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Runners gathered in Manotick on Saturday, April 21 for the Manotick Road Race, which featured several races to raise money for the University of Ottawa’s Heart Institute. Despite wet and cool conditions, 196 participants ran the 5-kilometre race, 75 ran the 10-km race, and approximately 75 took part in the 2-km family walk/run. InStride Events founder Laura Glasper, who organized the run, said the community raised about $5,000 for the heart institute, with donations still coming in.

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EMC news - Several Greely residents are raising the alarm after the Ministry of Environment issued a permit to apply aquatic herbicides on their private man-made lakes last month.

The application from the Lakeland Estates Lot-owners Association (LELA) was approved to apply 450 litres of Polydex, a copper sulphide chemical used to control algae blooms, in the community’s main quarry lake as well as a smaller pond nearby. The algaecide was applied to the water on April 16.

Home owner Chris Leblanc wasn’t there to see it; she left her home that weekend to stay in a hotel until Tuesday night, because she said the chemi-

cals can cause her nausea, headaches and dizziness.

Leblanc said she strongly disagrees with LELA’s continued use of algaecides and herbicides, which has increased in volume and number of applications since the association began treating the lake in 2008. Leblanc has lobbied the ministry to stop approving the permits.

But the ministry sides with the association, of which the vast majority of its 41 members support pesticide use, on the grounds that the lakes are privately owned and do not affect other water bodies.

“The algaecide used in the ponds has been approved by Health Canada for this use and is classified by the Ministry of the Environment for use in Ontario. This is private

property and the majority of lot owners are supportive of this use,” said ministry official Ruth Orwin, supervisor of the air, pesticides and environmental planning section of the ministry’s Kingston office, in an email.

LELA first applied herbicides on the subdivision’s lakes in July 2008, when it used the chemical diquat to control an invasive and lakestrangling weed called Eurasian milfoil.

Six weeks later both water bodies experienced a massive and toxic blue-green algae bloom that the ministry found was producing a rare toxin well above Health Canada’s prescribed safe levels. Ottawa Public Health issued an advisory warning residents not to use the lake. The toxic bloom

returned the following spring.

Algaecide permits were approved alongside diquat in 2010 and the association now applies copper sulphate algaecide every April and June along with the weed-killing diquat in June.

This April, the usual 250 litres of chemical was upped to 450 litres. Leblanc said this is an irresponsible way to manage the lake, and that pesticide use is not meant to be a longterm management plan. “(The Ministry of Environment) said pesticides are a short-term solution, (but) we’re now going into five years and we’re using more and twice a year,” Leblanc said. She said she wants to use non-chemical methods to control the weeds, such as lakeshore buffer zones to

reduce fertilizer run-off, a septic emptying program and harvesting programs to keep the weeds down.

“With all the money we’ve spent (on pesticides) we could have bought a harvester,” she said. “I’d like to see the fish come back. They used to be very plentiful and you don’t see those two- or three-pound bass anymore.”

LELA president AnneMarie Simard disagrees with Leblanc’s position, calling her “extremely green.” She said the association spent years trying alternate methods of weed control, including a number of summers harvesting the weeds and has looked into aeration to keep the water moving.

Nothing worked, she said.

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The problem is that algae and weeds thrive when nutrients are plentiful. Those nutrient levels can be significantly bolstered by the surrounding home owners’ use of fertilizers and septic systems and from things like geese populations on the water.

While the association has ruled that homeowners can’t apply fertilizer within 30 metres of the shoreline, Leblanc said fertilizer still ends up in the lake because there is no shoreline buffer strategy in place to reduce run-off.

Simard said the association uses “the honour system” to encourage homeowners to monitor septic systems on a regular basis for leaks. Simard said the association also undertakes E.coli testing in several locations throughout the spring and summer.

However, nutrient input can also be caused by killing a large amount of plant life and letting it decay on the lakebed, according to biologist Fred Schueler, who directly correlates the community’s past algae blooms to killing the milfoil.

“When all the nutrients go into the water you get an algae bloom,” he said. “This has been a textbook demonstration of how these plants work in water bodies.” That’s why Leblanc so strongly supports harvesting: she said it gets the weeds out of the water so their decaying nutrients don’t cause another bloom, negating the need for algaecide.

However, Simard said harvesting the milfoil failed to keep the lake free of the clogging weeds.

“We worked very hard to

try harvesting and see if it would work. The result was that we were in a huge problem because the density of the invasive species was increasing at such a rate that we could not keep up with them by harvesting,” she said.

They tried harvesting in a variety of capacities in the early 2000s until 2007, including hiring professionals and hiring students to help cut down the weeds throughout the season. She said it was especially expensive to hire professionals enough times to keep up with demand.

Simard said it costs the association about $20,000 to apply pesticides each season and that in the early 2000s it cost about $15,000 each season to hire students to help with harvesting. She said those labour costs will have risen since 2007, and the association would also have to replace its boat motors in order to start up again.

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Orwin said the ministry “continues to encourage LELA to explore non-pesticide options to reduce the weed growth in their ponds,” but ultimately the ministry will not rule on the issue.

“As this is private property, it is a matter between LELA and its members to effect a long term change in the management of the ponds. This decision lies with the lot owners, not with the ministry,” Orwin wrote in an email.

All the ministry will do is issue permits, when warranted, for algaecides and other pesticides on a short term basis, Orwin said.

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The private man-made lake at Lakeland Estates in Greely has been treated with algaecides and herbicides since 2008. decided “on an individual basis.”

Greely has a number of developments built around man-made lakes and ponds, including Woodstream, Sunset Lakes, Cedar Lakes, South Village and Water’s Edge.

Lake management is an issue homeowner associations deal with here and across the province.

So far in 2012, Lakeland Estates is the only private community in eastern Ontario to receive a permit for algaecide. Orwin said between five

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Osgoode Coun. Doug Thompson said he can’t get involved because it’s private property, but he hopes the residents can find a compromise.

“The issue with lakes like this is people want to use them as part of their home to have a nice pristine lake,” he said. “The advice I give is try to work with the ministry and hopefully the homeowners can have a consensus.”

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EMC news - A plan to get rid of bus tickets in favour of a new smart-card system raised concerns from advocates who fear the move will unfairly hike transit costs for low-income people and community organizations.

Tickets would still be available for the foreseeable future, but with the roll-out of the Presto smart-card payment system for OC Transpo on July 1, paying with tickets will cost more per-ride than paying with the cash value people can load on to their new Presto cards.

The move is intended to encourage people to switch to the Presto card, but delegates who spoke to the city’s transit commission on April 23 accused OC Transpo of unfairly increasing costs for the transit service’s most disadvantage customers.

Low-income residents who take transit infrequently favour using tickets, said Tong Zhao-Ansari of the City for All Women Initiative and many don’t have easy access to the Internet (or a phone) needed to top up the value on a Presto card.

Some don’t even have a debit or credit card that would provide the funds to transfer.

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Zhao-Ansari asked the transit commission on April 23.

Low-income people also benefit from the ticket system because community service agencies like the Plant Pool Recreation Association hand out tickets so people can take transit to access their programs.

With a jump in ticket prices and no comparable temporary pass option available through Presto when it rolls out, the association’s Ida Henderson said the group will end up paying an additional 80 cents for each of the 330 swimming program vouchers it hands out to clients of a family crisis centre.

“We can’t understand how we or others will be able to cope without a system like tickets or something similar,” Henderson said.

While she understands the desire to provide financial incentives for riders to switch to Presto, Henderson asked for the city and OC Transpo to find a way to do that without disadvantaging service agencies and the low-income residents they serve.

John Manconi, general manager of OC Transpo, agreed the ticket issue is important and one of the challenges the transit service will be looking at to find an alternate, Presto-compatible option for single rides or temporary use.

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Two transit commissioners – public member Emily Rahn and Gloucester-South Nepean Coun. Steve Desroches – were upset that the introduction of Presto will spell the end of the EcoPass program, a type of bus pass that could be offered by payroll reduction by employers that wanted to encourage transit use amongst employees.

Rahn, who has used an EcoPass in the past, said the change will not only increase the cost of the pass, it will also take away some of the benefits such as payroll deduction.

“These are core customers that have been using the system,” Rahn added.

Desroches asked that the motion (approved by council on April 25) include instruction for OC Transpo staff to “develop a supportive and flexible program with Presto for local employers who wish to subsidize and or encourage transit use by employees.”

