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Here comes Canada Day 2017 in Stittsville. The Stittsville Village Association (SVA) , which organizes the annual Canada Day celebrations in Stittsville, has already applied to the city of Ottawa and to Heritage Canada for grants to help fund the celebrations. There will also be donations sought from local businesses as the SVA requires at least $22,000 to stage the celebrations. The funds raised determine what attractions are provided. An SVA committee to plan and organize the Canada Day celebrations will be meeting soon to begin its planning for the day. Traditionally the Canada Day celebrations in Stittsville begin at 3 p.m. SVA president Tanya Hein has suggested that perhaps the celebrations should begin two hours earlier.
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The parking lot at the Goulbourn Recreation Complex (GRC) will become a shortterm Urban Camping site for RVs for this year’s Canada Day. The GRC is one of several city of Ottawa parking lots and green spaces that are being used as short-term Urban Camping sites to provide extra accommodation space for the influx of visitors expected in the nation’s capital to take part in Canada’s 150th birthday celebrations surrounding Canada Day. The GRC will be used for RV parking only, with 21 RV sites and six long RV sites to be available. There will be no tent sites offered at the GRC. All of these RV camping sites will accommodate one RV or one trailer/vehicle combination. The fees are based on the length of the vehicle, with a higher fee charged for vehicles over 33 feet in length. There will be two dimensions for regular RV sites: 25 feet by 33 feet and 17 feet by 51 feet. Long RV sites will be about 17 feet by 68 feet in size. For a five night stay (June 29 to July 4), the fee for a regular RV will be $847.50 while the fee for a long RV will be $1,130. For a three night stay (June 30 to July 3), the fee for a regular RV will be $542.50 while the fee for a long RV will be $712. These fees will apply when the spots become available as of March 1. While regular registration will begin on March 1, there are a limited number of five night packages available now at ottawa.ca, with an early bird registration
beginning on Jan. 16. These packages are being provided at a reduced rate with the fee for a regular RV being $706.25 and the fee for a long RV being $988.75. This compares to the regular fee rates of $847.50 for a regular RV and $1,130 for a long RV. Campers using these Urban Camping sites at the GRC will have use of communal shower facilities in the GRC change rooms as well as use of indoor public washrooms in the facility. Urban Camping will be a unique way to visit Ottawa at the time of the Canada 150th birthday celebrations surrounding Canada Day 2017. Park your RV at the GRC and then use it as your headquarters to travel to various special events and activities happening in Ottawa for Canada Day 2017. In addition, RV’ers will be able to enjoy the recreation facilities of the GRC, albeit for a small extra fee. These include the pool and gym facilities at the GRC. An added bonus for Urban Camping at the GRC is that the Stittsville Village Association will be hosting Stittsville’s Canada Day celebrations at the adjacent Sacred Heart Catholic High School. This will include a gala fireworks display at dusk. So, any RV’ers who decide to forego attending the entertainment and fireworks on Parliament Hill that day and evening can opt to stay right in Stittsville and still enjoy a program of entertainment and fireworks celebrating Canada Day. The GRC RV sites are also located adjacent to an OC Transpo bus route, providing convenient access to downtown Ottawa and its activities related to Canada Day 2017.
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It’s called “Team 2706” which is a rather bland name but there is nothing bland about what the team does. In fact, what “Team 2706” does is on the cutting edge of science and technology, performed in a collaborative team environment that also has a competitive side to it. “Team 2706” a.k.a “Merge Robotics” is an Ottawa west community robotics team that competes in FIRST Robotics Competitions that sees robots built and programmed by teams of high school students perform tasks against each other. “Team 2706” is not based at any particular high school but draws its members from a number of different high schools in the west Ottawa area including Sacred Heart Catholic High School in Stittsville. Meetings are held on a weekly basis at the Beaverbrook library branch in Kanata. Among the Sacred Heart students involved with “Team 2706” are grade 11 student Danny Wall, who was a team member last year as well, grade ten student Kyle Anderson and grade nine student John Wolf. Danny Wall had heard about this robotics team and wanted to gain the programming and robotics experience that being involved with such a team would provide. And when he joined, he discovered that it was also a lot of fun as well as a lot of work. Kyle Anderson joined the team after hearing about it. He has really liked the experience, saying that he has learned a lot in a short while including learning about programming languages. And he too has discovered that it is a lot of fun. John Wolf joined “Team 2706” because he enjoys making robots, something that he
has done on his own, and he figured that he would learn some new skills in this team environment. Fundraising is one activity of “Team 2706” because funds have to be raised to purchase the components needed to build the team’s robot and to pay other expenses like the entry fee for the competitions where the team’s robot goes up against robots created by other teams. Designing and building the robot takes place over a six week time frame starting in January when the challenge that the robot will be facing in the competition is made known. This is when the team sets about to design and then build a robot to meet this challenge. This involves developing a strategy and then collaborating with teammates to decide how to carry out the strategy. Last year, for example, the robots which were created by the various teams had to attack a tower which had a number of defenses. Teams like “Team 2706” work together and build, program and test robots with the guidance of adult mentors who are knowledgeable about robots or business in general. For Danny, this experience with “Team 2706” is invaluable because he envisions a career in software development. So too does Kyle. As for John, he wants to build robots as a career. They all believe that involvement with “Team 2706” and the robotics competition will look good on any future university applications. In addition, there is scholarship money available to those involved in the competition. FIRST Robotics Competitions happen all around the world. This year there are more than 3,400 teams involving 85,000 students and their adult mentors in the competitions. In Canada, there are 160 First Robotics Competi-
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The Stittsville Village Association (SVA) is going to tell the city of Ottawa that it supports the proposed rezoning of Village Square Park in Stittsville to allow a farmers market there. However, at the Jan. 12 SVA meeting, concerns were expressed about the day of the week and the time being proposed for the farmers market. The farmers market is being proposed to
be held on Fridays from 12 noon to 6 p.m. between June and October. It was pointed out that some Stittsville residents do not get home from work until after 5 p.m. There was also concern expressed that if Friday does not work out, perhaps the farmers market would pull out rather than try another day.
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Andrew Younis (left), a personal instructor at the new GoodLife Fitness club in Stittsville, chats with member Mark Radke (right) in the “turf zone” area of the new facility.
A two-storey high mural urging “Live YOUR GOODLIFE” which even highlights some Stittsville landmarks like the Johnny Leroux Stittsville Community Arena catches the eye when entering the new GoodLife Fitness facility in Stittsville. But what is even more eye catching is the vast array of fitness equipment that is spread throughout the 25,000 square foot building. The lower level of the two-storey facility features what general manager Greg Yandt refers to as “individual space” where it’s all about pursuing fitness in the way and on the equipment that best suits the person. So you have a row of fitness stations that a person can rotate through, receiving a complete, yet custom fitness workout in just 20 minutes. This is GoodLife’s well known “Fit Fix.” There’s also the “turf zone,” 50 feet long and 20 feet wide which is easily identified by its green flooring. This is an area catering to strength training and cardio work, with such fitness aides available such as a sled to push across the turf. The “turf zone” has proven to be a popular feature of GoodLife Fitness clubs, although at present there are only a few among the 18 clubs now in the Ottawa area. Then there’s the resistance and strength training area, with its mirrored walls that help a person check positioning. It’s an extensive area that a person can experience on his or her own or with a personal trainer. And let’s not forget the area closest to that two-storey mural – the cardio equipment area where there’s lots of equipment to choose from, all equipped with small screens so that you can watch TV while working out. General manager Yandt calls it the club”s “cardio theatre” with its proliferation of screens. You can keep up with the latest news or watch that sporting event while exercising. What a way to make the most of your time! See GROUP FITNESS, page 5
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Jordan Leonov of Stittsville exercises on one of the many fitness machines in the weight area of the new GoodLife Fitness club in Stittsville. Jordan is a long time Goodlife Fitness member who really likes the new facility in Stittsville, particularly since he lives onlmy about a minute away.
