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Despite some controversy earlier this year, it’s full steam ahead for summer camps at Dovercourt Recreation Centre. In fact, it’s shaping up to be their busiest season ever.

After being called out for some gender-stereotyped day camps earlier this year, Dovercourt changed

its programming to be more inclusive.

In March, Ariel Troster, an Ottawa-area feminist, mother, and blogger wrote a blog post titled: “Manicure camp for girls, sports for boys. Because it’s 1957,” in which she criticized Dovercourt for reinforcing sexist stereotypes.

“It was enormously offensive,” she says. “It made it really clear that

they had programming that was different for boys and girls, they literally had a ‘Man Cave Camp’ for boys… Unless there’s a clearly demonstrable need, dividing kids around arbitrary gender lines is really offensive, it’s really problematic, there’s a lot of gender-diverse, gender-independent, and trans kids that don’t fit in either box.

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Changes at Dovercourt summer camps Continued from page 1 “And also, really, at the end of the day if you are going to have gender segregate programming, you can’t be denying opportunities to one sex that you’re giving to the other.”

Dovercourt camps were divided into two categories: “Just Girls” and “Just Guys.”

The girls’ programming offered camps such as “Fit Chicks,” “Girls Night Out” and “Real Beauty.”

Ottawa mom, Jennifer Blattman, says she struggles with girls being offered a “Fit Chicks” camp in this day and age. . “There is enough pressure from the media for girls to be thin, do we really need the neighbourhood community centre supporting that same mindset?” asks Jennifer.

Boys’ programming also included camps such as “Man Cave” and “Grease Monkeys.”

“The descriptions were exceptionally problematic, they were very different in terms of the expectations of boys versus girls,” says Ariel, who tweeted about the situation publicly and tagged Kitchissippi Councillor Jeff Leiper, who put in a call to Dovercourt saying the camps were “unacceptable.”

“To be honest I didn’t expect it to go viral,” she says.

“We got called out on it,” says Senior Director of Programs at Dovercourt Steve Nason. “We

Westboro parent, Katherine Caine-Pollock, says it’s “nice just have a choice” when it comes to summer camps. Her three children are regular campers at Dovercourt.

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took one look at the way we had laid it out in the advertising and we went ‘Oh yeah I see exactly what [Ariel] means.”

Steve says Dovercourt had been programming girls’ camps for years and eventually decided to offer boys’ camps as well based on requests from parents.

But once Dovercourt realized how the camps could be offensive, they made some changes. “[We had] very gender-stereotypical activities,” says Steve. “In fact [we were] saying no to boys who may want to go to a program where you’re doing fashion design... Likewise [we were] saying no to girls who want learn about car mechanics and race soapbox derby cars. And for us,

there’s no reason why we’re saying no...”

He says the first step Dovercourt took was to “gender neutralize” the camps. Staff also attended a summit organized by the Councillor. “[We] met with a number of different people and realized it’s not just about gender neutralizing… it’s about how do we become all-inclusive? So that became our next step,” says Steve. “How do you make yourself open to everybody? How do you say things so that nobody feels that they’re excluded?

“Being inclusive is something that we’re proud of, whether it’s having special needs, low income, I mean that’s what we

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do—so to be called out on something and then when you look at it you go ‘Oh yeah, you’re right, we’re not’ and it’s a lens that maybe we hadn’t been looking through in terms of our programs,” says Steve.

He says from now on, if Dovercourt is going to market a program for one gender only, it needs to be justified.

No one pulled their child out of the camps as a result of the negative criticism Dovercourt received and an estimated 800 to 900 kids will be attending camps every week this summer, with a few changes.

“The girls and boys are equally invited to each camp,” says Steve. “The activities themselves are pretty gender-neutral as they are, karaoke is karaoke and a cooking session is a cooking session and going to fix the cars is going to fix the cars, it’s just that we’re no longer saying that’s a girl’s activity—or that’s a boy’s activity—and based on your gender that’s where you’ve got to go.”

In fact, some girls are enrolled in the camps that were originally designed for boys.

Ottawa mom Karen Beattie says she sees value in creating opportunities for girls to spend time with other girls, particularly pre-teens.

“I assume that the boys might like ‘boy time’ as well. Allowing some occasional segregation of the genders isn’t always a bad idea and doing so may help the

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comfort level of some kids,” she says. “I take issue with creating a space for girls with stereotypical ‘girl’ subjects however. Absolutely girls may want car maintenance, and [boys and girls] should learn these skills. Why wouldn’t boys want to learn to cook?”

Katherine Caine-Pollock’s children are regular campers at Dovercourt. She also sees the value of having some camps for girls- or boys-only. “I didn’t see an issue,” she says. “There are so many mixed camps, it was nice just have a choice.”

Steve says Dovercourt received a lot of positive feedback for reacting quickly. Ariel complimented Dovercourt on their reaction to the criticism.

“I think they did a good job. I think they realized there’s a problem, although it’s problematic that it made it into the programming to begin with,” she says. “I do think that looking at this stuff is a constant process and I’m certainly impressed how Dovercourt responded to the summer camp issue and the fact that they do have an ongoing camp analysis… but I think we have a long way to go.”

Steve says he wants to make sure Dovercourt is not part of the problem.

“I don’t want to be part of that machine that people feel they have to fight against, that’s not what we’re here for, we’re here for fun. We’re not supposed to be on that other side,” he says.

“We’re here for the community.”

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Lisa Georges is the race director for the Cyclelogik Hintonburg Centennial 5K Run/Walk & Newswest 1K Kids’ Run, which is taking place July 10. She’s pictured here with her son Evan.

