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Manotick Public School opens two new state of the art playstructures on Saturday, May 25. – Page 2
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The Osgoode Care Centre community relations committee keeps busy with summer fundraisers. - Page 5
ENTERTAINMENT
Glad to be gladiators Ten-year-olds Sarah Hopkins, left, and Eva Hart can’t stop laughing as they do battle during Manotick Public School’s annual Spring Fair on May 25.
Minto park named for Manotick veteran Emma Jackson emma.jackson@metroland.com
Local artists team up to showcase their creative talents at annual Brush and Clay show. – Page 9
EMC news - A new park will honour a long-time Manotick resident and World War II veteran. Major William Ross Chamberlain joined the Canadian Armed Forces in November 1941 and served in Northwest Europe, Africa, Italy and Indo-China throughout the Second World War. When he returned home in 1946, he remained a regular member of the Canadian Army until 1962 when he retired and became a teacher.
Chamberlain settled in Toronto after the war, but in 1958 moved his family to a house on Rideau Valley Drive just outside the small village of Manotick. Today, Minto Communities plans to build a neighbourhood park in his name just steps from his home of 38 years, in the new Mahogany development. “Our family is really happy about the park,” said Chamberlainʼs daughter Deborah Rosenlund, who attended a public information meeting on May 30 to hear more details.
The city was originally planning to name a street after her father, but a park is nicer, she said. “Our father was a dynamic gardener so itʼs much better than a street,” Rosenlund said. Minto is building its first substantial park in its Mahogany development as part of a front-end agreement with the city. Instead of having the city build the park, Minto will construct it and the city will pay it back. Major W. Ross Chamberlain Park, which is set to open this summer, is bordered by
Bridgeport Street and Alabaster Heights where the CHEO dream home is currently under construction. It will include junior and senior play structures, a mini soccer field, a gathering place with a picnic table and some naturalized areas. A commemorative plaque will explain some of Chamberlainʼs history and importance to the village. Rideau-Goulbourn Coun. Scott Moffatt said these initiatives help tie new and old together. “We talk about growth needing to enhance the vil-
lage rather than detract from it, and I think this does that,” he said. “Itʼs all about how you integrate new and old.” PARK FEATURES
The park will include a junior play structure for kids aged two to five and a senior play structure for kids aged five to 12. Both are accessible, and the playground floor is made of a cedar wood fibre that is safer for falls and accessible for wheelchairs. See SOCCER, page 23
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