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Chris McLeod as Macbeth and Zoe Georgaras, one of the fire witches. Zoe also directed the production’s fire choreography.

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Songs, swords, skullduggery

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HEALING HEARTS

A forgotten home is found again

Coleen Scott’s journey to help others

Celebrating 400 years of Shakespeare

By Judith van Berkom

Imagine a beautiful warm summer’s evening in Clare Gardens Park, a crowd is gathered in front of an impromptu stage, with props, costumes and special effects behind the audience in preparation for 90 minutes of Shakespeare, in celebration of his 400th anniversary. Voices

softly sing in the background, setting the stage for Bear & Co.’s cast.

At precisely 7 p.m., the play begins.

Adults sit in comfortable lawn chairs, babies on blankets, coolers with drinks and snacks, people on bikes stop to look and listen.

In the month of July, Clare and Hintonburg Parks were transformed with the magic of Macbeth; songs

and swords, skullduggery, and fire witches.

The production features a number of local residents. Chris McLeod plays Macbeth and directed the sword fighting; Rachel Eugster, director of music, sang and played Banquo. Doreen Taylor-Claxton was Macbeth’s lady.

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A journey to healing Westboro resident helps a disenfranchised group in Ottawa and overseas

By Bhavana Gopinath

Since 2001, Coleen Scott has dedicated her life to helping the marginalized Karen people of Thailand.

She and the organization she founded, Karen Learning and Education Opportunities (KLEO) run Jen’s House, a safe house and school for Karen children in the Chiang Mai region in Thailand. These children would otherwise have had little or no access to education. When not in Thailand, Coleen spends her time in Ottawa tirelessly raising funds for KLEO’s various programs. She is respectfully known as “pipi” (grandmother) among the Karen refugee population in Ottawa.

All of this emerged from the worst agony a parent can endure: the death of a child.

Coleen’s daughter Jennifer had a degree in psychology and was an Early Childhood Educator.

While travelling in the mountainous areas of northern Thailand,

Coleen and Jen had met many Karen and had been drawn to the simplicity of their way of life. The Karen desired education for their children, but opportunities were few.

Wanting to make a real difference, Jen quit her teaching job in Taipei, Taiwan, and lived in the village of Thung Siao to teach Karen children.

Jen died in 2003 at age 28. In her memory, Coleen and her husband Robert Campbell sought donations for Jen’s school.

They went to Thailand to deliver the supplies they’d bought, and hoped to find solace in the very place where Jen had been happy.

That trip was a spiritual journey for Coleen.

The Karen people that Jen had lived with, having endured many traumas themselves, understood Coleen’s pain. Among them, she was able to grieve her only child at her own pace. The Karen in Jen’s area knew Coleen in their language as “Jen’s mother.” This reaffirmation of her parental identity comforted Coleen; Jen

would not be forgotten.

“Karen” actually refers to several linguistically diverse ethnic groups who live in southern and southeastern Myanmar, and in Thailand. As an ethnic minority, they have been persecuted, and have had to flee their homes and farms due to violence.

They live as internally displaced people in Myanmar or in refugee camps, or resettle in other countries.

In Thailand, many Karen face social and language barriers and live in poverty.

Coleen decided to continue Jen’s work. With the generosity of her friends and other volunteers, she established Jen’s House in Thung Siao to educate the Karen who lived in the surrounding mountains.

Local house-parents take care of the children, and graduate students volunteer their time to educate them. Today, Coleen says proudly, Jen’s legacy endures: four students from Jen’s House are graduating from university with degrees in political science and law.

In 2006, the Canadian government sponsored some Karen refugees to relocate to Canada. These Karen faced some unique challenges: having spent most of their lives in remote mountains, some had never even seen a car or running water from a tap. Many were functionally illiterate in their own language, so it was much harder to learn even basic English.

Some Karen already living in Ottawa requested help from Coleen.

Coleen learned their language, and she and KLEO helped the refugees navigate the complex processes and paperwork that come with starting afresh in a new country.

KLEO also collaborates with Just Food to help Karen farmers in Ottawa establish themselves. These Karen farmers’ knowledge has been

passed down through generations. They are intrinsically organic farmers; they believe that using chemicals to grow food is disrespectful to the land.

