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Serving the Glebe community since 1973 www.glebereport.ca ISSN 0702-7796 Issue no. 480 FREE

Vol. 44 No. 4

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April 8, 2016

Zita Taylor knows a thing or two about delivering papers. After 18 years managing the Glebe Report home and business delivery, she’s about to pass the torch and step down.

Zita Taylor, dedicated Glebe Report Circulation Manager By Jeanette Rive

Eleven times a year, snow, rain, hail, ice storms notwithstanding, the Glebe Report arrives with unfailing regularity on our doorstep or at businesses in the Glebe, the Sunnyside library, schools and other locations for convenient pick-up. For this we have to thank Zita Taylor and her team of area captains and about 180 deliverers who distribute 7,000 papers throughout the area. Zita has been the Circulation Manager for the Glebe Report for 18 years. That adds up to some 1,386,000 papers that have passed through her

hands. She has only missed two months of deliveries in all those years! Zita will be retiring from the job soon to take up a full-time job and pursue further studies. I recently sat down with Zita to find out more about her story and her history with the paper. Where did your relationship with the Glebe and the Glebe Report start? I initially came to Ottawa to work for one year and fell in love with the Glebe. I loved the spirit, culture, welcoming attitude and the people. It was also my introduction to volunteering because in Ireland,

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where I came from, the culture of volunteering was not so common. The Glebe Report was my window to what was going on in the community. I was visiting a friend who was the previous Circulation Manager. I commented on what a fabulous part-time job it was and if she ever needed a replacement, to call me. So three or four years later she did and the rest is history. My children have grown up with these monthly bundles, which have also done double duty as building blocks for forts and castles. I became known as the Glebe Report lady. Continued on page 2

WHAT’S INSIDE

Apr. 4–May 1.......... Artworks by Patricia Doyle, GCC Gallery

Abbotsford . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Gardens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Apr. 21–24.............. Mutchmor School book sale (pg. 18)

Art/Music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27, 28

GNAG/GCA/GACA . . . . . . . . . 9–11

Apr. 22–24.............. Pottery Sale, Horticulture Bldg., Lansdowne (pg. 37)

Books . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32–34

Health . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Apr. 23, 24.............. Cleaning the Capital parks clean-up (pg. 8)

Business . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Letters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Apr. 25..................... GCA Monthly Meeting, GCC, 7 p.m.

Community . . . . . . . . . . . . 24, 29

Music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23, 25

May 1...................... Hike for Hospice, 8:30 a.m., Field House Carleton U.

Councillor’s Report . . . . . . . . . 12

Parks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

May 1...................... 2016 Hootenanny, GCC, 175 Lyon St. (pg. 28)

Film/ Theatre . . . . . . . . . . . 26, 21

Pottery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

May 1–31................ GNAG ARTS, GCC

Food . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Schools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15–18

Games . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Trustee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Great Glebe Garage Sale . . . 2, 3

Walking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

May 14.................... Abbotsford...The Musical, 3 p.m. Abbotsford May 16...............Glebe Report Annual General Meeting, The Pantry GCC May 28.................... The Great Glebe Garage Sale (pg. 2,3) May 28, 29.............. Glebe Collegiate electronics recycling (pg. 36)

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What happens when these bundles of papers arrive at your house? Winchester Print, which has been printing our paper for many years, delivers the papers. All the neighbours know when it’s delivery day when the huge cube truck arrives. The owner himself often comes and over the years I have learned a lot about what goes on in the town of Winchester! The papers are bound in bundles of 20 and three times a year there will be an insert from GNAG (Glebe Neighbourhood Activities Group) with a schedule of their upcoming activities. The bundles get picked up within 48 hours by the eight area captains who in turn drop them off to the individual deliverers. I personally deliver them to the businesses on Bank Street and other locations. My deliverers are my heroes. They are vital to our community and so appreciated. I do want to add that for high school students, that half hour a month delivering the paper over four years gives them the volunteering credits they need for graduation. I have learned over the years that for some students, this has been a positive and precious alternative to other volunteering options. I have been struck by your reference to how the paper has taught you the importance of volunteering and building relationships within the community. What stories have stuck in your mind and what have you learned from your years as Circulation Manager? Most of all I have enjoyed getting to know the heart of the Glebe. The businesses have been so receptive. Even a new business, which might initially be

hesitant to accept the paper on it’s premises as a pick-up point will call me after a few days asking for 20 more papers. There have been lovely little gestures of appreciation such as being given a flower by Bloomfields in the dead of winter, the kind offer of a cold drink in summer or a hot coffee in winter from the person in the Glebe Annex. I was impressed by the dedication of the senior citizen in the high-rise building at the corner of Bronson and Holmwood, who, until she passed on, would take the papers in her shopping cart and deliver them to each door. I have tried never to lose sight of what the paper is and what we stand for. I will miss the connection with the volunteers and especially the relationships that I have built with the businesses over the years. What are you looking forward to? Well, my family looks forward to not having bundles of newspapers in the house! It has been a family affair but they will be happy that their months won’t be guided by “Glebe Report days.” I am going to be working more full-time with Equal Voice, a national organization dedicated to electing more women to all levels of political office in Canada. The community owes Zita Taylor a huge thankyou for her years of dedication to our neighbourhood newspaper. Her commitment to volunteerism is an example for us all to follow. She will be missed, but luckily we will still see the Glebe Report lady in our midst around the Glebe. Jeanette Rive is a Glebe resident, longtime Glebe Report supporter and a former Glebe Report editor.

Heritage plaques at the Great Glebe Garage Sale By Johanna Persohn

WHAT: Third Annual One-Day Heritage Plaque Event in the Glebe WHY: To celebrate the wonderful architecture and social history of the Glebe WHEN: During the Great Glebe Garage Sale on Saturday, May 28, 2016 WHO: The owners/residents of Glebe homes, with support from the Glebe Community Association Heritage Committee HOW: Prepare and install a simple temporary plaque or sign that identifies the history of your home and its architectural style, and attach it to a stick or tree on your lawn near the sidewalk. The plaque could include details on the builder or architect, and a brief history of the home and its owners. It can be typed and printed or handwritten, include photographs, whatever you like! We suggest you put the information on a half-page adhesive label that can be adhered to a foam board or cardboard, and stapled to a stake or tree. Find a basic half-page template with example at the committee’s website, www.glebeca.ca/committees/heritage/ heritage.html, or by emailing heritage@glebeca.ca for help, or create your own. The committee is happy to help identify the architectural style of your house, or prepare your label and plaque for you with the information you have. For research help, check out the City of Ottawa Archives Guide on Researching the History of your Home. You may also wish to use a

Wanted: Glebe Report Circulation Manager Come spring, your thoughts will no doubt turn to community newspaper delivery. As it happens, come spring, the Glebe Report will need a new volunteer Circulation Manager to manage the delivery of the Glebe Report to Glebe households and selected businesses, by managing a full team of volunteer carriers and area captains. Includes honorarium. Are you organized, dependable, diplomatic, computer literate, familiar with the Glebe, and a skilled communicator? Are you a team leader with a driver’s license, access to a car and access to a computer? Do you have space to hold and sort 7,000 newspapers for two days each month (except July)?

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A heritage plaque at the Great Glebe Garage Sale in 2015

seven-day free trial of Newspapers. com to research your home by viewing articles in the Ottawa Citizen, or for homes built prior to 1923, the City Directories Online (search archive.org). The Heritage Committee supported a Heritage Ottawa project to put up temporary plaques at homes on Glebe Avenue east of Bank and on Linden Terrace during the 2014 Great Glebe Garage Sale. In 2015, the committee expanded the project, encouraging all residents in the Glebe to post plaques for their own homes. The heritage plaques were well received and enjoyed by hundreds of passersby. The GCA Heritage Committee is making this an annual feature of the Great Glebe Garage Sale to increase awareness and appreciation of the valuable heritage character of our Glebe neighbourhood. Johanna Persohn is chair of the Heritage Committee of the Glebe Community Association.

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Great Glebe Garage Sale – Saturday, May 28

Please Remember

Ottawa Food Bank

But the Great Glebe Garage Sale is not just a festive occasion and an inspired recycling event. It is also a day of giving. Once again, the Glebe Community Association is asking vendors, visitors and businesses to contribute to the Ottawa Food Bank. By giving 10 per cent or more of our sales from the GGGS, we can make a big difference. Please give generously either online, by mail or in person at the Glebe Community Centre on May 28.

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By Catherine Waters

With spring finally in the air, it is time to start thinking about getting ready for the Great Glebe Garage Sale (GGGS). This year, the neighbourhood-wide garage sale takes place on Saturday, May 28, from 8 a.m. until 3 p.m., rain or shine! However, as veterans of the event well know, the keen shoppers will be out searching for the best buys as early as 7 a.m. Shoppers from far and wide, even beyond Ottawa’s borders, come to the Glebe to buy and sell, to wander through the neighbourhood enjoying the festive atmosphere and the spring weather. Everywhere you look, there are children, dogs, performance artists and musicians, buskers and balloons, and crowds of people chatting, eating hot dogs and shopping. So mark your calendar and start planning what to sell!

Last year’s Great Glebe Garage Sale

How To Get Ready For The Sale

One week before the GGGS, sort out the items you want to sell and get ready with all the important items you will need. Go to the Glebe Community Association’s web page on the Great Glebe Garage Sale at www.glebeca.ca/events/garage_sale_faq.html to get more information and tips, and also to learn about the City’s regulations on food preparation, parking and block parties. Be sure to prepare masking tape, markers, post-it notes, grocery bags, a cash box with lid, lots of change, sun hat, sunglasses, beverages and plastic cups for the sale day. The day before, you can price your items, normally between 10 and 25 per cent of what it originally cost, and make sure everything you want to sell is clean and fixed up. If you plan to sell lemonade and baked goods, make sure you have change, a clean selling area and covered food display.

Test all electrical items to make sure they work, and have an extension cord to show shoppers how they work. Remember to have a garbage can and recycling bin ready to keep the street tidy. Planning to sell barbequed food?

Baked goods, such as muffins and cookies, are easy to sell at the GGGS, but any food requiring cooking, especially meat, requires careful planning. If you are planning to barbeque products on your property to sell at the GGGS, you must have some sort of rubber mat or painted plywood flooring under the BBQ and a wash station available (perhaps a garden hose and soap). The City’s public health inspector will inspect your food sale, so you must be sure to meet City regulations for preparation and hygiene. You will find a link to the City of Ottawa’s website at www. glebeca.ca/events/garage_sale_faq. html to help you make sure you know the rules.

Make sure you set up your sale table on your lawn or driveway. You cannot use the sidewalk or road. If on the sidewalk, you could be ticketed by a City bylaw officer. There are no road closures during the GGGS, so please keep the roads clear and drive carefully if you need to get in or out of the neighbourhood on that day. Please remember that you cannot park that day on Fifth, O’Connor, Strathcona or Metcalfe, even with a parking permit, as they are reserved for emergency vehicles. Bank Street Sidewalk Sale

The Bank Street merchants, through the Glebe Business Improvement Association, will be taking part in the GGGS with a wonderful sidewalk sale on Bank Street. Take a stroll to visit the merchants and see what they have on offer. After The Sale

Once the day is over, please be ready to tidy up and pack things away. Place any unsold items on the lawn for a couple of hours with a free sign, and then post them on a site like www.UsedOttawa.ca, or contact the Salvation Army. Please remember to clean up any garbage and leftover items. If you have questions, you can contact me, Catherine Waters, at gggs@ glebeca.ca. Catherine Waters is the volunteer coordinator of the Great Glebe Garage Sale for the Glebe Community Association.

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Glebe comings and goings

Images of the Glebe

April is the cruelest month

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We all (kind of) know T.S. Elliot’s famous line, but the spirit of this one captures better our exasperated surprise when spring finally pounces.

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First a howling blizzard woke us, Then the rain came down to soak us, And now before the eye can focus, Crocus. —Lilja Rogers In Ottawa and in the Glebe, spring of course brings with it the potholes that seem inevitable. Well, they say inevitable – freeze thaw cycle – you’ve heard it before. Nothing to be done – part of life – learn to drive around them. But don’t you find yourself thinking there must be a pothole solution, if only someone smart would sit down and think about it for a while? And there’s the truly inevitable dog poo that emerges in full, rich and aromatic glory around this time. And all the stray flyers, lost mittens, dropped baby soothers, and other odd detritus of people’s lives that has been buried in layers of snow and ice over the long winter months. But even the worst of the broken streets and garbage emerging from its frozen state to spread itself all over our lawns cannot bring us down. Why? Because the deep freeze is over at last! When March goes on forever, And April’s twice as long, Who gives a damn if spring has come, As long as winter’s gone. —R. L. Ruzicka

The first cut in demolishing houses on Fourth Avenue at Queen Elizabeth Drive to make way for a condo development

Glebe Report Poetry Quarter Call for Poetry

The Glebe Report community newspaper seeks submissions of poems for the third edition of its “Poetry Quarter” to appear in the May 2016 Glebe Report. The poem or poet must have a connection to the Glebe or close neighbouring community (i.e., the poem must be about the Glebe or the poet must live, work, study or volunteer in the Glebe or close neighbouring community). Poets of all ages and stages are welcome to submit. Poems should be: • Original and unpublished in any medium; • On any subject within the bounds of public discourse; • No more than 30 lines each. Please submit your entries (up to 7 poems) by April 11, 2016 to editor@glebereport.ca. Be sure to include the Glebe connection, contact information, and grade/year of study level if you are in school.

—Liz McKeen

Established in 1973, the Glebe Report, published by the Glebe Report Association is a monthly not for-profit community newspaper with a circulation of 7,000 copies. It is delivered free to Glebe homes and businesses. Advertising from merchants in the Glebe and elsewhere pays all its costs, and the paper receives no government grants or direct subsidies. The Glebe Report, made available at select locations such as the Glebe Community Centre and the Old Ottawa South Community Centre and Brewer Pool, is printed by Winchester Print. EDITOR COPY EDITOR LAYOUT DESIGNER GRAPEVINE EDITOR WEB EDITOR ADVERTISING MANAGER BUSINESS MANAGER CIRCULATION MANAGER

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Joan Almon Madeleine Aubrey Chantal Bernier Ribechi Micheline Boyle Sheila Brady Valerie Burton David Chernushenko Dudleigh Coyle Stephen Darby Frank Dimech Patricia Doyle Clive Doucet Peggy Edwards Paul Green Mary Halipchak Sharon Hampson Scott S.A. Healey Teena Hendelman Kendra Hoskin Julie Ireton Bob Irvine Puck Janes Frank Johnson Kai Keller-Herzog Kathy Kennedy Alison Lawson Julie Le Gal Stephanie Lett Gabriel Lowenberg Adel Manji Christine McAllister

Kate McGregor Shawn Menard Doug Milne Barbara Modlin Bram Morrison Jake Morrison Kyle Nightingale Sydney Orsak Sandra Parsons Johanna Persohn Graham Robinson Marisa Romano Jeanette Rive Alexis Scott Ellen Schowalter Lois Siegel Jeffrey Sugarman Cynthia Sugars Ildiko Sumegi Zenah Surani Zoe Sutherland Kylie Taggart Mary Tsai Simon Taubman Anna Valliant Sonny Waize Becca Wallace Catherine Waters John Wins-Purdy Zeus

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Please note that except for July, the paper is published monthly. An electronic version of the print publication is subsequently uploaded with text, photos, drawings and advertisements as a pdf to www.glebereport.ca. Selected articles will be highlighted on the website. Views expressed in the articles and letters submitted to the Glebe Report are those of our contributors. We reserve the right to edit all submissions. Articles selected for publication will be published in both a printed version and an online version on the Glebe Report’s website: www.glebereport.ca.

GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN

SushiGo, formerly at 827 Bank Street, has closed its doors. GOODIES, formerly at 103 Fourth Avenue, has closed. Snap Fitness at 625 Bank Street, on the ground floor of “G” condos, has closed its doors as of April 1.