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The new 25,000 square foot GoodLife Fitness club at the corner of Carp Road and Kittiwake Drive in Stittsville opened on Tuesday, Jan. 10.
Group fitness studios on second storey Continued from page 4
It also helps to take your mind off your physical activity, making for a more enjoyable experience! This downstairs level at this new GoodLife Fitness facility in Stittsville also includes two other areas. One is a separate training area especially geared for the beginner. It allows someone not familiar with the equipment to get comfortable with it in the relative privacy of this space. You are not out there trying to learn among veteran users, perhaps feeling somewhat inadequate in their presence. No, you have your own separate space where you can try out what you want. Getting familiar with the equipment also reduces the possibility of any injuries from improper use of the equipment. The downstairs area also is where the facility’s “Jump� child minding area is located. It is where a member can leave children aged 6 months to 11 years old for care as they go off to do a workout. The area has games and other attractions to keep a youngster busy in a supervised space.
And it has the added advantage that it gets the younger generation used to going to GoodLife Fitness. Indeed, “Jump� stands for “Juniors Up and Coming Members Program.� When these youngsters turn 12 years old, GoodLife Fitness membership is open to them. While not a specific piece of fitness equipment, the stairway to the second floor’s three group fitness studios is itself a climb that challenges. Of course, there’s also an elevator that can be used as well. Upstairs, there’s a group cycling studio where spinning classes are offered from two to five times a day, led by an instructor. But if you are not there when a class is scheduled or if you prefer doing the cycling as an individual or with a friend, there’s always the “virtual fitness� feature. It allows a person to experience the instruction and music via a screen in the studio, just the same experience as if a class were taking place and a live instructor were there. Yet there’s only you and the screen there. See STATE-OF-THE-ART, page 6
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Upstairs is also where you will find the hot yoga studio which offers an unbelievably quiet spot, quite different from the energy and sounds generated through the rest of the facility by those working out. The quiet is possible thanks
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Happy after enjoying a dance fitness class at the new GoodLife Fitness club in Stittsville are (from left) Jennifer Terzi, Julie Horner and Sabina Marlow.
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The upstairs area is also where the change rooms are located, including lockers available for daily use as well as showers and a very popular sauna. This new GoodLife Fitness club in Stittsville currently has about 30 on staff. General manager Yandt says that it is important for GoodLife to hire not only those who are qualified as personal trainers but who have the outlook that GoodLife proclaims, namely an attitude of listening to customers and what they want to accomplish and then helping them to achieve that goal. Indeed, this is why GoodLife Fitness has an orientation session with each new member in order to determine the goal that he or she wants to reach through going to GoodLife Fitness. “It’s all about what they want to do,” general manager Yandt says, noting that while some may want to train on an Olympic level, most are more concerned about visiting the facility regularly and developing a routine there that meets their fitness goals. The role of GoodLife Fitness staff is to find out from the member what he or she wants to accomplish with regard to fitness and then to develop a plan to let them move towards this goal. Each new member can also get familiar with the fitness equipment thanks to that first floor separate area where a beginner can become accustomed to the equipment and its use. Yandt says that GoodLife Fitness has recognized that Stittsville is a growing area and with its goal of wanting to provide all Canadians with
the opportunity to live the good life through fitness, it makes sense to have a Stittsville facility. He points out that accessibility is a key for fitness facilities, noting that people are generally willing to travel 10 to 15 minutes to reach a fitness facility. This new facility in Stittsville makes GoodLife Fitness a much more accessible club to many more people. Yandt notes that working out at GoodLife Fitness three times a week will provide a person with the maximum benefit given the amount of time spent. He says that working out three times a week on a consistent basis is usually the “sweet spot” in terms of getting the biggest return from your fitness workout. He recommends counting on one hour from the time you arrive to the time that you leave but adds that the time spent at the club is whatever a person feels comfortable with. This new GoodLife Fitness club in Stittsville is located at the Stittsville Corners shopping area, with the building right at the corner of Kittiwake Drive and Carp Road. There’s lots of parking right adjacent to the building which is open 24 hours a day. From 11 p.m. to 5 a.m., a member must press a buzzer to gain access but all areas of the facility are still available for use. This is great for shift workers and others who perhaps cannot get to the facility during the day or early evening. GoodLife Fitness, founded in 1979, is the largest fitness company in Canada with over 375 clubs across the country, with about 14,400 staff and with more than 1.3 million members.
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Councillor’s Column Keeping You Informed John Brummell’s Retirement Dear Residents, Last week, a valued member of our community and photographer for the Stittsville News, John Brummell, left for retirement. I would like to take a moment to send out my best wishes to John as he takes this well deserved break from the tireless efforts he puts forward in our community, whether it be as a journalist, photographer, gardener, or any other of his variety of passions Mr. Brummell has been an outstanding resident for many years and his journalistic integrity, unwavering initiative and joyful spirit have always helped to shed a meaningful light upon breaking news stories within the Stittsville community. Upon a moment’s notice, he has always been ready and willing to photograph our residents as they work to making Stittsville a better place to live and shares that information with others so that they may be inspired to do the same. He has helped to raise awareness with many of the efforts pursued by the community whether it be the annual “Stittsville Appreciation Awards”, the 4H livestock shows at the Carp and Richmond Fairs, and even the more recent homecoming ceremony for Stittsville-born Olympic gold medalist, Erica Wiebe, where the intention to rename the location of the event the “Erica Wiebe Gymnasium” within the Goulbourn Recreation Complex was announced. He has photographed quite a few local celebrities - past, present, and future - but some of the most meaningful photos are those that resonate on a more personal level. One quality I have always admired in John is the special care he takes, regardless of the circumstances, in adding this personal touch to his work, notating the names of all those he photographs to ensure that they are recognized. I overheard a conversation recently between a father and his son at A Lorne Cassidy Elementary School as the father shared a photo of his younger self taken by Mr. Brummell. It is moments like these which demonstrate the authentic relationships John has built with our community. On behalf of the community, I would like to thank John for his years of service with the Stittsville News and wish him the very best for a happy retirement (although, I am certain that his presence within the Stittsville community will continue to be seen for many more years to come despite that fact!). Regardless of how you choose to spend your retirement, on behalf of my team, I am wishing you health and happiness for your future endeavours, John. Hoping to make a Splash at Deer Run Park While we are in the midst of dealing with winter weather, I hope this post can remind you of the warm summer days. I have been reviewing the opportunity to have a Splash Pad installed at Deer Run Park located at 272 West Ridge Drive. In the Fall of 2015, I asked residents for their ideas on strategic initiatives to be implemented in parks and a splash pad in this area of the community was one of the projects that was recommended by residents. Earlier this week when I shared this information to some neighbours to discuss the required hydro work for the project, I did receive some concerns regarding the use of Deer Run Park given the size of the park and that there is no parking lot at the site. I would like to discuss these concerns further with residents in the area and have arranged for a public meeting to be held on Thursday, January 26 at 7:00 PM at the Pretty Street Community Centre located at 2 Pretty Street in Stittsville. I see this as a positive improvement to the park; however, I want to ensure that residents who live around the park are also supportive of this plan before moving forward with the project. The City is still in the planning stages of the project but I am able to share a draft image (available at shadqadri.com) to provide an idea of the features that may be provided and the location in the area. The splash pad has been designed to provide interest for a variety of age groups (not only young toddlers) with 3 activity zones: toddler play, family play and a more active zone for older children. The project would be funded through the Cash-in-lieu of Parkland budget allocated to Ward 6 and the project is anticipated to cost approximately $283,000. I did review a number of locations with the City and Deer Run Park was selected as a good location as it was the most feasible from a cost perspective as it has existing water service infrastructure and in addition, the active amenities that complement a splash pad location. The flat topography and open space allows for straight forward construction with little disturbance to existing park features and the size of the splash pad area is small enough that an open space free play zone will remain. There is also no requirement for any removal of trees to accommodate the new park feature. There are many other parks that I know residents would also like to see a splash pad installed but it is important to have the existing water service infrastructure to make such a project economically viable. City staff have also noted that Deer Run Park was selected for its central location within the community to ensure all residents in the neighbourhood have easy walking distance to the splash pad. In the City’s experience, splash pads do not typically draw large crowds of people from outside the immediate area unless they are part of a destination attraction as they are with our district parks. I will continue to keep the community updated on this project and please feel free to contact me if you have any comments or questions on this potential project at Shad.Qadri@ottawa.ca. Always Listening 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. If you are a Stittsville resident of Ward 6 and would like to be added to my weekly electronic outreach list, 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.
