fishing derby beginning at 8 a.m. at Taylor Park west of Osgoode.

Anglers can pre-register at Snake Island Automotive or show up at Taylor Park on Saturday morning.

Cost is $20 per person.

There will be prizes for the largest walleye and pike caught before 4 p.m.

The club reminded residents to bring their fishing licences with them, and that a group breakfast will be held at Mike’s Restaurant in Metcalfe at 7 a.m.

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Capital PrioritiesRoad, Ottawa, Ontario, K2H 6L3 133 Greenbank T. (613) 808-7922 (613) 596-8789 It has been a busy twelve* F. months with respect to moving forward on a number of capital priorities acebook.com/resultsforyou witter.com/MarkPFisher for Zone 7. First, we are moving forward with the construction of a new elementary school in Chapman Mills, which is due to open officially in early 2013. Beginning in 2012, students designated to attend the new school will be housed at the Parkwood Hills Public School temporarily. Second, the school board is building a new addition on to Steve MacLean Public School. The addition will help the board integrate the full-day kindergarten program at the school and to help manage growth in the Riverside South area. Staff at the school board also recognizes that within the next 10 years a new elementary school and a new secondary school will be required to keep pace with ongoing development in the community. Finally, I continue to push for a new elementary school in Findlay Creek.

Student Transportation After almost a decade of having different transportation protocols than the Ottawa Catholic School Board, the two boards have come together under the auspices of the Ottawa Student Transportation Authority to harmonize our policies governing student transportation. As a result, the following changes for Ottawa Carleton District School Board students will take effect in September 2012. Pick-up distance for JK-SK will be 0.8 km or more; Grades 1 to 8 will be 1.6 km or more; and Grades 9 to 12 will be 3.2km or more.

Parents Reaching Out (PRO) Grants Since 2006, the government has supported almost 9,000 PRO Grants to School Councils and 280 Regional Grants. This is a total investment of nearly $14 million to help increase parent involvement in support of student achievement and well-being.

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School Councils can apply online at http:// education.factorial.ca.

EMC news - Few children would ask for piles of books on their birthday and even fewer would forgo presents altogether so the whole community can enjoy an expanded collection at their local library.

But Manotick residents Nathan and Daniel Innes are not ordinary children. Apart from reading their way through virtually every non-fiction book at the Manotick library, the boys have also donated thousands of dollars in wouldbe birthday presents to buy books, furniture and other items on the branch’s wish list.

On Tuesday, May 1, the boys and their parents were awarded the Ottawa Public Library’s Order of Friendship in recognition of more than a decade of support at the Manotick branch.

Barrhaven Coun. Jan Harder, who serves as the chairwoman of the Ottawa Public Library, said the family’s support of the library is “significant” and “special.”

“You hear now about kids that are making a difference, all kinds of differences...but you’re the only two boys or girls that I know of in Ottawa that are making such a difference for the library,” she told the boys at an award presentation in the library.

Their father, Chris Innes, said the donations began before the kids were born, when he and his wife Deb would sponsor magazine subscriptions and add to the branch’s book-buying coffers each year.

The donations took on new significance when Daniel, now 13, was born.

“When the kids came along, it was a way for the kids to learn on their birthday it wasn’t about them receiving, it was also about giving back to the community,” he said. “They were able to actually see the results of that.”

The boys would tell the library which type of books they wanted the librarians to spend their birthday money on, beginning with picture books and moving gradually to graphic novels and easy readers.

As the boys got older, they began requesting non-fiction books that ran the gamut of virtually every topic imaginable. Nathan, now 10, is particularly fond of books about dogs, photography and boats.

Chris Innes said the contributions were calculated very simply: take the child’s age and add two zeros. It was a way to increase the donation each year, he said.

When Daniel hit age 10, however, library staff found they couldn’t buy enough books to use up the entire cheque. So the family began asking the staff what the library really needed.

The answer? Furniture.

Since then the library has acquired a comfy couch, all thanks to last year’s birthday donations.

Nathan, a Grade 5 student in the gifted program at Cedarview Middle School, said the annual donation feels good.

“It makes me feel good that I’m giving back to the community,” he said.

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Manotick’s Innes family was awarded the Ottawa Public Library’s Order of Friendship on Tuesday, May 1 for many years of support at the Manotick branch, including the purchase of a book-lover’s couch in the children’s section.

Daniel, in Grade 7 at Rideau Valley Middle School, said it’s the tangibility that makes it worthwhile.

“I like giving my money to the library because you can see it on the shelves,” he said.

Their mother Deb also donates her time, usually between one and two hours a

week shelving books or helping patrons.

She said she hopes her family can be an example for others.

“I just hope it encourages people to volunteer for their community too, because it helps make the community better for everyone,” she said.

Minister of Education Parent Consultations – Full Day Kindergarten Parents are an integral part of the Full Day Kindergarten Program and play an important role in supporting their child’s learning. The Ministry of Education is looking for guidance from parents regarding effective communication about their child(ren)’s learning, especially from parents who have or have had a child(ren) in Full Day Kindergarten. The evening consultation session is scheduled as follows: Thursday, May 17, 2012, from 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm at the Confederation Education Centre, 1645 Woodroffe Ave., Nepean.

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EMC entertainment - The Osgoode Township High School band is hitting a high note as it heads into its spring concert next week, after receiving a rating of “excellent” at a festival in New York City.

The band travelled to New York in the last week of April for the Rhythms International Festival, where school bands from across North America gather to play and share their music in front of a panel of judges.

The Metcalfe band was awarded a rating of silver, which in the U.S. means excellent and is second only to the top honour of “superior” or gold.

Music teacher Craig Sheridan accompanied the students to the festival, where he led them through three pieces in front of a three-judge panel of adjudicators.

The festival took place at a school in New Jersey, where mostly American bands played for the judges.

As the student musicians worked their way through The Last Battle, Unity March and Air for Band, the adjudicators offered mini-workshops to provide feedback on where the band could improve.

Grade 11 student Courtney Heeney said the feedback was mostly positive, and offered suggestions on how to “build up the song” and be more enthusiastic.

Grade 9 trumpeter Jordan Pernari said she was really pleased with the band’s overall rating.

“It was really exciting actually, because you think you’re not going to do as well and you end up doing better than you think,” she said.

However, the students were

deemed superior in one category – maturity.

“They were awesome representatives of this area,” Sheridan said.

The students spent the whirlwind trip taking in the sights of New York, including a trip to the Strawberry Fields memorial for John Lennon, seeing Wicked on Broadway and catching a Stomp show.

It’s not the first time the band has travelled. Last year students billeted with a band

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in London, England before travelling around Britain. The same English band stayed with them in Ottawa the year before.

Now that they’re officially deemed “excellent,” band members are gearing up for their spring concert at the Metcalfe Agricultural Hall on Thursday, May 17 beginning at 6:30 p.m. They will play some of their pieces from the trip as well as some new ones.

EMC entertainment - With spring in full swing, the Village Voices women’s choir in south Ottawa is hoping to capture the rhythms of the season at its annual spring concert.

On Saturday, May 12, the 23-woman choir will fill Trinity Bible Church in Osgoode with an eclectic mix of show tunes, oldies, spirituals, folk and more.

Beginning at 7 p.m., choir director Karen Spicer will lead the choir in a variety of songs and genres that range in sounds and rhythms – exactly why Spicer dubbed the event “Rhythms of Spring.”

The choir will tackle lyrical classics like Ian Tyson’s Four Strong Winds and Patsy Cline’s I Fall to Pieces and pair them with Broadway favourites like Somewhere Over the Rainbow, All That Jazz, I Dreamed a Dream, and The Trolley Song.

The choir will also sing a few French folk songs and jazzier tunes like Jump, Jive an’ Wail.

“I like to (have a variety) as a standard rule because a lot of our following tends to be family and friends,” said Spicer. “So if they’re there for someone they know...this way there’s something for everyone.”

It also makes it more interesting for the choir members, who hail from villages across

rural south Ottawa, including Vernon, Metcalfe, Manotick, Osgoode, Russell and Embrun.

“We are the coolest choir.

I just love singing with this choir,” said Nancy Allan, an Osgoode resident who has been singing with the choir for three seasons.

I like to (have a variety) as a standard rule. This way there’s something for everyone.