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Anthony’s Pizza opened for business at 753 Bank Street on March 5. Hours are Mon. to Wed., 11:30 a.m. – 9 p.m., Thu. to Sat., 11:30 a.m. – 10 p.m., Sun., 5 p.m. – 9 p.m. 613-695-8669. “A big thank you to all of the customers and staff that helped me open #anthonys in #theglebe; it was an overwhelming weekend with great new customers and terrific #pizza.” (Facebook) Tamis Café, 103 Fourth Avenue, opened with a soft launch on March 28. Baked goods, gourmet meals. Facebook: www.facebook.com/ tamisottawa Twitter: @tamis_ ottawa

COVER: “spring” liz mckeen front page photo: jeanette rive

AGM Monday, May 16, 7 p.m. The Pantry Glebe Community Centre Guest Speaker:

David Reevely,

Journalist, Postmedia News All are welcome. The Association is the publisher of the Glebe Report. Membership in the association is open to all who live, work or volunteer in the Glebe. Become a member by sending a message to chair@glebereport.ca

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The road tolls for thee?

A beautiful experience

Editor, Glebe Report

I have just had such a beautiful experience about our community that I think it is worth sharing. Once upon a time in a very nice community... I could start my story with these words because there is something of a fairy tale about it. Except it really did happen and it happened in a real place. So “once upon a time” is actually Friday, March 18th, when we and our friends decided to go to the excellent Taylor’s for dinner, at the corner of Bank and Sunnyside. Not to be disappointed, in the car I decided to phone them to hold a table. They did, it was ready for us when we arrived, and we had a delightful evening. I noticed I did not have my glasses, but I assumed they were in the car. No worries. Saturday, I spent the day doing errands, all by foot since that is one of the great pleasures of the Glebe. At the end of the afternoon, I went to the car to retrieve my glasses. No glasses. Brand new, expensive and gone. In my mind I played back the scenario of what could have happened:

I applaud Councillor Chernushenko for his initiative in proposing that Ottawa city council commence a study on road tolls for the region. If this study should come to fruition it will certainly polarize residents, and with the potential of paying another user fee, will elicit strong emotions amongst citizens. However, before condemning the study before it has a chance to deliver, consider the following: The LRT will not alleviate all the congestion issues; in fact, with current growth forecasts, congestion will only get worse. Secondly, the roads in the central core are in poor condition and it would appear that the current budget for maintenance is inadequate. Finally, I know that many residents don’t want to hear it, but commuting by vehicle to the inner city is a quality-of-life issue for residents living in the core and for those sitting in their vehicles. More congestion, more pollution, more parking issues and more frustration for everyone. I will add, however, that a road toll study is a fine idea, but a higher priority in my judgment is a new bridge to Quebec to alleviate commercial traffic in the downtown core. The City’s reluctance in pursuing this project is shortsighted and counter-intuitive, given the desire to intensify growth in the core. I can’t help but think that residents who are investing in the core are somewhat annoyed by the noise and diesel fumes emanating from the streets. The mayor must elevate this issue once again with the province and the other stakeholders. A capital city should not be a thoroughfare for lumber trucks and cement mixers. It’s all fine for the mayor to encourage urban intensification, which makes sense, but residents will eventually become disenchanted if their neighbourhoods become parking lots. Scott S.A. Healey

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most likely, rather than put my glasses beside me in the car while I was using my phone, I had put them on my lap, forgot, and just leapt out of the car, leaving my brand new glasses in free fall. Which meant that, in all likelihood, they were in the parking lot at Bank and Sunnyside, smashed to smithereens, the only shiny thing in the wet brown snow. Sunday, with a heavy heart and a lighter wallet, I made my way to replace the brand new expensive glasses, but not before I tried, however unrealistically, to find them. You can tell where this is going. There they were, almost two days later, but not smashed and not sinking in the melting brown snow. Someone had picked them up, and put them on the concrete board to keep them safe and make them easy for the owner to find. In disbelief, I thought there was something of a fairy tale about a community where that happens and we should not take it for granted. Thank you to the kind soul who cared enough to make this possible, and to all of you for being such good neighbours.

In January, I was walking home with my dog on Ralph Street. As I turned into the back laneway, a man in a car called out “hello.” I didn’t respond and continued walking, not thinking that he was talking to me. In an agitated voice, he then asked why I did not say hello. The situation suddenly escalated when he drove into the laneway, insisting that I say hello to him. I felt threatened, turned around and told him to leave. He only backed out of the laneway once I started walking towards his car asking for his license plate number. He remained on the street blocking traffic on Fifth Avenue while angrily voicing his displeasure to the person he had dropped off about how rude people in the area were. As I stood on the sidewalk waiting for him to leave, an older woman standing across the street close to the car informed the man that she was a witness to the whole event, that he was harassing me and that it was best to leave. Once the man left, I thanked her and she left. I did not realize at the time

The design of the new tooth can be seen on a screen.

Dentistry – no longer a ball of wax Editor, Glebe Report

Dear brave woman, The day I was being intimidated by this strange man, you had every reason to walk away from the situation, but you not only stayed, you called him out on his harassing behaviour, encouraged him to leave in a calm manner and stayed despite the uncomfortable situation. I want to thank you for supporting me that day. I also want you to know that your actions resonated with me deeply. While growing up, there were times when I felt scared and unsafe. I did not have a mother figure who could act as my protector. For the first time in my life, I felt the support of an older woman in a frightening situation. You spoke out on my behalf, validated my feelings of fear, and stayed until the situation de-escalated. I had not experienced that type of support before. I have now. Thank you. I hope that I can pass it on one day to another woman in need.

Seniors amongst us will remember the days when hot wax impressions were part and parcel of serious dental work. Even a decade ago the thought of the engineering intrusion of a “crown” would send us running in the opposite direction. Not today. To my surprise our neighbourhood dental practice now has a CT scan to get a whole-jaw electronic impression, and a miraculous three-dimensional numerically controlled CAD/CAM mill to produce a ceramic crown in minutes, matched precisely to the contours of the tooth remnant. No longer are posts required, or temporary caps, while days or weeks are waited for the off-site laboratory to make a real one. Because the milled ceramic crown is accurate to within a few microns, gluing it in place with a laser-cured glue permits a sturdy replacement in moments. The scanning software permits the dentist to adjust the profile and ensure the correct gum line and fit with adjacent teeth. One press of a button and the new ceramic crown is on its way. Ask your dentist to show you their CEREC machine, and you forget the pain, although possibly not the bill. Just don’t do what I did – get so excited telling everyone about the amazing tooth being machined for me that I did not notice how time flew by and had to run back to the dentist to apologize for being late for the fitting.

Barbara Modlin

Frank Johnson, medical engineer

Chantal Bernier Ribechi

Thanking a stranger Editor, Glebe Report

the profound effect her actions had on me. This letter is for her.

Fire meets ice: City to test new snow-removal machines on Glebe streets By Bob Irvine

The City has chosen the Glebe to road test a new generation of snow removers. Through a partnership spanning the globe, flame-throwers formerly used by the Australian Forest Service to do controlled burns in fighting bush fires will be mounted on cold-war-era battle tanks declared surplus by the Canadian Forces. To help fight climate change, the tanks will be powered and their flame-throwers fuelled by used cooking oils from the kitchens of Glebe restaurants. Nicknamed snowblazers (les neiges enflammées), the machines emit a fifty-metre-long flame capable of melting snow the length of a city block

in two minutes. The intense heat clears blocked storm sewers and repairs potholes at the same time, another plus for City budget planners. In a nod to safety, the snowblazers are equipped with Thermal Imaging Arms© (TIAs). The TIAs will detect and pick up children, pets, and pedestrians who may be “too close to the action,” gently dropping them on a nearby snowbank. “The snowblazers will bring Ottawa families closer together, offering a dazzling sight for both young and old on cold winter nights,” Mayor Watson stated at a demonstration of the snowblazers for council. Families and partying singles can learn when a snowblazer will next visit their

street thanks to a new mobile app called WMFT (Where’s My Flame-Thrower?) developed for the City. With the free app, homeowners can also select the colour of flame they will see as the snowblazer passes their home. Each restaurant’s used oil is stored in a separate, remotely activated compartment. Oils used in preparing fish and seafood emit a blue flame. And the chef who loves chipotle will be the force behind a fiery red flame. Watson justified the $10 million cost for development of the app, saying it will help keep at-risk youth at home away from street gangs. The mayor also reported that City staff is exploring with the NCC the concept of incorporating the snowblazers into the Parliament Hill

sound-and-light show during the 2017 celebrations. On the morning of April 1, Mayor Watson, accompanied by Councillor David Chernuskenko and Australian High Commissioner C. Roc Dundee, drove a snowblazer and did a brief testshoot of its flame-thrower near the Glebe Community Centre. Fifteen fire trucks were stationed in the immediate area to ensure the safety of attendees. Bob Irvine appreciates the assistance of Sonny Waize in the writing of this article. Bob extends his best wishes to those who still haven’t realized that this is another of his annual April fools spoofs for the Glebe Report.

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Mary Halipchak has lived in the Glebe for 65 years and has led a storied life.

Mary Halipchak: strength, bravery and happiness By Sandra Parsons

It is amazing what life stories can be told by our neighbours when we ask and listen. Mary Halipchak has lived in Canada for 67 years and in the Glebe for 65 years. Her story is one of bravery, smarts and strength, though she was underestimated. Mary was born on a farm in the Ukraine in 1925. Her family saw her as the weakest child. Little did they know. Because of her weakness, they chose her as the child to be sent to Nazi Germany as a slave labourer on a German farm in the west of Germany near Frankfurt. Mary remembers sit-

ting on the floor in a windowless cow train all the way with other young men and women. At the farm, Mary shared a stable room above the animals with a girl called Wanda from Poland. The girls became good friends. The German family gave them an old radio. The girls worked in the fields and listened to the radio at night. Learning German and English from this radio saved and changed Mary’s life. When the war ended, the two girls headed to the local American camp. At the farm, they did not really know where they were in Germany. They were delighted when they found them-

selves in the American region and not the Russian region. The girls worked in the American canteen with food and a room as their payment. They gained respect because they always volunteered to help. Mary worked there from 1945 to 1948. After the American camp closed in 1948, Mary spent a year in the Polish camp, which was better run than many of the camps. It was a time of chaos after the war ended. Mary’s family did not know if she was alive. Relatives in Canada wanted to help but they did not know if she was alive or where she was. Mary was in a worse position than Wanda. Mary was a Ukrainian and Ukraine was part of Russia. Mary knew that the Russians were not allowing letters to Ukraine. Fortunately Wanda had returned to Poland, so Mary sent her a letter and Wanda sent the letter to Mary’s mother. Mary waited in the camp. In 1949, her first cousin applied to bring her to Canada. Mary said that you had to be healthy to go to Canada. She had many shots and medical tests. She was told that she had good teeth. She was going to Canada. Well, not yet. She missed the boat! No worries. Mary wanted to see the Swiss Alps and she had saved all the money that she had been given by the German farming family that paid her and Wanda a small monthly sum, and from the American camp. The money would be useless in Canada. She went on a wonderful tour. She was now 26 years old. A German in Switzerland asked her to marry him. She said, “No, I am going to Canada.” And she did, and on a plane!

In 1949, she came to her relatives in Ottawa. Here, she met a Ukrainian soldier, Nick Halipchak. He asked her if she would like to go and have an ice cream cone. Mary had never had an ice cream cone. They were married in 1951. They bought a house on Fifth Avenue in the Glebe. Then their daughter Paulina was born. Later they moved, again in the Glebe, to Powell Avenue. We on Powell Avenue and others in the Glebe who know her as a friend and neighbour feel very lucky. She is the one who helps and cares for everyone. She always greets new neighbours, will water your plants when you are away and she watches out for everyone. Mary cannot read or write English very well. A lot of us do not know this because she keeps up with politics, the world and her family, friends and neighbours. She has a wonderful sense of humour and delivers a great comeback. She has shown us how to treat other people well. She wishes to thank the Glebe and Canada for giving her and her family a wonderful home. As of March 22, 2016, she has been a Canadian for 67 years. Congratulations, Mary. Thank you for your strength, bravery and laughter and for being in the Glebe and Canada with us. Sandra Parsons has been a Glebe resident since 1968. She is a Glebe Collegiate and Carleton University graduate, and a board member of the Rideau Hall Rose Garden. Her parents and grandparents lived in the Glebe.

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By Julie Ireton

For Bill Robertson, The Glebe Centre Community Programs at Abbotsford is where seniors can exercise their bodies and their minds and have fun at the same time. “Isolation is an issue for older people, so socialization is very important,” said Robertson, now retired from a managerial job. He said he feels much more part of a community now than he ever did when he was still working. “When I was working, I lived here, but I wasn’t involved. Being part of Abbotsford is a way to live in the community. It’s been an interesting chapter,” said Robertson, who takes part in the senior centre’s Keep Fit programs, sing-alongs and the annual bazaar, and he sits on the Abbotsford Council as a member at large. Right now, Abbotsford Members’ Council is looking for volunteers to take on new roles on the executive, including president, vice president and treasurer. The group meets about six times a year and holds its annual general meeting every June. The Members’ Council plays an important role at the centre, acting as a liaison between the members and staff at the Glebe Centre. The Members’ Council advises on programs and policies that affect the membership. Three current council members are retiring from their posts, includ-

ing Donna Slaney, who has served on council since 2009 as both vice president and president. “Donna has been exceptional in her commitment to Abbotsford and the membership, steering the ship,” said Pat Goyeche, co-ordinator of community programs at Abbotsford. Also retiring from the executive is Liz Winkelaar, the current vice president, and Jean Classen, who’s been the group’s dedicated treasurer for several years. Robertson said between now and June, he plans to stir up interest in the vacant posts. He said the jobs aren’t onerous, but the work the council does means a lot to the centre. “There’s a bit of money that council has to spend and several improvements have been made to the building, such as a pottery wheel and equipment for the stained glass class. It’s just a small fund to spend on extras,” said Robertson. It may be a small amount, but that money has gone far. Over the years they have bought paint for the dining room, a dishwasher, fitness mats, weights, card tables and perennials and shrubs for the gardens that surround Abbotsford. “All of these purchases have enhanced the centre and would not have been possible without the generosity of all members who buy coffee and tea to put money into the fund,” said Goyeche. Micheline Boyle, another member at

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Abbotsford members’ council plays important role

Left to right, Abbotsford Members’ Council secretary Debrah Taylor, president Donna Slaney, members-at-large Bill Robertson and Micheline Boyle, treasurer Jean Classen

large, said she’s sad to see the current executives go, but she hopes new council members will bring fresh ideas. “I really, really believe in the exercise programs,” said Boyle. “There’s also the social aspect at Abbotsford. Some play bridge; others are learning Spanish. There’s the music program too.” Robertson agrees. He said the senior’s centre is small, but successful. “And that’s what makes it comfortable,” he said. Abbotsford is your community support centre for Adults 55+. The Spring Program Guide is now available with most classes beginning in

early April. We are the community programs of The Glebe Centre Inc., a charitable, not-for-profit organization that includes a 254-bed long-term care home. Find out more about our services by dropping by 950 Bank Street (the old stone house) Mon – Fri, 9–4 p.m., telephoning 613-230-5730 or checking out all of The Glebe Centre facilities and community programs on our website www.glebecentre.ca. Julie Ireton is a journalist and teacher, and a Glebe resident who writes regularly about Abbotsford for the Glebe Report.

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What the Glebe Parks Committee does Spring has sprung and volunteers on the Glebe Community Association’s Parks Committee (the Glebe Parks Committee, or GPC) are planning our neighbourhood cleanup. Tim Horton’s sponsored “Cleaning the Capital” event runs from March 15 until the end of May 2016, with its special cleaning weekend on April 23 and 24. The event is city-wide and is held to assist the City in it’s clean-up after winter. If you would like to join a GPC volunteers group and become part of its cleanup team for a few satisfying hours, please look for your preferred park and its dates in the adjoining table. Of course, “Cleaning the Capital” is just one project that the GPC is involved in. The GPC also takes an interest in the Adopt-a-Park program, Cash-in-leu of Parkland (CILP) funding, finding new green spaces to be designated as a park or “parklet,” and the 2016 Pop-up Patio initiative, to name a few. The GPC works in tandem with City staff and ward councillors. What is the Adopt-a-Park program?

This program brings together volunteers or already-formed groups: schools, businesses or community groups that wish to take an active role in the enhancement, care and maintenance of our parks, roadways or gateways. Volunteers try to preserve the urban environment through removal of litter and graffiti and by improving safety. Events such as “Cleaning the Capital” encourage this. The GPC works with the groups to facilitate the enhancement of spaces within our neighbourhood. What is Cash-in-Lieu-of-Parkland funding?

