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Bettina Vollmerhausen is building the first Tool Library in Ottawa.

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Libraries in Ottawa are being redefined; they’re no longer just about books. Westboro resident Bettina Vollmerhausen is launching the city’s first Tool Library.

The idea of a Tool Library is quite simple, a small membership fee is paid and in return members can borrow any of the tools on hand for a

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“When you live in a small community, it’s easy to go to a neighbour and borrow something like a ladder or a saw, but in a big city you often don’t know anyone around you, so having a spot where you can borrow tools can be amazing,” says Vollmerhausen.

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Ottawa Tool Library is already creating buzz Continued from page 1 Having a great location is key to Vollmerhausen’s plan for the Tool Library.

“We want to be close to public transit and have parking available, if you come and get a skill saw, you can’t just swing that in a backpack,” she says.

The Ottawa Tool Library has recently secured a future spot in the Arts Court building at 2 Daly Avenue. The location is ideal for Vollmerhausen’s target users: downtown apartment dwellers and university students.

The Tool Library is already gaining support among the local community. It took home a win at the most recent Soup Ottawa event on November 26. Soup Ottawa is a quarterly event where people come to eat soup, and listen to presentations about various community projects.

At the end of the evening, attendees vote on the project they would most like to support. The crowd of over 120 people voted in favour of the Tool Library, netting Vollmerhausen over

Bettina Vollmerhausen is putting the call out to anyone who might have some under-appreciated tools living in the basement or backyard shed. Photo by Ted Simpson.

$1300 in funding.

“I think our project spoke to people from many walks of life,” says Vollmerhausen of the Soup crowd. “It’s easy to relate to, having that one tool that you bought years ago and now sits in your basement, why not share

it and give other people access to it.”

With a location set and some initial buzz around the project spreading, Vollmerhausen is aiming to get the Tool Library up and running by the spring.

“We’re hoping that everything will fall into

place in the next three months, when people are starting their spring projects or gardening tools are needed, hopefully we can be there for them,” she says.

What she really needs, in the meantime, are tools.

A few donations have started to trickle in. The the first power tool donation was an electric sander.

But much more is needed, so Vollmerhausen is putting the call out to anyone who might have some under-appreciated tools living in the basement or backyard shed.

Any donation, big or small, goes to building a community resource that provides access to tools regardless of income. In addition to materials, volunteer hours are needed to make this happen.

Vollmerhausen has a core group of four members and is looking for volunteers to help with tool drives, setting up and staffing the Library.

Anyone interested in donating tools, or their time, is encouraged to go to ottawatoollibrary.com, and join the mailing list.

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Collected by Kate Settle

I came to this community in 1976 – I hitchhiked here from Newfoundland, and moved onto Bayswater. All my five daughters and three sons were born here. I went walking with my daughter a while ago and she said ‘Mom, did you notice how many people you know, and say hi to you?’

I have a clay studio and sell my pottery here now. I’m a potter. It’s in the clay I find my true home – it’s where I live. You know what’s really cool? I know I evolved from the clay, and when I die I’m going to go back to the clay. Those are two book ends that I can’t change.

Last June I gathered all these

people, these women, together to make a clay quilt project. We all talked around the table about community, our love for community and our need to be more intentional in making it happen. I think community is the sustenance of life. For me, it’s the most important piece in my life. It gives the opportunity to stretch and grow, to be larger, and to be small, all at the same time. And welcoming is the foundation of community – the clay. It’s allowing yourself to be vulnerable to other people and allow them into your life, even for a short moment. An example? If I see an old woman, or an old man, or

someone with mental challenges at a bus stop and I’m walking by I feel it’s my duty, as a community member, to stop and talk to them, even if it’s for 60 seconds. I do it all the time – maybe that’s why I know so many people all around!

It’s not service, it’s not doing, it’s being, and it comes back to me in that very moment, and in surprises later. You are truly living community when you are truly welcoming. In that there is a synchronicity with life. So it only makes sense that I work in clay, it’s the foundation of the earth, and welcoming is the foundation of community. It’s a very ‘whole’ thing. It’s the journey.

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KT LETTERS “Unfettered” tree damage must stop When the front door is barred, a clever intruder tests the back door.

That’s what infill developers in Kitchissippi have been doing in the last year to 18 months. They are aware that the City’s 2009 Urban Tree Conservation By-law prevents them from cutting trees 50 cm or more in diameter, unless they apply for a permit. These days, they are not interested in destroying trees at all, even though the City hands out permits to do this as easily as Santa doles out candy canes. Isn’t this a good thing—that they aren’t keen to destroy trees?

If only. Instead of applying to cut mature, healthy trees that are in the way of towering doubles and hefty profits, infill developers have pounced on the City’s flimsy enforcement of the “injury” part of the by-law. Because Forestry Services has NO rules in place and will not issue permits for or monitor damage to mature trees, wily developers can get away with announcing, “I will save the trees.”

This allows them to inflict unfettered damage.

For the last three months, I have been documenting what this approach has meant to two silver maples on a corner lot in Champlain Park neighbourhood, where I live.

Both trees have diameters well

beyond the 50 cm that qualifies as “distinctive” under the City’s bylaw. Both have had upper limbs hacked off and their root systems cut away. Excavation has left them haggard and dangling over a bedrock trench. Will they survive this onslaught? Time will tell.

The next few months will also tell citizens of Kitchissippi whether community associations and our newly elected councillor will call for more stringent tree protection. It’s time to demand that Forestry Services implement the “injury” provisions of the existing by-law.

The by-law explicitly refers to both destruction and injury, but “injury” has been ignored.

Trees in the city’s downtown wards are valuable to citizens in terms of quality of life, health, and environmental benefits. It’s time that “green” not be limited to what goes into developer’s pockets.

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On Nov. 24, the Carlingwood Community Association became aware of a decision taken by the City to no longer allow strollers to be parked inside the Carlingwood Branch of the Ottawa Library.

Strollers were to be parked outside regardless of weather conditions,

which, judging from the Facebook conversation that ensued, was of great concern to caregivers of young children. The CCA and wider Carlingwood/Glabar Park/ Woodpark communities were greatly concerned with this unilateral decision taken without consultation amongst community stakeholders.