The Karen Farm in Blackburn Hamlet grows high quality produce.

KLEO and OCDSB also run a program to offer Karen language and heritage classes for Canada-raised Karen kids.

KLEO’s dedication has made a significant difference in the lives of several Karen families. However, Coleen believes that she was the fortunate one in these exchanges, and that having the Karen in her life has been enriching and enlightening. “I don’t know where I’d be without them,” she says. While Jennifer’s death has left a “hole that never heals” in Coleen’s heart, she is comforted that her daughter’s

spirit lives on through her work.

To learn more about KLEO and Coleen’s work, go to kleosupport.org or follow them on Facebook (search for KLEO Ottawa) and Twitter (twitter.com/ KLEOOttawa).

As part of their annual fundraising, KLEO will hold a book sale at Dovercourt Community Centre on Saturday, September 24 between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m., and on Sunday, September 25 between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m.

Volunteers are invited to help Karen in Ottawa with English-language skills, or help with Jen’s House, or contribute monetarily. Coleen says that even a small contribution of $10 a month from say, 300 people, will help cover the expenses of the kids at Jen’s house. All funds go directly to helping the Karen.

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Art supplies, toys and children’s books line the walls of Beehive Studio, a newly opened children’s art studio in Hintonburg.

Beehive Studio opened August 8 and Kate says the reception has been fantastic so far.

When deciding to open the studio she had a lot of support from the people in the community and says she couldn’t have done it without them.

“It’s very nice having a lot of people around you who are willing to jump in and just do stuff to make it happen,” says Kate. “People have been amazing and the business community in this neighbourhood is fantastic.

There’s so many small businesses. I think everybody sort of understands what you’re going through and understands what it takes to get something off the ground.

People are tremendously supportive – and the parents and the kids in the community are fantastic.”

Kate has been a professional photographer for about six years (her work has been featured in the Kitchissippi Times) and has been teaching photographic arts in schools for about four years. She was a teacher before she went into photography full time.

Kate has always enjoyed working with children, so when the idea of opening a children’s art studio came along, it seemed like a perfect fit.

Her background in working with children, combined with teaching the arts, is the place she wants to be.

“I love educational philosophy, I love child development theories, so I like putting all of that stuff into practice and I’ve always been drawn to teaching arts, it’s always been a hobby… it’s where my comfort zone is,” says Kate.

When the studio space on Hinton Avenue became available, Kate decided to go for it.

Part of the motivation for opening Beehive Studio was that Kate found it difficult to find kid’s art classes and courses nearby. She surveyed people in the community and discovered there was a lot of interest, as well as a gap in certain types of artistic programming.

Beehive offers camps, courses, workshops and drop-ins classes for children aged two to youth in grade 8. Kate also plans to offer birthday parties in the near future.

Camps are in progress and full program courses will start in September. There are also open studio times during the day so people can drop by and work on a different project every week.

When Kate was deciding what classes to offer, she thought a lot about creative areas her own children find interesting.

“A lot of it’s modelled on what my kids would have really enjoyed and

what my kid’s friends would have really enjoyed and what I liked doing when I was a kid as well,” she says.

Courses are based on the Reggio Emilia approach, an early childhood educational philosophy.

“The basic crux of it is that children need to explore and wonder and touch things and try things out without always needing an adult to tell them ‘copy this, do this, reproduce this thing that I’ve done for you,’” explains Kate.

“There will be prompts and ideas out on the table and children will be invited to come and be creative however they want to, the way that they’re inspired by the things around them,” Kate adds.

“It allows them to develop their own creativity and we as adults are not putting our concept of what’s right and what’s wrong and how they should be artistic onto them. [Children] have tremendous scope for creating and creativity, and what we want to see is what they’re trying to show us.”

Ultimately, Kate believes young children just need an inviting space to explore their creativity.

She is hoping Beehive Studio can be that for them.

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Look for some of Kate’s students’ photography work in a future issue of Kitchissippi Times.

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“I’ve lived in Kitchissippi all of my 21 years. I was born in the house we live in on Sherbrooke Avenue. Both my brother and I were born in the actual house, I was born in the living room and he was born in the room he’s actually sleeping in now. I got to see him being born and got to cut his umbilical cord.