The GPC negotiates with the ward councillor and puts forward proposals based on the needs and requirements of an individual park. The purpose of the Cash-in-Lieu of Parkland policy is: • To identify the purposes for which funds, in the City’s cash-in-lieu of parkland accounts, may be used. • To ensure that funds in ‘cash-in-lieu’ accounts are only used for eligible projects. • To ensure that funds accumulated in cash-in-lieu accounts associated with an individual ward are used only for eligible projects in that ward unless two or more of the ward councillors agree to contribute to a common project that

benefits one or more of the wards. • To identify the circumstances under which senior staff and ward councillors have delegated authority from council to access and use funds in cash-in-lieu accounts. • To ensure that users and stakeholders have a complete understanding of the responsibilities and full knowledge of the policy content.” (Reference: ottawa.ca/en/cityhall/planning-and-development/ how-develop-property/cash-lieu-parkland-funds-policy)

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By Zoe Sutherland

Where is the Glebe’s newest park?

There is a green space is at the south-east corner of the Fifth and O’Connor intersection, opposite Lionel Britton Park and adjacent to P12’s Fire Hall. It has been officially designated a City of Ottawa park. As yet, the new park does not have a name nor has the form or function of the park been decided. The community is encouraged to participate in this process. A design consultation was held on March 24; however, there is still opportunity to provide your input. Please send your suggestions for design and a name to the GCA Parks Committee at parks@

Volunteers cleaning up Glebe parks

glebeca.ca and watch as the green space evolves. What is the 2016 “Street Side Spots” Pilot?

The idea behind this pilot project is to build temporary patios or “parklets” on legal street-side car parking spaces. These can be patios, vendor stalls or public spaces. The GPC, community members, the Azrieli School of

Architecture at Carleton University, Urban Sound and the Glebe BIA have all worked together to put forward two parklet submissions. If approved, these small green park spaces would be open and available to the public from April to October. Zoe Sutherland is a member of the Glebe Community Association Parks Committee.

“Cleaning The Capital” Glebe Parks Spring 2016 Name & Location of Park

Name of Leader

Date & Time

Rain Date

Additional Information

Central Park West (west of Bank Street, also a dog park)

Connie Boynton

Saturday, April 30 1 – 3 p.m.

Saturday, May 7 1 – 3 p.m.

Garden tools, buckets and gloves required. Black sacks, leaf bags and plastic gloves supplied.

Central Park East (east of Bank Street, south of Patterson Avenue) & the Exploration Garden

Susan Courage & “Friends of Central Park East”

Saturday, May 7 From 10 a.m. Rain or shine

N/A

The same team will clean both parks on the same day.

Sylvia Holden Park (behind Fifth Avenue Fire Hall)

Katrina Geary

Saturday, May 28 From 10 a.m.

Sunday, May 29 From 10 a.m.

Refreshments offered to all participants.

Lionel Britton Park (Corner of Fifth & O’Connor)

Zoe Sutherland & the 52nd Spark’s Unit

Wednesday, April 27 6 – 7 p.m.

Sunday, May 1 3 – 4 p.m.

Thankyou snack will be provided at the end for all participants.

Chamberlain Park (Chamberlain and Lyon, the park with the soccer field and the tennis court)

Janine Anderson & Jason Mooger

Saturday, April 30 From 10 a.m.

Saturday, May 7 From 10 a.m.

All help welcome. Please bring additional tools for picking litter and storing sharp litter.

Glebe Memorial Park (AKA Glendale Park, end of Glendale at Percy)

Angus McCabe

Saturday, April 30 From 10 a.m.

Sunday, May 1 From 10 a.m.

Please bring extra paper bags for leaf collection.

Capital Park (located on Craig Street, between Newton and Ella streets)

Peter Fobes & Cindy Kirk

Saturday, May 7 From 10 a.m. Rain or shine

N/A

Dalhousie South Park Glebe Anex (west side of Bronson)

Darlene Charron

Saturday, May 7 From 10 a.m.

Saturday, May 14 From 10 a.m.

Sturdy gloves, rakes (for those cleaning the park), tools for grabbing garbage in hard to reach spots.

Brown’s Inlet (Craig Street)

Brenda McCagherty

Saturday, April 23 From 10 a.m. Rain or shine

N/A

Coffee supplied by Dominion Mortgage Company, who have adopted this park.

Patterson Creek Lagoon Park (Glebe Avenue)

Bente McAlister

Saturday, May 14 10 a.m. – 1 p.m.

Sunday, May 15 10 a.m. – 1 p.m.

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Glebe Annex Community Association report By Doug Milne

We welcome spring, but under all that snow, ice and slush is hiding a winter’s worth of garbage. Not to worry, as your GACA is on the case and we will be out in force to rid our streets of trash when we join the City for the semi-annual “Cleaning the Capital” blitz. We enjoy working on our clean-up day mainly because of the free doughnuts and coffee contributed by the good folks at Tim Hortons on Bronson Avenue. This year, team leader Darlene Charron has the tools organized for Saturday, May 7. We look forward to meeting all our neighbours at the Dalhousie South Park at 9:30 a.m. It’s a great opportunity to get together and volunteer a bit of time to spruce up the Annex. We would like to take this opportunity to offer our condolences to the family of Mrs. Lillian Schnobb, a long time resident of Henry Street who passed away recently. She was fiercely proud and protective of this neighbourhood. Dog walkers and passersby will miss seeing her on her verandah where she enjoyed many warm summer evenings. Spring has not slowed down the work of your committee members who have had their fingers on the pulse of development and changes being proposed. Most recent reports will be tabled at our next executive meeting scheduled for April 20 at the Glebe Community Centre. All our meetings begin at 6:30 p.m., so why not plan to attend, meet our president Scott Blurton and get the news firsthand. Everyone in the community is welcome. A most important issue will be our May membership survey and drive. There is still time to offer your input and

assistance. Won’t you join us? Our Bicycle Rodeo is in the final stages of planning. Learning riding skills, safety and maintenance is important for all members of your family. Be sure to bring the whole gang out on June 4 (kids) 1 to 3 p.m., June 9 (adults) 9.30 a.m. – 3.30 p.m. Dalhousie South Park Planning committee report (March 17, 2016) 770 Bronson Avenue

A 15-story “high end” rental building has been proposed by TC United Group for Bronson at Carling Avenue. Entry into the underground parking garage will follow the City’s requirement for rightin-right-out (entry via Carling moving east, exit onto Bronson moving south). The second floor has been designed as a commercial space, the third will have a meeting room and four units and the remaining 12 floors will be dedicated to rental units. It is still early in the development process, so the GACA will continue to work with its partners to evaluate the proposal. Initial concerns are the height and parking. The City has received this application so comments should be sent directly to the Planning Department and to Councillor Chernushenko. 93, 99, 103 and 105 Norman Street

The decision on the appeal by the Dalhousie CA has not yet been made public. We hope that the OMB makes the right decision and overturns the City’s decision. Doug Milne reports regularly on the activities of the Glebe Annex Community Association.

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Visit www.capitaltecting both our environment and the ward.ca/canalbridge to see the updated health and safety of collection workconcept and other information that was ers. The depots complement programs presented at the most recent public run by retail stores to collect certain information session. kinds of household hazardous waste on an ongoing basis. Airport Parkway Update Consult the Waste Explorer tool at On the other hand, there is also www.ottawa.ca/wasteexplorer for a full list of items accepted at the depots “progress” to report on a project that and a list of retailers that accept cermay be less popular among residents tain materials. of the Glebe. It’s certainly less supportive of the City’s goals of promoting alternative modes of transportation and Spring fire safety tips reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Have you tested your smoke and I’m talking about the updated design carbon monoxide detectors recently? for a twinned Airport Parkway. There In Ontario, every home must have a are some interesting and attractive working smoke alarm on every level elements to the project, namely a Comand outside all sleeping areas. Homes plete Street-inspired narrowing of part with an attached garage or a fuel-burnof Walkley Road, which would calm ing appliance must also have working traffic and accommodate cycling lanes, carbon monoxide alarms. and the introduction of cycling lanes or Here are some other tips: multi-use pathways along much of the • Visually inspect electrical cords and Parkway. outlets inside and outside your home. But the fact remains that this is a Replace worn or damaged cords and road-widening project whose effects repair outlets damaged by winter would be felt further up Bronson weather. Avenue. It should by now be common • Check your fire extinguishers and knowledge, which many are nonetheget them serviced as needed. less reluctant to believe, that adding • Review your family’s fire safety plan more lanes to roads or bridges will and escape routes. never solve traffic congestion because • Clean eaves troughs thoroughly, it simply encourages more people to using a sturdy and reliable ladder. drive. Instead, we should promote a • Clean you barbecue, ensure all fuel change of travel modes and consider the tanks and lines are safe, and replace introduction of high occupancy vehicle damaged parts before you start using lanes or a shift in travel times through it. some form of congestion pricing. This • Clear back any vegetation obscuring project seems to be a step backwards your house number from the street so or perhaps a last-gasp example of “old emergency response crews can easily think” in the face of more progressive identify your home. approaches. It is quite likely that we will see Community Environmental Projects Grants expanded LRT service on the O-Train Trillium Line before we ever see this The City of Ottawa seeks proposroad twinned. That is good. But unless als from not-for-profit organizations there is a major reversal by Council, interested in enhancing our shared the widening of the Airport Parkway environment through small-scale, comwill remain on the list of road projects munity-based initiatives that support environmental stewardship priorities. “coming soon.” See www.ottawa.ca/airportparkway The Community Environmental Profor background material. jects Grant Program (CEPGP) supports neighbourhood and citywide projects Household Hazardous to improve stormwater management, Waste depots enhance and protect natural areas, and 16,694 participants dropped off 555 reduce environmental impact. tonnes of material at the City’s one-day CEPGP funding has supported Household Hazardous Waste depots efforts to remove invasive species, add last year. 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Easy-peasy pulse recipes from Renfrew Avenue Spring is that time of the year when neighbours reconnect after the winter retreat and gather on the sidewalk for friendly chit-chats. One of my topics these days is “pulses,” which are the dry edible seeds of plants in the legume family – peas, lentils, beans and chickpeas. In my quest for trusted and easy recipes, I asked if anyone was willing to impart their best kitchen secrets. I was pleasantly surprised to see that my neighbours were not only eager to share their best, but they handed me more recipes than I can fit in this article. So, here is the best from Renfrew Avenue’s dinner tables. Green Lentil, Potato, Spinach Soup

Caprice Stefanov is a foodie with a family that loves her cooking. She rang my bell one evening around suppertime with a container of warm, thick soup and the recipe. “This is what I made for supper tonight and I brought you some to taste. It is one of Annika’s favourite dishes,” she said with a big smile. The recipe comes from www.Pulsecanada.ca. • Rinse 1 cup of green lentils, cover with water and simmer for 20 minutes. Drain and set aside. • Sauté 2 chopped onions and I Tbsp of minced garlic in 2 Tbsp of oil, add 2 cups of chicken stock, 2 Tbsp of chopped parsley, a package of thawed chopped spinach, 2 potatoes, cubed, and

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Green lentil, potato, spinach soup is one of Annika’s favourite dishes.

the lentils. • Salt and pepper to taste. • Cook until the potatoes are tender, puree about ¼ of the stew and add ¼ cup lemon juice just before serving. It’s a real meal in a bowl. We enjoyed it, Caprice! Red Lentil Soup

I returned the container with a red lentil soup and this recipe: • Mince and sauté in olive oil 1 onion, 2 carrots and 2 celery stalks. • Continue cooking at low heat until very soft (about 15 minutes; add some water if the mix becomes too dry). • Add 1 Tbsp of summer savory, 1½ cups of red lentils, rinsed, and 6 cups of stock or 1 bouillon and 6 cups of water. • Cook until lentils are done. Lentil Loaf

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Around the Wilkie’s table, four-year old Zebby and Joey lick their fingers after dipping pita bread into a bowl of freshly made hummus. “It is a daily ritual,” said Clare with a laugh. “In fact they eat hummus at every lunch.”

During my visit I asked Clare for the recipe that makes her children oh-so happy. “Others at the Good Morning [Creative Art and] Preschool have asked for it as well,” she said. I believe it. It smells too tempting to ignore. This tahini-free recipe is suitable for people with sesame intolerance as well. • 1 can of salt-free chickpeas, partly drained • 1 large lemon • 1 clove of garlic, germ removed • ½ cup extra virgin olive oil • One pinch of salt • Blend until smooth and adjust the salt to taste. Zuppa Lombarda

Faithful to its humble origins, the Tuscan cuisine of my childhood included dishes with simple ingredients like bread and legumes. The simplest of them all is the zuppa lombarda. Cannellini beans soaked overnight are cooked until tender in water flavoured with a generous sprig of fresh sage and a clove of garlic left whole. A slice of country bread toasted, drizzled with a generous amount of extra virgin olive oil and sprinkled with salt and pepper is the bed for this soup. Place the bread in your bowl and cover with a generous ladle of the beans and their fragrant cooking water. To add some pizazz, rub the bread with a little bit of garlic or try one of the savoury oils from the Unrefined Olive. Welcome to the simplicity of Tuscan cuisine! Marisa Romano, Glebe resident, is a scientist at Health Canada who has embraced pulses as the food of the future. She is working with Pulse Canada to disseminate information about pulses, the superfood, in 2016, the United Nations International Year of Pulses.

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As we enter the spring switch math instrucseason, I wanted to tion from French to English for Grades 1 be sure to pass along to 3. This will take information about a effect in September variety of initiatives 2016. I will be monand updates from the itoring the rollout, Ottawa Carleton Diswhich I consider to trict School Board be very quick, and (OCDSB). I would the effect on probe pleased to expand gramming. on this over coffee or OCDSB Trustee email if you are interShawn Menard ested. Secondary School Reviews On a personal note, shawn.menard@ocdsb.ca The Board will be my partner Johanna undertaking a full and I are pleased to welcome a new baby boy into the world: review of its secondary schools. This Kohen Menard was born on January 28, will look at all secondary schools in 2016. We are absolutely thrilled. Ottawa with several accommodation reviews to follow over the next few Boundary Changes in Zone 9 years. This will include things like Recently staff at the OCDSB put a review of our arts programming, forward proposals to deal with the overInternational Baccalaureate, Specialist crowding issue at Elgin Street Public High Skill Major, the size of schools and secondary enrollment changes. School. If accepted, they would take effect in September of 2016. Included in You can review these proposals at these proposals were suggested shifts to www.OCDSB.ca. the boundaries encompassing our zone. Students in Old Ottawa East would be $855 Million Budget directed to Hopewell or Viscount AlexI held a budget consultation on Febander on a permanent basis, removing ruary 25, 2016 along with Trustees the option area for Elgin Street, which Braunovan and Ellis. I have been would mirror the current English proconcerned about the proposed total gram boundaries. This would have had amount to be cut, the job losses that a minimal impact on Hopewell’s student could result and the effects on stupopulation but the school is already close dents. I will be supporting motions to capacity. to limit the cuts to special education I asked that these changes be delayed and our teaching staff when the Board and voted for a motion to hold off on any considers academic staffing. changes until a long-term plan for the downtown is considered. This is particuChildcare Costs larly important given the changes we are We had extensive discussions at the seeing in Zone 9: a renewed Main Street, last meeting of the Board over childa pedestrian bridge between Old Ottawa care costs for the Board’s Extended East and the Glebe, and many new homes Day Program (before- and afterbeing added on the Oblates property. All school care). There was a proposal to of these changes would need to be conraise fees by 32 per cent in some cases. sidered with any boundary change. Staff I opposed these changes and managed members are expected to bring forward to pass a motion that sees fees go up a report in June that would lay out a timeat a slower pace than was proposed. line for when an accommodation review It will save more than 4,000 families $400,000 next year when compared might take place. with what was originally proposed. Junior Kindergarten, Senior Kindergarten and Early French Immersion Changes

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Many parents know that changes have been made to the language of instruction from Kindergarten to Grade 3. The proposal that passed will see all students having 50/50 French and English in J/K and S/K, and the Early French Immersion program will

For those of you who want to start planning for next year, the proposed calendar for the 2016–2017 school year is now available here: www. ocdsb.ca/calendar/Pages/default.aspx As always, if you have any questions, please be in touch.

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Kids in the Glebe Cooperative Nursery School take art seriously.