The CCA fully understands the difficult balancing act that the Carlingwood library has in these circumstances. No one wants to hear that someone has tripped and fallen over a stroller at the library, and blocking the entrance can be a fire hazard. For young families, having an accessible library includes having appropriate means to get to the library, and home from it, safely. Leaving strollers, shopping bags and other stroller paraphernalia outside in foul weather creates its own hazards, and would most likely dissuade caregivers and children from visiting the library at all.

The CCA has greatly appreciated the response received from the City.

With the assistance of Councillor Mark Taylor, the City is currently seeking appropriate accommodation so that all members of our community can continue to have easy and safe access to this wonderful community asset. While the final decision, appropriately, rests with the City, the CCA is pleased that the City appears keen on listening to the views of the community as it balances stakeholder interests.

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Shaped by fire Brush fires had devastating effects on early Kitchissippi and the region heating systems.

In a book entitled “The Ottawa Valley’s Great Fire of 1870,” author Terence Currie shared a gripping tale of the conditions leading to the start of the fire, the conflagration itself, and its repercussions.

Brush fires were a fact of life in the Ottawa Valley during the latter half of the 19th century.

Farmers were always in the process of clearing their lands; burning dead trees and brush that littered the landscape. In general, they were careful to pick the right conditions for burning brush – cool windless days. But there was always a risk of a catastrophic fire, even on a seemingly perfect day.

The summer of 1870 was very dry, and ultimately set the stage for a major inferno. On August 17 of that year, a railway work gang lost control of a brush fire on the Canada Central Railway just north of Almonte. Very strong winds from the south propelled the front of the fire to the north, toward Pakenham and

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Fire was a serious and everpresent fact of life in the Ottawa area in the 19th century, and it took three general forms: house fires in the winter time, bush fires in the dry periods of late spring and summer, and fires in the vast piles of drying lumber on the shores of the Ottawa River in the very heart of Ottawa and Hull. So much progress has been made in the last one hundred years in the prevention and control of fires that it is difficult for the modern reader to fully appreciate the level of anxiety that was produced in the minds of 19thcentury residents of the Ottawa area by the ever-present danger of fires. During dry periods in the summer, the pages of local newspapers contained many stories of wild bush fires in the area, and air was heavy with smoke. During the winter, the stories were about unfortunate families rendered homeless by house fires caused by over-taxed

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This map shows the general extent of the Great Fire of 1870. Image courtesy of Peter Ryan of the Ottawa Fire Brigade.

Arnprior. A day later, the high winds continued but shifted to the west, and the fire raged eastwards on a long north to south front.

Residents of Carleton and Lanark counties saw the advancing smoke and flames and picked up their valuables and moved by whatever means possible towards the safety of Ottawa to the east. The fire was racing towards Ottawa and the city itself was filled with smoke, cutting visibility almost to zero.

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forming a shallow lake that protected the western flank of the city.

The map on the left shows the extent of the fire, from Arnprior, Almonte and Perth on the west, across the Rideau River to the outskirts of Orleans on the east, from North Gower and Osgoode on the south, and across the Ottawa River.

There were local variations on the extent of the damage. Villages like Stittsville and Bell’s Corners were entirely consumed by the fire. Others, like Carp and Richmond, were mostly spared because the surrounding deeper and more

intensely cultivated soils slowed the advance of the fire. In total, about 200 square miles (125,000 acres or 50,000 hectares), were affected by the fire. About 20 people lost their lives, and eight thousand became homeless. The worst of the fire took place in just several days following the 17th of August, and it continued to smoulder until heavy rains in September.

A considerable amount of farmland to the west of Ottawa was rendered sterile and permanently unproductive by the fire, and the owners of these farms were forced to

move to other locations.

Terence Currie’s book is based on very detailed research into the public records that remain from that time, and is replete with fascinating stories of individual heroism, ingenuity, and unfortunately, tragedy, during those fateful days in the summer of 1870.

The City of Ottawa Archives is currently presenting an exhibit entitled “Ashes” at the James Bartleman Centre, 100 Tallwood Dr., off Woodroffe Avenue South. The exhibit contains information on the legendary fires that shaped the capital and continues until March 21, 2015.

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Giving kids a sporting chance Dovercourt Recreation Centre awarded $10,000 grant Story and photo by Jack Lawson On Nov. 29, over one hundred parents, kids, and fitness aficionados came to the Dovercourt Recreation Centre to celebrate a $10,000 grant from the Royal Bank of Canada.

The grant was awarded as part of RBC’s Sports Day in Canada campaign.

“It was a lot of fun. The kids were trying things that we never thought that they’d try,” says Erika Martin, the lead coordinator behind the event. “We have little boys trying yoga… they’ve all got their faces painted. Everyone’s happy.”

The $10,000 grant will be used to help fund Dovercourt’s new Kids in Motion program. Kids between the ages of four and 12 will get the chance to learn easily transferrable sports skills in a fun, relaxed environment.

“Usually we split them up into stations,” says Krystina Monette, one of the other coordinators for the event. “We tend to have three or four stations. They do a circuit… it’s trying to get the kids involved in healthy activities without realizing what they’re doing.”

“It’s about breaking down sports into basic skills,” adds Martin.

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Soccer nets were positioned around the outside of the recreation centre. In the empty wading pool area, a championship hockey match was set up between two teams of kids from the centre.

Inside, away from the cold, were yoga demonstrations, dance classes, taekwondo, hooping, a rock wall, and a free swim period led by Michael Taylor, an Olympic kayaker who was born and raised in Kitchissippi.

“It’s really cool for me to come in,” says Taylor. “Sometimes it’s as simple as hanging out with the kids

or hanging out in the pool with the boat. It’s about getting people interested in sport.”

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Five things about CBC’s Amanda Pfeffer Meet the person behind the microphone

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With 20 years coast-tocoast experience as a journalist in radio and TV with the CBC, Amanda Pfeffer has been stationed in Ottawa since 2011 and is currently filling in for Rita Celli on CBC radio’s, Ontario Today.