“I like that everything is different here. Out in Barrhaven and Kanata everything looks the same, where here individual houses all have different stories and are kind of quirky. The neighbourhood has expanded so much in the past five to ten

years and I’m very proud to be from here.

“When I’m not working, I love to bike. This place has fantastic places to bike to. There’s the abandoned bridge, there’s the Parkway, there’s Dow’s Lake, the river, Westboro Beach, and places people tend to ignore. I like to take people on little adventures to places they never knew were there. There’s everything here that I need. I don’t have a car, and all I need is my bike, and everything is nearby. I have my food nearby, I have my clothes nearby and I have a bank nearby. Literally,

everything is nearby.

“I also make forged knives in my garage. I sell them to people basically by word of mouth. I traded the tattoo on my back for a knife, and it was my first tattoo, and the first knife I’d ever made.

“I think the world needs more happy people. Happiness is contagious and so is negativity. I hope the best for this neighbourhood, and I hope when I come back in twenty years, it’s even better.”

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Wellington West BIA Executive Director, Zachary Dayler, stands beside the orange and white mailbox planted amongst the flowers in front of the Hintonburg Community Centre on Wellington Street. He talks about how parents and kids waiting for the bus or a friend can open the mailbox and find chalk and colouring sheets to keep them occupied. The evidence is all around in the brightly coloured chalk drawings decorating the pavement in front of the community center. This is one of the initiatives selected by the

Wellington West BIA as part of TacticalWest: the most recent endeavour by the BIA, with Zachary at the helm, to make the neighbourhood between Somerset Bridge and Island Park Drive an interesting and unique destination for the locals and beyond.

Zachary says he and the BIA are inspired by the motto that a “city to play in is a city to stay in.” The BIA is ready to invest in creative community initiatives that help make the neighbourhoods of Hintonburg and Wellington Village fun and interesting places to be.

The community mail-

box was conceived by a local resident, Adrian Archer, and submitted to the BIA as part of a call for ideas back in the spring. Other initiatives include a checkerboard painted at Somerset Square, a community courtyard with seating at the corner of Irving and Wellington and more Stop Gap ramps to allow for easier mobility into shops in the neighbourhood.

The BIA, Zachary says, hopes to make the TacticalWest grants a yearly endeavour and encourages community members to start thinking creatively outside the box for next year.

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The Canadian Bank Note Company on Richmond Road at Kirkwood is a familiar building to most in Ottawa. A holdover from the industrial days of this section of Richmond Road (which also once included R. L. Crain printers, a Pepsi plant, and General Electric), the whispers of redevelopment of this large property signal the potential end of another era.

Yet it is an earlier era for this property, which is of even more interest: large stately homes on what was the rural boulevard Richmond Road.

Where the Bank Note building stands today was once the site of one of Ottawa’s most impressive homes. However, in a move symbolic of the post-WWII period when rapid expansion and growth of new industries and technology were king (and heritage and history became passé), a mansion of incredible character, built by one of the community’s most prominent and passionate individuals was demolished amidst the tears of the workers tasked with the difficult responsibility of pulling it down.

The piece of land situated between Kirkwood and Patricia, from Carling north to the Ottawa River passed through many hands in the 19th century.

Most notably, Peter Aylen “King of the Shiners” owned the property from 1821 to 1837 and became its first resident, building several structures (one of which remains today, the tin-roofed Aylen-Heney house on the south side of Richmond near Kirkwood). However, it was in 1854 that Bytown leather merchant John “Buffalo” Heney acquired the land, where his family would remain for nearly 100 years.

Heney built a sizable two-storey stone house, which he called Syringa

Frederick A. Heney was one of Nepean Township’s most prominent citizens.

Cottage on the north side of Richmond Road, where his family would reside intermittently until the late 1800s.

After “Buffalo” Heney passed away in June of 1896, his son Frederick Augustus Heney took over ownership of the property. Fred was one of Nepean Township’s most prominent citizens.

During his life he owned substantial real estate in Nepean and Ottawa, was President of Mortimer’s publishers, was a highranking Mason (he helped establish the Temple on Churchill Avenue), Nepean High School Board member (helping establish Nepean High), was Reeve of Nepean Township, Warden of Carleton County, chairman of the Ottawa Suburban Roads Commission, and President of the Ottawa Board of Trade. In fact,

Kirkwood Avenue was called Heney Avenue until 1941.