Director Karen Spicer

The choir sings in fourpart harmony, with parts for Soprano 1 and 2 and Alto 1 and 2. Throughout the school year, the women practice once a week at a school in Russell and perform about 12 times between September and May at various churches, retirement homes, fundraisers and community events.

The women perform two fundraising concerts for the non-profit choir each season, one at Christmas and another in the spring, to raise money for new music and to pay an honorarium to Spicer and their pianist.

Allan said Spicer, a trained music teacher, insists on excellence, which is much easier to come by with the choir’s

“phenomenal” pianist, Tina Vanvlaanderen.

Two choir members also double as a harpist and flutist, who sometimes accompany the singers, but more often perform musical interludes between songs, Allan said.

Spicer said she tries to bring the choir’s songs to life with more than just voices.

“There’s a way to do it better than just singing,” she said.

“It’s how to express the music, how to sing with focused valves, to think about the text and the words and not just to sing it.

“It’s the idea of working together as a unit to have a really good blend.”

Admission for this year’s Rhythms of Spring concert is $10 per adult and free for children under age 12. Refreshments will be served after the show and there will be a draw for a gift basket.

Spicer said she has no fundraising expectations, but hopes the community will support their hard work.

“We just put the music out there and let people know we’ve worked on a really good variety of music and we hope they’ll give us some support,” she said.

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EMC community - A North Gower man is hoping to convince Ottawa residents that supporting global water projects, even with sums as little as $25, is more than just a drop in the bucket.

Brian Stratton, a water expert who works with the Rideau Valley Conservation Authority in Manotick, recently travelled to Uganda with Ottawa-based charity WaterCan, which supports low-tech, lowcost water projects in villages across Africa.

The trip made such an impact on him, he’s been spending his free time this spring making presentations to family and friends, service clubs and other groups to spread the word about how much difference even $25 can make. “Obviously I can’t fix the problem, but I’m trying to make people aware,� Stratton said. “As Canadians, I don’t think most of us understand the severity of the problem.�

He said $25 can provide one person in Uganda with a lifetime supply of water

through new wells and better sanitation that protect and preserve drinking water.

According to WaterCan, nearly one billion people do not have access to safe drinking water – mostly those living in rural areas – and nearly 2.6 billion are without basic sanitation facilities. Sub-Saharan Africa has the biggest problem, with 69 per cent of people living without proper sanitation facilities.

Stratton said it’s wellknown that drinking contaminated water, usually as a result of poor sanitation, can cause disease and death.

But there are other consequences of poor sanitation, particularly in small villages. “For schools, many times they don’t have adequate toilets or latrines, so as the students get older, especially the girls, it gets too difficult so they stop going to school,�

Stratton said. “(If) they get a brand new latrine they can enjoy school and continue going to school.�

His tour across Uganda was organized by WaterCan and showcased some of the

projects the charity has undertaken across the country and throughout Africa.

Low-cost and low-tech projects are preferred, so that the technology doesn’t break down or need to be replaced very often, if at all.

For example, WaterCan workers will build gender-divided, multi-stall latrines at a village school, which offer basic latrines in the ground and feature a rainbarrel tank to store water for hand-washing.

WaterCan also teaches general sanitation and hygiene rules to make sure raw sewage is not contaminating drinking water sources.

Stratton made a presentation to his colleagues at the conservation authority on April 26, and on Earth Day he and his family walked six kilometres through Ottawa’s downtown core as part of the I Walk for Water event for WaterCan. “If (villagers) don’t have a new water system they typically have to walk a long way to get water,� Stratton said. “(The walk) replicated what they do every day, although

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Brian Stratton travelled to Uganda with WaterCan, and is now sharing his experience with the community. He, along with family members, from left, wife Melanie, daughters Ashley and Julia and dog Abby, participated in the I Walk for Water event on Earth Day on April 22 in Ottawa. they’re also carrying water.�

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“In Canada we have water at our fingertips, and they don’t,� he said.

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f you’ve got a child crying in the backseat of the car because he or she has to go to the bathroom only seconds after dressing them in a full snowsuit, there isn’t much room for negotiation.

It’s not a fun stop to make, but it’s not up for debate. If they have to go, they have to go. Even if you have to spend several minutes taking off all the layers and more time putting them back on, it is worth it. It’s only for the worse if

the child should, let’s just say, spring a leak.

The same logic applies to infrastructure projects such as the new Orleans water main.

Those 100,000 people are currently served by one water main, which is of the same vintage as the Barrhaven pipe that broke last year.

That community went through a good chunk of the summer under severe water restrictions after the water main, installed in 1976 beneath Woodroffe Avenue,

broke during the winter of 2011.

According to the city, it’s going to cost more – $25 million more – than originally estimated to build the new main. But the new $75 million estimated cost would be money the residents will wish the city would have spent if the water main were to ever break.

The main serves the growing suburbs of Orleans and Cumberland which is only going to see rising demands

on the water supply in years to come.

Engineers have presented reports indicating the pipes are degrading at a rate higher than expected, which means a fix can’t be postponed for much longer.

But the slowly ticking time bomb that lies under the streets of east Ottawa isn’t the only water main woe on the city’s horizon.

The city has plenty of ancient pipes running under its streets that rupture on a

regular basis during the winter months, causing disruption for homeowners, business owners and drivers alike.

Some of these water mains lie underneath streets, such as Elgin Street downtown, that have been resurfaced in recent years.

But if tearing up what is essentially a brand new road is what needs to be done to ensure vital infrastructure is secure, it simply needs to be done.

These types of projects

aren’t fun to undertake, much like the inconveniences of broken pipes. And they don’t make for “sexy” unveilings by city councillors once the work is done.

But water bans and boil water warnings are even less sexy. Hopefully we’ve learned the lessons of last summer and we do what it takes to make sure the city’s water supply is secure.

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A museum for all Ottawa’s quirks CHARLES GORDON Funny Town

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here’s been some time now to consider Mayor Jim Watson’s notion of a museum of popular history on Wellington Street and it seems pretty good. Watson wants to call it Canada House and that could be OK, although a bit dull.

There is a degree of civic glee at finally having something in that building, which formerly housed the U.S. Embassy and would have housed the portrait gallery until the Conservative government thought differently.

But we can let bygones be bygones. The important thing is to put something in the building so it doesn’t get torn down. Because you know what we would get then. Yes: condos deplore a vacuum. Do we need another condo? No, nor do we need another glass office building.

So the proposal for a museum of popular history is welcome, although not uncontroversial. Someone has made the suggestion that we already have an appropriate location in the Museum of Civilization just across the river.

After all, any collection of significant Canadian artifacts and moments would have to contain some political exhibits and politics is civilization, isn’t it?

For my money, the Ottawa location works better, if only because it will preserve a distinctive building and sit nicely in an area that needs more attractions. Now, given the speed at which planning decisions involving several levels of government are taken around here, we probably don’t need to rush too much to offer advice on what should go into the new museum.

But still, the opportunity has arisen. The mayor mentioned such possible exhibits as Céline Dion’s first gold record; a replica of the

Canadarm, Bryan Adams’ first guitar, Sidney Crosby’s stick from the gold medal game in the 2010 Olympics, Terry Fox’s T-shirt and Bombardier’s first snowmobile.

Those are all worthy suggestions, but they lack important components reflective of life in the nation’s capital. We need something that reflects the excitement of Ottawa life.

Ottawa mayors could fill an entire room.

There’s the toy gun Charlotte Whitton pulled on the board of control in the ‘50s, for example.

And what about the underwear Lorry Greenberg was wearing when he jumped into that fountain in 1975? There is no shortage of other important figures in our city’s history. What about Lenny the Lynx? The Ice Hog? John Turmel? Alanis, before she had a last name.

Rare inanimate objects might include an ashtray from L’Hibou. Come to think of it, an ashtray. And don’t forget Nepean’s muchcelebrated balanced budget, Charles Lynch’s harmonica and Frank Clair’s glasses. Speaker’s Corner on Sparks Street could be replicated, ideally without any speakers.

Speaking of Sparks Street, rare historical photos would reveal that people once walked on it after 5 p.m. Other photos in the museum would reveal that cows once walked in Barrhaven, Rideau Street was once a bus shelter and Meech Lake was once a lake.