The “funkiest” road race is just around the corner A Q&A with Lisa Georges, race director KT: We’ll be talking about the run in a moment, but first we’d like to ask a few questions about you.

Most runners have a story of how they started their running journey, and why.

Care to share a bit of yours?

LG: I started when I was 18. It was an efficient way to stay in shape as a student in Montreal. I took a break each time I was pregnant but always came back to it. I have a memory of running through Westmount Park and feeling very shy about running... were people looking at ME? KT: I’m sure that’s a common thing, being self-conscious. How does a person get over that feeling?

LG: This will be my third year. [Now] Councillor Jeff Leiper asked me to take over while he ran for council. I was honoured to say YES ;) I was working for @iRunNation at the time and had some knowledge of running events. It was a good fit...

I think. :) KT: Definitely a good fit!

Hard to believe it’s been three years.

What’s involved in organizing a race of this size?

LG: Volunteers are key to a smooth race day. We are so fortunate to have so many involved people in this community.

KT: Are you still looking for volunteers?

LG: Persistence. That feeling eventually goes away as your confidence builds when you reach new goals.

LG: We are ALWAYS looking for more volunteers.

There’s never a shortage of tasks! The more volunteers the stronger the event.

KT: You’re not a coach, but in terms of goal setting, it’s probably a good idea to start small, would you agree?

KT: The big day is July 10!

Do you get to race too?

Or are you part of the cheering section as race director?

LG: Always. Going out too hard too fast can cause injury and defeat. Baby steps all the way.

LG: Ha! I get the best spot on race day, the start/finish line! I love that spot.

Watching the kids come in with their parents and then the 5K participants finishing... it always gives me chills!

KT: How long have you been involved with this running event? How did your role as race director come about?

KT: There is always a lot of buzz around this road race every year. To what

do you attribute its popularity?

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KT: It seems to attract the whole spectrum of runners.

LG: The course attracts some fast Ottawa runners for some friendly competition. It IS one of Ottawa’s only neighbourhood races.

KT: What advice would you give to those who are thinking of signing up but aren’t sure about making the leap?

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I love to travel, and I love especially to come home after travelling. I’m heading out to China in a few weeks, and I’m learning Chinese on my cell phone right now. I think the development of cell phones has made communication so much easier. I can Google it and find anything I want right now.

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It has now been nearly ten years since a group of concerned citizens and heritage advocates spoke out about the proposed demolition of an important piece of Westboro history.

Their work ultimately saved La Maison Jeanne D’Arc at the corner of Kenwood and Edison.

This unique structure has been pleasantly re-purposed into three residential units, part of a large development project called ‘The Avenues of Westboro’ by Uniform Urban Developments and architect Barry Hobin.

The history of this building goes back to 1933, but the entire block has an intriguing past that stretches back much further. Its earliest existence was as part of the eastern edge of the large farm operated by the Thomson family (Westboro’s first settlers, and builders of Maplelawn) and later the Cole family. It was John E. Cole who, just prior to the turn of the century, saw opportunity in the arrival of the streetcar line and began subdividing his farmland into builder lots.

In 1901, his plan established Edison and Prospect (now Melbourne), on which lots began to sell steadily with new houses

constructed each year.

Institut Jeanne D’Arc gradually accumulated the entire block between Kenwood and Princeton over many years, but it was on a parcel comprising the northern third of the block fronting Kenwood Avenue where the Maison was built. But interestingly, this block has ties to another Kitchissippi pioneer. In May 1906, this parcel was purchased by Francis Holmes Gilchrist, an original Hintonburg Village council member and owner of a popular grocery store on the northwest corner of Wellington and Stirling.

In 1907, Gilchrist built a small cottage exactly where the Maison now stands. (The Gilchrist family also would have watched the Ogilvy house across the road being built about a year later.) It was used primarily as a family summer house for the following 20 years. This was back when Westboro was considered a vacation spot!

The Gilchrist property was purchased by railwayman, Edwin Conway, in 1924, who turned it into a four-season home.

Edwin sold the property to Marie Louise Moreau, a.k.a. Soeur St-Luc of the Institut Jeanne D’Arc, for $2,700

in April 1929. She gifted the property to the Institut in August 1933.

On Thursday October 12, 1933, construction began on the Maison Jeanne D’Arc. Contractor George Cashman of Eastview (Vanier) was hired for the $20,000 job, which ran through the winter of 1933-34.

What made the building unique, and contributed significantly to its heritage designation consideration seventysome years later, was the fact that it was designed

by Sister Marie Thomas d’Aquin, Mother Superior from 1919 to 1943 and founder of the order. It is believed to be the only building she designed. It was modelled after a house in Brittany, France where she had spent her childhood. She wanted it built “in every respect quite unlike the usual institutional building.”

The finished product was a two-and-a-half storey building; the lower storey was finished with Nepean sandstone, and trimmed with Milton pressed brick. The recessed semi-circular entrance on Kenwood featured wide stone steps and a broad doorway and ornamental ironwork was used throughout the building.

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Continued from page 5 The ground floor featured spacious foyers and classrooms, with small reception rooms and private dining rooms. The upper floors featured “generously proportioned bedrooms and spacious dormitories, complete with every modern convenience,” while the basement featured kitchens and laundry facilities. The gabled roof, made of imitation Spanish tile, and dormer windows were features attributed to Marie D’Aquinas. The stone wall along the edge of the property is also an original feature that has been maintained.

This building was, at the time, the fifth property under the direction of the Sisters of St. Joan of Arc, who devoted their efforts to working with children, but also young women.

They provided training in skills to help women attain careers both in and outside the public service, for those striving for work beyond general typist, stenographer and clerk positions which were predominantly the limited options offered to women at the time. The Institut Jeanne D’Arc, founded in 1914,

provided safe, inexpensive accommodation for women who were moving to Ottawa from rural areas in search of employment, part of the changing role of women in early 20th century society.

