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City project looks at changing way road space is allocated Laura Mueller laura.mueller@metroland.com

EMC news - The city uses benchmarks to decide when there are so many vehicles that it needs to expand a road.

Now, Ottawa is looking at creating similar benchmarks for pedestrian and bicycle traffic.

As the city looks at how to move people around downtown after the city’s underground light-rail tunnel is built and operational in 2018, managing the levels of pedestrians and cyclists in the core and ensuring there is enough space for them is a priority, said Nelson Edwards, the lead planner on the city’s Downtown Moves project.

On Sept. 5, Edwards told the city’s transportation committee that he’ll deliver an interim report in November.

But he gave a taste of some of the ideas the Downtown Moves working group has been tossing around.

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Reaching for the top Sara Minaeian, left, and Ahmad Hussein designed the logo for the city’s youth summit taking place on Oct. 12. The mountain logo represents how the youth, seniors and adults in the city can connect. To read more about the upcoming summit, see the full story on page 6.

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A group of Ottawa paddlers will travel to Washington, D.C. by rivers and lakes in an effort to promote water conservation. – Page 19

EMC news - Creating a conversation between the two ends of Rideau Street was a main theme of the public art pieces proposed for the downtown thoroughfare.

As part of Ottawa’s One Per Cent for Art program, the city will spend approximately $135,000 to install outdoor artworks along Rideau after it is reconstructed from Dalhou-

sie Street to the Cummings Bridge during this year and next.

Rideau-Vanier Coun. Mathieu Fleury said he is a supporter of the city’s public art program. “It adds some cultural, visual pieces to the street,� he said. “We always complain that there is too much concrete and streets are too heavy on cement,� Fleury said. “With the addition of tree planters and

other (things), you’re able to really ‌ beautify the street.�

The city asked artists to submit proposals for art that could unify the street, from the “downtown Rideau,� considered the urban theatre, fashion and arts district, and “uptown Rideau,� the eastern portions of residential Lowertown and Sandy Hill and where the street meets the Rideau River.

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EMC news - Overbrook’s community resource centre is getting ready to host a party to celebrate 30 years of service in the area.

The Overbrook-Forbes Community Resource Centre will hold a community event at its location at 255 Donald St. on Sept. 22 to celebrate the 30th anniversary with entertainment, activities and a barbecue.

“We are very excited to be

celebrating this anniversary with the people who help make the work we do possible – our community,” said Catherine Dubois, the centre’s executive director, in a press release.

“Our programs and services touch children, youth, seniors, adults and families. We are proud to look back and look forward to the future with all of the people who make a difference in our community – the residents of Ward 13 Rideau-Rockliffe, dedicated volunteers, partner organizations and supporters.”

The celebrations will also include the announcement of two special youth awards, recognizing the achievements young people have made in the community.

The Claude Gingras award will recognize youth who have shown perseverance in the face of challenges and the youth volunteer of the year award will celebrate youth who have given back to their community in some significant way.

The centre said it will make the awards an annual event.

Activities include a performance by local singer Maria Hawkins, a puppet demonstration and workshop from the Compagnie Vox Théâtre, a youth dance-off, face-painting and a children’s bouncy castle.

Rain or shine, the celebration will take place at the centre from 2 to 5 p.m.

The Overbrook-Forbes Resource Centre provides services to residents living in Overbrook, Forbes, Cummings, Manor Park, Rockcliffe, Carson Grove, New Edinburgh and Lindenlea.

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Youth given hand up through United Way Operation Come Home storefront to open thanks in part to Hydro Ottawa Michelle Nash michelle.nash@metroland.com

EMC news - Youth from Operation Come Home can now take an active role in changing their future thanks to targeted funding from Hydro Ottawa donated through the United Way. Operation Come Home made the announcement on Sept. 7 at its Centretown location at 150 Gloucester St., showcasing how a grant from Hydro Ottawa and United Way Ottawa’s Brighter Tomorrows Fund has made it possible to for the organization to open a new retail outlet with art and jewelry made by youth who frequent the centre.

“It is really hard to get funding for this type of space, idea,” said Elspeth McKay, executive director of Operation Come Home.

The organization received more than $9,000 to incorporate a number of small upgrades which were outlined in a 2011 energy audit. The building had insulation installed in the walls and headers, replaced toilets and installed an electronic thermostat - all of which allowed the youth-ori-

ented organization to direct their operation costs directly to services and programs.

The result, McKay said, was the storefront called Repurpose.

“We already had a jewelry business, called Beadworks and when we moved into this building, we had the retail space to expand and with this funding taking care of the other expenses, we had the opportunity,” she said.

The organization focuses on turning at-risk youths lives around through education and programs, such as the new storefront. According to McKay, this storefront gives youth a chance to find a purpose.

United Way Ottawa changed the way the way the organization allocated funding raised from its annual campaign two years ago, creating goal priorities and criteria to appeal to donors.

Hydro Ottawa, which participates in the campaign, took a portion of its donations and directed the funds towards the Brighter Tomorrows Fund, an energy efficiency improvement program.

“It is not sexy, but this funding allows organizations to im-

prove and reduce its running costs,” said Bryce Conrad, chief executive of Hydro Ottawa. “It is truly a privilege to be here and see first hand what our contributions can do.”

Rideau-Vanier Coun. Mathieu Fleury, the United Way’s 2012 campaign co-chairman, said this is what the United Way’s funding is all about targeting communities and organizations that need it.

“The Brighter Tomorrows Fund is a great example of how United Way works with organizations to achieve their business and corporate social responsibility objectives, while addressing a specific need in the community,” said Fleury. “In this case, community agencies often do not have the funds to improve the energy efficiency of their facilities, but now, thanks to Hydro Ottawa, they have access to funding.”

In the past 11 years, Hydro Ottawa and its employees have contributed more than $1 million in support of the campaign. This year, the company gave $85,696 to the fund, which was distributed to Operation Come Home and six other agencies in the Ottawa region.

Repurpose will officially open its doors on Sept. 24.

More information on the store or the organization is available at operationcomehome.ca.

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EMC news - The Lowertown Community Association heritage committee is preparing to meet with the city over the future of a potential heritage district designation for the east-end of the neighbourhood.

The committee has long sought such a designation, as many of the east end Lowertown heritage homes were demolished in the 1960s during an urban renewal project.

Now only a handful of heritage homes remain and the community association has noticed many of these homes are being bought up for potential infill development.

For residents like Nancy Miller Chenier, the co-chairwoman of the heritage and development committee, this pattern is a threat to Lowertown’s history and now is the time for action.

“Time is slipping away and we would like to know there is some kind of protection,” Miller Chenier said.

It was in the aftermath of a dispute the association lost with Claridge Homes over four townhouses in the east end of Lowertown, that the group decided it was time to defend the remaining heritage homes in the area. Since the Claridge dispute, the city, Rideau-Vanier Coun. Mathieu

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Four townhouses in the east end of Lowertown was what sparked the community to defend the remaining heritage homes in the area. The community association’s heritage and development committee will be continuing their efforts to protect heritage homes in the area.

Fleury and the association have made an effort to work together to look at providing some protection for the remaining homes.

The heritage committee is now looking for some solid direction from the city and Fleury.

“Nothing has happened since really April and we want to see a solid timeline,” Miller Chenier said, adding the important thing is to have the councillor on the community’s side to fight for the heritage in the area.

Admitting his expertise is not in heritage, Fleury said his job is to facilitate discussion

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Early work by the city’s heritage department in the area involved a volunteer study conducted by Carleton University students.

Miller Chenier said the students concluded that more detailed history and research of the area was needed.

“I can’t help but agree with the students,” she said.

“There does need to be more advocacy and community engagement to help save the remaining homes. This is a good start, but we need to build on this and mark down more of the history.”

Heritage planner Sally Coutts is working on the review of Lowertown east and found the student’s report thorough. She stated the city’s next steps will be to review the findings with the community association.

“There will not be an additional heritage study, but there will probably be some heritage designations as a result of the work undertaken by the students,” Coutts wrote in an email.

According to Miller Chenier, a heritage study would be nice, but designation for certain homes would be a step in the right direction.

“I am hoping for an indepth look at the homes, like those in Lowertown west,” she said.

Fleury’s office is committed to working with the residents, with plans to hold a meeting with the association in the upcoming weeks. The goal of the meeting will be to plan a list of priorities arising from the study conducted by the university students.

Any work which comes out of that study will be conducted with the department budget for the city’s heritage department and will be added to the heritage department’s work plan for the next couple of years.

Fleury will not place any pressure on the upcoming 2013 budget for this study.

The upside of the initial movement on creating a heritage committee and building awareness is that home owners in Lowertown East have expressed the desire to become more engaged.

“Home owners want to now help with the research, which is great,” she said.

