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The second half of the Manotick News 2013 Year in Review begins with July and goes to December. -Page 4

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News - As city council rounds the corner on the final year of its term, Mayor Jim Watson can check almost every single election promise off his list. All but one – reducing the size of city council. “I thought there would be greater support,” Watson said during a year-end chat with the Manotick News on Dec. 19. Even though Ottawa has the most elected representatives per capita of any major Canadian city except for Montreal, it’s also a big city, and shrinking council means expanding wards, Watson said. When council voted against his idea in favour of waiting until a scheduled 2015 review of council’s size, with it died another Watson campaign idea that intrgued many community activists: the concept of local “borough councils” made up of citizens who could advise the city on how decisions would affect their areas. “My plan, because I announced it at the same time, was a package deal,” Watson said. “With that went the idea of the borough council, because I saw them as intertwined,” he said. The purpose of making council smaller was to transfer some of that power to “smaller, regional blocs,” he said. “I’ll have to decide over the course of the next several months as I put together my platform for 2014 where I am going to go on that issue,” Watson said.

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Fun on ice Madeline and Charlotte Wilkins trekked from Stonebridge to the Rink of Dreams at city hall on Dec. 27 for a snowy skate with their grandparents and sister Keira. The refrigerated rink is located at the front of city hall at 110 Laurier Ave. W. downtown and is open from 6 a.m. to 11 p.m.

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He’s still of the opinion that a borough council system wouldn’t work without accompanying reforms and reductions to the size of council, but the current council works together so harmoniously that perhaps the reforms he suggested when the last tumultuous council was in power aren’t really needed, Watson said. “I am much more optimistic that the local voices through the individual councillors (are) in fact getting through,” he said. That wasn’t the case in the last council, the mayor said. Decisions were being made downtown with little regard to how those choices affected the suburbs or rural area. “I think a lot of that had to do, quite frankly, with the fact that there was a sense that that council just was not working well together,” Watson said. The mayor admitted the system only works that way if the elected councillors endeavour to listen to their residents and put regional squabbling aside. “I think it gives us and the public an incentive to make sure when we’re electing men and women to serve office that they bring forward a perspective that part of their job is actually to work collaboratively with one another,” he said. Even a borough system wouldn’t eliminate the problem of a decision that’s good for one area adversely affecting another area. “You’re never going to find a perfect system,” the mayor said.

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Watson said he doesn’t spend enough time touting how this council has tried to increase public participation in “real” decision making. Under his leadership, the city transformed its councillor-composed transit committee into a commission that includes four citizen members. The same goes for the board that oversees Ottawa Public Health and now includes independent public members. The city’s built heritage committee was “upgraded” from an advisory group to a decision-making subcommittee, while still including citizen members. The other advisory committees also got an overhaul: in 2012, the city axed 10 of its 15 citizen advisory groups, saving $190,000 annually. Although the number of citizens who have the privilege to sit on those bodies and participate in decision making is very limited, “It’s a start,” the mayor said.

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Watson declared almost immediately after the 2010 election that he planned to run again, but don’t expect him to have any council candidates he supports standing beside him. Watson won’t campaign as part of a slate of candidates and he “doesn’t intend” to endorse anyone running for council, he said. “I can’t give you a definitive ‘yes’ or ‘no’ on that except to say it is certainly not my intention (to endorse anyone),” he said. “I didn’t do it last time because I had enough on my plate.” Moments later, Watson said he was happy with the performance of the councillor who represents his ward – Bay Coun. Mark Taylor, who worked for Watson as his executive assistant when he was an MPP – and said he

Mayor Jim Watson sits down for a year-end chat with the Manotick News in his office on Dec. 19. “look(s) forward to supporting him again.” But the mayor said all members of council have contributed greatly, but he won’t “pass judgment on who should stay and who should go.” Watson won’t hesitate to publically call out candidates who make false statements during the election, he said. Although Watson said he has seen commentary recently that he will establish a slate of candidates to run alongside him, that’s not the case, he said. “No, I don’t believe in slates. I don’t believe in parties,” Watson said. “I’m wishing all my colleagues the best, but my intention is to focus on

Stonebridge resident Keira Wilkins joined her two sisters, Charlotte and Madeline, and grandparents at the Rink of Dreams at city hall on Dec. 27. While they spun around the ice, Keria busied herself climbing a snowbank. The refrigerated rink is open daily from 6 a.m. to 11 p.m. at 110 Laurier Ave. W.

my election.” Slates become de facto political parties, he said, and that should be avoided. “When you have a party, you have to feed the party. You feed the party with money and you’re always fundraising. That’s not a good way of governing,” he said. Watson, who has experience in all levels of government, said the healthiest system for a municipal government is to have independent candidates running. “(Slates/parties) drags us towards the provincial and federal models, which we’re seeing right now are not particularly healthy or very cooperative,” Watson said.