The building was dedicated and blessed by Rev. J. G. Forbes, Archbishop of Ottawa, on Sunday June 17, 1934, and the first 25 children to reside in the home moved in around July 1. A formal opening was held in September.

The Maison was intended to be a home for mentally challenged children, as well as convalescent children requiring special attention. It later became a boarding school, and remained so until 1954, when it became both Mother House for the order and a day school, offering studies at the elementary, intermediate and high school level classes until 1991.

Through a series of real estate transactions, the Institut purchased all of the lots south to Princeton until they owned the full block (they had doubled in size by 1939, purchasing the last group of lots in

This is a view of Maison Jeanne D’Arc in the 1940s. It was saved from demolition ten years ago by local residents.

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1961-62.) They later acquired the heritage Ogilvy house on the north side of Kenwood in 1973 to serve as a residence for retired nuns.

In 2006, the last remaining 22 sisters in the order moved into a new mother house at 373 Princeton Ave. The original building was no longer required, plus, it was sitting on what had become very valuable land. It was purchased by architect Barry Hobin, who produced plans for development. An unfortunately all-too-common reactive scramble by local residents led to an impressive, and eventually successful, push for heritage designation of the original portion of the building. It

was argued that it should be preserved as it is one the earliest examples of a building in Ottawa and perhaps Canada as a whole, designed by a woman.

Additions to the main building were demolished in 2007, and combined with the old open grounds, allowed for the construction of 11 single-family and six semi-detached homes in an early Prairie architectural style in 2008.

These new homes now surround the wonderfully preserved Maison, which stands today as a key symbol of the vital contributions made by the Order, and emblematic of the early development of Westboro itself.

KT LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Memories of Bill Luxton Re: “Meet the man behind that famous voice,” June 9 issue of KT. Dear Editor, While reading your article on Bill Luxton my mind went back to 1952-3 when Bill was station manager at CKWS Kingston. Bill gave all the high schools in Kingston time for radio broadcasts on Saturday mornings. I was the host for Notre Dame High School. I met the other high school reps, and one of them, Don Brownlee from KCVI and his sidekick Bill Swanson, asked Bill if they could produce a series of radio plays live on CKWS. Surprisingly, Bill said yes. Don asked me to do the female voices. I was thrilled and we produced a weekly series over the summer. At the time, Bill ©2016 Kumon Canada, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

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worked with a broadcaster named Frank Cantor. Frank could mimic any accent and he helped Don with parts in our plays. That man always broke us up with funny faces just as we were about to speak, me included.

Bill was so encouraging to the youth in the Kingston community. I have been delighted to see him in many productions here in Ottawa.

I have only one regret, we never told him that we got cornflakes in one of the mics at CKWS. We were trying to imitate the sound of falling rain.

Thanks for the great profile.

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Get outside and breathe A love of graffiti, skateboarding and drawing comes together for this local artist

By Andrea Stokes

In the previous Art Tag column, Ryan Smeeton chose Tomas Pajdlhauser as my next interview subject. I had no idea he had a home studio just a few blocks from my house on Fairmont Avenue. I’ve always been curious about his mansion-like apartment building so I was initially just happy to be getting a peek at the inside of the building.

Then, when Tom brought me in to his little studio, I was extra delighted to see the art and design work he’s been producing.

Tom works full time as the art director and background artist for Antique Skateboards and Jam Filled Entertainment, and has made a love of drawing his career.

“I drew as a kid, like we all did, and I maintained it because I had older friends who were really into graffiti and skateboards,” says Tom. Skate and graffiti culture

“I draw places just to practice getting better and better at my job,” says local artist Tomas Pajdlhauser. Photo by Andrew Szeto

have always shared a connection. They reflect freedom, creativity and a rebellion of sorts.

“Graffiti was really good in Ottawa when I was a kid,” says Tom. “Ottawa used to be internationally renowned, and I was growing up watching both extremely skilled skaters and graffiti artists.”

In high school, Tom was searching for a work placement and became connected with an

employee of his father’s flooring business who had a roommate who was working as an animator.

This animator was looking for someone to work as a junior designer. Tom had found his fit!

Tom went on to study animation at Algonquin and then worked for ten years—moving from junior animator to art director.

Needing a break from animation, he spent a year travelling. It was during this time he really started

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exploring plein air sketching and painting.

His mentors had always told him to get outside and breathe, to feel and smell his surroundings and respond in the moment.

Tom enjoys the outdoors and being away from his desk and computer. He loves travelling by motorcycle with his tiny painting kit and filling his sketchbook.

“I draw places just to practice getting better and better at my job,” says Tom. “Plein air painting provides me with opportunities to have happy accidents, providing me with so much more than a photo to draw from.

Working on an industry standard computer leaves out mood, colour, smells, and the touch of the hand.”

This kind of painting provides Tom with a chance to hone traditional skills, which, he says, is hugely important, and often lost in modern animation.

I was completely taken in by his gorgeous sketchbooks filled to the brim with beautiful ink and watercolour drawings from his travels. These sketchbooks are clearly very special to him but he’s not precious about handling them, or flipping through them. Pages are never torn out. If needed, he will isolate and print an image to frame and sell.

Tom says one goal is to have an exhibition and to develop a set of “more refined” pieces. For now, he is very content with an upcoming project with Antique Skateboards, and Maru the Circle Brand (another local design company).

Tom has chosen to tag Sarah Barberry. Sarah is the kind of artist who “gets in there and paints with great expression and originality,” says Tom, “creating work from her imagination that I really admire.”

