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Friday November 5, 2021

When Al Capone Owned Manotick

When the old Manotick Tea Room building was levelled last week, the last link between the village and the infamous bootlegging gangster Al Capone, who allegedly controlled and smuggled the whiskey produced at Manotick’s Pokey Moonshine Distillery a century ago, is gone forever. For the complete feature and a series of stories on the 155-year-old building, see page 16.

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I won't stop fighting for you.

Contact information for my office: 613-692-3331 PierreMP.ca

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Ontario releases plan to safely reopen and manage COVID-19 The health and well-being of the residents of Carleton, Ottawa & Ontario is my top priority. Please visit my website for the latest information & updates from the Government of Ontario, as well as information regarding upcoming virtual town hall meetings & public consultations.

Recent updates include: • Ontario extending temporary wage enhancement for personal support workers; • Governments investing $2.76 million to boost agrifood research innovation; • Ontario expands career growth opportunities for PSWs and nurses in long-term care; • Enhanced COVID-19 vaccine certificate with QR code available for download; and • Ontario invests in Eastern Ontario communities to help promote regional economies

From Queen’s Park

The Ontario government, in consultation with the Chief

Medical Officer of Health, has released A Plan to Safely Reopen Ontario and Manage COVID-19 for the LongTerm, which outlines the province’s gradual approach to lifting remaining public health and workplace safety measures by March 2022. The plan will be guided by the ongoing assessment of key public health and health care indicators and supported by local or regional tailored responses to COVID-19.

Ontario will slowly and incrementally lift all remaining public health and workplace safety measures, including the provincial requirement for proof of vaccination and wearing of face coverings in indoor public settings, over the next six months. This

phased approach will be guided by the ongoing assessment and monitoring of key public health and health care indicators, such as the identification of any new COVID-19 variants, increases in hospitalizations and ICU occupancy.

On October 25, 2021, Ontario lifted capacity limits in the vast majority of settings where proof of vaccination is required. such as restaurants, bars and other food or drink establishments; indoor areas of sports and recreational facilities. Limits will also be lifted in certain outdoor settings.

At this time, the government will also allow other settings to lift capacity limits and physical distancing requirements if they choose to require proof of vaccination, including: • Personal care services (e.g., barber shops, salons, body art); • Indoor areas of museums, galleries, aquariums, zoos, science centres, landmarks,

historic sites, botanical gardens and similar attractions; • Indoor areas of fairs, rural exhibitions, festivals; • Indoor areas of marinas and boating clubs; • Indoor clubhouses at outdoor recreational amenities; • Indoor areas of photography studios and services.

Locations where a wedding, funeral or religious service, rite or ceremony takes place may also implement proof of vaccination requirements for services, rites, or ceremonies at the location.

In addition, the government intends to allow for greater capacity at organized public events such as Remembrance Day ceremonies and Santa Claus parades with more details coming in the near future.

November 15, 2021 The government intends to lift capacity limits in the remaining higher-risk settings where proof of vaccination is required, including food or drink establishments with

dance facilities (e.g., night clubs, wedding receptions in meeting/event spaces where there is dancing); strip clubs, bathhouses and sex clubs.

January 17, 2022 In the absence of concerning trends in public health and health care following the winter holiday months and after students returned to in-class learning, the province intends to begin gradually lifting capacity limits in settings where proof of vaccination is not required. The Chief Medical Officer of Health will also lift CMOH directives as appropriate.

Proof of vaccination requirements may also begin to be gradually lifted at this time, including for restaurants, bars and other food and drink establishments, facilities used for sports and recreational facilities and casinos, bingo halls and other gaming establishments.

February 7, 2022 The government intends to lift proof of vaccination

requirements in high-risk settings, including night clubs, strip clubs, and bathhouses and sex clubs.

March 28, 2022 At this time, it is intended that remaining public health and workplace safety measures will be lifted, including wearing face coverings in indoor public settings. Recommendations may be released for specific settings, if appropriate.

To manage COVID-19 over the long-term, local and regional responses by public health units will be deployed based on local context and conditions. Public health measures that may be applied locally could include reintroducing capacity limits and/or physical distancing, reducing gathering limits and adding settings where proof of vaccination is required, among others.

For more information please visit: https://www. ontario.ca/page/reopeningontario

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Osgoode collision on Snake Island Road claims the life of 21-year-old man Dylan Little was on his way to work for his first day at a new job when his car hit a pickup truck

By Jeff Morris A 21-year-old man was killed in a two-vehicle collision on Snake Island Road between Nixon and Doyle Roads in Osgoode Mon. Oct. 25.

The driver was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash, which happened at 7:20 a.m. The vehicle he was driving collided with a pick-up

truck carrying a trailer.

The driver and passenger in the truck sustained minor injuries.

Cindy Little, who lives in Kemptville now but who is well-known in the community as a member of the Manotick Toastmasters Club executive, announced in a Facebook post Wednesday (Oct. 27) that the victim in the crash was her son.

“Our 21 yr old son, Dylan James Darren Little, passed away on Monday, Oct 25th,” the post said. “It pains us to share this on FB, but the reality is there are too many people to call.”

According to Little, her son was on his way to his first day of work at a new job. She wrote that he died instantly when his car collided with a pickup truck pulling a trailer.

“As any parent can imagine, it is your worst nightmare to lose a child,” Little wrote. “I was awake when he left for work that day and I said as he left, ‘have a good day’. Little did I know it would be his last day and my last words

to him. I still can’t believe it.”

Dylan Little is survived by his sister, Amy, and his parents, Cindy and Darren.

“Dylan was a beautiful, fit, funny and a carefree son,” his mother wrote.

“He was hardworking and did well in school. He took welding in college and had an application in to do a welding trade in the Canadian Armed Forces.

That trade was full so he did 2 jobs while going to school.

“His co-workers at Equinelle Golf Club and everyone he worked with raved about his strong work ethic and how much they liked Dylan. He had

a great reputation amongst the staff and golfing community at our new home in Kemptville.”

Little’s Facebook post had close to 1,000 comments with one day. She expressed her thanks to

family and close friends for their support during this difficult time.

The Manotick Messenger would like to extend the most heartfelt condolences to the Little family during this difficult time.

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Laurysen Kitchens becomes sponsor of Richmond Pavilion legacy project The Richmond Legacy Community Association is pleased to announce another partner in its fundraising goal of $350,000 for the construction of a multi functional community pavilion for both public and private events in the Village of Richmond.

Laurysen Kitchens LTD. is proudly joining other local businesses to see this project completed. A multi-awardwinning family business, Laurysen Kitchens has over 50 years of experience. They have grown from crafting quality custom cabinets to providing

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Their award-winning showroom features 19 kitchen and bathroom displays with an extensive selection of materials, colours, countertops and hardware. The design team looks forward to working with you to create your dream kitchen or bathroom project.

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Saying good-bye to a wonderful friend

MESSENGER Editorial

Climate change creating a new normal for farmers

I know that this newspaper is a voice pass and put it right on my stick. I was of rural south Ottawa with hyper-local along the boards on the right wing and I content front to back, but every now and came in on Charlie Hodge. The guys told then, we go outside the community in me to shoot low on him, so I came in and Page 6, Manotick Messenger, Wednesday, June 23, 2010 this column and I take you on a trip to my took a low, hard shot and scored. Leo ashometown. sisted my first NHL goal. He was a great COP26 is just around the corner – the 26th United Nations climate change conference Down the 416, on the shores of the St. teammate.” starts in Glasgow on Oct. 31.

Lawrence, there is a blanket of sadness The next time I went home and saw The planet is experiencing an increasing number of extreme and unprecedented Our COmmunity covering the town of Prescott. The Fort Leo – he could always be found at the weather patterns. Last summer, the Northern Hemisphere was hit by extreme drought Town’s most belovrink – I told him and heatwaves Messenger in Russia, CanadaEditorial and the United States. Floods also affected parts of Eured son, Leo Boivin, about Willie’s story ope. Consequently, food prices are going up everywhere in the world, including Canada. passed away last about the goal.

Consumers are seeing first-hand how climate impacts their pocketbooks. week. He was 89.

Leo’s face lit up Are you more Canadian FROM THE OTHER Farmers, arguably the best environmental stewards in the world, have come a long You don’t have to with a smile, and way with more sustainable practices.

Those with farms of some scale have largely been than a fifth grader? be from Prescott to I could see he was faithful the ongoing progress of soil science, which needs to be celebrated.

WithtoCanada Day approaching next week, it is aand goodanimal time for us all to know who Leo Boivin replaying the moreflect on what itto means to be Canadian.

Any effort sequester carbon needs to be rewarded across the food supply chain, is. The 19-year vetment in his head.

Do we take being Canadian for granted?

Jeffrey Morris starting atyet,farmgate. stick largelySome dominated by a carbon tax can be inBetter how do new The Canadians feelapproach about being Canadian? of us eran of the NHL, There are a lot look upon immigrants refugees asespecially opportunists, not wanting to give but sector. In that sector, risks must fluential, but so willandcarrots, in the agri-food mostly in the Originof Willie O’Ree very willing to take. Perhaps, for some people, that is true, but when you be avoided at all for costs, given the and the competitive environment most attend a celebration new Canadians, such low as the margins one hosted by Nepeanal 6 era, is a Hockey hockey cards out Carleton MP Pierre Poilievre at Mother Teresa High School in Barrhaven last companies operate in. month, you can see the excitement and the thankfulness in the eyes of every Hall of Famer. If you or your kids played there now. Ironically, there are only With our abundant land, access to clean water and clean energy, Canada’s agri-food new Canadian. competitive hockey with the Cyclones or two really good photos of him. One is a They understand,toperhaps betterin than all of us,in what it means to be is priced effectively. It’s not a sector is poised do well a world which carbon Canadian.

Silver Seven, maybe you headed down posed shot, and the other is an action shot coincidence we’ve recently seen companies like AB InBev, Kraft Heinz, Lovingly, So how canthat the rest of us have that feeling?

McRae photo at the Leo to Prescott for someBevgames taken at Madison Square Garden in New The Conservative government has a solid idea.

Nestle and Roquette invest in Canada by building new processing A stronger, At the school’splants.

50th Anniversary Party, Manotick Co-operative Nursery School honoured its longest-servJason Kenney, Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism Boivin Arena, or maybe you or your kids York. Two Bruins are in the photo. One is ing teacher/volunteer with a memorial garden bench, which will be installed with a plaque in the school’s androbust Andrew Cohen, President of the Historica-Dominion are chalmore domestic processing sector willInstitute, empower our agri-food sector to control its playground. Left to right, MCNS Director Sandy Erlerplayed and June Hodge June’s 29Boivin years as a supin celebrate the Leo Midget AA/ O’Ree. The other is Leo Boivin. lenging middle and high school students to take the citizenship test. ply teacher, teacher and volunteer. carbon Thefootprint.

Canadian Citizenship Challenge, funded in part by CIC and run by the AAA Hockey Tournament. MaybeCOUNCIL you As part of my job, I also met Gordie Historica-Dominion see students Discover Canada: the designed and motivated by our For the longestInstitute, time, will global food study supply chains were remember him as the head coach of the Howe several times and got to spend a lot Rights and Responsibilities of Citizenship and then take a mock citizenship collective race to the bottom, looking for the cheapest deal possible for producing, protest.

