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Twenty five years ago, she was a member of Sandy Sutherland’s first exercise class. And now today, she still attends Sandy Sutherland’s exercise class twice a week as she marks a quarter century of involvement with the program. And she is doing this at the age of 92. Julie Capuano of Stittsville was honoured for this 25 years of attendance in this municipal exercise program instructed by Sandy Sutherland at a pre-Christmas gathering for participants in the program at the Stittsville District Community Centre hall on Thursday morning, Dec. 15. Sandy Sutherland presented Julie with a plaque marking “with sincere appreciation” her 25 years of dedicated participation in the exercise program, starting in 1986. Julie Capuano first started attending the exercise program instructed by Sandy Sutherland when she and her husband moved to Stittsville and she thought that it would be good for her to enroll in such a program. And thanks to Sandy Sutherland’s encouragement, she has just kept attending. Indeed, she is the only one from the original class in 1986 who is still participating in the program. “It makes you feel good,” Julie says in explaining why she has continued to attend for 25 years. She has missed very few classes over the years, usually only when she has been away. Hip surgery saw her miss class but not for very long. See JULIE, page 3

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Stittsville News - DECEMBER 22 2011

‘Old Pierre’s Christmas Visitors’ JOHN CURRY john.curry@metroland.com

It was a children’s Advent Pageant with a difference. Presented by the St. Thomas Anglican Church Sunday School children and youth drama club members, in association with the church’s Campanella children’s choir under the direction of Naomi Watson-Laird, at the 10:30 a.m. service last Sunday, Dec. 18, it featured a story within a story. The traditional nativity story of the birth of Christ was told and portrayed, complete with Mary and Joseph, Baby Jesus in a crib, a donkey, sheep, shep-

herds, wise men and even an angel with a star but it was told as a story within the wider story called “Old Pierre’s Christmas Visitors.” It was all about a village shoemaker, Old Pierre, who read the Christmas story about the birth of the Baby Jesus (the nativity story was performed at this time) and, anticipating that Jesus would be visiting him on Christmas Day, made a special little pair of shoes for him. But when Christmas Day came and he kept watching out his window for Jesus’ arrival, there was no Jesus – only a street sweeper, a mother with a child and a trio of beggars. Old Pierre invited them all in to the

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warmth of his home as portrayed by a depiction of a fireplace with a roaring fire on the front of the altar. And while Old Pierre was still expecting a visit from Jesus, he gave not only hospitality but also new shoes to the street sweeper, his cherished pair of little shoes to the mother for her baby and shoes as well to the three beggars, allowing all of them to go on in their lives with warm shoes thanks to Old Pierre. But he was still longing for Jesus’ visit to him until a voice let him know that, yes, Jesus did come to him that day and Old Pierre just did not see Him. When Old Pierre gave food to the hungry, water to the thirsty, shelter to the cold and lonely and shoes for the bare footed, he was in essence welcoming the Baby Jesus, for in helping these others, he was helping Jesus. This realization sent Old Pierre into a fit of joy, that yes, Jesus had indeed visited him after all on that Christmas Day. The singing of “Joy to the World” by the assembled cast of the pageant, the church choirs and the congregation filled the church as the pageant concluded. This story “Old Pierre’s Christmas Visitors” was written by Fiona Waters but adapted for the church pageant by the church’s Merilee Clarke. Indeed, it was quite a story in itself how this all came to be as Merilee related to the congregation just before the Advent Pageant began. She explained that up until a few weeks before that Sunday, nothing had yet been prepared for the pageant, as no story had yet been chosen. She asked members of the church’s youth drama club if they had some story in mind that

could be used for the pageant. One drama club member, Darcie Watson-Laird, told of her memories of a Christmas story about a shoemaker named Peter but she did not know the name of the story or anything more about it. Merilee head off to the library and, lo and behold, the first book that she pulled off the shelf in her search for a Christmas story to use as the basis for the church’s Advent Pageant was “Old Pierre’s Christmas Visitors” by Fiona Waters, the story of a shoemaker and his Christmas visitors. She herself had never heard of the story before but hurriedly prepared a script based on it and the story became reality in the church’s Advent Pageant. “It was almost as if God spoke through the memories of a young child,” Merilee told the congregation in relating how the story “Old Pierre’s Christmas Visitors” came to be performed at the church last Sunday morning. Having the story of the nativity of Christ as a story within the story provided a wide variety of roles so that all the children of the Sunday School as well as all the youth involved in the church’s drama club had an opportunity to be in this Advent Pageant. The Campanella children’s choir sang a couple of hymns during the pageant, including “Sing for Joy,” “Away in a Manger” and “Still, Still, Still.” The church choirs along with the congregation sang “Once in Royal David’s City,” “Silent Night” and “Oh Come All Yet Faithful” during the pageant, along with the concluding “Joy to the World.”

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Julie Capuano, 92, seldom misses exercise program

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From page 1 “I very seldom miss,” she says about the exercise classes, attending twice a week. But it is more than just about doing exercises. She finds the sessions relaxing and particularly enjoys being with others who are such fun to be with. One of these is Edith Anderson, 82, who frequently shares a joke or two with the class, making them all laugh. This was in evidence at last Thursday’s pre-Christmas gathering as Edith held court, rattling off a series of jokes which brought forth much laughter from the more than 50 in attendance. Julie says that those in the exercise program celebrate each other’s birthdays and some even go to Tim Hortons afterwards for refreshments and fellowship. “In all, we have a good time,” she says. Over her life, Julie Capuano has walked a lot and has ridden a bicycle to keep active. In her younger days, she skied. She also loves hockey and recently attended an Ottawa Senators game, even cheering for the visiting Montreal Canadiens since she comes from Montreal. She grew up in a family of seven, four of whom are still alive. Julie is now the oldest at 92, while her surviving siblings range in age from 87 to 83. Julie is full of praise for instructor Sandy Sutherland, noting that she also has been involved with the exercise program for 25 years. “She is a lot of fun,” Julie says about her instructor, pointing out that she keeps the classes interesting by always providing a different program in each class. But she also notes that Sandy makes those in the exercise program work and is constantly urging them to keep going in their exercising. Sandy Sutherland instructs at exercise classes both at the Stittsville District Community Centre and at the

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Dr. Jack Newton Goulbourn Recreation program. She has a photo album with photographs of all of her classes from 1986 to the present. Last Thursday’s pre-Christmas gathering involved participants from three classes. They enjoyed Christmas cookies and other goodies and besides listening to and laughing at Edith Anderson’s jokes, they held a holiday singalong, filling the hall with the sounds of Christmas music like “Deck the Halls,” “Jolly Old St. Nicholas” and “Jingle Bells.”

They also thanked Sandy Sutherland for being their instructor, presenting her with a card of appreciation. Sandy Sutherland wished them all a Merry Christmas while telling them how much she enjoyed working with them. “I don’t consider this a job,” she said. “I enjoy what I do.” She noted that there are so many wonderful yet different personalities and people involved in the classes and she enjoys helping them all with their fitness.