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EMC news - With discounted OC Transpo passes for students over age 20 to be cancelled on July 1 as a part of the new Presto payment system, the city is in talks with four Ottawa colleges about adopting something similar to the U-Pass.

Student unions at Carleton University and the University of Ottawa approved the $180per-semester U-Pass to be included in student fees for each semester earlier this year.

But colleges like Algonquin, La Cité Collegial, St. Paul University and Dominican College don’t have a similar pass option.

That may be changing, as the city has already begun talks about a U-Pass-like system with a couple of those colleges, Mayor Jim Watson told city council on April 25.

Watson said college students have been expressing “a little bit of jealousy.” If the colleges sign on, something like

a U-Pass probably wouldn’t be available until 2014, the mayor said. The launch of a new, Presto-centric fare schedule on July 1 will spell the end of the existing student pass, which is available for high school students and those who attend some colleges, including Algonquin.

The electronic payment cards are tapped on card readers on buses and can be used as a monthly pass, or to carry a cash balance for individual trips.

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with other Ontario jurisdictions that use Presto, including some transit systems in the Greater Toronto Area.

That means student passes will only be available for people up to age 20, whereas now, there are student passes available for people enrolled in college even if they are older than 20. College students over age 20 who use OC Transpo will have to purchase an adult pass at $96.25 per month starting July 1. Currently, a student pass costs $75 per month.

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EMC news – A 2011 performance report to the Ottawa Public Library Board revealed a dramatic increase in library use in rural Ottawa, and Osgoode and Rideau-Goulbourn Wards were no exception.

The report, tabled April 16, showed that annual book circulation numbers increased, some dramatically, at 10 of 12 rural branches across the city. The Cumberland branch in the east end was the most improved, with a 50 per cent increase between 2010 and 2011. But Greely’s new library wasn’t far behind, with a 43.6 per cent increase. In fact, two other branches of the four in Osgoode Ward also increased by a fair margin: circulation at the Metcalfe branch rose by 12.7 per cent compared to 2010, and Osgoode rose by 19.5 per cent.

Only Vernon decreased its annual circulation, dropping 7.3 per cent between 2010 and 2011.

Rideau-Goulbourn branches also experienced increased circulation. The Manotick branch rose 5.3 per cent, Munster rose 9.8 per cent,

Richmond rose 16.7 per cent and North Gower rose 27.1 per cent.

Total annual circulation across the city increased by 5.65 per cent between 2010 and 2011. Total uses, which includes annual circulation, in-library material use, program attendance, computer and database use, reference transactions, library visits and website visits, was up 9.1 per cent over 2010 across the city.

Ottawa Public Library rural manager Josephine Norton said there have been steady increases in the rural branches over the past two years, which partly harkens back to a series of restructuring efforts in early 2010 when three rural librarians in the east, west and south consolidated into one rural manager - her - for all 12 branches.

“There were some wonderful synergies that came from that,” Norton said.

She also noted that as technology improves it has become easier for rural residents to access library services.

“A lot of our services are online, so rural people have the opportunity to enjoy just

as good services as in the suburbs,” she said, noting that the online catalogue allows patrons to order their books directly to their local branch for pick up. The introduction of express books has also helped, because bestsellers are in constant seven-day rotation and never leave their home branch.

“Someone off Carp Road can access the same bestsellers you can find in Chapters,” Norton said.

Some rural branches also saw massive spikes in French language circulation in 2011, including a 175.1 jump at the Osgoode branch, a 128.9 per cent spike in Greely, a 69.8 per cent increase in Vernon, 59.3 per cent jump in Richmond, and a 33 per cent spike in Manotick and Munster.

Norton said French is generally spreading from the east end into the west, and more and more schools are offering French immersion programs.

“That reflects on French language usage in rural libraries,” she said, noting that children’s French books are more popular than adult.

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Xavier and Esme Albrecht read a book with their father Harald at the Manotick Library on Tuesday, April 24. Use of rural libraries increased drastically in 2011, including in Osgoode and Rideau-Goulbourn wards. by the fact that it was completely rebuilt at the Greely community centre in 2010 and 2011, opening a fully accessible branch in March 2011 that was three times larger than the old building. The $1.2

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EMC news - St. Mark High School east of Manotick will host a community open house and barbecue for parents and prospective students on Tuesday, May 8 in an effort to showcase the school’s programs, boost its enrolment and combat bullying.

The We CARE (Caring and Respecting Everyone) event has been organized by the St. Mark parent council in conjunction with parent councils from feeder schools in the rural Ottawa South area.

Beginning at 4:30 p.m.,

the school will be open to the public with displays outlining the school’s academic, athletic and arts programs.

Visitors can enjoy a free barbecue between 4:30 and 6 p.m. and a guest speaker will address bullying at 6:30 p.m.

While the event is primarily aimed at the school’s feeder schools including St. Mary Catholic School in Greely, St. Catherine in Metcalfe and St. Leonard in Manotick, it also aims to recruit students from other area schools.

St. Mark principal Steve McCabe said the school used to house about 1,800 kids in

Grades 7 to 12, but since St. Francis Xavier High School was built in Riverside South the school’s attendance has dropped to just under 1,100.

“We certainly have space.

We have fabulous class sizes, we have lots of room in the building,” he said. “As a principle you like to see your school where all course options are a go and the students have a variety of programs available to them.”

The free barbecue, tours and scavenger hunts for the students will keep the event lighthearted, but at 6:30 p.m. keynote speaker Mike Neuts

will highlight a serious and even deadly aspect of high school life: bullying.

Neuts lost his son to bullying more than a decade ago, and since then has been on the road speaking to students and parents about early warning signs, prevention and how to stop it before it gets out of hand.

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EMC news – Watson’s Mill is inviting the entire community to have a blast from the past as it kicks off another season on Saturday, May 5.

Educational officer Cam Trueman said the mill will open at 10 a.m. with a community barbecue, jazz band and milling demonstrations.

Trueman said the mill has a truly intriguing line-up of events planned for the spring and summer, with three added twists of mystery: the mill will host a paranormal investigation event for adults, a kids’ ghost camp and a murder mystery dinner this summer.

The paranormal investigation will be lead by the Haunted Ottawa Paranormal Society on July 28, taking participants on a walk through the mill in search of spiritual presence.

“It’s for those people who are really interested in using the equipment, setting it up, and learning what they’re looking for,” Trueman said, noting that HOPS brings tools like infrared cameras, night vision cameras, and

electronic voice phenomenon (EVP) recorders.

Watson’s Mill is a paranormal enthusiast’s dream, with a number of documented paranormal sightings and incidences at the mill.

Many believe the ghost of Anne Currier resides in the mill, after she was killed at a celebration of the mill’s oneyear anniversary in 1861. The 20-year-old had only been married to mill co-founder Joseph Currier for a month.

Over the years, witnesses claim to have seen the ghost of a young woman in the mill’s upstairs window.

The mill’s favourite programs are also back by popular demand: the beer, wine and scotch tasting events will return, as well as the strawberry social and fashion show.

Milling demonstrations will be every Sunday and the Raise the Roof concert series kicked off again in April with a gospel performance

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EMC news - The Kars Fair could be coming to end just short of a major milestone.

The rural south Ottawa fair will celebrate its 49th anniversary this summer, but executive members of the Kars Community Recreation Association say it will likely be the fair’s final year.

Over the past decade, the fair has declined from its glory days of midways, cattle clubs, beer tents and live entertainment to its current model, which only includes the local horse show and a North American dog show in July.

Horse show organizer Carolann Clark said the fair was rained out about five years ago, and it never recovered financially. It has also lost a large part of its volunteer base, making the fair difficult to organize. “The volunteer chain has crumbled and there’s no one stepping up to the plate,� she said. “It’s a bedroom community.�

Clark has said she can’t continue running the horse show by herself, especially since she not only organizes the show itself, but also an annual fundraiser in April.

Funds have become increasingly hard to come by, as well. The horse show still attracts about 40 families of

exhibitors, but it costs about $11,000 to run. While exhibitors pay an entry fee, they also take home prize money, she said.