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Fundraiser to help former Hopewell teacher Retired music instructor in need of therapy following brain surgery Michelle Nash michelle.nash@metroland.com

EMC news - After undergoing major brain surgery, friends and family of an Old Ottawa South music teacher want to use music to help her on the road to recovery.

The benefit concert is in honour of former Hopewell Avenue Public School music teacher Allison Woyiwada and will look to raise money to help with medical expenses and post-surgery therapy costs.

The concert will take place at the Southminster United Church on Sept. 22 and the money raised will help to pay for therapy and accommodation costs at the restorative program at Saint-Vincent Hospital. Woyiwada’s daughter, Marya Woyiwada, has rallied her mother’s friends, family, former students and colleagues to help.

“I sent everybody an email and didn’t have a single person say no,” Marya said. “I have no real monetary goal set for the concert, I am just hoping lots of people would open their hearts and wallets and help provide her the best

rehabilitation possible.”

Marya said that without fundraising, her mother has few options available for therapy.

“Nothing is really covered, aside from her hospital stay, everything has to be paid out of pocket,” she said.

Woyiwada taught for 28 years at Hopewell before retiring in 2008. The passionate music teacher continued to pursue her love for music with performances and directing for the Savoy Society of Ottawa.

She was diagnosed with a brain aneurysm in December 2011 and underwent surgery in May. Since the surgery, Marya said the road to recovery has been tough and watching her mother’s ordeal, Woyiwada wants to ensure once she is released from the hospital the best type of care is waiting for her.

“It has been like two steps forward and then two steps back,” she said. “It has felt a little bit like a rollercoaster ride.”

Former student and trumpeter Nick Cochrane will be among those performing at the concert.

“I immediately wanted to help,” he said. “I know with the years of teaching she has been involved with so many students, I can’t imagine it will be a problem to get people to the concert, or contribute to the cause.”

It was when he was in Woyiwada’s class that he first picked up the trumpet. Now more than 12 years later as a graduate of the University of Ottawa’s music program, Cochrane said he credits his former teacher for the inspiration to pursue a career in music.

“Studying with her has given me a really solid foundation and encouragement to keep playing,” Cochrane said.

“The amount of benefit I got, from the work she did when I was a student, defied expectation.”

Cochrane will not be the only former student performing. The Hopewell school jazz band will perform the opening number at the concert.

Tickets for the concert can be purchased at the Ottawa Folklore Centre or online at woyiwada.blogspot.ca, where a full list of the performers is available. The concert begins at 7 p.m. A trust account has also been established for Allison and donations can be made payable to Robert McMechan, marked “in trust for Allison”, 28 Glengarry Rd., Ottawa, K1S 0L5.

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Somerset Coun. Diane Holmes, whose ward comprises most of the study area, asked Edwards whether his report will look at the “level of service” philosophy as it could be applied to pedestrian and cycling traffic. While the city takes “”level of service” benchmarks for vehicle traffic very seriously, Holmes said, there is no similar metric for assessing when to add or expand pedestrian or cycling facilities.

“That’s the very crux of Downtown Moves,” Edwards said. “We will look to redis-

tribute the space in the public right-of-way … to prioritize modes that can carry more people per square metre.”

Removing a significant amount of bus traffic from downtown streets by putting light rail transit underground instead, will free up a lot of street space, Edwards said.

His study will help the city decide how best to use that space.

A key part of the project is responding to the needs of all street users, Edwards said.

For instance, Slater Street already has a lot of storefront businesses and restaurants, Edwards said, so widening the

sidewalks there would provide even more incentive for people to use that route if they are walking to get somewhere.

Albert Street, which is currently bogged down by Transitway buses, could provide good opportunities to replaces buses with bicycles and pedestrians instead of buses and cars, Edward said.

The final report will come in March of 2013 and include ideas to capitalize on the changes LRT will bring to the city’s core, including urban design solutions that can be used to co-ordinate streetscape proposals and road design after LRT is built.

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Youth get their say at city hall on Oct. 12 Photo contest leads up to summit Laura Mueller laura.mueller@metroland.com

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Two Ottawa youth who designed the logo for the Oct 12 Youth Summit – Sara Minaeian, left, and Ahmad Hussein, far right – help summit chairman Coun. Mathieu Fleury and Mayor Jim Watson reveal the logo on Sept. 6.

EMC news - Mayor Jim Watson wants everyone from street kids to student council presidents to participate in the city’s youth summit.

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find out how they charted their course to success.

That list includes the keynote speaker David Hale, founder of Social Group, digital, mobile and social marketing strategy firm. He is also on the board of the Ottawa Community Loan Fund and the CHEO social media committee.

The summit is co-organized by other local organizations, including Child and Youth Friendly Ottawa (CAYFO), which is running a photo contest in the lead-up to the Oct. 12 summit. Youth Pic Ottawa asks young residents to show off “their Ottawa.”

“What is your Ottawa and what makes it youth friendly?” asked Mandi Duhamel of CAYFO. Go to cayfo.ca to submit your digital photo and a short description of why it represents the city and what makes the city youth friendly. Submissions will be accepted until midnight on Sept. 28. The photos will be displayed during the Youth Summit.

Two local youth already had a chance to get involved by designing the logo for the event.

Greenboro resident Ahmad Hussein came up with the concept and Nepean resident Sara Minaeian refined it into the final product.

The logo depicts a mountain surrounded by a border that mimics the city’s “O” logo.

“It defines how youth will be the base of the summit,” said Minaeian, who attends Colonel By Secondary School in Beacon Hill North.

“The three peaks show how the youth, seniors and adults in the city can connect,” added Hussein.

Watson said he is always inspired by young people and he hopes the city can leverage their opinions to influence how the city makes decisions.

The event on Oct. 12 will invite 200 young people between the ages of 16 and 25 to city hall for speakers, discussions and workshops, but event chairman, Rideau-Vanier Coun. Mathieu Fleury, invited all the city’s youths to participate by watching the webcast on ottawa.ca and tweeting using the hashtag #ottyouth.

Registration is limited.

Youth can register now at ottawa.ca/youth.

“My goal is to give street kids and student council presidents and everyone in between a chance to address the shortcomings of the city,” Watson said during a launch event at Operation Come Home in Centretown on Sept. 6. “This is not going to be a monologue. It’s going to be a dialogue between youth and city council.”

The day-long event was inspired by the success of last year’s senior’s summit, Watson said when he announced the event at the beginning of the year in his state of the city address.

The Older Adult Plan and the upcoming Older Adult Action Plan were informed by the senior’s summit. Similarly, Fleury said the youth summit will lead to five to 10 tangible initiatives the city can undertake to make Ottawa more youth friendly.

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Centretown resident Anna Williams, left and Hintonburg resident Erin Roberston, right, proposed bronze sculptures of two people sharing a message via carrier pigeon along Rideau Street as part of a call for public art ideas.

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Four finalists, who each received a honourarium of $2,500, showed off their designs during an open house at the Rideau Street library branch on Sept. 5.

Mark Thompson Salem, Ont., glass artist Mark Thompson said he wanted to reflect the modernization of Rideau Street with four colourful glass beacons along Rideau Street.

The beacons themselves would be comprised of an interwoven grid of coloured glass that creates a shifting pattern as people pass by.

Each beacon would be inside a 1.1-metre glass cube atop a platform, mimicking information kiosks.

At night, the cubes would be lit from inside by blue-ish LED lighting, similar to the style of bright white streetlights that will be installed along Rideau Street. “It would give a more contemporary feel to the whole thing,� said Thompson, who grew up in Alta Vista.

Erin Robertson and Anna Williams A classical bronze sculpture of a woman and a man sharing a message via carrier pigeon was proposed by artists Erin Robertson and Anna Williams.

The duo recently completed a public art installed entitled Bellwether at the Longfields Transitway station in Bar-

rhaven, consisting of a flock of four bronze sheep and a border collie.

The Rideau Street installation would include a main sculpture of a figure at either end of the street (possibly one at Cumberland Street and one at Wurtemburg Street), with 20 bronze pigeons scattered as groups, pairs and individuals down the length of Rideau.

A female figure standing on a chair speaking into a megaphone that emits carrier pigeons would be situated in the downtown section, while a male listener would receive the message in uptown Rideau. “It is highlighting the need for communication between those two areas in our society,� said Williams, a Centretown resident. “It creates at story, a kind of narrative as well,� said Robertson, who lives in Hintonburg.

David Watson Manotick resident David Watson said his lifelong affinity for trees and their unique situation in urban environments was the inspiration for his proposal.

Watson designed three rectangular columns, each about 2.5- to three-metres tall and cast in bronze. The individually designed columns would have unique markings and a square base that would reflect the grate and interlock pavement settings that are often used to contain street trees.