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It was called “Sounds of the Season” and while not every song performed by the five groups involved in the concert was a Christmas tune, most were and they did the trick, imparting the spirit of Christmas to those in attendance. This Christmas concert at Sacred Heart Catholic High School in Stittsville on Thursday evening, Dec. 15 featured Stittsville’s Main and Abbott Dance Band as well as four student groups – the Sacred Heart String Ensemble, the Sacred Heart Jazz Band, the Sacred Heart Choir and the Sacred Heart Concert Band, all four under the direction of music teacher Matt Dawber. And what a concert it was, right from the opening “God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen” by the Main and Abbott Dance Band through to the concluding “We Wish You A Merry Christmas” performed by the Sacred Heart Concert Band. In between, there was over an hour and a half of music, ranging from well known traditional Christmas carols and songs like “Silent Night” and “O Come All Ye Faithful” to more modern holiday tunes like the toe-tapping “Feliz Navidad,” “You’re A Mean One, Mister Grinch” and “Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer” to the rollicking and audience participatory swing revival song “Snow Suit Riot” done by the Main and Abbott Dance Band. Non-Christmas songs were far from out of place in the concert, with “How High the Moon” being presented by the Main and Abbot Dance Band with Emilie Godin, usually an alto

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saxophone player, handling the vocals. You can’t go wrong with this song, a jazz standard which goes back to 1940 on Broadway, was a hit for Benny Goodman and later for the duo of Les Paul and Mary Ford and went on to be one of the signature songs for Ella Fitzgerald. Sacred Heart music teacher Matt Dawber, who served as MC for the concert, praised the Main and Abbott Dance Band when it finished performing, expressing the hope that someday the Sacred Heart Jazz Band will be able to perform at a similar high level. Next up was the Sacred Heart String Ensemble, featuring violins, violas, cellos and bass. This group is in its second year, with lots of interest being shown by Sacred Heart students, although there is only limited rehearsal time available at present. However, Mr. Dawber said that consideration is being given into making string ensemble music into a course that would provide students with more time and opportunity to become more proficient on their instruments. After two songs by the string ensemble, it was the turn of the Sacred Heart Jazz Band which played four songs, although none were of a Christmas nature. “Blue Bossa,” a Latin tune, featured solos by Merri Levesque on trombone and Jake Griffin on trumpet. The more rock-flavoured “Birdland” and the George Gershwin classic “Summertime,” considered one of the best songs that Gershwin ever wrote, followed, after which the band finished

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up with “Green Onions,” a funky blues song featuring a guitar solo by Everett Mayhew and a trumpet solo by Justin Stauch. Voices then took over with the seven-voice Sacred Heart Choir performing, accompanied by Troy Dana on the piano. After beginning with “Hymn To Freedom,” the 1960’s song with music composed by Oscar Peterson in honour of the civil rights movement, the choir moved into three traditional Christmas favourites, “Joy to the World,” “Silent Night” and “O Come All Ye Faithful,” with the audience singing along. The Sacred Heart Concert Band played a mixture of

music, ranging from a Korean folk song “Ahrirang” to the very non-Christmassy “Rain” to “Let It Snow” to the always-favourite “Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer.” Last December a gala Christmas concert was held at Sacred Heart, with Max Keeping as the MC and involving bands, singers and even dancers. Mr. Dawber explained at the opening of this year’s concert that staging such a gala concert again this year did not work out but nonetheless the Main and Abbott Dance Band was able to join with the four Sacred Heart musical groups to presents this year’s “Sounds of the Season” concert.

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Stittsville News - DECEMBER 22 2011

Bass guitarist Bob Steadman of Stittsville’s Main and Abbott Dance Band wears reindeer antlers as he performs with the band in the “Sounds of the Season” concert at Sacred Heart Catholic High School in Stittsville.

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Ottawa Waldorf School students Carley Ferguson, left, Lorea Beobide-Cardinal, centre, and Clarissa Fortin, right, deliver food items to the Stittsville Food Bank on Tuesday, Dec. 13. Waldorf students collected the donated food items and then walked to the Food Bank where they sung carols as they entered and donated the food items.

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The spirit’s the thing There is a lot of chatter these days about greetings used during the Christmas season. There’s “Merry Christmas” and “Season’s Greetings” and “Happy Holidays.” There are supporters of some of these terms and opponents to the use of some of them. It’s quite a topic of debate, even extending to the sentiment that Christian Canadians are somehow losing the true meaning of Christmas when “Merry Christmas” is ignored. But, in essence, what’s in a verbal greeting that makes it so vital? Really, nothing. It is not the phrase or verbal greeting that determines the beauty of the Christmas season. Rather, it is the feeling and spirit

that is behind the greeting. So, whatever the words used, it does not matter. It is what is behind the words that really gives the special flavour to the Christmas season. If you extend greetings or good cheer or whatever to another at this unique time of year, this is what matters. It means that you are advocating peace and fellowship. This sure beats fighting or bullying or antagonism. The Christmas season should be a time of laughter, fun, family and friends. You want this spirit of Christmas to spread far and wide in society. So, if you choose to say “Merry Christmas” and mean it, wanting the best for the person that you are greeting with this

phrase, then the spirit of Christmas is spreading. If you choose to say “Season’s Greetings” or “Happy Holidays” and you mean it sincerely, wanting the recipient of the greeting to experience all the best in this Christmas season, then the spirit of Christmas is spreading. It is far more important to be a spreader of Christmas cheer and the Christmas spirit than to be one who worries about what phrase is used to spread the feeling. Use whatever phrase you want as long as it is backed up by all possible good will toward your fellow man. That, we believe, is what Christmas is all about. It’s not about words; it’s all about actions of love toward your fellow man.

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Holiday greeting card now an ancient art form Just to show you how far we have progressed, here is an article in a recent Toronto newspaper entitled “How to snail-mail your holiday greetings.” “Snail-mail,” of course, means “mail.” In other words, a Toronto newspaper thinks that you need to know how to write a Christmas letter and put it in the mail. Who knows, maybe we have progressed so far down the electronic slippery slope that nobody knows any more how to write something on paper, put it in an envelope, put a stamp on it , carry it to the nearest postal outlet and slide it through the proper slot.

CHARLES GORDON sure there is a chair underneath you.

The article, in the Globe and Mail, describes the holiday greeting card as “an ancient art form.” Complicated advice is offered, such as “make a list.” Also: “Assemble all the addresses before you start, and make sure to write them down in the same place for next year.”

Here’s another suggestion: “Add a personal touch.” This means that “cards should include the recipient’s name (written by hand), as well as a quick sentence or two.” An example is helpfully included: “Hope you’re keeping warm out in Moose Jaw.” Are you with us so far? Is this getting too complex for you? The Globe article goes on to suggest that whatever little event you include in your quick sentence or two, “be sure that said event is a positive one.”This means that your little quick sentence shouldn’t say “too bad about the Leafs,” or “the furnace is broken.”

Wow. Also, when sitting down to write Christmas cards, make

That’s too bad in a way because for some people the only

news that really has a lasting impact on them is the bad news. And, as we know, sometimes bad news can be quite entertaining.

parts that somehow don’t just feel right. What a loss it would have been if that family had restricted its coverage to positive events.

