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It’s record time for the Kanata Chamber of Commerce People’s Choice Business Awards. There have been a record number of nominees put forward for the awards, with 281 businesses and individuals nominated for the awards. The nomination period, which ran from Monday, Nov. 28 through to Thursday, Dec. 22, is now over and soon the voting will begin. Online voting which will determine the award winners in all categories except for the Citizen of the Year Award will begin on Monday, Jan. 9 and run through until Tuesday, Feb. 3. There will be five finalists declared in each of the 11 categories in the awards competition, with the winners announced at a gala awards night at the Brookstreet Hotel in Kanata on Thursday, Feb. 23. There are eight categories with a geographical focus, with winners to be declared for Goulbourn (including Stittsville), Kanata and West Carleton, the three areas served by the Kanata Chamber of Commerce. There are two categories, namely technology business and professional services business, which will have only one winner from the whole area served by the Kanata Chamber of Commerce. See PEOPLE’S CHOICE, page 3
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What was Frosty the Snowman doing three days before Christmas this year? He was melting the hearts and tickling the funny bones of students, staff and parents at a Christmas concert at St. Philip Catholic School in Richmond. And while Frosty, wearing his traditional top hat, and the Snow Queen served as MC’s for the concert, announcing the various performances, they also served as a comedy duo, telling jokes featuring Frosty the Snowman. And who knew that there were so many? Between each performance, Frosty and the Snow Queen, who served as Frosty’s straight man for the jokes, told at least one and sometimes even more jokes about Frosty. Never heard a Frosty joke? Well, here’s a few for you as told at the concert:
What does Frosty the Snowman eat for breakfast? Answer: Snowflakes. What does Frosty’s girlfriend give to him when she is made at him? Answer: A cold shoulder. Where does Frosty keep his money? Answer: In a snowbank. What does Frosty drink to stay warm? Answer: Iced tea. And so it went – whenever there was a break between class performances, a Frosty joke was told. But while groaningly funny, these Frosty jokes were only a backdrop to the real focus of the concert – singing, dancing, acting and musical performances by the students of St. Philip, usually as classes or groups of classes. The performances ranged from playing Christmas music on recorders to dancing including one aboriginal dance and even one featuring Japanese music to singing, sometimes in French and sometimes in English, to a routine featuring juggling to a skit in which Santa Claus explains the true meaning of Christmas to one of his
elves to the multi-class closing song “We Wish You A Merry Christmas,” with the group accompanied by student musicians Sophie Green, Gabriel Wooltorton and Ian Wooltorton. It was standing room only for the one hour afternoon concert on Thursday, Dec. 22, with parents and grandparents and all the students crowding into the school gymnasium for the event. School principal Kathy Fischer set the tone for the concert, wearing a hat with flashing Christmas lights that even burst into Christmas music on occasion. A number of the student performers wore Santa hats, adding a festive touch to the event. The dance routines presented in the concert were all thanks to the efforts not only of the teachers involved but also of Ottawa Catholic School Board dance instructor Robin Guy who has been at the school recently and helped in preparing the students for these dances.
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Playing recorders in the Christmas concert at St. Philip Catholic School in Richmond on Thursday, Dec. 22 are students Jessica Lafleur, left, and Jakob Rowsell, right.
Museum looking for ‘Friends’ SPECIAL TO THE NEWS The Goulbourn Museum is looking for friends. “Friends of the Goulbourn Museum,” that is. Now that the Goulbourn Museum is an independent organization with its own incorporation and charitable status, having formally separated from the Goulbourn Township Historical Society, it is hoping that support will be forthcoming from the public in the form of people joining the new “Friends of the Goulbourn Museum.” Yearly memberships are only five dollars, payable to the Goulbourn Museum. Those who join “Friends of the Goul-
bourn Museum” will receive seasonal issues of the Museum Messenger, a newsletter providing highlights of Museum activities and telling about upcoming events at the Museum. The Goulbourn Museum is committed to creating dynamic exhibits that showcase Goulbourn’s heritage; to developing local history education programs; to protecting the community’s artefacts; and to bringing Goulbourn’s story forward to the broader community. The Goulbourn Museum can be contacted at 613-831-2393 or by email at goulbmus@rogers.com. The Goulbourn Museum’s website can be found at www. goulbournmuseum.ca.