Pfeffer is a political news junkie, with experience covering federal, provincial and municipal politics. She has produced award-winning political journalism, live events, and original stories.

Pfeffer attended Dawson College, and later studied journalism and communication at Concordia University in Montreal in the 1990s. She completed a Master’s Degree in journalism at Carleton University in 2011.

Pfeffer received a RadioTelevision News Directors Association of Canada special mention while working as a TV reporter in Montreal for her original project, “Everybody has a Story,” a five-part series about street people with meaningful personal stories, and “We are Westmount High,” a series about an inner-city high school.

Pfeffer’s breaking story about publisher David Black’s editorial influence on local papers against the Nisga’a Treaty won her the BC Webster Award in Vancouver in the 1990s.

Here are some interesting facts about Amanda Pfeffer that have shaped her life and personality, and hopefully add to our understanding of this gregarious media personality.

1) She moved to Ottawa for love.

Pfeffer took a sabbatical in 2010/2011 to finish her Master’s degree in journalism at Carleton. She met her husband, an Ottawa physician, and after a couple of years of a long-distance relationship, quit her job with CBC in Montreal and moved to Ottawa.

“I decided to take a leap of faith,” she explains. “If I didn’t take this chance, it may never happen.” Pfeffer was close to 40 when she made this decision, and her first job at CBC Ottawa was filling in for Kathleen Petty.

Amanda Pfeffer is a seasoned journalist who is currently filling in for Rita Celli on Ontario Today. Photo by Al Goyette

“Taking my Master’s, meeting Howard, and moving from Montreal was all part of trying something new,” she explains.

“I didn’t have any children and inherited two of his.

I’m a step-monster,” she adds with a laugh. “[Howard] taught me how important it is to make time for family. I almost didn’t have that. Many journalists never have it.

Women journalists literally marry their job.”

2) She grew up in Montreal.

Pfeffer grew up in the socalled English ghetto in Montreal with four siblings, a Jewish father, and a Protestant mother who originally hailed from the UK. Her parents divorced and later remarried. Her mother married a Jewish university professor when Pfeffer was 10 years of age.

“I was the bitter stepkid,” she says, although she notes her stepfather was a good influence on the family. He taught at Dawson College and encouraged her to go to university.

“I was late starting university because I didn’t think I was smart enough,” she explains. “Someone said to me, there will always be someone smarter than you, but there will always be someone dumber than you as well.”

3) She biked across Canada in her twenties.

Invited by a friend from school to take part in a bike tour across Canada, Pfeffer signed up, purchased her bike, the gear, and waited with 40 other people at the starting line.

This was in 1992. Her friend stood her up, and it was too late to back out.

“They started showing

pictures of what the trip looked like, and I wanted to back out, but didn’t have the courage.”

“I was a non-biker,” she explains. “I started out at a leisurely pace, but biked most of the way.” They stayed in a roller rink in Saskatchewan, and a mine in Northern Ontario. In Kingston she got food poisoning and had to stop.

“All the overweight, chunky people fared better healthwise [on the tour],” she says.

“It gave me an empowered feeling [in the end] – it gives you a good psychology of life. And, I got to see the country.”

4) Her motto is: “Fake it ‘til you make it.”

At Dawson College, Pfeffer became passionate about journalism and she considers herself fortunate to have found her passion early on in life.

When she landed her first job with CBC, she wrote in her diary, “I’m a pretend reporter.”

“You never lose the feeling that you’re a fake,” she adds.

Pfeffer has been inspired by the likes of Barbara Frum, who passed away when Pfeffer was studying journalism at Concordia.

Other role models include Anna Maria Tremonti and Ann Medina.

5) She loves her community.

Pfeffer worked for the CBC in Vancouver, New Brunswick, Montreal, twice in Ottawa. When she came to Ottawa with New Brunswick plates, “someone [in Kitchissippi] fed my parking meter.”

She moved to Kitchissippi in June 2014, after having lived in Barrhaven until the children finished high school.

“I wanted to live closer to the CBC,” she says. “We looked at the walk scores in the real estate listings; Barrhaven scored 34%; in Kitchissippi it’s 95%. This means you can walk to get groceries, to catch a bus...

There are not many neighbourhoods so close to downtown.”

“We love our house on Ross Street. We live in a little house, which has a lot of charm. I grew up in that kind of house,” she adds.

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Great turnout for this year’s Santa Shuffle Story and photo by Neil McKinnon

About 1,300 people showed up at Tunney’s Pasture for the 24th Annual Salvation Army Santa Shuffle 5km Fun Run and 1km Elf Walk on Dec. 6.

In previous years, Santa Shuffle participants braved colder weather, however, on this particular day, racers ran in temperatures just above zero.

Many families, corporate teams, and individuals dressed in festive costumes; including a corporate group who chose a Star Wars theme.

Parkdale-area resident Jane Cray brought her son Jayden, 4. She says

the warmer weather made the race a lot easier because Jayden did not have to run wearing a snowsuit.

Mechanicsville resident Sarah Yan raced with some of her friends and colleagues.

“It’s nice to do a fun run on the weekend. Winters are long in Canada.

We gotta find something to enjoy about them,” says Yan. Westboro resident Wendy Blohm partook in the race with her friend visiting from out of town.

“I had the choice to sleep in but instead I came here. We’ll have a big breakfast afterwards,” says Blohm.

Byron Avenue resident Jake Cram

admits he was nursing a hangover after a friend’s bachelor party.

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When director and founder of the Stairwell Carollers, Pierre Massie, met his wife Holly in their first year of university, he was busy studying French music. Her major was theatre.

“He chased me until I caught him,” jokes Holly.

This encounter was the birth of the Stairwell Carollers, with Pierre Massie directing, and Holly (not yet Massie) and a small group of students singing Christmas carols in the stairwells of the University of Ottawa’s student residence.

It was mostly Pierre’s idea, to go caroling in public. Holly, however, didn’t sing. The group started to practice and Holly realized she was an alto, which she describes as being “exciting and scary – traumatic and fun.”