I can’t wait to talk with her! In the meantime, have a look at Tom’s work at tomaspajdlhauser.com or instagram.com/captain_ tom. Consider following twitter.com/antiqueskate to see some of his designs on boards and the boards themselves.

Art Tag is a special series by local artist, Andrea Stokes. Each artist she profiles “tags” their favourite artist to be profiled in the next issue. Find the others in this series online at kitchissippi.com.

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Sylvia Bodovsky Kershman puts these and other memories of life in pre-and post-war Ottawa to print in her book, Life Lines and Other Lines, which was officially launched at at Ben Franklin Place on June 26.

At age 90, this is her first book, but she’s written most of her life—pursuing a life-long interest in drama and radio, she interviewed people for RA on the Air broadcasts post war, wrote scripts and went on air on radio station CKCO. Life Lines and Other Lines, presents a view of Ottawa, in particular Lower Town, where she was born in 1926, raised, married and lived until 1964. Married to Harold Kershman in 1948, they bought their first home on Roosevelt Avenue in Westboro in 1964.

But the story she tells goes back much further than that, to her parents who lived in the Pale of Settlement, established in 1791 to limit the area of Russia where Jews could live. Mandatory military conscription and the recurring terror of pogroms caused Wolf Bodovsky, Sylvia’s father, to flee Russia in 1913, followed by his wife Kele, and their first child Annie, five years

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later. Their arduous and difficult journeys are outlined in detail in her book.

The immigration of the Irish navvies, labourers who worked on the Rideau Canal, the FrenchCanadian lumbermen and Jews from Eastern Europe largely made up the community in Lower Town and the Bytown Market in the 1920s where the Bodovskys settled. Ottawa was a small town then, extending from the Cummings Bridge in the east to Island Park in the west, north to the river and south to Carling Ave. Westboro was out in the country; Baseline and Merivale country roads.

“We knew all of these people—our French neighbours, our Jewish

neighbours,” Sylvia explains, adding that “they knew what we did and we knew what they did.” Her father was a butcher.

Life Lines and Other Lines is a personal narrative seen from the eyes of a child and an adult.

“I’m no different than I ever was,” says Sylvia. “I rode the streetcars at age four. I didn’t have an adult to accompany me. My mother would let me go and she would verify a half hour later if I’d arrived where I was going. I had loving parents. I was given freedom and responsibility.”

Sylvia describes vividly how life in the Jewish community functioned in Lower Town. Her view of marriage, romance and

love, family life, and growth in Ottawa after WWII is conveyed with a great deal of interest and care.

“I had the best time for living that was possible without the outside forces making you fearful.

Everything got better after WWII and continued for 50 years,” she explains.

Sylvia and her husband, Harold Kershman owned Bonnie Cleaners Limited, a dry-cleaning business in the east end of Ottawa in 1955, later moving to Merivale Road.

They were fortunate to have Sylvia’s parents care for their two children and they ran their business for 30 years.

“We had our own view of what we wanted to accomplish and we did it,” says Sylvia.

Sylvia’s writing process began as she assembled artifacts over the years— her mother’s passport; the ‘Alien Tax Receipt’ issued in Japan to her mother as she made the grueling trip from Russia to Ottawa in 1918; old photographs of herself and family members; documentation on Carlsbad Springs where Sylvia and her family spent many a summer vacation; just to name a few.

Her goal in writing is to preserve the history of Ottawa, and her family’s history for future generations.

Copies of her book can be ordered through the Ottawa Jewish Historical Society and the Jewish Community Centre.

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Sam Sam Souryavong (r) with chef Jericho Spencer-Champagne bring Thai cuisine to Hintonburg where they add a taste of the exotic to a local corner store.

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Story and photo by Randy Kroeker Some time ago a huge sign offering Vietnamese and Thai cuisine appeared in the window of the Fairmont Confectionery at the corner of Fairmont and Gladstone. The corner store was otherwise still in place. Men could be seen barbequing volumes of meat outside, before lunch.

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Study the menu for the most conservative offering and you might be advised by the counter staff to go with a Grilled Chicken Banh mi subway sandwich grilled chicken with cilantro, pickled carrots and seasoning sauce, modestly priced, offering change from a five.

The advisor turns out to be the Assistant-Chef, La Cite Collegiale Culinary graduate Jericho Spencer-Champagne. As a standard practice, he asks about one’s preferences concerning peanuts -- without having to be prompted. He also solicits customer input on what would be an appropriate amount of spice,

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which was both impressive and reassuring.

The sandwich, incidentally, was total Vietnamese taste heaven, with neither the usual hassle of building the sandwich in rice paper, nor the stress of finding parking in Chinatown!

When asked who was behind these changes, Jericho nodded toward the owner who was tapping on a computer at one of the tables, Sam Souryavong.

Sam’s dramatic story of coming to Canada began in 1975 when the Lao communists ended the monarchy and came to power in Laos.

The Communists were committed to exterminating imperial-

ism and democracy, disruptions which led many to escape over the Mekong River to the refugee camps of Thailand. For two years, before coming to Canada, Sam was a teenager in one of those camps with his mother and siblings. A Mennonite Church in Hanover, Ontario, sponsored Sam and his sister.

In Toronto, he was overjoyed to get his first job as a labourer in a mattress factory. He studied English in the evenings and com-

pleted high school.

An entry-level office job in a legal firm brought him to Ottawa.

Sam subsequently studied and worked his way up to Real Estate Title Conveyancer, a job he held for over 20 years. But when his lawyer-employer retired in 2014, Sam decided to fulfil his lifelong dream of opening a food-related shop.

