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Greenboro residents reject traffic fixes Eddie Rwema eddie.rwema@metroland.com
Ottawa Folk Festival unveils a star-studded line-up, including Bon Iver, and a new location, and date. – Page 4
NEWS
Ottawa police school resources officer in Alta Vista honoured with two awards for community service and humanitarian work. – Page 6
SPECIAL REPORT
The second part of a special series looks at fundraising fatigue in schools. – Page 7
EMC news – A plan to improve traffic flow on Johnston Road with an upgrade to the intersections at Albion Road and Tapiola Crescent was rejected by Greenboro residents at an open house hosted by the city at the Greenboro Community Centre on June 5. The city presented four design options for improvements at the intersections, such as building a roundabout or installing traffic lights. City planner Campbell Inwood said traffic conditions at the Albion intersection prompted the city to investigate and present a plan to address the problem. But most of the residents at the meeting demanded the city make no changes to the intersections, and to maintain the all-way stop controls. “If it is not broken don’t fix it,” said Greenboro resident Jay Hunt. Hunt said the problem isn’t residential traffic, it’s motorists looking for a shortcut between Bank Street and Conroy Road who are using Johnston Road as a shortcut. “Anything they do to Johnston Road would allow more traffic and it is a wrong direction,” said Hunt. Any improvements to the intersections on Johnston would only increase traffic rather than solving the problem, he added. “I am happy people voted for the ‘do nothing option’, but I don’t have a lot of trust in terms of how much that is going to be listened to,” Hunt said. Many residents at the meeting called for a greater police presence at the Johnston Road intersections. “I am almost hit everyday because nobody stops at the stop sign,” said Susan Rogers, who supported bringing a traffic signal to the Albion and Johnston intersection. See INTERSECTION, on page 2
Laura Mueller
Dragon boat fever Kanata South Coun. Allan Hubley kicked off his training regime – and fundraising drive – as honourary chairman of the Ottawa Dragon Boat Foundation for this year’s race, which takes place at Mooney’s Bay June 22-24.
Teacher invited to Holocaust memorial Charles H. Hulse teacher to discuss pen-pal program before delegates from 50 countries in Jerusalem
June 15, an event attended by delegates from 50 countries.
I really see a change in the culture and attitude. The last time the Jewish kids came in they received a standing ovation.
Eddie Rwema eddie.rwema@metroland.com
EMC news – A Grade 6 Ottawa teacher who created a program teaching cultural understanding between Jewish and Muslim students has been asked to speak at a Holocaust memorial in Jerusalem. Patrick Mascoe, who teaches at Charles H. Hulse Public School, has been invited to Yad Vashem, a memorial for victims of the Jewish Holocaust, on
PATRICK MASCOE CHARLES H. HULSE TEACHER
Eight years ago, the Kanata Lakes man started a program that teams up students from Charles H. Hulse, which has a predominantly Muslim population, with students from the Ottawa Jewish Community School through a pen-pal
exchange. The pen-pal program teaches students to learn and apply the principles of tolerance and responsible citizenship and culminates in a day of cultural understanding. On June 7, the students from both schools met during a day of cultural understanding held at Charles H. Hulse. “I really see a change in the culture and attitude,” said Mascoe. “The last time the Jewish kids came in they received a standing ovation.” After the terrorist attacks of 9/11, Mascoe said he discovered many of his students harboured an extreme dislike for the Jewish community. See TEACHER, on page 3
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