The choir, yet unnamed, also sang on Rideau Street during the Christmas season, and would often just sing for someone who looked lonely. They refused

payment of any kind, but at times, deliberately placed themselves next to Salvation Army kettles on the street or in a mall. “We never wanted money,” says Holly, adding that their goal was really just to cheer people up over the Christmas season.

The choir, officially formed in 1977, originally consisted of 10 to 12 voices. They were singing on the streets and in area malls when CFRA’s Gord Atkinson heard them and invited them to record their music.

The naming of the group was a snap decision.

“What’s your name?” asked Atkinson. One of the sopranos piped up: “The Stairwell Carollers!” and it’s been with them ever since.

This year marks the 37th season for this nonprofit group. They sing during the Christmas season and in the spring, when they perform sacred and secular renaissance music.

In 1987, they released their first vinyl record,

which raised $53,000 for the Ronald MacDonald house at CHEO. “It still sounds like us,” says Holly Massie, adding that the experience gave them a few ideas in regards to raising money for charities.

All proceeds from concerts and sale of CDs go to charity. To date, the choir has raised over $67,000 for scholarships and charities.

The release of their first CD celebrated the 20th anniversary of the Stairwell Carollers in 1997. Their efforts have not gone unrecognized. Winners of the 2013 Ontario Music Festivals Association provincial competition, the Stairwell Carollers have recorded six CDs which can be purchased on their website.

Kitchissippi resident, Andrew Jones, joined the choir in October. He completed a music minor in university and works during the day as a computer programmer.

Jones, a tenor who loves to sing, was encouraged to

join by his friend, Nikki Farris-Manning, also a resident of Kitchissippi ward, who has been with the choir for the last four years.

Pierre Massie was FarrisManning’s band director at Glebe Collegiate and encouraged her to join after high school. “[Pierre] pushes very hard, but gets great results,” Farris-Manning says.

Go to kitchissippi.com to view a recent interview with the choir director, Pierre Massie, and a performance by members of the Stairwell Carollers.

The Stairwell Carollers have been busy performing around Ottawa this holiday season. The last two concerts of the season will be taking place Dec. 12 at Knox Presbyterian Church, 120 Lisgar St., at 7:30 p.m. and Dec. 17 at St. Columba Anglican Church, 24 Sandridge Rd., at 7:30 p.m.

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Westboro artist Maya Hum (right) with fellow exhibitor Clare Brebner, attends the vernissage of their duo exhibit, “Illustrated” at the Fritzi Gallery in Hintonburg. Photo by Brandon Gray

Westboro Resident Is Both an Artist and a Teacher George Bernard Shaw may have been wrong

By Tim Thibeault George Bernard Shaw, in his 1903 play Man and Superman, famously said, “He who can, does. He who cannot, teaches.” He has been quoted and paraphrased for the 111 years since, so much so, that many people take his satire to be Truth.

Westboro’s Maya Hum is a graphic artist. She is also a teacher with the city of Ottawa; and speaking wordlessly with her pencil, she has put the lie to George Bernard Shaw by both ‘doing’ and ‘teaching’ admirably, all across the city from the Shankman Centre in the east, to the Nepean Visual Arts Centre, where she currently teaches drawing, in the west.

Maya Hum’s current exhibition at the Fritzi Gallery in Hintonburg (corner of Holland and Wellington) totals 29 works and illustrates the breadth of her talent as a ‘doer’.

Paired with fellow visual artist Clare Brebner, by the Fritzi Gallery’s resident curator Malika Welsh, Maya Hum is exhibiting recent illustrations in graphite and mixed media in a show that will run until January 18, 2015.

Between illustrating and teaching, Maya Hum keeps to a very busy professional schedule. Through telphone, one personal meeting and several emails,

I managed to ask her a few questions and parsed her responses into one, brief interview.

Asked about the material she uses, Hum had this to say, “The majority of works are mixed-media (graphite, pastel, acrylic medium, charcoal, and India ink.) My process involves alternating layers of line drawing with layers of varied tones. The tones are created by brushing in graphite and/or pastel powders mixed with acrylic medium. The end result is a mixture of drawing and painting.”

Asked if she has a personal favourite, Maya Hum hesitated a moment and then acknowledged the role of emotion in her assessment of her own work. Said she, “It is really hard to pick a personal favourite. I guess it depends on my current mood. At the moment I am feeling positive, so the piece titled “Collect what brings you light” comes to mind.”

What advice would she have for those interested in the arts?

“Art saves lives. Support the arts. Art really makes the best gift.” said Hum. And she continued, “Don’t worry too much about what people think of your art. Do it because Continued on page 17

By Newswest Board “Habemus Papam” is the pronouncement made in Rome when white smoke appears at the Sistine Chapel announcing the election of a new Pope.

In Hintonburg, and affecting fewer people perhaps, another election was held recently. In its smoke-free aftermath, no one spoke the appropriate phrase, “We have a Board of Directors”. But they could have.

Newswest held its 36th Annual General Meeting Monday November 17, 2014 at the Hintonburg Community Centre.

Since 1978, Newswest has kept the residents of Ottawa’s west end informed about what‘s happening in, around, and to, their neighbourhoods. This makes Newswest one of the longest surviving community newspapers in Ottawa.

As a result of that recent AGM, the Board of Directors, chaired by Wayne Rodney, is pleased to announce that all seats on the Board have been filled for a new term.

The Newswest Board is comprised of 10 members from across the ward, each of whom fills a 2 year term, with half of the terms expiring each year.

This staggering of terms provides for continuity of the Board as well as ensuring its rejuvenation. Fresh faces bring new ideas and approaches; and change is growth.

The Board Members for the 2014 - 2015 term are: Wayne Rodney, Gary Ludington, Pat

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Newswest is written by the community for the community.

This enables it to provide a truly unique perspective on life in the Kitchissippi area.

A majority of Newswest articles are written by volunteer writers wishing to highlight an issue, a person or an event that they feel is of interest.

Newswest welcomes community contributions from every corner and cross-section of our neighbourhoods.