The installation is a balance between “reason and spirit,�

Watson said; “reason� representing the rigid setting that contains the trees in a harsh urban environment, and “spirit� being the life force of trees and nature that people connect with. “In the city, everything is a concrete jungle,� Watson said. “I’m blown away by the symbolism (of street trees). It could be positive. It could be negative.�

Lynda Cronin Stittsville resident Lynda Cronin wants to use the international nautical symbols to express a message of “O’ Rideau� from one end of the street to the other. “They all speak to each other,� Cronin said.

The smaller sculpture at Cummings Bridge simply says “O� on a single cube using the equivalent symbol from the international code. “Rideau� would be spelled out at the other end of the street at Cumberland Street in a stack of six 75-centimetre cubes to create a 5.5-metre tall sculpture. “They are talking to each other, like vessels do at sea, and like a person would do going down Rideau Street, (saying) ‘Hey there, I am over here,’� Cronin said.

EMC news - The peak of rush hour came to a halt on Sept. 4 at 5 p.m. when a car fell into a sinkhole on highway 174.

Mayor Jim Watson announced the city found a supplier for 18 sections of sewer pipe needed to fix the damage caused by the sinkhole two days later, on Sept. 6.

The city had difficulty finding a supplier for the 3.6-metre diameter pipe. “I completely understand the aggravation that people are experiencing as everyday life is disrupted by this failure of infrastructure,� Watson said at a press conference. “We fully understand the need to get this fixed as quickly as humanly possible.�

The section of pipe under the eastbound lanes of highway 174 was slated for a $1.5million renewal and crews were on site for the first time cleaning the pipe hours before the sinkhole formed. Alain Gonthier, the city’s manager of asset management said there is no indication the crew’s work contributed to the pipe’s collapse.

The storm sewer pipe under the westbound lanes is newer,

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A car fell into a sinkhole on the off-ramp at the highway 174 eastbound exit to Jeanne d’Arc during evening rush hour on Sept. 4. dating to about 1975, and is not at risk of a similar collapse, Gonthier said. The pipe that failed was 50 years old.

The sinkhole is located on the eastbound Jeanne d’Arc off-ramp off the highway.

One car went into the sinkhole, with the only a portion of the rear bumper left above ground.

The sole occupant of the car, a 48-year-old man, was able to exit the car on his own, and was able to exit the sinkhole with help from bystanders.

After being treated by paramedics for a minor leg injury,

he was released. He declined transportation to hospital.

Fire crews and police then closed off the portion of the highway, as it came to a standstill from the 417-174 split to Montreal Road.

The eastbound section of highway 174 was to be closed for several days, according to city officials. The first two sections of pipe were scheduled to arrive in Ottawa on Sept.

7, with the remaining sections shipped throughout this week.

With files from Laura Mueller and Alex Boutilier/ Metro News

Comments gathered at the open house were submitted to the public art selection panel to help inform the panelists’ decision. The winner of the competition will be revealed within the next two weeks.

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Get electoral boundary changes right

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ndertaking the task of re-drawing federal electoral boundaries is surely daunting, but it serves to ensure all Canadians are as equitably represented in the House of Commons as possible.

While the recent announcement of a proposed federal electoral map makes several positive moves for voters in the city of Ottawa, it also fails to address an issue that many residents of this city can relate

to: the urban-suburban-rural divides.

The total number of electoral districts required in Ontario has grown by 15 to 121, triggered by 2011 census data showing this province’s population has grown by more than 1.4 million since 2001.

According to the proposal created by a federal electoral boundaries commission, a number of new ridings have been created in areas of dramatic population growth across the province. Some ex-

isting riding boundaries have likewise been adjusted.

Among them are the proposed new riding of Nepean and the renamed riding of Carleton-Kanata, formerly Carleton-Mississippi Mills.

There are positive aspects to both of these moves, but they were easy decisions to make.

Move the western border of the renamed Carleton-Kanata riding to the city limits, break off the well-populated suburban chunk of the massive Nepean-Carleton riding and

name it Nepean. Job done.

But there are missed opportunities here. Residents in rural places like Carp, Fitzroy Harbour and Dunrobin are still at the mercy of the suburban voters in Kanata. The voices of voters in Dwyer Hill, North Gower and Metcalfe are still drowned out by residents of Stittsville, Riverside South and Greely – larger, denser suburban nooks in what is mainly a rural riding.

The situation is slightly dif-

ferent in the east end, where pockets of voters in places like Cumberland, Carlsbad Springs, Vars and Sarsfield remain in the sprawling Glengarry-Prescott-Russell riding, despite the fact they pay city property taxes.

These examples stand out as missed opportunities for the commission, opportunities to ensure voters receive fair, balanced representation in the House of Commons.

Presently, it must be difficult for an MP, such as Nepe-

an-Carleton’s Pierre Poilievre or Carleton-Mississippi Mills’ Gordon O’Connor, to balance the way they represent their constituents. They are beholden to two different viewpoints, but one of those viewpoints gets them elected, the other – owing to smaller numbers – doesn’t.

The federal electoral boundaries commission should be doing its utmost to make this balancing act easier for our elected officials, so they can serve an electorate with common concerns.

If it involves redrawing the entire Ottawa electoral map to ensure the population is balanced, so be it.

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Giving a nod to the wave has no business being on a lake this size. And as you’re thinking that, he gives you a friendly wave. Oh well, you think, at least he waved.

Waving is a connection. Sometimes it’s an unpleasant connection, such as the well-known one-finger wave which usually occurs in traffic. Other times the connection is fleeting and distant. Children wave at a passing train.

Passengers wave back. What does it mean for either of them? Yet they couldn’t not do it.

The wave as “thank you� figures prominently in our daily lives. You know the situation: You’re coming out of a gas station or a side street into a heavy stream of traffic and somebody slows to let you in. When you are safely into the traffic, you wave your thanks.

With your whole hand. And you mean it.

Without people like that, willing to give up a few seconds of their busy lives, we’d be living in chaos, gridlock interrupted by some people barging into traffic and others slamming on their brakes.

There would be a lot more one-finger waving then.

The funny thing is that, even though the sacrifice we make in letting someone in is tiny, we still expect to be thanked for it. We want to see that wave. When we don’t, we are annoyed. “Wave, dammit,� we mutter from behind the steering wheel.

The same thing goes for when we hold open a door for someone. It’s certainly no trouble, but we expect thanks for it. It may be sheer vanity but it may also be that we like people to acknowledge that we exist.

Such acknowledgement is all the more important in an age when so many of our dealings are with computers, robots and other gizmos that know us only as a number, if at all.

So we wave our thanks and feel thankful for waves. Mind you, for some of us, no thanks are required. Simply doing the good deed is reward enough.

Those would be the saints among us. Too bad more of us are not like that, but then we’d all be saints and who would we look up to?

And who would we look down at?

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aving is important. We don’t do it enough either.

The other day, in one of those inevitable construction lineups on Highway 7, I watched the guy in front of me wave to the flagman as we started moving after a long delay. The flagman waved back. I waved too. He waved back at me.

It was nice. Now, what did it mean? What were we all saying to each other? The guy in front, was he saying “thanks for waving me on, for changing the STOP sign to the SLOW sign�? Or was he saying: “No hard feelings: it’s not your fault I had to sit here for five minutes.� Or was he saying: “Thanks for standing out in the hot sun all day so that all of us don’t go crunching into some construction machinery?�

What about the flag guy? Was he saying “thanks for being so patient� or was he saying “thanks for waving?�

It could have been any or all of that, or none of it. Probably what mattered most of all was that we were human beings acknowledging that we’re all in this together, which, when you think about it, we don’t do often enough.

On our lakes there is an old tradition that people in boats wave at people in other boats as they pass. Who knows what that means, perhaps something about members of the community of boaters saluting each other. The funny thing is you notice it when it doesn’t happen. And if it does happen, it can change the way you think about the other boater.

Say he’s driving some great big noisy overpowered ocean liner of a boat that you think

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Do you agree with the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s decision to cut most of its advisory committees?

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B) No. This was an isolated incident, not necessarily a sign of bigger problems.

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C) Perhaps. If the city fails to take appropriate action, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be very worried.

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Let the kids fail

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friend recently posted on Facebook that her four-year-old son botched a batch of cupcakes for his playgroup. To ward off disappointment, she baked another batch on the sly and allowed her son to pass them off as his own. He proudly marched into the playgroup party the following afternoon, bragging about his newly acquired baking skills, nonethe-wiser about his mom’s stealth cooking exercise.

Reactions from our mutual friends ranged from “That’s so sweet!” to “You’re the best mom ever!”

But I think she missed a golden opportunity.

What if, instead of protecting him from his failure, she had told him overtly that he had failed? What if they had spent the next half hour discussing the reasons why the cupcakes didn’t rise in the oven? What if they had tried to find ways to make the failed batch into something successful – a little icing to hide the flat tops, perhaps?

What if they had baked the second batch together to see

BRYNNA LESLIE Capital Muse if they could correct their mistakes from the first round?

The takeaways from this innocent little baking exercise could have been far more rewarding. Like science experiments, cooking offers a chance to learn how to deal with failure in a relatively safe space.

