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EMC news - An unprecedented review of how development should be shaped in Ottawa’s rural villages has finally come to a close, but not before raising questions about the best way to promote the city’s favourite buzzword, intensification, in rural areas.

The city’s agriculture and rural affairs committee discussed a comprehensive review of land-use planning policies for rural areas, including updates to three specific village plans, including Greely’s.

West Carleton Coun. Eli El-Chantiry said the city really needs to look at expanding developable lands around some of the city’s villages, 20 of which have community development plans describing what types of development can occur, and where.

“Sometimes the good water is outside the village boundary … so that village has no opportunity to expand,” El-Chantiry said, noting that a motion had been brought to council around 2006 dealing with that issue, which has yet to be addressed.

“When are we going to study the sustainability and growth within villages?” he asked.

John Moser, the city’s general manager of planning and growth management, said the city will be looking at both its Official Plan, which deals with zoning and land use, and the Infrastructure Master Plan, which will address servicing, within the next year and a half.

“Growth needs to be concentrated in the villages… they need that to be viable,” Moser said. “We want to ensure they have the servicing to make that happen.”

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The updated plan for Greely wasn’t meant to be an overhaul of how development will be guided over the next 20 years.

“We want to stay the course, keep the vision and direction,” said Robin van de Lande, the lead city planner on the review.

Greely is one of the city’s largest and fastest growing villages. It has experienced 32 per cent population growth between 2004 and 2010 (from 4,100 to 5,430 people), which has created unique challenges.

Unlike other villages, it lacks a traditional main street and has instead grown as a community of scattered subdivisions.

In Greely, residents raised concerns about the lack of connectivity between neighourhoods and the need for pathway links; the poor condition of the area’s roads (especially Albion, Parkway and Old Prescott roads); speeding, truck traffic and traffic congestion on some local roads.

The need for an eastbound right turn lanes from Mitch Owens Road onto Stagecoach Road and onto Old Prescott Road were also identified.

Van de Lande was quick to point out that the review was not about expanding village boundaries; that must be done as part of an official plan review looking at expanding the urban boundary.

In addition to updating the village plans, the also undertook a more comprehensive “rural review” that encompassed: country estate lot policies, the Land Evaluation and Agricultural Review (LEAR) process, mineral resources policies and schedules and severance policies relating to lots greater than four hectares.

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EMC news - If Metcalfe has ever been called boring, it won’t be for long.

The Metcalfe Community Association is hoping to transform the “boring concrete wall” along Victoria Street Bridge into a colourful mural, and it’s asking residents for help.

The association has launched a mural design contest that invites residents to craft a mural design that captures the essence and history of Metcalfe, to be voted on by residents and painted sometime this summer.

The association is accepting designs until Friday, June 8 and the voting will take place on Saturday, June 9 at the Metcalfe Fair Grounds during the weekly farmers’ market. Association member Jane Cooper said the idea came casually, but has blossomed into a full-fledged project.

“We were chatting together about things we could do, and one of the members said wouldn’t it be nice to do a mural and brighten up the village,” she said. “We thought it would be a fun thing to do.”

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EMC news - The Ottawa Museum Network has launched a new loyalty program it hopes will encourage more families to frequent its 10 community museums across the city.

The Connexion Card was launched Thursday, May 10 at Billings Estate National Historic Site in Alta Vista and promises free admission, discounted programming and access to exclusive events for those who buy one.

The card applies to Billings Estate, Bytown Museum downtown, Cumberland Heritage Village Museum, the Diefenbunker in Carp, Goulbourn Museum in Stittsville, Nepean Museum, Osgoode Township Museum, Pinhey’s Point Historic Site in Dunrobin, Vanier Museopark and Watson’s Mill in Manotick.

For $70 per family or $50 per individual, card holders enjoy free admission for the year at the four museums that charge, and they can access exclusive and discounted programming at all 10 museums throughout the year.

Brahm Lewandowski, administrator at Billings Estate and Pinhey’s Point, said he hopes the card will attract patrons from a broader region.

“We’re hoping that we will be able to get visitors who are coming from across the city.

People who were spending more time with their community museum will now be encouraged to leave their community and visit other museums,” he said.

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Ottawa Museum Network project manager Megan Lafreniere holds a new Connexion Card, the museum enthusiast’s ticket to exclusive discounts and programming at Ottawa’s 10 community museums. adult and children’s programs offered throughout the year.

Bytown Museum also offers a $15 family rate, and Cumberland Heritage Village Museum offers an $18 family admission. At the Diefenbunker, a family pass costs $40. To visit these four museums alone would cost a family $85 plus tax – which means the family Connexion Card offers an automatic $15 in savings, project manager Megan Lafreniere said.

The deal is not as sweet for individual passes, which cost $50 for the year. One-time admission to the four museums would regularly cost $33 plus tax per adult, or $66 for a pair.