The issues affecting all the neighbourhoods in Kitchissippi Ward are discussed at regular monthly board meetings when the agenda for each edition of Newswest is discussed, sometimes argued over, and ultimately, approved by a majority vote of the Board.

With a good cross-section of voices represented on the Board, Newswest is able to represent the greatest number of readers possible in an area with a noticeably changing demographic. Continuity and rejuvenation keep the board and Newswest relevant in the greater community; and speaking from, and to, our community is how Newswest continues to thrive.

As Newswest enters its 37th year of informing and engaging area residents then, we invite all of our readers to celebrate with us because, as they might say in Rome, Habemus tabulam directoribus.

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more time spent socializing, talking and time wasted at community meetings. Nobody was really that concerned and both the HCA and the HEC failed to follow through.

Consequently the two stately oaks were cut down last year when they could have been saved.

A few weeks ago I went again to the HCA and HEC to see if they would give their support to having the lost trees reinstalled by Centre Town Citizens Ottawa Corporation who allowed the trees to die even though they had been donated by the City of Ottawa in good faith.

While some persons were far too keen to protect their own political ideology, then protect our trees, the general consensus was for the HEC to suggest that CCOC ask the City of Ottawa for more free trees.

Is this really the message we in Hintonburg want to send out to developers who have no respect for our neighbourhood and environment? Here are some more free trees for you to destroy. Just charge it to the City.

Like The Museum of Nature, Centre Town Citizens Ottawa Corporation also has a mandate to protect the environment. But neither one walks the talk.

Of the many many e-mails and phone calls that I have made to CCOC, all were ignored. They prefer power over open communica-

By Emma Robe Some years ago there was a wild flower garden on the grounds of The Museum of Nature, installed by the botanist Albert Dugal. It was a rare gem and contained 150 native species. Quite a few were endangered species.

Imagine my horror when I came by it one day only to find a bulldozer destroying it. Enraged, I went in to the museum, tears rolling down my face, only to find that no one at the Museum knew what I was talking about. These days it is..... you guessed it, a parking lot.

The Museum, which has a mandate to protect Canadian endangered species, was not even fined.

Then as now, I feel like a lone voice in the wilderness in regards to the loss of trees, green spaces and our urban wildlife in Hintonburg.

There is much bewailing in our neighbourhood regarding their loss.

One would think that when someone actually puts a voice to these concerns, the Hintonburg Community Association and The Hintonburg Enviromental Committee would stand behind in staunch support. Not so.

Over the last 6 years I have attended meetings with both to try to save the two magnificent oaks that were in the Tea cup Garden at the corner of Stirling and Armstrong.

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tion with their many renters. This is why the trees were left to die.

It is up to every one of us to speak up for our trees and green spaces. Don’t take it to the HCA or the HEC and waste 6 years of your time. P L E A S E contact Councillor Jeff Leiper and Mayor Jim Watson, both of whom campaigned for trees in Hintonburg and Ottawa, and make sure you make them walk the talk.

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Kudos for speaking out

By Bill Kretzel, Kitchissippi resident Just a brief note to say “Bravo” for Debra Chapman’s excellent article [Newswest, Oct. 30, 2014] covering the failure of the Ottawa municipal administration to pay attention to grassroots concerns, and unwillingness to hold property developers to account in the interests of the wider community. Well done.

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Self-supporting Hydro Poles...

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been placed just north of the present poles so that Scott Street can be widened to replace the transitway and accommodate the planned 2500 buses a day during the LRT construction.

Some of the new poles are a mere 3 feet north of the existing poles. The soon to be removed hydro poles were themselves all replaced within the last 10 years. Will they now be heading to landfill?

Residents were told the poles had to be self-supporting because guy wires might decapitate pedestrians or cyclists using the MUP or crossing Scott Street. The cost to move the poles and still use guy wires was estimated to be $466,000, but $1 million would be needed for the self-supporting poles.

The motion passed at City Hall. The money borrowed for the self-supporting poles is to be repaid to the city-wide Cash-in-lieu of Parkland Fund as soon as funds come in from Section 37 benefits from future development in the “Scott Street district”. So, when the many highrises One million dollars was borrowed from the Cash-in-lieu fund are built – the money goes to provide these self-supporting hydro poles without guy wires. to repay the City for these The poles were moved three feet and the guy wires have not poles first, then eventually, disappeared. Neither has the bill. Photo By Cheryl Parrott it will go into fixing parks for our kids or developing In December 2013, former Councillor new green space.

Katherine Hobbs walked a motion onto Apparently Ms Hobbs stated at an allthe Finance and Economic Development candidates meeting during the election Committee (FEDCO) agenda at City this fall, that the pole relocation cost only Hall. The motion was to borrow $1 mil- $200,000. Why do these numbers jump lion from the City-wide cash-in-lieu of all over - $466,000? $1 million? or parkland fund. This $1 million loan $200,000? Which one is it, and from would be used to pay for upgraded self- which budget did it come? supporting hydro poles on Scott Street.

Residents asked why the funds for the Apparently the need for the self-sup- relocation of these poles was not part of porting poles was because guy wires are the LRT budget instead of being taken a ”decapitation hazard”. Perhaps we will from future park improvement funds. see a few headless people in that area The answer received – “It was not part now with the new guy wires on the new of the LRT contract”. So all Kitchissippi poles. residents bear the burden – park imThese newly installed hydro poles are provements wait – nice, new, “self-suplocated on the north side of Scott from porting” green hydro poles (with supBayview to Parkdale beside the Multi- porting guy wires) take precedent over Use Pathway (MUP). The poles have the kids.

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Kidsview: These hats were cool. They’re like bugs and birds and creatures. And they’re really colourful. ‘Cause I like hats.

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By HCC Artsy Kids Class – Delphi, Poppy, Laura, Eve, Ava, Nathan, Emma, Frances, and friends Although a Christmas Craft Sale is usually aimed at adults, we asked the children of the Hintonburg Community Centre’s Artsy Kids programme to visit the HCA-sponsored craft sale with a camera and a notepad. There, they talked to the vendors, looked over the displays, and told us what they thought in words and pictures. Here is their report.