The Citizen of the Year Award will go to only one person from the whole area as well. In addition, the Citizen of the Year Award winner will be selected by a committee. Winners in all other categories will be determined solely by the number of votes received in the online voting. In the online voting a person will be eligible for vote for one business or individual only in each category. To vote, simply go to the Kanata Chamber of Commerce website at www.kanatachamber.com, register to vote and then vote sometime during the Jan. 9-Feb. 3 voting period. The nominations in the Goulbourn categories are as follows: Community supported/non-profit organization (Goulbourn): Friends of Hospice Ottawa, Goulbourn Township Historical Society, Main Street Community Services, Richmond Village Association, Rotary Club of Ottawa – Stittsville, Stittsville Food Bank and Stittsville Minor Hockey Association. Tourism business (Goulbourn): Canadian Golf and Country Club, Karters Korners, Saunders Farm and Sixty Four Hundred Celebration Centre. Health and Wellness Business (Goulbourn): Bridlewood Trails Retirement Community, Canadian Sport Martial Arts Academy, Mahogany Salon and Spa, Main Street Optical, Moksha Yoga, Sue’s Hair Advantage, True Health Holistic and Yates Naturopathic Clinic. New business (Goulbourn): First Aid by Paramedics, Five Guys Burgers, Gaia Java Coffee Shop, Jabulani Winery and Vineyard, Moksha Yoga, Pinnacle Roofing, Scumptious Catering and Sobeys Stittsville. Large business (Goulbourn): Brown’s Your Independent Grocer, Climate Works Heating and Cooling, Jorgensen Roofing Ltd., Kodiak Snowplowing, Laurysen
Kitchens, Mahogany Salon and Spa, Royal Bank, Shoppers Drug Mart, Sobeys Stittsville, TD Canada Trust, The Glen Scottish Restaurant and Pub and Wildwood Steak Chophouse and Bar. Small business (Goulbourn): Action Coach Ontario, Bond’s Décor, Brown Bear Day Care, Business Launch Solutions, Canadian auto Mall Inc., Canadian Sport martial Arts Academy, Century Roofing, D&S Appliance and Refrigeration Ltd., Freedom Wireless, Memories2dvd, Rental Village, Sixty Four Hundred Celebration Centre, Sue’s Hair Advantage, Torbram Electric Supply, TW Outdoor Design Inc. and Wine Villa. Best restaurant (Goulbourn): Cabotto’s, Napoli’s Café, Never Too Latte Coffee House and Bistro, pocopazzo, The Glen Scottish Restaurant and Pub and Wildwood Steak Chophouse and Bar. Retail business (Goulbourn): Art Mad, Dandelion Kids Consignment Shop, Giant Tiger, Sobeys Stittsville, Stittsville Meat Market, The Vac Shack, Urban Tags, Value Village, Wine Villa and With Love Bridal Boutique. In the technology business category, which is not geographic specific but covers the whole area served by the Kanata Chamber of Commerce, Web Shark Media of Stittsville is among the eight nominees. In the professional services business category, another covering the whole area served by the Kanata Chamber of Commerce, Re/Max Affiliates Realty Ltd. at the Grant Crossing shopping area on Hazeldean Road is among the 14 nominees. In the Citizen of the Year category, which again covers the whole area served by the Kanata Chamber of Commerce, Stittsville sports enthusiast and Legion member John Leroux and former Rotary Club of Ottawa – Stittsville president Brad Spriggs are among the nine nominees.
Environmental focus at Gaia Concern for the environment dominates at the Gaia Java coffee shop in Stittsville. Located at the Shoppers Drug Mart plaza on Stittsville Main Street, the Gaia Java coffee shop is the first coffee shop in Ottawa to use an electrostatic filtering in its coffee bean roasting process. This produces locally roasted beans using only one-fourth the energy of a conventional setup. Fumes from the coffee roaster are also handled in an environmentally sustainable way. Instead of using an energy hungry afterburner to incinerate the smoke from the roasting process, Gaia Java coffee shop uses a process based on a combination of electro-static precipitators and carbon filtering. Gaia Java’s environmentally friendly philosophy extends to using compostable materials for disposable cups, stirrers and other items. All of the shop’s compostable waste which includes coffee grounds, food scraps and paper are delivery regularly to
a local farmer who incorporates the waste into an agricultural recycling process. Gaia Java coffee shop now handles coffees from around the world, ranging from Tanzanian Peaberry and Ethiopian Yirgacheffe beans of sub-Saharan Africa to southeast Asian flavours such as Indonesian Mandheling to South American beans such as Brazil Santos. Gaia Java also offers specialty teas, inhouse baked pastries, soups, paninis and other snack or lunch offerings. Gaia Java coffee shop also features occasional live performances featuring local musicians. Gaia Java coffee shop also has a donations box instead of the more customary “tips” jar. These donations are forwarded through an Ottawa-based NGO called CACHA (Canada-Africa Community Health Alliance) to an education fund for schools in Uganda. Donations from Gaia Java coffee shop have already meant a year of schooling for eight Ugandan children.
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City of Ottawa Councillor Reports By Shad Qadri, Councillor Ward Six Stittsville City of Ottawa
December 26th, 2011
Happy New Year! I sincerely wish that everyone is enjoying their holidays and family time. I wanted to wish everyone a Happy New Year and look forward to representing Stittsville and the City of Ottawa in 2012. This past year representing our community has been gratifying, fantastic and an absolute honour. As a community, Stittsville continues to grow and be a place of destination for not only residents who live in the community, but for people across the Nation’s Capital. We have accomplished a lot together as we continue to put our community on the map. On behalf of my office staff and myself, I would like to say thank you for making 2011 another unforgettable and positive year for the Stittsville community. I wish you all the best in 2012 and look forward to working with all of you in the New Year as we work together in making Stittsville the shining jewel in all of Ottawa. Remember to include Fire Safety on your holiday to-do list While taking responsibility for your family’s safety is important every day, it rings especially true around the holidays, historically one of the most dangerous times of the year. To reduce fire losses this year, Ottawa Fire Services urges residents to consider a holiday fire safety tip each day, with its 12 Days of Holiday Fire Safety campaign.