Sometimes it’s best just to say Ottawa 67s before Briannil Kilrea, or as the of time with him. One day in 2004, we “Thisor will be a fun way for Canada and feel proud cessing packaging ourstudents food.to learn For about example, eating peachesI’mgrown in Argentina, profinding myself at one of those bizarre cross- head wondercoach about thingsof likethe how come is St. “underneath” Louis Blues. were at an event at the Hockey Hall of of our shared history and accomplishments,” said Minister Kenney. “As we Mayor Suzanne Dodge cessed Malaysia and bought quite common. roads where everything I love about sports is about a word but no one ever says “overneath” when the learn in about our past and the people and here events was that made Canada what it is I don’t think there is a person who Fame in Toronto. Howe, like O’Ree, also to collide with a large swatch of the population workdiscussion pulled me back into soccer. today,goal we become more proud be Canadian. are inspiredremain, to see how we The to offer low toprices will We obviously but aningeconomy that prices carbon diligently to grate my nerves.

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“Are you going home to Prescott bethat people are just a little too into it? studying each country before the game. She has “Our schools need to be training our young people to become the citizens However, we need to leave our farmers alone when pricing carbon don’t I found myself since in line inthey front of two nouveau He reallyhad become a fan offor Arr-hayne-TEE-na, and at she that arena, of tomorrow. Citizenship is not only about new Canadians, it’s about all time everyone fore you go back?” he asked. I was living soccerwhy fan itmoms at Your even wants us to go there on our young to andpass old,” said Andrew Cohen.

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The Manotick Mes“Prescott, town south him what Gordie Howe said. We shared weeks. If you stumble across a World Cup soccer “I saw that match,”aI little said. “I can’t believe Aus- of Ottawa 5567 Manotick Main St., P.O. Box 567, game on CBC, will hear what sounds like along TRY-lierthe lookedSt. so insipid against Deutschland.”

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Finding better ways to get kids to and from school will alleviate problems Too many parents are driving their children to school, and that’s causing significant problems in our communities. Student transportation isn’t usually within my responsibilities as a City councillor, but I’m involved because this school issue spills onto city streets and affects others.

Let me explain what’s happening. Parents have always driven their kids to school, so that in itself is not the issue.

Since COVID, many parents are worried about their kids getting sick on the school bus, so they drive them instead.

The current problem we face has also been compounded by a shortage of school bus drivers, forcing parents to drive their kids every day.

The result is a daily traffic mess around schools.

At one east end elementary school, I have had city traffic experts redesign kiss and drop locations, increase idling areas for parents, put new entrances and gates in

fences close to the street, and erect new traffic signs. We’ve had police and bylaw attend several times to direct traffic and ticket when necessary- to no avail. Parents still doublepark, do illegal U-turns and ignore crossing guards. Getting to school is now stressful for everyone and dangerous.

School officials are appealing for help before someone is seriously hurt.

I’ve been involved in consultations with everyone from School Board Trustees, schools, parent groups, City and provincial officials. After the last meeting, we concluded the only solution is for parents to change their behaviour. That means if you have a school-aged child and are driving to school each day,

you are going to be asked and hopefully persuaded to stop and find an alternative.

Some alternatives: Car-pooling. Find - parents in your neighbourhood and share the task.

- Walking is the best option. Schools provide Walk a Block maps that show the best routes. A school buddy on the same street can make the walk fun; collect other kids along the way. If you must drive, consider parking away from the school and walk the last few blocks.

Ontario Student Transportation assures parents that school buses are safe, so put your child back on the bus.

If parents abandon the idea of driving their children to school every day, the safer it will be for everyone. And there are other benefits too.

Psychologists suggest parental anxiety over safety is affecting children’s ability to cope. Kids are less resilient and more dependent on adults. Assuring children, it’s

safe to walk, get some exercise and have some fun on the way to and from school will have life-long benefits. Sign up for 123HOP.ca, an app that encourages kids to get active on the way to school.

Ottawa Student Transportation Authority (OSTA) is launching a pilot project in November to encourage parents to change their behaviour.

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People who are unable to attendANNUAL the ceremony on the POPPY CAMPAIGN REPORT POPPY CAMPAIGN REPORT S CHEDULE OF 2015 Schedule of Remembrance Ceremonies SCHEDULE OF 2014 People who Schedule are unable to attend the ceremony in Manotick ANNUAL POPPY CAMPAIGN REPORT TWO MINUTE WAVE OF SILENCE of Remembrance Ceremonies POPPY CAMPAIGN REPORT ANNUAL POPPY CAMPAIGN REPORT S CHEDULE OF 2015 Vintage Wings of Canada SCHEDULE OF 2014 POPPY CAMPAIGN REPORT WWII Aircraft from chedule of 2016 Schedule of Remembrance Ceremonies ANNUAL POPPY CAMPAIGN REPORT SCHEDULE OF 2014 Sunday, November 10 Ceremonies POPPY CAMPAIGN REPORT 11th in Manotick or elsewhere are encouraged to observe People who are unable to attend a Remembrance Ceremony ANNUAL POPPY CAMPAIGN POPPY CAMPAIGN REPORT SCHEDULE OF 2014 The 2012 Poppy Campaign by our Royal Canadian Legion South The 2013-2014 Poppy Campaign by our RoyalREPORT Canadian Leon November 11EMEMBRANCE areNovember encouraged to two Sunday, November 10Cenotaph People who Sunday, are unable to atattend theobserve ceremony inKarsManotick 10 R C EREMONIES The 2012 Poppy Campaign by our Royal Canadian Legion South The 2013-2014 Poppy Campaign by our Royal Canadian Leare planning a fly past, Kars: at 11:15 AM the located at the on the Rideau Vintage Wings of Canada REMEMBRANCE CEREMONIES Sunday, November 10 The 2012 Poppy Campaign by our Royal Canadian Legion South The 2013-2014 Poppy Campaign by our Royal Canadian LeCanadian Legion South our Royal Canadian LeCarleton Branch 314 (Manotick) yielded revenue of $32,645.34 Sunday, November 10 R EMEMBRANCE C EREMONIES two minutes of at 11 AM on the 11th regardless gion South Carleton Branch 314, yielded revenue of The 2012 Poppy Campaign by our Royal Canadian Legion South The 2013-2014 Poppy Campaign by our Royal Canadian LeemembRance c eRemonieS at 11 the 11th in Manotick or elsewhere are Kars: atare 11:15 AMatatthe the Cenotaph located at theAM Karsononon thesilence Rideau minutes of Kars: silence at 11:00 a.m. regardless of REMEMBRANCE CEREMONIES EMEMBRANCE EREMONIES at 11:15 AM Cenotaph located at the Kars the Rideau The 2012 Poppy Campaign by our Royal Canadian Legion South REMEMBRANCE CEREMONIES The 2013-2014 Poppy Campaign by our Royal Canadian Leon November 11 encouraged to observe two Carleton Branch 314 (Manotick) yielded revenue of $32,645.34 Carleton Branch 314 (Manotick) yielded revenue of $32,645.34 Public School, followed byCenotaph refreshments atatatthe St. John’s Anglican gion South Carleton Branch 314, yielded revenue Kars: at 11:15 AM at the located the Kars on the Rideau gion South Carleton Branch 314, yielded revenue of revenue of $32,645.34 REMEMBRANCE CEREMONIES weather permitting. into the Poppy Trust Fund, representing a record response by our Branch 314, yielded revenue ofof are planning a fly past, Kars: at 11:15 AM at the Cenotaph located the Kars on the Rideau Carleton Branch 314 (Manotick) yielded revenue of $32,645.34 $31,767.00 inCarleton the Poppy Trust Fund representing anofexcellent reREMEMBRANCE CEREMONIES gion South Branch 314, yielded revenue of Public School, followed by refreshments at the St. John’s Anglican Public School, followed by refreshments at the St. John’s Anglican where at that moment.

By doing so you of where they are at that moment.

This tribute of respect Carleton Branch 314 (Manotick) yielded revenue $32,645.34 The public is welcomed and encouraged to attend any into the Poppy Trust Fund, representing a record response by our Public School, followed by refreshments at the St. John’s Anglican gion South Carleton Branch 314, yielded revenue of into the Poppy Trust Fund, representing a record response by our minutestheyof are silence at 11:00 a.m. regardless of encouraged to observe two minutes of silence at 11 AM on Church in Kars. isfollowed into the Poppy Trust Fund, representing a record record response byyou. our $31,767.00 the Poppy Trust Fund representing an excellent rePublic School, by refreshments atat the St. John’s Anglican $31,767.00 in the Poppy Trust Fund representing an excellent recommunity.

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Disbursements from the Poppy Fund for Public School, followed by refreshments the St. John’s Anglican weather permitting. $31,767.00 in the Poppy Trust Fund representing an excellent reChurch in Kars.

Church in Kars.

The public is welcomed and encouraged to attend any The 2014-2015 Poppy Campaign by our Royal Canadian Legion South Carleton Branch 314 into the Poppy Trust Fund, representing a record response by our community.

We are very proud of our community and we thank you. community.

We are very proud of our community and we thank you. join in the two minute Wave of Silence as this wave The 2015-2016 Poppy Campaign by our Royal Canadian Legion South Carleton Branch 314 Church in Kars. through silence is thus observed from coast to coast as $31,767.00 in the Poppy Trust Fund representing an excellent reNorth Gower: at 12:45 PM at the Cenotaph located on Perkins Drive, of the Remembrance Ceremonies listed below. community.

We are very proud ofFund our community and weexpended thank you.

Disbursements from the Poppy Trust for 2012-2013 are as follows: where they are atofininthat moment.

Byand doing so 11th you The 2014-2015 Poppy Campaign by our Royal Canadian Legion South Carleton Branch 314 The public is welcomed encouraged to any of sponse by our community. from the Poppy Fund for Church Kars.Remembrance sponse by our community.

Disbursements from the Poppy Fund expended for The public welcomed and encouraged toattend attend any ofthe the (Manotick) yielded revenue ofDisbursements $36,877.82 into the Poppy Trust Fund.

The Branch including community.

We are very proud of our community and we thank you. the regardless they are at that moment.

This The public isisisCeremonies welcomed and encouraged to any of the sponse by our community.

Disbursements from the Poppy Fund expended for the Ceremonies listed below.

Remembrance listed below to thank and celebrate 2013 to 2014 are as follows: Regional Ottawa South Senior Services (ROSSS) Church Kars. sponse by our community.

Disbursements from the Poppy Fund expended for The public welcomed and encouraged to attend attend any ofDrive, theof where North Gower: at 12:45 PM at the Cenotaph located on Perkins Drive, (Manotick) yielded revenue of $36,877.82 into the Poppy Trust Fund.

The Branch including Disbursements from the Poppy Trust Fund for 2012-2013 are as follows: North Gower: at 12:45 PM at the Cenotaph located on Perkins community.

We are very proud of our community and we thank you.

Disbursements from the Poppy Trust Fund for 2012-2013 are as follows: (Manotick) yielded revenue of $39,138.81 into the Poppy Trust Fund.

The Branch, including moves across our country from coast to coast.

North Gower: at 12:45 PM at the Cenotaph located on Perkins Drive, of the Remembrance Ceremonies listed below.

Disbursements from the Poppy Trust Fund for 2012-2013 are as follows: followed by refreshments at the United Church in North Gower.