The HCA Christmas Craft Sale is always a popular event and this year was no exception. Crowds filled the upstairs gym at the Hintonburg Community Centre to visit the dozens of vendors and charitable groups represented.

Kidsview: There were lots of people, and lots of stuff to see. I don’t know if we saw it all. Photo by Tim

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Liz, Lia and Jane of Didibahini with Nepalese jewelery and handicrafts. “Sisters” providing “luxury with a conscience”. Kidsview: These ladies are sisters and they’re real friendly. They let us take their picture. They sell things for people in other countries so they can get some money too, to buy things. And they have a website. Photo by Tim Beadwork pins and brooches impressed our junior reviewers.

Kidsview: This lady made really cool Christmas spiders. They were made of beads. They were jewellery to wear. She was nice. Photo

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Anna, Wendy and Cheryl of the Hintonburg Economic Development Committee were selling colourful t-shirts to benefit local youth programming such as the Artsy Kids class itself. Kidsview: They are selling t-shirts to raise money for the community. They were nice. Photo by Laura

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Cst Neilly’s Neighbourhood Holiday Precautions

By Cst Dawn Neilly There are enough shopping days left until Christmas that I can imagine most, if not all of us, who celebrate this event are still trying to tick off all the items on our lists.

Despite the frantic last-minute shopping, Christmas is a happy season on a very human level. Just ask the retailers; ask the kids opening presents on Christmas morning; and don’t forget to ask the thief who has just found your vehicle full of good things destined for family and friends.

The Christmas spirit is not likely to deter the thief who sees a potential bonanza in every parked vehicle, whether it’s in a parking lot, on the street or in your driveway.

A smashed window, a grab and a run is an easy way to ruin anyone’s Christmas, so take the time for a few precautions. Best of all, don’t leave anything of value in an unattended vehicle. You can emphasize this point by displaying an “All Valuables Removed” card. Here’s a web page that will give you more information about the AVR card and how to obtain one: http://www.ottawapolice.ca/ en/safety-and-crime-prevention/Prevent-Theft-FromVehicles.asp.

If you have to leave items in your vehicle, make sure they are out of sight and the doors and windows are locked. Once you get home, take the items inside immediately.

While we’re on the subject of opportunistic theft, consider the post-Christmas collection day when all the packaging from Christmas gifts goes out for pick up. Break up boxes and turn them inside out to avoid advertising the new additions to the contents of your home.

A little thought and care will go a long way to making the season bright for you and yours. To everyone who will be enjoying a mid-winter celebration, I extend my best wishes and, with you, look forward to a safe and happy New Year.

“Collect What Brings You Light.” (detail) Mixed media illustration from the show “Illustrated” at Fritzi Gallery. Photo courtesy of Maya Hum

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you have fun making it, as this will show through (even if you don’t see it). Yes, there will be some big ups and downs, but ultimately if you have the art bug, please don’t let it go! I’m not saying it is the absolute thing you need to stick to from now on, but keep it in your life. Art really enriches. So keep it alive. I worry at times that art is not supported enough in education,

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Both Maya Hum and Clare Brebner have proven with this exhibition, that George Bernard Shaw might have done well to think twice before speaking. Some, after all, can do, and do teach.

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Poverty Reduction Goals

Ontario Renews Commitment

By Yasir Naqvi, MPP Ottawa Centre In 2008, the Government of Ontario launched its first Poverty Reduction Strategy entitled Breaking the Cycle.

By 2011 we had lifted almost 50,000 children out of poverty and kept many more from falling into it. This summer, we released Realizing our Potential, a new five-year strategy based on the belief that we can break the cycle of poverty in Ontario.

Our new strategy continues to focus on reducing child poverty through initiatives that will give our kids the best possible start. We are increasing and enhancing the Ontario Child Benefit to keep pace with inflation, and offering access to early learning through Full-Day Kindergarten, which is now available to every four- and five-year-old across the province.

We are also investing $32 million over the next three years to expand the Student Nutrition Program to serve about 56,000 more schoolaged children and youth. Moreover, investments will also be made in children’s long-term health by expanding access to health and dental programs, such as prescription drugs and vision care, as well as earlier identification and treatment of mental health issues.

Realizing our Potential recognizes that employment, too, is critical to

reducing poverty. This is why one of the central tenets of the new strategy focuses on helping those who face challenges in the labour market to obtain the skills they need to find work and provide for themselves and their families.

Ontario has already raised the minimum wage to $11 per hour, the highest in Canada, and has recently passed legislation indexing it so that it never falls behind the cost of living. In addition, our government will boost youth employment by removing obstacles, enhancing work experience and promoting entrepreneurship through initiatives such as the Youth Jobs Strategy and the Ontario Youth Apprenticeship Program. Our government will also sharpen its focus on people who face barriers to employment, including persons with disabilities – who are also people with tremendous abilities.

Our first strategy changed the conversation about poverty. It taught us that when people have a place to call home, they are better able to manage other challenges in their lives.

This is why our government has outlined a long-term commitment to ending homelessness. As a starting point we are enhancing funding for our Community Homelessness Prevention Initiative by $42 million, for a total investment of nearly $294

million per year.

This unique program allows local governments to develop homelessness programs tailored to their community’s needs, because a program that works in Toronto may not work here in Ottawa.

We know that a significant number of homeless people are struggling with mental health issues. That is why we will be allocating $16 million over three years to create 1,000 new supportive housing spaces to help Ontarians living with mental illness.

Reducing poverty and helping everyone realize their potential is part of the government’s plan to build Ontario up by investing in people, building modern infrastructure and supporting a dynamic and innovative business climate.

However, reducing poverty requires a collaborative approach. The solutions do not reside in one ministry, or one program, or one level of government. In order to help all Ontarians realize their full potential we need to work together as a community.

To learn more about Ontario’s new poverty reduction strategy visit my website www.yasirnaqvimpp.ca or www.ontario.ca/povertyreduction.

Should you have any questions or feedback about this initiative, please do not hesitate to contact me at my Community Office at ynaqvi.mpp. co@liberal.ola.org or 613-7226414. I look forward to hearing from you.