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OPINION
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Money well spent N o one plans to be a victim of crime. No one plans to lose a loved one to crime. So it’s very good news that this city is served by the people at Ottawa Victim Services. The staff works behind the scenes when people need help, including counselling, advocacy, referrals and even help with funeral arrangements after a sudden death. When a tragedy occurs, help is dispatched. Staff follow through, even providing drives to court for victims of crime to provide evidence. They stand beside people who are experiencing some of the worst days of their lives. Victims of horrible crimes – assualt, robbery, sexual assault – are helped through the justice system to ensure the experience of facing the accused is no more difficult than absolutely necessary. If you’ve never heard of Ottawa Victim
Services, clearly you can count yourself lucky. The people working there rely on provincial funds to do their good work. When funding cuts resulted in job losses over the past two years, Ottawa Victim Services was savvy enough to team up with our police department. The combined operation has been helping a growing number of people year over year. The numbers are just numbers, but each represents an individual victim. Through no fault of their own, they have been hurt, or have lost a loved one. Yet some cases fall through the cracks. Resources are limited. Past funding cuts should be reconsidered at Queen’s Park. Reversing those cuts and even expanding the organization’s ability to help those in need is a much better idea. Ottawa Victim Services deserves more funding from the province. It’s hard to imagine money better spent.
They like us, even though we worry too much about it
T
he world's great cities don't really care what the world thinks of them. Paris, New York - you can like them or not, as far as the people who live there are concerned. They're not going to bend over backwards to make you like them. You do or you don't. It's all the same to them. Then there's Ottawa. Do we care what outsiders think about us? Do Canada geese poop on golf courses? It was all too apparent when the New York Times ran a travel piece about our city, part of a regular feature in which a Times writer spends 36 hours in a city. As it happened, Ottawa got a rave review, the writer accurately pointing out some of the more interesting views and tastes in the city. So that was enjoyable. What was less enjoyable was the narcissistic
CHARLES GORDON Funny Town manner with which the article was received. Media outlet after media outlet ran big features on it. The New York Times likes us! The writer himself was chased down and interviewed, perhaps to see if we could squeeze just a few more complimentary remarks out of him. Commentary was all over the airwaves and print media. Has our little city grown up? Isn't it swell to be noticed? All of the previous slights to our reputation were dredged up again, and dismissed in light of the new evidence produced by a foreign publication.
Coma City? Not any more (if ever). Best thing about Ottawa is the train to Montreal? Hey, not now! There was even discussion of a previous Times piece (two years ago on Jan. 18, not that we really pay that much attention) in which the writer didn't get things exactly right. So euphoric was the mood, so lifted were we by the out-of-town praise, that Ottawans almost forgot to complain about what was omitted. Hey, what about the hockey team, what about Westboro, what about Rockcliffe, what about the Experimental Farm? What about the little place you like where the grilled cheese sandwich comes with a sprig of parsley on it? There was almost none of that, just a nice warm bask in the praise of an expert - which, as we all know, is defined as someone from
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out of town. Well, enough. If this is a mature city, which it often seems to be, it doesn't need to concern itself about what out-of-towners think, no matter how distinguished. If this is a mature city, it just goes about its business, concentrating instead on how to make life better for the people who spend more than 36 hours at a time here. That means schools, roads, buses, walkable neighbourhoods, rinks, hospitals - all of the things that don't make themselves obvious to the visiting expert. If those are good, and they mostly are, we can take pride in that, without actually having to brag about it. Ottawa is not the only city to be overly conscious of how the world sees it. Vancouver preens a bit and Toronto is obsessed with being compared favourably with New York. EDITORIAL: MANAGING EDITOR: Theresa Fritz, 613-221-6225 theresa.fritz@metroland.com NEWS EDITOR: John Curry john.curry@metroland.com - 613-221-6152 REPORTER/PHOTOGRAPHER: Brian Dryden 613-221-6162 brian.dryden@metroland.com
We should all get over it. Canadian cities have nothing to apologize for, except, at times to the people who live in them. Those are the ones we should be trying to impress.
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What’s up, doc, around Stittsville?
*Stittsville United Church is planning another family musical this spring. It is going to tell the story of Moses in a production called “Are We There Yet?” Everyone in the community is welcome to take part in the production, either by taking on a role, singing in the chorus, help with sets or helping in other ways. This is a great opportunity for anyone interested in being involved in a local community theatrical production. The church will be holding a family musical information session on Sunday, Feb. 12 at 2 p.m. to which anyone interested in being involved in the musical is invited. Heart all about the amazing story and great music that will be part of this musical production… *The Ottawa West Arts Association (owaa) has a new member. She is Jan Baxter who is a mixed media artist. The owaa holds regular art exhibitions at the owaa gallery in the foyer area of the Goulbourn Recreation Complex on Shea Road… *One of the fun events of the year is coming up on Friday, Feb. 17 when the Rotary Club of Ottawa – Stittsville once again hosts its annual trivia challenge night at the Lions Hall on Stittsville Main Street. This event features a hall full of teams of up to eight people answering a variety of trivia questions – ten rounds of ten questions each. Many of those participating return year after year in the quest to be one of the top three teams or simply to have a lot of fun, answering the questions, enjoying the free pizza that is served at intermission and feasting on the popcorn that is provided throughout the evening….. *And speaking of trivia nights, there’s one coming up this Saturday, Jan. 21 when the Stittsville United Church is hosting a trivia night at The Glen Restaurant at the Jackson Trails shopping area, starting at 8:30 p.m. Everyone in the community is welcome to attend and have fun testing your knowledge against other trivia enthusiasts. There are some amazing prizes. Cost is only $15 per person with tickets available through the Stittsville United Church office at 613-836-3962….