Rural Ottawa South Support Services (ROSSS) for Meals-on-Wheels $5,000; Schools’ The public welcomed and encouraged tofrom attend any of the sponse by our community.

Disbursements from the Poppy Fund expended for Remembrance below to celebrate 2013 to 2014 are as follows: Regional Ottawa South Senior Services (ROSSS) (Manotick) yielded revenue $36,877.82 into the Poppy Trust Fund.

The Branch including North Gower: atisCeremonies 12:45 PM at listed the located onand Perkins Drive, Disbursements from theofStudent Poppy Fund for 2012-2013 are asand follows: join in the two minute Wave of Silence asCenotaph wave 2013 toOttawa 2014 are as follows: Regional Ottawa South Senior Services (ROSSS) Remembrance Ceremonies listed below tothank thank and celebrate allthrough Poppy Campaign volunteers wish toTrust express their tremendous gratitude to our communiitthis moves east to west all the time zones of Remembrance listed below thank and celebrate 2013 to 2014 are as follows: Regional Ottawa South Senior Services (ROSSS) our veterans.

Meals on Wheels $5000; and School Literary Poster SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7byrefreshments followed by at Church in Gower.

North Gower: atCeremonies 12:45 PM atUnited the Cenotaph located on Perkins Drive, 2013 to 2014 are as follows: Regional Ottawa South Senior Services (ROSSS) Remembrance Ceremonies listed below to thank and celebrate all Poppy Campaign volunteers wish totobursaries express their tremendous gratitude totoas our communiRural South Support Services (ROSSS) for Meals-on-Wheels $5,000; Schools’ Disbursements from the Poppy Trust Fund for 2012-2013 are follows: tribute of respect through silence is thus observed from coast followed refreshments atthe the United Churchto inNorth North Gower.

Rural Ottawa South Support Services (ROSSS) for Meals-on-Wheels $5,000; Schools’ all Poppy Campaign volunteers wish express their tremendous gratitude our communifollowed by refreshments at the United Church in North Gower.

Rural Ottawa South Support Services (ROSSS) for Meals-on-Wheels $5,000; Schools’ Remembrance Literary and Poster Contests $3,700; Student Bursaries $1,500; Royal SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7 our veterans.

Meals on Wheels $5000; Student bursaries and School Literary and Poster by atCeremony the United Church in located North Gower.

Monday, November Remembrance Ceremonies listed below to thank 2013 toon are as follows: Regional Ottawa South Senior Services (ROSSS) all Campaign volunteers wish totheir express their tremendous gratitude toand ourSchools’ communiSaturday, November 5711refreshments Rural Ottawa South Support Services (ROSSS) forand Meals-on-Wheels $5,000; tiesPoppy (Manotick & Riverside South) for kind generosity.

Meals on2014 Wheels $5000; Student bursaries and School Literary and Poster ourveterans. veterans. moves across our country from coast to coast. our Meals Wheels $5000; Student bursaries School Literary Poster this great nation.

Saturday, 8 followed November 11 District AM at Gthe Veteran Park located at the Competition $7525; Annual Veterans’ Lunch $882.00; Army Cadet Corps Hwy 416, Commemorative Park: atMemorial 11:00 am atand thecelebrate SATURDAY, NOVEMBER Remembrance Literary and Poster Contests $3,700; Student Bursaries $1,500; Royal ties (Manotick && Riverside South) for their kind generosity.

Meals on Wheels $5000; Student bursaries and School Literary and Poster our veterans. followed by11 refreshments atCeremony the United Church inlocated North Gower.

Rural Ottawa South Support Services (ROSSS) for Meals-on-Wheels $5,000; Schools’ Monday, November Remembrance Literary and Poster Contests $3,700; Student Bursaries $1,500; Royal ties (Manotick Riverside South) for their kind generosity.

Monday, November 11 Hwy 416, Commemorative Park: District G at 11:00 am at the Canadian Legion Ontario Charitable Foundation $1,000; Royal Canadian Legion District Remembrance Literary and Poster Contests $3,700; Student Bursaries $1,500; Royal to coast as it moves, from east to west, through all the time Saturday, 8 November 11 AM at the Veteran Memorial Park located at the Competition $7525; Annual Veterans’ Lunch $882.00; Army Cadet Corps Hwy 416, Commemorative Park: District G Ceremony at 11:00 am located at the Monday, November 11 Remembrance Literary and Poster Contests $3,700; Student Bursaries $1,500; Royal ties (Manotick & Riverside South) for their kind generosity.

Manotick: our veterans.

Meals on Wheels $5000; Student bursaries and School Literary and Poster Competition $7525; Annual Veterans’ Lunch $882.00; Army Cadet Corps Saturday, 8 November 11 AM at the Veteran Memorial Park located at the Monday, November 11 $5700; Veterans Care and Hospital Fund $2000; Storage rental $350.00; Poppy intersection of highway 416 and River Road.

Saturday, 8 November 11 AM at the Veteran Memorial Park located at the Competition $7525; Annual Veterans’ Lunch $882.00; Army Cadet Corps intersection of highway 416 and Rideau River Rd. Hwy 416, Commemorative Park: District G Ceremony at 11:00 am located at the Canadian Legion Ontario Charitable Foundation $1,000; Royal Canadian Legion District Saturday, 8highway November 11 AM at the Veteran Memorial Park located at the Competition $7525; Annual Veterans’ Lunch $882.00; Army$350.00; Cadet Corps Remembrance Literary and Poster Contests $3,700; Student Bursaries $1,500; Royal Canadian Legion Ontario Charitable Foundation $1,000; RoyalCanadian Canadian LegionDistrict District Manotick: Disbursements from the Poppy Trust Fund were as follows: intersection of highway 416 and River Rd. G Veterans’ Care and Hospital Fund $2,000; Hwy 416Storage Royal Legion Monday, November 11Rideau Canadian Legion Ontario Charitable Foundation $1,000; Royal Canadian Legion District Manotick: intersection of 416 and River Road. $5700; Veterans Care and Hospital Fund $2000; rental Poppy intersection of- An highway 416 and Rideau River Rd. 9:30 am Ecumenical Service will bethe heldVeteran inthe St. James Anglican Church on Bridge Canadian Legion Ontario Charitable Foundation $1,000; Royal Canadian Legion Disbursements from the Poppy Trust Fund were as follows: Manotick: Fresh Local Saturday, 8 November 11 AM at Memorial Park located at the Competition $7525; Annual Veterans’ Lunch $882.00; Army Cadet Corps $5700; Veterans Care and Hospital Fund $2000; Storage rental $350.00; Poppy intersection of highway 416 and River Road. zones of our great country.

Disbursements from the Poppy Trust Fund were as follows: Manotick: and Wreath supplies $6038; Legion Charitable Foundation $1000 and $1062 The ceremonies below are conducted by Royal Canadian Legion, South intersection of highway 416 and River Road. $5700; Veterans Care and Hospital Fund $2000; Storage rental $350.00; Poppy G Veterans’ Care and Hospital Fund $2,000; Hwy 416 Royal Canadian Legion District intersection of highway 416 and Rideau River Rd. intersection highway and River $5700; Veterans Care and Hospital Fund $2000; Storage rental $350.00; Poppy 9:30 am --An Ecumenical Service will held ininthe St. Anglican Church ononBridge GVeterans’ Veterans’ Care and Hospital Fund $2,000; Hwy 416 Royal Canadian Legion Rideau Community Support Services (ROSSS) for Meals-on-Wheels $5,000; Schools ReCanadian Legion Ontario Charitable Foundation Royal Canadian District Disbursements from the Poppy Trust Fund were as$1,000; follows: G Veterans’ Commemorative Park $200; Royal Canadian Legion Homeless Veterans Sunday, November 8 below416 Care and Hospital Fund $2,000; Hwy 416 Royal Canadian Legion District The ceremonies are conducted by Royal Canadian Legion, South and Wreath supplies $6038; Legion Charitable Foundation $1000 and $1062 9:30 am Anof Ecumenical Service willbe beRoad. held St.James James Anglican Church Bridge Manotick: Street.

All are welcome.

GRideau Care and Hospital Fund $2,000; Hwy 416 Royal Canadian Legion District Community Support Services (ROSSS) for Meals-on-Wheels $5,000; Schools Re9:30 am --An Ecumenical Service will be held ininthe St. James Anglican Church on Bridge Sunday, November 8 and Wreath supplies $6038; Legion Charitable Foundation $1000 and $1062 The ceremonies below are conducted by the Royal Canadian Legion, South Rideau Community Support Services (ROSSS) for Meals-on-Wheels $5,000; Schools Reintersection of highway 416 and River Road. $5700; Veterans Care and Hospital Fund $2000; Storage rental $350.00; Poppy 9:30 am An Ecumenical Service will be held St. James Anglican Church on Bridge for local expenses and bank charges.

Funds have been reserved towards a PerCarleton Branch 314 (Manotick).

G Veterans’ Commemorative Park $200; Royal Canadian Legion Homeless Veterans Sunday, November 6 The ceremonies below are conducted by Royal Canadian Legion, South and Wreath supplies $6038; Legion Charitable Foundation $1000 and $1062 Street.

All are The ceremonies below are conducted byonthe Royal $1062 membrance Literary and Poster Contests $2,900; Student Bursaries $4,000; Royal CanadiCommemorative Park $200; Royal Canadian Legion Homeless Veterans Local $500; Veterans’ Lunch $486; #2958 Royal Army Cadet Corps $4,115; Kars: 11:15 am at welcome. the Cenotaph located at entrance thebeKars Kars the Rideau Public School, School, followed by Glocal Veterans’ Care and Hospital Fund $2,000; Hwy 416been Royal Canadian Legion District Rideau Community Support Services (ROSSS) for Meals-on-Wheels $5,000; Schools ReG Veterans’ Commemorative Park $200; Royal Canadian Legion Homeless Veterans Carleton Branch (Manotick). forProgram expenses and bank charges.

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The parade route Beaverwood Main from Main St. 10:30 am -9--12:45 Parade Departs.

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North Gower: 12:45 pm at the Cenotaph located on Perkins Drive, followed by refreshments Sunday, 9 November 12:45 AM at cenotaph on Perkins Drive, North Gower. to Clapp Lane and along Clapp Lane tothe thecenotaph Cenotaph onDickinson Dickinson St.St.,North at theto United Church.

Clapp and Clapp Lane toto the Cenotaph on St. 10:30 amLane -the Parade Departs.

The parade route Beaverwood Main from Main St. to Clapp Lane and along Clapp Lane the Cenotaph on Dickinson Tuesday, 11 November 11:00 AM at the cenotaph in toManotick.

The parade Sunday, 911 November 12:45 AM atlocated on Perkins Drive, Gower. at the United Church.

North Gower: 12:45 pmalong at the oniscenotaph Perkins Drive, followed by refreshments Following ceremony atCenotaph theAM Manotick Cenotaph, the parade marches backparade to the Sunday, 9 November 12:45 at the cenotaph on Perkins Drive, North Gower.

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Sunday, 9 November 12:45 AM at the cenotaph on Perkins at the United Church.

Tuesday, November 11:00 AM at the in Manotick.