However the savings could be made up in repeat visits to the museums and discounted ticket prices for special adult programs at all of the musesince 1986

ums across the city, Lafreniere said. The card also gives access to exclusive events, such as a snowshoe hike at Pinhey’s Point Historic Site in the winter, a kids’ ghost camp at Watson’s Mill this summer or a paddle of the Rideau River at Billings Estate. “(The museums) offer similar programming to the general public but this is at the cardholder’s rate. They get reduced prices on programming,” Lafreniere said.

Not to mention a better chance of getting into programs that are often sold out, Lewandowski added.

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Megan Lafreniere from the Ottawa Museum Network and Brahm Lewandowski, administrator of the Billings Estate National Historic Site, show off the new Connexion Card that will offer families and individuals exclusive programs and discounts at the city’s 10 community museums. we’re going that route,” said Melanie Parker at Watson’s Mill.

Lewandowski said the exclusive events and discounted programming will offset any hit the museum might take through lost admission, although the museum will see some revenue return from card sales.

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count on programming and the hope for repeat visitation, we hope we will still be encouraging a new cross-section of people to come or a new generation of museum visitors,” he said.

The popular library pass available at the Ottawa Public Library, which gives up to five people free admission to the 10 museums will still be

available, although Lafreniere said the Connexion Card offers more perks.

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Museum goes modern with new website EMC news - An organization focused entirely on the past is hoping to embrace the future with a new and improved website.

The Osgoode Township Museum launched its new website over the weekend of May 12 with a number of improvements including online registration and digital archives.

The best part, according to museum curator Robin Cushnie, is that visitors can now register and pay for events online rather than having to call the museum.

“We’ve really amped up our programming especially for kids, so we’re trying to make it easier for people to register and come,” she said.

Cushnie said the new site was long overdue, for both staff and visitors.

“You have to update your website every few years otherwise people start to wonder if there’s anyone left in the building,” she laughed.

The website also includes archival material in the form of a 40-year collection of museum newsletters that have been digitized and uploaded to the website. Visitors can download the newsletters for free, which Cushnie said greatly improves accessibility for researchers and history buffs. “(The newsletters) have a

lot of information pertinent to genealogy and local history,” she said.

“Our last website was sort of tired and we’re trying to move into more digital access because we’re not in the world’s most access place. Researchers are scattered world-wide, not everyone can come.”

The website also includes a digitized version of a walking tour of Metcalfe, which was originally created by the Metcalfe women’s institute several years ago.

However, they were able to find an Algonquin College web design student to digitize the project, and it will now be available on the website in the form of photos and information.

The Ottawa Museum Network, of which the Osgoode museum is a member, provided a grant to pay for the secure payment processing software the museum will use

on its website.

OMN spokesperson Ciara Cronin said having an online presence is very important for community museums.

“It’s all about engaging with new audiences. Interactive websites can engage a wide range of audiences to local museums,” Cronin said, noting that online content brings history even closer to home. “Through websites people can learn about the fascinating stories that happened right in their backyard.”

Cronin said having an updated website is also key to spreading the word about upcoming events and programs.

The new Osgoode site will include a much more user-friendly events calendar, which will be easier to update for staff and easier to register for visitors, Cushnie said.

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They decided to ask for designs that incorporate the village’s history, since the community has been active south of Ottawa for more than 150 years.

“It’s nice to reinforce the history. People identify the village as an established community,” Cooper said. Residents can focus on any aspect of Metcalfe history they wish, but if they need inspiration they can consult a book of photos for ideas at the Os-

goode Township Museum in Vernon.

Some photos will also be available on the museum’s new website at www.osgoodemuseum.ca.

Association member Kelly Fekete said she would like to see some the unique aspects of Metcalfe’s history, such as the brass band that used to play on the old Victoria Bridge in the late 1800s.

“We go way back and we should represent that somehow,” she said. Osgoode Coun. Doug Thompson said

he supports projects like this because they bring so many benefits to a community.

“Things like that really compliment a community. I think a project like this would certainly brighten up the street,” he said, noting that Victoria Street has had several improvements over the past few years, including the addition of Victoria Park and decorative lighting along the street.

“This will just add to the beauty of the village. Any time you can add some colour

to concrete it’s a great thing.”

In order to fit the long, thin wall that flanks the bridge in Metcalfe’s downtown, entries must be designed to stand 30 inches high and between 20 and 40 feet long. The designs should be presented in full colour at a scale of two inches to every foot. Submissions can be dropped off at Campbell’s Metcalfe Variety until June 8.

The association is working with the City of Ottawa’s mural department to figure out exactly which hoops they

need to jump through in order to beautify the city’s bridge, but Cooper said the staff they’ve talked to “want it to happen.”

Thompson said he will help keep the process moving if there are delays. “People who do this are volunteering their time, and everybody’s busy.

You don’t want to be held up with bureaucratic frustrations,” he said.

Fekete said the mural will likely be completed on removal panels so that it can be removed in the winter

to avoid being damaged by snow removal machines and the weather. “Its tight corners there and we can already see there are scrapings from the sidewalk snow removal,” she said.