And according to a new book by author and Canadian-born journalist Paul Tough, learning to handle adversity when we’re young may mark the difference between our ability to sink or swim as adults. In How Children Succeed, Tough provides an overview of neurological and psychological research studies that seem to suggest how well we eventually cope – in school, work and society -- comes down to certain personality traits we acquire as

children – notably, curiosity, persistence, grit, self-control, delayed gratification and conscientiousness.

Unlike cognitive skills that can typically be taught through rote learning

and measured by IQ and standardized tests, these noncognitive functions are harder to assess and perhaps even more difficult to teach. As the above cupcake example demonstrates, fostering these personality traits can take time.

And it can be difficult, if not impossible, to acquire these skills in our middle-class world where there seems to be no room for failure.

The paradox – and the subject of Tough’s book, which is essentially about education reform in the United States -- is that a lot of kids face adversity every day. Poverty, violence and substance-abuse are the norm for many children. What Tough sought to figure out is why some kids

in these environments emerge to become highly functional adults – as measured by their ability to hold down jobs or acquire post-secondary degrees –- while others seem stuck in the endless cycle of generational poverty.

Tough cites a number of sociological experiments that suggest that emphasizing things like problem-solving, empathy and morals early on can make all the difference.

To put my own spin on his findings, it would seem that kids who face adversity, but are taught ways to deal with it, emerge with a lot more “grit,” to use Tough’s word, which is essentially the resilience to deal with life’s sometimes harsh realities.

On the other hand, those who face daily adversity in an unsupportive environment and those sheltered from failure – such as the majority of kids in middle-class families – don’t seem to have what it takes to eventually become well-functioning adults.

It’s difficult to say how much impact parents can have on their children’s character development. Given the number of external influences that contribute to the shaping of personality, it’s likely minimal. But at the very least, it’s worth thinking about how to provide opportunities for our kids to botch something completely once in a while.

Flat cupcakes may just be a good place to start.

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The 8th annual Old Ottawa South Art and Music Festival will take place on Sept. 15 and 16.

Art, music festival promises to entertain Michelle Nash michelle.nash@metroland.com

EMC news - The Old Ottawa South Art and Music Festival returns later this month for a weekend filled with sights and sounds for the whole family.

Now in its eighth year, the two-day festival will be held in Windsor Park on Sept. 15 and 16. This year, 40 artists will set up booths at the festival, which hosts artists and musicians from Ottawa and the surrounding region.

The festival, started as Old Ottawa South’s own version of Art in the Park, has grown into what organizer Susan Phipps said a family-fun affair.

“Try to have something always fun for the whole family,” Phipps said. “We want it to be fun for everyone.”

The artists who show at

the festival must meet two requirements, the art work must be original, created by the artist and it must fit into the acceptable media requirements, such as a painting, drawing, mixed media, photography, sculpture or pottery.

Singers, fiddlers, jazz bands and a drumming ensemble will be among the performers to take the stage during the two-day event. Phipps said the music is specifically chosen to create a relaxing atmosphere.

“It is so nice; people come out to just hang out, to sit in the grass,” she said.

A full list of performers is available on the festival’s website at oosartandmusic festival.ca. Food will be available to purchase from Old Ottawa South businesses Life of Pie and Joy of Gluten Free.

The event runs both days from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The rain or shine festival is free.

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An active population makes for a healthy community so twice a year the City of Ottawa opens the doors to our ďŹ tness facilities! All residents are invited to enjoy a group exercise class and our ďŹ tness conditioning centres free of charge. Discover all the great programs and ďŹ tness amenities available in your own community.

From September 17 to 23 you are invited to participate in our aquaďŹ tness, cycling/ spinningÂŽ and group ďŹ tness classes or workout in our ďŹ tness centres FREE of charge! Come give us a try and see how Ottawaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Parks, Recreation and Cultural Services can become a part of your daily, active living routine.

Not sure where to start? Take a look at what each of our participating recreation complexes has to offer by visiting www.ottawa.ca/tryit . Select the facility you wish to visit and see the impressive list of options available to you. Need more of a personal touch to navigate through all this? Drop into a recreation complex in your neighbourhood and ďŹ nd out how we can meet your ďŹ tness needs and preferences.

Our knowledgeable staff will gladly take the time to introduce you to all the exciting programs and ďŹ tness options available to you. Our certiďŹ ed ďŹ tness instructors are focused on customer service and work hard to meet the needs of their community.

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We invite you to try before you buy and discover a new and healthy you! www.ottawa.ca/tryit

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Terry Foxâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s brother, Fred, helps launch Terryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s CAUSE (College and University Student Engagement) at Carleton University.

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Marathon of Hope runnerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s brother speaks to students Eddie Rwema eddie.rwema@metroland.com

EMC news - Fred Fox offered students at Carleton University a message of hope on Sept. 6 and urged them to work hard to keep his brother Terryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s dream alive.

Thirty-two years ago, Terry Fox captured the imagination of the country with his Marathon of Hope. This fall, students at universities across Canada are uniting to celebrate his legacy and raise money for cancer research. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It is important that students realize that it doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t matter what age you are at, it is still important to continue what Terry started and raise money to find cure for cancer,â&#x20AC;? Fred Fox told students on Sept. 6, as Carleton joined the effort, called Terryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s CAUSE - College and University Student Engagement.

Eight Canadian universities are part of the initiative that will see them hold a major campus event that includes runs and other fundraisers with all proceeds going to the Terry Fox Foundation.

Carleton will join with students from the University of Ottawa for a joint run that will

take place on Sept. 16 Terry was 18 years old when he was diagnosed with bone cancer and forced to have his right leg amputated 15 centimetres above the knee in 1977.

While in hospital, Terry was so overcome by the suffering of other cancer patients, many of them young children, that he decided to run across Canada to raise money for cancer research. He called his journey the Marathon of Hope. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It is not just about research and finding a cure for cancer, he was showing people you could accomplish anything if you give all you have,â&#x20AC;? Fred Fox said.

As provincial director for The Terry Fox Foundation in British Columbia, Fox said he has witnessed first-hand the impact his brotherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s legacy had on countless supporters and cancer research.

Fox spoke of the importance to continue what his brother started in 1980. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I am proud of the passion that people have for Terry,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are proud that so many people look up to Terry and are inspired to have their own hope in the things that they are doing.â&#x20AC;?

Terry started his run in St. Johnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, N.L., on April 12, 1980. Enthusiasm grew and the money collected along his route began to mount. He ran 42 kilometres a day through Canadaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Atlantic provinces, Quebec and Ontario.

However, on Sept. 1, after 143 days and 5,373 kilometres, Terry was forced to stop running outside of Thunder Bay, because cancer had appeared in his lungs. He passed away on June 28, 1981 at the age 22. â&#x20AC;&#x153;After being diagnosed with cancer for the second time, Terry said the Marathon of Hope must continue without me,â&#x20AC;? Fox said of his brotherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s historic run. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He passed a baton to thousands of people creating a legacy that is 32 years running.â&#x20AC;?

Despite Terryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s young age, Fox said he had an incredible vision. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He learned young that life was precious and short and believed cancer provided him with a purpose,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;His message was a call out for people to unite and work together.â&#x20AC;?

Fox urged students to work hard. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You guys are making a difference. If it wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t for people like you, Terryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s dream would have faded long time,â&#x20AC;? he said.

Will Johnson, one of the run organizers at Carleton said Terry is an inspiration to them all.

Ottawa Hospital Research Instituteâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s John Bell said while great strides have been made in cancer research in the past 30 years, there is still much more to be done.

More than $600 million has been raised in Terryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s name in the past 32 years.

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Brighter tomorrows for our community Giving back to the community has always been a core part of Hydro Ottawa’s mandate

For the past 11 years, Hydro Ottawa and its employees have generously contributed more than $1 million in support of United Way Ottawa’s Community Campaign. The corporate matching dollars from Hydro Ottawa’s campaign are directed to its Brighter Tomorrows Fund.

Brighter Tomorrows Fund grants help agencies who serve people who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless invest in energy-efficient technologies and products. As a community company, contributing to the well-being of Ottawa has always been a part of Hydro Ottawa’s core mandate. By working with the United Way, we can ensure that the dollars we donate are truly making the biggest difference in our community.

Bryce Conrad President and Chief Executive Officer

2012 Hydro Ottawa Brighter Tomorrows Fund grant recipients and special guests.

Thanks to the success of our 2011 United Way campaign, this year Hydro Ottawa has awarded $85,696 in grants to the following agencies:

BENEFITS OF GRANT: Installation of new ENERGY STAR fans in the common areas of five homes.

Operation Come Home provides programs to homeless youth to help prevent them from becoming homeless adults by assisting them to reach their goals, through school and work opportunities, housing, outreach and clinical supports.