*There is a proposal to install a splash pad at the Deer Run Park on West Ridge Drive, using funds from the city’s so-called “cash in lieu of parkland” monies. City of Ottawa councillor Shad Qadri is meeting with the immediate residents of the site about the proposal. There will also be a wider community consultation following this.….. *The Stittsville Village Association (SVA) has agreed to renew its membership in the Federation of Citizen Associations (FCA) at a cost of $30 for the year. At the FCA, representatives from various community associations across the city meet to discuss city and community issues. Phil Sweetnam is going to continue as the SVA’s representative at these FCA meetings…. *There’s an open house “meet and greet” being held at the Goulbourn Recreation Complex (GRC) on Shea Road this Saturday, Jan. 21 from 9 a.m. to 12 noon, hosted by city of Ottawa Stittsville ward councillor Shad Qadri and GRC staff. Everyone is welcome to attend. It is an opportunity to ask GRC staff about programming for 2017 at the GRC as well as an opportunity to discuss any concerns or issues of a municipal nature with councillor Qadri… *The Fresco Bistro Italiano restaurant at the Grant Crossing shopping area on Hazeldean Road closed as of Jan. 1. Its original location on Elgin Street in Ottawa has also closed after 25 years…. *The recently constructed pavilion structure at Village Square Park will see some landscaping work done around it when spring comes. Another new addition to Village Square Park is going to be a bicycle stand along the Trans Canada Trail beside the train station building. This will help when cyclists using the Trail have to repair a tire or make a bicycle repair…. *The former Howie home on Stittsville Main Street, which has been a hair salon and then a day care centre in recent years, is going to become the location of a new restaurant. The building is located right beside the municipal parking lot on the west side of Stittsville Main Street in
Pokemon crafts at Museum Special to the News
It’s Pokemon time at the Goulbourn Museum this Sunday, Jan. 22. But you won’t be playing Pokemon video games or dipping into Pokemon Go, the mobile augmented reality game released last year. However, you will still be having lots of Pokemon fun as you will be making Pokemon crafts throughout the afternoon. That’s why this Family Craft Day session at the Goulbourn Museum is being called “Gotta Craft ‘em All!” It’s going to be an epic Pokemon crafting adventure, running from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Those attending can even dress up in Pokemon costume if they like. Anything Pokemon goes on this particular afternoon. To sign up for this Pokemon crafting afternoon at the Goulbourn Museum, call 613-831-2393 or email register@goulbournmuseum.ca. The cost is only $4 per child with the crafting activities geared to youth aged 4 to 11 years. Registration is necessary and adult accompaniment is required. All those who attend this Family Craft Day will also be entered into a draw to win a $25 gift card from Toys ‘R Us courtesy of Minto’s Potter’s Key development. The Goulbourn Museum is located at 2064 Huntley Road at Stanley’s Corners just south of Stittsville. Stittsville Main Street turns into Huntley Road at Flewellyn Road at Stanley’s Corners.
downtown Stittsville…. *A suggestion was made at the Jan. 12 meeting of the Stittsville Village Association that a Christmas market with various vendors should be held at Village Square Park in the hours leading up to the annual Christmas Parade of Lights on Stittsville Main Street…. *A proposal to create a parking layby area along West Ridge Drive near the Trans Canada Trail where snowmobilers could park their vehicles and trailers while off snowmobiling along the Trans Canada Trail west of Stittsville is now on the back burner, proving to be a non-starter. There’s the cost which has been estimated to be in the $80,000 to $100,000 range. In addition, there is no way for the city to designate such a parking area just for the parking of snowmobile trailers. Furthermore the majority of feedback which city of Ottawa Stittsville ward councillor Shad Qadri received from the immediate residents of that area about the proposal was negative, especially because of snowmobile noise…. *A Quesada Burritos & Tacos will be opening soon at the Shops of Main Street Plaza at Carp Road and Stittsville Main Street. The first Quesada Burritos & Tacos restaurant opened in Toronto in 2004 and since then it has grown to over 60 locations across Canada. Known for “The Famous Big Ass Burrito,” the Quesada chain was founded by Canadian software entrepreneur Steve Gill…. *Stittsville photographer John Edkins has sold his photo “Amberwood Dusk” which has been on display at the “Scenes from the Ottawa Valley” exhibition by the Ottawa West Arts Association at the owaa gallery at the Goulbourn Recreation Complex on Shea Road… *The Dandelions Consignment shop at the Stittsville Shopping Centre (Shoppers Drug Mart Plaza) is holding a one day only “Fill A Bag Sale” ($15 per bag) for kids and teen wear on Thursday, Jan. 26 from 9:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. Women’s items will be on sale with an extra 20 percent offered on all 50 percent off items….
‘Wild sleepover’ for stuffed animals at Munster public library by John Curry
john.curry@metroland.com
Calling all stuffed animals! You’re wanted at the Munster branch of the Ottawa Public Library on Tuesday, Feb. 7. That’s when the Munster library branch is hosting a stuffed animal overnight sleepover. Yes, that’s right – a sleepover. It all starts at 6:30 p.m. when youngsters are invited to take along a favourite stuffed animal to a story time at the Munster library. Youngsters are welcome to wear their jammies if they wish for this story time.
After this story time, you will be invited to leave the stuffed animal overnight at the library branch for what is being forecast as a “wild sleepover.” Just what this will entail is anyone’s guess but youngsters are being invited back the next morning to pick up their stuffed animals at the Wednesday story time that will be held at the library. And at this story time, youngsters will be able to see photographs of their stuffed animals, showing all the fun that they had on their overnight sleepover at the library branch.
Welcome to my first Stittsville News column of 2017. While you can always read my column right here in the world famous Stittsville News, you can also read columns online at rideaugoulbourn.ca where you can also sign up for our monthly e-Newsletter. We also regularly post information on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Links to those social media channels can also be found on our website. Garvin Road Bridge The Garvin Road Bridge was built around 1960 and is located on Garvin Road over Flowing Creek Municipal Drain about 1km east of Huntley Road in Concession 4/5 Lot 26. The structure is a single span timber deck on steel I-Girder bridge with a span of 4.75m and an overall width of 3.9m. The ‘unmaintained’ Right-of-Way (ROW) between Shea and Eagleson Roads consists of a 3.5 m wide single-lane gravel/dirt road that has been unmaintained for over 16 years. Dating back to early 2000's inspections, the structure has been showing signs of deterioration. The most recent Ontario Structure Inspection Manual (OSIM) inspection (2015) identified that the bridge is in poor condition including severe rotting of the timber deck and cracking of the concrete elements. Due to safety concerns, the bridge has been closed and jersey barriers installed at both ends of the bridge to eliminate the use by pedestrians and snowmobiles. There are currently no agreements in place with snowmobile groups to use this ‘unmaintained’ ROW, although it was used as a snowmobile route up until last year. At this time, the City’s intent is to decommission the Garvin Road Bridge. As part of this process, the City intends to consult with potentially affected stakeholders and assess the impacts of removal. Input and comments are invited for incorporation into the impact assessment study and will be received until February 3rd, 2017. Comments can be sent to kosta.karadakis@ottawa.ca. Mr. Karadakis can also be reached by phone at 613-580-2424 x23556. Ottawa Police Service Initiative In recent months, the Ottawa Police Service has been working on their Service Initiative (SI) Program, which is designed to improve how the OPS serves the community. A number of changes have already been made to the OPS service delivery model – such as a new organizational structure for investigative units and the Strategic Operations Centre, a hub for frontline, day-to-day operations and acts as a virtual back-up for officers on the road. Effective January 23, 2017, the OPS will be launching the last of the major SI restructurings, the new Frontline Deployment Model, which is aimed at improving community safety by making it easier to move resources across the city to where they are needed. The new model will also have more streamlined processes for partners and the public to access services. For more information about the SI, visit ottawapolice.ca/serviceinitiative or email serviceinitiative@ottawapolice.ca. If you have any comments, questions or concerns, please feel free to email me at Scott.Moffatt@ottawa.ca or contact me by phone at 613-580-2491. For information on RideauGoulbourn issues, please visit RideauGoulbourn.ca.