Mayor Jim Watson, Councillor Mark Taylor, Chair of the Community and Protective Services Committee, Councillor Steve Desroches, Chair of the Ottawa Community Housing Board of Directors, Councillor Peter Hume, Chair of the Planning Committee, Rideau-Rockcliffe Ward Councillor Peter Clark, and Jo-Anne Poirier, OCH Chief Executive Officer, attended the ceremony. The total budget for the Carson’s Road development is $6 million. The City of Ottawa will provide $4 million towards the project, while the remaining $2 million will come from Ottawa Community Housing. The $4 million City contribution is part of the City’s $14 million Housing and Homelessness Investment Plan. The stacked townhouse development is comprised of three new residential buildings and includes a number of barrier free units. The development will be integrated with the existing Ottawa Community Housing development located immediately to the south of the Carson’s Road property. Construction will begin with the site clearing in January 2012, with the completion of the development scheduled for the fall of 2012. Save the Date - Transforming Ottawa City Streets
The tips have been developed to prevent the most common types of home fires that occur during the holiday season.
Come and learn more about the progress the City has already made with this study. By attending, you’ll find out more about the: roles and objectives of the study; initial vision and principles that will guide the study, and the mapping of downtown streets and some preliminary strategic directions. Join in the discussion to share your observations and ideas.
There are many ways to protect your family and home from fire. During this busy time of the year, it is easy to let one’s guard down and that’s when a fire can happen. Consider these holiday fire safety tips to ensure your family has a safe and happy holiday season.
This is the second in a series of public events that will provide residents with an understanding of the study, what it hopes to achieve and how it will transform Ottawa’s streets over the next 20 years. Find out more concerning the study on the City’s website at ottawa.ca/downtownmoves.
For a list of these tips and for more information go to ottawa.ca/fire.
Wednesday, January 18, 2012 5:30 to 8:30 pm Ottawa City Hall, Jean Piggott Place, Main Floor 110 Laurier Avenue West
Ottawa Police is increasing Service Fees for Police Record and Criminal Record Checks The Ottawa Police Services Board approved fee increases in the 2012 Budget http://ottawapolice.ca/Libraries/ Publications/2012_draft_budget_web.sflb.ashx in keeping with the Board’s policy http://ottawapoliceboard.ca/opsbcspo/en/policies.html in this area. This decision was based on that fact that an increase in requests for records checks and other services had created a large gap between the cost of providing the services and the revenues generated. These changes are consistent with fees charged by other municipal police services in Ontario. Effective January 1, 2012, the Ottawa Police Service (OPS) will increase fees. For a list of these services please visit www.ottawapolice.ca. City of Ottawa and Ottawa Community Housing launch new Affordable Housing Development The City of Ottawa, in partnership with Ottawa Community Housing (OCH), broke ground December 21st on a new stacked townhouse development on Carson’s Road, which will result in a total of 26 new social housing units.
Questions? Email the project team at downtownmoves@ottawa.ca 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 613-5802476 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 9-5pm, and Saturday 9am1pm. 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. R0131124114
Giving a “thumbs up” at the annual fundraising charity dinner held at Napoli’s Café in Stittsville on Monday, Dec. 19 which raised almost $32,000 for Roger’s House are, from left to right, Ottawa Senators president Cyril Leeder; Milad Khalil, co-owner of Napoli’s Café; Zenon Konopka of the Ottawa Senators; Chris Neil of the Ottawa Senators, who is honourary chair of Roger’s House; Peter Regin of the Ottawa Senators (behind), Bassell Khalil, co-owner of Napoli’s Café; Danielle Robinson of the Sens Foundation; Eric Condra of the Ottawa Senators; Zack Smith of the Ottawa Senators; and Nick Foligno of the Ottawa Senators.
Napoli’s helps Roger’s House JOHN CURRY john.curry@metroland.com
Napoli’s Café in Stittsville has given a helping hand to Roger’s House. About $32,000 was raised for Roger’s House at the third annual fundraising charity dinner at Napoli’s Café on Monday evening, Dec. 19. And what an evening it was. “It was just a big party atmosphere,” Bassel Khalil, co-owner of Napoli’s Café, said, explaining that he and his co-owner brother Milad Khalil host the event even at such a busy time of the year in the restaurant business because they enjoy doing it simply because “it’s so festive.” And this year’s event featured the presence of six Ottawa Senators – Chris Neil, who is honourary chair of Roger’s House, Nick Foligno, Zack Smith, Peter Regin, Eric Condra and Zenon Konopka – along with Ottawa Senators team president and Sens Foundation board member Cyril Leeder. They circulated among the crowd of 135 or so diners, chatting with them and having their photos taken with them. Former Ottawa Rough Rider and television sports personality Ken Evraire was the MC for the evening and also served, along with Bassel Khalil, as auctioneer for the evening. It was the live auctions for a number of major items that generated much of the $32,000 that was raised for Roger’s House, with a raffle draw also raising some funds. Among the live auction items were a dinner for ten at Napoli’s cooked and served by Ottawa Senators Nick Foligno and Zack Smith, with the evening captured on video for showing on the Ottawa Senators website. This item alone brought in $4,000. But it was a Sports Weekend in Denver for four that attracted the largest single bid, $5,000. A similar item was also auctioned off at last year’s event and a video was shown which captured the experience. This Sports Weekend in Denver includes a two night hotel stay, four tickets to a luxury suite for a Denver Broncos football game, pre-game field-level passes