Also the old railway station was once a railway station, as opposed to what it is now, namely, an empty railway station. There is so much in our past that is almost too exciting for a museum.

That obviously includes the world of sport.

For sure, there has to be something representing the several Rough Rider eras — Russ Jackson, Whit Tucker, Vic Washington, Bobby Simpson, Tony Gabriel, Billy Cooper, Wonderful Monds and, while we’re at it, some photos of Horn Chen and the Gliebermans, preferably taken when they were leaving town.

Finally, some before-and-after photographs of LeBreton Flats would be nice additions, except for the fact that the after pictures would be identical to the before.

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Cheers contest nets $30,000 for Chapman Mills footbridge Jennifer McIntosh jennifer.mcintosh@metroland.com

EMC news - The Rideau Valley Conservation Foundation announced April 24 that the proposal to build a pedestrian footbridge on an inlet of the Rideau River has received a $30,000-boost from the Molson Coors Community Cheer contest.

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

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

From November to May the use of the area is restricted because of a floating sectional bridge leading to the inlet has to be removed manually to protect it from ice damage.

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

The contest winnings will help fund a permanent 35-me-

tre pedestrian bridge that will be made of steel with wooden guardrails. The project was one of the 21 across the country selected at the close of the contest, which divvies up $1 million to projects that bring the community together.

Charles Billington, executive director of the RVCF, said when the foundation learned about the contest, they approached their network of volunteers to boost the votes.

They managed to get just fewer than 300 votes, thanks in part to local Couns. Steve Desroches and Jan Harder.

“We are really pleased with the community support,” Billington said.

Once the votes were tallied, judges would have looked at each project and rated it for: * The amount of community support shown through online “cheering.” * The ability to meet the application criteria. * The project’s alignment with the Molson Coors community values. * The positive social and community impact and ability

to demonstrate success.

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

“This new and permanent pathway bridge will be a welcome addition to our community and important for the safety of our pathway network,” Gloucester-South Nepean Coun. Steve Desroches said. “I am always pleased when the government agencies partner with the private sector to support local projects and priorities.”

The old sectional bridge will be in place for the final season this summer. It will come out for the last time next fall when the canal is lowered to its winter level.

Billington said the posts for the bridge will be put in at the same time. The bridge will built off-site and lifted into place.

“We are very excited,” Billington said.

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Osgoode Youth Association’s Nicole McKerracher, third from right, was among the funding partners who celebrated the announcement of $27 million invested in community programs and services across Ottawa with United Way Ottawa staff on April 30.

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“I was given hope when I found my support system, this will offer many more parents the same chance,” Grant-Parker added. Her son Andrew has come a long way since the early years of battling his illness and is now a youth councillor for the organization.

“He is an inspiration,” she said.

The call for proposals process was introduced last year and has changed the way the United Way hands out funding. To help ease the transition for agencies no longer funded, $811,000 has been set aside as a transition fund.

The 2011 campaign fell $1 million short of its $33 million goal, which contributed to an overall revenue decrease of $2.5 million. This means $340,000 less funding is available for the agencies helped by the United Way.

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said. “I think we did a very successful job of raising a problem.

“The problem at the OSPCA is that there is no oversight or accountability of the enforcement people at the OSPCA – period.”

The Animal Welfare Act falls under the Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services, but the issue is very important to farmers.

McMeekin said he will be bringing together a group of stakeholders, including groups representing farmers, to discuss these issues and come up with an appropriate response.

The agriculture, food and rural affairs spokesman Cripps said the government is looking into possible memorandums of understanding with agricultural groups to allow them to send an observer if the OSPCA enters a property to investigate allegations of animal mistreatment.

The Dairy Farmers of Ontario already have a similar agreement.

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EMC news - A support system for parents with suicidal and mentally ill children and a culinary teaching program are among the more than 100 agencies set to receive support from the United Way Ottawa this year.

On April 30, the United Way announced $27 million worth of investments in programs across the city, which will see 116 programs receive funding.

“We are here today thanks to the hard work and commitment of thousands of volunteers and more than 100,000 individual and corporate donors – people and organizations who believe that they can make a real difference by being a part of United Way” said Rick Gibbons, United Way Board Chair.

Jeffery Dale, who leads the committee in charge of making funding decisions, said it was extremely hard to

choose one program over another. Dale’s committee sifted through 193 proposals from 105 agencies.

“It is incredibly tough to decide where the money will go,” Dale said. “It can be agonizing because all programs and proposals are great and if we had more money, we would give it to everyone.”

Phyllis Grant-Parker’s organization, Parents Lifelines of Eastern Ontario, a support system for parents who have suicidal or mentally ill children was one of the organizations which received funding.

A total of $54,486 from the United Way has helped make a group of volunteers become something much greater.

“This funding is huge,” Grant-Parker said. “We have networks of volunteers and we have been doing the best that we can, but with this money we will be able to formalize the organization,” A woman whose own son has battled mental illness, she

EMC news - Carleton-Mississippi Mills MPP Jack MacLaren vows to keep fighting for reforms to animal welfare law in Ontario, even as a government minister charges him with spreading misinformation about the Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.

The issue arose after MacLaren introduced a private member’s bill aimed at fixing what he sees as a conflict of interest at the OSPCA. The bill was defeated at Queen’s Park on March 29.

Ted McMeekin, Ontario Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, called on MacLaren to clear the record after he was reported to have claimed the OSPCA’s conflict of interest arises in part because the non-profit group gets money if it lays charges for animal abuse.

That is not the case, however.

The municipality would get that revenue, while the society could still bill owners for the care of their animals of it decides the animals must be removed from the property.

The thrust of MacLaren’s Bill 47 – the second version of his suggested changes to the Ontario Animal Welfare Act – relied on his argument that the OSPCA is operating both as a “police force” and a “charity.”

“It’s a case where fiction became fact,” said Mark Cripps, spokesman for McMeekin.

The minister was judicious, saying that perhaps MacLaren was misinformed

by his advisors. Still, he agreed that while MacLaren made a positive contribution by opening the issue to discussion, he also muddied the waters with inaccurate information.

“There may have been some misunderstandings in what I said,” MacLaren said in response. “I tried never to say anything that wasn’t true.

If I did, it was an accident.”

MacLaren said he didn’t recall making any statements that money collected from fines goes to the OSPCA, “But if I did, I apologize,” he added.

“Somebody might have assumed I said that … . But the issue isn’t fines. The issue is oversight and accountability.”

McMeekin credited McLaren’s private member’s bill with creating an opportunity to discuss animal welfare at Queen’s Park.

But had it passed when it was discussed in March, McMeekin said, it would have been “profoundly unhelpful.”

“All is not lost,” MacLaren

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Algonquin hosts panel for victims of crime awareness Jennifer McIntosh jennifer.mcintosh@metroland.com

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Visitors come out every year to the Canada Agriculture Museum’s annual Sheep Shearing Festival, which is held at the museum every spring.

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EMC community - Sheep at the Canada Agriculture Museum will feel much more comfortable as warm weather approaches after the museum’s annual Sheep Shearing Festival.

“It’s quite the event,” said Marie-Sophie Desaulniers, director of visitor experience at the museum, who said the

have a chance to learn how to make wool products after the coats are sheared.

Desaulniers said the weekend festival will also feature sheep herding and will have live demonstrations on the museum grounds.

Visitors will be able to see visiting animals such as alpacas. For more information visit www.agriculture.technomuses.ca.

sheep must be sheared so they don’t get too hot.

The festival, which takes place at the museum from May 19 to 21, will feature a professional sheep shearer as well as a variety of activities for the whole family. “(The professional shearer) takes his sweet time with every single sheep, so you get to see everything,” said Desaulniers, adding that visitors will

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EMC news - Algonquin College teamed up with the Ottawa police victim unit and the federal department of justice for a workshop called Partnering with victims of crime – Foundations for life long growth on April 27.

Students, social workers, police officers and the federal ombudsman for victims of crime were among those who got a chance to listen to a clinical psychologist talk about a victim-centred approach.

The victimology program is fairly new, with this year marking the second class of students.

Ruth Campbell, the coordinator of the program, said the goal of the one-day workshop was to give people knowledge of the right types of approaches when dealing with victims of crime.

“I think it’s important that we have consistent approaches,” she said. “I hope that when people leave here today they know more when they came.”