If all goes well, the association has set its sights on an even bigger mural project next year – on the side of the Metcalfe arena. That, too, has Thompson’s support. “That arena, the wall is pretty bleak looking. That’s a project that would be in keeping with improving the looks of the village,” he said.

For application forms or more information, email metcalfe.community.association@gmail.com.

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EMC news – A true story of friendship and belonging is being performed on stage by some of the very children who participated in the inspiring event in the first place.

A group of students at Osgoode Public School took their 10-minute vignette “Will You Be My Friend?” to the Ottawa Carleton District School Board’s annual drama festival at Carleton University on Thursday, May 17.

The story chronicles the true story of Eli Martin, a student at the school with Down Syndrome. Although he is the age of a Grade 6 student, he is integrated into a lower grade and has few opportunities to interact with children his age.

During recess last December, Eli was watching a soccer game played by Grade 5 and 6 students when suddenly the students were calling his name and welcoming him onto the field.

Eli’s education assistant Karen Granville said she witnessed the entire event, and was in awe to see how encour-

aging and welcoming the students were.

They gave him ample opportunity to participate in the game, she said, and he ended up scoring a goal.

“When he started playing I think what happened was they realized he’s actually a good player. So all the compliments thereafter were very genuine,” she said. “It was one of those times when your life stands still.”

Though Eli is non-verbal, Granville said it was clearly a very happy moment for him.

“The smile on his face was unbelievable,” she said.

Granville was so moved by the kindness of the students, she told the school’s principal who had her write the story down. It was read at a school assembly and picked up by Kerri Rossiter, one of the founders of STAGE children’s theatre in the village.

She said she felt right away the story should be made into a play. “I wasn’t sure who it was written for, but you could put anybody in there who’s ever been wanting to be part of something. And that’s the message. No matter who you are, you want to belong to

something,” she said.

With the help of STAGE partner Christina Leese, they turned the story into a script and recruited a group of young actors to recreate the day.

Some actors were there the first day Eli played soccer with the Grade 6s.

Grade 5 student Morgan Adams said asking Eli to play was just the natural thing to do.

“A lot of people in our school actually really care for him, and a few people noticed he was just sitting there alone so we thought of the idea to let him play,” she said.

Eli’s brother Alex Martin was also on the field that day, and said the opportunity for Eli was one he doesn’t get very often.

“He really likes sports like soccer but since he has a disability, its harder for him to be in soccer,” he said.

Grade 5 student Cole Dennison said the day was particularly special because Eli was able to score. “He was really good,” he said.

Eli was also included in the play, coming out at the end to take a bow with the actors.

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One village the review didn’t produce an update for is Manotick.

The issues in Manotick were too complex and will require a bit more attention, van de Lande said.

At public meetings, residents expressed a strong interest in creating and maintaining employment opportunities in the village core, but transportation, a green space network, development in the village core and at its fringes were all raised as concerns.

“We are the one village… the does have development, that does have pressures on it,” said Noel Norenius, of the Manotick Parks, Culture and Recreation Association.

“Housing is coming.”

Norenius said the city needs to address the pressure to expand Manotick into neighbouring Osgoode Ward – something the city has been reticent to do.

“Those are the sorts of things people in Manotick are worried about,” Norenius said.

“They want to control their future … we need help now.”

“We do recognize that this was a piece that was a bit too much for us to bite off with everything else,” van de Lande said, adding that city planners “do have a plan for action” regarding Manotick.

That vague response didn’t satisfy Rideau-Goulbourn Coun. Scott Moffat, who wanted a firm timeline on when the village’s plan would be addressed.

City staff said that it wouldn’t necessarily be done as part of the Official Plan review that will be completed

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Three major road reconstruction projects announced in the City of Ottawa’s 2012 budget, will be pushed back a year, with work starting in 2013. The delay is needed to prevent a log-jam of construction that would clog the streets and potentially create traffic havoc.

One of the projects, the

reconstruction of Main Street, would seriously limit access across the Rideau River – so the road must stay open to allow for detours until 2013.

Capital Coun. David Chernushenko says it’s important to slow down and plan properly to give the city time “to get it right.”

We couldn’t agree more.

In 2012, the City of Ottawa introduced a $340-million Ottawa on the Move program, an ambitious plan to reconstruct hundreds of pieces of

Ottawa’s roads, water pipes, bridges and other infrastructure projects over the course of two years.

This summer, the municipality’s 61 infrastructure project managers will handle 340 projects around the city – a heavy workload.

The reason for the push makes sense. Ottawa on the Move was created to catch up on the city’s infrastructure work and prepare the municipality for its sesquicentennial anniversary or 150th birthday

in 2017.

The city will take advantage of historic lows in interest rates to borrow $125 million to help debt finance these projects.