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geries to pin his bones and joints back together. The doctors told him he wouldn’t be able to train for months, but he overcame the pain and did it anyway – helping his team raise $101,000 for kids’ cancer research. Plans for Greely’s village centre got a makeover as developer Sunset Lakes changed its plans for the 16hectare mixed-use project at the corner of Parkway Road and Bank Street. The development’s commercial aspect has been scaled back and the rest of the campus has been filled in with plans for an adult-lifestyle community, retirement home and a private twin-pad recreational facility beside the city’s soccer fields.

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Fall football action St. Mark Catholic High School student Mike Hoglund, number 23, brings down opponent Jeremy Nehme from Franco-Cite Catholic Secondary School with the help of a team mate on Oct. 17. The game was part of United Way Day, an annual event that this year brought 14 teams to St. Joseph High School in Barrhaven for a football jamboree in support of United Way. The games count toward the regular season, but teams are asked to fundraise before the game.

Community rallies around lower speed limits in 2013 Manotick drivers committed to the ‘Keep It to 40’ campaign at the end of October in an effort to limit speeding through the village. The campaign encourages residents to drive the speed limit – 40 kilometres per hour on every street but Manotick Main – and convince others to do the same. “If we do 40, everyone behind us will have to do 40, too,� said Klaus Beltzner, president of the Manotick Village and Community Association, the group behind the campaign. NOVEMBER

Osgoode Coun. Doug Thompson gave the green light to his ward’s first roundabout at the intersection of Parkway, Stagecoach and Apple Orchard Roads in November. Residents

and city staff convinced him to give it a try after two-thirds of about 600 survey respondents supported the roundabout. However the project has been put off past 2014 in favour of several smaller projects across the city. A 120-year-old home at Manotick’s busiest intersection has been afforded some heritage protection, after Rideau-Goulbourn Coun. Scott Moffatt added it to the city’s heritage register. The home for sale at 5514 Manotick Main Street won’t be designated as a heritage building, but if the new owners want to demolish it, they’ll have to wait 60 days while the city determines if the building should be designated as heritage. A group of Metcalfe homeowners won their most recent battle against more mineral extraction near the village.

The Metcalfe and District Community Association had been opposing the city’s plan to rezone a large area of land north of Metcalfe to a bedrock resource area since the draft Official Plan was released in June, and it seems city planners listened: staff recommended against adding any new mineral extraction land across the city as part of this year’s Official Plan review. Scott Moffatt was successful in leapfrogging a project to widen Prince of Wales Drive ahead of a plan to extend Earl Armstrong Road east to Albion Road and Bank Street as part of the city’s transportation master plan. Council gave the 20-year plan its final approval on Nov. 26. The change means Earl Armstrong won’t be extended until after 2031.

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he year 2013 brought some important news to Ottawa. Light-rail is now underway although it will take many years before we get to ride the rails. After so many years of stops and starts, getting the project started for real is a major accomplishment. The redevelopment of Lansdowne Park will be completed much sooner, so we have that to look forward to in 2014. The RedBlacks start play on a brand new field this summer and the Ottawa Fury will kick off pro soccer at Lansdowne too. That’s good for everyone – not just sports fans – because sports bring fans into the city on a regular basis and they spend money on accommodations and entertainment. It may be too much to wish for the Senators to win a Stanley Cup this spring given their current form, but there’s no doubt that with a little more experience the team could be good to challenge for the Cup in 2015 and for years to come. For political junkies, we’ll have a municipal election in 2014 and a provincial election is a real possibility. There’s a possible trifecta in the offing if Stephen Harper decides to go to the polls too. Our wish list for 2014 includes a temperate