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Church Services The Anglican Parish of March St John’s South March 325 Sandhill Road, Kanata Sunday Service 9:00 am & 10:30 am Sunday School 10:30 am
Sunday ServiceS 9:00am ~ Christ Church 10:30am ~ St James The Apostle
St Mary’s North March 2574 6th Line Road, Dunrobin Services and Sunday School 9:00 am
Come when you can and Come as you are. St. John’s Sixth Line 1470 Donald B Munro Dr
Christ Church Huntley 3008 Carp Rd
St James The Apostle Carp 3774 Carp Rd
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St Paul’s Dunrobin 1118 Thomas Dolan Parkway Sunday Service 11:00 am
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Grace Baptist Church of Ottawa
2470 Huntley Road
Sunday Worship Service 10:30am. Sunday School 9:15am. Adult Bible Class 9:15am. Rev. Wayne Geick, Pastor Office 613-592-1546 • www.christrisen.com
HOLY SPIRIT CATHOLIC PARISH A Welcoming Community 1489 Shea Road, (corner of Abbott) Stittsville, Ontario K2S 0G8
SUNDAY MASS TIMES Saturday: 5:00 pm Sunday: 9:00 am & 10:30 am Monsignor Joseph Muldoon, Pastor Parish office - 613-836-8881 Fax - 613-836-8806
Reverend Mark Redner 3794 Diamondview Road, Kinburn Friday Healing Service 7:00 p.m. SundayWorship Service 10:00 a.m. 613-288-8120 www.cometotheoasis.ca
Sunday Services at 9:15 and 10:45 AM.
Nursery and Children’s programs running concurrently. Youth Groups: Transit (Gr 6-8), Tuesdays at 6:30 PM Thirst (Gr 9-12), Wednesdays at 7 PM
Office: 613-836-2606 Web: www.cbcstittsville.com
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GLEN CAIRN UNITED CHURCH
Sunday Worship 10:30 am
140 Abbeyhill Dr., Kanata Rev. Brian Copeland
10:00 am: Service of Worship and Sunday School Pastoral Care & Healing Service: 11:30am - last Sunday of each month
Sunday and weekday Bible studies see our website for times and locations
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KANATA BAPTIST CHURCH
6255 Fernbank Road
9am Children’s Program Available Pastors: Bob Davies, Stephen Budd & Doug Ward
465 Hazeldean Rd. • 613-836-3145
Sunday Services 9 & 11:15am
(corner of Main St. & Fernbank)
10:00 a.m. – Worship Service Nursery & Sunday School Available
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KANATA
Youth Group Mondays at 7:oopm
Rev. Grant Dillenbeck Church: 613-836-4962 email: suchurch@primus.ca Visit our web site: www.suchurch.com
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PASTOR STEVE STEWART
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saturDaY services sabbath schooL for aLL ages 9:15aM WorshiP service 11:00 aM
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Seventh-Day Pastor: Maros Paseggi Adventist 85 Leacock Drive, kanata (the christ risen Lutheran church) Church 613-818-9717
Welcome to our church St. Paul’s United Church, Carp Service 10:30 a.m. 613-839-2155 www.stpauls-dunrobin.ca stpaulsunitedcarp@sympatico.ca
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Growing, Serving, Celebrating Sunday Sunday Sunday Worship Service 10:00 am Pastor Shaun Seaman
Minister of Youth and Discipleship: Nick Trytsman Pastor Shaun Seaman
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New exhibition at owaa gallery at GRC BY John Curry
john.curry@metroland.com
"Scenes from the Ottawa Valley" is the title of the newest exhibition of the Ottawa West Arts Association at the owaa gallery at the Goulbourn Recreation Complex in Stittsville. And while the exhibition does include a number of Ottawa and Valley scenes, there are some entries that are not of the Ottawa Valley. But, then again, artists always have literary license and the freedom to do what inspires them. And so this exhibition includes lots of inspired work, just not all related specifically to the Ottawa Valley. Vera van Baaren's acrylic "His Hero" is a heartwarming work that could be taking place somewhere in the Ottawa Valley or many other places, for that matter. But it is not location that makes this painting so appealing. Rather, it is the action of a boy looking up in admiration at a man, obviously his father, while at the same time a small dog is similarly looking up at the boy. There's a farmstead including a barn in the background to give a rural appeal to the painting. Specific Ottawa Valley scenes in the exhibition could include Michael Goguen's oil painting "Flying Colours" which shows a sky filled with multi-coloured hot air balloons, with an urban skyline in the background, flanking a snow covered water body in the foreground. Gatineau hosts an annual hot air balloon event, so the painting could be taking its inspiration from that. Doug Sample's "Lanark Hillside" oil painting features sloping hillsides, with a number of trees displaying fall colours like red and yellow on one of the hillsides. It's an Ottawa Valley scene to be sure. Pinhey's Point in rural Kanata is one of the Ottawa Valley's most historic spots and Charles Rogers' photograph called just that, "Pinhey's Point," shows the famous Ottawa River landmark which surrounds a bay of water. "View of the Trail in Amberwood Village" features a close up view of red leaves and white birch trunks. This oil painting by Shelley Lacroix presents a macro view of this scene - it's the leaves and the tree trunks and nothing else. "Autumn at Blakney #3" is a mixed media work by Sheila Turner-Whalen showing a rocky rapids section of a river, presumably the Mississippi River at Blakney, with a red leaved tree on the far rocky shoreline. Stephanie Robertson's photograph "Whispers of Balaclava Past" shows an old wooden mill standing beside a creek. John Edkins' photo art "Amberwood Dusk" shows a snow covered landscape populated with snowtipped trees, with an open pond in the foreground. Trudy Daley's "Parliament Hill Canada 2017" presents a view of Par-
liament Hill showing the library along with part of the Parliament Buildings themselves, placing them on an escarpment overlooking the Ottawa River, which a bridge crossing the river in the background. "Huntley Road," a small photo by Sylvie Sabourin, depicts a curve in the road, with a grove of trees at the curve and a fence line running along the road on the side across from the trees. John Edkins' "By the Ottawa River" shows a scene with trees surrounded by water, possibly at a time of spring flooding. Wildlife does make an appearance in this exhibition thanks to several of the paintings. There's two paintings of a red Cardinal, both sitting on a tree branch. One is an acrylic work by Sheila Turner-Whalen while the other is an acrylic by Trudy Daley, with the bird facing to the right rather than to the left as is the case with Sheila's work. Stephanie Robertson's photograph entitled "Valley Chipmunk" is a close up shot of a chipmunk eating what appears to be a peanut. And no Ottawa Valley exhibition would be complete without the image of a deer and Louise Barker's oil painting "Deer Crossing" shows a deer in a snowy landscape looking out towards the viewer. Bev Lafortune's photograph entitled "Carcross, Yukon" shows a scene of mountains in the background, a lake and trees in the foreground. It's not the Ottawa Valley but it's pure Canadian, that's for sure. Kat McClure has another of her large paintings in this exhibition. This one, called "Ethereal," is an acrylic work that depicts trees in a foggy blue haze-like environment. Side by side In this exhibit are two works that involve a variety of shapes and colours. Sylvie Sabourin's photo entitled "Geometry" features a number of shapes layered over each other while Josie Walsh's mixed media work "Swept Away" features a variety of shapes of different colours, all interconnected. Mark Grasza's oil painting "Old House - First Settlement in Canada" shows a number of early houses across the landscape, one with smoke coming out of its chimney. "Blue Magic," an oil painting by Binish Rasheed, is a large work showing a sailing ship with sails billowing, moving across an ocean setting. Another work involving an ocean is Shelley Irving's "Close to Shore" work, an acrylic/mixed media painting that depicts a wave about to crash on shore, as viewed from behind the wave. "Red Tulip" is an acrylic painting by Catherine Gutsche that shows a number of red tulips, depicted in a somewhat abstract or hazy way, with green foliage and a blue sky also in evidence. Also in a floral theme is a photograph entitled "Mauve" by Danielle Barabe-Bussieres showing a mauve
flower in full bloom. Danielle Barabe-Bussieres also has a most intriguing photograph on display in this exhibition, one called "Feather/Plume" which shows a purple feather floating in water. "Frosty Morning" is a photograph by Charles Rogers that shows the upper branches of a tree covered with white frost. "Ready to Go" is an acrylic painting by Vera van Baaren that shows a gathering of seven birds, all portrayed in a somewhat playful, cartoonish-like way. This new exhibition at the owaa gallery at the Goulbourn Recreation Complex will be on view until Friday, March 10. See ‘SCENES FROM,’ page 13
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These two works are among the art on display in the new “Scenes from the Ottawa Valley” exhibition at the owaa gallery at the Goulbourn Recreation Complex: (on the left) “Geometry,” a photo by Sylvie Sabourin, and (on the right) “Swept Away,” a mixed media work by Josie Walsh.