During 1898-1899, Heney oversaw construction of his palatial 33-room mansion, built almost in the centre of where the Bank Note stands today. Once completed, he demolished old Syringa Cottage, which was adjacent to the east.

He also replaced the old stone wall surrounding the property and replaced it with an iron fence.

(With a nod to history, the Bank Note continue to maintain a new iron fence of similar design.)

The three-storey home was built in a colonial style, featuring giant pillars, gabled windows, large wrap-around verandas and balconies, a circular conservatory, dormers, sunrooms, and eight fireplaces. The main stairway was made of oak and was six feet wide. Rooms were

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dents reacted quickly, convincing Ottawa council to pass a bylaw preventing the construction of commercial buildings in the neighbourhood.

Council desperately wanted to keep the Company (and the sizable property tax it would generate) within Ottawa’s borders, but no suitable locations could be found.

In fact, under terms of its ancient contract with the federal government, the Bank Note Company was required to remain within the Ottawa city limits, but this was modified in order for the company to relocate to Nepean, who was happy to welcome the firm. On October 7 1946, it was announced that the Bank Note Company was negotiating to purchase the Heney property, and in late November, the purchase was made official.

Demolition began on the Heney mansion in January 1947. The Baker Brothers Company was contracted to raze the building, which was not an easy task for those involved, both due to the complexity of the job, and also the sadness in destroying a landmark home. The destruction of such an impressive house in peak condition was

described by the Citizen as “unpleasant to witness” and “would bring tears to the eyes of anyone who loves old homes.” A fire burning in the downstairs library while a reporter visited on one of the first days of demolition was fuelled by sections of the grand banisters.

However, much of the house lived on. Baker Brothers fervently salvaged many features of the home and the materials were resold to individuals in the area who were building houses in the growing neighbourhood of Hampton-Iona.

Everything from light fixtures to the bathtubs to the heating equipment was sold throughout the winter of 1947. This is how the Ottawa Journal reported it on January 30, 1947: “… the fine old wood, the gables, the floors and even the bricks are being bought up wholesale by contractors and residents of Laurentian View and nearby Heney Park. Into new homes go the old oak china cabinets, the antique pieces of exquisite furniture, the delicately carved gables and woodwork, and they take with them the atmosphere of a neverto-be-forgotten era in the

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panelled partially or in full in oak and birch.

Outside to the west was an old stone carriage house and stable which dated back to 1832. It was destroyed by fire in 1914 and nearly burned down the mansion as well.

Heney rebuilt a large twostorey brick garage and stable building in its place with room for four cars and five horses. The garage included a service pit and a manually operated lift to hoist hay to the second storey.

The extensive grounds also featured tennis courts and a field for baseball and other sports.

When Fred Heney passed away on February 12, 1946 at the age of 76, he left behind an estate valued at just under $1M. Meanwhile, the Canadian Bank Note Company, which had been located since 1897 at 224 Wellington Street near Bank, had announced in April that they had sold their building to the expanding Bank of Canada. On June 24 it was announced that they would build a new plant on eight acres of the Williams farm in what is now Old Ottawa South, fronting Riverdale Avenue where Echo Drive intersects. However, local resi-

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On May 14 1948, the Bank Note Company took out a building permit for their new $750,000, 118,000 square foot plant. It was completed in August of 1950.

It is unfortunate that the Heney name has become nearly forgotten in the neighbourhood, but it’s a travesty that the old mansion was lost so long ago. It would certainly be the centrepiece of Kitchissippi if it was still standing today.

Dave Allston is a local history buff who researches and writes house histories and publishes a blog called The Kitchissippi Museum (kitchissippimuseum.blogspot.ca). His family has lived in Kitchissippi for six generations. Do you have stories to share about the area? We’d love to hear them! Send your email to stories@kitchissippi.com.