Makes sense. There’s no question about the need for investing in the city’s crumbling infrastructure – Ottawa’s public infrastructure assets are valued at $14 billion and those assets depreciate at a rate of more than $200 million per year. On average, Ottawa spends about 35 per cent of

what it should be spending on infrastructure renewal. The city should be investing $110 million every year on roads renewal alone.

Instead, Ottawa spent $42.7 million last year. But that dropped to $23.9 million this year and $27.2 million in 2013. But 2014, it will soar back up to $56.7 million.

The problem with the city’s Ottawa on the Move infrastructure push is two-fold: planning and timing.

Trying to accomplish too

much too quickly with just 61 planning project managers leaves the municipality open to making planning errors.

The delays of the three road projects are examples of some of the problems these overworked planning managers are facing. The city needs to slow down and get it right the first time.

It will have a chance to do that when it begins work on the new Infrastructure Master Plan this year, which will be aligned (possibly for the first time) with reviews of several other major city plans for land and transportation. Let’s plan ahead and get it right instead of playing catch up.

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The cruel facts of urban living CHARLES GORDON Funny Town

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his seems to happen all the time these days. You drive to a doctor’s office or a dentist’s office or a lawyer’s office. The office is in a big glass building away from downtown with all sorts of room around it. Or it’s in a strip mall. Either way there’s lots of room around it for parking, which is the good thing about not being downtown.

That’s what you say to yourself as you notice the welcome sign “Visitor Parking” and ease the car into a spot. Only then do you spot the machine over at the side and realize that you are going to have to pay to park, pay here, in this spacious and uncongested area.

Why do they make you do that?

Because they can. Because that little patch of asphalt you’re on can earn thousands of dollars.

You’re stuck. You have to see the doctor or the dentist or the lawyer and the parking gods know that. It serves no social purpose to make you pay for parking. It is cruel, unfair and it is a fact of life in the city in the new millennium.

The sad thing about it is you feel a bit guilty even complaining. Making parking scarce and expensive has long been a strategy aimed at getting you out of your car and onto the bus, thus reducing traffic congestion and air pollution. Therefore when you complain you are revealing yourself as one of those thoughtless individuals who will ruin the planet just so they can listen to the car radio for a few minutes.

But … but … you say. These offices aren’t downtown where the traffic congestion is; they’re in the burbs where there’s no congestion and in fact nothing, nothing but places to park.

Plus, the bus only really works when you’re going downtown, or going somewhere from downtown.

Your words are going to fall on deaf ears, you know that. You could launch a protest, but it would only be seen as another attempt by rich car-owning suburbanites to make life easier for themselves, at the expense of the planet.

So life is unfair, except for the parking gods and their little friends. The scary thing is that it could get a lot less fair, when the remaining places where we’re used to free parking start charging.

That would mean the big suburban shopping centres, the big suburban movie complexes, the restaurants and supermarkets away from the downtown core. If the parking machines began appearing at St. Laurent and Kanata Centrum and McDonald’s and Loblaws, you’d be madder than hell, right?

And where would that get you?

In a perfect world it would get you onto the bus, but this is not a perfect world and nobody seems much interested in making it one. Bus service is contracting just at the time it needs to expand, particularly on a local basis.

In another version of a perfect world, we would shun the paid parking lot and walk to our neighbourhood stores. But few of us are close to neighbourhood stores any more, when they even exist.

Maybe, in the long run, the inconveniencing of car owners will lead to pressure on city planners to create living spaces that are livable, where you don’t have to get into a car every time you want some little thing and where people can’t soak you for parking every time you turn around.

Maybe, this will happen in the long run and the Barrhavens of the future will look more like The Glebe and Westboro. There will be less traffic and we will all be in better shape for having places to walk to. Instead of total subjugation by the automobile we get liberation from it. That would be the vision, and let’s hope the vision sustains you as you grit your teeth and pay the machine.

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EMC news – The Live and Learn resource centre in Metcalfe is hoping to put the emphasis on “big” at its second annual Big/Little Book Sale on Saturday, June 2, in an effort to save some popular programs currently on the chopping block.

The resource centre located in the old town hall on Victoria Street is part of Rural Family Connections, a charity that includes the resource centre, the Metcalfe co-operative nursery school and Metcalfe home day care.

Rural Family Connections chairperson Dawn Ellis said the centre found out this month that the United Way funding for its Ready to Learn

kindergarten preparation program has not been renewed, leaving the centre scrambling to find new money.

They have applied to the Community Foundation for funding, and are now in “wait mode,” Ellis said. Meanwhile, staff hope to double the $2,000 they made at the book sale last year to help keep the program alive.

While funds from the book sale usually go to cover basics like overhead costs, the money could help while the centre waits for program funds.

This is only the second year the resource centre has resorted to community fundraising rather than relying entirely on grant applications, but Ellis said it was necessary as grants

dry up at the Trillium Foundation, United Way and other organizations.