The dog show is part of an international circuit that stops in Kars each year. The Kars branch of the show is currently run by the recreation association, but RA president Shaun Tolson said that will end next year. He said he hopes the show will continue to stop in Kars on its circuit across North America. “I’m hoping they will stay on the grounds, it’s a good place for them,� he said. “We certainly have no intention of charging them a rent they can’t afford.�

Longtime Kars resident and former fair volunteer Coral Lindsay remembers the fair’s first year in 1963, when it hosted a “mutt show� where all the kids were welcome to show any kind of dog or cat.

She said the fair started out small, in the field across from the school with no electricity or other services. “We were trying out something and the community turned out and we had a great time,� she said, adding they still managed to sell hot dogs without power. That first fair included a horse show, a parade and even a street dance at night. Frank Ryan from CFRA radio was the MC.

“The community turned out.

They didn’t want to miss it,�

Lindsay said.

That kind of enthusiasm has dropped off in the past few years, the primary reason Tolson doesn’t want to continue organizing what’s left of the fair. “For the longest time the fair has been going down, like many other fairs in small town Canada,� he said. “There’s just not the support from the local community now. We’ve just been cutting and cutting and finally this is the last hurrah.�

He said as Kars continues to evolve into a bedroom community for the urban centre, community events don’t resonate with residents anymore. “Kars was a little village and at one point, all your social life centred around the community centre,� Tolson said. “That doesn’t happen anymore. The community centre isn’t the hub of life anymore and I think that’s the same in many villages.�

Lindsay said she doesn’t blame new residents for not wanting to volunteer.

She said people, especially young families, have many more activities going on today than they did 50 years ago.

Most families now have two parents in the workforce so there’s less time and energy to put towards volunteering, she

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Long-time Kars resident Coral Lindsay shows photos from the first Kars Fair in 1963. added. And most people in Kars who have an attachment to the fair from its early days have either died or are too old to volunteer, she said. “I don’t see it as a negative. We did well for the years we had it,� she said. “It had a good run.�

This year’s fair will take place the third weekend of July, from July 20 to 22.

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Some of the founding Kars Fair members posed for a photo at the 1963 fair.

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Cutting MP pay, pensions could help clean up politics

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axpayers forked over at least $45,000 to Prime Minster Stephen Harper to enjoy a New York Yankees game and a Broadway show last Labour Day. That stories of a bloated sense of entitlement continue to pile up many years after the Liberal party was shown the door comes as little surprise to many. There’s little difference among parties that have held power in Canada, they lament.

Certainly a segment of voters actually believed Harper

meant it, some 10 years ago, when he talked about grassroots decision-making and battling corruption in the federal government.

That Harper would squander tens of thousands of dollars on himself during Labour Day, of all days, sends yet another message to the other side. The 99 per cent might get a day off, but it’ll cost them.

True, the symbolic message doesn’t come close to Peter MacKay’s helicopter trip let alone Tony Clement’s alleged

misappropriation of $50 million. The examples of Conservatives gleefully blowing taxpayers money over the last few years could go on and on.

But cutting heads off a blue Lernaean Hydra instead of a red one matters little.

The point is both Liberals and Conservatives have little credibility left on matters of openness, accountability, corruption and other issues.

Even their belief in free and fair elections – at least when in comes to the Conservatives – has become suspect.

So, what’s the answer to the downward spiral in Canadian politics?

A possible contribution to reversing the decline comes from the right wing Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF).

According to figures compiled

by CTF, taxpayers contributed $23.30 last year for every dollar put into the parliamentary pension plan by MPs. “How do you explain to someone scraping for their retirement that Canada can’t afford $508 a month for a 65-year-old, when defeated 60-year-

old backbench MP Yasmin Ratansi got $2,758 a month after just seven years on the job,” asks CTF. MPs pensions are too high.

MPs salaries are too high.

And the numerous related perks are offensive to the average person.

There is a fiscal argument for bringing down MPs’ compensation and reinvesting it in social programs. But the moral argument is more important. There is a relationship between escalating MP compensation packages and

the increasing sense of entitlement and corruption we’ve witnessed over the last couple of decades.

It is clear that not everyone in federal politics is unethical.

Some can take a six-figure salary and still put the interests of constituents and the nation ahead of themselves.

It is equally clear, though, that the lure of big money attracts the greedy and selfindulgent.

To explain away that basic truism with “Well, you have to pay top dollar for the best qualified people,” simply doesn’t fly anymore.

The current situation is the proof.

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Finding a needle in a big-box haystack CHARLES GORDON Funny Town

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’ve been compiling a list of things you can’t buy in a shopping centre. It’s short so far, but it will grow, as stores get bigger and farther away.

It goes without saying that you’ll never find that one little hardware part you need. You’ll have to buy a dozen. A surprising entry on the list is a newspaper. The other day I was in a shopping centre and realized there was no such thing as a newsstand. The drug store, didn’t have any. It used to be that you couldn’t avoid newspapers.

A less surprising item that you can’t find in a shopping centre is a pump needle. You need to pump up your basketball, say, and you’re in a shopping centre, which has a sports store and a department store. But the department store’s sporting good section mostly sells exercise equipment and the sports store mostly sells clothes. You ask about a needle and get a funny look. Someone at the department store says go to Walmart.

So next time I’m in Westboro I wander into Westboro Sports Centre on Richmond Road, which might have needles because it has bicycles and pumps. The guy doesn’t look at me funny. We do stock those, he says, but … and the “but” is that he just sold the last one. But … and then he disappears for a moment and comes back with a needle. I was using this one, but you can have it, he says, because I want you to feel special. Anybody got a basketball they want pumped?

Now, I won’t say Westboro Sports is the only place in Ottawa that has a needle for your pump. Nor will I say that it is the only store in

Ottawa where people are friendly, informed and eager to help. It just happens to be one that is nearby. There is probably a favourite store in your neighbourhood, too, if you have a neighbourhood. Lots of people don’t, because of how cities have grown in recent years. Many people don’t have neighbourhood stores, they have shopping centres.

And even the neighbourhoods are changing.

The other day we were back at Westboro Sports to drop off a sympathy card for Doug Herbst, who died far too young after a lifetime at Westboro Sports. I’m sure we are not the only family in Ottawa in which three generations have bought bikes and skates at Westboro Sports.

In the ‘70s, Doug’s father, Bill, helped us with hockey equipment, telling us what we needed for Tyke hockey, what we didn’t need so much, advice that saved us money that we would not have saved at the shopping centre.

In the decades since, it was Doug, along with his brother Geoff, who helped out with bicycles and skates, most recently with our grandchildren. He will really be missed, but the store will go on because there are hundreds of people like us out there.

You hope that there are enough of us to keep other small businesses going, in the face of overpowering competition from stores that can offer more, and cheaper, and giant parking lots, but won’t be able to tell you why one pair of skates is more suitable for a five-year-old than another and won’t be able to drop everything to fix some little thing that went wrong with a bicycle.

We were looking at the changing face of Westboro and trying to figure out if there are any other stores left that were there when we first visited Westboro Sports. Even the Newport, in its present form, has been around only since 1988. Other stores are even newer. Eventually, more and more of them will become chains, as high rents drive the little guys out.

Running a neighbourhood business is a challenge, but it’s made a lot easier when customers are loyal to the neighbourhood, because they know where to look for a needle.

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Nel said the workshop validated just how helpful a program like Just Kiddin Theatre can be for a child who suffers from dyslexia, autism or another disability.

“There was tremendous validation about the role of theatre, how it’s a great vehicle for them to find acceptance. There is no normal in theatre. Everyone brings their own take on things,” she said.

“With theatre you’re inviting input and collaboration, everyone feels welcome.”

No one knows that better than 10-year-old Maxime Tufts, a South Mountain resident who drives half an hour with his mom Chantal Arsenault each week to participate in the Metcalfe program.

Maxime has a language disorder that means he can only understand about 30 per cent of what is said to him. Arsenault said it’s been “really tough” to find extra-curricular programs that are willing to take the time to work with him, but Just Kiddin Theatre has been welcoming since the start.

“What I get from my son each week is ‘Mom, theatre is the best place in the world.’

He loves it,” Aresnault said, noting that it’s his social skills that have especially benefitted. “Because he was never welcomed before he was al-

ways feeling shunned and not included and he reacted to that, but now he’s allowed to be himself. He’s more of a normal child because he’s allowed to have his disability.

The other parts of him can come out without being shy or embarrassed.”