Decades ago, there was a family of my parents’ acquaintance who regularly included in their Christmas card a detailed account of every illness, injury and other misfortunate that had befallen everyone in the family and a few others who happened to live nearby. It went on and on, nicely handwritten on all the available sides of a Christmas card. There was nothing positive in it, just this seasonal litany of unhappiness.

The Globe article goes on to provide some genuinely useful advice, such as the suggestion that family photographs are not appropriate for co-workers and that newsletters are for relatives and close friends only and “avoid using them as a platform for bragging.”

Unbeknownst to them, we began to find this amusing. Every year, when the card arrived, we would assemble for a dramatic reading, clucking sympathetically at some of the more serious illnesses and howling in laughter at the account of hangnails, stubbed toes, flat tires, toothaches, runny noses, lost wristwatches and body

The subject of newsletters has long been a controversial one among snail-mailers. I used to hate them until I wrote one one year and realized how much less painful to the writing hand the Christmas card

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Main Street Community Services of Stittsville is not going on to the finals in the Aviva Community Fund competition. The registered charity that provides services to children challenged by a disability or an exceptionality is not one of the ten finalists in the large ideas category ($100,000 to $150,000) of the competition after 16 days of online voting. The ten finalists in each of the categories (large, medium and small) will now go through a judging process with the winners to be announced on Wednesday, Jan. 25. Projects which garnered more votes than the “A Place of Our Own” proposal submitted by Main Street Community Services included, among others, a bear rescue facility, an initiative to bring a girl injured in a car accident back to her home community in Prince Edward Island, developing a skateboard, bike and walking park in Yorkton, Sask., a new animal shelter in Labrador, building an animal shelter in Nunavut, development of a Children’s First Centre in the Northwest Territories. Main Street Community Services garnered more than 5,700 votes in the online voting which took place from Monday, Dec. 5 to Friday, Dec. 16. Supporters could only vote once a day for a specific project, with only 15 votes in total to use over the voting period. The Main Street Community Services project to move to larger premises where more programs could be offered was one of the 90 projects from across Canada which advanced to the semi-final stage of the competition. This involved success in an initial round of online voting. Main Street Community Services advanced to the semi-finals thanks to the

tireless support and dedication of supporters in the first round of voting. This continued in the semi-final voting but the successful projects moving on the finals of the competition generated more votes. The “Bring Bobbi-Jo Home!” project in Prince Edward Island, for instance, garnered over 27,000 votes while the new animal shelter project in Labrador received over 20,000 votes. The online voting phases of the competition are now over. The final stage of the competition will see the winners selected by judges who will be using weighted criteria to score the 30 finalists, ten from each category. Each finalist project will be ranked based on its score from the application of the criteria, with the projects then grouped by small, medium or large based on how much it will cost to implement the idea. The scoring criteria will include impact (how urgent is the need and how many will be helped), the likelihood of success, the sustainability of the project, the originality of the project and the effort demonstrated in making the submission. Once the judges have ranked the projects, the highest ranked ideas in each category will be funded and this will continue until the entire one million dollars up for grabs in the competition is allocated. The winners i.e. those projects receiving funding from the Aviva Community Fund will be announced on Wednesday, Jan. 25. Aviva is one of Canada’s leading insurance companies. Main Street Community Services currently operates out of a part of the former Stittsville Public School facility on Stittsville Main Street which also houses the Frederick Banting Alternate Program of the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board.

City of Ottawa Councillor Reports By Shad Qadri, Councillor Ward Six Stittsville City of Ottawa

December 19th, 2011

Happy Holidays and Seasons Greetings!

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I would like to take this opportunity to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and a happy Holiday Season. In this busy time of year, I hope that each of you have the opportunity to spend time with your family and loved ones.

Phone the OPH Information Line at 613-580-6744 (TTY: 613580-9656). Public health nurses will answer questions and record comments from Monday to Friday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

My sincerest and best wishes for a happy and healthy 2012.

Attend the ﬁnal public meeting (listed below), which will include a presentation on relevant health concerns, an explanation on the proposed by-law update and an extensive discussion period. Information materials will be available and OPH staff members will be present to answer questions.

I leave you with a quote from an Author Unknown: “This, the spirit of Christmas, that forever and ever endures. May it leave its richest blessing in the heart of you and yours.”

Holiday season schedule changes The City of Ottawa reminds residents of the following schedule changes for Sunday, December 25 (Christmas Day), Monday, December 26 (Boxing Day), Tuesday, December 27, Wednesday, December 28, Sunday, January 1 (New Year’s Day), and Monday, January 2. Client services: Ottawa City Hall and all seven Client Service Centres, including the Government Service Centres located at 110 Laurier Avenue West and 580 Terry Fox Drive, will be closed on Monday, December 26, Tuesday, December 27, and Monday, January 2. The Metcalfe Client Service Centre will be open on Wednesday, December 28 (instead of Tuesday, December 27). Business will resume as usual on Wednesday, December 28. The City’s 3-1-1 Contact Centre will be open for urgent matters requiring the City’s immediate attention. Call 3-1-1 or 613-5802400 to speak to a customer service representative. For persons with a hearing-related disability, call (TTY): 613-580-2401). Garbage and recycling: Curbside green bin, garbage, recycling, and leaf and yard waste collection will take place on its regular scheduled day the weeks of Monday, December 26 and Monday, January 2, with no changes to the collection schedule. Multi-residential garbage and recycling container collection will take place on its regularly scheduled day the weeks of Monday, December 26 and Monday, January 2, with no changes to the collection schedule. Transit service: OC Transpo will operate on a reduced schedule December 25 to January 7. On Christmas Day and New Year’s Day, service will operate on a regular Sunday schedule. On Boxing Day, December 27, and January 2 a Saturday schedule will operate. From December 28 to 30 and January 3 to 6, service will operate on a reduced weekday schedule. Special school services will not operate from December 26 to January 6, except supplementary service on Routes 4 and 111 to Carleton University, which will resume January 4. Call 613-560-1000 or text 560560 plus your four-digit stop number for automated schedule information. For information on Recreational, Cultural, Library and Municipal Child Care Services, please consult the City of Ottawa www.ottawa.ca website.

Plasco Agreement Approved On December 14th, City Council approved a framework for a long-term waste handling agreement with Plasco and delegated authority to the City Manager and the City Solicitor to execute the arrangement. The agreement will place the City on the cutting edge of residential waste management by adding a fourth R – recover – to the environmental regime of reduce, reuse and recycle. Council’s approval of the framework also marks the next logical step in an innovative economic development initiative that has seen the City help to incubate, test, and gain regulatory approval for a Clean-Tech system that has the potential to revolutionize waste management. Under the agreement, all ﬁnancial and business risk associated with the launch of a new technology is Plasco’s and the City stands to gain substantially if Plasco proves to be successful in the North American market. I am thrilled to see this agreement move forward as the Stittsville/Carp area can move away from a ‘garbage mountain legacy.