and four tickets to a Colorado Avalanche National Hockey League game. Bassel Khalil, who went along on the trip last year, calls it an “awesome trip” which is arranged through a friend, Sam Grandados, who operates a firm called Integrated Snow in Denver. Other live auction items included a minor hockey team practice at Scotiabank Place with Ottawa Senators Nick Foligno and Chris Neil; a bed from Mattress Mart along with a Chris Neil hockey stick and tickets to a Senators game; a dozen tickets to a 100 level suite for an Ottawa Senators game; racing at the Calabogie Race Track, followed by attendance at an Ottawa Senators game; and attendance for four at an Ottawa Senators game with access to the exclusive Wiser’s Club. Raffle prizes included a garage makeover, a Molson fridge and signed Ottawa Senators jerseys. Many of the prizes for the live auction and raffle draws were collected by Bassel Khalil from his contacts and suppliers. The Ottawa Senators Foundation also provided some of the prizes. Bassel and Milad Khalil organize this annual event, this year receiving help from Jennifer Graves of the Senators Foundation. This is the third year that Napoli’s Café has hosted this major fundraising charity dinner just before Christmas. Bassel Khalil notes the loyalty of Napoli’s customers who faithfully turn out to help support the event. “It’s all about the kids,” is how Bassel explains why he and his brother host the event. Going into this year’s third annual event, the event had raised more $50,000. This charity dinner evening is hosted by Bassel and Joanne Khalil and Milad Khalil, owners and operators of Napoli’s Café. The event is supported by Chris Neil, honourary chair of Roger’s House, and others from the Ottawa Senators Hockey Club. Roger’s House is an eight bed pediatric residential hospice that serves children and youth with life-limiting illnesses and their families. See NAPOLI’S, page 5
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Christmas at home thanks to new ramp
From page 4 Napoli’s Café, located at the Shoppers Drug Mart plaza on Stittsville Main Street in Stittsville, is now in its 18th year in business in Stittsville. Once again this year Napoli’s Café has been nominated as the best restaurant in Goulbourn in the annual People’s Choice Business Awards program organized by the Kanata Chamber of Commerce. Napoli’s has won this award in the past. Bassel and Milad Khalil of Napoli’s Café would like to thank the following for their involvement in this year’s successful fundraising charity dinner: Ottawa Senators players Chris Neil, Nick Foligno, Zack Smith, Peter Regin, Eric Condra and Zenon Konopka, Ottawa Senators president Cyril Leeder, Senators Sports and Entertainment, the Sens Foundation, Doug Henderson of Henderson Security, Mark and Gail Seabrook of the Canadian Golf and Country Club, Mike Bernier of Mattress Mart, Mike Pillon of Endeavour Sports Group, Sam Grandados of Integrated Snow, George Coyle of Coyle Publishing, Robert Doherty and Charlton Hobbs, Mike Swartzak of Sports Experts, Sysco Food, Tannis Trading, Ital Foods, Orleans Fresh Fruits, Kaufmann, Jennifer Graves of the Sens Foundation, MC Ken Evraire and Canadian Linen.
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Larry Torrington returned to his Stittsville home from the hospital on Tuesday, Dec. 20 to a backyard full of carol-singing supporters who had just helped to build the ramp that allowed him to come home. Torrington, 58, had part of his right leg surgically removed due to complications with his diabetes in March, and was due to return home in August after rehabilitation. However, Mr. Torrington and his wife Terry could not secure the funding necessary to build a wheelchair ramp into his home and so he was forced to stay in hospital. But recently, Carleton-Mississippi Mills MPP Jack MacLaren heard about Mr. Tor-
rington’s plight and decided to do something about it. MacLaren, a past president of the Ontario Landowners Association and a member of the Ottawa Landowners Association, teamed up with some fellow members and offered to pay the bills and put in the labour to get Torrington home to his wife in time for Christmas. “I got thinking, it’s the Christmas season,” MacLaren said in the Torrington’s backyard atop their newly constructed ramp. MacLaren and other volunteers including Tom Black of Stittsville, president of the landowner’s association, worked all weekend long on Dec. 17-18 to put the ramp together. Kanata’s Home Depot, having heard Mr.
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Larry Torrington, centre, sings Christmas carols from his new wheelchair accessible ramp at his home in Stittsville as he is joined by, from left to right, city of Ottawa Stittsville ward councillor Shad Qadri; Tom Black, president of the Carleton Landowners Association which built the ramp with volunteer help; Terry Torrington, Larry’s wife; and Carleton-Mississippi Mills MPP Jack MacLaren who initiated the ramp project after hearing about Mr. Torrington’s plight regarding its construction.