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Something wicked this way comes Continued from page 1 Both Rachel and Doreen are well-known sopranos in the city. Zoe Georgaras is fire choreographer for Bear & Co and was joined by Alexis Scott and Sarah Waisvisz as the three witches who invited the audience into 12th century Scotland – a time in history where the sword ruled. Daniel Claxton, a student at

Canterbury High School, rounded out the cast, bringing his youth and his lovely singing voice to the role of Malcolm.

Seasoned director, Eleanor Crowder, conjured a world of sound and fury, reviving all of the savagery and tenderness to bring this story to life. This is not the Macbeth you read in high school.

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be reaching out to teachers to bring school trips, particularly those teaching Macbeth in the school year.

The (indoor) production at the Gladstone won’t showcase the full fiery experience of the park production and the transparency that comes from having all back stage business visible behind the audience, but being indoors with stage lighting and no mosquitoes or rain will create a different kind of intimacy.

Two other companies are doing Shakespearerelated works at the Gladstone this fall, given that this is the 400th anniversary year since Shakespeare’s death.

Three Sisters Theatre Company will perform Desdemona: A Play about a Handkerchief, and after Macbeth, Plosive Productions will present Romeo and Juliet Redux.

For more information about Macbeth production– and to buy tickets – go to thegladstone.ca and bearandcompany.ca.

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Placemaking ideas find a home Continued from page 5 In the meantime the BIA is busy beautifying the neighbourhood by installing interesting bike racks in strategic locations, rearranging street furniture and installing gateway signage at key locations. There are also plans to paint a giant map mural representing neighbourhood hot spots on the wall outside the Pizza Pizza location at the corner of Hamilton Avenue and Wellington Street.

The Wellington West BIA also launched a new grant program aimed at creative placemaking called Entrepre-Mural.

Artists, partnering with local businesses, applied for $2000 to put toward the creation of a public mural project along Wellington and Somerset.

It’s expected that murals will be at various stages of completion during Tastes of Wellington West on September 17.

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Fans of locally produced food will have no shortage of new meals to try.

Until August 21, Savour Ottawa’s Summer Tables event will be taking place at nine restaurants across the city. Three of these, Thyme and Again, Absinthe Cafe, and The Table Restaurant, are in Wellington West. The event places the spotlight on food grown on farms within the Ottawa area as restaurants roll out special menu items made with locally sourced ingredients.

At local catering shop Thyme and Again, Executive Chef Justin Faubert has designed two dishes for the event: Roasted Fitzroy Beef, made with meat from Fitzroy Beef Farmers near Arnprior, and a potato salad made with beans and potatoes from Rochon Farms, and garnished with fennel and radishes from Juniper Farms. Due to being grass-fed, the roast beef has very little marbling and has what Justin describes as a richer taste.

Justin says he visits the Parkdale Market regularly to pick up ingredients from local farmers’ booths, meaning that the ingredients served at the restaurant are fresh. In the dish pictured above, for example, Justin says that the ingredients were all about a day old.

Justin says that aside from fresher and healthier ingredients due to reduced travel time, buying local allows for a varied menu based on what providers have available at the time.

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Thyme and Again’s Executive Chef Justin Faubert has designed two dishes for Savour Ottawa’s Summer Tables event, including the Roasted Fitzroy Beef dish pictured above.

know a few farmers, and you get to know what they have, if they get a big bumper crop of something… I like to keep the menus a little bit vague and then use what the farmer needs to move along as well,” Justin explains.

Patrick Garland, owner and head chef of Absinthe Cafe, says that this ability to change up the menu is one of the best parts of buying from local providers. He adds that it also means getting to build close relationships with the farmers he buys from.

“They are the people in my neighbourhood… some of these people I’ve known a long time,” Patrick says. “When I say

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I’m going to ‘the farm’, everybody knows I’m going to Mariposa, [the local duck farm].”

For Summer Tables, Absinthe will be serving a three-course meal that includes Thai-inspired quail, bruised rabbit ravioli, and a vanilla panna cotta with a burnt orange tuile.

Patrick describes Absinthe as being part of a “hyper-regional” closed circuit with its food providers: he buys carrots locally, then gives his carrot peels as feed to a local pig farm, and then uses that pork for dishes in his restaurant.

The Table Vegetarian Restaurant, owned by Simon Saab, has only been a member of Savour Ottawa for a year, even though Simon has been buying local ingredients since his restaurant opened fifteen years ago.