The Following the ceremony at the Manotick Cenotaph, the parade marches back to the to Clapp Lane and Clapp Lane tothe the Cenotaph onthe Dickinson St. forms upviaat 10:30 atalong the Legion on Beaverwood Rd., then moves via North Main St. and at the United Church.

Legion Dickinson St.,Legion to Mill St., left on Main toRd., Beaverwood and back to theSt. Legion Tuesday, 11 November 11:00 AM atcenotaph the cenotaph inmoves Manotick.

The parade Tuesday, 11 November 11:00 AM at the cenotaph in Manotick.

The parade Following the ceremony theAM Manotick Cenotaph, parade marches back the WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 11 Sunday, 910:30 November 12:45 at on Perkins Drive, Gower.

Tuesday, 11 November 11:00 AM at the cenotaph in Following the ceremony atatat11 the Manotick Cenotaph, the parade marches back totoand the forms up at at the on Beaverwood then via Main Following the ceremony the Manotick Cenotaph, the parade WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER Legion via Dickinson St., to Mill St., left on Main to Beaverwood and back to the Legion Friday, November 11 Clapp Lane to the cenotaph on Dickinson St. where the Salute will be taken. forms up at 10:30 at the Legion on Beaverwood Rd., then moves via Main St. and The parade forms up atatat10:15 10:15 am in the Manotick Mews entrance off Beaverwood Street and Legion via Dickinson St.,taken. toat11 Mill St., lefton onMain Main Beaverwood and backMain theStreet Legion forms up atatSalute 10:30 the Legion on Beaverwood then via St. forms up 10:30 the Legion onAM Beaverwood Rd., then Legion via Dickinson St., toto Mill St., left tototoRd., Beaverwood and back toto the Legion Tuesday, 11up November 11:00 at the cenotaph inmoves Manotick.

The parade The parade forms at am in Manotick entrance off Beaverwood and Clapp Lane to the on Dickinson St.Mews Legion via Dickinson St., Mill St., left on Main Beaverwood where the will be Following the ceremony the Manotick Cenotaph, the parade marches back toand the WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER The parade forms up atcenotaph 10:15 am in the the Manotick Mews entrance off Beaverwood Street and departs at 10:30 am along the following route: from the Legion to Main St.; Main Street. to Clapp Lane to the cenotaph on Dickinson St. where the Salute will be taken. to the cenotaph on Dickinson St. departs atLane 10:30 amup along thetaken. following route: from the Legion tooff Main St.; Main Street. to Clapp Lane to the cenotaph onthe Dickinson St. where the will be where the Salute will be taken. forms up atSalute 10:30 at the Legion on Beaverwood Rd., then moves viacenotaph Main St. and TheClapp parade forms at 10:15 am in Manotick Mews entrance Beaverwood Street and Legion via Dickinson St., to Mill St., left on Main to Beaverwood and back to the Legion departs at 10:30 am along the following route: from the Legion to Main St; Main Street. to Clapp After the ceremony on the 11th, and on return of the parade from the Refreshments willLane be available in the Legion after Parade dismissal.

Allthe are welcome.

Clapp Lane and Clapp Lane tothe the 11th, Cenotaph on Dickinson Street.

Following theare ceremony the Clapp Lane and Clapp to the Cenotaph on Dickinson Street.

Following ceremony atat the After theSalute ceremony on and on return ofParade the parade fromAll the cenotaph Refreshments will be in the Legion after dismissal. welcome. departs at Lane 10:30 along the following route: from the Legion toinMain St.; Main Street. to Clapp toam the cenotaph on Dickinson St. Open Lane; and Clapp Lane to available the Cenotaph on Dickinson Street.

Following the ceremony at the where the will be taken. an House the Legion. to the Legion, the public is invited to Manotick Cenotaph, thebe parade marches back toreturn theafter Legion via Dickinson Street to Mill Street, Street, Manotick Cenotaph, the parade marches back to the Legion via Dickinson Street to Mill After the ceremony on the 11th, and on return of the parade from the cenotaph Refreshments will be available in the Legion after Parade dismissal.

All are welcome.

After the ceremony on the 11th, and on of the parade from the cenotaph an Open House in the Legion. to the Legion, the public is invited to After the ceremony on the 11th, and on return of the parade from Refreshments will available in the Legion Parade dismissal.

All are welcome.

Refreshments will be available in the Legion after Parade dismissal.

Manotick parade backontoDickinson the LegionStreet. via Dickinson to Mill Street, Clapp LaneCenotaph, and ClapptheLane to themarches Cenotaph FollowingStreet the ceremony at the left on Main Street to for Beaverwood Street and backtofrom toantheOpen Legion where the Salute will be taken.

WeMain are hoping athe fly-past byisisinvited aircraft Vintage Wings inStreet Gatineau.

House in the Legion. an Open House in the Legion. to the Legion, public to an Open House to the Legion, the public invited to left on Street to Beaverwood Street and back to the Legion where the Salute will be taken.

Manotick Cenotaph, the parade marches back to the Legion via Dickinson to Mill Street, We are hoping for fly-past by aircraft from Vintage Wings inAll Gatineau.

After the on the 11th, andLegion on of theisdismissal. parade the Refreshments will beaavailable in the after Parade dismissal. arecenotaph this small flower ing from places inwelcome. graves in Refreshments willceremony be available inwhy the Legion afterreturn the Parade Refreshments will be available in the Legion after the Parade dismissal. left on Main Street to Beaverwood Street and back to the Legion where the Salute will be taken.

We are hoping for a fly-past by aircraft from Vintage Wings in Gatineau.

We are hoping for a fly-past by aircraft from Vintage Vintage Wings in Gatineau.

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membrance Literary and Poster Contests $3,125; Student Bursaries $5,600; Royal for local expenses and bank charges.

Funds have been reserved towards aPerPerProgram $500; Veterans’ Lunch $486; #2958 Royalhave Canadian Army Cadet Corps $4,115; sonal Lifting Device inDominion the Manotick Legion building. and Wreath supplies $6038; Legion Charitable Foundation $1000 and $1062 for local expenses and Perbank charges.

Funds been reserved towards aGGCaan Legion Ontario Charitable Foundation $1,000; Royal Canadian Legion District VeterProgram $500; Veterans’ Lunch $486; #2958 Royal Canadian ArmyMemorial Cadet Corps $4,115; Royal Canadian Legion Command Afghan Repatriation $500; and membrance Literary and Poster Contests $2,900; Student Bursaries $4,000; Royal CanadiG Veterans’ Commemorative Park $200; Royal Canadian Legion Homeless Veterans sonal Lifting Device in the Manotick Legion building.

Program $500; Veterans’ $4,115; an Legion Ontario Charitable Foundation $1,000; Royal Canadian Legion District VeterLunch $486; #2958 Royal Canadian Army Cadet Corps $4,115; nadian Legion Ontario Foundation $1,000; Royal Canadian Legion District G Royal Canadian Legion Dominion Command Afghan Repatriation Memorial $500; and sonal Lifting Device inCharitable the Manotick Legion building. for local expenses and bank charges.

Funds have been reserved towards aand Personal Lifting Device in the Manotick Legion building. ans’ Care and Hospital Fund $2,000; Hwy 416 Royal Canadian Legion District GVeterans’ Veterans’ Supplies and expenses for the Poppy Campaign $5,484.22 Royal Canadian Legion Dominion Command Afghan Repatriation Memorial $500; an Legion Ontario Charitable Foundation $1,000; Royal Canadian Legion District G VeterProgram $500; Veterans’ Lunch $486; #2958 Royal Canadian Army Cadet Corps $4,115; Royal Canadian Legion Dominion Command Afghan Repatriation Memorial $500; and ans’ Care and Hospital Fund $2,000; Hwy 416 Royal Canadian Legion District G $500; and Supplies and expenses for the Poppy Campaign $5,484.22 Veterans’ Care and Hospital Fund $2,000; Royal Canadian Legion Homeless Veterans’ ProTheLifting 2014 Poppy Campaign deserves your full support.

As Programme noted above, sonal Device in the Manotick Legion building.

Commemorative Park $200; Royal Canadian Legion Homeless Veterans’ $500; Supplies and expenses for theRoyal Poppy Campaign $5,484.22 The 2014 Poppy Campaign deserves your full support.

As noted above, ans’ Care and Hospital Fund $2,000; Hwy 416 Royal Canadian Legion District G Veterans’ Supplies and expenses for the Poppy Campaign $5,484.22 Royal Canadian Legion Dominion Command Afghan Repatriation Memorial $500; and Commemorative Park $200; Canadian Legion Homeless Veterans’ Programme $500; The annual Poppy Campaign deserves your full support and we urge you to wear gramme $500;are Branch #314 Personal Lifting Device; $9,90; Veterans’ Lunch $1,250; #2958 funds raised inCampaign support for the elderly andsupport the young, veterans and their The 2014 Poppy Campaign deserves your fullLunch support.

As#2958 noted above, The 2014 Poppy Campaign above, deserves your full support.

As noted Branch #314 Personal Lifting Device; $15,250; Veterans’ $1,110; Royal CanaThe annual Poppy deserves yourLegion full and weveterans urge youand toabove, wear funds raised are in support for the elderly and the young, their Commemorative Park $200; Royal Canadian Homeless Veterans’ Programme $500; Branch #314 Personal Lifting Device; $15,250; Veterans’ Lunch $1,110; #2958 Royal CanaSupplies and expenses for the Poppy Campaign $5,484.22 Royal Canadian Army Cadet Corps $4,500; Supplies and expenses for the Poppy Campaign a Poppy to symbolize your support.

Funds raised help us care for the elderly and The annual Poppy Campaign deserves your full support and we urge you to wear dependents and the disabled, student bursaries for Post Secondary Edufunds raised are in support for the elderly and the young, veterans and their The annual Poppy Campaign deserves your full support and we urge you to wear wear funds raised are inthesupport their dian Army Cadet Corps $4,500; Supplies and expenses expenses forLunch the Poppy Campaign $7,588.51 TheArmy 2014 Poppy Campaign deserves your full support.

Asthe noted above, for the elderly and the young, veterans and their adian Poppy toCadet symbolize your support.

Funds raised help usPoppy care for elderly and dependents and disabled, student bursaries for Post Secondary EduCorps $4,500; Supplies and for the Campaign $7,588.51 Branch #314 Personal Lifting Device; $15,250; Veterans’ $1,110; #2958 Royal Cana$5,262.39.

Military Family Resource Centre $500 Caribbean Vetrans $500 cation, and awards for the Literary and Poster Competition for school chilthe young, for veterans and their dependants that are in need or disabled, student a Poppy to symbolize your support.

Funds raised help us care for the elderly and dependents and the disabled, student bursaries for Post Secondary Edua Poppy to symbolize and The annual Poppy Campaign deserves your full support and we urge you to wear dependents and the Eduyour support.

Funds raised help us care for the elderly and disabled, student bursaries for Post Secondary Edufunds raised are in support for the elderly and the young, veterans and their cation, andCadet awards for$4,500; the their Literary and Poster Competition for school chilthe young, for veterans and dependants that are intheneed or Campaign disabled, student dian Army Corps Supplies andthe expenses for Poppy dren.

No poppy funds are their spent on operation of the Legion branch.

The Poppy Campaign deserves your full support.

Funds raised help us care for the$7,588.51 elderly bursaries for Post-Secondary Education, and Awards for the Remembrance The Poppy Campaign deserves your full support.