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Giving kids a sporting chance Dovercourt Recreation Centre awarded $10,000 grant Story and photo by Jack Lawson On Nov. 29, over one hundred parents, kids, and fitness aficionados came to the Dovercourt Recreation Centre to celebrate a $10,000 grant from the Royal Bank of Canada.

The grant was awarded as part of RBC’s Sports Day in Canada campaign.

“It was a lot of fun. The kids were trying things that we never thought that they’d try,” says Erika Martin, the lead coordinator behind the event. “We have little boys trying yoga… they’ve all got their faces painted. Everyone’s happy.”

The $10,000 grant will be used to help fund Dovercourt’s new Kids in Motion program. Kids between the ages of four and 12 will get the chance to learn easily transferrable sports skills in a fun, relaxed environment.

“Usually we split them up into stations,” says Krystina Monette, one of the other coordinators for the event. “We tend to have three or four stations. They do a circuit… it’s trying to get the kids involved in healthy activities without realizing what they’re doing.”

“It’s about breaking down sports into basic skills,” adds Martin.

Dovercourt gave kids the chance to collect raffle tickets during the event. Prizes included everything from gift cards for local sports shops,

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Soccer nets were positioned around the outside of the recreation centre. In the empty wading pool area, a championship hockey match was set up between two teams of kids from the centre.

Inside, away from the cold, were yoga demonstrations, dance classes, taekwondo, hooping, a rock wall, and a free swim period led by Michael Taylor, an Olympic kayaker who was born and raised in Kitchissippi.

“It’s really cool for me to come in,” says Taylor. “Sometimes it’s as simple as hanging out with the kids

or hanging out in the pool with the boat. It’s about getting people interested in sport.”

The money from the grant allows Dovercourt to charge a substantially lower price than normal for their Kids in Motion program.

“Normally sessional programs cost anywhere between $50 to $200,” says Martin. “We do have a lot of at risk youth here, or people who aren’t as financially stable. This gives them an opportunity to introduce their kids to sport.”

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Joy To Their World!

Community Veterinary Outreach

By Lorrie Marlow The party at Holland’s Cake and Shake was “shakin’ with people including Mayor Watson on Saturday night, November 22, 2014 for a little fundraiser called “Joy to their World”.

The hosts were local business-owner, Karla Briones with Global Pet Foods Hintonburg and photographer Sandy Sharkey of Cabin Road Art. This party was the launch of a month-long exhibit of Sandy’s photos at Holland’s Cake and

Karla Briones, Michael Holland and Sandy Sharkey at Holland’s Cake and Shake where funds were raised to benefit local animals that might not often see a veterinarian.

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Shake, that funky little café at 229 Armstrong next to the Carleton Tavern.

Ever wondered who provides veterinary service to the pets of Ottawa’s homeless and vulnerable people? Well, it’s not one person, it’s a volunteer organization called Community Veterinary Outreach founded by Dr. Michelle Lem. This amazing organization was established in 2003 in Ottawa to provide veterinary service to people with pets at the Ottawa Mission. The program has expanded since then to include marginalized people throughout the city of Ottawa and is now established in other Canadian cities.

Sandy Shakey’s photos reflect the absolute joy that a pet provides a person.

The people and pets in these photos are clients of the Community Veterinary Outreach program.

In our neighborhood, vulnerable people with pets in need of service from the Community Veterinary Outreach are referred by such social agencies as: Salvation Army Rooming House

Response Team, Somerset West Community Health, local crisis shelters, City of Ottawa Social Services and mental health organizations.

Karla and Sandy’s “Joy To Their World” exhibit/event was a huge success and these two people make an incredible fundraising team for animal advocacy.

Every year, Global Pet Foods provides pet food for pets of guests who attend the Carleton Community Christmas Dinner hosted by the Carleton Tavern and the Hintonburg Economic Development Committee.

In addition, this family-owned pet food store also donates pet food and supplies to the Parkdale Food Centre on a regular basis. One of the most popular local events is the annual “Hintonburg Dog Movie Night” in Parkdale Park hosted by the Hintonburg Community Association. This event is also sponsored

by Global Pet Foods. Sandy Sharkey, local radio personality, is a long-time advocate of animal welfare and fundraises annually for the SPCA in Ottawa.

By the end of this event, this team had raised $4200 and donations are still being made online. They encourage everyone to visit the website for Community Veterinary Outreach at vetoutreach.org/ mission-vet”/mission-vet and give generously!

Drop by Holland’s Cake and Shake to see this touching exhibit of Sandy’s photos on display for the next month.

Sandy’s collection of photos clearly shows how pets of people on the streets bring joy to their world. Many of these people have little or no family and their pets are an important relationship.

Karla and Sandy would also like to thank some important sponsors who helped make this event such an overwhelming success: Holland’s Cake and Shake– Mike Holland for donation of baked goods, welcoming the exhibit and hosting such an amazing party!

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Summer Re-visits Kitchissippi

New initiative provides all-season produce

By Phoebe Berkeley The Parkdale Market was established in 1924 as a seasonal outdoor market running between April and October. The market provides local farmers with the opportunity to sell their produce in the heart of Kitchissippi.

Three years ago, the market expanded with the creation of the Field House, allowing farmers to sell their local produce all year round. The addition of the small building means that dairy products, baked goods, and meats can now be offered for sale. And now, the same Field House has become the pick-up point for Savour Ottawa’s online service.

Savour Ottawa producers have partnered with Just Food and the City of Ottawa to create a new shopping service that allows consumers to order local food products online, and pick them up at the Parkdale Market Field House.

All year round, customers can visit www.savourottawaonline.ca and place their orders for various food products.

The website is organized so that customers can shop by food category depending on their needs.

Available categories include fruits and vegetables, dairy and eggs, ready-made baked goods, meats, prepared meals, and natural made soaps and lotions. The pick up times are Thursdays from 3 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. and Fridays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Customers must place their orders by 11:30 p.m. on the Sunday before Thursday pick-up to allow enough time for farmers to process the orders.

