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Cooper, 69, has been retired for just as long and his days of skating are over, but that’s not a problem, because the two neighbours maintain the rink so kids from Metcalfe and beyond can enjoy it.

That’s how it has always been.

The rink sits on an empty lot near Albert Bouwers Circle that is owned by Graham, whose house is also adjacent to it. Graham supplies the water to flood the rink from a well on the lot, powers the lights that illuminate it at night, and – with help from Cooper – builds the rink each year and grooms it through the winter.

This year, the rink was ready for skating by the start of January.

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“I usually end up with anywhere from 50 to 75 hockey pucks that I keep and every night I’ll usually take over four or five and set them on the edge of the boards for them.”

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Dream of a Lifetime winner thought he’d been pranked Continued from page 1

“I had the habit of buying the tickets and putting them away,” he said. “It’s kind of habit, you know, I buy the tickets for the kids. It’s my way of doing my part, and if I win, that’s great, and if I don’t, at least I’m doing something.”

So when he received the fateful phone call from CHEO while at work on Jan. 6, he didn’t quite believe it.

“I had totally forgotten about (the tickets) at that point. Honestly, I thought it was a prank,” he said. “I’ve got a lot of buddies that joke around. We prank each other all the time.”

But Murray, 37, and his girlfriend Sara Porter, really did win the lottery’s grand prize package, worth more than $1.7 million.

The package includes a fully-furnished Minto Dream Home in the developer’s Mahogany subdivision in Manotick, as well as $100,000 in cash, a 2016 Chevy Camaro, house cleaning for a year

and $5,000 in groceries from Farm Boy. Despite hearing it directly from the foundation, it wasn’t until media outlets began contacting him that the truth of his good fortune hit home.

“Honestly, I was overwhelmed at that point. It became way more than I was expecting and way more than I could handle,” he said.

“So I was kind of in a bit of shock, not really sure what to do because I had never really thought about this outcome.”

While he has no intention of leaving his new job at Kingston Toyota after recently relocating to Kingston, he said his family will spend a lot of time in their new home.

His favourite aspect of the house is a collection of art made by patients at CHEO. “We’re keeping (the art) for life. The house is absolutely gorgeous and the furnishings are amazing, but the artwork kind of helps to remind you we why buy the tickets in the first place: mostly just to do my part,” he said. “Kids are our future, so it’s about do-

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Val Murray, left, and his girlfriend Sarah Porter, winners of the 2015 CHEO Dream of a Lifetime Lottery, hold artwork made by children at CHEO that is displayed in their new Minto Dream Home in Manotick. ing everything we can to help them. And CHEO does an amazing job.”

Murray said that he would like one day to meet some of the children who created the artwork. One piece in particular moved him.

“One that really stood out to me was a bunch of words on paper, and it was what CHEO means to that person, and the it was things like ‘family,’ ‘safe,’ ‘happiness,’ ‘happy moments,’ things like that,” he said. “This is some-

one that is sick, and in the hospital, and these are the words that they’re thinking of.”

Murray said it has taken time to absorb the good news since a CHEO representative called him on Jan. 6 about

the grand prize, but that that hasn’t kept him and Porter from discussing taking a vacation.

Beyond a getaway or two for themselves and Porter’s children, their plan is to use their cash winnings wisely.

“We have a lot of conversations to have with accountants and lawyers, just to see where it’s best to use the money,” he said.

“But the regular things like, pay any debts that are there and be smart with the rest. My retirement’s taken care of, pretty well, so that’s the big news.”

Ottawa residents Lyne and Celeste Blanchard and Francis Landry won the lottery’s second prize, which includes $100,000 cash, a 2016 Nissan Rogue, and a week-long Caribbean cruise for two, among other prizes.

Gail Lynch and Doug Heath, also from Ottawa, won the 50/50 draw and will share the $544,705 cash prize.

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Battle of Ontario tickets up for grabs through guide dogs charity raffle Two Ontario residents will live it up on March 12 at the Canadian Tire Centre with 100-level seat tickets to witness the Battle of Ontario play out in an NHL game between the Ottawa Senators and the Toronto Maple Leafs.

The game tickets, along with valet parking, are the prizes at stake in a raffle that only has 179 raffle tickets available by the Canadian Guide Dogs for the Blind to support its training programs.

“Last year we sold out, and we expect to sell out again this year,” said Steven Doucette, events and guider coordinator for the Canadian Guide Dogs for the Blind.

Raffle tickets are available for $10 to residents of Ontario over 18 years old, and 100 per cent of the ticket proceeds will be used to help cover the cost of the charitable organization’s veterinary expenses.