Ellis said the book sale offers a ray of hope for the program, especially since the centre has already collected double the books they had last year, mostly in thanks to a central drop box at Campbell’s Metcalfe Variety Store and an earlier start asking residents to donate.

Ellis said the sheer number of books this year could bolster their sales. She said they have a lot of romance novels and other paperback fiction like thrillers, mysteries and science fiction. They also have a large number of children’s books.

Another boon could come from the sale’s new location

at the Metcalfe Fairgrounds, which will coincide with the Saturday morning farmers’ market.

“I’m hoping so, because the traffic flow will be perfect,” Ellis said. “We’d be tickled to double our fundraising.”

The resource centre is still looking for book donations, although staff do not want any magazines, manuals or textbooks. Staff also desperately need volunteers to help sort the books and staff the tables at the sale.

“We had some crazy nights of sorting books (last year),” Ellis said, noting they only had about six volunteers to pull off a $2,000 profit.

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Little did we know that we would ignite an outpouring of interest when Councillors Rainer Bloess, Katherine Hobbs and I attended a meeting of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage on Tuesday, April 24, 2012.

We were asked to testify on what we should be doing to celebrate the 150th anniversary of Confederation in 2017.

It seems to me that we should find a way to celebrate great Canadian achievements. We should be able to display, for all to see, artefacts that mean something to the real people of our great country. I proposed the idea of a Canada House to hold our most treasured national memories in the former US Embassy in Ottawa. This is an iconic space directly opposite Parliament Hill that would be greatly enhanced as the treasure chest of our nation. And it has been sitting empty for 10 years.

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The possibilities are many: a replica of the Canadarm; Bryan Adams’ first guitar; Banting and Best’s chemistry set; Sydney Crosby’s game-winning stick from the Gold medal game at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics (or a reasonable facsimile, since I bet the Hockey Hall of Fame has the original for themselves).

These are just a few ideas and we could find a thousand more in the bat of an eye. In addition to those above, other ideas I have mentioned are Celine Dion’s first Gold Record, or Terry Fox’s t-shirt or maybe even Joseph Bombardier’s first snowmobile.

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People from across the country would love a glimpse of national treasures like these.

I continue to receive a Tweets and emails from folks in Ottawa and beyond who have taken a few moments to offer their own suggestions. Everybody was taking a few moments to offer their own suggestions. Jane Osborne said, “We are totally behind you 100 percent. Love the idea we need it in Canada. We need to cheer on Canada.” JeanPierre Dubois-G suggested we should have the First edition of Anne of Green Gables. Noah Caroll wants to see, “Terry Fox’s shoes? An original Bell telephone?” And Melanie Fulop told the Twitterverse that,“Having visited Washington & seen all the museums for free, I think this is a great idea!”

There has also been media interest. Ottawa Citizen columnist Joanne Chianello thinks the idea may be a hit – she wants to see a replica of the Galloping Gourmet’s kitchen! I’m too young to become a museum piece, let alone name, just yet!

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Although it’s quick and convenient to use a bottled salad dressing, you may want to make one of the following dressings for the salad. Both are quick and easy to prepare.

The Roquefort dressing can be made thick and chunky or smooth and creamy.

The raspberry vinaigrette dressing is light and has a slightly sweet flavour.

The recipes for the salad dressings may make more than what you will need for this salad. Store any leftover dressing in the fridge for up to one week.

PAT TREW Food ‘n’ Stuff baby spinach, I like to remove the stems and tear any large leaves into bite-size pieces.

To prepare the salad, fill a salad bowl with the spinach, then arrange the strawberry slices and avocado on top. You can either drizzle the dressing lightly over the salad, or let everyone serve themselves at the table.

Homemade Roquefort Dressing 1/2 cup crumbled blue cheese (Roquefort) 1/2 cup mayonnaise 2 tbsp. sour cream 1/4 to 1/3 cup milk

Springtime Avocado and Strawberry Salad for Four

For a chunky texture, mix the ingredients with a fork.

For a smooth texture, use a food processor.

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Combine all the ingredients in the jar. Close the lid tightly, and shake well.

If you are making this ahead, just before serving, shake the dressing again.

Makes about 2/3 cup.

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Straw mattresses didn’t always mean poverty

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oodness knows, I was used to sleeping on a feather mattress.

That didn’t mean I went all over Northcote bragging about it. My sister Audrey said only poor people used feathers, because feathers were free.

My little friend Joyce slept on a mattress that was tufted and about six inches thick.

Pink with blue flowers – what luxury! There were no feathers in Joyce’s mattress.

If I complained to Mother

MARY COOK Mary Cook’s Memories about the differences in Joyce’s mattress and mine, she didn’t hesitate to tell me we were lucky to have feathers. She knew some farmers who didn’t raise enough

chickens to get the ample supply of feathers needed to fill a mattress. And they certainly couldn’t afford a felt mattress, like my friend Joyce slept on. What they used was

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straw. I couldn’t believe anyone in the entire Northcote area actually slept on straw.