The victimology program at Algonquin is a one-year graduate certificate course that takes in graduates of social work, nursing and policing programs.

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ager of the Ottawa Police Service’s victim crisis team, said the three students of the program are currently completing their co-op hours working for the team.

“We already partner with the college in a lot of other areas, so this just made sense,” she said. “When people end up in the justice system, we want to help guide them through.”

Charles Bordeleau, Ottawa’s new police chief, congratulated the college on having the foresight to offer the program.

“We need to be better prepared to offer services to victims in their time of need,” he said. “We need to listen to them to know what they are going through.”

The workshop focused on the fictitious case of “Joan,” a Vietnamese immigrant who was abused by her drug dealer boyfriend. Hill said knowing the victims circumstances and background can help determine which kind of approach is best.

“If she was referred, that would make a difference in terms of establishing trust,” Dr. James Hill said.

This year marked the seventh National Victims of Crime Awareness Week. It’s a week dedicated to raising public awareness about victim issues and the programs, ser-

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Ottawa Police victim crisis unit manager Donna Watson-Elliot joined Algonquin College victimology co-ordinator Ruth Campbell at a panel event on April 24. vices and laws that are available.

This year’s theme was Moving On. It was chosen to represent the change that can take place in people as they move forward from being a victim.

It is also supposed to represent the changes in the government’s focus on victim services and the changes in services available over the last 20 years.

“It’s important for us to know where we all fit in the overall context of services to all victims,” Watson-Elliot said.

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Osgoode Coun. Doug Thompson, left, enjoys a fresh mushroom with his son-in-law Dan Ardern and Nepean-Carleton MP Pierre Poilievre during the seventh annual Shroomfest at the Metcalfe Fairgrounds. The event raised more than $40,000 for local charities.

Shroomfest event spawns $40,000 for local charities Emma Jackson

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EMC news – Nearly 600 men took the 100-mile diet to a new level on May 3 when they dined on heaping helpings of local mushrooms at the seventh annual Shroomfest in Metcalfe.

Continental Mushrooms in Metcalfe and Carleton Mushrooms in Osgoode provided fresh fungi for the meat and potatoes buffet, a men’s night out fundraiser held at the Metcalfe Fairgrounds.

In the past six years the event raised more than $130,000 for local charities.

This year’s fundraiser took that total over the $200,000 mark after it raised more than $40,000 for local chari-

ties like the Osgoode Township Care Centre, Rural Ottawa South Support Services (ROSSS), the Live and Learn Centre and a host of nonprofit children’s sports and activities.

More than $25,000 came from live and silent auctions, which offered prizes like barbecues, his and hers bicycles from Honeywell Works, and a trip to the Barrett-Jackson classic car auction in Phoenix, Arizona next January donated by the two mushroom farms.

Organizer Al Graham said many local companies sponsored the event through services, funding and auction items.

In the spirit of local col-

laboration, Metcalfe band Diamond Heart provided classic rock and oldies entertainment while participants milled outside the hall enjoying ice cold beer from their Shroomfest beer cozies provided by Greely Sand and Gravel.

After dinner, the organizers – a group of “community-minded individuals” according to Graham - allowed courageous men to take the stage for an open mic standup comedy session.

Previous years organizers have booked stand-up comics as entertainment, but this year Graham said they challenged the men to make each other laugh instead.

“The open mic was fantas-

tic, and it will happen again next year,” he said.

Graham said he encourages “local, worthwhile charities” in the area to approach them for support.

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Kenmore residents Hal Quinn and Mike Zanutta enjoy a hearty meal at Shroomfest on May 3, where nearly 600 men gathered for a men’s night out.

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Champlain celebrations taking shape for 2013 Laura Mueller

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EMC news - Plans are well underway to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the arrival of Samuel de Champlain at the site that would eventually become the City of Ottawa.

Cumberland Coun. Stephen Blais said the festivities will serve as a dress rehearsal for the 150th anniversary of Confederation in 2017.

“The more people who know about Champlain’s importance … I think the better sense of history we’ll all have,” Blais said. “We would all be more enriched the more we know about our common history …

It’s something I don’t think we do a good job at.”

Most of the events associated with the Champlain celebration will focus on educating youth about Canadian and Ottawa history through the theme of discovery and exploration, Blais said.

Youth visual art and literary competitions are planned, as well as a short video contest.

But Blais said he would like to encourage all local community groups and organizations to adopt the Champlain/exploration/discovery theme for any regular or new events they are planning for 2013.

Winterlude would be the biggest target, Blais said, and the city has approached the National Capital Commission about incorporating the theme into its annual winter festivities.

A slew of community groups – particularly francophone groups – have already come on board to help with the 130 events already in the works, Blais said.

“I’ve been inundated with people who wanted to pitch ideas,” he said.

Champlain was an explorer and cartographer who helped colonize Acadia and founded Quebec City in 1608. Known as the Father of New France, Champlain travelled along the Ottawa River while looking for the great “western sea” and came upon what is today Ottawa and the upper Ottawa valley. Champlain was the first explorer to describe and document Ottawa, including detailing the presence of the Algonquin people in the region.

A plan for the celebration also includes partnerships with business improvement areas across Ottawa to develop menu items related to the theme, including dishes served during Champlain’s time. Blais said he hopes to help create a dining passport that visitors could use to sample the Champlainthemed dishes at restaurants.

A report approved by the finance and economic development committee on May 1 lists $27,500 worth of funding for those initiatives. The city will also work with community groups to help them find other sources of funding if they want to hold Champlainthemed events.

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Food facts: cinnamon, potato chips and Campbell’s

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ften when I’m reading about food, I come across interesting bits of information. In this week’s column, I’m passing along some food trivia that I thought you might enjoy.

The most popular spices in the United States used to be cinnamon and black pepper.

In 1986, more than 11 million kilograms of cinnamon were consumed. In the same year, pepper consumption was more than 34 million kilograms.

Shredded wheat cereal was developed by a middle-aged lawyer in the 1890s. Kool-Aid has been around for more than 90 years.

Shopping carts were invented by an observant grocer who noticed that his customers stopped buying when the small basket on their arm became too heavy.

Once upon a time there were no potato chips. S mechanical potato slicer was invented in the 1920s and by the early 1930s, Frito’s and Lay’s potato chips were introduced and the rest, as they say, is history. An ordinary potato chip is only about 1.5 millimetres thick. Some, however, such as certain brands of ridged chips are twice as thick.

There has never been a real

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Jessie Findlay, left, accepts an award recognizing her volunteer work for the Barrhaven Food Cupboard.

The award was part of the cupboard’s first general meeting, which sets up the group as an independent organization.

PAT TREW Food ‘n’ Stuff Betty Crocker. She was first introduced as a homemaker by General Mills in 1921, but it wasn’t until 1936 that her face was shown. Since then, her face, hairstyle and clothing have been changed at least seven times. In 1936, she had short, marcel-waved hair. In 1972, her hair was a lightlyteased, more bouffant style and by 1986, she had taken on a blow-dry look.

The inventor of peanut butter was an American doctor who, in the 1890s, ground up peanuts as a nutritious, easily digested food for his older patients. More than 300 uses have been discovered for peanuts, including shampoo and shoe polish.

There are over 20,000 edible plants in the world, but most of the food we grow comes from only 20 species.

Campbell’s, a name synonymous with soup, was founded in 1869. By 1905, it marketed 21 varieties of con-

densed soup, plus pork and beans in a can. The company continued to develop new products over the years. In the period between 1980 and 1986 alone, more than 400 food products were created.

In 1920, Charles Ranhofer, former chef of Delmonico’s restaurant, wrote The Epicurean, over 1,000 pages on the “Culinary Art”. It included information on table and wine service, menu suggestions for a variety of restaurant meals, as well as for breakfasts, dancing parties, garden parties, supper buffets and ladies’ luncheons. He stated that a 14-course dinner, served with 10-minute intervals, would take 2 hours and 20 minutes.

The meal would start with oysters and soup, then a fish course, a course such as beef tenderloin, an entree of perhaps turkey and pheasant, a roast course with one or two meat roasts, salads, and hot and cold desserts.

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EMC food - The international Occupy movement points at the one per cent that holds wealth beyond the reach of the remaining 99 per cent, but Barrhaven turns those numbers upside down.