“It’s one of our organization’s largest expenditures, so we donate the proceeds of the raffle specifically to go to that,” Doucette said.

The organization provides professionally trained guide dogs to Canadians who are visually impaired.

Its national training centre is located in Manotick, and Doucette said that at any given time, between 80 and 120 dogs are being trained on and off-site.

Veterinary care for all of the dogs is supplied

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Doucette said the popularity of games between the Senators and Leafs should help drive raffle ticket sales. Owing to the sensational rivalry between the two teams and their fans – known as the Battle of Ontario – it’s a

game that Doucette said is notoriously hard to buy tickets for.

That’s why William McDonald, who donated the tickets, chose that particular game.

McDonald operates the Cooperators insurance agency in Manotick, and has supported Canadian Guide Dogs for the Blind since he joined the Cooperators 20 years ago.

“He’s been a long-time supporter, often supporting our annual golf tournament,” Doucette said of McDonald.

“And this is the second year that he’s donated tickets to a Senators and Leafs game, which is one of the hardest games that has a higher ticket demand.”

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“I’ve seen the workings and I just think it’s a great cause. And they’re good people. Plus it’s nice to support a local charity. It’s close to the heart,” McDonald said.

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Rink building means exercise for everyone sive, to rent the ice and do anything, that the kids come here.”

Flooding the rink isn’t quite like filling a tub with a few inches of water, although it sounds simple.

Cooper and Graham flood it by hand with a rake that connects to a hose and sprays water on the ice as they go. They drag the rake and the hose back and forth across the rink on foot until the job is done.

When they use the rake, it takes about an hour for one person to flood the rink. With only a hose, it takes closer to two hours. But what sounds like a tiresome chore is a

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Labour of love

Cooper said either he or Graham – a retired caterer – will try to flood the rink daily, and will at least buff out the ridges carved into the surface of the ice by the previous day’s skaters. The rink is used nearly every day during the winter skating season.

“I was over there the other night and there had to be about 25 teenage guys there playing hockey,” Cooper said. “The rinks now are so expen-

hobby for the two retired friends.

“In the winter time there isn’t really much to do, and I don’t go south or anything in the winter, so it’s something for me to keep busy at,” Cooper said.

“And maybe it keeps the kids from getting into trouble. When they’re over there playing hockey, you know where they are. They’re not getting in trouble.”

A simple “thank you”

Osgoode Coun. George Darouze recently applauded Cooper and

Graham for their dedication to the rink in his weekly newsletter, praising them for “showing how to get it done and do it right.”

In an interview, Darouze explained that Graham has always paid out of his own pocket to maintain the rink, never asking for money from the city.

“Al does it soley on his own, without help from the city. It’s his own property, his own hydro,” Darouze said. “And Dennis is a great guy because he helps him all the time.”

Darouze said the rink is an important resource for the community,

supplying a venue for physical activity even on the coldest winter days.

“It provides accessibility for the local kids to come and join together,” he said. “It gives the kids in the local community camaraderie to integrate and play and communicate.”

Darouze said that although the two men have never asked for any help or support from the city, he felt it was his duty to publicly thank them for their efforts.

“They’re not expecting anything.

A ‘thank you’ is all they’re really looking for. A ‘thank you’ will go far, and they’ve never really done it for anything,” Darouze said.

“My community always brags about these people and we can’t thank them enough for what they’re doing.”

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Shiverfest to make winter cool this month Packed schedule of events planned for last weekend of January

The City of Ottawa has completed an Environmental Project Report in accordance with Ontario Regulation 231/08 for the Trillium Line Extension Planning and Environmental Assessment study.

The Project The City of Ottawa has developed a plan to extend and expand the City’s existing diesel-powered O-Train Trillium Line service from Greenboro Station to Bowesville Road and to the Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport.

The plan includes options to service the growing communities of Riverside South and Leitrim, the Airport and adjacent lands.

The plan also incorporates new stations on the existing line at Gladstone Avenue and Walkley Road and a relocated station at Confederation Heights.

Impacts to private property are anticipated to be limited to the areas adjacent to the proposed Lester Road and Leitrim Road grade separations.

The Process The environmental impact of this transit project was assessed and an Environmental Project Report (EPR) prepared according to the Transit Project Assessment Process as prescribed in Ontario Regulation 231/08, Transit Projects and Greater Toronto Transportation Authority Undertakings. The EPR documents the entire study process, including a description of the planned project, its anticipated environmental impacts, and the project’s consultation program.

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Manotick residents will have to try much harder to find reasons to hibernate indoors on Jan. 29 and 30, with Shiverfest bringing winter festivities to venues across the village.