Glebe Co-op Nursery School welcomes spring By Becca Wallace

Spring is officially here! The sun is shining (sometimes) and the snow is melting, and the kids at the Glebe Cooperative Nursery School (GCNS) are heading outside every day to play in our slightly muddy playground. The teachers take out trucks, buckets and small shovels and they put away the snow shovels and sleds. Once the kids get inside they have so many options to choose from. A lot of them go straight for the art table and the easel. I am amazed by the amount of art my child is sent home with. He’s always so proud to go through it with us and tell us the story of what each one represents. The teachers set up a different art activity every day and switch up the paint colours at the easel. If a child is not into art it’s not a problem because there are lots of other options to choose from. Some kids head straight to the Playdoh table while others go get dressed up, or go grab their favourite doll.

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Our registration has begun. The application forms have been flooding in and we are getting excited to start planning our next school year. Our deadline has passed, but we may have some spots remaining and we do keep a waitlist, so if you are interested in joining our school please apply. Applications can be found at the school or on our website.

In February we held our annual school potluck and picked the winners for our Great Glebe Grape Draw. It was great to have time to hang out with the GCNS families and meet more of the parents. It was also fun

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Becca Wallace is the Communications Chair for the Glebe Cooperative Nursery School Board. Her son is enjoying his second year at the school in the preschool class.

Glashan Public School kicks off used clothing drive After collecting more than 30,000 pounds of used clothing and household goods last year, students and staff at Glashan Public School are gearing up to host another used clothing drive! Once again, Glashan is partnering with the Used Clothing Drive fundraising program and local Salvation Army Thrift Stores to divert waste from landfill and raise environmental awareness. You can donate to Glashan’s used clothing drive on two Saturdays, April 9 and 16, 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. Just

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to hang out in the classroom when the school is not in session. The kids got to show their parents around and we got to check out all the pictures of the children at play posted around the room. We would like to thank all the businesses and restaurants that donated to our raffle: Patty’s Pub, Local, Joey Lansdowne, Village Café, Jack Astor and Milestones. We are really lucky to have such support from the community. Our next fundraising event is our last of the school year and is my favourite. It’s the Spring Fling. This year the event will be held on Saturday, May 7th. We close down part of the street outside the Glebe Community Centre. We have a bake sale and a BBQ. Our bouncy castle will be set up. The balloon guy will be there, making all sorts of crazy things for the kids. We will have some live music. And there will be fun arts and crafts for the kids to do. It’s a great event for anyone with little kids. Information about tickets will be available on our website closer to the event.

We are lucky to get so many awesome special guests in to talk to our kids. Over the past couple of months we have had a dentist, a doctor, a magician and a dinosaur expert! The kids got to help dig for dinosaurs and all got sent home with finger puppets. Coming up soon we will have a veterinarian talk to the children about animals.

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drive up to the back of 28 Arlington Avenue, near Kent, where volunteers will be waiting to help you unload! What can you donate? Glashan will take your gently used clothing, shoes, purses, linens, household items, jewellery and school supplies. They cannot accept DVDs, CDs, VHS tapes, electronics, appliances, books, toys, games, or furniture. Visit www. usedclothingdrive.com for a full list of acceptable donations, or contact glashanpublicschool@gmail.com.

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The Element students work on their snow sculpture during Winterlude.

Students of The Element High School in Lansdowne wrote the following news items and an op-ed piece. Element students “carve it up” By Simon Taubman

Ever since The Element moved to Lansdowne, there have been many opportunities to embrace the community. For example, students recently participated in the Winterlude snow sculpture carving competition. Led by their teacher Kyle, sixteen students helped carve a statue of an octopus, appropriately titled Twenty Thousand Leagues Under Lansdowne, or George to some of the students. Day after day, more of the snow was chipped off the eight-foot block. With a day to spare in the competition, the octopus was finished. “It was surprising that we were able to finish it in one week. When it was finished, it looked amazing,” said Ashley, a student at The Element. And it’s safe to say that the rest of the students agreed. Simon Taubman is a Grade 8 student at The Element High School. The Element drama By Graham Robinson and Sydney Orsak

The Element students recently put on a theatrical production of four fairy tales by Charles Perrault. Charles Per-

rault was a 17th century French writer of many famous fairy tales, such as Puss in Boots, Bluebeard, Little Tom Thumb and Sleeping Beauty, which were the four plays performed by The Element. They practised and perfected the plays over five weeks with the help of director Teri Loretto and stage manager Erin MacDonald. All aspects of the plays were created and organised by the students themselves. Students released press pieces, used live foley and altered costumes. The final performances were on March 9th and 10th, first for students from OMS Montessori and then friends and family of the Element. They were staged in the Element facility with student-built sets and props. The plays were well received by parents and children alike. Graham Robinson and Sydney Orsak are Grade 8 students at The Element High School. Op-Ed: The Oil sands By Adel Manji

The oil sands, also known as the tar sands, are the single greatest environmental issue facing the world today. It is a region, mostly in Alberta, which has vast quantities of oil reserves. The oil in that location is called bitumen because it is infused with sand and other contaminants. It is present in the form of shale rock. The process of extracting the oil from these rocks is

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was heavily supportive of oil sands development. Canada has spent millions of dollars on oil sands advertising and outreach programs. For example, in 2013 outreach programs cost about 4.5 million dollars. According to The Guardian, their existence was “never publicly disclosed.” The oil sands developers and the Government of Canada also lobbied the United States government for approval to build a pipeline to transfer oil from Alberta to the United States. President Barack Obama, who said that it “will not serve the national interests of the United States,” recently rejected this project, Keystone XL. (Source CBC) If the pipeline had been approved, it would have increased demand on the oil sands, thereby increasing production and pollution. For these reasons, oil produced from the tar sands is sometimes considered to be the dirtiest oil in the world. However, Canada is beginning to move in the right direction towards addressing pollution and climate change. The recent COP21 climate change conference in Paris has concluded. Canada, along with 194 other countries, has come to a historic agreement addressing climate change. Canadian Environment and Climate Change Minister Catherine McKenna played a prominent role in bringing the

The fairy-tale drama of life at The Element

In particular, wildlife in the region such as muskrats and moose has been found to have traces of these chemicals. Moreover, First Nations communities, such as the Mikisew Cree and Athabasca Chipewyan First Nations, have said that their health and well-being have deteriorated compared to previous generations. Consequently, First Nations are turning away from their historic and traditional food sources. The Government of Canada under Prime Minister Stephen Harper

delegates to an agreement. This is the first step. Canada still must set specific climate targets and will likely have to curtail its oil sands production. To conclude, Canada’s oil sands have been an environmental catastrophe and a stain upon Canada’s reputation for many years. Hopefully, Canada will build upon the success of COP21 and become a much more environmentally friendly country. Adel Manji is a Grade 8 student at The Element High School.

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Glebe Report April 8, 2016

Resiliency – more than bouncing back

3. Protective factors in the community The study found that resilient youngsters turned to elders and peers in their community for emotional support and sought their counsel in times of crisis.

Resiliency is like the pop-up doll I had as a child. It was egg-shaped, full of air and had a rounded bottom that was weighted. It was as large as I was. I could push it over and it would always pop back up again. I loved that doll and the message it conveyed: when life knocks you down, get back up again. But the full experience of resiliency is more complex; it allows us to face life’s obstacles and transform them into stepping-stones for growth and transformation. The capacity for being resilient abides in each of us but whether it comes to the fore depends on a person’s own nature, their upbringing and education. In North America there is concern that today’s children are growing up without enough resiliency to meet life’s demands. Research on resiliency

Why do some children succeed in life, even against great odds, while others do not? Researchers Emmy Werner and Ruth Smith followed a cohort of nearly 700 children on the island of Kauai in Hawaii from the time they were born in 1955 until they turned 40. About a third of the children were from difficult backgrounds with one or more risk factors. Yet about a third of these at-risk children showed signs of having grown into caring, competent and confident adults. How did

Adults help build resilience

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By Joan Almon

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they do it? The researchers identified three clusters of “protective factors” that helped them overcome their difficult beginnings. The following descriptions and quotes are from a paper about the study entitled “Resilience and Recovery: Findings from the Kauai Longitudinal Study.” 1. Protective factors within the individual The children in the study who were later very resilient seemed blessed with many fine qualities even as toddlers. They had talents, which helped them become self-confident, and endearing ways. 2. Protective factors in the family What was important for the children who succeeded against the odds was their close bond “with at least one competent, emotionally stable person who was sensitive to their needs.”

There are many ways that adults lay secure foundations under children’s feet so that they can rise again when life becomes difficult. Here are a few ways that have stood out in my own work with children: Building caring relationships with the children

Cultivating warm, loving relationships with children creates a protective layer around the child and provides strength and nourishment. It reassures children that they are not alone. Attunement to the natural world

When children are at home in nature, they are generally at home with life itself, its ups and downs and annual cycles. They see that nature is resilient and that change is a natural part of life. The power of fairy tales

Fairy tales contain images that are meaningful to children, especially in times of trouble. One child in my class loved the story of Cinderella and played it out for months after her own mother died. She seemed reassured that even after the death of her mother, Cinderella was well guarded by loving beings and was able to overcome great difficulties. We can surround children with love and warmth that does not smother them. We can be an example of an

adult who meets adversity with courage and hope. We can cultivate a love of nature and a trust in its cycles of death and rebirth. And we can foster a sense of gratitude for the many forms of help that come our way when help is needed. Children have an innate capacity to be resilient, but they need the help of caring adults to bring it to fruition. Joan Almon is speaking at St Paul University Auditorium, Monday, April 11, 7:30 p.m. on: Raising Healthy, Creative and Resilient Children in the 21st Century. Joan Almon was a Waldorf early childhood educator for nearly 30 years and co-founded the Alliance for Childhood to advocate for the needs of children. She writes and lectures on the importance of play. This article is adapted from one first published in Kindling, a journal for Waldorf early childhood education in the U.K. (27: 2015).

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This year’s book sale will be held at Mutchmor Public School. Last year’s sale (pictured here) was held at First Avenue Public School. The book sale is a popular neighbourhood draw.

Book sale: formerly First Avenue and now Mutchmor By Kylie Taggart

The students moved, the teachers moved and the book sale moved too. The book sale that has been a fixture of the Glebe community’s springtime calendar for 33 years will be held at Mutchmor Public School for the first time this year, from April 21 to 24. The sale was previously held at First Avenue Public School. However, in September, the early French immersion program the book sale supports moved to Mutchmor Public School. The move followed extensive consultations on what to do with overcrowding at First Avenue Public School due to the popularity of the Ottawa Carleton District School Board’s (OCDSB) early French immersion program. The end result of

consultations was students and staff at Mutchmor switching schools with students and staff at First Avenue Public School at the start of this school year. An addition designed by Barry Hobin and Associates was built at Mutchmor Public School to accommodate the move of the early French immersion program. First Avenue is now home to the OCDSB’s English program, the gifted program and the middle French immersion program. The Muchmor Public School book sale will take place from Thursday, April 21 to Sunday, April 24. The book sale will be held in a large, multipurpose room in the basement of the new addition at Mutchmor. The room was built in case more classrooms or community spaces are needed in the future. Typically, students collect 27,000

to 30,000 good-quality books, CDs, DVDs and records. They are sorted, shelved and sold by an army of volunteers, most of whom are parents of students at the school. Proceeds from the book sale are partly used to fund classroom supplies, sports equipment, library purchases, cultural presentations and other school needs. Some of the money raised is distributed to other local schools and the Education Foundation of Ottawa, which helps local students in need. Funds from last year’s book sale were also sent to support programs at a school in Northern Ontario and one in Nunavut. Finally, some of last year’s book sale proceeds were used to match fundraising efforts by the school’s philanthropy club to make a donation to the Ottawa Centre Refugee Action group.

The book sale is a multi-faceted event. As well as being a fundraiser, it also promotes literacy, recycling and community spirit. Mutchmor students are given a chance to spend $5 at the sale during the school day. The excitement for books that day is palpable throughout the school. Many families find the book sale a good way to recycle books they’ve read and shop for new reading material. The sale is often a meeting place for neighbours, whether volunteering or shopping. More information on the Mutchmor Book Sale is available on the school website at www.mutchmorps.ocdsb.ca. Kylie Taggart is a Mutchmor parent who remembers the excitement of attending the first book sale at First Avenue and is happy to relive it with her children each year.

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The ‘why’ pots One evening after dinner I was busy pumping the air out of a wine bottle and Clea asked, “What are you doing, Grandpa?” “I’m pumping the air out of the bottle so that the wine doesn’t go sour,” was my happy response. “Why does the wine go sour?” asked Clea. “It’s a chemical reaction between the oxygen and carbon in the air with the wine that causes the wine to sour and then it’s not drinkable. So when I pump the air out of the bottle I’m preserving the taste of the wine.” “Why is there a chemical reaction?” asked Clea. “Ahh – that, I don’t know. You’d have to ask God.” “I don’t understand. Why is there a chemical reaction?” she asked again, determined to get to the bottom of the puzzle. “Why do two hydrogen molecules bind with one oxygen molecule to create water?” I asked Clea. “I don’t know,” said Clea. “Nobody knows,” I said. “Not Albert Einstein, not the Prime Minister, no one knows why three molecules behave this way.” “Did you know that our sun is a star?” asked Clea. I responded in the affirmative. “But why is it that we only have one star but when you look up in the sky, you see so many? Shouldn’t we have

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Clive Doucet and granddaughter Clea learn about the magic of soap, and how we’re a little like wine.

more?” asked Clea. “Good question, but I don’t know the answer to that either.” But I was not entirely without knowledge. I did know the answers to some questions. I knew why Clea and Evangeline should have a bath with lots of soap, because if they didn’t they would smell sour, but exactly why they would smell sour was difficult to say. It had something to do with bacteria, which are little creatures that live on our skin. “So we’re like wine,” said Clea.

“Yes, that’s right,” I replied. “Actually, there’s a lot of magic in life.” “Like Harry Potter.” “No, better than Harry Potter.” Clea wasn’t so sure about this because Harry Potter and his friends can make cars fly and sit in rowboats that move without oars and eat chocolate frogs that jump, which is all pretty amazing. I agreed that these were fine accomplishments and the reason I liked Harry Potter too. There’s nothing like a little wizarding to liven

up the day, with chocolate frogs and people that float in the sky. But can Harry Potter grow a tree or make two hydrogen molecules combine with a single oxygen molecule to make water, which can then multiply into rivers and lakes and oceans and clouds and ice fields on mountaintops? Or turn the winter into spring, the spring into summer? There is magic in each day that is beyond baths and beyond wine and beyond grandfathers. “Why?” asked Clea. “Why what?” “Why are some things magical and some things not?” “Because there are two pots. In one pot are the ‘why’ questions to which no one knows the answers. In the other pot there are the ‘why’ questions to which we do know the answers. As you grow up, you will discover much of life is trying to figure out which ‘why’ goes in which pot. My problem is I haven’t got all my whys and pots sorted yet, but as soon as I do, I’ll let you know.” Clea was not happy with this response, figuring that as a grandfather and hence the repository of all earthly knowledge, I should be able to do better. Fallen from my throne, I suggested a bath and a Harry Potter movie, just to pass the time, while I worked on some more “why” pots. Clea and Evangeline were agreeable to this idea and off we went for some ordinary magic. Clive Doucet is a grandfather, writer, poet and former city councillor living in the Glebe.

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20 Glebe Report April 8, 2016

Succulents in a rock garden need little watering.

A cottage garden looks wild but must be coordinated.

Designing your garden By Valerie Burton

Spring has almost sprung! It will be a month or so before you can do anything significant in a garden. The time is right to turn your mind to what you’d like to have in your garden, so it can be realized during the summer. What kind of garden would you like and on what scale? How much care are you willing to put into it? There are many choices in landscaping styles: formal, cottage, herb and vegetable, or a simple combination of foundation evergreens, shrubs and perennial or annual flowers for colour. Formal gardens, carefully planned and nurtured, represent people’s temporary domination over nature. Nature will always win in the end, however, and formal gardens are not to be recommended unless you are willing to put in an exhaustive level of care. How appropriate are geometrically aligned boxwood hedges for your tiny semi in Ottawa? The cottage garden, championed in England after the war, is a wild and colourful collection of perennials that seem to have planted themselves. Tall, often self-seeding plants and flowers fall over edges of paths and borders. However, to look like the garden was naturally created, the planting of this

wilderness must be carefully coordinated, including height and blooming periods. These gardens need supervision but not a lot of care other than watering and seed collecting. Seeds can also be traded with like-minded gardeners. Herbs and vegetables need a sunny location, often in a raised bed, to take advantage of space. Vegetables especially take a committed gardener, willing to nurture, water and weed throughout the growing season. Containment, estimating space required for a garden, can be difficult. Fruit trees and plants need sunny, relatively large areas for even the socalled dwarf trees. “Dwarf” is often a misleading term as some dwarf trees and plants are quite large; they’re just somewhat smaller than the original varieties. Some but not all berry bushes, like raspberries, will send out suckers and spread, but climbing thornless blackberry plants confine themselves neatly to a trellis against a sunny wall. Climbing flowers will also provide a backdrop to other smaller shrubs and flowers, and trellised hardy roses will give all-season-long blooms. Galetta Nurseries, west of Ottawa, has the widest selection, but some hardy roses are available in most garden centres.