Funds raised help us care for the elderly cation, and awards for the Literary and Poster Competition for school chilthe young, for veterans and dependants that are in need or disabled, student cation, and awards for chilthe young, for veterans student the Literary and Poster Competition for school chiland their dependants that are in need or disabled, student dren.

No poppy funds are spent on the operation of the Legion branch. a Poppy to symbolize your support.

Funds raised help us care for the elderly and The Poppyfor Campaign your full support.bursaries Funds raised help us care for the elderly dependents and thedeserves disabled, student fororfor Post Secondary Edubursaries Post-Secondary Education, and Awards the Remembrance and the young, veterans and their dependants that are in need disabled, student bursaries Posters and Literary contests in our schools.

No Poppy Trust funds are spent on and the young, veterans and their dependants that are in need or disabled, student bursaries dren.

No poppy funds are spent on the operation of the Legion branch. bursaries for Post-Secondary Education, and for thecare Remembrance dren.

Noand poppy funds branch.

The Poppy Campaign deserves your full support.

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No Poppy Trust funds are spent on cation, awards forandand the Literary and Poster Competition for school chilthe young, for veterans their dependants that are inOffice or disabled, student Wreaths are available for a at the Legion in Manotick. for Post-Secondary Education and Awards for the Remembrance Posters and Literary confor Post-Secondary Education and Awards for the Remembrance Posters and Literary conoperation of the Legion Branch. and theNoyoung, veterans and their that are in needOffice or disabled, student bursaries Wreaths are available for a in donation the Legion in Manotick.

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No Poppy Trust funds are spent on the operation of the Legion Branch.

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Why the TWO MINUTE WAVE WAVE OF OF SILENCE WWII Aircraft from Why the TWO MINUTE SILENCE areAircraft available forfrom a donation on at thethe Legion office in Manotick.

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Vintage Wings of Canada Canada TWO MINUTE MINUTE WAVE WAVE OF OF SILENCE TWO SILENCE TWO MINUTE 11th in Manotick Manotick or elsewhere elsewhere are encouraged to observe observe WWII Aircraft fromto Vintage Wings of from WWII Aircraft People who are unable to attend the ceremony on the the ceremony on 11th in or are encouraged People who are unable to attend the the ceremony in Manotick are planning a fly past, People who are unable to attend People who are unable to attend the ceremony in Manotick are planning aof fly past, Vintage Wings of Canada Canada poppy? two minutes of silence silence at 11 AM on the 11th regardless Vintage Wings TWO MINUTE WAVE observe OF SILENCE TWO Manotick orelsewhere elsewhere are encouraged toobserve observe two minutes of at 11 AM on the 11th 11th in or are encouraged to WWII Aircraft from regardless on November NovemberMINUTE 11 are are encouraged encouraged toto observe twoManotick weather permitting.

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The over minutes of stood silence soldiers at 11:00have a.m.a regardless of The poppy has long so thickly and vibrantly onel, he was stationed poem called “In Flan- symbols of wartim where they they are are at at that that moment.

Byflower doing so you origins of the soil that once could not theat area trayed the picture of sands of poppies ar where moment.

By doing so you of where they are at that moment.

This tribute of respect the 11th regardless two minutes of silence silence at 11 traditionally AM on the 11thFields” regardless Vintage Wings of Canada two minutes of 11 AM on as the officialof minutes ofsymbol silencehistory at 11:00 11:00 a.m. regardless regardless of minutes silence at a.m. of together.

The over these graves, in near Ypres, Belgium, ders and por- remembrance. Thou 11th in Manotick or elsewhere are encouraged to observe join in the the two minute Wave of Silence Silence as thisproduce wave The poppy hastwo stood weather permitting. on November 11 are encouraged to observe two on the Tomb o can be traced back to much vegetacalled Flanders.

Mcwar and the poppy weather permitting. through silence is thus observed from coast to coast asof placed join in minute Wave of as this wave through silence is thus observed from coast to coast as of Canada’s Rememwhere they are at that moment. tribute of respect By doing so you are planning a fly past, of where they are at that moment.

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Remembrance Ceremonies On Sunday, November 7th, at 11:30 a.m., there will be a ceremony at Kars Cenotaph, at 6692 Rideau Valley Dr.; Later that same day (November 7th), there will be a ceremony at the North Gower Cenotaph, at 2351 Perkins Dr, at 01:00 p.m. and, of course;

There will be a ceremony at the Mantock Cenotaph at 1125 Clapp Lane, by Remembrance Park, on November 11, at 11:00 a.m.

For a donation wreaths are available in Manotick Legion office

2020-2021 POPPY CAMPAIGN REPORT The 2020-2021 Poppy Campaign, conducted by our Royal Canadian Legion Branch 314 Manotick, yielded a total of $31,972.40 in revenues from all sources. Branch 314, including all of our Poppy Campaign Volunteers, wish to express our extreme gratitude and thanks to our communities of Manotick and Riverside South for their continued generous support during this campaign and hope this level of support will continue into our 2021 – 2022 Poppy Campaign.

Donations/Sponsorships from these revenues were as follows: Army Cadets Corps $4,000.00, Charitable Foundation $2,000.00, Homeless Vets Program $3,400.00, Literary Contest $2,400.00, Rideau Pearly Veterans’ Program $6,500.00, Royal Caribbean Ex-Services $500.00, Service Dogs for Veterans $1,000.00, Snowsports for Veterans $1,500.00. For a Total of $21,300.00 which is up from last Year’s total of $19,000.00

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Why November 11?

Remembrance Day in Canada is a day to commemorate members of the armed forces. Remembrance Day is observed each year on November 11 because that marks the official end of World War I in 1918. On that day, the Germans officially signed the armistice, an agreement that officially put an end to the fighting in WWI. That’s one reason why Remembrance Day is often referred to as Armistice Day. Though the day has a significant connection to World War I, it also honours the men and women who fought for Canada in World War II, the Korean War and those who continue to serve in the military.

Over the years, more than 1.5 million Canadians have fought for their country and to defend the rights and freedoms of non-Canadians as well. Among the Remembrance Day traditions is the wearing of poppies, which are worn as the symbol of remembrance and a reminder of the blood-red flower that grows on the former battlefields of France and Belgium.

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In Flanders Fields In Flanders Fields the poppies blow Between the crosses row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below.

We are the Dead. Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved and were loved, and now we lie In Flanders fields.

Take up our quarrel with the foe: To you from failing hands we throw The torch; be yours to hold it high.

If ye break faith with us who die We shall not sleep, though poppies grow In Flanders fields.

‘In Flander’s Fields’ was written by a Canadian, John McCrae, a doctor and teacher who served in both the South African War and the First World War. He died from pneumonia on January 28, 1918.

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Manotick Tea Room: ‘If only these walls could talk’ Torn down building was a portal to local legends and a connection to America’s most notorious bootlegger

By Jeff Morris The walls were barely standing. They were built and then aged, then propped up and rebuilt again over the generations.

Around that building, Manotick rolled by. Generations upon generations of workers, farmers, business people, community leaders, and even Sir. John A. Macdonald have come and gone. A few have left their mark on the village, but most have just faded away.

The common denominator was that building, still known in the village as the Tea Room building.

The old Manotick Tea Room, which eventually became Oggi’s Restaurant, and then Manotick 360, and finally Lockett’s, was torn down last week. Eventually, a new two-storey office building for Royal LePage will sit on that site.

As the building was levelled, the demolition crews literally uncovered one of the most unique time capsules ever seen in Eastern Ontario.

The remains tell a story of Benny Goodman and the

big band era, J. Edgar Hoover and Elliot Ness searching for a hidden moonshine whiskey distillery, German prisoners of war, and the notorious gangster and bootlegger, Al Capone.

“I didn’t believe it at first and I thought it was total BS,” said Manotick resident Chris Napior, who owned the building for more than two decades.

“Gus Wersch was the head of the Manotick OPP and then the Nepean Police Service,” Napior said.

“That building had been used for a number of things over the years, including the police station. He was the one who first told me about Al Capone. Back in the 1920s and 30s, it was common knowledge in the village. The stories were passed on through the generations.”

Wersch, who was born in 1928, had heard all of the stories. There was a hidden distillery. There was a tunnel underground connecting buildings in the village. And the notorious gangster Al Capone, who made his fortune bootlegging moonshine and beer

Al Capone is believed to be the man who bootlegged Pokey Moonshine Whiskey, produced a century ago in Manotick, across the border to Ogdensburg, NY. Wikipedia photo

Workers tear down the old Manotick Tea Room building last week. The condemned building had stood since 1865. It will be the site of a new two-storey office building for Royal LePage Team Realty.

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in the prohibition era, had his fingerprints all over Manotick and a few other Eastern Ontario towns and also in Ogdensburg, NY. “I didn’t believe the stories about Al Capone in Manotick, but the more people I talked to, specifically the older people, the more stories I heard,” Napior said.

When central servicing was installed in Manotick a decade ago, an unusual discovery was made. An old tunnel under what is now Manotick Main Street was found connecting two buildings.

“Gus had told me there was a tunnel,” Napior said.

“When they were digging up Manotick Main Street to put the sewer in about 10 years ago, one of the workers asked me to take a look at something. There were two giant boulders that were at either end of a tunnel connecting the Tea Room building. According to Gus, the tunnel was used to run whiskey between the

Tea Room and the Palace Hotel, which was where the Vault is now.”

Prohibition started in Ontario in 1916, a few years before the Palace Hotel burned down.

As the village grew in the 1920s, a thriving enterprise existed a few miles east of Manotick. The Pokey Moonshine Distillery was in full operation.

Operating in a shack that was hidden in the woods near the Prescott-Bytown railway, whiskey was produced and shipped by rail to Prescott in crates labelled as “Tea”. Spirits produced in Manotick and other Eastern Ontario distilleries were sent to Prescott, where they were shipped across the St. Lawrence River to Ogdensburg, NY. Prescott was no stranger to whiskey production and exportation. The town was home to JP Wiser and his award-winning whiskey. It was also the main port for importation and exporta-

tion between Toronto and Montreal.

At the time, Al Capone was a moonshine bootlegging kingpin. There are debates as to whether or not he visited Manotick and other rural Eastern Ontario communities. It is also unknown exactly how deep his connections are in Ogdensburg. His involvement in the operations in Manotick, Prescott and Ogdensburg, as well as a few other Eastern Ontario communities, were often talked about and still are.

Capone’s success was his ability to cover his tracks in everything he was involved in. With Capone’s illegal bootlegging operations operating under the radar, nothing to this day has ever been proven.

Capone made sure there was never a paper trail or a shred of evidence about where he was, whether in the US or Canada.

Julie Madlin, who runs ogdensburghistory.blogspot.com, wrote about the

bootlegging operation in July. Madlin shared a story about her great grandfather and his involvement in bootlegging across the St. Lawrence between Ogdensburg and Prescott in the 1920s.

“At 5 a.m. on December 5, 1927, Duff Kiah and John Valois, who ran a pool hall, set out across the St. Lawrence River in a rowboat. It was cold and dark with a northwest wind and rough water,” Madlin recalled. “The men were accompanied by another man named Dan Davis. The two men never returned. It was Davis who drove John Valois’ car home when the two men failed to return. Prohibition was in full swing. It was illegal to make, sell, or transport alcohol and all along the border, families were making bathtub gin at home and crossing into Canada to buy booze for resale in their dry hometowns.”