BENEFITS OF GRANT: Reduction of energy costs by installing programmable thermostats, weather stripping and upgrading the insulation at its facility that helps homeless youth.

Multifaith Housing Initiative provides and promotes safe, affordable, well-maintained housing for people who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless.

BENEFITS OF GRANT: Replacement of 15 old refrigerators with energy-efficient models. This will save low-income tenants about $60 per year in electricity costs.

Options Bytown provides community-based, affordable housing and support services for people who need to live independently due to a history of homelessness, mental illness, addictions, concurrent disorder and lack of life skills.

BENEFITS OF GRANT: Installation of energy-efficient windows at an apartment complex for people at risk of homelessness.

BENEFITS OF GRANT: Replacement and repair of window hardware.

Ottawa Salus offers affordable, supportive housing and community support services to people with mental illness who are homeless or at risk of being homeless.

BENEFITS OF GRANT:

Shepherds of Good Hope serves the needs of the homelessness, including temporary shelter services, supportive and transitional housing, and support services such as the Soup Kitchen, grocery and clothing programs, evening drop-in and the Christmas Hamper program.

Installation of one new boiler ensuring comfort for tenants in these supportive housing apartment buildings.

BENEFITS OF GRANT: Modifications to stoves to improve the safety and efficiency of the appliances.

Thank you Hydro Ottawa employees for being engaged in our community and for making our community stronger!

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Annual house tour offers glimpse of Glebe design Fundraiser aimed to help local youth neighbourhood activities group Michelle Nash michelle.nash@metroland.com

EMC community - Six home owners in the Glebe will open their doors to the public to help raise money for youth programming in the neighbourhood.

The 12th annual Glebe House Tour takes place on Sept. 16 and allows interested individuals the chance to check out six unique homes in one of the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s historic neighbourhoods.

The money raised goes towards programming for the Glebe Neighbourhood Activities Group, which runs programming at the Glebe Community Centre.

Clare Rogers, volunteer coordinator for the group, said this tour is the organizationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s second largest fundraiser.

The event is used to keep costs reasonable for programming at the centre and according to Rogers the event usually raises around $15,000, with all the proceeds directed to the centre.

She said some of the programs are in desperate need for funding and this event helps ďŹ ll the gap. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The youth programming is typically at a loss, but it is important to have something, some kind of activities for them to do after school,â&#x20AC;? Rogers said.

More than 80 volunteers are needed to make the event run smoothly and Rogers said is not possible without the help of Suzanne McCarthy, the Glebe House Tour chairwoman.

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Featured homes â&#x20AC;˘ 125 Third Ave. â&#x20AC;&#x201C; A completely renovated 1920s home, with a focus on green-energy and sustainability â&#x20AC;˘ 16 Thorton Ave. â&#x20AC;&#x201C; A renovated home with an open-concept main floor and home office. The home owners say the home was designed for their life and they use every bit of the space. â&#x20AC;˘ 529 Percy St. â&#x20AC;&#x201C; A home built in 1907, this house offers a look at historical architecture with modern design. â&#x20AC;˘ 384 Third Ave. â&#x20AC;&#x201C; A home with a strong focus on energy conservation, but keeping the heritage look and feel in design of the home. â&#x20AC;˘ 356 First Ave. â&#x20AC;&#x201C; The newest home on the tour, built in 1952, this home has been completely transformed. â&#x20AC;˘ 186 Glebe Ave. â&#x20AC;&#x201C; A home built in 1907 has a master retreat for the parents of three, a grand piano and art from around the world.

volunteers have been working since March to prepare for the event.

The ďŹ rst step, McCarthy said, is to ďŹ nd home owners willing to allow more than 500 people check out their homes. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We would love to have a selection to choose from, but that doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t seem to happen,â&#x20AC;?

McCarthy said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We take what we can get and this year, it seems like we have a great selection of homes.â&#x20AC;?

The committee puts the word out at the community centre, on the groupâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s website, at area businesses, at local schools and playgrounds to ďŹ nd out which home owners are interested in participating.

This year, the homes vary in size and style, including a completely green-friendly home. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It is a nice mix this year,â&#x20AC;?

McCarthy said.

She has been a volunteer for the house tour for the past four years and said she thinks the tour is successful because people are always interested in how other home owners deco-

rate or renovate their homes.

On the day of the event, job is to set up volunteers at each home, packed with information about design, architecture and renovation information.

Hand outs will also be available, with detailed information about the paint colours, sources for materials and contact information for designers or contractors will be available for each home.

The tour offers a complimentary shuttle bus and free refreshments at the Glebe Community Centre. McCarthy said the shuttle and the refreshments are donated, to ensure all the proceeds from the event go directly to programming at the centre.

Tickets for children 12 and older as well as adults cost $25 and can be purchased on the Glebe Neighbourhood Activities Groupâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s website at www. gnag.ca. All ticket holders have a chance to win one of two home decorating consultations which will be drawn during refreshments at 2:30 p.m. at the Glebe Community Centre.

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Sometimes you just have to get your hands dirty

Easy-to-make ‘mother sauce’ has unlimited possibilities

Everyone knows the creative process can be rewarding and fulfilling for adults without being messy. But, let’s face it: sometime getting your hands dirty is half the fun. It’s not just for kids anymore.

Whether you want your creativity to be mucky and yucky, or clean and pristine, there is bound to be something interesting near you listed in the City of Ottawa’s Recreation eGuide available at ottawa.ca/recreationguide.

There is probably no better way to make a mess than through pottery.

Artists at the Nepean Visual Arts Centre produce more than 50,000 pieces of art each year. This year, some of them can be yours. Think about Discovering Your Voice in Clay, Sculptural Handbuilding or maybe a Wheel and Hanbuilding Combo.

For a splash of colour in your work area there are painting classes of various media offered across the city. Whether you are a beginner or an expert, you can work with oil, acrylic, watercolour or mixed media, explore abstract expression or classic portraiture.

Does Canvas and Cocktails sound appealing?

For something artistic and practical, learn to make a table, tray or mirror frame mosaic. Using stained glass tailored to suit the individual (beginner or improver), learn about techniques and materials and take home the completed project of your choice.

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Don’t worry, if you really want to keep your hands clean while being creative, there are several classes available across the city and in your neighbourhood that involve drawing, sketching, calligraphy and creative writing.

The art of photography, which used to be messy, may have gone digital in recent years, but there are still plenty of opportunities to explore this medium in City classes. Get an introduction to the medium, sharpen your skills or simply learn how to Take Your Camera for a Walk.

Fall Classes are starting now!

Browse online at ottawa.ca/recreation to discover affordable fall and winter programs. Visit your favourite facility where knowledgeable and friendly staff will help you discover your next adventure. You can also call 3-1-1 for more details.

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• 2 tbsp. butter or margarine • 2 tbsp. flour • 2 cups milk • 1/2 tsp. butter or margarine • 1/2 cup frozen peas • 1/2 medium onion, chopped • 2 cans (213 gram) salmon, drained • salt, pepper to taste Use a microwave-safe bowl or a measuring cup that holds four cups. In the bowl, melt two tablespoons of butter or margarine on high for 40 to 50 seconds. Stir in the flour until it forms a smooth paste.

There’s no need to cook this mixture.

Add the milk all at once and stir well. Microwave on

high, uncovered, for four to five minutes. During this time, stir the sauce once every minute, scraping around the bottom of the bowl to mix in all the flour paste.

When the sauce is slightly thickened, cook it one to two minutes longer on high. This time, stir the sauce every 30 seconds to prevent lumps from forming and the sauce from boiling over. The sauce is done when it’s thickened and bubbly.

If you’re making creamed salmon on toast, place the half teaspoon of butter, frozen peas and onion in a small microwave-safe dish. Cover and cook on high for two minutes.

Stir the onion mixture and the salmon into the white sauce. Cook on high for one to two minutes longer, stirring every 30 seconds, to heat the salmon.

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Blue sugar bowl was sometimes lacking

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here was no doubt about it, Father needed a new suit.

The only one he owned was threadbare, and even though he hadnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t grown an inch, the cuffs on the legs were above his ankles.

No doubt because Mother had tried to wash it one Monday and now even the sleeves were too short. There was no getting around it. He needed a new suit, and the ad in the weekly Renfrew Mercury was just what the doctor ordered â&#x20AC;&#x201C; three pieces for $14. Father said there was no money for such frivolity. Mother said going to the Lutheran Church on Sunday dressed like a tramp raised the purchase well above frivolity.

I knew Mother had waited until the big wood box of hand-me-downs had come from Aunt Lizzie in Regina to make sure there wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be something suitable from Uncle Jack. But as always, whatever Uncle Jack once wore had to be severely altered before it would fit Father. Uncle Jack was about Fatherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s height, but there the similarity ended.