When perennials are used, emphasize sequential blooming periods throughout the seasons. If you’re unsure, consult the tag or a garden centre expert for advice on blooming times. Choose a blossom colour, for example yellow, and find contrasting flowers in bright blues or purples to add visual interest to a grouping of plants. Investigate new varieties of perennials to give your garden something special. Climate is critical to the choice of plants. Even with global warming, Ottawa is reliably a Zone 4+ and below, meaning your choices must be limited to relatively hardy plants if you want them to survive the winters. Sometimes a location protected from harsh winter winds will keep a Zone 5 plant happy; winds are your main enemy dictating plant survival in winter. If you choose a Japanese maple, for example, don’t plant it in exposed acreage, but in a townhouse garden surrounded by sheltering walls. Clumps of many varieties of plants can help to prevent disease and insect infestation, problems that can decimate a garden with plants of only one variety. With companion planting, one type of plant can help a different neighbouring plant to fight diseases and insects. For example, marigolds planted with perennials or other annuals will help fight insects. But if tomatoes are planted with potatoes, both may succumb to

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the same infestations. Consider varieties that will attract pollinators like birds and butterflies and add a birdbath as a focal point. Scented plants add a whole new dimension, often neglected by modern, hybridized floral offerings. Watering is the most important consideration. If you don’t want to spend hot summer days with a hose in your hand, pick plants that can stand dry conditions, like grasses, succulents and yucca, and cover the bare soil between them with river rock or mulch. Even the smallest garden benefits from a focal point, something to draw the eye and capture visual interest. Focal points can be specimen trees, varieties with coloured blossoms or foliage. Or they can be a bulky or pyramidal evergreen surrounded by smaller plants. Contrast one type of leaf with another: small in front of large, needle against wide and smooth. Consider adding a small water feature like a recycling ball fountain that is totally silent, or a lovely bench or chaise accessed by stepping stones in the middle of a patch of flowers. Enjoy the planning you’ve done from the indoor comfort of that favourite chair. Relaxing outside and absorbing the peace and quiet of your beautiful garden will soon supplant it. Valerie Burton is a gardening consultant. Visit her at www.thegardencounselor.ca.

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Glebe Report April 8, 2016

By Alexis Scott

Fans of Eleanor Crowder’s work as a theatre maker have a real treat in store. In April, Bear & Co., a company that Crowder co-founded, will produce the torrid classic comedy-drama Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? by Edward Albee at The Gladstone theatre. “The play has not been performed professionally in Ottawa since the mid-80s. So here we go, hold on for the ride!” said Crowder, who serves as producer for the project. Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? will run from April 6 to 16. A writer, director, and actor, Crowder is a long-time Glebe resident and theatre maker. Her productions bring communities together and are original and thought provoking. “I began my life as director in the Glebe creating a show with Cheryl Cashman at the GCC in 1977 about the daily experience of work. From that documentary experience and through the plays I have directed and created with GNAG community theatre, the Glebe has remained my personal and artistic home,” she said. Her bio spans decades with highlights that include her role as Kate in Taming of the Shrew at the NAC, as Mother Courage for Third Wall Theatre, and a long list of tours across the country and the world. Her wide scope of work stems from local Ottawa communities. Two of Bear & Co.’s founding members are involved in the upcoming production of Woolf—Crowder, as producer, and Rachel Eugster playing Martha. Eugster is best known to Glebe audiences for her work as music director on many GNAG productions. “Rachel Eugster and I met when her kids came to Shakespeare Camp at the Billings Estate,” Crowder said. “We first worked together at GNAG on Fiddler on the Roof. Since then, we have staged more than a dozen musicals and plays together, and have joined forces to build Bear & Co. I am delighted to produce this show, which offers Rachel a great triumphant sweep of a part. To watch her play Martha is a true pleasure.” Bear & Co. has put together an incredible team for Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Ian Farthing returns to Ottawa from the West Coast to direct this witty, dark, classic piece of American theatre. Farthing, formerly the artistic director of the St. Lawrence Shakespeare Festival in Prescott, Ontario, is now acting and directing in

Vancouver. Paul Rainville, an actor beloved to Ottawa audiences, plays George. Rachel Eugster, as noted, plays Martha. Grace Gordon, who is based in Toronto and appeared in Bear’s inaugural play ’Tis Pity She’s a Whore, plays Honey. Cory Thibert of MayCan Theatre, who appeared in Bear’s production of The Glass Menagerie, plays Nick. “The opportunity to put such a team together is very exciting...!”Crowder noted. Bear & Co. performs regularly at The Gladstone, and enjoyed wild success with last year’s production of The Glass Menagerie. “Bear has a habit of doing tough plays, and plays that are rarely performed in Ottawa. Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? is a hugely demanding script for the two older actors. It is intricate, fast, emotionally devastating in its games, and a delight to the audience as two middleaged wordsmiths set out to demolish each other. The pleasure mounts as the younger pair, Nick and Honey, is inveigled into the action despite themselves. Is this evening of fun and games a nightmare, or is it just desserts for ambition too naked to countenance?” Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? runs at The Gladstone from April 6 to 16. Tickets can be purchased online at www.thegladstone.ca or by calling 613-233-4523. Alexis Scott works with theatre creator extraordinaire Eleanor Crowder and is the media contact for Bear & Co. Twitter: @bearandcompany Facebook: Bear & Co.

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Glebe resident Eleanor Crowder heats up The Gladstone Theatre

Geneviève as the jester Feste in Twelfth Night.

The Company of Adventurers and ‘Shakespeare 400’ in the Glebe By Cynthia Sugars

This year marks the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death. “Shakespeare 400” festivals have been organized to celebrate the occasion around the world from Stratford, England, to Melbourne, Australia, and several places in between. The University of Ottawa is hosting a season-long Shakespeare 400 Festival of its own including plays, concerts, talks, a Shakespeare “insultathon” contest, art exhibits and more, culminating in a conference on Shakespeare in Canada on the weekend of Shakespeare’s April 23 birthday. Shakespeare 400 will also feature a production of Twelfth Night by The Company of Adventurers, an Ottawa South young people’s theatre company (www.companyofadventurers.ca). For the past five summers, The Company of Adventurers has been producing an annual Shakespeare play performed

outdoors in the community on September weekends as a fundraiser for local charities. The Company’s participation in the Shakespeare 400 Festival marks a new departure, as we head indoors to the Avalon Studio at 738A Bank Street in the Glebe. Featuring a shipwreck, practical jokes, mistaken identities, a rascally jester, an uproarious sword fight and lots of music, Twelfth Night has long been one of Shakespeare’s most popular comedies. Like all Company of Adventurers productions, this year’s show is ideal family entertainment, a great way of introducing kids to Shakespeare. With a cast ranging in age from 9 to 16, it includes plenty of music, drama and high spirits. Come out and see us. “If music be the food of love, play on!” Cynthia Sugars teaches English at the University of Ottawa and is co-director of the Company of Adventurers.

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DEFT Learning Academy committed to student success Options for after-school learning have just expanded with the opening of DEFT Learning Academy in the Glebe, a centre that offers academic enrichment and remedial programs in math and English language arts for students in grades 1 to 12. Trevor de Freitas, founder and director of the Academy, has created a niche market in programs designed to assess the individual needs of each student, whether that need is to catch up, maintain grades or move ahead of the class. DEFT Learning Academy moved to the Glebe from Westboro in November 2015. The popular after-school classes take place Tuesdays and Thursdays in the Ecclesiax Church, 2 Monk Street, close to Bank Street and Fifth Avenue. The clever oval logo for DEFT speaks to the values de Freitas places on education. He chose the colour orange to reflect energy, balance, enthusiasm and warmth. The running fox – born of a chance encounter with a red fox that crossed his path on the way home from work – represents physical or mental responsiveness, quick thinking and adaptability. The tagline, “Committed to Student Success!” complements the message nicely. De Freitas’s love for learning started at a young age. Born in British Guiana in South America – now the independent nation of Guyana – he moved with his parents and siblings to

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Toronto in the 1970s where he excelled in after-school classes. He became an electronics technologist, got a university degree in electrical engineering and fell in love. He and Janice moved to Ottawa, married and raised two sons. De Freitas worked at Bell for a dozen years, followed by Nortel for four to five years and specialized in software and hardware engineering. He saw the writing on the wall when the economic downturn eventually hit the high tech industry, and with it he saw an opportunity to chart a new career path. As a father with a zest for helping his own children with their homework, de Freitas decided to channel his passion for education into a new business venture. He opened a franchised math and reading centre in the Glebe in 2006. Slowly and steadily, he grew a successful business. Eight years later he decided it was time to spread his wings and become “an unrestricted free agent” so that he would be better equipped to address the divergent learning needs of children. He spent several months working with an educa-

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Christopher Plummer to perform in Ottawa this July By Kyle Nightingale

Canadian cultural icon and renowned stage and film actor Christopher Plummer will be performing for two nights at the Music and Beyond festival this July. Plummer, “the finest classical actor in North America” (New York Times), will be performing Shakespeare and Music on July 8 and 9 at 7:30 p.m. at Dominion-Chalmers United Church. Shakespeare and Music is one of only a handful of live appearances Plummer will make in various countries in 2016. The program will see him deliver selections from such plays as Hamlet, Taming of the Shrew, Henry V, Romeo and Juliet, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Much Ado about Nothing and The Tempest seamlessly with music from the Music and

Beyond Festival Orchestra, which is made up of some of Canada’s best musicians. The Oscar-winning actor, known for his nearly 60-year career as one of theatre’s most respected actors and a veteran of over 150 motion pictures, developed the program in collaboration with Music and Beyond’s artistic director, Julian Armour. The show was workshopped and performed at the Banff Centre in 2013 in preparation for this Ottawa appearance. Calgary entertainment blog May I Present wrote of the show: “If you ever have a chance to see this production, do not hesitate, do not delay. Christopher Plummer is still at the very top of his game and I guarantee you will feel the hairs rise on your neck when his voice booms throughout the room. Nothing short of amazing...”

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Hospice Care Ottawa vice-chair John Laframboise and his team from Kelly Funeral Home were the top Hike for Hospice fundraisers last year.

Hike for Hospice is bigger and better By Sheila Brady

It’s going to be quite the party on the Carleton University campus Sunday, May 1, when pipers and Dixie bands will inspire 500 men, women, kids and puppies to hike 5k and raise crucial funds to help operate residences and programming at Hospice Care Ottawa (HCO). “This is the first year organizers have combined the traditional west end and central hikes, hoping for a stronger, bigger turnout,” said Kristina Voth-Childs, HCO’s communication coordinator. Last year, the two hikes raised a record $150,600 and this year hopes are high the 2016 goal of $120,000 will be surpassed. Veteran hiker Bonnie Rooney, 76, will be at the Carleton Field House with her aunt, Caroline (Nan) McPhee, 87, sneakers tied, committed to walking the route, which will weave along the Rideau River. “I want to give back to hospice because they have given so much to me,” said Rooney, who cared

for her husband Terrance Rooney at home until he asked to go to May Court Hospice in December 2001. “I received so much from the May Court,” says Rooney, who has hiked for the past 14 years, only missing one year. Terrance was at May Court for three days, but Rooney attended counselling for caregivers and then bereavement counselling. “I realized others were going through the same things I was. May Court helped me get on with my life.” Hospice has grown in the past 14 years, with 19 residential beds at May Court in Old Ottawa South and Central West Hospice on Carling Avenue and plans to construct Ruddy-Shenkman Hospice, a 12-bed residence in Kanata. There are bilingual services in the east end and a network of day programs and grief and bereavement counselling for young and adult family members. “Hospice helped 1,200 clients in the past year,” said Voth-Childs, who estimates HCO has to raise $1.8 million

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Hike for Hospice Sunday, May 1 Registration 8.30 a.m. The hike starts at 10 a.m. Field house at Carleton University. Route: There is a 5 km and 3.5 km route through the campus. Younger and older people, dogs and puppies are welcome. Food, music from the Sons of Scotland Pipe and Drum Band, the Original Trillium Dixie Land Jazz Band and the Terry McGovern Band Visit www.hospicecareottawa.ca for more information or to register or donate funds.

across the city,” said the Kelly Funeral Home executive and top fundraiser in 2015. Laframboise also brought the largest team to last year’s hike. Sheila Brady is a semi-retired journalist and member of the board of Hospice Care Ottawa.

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What do you know about the Welsh? Yes, we are a very proud nation, speak a different language and love rugby. Leeks are our national vegetable (yummy leek and potato soup), daffodils are our national flower and St. David is our patron saint. Did we miss out something important? We absolutely love to sing and almost everyone in Wales is a member of a choir. If you have Welsh anywhere in your ancestry or if you are simply interested in Welsh music and culture, you are in for a real treat during the Ontario Welsh Festival, which will be held in Ottawa, April 22–24. The festival is an annual celebration of Welsh music and culture, drawing visitors from all over Canada, the United States and Wales. First held in Niagara Falls in 1961, the festival has travelled throughout the province from Ottawa to Windsor since then. Long-time Glebe resident Maureen Carpenter is working hard with a team of volunteers to make the event a success. We are very honoured to have the renowned Côrdydd, a prize-winning mixed choir from Cardiff, Wales, together with extra-special guests, the world-renowned Three Welsh Tenors taking part in a gala concert on Saturday, April 23, with tickets available to the public. It will be a night to remember. Côrdydd is a young and vibrant mixed voice choir. Their name is a play on the word “Caerdydd,” the Welsh for Cardiff, the capital city from which they hail. The choir was founded in 2000 and over the years

has grown from strength to strength. Why not check them out on YouTube to get a little taste of the treat you are in for? And talking of treats, the icing on the weekend’s cake will be the Three Welsh Tenors: Aled Hall, Rhys Meirion and Aled Wyn Davies. So many countries have their “Three Tenors” since Carreras, Domingo and Pavarotti hit the world stage. We, the Welsh, are justly proud of our own “Tri Tenor Cymraeg.” Their distinct and unique voices complement each other perfectly. Their repertoire combines classics from opera and musicals, famous Welsh songs and hymns, and contemporary compositions – a mixture to suit everyone. The other main highlight of the festival will be traditional hymn singing sessions, known in Welsh as a “Gymanfa Ganu,” at Dominion Chalmers United Church on Sunday, April 24. The public is invited, and if you have never heard the Welsh sing hymns in four-part harmony, don’t miss this opportunity to experience it and join in. There will be two sessions, one at 10:30 a.m. and one at 1:30 p.m. An added treat will be songs by Côrdydd and the Tenors during each session. There will be a free-will offering. While the Gala Concert and hymnsinging sessions are open to the public, registration for the festival is encouraged and will let you attend the other cultural events including the informal talent show known as a “Noson Lawen,” with the Tenors as MCs, on Friday, April 22, and various seminars, children’s activities and

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The Three Welsh Tenors, Aled Hall, Rhys Meirion and Aled Wyn Davies, will perform on April 23 at the Ontario Welsh Festival.

Côrdydd, a renowned and prize-winning mixed choir from Cardiff, Wales, will be at the Ontario Welsh Festival.