The theatre runs out of the old town hall in Metcalfe, and has actively encouraged rural Ottawa kids with learning disabilities and other special needs to participate in the program.

Nel said there’s no set number of children with special needs in the program at any given time, but on average there are two or three in each session of 15 young actors.

The theatre encourages a preregistration screening meeting to discuss the level of support a child needs.

Nel said it’s the kids with learning disabilities that perhaps don’t get the amount of attention or help they need, because their difficulties tend to be invisible.

“They’re not outwardly physically disabled so the societal norm (is to) expect normal performance from them,” she said, noting that many children with learning disabilities have above-average intelligence. “They score extremely low in certain input or output areas, but in the other areas they are usually in the 99th percentile. They’ve got tremendous strengths, so the trick is to play to them.”

A full roster of program changes will be announced Saturday, May 5 before the matinee performance of Power Play at the Metcalfe town hall.

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EMC news – Metcalfe’s Just Kiddin Theatre held a workshop on April 21 to help organizers modify and adapt its rural drama program for children with special needs.

Guest speakers from the Learning Disability Association of Ottawa-Carleton and the Ottawa Children’s Treatment Centre gathered with theatre staff, parents and community members at the old town hall in Metcalfe to discuss the difficulties children with learning disabilities and other special needs can face, and how Just Kiddin Theatre can help them perform to their full potential.

Theatre founder Andrie Nel said the workshop was “very educational,” and resulted in a number of “actionable ideas” to help participants excel in the future.

The tools included advance schedules of rehearsals and workshops, pictorial breakdowns of each session in timed increments, giving instructions one step at a time, and getting to the root of behavioral issues to explain why a child is acting out.

Nel said they were already doing some of these things, and will expand on them. She said the tools will generally not be a burden to incorporate into their programs, because they benefit every child, disabled or not.

She admitted that the theatre’s Mainstage program in its current form, which puts on a full production approximately every 20 weeks throughout the school year, would struggle to incorporate some of the more

time-consuming tools. However, the theatre will announce in May a new fall program that she said will incorporate all of these tools to help kids with disabilities excel, while maintaining the Mainstage program and other sessions.

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Katie Stansfield from the Learning Disability Association of Ottawa-Carleton spoke to Just Kiddin Theatre staff and parents about kids with learning disabilities.

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EMC news – The Isle in the River theatre company is getting physical this spring with the farcical comedy Don’t Tell Mother, a “whirlwind adventure” of mistaken identities, miscommunication and lies.

The play runs from May 4 to May 13 at the Osgoode Community Centre.

The Chicago-based story centres around the near-sighted librarian Cinnamon, who becomes embroiled in a bank

robbery when she accidentally hands the fleeing robber his dropped bag of money.

An impending visit from her mother-in-law makes things worse, and creates chaos when the police show up to arrest the woman for tax evasion. Cinnamon, of course, thinks the detective is after her, and from there ensues a madcap farce.

Producer Davis Jermacans said it was time for ITR to tackle another farce, as their last few comedies were more

dramatic.

He said that farces may not be as deep as other types of comedy, but can be just as difficult to pull off.

“It’s maligned as a comedy because it’s not as clever as your dramatic comedy or doesn’t have as much depth, but...there’s a lot of movement, their timing has to be perfect. The actors have to be on their game,” he said, noting he’s confident the ITR cast will master it. “We have a couple of real veterans in

physical comedy and I think they’ll really shine. It should be fun for the audience.”

The May production is sure to be a laugh, director Glenna Walkden said in a press release.

“The play is a comedy and mostly just for laughs as it’s a farce,” Walkden said. “But there is a message that anyone can find happiness.”

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Tell Mother was an experience worth repeating as far as she’s concerned.

“I directed this same play nine years ago and I am having just as much fun this time as last time,” she said.

“People should come and see this play for the laughs, buffoonery and all-round good time.”

The audience will also be in for a few extra treats this spring, as the theatre company attempts to address feedback from patrons.

The most important, of course, are the cushions to pad the community centre’s hard chairs, Jermacans said.

“The hard chairs were something we’ve wanted to address for some time now.

Now you can enjoy a little more comfort while kicking back and enjoying the laughs,” he said in a statement.

The theatre will also provide light refreshments during all of the matinee performances, and on opening night audiences can enjoy a taste samples from Broadhead, a local brewing company, before the show.

“They were local and so I walked over and I had a few

tastes, and really liked their product. It’s always exciting to work with a small local business,” he said.

Broadhead is headquartered near Prince of Wales Drive and Hunt Club Road.

We have a couple of real veterans in physical comedy and I think they’ll really shine.

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Jermacans said they will continue to address some of their patrons’ concerns. In the fall, they hope to figure out some soundproofing mechanisms since performances often clash with hockey games in the arena.

Don’t Tell Mother runs May 4 to May 13 at the Osgoode Community Centre, 5660 Osgoode Main Street. Tickets are $15 per adult or $13 for students and seniors.

Dinner theatre is May 5 for $45, and reservations must be made in advance.

Call 613-860-1291 or visit www.itrtheatrecompany.com.

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The Isle in the River Review actors are ready for the physical comedy of Don’t Tell Mother, a Chicago-based farce running May 4 to 13 in Osgoode.

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Lakeside Players takes audiences back to the 1930s Kristy Strauss

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The Lakeside Players are presenting Schoolhouse at the Ron Kolbus Lakeside Centre from May 3 to 6.

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“Their interaction is fantastic,” Swaffield said. “There are comical moments, light moments, sad moments and tear jerker moments.”

The play brings audiences back to a different time, he said.

“Youth in the play run from about seven or eight years old to 15 or 16 years old,” Swaffield said.

“And they’re all in a oneroom schoolhouse with an 18- or 19-year-old teacher who’s fresh out of school herself. Watching these children on stage and working together has been inspiring, it truly has.”

Tickets are now on sale for the show and are $12 for adults or $10 for seniors and students.

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“It’s a very touching story,” said Harold Swaffield, a west Ottawa resident who’s both an actor in the play and president of Lakeside Players. “It will make you laugh and cry.”

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EMC entertainment - The Lakeside Players are taking their audience back to 1938 in a play about the trials and tribulations of Ewart, a school-age boy who is sent to be straightened out by the local public school system in a one-room schoolhouse.

His 18-year-old teacher, Melita Linton, tries to connect with the boy by comforting him, standing by him, and helping him integrate into the school.

“It’s a very touching story,” said Harold Swaffield, a west Ottawa resident who’s both an actor in the play and president of Lakeside Players. “It will make you laugh and cry.”

Written by Canadian playwright Leanna Brodie, the play takes place at the Ron Kolbus Lake Centre from May 3 to 6 and features actors from Nepean, Barrhaven, Manotick, west Ottawa, Kanata and Carp.

Swaffield said the play is timely, as it deals with the subject of bullying.

“You hear all the time about a child taking their own life because of bullying,” he said.

Swaffield’s character, Mr. Coyte, is the father of a boy Ewart befriends at the school.

“Adults seem to have a smaller role, but we do appear on stage from time to time,” he said.

“Mostly the production is about youth and it really revolves around their school and their teacher.”

The Lakeside Players has been around for more than 20 seasons, Swaffield said, and this year the theatre group wanted to have a youth focus.

“This is the year of the youth,” he said. “We want to

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“And who knows, we might have another Tom Cruise,” he said.

He said the moments between Melita and Ewart are quite touching.

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Fools take Shakespeare to the community centres Michelle Nash

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EMC news - One of the city’s most interactive theatre groups is preparing to take its show to Ottawa South, with hands full of hats and the spirit of William Shakespeare.

The Company of Fools, a New Edinburgh-based theater group, is working on its latest show, Shakespeare’s Dead, which will begin touring community centres and high schools across the city starting on April 30.

It will come to the Manotick Legion on May 8 and the Greely Community Centre on May 9.

“This is a big experiment for us. There are no tickets, it is show up and pay what you can,” said actor Scott Florence. “The venues vary in space and it is first come first serve.”

Known for their summer Shakespeare in the Park performances, Florence said the group has gained a loyal following, but it’s yet to be determined if the audience will follow the group to the community centres.

The Fools’ ambitious cast is ready to take that chance.

The play is described by members of the cast as a series of scenes drawn from

Shakespeare’s body of work, rewritten and performed by misguided actors who are possessed by the dead.

“The show can get very silly,” said Al Connors, one of the cast members.