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Torrington’s plight, offered up the required lumber for next to nothing. The ramp, attached to the home’s existing back deck, was fully constructed by Monday, Dec. 19, ready for Mr. Torrington’s return home the following day. “I feel better than all of you,” he told cheering supporters. “I don’t know what to say but thank you and Merry Christmas to everyone.” MacLaren said that keeping Torrington in the hospital so long cost the government far more than the cost of the deck would have. “We can’t always rely on the government to solve our problems,” he said. “The government is broken. We need to help our neighbours.” Black added to this sentiment, comparing their ramp-building to barn-raising in days gone by. Stittsville Coun. Shad Qadri also paid a visit to the Torrington’s backyard on Tuesday, Dec. 20. “This restores my faith in humanity,” he said. “I’m looking forward to finding ways to make our community even better.” After much thanks-giving, MacLaren’s wife Janet led the crowd in a rousing round of Christmas carols including Deck the Halls, Joy to the World and Jingle Bells. Before heading inside from the cold via his new ramp, Mr. Torrington thanked everyone one last time. “I’m going to have a great Christmas because of this,” he said. Donations towards future projects like this one can be made to the Canadian Paraplegic Association of Ontario or to the Ontario Landowners Association.
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New Year resolutions
As the clock ticks down on the year 2011, we all get ready to welcome in the New Year and, with it, all of our well-intentioned resolutions. Yes, we are going to do this or that better in the coming year; we are going to pay more attention to something; we are going to correct that flaw that crops up in our actions every now and then; we are going to be more compassionate and more caring; we are going to be more efficient and work harder; and the list goes on and on. Yes, a new year, a new page in our lives – our new and improved lives. Yes, we all have the best of intentions as the New Year comes in. The New Year is going to see the new improved version of ourselves. And while one or so of these
resolutions may stick, most resolutions quickly become forgotten, especially in today’s rush/ rush world where we hurry from one thing to another, with barely enough time to take a breath and certainly with not enough time to assess just how well we are following our New Year’s resolutions. But this does not mean that we should not make resolutions. Absolutely we should, because they show that we recognize our faults, our imperfections and want to change for the better. We may not, sliding quickly back into our comfortable ways of the past, but there is, we think, some redemption and pause for praise just in the very fact that we make a New Year’s pledge to do things differently, to do things better.
That’s optimism. That’s what gives us all hope that tomorrow will be better than today, that improvement is just around the next bend in these complicated lives of ours. So, hopefully New Year’s Day this year will see you armed with one or a couple or several resolutions, all made in good faith and all instruments that will make you a better person. You may not achieve them all as January turns into February and the year goes on but even if just one is realized, then it’s a triumph not only for you but also for all humanity. It will be the victory of hope over despair, of optimism over pessimism, of the belief in goodness over the spectre of malaise and withdrawal.
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2012: The year of getting taller The year 2011 wasn’t so bad. The weather was pretty good, particularly in the summer. Ottawa’s downtown didn’t get dug up for tunnels. A number of evil dictators left the scene, although not in Ottawa. The opening of IKEA didn’t tie up traffic for weeks, as predicted. Actually, the opening of IKEA didn’t tie up traffic for minutes. Other areas were not so bad either. The economy — well, the economy could have been worse, which is a bit of a scary thought. More encouragingly, the capital region was not overrun by poisonous snakes. Temperatures did not reach -50. And if there were any hurricanes around here, they went unreported. Unfortunately, it cannot be guaranteed that 2012 won’t be worse. Ominous signs are everywhere. Many of them look like Road Under Construction signs, but there are others as well. The leading economic indicators are leading downhill.
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CHARLES GORDON The global temperatures keep climbing, even when we don’t want them to. The political polls show fewer and fewer of us showing much interest. So what is there to look forward to? Is there any reason not to give up hope and move to Timbuctoo or a suburb of Calgary? Well, it depends on your reaction to the following scientifically derived predictions for 2012. First of all, our National Hockey League team. The Senators are rebuilding, as you know. The good thing about that is that if they don’t win, we can assume they will be better next year. And if they win, we can assume they will be even better than that next year. There is nothing to lose with this at-
Tunneling under downtown may concern you, as a source of noise, dust and traffic chaos. Or you may just be looking forward to getting it over with. The prediction is that there will be no tunneling this year. However, yellow lines will be painted here and there. We will, in fact, be grateful for even that, because government cutbacks will make yellow paint difficult to come by, as well as a lot of other things, including staff and money. Governments will have to learn to do more with less, which, when you translate it into plain speech, means doing less. This will affect a number of important projects, none so much as the proposal to give the National Arts Centre a more imposing entrance on Elgin Street. The more imposing entrance will now consist of some arrows on the sidewalk, made with yellow paint, point-
ing to the existing entrance at the back. As we have seen in years past, government cutbacks affect all aspects of life. For example, as we approach the end of 2012, we will notice that there are only 11 days of Christmas. Not everything will be declining, however. One thing that will be increasing will be the height of new buildings. This is due to one of the miracles of Ottawa life — namely, the ability of new condo towers to grow well past the heights to which they are legally entitled. More such magic building are in store for 2012. The tallest one,
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Your final thing to look forward to in 2012 is the building of another IKEA. The new one, out at Iris and Greenbank, turned out to be not big enough to house the anticipated Occupy IKEA movement. The new one is estimated to be the size of three airports. It will be built right next door to you, although it is not exactly zoned for that.
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Playing drums in the Christmas concert at Holy Spirit Catholic School in Stittsville on Performing in a presentation about “The Friendly Beast” in the Christmas concert at Thursday, Dec. 22 are students Elizabeth Du Quesnay, left, and Megan Pawlikowski, Holy Spirit Catholic School in Stittsville on Thursday, Dec. 22 are, from left to right, Sam right. Beaton, Laura Marsden, Henry Akin, Annabelle Durr, Rachel Coligan and Rowan Tape.
