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August 7, 2014 l 34 pages
Group renews push for Manotick arena expansion emma.jackson@metroland.com
News - Manotick’s locker talk is more of the ‘community activism’ variety than the usual double entendres these days. The Manotick Culture, Parks and Recreation Association has renewed its push to expand the Manotick Arena’s dressing rooms with a new petition calling on the city to
hook the arena up to its new sewer pipes. More than 250 people signed a petition asking the city to hook up during Dickinson Days on June 7 and 8, and sports organizations like the Osgoode Rideau Minor Hockey Association are supporting the push, as well. Connecting to the sewers and decommissioning the arena’s septic system would deem the facility “shovel
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ready” for a much-needed expansion of the dressing rooms and community hall – allowing the group to start applying for city and provincial grants. “If we’re not shovel ready we can’t apply for the grants, and we’re not shovel ready with that (septic) system located on that (north) wall that we want to expand,” said Mike O’Neil, the MCPRA board member spearheading this campaign. The 40-year-old facility has changed very little since it was built in 1974, other than to add a ladies’ change room several years ago in place of the canteen. The original change rooms are small; a team of teenaged hockey players with their coaches and managers can barely fit inside before game time. Kids are sometimes even changing in the hallways, according to O’Neil, and the rooms are not wheelchair accessible. See ARENA, page 2
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Ready to ride the Rideau The Manotick Antique and Classic Boat Club held its annual Ottawa International Antique and Classic Boat show at Rideau Ferry near Perth on July 26. The free show featured a number of different types of boats including wooden, fiberglass, aluminum, speedboats and more. Above, Bennett Willard takes the wheel behind a 1982 Century Resorter, Utility 19 footer. For more photos, see page 3.
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