The group promises the show will provide entertainment for the whole family.

Florence, one of three actors playing a number of different characters in the play, said his varying roles will be distinguished by him donning a different hat depending on which character he is portraying.

Margo MacDonald, another of the actors and one of

the co-founders of the group, said the shifting roles – and hats – will make things very interesting, especially when the group’s unique style is in full-swing.

“If the audience doesn’t notice, you could get away with it,” MacDonald said.

“But with our audiences, you sometimes have to go with the hat you put on.”

During summer park performances, the cast often feeds off the audience’s cheers and

jeers, encouraging participation.

“The audience is our fourth cast member,” Connors said.

“We do our best to honour what the audience wants. In a lot of ways it can be risky, but this is something we like to do.”

For this performance, the audience has the opportunity to not only participate, but practice beforehand, by going online to the company’s website at fools.ca.

“The play ends with a dance performance of Michael Jackson’s Thriller,” Florence said.

“The audience can get up and dance with us, like a prepared flash mob.”

Florence wanted to press the fact that less enthusiastic audience members need not worry, they aren’t required to participate.

The first of the Shakespeare’s Dead shows began at the Stittsville United Church on April 30 at 7 p.m.

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Kars students experience “living history” with native program Emma Jackson

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EMC news - Grade 6 students at Rideau Valley Middle School experienced a rare treat the last week of April, when two Native American artists took up residency in their school to teach them about aboriginal culture and traditions.

Aylmer-based storyteller Daniel Richer and Michigan artist Kelly Church came together to deliver a joint program that combines traditional aboriginal arts with storytelling and aboriginal teachings.

Rideau Valley was one of only two in the Ottawa area chosen to host the week-long program, which was developed by Multicultural Arts, Schools and Communities (MASC) and is jointly funded by the city of Ottawa’s rural initiatives fund and the US embassy.

As part of its mandate, the US embassy in Ottawa commits to engaging with the local community, and accepts proposals to fund “seed monies” for new cultural and educational programs in the city.

MASC worked with the embassy to secure partial funding for the program and to co-ordinate an American component.

Embassy cultural and education officer Crystal Meriwether said this program is an excellent way to share Ameri-

can artists while giving back to the local community. It’s also a great way to give kids some hands-on experience with cultures outside their own, she said.

“I know how important it is for kids to have multi-cultural experiences. They (now) have an understanding of native cultures,” she said while visiting the program on April 25.

MASC executive director Audrey Churgin said her organization developed the program to “bring alive aboriginal traditions and stories,” she said, noting that through the program “it’s amazing how much the kids see a living history.”

Church is a Smithsonianfeatured artist, who came to Ottawa from Michigan for two weeks to teach kids how to make baskets and other items using tree materials.

“My teaching is to teach them how to see trees in a new way. They’re all different, unique and all provide something,” Church said.

Richer is a local storyteller and entertainer, and taught the students about the Algonquins’ “seven teachings” that come from North American native creation stories.

“At one point there was chaos, so the creator wanted to bring back harmony. So he found seven elders who had a teaching to share with the people,” Richer explained.

Each student had a 13-inch piece of wood, on which they drew images of the various animals who represent values like humility, respect, courage and love.

Churgin said a major part of the program is fostering cross-border understanding between Canada and the US – a perfect fit for the two Algonquin artists in residency at the school.

“It’s really lovely working with the native and indigenous groups, because they don’t regard the border between us as a real border and it’s a very natural way of making that a living reality,” Chugrin said.

Indeed, Richer said he found much in common with Church.

The program visited a school in Richmond the week before.

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Algonquin storyteller Daniel Richer delivers an animated story about humility to Grade 6 students at Rideau Valley Middle School on Wednesday, April 25.

The storyteller was in residency at the school for a week with Michigan artist Kelly Church, also an Algonquin, to teach students about aboriginal culture.

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Mother shows disapproval with ‘the look’

M

y sister Audrey said Mother had what she called “the

look.”

She said it was worse than a slap on the side of the head. It didn’t take me long to figure out what she meant after I was subjected to “the look” when I committed a minor act of disobedience in front of a neighbour.

She had dropped in for tea one afternoon. All I did was take the first cookie off the plate, which I learned very quickly, was just not done until the guest was first served. I got “the look” and quickly put the cookie back on the plate, which earned me another “look.”

I was then faced with the problem of trying to figure out how to correct my social error, so I decided the best thing to do was re-take the same cookie and get out of there. Which I did and then I ran out of the house and practically swallowed it whole as I passed through the summer kitchen.

Mother used “the look” a lot when we went to church.

MARY COOK Mary Cook’s Memories If any one of us five kids squirmed too much for her liking, we got ‘the look.’ If that didn’t work, it was followed by a sharp jab on the knee.

Mother was able to accomplish the jab without taking her eyes off the pulpit, which always amazed me. I could never figure out how she knew who was acting up without even looking our way.

This confirmed for me what Audrey once said: Mother had eyes in the back of her head, although I was never able to actually see that she had an extra set of eyes under her thick black hair. My brother Emerson said her jabs were sharp as a knife.

There was never any comment with ‘the look.’

It was enough to send the message of her disapproval.

It was often directed towards Father, who paid absolutely no attention at all to it.

Mother could never get used to Father cooling his tea in his saucer. Although he did it almost every meal and as Audrey said, she should have been used to it by now.

Mother would send him “the look” as soon as he tipped the tea out and then carefully lift the saucer to his lips, often giving it a few soft puffs of air first.

And of course, if any one of us acted up during a meal, that was enough to warrant “the look.” Don’t put too much food in your mouth at once, don’t make a stab for the last sausage on the platter, remember to say please and thank you and heaven

help you if you were caught with your eyes open during Grace. Those misdemeanors all deserved “the look.”

Well away from earshot, Emerson once said Mother must have had her eyes open herself during Grace to see one of us breaking this cardinal rule. Audrey reminded Emerson that Mother could see things when no one else could.

Mother’s whole face changed when she was giving “the look.” She had sharp brown eyes and she would bring them down to thin slits and even though you could barely see the pupils, they could bore right through you.

Her eyebrows came together and formed a straight line across her forehead.

Sometimes she would purse her lips as if getting ready to say something, but she didn’t need to utter a word. “The look” was enough.

Mother had to be close to you to administer her next form of reprimand if “the look” didn’t work. She wouldn’t think twice of giving the brothers a sharp swat

on the side of their head.

Sometimes it hit the ear dead-on. Emerson said when that happened; his ears rang for three days. Audrey said

Mother used ‘the look’ a lot when we went to church. If any one of us five kids squirmed too much for her liking, we got ‘the look.’

If that didn’t work, it was followed by a sharp jab on the knee. he was exaggerating.

For reasons I was never able to figure out, Audrey and I were subjected only to “the look.” I could count on one hand the number of times I took a slap on the ear. That probably had more to do with the fact that my sister and I rarely got into serious trouble.

And we certainly never came to blows like the three brothers did. My older and much wiser sister said girls were expected to act like ladies. That meant good manners, gentle behaviour and certainly never stoop to physical attacks unless absolutely necessary.

As my sister got older, she started to develop “the look” just like Mother. My three brothers completely ignored her, knowing full well she would have met her match if she had to resort to slapping them on the side of their head if “the look” didn’t work.

I tried “the look” on Emerson once. He managed to put me in the ice part of the ice box one day, almost giving me a heart attack. He was too big for me to cuff him on the side of the head when he let me out, so I gave him what I considered my most hateful “look.” He ran from the house laughing his head off.

I figured I had a long way to go before I mastered “the look” like Mother and Audrey.

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Arnett said she spends one day a week volunteering at the hospice and finds the experience incredibly rewarding and peaceful.

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But I could go there everyday. I always tell people it is like the Fairmont Hotel in there,” The not-for-profit organization is located in Old Ottawa South and features a nineroom palliative care home.

Getting emotional at times when she talks about the hike, Arnett admits it is something very near and dear to her heart.

“It can be a very emotional day, you see family members who had a loved one at the hospice,” Arnett said. “The hike has gotten bigger and bigger because more families who realize how important a place like this is needs support,” Executive director of the hospice, Dave Hogberg, said the hike is a great community event.