My sister Audrey said he looked like a pineapple. I have no idea how she knew what a pineapple looked like, because I never knew one to come into the house, but I did know Uncle Jack was more round

MARY COOK Mary Cookâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Memories than long. His arms were huge and hung well below his hips, and it always looked like he was carrying a bag of grain under his jacket. Without altering the suit, you could put at least two of Father in it.

suits, after being taken apart, became jumpers or skirts for my sister and me.

The Mercury had come in the middle of the week and Mother said there was just about enough money in

It would be a long time before the blue sugar bowl had in it enough for what Father called a frivolity like a new suit.

Sunday morning saw him at the Lutheran Church in the same old suit he had worn for years.

Now Mother, when she moved to the farm out in Northcote, tried her best to master the old pedal Singer sewing machine and she did well on simple things like clothes for Audrey and me, making aprons and even simple house dresses out of Dan River cotton, but when it came to trying to make Father fit into one of Uncle Jackâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s suits, she failed miserably.

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the blue sugar bowl in the back-to-the-wall cupboard to buy the suit. What was lacking would be made up when Mother peddled her eggs, butter and chickens on Saturday in Renfrew. So it was decided Saturday was the day Father would be getting his new $14 suit. The excitement ran high that week in our old log house in Northcote.

That didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t mean we could ease off on the work-

load. Chores were done as usual morning and night in the barns and Mother made sure my sister Audrey and I kept up with what was expected of us in the house too. But youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d think we were all getting a new outfit, not just Father, as the day of this major purchase drew closer.

Mother took the blue sugar bowl out of the cupboard a few days before we were to head into Renfrew. She dumped the coins out on the kitchen table with a couple crumpled $1 bills. Then she moved the money over to the top of the ice box and stacked the coins in little piles on top of the bills. The blue sugar bowl went back into the cupboard. She figured sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d have to sell at least four chickens, five or six pounds of butter, and six dozen eggs to make up the difference between what was sitting on the ice-box and what the suit would cost.

The day before we were to head into Renfrew, just before we were to sit down to eat at noon, Father came into the kitchen with a long piece of harness in his hands. He stood silently at the back door, never taking his eyes off it. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Broke. Just as I was putting it on Queenie. This is the piece I have fixed at least a dozen times. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m afraid it wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t take another fixing. Canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t use the team without it.â&#x20AC;?

He didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have to say any more. Mother went to the ice box and slid the coins into her hand with the bills. She looked at it for a minute and walked over to the door and handed it to Father. It would take just about all of it to replace the worn-out harness that should have been replaced long before. Horses and their harness meant survival back in the 1930s. A farmer couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t farm without either.

Nothing more was said about the $14 suit. We went into Renfrew as usual on Saturday for our few supplies, bought only after Mother made her house calls along the back streets of the town with the cleaned chickens,

butter and eggs. That day she had sticky buns as well.

It would be a long time before the blue sugar bowl had in it enough for what Father called a frivolity like a new suit. Sunday morning saw him at the Lutheran Church in the same old suit he had worn for years.

Mary Cook will be speaking about the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Joy of Memoriesâ&#x20AC;? at the Friends of the Experimental Farm annual general meeting on Sept. 19. All are welcome to attend this free event at the Neatby Building, located at Carling Avenue and Maple Drive. Call 613-2303276 or visit friendsofthefarm. ca for more information.

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Paddling from Ottawa to Washington Local group canoeing from capital to capital

Play Ball Hockey with a Gee-Gee With the possibility that a lockout may standstill the activities of the National Hockey League (NHL) and those of the Ottawa Senators, the players of the Gee-Gees womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ice hockey team are preparing for another season of Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS), which is very exciting!

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EMC news - A group of Ottawa-area paddlers are making the trek of a lifetime, paddling in a canoe from Ottawaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Victoria Island to Washington, D.C. as a part of the Capital to Capitol by Canoe trip.

Covering about 50 kilometres a day, the group will paddle on rivers, lakes, canals, harbours and bays, Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll cover the St. Lawrence Seaway, Lake Champlain, the Hudson River and Chesapeake Bay, and anticipate arriving in Washington in six weeks.

The group is diverse and varied, ranging from Westboro canoe adventurer Max Finkelstein and his 13-year-old son Isaac, to American paddlers meeting with the crew along the way.

Some of the paddlers have been friends for years, while others are just getting to know each other now as teammates.

Their reasons for taking the trip are as diverse as the crew, but they primarily focus on respect for water as a resource and the protection of the waterways and history surrounding them. â&#x20AC;&#x153;What brought us together is, despite our backgrounds, we all recognize water as the most valuable resource,â&#x20AC;? said paddler Nicholas Tilgner, who has worked as a guide on the Yukon River.

Group members hope they can draw attention to the need to restore the rivers by making the trip, which is supported by the Canadian

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Glebe residents Clive Doucet, left, a former city councillor, and John Horvath pose at Petrie Island with the boat they are using for the trek.

Wildlife Federation.

This includes Canada and the United States working together to have ecologically healthy rivers running between the two countries.

Dot Bonnenfant, one of the paddlers, said that there is a forgotten history along many of Canadaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s waterways.

The group incorporated this information into the ofďŹ cial launch, made from Victoria Island on Aug. 5.

As the trip is dedicated to Algonquin elder grandfather William Commanda, his daughter, Algonquin elder Evelyne Commanda was at Victoria Island to perform a blessing.

Victoria Island was the launch site for the group because it has been the traditional spiritual meeting ground for the Algonquin people for

centuries; many of whom travelled the Ottawa River. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is pretty important history to us, and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lost. People take this for granted,â&#x20AC;? said Glebe resident and former city councillor Clive Doucet as he motioned to the Ottawa River.

The ďŹ rst-day paddle saw them travel to OrlĂŠans, where they camped at Petrie Island, hosted by volunteer group: Friends of Petrie Island.

It wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t far from home for Beacon Hillâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Norm Radford, who is ready for the entire journey from one capital city to another.

Now retired, Radford has participated in long distance cycling trips and is a former marathon runner. He said heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s looking forward â&#x20AC;&#x153;to an adventure of a lifetime (for) such a worthy and important cause.â&#x20AC;?

The group will change as

the trip goes on, with some members joining for certain legs, and other guest paddlers joining in for several days at times.

The 11-metre canoe will hold eight to 12 paddlers at a time, and will occasionally leave the water when needed to drive to the next river or passageway on the groupâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s route.

Tourists may be in for a shock they see the canoe approach the New York harbour, which will likely be the most challenging part of the route, said Tilgner, with a sharp contrast to the remote northern routes he is used to navigating. â&#x20AC;&#x153;No one makes this kind of trip, ever. This will be the ďŹ rst time as far as we know, that anyone has ever done this,â&#x20AC;?

Doucet said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a way of keeping our rivers healthy.â&#x20AC;?

Thank You for Choosing Health.

Players from the womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ice hockey team will offer a ball hockey clinic at Le Patro dâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Ottawa on September 22nd from 10am to 12pm. Young people that wish to participate are asked to wear gym shoes and bring a hockey stick and hockey gloves if possible.

Young people in our community will be given the chance to play with members of the womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ice hockey team. It will also be an opportunity for participants to meet athletes who proudly represent our community on and off the ice. If you wish to participate in the ball hockey clinic, please contact my office by telephone at 613-580-2482 or by email at mathieu.fleury@ottawa.ca.

The basketball clinic last year was a huge success! As a result of this success, my office is working with the Department of Athletics at the University of Ottawa to establish an ongoing partnership between Gee-Gees sports teams and the Rideau-Vanier community.

The womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ice hockey team will begin their regular season on October 12th on home ice against their long time rivals the Carleton University Ravens. The menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ice hockey team will play their first match at the University of Ottawaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sports complex on October 13th against the Trois-Rivières Patriots.

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Youth, tutors to walk for education in Centretown Michelle Nash michelle.nash@metroland.com

EMC community - Tutors and their students will put down their pencils and pick up their walking shoes for the Centretown tutoring service’s annual walk-a-thon.

The Walk for Education gets underway from Jack Purcell Park on Sept. 15 and is in support of Black Star Tutoring program. The walk is aimed helping raise money for the tutoring program, which is operated through Jaku Konbit, an education and community non-profit organization.

Ken Campbell, the president of the organization, said the service helps allow students to reach their full potential.

“The program is mobile, tutors go to the students and offer their services,” Campbell said. “This walk is all about raising awareness and much needed funds for the program.”

Campbell said the mobile nature of the program makes it more assessable for students who need the help.

This will be the second year the Black Star Tutoring program has held the walk-athon.

All the money will go directly to cover operating costs

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Jaku Konbit, an education and community non-profit group, is holding a walk-a-thon on Sept. 15 to help raise money for its Black Star Tutoring program. of the program.

The one-to-one tutoring service is for students in Grades 3 to 12, providing in-home tutoring services for students who are having difficulties in school subjects. The focus is on math, science and English and French studies.