The winter festival will begin in the Manotick Arena and Community Centre with a figure skating exhibition by the Rideau Skating Club on Jan. 29 at 6 p.m. Not long after, a roaring bonfire will light up the arena’s overflow parking lot, complete with hot chocolate, Timbits and music.

A family skate in the arena is set to follow the exhibition, and a kids novelty and magic show with tricks, music and machines promises to amaze in the arena hall at 8 p.m. Friday’s events are free to attend.

Shiverfest’s organizers, the Manotick Village and Community Organization, have at least twice as many activities planned for Jan. 30.

Sheila Dubyk, one of the festival’s organizers, sees the festival as a healthy alternative to staying home to avoid winter weather.

“You do kind of get into hibernation in this part of the world, so it’s always good to have things to do,” Dubyk said.

“It’s nice having something local that is highlighting local businesses and providing activities for families. I just think it’s a wonderful way to spend the last weekend of January.”

While most of the second day’s activities are free, a chilli cook-off at the Manotick Legion at noon and a trivia contest at the Mill Tavern at 7 p.m. will give residents an opportunity to raise money

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Shiverfest revellers pile onto a sleigh, ready for a ride around the village during the 2015 edition of the winter festival. for Manotick Arena improvements.

“All of the profits from both the trivia contest and the cook-off are going to be going to the Manotick arena expansion project,” said Dubyk.

“We do a lot of activities at the arena and the arena is really very important to Manotick and the expansion is an important project, so we continue to raise funds for that project.”

The cost to sample chili – and beer from Bicycle Craft Brewery – as a judge in the cook-off is $5, and the cost to enter the trivia contest is $15.

Other traditional Shiverfest events planned for the day include the Kiwanis pancake breakfast at the arena hall at 7 a.m., craft making and face painting, sleigh rides starting outside of the arena, the launch of the Celebrating Winter Photography Contest and an open mic evening at Creekside Restaurant starting at 8 p.m.

Admission for the pancake breakfast is $5 per person, with kids under three getting in for free.

Organizers have also added some new events this year.

Rural Ottawa South Support Services will host bingo at the arena hall from 2 to 4 p.m. on Saturday, and the Manotick Curling Club will give the uninitiated a chance to try curling.

“It’s new this year and we are really excited about it,”

Dubyk said of the curling.

“It’s an opportunity to learn the sport of curling. We really do want to encourage people to get out to the curling rink and we’re absolutely delighted that they’ve joined Shiverfest.”

Beginning on Jan. 30 at 10 a.m., the club will welcome people at the Manotick Curling Centre, located at 5519 South River Dr., for off-ice demos of the physics behind the sport and on-ice tryouts, hourly until 1 p.m. Participants will also be entered to win door prizes.

Dubyk said that although the MVCA organizes the festival, the community does so with a lot of help from the people of Manotick.

“We do have really wonderful support from the community in terms of major sponsors and then people donating their locations,” Dubyk said.

“Not only do we have major sponsors donating to the cause, but we also have many sponsors donating door prizes and space and everything else. So for us the community involvement has been absolutely wonderful and we couldn’t have done it without them.”

For full details about Shiverfest activities, including information about entering contests and a map of event locations, visit the Manotick Village and Community Association website at www. manotickvca.org.

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Before exercising the authority referred to above, the Minister is required to consider any written objections to the transit project that he or she may receive within 30 days after the Notice of Completion of the Environmental Project Report is first published.

If you have discussed your issues with the proponent and you object to the project, you can provide a written submission to the Minister of the Environment no later than February 21, 2016 to the address provided below. All submissions must clearly indicate that an objection is being submitted and describe any negative impacts to matters of provincial importance (natural/ cultural environment) or Aboriginal rights.

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LRT won’t be a free ride

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ayor Jim Watson’s dream of fasttracking a light rail transit system that includes a run to the city’s airport and an extension to Trim Road in Orléans sounds great, except for one rather large detail.

Who is going to pay for it?

Watson wants someone else to pay for it. Not share the cost, but pay for it outright.

The mayor joined other politicians at the Via Rail station on Tremblay Road for a tour of a nearby worksite and to give an update on the progress of Confederation LRT line construction.

In a media scrum afterwards, Watson laid out the rationale for fast-tracking an LRT airport spur and an extension to Trim Road. It all sounded perfectly reasonable, especially with an Airport Parkway widening project on the drawing board and how that could be impacted by an LRT run to the airport. Perfectly reasonable; until it becomes clear the city, in essence, is counting on getting a financial free ride with the federal

and provincial purses.

Watson wants the $160-million light-rail extension (the most recent estimate of the cost) to Ottawa’s airport paid for by the feds and the $155-million light-rail line to Trim Road covered by the province.