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Bluesfest to have â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;electronic feelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; this year Kristy Strauss kristy.strauss@metroland.com

EMC entertainment - While this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Bluesfest lineup will certainly have an electronic-focused feel to it, the annual summer music festival is also bringing back some old favourites, include hip-hop and classic rock acts. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The whole electronic medium had taken off in the last two or three years, and we made an effort to include it in this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s event,â&#x20AC;? said Mark Monahan, Bluesfestâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s executive director. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s something every night actually for people (who enjoy) that music without forgetting other types like rock, rap and classic rock. I think itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a pretty good mix.â&#x20AC;?

Bluesfestâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 2012 lineup was

announced at a launch party held at the Canadian War Museum on April 24.

As part of this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s theme, called ElectroďŹ ed, Monahan announced some of the electronic acts and DJs who will make it to the Bluesfest stages this year.

Some of the highlights include LMFAO, an electro-pop duo from Los Angeles who will be performing on the main stage July 5 at 9:30 p.m.

AWOLNATION, a solo project of multi-instrumentalist Aaron Bruno will be performing July 4 at 9:30 p.m. at the River Stage.

On the electronic side, other performers include DJs A-Trak and TiĂŤsto who have worked with rapper Kanye West.

The festival will also feature hip-hop artists Snoop Dogg and Lauryn Hill. Snoop Dogg will be performing July 10 at 9:30 p.m. on the main stage, and Lauryn Hill will perform the same night at 8 p.m. at the Claridge stage.

Big names also included in the Bluesfest lineup this year are John Mellencamp, Iron Maiden, Alice Cooper, Seal, Nickelback, Blue Rodeo and Norah Jones. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The acts Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d say just fell into place for whatever reason,â&#x20AC;? said Monahan, adding some of the acts that arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t household names are among those heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s looking forward to the most. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a guy out of Florida called Charles Bradley, and heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the upcoming James Brown,â&#x20AC;? said Mo-

nahan. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a guy I canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t wait to see.â&#x20AC;?

There will also be some acts returning this year, including City and Colour who will perform July 6 on the main stage and Metric who will play the main stage on July 15. Monahan also said there might be some other acts coming last minute. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m always working on stuff that you canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get done at deadline,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There are a few acts that we will still conďŹ rm. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The lineup never really ends and Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m always willing to add bands depending on whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s available. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s always a work in progress.â&#x20AC;?

For more information visit Bluesfestâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s website at ottawabluesfest.ca.

Photo by Kristy Strauss

Emma McNichol of the Blues in the Schools program performed at the Bluesfest launch party at the Canadian War Museum on April 24.

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BUSINESS SERVICES European- Pro Painters. Free estimates fully insured, exteriors & interiors, residential & commercial, restoration work over 75 years experience. Contact Steven (613)761-2386. All work Guaranteed for 2 Years smohrpainting@gmail.com

CAREER OPPORTUNITY Travelers Transportation Services Inc. Seeking Licensed Truck & Coach Technician for our Prescott Ontario location.

Please forward resume to Guy Marshall at Travelers email me at guym@travelers.ca or call 1-800-265-8789 x264 to set up an appointment.

FARM Beekeeping Equipment and Honeybee Supplies. Debbee’s Bees, 434 McCann Road, Portland, ON K0G 1V0. Phone (613)483-8000. www.debbeesbees.ca CIH 5300 grain drill, $6450; NH 479 haybine $1450; Class 4x4 baler $4650; AC 6060 tractor with loader $6450.

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HELP WANTED

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

FOR RENT

Kemptville- upstairs 1 bedroom apartment, private entrance, parking, hydro, water and heat. TV connection included. Non-smoker. No pets.

Mature person.

Call (613)258-7819.

YARD SALE Help Emily Help Tyler Charity Garage Sale. Thousands of donated items! Inside FrancoOuest High School, 411 Seyton Dr., Bells Corners. May 5th, 9-2 BBQ & raffle.

May 12th 8 am-12 Noon Community Garage Sale. South Village sub division, off old Prescott Rd. South of Mitch Owens (Greely).

New Almonte Flea Market, opens on Sunday, May 6, 9-4.

(May to October). Water St., Almonte Fairgrounds.

(613)327-4992 (between 9-6 p.m.) almontefleamarket.com Saturday, May 5, 8-3, moving, everything must go! Furniture, tools, electronics and much more. 2171 Old Prescott Rd., Greely.

HELP WANTED

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Email: ventilation_@hotmail.com Fax Resumes: (613)489-0008.

Osgoode Kiddie Care. Regular Program has spaces available.

Inquire for Summer Care. Central Osgoode Village. Nurturing smoke-free home environment. Bilingual, First Aid & CPR. Nutritious meals, indoor/outdoor activities, creative time. For more info visit www.osgoodekiddiecare.com or call Laura at (613)324-1893.

LIVESTOCK

Disability Products. Buy and Sell stair lifts, scooters, bath lifts, patient lifts, hospital beds, etc. Call Silver Cross Ottawa (613)231-3549.

Live In Superintendent required for a prestige apartment building in downtown Ottawa.

Working knowledge in HVAC, plumbing & electrical, building cleaning & part of an on call rotation will be required. Must have valid driver’s license & vehicle. Fax Resume to (613)225-4673

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.

RIDEAU CARLETON RACEWAY We are looking for an experienced Groundskeeper to join our team. Please send resume to: hr@rcr.net no phone calls please

16’ bowrider power boat with galvanized trailer and 70 h.p.

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Black Angus bulls for sale from proven AI Sires.

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COMING EVENTS Timberframing Course 2 week trimberframe course August 13. Cost: $1,000. Contact: Pat Wolfe (613)256-0631 or email butternutfarm@xplornet.com for further information.

Village Voices Women’s Choir presents “Rhythms of Spring!” Saturday, May 12, 2012, 7:00 p.m., Trinity Bible Church, 4101 Stagecoach Rd, Osgoode. Tickets $10.00. Children 12 and under free. Info: catgraham_59@yahoo.com Nancy 613-826-2647, Anne 613-445-8225 www.freewebs.com/villagevoices

PERSONAL 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.

Position Summary • Work under the leadership of the HR Coordinator to create and modify Health and Safety materials to support the Workwell implementation plan • Assist in writing policies, procedures and instructions to ensure compliance with Health and Safety legislation and corporate requirements.

• Provide assistance and support to the Work Well Operations Team, JHSC throughout the implementation process.

• Assist with coordinating physical demands analysis and hazard/ risk assessments.

• Collecting, analyzing and providing meaningful statistics in order to assist in the continued improvement of workplace, health, safety and loss control • Collaborate with the Health and Safety committees and ensure a follow-up with all external partners, suppliers and subcontractors.

• Perform other OHS related support duties.

Please submit your resume via email to stephanie.holmes@metroland.com by no later than Friday May 4, 2012 at 4:00 p.m.

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In-House Pet Grooming. Pet Grooming done in your home. www.inhousepetgrooming.com Call 613-485-9400 ask for Joyce or email joycevallee@gmail.com Parti Standard Poodle pups.

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613-826-2419.

REAL ESTATE Kemptville Waterfront, 75’ permanent dock, 4 bedroom brick house, town services, new heat pump, oil furnace, gas fireplace. $399,900.

(613)258-2481 rainacr@sympatico.ca Modern Year Round Bungalow on Beautiful Lower Beverley Lake,Fantastic Views.

Details at PropertyGuys.com listing 15977 $269,900 Private Sale (613)928-2795

VACATION/COTTAGES Quiet adult campground near Merrickville on Rideau River.

Big lots. All services. Good fishing.

Season $1150.

613-269-4664.

WATERFRONT COTTAGES 6- 3 Season Rustic Cottages Fully equipped with Appliances and Furniture Leased Land including Fresh Water, Septic.

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Dan Peters CPPA Auctioneer & Certified Appraiser Amanda Todd CPPA Auctioneer & Certified Appraiser (613) 284-8281 or Auction Hall (613) 284-1234 email: info@danpetersauction.com Website: www.danpetersauction.com

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From soup to cookies, mint adds special flavour

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int is one of the most versatile herbs for the kitchen.

It can be used in soups, salads, sauces, jellies, desserts, even cookies. It can be used to make either hot or iced tea, yet its flavour also complements cooked lamb and trout.

You can chop the leaves, add them to melted butter and drizzle it over cooked new potatoes for an old-fashioned English dish.