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HELPING CHRISTMAS EXCHANGE Collecting empties in support of the Christmas Exchange at The Beer Store at the Stittsville Corners shopping area at Hazeldean Road and Carp Road in Stittsville last Saturday, a Rotary Club of Ottawa-Stittsville initiative in partnership with the Christmas Exchange, are, from left to right, Christmas Exchange volunteers Alysha Aziz and Laura Weisskopf, Rotary youth volunteer Sam Spriggs, Rotary Club president Theresa Qadri, Rotary Club members Steve Hunter (with the reindeer antlers on), Brad Spriggs, Leo Maiorino, in front, with the beer cases, city of Ottawa Stittsville ward councillor Shad Qadri, who dropped by to lend his support to the initiative, and Rotary Club member Wes Zacharuk.

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Ottawa Public Health’s (OPH) public consultation phase on the expansion of the City of Ottawa’s smoke-free by-laws continues until January 20, 2012. The objective of the consultations is to ensure residents, businesses and other community representatives have an opportunity to provide feedback on the proposed expansion of the City’s smoke-free by-laws to include all public beaches and parks, all municipal properties and all outdoor patios and terraces. These groups will also provide their feedback on other options that would protect the public from the harms of second-hand smoke, including new regulations relating to the use of water-pipes in public establishments. Residents are encouraged to share their opinions: Online at ottawa.ca/health. This online consultation is available in both English and French, includes nine short

E-mail healthsante@ottawa.ca.

Tuesday, January 10, 2012 Ottawa City Hall – Jean Pigott Place 110 Laurier Avenue West 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. OPH will present its ﬁndings to the Board of Health on February 6, 2012 which will then forward recommendations to the Community and Protective Services Committee and City Council.

OC Transpo begins addition of 66,000 more hours to improve service OC Transpo is making service improvements by adding 66,000 service hours to address growing demands and ridership. In the 2012 Budget, an additional $5.5 million in funding was allocated to boost the frequency and reliability of public transit while enhancing overall customer service in the system. Based on fall ridership data, additional funding will be allocated to improve capacity on the busiest routes, including: 2, 4, 5, 16, 30, 87, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 106, 111, 118, 120, 143, 148, 169, 261, 263, and 691. Increases will begin Monday, January 9, which is the ﬁrst day of full service in the New Year. OC Transpo encourages customers to use the Travel Planner tool at octranspo.com to see how they can beneﬁt from these changes. For more information, schedules and travel planning assistance is available by visiting octranspo.com or calling 613-741-4390. Customers may also get automated bus arrival times by calling 613-560-1000 or texting 560560 plus their four-digit bus stop number up to six days in advance.

Feed your green bin over Christmas and the Holiday Season It’s the season to spend time with family and friends and the City of Ottawa is encouraging residents to think green this winter by ﬁlling up green bins so that organic waste is used to feed the land rather than the landﬁll. Residents can toss holiday leftovers into the green bin including turkey, popcorn, paper plates and napkins. Organic wreaths and tree boughs may also be placed in the green bin. Over the winter months from December to March, green bin collection takes place every two weeks. Weekly green bin collection will begin again in April 2012. Please note, no plastic bags – even biodegradable bags – are permitted in the green bin. Holiday recycling tips Cut down on waste at your holiday party by using your best dishes, glassware and cloth napkins. If you use paper plates, cups and napkins please place them in your green bin. For more tips, please visit ottawa.ca\recycle.

Holiday season Office Hours Pleased be advised my City Hall and Ward Office will be closed from December 24th -January 2nd, inclusive. However, my office will be checking voice messages on a daily basis throughout the holiday season. Please do not hesitate to contact my office at 613-580-2476, though I encourage you to call the City’s Call Centre at 3-1-1 for municipal issues, including snow removal complaints, to ensure a faster response time.

Always listening and acting on your concerns As your Councillor, I always welcome your keen input and ideas on how we can sustain and improve Stittsville. Please contact our office anytime by phone at 613-580-2476 or by e-mail at Shad.Qadri@ottawa.ca. My ward office is situated in the Goulbourn Recreation Complex, located at 1500 Shea Road. Please note the summer hours of operation are Mondays 9-2pm, Wednesdays 3-8pm, Fridays 95pm, and Saturday 9am-1pm. Please do not hesitate to pay us a visit. I welcome your call or email to arrange an appointment. If you are not part of my electronic outreach list and would like to be added, please contact my office to ensure you receive pertinent information concerning our community. Further information about any of these articles can be found on my website or you can contact my office to obtain details. I would like to take this opportunity to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and happy holidays from myself and my office staff!

Stittsville News - DECEMBER 22 2011

Main Street Community Services not going on to finals

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Goulbourn Hornets collect items for Stittsville Food Bank Usually they are trying to put a ball through a hoop. It’s lots of fun and keeps them fit and active while a member of a team. But players on the Goulbourn Hornets Major Bantam AA girls’ basketball team also turned their attention to helping others during the recent two weekend tournaments which the team hosted at South Carleton High School in Richmond.

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The team followed through on an idea which Hornets player Sydney Whitmore had to hold a food drive for the Stittsville Food Bank at the tournaments. As a result, the team collected food donations at the tournaments and ended up collecting 171 food items which have now been given to the Stittsville Food Bank. These donated food items will end up helping a lot of people in the Stittsville area, all thanks to the efforts of the Goulbourn Hornets team.

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The first-ever “Student of the Month” honoured by the new National Bank branch on Hazeldean Road is one busy person. But that’s the way that Sacred Heart Catholic High School grade 11 student Marielle Gauthier of Stittsville likes it as she is trying to experience and enjoy as much as she can. She not only is a conscientious student but also plays the violin and piano, is involved in hockey, is a model, and has her horse groomer’s license. She is also a poet, with her poem winning in the Youth Connexion’s poetry contest at the annual Artists and Authors in the Park in Stittsville. And, more than this, when she was 12 in 2007, she started a blog “Millie Tarry” aimed at helping other military family children with parents stationed overseas. This is Marielle’s first year attending an English school. Enrolled in the French Immersion program, she spends a lot of time on her school work which this semester involves both physics and chemistry. She takes tutoring twice a week to help her with her school work. Marielle hopes to attend university, perhaps at the Royal Military College in Kingston, and may end up working in a medical field. She has been saving up for university for a while now and the $500 National

Bank bursary which accompanies her “Student of the Month” honour is going to help in this. She has been playing the violin since she was in grade three. Indeed, the National Bank asked her to play at its recent official opening ceremony where she was presented with her “Student of the Month” bursary. While she is also teaching herself to play the piano, she admits that violin is her main focus. “Violin is my way to escape, sort of,” she says, noting that she practises her violin at least an hour each day. She also enjoys playing hockey, playing girls’ midget hockey with a Kanata team. She has been playing hockey since she was in about grade three and stays with it because she really enjoys the sport. “It gets the blood flowing,” Marielle says, describing herself as a consistent player who tries her hardest and likes to encourage her teammates in their play. “I do it because it’s fun,” she says about her hockey playing. She plays at least a game a week. “It’s about having fun and enjoying what you’re doing,” she says. Last summer she became involved with Models International Management in Ottawa and has been modeling at a number of photo shoots, although she is not doing as much right now as she is focusing on her school work. It

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Marielle Gauthier was, as she describes it, just a spur of the moment decision to try modeling. “I like trying different things,” she says. When Marielle moved to Stittsville with her family two and a half years ago, relocating from London, Ontario, she submitted an essay to the Rideau Carleton Raceway because she loves horses and the essay resulted in attending a youth camp there. This led to meeting Lesley Newland of Dunrobin, a veteran horse racer and trainer, and since then Marielle has been helping out as a volunteer at the Newland barn and also working as a groomer for Ms. Newland at the Rideau Carleton Raceway. This has not only provided her with many hours to meet her high school requirement for volunteer service hours but also has let her be close to horses. Indeed, she may become a veterinarian in the future. See MARIELLE, page 9

Regular Thursday evening euchre parties at the Lions Hall on Stittsville Main Street in Stittsville will begin on Thursday, Jan. 5 at 7:30 p.m. with everyone welcome.