Watson’s rationale for having other levels of government pick up the entire tab for the airport and Trim Road extensions? “Our philosophy is that we believe the province would be best suited to help fund the Trim Road extension, because ultimately there was a download by the previous government of the (highway) 174” and such a rail line would help alleviate congestion on the highway to Trim Road.

“And the federal government, having responsibility for airports, would be best suited to fund the airport link,” Watson said.

Good luck with that.

Ottawa residents shouldn’t hold their breath until that happens, because it is highly doubtful the feds and Queen’s Park are willing to be Watson’s wallet when it comes to his LRT wish list.

A toast to all the missing cashiers

T

he only good thing about the economy being in crisis – if in fact that’s what’s happening – is that it stops people from writing about electoral reform.

Thanks for that, economic crisis.

Not that you can’t be equally nerdish about the economy. All sorts of exotic analyses are out there as to why things aren’t right.

And all sorts of exotic analyses are out there as to why things aren’t all that bad.

Those who see the economic glass as half-empty propose complicated measures, having to do with infrastructure spending, interest rates, energy sector reforms.

But sometimes simple solutions are called for.

Here’s one. Hire more people.

When more people work, more people spend. When more people

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spend, more businesses make money. When more businesses make money, more businesses hire and invest and grow and pay taxes.

It’s really nice the way it works out.

The next question is who should do the hiring. Let’s see. Are there businesses out there that could use more employees? Well, let’s ask the consumer.

The consumer was in a department store the other day, looking for something. Once upon a time, department stores were swarm-

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ing with staffers leaping to assist you if they saw you pause for the slightest second in front of a shirt or a toaster. The other day, the consumer could pause for 10 minutes and not see anyone in sight.

Having found the toaster, the consumer would then search for a place to pay for it. It was way over there, far from the toaster department, in the slipper department, a desk with one person working at it.

This was not a busy time, but there were five people wanting to buy things. Two staffers could have handled that in a hurry. One staffer couldn’t. During the wait, the consumer pondered the fact that department stores are said to be in decline. Wonder why.

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The good ones have quality merchandise for sale. What they don’t have is enough people to help you pay for it. So people don’t go to department stores. They go to smaller stores that have staff.

Wouldn’t it help the department store, not to mention the consumer, not to mention the economy, to hire some more folks?

A consumer at the movies might make the same complaint. A modest lineup at the popcorn counter causes a 10-minute delay in getting to the movie (there to watch advertising, but that’s another story).

And it’s the same story: six or seven cash registers but only two people manning them.

Just a couple more people behind the counter would make life so much better for everyone, help the old GDP and maybe get more people out of the house and away from their big TVs. Everywhere you look you see companies that have decided that the road to economic salvation lies ediTorial: Managing ediTor: Theresa Fritz, 613-221-6261 theresa.fritz@metroland.com news ediTor: Joe Morin joe.morin@metroland.com 613-221-6240 reporTer: Megan Delaire mdelaire@metroland.com, 613-221-6175

in paying fewer people. Machines do our banking, collect our money and open the gate at the parking garage. Much energy and creativity is spent trying to figure out ways to contract, rather than expand.

That’s not what made our country great and it’s not what sells many toasters either.

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Food to Grow personal chef service strong after 10 years

Megan DeLaire mdelaire@metroland.com

Like many busy parents, Michele Piironen has mastered the art of feeding her family while balancing taste, nutrition and individual dietary restrictions.

What makes Piironen unique, however, is that she does the same thing for at least 14 other people each month, all on her own.

Piironen is the face of – and brains behind – Food to Grow, a personal chef service providing meals to people in Ottawa.

“I prepare menus and meals for my clients as I do my own family,” Piironen

the birth of her youngest daughter, her experience managing her family’s diets – one daughter has a nut allergy, and the other experienced digestive problems at an early age – and an interest in personal chef services combined to lead her to start Food to Grow in 2006.

Since launching the service, her main business objective has been to bring families back to healthy eating.

She has built a database of more than 1,500 nutritious recipes, and tests new recipes out on her family before working them into meal plans for clients.

While mostly self-taught, Piironen studied food theory at Algonquin College and was raised with the tradition of eating healthy, wholesome homemade meals.

She is a certified food handler and a member of the Canadian Personal Chef Association.

Her clients range from

said.

“I kind of do a little investigation and I find out what they’re feeling like or craving. You go back and forth on the menu a little bit and make sure it’s what they want.”

The date Jan. 17 is special for Piironen, because that date marks 10 years in the business.

And, after 10 years, she has no plans to slow down.

The Greely chef works alone from her home kitchen – a commercial kitchen approved by the city – developing individual meal plans for each of her clients on a weekly, bi-weekly or monthly basis, shopping for ingredients, preparing and packing meals, and delivering them.