‘Scenes from the Ottawa Valley’ exhibition Continued from page 11
Those viewing the exhibition are reminded to fill out a People’s Choice ballot indicating your favourite work on display in the exhibit. The ballots and ballot box are on the top of the glass display case at the owaa gallery, just outside city of Ottawa Stittsville ward councilor Shad Qa-
dri’s ward office. These People’s Choice ballots are tallied up at the end of the exhibition, with the artists always looking forward to seeing which piece of artwork attracted the most attention and was deemed the favourite work in the exhibition by the viewers.
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People's Choice balloting for 'Magic in the Wind' by John Curry john.curry@metroland.com
The People's Choice balloting for the "Magic in the Wind" art exhibition which wound up its two month run at the owaa gallery at the Goulbourn Recreation Complex in Stittsville on Friday, Jan. 6 saw an all-time record of votes cast. A total of 80 votes were submitted in the People's Choice ballot box for this "Magic in the Wind" exhibition. Receiving the most votes as the favourite work in the exhibition was Trudy Daley's "Christmas at the Cottage." This small acrylic painting shows a cabin surrounded by a snow covered landscape with mountains in the background and there's a yellow light glowing from the windows of the cottage in this nighttime scene. Placing second in the People's Choice balloting for the "Magic in the Wind" exhibition was Michael Goguen's "The Old Castle." This
oil painting is a typical example of the artist's creativity as it features a castle on a rocky outcropping, two lurking panthers, planets in the sky and more. Third place in the People's Choice balloting went to Charles Rogers for his photograph "Fair Breeze" showing a sailing ship with its sails billowing in the breeze. Each exhibition staged by the Ottawa West Arts Association at the owaa gallery at the Goulbourn Recreation Complex on Shea Road in Stittsville has a People's Choice balloting associated with it. In this balloting, viewers are able to indicate on a ballot which piece of art in the exhibition is their favourite. The ballots and ballot box can be found on the top of the glass display case at the owaa gallery, with the display case located near the entrance to the ward office of city of Ottawa Stittsville ward councillor Shad Qadri in the lobby area of the Goulbourn Recreation Complex.
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Doug Arnold finishes race - and beats a train! by John Curry john.curry@metroland.com
Doug Arnold of Richmond accomplished his goal in the 35th annual Richmond Road Races on Jan. 15. He finished. That was his goal, maintaining his perfect record of finishing which he has maintained over all 35 years that the annual 10K Richmond Road Race has been run. He is the only runner to have participated in all 35 of these races. And in finishing in just over an hour, Doug even had the satisfaction of beating a train – yes, a train. A Via Rail train zooms along the rail line through Richmond just after 11 a.m., a little more than one hour after the Richmond Road Race 10K runners have left the starting line. So, for those runners who time is just over one hour, there is always the possibility that they get halted at the McBean Street rail crossing as the crossing gates come down and the train zips past. But this year, Doug was just south of the railway crossing, heading to the finish line at South Carleton High School, when he heard the train whistle. He did not want to be halted, even for a few seconds, at the railway crossing and so he picked up his pace and crossed the railway track before the train was approaching the crossing. It was quite a race this year for Doug, not just because he finished and he beat the train but at the award presentations inside South Carleton High School afterwards, he received a special award marking his accomplishment of being the only runner to have participated in all the 10K Richmond Road Races
since the first one in 1983. And when his name was announced to go up on stage for the special presentation, Doug, who was at the rear of the high school cafetorium at the time, did what any dedicated runner would do – he jogged his way to the stage area. Doug received his special award from race director Joe DuVall of Run Ottawa, another person who was at that first Richmond Road Race in 1983 and has been involved ever since. In 1983, he was a recreation programmer for the Goulbourn Recreation Department and as an avid runner himself, was a key organizer of the initial race, just as he has been ever since including now with Run Ottawa. Also maintaining a 35-year record at the races this year were members of the Richmond District Lions Club who were once again this year among the volunteers helping to stage the race. Richmond Lions Club members have done this ever since the first one in 1983. Doug Arnold was up on stage again later during the award presentations as he received a 35th Richmond Road Races mug for being one of the top finishers in his age category. His 10K tyime was one hour, five minutes and 21 seconds. This year’s 35th edition of the Richmond Road Races enjoyed what might be considered ideal race conditions, at least for a race in the middle of winter. It was sunny with a temperature around minus 8 degrees Celsius, with no wind and with dry and bare road conditions. And there was a massive turnout, 436 runners (243 in the 10K and 193 in the 5K), as the races were sold out early. No new registrations were
accepted during the race kit pickup sessions although allowing registration then had been planned but had to be cancelled due to the full field. Indeed, Run Ottawa even ran out of finisher medals which every participant was to receive. Run Ottawa is going to provide medals in the coming days to these runners who did not get a medal. All of the runners did receive a long sleeved technical race shirt emblazoned with 35th Richmond Road Races wording. The 10K race got underway right at 10 a.m. as planned, with the runners surging under the Bushtukah inflatable archway at the start line and heading north on McBean Street to make a loop around South Carleton High School before heading south on McBean Street for the remainder of the race route. The archway was then hastily moved to the 5K start line just a little farther north on McBean Street (still at the front of South Carleton High School) where it again was in place as the 5K racers surged through it as they began their race at 10:15 a.m. And while race conditions were superb and enjoyable for runners, it was the post-race gathering in the cafetorium at South Carleton High School that once again proved a highlight. See BEAU’S BREWERY, page 16
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Richmond Road Races race director Joe DuVall (left) of Run Ottawa is with runner Doug Arnold (right) of Richmond who has participated in every one of the 10K Richmond Road Races since they began in 1983. Joe presented Doug with a special memento to mark his participation in this year’s 35th Richmond Road Races.
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Runners in the 5K Richmond Road Race on Jan. 15 leave the Run Ottawa/Bushtukah starting line archway with Judd Sjolund (centre, number 462) leading the way. He went on to place first in the 193-runner race.
