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THURSDAY, APRIL 12, 2012
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Riverside South resident transforms a 1.5 hectare piece of land into a community garden. – Page 6
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River zone trustee Shirley Seward wants the province to put more money into school renovations. – Page 15
NEWS
Genocide victims remembered Rwandan High Commissioner to Canada Edda Mukabagwiza, second left, led the solidarity walk in memory of the victims of the Genocide against Tutsi in Rwanda. The genocide, one of the most devastating massacres in recent decades, is estimated to have killed 800,000 people in just 100 days. About 200 people including survivors marched from Parliament Hill to Ottawa City Hall on April 7.
Councillor lands space shuttle invite Maria McRae to witness delivery of Discovery shuttle to Smithsonian Laura Mueller laura.mueller@metroland.com
City of Ottawa declares April Soles 4 Souls Month, supporting a used shoe collection campaign. – Page 17
EMC news - City council keeps Coun. Maria McRae pretty grounded, but she has another, lesser-known interest that is out of this world. Ever since McRae and her husband, Paul McRae, visited the Kennedy Space Center in 1998, the River Ward coun-
cillor has become obsessed with space. She can rhyme off astronauts’ names and accomplishments as readily as she can produce stats on the city’s waste-collection programs – her pet project as environment committee chairwoman. Her wonderment upon
describing the sight of the Apollo 11 capsule at the Smithsonian National Mall rivals that of a young child on Christmas morning. And if she could save up $200,000, strapping on a spacesuit with Virgin Atlantic, which plans to provide commercials spaceflights to the public, would be at the top of her list, McRae said. And now, McRae’s space obsession has landed her an invite to see the space shuttle Discovery delivered to its
new home at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Chantilly, Va. “I’m going to get to witness this piece of history,” she said. “It’s so cool, it’s tingling.” McRae and other guests, as well as the viewing public, will be on hand on April 17 as a 747 shuttle carrier aircraft with Discovery mounted atop flies 450 metres above various parts of the Washington metropolitan area before reaching the museum.
The artifact is a significant addition to the museum’s holdings. The longest-serving orbiter in NASA’s history, it has spent a total of 365 days in space during 39 flights between 1984 and 2011. It also flew every type of mission, making it the most representative craft of human space flight in the period since 1981, according to the museum’s website. SHUTTLE, see 2
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