Historical Society promotes history SPECIAL TO THE NEWS
The Goulbourn Township Historical Society promotes local history. Among its activities are identifying and marking heritage buildings in the community, encouraging his-
torical research and promoting interest in local history. The Historical Society also runs an annual photo contest and holds regular monthly meetings featuring guest speakers. An annual membership in the Historical Society costs $15 per person.
Right now, the Historical Society is selling copies of “The Ghosts of Goulbourn,” a book of ghost stories in Goulbourn written by former Stittsville resident Bernie Shaw. The book, which has recently been reprinted after its initial production run sold out, is being sold for $10. For more information about the Goulbourn Township Historical Society, please contact Historical Society president Barbara Bottriell at 613-836-2305.
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A neighbourly gesture has resulted in a Kanata resident now owning a new quilt. Kathy Sinclair was outside her home when a member of the Goulbourn Male Chorus who lives on her street was driving past. He spotted her outside and stopped his car, selling her the ticket that eventually was the winning one pulled from a drum at the Christmas concert staged at Holy Spirit Catholic Church in Stittsville on Sunday afternoon, Dec. 18. Kathy was thrilled to win the quilt which was quilted by Sophie PaulDuddy, with the machine stitching done by Jean Wong who has a connection with the Goulbourn Male Chorus as he sang with the group last year. The quilt raffle turned out to be a successful fundraising effort by the Goulbourn Male Chorus, with all of the tickets sold.
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Playing a Christmas song assisted by the use of hollow tubes tuned to the proper musical notes at a holiday concert on Tuesday, Dec. 20 are Westwind Public School students, from left to right, front row, Gregory Cowan, Naya Adams and Sanjay Stone; and, second row, left to right, Taylor Noynes, Thomas Kulla, Owen McClelland, Jack Webb, Owen Watt, Tyson Leuty and Alice Fournier.
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...AND THE BAND PLAYS ON Alanah Quiriln of Sacred Heart Catholic High School plays with the school band as it performs at Holy Spirit Catholic School in Stittsville on Tuesday, Dec. 20.
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ANIMALS AT ST. STEPHEN The St. Stephen Catholic School community in Stittsville is collecting funds to be involved in a World Vision project to fill a stable in a developing country with animals. Each animal costs a certain amount, totaling $1,600 altogether. Just over $1,263 has been raised so far by various fundraising activities at the school. A stable with animal cutouts erected at the school is a constant reminder of this ongoing fundraising project. Students Tiffany Lepine, left, and Matthew Pybus, right, are at the stable where the animals are on display. School custodian Michel Rozon made the animal cutouts while Mark Bjorkstead of Stittsville built the stable.
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DIRECTING SCHOOL BAND Sacred Heart Catholic High School music teacher Matt Dawber, far right, directs the school band as it performs at Holy Spirit Catholic School in Stittsville on Tuesday, Dec. 20.
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St. Stephen Catholic School students Jack McEnery, left, and Madison Godin, right, are among the assortment of mittens, stocking stuffers and lightly used items that the school collected before Christmas for the St. Luke Catholic School community in Ottawa. The inclusion of lightly used items falls under the school’s “eco-schools” initiative.
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THURSDAY IS FOR TIES Westwind Public School head custodian Len Rebertz, centre, wears a tie to work every Thursday. So on Thursday, Dec. 22, in honour of Mr. Rebertz, everyone at the school, including students and staff, was encouraged to wear a tie, as did these four students with Mr. Rebertz, on the left, Isaac Wilson, far left, and Naomi Bacon, second from left, and, on the right, Julia Garnet, second from the right, and Declan Ayle, far right.
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SPECIAL TO THE NEWS The rain in Spain stays mainly in the plain. Despite these words from a famous song in the renowned “My Fair Lady” musical, there is nothing either rainy or plain about what five members of Douvris Martial Arts & Fitness’s Stittsville/Kanata location achieved at the recent World Karate Championships of the World Karate Council in Cadiz, Spain. This ranged from being named a world champion to a gold medal to silver and bronze medals. Elyse Gorrell of Kemptville returned with a gold medal for women’s team fighting as well as a silver medal in women’s point fighting. Another Douvris Martial Arts & Fitness member Ariana Mihan of Kanata was named world champion in point fighting in her girls’ aged 12-15 division. Kayvon Mihan of Kanata won a silver medal in point
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Young Elle Ladd, right, sits on Santa’s knee as Santa’s elf Liz Mevel, left, looks on during Santa’s visit to a children’s Christmas program at the Stittsville branch of the Ottawa Public Library on Monday evening, Dec. 19.
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Payton Neilson decorates a Christmas heart at a children’s program at the Playing as they perform with Santa hats on in the band concert at South Carleton High Stittsville branch of the Ottawa Public School in Richmond on Tuesday evening, Dec. 20 are, from left to right, Emily Shaver, William Heney and Ryan Walkland. Library on Monday evening, Dec. 19.
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IN CHRISTMAS CONCERT Performing as a percussion ensemble at the band concert at South Carleton High School in Richmond on Tuesday, Dec. 20 are students, from left to right, Adam Khawas, Matt Allan, Dennis Leask, Dean Yorke-Slader and Danielle Watchorn.