It certainly wasn’t a subject you could easily bring up in the school yard, even though I was dying with curiosity. I found myself looking over the girls at the Northcote school, trying to figure out just who was poor enough to sleep on straw, but was never able to single out one person who I thought couldn’t even afford enough chickens for feathers.

Well, the riddle was solved for me one day and I didn’t have to do a thing about it other than accept an invitation from Gracie to spend the night at her farm on the next line. It wasn’t at all unusual for us at the Northcote school to be invited to stay at one another’s home for a night.

Gracie lived in a log house just like ours. She too, came from a big family, went to the same church we did and her brothers and sisters all went to the Northcote School.

That day, along with my lunch and book bag, I carried to school a brown paper bag with my pajamas and clean underwear in it. You would never dream of going anywhere overnight without clean underwear. It was like going to church in your bare feet.

Gracie’s kitchen table was longer than ours and it needed to be in order to accommodate all the brothers and sisters.

Like ours, it had two benches on either side instead of chairs. The table was amply laid and like us, not a morsel was touched until Grace was said, after which there was the greatest commotion as each of Gracie’s brothers made a stab for a pork chop from a plate that was stacked sky-high.

Gracie’s mother slapped the brother closest to her, and her father did the same with the brother at his elbow. “Can’t you see we have company?” he roared.

I looked at the table piled high with food and I decided then and there Gracie’s family wasn’t one of the poorest in the Northcote area. With that many hands, it didn’t take long to red up the kitchen.

The whole family settled down to playing board games, whittling, looking through the Eaton’s catalogue and Gracie’s father, just like mine did every night, pulled up a chair to the cookstove, pulled down the oven door, propped up his feet and got into reading the Family Herald and Weekly Star.

I wasn’t sure how it was arranged, but Gracie and I had a bed to ourselves. That probably meant that three of her sisters had to sleep together. When her mother rolled down the top quilt, and Gracie and I plopped into bed, I quickly learned what a straw mattress felt like!

There under the flannelette sheet, making sounds just as if we were playing in the hay loft in the barn, I came face to face with my very first straw mattress. I was sure I wouldn’t shut an eye all night. I wondered if it was clean. How many horses or cows had been bedded down on it before it was brought into the house and packed into a ticking? But it didn’t smell like straw or hay. There were fresh sheets on the bed with that wonderful outdoor smell I was used to at home.

The pillows were made of feathers, for which I said a silent prayer of thanks.

When I was taken home the next day in the buggy, there were no signs that Gracie’s family was poor. Her father smoked a pipe just like mine did. And the horse was fat of rump, which Father always said was a sure sign of a well looked-after animal.

No, there was no sign of poverty anywhere. And they had a telephone long before we had one. So why were they sleeping on straw mattresses?

My sister Audrey, always my main source of information, said she was sure it was because Gracie’s mother was so busy having babies, she never did have enough time to pluck chickens, wash feathers and stuff mattresses.

At that young age, it all made perfect sense to me.

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Chip is a neutered male, white and black Fox Terrier mix who is about five months old. He was brought to the shelter as a stray on April 3 but is now available for adoption. Chip loves to be the boss! He needs an experienced owner who will help him understand his role in the pack. He’s smart and fast and has a lot of potential to excel at obedience or agility training classes. He needs a home with teens and adults who won’t let him get away with mischievous behaviour. Chip’s adoption is conditional on mandatory obedience training.

Proof of enrolment is necessary before the adoption can be finalized. Chip’s adoption is a “Foster-Me-First” because he is on medication for an upset stomach.

This neutered male, black Domestic Shorthair cat is just over two years old. He was surrendered to the shelter by his owner on March 20. Tyme loves to play with his human companions. His front paws are declawed, so he needs to be an indoor only feline.

(The OHS recommends that all cats be kept indoors for their own safety.) Tyme got along well with humans of all ages in his foster home, but he’d rather not live with other animals – he prefers to have all the attention to himself. Tyme is a finicky eater and may need some T.L.C. in this department until he is comfortable in his new home.

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.

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Do you think your pet is cute enough to be “THE PET OF THE WEEK”? Submit a picture and short biography of your pet to find out! Simply email to: cfoster@thenewsemc.ca attention “Pet of the Week”

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then your lost pet may not be able to return home.

If you adopted your pet from the Ottawa Humane Society or have had your pet “chipped” at one of our microchip clinics, you were provided with the microchip number and provider information. Please contact us at 613-725-3166 ext. 236 if you require assistance updating your microchip.

Haven’t got your pet microchipped yet? The next OHS microchip clinic is taking

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

place on Sunday, May 27. If you would like to find out more or make an appointment, please call 613-7253166 ext. 221.

While tags may be lost from time to time, they are still important as a quick visual means of identifying your pet.

More information about microchip clinics and other community services offered by the OHS is available at www.ottawahumane.ca.

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Microchips provide a permanent means of pet identification that will not fade or be lost over time. Owner information can be accessed electronically and immediately, ensuring the rapid return of the lost pet.