He studied cooking in Thailand and returned to Ottawa to look for a location. Monitoring Kijiji, he saw that the Fairmont Confectionary, just a few blocks from where he had lived for 15 years, was for sale. He bought the business and added a food counter, Sam’s Café, at the back.

Sam wanted to go with what he calls, “home style, affordable food that is easy to relate to. Food of the common people that you would find on any street of Thailand.”

He found the neighbourhood to be very supportive from the beginning, with interest growing through word of mouth. The Café has even started getting institutional catering requests. His future plans include continuing to improve the menu and slowly expanding the restaurant seating in the store. This writer’s future plans include continuing to explore his menu!

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Are YOU in the Running?

Hintonburg’s 5K foot race marks 10th anniversary

By Lisa Georges, 2016 Volunteer Race Director Runners and walkers from all over Ottawa are getting ready to toe the line at the 10th Annual Cyclelogik Hintonburg Centennial 5K and Newswest 1K Kids Run on Sunday July 10, 2016. This fun, familyfriendly event includes all the amenities of a big scale event: chip-timing, professional photography, water stations, prizing…bundled together with a warm community spirit and… cake at the finish line.

Important to note: We have a new course this year. This exciting new course takes runners down Wellington St. West. Be prepared for all streets along the course to be closed between 8:00 -10:00 a.m.

Also new this year is the Charity Challenge. Please consider supporting local charity teams—including Causeway, Salus and Dress for Success participating in this event.

Visit hintonburg5K.ca for more charity profiles and details on how to support these teams.

We are pleased to offer the 1K Kids Run at no charge again this year. Donation jars will be available on site and at race kit pick up. 100% of the proceeds

will go to youth programming in the community. Please consider donating if you can.

Parents are welcome to run with their children on the course, or stand on the sidelines and cheer them on. Let’s make some noise for all the participants.

If you’re not running, consider volunteering—it’s a great way to take part. Please contact Lisa at hintonburg5K@gmail. com to get signed up. We hope to see you there.

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By Blaine Marchand For 98 years, Hintonburg area residents have not been shy about voicing their points of view. The Rosemount Library is a good case in point. The library came into existence thanks to a petition circulated by residents of this area in the second decade of the 1900s. This petition was then submitted to the municipal Library Board with a request that a library be located in the west end of Ottawa.

Citizens wanted then Ottawa Mayor Fisher to request $15,000 from the Carnegie Library Fund in New York so an appropriate building could be built.

The Mayor refused, but he was over-ruled by city council. And so, an application was dispatched and handily agreed to by the Fund.

Fast forward to 2016.

Residents of Kitchissippi ward are advocating for their beloved Rosemount Library. This time it is to expand and improve the current Rosemount facility. Over 200 library users participated in four consultation sessions and responded to an on-line questionnaire this past spring.

The consultation was facilitated by the Rosemount Expansion and Development group (READ) - concerned citizens and community associations, working with Kitchissippi Councillor Jeff Leiper.

Together they are working the Ottawa Public Library Board (OPLB) to find solutions.

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remains one of Ottawa’s best-loved branches. This is the case today as it was with earlier generations.

As back then, its location in the heart of Hintonburg facilitates vibrant partnerships with the local schools, community organizations and residents.

gramming, community meetings, computer use or even browsing for books and other materials.

T’was always thus. In the beginning of the 1930s, discussions among residents focused on building an addition to the building.

In spite of the recession,

“Today, despite its small size, Rosemount serves thousands of users.”

In the early days of the Library, there were frequent reports on the growing volume of books borrowed. Today, despite its small size, Rosemount serves thousands of users.

Its book circulation per square foot is the second highest in the city’s library system. The downside of the popularity of the almost 100-year-old institution, is cramped space with little room for pro-

City Council agreed to a $4,000 addition. In 1982, renovation upgrades cost $330,000 but no space was added. The comments gleaned from the recent consultations and on-line survey clearly demonstrate that the community appetite to allocate monies for an expanded space remains strong.

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The report on the community consultations “Rosemount Library: The Next Chapter” will be available on the READ website, www.readrosemount.ca and Councillor Jeff Leiper’s website, www.kitichissippiward.ca shortly.

Look for READ tables at various community events throughout the summer. Your views are most welcome.

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The 911 on Paramedic Services

City of Ottawa Doing Less with Less

By Diane Holmes One of the most popular city services is Paramedics. This is understandable as it is literally all about life and death and the small margin of error between the two. Why has the City of Ottawa come to rely on our rural county neighbours to answer an increasing number of calls to 911?

Marc Chretien, the Director of Emergency Services in Prescott-Russell stated that “picking up the slack for Ottawa is hurting” his operation.

Property tax-payers in Ottawa may be surprised to learn how this vital service has been impacted by our City Hall’s pursuit of a low property tax increase in the past 6 years.

The Ottawa Citizen reported on February 23, 2016 that “there has been a 23 per cent increase in outside paramedic responses over the last five years to calls within the city limits”. This means that the counties of Prescott- Russell, Lanark and Renfrew have been responding to calls, many life-threating, in-

side our city. There is a Provincial requirement that this mutual aid happen but it had grown to a very lopsided level.

For example PrescottRussell responded to 523 calls from Ottawa in 2015, and Ottawa responded to only 140 in Prescott-Russell.

Yes, City Council plugged this gap in February 2016 by adding 12 new paramedics and 4 new ambulances. The question is, why this was ignored for many years. How did the low property increase tax policy create this problem?

Clearly this service has exceeded its budget every year.

Staff explain this by citing factors like overtime to maintain response times, unanticipated cost of arbitration settlements and increased number of requests for service.

In fact staff report a 7.2 % increase in requests in 2014 alone. The real truth is that Paramedic Service annual budget increases are artificially low to support the low tax increase policy of the City.