The Table Restaurant is participating in Summer Tables with two salads, one made with kale, feta cheese, and raisins, and the other with handpicked grape tomatoes (both yellow and red) in a balsamic dressing. The kale and tomatoes come from Ferme aux Pleines Saveurs in Quebec.

Although Simon has

been buying locally on his own for so long, he says that being a part of Savour

Ottawa is useful as a marketing initiative for local producers and vendors.

“The upside is it brings like-minded people together,” says Simon.

Savour Ottawa is an organization that advocates and promotes the sale of locally grown agriculture in markets and restaurants around the city. It is run (and funded) by a grouping of Ottawa Tourism, the Rural Affairs and Markets Management office in the City of Ottawa, and non-profit local food advocacy group Just Food. Its membership is made up of nine Ottawa restaurants and close to a hundred local farms and food producers.

For a list of restaurants participating in Summer Tables, as well as their menus, go to savourottawa.ca.

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“It’s a great synergy of both of our interests,” says Wendy Robbins.

She’s describing a sixweek workshop for older adults, which will be facilitated by herself and Trudy Medcalf and begins at the Carlingwood branch of the Ottawa Public Library (OPL) in early September. Aging by the Book is an opportunity for older adults to explore what aging means to them, and learn from each other.

Trudy stresses the importance of searching for meaning later in life.

“There are not many places you can do that,” she says. “A lot of work involved in being an older adult is inner work. But when you set up a safe environment, it happens.

There’s a point in the first session when people realize this is the place where we can do it.”

Trudy has a background in teaching and guidance counseling and has a PhD in gerontology.

She’s been hosting elder circles for the last 15 years. Elder circles are a way of getting a group of older people exploring together what it means to get older.

“I believe strongly in participatory work,” says

Trudy. “Even as a teacher I wasn’t comfortable saying: this is what you need to know…. The idea of an elder circle fits here – we are not imposing our ideas but setting up an environment where people can learn together.”

Wendy comes from a 30-year career with the CBC as an executive producer, mostly in radio, followed by a Masters in Information Science from the University of Ottawa.

Her thesis dealt with how the public library could be a support system for an aging population.

Aging by the Book morphed from a program Wendy produced for the CBC called Reflections on Aging: a Reading Circle. It used a narrative approach to discuss issues around aging. Ultimately, putting the elder circles together with Wendy’s interest in reading resulted in the idea of the seminar, which was then presented to the OPL. Wendy and Trudy select a variety of texts, which participants are asked to read before each 90-minute session. These can be excerpts from short stories, chapters from novels, poetry, or an article or two. The chosen works must have literary merit and are likely to spark interest into all aspects of aging.

Wendy and Trudy describe the sessions as a “kind of a dance” as the group discusses the texts.

“It’s not like a book club. It has aspects of a book club in that it attracts people who love to read,” says Trudy.

“But the thing I like about the reading circle – compared to the elder circle where there is no curriculum – is this idea there’s some text. If people don’t want to be so personal they have the option of spending the hour and a half talking about the texts.”

“The idea is to help people move forward,” says Wendy. “It has to do with your outlook on life and reevaluating your relationship with others.”

Wendy and Trudy plan to expand their Aging by the Book program and would like it to be offered in all branches of the OPL a few times a year.

Several participants expressed interest in facilitating their own group, so Wendy and Trudy started offering workshops on facilitation and are in the process of applying for a grant from the 2017 Community Foundation.

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Wanted: people to help other people in Kitchissippi Volunteers needed for Citizen Advocacy Ottawa’s Everyday Champions program Submitted by Maria Redpath

Imagine waiting and hoping for a friend for more than ten years. That’s the reality for numerous people living with a disability in the Kitchissippi area.

People need people! Our friends, personal relationships and networks play an important part in our lives helping to support us, as we navigate personal and professional matters. We use our networks to help others – whether it’s related to getting a job, finding a professional resource or for social and recreational purposes. We rely on these rich personal networks and relationships and know that freely given friendship and support are basic necessities for health and quality of life. Many people with

disabilities do not have the benefit of these relationships.