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26 Glebe Report April 8, 2016

At the flicks with Lois and Paul

El Club Directed by Pablo Larraín (Chile 2015) By Paul Green

Where to Invade Next Directed by Michael Moore (USA, 2016) By Lois Siegel

It’s been six years since Michael Moore released a film. According to Moore, Where to Invade Next was shot entirely outside the USA. The exception was stock shots from archives. He declares that the U.S. invasions in other parts of the world have been failures. Instead they should send him in to “invade,” that is, to investigate how other people do things, how they improve their lives. He promises to take back to America the best ideas he discovers. This is definitely a film you should see. You will learn some interesting things about other countries: extensive paid vacations, paid honeymoons, two-hour lunches for factory workers, education alternatives, i.e. serious sex talk, and no homework for students because brains have to relax. Some institutions have even banished standardized tests. In one city, all schools are the same with no private schools. In the U.S.A., Moore insists, school is a business. Moore asks, “Why do Italians always look like they just had sex? Is it because there is less stress in their lives?” One enticing idea is unveiled in Normandy, France. Gourmet food is served at tables set with real china in an elementary school cafeteria. There’s Camembert cheese and lamb skewers, chicken or scallops with sauce, or fillet of cod, and fruit for dessert. There are no vending machines. Humour abounds in the film. At a table with the kids, Moore recites one of his French spiels that he learned

in school – those things you have to memorize and perform in front of the class. He rattles off a discourse in a high voice about Papa, who wants to eat dinner in a restaurant, and his children are delighted, but Maman stifles their desires and says, “Here’s dinner.” The young kids at the school look confused. Students at one college in Slovenia have no debts. Essentially, education is free. Some U.S. students have caught on to this and are attending. One hundred courses are taught in English. In Germany, a pencil factory actually has windows that let in good light. The owner doesn’t want ill workers. His employees are on the Board of Directors and often propose good ideas for change. “That’s the key to success,” the owner says. Moore states that the U.S. hides from its sins. It’s a country built on the backs of slaves. We are shown a prison in Norway that focuses on rehabilitation. Prisoners are not locked in. We see a murderer making food in a kitchen where there are knives on the wall. He’s using one. There are 115 inmates with only four guards, who don’t carry guns. The prisoners’ punishment is a loss of freedom, but they are being helped to return to society. The “residents” take classes. There’s a library and a recording studio. Creativity is encouraged. Prisoners also have the right to vote. In the States, Moore explains, 80 per cent of prisoners are re-arrested. In Norway, only 20 per cent are. It doesn’t matter if you are a fan of Michael Moore or not, this film is worth seeing. It’s good to know there are other ways of doing things. Running time: 120 minutes DVD estimated release date, April 2016

Pablo Larraín’s previous film No dealt with the 1988 plebiscite in Chile, an event that, against all odds, signalled the demise of the Pinochet regime. His latest entry, El Club (The Club) also examines, albeit more indirectly, the legacy of fascist military rule in that country. More particularly, it focuses on child sexual abuse and other crimes relating to the Pinochet years at the hands of priests and prelates in the Catholic Church. And while El Club certainly may be seen as a bookend to the recent American film, it is grittier than Spotlight, as it delves deeply into the mindset of men who have not yet come to grips with the seriousness of their crimes. Filmed on location in a coastal fishing village, El Club opens with a shot of a man on the beach. He is busy training a greyhound dog that runs around in circles chasing an object tethered to a pole, an object it can never quite reach. The man, we learn, is Father Vidal, one of four aging priests living in a nondescript house overlooking the beach. At first, it is not clear who these men are, or what they are doing in this remote location. Judging from their daily routine, one might assume that this house where they live not uncomfortably is some sort of refuge or religious retreat. No less interesting is Sister Monica, a defrocked nun who watches over her charges with a protective eye and is clearly devoted to them. Working with an excellent ensemble cast, Larraín knows just how to set the scene for what’s coming next. For those living complacently, if somewhat uneasily, in this house, the arrival of Father Lazcano – rumpled, late fifties and clearly unhappy at having ended up here – is not a good sign. In fact, one look at his woebegone expression tells us that Father Lazcano is a man very near the end of his rope. Scarcely has the wretched fellow been introduced to his four new “companions” and taken in hand by Sister

Monica, when a dishevelled, down-athis-heels younger man materializes in the front yard and promptly launches into a lurid but sincere recitation of abuse suffered at the hands of Lazcano, now suitably mortified. Faced with a spectacle on their doorstep that shows no sign of abating, the four resident priests find the situation intolerable. Their reaction and that of Father Lazcano set in motion a series of events that will alter their lives forever. Deus ex machina arrives in the person of Jesuit-trained investigator Father García. Through his sessions with the priests, subtle interrogations really, we learn of their crimes and misdemeanours – sexual abuse of children, complicity in torture (one was an army chaplain) and involvement in the abduction of the children of slain dissidents – and even those of Sister Monica, who wears a tightlipped smile as she gives evasive answers to Father García. The title is, of course, ironic; this home is not a “club” as we understand the term. It was supposed to be a place of “prayer and penitence,” except that these men did not pray and none was particularly penitent. They drank and made money racing the greyhound trained by Father Vidal. (“The only dog mentioned in the bible,” he observes lamely at one point.) Perhaps they did see it as a sort of club, after all. There are serious issues at stake in this film, and Father García has his work cut out for him. He gets some unexpected help from Sandokan, the dishevelled man who has not gone away. Although his life resembles a comic shambles, and his presence in the community is for a time hidden from the investigator, the dishevelled man may yet provide an opening for a kind of reckoning or redemption for the four residents of “El Club.” This is a dark and very unsettling tale, one laced with humanity and, not surprisingly, dark humour . . . a story for our troubled times, the sort of narrative that seeps into the viewer’s consciousness. It is tightly directed, well-acted and has some great close-in camera work. In Spanish with English subtitles. Running time 97 minutes. Rated 14A.

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“Regal Queen Anne’s Lace” by Patricia Doyle

Patricia Doyle artworks at the GCC Gallery Patricia Doyle was born in the small rural community of Granville Ferry, Nova Scotia. She moved with her family to Ottawa in 1967 where she completed her secondary education at Immaculata High School. She also finished the one-year art program at the High School of Commerce and went on to graduate with a degree in fine arts from the prestigious program at Mount Allison University. Doyle also attended the Banff School of Fine Arts under the mentorship of Tak Tanabe and went on to obtain a diploma in graphic design from Algonquin College in Ottawa. Doyle paints in the tradition of realistic expression and her work is highly influenced by her love of nature. Her

preferred media are watercolour and oil. Her work is characterized by a profound appreciation and rendering of detail. She has exhibited at Wallack Galleries for many years and her art is found in many private collections. Recipient of first prize for painting at the Ottawa Orchid Show, she also was commissioned to work on the large and impressive screens of artwork at the Canadian Tire Centre. Patricia Doyle now works as a program facilitator for the art and music programs at the Glebe Centre Long Term Care. Her artworks will be on display at the Glebe Community Centre Gallery from April 4 to May 1.

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Sharon and Bram to headline Gil’s Hootenanny on May 1 By Kathy Kennedy

“Wolf Moon,” by Jeffrey Sugarman

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The Wild Oat is pleased to present several paintings by Jeffrey Sugarman for the month of April. Jeffrey began painting 10 years ago at the Ottawa School of Art and subsequently has taken professional instruction at the Atelier des Bresole in Montreal, plus several workshops in Canada at the Academy of Realist Art, Toronto. He has taken training in the U.S. with master painter Hongian Zhang in Woodstock, N.Y., and with master painter Max Ginsburg at his studio in New York City. Jeffrey has shifted his focus from the human figure and portraiture to landscapes since moving out to Dunrobin four years ago where he has his studio, a two-storey building that he shares with his wife Megan Duffield, a successful clothing designer. Several of the paintings presented by the Wild Oat this month are of old barns and deserted houses echoing a time gone by. The Wild Oat, 817 Bank Street

When Bram Morrison was approached to headline this year’s Gil’s Hootenanny May Day sing-along, he jumped at the chance to participate. And when Bram asked Sharon Hampson if she was available, her response was equally swift and enthusiastic. The duo believe that music is to be shared, and the community spirit that underscores this annual Hootenanny, an informal folk music sing-along, connects with Sharon and Bram at a deep, personal level. “We love singing with our audiences; the sound of families singing together and the expression of delight on the faces of parents and children as they share the music, give us deep satisfaction,” said Sharon and Bram. Since Lois’s retirement in 1999, and her death in 2015, they have carried on the music-sharing tradition they established as the Sharon, Lois & Bram trio in 1978. They will be bringing their energy and sense of fun to the Hootenanny as they lead the morning family audience in rousing renditions of songs that are pure fun and that kids will love. The afternoon sing-along will feature familiar songs of hope and protest that everyone will want to

sing along to! This annual celebration of the collective power of song was inspired by Gil Levine (1924 – 2009), the founding director of research at the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), a great lover of folk music and supporter of folk musicians. Gil’s vision of a better world included bringing people together to celebrate the stories, struggles and victories of working people. The 2016 Hootenanny will be held on Sunday, May 1 at the Glebe Community Centre, 175 Lyon Street. For the first time, the event will include two separate sing-alongs: a one-hour family sing-along at 11 a.m. ($5 per person) and a longer, all-ages singalong at 2:30 p.m. ($10 per person). Tickets are available, cash preferred, at Metro Music, 695 Bank Street at Glebe Avenue, 613-233-9688, and Octopus Books, 116 Third Avenue west of Bank, 613-233-2589. Tickets will also be available at the door and online at www.rasputins.ca. Kathy Kennedy is active in promoting and protecting the wellbeing of Ottawa’s downtown neighbourhoods and is on the organizing committee for Gil’s Hootenanny.

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Free film: Call Of The Forest – The Forgotten Wisdom Of Trees

St. James Tennis Club adds a fifth court By John Wins-Purdy

Mayfair Theatre, April 14 By Madeleine Aubrey

The Canadian Association for the Club of Rome (CACOR, www.cacor. org), as part of its educational outreach program, is pleased to invite you to a special preview showing of a new documentary film: Call Of The Forest: The Forgotten Wisdom Of Trees, featuring Diana Beresford-Kroeger, well-known scientist and environmentalist from the Ottawa area. The film will be shown at the Mayfair Theatre on Thursday, April 14. Doors open at 5:40 p.m., the film starts at 6:05 p.m. and is followed by a Q&A session with the author. Guests can purchase a book and have it signed by Diana BeresfordKroeger. The film showing is free, but we encourage donations to the Youth Education Fund sponsored by Beresford-Kroeger. Space is limited: seating is on a “first come, first served” basis. Call of the Forest: The Forgotten Wisdom of Trees, directed by Peabody-Award-winning director Jeff McKay and co-produced by Edgeland Films and Merit Motion Pictures, follows Diana Beresford-Kroeger as she

tours some of the earth’s last great forests, from Japan, Ireland and Germany to the U.S. and Canada, meeting many of the world’s ancient trees and educating people about their histories and legacies. “Diana tells us amazing stories of how trees protect and feed the planet, produce pheromones and oxygen, filter our air and water of toxins and sequester carbon. You will never look at a tree in the same way again.” www. dianasjourney.com Please join us for an informative and exciting evening at the Mayfair Theatre, April 14 at 5:40 p.m. The Canadian Association for the Club of Rome is a dynamic and informative association whose members discuss pertinent global topics with some of the most informed, eminent and articulate specialists. CACOR’s vision is for its members to contribute to restoring and sustaining the natural systems of the planet, and the welfare of humankind within them. Madeleine Aubrey, a Glebe resident, is president of the Canadian Association for the Club of Rome (CACOR).

More ideas for celebrating Canada 150 By Gail Stewart

You’ll catch a small group of people brainstorming ideas for marking Canada’s 150th anniversary of confederation in 2017 on Saturday mornings between 10 a.m. and noon at Sunnyside library. Some of the ideas from the Drop-in were in the March issue of the Glebe Report. Here are some more ideas to inspire us.

5. “Meet-ups” and other mediaorganized 2017 events 6. Picnics in the parks for Canada’s 150th 7. Volunteer-led Tours of neighbourhoods, universities, bakeries, sugar bushes, etc. 8. Self-signed tables for “Canada @ 150” chats in coffee shops (subject to the owner’s agreement) 9. Red and white flower and shrub plantings by residents of Ottawa in 2017

1. History of Canadian folksongs: concerts for residents and visitors 2. Horse-drawn carriage rides on special holidays 3. Libraries hosting conversations among Canadians 4. Kids’ graphic designs for 2017 on stamps, coins and dollar bills

2017 is coming, so dare to dream. Invent your own project, come to the drop-in to chat or add more ideas. We’ll help if we can. Everyone is welcome. If Saturday isn’t possible, email your ideas to lcamundsen37@gmail. com or add them to the open notebook for 2017 ideas at the library.

The world is expanding at St. James Tennis Club. After close to five years of planning, the tennis club will be adding a fifth court across the street in the Corpus Christi schoolyard. Club staff and executive are very pleased to be able to offer more opportunities for instructional programs, leagues, school lessons, round robins and free play for members beginning this spring. The idea to build a fifth court started over five years ago when former club president Tom Evans and manager John Wins-Purdy recognized that the club was bursting at the seams with activity. Afterschool programs had grown immensely to occupy all four courts, the local elementary schools were taking classes there every day in the spring, and tennis camp participation was on the rise. Staff and members alike could feel that the club needed more space, something that comes at a premium in the Glebe. Evans and Wins-Purdy walked across the street and started taking some measurements and found that the paved schoolyard was the size to fit exactly two tennis courts, although only one court was realistic given half of the schoolyard is on a heavy slant. An expensive renovation had just been completed at the tennis club and with no money in the coffers, the project was shelved for a few years. Luckily, the club continued to prosper and it was back on the table, starting with meetings with Michael Schreider, the principal of Corpus Christi at the time. He was very open to the idea of building on the existing partnership with the club and the potential for investment in the school’s outdoor infrastructure. Working with Schreider, our request was passed up to the superintendent of planning and facilities at the Ottawa Catholic School Board (OCSB), with whom negotiations began and the details planned out. A contract was established between the club and the OCSB, which essentially outlines that the club may build a tennis court on school property and enjoy priority use of the space outside of school hours. This arrangement is quite complementary,

given demand on the tennis courts is highest after school, on weekends, and in the summer time. The club has offered free tennis lessons and equipment to Corpus Christi as a gesture of good will and to build the sport at the school. In 2014, the project was planned out with a local contractor to include a full tennis court resurfacing of the very old and weathered paved surface in the schoolyard. However, upon a joint inspection by the club contractor and an OCSB representative, the surface was deemed too rough and generally hazardous to anyone running or playing on it. As a result, the OCSB decided that it was time to repave the entire schoolyard and our project would have to wait until 2015. Despite the delay, this was very positive, given the underlying playing surface was going to increase substantially and at no expense to the tennis club. The schoolyard was paved in July 2015 and a month later the club had net post sleeves installed on the playing surface. Fresh lines will be painted on by club staff and volunteers and a new net will be strung for the first time after the snow melts this spring. The club considered a full resurfacing with a U.S. Open blue and green plexipave surface, but because snowploughs clear and scrape the surface of the schoolyard all winter, the club did not want to risk this type of investment in year one. So for now, it will start as a black asphalt court with white lines, but in future, it could be improved upon and turned into a professional-looking tennis court. The club is very excited to have an extra court to work with this season. Some kids’ programming and summer camps will be diverted to the schoolyard court, which will free up court space for members to play. Membership at the club over the past six years on average has been 700 and according to Tennis Canada, the club had one of the highest member-to-court ratios in the country at around 175:1. Thanks to the fifth court, this ratio will now be reduced to around 135:1. John Wins-Purdy is manager of the St. James Tennis Club.