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The population of our city continues to grow. In the last census period (2006-2011) it rose by 9%. Yet since 2011 the staff complement of the Paramedic Service has been flat-lined.

Let’s go back to the February 2016 action by City Council.

They funded the increase in paramedic staff in 2016 from the ‘Provision for Unforeseen’ account. This fund is set aside for totally unforeseen events. It is very clear that the Paramedic under-funding was absolutely predicable as the trends were evident for 5 years or more.

Where will they find the money

in 2017 for these 12 new paramedics?

The quest to maintain a low property tax increase has trumped prudent budgeting and in turn is denying an essential City service the resources it requires.

It was only when City Council was faced with a political problem that it acknowledged something had to happen.

They drained a reserve fund to accomplish this when it should have been incorporated in the annual budget in the first place.

This is not just poor fiscal management but poor political representation.

Let’s look back at the budget issues for Paramedic Service for the past 5 years YEAR

BUDGET

ACTUAL

VARIANCE

2011

69.6 M

71.9 M

(2.3 M)

2012

73.3 M

78.6 M

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2013

78.5 M

79 M

( .5 M )

2014

80,3 M

82.5

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2015

82.5 M

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Many projects for a busy team corners of McRae and Scott, as well as the six-storey, two-tower development proposed for the back of the Superstore lot. We’ll continue to keep an eye on Main & Main’s drive-through proposal for the SW corner of Island Park and Richmond Road, though I think they’ve heard the consistent message from everyone involved that it would be inappropriate.

We’ll also be busy working on reversing the proposed closure of the eastbound Queensway ramp at Westgate. I’ve stated several times, the impact of closing the ramp will be to divert thousands of cars a day to other ramps that cannot handle the traffic.

On a much more positive note, there is significant work being done in our parks this

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By Yasir Naqvi, MPP Ottawa Centre I am proud to say the Ontario government is supporting arts and culture in ‘Canada’s Festival Capital’. This year, through the Celebrate Ontario grant, 25 Ottawa-area festivals and events received around $2.2 million.

Some of the key summer festivals supported include Glowfair Festival, Crackingup the Capital Comedy Festival, Bluesfest, Ottawa International Writers Festival, Chamberfest, and Festival Franco-Ontarien.

Beyond the major investment from Ontario’s Celebrate fund, Ottawa’s music sector specifically is getting major funding too. Through the Ontario Music Fund, more than $500,000 is being invested to support

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By Councillor Jeff Leiper Hi Kitchissippi. Summer is now upon us, but the pace in the office will likely be intense for at least a few weeks more.

First, I’m very pleased to announce that Tom Pechloff is joining us on June 27 as a new assistant with Team Kitchissippi. Fiona Mitchell will continue engaging with Planning. One of Tom’s first tasks will be to make sure that our traffic calming budget is on track to be spent.

We’ll probably have a busy fall with various developments ringing the ward. On our edges, the 900 Albert towers, Kristy’s towers, and Westgate redevelopment are all big files. In the heart of the ward, there are tall towers proposed for both the SW and SE

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CityFolk Festival, Ottawa Music Industry Coalition and Arboretum Arts Festival among others.

Ontario is also supporting the sports industry in Ottawa. This year, there are six recipient organizations for the Ontario Sport and Recreation Communities Fund in Ottawa Centre.

Among the grant winners is the Ottawa Sport Council, the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (Ottawa Valley Chapter), and Plant Pool Recreation Association. A total of around $250,000 was given to the six recipients in Ottawa Centre to coordinate and implement different physical-activity related programs targeting youth, seniors, low-income and dis-

year and next. Starting next summer, Laroche Park will see its contaminated soil removed. Bayview Friendship will see a new ramp installed. Mahoney Park will get a facelift. McCormick Park is also slated for some small updates. And, our parks fund is beginning to replenish itself from development money. This fall, or possibly very early next year, we’ll begin a facilitated conversation about how to spend that.

I will be around town for the most part this summer even as City Hall pauses meetings for parts of July and August. Watch for my pop-up office hours to continue with notification of those by email. If you’re not subscribed to my weekly(ish) email newsletter, I hope you’ll consider doing so at kitchissippiward.ca.

Have a great summer!

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Our community is stronger and more united through the happiness and well-being of everyone living in it. As a government, we are dedicated to giving everyone access to a high quality of life. Whether that is catching your favourite band at Bluesfest, watching the Dragon Boat races at Mooney’s Bay or enrolling your children in specialized programming, the life, culture and physical health of our community is something I have always been passionate about.

If you have any questions about any of the above funding or want a more detailed look at event funding, please do not hesitate to contact my office at: ynaqvi.mpp.co@ liberal.ola.org or 613-722-6414. If you know of any events this summer that you would like me to be a part of, please also get in touch. Wishing you all the best in the many warm days to come.

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Solstice on the Street of Rock

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Hintonburg songsters celebrate summer

By Sarah Sims Hartell The annual Summer Solstice party on Friday, June 17th filled StirlingCarruthers park with many neighbours, delicious food, beautiful songs and summer fun.

The sunny, warm evening kicked off with a potluck featuring many yummy dishes shared between neighbours. Special thanks to Rahul from Charlie’s Groceteria corner store for providing a huge tray of delicious, cheesy pasta for the occasion.

Once bellies were filled, the Street of Rock neighbourhood youth choir performed for a large crowd.

They kicked off the performance with a few songs from the “senior” group. This group of talented young musicians chose the songs they wanted to perform, and wowed the crowd with their bass, ukulele, percussion and singing skills.

A crowd favourite was the mashup of the Imagine Dragons hit “Demons” with Madonna’s “Like a Prayer” and U2’s “With or Without you”.