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Richmond Road Races race director Joe DuVall (centre) of Run Ottawa checks out the Beau’s Brewery beer dispensing taps with Beau’s Brewery representatives Thierry Luc (left) and Kelley Oliver (right). The beer was a popular refreshment for the runners following the races.
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Beau’s Brewery proves popular at post-race gathering Continued from page 15
This gathering showed why these Richmond Road Races continue to flourish after 35 years. Indeed, there were not only plates of food including a banana, roll, muffin, cheese and drink for each runner, all set out in advance, and also bowls of chilli but there also was free beer for each race participant courtesy of Beau’s Brewery.
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Alyssa Parks (left) of Run Ottawa and Jesse Chadder (right), a Sacred Heart High School student who was a volunteer at the Richmond Road Races on Jan. 15, together prepare bowls of chili for the runners for when they complete the race and relax in the cafetorium at South Carleton High School.
While the food line was popular, the beer lineup was even more popular, with the line stretching from the Beau’s Brewery dispensing area right around the exterior of the cafetorium. It was a popular postrace treat! Prizes were awarded to the overall winners in the races while winners in the various age categories received 35th Richmond Road Races mugs. One of the real “winners” in the 10K
race, even though he finished 182nd overall with a time of one hour, 0 minutes and 26.5 seconds, was Bill Chafe of Morrisburg, wearer of bib number 58. He began running just three years ago, participating in one race a month. And in this time, he has dropped 100 pounds – you can’t beat that! His next race is going to be a snowshoe one. See STAYBILLETY, page 17
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Susan Marsh (left), marketing director for Run Ottawa, and Barbara Jones (right), founder and CEO of StayBillety, a new internet-based community accommodation service, flank a banner promoting the service at the Richmond Road Races in Richmond on Jan. 15.
StayBillety is recruiting hosts Continued from page 16
At this post-race gathering was Barbara Jones, founder and CEO of StayBillety, a new internet-based accommodation service bringing together like-minded guests and hosts. It is the official alternative accommodation service for Run Ottawa and CEO Jones was there to sign up potential hosts for visiting runners who want to participate in the 2017 Scotiabank Ottawa Marathon and Tamarack Ottawa Race Weekend and need a place to stay. She even made a pitch for this new service from the
cafetorium stage before the awards presentations. Founded in May 2015 and officially launched in March 2016, StayBillety is meant to provide reasonably priced accommodation in private homes in situations where guests and hosts share interests. For example, runners staying with runners adds an automatic common interest to any host/ guest relationship. These common interests help eliminate any fear about a person opening up their home to a “stranger.”
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The Sacred Heart High School Huskies senior boys basketball team had a 32-28 half-time lead over the visiting Holy Trinity High School squad in high school tier 1 league action on Wednesday, Jan. 11 but ended up losing the game by a 6753 score. Holy Trinity rallied quickly from its four-point deficit at half time, tying up the game 32-32 after just over a minute of play in the third quarter. Holy Trinity led by 48-43 after the third quarter and extended this lead to 14 points in the fourth quarter in winning by 67-53. This loss made the Huskies record so far this season one win and five losses in six games.
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Stittsville Toastmasters Club meets with ‘Bucket List’ theme Maria Pemberton, along with being the grammarian for the meeting, was also the quiz master. Leo Tao, the newest member of the Club, was the filler word reporter for the meeting.
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Julie Salgada served as toastmaster for the second meeting of 2017 for the Stittsville Toastmasters Club. Theme of the meeting was “Bucket List” while Maria Pemberton, who was the grammarian of the day, picked the word “Dream” to go with the theme. Ten members were at the meeting along with a guest, Jacob Owens. Gina Cook made a toast to “The Life Fulfilled” while two members presented speeches. Richard Cook’s speech, entitled “Fruitcake,” described how Gina Cook, his wife, improvised the basic fruitcake recipe and turned it into a premium product. Lori Holloway presented a speech called “Introducing a Guest.” She told about how introductions play a big role in what happens, stating that an introduction should be able to generate curiosity and excitement in the minds of an audience, drawing attention to the speaker.
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Lori Holloway (left), who was the Table Topics Master at the Jan. 11 meeting of the Stittsville Toastmasters Club, presents the Table Topics trophy to winner Monika Jain. The theme for the meeting was “Bucket List.” Antonio Misaka evaluated Richard’s speech while Gina Cook evaluated Lori’s speech. In the Table Topics impromptu speaking part of the meeting, Lori Holloway challenged members to create a story as she provided the opening: “It was a dark and stormy night. A crash sounded from
below. A fog horn blared in the distance.” Richard Cook was the first speaker to add something and then every following speaker had to pick up from where the previous person left off. Monika Jain ended up winning the Table Topics trophy for the meeting.
For information about the Stittsville Toastmasters Club, please contact Gerry Tapp at 613-721-8177 or via email at tapp.gerry@rogers.com. You can also check the Club out on Facebook.
The Stittsville Toastmasters Club holds its regular meetings at the Pretty Street Community Centre in Stittsville. The Stittsville Club’s email address is contact@stittsvilletoastmasters.ca.
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What’s going on at the Stittsville Legion Got Events?
BY Barb Vant’Slot Special to the News
Michael Sims was welcomed into the Legion family at the general meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 10. Spaghetti supper coming up
There will be a spaghetti supper at the Legion Hall this Saturday, Jan. 21, beginning at 6 p.m. The supper will be followed by a comedy show starting at 8 p.m. Everyone in the community is welcome to attend. Tickets are on sale at the Legion Hall (bar) at $25 per person.
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The January meeting of the Legion Book Club will be held on Monday, Jan. 23. The book for January is Before the Fall by Noah Hawley. On Saturday, Jan. 28, a “Karaoke” hosted by the musical group “Forever Friends” will be held at the Legion Hall starting at 8 p.m. There is no cover charge. Everyone in the community is welcome to attend. The next bus trip to the Slots at the Rideau Carleton Raceway hosted by the 55 Plus Club of the Stittsville Legion will take place on Wednesday, Feb. 1. The bus will leave the Johnny Leroux Stittsville Community Arena at 11:30 a.m. Please contact Marion Gullock at 613-836-5254 for more information or to reserve a seat. The next Family Breakfast at the Legion
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Hall will be held on Sunday, Feb. 5 starting at 9 a.m. and running until 12 noon. Only $8 per person. There is a children’s menu available. Everyone in the community is welcome to attend. A Chili Cook Off will be held on Saturday, Feb. 11 at the Stittsville Legion Hall. All dishes to be judged should be taken to the Legion Hall kitchen by 5 p.m. Judging will start at 6 p.m. At 7 p.m., everyone is invited to drop by and enjoy a taste of these great chili dishes. At 9 p.m., the band “The Stittsvillians” will entertain for a $5 per person cover charge. Everyone is welcome. Memberships
Memberships for 2017 are due and are now on sale. There is a slight increase to the membership fee due to an increase in their per capita share by Dominion Command. The membership fee is $55 per year. Congratulations to the winners of the special Earl Bird draw for free memberships. The winners were John Page, Doug McCrady and Ron Gervais.
stairs lounge (notice the change from the upstairs hall previously) at the Stittsville Legion Hall. This event is open to everyone. No stage and a relaxed, fun and friendly atmosphere exists at these musical events. However, percussion is not allowed. For more information, please email Brenda Hamilton at singersoloist@sympatico.ca or call her at 613-286-9173. An “Open Mic and Sing-a-long” with Bill Martin will be held every Friday starting at 8 p.m. in the downstairs lounge at the Legion Hall. Come and enjoy some country and some rock ‘n roll music. Everyone is welcome to attend. There is no cover charge. Knitting Club
The knitting/crochet club meets at the Legion Hall every Monday at 6:30 p.m. except for holidays. Anyone interested is welcome to come and join in. The group is now also making rescue dolls as well as baby bonnets and pic line covers for local hospitals. There are also free lessons available. For more information, please contact June Warner at 613-836-1167.