winter, with days and evenings just right for a skate down the Rideau Canal. An early spring would be welcome after that. We’d also like to see the city, province, federal government and the National Capital Commission come up with a plan that fixes truck issues in the core and causes the least possible disruption for the citizens of Ottawa. And speaking of crossings, we can only hope to see the city complete one bridge this year. Maybe it will be the Strandherd-Armstrong span across the Rideau River in the south end or maybe it will be the pedestrian bridge over the Airport Parkway. One would be nice so we’re not still hoping this time next year. Other construction plans call for infill in many neighbourhoods. While no one may want a highrise near home, the city’s plan to make the best possible use of land within the Greenbelt – and especially around transit hubs – deserves support. Infill sure beats sprawl beyond our current urban boundary. The continued strength of our annual festivals is worth wishing for too. From the Tulip Festival to blues and jazz fests, the events are what make it great to live in this city. Bring on 2014.

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ix things I’m going to do next year: 1. Take the bus. Retired people get out of the habit of getting on the bus, but it’s crazy that I spend so much time driving around looking for parking spaces or paying large amounts to parking garages. It makes me grouchy. Meanwhile there are a lot of places I can get to easily on the bus. Getting downtown or visiting somebody at the hospital is a breeze. Even with fare hikes, I save money and get there in a better frame of mind. It might even be community-minded of me: if more people use the system, the system will thrive and improve. Plus, Ottawa will have a sparkling new system by the time I’m 130, so I might as well get used to it. 2. Hear more live music. Just when you discover a new favourite club, it’s gone, replaced by a spa or a money mart, depending on which part of town you’re in. That’s because people aren’t turning up, except maybe in festival season. It’s always tempting to stay home and catch your music on iTunes or YouTube or whatever, but there’s something about live music and there’s something about supporting local musicians. As an occasional musi-

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tre is — namely, on the outskirts of nowhere. But the small crowds do mean that parking and getting in and out are far easier than during Senators games. When Lansdowne is completed, the SkyHawks will move down to the Civic Centre, which will be more intimate. But they need to survive. The principle of use it or lose it applies here as well. Remember, we had some pretty good baseball in this town and lost it at least in part because we didn’t get out to see it. 4. Spend more time at the National Gallery. Because it’s always there and the exhibitions are on for lengthy periods of time, it’s easy for me to put off going to the Gallery. But there’s no way it should be taken for granted. The building is a masterpiece and the collections are, for lack of a better phrase, world-class. Why wouldn’t I be there all the time? You could apply the same reasoning to the National Arts Centre and the War Museum, which are not as appreciated or as patronized as they should be. Living in a government town does that to you: you don’t appreciate what you have. 5. Cut down, at least a bit, on complaining. This flows from the previous point. We don’t appreciate what we have and we think our

problems, which are often problems of affluence — the second computer doesn’t connect to the WiFi! — actually matter. Meanwhile, there are people with real problems who aren’t getting enough of our attention. 6. Don’t buy a musical toothbrush. I saw this advertised on TV, more than a few times, while watching small bits of a Christmas movie between large bits of commercials. It’s battery-operated and there’s a selection of tunes it will play, in order to entice you or your children or your grandchildren to brush their teeth more often. I have decided against it.

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At the time, members of the Manotick Village and Community Association accused Moffatt of abandoning his residents in favour of the wishes of suburban councillors Jan Harder and Steve Desroches to keep Earl Armstrong from becoming a truck route connected to the Strandherd-Armstrong bridge. A Manotick man took home more than $250,000 from the Grey Cup football final in Regina after purchasing $200 worth of 50/50 tickets. Denny Charlebois travelled to Saskatchewan to see the CFL game with his son. They didn’t realize they had won until more than 24 hours after the game.