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The Stittsville District Lions Club has always been there for the Stittsville Food Bank. Indeed, the Lions Club was there when the Food Bank began in 1992 and it’s still there, supporting the organization. The latest evidence of this support was the presentation of $3,979.30 to the Food Bank at the Lions Club’s meeting on Wednesday, Dec. 14, funds collected by Lions Club members as they moved along the route of the recent annual Parade of Lights in Stittsville. In addition, the Lions Club had earlier turned over nearly 2,000 food items to the Food Bank, items also collected along the parade route. At the Dec. 14 meeting, Stittsville Food Bank chair Robin Derrick praised the Lions Club for its long and generous support of the Food Bank. “You’re a most generous organization,” he told Lions Club members. He said that it is the generosity of organizations like the Lions Club and of the community in general that enables the Food Bank to help the less fortunate in the community. He noted that the generosity of the community this year has enabled the Food Bank to upgrade its refrigeration and freezer capability so that it can now handle more fresh food and products such as milk, cheese and eggs. Mr. Derrick said that 70 to 75 percent and perhaps even more of the Food Bank’s clients are the working poor who find that with the cost of rent, utilities and other bills, their funds sometimes do not go far enough and so they turn to the Food Bank to provide food. He said that the Food Bank’s client numbers have increased this year. After averaging about 130 client families for the past several years, this year the Food Bank is servicing about 145 families. While traditionally the Food Bank has seen about 30 new families turning to it for food each year, this year the number of new families being served has grown to 56 and the year is not yet over.

The Stittsville Food Bank offers three special programs a year, Mr. Derrick said. These happen for Easter, Thanksgiving and Christmas. This year, for Easter and Thanksgiving, the Food Bank expanded its program to include a ham, buns and cookies along with the normal cheese and gift cards given to clients in the past. But both of these programs do not match the Christmas hamper program which the Food Bank offers its clients. “The Christmas hamper is something special,” Mr. Derrick said, explaining that this year’s Christmas hampers carry a value of $200 to $250 per hamper, with up to 75 client families expected to receive one, making their Christmas a little brighter. These hampers, which were provided to clients on Tuesday, Dec. 20, include a turkey or ham, all of the trimmings, oranges, juices, egg nog and other items. The Food Bank also partners with St. Thomas Anglican Church and Holy Spirit Catholic Church in an Angel Tree program which provides gifts for those up to 18 years of age served by the Food Bank. In addition, Brown’s Your Independent Grocer in Stittsville erects a food version of an Angel Tree every year, enabling shoppers to provide a food donation to the Food Bank. Mr. Derrick explained that besides receiving cash donations from the Parade of Lights thanks to the Lions Club, the Food Bank receives cash donations from a variety of donors throughout the year, ranging from $10 donations right up to larger donations. Organizations such as the Stittsville Scout Group are also major supporters of the Food Bank. The Scouts run a couple of food drives each year and also make a monetary donation to the Food Bank annually. Mr. Derrick also explained about a new program that the Food Bank has launched in partnership with the Stittsville-Goulbourn Horticultural Society, Stittsville Scouts, Lowes, Cavanagh Construction and the city of Ottawa. These groups all got together and constructed raised garden beds at a site in Stittsville provided by the city. This will provide fresh produce for the Food Bank.

Marielle Gauthier has groomer’s license From page 8 Every Saturday morning, she helps out at the Newland barn, cleaning the stalls or working with the horses. “I just love horses,” Marielle says, noting that horses have always responded well to her. She feels that horses are smart while each one has a different personality. “I love taking care of them,” she says about horses, adding that working with them helps her to relax from her school work. Indeed, she now even has a share in a race horse who recently won her first race. She has her groomer’s license which allows her to work in the paddock area at the Rideau Carleton Raceway, helping out a trainer. She began her blog “Millie Tarry” when she was 12 when her father was posted to Afghanistan. She wanted to help other children who had parents posted overseas. A paper cut-out doll, Millie Tarry, travels among military families

and stories and photographs are shared on the blog thanks to these families. It is meant to help these youngsters deal with their temporary loss of a parent. The blog can be found at http://www.millietarry. blogspot.com/ The “Student of the Month” program being held by the National Bank branch on Hazeldean Road at the Grant Crossing shopping area will have a winner each month. Students attending grades 1 through 12 in schools in the Stittsville/ Kanata area are eligible for the award which involves a $500 bursary provided by the National Bank along with four tickets to an Ottawa 67’s hockey game provided by Metroland Media. Selection criteria involves good citizenship, respect of peers and teachers, attendance, leadership, positive attitude, classroom participation, extracurricular activities, improvement and good work ethic. Nomination forms are available at area schools or at the Hazeldean Road branch of the National Bank.

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Beth Lewis, left, of the Stittsville District Lions Club presents Robin Derrick, right, chair of the Stittsville Food Bank, with a giant cheque for $3,979.30 representing the funds collected for the Food Bank by the Lions Club members along the Parade of Lights route on Saturday, Nov. 26.

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Stittsville News - DECEMBER 22 2011

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Stittsville Public School students Xavier Farentz, left, and Ryan Taillon, right, look over items in the “Santa’s Seconds” sale at the school last Friday, Dec. 16, with the proceeds going to the Stittsville Food Bank.

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A ‘MOUNTAIN” FOR TOY MOUNTAIN Staff at the TD Canada Trust in Stittsville who are surrounding the pile of toys which was collected for Toy Mountain at the branch in recent weeks are, from left to right, Whitney Stittsville Public School student Kiley Sass holds a sleigh Lewis, Rosalyn Johnson, Tricia McLaren, Michelle Zalger, Lindsay Langer, manager Maria which she purchased at the “Santa’s Seconds” sale at the Harrington, Erin Smallian, Debbie Warner, Patricia Feasby and Julie Dagg. John Brummell photo

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Around Stittsville The senior visual art students at Sacred Heart Catholic High School have recently experienced the display of art at both the national as well as the community level. They toured the contemporary collection at the National Gallery of Canada. A second “field trip” was to the Ottawa West Art Association gallery at the adjacent Goulbourn Recreation Complex where they viewed the art of local artists and met many of the artists, discussing their work with them and learning about their insights into the world of art. Through these two visits,

the Sacred Heart students see the different mandates of the two galleries… Stittsville District Lions Club members who received perfect attendance pins for the 2010-11 Lions year included Ron Armstrong, Jack Burke, Don Carson, Paul Riddell, Beth Lewis, Ted Martin, Gord MacIsaac, Ed Verbiwski, Ken Jones, Don Redtman and Don Zogalo…A total of 95 dinners were served at the Open Table community dinner at St. Thomas Anglican Church on Stittsville Main Street at Carleton Cathcart Street last Saturday….