The field house continues to operate its regular sales operations from Thursday to Sunday, 8 am to 5 pm. It is located on 21 Hamilton Avenue North.

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DECEMBER 12-13 - CHRISTMAS IN HINTONBURG

Start with the annual Kringle event on Friday the 12th at 6 p.m. with free photos with Santa and other goodies at the community centre. Return the next day between 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. for sleigh rides, hot chocolate and a Santa costume contest at 979 Wellington, followed by the traditional lighting of lights at Somerset Square shortly after 4:30 p.m. with more hot chocolate and goodies. Please bring a donation to help others. For more info email info@hintonburg.com or tweet @HintonburgCA.

DECEMBER 13 - THE GRUFF SISTERS KITCHEN PARTY

The Carleton Tavern (225 Armstrong at Parkdale), will host the Gruff Sisters Kitchen Party to aid the Parkdale Food Centre in raising a mountain of toilet paper. Bring a donation: food, toilet paper or cash! Music, dancing, raffle, 50/50 draw. Festivities begin 9 p.m. - 2 a.m. No cover charge! For more information visit carletontavern.foodpages.ca.

DECEMBER 13 - CHRISTMAS KARMA CRAFT FAIR

The Christmas Karma Craft Fair will be taking place at the Hintonburg Community Center from 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. There will be refreshments, snacks, and music. For information contact themysticmerchant@gmail.com.

DECEMBER 13 - WESTBORO HOLIDAY FOOD MARKET

There will be 24 local artisan food vendors at the 3rd Annual Flavours of Ottawa Westboro Holiday Food Market from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m, at St. George’s Parish Hall, 415 Piccadilly Ave. (off Richmond Rd. near Island Park Dr.) Several vendors are new to the market with unique products such as artisan bread by Nat’s Bread Company, salsa from Texas Heat, gourmet hot sauces from Meow! That’s Hot, flavoured syrups for beverages

by The Sweet Shot, and Spread the Love Jams. Also, the Ottawa Streat Gourmet food truck will be outside to serve up a delicious lunch. Donations will be collected for the Parkdale Food Centre. Admission is free and there is plenty of free parking. For more information go to osfa.ca.

DECEMBER 14 - CANDLELIGHT AND JINGLE BELLS

Bytown Voices in concert at St Basil’s Church, 940 Rex Avenue. Tickets are $15.00 and free for children 12 and under. Available at the door, from choir members, and at The Leading Note on Elgin. For information email bytownvoices@gmail.com, call 613-841-8163, or visit bytownvoices.com

DECEMBER 14 - FINANCIAL LITERACY PROGRAM

A free program hosted by Hintonburg Community Centre, in association with the YM/YWCA from 9:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. This program aims to help registrants with basic financial awareness and money management techniques. To register, drop in and sign up at the community centre. A more formal registration will take place by the Y staff on Dec. 7.

DECEMBER 20 - CHRISTMAS MOVIE PARTY

Celebrating 35 years, Ottawa Family Cinema’s Christmas party will have Muppets on a big screen, cartoon, prizes, Tyler Kealey stage show, and two jolly visitors from the North Pole to enthrall the young. So get your Scrooge on, gather the little ones for an affordable Saturday afternoon 2 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. at Notre Dame HS Auditorium 710 Broadview Ave. And don’t miss the animated comedy on the 13th too! Proceeds go to the Family Movie Trust for needy Ottawa families.

For information call 613-722-8218 or go to familycinema.ca/shows.

DECEMBER 22 - CHAMPLAIN PARK SLEIGH RIDE

What a great way to start the holidays! Weather permitting, the plan is to have the horse-drawn sleigh gliding through the neighbourhood starting at around 6:00 p.m. at the Fieldhouse. There will be carols along the way and the sleigh may even work stop at a certain address on Sunnymede, reputed to be the local hideout of Old St. Nick. The evening will wrap up at the Fieldhouse, where there will be hot drinks and treats.

Volunteers are needed to help with set-up, cleanup, and treats or hot chocolate. One can never have too many elves! For details please call Jim at 613-728-7881 or email jim.co@sympatico.ca. Check the Champlain Park website at champlainpark.org in case of delays due to weather or other problems before heading out.

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DECEMBER 25 - FREE CHRISTMAS DAY DINNER

This annual event is held at the Carleton Tavern (Armstrong at Parkdale) for those alone at Christmas from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Donations needed: Turkeys (10 days before), ham & baked goods. New gifts, new toiletries, and gift cards can be dropped off the week before to the Carleton. For more information call 613728-7582 or email carletonxmasdinner@hotmail.ca.

JANUARY 17 - DOVERCOURT WINTER CARNIVAL & FLOAT IN MOVIE

Residents are invited to come out to Dovercourt Recreation Centre’s Winter Carnival for an evening of fun on Saturday, January 17 from 4 p.m. -7 p.m. Take part in horse-drawn sleigh rides, toboggan bowling, ice skating, face painting and more! Finish the evening in comfort with warm drinks and food sold by Adams Apple Café and a toasty seat at a bonfire, all outdoors in Westboro Kiwanis Park. As the carnival comes to a close, the fun will move in to the Dovercourt pool, where Disney’s “Frozen” will be the showcase for the annual Float-In movie (beginning at 6:30pm). For more information go to dovercourt.org.

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A great Christmas gift. Children and Youth - $10, Adult - $15. Proceeds to youth programming in the community/ Contact hedc@sympatico.ca or call Cheryl at 613-728-7582.

SOCIAL SENIORS

Join in an afternoon of cards, bridge, euchre, board games and socializing every Wednesday from 1:00 p.m.-3:30 p.m. at Our Lady of Fatima Parish Hall, 153 Woodroffe Ave. All seniors are welcome to attend this weekly non-denominational gathering social gathering. For more information contact Ellena 613-7284018 or Celine 613-234-0853.

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

Deadline for submissions:

December 19

FRIDAY OPEN MIC NIGHTS

Show off your musical chops and bask in the applause at the Westboro Legion! We have the sound equipment so just bring your talent and instrument(s). For information, call the branch any afternoon: 613-725-2778.

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