In south Nepean, about one per cent of the population needs assistance from the Barrhaven Food Cupboard and the other 99 per cent show their generosity by filling the

shelves and donating cash.

And while most organizations hope to grow, volunteers at the food cupboard hope for the opposite.

“Our preference is to get smaller and smaller,” said volunteer Ken Lee. But demand increases most years and the cupboard is outgrowing its home at the Barrhaven United Church.

The cupboard became a committee of the church in 1985, but is now being spun

off to stand as its own organization.

“We realized we needed to get into the community more.

We couldn’t manage to do it alone,” said Sara Surjadinata, the current chairwoman of the church committee that runs the BFC. The food cupboard distributed about 19,000 kilograms of food in 2011, including 104 Christmas hampers. In contrast, just eight hampers were handed out back in 1990.

Jim Keay Donates Vehicle to CN Cycle for CHEO The Keay family of Jim Keay Ford Lincoln are providing another huge assist to CHEO this spring by once again donating a 2012 Ford Fiesta which will be won by a participant in the upcoming CN Cycle for CHEO. The announcement was made during a special event at the Jim Keay’s Orleans dealership on February 23 which featured an autograph session with Ottawa Senators Chris Phillips, Matt Carkner and Peter Regin.

It was a busy night with lots of happy

fans including three incredible patient representatives from CHEO. The McDonald’s Dream Team – Micaela Egan (9), Trevor Young (14) and Jeremy Melara (5) – were all smiles as they were presented with autographed sticks by the Keay family and their Senators heroes.

The three CHEO cancer patients will be cycling or walking on behalf of all the kids at CHEO in the CN Cycle for CHEO on Sunday, May 6th.

The vehicle donation by Jim Keay is his way of encouraging the community to

raise as much money as possible for CHEO and to come out cycle or walk along with these kids at the CN Cycle.

Registered participants will earn a ballot to win the 2012 Ford Fiesta for each $250 raised through fundraising for the event and the lucky winner will be announced at the event.

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here was nothing that frightened me more than going out to the outhouse alone at night.

This time of year, when a sudden howling wind and rain storm could strike at any minute, my fear was magnified many times over.

By the time May rolled around, Mother had put away the Jerry pots from under the beds and we were expected to go to the outhouse regardless of the time of day or night.

Sometimes at night I could persuade my sister Audrey to go with me, but if she was busy with her scrapbooks at the kitchen table, it took a lot of coaxing to budge her from her chair.

Then I was left to shudder and shake as I wended my way through the summer kitchen, then the back shed and out into the black night, around the clump of cedars to the little building which served as our bathroom.

My three brothers never bothered to take a light with them when they went out at night, but I wouldn’t even go into the back shed without a lantern, so frightened was I. If it was a bad night, with wind howling through the trees and the shed door rattling like someone was trying to break in, I would take Sport, our old collie dog, with me and make him stay outside the door of the privy.

Then I would tear back into the house like someone possessed, never taking a backward glance, in case something evil was on my heels.

My brother Emerson de-

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By OntariO SOCCer aSSOCiatiOn Pictured above left to right: OSA President Ron Smale presenting OSU President, Bill Michalopulos with the Gold Club Excellence Award.

Ottawa South United (OSU) is honoured to receive the coveted 2012 Gold Level Club Excellence Award by the Ontario Soccer Association; Ontario’s soccer governing body. OSU becomes the very first soccer club in Ottawa and Eastern Ontario to receive the Gold level award, joining a very small group of other clubs in Ontario which also received the gold designation.

“Everyone associated with OSU should be very proud of this outstanding achievement,” said Bill Michalopulos, Ottawa South United’s President. “This Gold Award is not just about the quality soccer program we offer, but just as important, also recognizes the strong foundation of quality governance, community involvement and forward thinking upon which the club is built.”

The Ontario Soccer Association’s Club Excellence Award is a province-wide recognition program for soccer clubs that are run efficiently and offer a safe, healthy and enjoyable environment for anyone involved in soccer. The program requires Clubs to demonstrate development and execution of long term plans, strategies and policies in 4 key areas: Personnel, Governance, Community Involvement and Technical. Three different levels of Excellence were awarded for 2012: Gold, Silver and Bronze. These designations are not mandated or required by the OSA but are aspirational in nature. “As one of Canada’s leading and largest soccer clubs we must strive to demonstrate leadership in all areas of operating a soccer club” Michalopulos added.

MARY COOK Mary Cook’s Memories lighted in terrifying me and he was always able to pull off some terrible deed without Mother noticing, which was a real talent of his.

When I headed for the privy one night, it happened to be one of those nights when the wind howled and a pounding rain was beating against the shed door.

hoping someone would offer to go with me. No one budged. I couldn’t even find Sport. He was probably in the barn hiding from the pounding rain and wind. I had no choice. I was on my own.

I went through the summer kitchen and I could hear the rain pounding on the tar-

Father was carrying another lantern and it was soon obvious to everyone what my brother Emerson was up to. Blood was pouring out his nose and already his left eye was swollen where he had taken the full blow of the shed door.

I had squirmed in my chair at the kitchen table, until it was impossible to wait any longer.

Audrey was talking on the phone on the wall to her friend Iva and my three brothers were busy at the things they liked to do at night, playing Snap, whittling, and Emerson drawing the glass buildings he was sure were going to change the world.

I was doomed to go out alone. Father took the lantern off the bench near the back door and put a match to the wick.

I stood at the door leading out into the summer kitchen

paper roof, and pulled open the shed door which was no easy feat at any time. It never quite fitted right and by the time I got it open, the lantern was flickering and the rain met me full in the face.

I ran the few feet behind the cluster of trees like someone possessed, slammed into the privy, bringing the lantern in behind me.

It didn’t take me long to finish the job at hand, but I sat there trying to muster up the courage for the return trip back to the house.

Well, I had two choices: face it or spend the night in the privy. I grabbed the

lantern and tore towards the shed. I was sure I had left the door open, but it was closed.

It opened inward, and I figured one good shove would get me into the safety of the shed. But it wouldn’t budge.

There I was standing in the pouring rain, the wind gathering force, locked outside the back shed.

This had never happened before.

I put the lantern on the step, backed up about 10 feet and made a lunge for the door, hitting it with every ounce of strength in my young body. It hit something solid, but there was enough of an opening to let me slide through into the shed.

And there lying on the floor, with his hands over his face, was my brother Emerson!

“You almost killed me,” he shouted. “Then why were you holding the door?” I wanted to know. There was such a commotion that it brought both Mother and Father out of the kitchen.

Father was carrying another lantern and it was soon obvious to everyone what my brother Emerson was up to.

Blood was pouring out his nose and already his left eye was swollen where he had taken the full blow of the shed door.

He didn’t have to be told.

He washed his face in the basin on the bench at the back door, wiped his nose on the huck towel and headed upstairs for bed.

Father shook his head and said, “Will that boy ever learn?” Mother said she doubted it and went back to writing in her diaries at the kitchen table.

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Two Ottawa hockey stars help team win the 2012 Nielsen Cup National Championship Eddie Rwema

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EMC news – A pair of young hockey players from Ottawa South helped the New York-based National Sports Academy Mountaineers win the International Junior Hockey League Championship final held in Boston, Mass.

Devin Desnoyers, formerly with the Metcalfe Jets, and Taylor Widenmaier who played for the Ottawa 67’s AAA midgets, headed south of the border last September to play for the Mountaineers in Lake Placid, N.Y. They made a name for themselves helping the team play the best season the school has seen, according to team officials.

As the boys prepare to come back to Ottawa after a successful year at the NSA, they are happy with the experience and skills they have acquired at the academy.

“It’s been a great year at National Sports Academy,” said Widenmaier.

Widenmaier said some of his best memories of the season were of the long road trips travelling across the U.S. east coast.

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week has been a blast. We had a great bunch of guys,” added Widenmaier.

He said he feels his skills have improved a lot over the course of the year and that he owes a big thank you to the coaching staff at NSA who supported him over the season.

For Desnoyers, life at the academy was quite the experience.

“We not only had a successful season as a team, but on a personal level I achieved a lot.

I lead the team in scoring. So, I guess you could say life has been good,” said Desnoyers.

I achieved a lot. I lead the team in scoring.

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He said the academy has helped him grow both as a hockey player and as a student.