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BORDEN BALL CHAMPIONS Members of the Richmond Public School boys’ borden ball team, gold medal champions in the recent regional tournament, are, front row, left to right, Marcus Schilger, Colin Slack, Aidan Fulcher, Michael Walters, Nolan Edwards, Trevor Christie, Curtis Hermans and Gabriel Budd; second row, left to right, Joshua Yake, Michael Gilchrist, Hilliard Sample, Calum Payne, Kurt Heckman, Dawson Evans, Nathan Woods, Jake Peixoto, Trent Charlton and Kory Menard; and, at the back, coaches Brad Hunter, left, and Bruce Harvey, right.

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The search is on for the Richmond Village Volunteer of the Year. The Richmond Village Association (RVA) is coordinating this search which will culminate in the presentation of the Deboer Award in February. This award is presented annually to recognize a resident of Richmond or its immediate environs who has worked for the betterment of the community of Richmond in an unpaid capacity at least over the space of one full 12 month period and hopefully longer. The recipient receives a keepsake memento when the award is presented by the RVa in February. Nominations are encouraged from the general public, with the nomination deadline being Sunday, Jan. 15, 2012. Previously nominations were restricted to those submitted by community organizations but this has been changed this year so that any member of the public can submit a nomination, with the hope that the number of nominations will increase.

The RVA Board of Directors will still make the selection from the nominations received. Nominations can be sent to president@richmondvillage.ca or to donflan100a@gmail.com. Nominations must include the name of the person being nominated and a description at least one paragraph in length detailing why the person being nominated deserves the award. The Deboer Award is named after community activist Jill Deboer. Previous recipients have include Jill Deboer for her work in the community and in particular the winter street banner program; the late Tom Cowick for his involvement with Silver Stick Hockey both at its formation in the 1950’s and its 50th anniversary celebration; Denise Crawford for her involvement with the Richmond Munster Minor Hockey Association; Judy Wagdin for her community work with the RVA including the annual Lighting of the Park ceremony and the summertime street flower pots; and Ted Brown for his long involvement with the RVA.

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Members of the Stittsville Major Bantam Rams, champions in the recent Roger Senecal Memorial Tournament, are, front row, left to right, Jack Haunts, Mark Dalliday and Nikolas Ignjatic; second row, left to right, Zach Ayers (front), Scott Weisenberg, Tyler O’Neill, Kurtis Schaefer, Will Robertson (behind), Luke Mulvihill (front) and Cory Scholtz; and, back row, left to right, coach Dave Haunts, coach Jim Weisenberg (behind), Mitchell Denomme (front), Ryan Seguin, Robert Sutherland, Jonah Fortin, James Agnew, coach Dave Mulvihill (behind), Matthew McGuire and trainer Mike Denomme.

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The Stittsville Major Bantam Rams won when it really mattered in the recent Roger Senecal Memorial Tournament. The Rams had lost 2-1 to the Ottawa Sting in round robin action. But when the two teams met again in the tournament’s championship final, the Rams crushed the Sting 5-0 to emerge as tournament champions.

The Rams had begun the tournament with an 8-0 victory over the West Island Royals. After a 2-2 draw against the Blackburn Wild, the Rams then suffered their 2-1 loss to the Sting to wind up their round robin play. The Stittsville Rams faced the Blackburn Wild again in semi-final action, winning 4-3 to advance to the tournament’s championship final against the Ottawa Sting.

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Members of the Stittsville Bantam B3 Storm, winners of a recent weekend tournament in Peterborough, are, at the front, goalie Chris Capello; first row, kneeling, left to right, Davis To, Cameron Creaser, Mitchell Hanna, Caelan Anderson, Jacob Faubert and Brad Dube; second row, left to right, Patrick Dempsey and Theo Quattrocchi; and, back row, standing, left to right, James Baak, Patrick Simard, assistant coach Glen Barry, Nick Barry, Eric Belanger, trainer Peter Capello, Jake Ryall, coach Brent Belanger and Connor Sullivan. The Storm’s MVP in the team’s first game of the tournament was goalie Chris Capello while the team’s MVP in its second game was Brad Dube. MVP in the team’s third game of the tournament was Davis To. The Storm worked together and played hard on their way to the tournament victory.

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It was a real show stopper. Sure, there was Santa Claus there, handing out candy canes and gifts to members and young friends of the Rotary Club of Ottawa – Stittsville and later greeting residents of the Stittsville Villa as they assembled in their lounge for a Rotary-led singalong. He even did a little bit of dancing, light on his feet that he is. And leading the singalong,

complete with his karaoke equipment that flashed the words up on the wall for all to see, was the Rotary Club’s Leo Maiorino, himself a singer of some note. Trailing around a microphone on a long cord, he travelled all around the lounge area, having Villa residents lead the singing of different verses of Christmas favourites such as “Santa Claus Is Coming To Town,” “Jingle Bells,” “Hark the Herald Angels Sings,” and “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas.”

But none of this could compare with six year old Ava Lawrence who took centre stage, which was the centre of the lounge area, and, with microphone in hand, wowed everyone with her solo version of the Christmas novelty song “I Want A Hippopotamus For Christmas.” Everything fell silent in the lounge as Ava sang her song which was followed by thunderous applause. She had wowed everyone. “That was fantastic,” Leo Maiorino told her, praising her beautiful singing. It was quite an early morning for Ava. She not only sang

her hippopotamus Christmas song but also even danced with Santa. Earlier she had gotten to visit up close with Santa and besides getting a candy cane and a gift, she and her siblings Zach and Chloe were given Santa’s bells to look after until his visit to the Rotary Club next year. This has become a Christmas tradition for the Rotary Club, where Santa’s bells are given to a youngster or youngsters to keep in their possession throughout the year, returning them when Santa visits the Rotary Christmas gathering the following year. Grace McEnery and her

youngster sister Paige had looked after the bells for the past year and turned them over to Santa when he first appeared at the Rotary gathering on Tuesday morning, Dec. 20. Santa’s “Ho, Ho, Ho” could be heard throughout the lounge and halls of the Stittsville Villa when he first arrived, accompanied by his faithful elf Helene Rivest. He even sang “O Canada” with the Rotary Club members and their guests before handing out candy canes and gifts to all in attendance, even city of Ottawa Stittsville ward councillor Shad Qadri who was there.