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Natural ways to control seasonal allergies By Zenah Surani

It’s spring! The birds are singing, the days are longer, and here at the pharmacy, we are fielding more questions about the usual spring allergy symptoms: itchy, watery eyes, sneezing and congestion, and dry, scratchy throats. There are many prescription and non-prescription options available to control these symptoms, such as corticosteroids, oral antihistamines, eye drops, and nasal sprays. However, many people come in and specifically ask for natural options for controlling allergies, so I thought it would be beneficial to explore the different remedies that are out there and how they can help. As always, please consult your pharmacist or doctor if you wish to try any of these remedies, as there could be interactions with other medications or complications with certain medical conditions. What causes those symptoms, anyway? Pollen is a major culprit, for most people. Pollen is a powdery substance involved in plant reproduction. In the spring, certain species of pollen, usually from trees or grass, are light enough to be carried by wind. When people prone to seasonal allergies breathe in these particles, their immune systems overreact. The particles are then mistakenly flagged as dangerous intruders, causing a chain reaction involving different cells of the immune system. The end stage of this chain reaction is the release of chemicals known as histamine that act on different receptors in the body, sending the message to wreak havoc. If you’re an allergy sufferer, histamine

is responsible for your misery when the weather starts becoming nicer. The compound quercetin is found naturally in foods such as dark berries (blueberries, blackberries and billberries), apples, red wine, and citrus fruits. Quercetin is a part of a bigger family of compounds called flavonoids, which are strong antioxidants. Antioxidants are important to us because they help to neutralize molecular level damage to our bodies. In some cases, antioxidants can even prevent this damage. In scavenging the free radicals that cause this damage, antioxidants have a protective effect. Quercetin in particular has been shown in lab studies to prevent the release of histamine from immune system mast cells. Although animal and human studies have yet to be done, scientists believe that this means that quercetin’s anti-inflammatory and anti-histaminic effect could be applied to seasonal allergies. Another popular supplement during allergy season is N-Acetyl Cysteine (NAC). NAC is derived from the amino acid L-cysteine and is transformed in the body to gluathione, yet another antioxidant used for seasonal allergies! NAC is particularly helpful for those suffering from respiratory and nasal allergies. NAC is documented to be effective in certain respiratory conditions such as Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and chronic bronchitis. Its main mechanism of action in these diseases is to make thick mucus in the lungs thinner, helping patients expectorate (cough it up), more easily. Human studies on NAC and seasonal

allergies have not been performed, but animal studies have and there is positive preliminary evidence behind its use for seasonal allergic rhinitis in which it was proposed as a way to slow the inflammatory immune response. You may remember seeing the name “butterbur” from an article I wrote several months ago that outlined lesser-known natural supplements. In addition to its use for migraines, butterbur looks promising for use against seasonal allergies. Butterbur is an herb native to Europe, southwestern Asia, and North Africa. Compounds called petasins are its active ingredients. Petasins have been studied and have been shown to disrupt the activities of histamine and leukotrienes, which is another major player in the immune system’s cascade. Raw butterbur should never be used, since it contains toxins that can be harmful to the liver. Butterbur labelled as certified “PA free” is free of those toxins and safe to use. A trial reported in the

British Medical Journal put butterbur head to head against cetirizine, a common over-the-counter antihistamine, in a randomized controlled trial to see which performed better in the treatment of allergic rhinitis. The trial found that both were equally effective, leading to the recommendation that butterbur could be used for allergic rhinitis in cases in which side effects of antihistamines, i.e. drowsiness, are intolerable. Sources: Natural Medicines Database Canadian Pharmacists’ Letter University of Maryland Medical Centre Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Centre: “Integrative Medicine” page British Medical Journal, 2002, 324:144. http:// www.bmj.com/content/324/7330/144 “N-acetylcysteine exerts therapeutic action in a rat model of allergic rhinitis.” Int Forum Allergy Rhinol. 2013 Jul;3(7):543-9. doi: 10.1002/ alr.21145. Epub 2013 Jan 10.

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How safe are our streets for seniors and other valuable pedestrians? Sidewalks can be unsafe because of curb cuts that restrict pedestrians in wheelchairs and using mobility aids, poor snow removal, and unsafe pedestrian crossings. These are some of the hazards identified by volunteers who conducted age-friendly walkability audits in the Glebe in the spring, winter and fall of 2015. The audits were part of a two-year project by the Council on Aging Ottawa (CAO), in partnership with Ecology Ottawa, local associations and the City. Participants ages 2 to 85 and several dogs used an age-friendly checklist to measure safety, accessibility, connectedness and comfort in three Ottawa communities. “We were delighted to partner with the Abbotsford Seniors Centre,” said Dianne Breton, chair of the CAO Committee. “Special thanks to Karen Ann Blakely and Pat Goyeche who helped to recruit the walkers, and hosted the audits in the Glebe.” Councillor David Chernushenko and representatives from the City of Ottawa Public Works Department joined the walkers on three routes in the Glebe area. Lansdowne Park was under construction at the time of the audits, which negatively impacted walkability and safety near that site. Fortunately, the hazards related to construction have been fixed. However, other problems remain. Older pedestrians found many of the inner streets in the Glebe difficult, especially for people with walkers or in wheelchairs. Sidewalks were covered with slippery leaves in the fall and slippery ice in winter. Parked cars on the street made visibility poor and made it impossible to get around large puddles and mud patches on the sidewalks. Safe crossings were difficult to find, especially at Monk and Queen Elizabeth, Fifth and Lyon, and Queen Elizabeth Way and Queen Elizabeth Place. The Bank Street Bridge was a particular concern. It is too narrow, traffic is too fast and pedestrians do not feel safely separated from vehicle or bicycle traffic. Because cyclists also feel unsafe, many use the sidewalk instead of the road. Not surprisingly, winter presents serious challenges for older walkers.

Attempts to do a walk audit by a group living in the Colonel By Retirement Residence on Aylmer Avenue were stymied three times: once by a fierce ice storm, once by extremely low temperatures and once by a respiratory infection that discouraged anyone from leaving or coming into the residence. Those who did venture out on their own said the only safe place to walk was up the middle of the road. The slanted icy sidewalks in their neighbourhood were impossible to use. “While the City does its best after winter storms, we believe that more resources need to be allocated to effective snow and ice removal, especially on sidewalks, around bus stops and especially on streets where there are seniors’ residences and schools,” said Breton. While improvements could be made in signage, and more garbage bins and places to rest would be welcome, older walkers in the Glebe appreciated the mix of housing and destinations including shops, the library, community centres and churches. • •

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Gretl K. Fischer’s The Ethical Command of the Cosmos By Teena Hendelman

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The Ethical Command of the Cosmos is the book that resulted from the life-long question that engaged Gretl Fischer: In the face of fathomless corruption and evil, can we be satisfied with our modern view that nothing is good or bad as such, but depends on our preference or on social custom? Born Gretl Kraus in Olomouc, Czechoslovakia, she escaped in the nick of time before the Nazi occupation. While her entire family perished in the concentration camps, mainly Theresienstadt, she and her fiancé Hugo were on one of the last trains to England. Later they immigrated to Canada where Hugo re-qualified as a lawyer in British Columbia and then accepted a position as a legal advisor with the Canadian government. Gretl Fischer completed her education, earning her first degree at UBC in Vancouver, her MA at Carleton University and her PhD in English at McGill. Her dissertation, In Search of Jerusalem, Religion and Ethics in the Writings of A. M. Klein, published by McGill-Queen’s Press (1975), has been frequently cited. Fischer wrote stories, plays, essays and a novel during her career as an author and professor of English at Carleton University. She also brought the play, Brundibar, initially performed in Theresienstadt, to Ottawa for a performance at Glebe Collegiate in 1977. Fischer was uneasy with the observation that for many people the concept of good and evil is merely a human invention and is variable according to social customs or to individual points of view. In her view there does exist a powerful, objective cosmic standard by which we can distinguish right from wrong, good from evil. The Ethical Command of the Cosmos presents the development of her stance on the natural imperative toward life and wellbeing. She explains why she believes such a standard of right and wrong exists, states

objections to it and follows with her defense. Dr. Fischer shows, with the help of basic teachings gleaned from contemporary mainstream science, that cosmic energy has a built-in bias in favour of life and wellbeing. Whenever pain appears, it is the sign that evil has taken place.

“In her view there does exist a powerful, objective cosmic standard by which we can distinguish right from wrong, good from evil.”

In 1990, Gretl K. Fischer published a novel, An Answer for Pierre (Borealis Press), based on her belief in an absolute moral standard dependent on natural law. Sharon Drache wrote a review in the Glebe Report praising Fischer for “diligently weaving history, religion and science into a complex love story between an English professor and one of his students whom he marries.” Drache pointed out similarities to A.M. Klein’s only published novel, The Second Scroll. The launch of The Ethical Command of the Cosmos by Gretl Keren Fischer (Borealis Press), a posthumous publication, will take place on Sunday, April 17, at 10 a.m. with a complimentary bagels and coffee breakfast at Temple Israel, 1301 Prince of Wales Drive. All are invited. Teena Hendelman, Glebe resident and Glebe Report contributor, is literary trustee for the late Dr. Gretl K. Fischer.

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Artful tales

Glebe Report April 8, 2016

fire. This is a lovely picture book for ages five to seven.

By Ildiko Sumegi

There is magic not just in the making of art, but also in the experiencing of it. Fiction is a wonderful way to explore the role art can play in our lives and in the world. Here are four children’s books for various ages on the subject of art and personal experience. All of these books can be found at the Ottawa Public Library.

The First Drawing (Little, Brown and Company, 2013) by Mordecai Gerstein In The First Drawing, Caldecott medalist Mordecai Gerstein imagines how the first drawing might have been made. He takes as his inspiration the discovery of the Chauvet-Pont-d’Arc cave paintings in the south of France. Gerstein takes his young readers back in time to experience the life of a boy who once lived with his family in this cave. The boy watches the animals that roam the land and he sees them in strange places – in the clouds, in the rocks, and most magically in the flickering shadows cast across his cave’s wall by the light of the

The Paint Box (Fitzhenry & Whiteside, 2003) by Maxine Trottier, with illustrations by Stella East Canadian author Maxine Trottier sets her story in Venice during the Renaissance. This is a story inspired by the real life of Marietta Tintoretto, daughter of the famous artist Jacopo Tintoretto. Trottier brings to life a time and place from the perspective of a young girl who must pretend to be a boy to follow her passion and develop her talents. When a ship’s captain commissions a portrait from her father, Marietta befriends his cabin boy, a slave whose plight Marietta comes to realize shares features with her own. Issues of freedom and gender are explored in this touching tale. Canadian artist Stella East combines photography and painting to excellent effect in portraying the city of Venice. Many of her paintings are awash in a golden light that brings warmth to the story. It’s a book for readers six to nine years old.

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Framed (Macmillan, 2005) by Frank Cottrell Boyce If you are looking for a book that involves art theft, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and perhaps a little too much information about cars, then look no further. Nine-year-old Dylan is the only boy left in the small Welsh town of Manod. He and his family live above the family-owned business and only petrol station in town, the Oasis Auto Marvel. Paintings from the National Gallery in London are sent for safekeeping in the abandoned slate mine inside the mountain that rises up behind the Oasis Auto Marvel when the River Thames overflows. Various paintings from the Gallery’s collection come to be viewed by the people of Manod, and each painting brings about a change in someone from the community over the course of the book. Carnegie award-winning author Frank Cottrell Boyce will have you laughing from cover to cover, and by the end you will feel as if you have a renewed appreciation not only for art, but for the beauty that surrounds us every day. For girls and boys aged eight to twelve.

A Single Shard (Clarion Books, 2001) by Linda Sue Park Winner of the Newbery medal in 2002, A Single Shard is a quiet yet mesmerizing story set in twelfth century Korea. An orphaned boy named Tree-Ear lives a difficult life under a bridge with his guardian and friend known as Crane-man. Tree-Ear lives in the village of Ch’ulp’o, one of a few places known for its production of green celadon pottery. From time to time, Tree-Ear spies on Min the potter throwing pots on the wheel in his yard. Min’s pots are the finest and the most expensive. As the villagers put it, finest vases. This is a story about art and passion and the ownership of new ideas. But in the end, it is also a story about life and love and home. A story for ages 10 and up. Ildiko Sumegi is a Glebe resident, mother of two boys, and owner of a well-used library card.

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Quest for the Northwest Passage By Frank Dimech

For the British Empire in the 19th Century, finding a faster route to cross the Atlantic to the rich China and India trade was important to the Empire’s global expansion and commerce. To anyone who found this route, the Northwest Passage, the British government rewarded promotions and large financial awards. Unfortunately, as the crews were inexperienced and ignorant of the dangers in the Arctic, many lives and ships were lost. For more on the history of these first Northwest Passage voyages, I suggest the excellently researched book by Glyn Williams, Arctic Labyrinth (Viking, 2009). Of all NWP expeditions, John Franklin’s voyage of 1845 was the best planned and the best crewed expedition. Yet it too suffered a horrendous disaster. The surviving crewmembers on the ships HMS Erebus and Terror endured cold, ice, madness, starvation (and rumoured cannibalism) for three long Arctic summers and winters. The emaciated survivors rigged improvised sledges filled with their remaining canned goods, and set off across the ice floes. They were never heard of again. Lady Jane Franklin set out to rescue her late husband. She successfully orchestrated an unprecedented twelveyear search with the support of the British prime minister, the American president and the Russian czar. Her remarkable campaign did more for the discovery of the Arctic and the NWP than the entire British government and

created a legend for John Franklin. An amazing woman, Ken McGoogan’s Lady Franklin’s Revenge (Harper Collins, 2003) has equally created a legend of Lady Franklin herself. The Ice Passage, by Brian Payton, (Random House, 2009) recounts one rescue mission led by Commander Robert McClure and his crew in the HMS Investigator in 1850. They too found themselves trapped in the ice, facing starvation, madness and death. Luckily, in 1853, a passing ship rescued McClure and his crewmembers. McClure was knighted and promoted to the rank of rear admiral for his astonishing feat of being the first to cross the NWP from west to east. Ironically an unknown Hudson Bay Company surgeon, John Rae, travelling on foot, in 1851 found traces of the Franklin expedition. When Rae reported that he had found evidence that Franklin’s crew had cannibalised their dying mates, the news was not well received, especially by Lady Franklin, and she had Rae discredited. To read the personal journal notes of Rae’s expedition, with his knowledge of the Arctic and the Inuit culture, I highly recommend The Arctic Journals of John Rae (Touchwood, 2011). However, in 1981, Owen Beattie, an anthropologist from the University of Alberta, examined the tissue and bone from the frozen bodies of three seamen: John Torringham, William Braine and John Hartnell (former sailors from the Franklin expedition). Laboratory tests revealed high concentrations of lead; the sailors had died from lead poisoning. It came from

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(Dundurn, 2013). In 2014, a team of Parks Canada underwater archaeologists found the HMS Erebus, the flagship of Sir John Franklin. To learn more about the search and discovery, read John Geiger’s Franklin’s Lost Ship: The Historic Discovery of HMS Erebus (HarperCollins, 2015). “If it’s out there, it’s in here” Frank Dimech is Information Librarian at the Sunnyside Branch of the Ottawa Public Library and one of a group of regular contributors of book review essays to the Glebe Report.

WHAT YOUR NEIGHBOURS ARE READING Here is a list of some titles read and discussed recently in various local book clubs: TITLE (for adults)

AUTHOR

Captain Corelli’s Mandolin1

Louis de Bernières

The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up2

Marie Kondo

Daddy Lenin and Other Stories3

Guy Vanderhaeghe

The Polish Officer4

Alan Furst

Louis Riel and Gabriel Dumont

Joseph Boyden

And the Birds Rained Down6

Jocelyne Saucier

Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter

Tom Franklin

The Shadow of the Wind8

Carlos Ruiz Zafón

A Siege of Bitterns9

Steve Burrows

We Are Not Ourselves

Matthew Thomas

They Left Us Everything11

Plum Johnson

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AUTHOR

La géante endormie12

Christian Oster

A Wrinkle in Time13

Madeleine L’Engle

The Graveyard Book

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.

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Neil Gaiman 8. Sunnyside European Book Club 9. Sunnyside Mystery Book Club 10. Sunnyside Second Friday Adult Book Club 11. The Topless Book Club 12. Sunnyside Club de lecture en français pour les enfants 13. Sunnyside Mighty Girls Book Club 14. Sunnyside Readers Wanted Book Club

If your book club would like to share its reading list, please email it to Micheline Boyle at grapevine@glebereport.ca

games

Glebe Report April 8, 2016

By Dudleigh Coyle

As we retirees uncover more spare time, it seems that the bridge table is something we are going back to and others are finding for the first time. Being a keen bridge player, I get a good feeling when playing the “national game of the Glebe.” The Glebe is ideally suited for the game of bridge as it is not a transient neighbourhood, we know one another here, many Glebe houses can accommodate three to four tables of bridge, pubs are pleased to host a regular game, the RA Centre is close by to provide structured learning and we have the Glebe Community Centre and The Pantry. The Gorens and the Standard Americans co-exist at the regular weekly session of the Glebe Bridge Club. Goren is likely the version current players grew up playing and probably what our parents played. Standard American came on the scene a bit later and has introduced some bidding modifications. As a rule they don’t work that well together. A popular form of Standard American can be found with Audrey Grant’s series of bridge books and one can often hear, “Audrey may not see it that way.” or “This is how Audrey would bid.” The good thing about the bridge club at the community centre is that Audrey and Goren can co-exist as long as one knows Goren and can slip back. There is a group of solid bridge players at The Pantry on Wednesday mornings that are just fine with Goren (thank you very much) and others who

have made the transition to Standard American. This is all good as the bridge played at the bridge club and throughout the Glebe is very forgiving – social bridge. The key components of social bridge are conversation, guidance, changing partners, saying thank you when dummy goes down and letting past hands go! Scoring of the hands is not really necessary and doesn’t happen that often. Picking up the game of bridge again or learning it for the first time happens regularly in the Glebe. Here are some basic suggestions: • Figure out if now is the time for you to find the bridge table and if you are serious. If so, acquire a copy of Audrey Grant’s Bridge Basics 1 – An Introduction. • Find three friends who are interested in playing with you on a regular basis, knowing you have some ground to cover. • Commit to playing bridge on a regular basis, whatever regular is. Twice a month is good. • Start reading Audrey’s Bridge Basics and make notes. Bring your notes with you. • Start playing. Learning bridge is like riding a bike; one needs to ride the bike to ride the bike. • Push through the first four bridge games and then you should be on your way. Expose the hands and talk through the bidding. The key component in taking up bridge is enthusiasm; if you want to do it, just do it. Make a mistake; that is where the learning happens. Bridge is a great game and can

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The Glebe according to Zeus

In the land of Glebe

A guinea pig’s perspective on the Glebe

Guinea pig road rage a growing epidemic?