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MANOTICK MESSENGER tea room continues from page 16 Madlin had also heard the stories of Al Capone’s involvement in the operation, but found nothing to substantiate them.

“There were stories of car chases, crossing the ice with toboggans, punts, and even airplanes. The story of Duff Kiah was not unusual until his disappearance. Duff was my great grandfather, and I grew up hearing stories about him being a ‘hackman’ (a taxi driver and delivery man) and a bootlegger.

During Prohibition, Duff, like many other people in Ogdensburg, took advantage of the closeness of Canada to smuggle liquor across the border. Sometimes, according to family legend, he hid bottles of booze underneath a load of stone in his hack. Customs agents did not want to unload the stone to check for alcohol, so he was

never caught. Sometimes he took a rowboat bringing booze back and storing it in his shed. He told his children never to go into the shed. Supposedly this liquor was sent to Al Capone, although I found no evidence of this.”

Capone has been tied to almost every community on either side of the border where a distillery once existed. In Canada, Capone is connected to Moose Jaw, Guelph, and a little ghost town in Renfrew County near Eganville called Letterkenny. Yes, Letterkenny. (Gidday Mr. Capone, how are ya now?)

Some reports have Capone using Moose Jaw and Letterkenny as hideouts in the 1930s.

However, Capone spent most of that decade in prison at Alcatraz. The connection to Guelph may be more

fiction than fact, as Capone is alleged to have been behind bootlegging Sleeman’s Beer from Guelph across the border from Windsor to Detroit, and then shipped to Chicago.

In Letterkenny, it is believed that Capone spent time there in the 1940s after being released from prison.

Capone contracted syphilis in the mid1920s, and the disease had caused brain damage to the extent that he was diagnosed to have the mentality of a 12-year-old when he was released from prison. The closest settlement to where Capone was believed to have spent time an old log structure on the unpaved Letterkenny Road near Quadville, outside of Eganville in Renfrew County.

Capone denied ever stepping foot in Canada, even though Canadian alcohol was the

J. Edgar Hoover, who was the first Director of the FBI, visited Manotick to search for the Pokey Moonshine Distillery while he and his righthand man, Elliot Ness, were building their case against Al Capone. Hoover’s cousin, George, married a woman from Osgoode and settled in the area, giving Hoover a convenient excuse to come to the area.

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staple of his empire and Pokey Moonshine from Manotick was a major supplier. His famous line was, “I don’t even know which street Canada is on.”

While it is unknown how much time, if any, Al Capone spent in Manotick, the person who spent his life chasing him definitely had ties to the area and was absolutely in the village.

J. Edgar Hoover, who was the first Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, was a nemesis of Capone’s and was intent on taking the mob boss down.

He paid a visit to Manotick in the 1920s to visit his cousin, George Hoover, who lived in the area after marrying a girl from Osgoode.

Hoover’s right hand man, Elliot Ness, travelled with him. It was Elliot Ness who eventually caught and imprisoned Capone. They couldn’t make a case against him as a bootlegger stick, so Ness got him for tax evasion.

Hoover, who headed the FBI, also headed the bureau responsible for the illegal importation and production of alcohol in the United States.

J. Edgar Hoover may not have been able to venture deep enough into the woods to find the Pokey Moonshine Distillery. Almost a century later, Ottawa historian Andrew King had better luck in finding the remains of the shack that was home to Pokey Moonshine.

“A large black car is said to have taken George and his cousin J. Edgar around the area, most likely in search of the famously secret still providing the US with a lot of ‘tea’,” said King, who has an account of his search for the Pokey Moonshine Distillery on hsi website, otta-

Ottawa Historian Andrew King found what he believes are the remains of the Pokey Moonshine Distillery, deep in the woods along the Prescott railway east of Manotick.

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In his story, he shared photos, but chose not to reveal the exact location of where the remains of the shack are.

“Using the information found from researching the story, I headed into the general vicinity of where I thought the hidden still may be located,” King said. “Walking along the long abandoned railway tracks that the whiskey was once transported on, I looked for clues in the area that may reveal some kind of moonshine operation almost a hundred years ago.”

On what King says was a hot sweltering day on a mosquitoridden path, he found an old rusty metal gate. The gate led to an overgrown path in the woods that led to the ruins of an old log cabin.

“It’s log walls had crumbled away and now lay rotting, but the crude stone founda-

tion could still be seen as well as various metal vessels and pots that were most likely were used in the distilling process,” King said.

“Sections of long collapsed tin roofing was strewn around the site that made me suspect that this was indeed the location of the Pokey Moonshine Still.”

Looking around at the remains of the site, King’s heart raced with excitement as he imagined what it would have looked like a century ago.

“Taking a moment to reflect on how this parcel of land may have looked during the Prohibition era I could almost hear the sounds of the men and women hard at work making illegal whiskey, bottling and crating it in ‘tea’ crates to the sound of a distant steam whistle from an incoming train bound for Prescott,” he said.

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Page 18 FRIDAY, November 5, 2021 MANOTICK MESSENGER tea room continues from page 17 Wersch, who passed away in 2018, had a theory that while most of the moonshine was produced for Capone’s bootlegging operation and loaded onto trains headed to Prescott and then across the river to Ogdensburg, much of the whiskey used for domestic purposes ended up at the Tea Room. The building was the largest and most popular stop on the road between Ottawa and Prescott and was a main hub in Manotick and the surrounding farms and settlements.

Al Capone and J. Edgar Hoover may or may not have been in the building during their visits to Manotick. At that time, it was a store and snack bar owned by Frank Lindsay and was also home to the local post office.

Let there be music

When the building was levelled, there were no tommy guns or rounds of ammunition found.

But when Napior bought the building, there was musical equipment, instruments, albums and drumsticks, which takes the history of the building down another rabbit hole.

Peter and Tess Krupa

bought the Manotick Tea Room in 1952. Peter Krupa was from a family that arrived from Poland, with many of his aunts and uncles settling in Chicago. One of Peter’s relatives was Gene Krupa, a famous musician, who by the 1950s was primarily working out of Atlantic City.

The average person would have no idea who Gene Krupa was. For hard core music historians, Gene Krupa is a legend. He was the drummer in Benny Goodman’s orchestra in the 1930s. He revolutionized drumming, and also recorded the first drum solo within a recorded song when Louis Prima recorded ‘Sing, Sing, Sing’ in 1937. In 1982, the song was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.

“We found clarinets and albums and drums and drumsticks – just about everything,” Napior said. “I contacted the Krupas’ granddaughter, and she didn’t know about it and wasn’t that interested. I told her this stuff was a gold mine and I was able to send a lot of it to her.”

Krupa’s influence on drumming was enormous.

He is considered the drummer responsible for creating the drumkits that are still standard nearly a century later. He founded a music school and taught many drummers who would go on to fame. One of his students was KISS drummer Peter Criss.

In the early days of television, Krupa was frequently on TV with the rat pack. His drum battles with fellow drummer and good friend Buddy Rich, which were hosted by Sammy Davis Jr., were legendary in the era.

After the war

Before the Krupa’s purchased the Manotick Tea Room, the business was known as Mandia’s Tea Room. Manotick Messenger columnist and local historian Larry Ellis has special memories of Mandia’s in the days when World War II came to an end. Ellis said Mandia’s was “the place to be” on Saturday nights. Mandia’s was the only restaurant in Manotick and was located on the original Highway 16, which was the main route between Ottawa and Prescott.

Ellis said that just after the war, a number of farm-

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ers in the Manotick Station/ Limebank area employed German prisoners of war as hired help. They helped with the chores and were given room and board plus some spending money. On Saturday evenings, they often went to Mandia’s as a place to meet other prisoners.

“I became friends with four of the prisoners, helping with their English and learned a little German in the process,” Ellis recalled. “We often played cards and the pin ball machines. The war was over and there wasn’t any animosity between the residents of Manotick and the prisoners. I feel I made a friendly difference in the lives of four young prisoners, men in their late teens or early twenties, not much older than me. They realized how lucky they were to be prisoners in Canada, and by early 1946, most had been returned to Germany. This period of perhaps six months is a good memory and an experience I won’t forget.”

The old Manotick Tea Room building is gone now.

As construction crews took it down, the memories, ghosts and legends were squeezed out of the remains in the

Famous musician Gene Krupa was a visitor to the Manotick Tea Room and he even kept some equipment in the basement of the building.

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form of dust clouds.

“It’s sad to see that building gone, but it had its time,” said Napior. “It was a central point of the village for more than a hundred years.”

Napior paused for a moment.

“If only those walls could talk,” he said.

Indeed there would have been great stories. But when it comes to Al Capone in Manotick, the walls would probably say they didn’t see a thing.

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By Larry Ellis Earliest records indicate that Richard Tighe purchased the property in 1865. Title passed to various people until Robert H. Lindsay built a store on this site in 1896; the following year, the post office moved into part of the Lindsay store. The store and post office were destroyed by fire in 1928. The property was then sold to Frank and Annie Chapman in 1929.

The Chapmans erected a small building and operated a snack bar on weekends for the next three years.

Bill and Myrtle Mandia purchased the building in 1932, changed the name to “Mandia’s Tea Room” and then added an addition in the early 40s. The jolly couple ran a thriving business as the only restaurant in town, including the first and only pinball machines.

Peter and Teresa Krupa purchased the Tea Room in 1952, changed the name to “Manotick Tea Room” and continued to operate

the business until 1988.

Very few structural changes were made to the Tea Room under the Krupa’s ownership; however, the eating area and menus were expanded to include full course meals. Until the mid 1960s, Highway 16 ran through the village, and the restaurant was more like a truck stop – probably the busiest one between Ottawa and Prescott.

In 1988, the Kuiack family leased the premises and continued the operation of the Manotick Tea Room, but with a different “flair” and “fare.” The interior was redecorated and menus matched the new design.

The new look featured fine dining, popular during the 80s; then the recession caused a down-scaling of menus and a change in concept. The “last supper” in the Manotick Tea Room by the Kuiacks was served on August 30th, 1998.

In 2001, Pasquale DiCintio opened the doors on a new Italianstyle restaurant, follow-

ing renovations that make for comfortable dining in an elegant atmosphere.

Pasquale brought with him many years of experience in fine dining, homemade pasta and other unique creations. The building, by this time, was owned by Manotick business man Chris Napior.

After DiCiento retired, Ottawa restauranteur Moishe Smith leased the building and opened a high-end steak house called Manotick 360. That business failed, and Smith partnered with John Cavanaugh to open Burgers on Main.

Eventually, Shawn Lockett took over the building to open a restaurant. Despite the renovations that had been done to the building, a burst pipe led to a flood that closed Lockett’s restaurant. The building remained vacant until it was torn down last week.

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Liam Maguire: Memories of growing up with the Manotick Tea Room The Krupa’s bought the the next day into Ottawa or place in 1952 and formally south to Prescott.

The Krupas owned the Another Manotick land- changed the name to the mark falls to the wrecking Manotick Tea Room. At the Tea Room until 1988. For ball. The building known for time, there were two pin me personally it will always decades as the Manotick Tea ball machines inside, and I be the first place our family can tell you from firsthand dined out after moving to the Room is no more.