Citizen Advocacy Ottawa’s Everyday Champions program matches people, of any age, living with a disability (Friend) to a volunteer Advocate (aged over 18 years) who lives in the same area. These matches are ongoing relationships that enhance the lives of both Friends and Advocates. There are more than 250 volunteer advocates across Ottawa who are enriching the lives of someone in their community. Volunteer Advocates are people who freely give of their time to enter into intentional friendships with people in their community who live with a disability. They commit to meet with their Friend three to

four times a month for an hour or two, for a minimum of 12 months. Very often these relationships last longer than the required minimum as individuals really enjoy being matched and after a short time report that it no longer feels like volunteering. Many wonderful friendships have flourished and developed in the more than 40 years Citizen Advocacy has been in Ottawa.

However, there is a shortage of volunteers coming forward to be advocates from the Kitchissippi area. There are 42 people, including 26 men, living with a disability in the community who have been waiting for an average of two and a half years for a volunteer advocate.

One such person is

Janis; she is in her mid30s and has been waiting for nine years for someone to be her friend. She needs someone who is willing to spend time gaining her trust and who also enjoys cards and numbers games. Investing time in this relationship will be very rewarding for the right person.

Citizen Advocacy’s Program Manager, Thony Jean-Baptiste, would love to see people in Kitchissippi coming forward to learn more about this rewarding way to make a true difference in someone’s life.

“As a friend to someone with a disability you can have a profound effect on their life by reducing loneliness and isolation, helping to achieve hopes and dreams, developing per-

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sonal networks and relationships, decreasing vulnerability, and increasing self-confidence, mental and physical health,” says Thony.

“Advocates benefit too. They often tell us they gain far more than they give: such as an acceptance of a different pace of life, an appreciation of the simple, small things around them, a new friend whom they’d never have met or befriended in the normal course of their life and a deeper connection to their community.”

An example of a recent match that is making a difference is that of Marc Goulet and Jean Boutin.

They have been matched for one year and the impact of their friendship is already evident. In a recent telephone call to his Citizen Advocacy social worker, Marc told him how much he appreciated the time he spends each week with Jean and the impact Jean has had on his life. They have a

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lot of fun together. They go jogging, use the public library and work on improving Marc’s reading and writing skills. Marc noted that he knew Jean had a busy work and family life so the time he spent with him was treasured all the more.

Citizen Advocacy Ottawa is a small, but powerful, registered charity and is one of the few organizations that support people of all ages across the disability spectrum and their families.

We believe in a community that welcomes and values the participation and contribution of all citizens, including those living with disabilities.

To learn more about how you can help, email mredpath@citizenadvocacy.org or 613-7619522 ext. 222 or visit the Citizen Advocacy website c i t i z e n a d v o c a c y. o r g / volunteer.

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Sometimes it seems that “quilting” is impossible to define. As a practical art form, it straddles the world between creativity and usefulness. Many quilts are intended solely for warmth, adding layers of comfort in cold winters. Others are made purely for artistic reasons and meant to be displayed on a wall.

No matter the intention, style or design, members of the Ottawa Valley Quilters Guild (OVQG) pride themselves on the high calibre of their quilts.

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Joan has won many awards for her quilting, including several Best of Show awards at the OVQG biannual quilt show.

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The sashing design is entirely original. She originally made this hand appliqué quilt for her daughter, but as a very large queen size quilt, it took over 2000 hours to complete. After several very hot and humid months of hand quilting on a lap frame, Joan “realized this quilt would likely be destroyed by her [daughter’s] two very frisky cats.” She’s decided to keep the quilt on her daughter’s behalf for now, though it is currently travelling for a year as part of the International Quilt Festival.

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Joan Dorsay’s quilt, titled “Not Now, Maybe Never” recently won first place in its category at the Canadian Quilter’s Association’s National show in Toronto.

Joan has won many awards for her quilting. ing, planning, and making the hand appliqué, hand quilted quilts she hopes to show next year, in the biannual OVQG quilt show on May 12-14, 2017. One of them, titled “If at first…” is already completed. This show’s goal is to celebrate

Canada’s 150th birthday, and with award-winning quilters like Joan it promises to be an amazing show.