In The Language Garden

Hugo’s petition offers a novel economic argument: “The cars are small and electric, not gas. Most are made locally by GP Motors and provide employment for many marginalized and underrepresented groups, including skunks.” Hugo further argued that many local businesses would suffer, as would the very social fabric of the community, if the guinea pigs couldn’t get out to shop on Saturdays. “Take Delilah, she’s renovating her hutch and has purchased everything at Home Hardware, from small outdoor rugs to dimmer switches! And people love seeing us out and about! Ralph practically clears out McKeen’s organic veggie section. Sure, he could order online and get it delivered, but everyone wants to see him!” The fact remains, however, that dedicated guinea pig parking spots would take up at least five square feet of sidewalks. Can the community really spare the space?

Take your pulse …er, eat your lentils?

Ask any Glebe resident where the apex of the Glebe is and they’ll tell you it’s between Second and Third avenues. These days, however, residents have become wary of wild public outbursts by guinea pigs over parking, especially on Saturdays. Last week, Parking for Pigs, a local advocacy group launched by Hugo, presented its case to the Piggy Council and requested dedicated parking spots on sidewalks so that pigs could have direct storefront access. Opinions on the subject of dedicated spots vary. “Some of my best clients are guinea pigs,” offered Bruce from Optical Excellence. “But they just aren’t made for distance. I’m not saying they’re fat, but they are rotund and have notably short and stubby legs.” Others are less sympathetic: “They’re like fat rats and should walk more! And cars are bad for the environment!” complained Martina, who teaches Pilates and admits she has no guinea pig clients.

By Adelle Farrelly

Pulses are good for your pulse; that is to say, beans, peas, and lentils may help reduce heart disease. Does the one word come from the other? Are they associated in some way? No, actually, despite having identical spelling and pronunciation and both being derived from Latin words. The pulse that refers to one’s heartbeat comes from the verb pellere. Students of Latin are often taught to memorize the principal parts of any given verb. In this case, they are pello, pellere, pepuli, pulsus. It is not necessary to get too deeply into a Latin grammar lesson, but if you look at the last word in the list you can see that it looks quite similar to “pulse.” The verb pellere means to drive or beat, and the pulsus form of the word means beating, like a beating heart. You can see the connection between the forms a little better in words like propel and propulsion, and expel and expulsion. The legume-denoting pulse is not from the Latin verb pellere at all, but rather from the noun puls. Puls was a word for porridge and gruel, but also related to flour and pollen. Peas, beans, and lentils, as ingredients used in making puls, themselves became pulses. That they are good for one’s heart and that puls and pulsus came to be spelled the same way in English is purely coincidental. Yet it is a happy coincidence, because it helps remind us to take care of our heart every visit to the grocery store. Adelle Farrelly brings her insights and sensibilities on the meaning and origin of words to readers of the Glebe Report every month.

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Glebe Collegiate’s free electronics recycling on May 28 and 29

Judith Slater sorts the electronics recycling at Glebe Collegiate Institute.

T W I G S , G l e b e C o l l e g i a t e’s environment club, is hosting its third annual free electronics recycling on Saturday, May 28, noon to 5 p.m. during the Great Glebe Garage Sale, and on Sunday, May 29, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. Ac c ept a ble ele ct r on ics a r e

listed on the Ontario Electronics Stewardship’s site at www.ontarioelectronicstewa rdship.ca / accepted-electronics-and-productclarification/. Contact judith.slater@ocdsb.ca for more details or visit www.green4glebe. wix.com/twigs.

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Glebe Report April 8, 2016

Something new, something blue – pottery for all in the Glebe By Puck Janes

Vase by Leta Cormier

Something wonderful this way comes. The Ottawa Guild of Potters is hosting its annual spring Pottery Sale and Exhibition in the Horticulture Building at Lansdowne Park. All artists will be present during the April 22 – 24 weekend from Friday, noon to 9 p.m., Saturday, 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. and Sunday, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Admission is free and no HST is charged on most pottery purchases. The children have their own separate play area, flower lovers have Japanese influenced Ikebana displays to ponder and everyone has a chance to win daily door prizes. Over 35 Ottawa and area potters will have displays. Closer to home, award winning Glebe pottery teachers Carolynne and Bruce Jones will be presenting work; Pynn-Trudeau is known for her decorated wheelthrown ware and Jones will have his signature blue and white textured, glazed work available. Jocelyn Jenkins will be showing her whimsical and functional pieces designed in her new Old Ottawa South pottery studio. Klara Bruehlmann’s fanciful animals will be making an appearance. A highlight of this event is the jur-

ied exhibition of the best work by the Ottawa Guild of Potters’ more than 100 members. This year’s juror is Leta Cormier, who, during her 38 years in clay, has contributed to many of the vital arts organizations in Ottawa and Ontario. Cormier makes pots to be used in “the rituals of daily life in the home, in the kitchen, at the table and in the garden.” As a juror, her selections and comments will resonate with all of us. The Ottawa Guild of Potters and partner restaurants just concluded their annual fundraiser “Great Bowls of Fire” with proceeds going to the Ottawa Food Bank. $15,697 was raised at this Glebe Community Centre event. Come out and show your appreciation to the makers who juggle many requests for donations of their work for worthy community causes. Sunday will be a great day to stop by the Pottery Sale and Exhibition as the Ottawa Farmers’ Market is right nextdoor in the historic yellow Aberdeen Pavilion. Puck Janes is a ceramic artist living in Old Ottawa South and a member of the Gladstone Clayworks Co-op in Ottawa’s Little Italy. www.puckjanespottery.com

Tiles in clay by Jocelyn Jenkins

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GRAPEVINE ABBOTSFORD MUSIC PROJECT PRESENTS: Abbotsford...The Musical, Sat., May 14, 3 p.m. in Abbotsford’s MPR. See yourself Abbotsford depicted in song, dance and general mischief with the help of the Abbotsford Music Project and its fierce leader Chris White. Cameo performances included! $5 donation suggested. Come one come all! BLOOMIN GRANNIES WITH ED LAWRENCE (Canada’s Gardening Guru), Sun., Apr. 17, 2 – 4 p.m., Horticulture Building, Lansdowne Park. Bring questions. Buy gardening treasures. Support African grannies. Tickets $25 ($30 at the door): Anne 613-236-2238; Maureen 613- 236-9955. Proceeds to Grandmothers to Grandmothers Campaign/Stephen Lewis Foundation. BYTOWN FIRE BRIGADE FIREWORKS 12 – DINNER AND AUCTION, May 7, 6 p.m. – 1 a.m., Ottawa Conference and Event Centre, 200 Coventry Rd. For more info, go to www.bytownfb. com/#!fundraising. CALLING GLEBE ARTISTS! The Glebe Art in Our Gardens and Studio Tour 2016 will take place July 9 and 10. Applications from Glebe artists – painters, sculptors, potters, photographers – accepted until April 30. Email glebearttour@hotmail. ca for info and an application form. CHILD CARE CONNECTION – Are you a parent looking for home daycare or a caregiver with space in your daycare? Come to a Child Care Connection meeting on Mon., April 11 and May 9 at the Ottawa Public Library Sunnyside Branch, 1049 Bank St., 7 – 8 p.m. For more information, go to www.ccprn.com or call 613-749-5211 ext. 24. Child Care Providers Network is a not-for-profit, charitable organization that provides information, training, resources and support to home child care providers. “CLOTHES FOR A CAUSE”– SUPPORT SYRIAN REFUGEE SETTLEMENT, May 14, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m., St. Bartholomew’s Church, 125 MacKay St. Vintage, career and formal clothing sale in support of Syrian refugee settlement. Men’s and women’s fashions, jewellery and accessories. Find a grad gown or fabulous necklace! Cash only. Go to www.facebook.com/ Clothes for a Cause 212677882411712/ to see sample fashions or email clothescause2016@gmail.com for more info. HERITAGE OTTAWA FREE PUBLIC LECTURE – HISTORY OF OTTAWA’S BRICKYARDS, Wed., Apr. 20, 7

This space acts as a free community bulletin board for Glebe residents. Drop off your GRAPEVINE message or COMMUNITY NOTICE at the Glebe Report office, 175 Third Avenue, including your name, address and phone number or email grapevine@glebereport.ca. FOR SALE items must be less than $1,000.

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– 9 p.m. Speaker: Bruce Elliott, professor, Carleton University. Free lecture, no need to pre-register. Info: www.heritageottawa.org/events/history-ottawas-brickyards or info@ heritageottawa.org or 613-230-8841. LEARN AND EXPLORE SPEAKERS’S SERIES AT ABBOTSFORD HOUSE, 950 Bank St., each Wed., 1 – 2:30 p.m., $2 admission, includes speaker, tea/coffee and a home-made treat! April 13 – Lori Della Malva, C. Psych., Neuropsychologist will present: Aging and the Brain: Optimizing Cognitive Health and Function. April 20 – Eugeniya Tsetlin, Manager of our local BMO and Erin Mader Smith, Financial Service Manager, will present: Purchase vs. Rent, The Real Cost of Living. April 27 – Pat Goyeche will give a repeat talk on her trip to Ireland (Dublin, County Kilkenny and Galway) and Nfld. May 4 – Tamara Levine, Adult Educator, Literary Activist and author of But Hope is Longer: Navigating the Country of Breast Cancer, will present some of its rich content. May 11 – Karim Gwaduri, Financial Advisor with Edward Jones, will present: WomenReaching for Retirement. LOG DRIVE CAFÉ AT ABBOTSFORD HOUSE (950 Bank St.), Fri., Apr. 22, 7:30 – 9 p.m. Artist: Dan & Donna McHale & Friends. Dan is a powerful singer with a broad repertoire of traditional songs, Donna complements the duo with her skills as a pianist and singer, and they have Friends! Admission: $10 at the door; doors open at 7 p.m. Coffee/tea and treats on sale courtesy of Abbotsford members. MENTAL WELLNESS IN THE WORKPLACE: UNDERSTANDING/WORKING WITH PTSD, ADDICTIONS AND DEPRESSION, Apr. 21, 1505 Carling Ave. Recognized experts in mental wellness will speak on identifying and accommodating “invisible disabilities” such as PTSD, addictions and depression. $160 for full time employees / professionals, $80 not-for-profit, seniors/students $40. Info: www.jewittmcluckie.ca/2016conference/ or 613-236-6636. OLD OTTAWA SOUTH GARDEN CLUB meets on the second Monday of the month, 7 – 9 p.m., Ottawa South Community Centre (The Fire Hall), 260 Sunnyside Ave. Membership $25 per year, $40 for a family and drop-in fee $7 per meeting. Apr. 11 meeting: The Shady Garden. Gardening in the shade can be challenging, but Suzanne Patry of Whitehouse Perennials will show how to go beyond just hostas with clever designs and outstanding shade plant alternatives.

O N TA R I O W E L S H F E S T I VA L OTTAWA, April 22 – 24. A weekend of Welsh culture and music, featuring on Apr. 23, 7.30 p.m., a Gala Concert by the Three Welsh Tenors and the Côrdydd choir from Wales, Dominion Chalmers United Church, 355 Cooper St. Tickets $30 at the door or $25 in advance at Book Bazaar, Granata Music, Leading Note or phone Myfanwy Davies at 613-526-3019 or contact publicity@ontariowelshfestival.ca. On Apr. 24 at 10:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m., two hymn singing sessions at the church, free will offering.

the contemporary Canadian scene, including Kathleen Allan and Matthew Emery. Centretown United Church, 507 Bank St. Visit www.musicavivaottawa.ca for information. Tickets at the door $20 adult/$15 student & senior or through Eventbrite: www.mvsconcertwhentheywereyoung. eventbrite.ca (handling fees apply).

OTTAWA BRAHMS CHOIR spring concert marking its 35th anniversary, “Celebration!” Sun., Apr. 24, 3 p.m., St. Thomas the Apostle Anglican Church, 2345 Alta Vista Dr. The choir under conductor Christopher Askwith will highlight works from Brahms, Bach, Händel, Mozart, Pärt, Strauss, and more. Tickets available at St. Thomas church office, The Leading Note (370 Elgin), Compact Music (206 & 785-A Bank), and choir members. For more info, consult www.OttawaBrahmsChoir.ca or Leo 613-749-2391 or Sieglinde 819-568-8169.

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RAISING HEALTHY, CREATIVE AND RESILIENT CHILDREN IN THE 21ST CENTURY – Early childhood educator Joan Almon will explore how families and communities can support the growing child and contribute to the healthy development of all children. Apr. 11, 7:30 p.m., St. Paul’s University Amphitheatre, 223 Main St., Tickets: $20. Info: Julie Le Gal Brodeur, jlegal@gmail.com or 613-552-4813. TOPICAL TALKS AT ABBOTSFORD HOUSE 950 Bank St., Mon., Apr. 25. Monia Mazigh, local author, teacher and activist will share some of the culture of Canadian Muslim women and expand on representations of Muslim women in her recent novel Mirrors and Mirages. $3. Refreshments (muffin, juice, coffee) at 9:45 a.m. Talk begins 10 a.m. sharp! LECTURE ON “A SHORT HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE” by Don Wiles, ret. Professor, Carleton, Thurs., April 28, 7 – 9 p.m., Glebe Community Centre, 175 Third Ave. WHEN THEY WERE YOUNG: COMPOSING PRODIGIES Mon., May 9, 7:30 p.m. Musica Viva Singers, under the direction of Scott Richardson, presents gems by classical and contemporary composers from their formative years. Think Mozart as a precocious 13-year-old; Schubert at 19, on fire with musical inspiration; a young Mendelssohn. These works are paired with compositions by rising stars on

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wanted CRAFT GROUP VOLUNTEERS Abbotsford House @ The Glebe Centre needs volunteers to join our craft group on Thursdays 1 – 3 p.m. Do you knit, crochet, sew or make crafts? We need your help supporting this dynamic group. Items created are sold at our annual Bazaar. If interested, email volunteer@ glebecentre.ca or contact Lonelle Butler 613-238-2727 ext. 353. CURLING ENTHUSIASTS Abbotsford House @ The Glebe Centre is looking for curling enthusiasts to facilitate a wonderful new indoor program for active seniors starting in May. This game can be played on any ‘rink’ (wood, linoleum etc.,). The rocks are light and have rollers. The program will run every Thursday 1 – 3 p.m. Lots of fun & laughter – google New Age Kurling and watch the video for more info. If interested, email volunteer@glebecentre.ca or contact Lonelle Butler 613-238-2727 ext. 353. VOLUNTEER AT THE 2016 CANADIAN TULIP FESTIVAL FROM MAY 12–23! The Festival is looking for volunteers! A variety of rewarding roles are available for someone energetic and enthusiastic. For more info, go to www/tulipfestival.ca/volunteers/.

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“Spring”

Glebe Neighbourhood Activities Group

Art Project

Glebe Community Centre

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G FACTOR

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Open call for talent

May 13

6:30 - 8:30 pm

Call 613-233-8713 to book an audition

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APRIL 15 7 PM FREE ADMISSION LICENSED FOR ADULTS

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Arts

GN G Art Show and Sale

For emerging ar4sts of all ages

GNAG Theatre presents

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ALL AGES

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Tickets:

$19 Students / Seniors $22 Adult in person or by phone

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI. www.MTIShows.com

Ar:sts working in any media will have a chance to exhibit and sell their works for the month of May at Glebe CC

Opening: May 5, 6 -‐ 7 pm Join us at the opening for a collabora:ve live art project to be hung at the Glebe CC 1 piece / person: max size 2 x 3 H Hanging fee $5 (or 2 pieces that can be hung together equalling max size)