On behalf of all our staff we wish you a vary HAPPY AND SAFE Holiday Season

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Three generations keeping fit at Curves JOHN CURRY john.curry@metroland.com

It’s family fitness at its best. Three generations of one family, ranging in age from 68 to 16, are now active and enthusiastic members at Stittsville’s Curves fitness centre for women at the Shoppers Drug Mart plaza on Stittsville Main Street. And it’s working for them, not only in terms of fitness and health but also in meeting new friends, socializing and chatting about just about anything under the sun and getting together more as a family. First, let’s meet the family: There’s Marilyn Lindahl, the oldest; her sisters Susan Bergeron and Jane Luckasavitch; her daughter Roxanne Bronsard; her granddaughter Bridget Bronsard, the youngest at 16; her niece Becky Bergeron, Susan’s daughter; and her sisterin-law Nancy Roche. It was Susan and Jane who began this family migration to Curves in Stittsville, starting at the facility when it first opened last January. Marilyn saw her sisters getting fit and now that she is a senior, she decided that she should start getting fitter. Roxanne started out as a Curves member but after about a month, she joined the Curves staff, an example of owner Vivienne Vanieris’ practice of hiring staff from the fitness centre’s membership. It was only a matter of time until Bridget, Roxanne’s daughter, joined as a member, not only because of her mother’s urgings but also because she wanted to work on her fitness. Granted, she and her mother are both runners but, as Roxanne says, a 30 minute fitness workout at Curves is a good complementary program for runners, developing other muscles. Sister-in-law Nancy Roche was the last family member to join, signing up last September. The three sisters – Marilyn, Susan and Jane – work out at Curves three times a week on Monday, Wednesday and Friday mornings and sometimes even more. Nancy can be found at Curves three or four times a week after she finishes

work while Roxanne, who also works besides her duties at Curves, does her 30 minute fitness workout at Curves three evenings a week. Her daughter Bridget works out with her mother. Indeed, Roxanne points out that Curves is a great place for a mother and daughter, as it gives them time together, not only getting fit but also providing time for them just to chat with each other. Becky Bergeron right now is taking a break from her fitness program due to health reasons. And is it working? Jane Luckasavitch says that she now has more energy since signing up at Curves. She notes that a 30 minute workout at Curves works every part of the body and also includes aerobic exercise as well. Susan Bergeron likes how a person at Curves is free to do their own thing, altering the time spent on an apparatus and the intervening recovery board. As long as you do 30 minutes, you can do what you like, she says. Marilyn Lindahl notes that an important part of the Curves program for her is the training that strengthens the bones to help combat the onset of arthritis and osteoporosis. She has also found that her balance has improved since she began at Curves. Indeed, Roxanne Bronsard, who has previously worked in a gymnasium setting, says that this Curves fitness centre is the only place where she has seen real results related to the fitness of members. But Curves is about more than just fitness results. While these are paramount, there is also an important social aspect for the members. Indeed, Susan Bergeron admits that she misses Curves on the weekends when the facility is closed, except for Saturday mornings. She says that it is so much fun being at Curves where she has developed so many friendships. “We have made so many friends,” she says. Jane Luckasavitch finds the atmosphere at Curves very relaxing, with the constant upbeat music making it a fun place. Roxanne Bronsard, who

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Showing that Curves in Stittsville is a real “family” place are, on the exercise apparatus in front, Roxanne Bronsard; and, back row, standing, left to right, Susan Bergeron, staff member Angela Best, Marilyn Lindahl, Jane Luckasavitch, Nancy Roche, Becky Bergeron, Bridget Bronsard and Curves owner Vivienne Vanieris. Marilyn, Susan and Jane are all sisters while Bridget, Roxanne, Becky and Nancy are all part of the family which extends to three generations and ranging in age from 68 to 16.

grew up in Stittsville, is finding that she is reconnecting with people from her youth who are now frequenting Curves. In addition, she is also meeting lots of new friends who now live in the fast-growing community. Roxanne notes that Curves provides a good atmosphere for networking and says that conversation around the fitness circuit can range from child rearing to work to travel to retirement and more. Besides the fitness room, Curves in Stittsville also features a rear lounge area where comfortable seating lures many a member for relaxation and conversation. It is a well used room, all adding to the concept that Curves in Stittsville offers a social aspect that goes beyond being a fitness centre. “It’s more of a club than a fitness centre,” says Roxanne. Angela Best, who works at Curves, sums it all up when she says “It’s just a

great place to be.” Nancy Roche points out that owner Vivienne Vanieris is amazing, always upbeat and friendly, with an amazing ability to remember a person’s name. She has had a gym membership previously but says that she much prefers the Curves situation, not only because of the overall atmosphere but also because of the circuit set up for the apparatus which allows a member to move from one apparatus to another, without having to decide what to do next. But, at the same time, as Marilyn Lindahl points out, there is no pressure to reach particular fitness levels. “You only push yourself as much as you want to,” she says. There are, of course, some apparatus that appeal more to some members than others. For instance, Marilyn Lindahl calls one apparatus “The Beast.” You can just imagine how she feels about it. Staff member Angela

Best notes that this apparatus, while perhaps difficult for some members, does burn the most calories and requires use of the most muscle groups. Marilyn, though, does particularly like another apparatus which helps develop balance, one of her key concerns. Staff members are always available to work with members who fill out a questionnaire about their goals when they join and who receive a complete fitness assessment. Goals are personalized to the individual and there are monthly checks to monitor each situation. Goals can range from weight loss to fitness to overall body health to combating heart disease to working on mobility to adopting an active lifestyle. Curves has a new diet program, Curves Complete, which will be unveiled in the spring, for members who have a weight loss goal as well as exercise goals. Curves also offers zum-

ba which provides a nice change for members at times. Staff member Angela Best is full of praise for this seven-member family which has become such a big part of the Curves family in Stittsville. She says that all of the family members are wonderful to have around the facility, as they are very friendly and helpful and help make everyone feel comfortable. Owner Vivienne Vanieris points to the family as an indication that the Curves experience works for family groups, noting that families grow even closer together when they come to Curves while also making new friends. “”We have tried to make this a home away from home,” she says about her Curves facility, noting that she wants Curves to serve the fitness needs of women in the community. Curves in Stittsville celebrates its first anniversary in business on Jan. 31. Curves in Stittsville can be contacted at 613831-9500.

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Standing ovation at Christmas concert JOHN CURRY john.curry@metroland.com

The standing ovation at the conclusion of the concert said it all – an appreciative audience of over 500 thanking the Goulbourn Male Chorus and its musical guests for filling Holy Spirit Catholic Church in Stittsville with two hours of seasonal melodies. Yes, the “Snack, Cider and Song” community Christmas concert last Sunday afternoon, Dec. 18 had it all, from the solo voices of Craig Edwardson in “How Will We Know Him,” Don Snyder in “Come, Come Emmanuel” and Ian Moody in “O Holy Night” to the nine angelic voices of the Campanella Children’s Choir (formerly the St. Thomas Anglican Church Children’s Choir), outfitted

Flute Trio of Christine Philipson, Crystal Payne and Catherine Allen. They filled the spacious altar area at Holy Spirit Catholic Church, with their music in turn filling the church right to the top of its vaulted central ceiling. But while the audience did sing along in a verse or two of this massed choir song, it was in three singalong carols that the audience voices really shone. “O Come, All Yet Faithful,” in the first half of the program, saw the audience’s voices penetrate to every corner of the church, accompanied by the Yuletide Flute Trio and Robert Dueck on keyboard, with Trinity Hilltop Ringers’ director David Chin leading the audience from atop the raised director’s platform.

in their blue choir robes, to the vocal offerings of the Goulbourn Male Chorus itself to the 50 voice massed choir singing of “Once in Royal David’s City” which was done twice – once opening the concert and then again as the grand finale. Indeed, as Goulbourn Male Chorus director Robert Dueck told the audience, it deserved repeating in the concert because it is such a grand piece of music and, in addition, the performers had worked so hard at preparing for it. These performers included not only the Goulbourn Male Chorus and the Campanella Children’s Choir but also the specially formed Yuletide Ladies’ Chorus, all accompanied by the Trinity Hilltop Ringers handbell choir and the Yuletide

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Members of the Campanella Children’s Choir who are performing at the community Christmas concert presented by the Goulbourn Male Chorus at Holy Spirit Catholic Church in Stittsville last Sunday afternoon, Dec. 18 are, front row, left to right, Sarah Smith, Emma Smith and Sierra Cabot; second row, left to right, Emma Green, Keara Watson-Laird and Grace Lawford; and, back row, left to right, Darcie Watson-Laird, Hannah Sullivan and Neave Watson-Laird.