The students get matched with a university student or professional educator for the school year. Following the lead of Jaku Konbit, the service has a strong focus on helping underprivileged students as well as recent immigrants in the Ottawa-Gatineau

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The tutor-student pairing is decided through a lengthy process which involves input from both parents and students, who have the opportunity to meet with the tutor to make sure everyone feels at ease with one another.

The walk starts at 9 a.m.

Refreshments and entertainment will be offered after the walk at 10:30 a.m. to noon.

For information on the program or to register for the walk, residents can call 613567-0600 or visit www.jakukonbit.com.

Ottawa’s only living history museum is looking for volunteers to unsettle the past and venture into the shadows.

Join the cast of the Haunted Historic Village and sign up on

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Sheeba is a very loving and respectful dog and she would appreciate the same treatment in return. She’d rather not live in a home with cats, but enjoys the company of other canines. She needs to live in a singledwelling home with a fully-fenced yard. Due to the law in Ontario concerning her breed, this is not negotiable.

ID#A138025 Chanel is a spayed female, torbi Domestic Shorthair cat who is about four years old.

She was surrendered to the shelter by her owner on August 27.

Chanel loves to play with toy mice that rattle, and has been known to enjoy sitting or sleeping beside her human companions. She also loves neck rubs!

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Microchips provide a permanent means of pet identification that will not fade or be lost over time. Owner information can be accessed electronically and immediately, to help ensure a quick return of the lost pet.

I love to be outside watching the birds and the squirrels. On the weekends my owners Helen & Kaz take me up to our cottage where I have so much fun running around the pool chasing the chipmunks. I especially love to to for long rides on our Pontoon boat looking for other dogs and ducks along the shore line.

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Bittersweet B final win for Blair in London Carleton University student’s first time at Paralympic Games Dan Plouffe

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And that’s precisely what played out in London, but the big surprise was that Canada’s LTA4+ mixed coxed four adaptive rowing team was racing in the B final for seventh to 12th place.

Canada won the race in three minutes, 31.17 seconds – close to one second ahead of France. But make no mistake – the Canadian team’s performance in London was a bitter disappointment on the heels of gold and silver medals at the 2010 and 2011 world championships, although they did get to end their Paralympic experience on positive note.

“Obviously given our track record, we wanted to be in the A final,” Blair said on the dock at Eton Dorney. “But that wasn’t in the cards, so we all needed to reset and come here today focused with a new goal, and that’s what we did.

“It was a good confident, relaxed feeling warming up.

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other competition he’d previously participated in, and that turned out to be the case when he made his Paralympic debut on Friday, Aug. 31.

“My first race going down, I knew I would get a surge of energy just by knowing where I am, hearing everything that’s going on,” recounted Blair, whose team was over six seconds behind eventual gold medalist Great Britain in the heats to miss the lone automatic qualifying position in the final.

“My focus was on being as technically clean as possible,” the Ottawa Rowing Club member added. “By the end of the race, I had so much energy still that I could give from absorbing everything that was coming from the crowd. It’s been pretty incredible.”

The repechage round on Sept. 1 was when the big letdown came for the Canadians.

With two more places available in the final, Ukraine and China both beat Canada to the line in 3:23.53 and 3:25.03, compared to Canada’s 3:28.82.

“It was disappointing, especially because we were in contact,” said the Merivale High School grad who now studies humanities at Carleton University. “If we had our best race, I think we could have qualified.”

Blair said it wasn’t so much a case of the Canadians racing poorly, it was just that their competition enjoyed standout races.

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David Blair, right, and the Canadian mixed coxed four adaptive rowing team got to finish their Paralympics with some smiles as they won the B final at Eton Dorney in London.

“The level stepped up,” added the rower who is visually-impaired and wears a blinder so that he’s not able to see at all. “If you look at our times, they’ve been pretty consistently around there. It was more that other crews from

other countries upped the bar in a big way and we weren’t capable of responding.”

Despite the disappointment, Blair sounded somewhat at peace with the result.

The 20-year-old was already thinking about the future and

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“I spent every day trying to get ready for these Games,” he said. “About a week ago I realized I never want to stop improving. I’m never going

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Bordeleau tours Beacon Hill-Cyrville Ward High-speed traffic a top concern Brier Dodge brier.dodge@metroland.com

EMC news - Ottawa police Chief Charles Bordeleau got a tour of the Beacon HillCyrville Ward from Coun.

Tim Tierney on Aug. 31.

The tour took two-and-ahalf hours and covered a range of issues in the ward. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We basically went around the ward and I collected feedback from residents on where they ďŹ gured some of the hot spots were,â&#x20AC;? Tierney said.

Overall, Tierney said the top concern in the ward is speeding.

On Sept. 4, he said he noticed an increased police presence in several residential areas that complained of speeding, most of which were also school zones. They also discussed fast trafďŹ c on Blair Road, speciďŹ cally between Ogilvie and Montreal roads. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Obviously number one on the list is speeding,â&#x20AC;? Tierney

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They also visited the NCCowned boat launch on Blair Road, where late-night noise has been an issue.

Tierney said itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just usual teenage shenanigans on Friday and Saturday evenings, but they discussed the idea of patrol cars doing checks on a more regular basis.

Along Cyrville Road, several businesses have dealt with recent break and enters. They went to one of the businesses that had suffered a break-in, M&T Glass. They discussed options to make break and enters more avoidable, such as putting up extra lighting in outdoor areas â&#x20AC;&#x201C; something M&T Glass has since done.

Tierney said the ride long was productive and heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s conďŹ dent the chief is up to date on issues in the Beacon Hill-Cyrville area. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s very concerned and he does follow up,â&#x20AC;? Tierney said.

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Dream dies in repechage for Ottawa’s Walby Ian Ewing

EMC sports - In what was likely his first and last Paralympic Games, Tony Walby began brilliantly, before succumbing to world-class opponents and injury in the men’s 100+-kilogram judo event on Saturday, Sept. 1 in London.

Walby was eliminated Saturday evening by the reigning two-time Paralympic gold medallist Ilham Zakiyev in the repechage round, finishing one step short of competing for a bronze medal.

The mountainous Azerbaijani scored an ippon (the maximum score), to end the bout after only 1:44. Zakiyez went on to win one of two bronze medals, while Walby received medical attention for a second time that day – this time to treat what appeared to be a shoulder injury.

The Ottawa judoka was clearly upset after his loss, head hung in disappointment as he declined media interviews. For the man whose motivation was to win a Paralympic gold here, finishing seventh out of 12 athletes in his class was a bittersweet end to a dream reborn.

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Ottawa’s Tony Walby celebrates his victory by ippon over Julien Taurines of France in the first round of his Paralympic competition on Saturday, Sept. 1 in London. gal blindness. But two years later, when Walby discovered he qualified to compete in the Paralympics, he began training again.

“A couple years ago, it was a bit of a pipe dream,” he recalled during an interview earlier on the day of his Paralympic competition. “When I got closer and closer, it just came together.”

In his opening contest, the Mechanicsville-raised judoka convincingly beat Frenchman Julien Taurines in the round of 16 to advance to quarterfinals.

Walby controlled the match

from start to finish, despite his significant weight disadvantage. After several near-successful attacks, Walby finally got his opponent’s back and threw him for a spectacular ippon two minutes and two seconds in.

“I fought him once earlier this year in Germany,” Walby said after that match, “and threw him with almost the same throw.”

After a couple unsuccessful attempts, he described, “I got him just where I wanted, the perfect grip, and he went in the air and went down.”

The Canadian contingent in the crowd, including his wife, 17-week-old daughter, and a number of other family, went wild.

There was little time for celebration, however. Walby’s quarterfinal matchup later that session came against Yangaliny Dominguez Jimenez of Cuba, who he’d previously lost to at the Parapan American Games.

“I didn’t have a great match against him at the Pan Americans,” Walby admitted, “but this isn’t the Pan Americans.

This is a whole new thing.

“I feel good. I feel strong.”

The positive attitude was warranted. Over four minutes into their five-minute contest, the Canadian and the Cuban were still knotted at zeros, each foiling the other’s every attack.

Just when it seemed a golden point (sudden-death round) was certain, disaster struck.

With 11 seconds remaining on the clock, Walby attacked, looking for a hip throw. The Cuban took advantage of Walby’s high body position and countered with ko soto gari (small outside leg reap), throwing him to the ground and landing all 100+ kilograms on top of Walby, whose fingers were in a hyper-extended position at the bottom.

The referee signalled a single point as the Canadian cried out in pain.

As a Canadian trainer rushed onto the mat, the three referees gathered. After a few moments of confusion, they signalled an ippon, and the Cuban was declared the victor.

After receiving attention from the team doctor and learning nothing was broken in his hand, Walby explained what happened. In a great deal of pain when his fingers were caught as they fell, Walby tapped out instantly.

But the referee hadn’t noticed. He was prepared to let the match continue – that is,

until Walby told him.