After the seniors finished their set, a few dozen younger Street of Rockers joined them on the grassy stage to perform several songs including “Uptown Funk”, “We’re

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Not Gonna Take it” and then finished off the set with a Tragically Hip singalong to “Ahead by a Century”.

After the performance, the kids all enjoyed popsicles and then headed out to the blocked off street for some basketball and foursquare action. The foursquare went on late into the evening with a rousing competition between kids (and several parents too!)

Many thanks to the Hintonburg Recreation Association, Cheryl Parrott and Councillor Jeff Leiper

for their continued support of Street of Rock and the Summer Solstice event.

A huge thanks as well to all the neighbours who came out to this event, brought food to share and who make this neighbourhood such a lovely, tight-knit community.

Note: Street of Rock is now on summer break. If anyone is interested in joining for the 2016/2017 year please email Kayren at kayrenm@sympatico.ca or check us out at street-of-rock.blogspot.ca/

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By Anna Borris As a youngster in the 60, many of the fruits, vegetables and herbs I now take for granted were unheard of in my Irish Catholic family. Peppers, bean sprouts, romaine, cilantro, kiwi and so many more foods which are commonplace today, never appeared on our table. We were totally unaware of most of them.

Ginger (powdered) was used only in baking; garlic was used to flavour spaghetti sauce. The only other pasta dish was the macaroni and cheese occasionally served on our meatless Fridays.

Take-out food was limited to fried chicken or pizza. We didn’t know about shawarma, sushi, falafel, or burritos, and couldn’t find them if we did. Charlie’s Diner on Wellington Street served the standard hamburgers and pub fare, and who wouldn’t love the novelty of eating dinner in a bus?

If an occasion demanded a fancier location, the Miss Westgate Restaurant was the choice. Mothers’ Day always meant a trip all the way to the Green Valley, dressed in our best – excited about Mickey Mouse ice cream.

Our plain, unadventurous diet didn’t discourage my culinary efforts one bit.

During a visit with an aunt in New Jersey, I discovered lasagna and asked for her recipe. I couldn’t wait to try it out when we got home. Her recipe included one and a half pounds of ground beef.

Problem was, I didn’t know ground beef and hamburger meat were the same thing. So I waited until the night when my mom served roast beef for dinner.

The next day I spent half an hour chopping up the leftover roast beef for my recipe, but I must say, my variation on lasagna was most delicious!

During the federal election in April of 1963, which John Diefenbaker lost to Lester B Pearson’s Liberals, my mom was a volunteer and asked me to make dinner for my dad. The plan was to have mashed potatoes and fried bologna. I la-

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Secondly, choose a colour theme and stick to it, so that your jackets, shirts and pants are interchangeable. Use blue, grey or brown as your base colour and seek knowledgeable advice to determine which colours compliment your skin type. When buying custom clothing, buy an extra pair of trousers with your suit to make it last, as pants take most wear and tear.

Finally, try to establish yourself with a competent clothing expert that you can trust & who will give you good advice. Great sales professionals should make you feel like they are your agent - they want you to look good, and want you to get ahead.

boriously peeled a few potatoes, cut them up and boiled them for twenty minutes.

No one told me I had to drain off the water, so I assumed that the cooked potatoes would absorb all the liquid. To my horror, I ended up with a mushy version of potato soup. Even though the accidental invention of potato soup didn’t impress my dad too much, we did end up having a very satisfying dinner of bologna sandwiches.

Another culinary adventure occurred on a boring summer’s day when a friend dropped over and it seemed like a good idea to make fudge. We thought we followed the directions exactly, but no matter how long we boiled it, the consistency just wasn’t right. The next best thing was to make a sculpture out of it and, miraculously, it turned into a small, brown, sticky turkey. After a few bites, we stashed it in the fridge where it stayed until my Mom threw it out.

After successfully trying the no-bake cookies and a few other recipes in the Kate Aitken cookbook, I graduated to the ever-popular, and very Canadian, Five Roses Cookbook. The detailed instructions for cooking bear were a little disconcerting, but otherwise it was easy to read. Most things turned out reasonably well, although there was one perfect lemon pie which I took out of the oven and promptly dropped on the floor in a pile of broken glass and hot lemon filling.

That was my worst catastrophe and there were many more recipes to try. My own kids always liked the butterscotch brownies. You should try those.

My culinary skills have improved considerably since those days, and the recipes I use now include many onceexotic ingredients like bean sprouts, Romaine, and cilantro. With the advent of the Internet, you can still find Five Roses recipes and it’s probably true that if you can read, you can cook anything from anywhere.

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that the Queensway onramp at Westgate has its own Twitter account @WestgateOnramp

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that Community Policing is responsible for Kitchissippi’s admirably low crime rate; among the highest in Ottawa 20 years ago, we have one of the lowest crime rates today. Community Policing – an idea whose time is still here.

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that the MCA will install a new mural somewhere north of Scott to protect property from graffiti – a form of vandalism that diminishes property values and highlights those property owners/ custodians who are unconcerned with, or unaware of, basic community optics.

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JULY 7 - STRAWBERRY SOCIAL Woodroffe United Church (207 Woodroffe Ave.) invites you to the annual Strawberry Social on Thursday, July 7. Between 5 and 7 p.m., we will be serving a ham and salad supper and one of the best treats the season has to offer: strawberry shortcake fees are $15 per person, children 10 and under free, family max $40. Tickets are available through the church office at 613-722-9250.