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t didn’t take Mother long after moving to a drafty old log house in the backwoods of Renfrew Country to figure out the parlour was no place for the Christmas tree. With no insulation, storm windows or heat, the room was closed off for the winter, and so the Christmas tree, after much moving of furniture, was crammed into a corner of the kitchen. Father didn’t care where it was, as long as it wasn’t put up until Christmas Eve, a German custom that was part of his heritage for three generations. Well, it didn’t take long for Mother to get rid of that idea too. The tree was hauled in from the bush about two weeks before Christmas, dragged behind the flat-bottom sleigh, and allowed to stand in the summer kitchen until the clumps of snow could be taken off its wide-spread branches. And then, with much finagling, it was wired to the window frame on one side, and the downstairs bedroom door on the other. It was placed in a wash tub of water, in the hope that the heat from

MARY COOK Mary Cook’s Memories the Findlay Oval wouldn’t entirely rob the tree of its needles. There was always a mystery to the tree decorations which I could never figure out. Every year, dozens of little tin holders with miniature candles in them were clamped all over the Christmas tree, but they were never lit. I wondered why on earth we had candles on a tree if they couldn’t be glowing at night. Well Mother, with her dread of fire, was the reason. “The whole place would go up like a tinder box” she’d say if I even as much as suggested lighting even a few of them. I would wonder why we even bothered bringing them down from the humpbacked trunk upstairs. A flat box of tinsel, bought long before I was even born, was another essential tree

decoration. Every year, the long thin pieces were carefully hung on the branches of the tree, and the day it came down every last piece of the tinsel was laid out carefully in the same box, tucked away for another year. It was my sister Audrey’s job to make sure the tub of water under the tree was always full. That meant she had to haul it in from the pump outside, and “while you’re at it,” Mother would say, “you might as well fill the reservoir too.” The few glass ball decorations Mother had brought from New York, coloured paper loops made by us children, and only the prettiest of Christmas cards which had come through the mail, were placed here and there on the wide sweeping branches. After the tree was up for the holidays, it changed the

whole house. I loved the nights when we all sat around the table with the coal-oil lamp sending out dim beams of light and the tinsel, moving gently from the heat in the kitchen from the stove, made the tree look magical. There were never any gifts under the tree until they mysteriously appeared on Christmas morning, but I would sit with my elbows on the table, and just stare at the wonder of it all. I would picture in my mind what on my list sent to the Ottawa Farm Journal would be left for me by Santa. Would he bring me the doll I had seen in the five and dime store window? What about the real store-bought underwear I longed for? So many evenings before Christmas were spent just dreaming of that morning when I would wake to find that Santa hadn’t forgotten us in Northcote after all. And each day, the spruce tree got sparser and sparser. It didn’t matter how careful Audrey was about keeping the tub full of water, every night there seemed to be another dustpan full of needles to

sweep up and dump into the Findlay Oval. With each dustpan gathered up with the broom, Father could be heard muttering from his rocking chair by the oven door that had Mother listened to him, and waited until Christmas Eve to put up the tree, it might look half “decent” by the time Christmas morning rolled around. Although I would have

So many evenings before Christmas were spent just dreaming of that morning when I would wake to find that Santa hadn’t forgotten us in Northcote after all. loved to have the tree stay up until the New Year rolled in, it rarely lasted until a day or so after Christmas. By then, you could see clear back to the wainscoting along the wall behind it, and we all knew it wouldn’t be long until the heat of the stove, confined to the kitchen as it was, the

Christmas tree would be as bare as a badger. It would be unwired from its moorings, and dragged out of the kitchen, back through the summer kitchen, and tossed behind the house, a most pathetic sight if I ever saw one! The tub would be emptied, furniture rearranged, and the only remnants of that most wonderful time of the year would be the needles that seemed to appear out of nowhere for weeks long after the Christmas season was over. Father knew better than to say “I told you so.” If he did venture an opinion, Mother would remind him that his job was to look after the barns, hers was to look after the house. My sincere Christmas wishes go out to all our faithful readers. May each of you experience the true meaning of this wonderful time of year, and may you spend it with loved ones around you. Interested in an electronic version of Mary’s books? Go to smashwords.com and type Mary’s name for e-book purchase details.

Stittsville Main Street Community Design Plan (CDP) Community Information Meeting Release of the Draft CDP Thursday, January 16, 2014 Johnny Leroux Community Centre 10 Warner Colpitts Lane 4 to 8 p.m., Panel presentation at 6:30 p.m. Residents and landowners are invited to attend the Community Meeting to review and provide comments on the draft CDP. Staff will be available to meet with residents to discuss the draft CDP from 4 to 6:30 p.m. to be followed by a panel discussion with the participation of Councillor Shad Qadri, the Public Advisory Committee and City staff. A question and answer period will follow. Residents are encouraged to visit the website at Ottawa.ca/stittsville to view the draft CDP and provide their comments to stittsvillecdp@ottawa.ca. Accessibility is an important consideration for the City of Ottawa. If you require special accommodation, please call 3-1-1 or e-mail stittsvillecdp@ottawa.ca before the event. For further information visit ottawa.ca/stittsvillecdp or contact:

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News - A recent Supreme Court ruling has struck down Canada’s prostitution laws, and given the federal government a year to address the issues brought forward under the successful constitutional challenge. Following the release of the decision, police Chief Charles Bordeleau said the focus in Ottawa will remain responding to community concerns and protecting individuals, most often women, who are

involved in the sex trade. “Our initial review of the ruling is that it takes into account the impact of prostitution on communities and the court has suspended the invalidity of the laws for a period of one year,” Bordeleau said. “As such, our understanding is that those laws remain valid and available to police.” Currently police conduct john sweeps, or prostitution sweeps based solely on complaints from affected communities. Once a community police officer has received a certain number of complaints, police will

act, typically arresting only johns. Bordeleau said he will wait for direction from Parliament, crown attorneys and the Attorney General of Ontario before changing local police policy. Bailey Reid, executive director and founder of the Nepean-based Sisters Achieving Excellence, said her organization helps mentor women who are at risk, whether it’s because of criminal activity, problems at home or at school. Reid said they offer one-on-one mentoring. Some of the women who use the

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out. “I would suggest that as a society we look at the sex trade,” Reid said. “Not all the women are criminals or marginalized, but some are and let’s make sure that there are other services in place for them. Let’s look at this with a bigger lens, and make sure women truly have everything what they need and that the choice is truly up to them.” Currently, Ottawa has a number of outreach services for sex trade workers. Sex Trade Out Reach Mobile travels throughout the city giving out referrals to housing help, shelters and offer emergency transportation when needed. There is also a van which is operated by the Somerset West Community Health Centre. The program offers safe crack pipes, needles, counselling and support services for those living on the streets. Ottawa Public Health has a blue van, which hands out safe injection needles, food and supplies and counselling. The history of Terri Jean Bedford, Amy Lebovitch and Valerie Scott’s challenge to Canada’s prostitution laws is a storied one - in 2009 the three, along with their lawyer Alan Young, began the fight at the Ontario Superior Court of Justice to prove that current laws surrounding prostitution and living on the avails of prostitution were unconstitutional and prevented a sex trade worker to take certain safety measures - such as hiring a security guard or screening potential clients. In March 2012, Justice Susan Himel ruled in their favour, striking down Canada’s prostitution laws. The federal government appealed the ruling, first to the Ontario Court of Appeal, then to the Supreme Court in June 2013. The Supreme Court ruled again in Bedford’s favour, releasing its unanimous decision on Dec. 20. Prostitution itself is not illegal in Canada, but many activities surrounding the profession, including solicitation, operation of brothels, or living off the avails of prostitution are considered offences under law. The goal of Bedford, Lebovitch and Scott’s challenge has always been to decriminalize these three provisions.

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Pet Adoptions Meet Comet (ID# A070935), a sweet sevenyear-old male cat who would be the purr-fect addition to the right family this holiday season – he’s named after one of Santa’s reindeer after all! Comet has been at the Ottawa Humane Society since October and is hoping to spend the chilly December nights curled up in his new forever home. He’s a gentle kitty who loves getting pet but also likes his alone time. Comet enjoys hunting bugs and scratching on his scratching post. Comet is a special needs adoption because he has been diagnosed with a heart murmur. Many animals (and humans) with heart murmurs go on to live happy and healthy normal lives! Comet’s condition will warrant discussion with your veterinarian and together you will decide how to manage it best. For more information on Comet and all our adoptable animals, stop by the OHS at 245 West Hunt Club Rd. Check out our website at ottawahumane.ca to see photos and descriptions of animals available for adoption.

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when they are sick or hurt. No animal should live in pain – without veterinary care. 4. Freedom to Express Normal Behavior All animals should live with room to express their normal behavior. 5. Freedom from Fear and Distress All animals should live in a way that keeps them free from fear and distress. Wishing you a happy new year from the staff and animals at the OHS! For other ways to help the animals, please visit our website at ottawahumane.ca.