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A local cheerleading team is trying to raise funds to send its members to Orlando, Fla., for an international competition next April. The Capital City Storm’s senior team is hoping to head south of the border for the COA Ultimate National Championship, set for April 5 to 8, 2012. The team, which is mostly comprised of residents from Kanata and Stittsville, has been holding raffles at the Loblaws grocery store in the Kanata Centrum and hosting birthday parties to generate the cash needed, said Rosemary Morrison, the mother of one of the girls on the senior team. The cheerleaders, who practice at the Storm’s facility on Iber Road in Stittsville, have been hosting birthday parties as part of their fundraising effort. For more information, visit the website at www.capitalcitystorm.ca.
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Evan Marr is his name and soccer is his game. “Soccer has always been my number one sport,” the 15 year old grade ten student at Sacred Heart Catholic High School in Stittsville says, although he admits that he also enjoys playing hockey. Evan was captain of Sacred Heart’s junior boys soccer team this fall, leading it to a record of seven wins and two losses. But it is his play with the Ottawa Fury team which draws players from across Ottawa which really merits attention. Recently the team went to Florida where it competed in the North American finals, going up in its division against seven other teams that came from all over North America. Evan has played with the Fury since December 2010 after a friend suggested that he try out for the squad. Since then, he has found that both his skill level and his confidence level have improved. During the summer, the Fury play in the Super Youth League’s New England Division which involves teams in New Hampshire, Maine, Massachusetts, Vermont and New York, as well as the Fury, the only Canadianbased team. As a result, the team boards the bus and travels to two away games every second weekend. But Evan, for one, enjoys the long bus rides involved with this team travel. “The bus rides are really fun,” he says. “You get to bond with the team.” As a soccer player, Evan describes himself as a very clam player who tries to communicate well with his teammates on the field, helping them with their positioning. He tries to calm the team down when appropriate and admits to be a definite fan of the passing game. He likes the tactics involved in the game of soccer. “I’m more definitely more of a playmaker,” he says about his soccer. With the Fury he plays outside left back or centre defense and says that improving his defensive play is his priority concern right now. He likes the coaching which he receives with the Fury, as players are taught individually. While soccer is his first love and ultimately gaining a scholarship to play soccer at a Canadian university is his ultimate goal, Evan also plays midget house
l e a g u e hockey for Stittsville where he plays centre. In hockey, he is also a playmaker but he says that he can also score goals. E v a n a d m i t s that being i nvo l ve d Evan Marr with two sports as well as his school work keeps him pretty busy but says that he tries to do his best to balance his time properly. With three soccer practises a week with the Fury and two hockey commitments a week, he has demands on his time which have to be managed. Indeed, he feels that his time management has helped him succeed not only in sports but in school where he currently has an 85 percent average. “I just do my best in school in all that I do, I guess,” he says, noting that he does best in English but that he also enjoys his religion course since he believes that his Catholic faith is an important part of his life. He loves to read and is an admitted fan of history, believing that knowing and learning from the mistakes of the past can help people succeed now. It is also important to remember what has happened in the past, he says. Evan attended schools in Barrhaven and Richmond before attending Holy Spirit Catholic School in Stittsville where he was in the French Immersion program. He remains in the French Immersion program at Sacred Heart because he feels that it will be good to graduate with a French Immersion certificate, especially in the Ottawa area where there are a lot of bilingual people. He admits that the French Immersion program is challenging but he feels that as long as he keeps working on it and trying his best, it worth staying involved in the program. Evan says that he likes hanging out with his friends and being with his family. He is attuned to social media like Facebook and Twitter, finding that this helps him keep connected with his friends. He finds that it also helps in his school work in, for instance, organizing a project with school mates.
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AT CHRISTMAS CONCERT Getting ready to perform in the Christmas concert at Goulbourn Middle School on Tuesday, Dec. 20 are students Robyn Easton, left, and Jaclyn Bunbala, right.
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….Sacred Heart Catholic High School has entered a partnership with Algonquin College in which the school will be offering a Mathematics of College Technology course in the next semester in February. The course will be team taught by a Sacred Heart math teacher and an Algonquin professor. Students taking this course will receive not only a high school math credit but will earn a college math credit as well. Taking this course will enhance a student’s chances of success if any technology, engineering or building trades program which might be taken at Algonquin College…Steven Spooner of Stittsville is one of 69 Chartered Accountants in Ontario elected recently as Fellows of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ontario, earning the designation FCA. There were only five Chartered Accountants in the Ottawa area who earned this designation which is the highest honour that the Institute confers. It is given for outstanding career achievements as well as service to the community and the profession. Less than three percent of Ontario’s over 35,000 Chartered Accountants are elected as Fellows of the Institute. Mr. Spooner is the chief financial officer of Mitel Networks Corporation, a global technology company based in Ottawa with annual revenues
over $650 million and more than 2,000 staff spread around the world. Mr. Spooner, who has responsibility for finance, operations, legal, information technology, mergers and acquisitions and investor relations, led the company through a $150 million IPO in 2010, the largest ever in Ottawa. Mr. Spooner is a member of the Ottawa Hospital Foundation’s Board and serves as a volunteer spokesperson for the Foundation...The Intermediate Extra Curricular Music Program at Sacred Heart Catholic High School has about 170 students enrolled in four ensembles: the Sacred Heart Girls’ Youth Choir, the Intermediate Band, the Sacred Heart Husky Voices Boys’ Company and the cast of the grade 7/8 Christmas musical “The Tale of the Drowsy Shepherd”…Angela Grant of Stittsville, who is assistant director of the Ottawa Catholic School Board children’s choir, directed the choir’s singing of “The Nutcracker In About Three Minutes” at its annual Christmas concert on Monday evening, Dec. 19 at St. Basil’s Catholic Church in Ottawa. She not only directed the choir for this number but she also did the choreography, as the choir used dramatic hand, arm and body movements throughout their singing of a medley of tunes from Tchaikovsky’s famous Nutcracker….