She is accountant, spokeswoman, customer service representative, chef and delivery person for Food to Grow.

Piironen said a desire to re-enter the workforce after

single adults to families, and they use her services for a variety of reasons, from limited mobility to dietary restrictions. Lack of time, she said, is the most common reason.

“A lot of it is a time factor,” she said.

“Some people have dietary restrictions, and people find it frustrating to figure out how to prepare something for themselves and family members with different diets.”

Piironen drafts individual meal plans for each client, presenting those plans and getting feedback from clients before preparing meals.

In her line or work, she said, it is especially important to remember that the customer is always right.

Of her existing regular clients, two have used her service for nine years.

“I think that as my business has evolved I’ve kind of grown and have learned a lot of things along the way with

Players theatre company, Piironen said she draws on her organizational skills and the wisdom gained from her years operating Food to Grow.

“I am an exceptional organizer. You kind of have to be. You have to steer the ship because you’ve got so many people counting on you,” she said.

maturity and the passage of time,” she said.

“The most important thing is to listen to your clients. Because if you don’t, you’re not going to hear what they need and you can’t really serve people that way.”

In order to manage planning, shopping and cooking for both her family and clients, as well as her work as a co-producer with the Greely

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They mingled over the euchre table at the Saturday night house parties, and ate in the same kitchen when they gathered for thrashing or wood-sawing days.

And yet when it came to church, there was, what Father called, ‘the great divide’.

The Lutheran and United Churches in Northcote were where most of the social life of the community took place.

And although both congregations joined together for events, there was often a “them and us” attitude between the two churches.

Father, a staunch Lutheran, often complained that “Those Uniteds only give us the right time of day when there is a free meal in the offing.”

Mother said that was sheer nonsense, because we Lutherans weren’t above filling our plates at the United Church suppers either!

Take the annual Box Social for instance. It was always held at the United Church, sometimes in the summer, but often in the mid-winter months, and we

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And that year, it was to take place as part of a Valentine’s Day celebration.

Of course, anyone as young as I would not be taking a box for the party, but certainly my sister Audrey would be right in there.

She made lists for days.

Certainly, there would be butter tarts, and fried chicken legs, and a couple of Mother’s famous sticky buns.

Packed in beautifully decorated boxes, the long table in the church hall would be stacked end to end, each one brimming with a delicious lunch, made by the young ladies of the community, and hopefully attractive enough to entice one of the young men at the social to buy it.

Some of the girls wrapped their boxes in Christmas tissue, which back then only came in red, blue, green or white, but the plainness was taken away with the use of plenty of ribbons and anything else a girl could put on

the box to attract a buyer.

He would then have the privilege of eating the lunch with the young girl who had made it. Of course, no one was to know who made up what box.

My brother Emerson, who was much too young to enter into the contest, said it was like buying a “pig in a poke,” a phrase he picked up from Father when I wasted a whole dime on a grab bag at Ritza’s Rexall Drug Store, thinking I was getting a bottle of expensive perfume, and ended up with Lyndia’s Pink Pills for Pale People!

The night of the party at the United Church, was bitterly cold.

We bundled up like mummies, and headed out in the flat-bottomed sleigh, with Audrey holding her box, tightly wrapped in a spankingly clean white tea towel, and then in a heavy blanket to keep its innards from freezing.

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I watched as she packed it. Two fried chicken legs, two of Mother’s sticky buns, butter tarts, and homemade brown sugar fudge.

She wrapped it in white paper and coloured red hearts all over it with crayon.

On top was a red bow, taken right off my washstand upstairs used to tie up my long red ringlets. She had washed and ironed it, and I had to admit, the box was a sight for sore eyes, and I was sure would be one of the first to be bid on.

Well, after lots of frivolity, it came time to bid on the boxed lunches. Some were just in plain shoeboxes, but those like Audrey’s stole the show, and

the bidding started. Audrey of course, was hoping a lad from the Barr Line she was sweet on would buy hers.

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She watched one of the Thom girls boxed lunch go to the boy from the Barr Line, but I was mighty proud of my sister who made the best of it.

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Father, sitting on a bale of hay at the front of the sleigh, could be heard saying, “Yes, and he’s a Lutheran too.”

Audrey didn’t care what he was. As far as she was concerned the friendship with the lad from Admaston, began and ended at the box social on a cold frosty night at the United Church in Northcote.

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• The need to scratch is an essential feline trait. Cats have a strong urge to scratch objects in their environment to mark their territory and condition their claws. Use positive reinforcement to train your cat to scratch appropriate structures (yes – it can be done!) such as cat trees and scratching posts. Your efforts will help prevent furniture damage, surrender to shelters, and declawing.