“The schedule at the academy allowed me to juggle the rink and the books quite easily,” said Desnoyers.

Though the boys said they

hoped the experience would open up doors for them to play hockey for universities somewhere in the U.S, they will remain in Ottawa for now.

“I was approached by a couple of small division three schools and went down to visit, however it wasn’t what I was looking for and I decided to attend school back in Ottawa,” said Widenmaier, who plans to enroll at the University of Ottawa and to play juniors.

Desnoyers was also approached by a number of American schools that have shown interest, but has also said he will stay in Ottawa.

“I have made the decision to come back to Ottawa for a year to play in the Central Canada Hockey League,” said Desnoyers.

“I miss Ottawa and can’t wait to be home with the boys.”

Widenmaier, who attended St. Francis Xavier Catholic High School in Riverside South, said contrary to high school where everyone has their own cliques, the academy is a small community that makes them familiar with everyone.

“Living in a house with 14

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The boys culminated a fantastic season with a two-game sweep over a Syracuse Stampede team.

Widenmaier owes that suc-

cess to team coach Rod Simmons.

“The previous two years I was coached by arguably one of the best coaches in minor hockey, Darell Campbell, who brought us (Major Midget 67’s AAA) to two consecutive On-

tario provincial finals. Therefore I had high expectations in a coach and Rod Simmons was everything I was hoping for and lead us to a championship,” he said.

The boys are expected to be back in Ottawa this June.

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Fan dares baseball celebrity in David vs Goliath match Jose Canseco homerun derby to support autism programs michelle.nash@metroland.com

EMC sports - An Ottawa man has challenged former Major League Baseball star Jose Canseco to a home run competition to raise money for a local charity.

The Home Run Derby with Canseco will take place on May 12 at the Ottawa Baseball Stadium in support of Home Runs for Autism, a non-profit organization which raises money for CHEO’s autism programs. Home Runs for Autism founder and derby organizer Evan Malamud described the upcoming event as a family-friendly show with lots of giveaways.

“It is going to be a fun time,” Malamud said. “We are going to make a real show out of it.”

To prepare for the competition, Malamud said he has been training around the clock.

“I am going to make sure I am ready,” Malamud said.

“Jose (Canseco) is not going to see me coming.”

The idea for the event came from Twitter. Malamud follows Canseco on the social media network and said Canseco is constantly calling people out, like Mike Tyson, to a

challenge of strengths, but no one was challenging him, until Malamud.

“I always looked up to him as a kid and I see him challenging all these other tough guys with no real responses and so I challenged him – I called him out,” Malamud said.

He said he never really thought it would actually happen, but sure enough Canseco responded.

“I accept - I complete you,” Canseco wrote.

According to the baseball fan, he still did not believe it would actually happen until his cell phone rang while at work.

Canseco is coming to Ottawa for free – normally he would charge for an appearance, but told Malamud the charity sounded important and having a soft spot for children, wanted to make sure all the money raised would go to the children.

Excited to play baseball with his childhood hero, the father of three’s true goal is to raise as much money as he can.

His oldest son, Jaedyn, was diagnosed as autistic at the age of two and since his diagnosis; he has spent a lot of time at CHEO for their autism

services.

“I am really hoping people come out and support the cause,” Malamud said. “Baseball fans will get to see a great baseball star and all in the name for a great program at CHEO.” Following the derby, an allstar game has been organized with a number of professional athletes including Shaun Van Allen, Doug Frobel, Jason York in addition to some local radio personalities.

There will also be a silent auction after the game where a number of sports memorabilia will be up for grabs, including autographed items from baseball hall of famer Roberto Alomar, Trevor Gretzky and the Gretzky family and Hayley Wickenheiser.

The derby starts at 2 p.m. with the all-star game at 3:30 p.m. and the silent auction at 5:30 p.m.

All of the proceeds to the charity will go to CHEO’s Autism program. So far they have sold around 1,000 tickets. The stadium can seat 10,000 people and Malamud said he would be happy if they sold 3,000. Tickets are $12 and can be purchased online at homerunsforautism.webs. com or at a number of retail

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A St. Francis Xavier High School student participates in a long jump event at the first outdoor track meet of the season. The event kicked off at the Terry Fox Athletic Facility at Mooney’s Bay on May 3. A variety of high schools from both the Ottawa area and the Greater Toronto Area attended the University of Ottawa invitational meet.

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Court rejects Lansdowne appeal Friends of Lansdowne still considering Supreme Court appeal Laura Mueller

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OC Transpo’s new general manager, John Manconi, put his stamp on the transit service last week by clearing out OC Transpo management.

Manconi cleans house at OC Transpo Six transit managers replaced Laura Mueller

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EMC news - After only a couple months on the job, the new general manager of OC Transpo is cleaning house.

An almost complete management overhaul at OC Transpo was announced in a memo from transit general manager John Manconi to city councillors on April 30.

When the dust settled, the only manager left standing in the level just below Manconi is Pat Scrimgeour, manager of transit service planning and reporting. He will take on an expanded role bringing both transit planning and reporting

on results into one branch. Six other managers received walking papers, with taxpayers on the hook for the $650,000 worth of contract payouts.

Manconi said he is “highly sensitive” to the cost and weighed the decisions carefully.

He said he assessed the former managers’ understanding of and commitment to the two main values he began espousing when he took over the transit service: customers and employees.

“In some cases, those aren’t aligned, or they don’t have the skill sets, or it’s not part of what they believe in in terms of leadership roles,” Manconi said. “I put together the team that I believe are needed (and) respected by the organization, have a combination of passion and experience and believe in the focus of customer service and employee engagement.”

The new managers have taken over their roles in an

“acting” capacity, but their roles could be made permanent if they are the right fit, Manconi said.

The new acting managers coming from within OC Transpo include Troy Charter for the transit operations branch, Jim Greer for the transit fleet maintenance branch, James Babe for the transit safety and enforcement branch, Dan Villeneuve for the capital projects and facilities management branch and Jocelyne Begin for the strategic initiatives and business planning branch.

David Pepper, formerly of the Ottawa Police Service, will take on a new role at OC Transpo in the business and operational services branch.

While no other major structural changes to OC Transpo management are planned, Manconi said, he may be looking at minor tweaks in order to achieve the priorities set out by the transit commission.

EMC news - The Ontario Court of Appeal has unanimously rejected the Friends of Lansdowne’s legal challenge to the proposed redevelopment of Lansdowne Park, a decision the city says clears the way for it to move forward with the project.

Meanwhile, the citizen group that brought the legal case says it hasn’t ruled out trying to appeal its case to the Supreme Court of Canada.

Ontario Court of Appeal Justice Warren K. Winkler issued a decision on the case, which was heard Nov. 28, just days before FIFA was set to announce whether Ottawa would be among the host cities for the World Cup soccer tournaments to be staged across Canada in 2014 and 2015.

In the decision, Winkler wrote: “It is not for the courts to second guess or reweigh policy and financial considerations that informed the city’s decision to advance the development.”

It marks the second time Ontario courts have ruled that city council acted in good faith when it struck a deal with the Ottawa Sports and Entertain-

ment Group to revitalize the publically-owned land.

Mayor Jim Watson said he believes the Friends of Lansdowne were “genuine and sincere” in their opposition to the plan, which they characterized as a bad deal for taxpayers and questioned the legality of the sole-sourcing of the renewal contract to OSEG. “But even though some may disagree on the future of Lansdowne, I am deeply convinced that most reasonable people in our city would agree on this important point: It is time to renew the vitality and importance of Lansdowne,” Watson said as he addressed the media.

June Creelman, president of the Friends of Lansdowne, said the group was “deeply disappointed” in the ruling and would be meeting with lawyer Steven Shrybman shortly to decide whether to ask the Supreme Court to hear an appeal.

To the Friends, the case was about municipal government transparency, and group member Ian Lee said the group feels it has succeeded in changing the policy agenda at city hall. Lee said the legal challenge has been a “remarkable learning experience” for city staff and councillors, and he doubted the awarding of large city contracts would ever be dealt with the same way again.

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to fight Friends of Lansdowne legal battles, while the Friends have raised and spent around $300,000. No legal costs will be awarded to either side as part of the ruling.