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The lighted cross atop the steeple of St. Philip Catholic Church in Richmond had company in the night sky on Thursday, Dec. 22. Lighting up the sky between the church and Maitland Street were fireworks, a 15 minute show that galvanized the attention of the more than 200 who attended the annual St. Philip Christmas Social on the adjacent grounds of St. Philip Catholic School. Starting at 7:52 p.m. and running through to 8:07 p.m., the show saw a consistent stream of fireworks soar up high, some probably achieving a height comparable to or even higher than that of the lighted cross on the nearby church steeple, before bursting into a cavalcade of light, often linked with a resounding bang. There were ones that distributed cascades of sparkles against the night sky; there was one that sent a horde of firefly-like tidbits streaming downward; there were others that burst forth into bouquets of light and colour; and more …yes, there’s nothing quite like the awesome splendour of a fireworks show. This was the culminating attraction at
the annual St. Philip Christmas Social, an outdoor celebration for students and adults hosted by the School Council at St. Philip Catholic School. Starting at 6 p.m. and ending with the fireworks display, the Christmas Social this year saw the St. Philip Knights of Columbus on hand, doing a barbecue and providing free hot dogs to one and all. There was also hot chocolate served and many were able to huddle around and enjoy the warmth and glow of campfires cracking away in one of several firepots. There were treats available and an inflated snowman and a Christmas tree were set up for all to enjoy as Christmas music played. Coloured lighting danced across one of the school’s brick walls, perhaps foretelling the light show that would burst against the dark sky when the fireworks were set off at the end of the evening event. A favourite attraction that evening, which featured no snow on the ground, no precipitation in the air and a two degrees Celsius reading on the thermometer, was the horse-drawn wagon rides which were offered to one and all. The pair of horses took their wagonloads all around the block, a real treat.
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SPECIAL TO THE NEWS Rhythmic gymnastics is coming to Stittsville. Starting in January, the Kanata Rhythmic Gymnastics Club will be offering a recreational program for girls age four and up on Monday evenings at St. Stephen Catholic School on Stittsville Main Street in Stittsville. Registration for this program is now open at www.krsg.org. Rhythmic gymnastics helps develop overall fitness, coordination and flexibility, hand-eye coordination and gymnastics skills in a fun environment that emphasizes colour, action and challenge. The Kanata Rhythmic Gymnastics Club offers a sixbadge skill development program which includes participation in a group routine performance to music at a Spring Gymnaestrada which is held in Stittsville in April. John Brummell photo Rhythmic gymnastics involves ballet-based GARDEN BENCH FOR SCHOOL dance movements such Sitting on a new garden bench donated to Westwind Public School by the Stittsville Public School as turns, balances, jumps Council are Allison Landon, left, the Westwind Public School Council chair, and Marva Major, and leaps, along with Westwind Public School principal; while standing behind them are Rosanne Wall, left, and Melissa Aitken, right, co-chairs of the Stittsville Public School Council. Precise Metafab and Mementos donated the plaque on the bench which reads “May You Keep Shooting For the Stars.”
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Stittsville Public School Council co-chairs Melissa Aitken, left, and Rosanne Wall, right, hold the giant cheque for $800 which recently has been given by the Stittsville Public School Council to the School Council at the new Westwind Public School in Stittsville.
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splits and cartwheels. There is also a competitive program provided by the Kanata Rhythmic Gymnastic Club which sees gymnasts work toward performing intricate routines involving ropes, hoops, ribbons and balls, either individually or in groups. Lucinda Nowell, formerly of Stittsville, is a Kana-
Photo courtesy of Helen Nowell
Rhythmic gymnast Caroline Liang of Stittsville performs a ball routine.
ta Rhythmic Gymnastic Club member who is a provincial champion and currently is a national-level rhythmic gymnasts. She participated in the recent World Gymnaestrada as did adult gymnasts Sharon Fryer and Elizabeth Campbell-Brown, both also from Stittsville. The next World Gymnaestrada, taking place in Helsinki, Finland in four year’s time, may involve Caroline Liang and Sarah Morris, both of Stittsville, who are now developing their rhythmic gymnastic skills at an advanced level with the Kanata Rhythmic Gymnastic Club. Caroline Liang is a bronze medal winning rhythmic gymnast at the provincial level while Sarah Morris is a member of the Kanata Charms Aesthetic Group Gymnastics team which won three gold medals at the Red Ribbon Championships for Aesthetic Group Gymnastics in Toronto last June. Her group also won a special judges’ award as the most graceful group in the competition.
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Rhythmic gymnastics coming to Stittsville
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