• Remember – cats are hunters. Feeding your cat should tap into their strong instinct to hunt for their food. Placing dry food in feeding puzzles, hiding a cache of food on the cat perch, or simply feeding multiple, small meals in different parts of the home all go towards making mealtime stimulating and a challenge for your cat.

• Cats need regular physical exercise. Playing with your cat for at least 10 minutes twice a day gives him a mental and physical workout that reduces stress and boredom, improves health, and lets him express natural hunting and play behaviours. Playtime should include games that let your cat stalk and pounce on small, preylike toys – and be sure to let your cat catch the toy to give them the satisfaction of a successful hunt!

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Greely’s outdoor rink was on the brink of extinction – at least for 2016 – until a handful of volunteers came forward following a last-minute plea on social media.

Osgoode Coun. George Darouze carried out a social media blitz on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram urging residents to sign up to be the public rink’s operator on Jan. 11.

The call-to-action came after Darouze received notice from Ottawa city staff that morning that the rink was not going to be in use this winter after its most recent volunteer operator had resigned from the position, without being replaced.

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said, explaining how the rink came to be without an operator to build, flood and maintain it.

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Darouze learned about the resignation in November and included a note in his weekly newsletter asking someone to step forward and fill the vacant position. When no one responded, he assumed an applicant had signed up without contacting him, and that no news was good news.

Then the Jan. 11 call came.

“So again I took it to social media, I put a plea out to our community, and I was overwhelmed with the response,” he said.

“By the next morning, we had an operator and we had volunteers.”

City staff told Darouze on Jan. 12 that the rink was saved for the season, and though he does not know the names of the new operator and volunteers, he expects the rink to open soon.

“They have to build it, and they have to flood it. But we’re not too late,” he said. “The weather is perfect right now so we really didn’t lose much time.

“They can build it quickly.

They can flood it a few times and it will be fine.”

Darouze explained that in addition to providing a free venue for Greely residents to exercise and enjoy the winter weather, he and the Greely

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“It’s a good story now,” Darouze said. “The rink will be open and it will be operated.”

CITY OF OTTAWA NOTICE OF PROPOSED ZONING AMENDMENT In accordance with Section 34(10.7)(a) of the Planning Act and Section 3.(1) of Ontario Regulation 545/06, notice is hereby provided that a zoning by-law amendment proposal is being considered by the Planning and Growth Management Department of the City of Ottawa.

LANDS SUBJECT TO THE PROPOSAL These City-initiated zoning amendments will affect lands throughout the City of Ottawa.

PURPOSE AND EFFECT OF THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS Amendments affecting the urban area: Correcting minor errors affecting the following lands and subzones - 2020 Walkley Road, IL [1477] S117 –h; 1540 Tenth Line, R1HH [1179] –h; 51, 53 St. Francis Street, R4T [739]; part of 605 Longfields Drive, R4A [1646]; O1L S144 subzone.

Amendments affecting the rural area: Updating the flood plain overlay, affecting part of 3440 Eagleson Road, part of unaddressed parcel fronting on Perth Street and part of 5873 Perth Street.

Amendments affecting both the rural and urban areas: Section 54 – Definition of “retirement home”, to permit a higher level of care in a portion of a retirement home; Adding a “retail food store, limited to a farmers’ market”, as a permitted use in additional zones; Section 54 – Definition of “community garden” and Section 82 - Community Gardens, to permit the donation, sharing or sale of food produced in community gardens; Section 85 - Outdoor Commercial Patios, amendments to clarify the meaning of the provisions while maintaining the same intent; Section 55 – Accessory uses, buildings and structures, and Section 120 - Accessory Satellite Dish or Accessory Tower Antenna in Residential Zones, deleting provisions regarding satellite dishes and accessory tower antennas; Section 126 - Heavy Vehicles and Recreational Vehicles associated with a Residential Use - amendments for school buses in rural areas, for large trailers citywide and amendments to clarify the meaning of the provisions while maintaining the same intent.

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Week In Review Our Open Door on Tuesday saw a few people come in despite the snowy conditions. People have the ability to just to drop in and say hi or have a chance to go over some questions or issues that they may have. The convenience of having most City Staff becomes apparent when we can simply walk to the next office and get an answer quickly for our residents. I am very impressed with the continued response to our Open Door days from 1:00 – 5:00 p.m. every Tuesday in the Ward office (8243 Victoria Street, Metcalfe).

St. Mark High School held their E-Waste recycling program this past weekend.