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YEAR IN REVIEW

Firefighter calendar Al Graham gets an autograph from firefighter Burt Lamoureux at the Osgoode Care Centre’s calendar launch on Sept. 26. The calendar is a fun fundraiser for the non-profit long-term care facility, which provides 24-hour nursing care. There is a variety of services and activities. You can apply through the Community Care Access Centre by calling 613-3102222 or TTY 613-745-0049. The centre is located at 7650 Snake Island Rd Metcalfe.

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

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6:45 p.m. For reservations call 613521-5625. Semi-formal or highland attire.

Greely Gardeners Group will meet monthly starting 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 9 at the Greely Community Centre, 1448 Meadow Dr. The guest speaker will be Rebecca Last, who will share lessons from her big garden reno. Membership for 2014 costs $10 and visitors are admitted for $2. For more information contact Lee at 613-574-0214 or www. greelygardeners.ca.

Ongoing: Wanted: used books. The fourth annual book sale for Rural Family Connections takes place Jan. 25, and they need your books! Used books can be dropped off at the Live and Learn Resource Centre, 8243 Victoria St. or at the Metcalfe Co-operative Nursery School, 8140 Victoria St. For more information call 613-821-2899.

Jan. 25 The sons of Scotland present Burns Night on Jan. 25, 2014. Celebrate the anniversary of the world-famous poet’s birth at the Delta Ottawa City Centre Hotel, 101 Lyon St. N. Tickets are $65 and include a traditional Burns supper of haggis, ballroom and Scottish country dancing, a cabaret show featuring Garth Hampson and Shawne Elizabeth and the Sons of Scotland Pipes and Drums. Cocktails begin at 6 p.m. and dinner

Do you need to know how to send emails with attachments, how to forward emails, blind copy to a list, organize your desktop or create documents? We can help. Volunteers at the Osgoode legion can help seniors better understand their computers. We will help them in their own homes. Call Gail Burgess at 613-821-4409 to arrange for an appointment. Ovarian Cancer Canada offers a free presentation, Ovarian Cancer: Knowledge is Power, about the signs, symptoms and risk factors of the disease. To organize one for your business, community group or association, please contact Lyne

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Shackleton at 613-488-3993 or ottawakip@gmail.com. Come to the Osgoode legion for darts on Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday evenings starting at 7:30 p.m. Experience not required. The bar is open Tuesdays through Saturday from 6 to 11 p.m. unless otherwise posted. The Gloucester South Seniors meet at 4550 Bank St., Leitrim for a full schedule of activities every week including contract bridge, carpet bowling, euchre, five hundred, shuffleboard and chess. Membership is $15 per year. The club is easily accessible by OC Transpo route 144 and there is free parking. Call 613821-0414 for info. Old Time Fiddle and Country Dance, first Friday of every month at the Greely Community Centre, 1448 Meadow Dr. 7:30 to 11:30 p.m. $5 per person at the door or yearly memberships available. No charge for participating musicians

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Mondays: Looking to learn conversational Spanish? Improve your Spanish speaking skills with Los Amigos Toastmasters. The group meets at Tunney’s Pasture Mondays from 4:55 to 6:30 p.m. For more information, contact Carole at 613-761-6537 or visit www.amigos-tm.ca.

Tuesdays: Computer Tutorials at the Manotick library. Thirty minute one-on-one sessions to improve your basic computer skills. Sessions run on Tuesday afternoons from 2 to 4 p.m., Sept 17 to Oct 29. Register in person or call 613-692-3854. Want to meet new friends? Have a great workout? Come to The MET (Metropolitan Bible Church) every Wednesday from 12:15 to 1:15 p.m. for a free women’s fitness class with a certified fitness instructor. Includes a five-minute inspirational fit tip. Any questions? Contact the church office at 613-238-8182.

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The Osgoode Country Creations, Artisans, Vintage and Collectibles Market is now open at the Market Square Mall on Osgoode Main Street. There is a wonderful selection of local crafts, repurposed treasures, homemade jams and great gift-giving ideas. Open Fridays from 5 to 8 p.m. and weekends from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Cash only.

Starting Dec. 6 the market will be open weekdays from 3 to 8 p.m. and weekends from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. A portion of our proceeds will support the Osgoode Care Centre. Contact us at sweetpeaspantry@gmail.com.

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Dave Smith

Youth Treatment Centre

Royal Ottawa Health Care Group

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