“At that point right then, I was OK. I probably could have continued fighting,” recounted the veteran who is also a lead instructor at Takahashi Dojo on Melrose Avenue. “But I’m a fair play guy, and I did tap right away, so I told him. That ended the match.”

Later, the federal government computer engineer entered his evening repechage bout, where a win would propel him into a bronze medal match.

But almost from the utterance of “hajime” (begin), it was clear Walby was in trouble. The hulking Zakiyev controlled the fight from the start and the Canadian appeared to be just hanging on. Then in an instant, the dream was over.

Now 39, Walby is unlikely to make the trip to Rio de Janeiro in four years as an athlete, although he is interested in helping to grow the Canadian para-judo program from a coaching perspective. But there is certainly an unforgettable memory that he’ll carry from his Paralympic experience.

“For my little daughter to be in the stands, my newborn …” Walby trailed off, finding his words. “I know she won’t remember it, but I will, for the rest of my life. To me, that’s probably the biggest thing, knowing she’s right there.”

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Local events and happenings over the coming weeks â&#x20AC;&#x201D; free to non-profit organizations Fax: 613-224-3330, E-mail: ottawaeast@metroland.com

Sept. 14-16 Friends of Library and Archives Canada are holding its annual giant used book sale on Sept. 14, 15, 16 at the St. Laurent Shopping Centre, 1200 Saint. Laurent Blvd. There will be a huge selection of English & French books at bargain prices.

New and used and almost new, all types of Fiction and Non-ďŹ ction, Vinyl LPs, CDs, childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s books, and specially priced gems. Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t miss this fantastic event there is something for everyone.

For more information please call 613-943-1543 or email friends.amis@lac-bac.gc.ca.

Sept. 15 Join Ottawaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hilarious and sensational Afro-Caribbean Group, Ni Wewe Tu on Saturday, Sept. 15, for an evening of entertainment in celebration of Jamaicaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 50th year of independence. Jamaica Mi Soon Come is a skit about an unruly group of people travelling to Jamaica on Soon Come Airlines to celebrate Jamaicaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 50th. They get increasingly frustrated with the ďŹ&#x201A;ight delays and heated arguments, Jamaican style, ensue. When they ďŹ nally arrive, their friends and relatives welcome them back to Jamaica. Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for children ageâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s six to 12. To purchase tickets and for more information, please call 613-8341718 or visit the web site,

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Sept. 16 Canadian Organic Growers-Ottawa Chapter proudly presents Feast of Fields, a unique organic culinary experience on Sunday, September 16 from noon to 4 p.m. at the Canada Agriculture Museum.

The ďŹ nest regional organic farmers and chefs will prepare amazing dishes for everyone to enjoy. Features will include organic food, entertainment, Marketplace, and more. To purchase tickets or to ďŹ nd out more information about the festival please check out the website at www.feastofďŹ elds.ca.

Sept. 17 Calling all golfers for Habitat for Humanity National Capital Regionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Annual Chipping In Golf Tournament on Monday, Sept. 17 at Cedarhill Golf and Country Club. Come out for a fun day of networking, prizes and friendly competition while raising much-needed funds for Habitat NCR to build homes and build hope across the region. For more information, call Gail at 613-7499950 ext. 223, send an email to fundraising@habitatncr. com or go to www.habitatncr. com.

Ottawaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s largest womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s organization invites you to come and learn about Cana-

dian Federation of University Women (CFUW)-Ottawa on Monday 17 September, from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the Library and Archives Canada, 395 Wellington St. With over 40 study and interest groups there is something for everyone. For more information please call 613-421-1370 or go to www.cfuw-ottawa.org.

Membership is not exclusive to university graduates.

Sept. 18 The Together for Vanier BeautiďŹ cation committee invites you to its meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 18 at 6:30 p.m. at the Vanier Community Service Centre, 290 Dupuis Street. Everyone is welcome.

Sept. 22 Walk2Hear, the signature fundraising event of the Canadian Hard of Hearing Association will be held on Sept. 22 at Vincent Massey Park. Registration from 8:30 to 9 a.m. and a barbecue lunch provided at 11:30 a.m.

For more information on registering for the Walk2Hear, or to pledge ďŹ nancial support, please visit www.chha.ca and follow the links to the Walk2Hear webpage.

Sept. 22-23, 29-30 The artists of the 17th annual West End Studio Tour invite you to visit their studios in

the Westboro/West Wellington neighbourhoods on the weekends of Sept. 22-23 and Sept. 29-30. Spend an autumn weekend wandering one of the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most vibrant and eclectic areas as you visit the 14 artists of the tour. Enjoy works from painting to fabric art and from etching to photography. The West End Studio Tour offers a multitude of styles and mediums that will engage and entertain.

Oct. 13 Dhadkan means Heartbeat, is having its 10th annual fundraising event in support of the University of Ottawa Heart Institute on Saturday, Oct. 13, at the Ottawa Convention Center, 55 Colonel By Dr., Ottawa. The function features a Bollywood theme and starts at 6 p.m. Tickets are $200 per person with a charitable receipt for $100. It includes all drinks, food and entertainment. For further information visit http://www.dhadkan. ca/ or contact Charanjit (Jeet) Wadehra at 613-592-2431.

Oct. 20 Harvest Gold Dinner and Dance fundraiser for the extension of St.Helenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Anglican Church, OrlĂŠans.

Buffet dinner, museum tours, silent auction, live auction, and dancing at the Canada Aviation Museum, 11 Aviation Pkwy. Tickets are available by calling St.Helenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s

IS YOUR MORTGAGE TAX DEDUCTIBLE? Karl Ruban and Fraser Smith ďŹ rst introduced the principles of The Smith Manoeuvre to their clients in Ontario in 2003. Since that time, thousands of Canadian taxpayers have used this innovative strategy to convert interest that is non deductable to deductable for tax purposes.

A typical homeowner will pay interest of $12,000 per year on a $300,000 mortgage at 4%. If they employ The Smith Manoeuvre, that $12,000 will be a tax deduction, using a 40% average tax bracket, converting interest to be deductable for tax purposes will reduce taxes otherwise payable by $4,800.

at 613-824-2010 or email: harvestgoldtickets@gmail. com.

Mondays Looking to learn conversational Spanish? Improve your Spanish speaking skills with Los Amigos Toastmasters.

We meet at Tunneyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Pasture Mondays from 4:55 to 6:30 p.m. For more information, contact Carole at 613-7616537 or visit our website at www.amigos-tm.ca.

Tuesdays The Hogs Back 50+ Club meets every Tuesday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the front room of the Boys and Girls Club, 1463 Prince of Wales Dr. at Meadowlands and Hogs Back. Bring a bag lunch or come for cards, crafts, friendly chatter and camaraderie. Drop in and check it out. For more information call Shirley at 613-225-8089.

Wednesdays Buns in the Oven, a free program for pregnant moms led by a nurse and a parent educator at South Nepean Community Health Centre, 4100 Strandherd Dr., suite 201, runs on Wednesdays from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. in May. For more information or to register, please call Susan 613-288-2825, ext. 2134.

Drop-in playgroup for moms with children four years-old and under runs each Wednesday morning from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at East Gate Alliance Church, 550 Coddsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Rd. Come for a casual time of play and circle time. More information is available at www.eastgatealliance.ca.

Faith Friends Kidsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Club begins on Wednesday, Sept. 19.

This Kidsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Club runs each Wednesday night from 6:30

Karl Ruban, Senior Financial Planner with Assante Capital Management Ltd. is conducting a free seminar Thursday, September 20th at 7:00 pm at Blackburn Community Centre, 190 Glen Park Drive, for those interested in learning how to implement The Smith Manoeuvre.

The Cumberland Farmersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Market 2012 season is open from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., rain or shine, until Oct. 13 with local goods such as seasonal produce, meats, breads, pastries, specialty foods, skin care products, artisans goods and more at the RJ Kennedy Community Centre, 1115 Dunning Rd. For information visit cumberlandfarmersmarket.ca or call 613-833-2635.

Ongoing Too late for university?

Think again! Carleton University Bridging Program offers mature students a way to qualify for university admission, improve academic skills, and build conďŹ dence.

Only $200 for a 12-week, part-time course. Register now for September. Call 613-520-2600 ext. 1024 or visit www.carleton.ca/cie.

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Five-pin bowling league is encouraging senior citizens over the age of 50 to participate in an activity that provides regular moderate exercise. Members range in age from 50 to 90. There is no registration fee. Bowling takes place each Friday afternoon between 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. at Walkley Bowling Centre, 2092 Walkley Rd. Participants are placed on mixed four-person teams.

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To register, please phone Jeanne at 1-877-494-7744.

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p.m. to 8 p.m. at the East Gate Alliance Church, 550 Coddâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Rd. Activities include Bible stories and games.

Children ages four to11 years-old are invited to join.

More information is available at www.eastgatealliance.ca or by calling 613-744-0682.

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