This week’s recipe appeared in my column several years ago and was so popular that I wanted to pass it along to anyone who may have missed it. It makes a cookie that’s similar to shortbread, but with the flavour of fresh mint.

It will be another month or so before the new mint is ready to pick. Look for it in late May or early June at farmers’ markets, or ask friends and neighbours if they have some in their gardens.

To make these cookies, you’ll need about 12 stems of mint with full-grown leaves.

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PAT TREW Food ‘n’ Stuff • half cup white sugar • one egg yolk • half tsp. vanilla • 1.5 cups flour • 1.5 tsp. baking powder • one-eighth tsp. salt • three tbsp. milk • one cup fresh mint leaves, finely chopped To prepare the mint, remove the leaves from the stems. Discard the stems.

Lay several of the mint leaves parallel on your cutting board, then with a sharp knife, slice them very thinly.

Once all the leaves have been sliced, pile them on the board, and chop them into very small pieces. They should be about the size of dried basil.

In a mixing bowl, cream the butter and sugar. Stir in the egg yolk and vanilla.

In another bowl, combine the flour, baking powder and salt.

Add a third of the dry ingredients to the creamed mixture and stir well. Add half of the milk, and stir again.

Repeat with another third of the dry ingredients and the rest of the milk.

Stir the mint into the cookie batter, then add the last of the flour mixture. Mix well.

Shape the dough into two logs about 20 centimetres long. Wrap each one in plastic wrap, and refrigerate for at least two hours, or until firm.

Unwrap the dough and cut it into slices half a centimetre wide, placing them on a greased baking sheet about 2.5 centimetres apart.

Bake at 350 F (175 C) for 10-12 minutes or until the bottom edge is light brown.

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City looking to create neighbourhood connections New department to look beyond zoning Laura Mueller

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EMC news - Amongst the talk of tall buildings and zoning certainty, a fresh idea to help neighbourhoods stood out at the city’s planning summit on April 26.

A new Neighbourhood Connections office will rise from the ashes of the city’s axed community sustainability department, which had its funding cut in the 2012 budget.

Before that, the department

was home to the neighbourhood planning initiative (NPI), which supported a successful Hintonburg pilot project looking at how a community can go beyond the technical trappings of land-use planning: the height of buildings, what may be housed inside them and how many parking spaces are needed.

Instead, Hintonburg’s NPI found ways to connect projects so that the little details that make a community livable and

desirable aren’t forgotten. That spirit will be captured in a new Neighbourhood Connections office, planning committee chairman Peter Hume announced at the planning summit at the CE Centre.

It’s a new way for community members to connect with the city and paint a picture of how small projects can make a big impact, said Hume, the councillor for Alta Vista ward.

“The city might become involved because of a development application, but other issues arise,” Hume said, such as the need to encourage child-

care facilities to move into the area or a desire to plant more trees.

“We’re trying to create complete communities and sometimes the very small issues get lost in the debate on larger issues,” Hume said. “This was really designed to get at those little things … the things that will really actually help communities help themselves.”

The office will have a small budget but it will be able to undertake some projects itself, or connect communities with city resources and departments that can find solutions to whatever

issues are identified, Hume said.

The Neighbourhood Connections website will let neighbouring communities to jump on board with communitybased projects and connect them to city hall’s resources.

For instance, it may not be obvious, but Hintonburg’s NPI made for a more pleasant farmers market experience.

When the city was repairing Wellington Street West, sidewalks and roads in the Parkdale Market area were built to accommodate the market, while taking into account drainage

issues and trip hazards in the pedestrian-centric area.

Some of those “peripheral issues,” as Hume calls them – things not directly related to zoning and land-use planning – can get lost in the discussion.

The Neighbourhood Connections office will make sure those issues are considered.

For community members like Hintonburg’s Paulette Dozois, neighbourhood planning goes beyond city hall jargon.

“It’s a great, co-operative approach,” Dozois said while speaking about the Hintonburg NPI last August. “It’s a way of looking at projects within the context of the whole neighbourhood, rather than just doing something that has to be done because time is up.”

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City wants to push ahead on Lansdowne Park reconstruction Laura Mueller

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EMC news - The city is well within its legal rights to

advance $12.6 million worth of work at Lansdowne Park, despite an ongoing legal challenge, said Mayor Jim Wat-

son.

A report submitted to the city’s finance and economic development committee on

May 1 asks for approval to go ahead with remediation of contaminated soil and moving the heritage Horticulture

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That work is recommended because the Friends of Lansdowne’s legal challenge at the Ontario Court of Appeal has prevented the city from finalizing its partnership with the Ottawa Sports and Entertainment Group. According to the report, the city wrote to the court on March 30 to ask when a decision might be expected, but the court has not responded. In September, the city obtained an order to ensure the appeal would be expedited.

Although the original estimate for moving the Horticulture Building, which was stripped of its heritage designation to allow it to be moved, was around $2 million, city planner John Smit said in November of 2010, the city now says it will cost $5 million to move the structure, $1.3 million to renovate it, add an info centre and perhaps a café or restaurant, plus another $200,000 to relocate memorials and do related work and $3.8 million to rebuild the building’s foundation, for a total of $10.3 million.

The Horticulture Building was built in 1914 and is an example of prairie-style architecture. It was designed

by Francis Sullivan, who was a student of famous American architect Frank Lloyd Wright.

It was scheduled for demolition in the early 1990s but was saved when it was designated

under Part 4 of the Ontario Heritage Act in 1994. Currently, it is not open to the public and has fallen into disrepair, but it is structurally sound.

Representatives from Heritage Ottawa, an advocacy group, appealed the decision to move the Horticulture Building to a provincial review board and won, but the city has the final say. The city’s advisory committee on built heritage also recommended against moving the building.

The city and its heritage consultant on the project, John Stewart, said the move is necessary to ensure the building can play a useful role in redeveloped Lansdowne Park and to allow for the construction of a parking garage.

“The fact of the matter is that it has to be moved,” Stewart said last November. The options presented were either to move the building twice (once to move it away to allow the parking garage to be built, and again to put it back in place) or just once, to a new permanent location, an option that would present less risk of damage, Stewart said.

The report also recommends going ahead with $3.7 million of work to clean up contaminated soil, remove asbestos before the Coliseum Building is torn down and related utility works.

Some preparation work has already been done by OSEG on behalf of the partnership with the city, including tenders to get prices for constructing the stadium, parking garage and site services.

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Snowy ID#A141340 This spayed female, white Domestic Medium hair cat is just over a year old. She was brought to the shelter as a stray on March 17, but is now available for adoption.

Snowy loves to receive affection after a good play session, and has striking blue eyes. She can be a bit of a rough player, so she will get along best with experienced cat owners and older children.

Staff at the OHS think that Snowy may be deaf. Snowy needs a very special home environment and a family willing to deal with the needs of a deaf cat.

Snowy cannot be let outdoors because she can’t hear dangers approaching, and she needs owners who won’t be disturbed by her vocal tendencies.

This beautiful feline is a “special needs adoption,” not for medical reasons but just to help her find the right home.

Please visit the shelter and speak to an Adoption Counselor to find out if you are the right home for Snowy’s needs.

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The Ottawa Humane Society warns cat owners not to allow cats to access apartment balconies, terraces or open windows. If your cat falls, it can result in serious injuries or even death.

The OHS Rescue and Investigation Services team responds to countless emergency calls each year about cats that have fallen from apartment balconies.

Injuries sustained in a fall like this – what veterinarians refer to as ‘high-rise syndrome’ – are 100 per cent preventable.

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ID#A141861 This spayed female, brown tabby and white Domestic Shorthair cat is approximately five years old. She was surrendered to the shelter by her owner on April 2.

Jordan is a larger cat who loves to be cuddled. She is very affectionate and gets along well with children and adults. Jordan enjoys the company of other cats who respect her space when she needs it.

This charismatic kitty needs a home where she can feel safe and loved – she can be a little bit shy at first and her nervousness can make her lose her appetite, but give her a chance to warm up and you’ll have a life-long companion.

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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I spend my days fiercely chasing squirrels (through the back window only, of course), barking at absolutely nothing, and searching for crumbs dropped by the children on the floor. I’m very sweet, and my family loves me and my big buggy eyes a whole lot.

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are injured or have died because of a fall,” says Bruce Roney, executive director of the OHS. “Cats lose their balance and they fall and unfortunately, they sustain serious injuries.”