Despite the unfavourable weather, the cheerleading team and volunteers were out in full force accepting old electronics into their waste bins. Proceeds from the recycle program will go to help the St. Mark cheerleading team. These programs are a great way to keep your old, used electronics out of our landfills. Many thanks to organizer Jo Williams, her volunteers and the St. Mark cheerleading team for their hard work. It was another community success, showing great spirit!

Congratulations to the Velthuis family in Osgoode Ward for winning the ‘2015 Master Breeder’ award for a second time! The Velthuis family has a 1,200 acre farm with 500 head of cattle; 180 of them are milking cows. The farm is a far larger today than when it was initially bought. They started out with 160 acres in 1959 and watched it grow into the great family business that it is now. They are known across Canada for their fine breeds. A lot of dedication, hard work and love went into this farm and they were rewarded with another great award.

Keep up the great work!

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A lower Canadian dollar can be partially blamed on slumping oil prices, said Bank of Canada governor Stephen Poloz during the mayor’s breakfast on Jan. 6.

The loonie was worth about 71 U.S. cents at the time of the breakfast.

Poloz said the interest and exchange rates are part

of the ripple effect caused by low commodity prices.

They help to cushion and spread out the impact.

The Bank of Canada has lowered the interest rate twice in the last 12 months to try and deal with the economic slump due to the flagging energy sector.

It’s all part of the “ripple effect” that happens when economic growth slows. The drop in resource prices has

meant large trade declines for resource-producing countries such as Canada, and is particularly important following a period of big investment in the industry, Poloz said.

Poloz said the Bank of Canada has the benefit of experience follow the aftermath of the 2008 recession.

He said a higher U.S. dollar doesn’t mean a slower global economy and de-

fended the bank’s decision to run an independent monetary policy.

The U.S. Federal Reserve increased its interest rate by 0.25 per cent in December.

The move was largely seen as a move towards normalization after years of stimulus policy following the recession.

Poloz said the Canadian bank’s inflation target is two per cent.

“We will use our tools to manage risks along the way,” he said.

The economy is complex and tends to be cyclical, Poloz said – and while customers may end up paying more for their produce at the grocery store, they’re paying less at the pump.

Dale Harley, spokesperson for the National Capital Heavy Construction Association, asked Poloz if

spending on municipal infrastructure could help bolster the economy.

Poloz said stimulus spending could help to create jobs, but was just a piece of the puzzle.

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The city ticketed more 1,800 vehicles for ignoring the overnight winter parking ban during the city’s largest snowstorm in three years, said transportation committee chair Keith Egli.

The city also charged 10 private snow-clearing companies with illegal snow dumping – putting snow on sidewalks or roadways.

The offence carries a minimum fine of $105, but Egli said the city is preparing to ask the province to increase it to $500 following a review of the city’s snow clearing operations, set to be made available to council in the second quarter of this year.

“It creates more work for the city, because we have to go back and clear again, and there’s a cost associated with that,” Egli said, adding residents get frustrated because they assume the city hasn’t

cleared the area yet.

The capital was pelted with nearly 25 centimetres of snow during the Dec. 29 storm.

Residents took to Twitter and other social media in the days following the storm, complaining about roads that hadn’t been cleared, sidewalks that were impassable and bus stops that were completely blocked.

The nature of the storm – and its aftermath – is why Egli suggested a debriefing memo be sent to members of council and the media on Jan. 5.

Egli said there were factors that impacted the speed with which roads could be cleared.

It’s the most snow to land on Ottawa in one day since 2012, Egli said.

The storm saw the city’s snow removal crews working overtime to keep the roadways clear – a challenge due to the warmer weather earlier in the month.

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Equipment broke down and couldn’t be swapped out because every available plow and blower was on the streets, he said.

The city has 613 staff whose job it is to clear snow, and every one was out on the day of the storm, as were the 588 pieces of equipment.

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The blowers move at a quarter of the speed of a plow, Egli said.

Residents also expressed frustration with the Where’s My Plow? App – which was used for the first time during the storm and was supposed to provide residents with an estimate of when their road would be cleared.

Egli said the tool worked well, but the department had to clear up the messaging.

“What was happening is people were being told there was no estimate available when it really was because there were cars in the roadway or some other obstruction the plows couldn’t get around,” he said, adding the reason an estimate couldn’t be given should be more palatable to residents in the future.

“The department will work to make the tool more user friendly,” he said.

It’s not all bad news though, Egli said, saying the lack of snow in November and most of December helped to keep the snow clearing budget in check for 2015, despite the big dump at the end of the year.

The budgets for snow removal for 2015 and 2016 are $56.9 and $63 million respectively.

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hey say we’ve never had a winter like this before. Up until a couple weeks ago, we had the lowest amount of snowfall we had had since 1899. Now we have unprecedented high temperatures for January.