The Friends of Lansdowne said they will shift their focus to lobbying for public input throughout the remainder of the Lansdowne approval process, including a report in June that will require city council to give final approval to the financial arrangement with OSEG. The Friends will also be pushing for reforms to the Municipal Act to “protect the public interest” and ensure the city must obtain environmental and heritage approvals before construction begins.

At a press conference on April 30 at the Minto Suites Hotel Roger Greenberg, member of the Ottawa Sports and Entertainment group, said he was pleased with the court’s decision.

“This is an important milestone for us today to get this court of appeal decision,” said Greenberg. “We were waiting for it for a considerable period of time, but as they say, ‘better late than never.’”

If all goes according to schedule, Ottawa could see football and soccer at Lansdowne Park in summer 2014, Greenberg said.

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Invaders learn firsthand what it takes to be champions Special to the EMC

As the Invaders prepare for a tough season opener on May 26 when they visit the Toronto Titans, Rambo said he was impressed with what he saw as he sat and watched the team’s entire practice at the end of April.

“There are some good football players on this team and given the time of year that it is they are a lot further ahead of where I thought they would be.”

see a championship ring, but it’s more important for them to hear about what kind of commitment it takes to win a championship.”

Last year, the Invaders lost the Northern Football Conference championship game to the Tri-City Outlaws, 12-11. in Kitchener-Waterloo.

The Outlaws went on to defeat Calgary to win the Canadian Major Football Championship.

ter practice at the Bearbrook Dome over the April 28 and 29 weekend.

He brought two items with him that made some jaws drop as he passed them around for the players to look at. The first was his Grey Cup ring, and the second was his Super Bowl ring.

“There is a lot of focus on winning a championship and a ring this year,” Evraire said. “It’s good for the guys to

Rambo also had praise for Evraire, a player that he drafted out of Sir Wilfrid Laurier University in the 1980s.

“Ken is a good football person and a good leader,” he said. “The players respond to him. He knows what it takes to build a winner. This team is in good hands.”

The Invaders play their home opener June 2 at Carleton University when they face the Sudbury Spartans.

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EMC sports - Ottawa Invaders head coach Ken Evraire has never won a football championship at any level.

So when he wanted to talk to his players about what it takes to win a championship, he brought in someone who knows.

Former Ottawa Rough Riders GM and Denver Broncos scout Dan Rambo visited with the Invaders players af-

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Blind-deaf skater closer to Olympic dream Fundraiser helps send athlete to Scotland Brier Dodge

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EMC news - Kevin Frost dreams of one day winning an Olympic gold medal in his sport.

But Frost doesn’t have to worry about making the right time to do it – he already holds multiple world records and championship titles.

He’s spent the past eight years pushing to make visually impaired speed skating an event at the Paralympics so that hopefully, in Russia 2014, he can achieve that dream.

And now he’s competing in a major stepping stone to getting skating there, an International Skating Union (ISU) sanctioned blind world championship short-track event in Scotland.

“Just to get it to the Russia Olympics would be a gold medal for me,” said Frost, an Orleans resident and Gloucester Concordes speed skater who will leave on May 17 to compete.

He started racing with the Concordes at the Bob McQuarrie Recreation Complex, where he skated his way to a 10th place world finish in master’s level racing.

And despite being both legally blind and deaf, he has competed in the able-bodied

Photo by Brier Dodge

Kevin Frost was at Topper’s Pizza in Orleans on May 2 for a fundraiser towards his trip to Scotland to compete in the ISU sanctioned blind world championship short-track speed skating event. Frost hopes that this will soon be an Olympic sport. and one for long-track.

Long-track is easier for impaired skaters because there are less turns, but Frost has competed in both.

A world champion in blind long-track skating, this will be his first chance at a short-track world title.

“This could be huge,” he said. “That this is an ISU event is a stepping stone. It’s

master’s level racing.

Frost has Usher Syndrome, which caused him to lose his hearing as a youth and most of his vision as an adult.

So it’s no surprise that he’s the world champion in the visually impaired circuit.

Speed skating has different distances, but two different events, championships and arenas – one for short-track,

the first short-track ISU event ever.”

Frost previously won the Ontario provincial championship for his age group in the short-track skating for ablebodied skaters.

The first time he competed in a long-track championship, he was swarmed following his race by trainers, volunteers and racers.

“I asked, ‘what’s going on?’” Frost said. “And the trainer told me that they couldn’t believe my time.”

He said that the most satisfying part of achieving those results is inspiring other visually-impaired skaters to show them what level they can perform at.

“I want to set a bar for them and other skaters to be better, faster,” he said. “I’ve achieved a lot of my dreams now and I want others to take it further.”

Because the sport isn’t officially sanctioned in the Paralympics, Frost isn’t eligible for funding, so he relies on fundraisers, like the one held at Topper’s Pizza in Orleans on May 2, to fund competitions.

For every large pizza sold on May 2, which totaled 79, they gave $4 towards the cost of him attending the race in Scotland.

Jumpstart launches One Million Red Balls campaign EMC news - Canadian Tire Jumpstart is bouncing ahead.

The One Million Red Balls campaign runs until the fourth annual Jumpstart Day on May 26.

The campaign aims to raise $2 million to help 20,000 children across Canada participate in organized sports and recreation this summer.

Customers are encouraged this month to make a $2 donation at Canadian Tire, Mark’s and Canadian Tire Gas locations in exchange for one of the million red balls.

“We have set an ambitious goal for ourselves this year…because we know that Canadians are up to the challenge,” said Dan Thompson of Canadian Tire Jumpstart Charities.

“Being a part of a team, getting coached for the first time, or taking a lesson is an important part of childhood.”

Canadian Tire Jumpstart hopes the red balls will be-

come a lasting, national symbol for child’s play and that they will give customers a tangible reminder of their contribution to helping children get involved with sports and recreation.

Customers are encouraged to take a picture with their Jumpstart red ball and share it online at OneMillionRedBalls.ca, which will be turned into a custom photo mosaic.

Donations to Jumpstart help the one in three Canadian families that cannot afford to enrol their children in organized sports and recreation.

All funds raised through the One Million Red Balls campaign and on Jumpstart Day stay within the local community to help local children.

Since 2005, Jumpstart has helped more than 417,000 kids across Canada by removing the financial barriers that prevent children from participating.

Pet Adoptions PET OF THE WEEK This spayed female, black and white Domestic Shorthair cat is about a year old.

She was surrendered to the shelter by her owner and has been at the Ottawa Humane Society since April 10.

Barbie loves to give kisses and affection while sitting on your lap for attention. She has a lot of energy and needs lots of toys to keep her entertained.

She gets along well with other cats, and would love to live in an active and bustling home with a family who suits her personality.

This “Barbie doll” would love to play in a new forever home.

ARABELLA ID#A142499 Arabella is a spayed female, “Tortie” Domestic Medium hair cat. She is approximately 5 years old. She was brought to the shelter as a stray on April 21.

This pretty feline loves to cuddle and snuggle with her human companions, but on her own terms.

She has the loudest purr – it turns on as soon as someone touches her.

She gets along best with owners who can read kitty body language well, as she can sometimes give little nips if she is overstimulated.

Beautiful Arabella needs an owner who will take the time to brush her long lovely hair, to keep her looking her best!

For more information about these or other animals available for adoption, please call the Adoption Centre at 613-725-3166 ext. 258 or visit www.ottawahumane.ca.

HAVING ISSUES WITH THE LOCAL WILDLIFE? YOU ARE NOT ALONE. As urban development encroaches on previously untamed areas, more human-wildlife conflicts result. People are frequently confronted with many wildlife species, including raccoons, groundhogs, squirrels, skunks, and a variety of birds.

These animals have largely managed to adapt well to our presence. Humans, on the other hand, are still mastering this living arrangement. It is important for people to understand the need for effective, lasting, and humane solutions to occasional conflicts with wildlife.

If you find an injured wild animal that is bleeding, has a broken limb, is walking in circles or falling over when walking, or another

obvious injury, please contact Ottawa Humane Society’s Emergency Services at 613-725-1532.

For large wildlife, such as deer, moose and bear, please call Ottawa Police Services at 613-236-1222.

If a wild animal does not show any signs of injury, then it is best to leave it alone.

Wildlife issues are temporary problems and there are solutions.

It seems daunting, but if you work out a solution, you can make sure you never have this problem again.