JULY 12 - PINECREST-QUEENSWAY EMPLOYMENT RESOURCE CENTRE YOUTH JOB WORKSHOP Get tips on what makes a dynamic resume and how to polish your interview skills. Bring in your resume for some one-on-one feedback from an employment specialist at the Carlingwood branch of the Ottawa Public Library on Tuesday, July 12 from 5 p.m. until 6:30 p.m. For 14-29 year olds. For more information go to biblioottawalibrary.ca JULY 16 & 23 - TEEN 2 TEEN READING HELP Teen Volunteers help Teens learning English as a second language with their reading at the Carlingwood branch of the Ottawa Public Library on Saturday, July 16 & 23 from 2 p.m. until 3 p.m. Offered in partnership with Frontier College and Algonquin College. Registration is required. For youth between 12 and 18 years of age. For more information go to biblioottawalibrary.ca.

JULY 25 TO JULY 29 - CAMP AWESOME Kitchissippi United Church (630 Island Park Dr. behind the Royal Ottawa across from Westgate Mall).

This week-long day camp offers a fun-filled program for children 4 to 12. Program includes outdoor play, stories, songs and crafts. Camp runs from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Before- and after-hour care also available. For more information, cost and registration forms contact Kirsten Gracequist at 613-722-7254 or go to kitchissippiuc.com.

JULY 26 - TEEN LIFE-SIZE BOARD GAMES Imagine playing a board game you can walk on? Come play larger-than -life Snakes & Ladders, Angry Birds, and Big bowling at the Carlingwood branch of the Ottawa Public Library on Tuesday, July 26 from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m. For teens age 12 to 18.

Registration is optional. For more information go to biblioottawalibrary.ca.

JULY 27 - POSTNATAL EXERCISE An effective strength training workout that allows you to bond with your baby. Build strength, tone muscles, regain functional movement, improve posture and bounce back after childbirth, all while having fun with your baby. Use your baby as resistance and strengthen your back, legs, upper body and core. For mothers/fathers and infants from 8 weeks to 12 months. Free. Monday June 27 from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. at Mothercraft Ottawa (475 Evered Avenue). For information, or to register, contact Cathy Cadieux at 613728-1839 ext. 248.

JULY 28 - SUICIDE SQUAD MOVIE RELEASE PARTY! Celebrate the release of the Suicide Squad with a makeup contest, triv-

ia, green screen, button maker, “blood” fondue bar, and prizes at the Carlingwood branch of the Ottawa Public Library on Thursday, July 28 from 4:30 p.m. until 6 p.m.

Registration is optional. For 12 to 18 years old. For more information go to biblioottawalibrary.ca AUGUST 11 & 18 - TEEN GAMING CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND Drop in and play Super Smash Bros on Wii U at the Carlingwood branch of the Ottawa Public Library on Thursday, August 11 & 18 from 4:15 p.m. until 5 p.m. For more information go to biblioottawalibrary.ca.

YOUR COMMUNITY ASSOCIATIONS For up-to-date news on your neighbourhood, stay in touch with your community association. Information about events, traffic changes, development, neighbourhood clubs, volunteer opportunities and board meetings is available from the following Community Association websites.

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McKellar Park Community Association mckellarparkcommunity.wordpress. com Mechanicsville Community Association facebook.com/MechanicsvilleCA Wellington Village Community Association wvca.ca Westboro Beach Community Association www.westborobeach.ca Westboro Community Association lovewestboro.wordpress.com

Champlain Park Community Association champlainpark.org Civic Hospital Neighbourhood Association chnaottawa.ca Hintonburg Community Association hintonburg.com

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The shops of Wellington West are unique, ranging from locally made in-house boutiques and contemporary fashion retailers, to high-end galleries, home decor, and fitness and cycling studios.

You’ll enjoy the added personal touch that comes with shopping in a village of proudly independent shopkeepers--in fact, that could be the owner taking care of you today! Wellington West is an experience guaranteed to have you leaving with the perfect something for everyone on your list--and coming back for more.

With more than 100 restaurants, eateries, cafés, pubs and food trucks to choose from, eating in Wellington West presents a delightful dilemma. Hungry? You won’t be for long. Bring your appetite and indulge in whatever you are craving. Wellington West offers everything from seafood to burgers, tacos to donuts, home style to gourmet cuisine. For those occassions when eating in is called for, start at the Parkdale Market, then wend your way along Wellington West where any one of our grocers, meat shops, delis or dessert shops will fill your fridge with the best the region has to offer!

Wellington West is a dynamic creative hub, boasting fine art in established galleries, pop-up venues and art festivals featuring internationally-renowned artists to emerging local talent.

Wellington West is also home to the Great Canadian Theatre Company which presents cutting-edge plays by some of the best playwrights, directors and actors in Canada. Or take some time to experience spoken word art, from poetry readings to contemporary literature. A visit to Wellington West should also include our burgeoning music scene, from Indie rock to the classics played by our own Parkdale Orchestra. Musical entertainment also abounds in churches, bars and local stores. Wellington West and the Arts-a part of your great Ottawa adventure!

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Wellington West, home of Hintonburg and Wellington Village is located west of downtown Ottawa between Little Italy and Westboro.

Wellington St. West is one of Ottawa’s longest streets. From the O-Train to Island Park is where you’ll find our neighbourhood.

By Bike: Hop on the Ottawa River Pathway, heading west, or take the urban route down Somerset St. Don’t have a bike? That is okay, we have a local bike share program, RightBike.org.

By Bus: Transit Way Stop: Tunney’s Pasture. It takes about 10 minutes from Rideau Centre to Tunney’s Pasture on the Transit Way. Other routes are available.

Consult OC Trip Planner.

By Car: Queensway (Hwy 417) Exit: Parkdale Ave (northbound). Sir John A. Macdonald Parkway (Ottawa River Parkway) Exit: Parkdale Ave (southbound).