Although it had been va- experience, these were the Kars Road in 1966. I rememcant for a number of years, greatest source of entertain- ber it vividly. At the time, it the white two-story build- ment within 20 miles in the was as fancy a place as I’d ing at 5536 Main Street was mid to late 1960s and into ever been in. My brothers and I had hamburgers, fries arguably thee second most the 1970s.

Highway 16 (Now Prince and a Coke and then raced known building in the vilof Wales) ran through the wide eyed to the pinball malage next to the Mill.

A structure was first Village until 1963, so the chines. When I think of it erected at that location in Tea Room served as a truck now – If you weren’t around 1865 and went through sev- stop as much as it did a res- then and I tried to describe eral owners and incarnations taurant for the village and the village compared to tountil it became a snack bar it served as a place for the day – it’s just amazing how in the late 1920’s. That was local sports teams to gather much things have changed.

There is not one single also the time period it was either postgame or for their first referred to as a ‘Tea banquets. Although it was person who spent any sigRoom’, but for the majority never licensed to sell alco- nificant time there who of us who have a history in hol under the Krupa owner- would not remember the and around the village pre- ship, rumour has it late at Krupas, especially Tess dating 1988 our memories night if you were staying in (Teresa). She passed away in Scotiabank Lighthouse, 100 Yonge St., 5th Floor, Toronto ON, M5C 2W1 of that place File: will always one of the rooms upstairs, a 2004 at 79 years of age, pre1607102ISNewspaperAdsPaulArnold-SecondOpinionOfferAd-Nov Workfront#: 1607102 by her husband Peter. might be found to help ceded be the time period when it bottle Trim: 5.125” x 5.5” Colours: CMYK Insertion: November 2021 you take the edge off before was owned by Pete and Tess Bleed: n/a Deadline: May 27, 2021 liam maguire you embarked on your trip Krupa.

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MANOTICK MESSENGER liam maguire continues from page 20 ‘Pete’ may have been the kindest, most gentle man I ever met in my life. A total opposite of Tess! LOL. I know underneath her gruff exterior lay the heart of an angel, but my goodness she could put the fear of God in you with one of her roars if you were acting up, or a yell for Peter to quicken his pace to get the breakfast out or for their dog to move out of the way. She was something else. Later, the Krupas leased out the back of the building for a hair salon all the while maintaining their lock on the best place to go for breakfast or a quick snack and catch up on the local gossip.

For a few years in the ear-

ly 1980s, myself and the late John ‘JT’ Daly and Norm ‘Ya you!’ Scissons would meet there every Saturday morning at 1030 am. It was the day after the night before sort of thing. Our Friday nights would always start at the Legion for Happy Hour where you’d try and drill as many of the 75c pints into you as you could before embarking on your night. The Saturday morning breakfasts at the Tea Room were instrumental in finding out what the night before activities had been.

Same three questions all the time; any fights, any ladies, any parties after? We’d finish eating and be on our way.

That all ended in 1988.

I grabbed the enclosed picture with Peter on their final Saturday of operation 33yrs ago. Main Street Manotick for me through my first couple of decades living in the area meant stopping at Lindsay and McCaffery’s and chatting up ‘ol Mr. Del McCaffery. The Royal Bank was where Leona Rushleau worked, mother to my longtime friend Paul Rushleau and who I opened my first bank account with in 1971.

Sonny’s Garage opened in 1976. The Mill Restaurant was the McEvoy house, home to a large family all of whom I knew. Charlie Cochrane lived ‘up the road’. The Kettles were at the top of

The Manotick Tea Room was a bustling place in the village in the 1950s.

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the Hill. Manotick Gift and Stationary was right where Manotick Office Pro is now and Vince Daly’s home was right behind it. The old Fina station was on Main Street and once you rolled over the hill toward Century Road, your last stop was Wilson’s Shell until Ross Nicholls opened his pizza place, Ross’s Pizza, located where the fire hall is now. But thee place, the one that stood out as much or more than any, was the Tea Room.

I learned a long while ago you can’t stop father time, progress or change. It is inevitable. Several restaurants gave it a real good go after the Krupa’s sold it notably the Kuiacks, who did a fantastic job while there. Once it was no longer the Tea Room, the old regulars congregated at Tommy’s Pizza and some could still be found at the Legion especially on a Friday night. Over time they have found their way to the Creekside Restaurant, specifically the stools around the bar.

Those 8-10 regulars combine for 600+ years in our community. If you ever want to find out what Manotick was like back in the day, drop in, introduce yourself and just ask who was around the village pre-1970. You’ll get tons of responses, stories and anecdotes. Just don’t sit in John Cronk’s chair.

As I stood there last week – by the now gaping hole in the ground talking to the construction men working the site – I swear I could see a table at the back by the washroom with an assortment of Delaney’s, Cliff Wiggins, a young Bobby Sherman, congregated around their cups

of coffee – one more time – with Tess yelling from the kitchen and Pete shuffling out with the pot for refills.

It was a great era, a fantastic time and it’s ingrained in my mind as part of my youth in the village of Manotick. RIP the Tea Room! May you live on in spirit to all you served.

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Supporting locally owned businesses is a great way to accelerate the post-pandemic economic recovery. As important as community support is to the survival of a small business, the people who own those businesses must make a concerted effort to connect with consumers and inspire that support. Technology can help business owners do that in a variety of ways. · Pay attention to mobile rankings. The SEO solutions experts at SEMrush report that roughly 72 percent of domains change rankings by one place on mobile compared to desktop, while 52 percent change by three places. That’s a significant dropoff as more and more

consumers utilize mobile search engines when shopping. The popularity of mobile searching is something small business owners should take seriously and strongly consider when devising their optimization strategies. · Strengthen your social media presence. A 2020 study from the social media marketing firm Sprout Social found that nine in 10 consumers will buy products from a brand they follow on social media. Small businesses can use that to their advantage by strengthening their social media presence, devoting some time each day to promote their offerings. Businesses also can encourage in-store customers to follow them on social media. · Prioritize customer service. Interactions with a real person will likely always remain consumers’ preference when they have questions or concerns about products and services. But that doesn’t

mean small business owners cannot still expand their customer service offerings to include customer relationship

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Unique reasons to shop at small businesses The numbers don’t lie. Locally owned businesses may be classified as “small,” but they have a big impact on the national economy.

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Business Employment Dynamics report, small businesses created 10.5 million net new jobs between 2000 and 2019, accounting for 65.1 percent of net new jobs created since 2000 in the United States. The Government of Canada reports that the number of small businesses in Canada in 2020 was far greater than the number of medium and large businesses, accounting for 97.9 percent of all

the businesses in the country.

Supporting locally owned businesses is a great way to support a neighbor, but that’s not the only attraction.

Here are several reasons to shop small.

The feel-good factor Doing for others certainly has an impact on the person on the receiving end, but also benefits the dogooders. A November 2020 survey by Union Bank found that 72 percent of Americans said supporting small businesses was more important than getting the best deals. That may be due to the feeling of helping out a fellow neighbor.

Create job opportunities Shopping at small businesses keeps those establishments afloat, and it also keeps their employees afloat.

Small businesses are the largest employers in the United States.

That’s also true in Canada, where 68.8 percent of the total labor force works for a small business. A person may never know when he or she - or a relative - will need a job. Keeping small businesses viable provides a strong job market for locals.

says $48 out of every $100 spent at a small business stays in the community. Spend the same $100 at a national retailer and only $14 stays.

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City’s Official Plan highlighted busiest month at Council in 11 years

We made it through October in what was the busiest legislative agenda I have ever witnessed in my time on Council. That is eleven years in which there has never been a busier month. The most significant item was approved last week at Council in a new Official Plan for Ottawa, which represents our most comprehensive planning document. It marks the first time that Ottawa has adopted a new Official Plan since 2003. Even then, the Official Plan was simply an amalgam of the pre-amalgamation municipalities plans.

The new Official Plan will guide growth and redevelopment in Ottawa for the next 25 years and is framed around five big policy changes: • Growth – encouraging more growth through intensification and providing

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more affordable housing • Mobility – promoting sustainable transportation and encouraging complete streets.

• Urban Design – ensuring intensification happens in ways that benefit the streets and communities involved • Resiliency – bringing environment, climate and health considerations to the forefront of planning • Economy – establishing a strong relationship between land use and economic development The new Official Plan is designed to help Ottawa become a city of connected,

green, inclusive and walkable communities, with greater density of housing, employment and services around rapid-transit hubs and along transit corridors.

Also last week, Council approved an additional funding for Ādisōke, the Ottawa Public Library – Library and Archives Canada Joint Facility. The extra funding was required due to price escalation in the Ottawa construction market. Given the implications of the COVID-19 pandemic on labour and material supply, the project schedule has been modified and the facility’s official opening has been pushed back by one year to summer 2026.

Council received an update on the Climate Change Master Plan and heard that greenhouse gas emissions generated across Ottawa decreased by 15 per cent between 2012 and 2020.

The City’s corporate emis-

sions decreased 43 per cent between 2012 and 2020, mainly due to efficiencies at the Trail Waste Facility.

This puts the City ahead of its short-term target to reduce emissions by 30 per cent by 2025.

Council approved the Community Safety and Well-Being Plan, which sets out strategies and outcomes to address the root causes of crime, social disorder and ill health, and to improve the safety and well-being of everyone in Ottawa. The plan addresses local risks to safety and well-being at the community level in six priority areas: • systems and strategies to address discrimination • marginalization and racism • financial security and poverty reduction • housing • mental well-being • gender-based violence and violence against women

The plan complements City work underway that addresses these priorities, including the 10-Year Housing and Homelessness Plan, the Anti-Racism Secretariat and the Women and Gender Equity Strategy.

In addition to everything above, Council also approved a renewed five-year strategic plan for LongTerm Care Services. The plan emphasizes a personcentred approach to care that focuses on the emotional needs and choices of residents, with consistent staffing in a household-style setting. Staff will develop a customized approach and report back with a plan to implement it.

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traffic in Manotick and the most up-to-date information on wind energy in Ottawa. While the podcast allows us to get far more in depth than this column, I will briefly summarize the items here.

On the truck issue, staff have conducted updated studies to determine volumes in Manotick and on the Vimy Memorial Bridge.

They have also looked at the types of vehicles using Manotick’s bridges.

This shows what many of us likely already know in terms of types of traffic in that it is predominantly construction related traffic. On the volumes, there has been increases both on Bridge Street and on the Vimy Memorial Bridge. It is now at the point where the volume on each is at par with one another.

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MANOTICK MESSENGER moffatt continues from page 25 The City is currently hiring a consultant to dig deeper into some of the local issues, primarily the corner of Bridge Street and Manotick Main Street and the curb jumping that continues. We expect results on that early in 2022 to determine what can be done to make that sidewalk safer for all users. Also, early in 2022, Council will discuss the policy directions for the new Transportation Master Plan. It is important that we prioritize south end connectivity in that plan to find the long-term solution. The Province is moving ahead with an environmental assessment for a new interchange at Barnsdale Road and the new Official Plan coupled with the Hard Rock Casino project should make the Earl Armstrong extension more viable than ever.

We need short- and longterm priorities to properly

address safety on Bridge Street and that is where we are focused.

We also discuss industrial wind turbines in the podcast. Through the City’s Climate Change Master Plan, the aim is net zero GHG emissions by 2050. A big part of that will be renewable energy.