Property owners are responsible for dealing with their wildlife situation humanely and legally. There are solutions and tips available at www.ottawahumane.ca to get the animals to relocate on their own.

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you are only seeing one animal, it may not be alone. The birthing season runs from late February to early October, and the babies are helpless when first born and not yet able to leave their nest or den with mom. If you scare the mother away, she may abandon her young.

It is critical not to trap young inside, as they will perish, possibly falling between walls and requiring expensive drywall removal and causing very bad odours if they die in inaccessible areas.

If you have further questions about wild animals, you may contact the Ottawa Humane Society at 613-725-3166 ext. 262, or send an email to ohs@ottawahumane.ca.

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ARIES - Mar 21/Apr 20 ARIES - Mar 20 The best will be in store for you Patience is a21/Apr virtue, Aries.

It’s later easy in forthe your mind to wander and chance get caught week.

There’s not much for adventure daydreaming, Aries. That’s because you are feeling a little Monday or Tuesday, but things pick up on Wednesday. restless and in need of a change. A vacation may just do it.

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

May 12: The Metcalfe St. Andrew’s United Church car boot (trunk) sale fundraiser is on Saturday, May 12 from 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. For $20 you get a parking space to open your trunk and sell your wares. There are a limited number of spots, so don’t wait. To rent a space or for information, call Nelda Isaac at 613-821-2075 or Martha Robertson at 613-821-1708. The church is located at 2677 8th Line Road in Metcalfe. Come out and enjoy a hotdog or coffee and buy something that you really, really need.

May 12: The 2nd Annual ‘Good Run will take place in the beautiful village of Osgoode! The ‘Goode Run is expected to draw 500+ runners from across the Ottawa Region to run on the Osgoode end of the multi-use Pathway.

The ‘Goode Run welcomes runners of all levels by featuring a 2K Family Run and a 5K and 10K chip-timed run. To register visit o-ya.ca for a link. To volunteer, contact Heather Roe at gooderun@ gmail.com with your availability. For sponsorship email Heather with “sponsorship” in the subject box. Let’s get running!

May 12: Join the Osgoode Carleton Snowmobile Trail Club for its annual fishing derby from 8 to 4 p.m. Saturday, May 12. Anglers can pre-register at Snake Island Automotive or show up at Taylor Park west of Osgoode on Saturday morning. Cost is $20 per person. Great prizes for the largest walleye and pike. Don’t forget to renew your fishing licence. Everyone is welcome to meet at Mike’s Restaurant in Metcalfe for breakfast at 7 a.m. on May 12. For more information call Wayne at 613-821-2870 or Rick at 613821-7861.

May 26: Come to Manotick Public School’s 2nd Annual Spring Fair on Saturday, May 26 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and enjoy things like a Gladiator joust, a bouncy castle, a petting zoo, pony rides, carnival games, silent auctions, presentations and much, much more.

June 13: The Canada Agriculture Museum Foundation will host its sixth annual Baskets with Panache fundraising event on Wednesday, June 13 from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Donations translate to 12,500 children with financial or physical challenges being able to participate in exciting educational experiences. Contact contribution@technomuses. ca or 613-991-6271.

Ongoing:

Trinity Bible Church Summer Camps in Osgoode – Upward Soccer Camp & “Sky” VBS, ages 5-11 yrs. Half day and full day programs.

Preregistration is necessary.

For more info visit www.trinitybiblechurch.ca/vbs or call 613- 826-2444.

The Metcalfe Cooperative Nursery School offers five week-long day camp sessions from July 3 to August 3, 2012.

Guitar Lessons and Teahouse at O-YA. Learn to play the guitar or brush up on your existing guitar skills in a fun group style lesson while enjoying a mug of hot tea (a cool selection of herbal tea, chai tea and tea lattes) and a snack at O-YA. The instructor is Grant McGee. To register for the Summer 2012 session of Guitar Lessons & Teahouse, please download a Registration Form from OYA’s website at www.o-ya.ca.

Space is limited.

Are you interested in 1860’s milling machinery, traditional milling methods, talking to visitors about the milling process? Then this committee could be for you! We are looking for volunteers who are committed to spending an afternoon every weekend or second weekend throughout the summer at Watson’s Mill, to apprentice with our current millers. Contact us for more details or to sign up—first meeting will be in mid to late April. Help is always needed for all kinds of things and we would love to see you! Call us at 613-692-6455.

Summer camp registration is now open for Just Kiddin’ Theatre. Drama camp is a great place for kids to sample drama and see if it’s their cup of tea. Kids will use an improvisational approach to developing an original show they will perform for friends and family on the final day. Participants must be nine years old and up. Younger participants may register upon advance consultation with Just Kiddin’ Theatre. Available weeks: July 16 – 20, July 23 – 27, July 30 –August 3. Visit www.justkiddintheatre.com to register. Spaces are limited.

The Live and Learn Resource Centre is collecting books for their second annual charity book sale. Gently used books can be dropped off at the Metcalfe town hall or Metcalfe Variety Store. No magazines, textbooks or manuals please. The Live and Learn Resource Centre is part of Rural Family Connections, a registered charity providing services to families of young children for almost 35 years throughout Osgoode Ward and beyond. Saturday, June 2 from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Agricultural Hall on the Metcalfe Fairgrounds. For more information, to arrange for a book pick-up or to volunteer, please call 613-821-2899 or email us at liveandlearn@ bellnet.ca.

A volunteer driver and back-up driver are needed to take sandwiches from Metcalfe to the Ottawa Mission on Daly Avenue each Tuesday morning. This is a pleasant volunteer job, taking in the sandwiches that volunteers have made for the Mission each week. Please contact Sally Gray at (613) 821-2640, or grayhound@xplornet.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 Street, Metcalfe. For more information or to drop off items please contact 613-821-3669 or email info@communitychristianschool.ca.

Join the Osgoode or the Metcalfe Sandwich Makers and help the downtown Mis-

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sion 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 or to volunteer 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.

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 #144, and has free parking. Info at 613-821-0414.

Mondays and Thursdays: The Gloucester South Seniors Chess Club, 4550 Bank Street (at Leitrim Rd) meets

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

Want to meet new friends?

Have a great workout? Come and join us at 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. Includes a 5 minute inspirational “Fit Tip”! Any questions? Contact the church office at 613-2388182.

Thursdays: Every Thursday starting at 6:30 p.m., enjoy bingo at the Osgoode Legion located at 3284 Sunstrum Street in Osgoode. All money raised at these weekly events goes back to the Community. Bring your ‘dabbers’ and come out to support your local Legion Bingo!

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May 12: Spring Plant Sale. Saturday, May 12 from 8 a.m. to noon at the Scobie Farm at 6274 Rideau Valley Dr. North, 7 km south of Manotick. Large selection of perennials, annuals, vegetable seedlings, herbs, shrubs, trees, pond plants and houseplants.

May 25: Waupoos Farm Murder Mystery and Dinner.

Waupoos Farm is a charity in Ottawa South that provides holidays to families in need.

This charity is supported primarily through private donations and foundation grants.

We are holding our fifth annual dinner, silent auction and interactive radio play, “Dial NHL for Murder”, with Master of Ceremonies Max Keeping to fundraise for our programs. It will start at 6:30 p.m. at the Our Lady of the Visitation banquet centre, 5338 Bank Street. We hope that you will support this unique and worthwhile charity by attending the entertaining evening, being a sponsor/advertiser, or by donating a silent auction item. Visit www.waupoos.com for more information.

The KinderCamp program for younger children focuses on dramatic play, outdoor activities, arts and crafts and, back by popular demand, some great science! The Discovery Camp program is geared to older children and will guide them through an exploration of the world around them – from birds and butterflies to physics and more! Further information online at www. mcnskids.org.

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May 11-12: GIANT Garage Sale at Metcalfe Cooperative Nursery School on Friday, May 11 from 4 to 8 p.m. and Saturday, May 12 from 8 to 1 p.m. at the Metcalfe Fairgrounds. Gently used toys, clothes, baby items, equipment and household goods will be on display in the agricultural building. For information call 613-821-3196.

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May 11: Youth dance at the Greely Community Center in support of the 1st Greely Pathfinders. 7 to 10 p.m. for ages 6 to 12. Admission: $5.

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