Janice Henderson started quilting in grade 11 when she grew too big for her childhood quilt. She is past president and current publicity coordinator for the Ottawa Valley Quilters Guild. Recently she has been delighting in bringing a variety of quilts into local schools and community centres to showcase the artistic value of quilting.

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AUGUST 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 18 from 4:15 p.m. until 5 p.m. For more information go to biblioottawalibrary.ca.

AUGUST 25 - LEGO BLOCK PARTY Drop by the Rosemount branch of the Ottawa Public Library at 2 p.m. on August 25 for 90 minutes of building with Lego! All ages are invited to attend. For more information go to biblioottawalibrary.ca.

SEPTEMBER 9 TO OCTOBER 14 - AGING BY THE BOOK Whether we are aging in a new country or in our home town, growing older brings new challenges and perspectives. Be part of a reading and discussion group that meets weekly for six weeks to explore the older adult experience as portrayed in a wide range of written work. We will discuss poems, short stories, essays, and excerpts from novels and memoirs. Readings will be provided. This is a repeat of programs that ran in 2013 and 2014. Registration is limited to 10 participants; no new registrants after the second session.

Happening at the Carlingwood Library on Fridays from September 9 to October 14 at 2 p.m. For more information go to biblioottawalibrary.ca or read about it on page 11.

SEPTEMBER 10 - UNITARIAN HOUSE FALL FAIR This year’s Fall Fair will be taking place Saturday, September 10 between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. in the courtyard at 20 Cleary Avenue behind Kristy’s Restaurant. Drop by for some homemade baking, clothing, jewellery, treasures and trinkets, silent auction, beverages & barbecue lunch, and fun activities for families.

SEPTEMBER 17 - TASTES OF WELLINGTON WEST Mark your calendars! “Tastes” is a one day celebration of everything wonderful that happens along Wellington West, in Hintonburg and Wellington Village. This year’s edition will include Giant Tiger KidZone, a Brewery Market in Hintonburg Park, live art demonstrations, performing artists, and more.

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SEPTEMBER 17 & 18 AND SEPTEMBER 24 & 25 - WEST END STUDIO TOUR (WEST) The West End Studio Tour takes place over two weekends. It’s a free walking, biking or driving, tour of artist homes and studios in the Wellington West and Westboro area, and a great opportunity for art lovers to see the places where art is actually made. For details, go to westendstudiotour.ca or email westendstudiotour@outlook.com.

SEPTEMBER 24 & 25 - OPEN ART STUDIO Kitchissippi artist Margaret Chwialkowska invites you to her studio at 195 Woodroffe Ave., to view her award-winning, vibrant and textured oil paintings rendered with palette knives, inspired by nature and local landscape. September 24 & 25 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. For more information go to artistsincanada. com/margaret or call 613-729-9351.

SEPTEMBER 24 – “BAYSWATER BAZAAR” 2ND ANNUAL STREET SALE Head over to Bayswater Avenue on Sunday September 24 to find treasures old and new to admire and acquire. The street will be open, so walk, cycle or drive up and load your wagon, basket or car. Goods, gifts and gadgets galore will be available from Somerset Street to Carling Avenue. The fun starts at 7 a.m. For more information, check the Liveable Bayswater Facebook page.

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OCTOBER 15 - CITIZEN ADVOCACY BOTTLE DRIVE Bring your empties to the Beer Store Parking Lot (1546 Scott St.) on October 15 between 11 a.m.-2 p.m. and help the Citizen Advocacy Consumers Advisory Committee raise funds to support the Everyday Champions program. For information go to citizenadvocacy.org/bottledrive.

BINGO Bingo every Wednesday night at the Westboro Legion. Doors open at 4 p.m. and games begin at 6:30 p.m. For more information visit rcl480.com or call 613-725-3475.

ENGLISH CONVERSATION CORNER Practice your English language conversation skills and meet new friends in a relaxed and friendly environment at the Carlingwood branch of the Ottawa Public Library. Tuesdays at 6:30 p.m. from September 6 to December 13. 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.

Champlain Park Community Association champlainpark.org Civic Hospital Neighbourhood Association chnaottawa.ca Hintonburg Community Association hintonburg.com Hampton-Iona Community Group hamptoniona.wordpress.com Island Park Community Association islandpark.wordpress.com 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

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