But while a microchip is a non-removable means of pet identification, your information must be up-to-date if you want the microchip to work.

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Bethany United Church

3150 Ramsayville Road

Join us for worship, fellowship & music Nursery, children and youth ministries One service at 10:30 am Sunday mornings

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

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

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

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“A friendly church with a warm welcome”

Sunday Service 10:00 am

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

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

Our Saviour Lutheran Church Sunday Worship & Sunday School 10:30 a.m.

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Military Chapel Sunday Services at Uplands!

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

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

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Experience the presence of GOD in worship & ministry of the Word with Founder, Apostle Winston Trought.

GSSCentre, 4550 Bank Street, South Call 613-822-4249 for info, www.covrock.org Friday, May 25th 6:30 pm The Word thru Holy Spirit Apostle Winston

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

Protestant Worship with Sunday School 09:30 Roman Catholic Mass with Children’s Liturgy 11:00

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

Rev. James Murray

Worship 10:30 Sundays

Pleasant Park Baptist

“Worship the Lord in the Beauty of his holiness...”

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Sunday Worship - 10:00 a.m.

Nursery and Sunday School May 20th - God’s will for you

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Celebrating 14 years in this area!

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off 417 exit Walkey Rd. or Anderson Rd.

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Gloucester South Seniors Centre

Building an authentic, relational, diverse church.

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

Sunday Services: Bible Study at 10:00 AM - Worship Service at 11:00 AM

Worship services Sundays at 10:30 a.m.

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

Minister: James T. Hurd Everyone Welcome

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

Watch & Pray Ministry

Sunday Services at 9 or 11 AM

Service Time: Sundays at 10:30 AM

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Rideau Canal Fest goes non-smoking Report to health board also reveals Ottawa will monitor health impact of federal job cuts Laura Mueller

laura.mueller@metroland.com

EMC news – Although the city’s expanded non-smoking

bylaw doesn’t apply to federal parks or beaches, the annual Rideau Canal Festival has agreed to ban smoking this

summer.

The festival will take place from Aug. 3 to 8 along the canal, which is owned by the National Capital Commission and therefore exempt from the city’s new, stricter smoking rules.

But the festival has indicated it will not permit smoking this year, despite being free from the city’s band, said Ottawa’s medical officer of

health, Dr. Isra Levy during a health board meeting on May 7.

This year marks the 180th birthday of the Rideau Canal, and the fifth anniversary since it was designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Also during the May 7 meeting, Levy indicated that Ottawa Public Health will be monitoring the health impacts of the impending cuts to the

federal public service, which are expected to take a toll on the local workforce.

Levy said the city’s health unit will be tracking the mental health impacts of job cuts to the federal bureaucracy, the Capital region’s largest employer by far. Public health will also look at food bank use and unemployment levels.

“We will be following the

impact with great interest,” Levy told the board of health.

Levy said the city will be paying particular attention to any cuts at Health Canada and federal functions associated with public health.

The Conservative government announced in its March budget that it would cut 19,200 public service jobs across the country over three years to save $5.2 billion a year.

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FARM Hyland Seeds- Corn, soyabeans, forage seed, white beans and cereals. Overseeding available. Phone Greg Knops, (613)658-3358, (613)340-1045, cell.

GARAGE SALE New Almonte Flea Market, open every Sunday (closed May 27 due to tractor pull). May to October. Water St., Almonte Fairgrounds.

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Riverside Park South. Saturday May 19. Rain Date May 20. Antiques, furniture, collectables, etc. Great buys (613)737-5226.

Firewood- Cut, split and delivered or picked up. Dry seasoned hardwood or softwood from $50/face cord. Phone Greg Knops (613)658-3358, cell (613)340-1045.

HELP WANTED SUMMER JOBS Shouldice Berry Farms is looking for bright energetic people who enjoy the outdoors for summer employment at our strawberry farm and kiosk’s in the city and some rural towns. (No Picking Required) apply online at shouldicefarm.com

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TRAILERS / RV’S 1998 Infinity 36’ Class A motorhome, 454 Chev Vortex motor, 109,000 km, no pets, no smoking. Selling for health reasons. Priced to sell fast. $18,500. (613)542-8010.

Masonry work, new construction, brick, stone, parging, repairs, pointing and chimney repair.

Please call Al (613)868-0946 or (613)830-2346.

Seasonal RV Park White Cedars Tourist Park Waterfront Cottages for rent And Large Fully Serviced Lots 30 amp, water, and sewer Small Private RV Park Great fishing, swimming and Activities, Viewing by Appointment Only.

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ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS: Do you want to stop drinking?

There are no dues or fees for A.A. Membership. The only requirement is a desire to stop drinking. Phone 613-258-3881 or 613-826-1980.

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(613)521-1245.

Renovated 2 bedroom cottage little Silver Lake near Westport/Perth. Private double lot, 200ft shoreline. Electric & wood heat, screened porch, bunkie, laundry.