It may be that we have somewhat screwed up the atmosphere with our carbon emissions and now we will be dealing with global warming and climate change. Or it could be cyclical. That’s the other opinion. In any case, warmer temperatures aren’t always a good thing, and here’s why.

On the farm, if temperatures spike out of season, it can actually prompt things to start growing too early. Remember that March when it was thirty degrees outside?

Some farmers took advantage of the situation and planted the corn early. Others played it safe and waited until the usual time to sow seeds.

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DIANA FISHER The Accidental Farmwife den too early. The little green shoots started to come up, only to get squashed by the late-season frost that caught us by surprise. Or was that two years ago? Most garden centres would be able to tell you. Their sales were dramatically affected.

In 2014 we had a lot of rain. Christmas was mild and muddy and the water seeped down into the earth, deep.

When things froze up in February, the pipes to our barn froze. Imagine our joy when we realized we would be feeding a dozen cattle with a garden hose all winter. I thought we would have to cancel our trip south for a beach vacation. I thought wrong. The

Farmer said he was going anyway. Our house-sitter sent us the saddest texts about his attempts to thaw a garden hose in the house before heading out into a -30 blizzard to feed the cattle. I felt more than a little guilty as I read his messages on my phone, and dug my toes deeper in the Caribbean sand.

Hopefully we don’t get a lot of precipitation to cause the same disaster this year. So far, so good. The cattle seem to enjoy the mild weather.

They are taking their afternoon naps out in the pasture instead of in the barn. The bull is spending his days pushing items around the barnyard. The Farmer asked me

so maybe he got stuck and deprived of oxygen. In any case, we will watch her closely this year so she doesn’t go through the same traumatic experience again.

Some people think cows are stupid but this one certainly knew she had lost a calf when it happened to her last year. The Farmer says she was just bawling outside the barn because she knew there was sweet feed inside. I think otherwise.

That was the last place she saw her calf. Because she lost her calf, she went into season

first and should be the first to go into labour again this year.

Frozen pipes, stillborn calves, and other nightmares, we are prepared for the worst.

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Calving season will be our next big focus on the farm.

We’re keeping a close eye on Gina Lollobrigida. The cow who lost her calf last year was named after the Sicilian movie star because of the curly locks of black hair she sports on her forehead.

I call her Gina or Lola for short, but then I get her mixed up with the other black cow with the floppy hairpiece.

I’m going to have to take their photos and make notes in my farm journal so I don’t get them mixed up.

Last year Gina started to labour, so we moved her into the barn where she would be comfortable. On February 14th she gave birth, but we don’t really know what happened to the calf. By the time we got into the barn it was dead. I had only been out for two hours, so it was a fast birth, but the calf was big

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January 31

The Odd Fellow & Rebekah Lodges, at 119 Clothier St. E., Kemptville, will serve a home cooked dinner of roast pork and mashed potatoes, with mixed vegetables, salads, baked beans, and home made pies and cakes on Sunday, Jan. 31 from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. For additional information call 613 258-2258.

February 5

Come to Trivia Night at Stanley’s Olde Maple Lane Farm, 2452 Yorks Corners Rd., Edwards, to raise finds for the Metcalfe Holy Trinity Anglican Church Restoration Fund on Friday, Feb. 5 at 7:30 p.m.

Doors open at 7 p.m. and admission is $10 per person for teams of between six and 10 people. The event

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February 18

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The average time it takes for an unprotected computer to be compromised after connecting to the Internet is under 15 minutes.

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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?

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.

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.

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The Gloucester South Seniors Chess Club, 4550 Bank St. (at Leitrim Road) meets every Monday and Thursday at 7 p.m., and there are immediate openings available for more chess aficionados.

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Introductory meeting free with pot-luck contribution.

Mondays

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Play 4-Hand Euchre at Our Lady of the Visitation Parish Hall, 5338 Bank St. on Monday evenings from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. excluding holidays. You do not need a partner. Enjoy complimentary light refreshments.

Admission is $5. For info, call 613-769-7570.

Four-hand euchre every Monday at 7 p.m. Holy Trinity Anglican Church hall, Victoria St. in Metcalfe.

Light refreshments served.

Tuesdays

The Greely Friendship Club meeting every second Tuesday of the month for a pot luck lunch from11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Membership is $5 per year and $4 per lunch

Want to meet new friends and have a great workout?

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The sessions include a five minute inspirational fit tip.

Contact the church office at 613-238-8182.

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Every Thursday starting at 6:30 p.m. enjoy bingo at the Osgoode Legion, 3284 Sunstrum St. in Osgoode.

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