One of our modelling documents shows what that looks like and includes mention of 700 industrial wind turbines. This has led some to believe that the City is planning on developing that many wind turbines in rural Ottawa.

That could not be farther from the truth. Keep in mind that our largest reduction in GHG emissions in the energy sector to date has been the closure of coal-fired power plants.

They were not located in Ottawa, but we saw the benefit. The report is simply highlighting a scenario to get to net zero, but the

elements of that scenario can swing toward other renewables and the benefits do not operate along municipal borders. Therefore, a project outside of Ottawa can provide benefits that contribute to our Climate Change Master Plan.

What we know is that the Province cancelled the Green Energy Act in 2019 giving municipalities more authority over the siting of wind power and solar projects. What we also know is that Eastern Ontario is not the strongest candidate for wind. What I can say with certainty is that the City of Ottawa is not developing wind power, nor are we working toward such an effort or finding locations where wind development could occur. In our Official Plan meeting recently, though, Council did endorse a motion to exclude prime agricultural lands for siting large-scale industrial wind turbines.

We cannot outright veto any future project, but we can provide guidance on siting. Finally, just to reiterate, there are no planned industrial wind

turbines within the boundaries of the City of Ottawa at this time.

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End of October brings back memories of the Lighthouse

The Lighthouse Dance Pavilion near Osgoode was the summer resort built on the banks of the Rideau River in 1935 by Doug Wallace and was later managed by Alf Boyd, both of Osgoode.

The Lighthouse hosted Dominion Day (July 1st) regattas, carnivals, speedboat races, diving competitions, water-skiing, picnics and dancing.

The annual opening of the Lighthouse took place

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on the Victoria Day weekend, May 24th. This was the weekend that everyone looked forward to with great anticipation; friends from Manotick, Osgoode, Kars, North Gower, Metcalfe, Richmond, Pierces Corners

and everywhere in-between came to the Lighthouse for another season of wonderful music and good times.

Dancing took place indoors in the pavilion and in summer, weather permitting, on the outdoor concrete patio.

The music was provided by a live orchestra; dancing ended at midnight with the playing of the home waltz, “Goodnight Sweetheart”.

It was customary for families to go to the Lighthouse

together, not everyone had a car of their own, so drivers were those fortunate enough to borrow the family car for the evening. Occasionally I was allowed to have my father’s car on Saturday evenings, and I went to the Lighthouse to dance. It was also customary in those days for a young man to ask a young lady if he could drive

her home after the dance; many did – one night I drove Luella home after the dance.

We sat on the veranda of her home and decided to count the starts on that clear night!

She counted many while I counted the stars in her eyes!

Many romances blossomed into long-term relationships or even just friendships like Luella and me. My memory

bank overflows as I recall many fun times and beautiful people of Lighthouse times of many years ago.

We always felt a little sad when the Lighthouse closed for the season at the end of October.

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The motion, tabled by Manotick Councillor Moffatt, corSecondary Plan rected an anomaly that As part of the Official existed for three properties Plan process, City staff re- on the east of Main Street, Community Events viewed all the Secondary north of the RBC building.

• Ottawa Futsal Club entering their 29th season indoor • Old Time Fiddle Music & Dance - East Osgoode Greely • Friday Manotick Farmer’s Christmas Market, November 13Night Country Music & Dance Club The Greely Legion Plans that exist for villages The Secondary Plan had soccer.

Youth boys & girls, women, men & coed. Players / 29th the fourth&Friday of each-month. along an instrument Assoc, First Friday of each month, invites & welcome • Ottawa Futsal Club entering season indoor • Old Time Fiddle Dance EastBring Osgoode This special edition of thetheir Manotick Farmer’s Market will feature music, giftMusic wrapping, holiday food and one ofGreelyto • Friday or neighbourhoods. Plans listed the zoning of those teams wanted. All skill levels. League starts October ends all Musicians, Dancers & Listeners. Greely Community play, or come in to sing, listen and dance. Admission is FREE. a kind gifts.boys There will sessions: midday session from 10Assoc, a.m. – 2First p.m.Friday and an of evening from 5 – 9&p.m.

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The annual Christmas is back yearsoccer/games, on Saturday and Sunday for three weekends, starting moved to this area; (and those who have experiencedMarket a supper at 5:45 this pm. Indoor crafts, or nursery the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of each month from 1:00 pm - 4:00 the Plan was updated to en- rear. The unintended impact November 20like andtoending 5. Both floors ofAlpha the Mill feature apm. variety of vendors selling significant life change), and would meet newDecember for ages 0-11.

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MANOTICK MESSENGER voice continues from page 28 And finally, Councillor Meehan got approval of a motion to review e-commerce and transhipment operations in the context of related land uses and impact of those uses. This will become part of the rural economic development strategy to ensure appropriate locations for ecommerce and distribution warehouses in rural areas.

The Plan now goes to the Ontario government for final approval. You can view all the documents at The New Official Plan |

Engage Ottawa. You can also listen to the hours of committee hearings on the City of Ottawa Council Youtube channel.

Minto Phase 3 up for approval

The next phase of the Mahogany development will be considered by Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee on November 4. This phase will see housing built further west up to the Drumlin Forest and will include mixed housing types such as bungalow

towns, single detached and townhouses. The MVCA had indicated opposition to Minto’s request to increasing the size of the buildings on the lots (from 50 and 55 to 60% of the lot coverage) and re-emphasized the need to ensure this development is in keeping with the rural character of Manotick. As a result, the only lots that will be allowed to have 60% of coverage are the townhomes and houses built on corner lots.

In addition, we confirmed that Phase 3 construction will not be able to

begin until the water main loop to connect the pipe on the north part of the island to the pipe on Main Street at Bridgeport is completed. This loop will be built along Long Island Drive and South River Drive bringing it from the north end of the island to the southern tip and across to Antochi Drive. It is anticipated that work may begin in 2023.

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There is a 100 person limit at the Legion.

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St. Mark High School student driven by passion for cars and hockey Name: Mason Otterman Age: 17 School: St. Mark High Grade: 12 Parents: Michele and Andrew Otterman; Grandfather: Robert Otterman Brother: Syd, 2nd year Carleton University Pets: “We have two cats: Max and Buddy. They’re 10 years old. They love food and people. All they want to do is eat and get attention. We also have a bonus pet. My grandfather lives in an in-law suite that is part of our house, and he has a dog named Molly.”

Pet Peeve: “I’ve had my driver’s licence a little bit longer than some of my friends, so I’ve been the one to drive people around for quite a while. One of my pet peeves is

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when they leave their garbage in the back seat of my car. It’s become a bit of a joke, and now I just hand them a bag for their garbage.”

Part-time Work: “I worked for Jordco Enterprises installing pools over the summer. I learned a lot about construction and structures. Now, on some weekends I go to work with my dad. He works at a truck transmission remanufacturing company. I do odd jobs like build skids, clean transmission housings and organize parts.”

Favourite Subject: “I’m definitely a car person, so my favourite subject is Auto Shop.

Between Auto Shop classes and my co-op placement at

Clarmo’s Garage in Metcalfe last year, I’ve learned a lot about how cars run and how to repair them.”

What do you enjoy reading for pleasure? “I enjoy reading forums online about cars.”

Accomplishments: “Most of the accomplishments that come to mind have to do with playing hockey. I felt a sense of accomplishment when I first made it on a competitive team, after starting hockey in house league.

Whether the team I’m on has won or lost at the end of each season, it hasn’t been the most important thing about playing hockey, but it has felt nice to finish in first place a couple of times. Also, when I was in grade 7, I was lucky enough to be one of four grade 7’s to make the St. Mark intermediate team.

It boosted my confidence to be part of that group. In grade 8, I received an award for MVP.”

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Live theatre returns to the area as ITR returns to the stage

ITR Theatre Company is set to return to the stage this November with SelfHelp by Norm Foster after a postponement of 19 months.

When asked, the new ITR President, Jorie Basque said, “The ITR Board felt that it was time to try to get back to some sort of normalcy and enjoy life, as long as we could do so safely.”

The move forward to live theatre has been met with excitement from both the Director and the cast. Harold Swaffield, who is both directing and appearing in Self-Help, mused, “I will admit, it has been a strange feeling being back in the director’s chair after a long hiatus.” As for moving forward with rehearsals, “Meeting my cast again for the first time in 18 months was a unique experience as well. Seeing the faces, live, come into the rehearsal space, and then actually announcing the move toward

opening was... momentus.”

But working in masks has not been easy as Harold indicated, “Expression of voice, movement and face are all idealisms that we take for granted. In acting, your face is a very expressive part of your voice as is your posture, your position on stage. Directing a show without that knowledge is difficult.”

One of ITR’s primary concerns is always the health and well-being of its cast, crew and audiences.

ITR will be following, and in some cases exceeding, the Covid requirements of the Province of Ontario and Ottawa Public Health.

With that in mind, everyone working on the show or attending must be fully vaccinated. Helen Visbach, the Producer of the show added, “Although we could accommodate a larger audience, we decided to limit the size to 80. This is to ensure

the health and safety of our audience by minimizing any bottlenecks that could occur when entering the venue.

We will also be able to arrange seating in appropriately distanced groups.”

ITR is thrilled to be bringing live theatre back to Ottawa South after such a long time. ITR President Jorie Basque said it very succinctly, “As incoming President, I am proud of the work we have done on Zoom during the height of the pandemic but there is nothing like the sound of a live audience - the applause, the laughter. We were all craving getting back to that.”

Norman Foster’s Self Help will take place at the Alfred Taylor Recreation Centre in North Gower from November 19th to 28th with both evening and matinee performances. Tickets must be purchased online at www.itrtheatre.com.

Self-Help Director, Harold Swaffield and Stage Manager, Ronald Gardner engage in discussions before the start of a rehearsal.

we didn’t have regular games because of the pandemic, but things are gradually getting back to ‘normal’. This year, I’m looking forward to being able to play against other teams again. My Dad has come to all of my games. He records them, spends lots of time editing them, and adding music and graphics. He

then posts them on YouTube for the team to watch. Sometimes, coaches use them for training also. It means a lot to me that he has spent so much time doing this over the years.

“I’ve liked cars for as long as I can remember. When I was 3, my brother and I had a battery operated Jeep. I

drove it in circles around our yard until there was a track in the grass. One Christmas, when I was about 7 or 8, I loved Toyota vehicles so much that my Mom arranged for me to go and spend a few hours at a Toyota dealership checking out all the cars. I got to choose a few for my family to test drive. I’ve al-

potter continues from page 30 Activities/Interests: “As you can see, hockey and cars are my main interests.

I’ve played hockey since I was seven. I started with the Metcalfe Jets, then switched to playing Rep B with the Russell Warriors, then the Russell/Metcalfe Canucks.

This year I’m back to playing with the Jets. Last year,

ways enjoyed learning about different vehicles. To follow up on my co-op placement at Clarmo’s Garage last year, I have a placement lined up for later this year at Low Key Performance in Greely.

They add after market parts to vehicles and tune them. I’d be very happy to have a job in a shop doing that kind of

work in the future.”

Career Goals: “I’m thinking about going to Algonquin for Auto Mechanics – but I haven’t decided yet.

I might take a gap year and work to save money for college, while I decide for sure what I want to do. More than likely, it will be something car related.”

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