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Big lots. All services. Good fishing.

Season $1150.

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Motorcycles wanted, any kind, any size, running or not, make room in your garage now. Cash paid. Call Rodger (613)697-9882.

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Left: Nate Waddell had the talent show blues as he played a cool set on his harmonica at the Castor Valley Elementary School Talentfest on May 7.

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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.

They are holding their fifth annual dinner, silent auction and interactive radio play, “Dial NHL for Murder”, with Master of Ceremonies Max Keeping to fundraise for their programs. It will start at 6:30 p.m. at the Our Lady of the Visitation banquet centre, 5338 Bank St. Organizers 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.

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 Gladiator joust, a bouncy castle, a petting zoo, pony rides, carnival games, silent auctions, presentations and much, much more!

May 26: St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church in Kars will host a plant, rummage and bake sale in the church hall, 6810 Rideau Valley S. from 8 a.m. until 12 noon.

May 26: Indoor garage sale.

Rain or shine at the Greely Legion Branch 627, 8021 Mitch Owens Road, Gloucester. 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Vendors wanted - must pre-register. Contact Arlene at 613-822-1709 or Linda at 613-821-4149.

Learn scrapbooking techniques and make five different cards. Free lunch, snacks, and parting gift. Door prizes.

All proceeds to Community Christian School. Registration/Information: Jenny 613835-3279, or sj.johnson@ xplornet.ca.

June 16: Charity yard sale at All Saints’ Anglican Church, 7103 Parkway Road, Greely. 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Proceeds to All Saints’ Anglican Church in Greely. Sale items all in A-one condition.

Enjoy a bake table as well with delicious home-made desserts. Come and enjoy a home-baked muffin and coffee for $1. Info: Aileen 613821-2326 or Carole 613-8213573 www.parishofmgv.org.

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Fairfields Victoria Day Jubilee Tea

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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. In its first five years the event has raised $176,000. Those donations translate to 12,500 children with financial or physical challenges being able to participate in exciting educational experiences. Taking place in a heritage barn at the Canada Agriculture Museum, the Baskets with Panache event features the lively setting of a traditional country fair with some unique twists. Contact contribution@technomuses. ca or 613-991-6271.

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.

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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. The book sale takes place 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.

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Meg Hamilton, a Grade 2 student at Castor Valley Elementary School in Greely, finishes her final piece of art during the last week of Bubblegum Art Club, an afterschool program run by Osgoode artist Bonnie McQuillan. McQuillan led the art club after school for four Mondays in April and May, a format she said she had never tried before.

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 and Teahouse, please download a Registration Form from O-

milling process? Then this committee could be for you!

Watson’s Mill is looking for volunteers who are committed to spending an afternoon every weekend or second weekend throughout the summer at the mill, to apprentice with our current millers.

Contact the mill 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 everyone is welcome. Call 613692-6455.

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

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, please contact 613-821-3669 or email info@communitychristianschool.ca.

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

The small but mighty talented Osgoode Olde Tyme Fiddlers Association invites you to its traditional old tyme fiddle and country music dance at the Osgoode Community Centre, every fourth Friday of the month from 7:30 to 11:30 p.m. Bring your fiddle, guitar, and musical talents! Welcome to all

new members. Tickets are $5 per person for non-musicians, available at the door.

For more information please call 613-224-9888.

Ottawa Newcomers’ Club invites women new to Ottawa to join our activities and meet some new friends. Activities include: bridge, scrabble, walks, luncheons and dinners, book club, sightseeing, travel cafes and craft hours. For more information call 613860-0548 or ottawanewcomers@hotmail.ca.

Gloucester South Seniors, 4550 Bank St., Leitrim, offers a full schedule of activities every week, including contract bridge, carpet bowling, euchre, five hundred, shuffleboard and chess. Membership is $15 per year. The club is easily accessible by OCTranspo #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 every Monday and Thursday at 7 p.m. Immediate openings available for more chess aficionados. Please contact Robert MacDougal, 613-8211930, for more information.

Wednesdays: Enjoy Scottish country dancing for fun, friendship and fitness! Share the music and joy of dance.

You do not have to be Scottish. You do not have to wear a kilt - but you can. No experience or partner is required. Meet Wednesday evenings at the Osgoode Community Centre from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. For information, contact Marie at 613-826-1221 or email Osgoodedancescottish@gmail.com.

Wednesdays: 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 613-238-8182.

Wednesdays: Play euchre every Wednesday evening at 7 p.m. at the Greely & District Legion Branch 627, 8021 Mitch Owens Road, Gloucester. Admission $5 for 8 games.

Thursdays: Every Thursday starting at 6:30 p.m., there is 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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Notice of Public Meeting Purpose of Meeting The City wishes to engage the public in a discussion about the possibility of regulating the location of outdoor wood burning boilers through the Zoning By-law.

Date, Time and Location (attend one of the following sessions) Date: Time: Location:

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