The most common injuries associated with these incidents are shattered jaws, bruised or punctured lungs, and broken limbs and pelvises.

Cats like to perch in dangerous, high places and appear to have little fear of heights. Many owners believe that cats will not fall. But they do fall, thousands of them each year from balconies, open windows and rooftops. Sometimes a cat that has been watching a bird will

become so focused, he or she may step out into thin air.

Safeguard your cat against high-rise syndrome: 1. Do not allow your cat free access to balconies.

2. Provide a comfortable body harness and hold on to the leash.

3. Never leave you cat unsupervised if there is a risk of a fall.

4. Have your cat spayed or neutered, as this can enhance their concentration and decrease their desire to roam.

5. Have your cat microchipped, so he/she has the best possible chance of making it home should it become lost.

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 Manotick EMC - Thursday, May 3, 2012

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

May 3: Ovarian cancer information session at the Manotick Public Library.

From 7 to 8:15 p.m. Ovarian Cancer Canada representatives will discuss the signs, symptoms and risk factors of the disease. Register at www. biblioottawalibrary.ca or call 613-692-3854.

May 4: Greely Community Centre. Old Time Fiddle and Country Dance. 7:30 to 11:30 p.m. $5/person at the door or yearly memberships available. No charge for musicians and singers. Join us for a good time.

May 4-6: “A Brush with Art” Manotick Art Association Spring Show and Sale at the Manotick Curling Centre, 5519 South River Drive, Manotick. Join us for the ticketed Vernissage on Friday, May 4 from 7 to 10 p.m. Tickets $15.00 and valid all weekend.

Come back for the show and sale both weekend days from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Adults $2, seniors and students $1, children free. Part of the proceeds to support the Canadian Guide Dogs for the Blind. www.manotickart.ca.

May 4 – 13: Isle in the River Review Theatre Company presents “Don’t Tell Mother” beginning Friday, May 4 and ending on Sunday, May 13 at the Osgoode Community Centre, 5660 Osgoode Main Street.

Tickets are $15 for adults, $13 for students and seniors. Matinees are May 6 and May 13 at 2 p.m. Dinner Theatre is Saturday, May 5 at 6 p.m. at a cost of $45 per person. To reserve your tickets call (613) 8601291 or book online at www. itrtheatrecompany.com.

May 5: FREE Electronic Recycling Event at Man-

otick United Church. Ontario Electronic Stewardship and Manotick United Church will host a public collection event on Saturday, May 5 to collect and recycle unwanted electronic waste such as MP3 players, cameras, telephones, TVs, VCR and DVD players and recorders, radios, and more. This event is part of the broader OES electronic waste recycling program – an ambitious program to make it easier for Ontarians to safely recycle their electronic waste and keep it out of landfill sites. This is a unique way for the Manotick community and surrounding areas to protect our precious environment. Manotick United Church 5567 Manotick Main Street, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. www. manotickunitedchurch.com, ww.recycleyourelectronics.ca.

May 5: Spring Bazaar and Bake Sale with the Gloucester South Seniors. 4550 Bank St. in Leitrim from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Home baked goods, plants, books, jewelry, nearly new, attic treasures, etc. Refreshments Available. Everyone Welcome. Info at 613821-0414.

ity Auction at the Our Lady of the Visitation banquet centre, 5338 Bank St, Gloucester.

From 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. bid on over 200 live and silent auction items including furniture, gift baskets and certificates, paintings and collectibles - donations gratefully accepted. All proceeds will be directed to Our Lady of the Visitation Building Fund. For information call 613-821-3434 or visit www.olvis.ca.

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May 5: Waupoos Farm Spring Clean-Up Day! Saturday, May 5 is fast approaching and Waupoos Farm is eager to get the farm ready for the families who will vacation with us this spring and summer. Come lend a hand as we clean up from winter, bring out the summer toys, prepare gardens for planting and spruce up our cottages and lodge. The work day begins at 9 a.m. and will finish by 4 p.m. Drop in when you can and share a couple of hours of your time to help us serve families in need in the Ottawa area. For further information, visit our website www.waupoos.com or call the office at 613-822-2189.

COME OUT & ENJOY North Grenville’s premiere 3-day celebration of art, music, food & fun for the whole family!

• ExpandEd Kids ZonE • EquinEllE Grand prix & road racE • EMc Music & pErforMancE arts Main staGE • pEttinG Zoo& doG aGility dEMos • puppEt thEatEr & radical sciEncE dEMos • Grand opEninG of • showcasinG local artists & artisans farMErs’ MarKEt- sunday and much more!

coupage at the Osgoode Township Museum. Adults, look around in your attics, garages and basements and find an interesting object to decorate with the decoupage technique!

Broken guitars, old wooden furniture, boxes, etc. From 1 to 4 p.m. use paper cut-outs, varnishes, gold leaf, paint, and a little bit of imagination to turn an ordinary object into a unique work of art. Bring in old magazines or images of your own to personalize your item, or simply use the supplies provided. The choice is yours! The cost for this workshop is $25 per person. Please call 613-821-4062 to register.

May 6: Come to the Fish Fry fundraiser for St. James Church Sunday, May 6th at the Osgoode Legion starting at 4 p.m. Admission is $15 for adults, $8 for children under 10 and $40 for a family (two adults, two or more children under 10). For advance tickets or information please call 613826-2331 or 613-826-1314.

Eat in or take out.

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

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.

May 12: The 2nd Annual ‘Good Run will take place in the beautiful village of Osgoode! The ‘Goode Run is expected to draw 500+ run-

Opening Day & COmmunity BBQ Watson’s Mill 5525 Dickinson Road Sunday May 5th 11am-4pm

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May 3: The 7th Annual Shroomfest is set to go Thursday, May 3, 2012 at the Metcalfe Fair Grounds. Over the past six years, Shroomfest had raised tens of thousands of dollars that have been donated to a wide variety of local organizations. As there is space for only 600 people in the entertainment centre, make sure you get your tickets early. Contact any one of the organizers: Al Graham, Doug Hicks, Brian Johnston, Cory Reaney, Chris Reaney, Daryn Hicks, Kevin Cavan, Brenden Cavan, and Doug Anderson.

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ners 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: Village Voices Women’s Choir Presents “Rhythms of Spring!” at on Saturday, May 12 at 7 p.m. at Trinity Bible Church in Osgoode. Also featured will be special music with harp and flute. Refreshments and gift basket draws will follow the concert. Admission is $10 for adults. Children under 12 are free. For more information, contact Cathy at catgraham_59@yahoo.com, Nancy at 613-826-2647 or Anne at 613-445-8225. Also, you may visit www.freewebs.com/villagevoices.

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 613-821-7861.

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. Proceeds to Trinity United Church in Kars.

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.

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Be our guest for a week!

From April 30 to May 6 you are invited to participate in our aquafitness, cycling and group fitness classes or workout in our fitness centres FREE of charge! Come give us a try and see how the City of Ottawa’s Parks, Recreation and Culture Services can become a part of your daily, active living routine.

With so many options available, The City of Ottawa invites you to take this weeklong opportunity to test drive the various recreation complexes across the city.

Not sure where to start? Take a look at our program guide on our web site www.ottawa.ca/recreation to see the impressive list of options available to you. Need more of a personal touch to navigate through all this? Drop into a recreation complex in your neighbourhood and find out how we can meet your fitness needs and preferences.

Our knowledgeable staff will gladly take the time to introduce you to all the exciting programs and fitness options available to you. Rest assured that our City staff are trained in CPR, AED, Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities, WHMIS, Health and Safety and undergo annual training. We are focused on Service Excellence and thus diligently work to adjust to the needs of our community.

Joining our fitness programs is the first important step to managing your health.

The benefits associated with exercising on a regular basis are undeniable; from lowering blood pressure and cholesterol, keeping chronic diseases at bay to boosting vitality. Make fitness an essential part of your healthy lifestyle.

Through the City of Ottawa, fitness is affordable and available to all age groups and mobility levels. The City offers a wide range of programs to fit everyone’s lifestyle and our Hand to Hand program offers financial support to ensure all residents can participate in our programs.

Our flexible membership options do not require a yearlong contract nor do we charge a registration fee. Not interested in a membership? Prefer to take a specialty program? We offer a wide range of registration based classes that will suit your fancy.

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