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Ozzie’s Pizza in Osgoode still managed one last round of deliveries despite a fire last week. – Page 3
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Metcalfe community police officer Const. Nicole Gorham has moved her office to the old fire station on Parkway Road in Greely. – Page 4
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The Manotick branch of BDO presented a cheque for $1,000 to Rural Ottawa South Support Services. – Page 9
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New tower startles village Communications tower needed to monitor sewage pumping station Emma Jackson
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EMC news - A new communications tower in Minto’s Mahogany development south of Manotick took residents by surprise last week when it was suddenly erected near the sewage pumping station. The 30-metre (100-foot) tower is required by the city so that wireless communication can mitigate issues with the local sewage system. The tower relays signals from the local pumping station to the elevated storage tank on Moodie Drive, where they are passed on to the Robert O. Pickard wastewater treatment plant in the city’s east end for 24-hour monitoring. The mast is located just south of Eastman Avenue and can be seen from Eastman and Potter Drive. The tower was always on the development’s site plan, but Manotick Village Community Association president Klaus Beltzner said it took some nearby residents by surprise. He said regular information meetings with Minto stopped several years ago once the actual building began, and that has led to information being missed. “There seems to be no particular concern from the community over the large pole, the issue was that no one knew about it,” Beltzner said. See TOWER, page 4
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Share the spirit of Christmas with the Giving Tree Two-year-old Chelsea Mowat and mom Julie, check out the new Giving Tree at the Township of Osgoode Care Centre on Nov. 29 during its unveiling. The tree is part of the care centre’s campaign to raise $500,000 to upgrade the not-forprofit chronic care facility on Snake Island Road. The facility was built largely through community fundraising in the 1980s and it is once again calling on residents in the former township of Osgoode and surrounding areas to help repair and replace a long list of items. The Metcalfe Lions kicked off the fundraiser with a $10,000 donation.
Food cupboard struggling to meet demand Teacher dispute makes school food drive difficult Emma Jackson
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EMC news - Demand is up and donations are down at Osgoode’s emergency food cupboard. Food cupboard organizer Denise Herbert said requests for food have increased by as much as 45 per cent this year and uncertainty about where extra donations will come from has risen accordingly. She said about 40 families are currently relying on the food cupboard every month, and that demand goes up at Christmas. The food cupboard is run
from the St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church in Enniskerry, but it serves the entire ward. Its biggest donor every December is the Osgoode Township High School, which collects between 15,000 and 20,000 food items for distribution at the Osgoode and Embrun food cupboards. But this year the ongoing labour dispute between teachers and the provincial government has put the onus on students to make sure enough food is collected for needy families. “It’s the uncertainty of what’s happening at Osgoode
High because of the teachers’ work-to-rule,” Herbert said. “The student council has taken over and I don’t know what’s going to happen there, if they can get the same amount.” Osgoode Township’s student council co-president Alison Reiszadeh said it has been difficult organizing the food drive without teacher support, but she is hoping the student population will still respond. “Obviously without teachers it has been really, really hard trying to get it going,” Reiszadeh said. “But it has shaped up. It’s running and it’s doing fairly well.”
Reiszadeh expected to have collected about 3,000 cans by the end of November. The student council will continue to collect food until about Dec. 19. The Grade 12 student said she doesn’t hold the teachers responsible for any extra work she has to do to run the food drive or for a potential shortfall in collections. She said several teachers have been keen to help. They have taken the time to answer questions and help her get organized, even if they aren’t taking a hands-on role. See TEACHER, page 12
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