In the second half, after the intermission, the audience got to sing “Joy to the World” and then, in something of a musical duet with the Goulbourn Male Chorus singing “Peace, Peace” while the audience focused on “Silent Night,” these two tunes melded in a way that we are sure even the angels on high would have trouble matching. Don Snyder, a bass with the Goulbourn Male Chorus, served as the MC for the concert, introducing the performers and songs while also imparting, along the way, some information – such as about the season of Advent and about the song “Still, Still, Still” which is a traditional Austrian Christmas carol. At the concert’s conclusion, he also thanked the various performers, others who helped in the staging of the concert and the audience. “What a pleasure this has been,” he told the audience, for the performers to sing for them in the contained spaciousness of Holy Spirit Church, with its warm acoustics. He thanked the audience for its attentive attitude and its enthusiasm throughout the concert. In a brief Advent address at the concert, Holy Spirit Catholic Church pastor Rev. Ross Finlan, in identifying Advent as the time when the focus is on the coming of Jesus at Christmas, spoke of the three ways in which people encounter Jesus: in history as the Jesus who was born in Bethlehem long ago; in mystery as the Jesus encountered today among the poor and who is alive in people’s hearts as they serve one

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Members of the Goulbourn Male Chorus who are singing in the community Christmas concert at Holy Spirit Catholic Church in Stittsville last Sunday afternoon, Dec. 18 are, front row, Bob Major, left, and Don Gillen, right; and, back row, Doug Hall, left, and John McGinn, right.

another; and in majesty as the Jesus who people will encounter at the end of time. A non-musical highlight of the concert was the presentation of a cash donation from the Goulbourn Male Chorus to the Stittsville Food Bank, starting a tradition as the Male Chorus made a similar donation to the Food Bank at its inaugural Christmas concert a year ago. Another non-musical highlight was the staging of the raffle draw for a Tennessee Waltz quilt which had been donated to the Male Chorus by quilter Sofie Paul-Duddy. The raffle was sold out, with all 2,000 tickets purchased. The winner, as drawn from the drum by Rev. Finlan, was Kathy Sinclair of Kanata. This quilt raffle was an important fundraising effort by the Male Chorus to help meet expenses such as the purchase of music for performances.

The Goulbourn Male Chorus began in the fall of 2010, comprised of men with a variety of musical skills, with some being very accomplished singers and others being what might be termed “shower” singers. It added even more voices this past fall and has grown to become an active community-oriented choir. This concert at Holy Spirit Church in Stittsville marked the third straight Sunday on which the Male Chorus performed, coming on the heels of two consecutive Sunday concerts in Richmond. The Male Chorus also performed during this time at the Stittsville Villa retirement residence in Stittsville. The Male Chorus is directed by Robert Dueck with Barbara Creech as the group’s accompanist. The Trinity Hilltop Ringers handbell choir from Trinity Presbyterian Church in Kanata was formed in 2004 following a community workshop

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OFFICE CLERK LOCATION – OTTAWA, ON STATUS – FULL TIME Best Theratronics Ltd. is a Canadian company of TeamBest™. We became a member of the Best family in May 2008. We manufacture external beam therapy units and self-contained blood irradiators. We have created a new product line of cyclotrons (B14p, B35p and the B70p) for radioisotope production. The team brings with it a diverse range of knowledge from around the world. TeamBest™ is driven by one primary goal - to provide the best products and services to customers.

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Stittsville News - DECEMBER 22 2011

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SEEKING DONATIONS Stittsville District Lions Club member Gord MacIsaac, centre, seated, chats on the phone as Lions Club members Jack Burke, left, and Ed Verbiwski, right, look on during the Lions Club’s phone campaign for donations to its Christmas assistance program last Friday, Dec. 17.

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Things are starting to move regarding a proposed commercial development at the northeast corner of Perth Street and Shea Road in Richmond. A site plan application has been submitted by the developer for the approximately four hectare parcel which is currently vacant. The site has about 140 metres of frontage on Perth Street and 240 metres of frontage on Shea Road. To be called “Richmond Village Square,”

the proposed commercial development will consist of six single storey buildings, ranging in size from 2619 square metres down to 232 square metres. The development will include a landscaped gateway feature which could include a heritage clock and a circular seating area. Vehicular access to the site will be via a primary point off Perth Street as well as a secondary one off Shea Road. There will be 379 parking spaces provided on site.

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Performing in the annual fall dance show at South Carleton High School are Meghan Rust, left, and Mallory Hebb, right.

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Performing in the recent annual fall dance show at South Carleton High School in Richmond are, from left to right, Devin Larocque, Sydney Jones and Andrew Gore.

“Mr. Saxobeat,” “The Villain Capers,” “Sexy and I Know It,” “Thieves in the Temple,” “Bird Flu” and “Heartless.” These are the titles of just six of the 25 routines performed in the annual fall dance show staged at South Carleton High School in Richmond. The show, involving a total of 132 dancers, was presented on Thursday evening, Dec. 15 and again on Friday evening, Dec. 16. The routines presented ranged from jazz to tap to hip hop to lyric, with the costumed performers dancing up a storm each time. A couple of the routines, a grade 12 tap routine called “Raggedy Ann” and a grade 12 hip hop number called “Levels,” were both choreographed by the grade 12 dancers themselves. Peer teachers Marlow Salhany and Meghan Goudie each choreographed a routine while Robecca Graziano choreographed the grade 10 lyric routine “Elephant in the Room.” Mothers who helped with the production include Lisa Goudie, Alison Buckley, Jody Layer, Michelle Clarke, Wendy Walters, Kitty Runions and Diana Rogers. Music edits were handled by Nancy Hempinstall and Haley Wall. The SCHS teachers for the show were Stacey Hamilton and Leslie Jaeggin.

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Performing in a grade 11 routine in the annual fall dance show at South Carleton High School in Richmond are, from left to right, Merrill Pappin, Melissa Cohan, Kate Donnelly, Kayla Littlejohn and Sofia West.

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Dancing in the grade 12 tap Raggedy Ann routine in the recent annual fall dance show at South Carleton High School in Richmond are students Erica Newman, left, and Victoria Anderson, right.

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