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Euchre hosted by the Legion’s 55 Plus Billboard Sign Club is played every Tuesday at 1 p.m. at the Legion Hall on Stittsville Main Street. EvUpcoming events at the Stittsville Legion eryone is welcome to participate. are always posted on the billboard sign at the On Wednesdays from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., an front of the Legion Hall, easily seen by those “Acoustic Jam Night” is held in the down- passing by on Stittsville Main Street.
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Chalk up another win for the Goulbourn Rockets Atom C team. The Goulbourn Girls Hockey Association’s Goulbourn Rockets Atom C’s won the gold medals at the 41st Belleville Bearcats New Year’s Classic Competitive Tournament on the weekend of Jan. 6-8. The Goulbourn Rockets went undefeated in the tournament in capturing the championship. In their first four games in the tournament, the Rockets allowed no goals against in finishing in first place in this round robin portion of the tournament. The Rockets beat Russell by 5-0, Kemptville by 4-0, Stratford by 2-0 and Kanata by 2-0. The Rockets then went on
to play Kanata in the championship final of the tournament, skating away with a 3-1 victory and the tournament’s gold medals. The Rockets, comprised of nine and ten year old players, are playing amazing team hockey these days, with goals coming from all forward and defense positions, making for a well-rounded team effort. With this style of hockey, it is no wonder that the Rockets are winning tournaments. The Rockets will play their final league games this month before entering the playoffs. The team is also anticipating competing in the Ontario Playdowns. The Rockets still have one more tournament on their schedule as the team will be competing in the 37th annual Nepean Girls Hockey Association Winter Tournament on the weekend of Feb. 3-5.
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Members of the Goulbourn Rockets Atom C team of the Goulbourn Girls Hockey Association, gold medal champions in the recent 41st Belleville Bearcats New Year’s Classic Competitive Tournament, are (front row, kneeling, from left) Emree Tape, Jordan Farrell, Abby Carter, Danika Glenn and Maggie Doherty, and (back row, standing, from left) head coach Steve Tape, Isabella Donaldson, Nikki Hull, Clare Davy, Erica Burke-Terreau, Sarah Smith, assistant coach Owen Terreau, Maddie McCoy, Hayley Powell, Zoe Wilson, Hannah Davidson and assistant coach Jeff Hull. Missing from the photo are trainer Sue Byers and manager Susan Smith.
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New Listing! Waterfront! 778 Bayview Drive, Constance Bay Live on the Beach! Deceivingly spacious home, 2 bedrms on main level & 2 bedrms upstairs, hardwood and laminate floors, 1.5 baths, gas fireplace in living room, dining room has built-ins, newer natural gas furnace, newer shingles, central air, 6 appliances, granite kitchen, beautiful rooms & incredible views of river & Gatineau Hills! 70' x 150' lot. Immediate possession possible! $499,900
“Viticulture� will be the focus for the January meeting of the Stittsville Goulbourn Horticultural Society. And just what is “viticulture?� None other than the cultivation of grape vines. Talking about viticulture and all things about vineyards and wineries will be guest speaker Tom Moul who owns and operates the Jabulani Vineyard & Winery on Jock Trail west of Richmond. The meeting is Jan. 24 at 7:30 p.m. at the Pretty Street Community Centre, corner of Pretty and Orville streets in Stittsville. Everyone welcome with $4 fee for non-members. Memberships, though, will be available at the meeting for only $15 per year. An annual family membership is $25. Tom Moul and his wife Janet opened Jabulani Vineyard & Winery in June 2011. He has extensive experience as a winemaker including in his native South Africa where he began making wine at age 14. Jabulani Vineyard & Winery opens for another season on June 10. Jabulani now has a wine patio overlooking its vineyard as well as a winery building that can be booked for private and corporate events including weddings. During the season, Jabulani offers tasting sessions Fridays through Sundays from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. These are free with the possibility of tasting up to six wines.
In addition, Jabulani offers tours which will resume this year on the third Friday in June. The tour lasts about two hours, $20 per person, and includes a walk among the vines where you will learn about cultivation of grape vines (viticulture), how wines are made and conclude with a wine appreciation session where you will learn about tasting by sampling 10 wines. Products at Jabulani Vineyard & Winery include a variety of whites such as Frentenac Blanc, Frantenac Gris & Vidal, red wines such as Marquette Shiraz, strawberry wine such as Tipsy Turkey and cider such as Apple Off Dry Cider. It was back in 2006, five years before opening Jabulani Vineyard & Winery, that Tom and Janet Moul purchased the then-vacant site backing on the Jock River from neighbour Bruce Garland and began development of their vineyard and winery. They planted cold climate grapes developed for harsher winter conditions and built a log home with a walk out basement where their initial sales office was located. Jabulani has since built a winery building at the front of the property closer to Jock Trail. Operating a vineyard and winery is an agricultural operation that is a little different from that of a regular farming operations which sees a farmer busy basically from spring to fall. In the vineyard and winery business, it is a more prolonged season, starting with planting and nurturing the grapes from
spring through summer and then harvesting grapes in the fall, after which the grapes are processed to make wine. The land on which the Jabulani Vineyard & Winery is located turned out to be ideal for growing cold climate grapes. A ridge runs through the property with grapes planted on the north side which seems to be the liking of the grapes. A forested area north of one of the grape fields also blocks the north wind, enhancing the environment for the grapes. Jabulani is a Zulu word for the spirit of happiness, celebrate always. Each bottle of Jabulani wine has this slogan on the label: “The Spirit of Happiness – Celebrate Always.� Jabulani Vineyard & Winery is located at 8005 Jock Trail between Munster Road and Dwyer Hill Road, south of Franktown Road. Last December, before Christmas, Jabulani held its pre-Christmas celebration which featured entertainment and wine sales, celebrating the season. The Sequoia Church Choir, Ken Seeley Duo and the Canadian Military Wives Choir all performed at the event which is also held to help the Richmond Food Bank and the fight against MS. When it was all said and done, two truck loads and three van loads of food items were collected for the Richmond Food Bank as well as $1,943.85, all thanks to generous customers. In addition, $685 was collected to help in the fight against MS.
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New Listing! 6864 Harbour Street, Fitzroy Harbour Beautifully maintained 3 bedroom bungalow on an extra deep 66' x 202' lot extending to Kedey Street to access the 20' x 22' detached garage out back, propane gas heat, lovely living/dining room with wood fireplace, finished basement with rec room & sitting room, includes 5 appliances. A true gem in a lovely and quaint community along the Ottawa River 35 minutes from the city! $244, 900
LD SO 176 Robertlee Drive, Carp Settle down in this wonderful 3 bedrm bungalow set on a large 115' x 158' mature lot within walking distance to Huntley Centennial School, shops, fairgrounds, sports fields, arena & splash pad! This home features a 2 car garage, large storage shed, back patio & deck, natural gas heat, wood-burning fireplace, updated main bath, parquet & tile floors on main floor, nice basement with recrm, 2 spare rooms & a 3 pce bath. List price $349,900
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e were getting used to the interruptions in our sleep. It was in the dead of winter. Father said it was the worst winter he had seen since he was a young boy. Mother said every winter in Northcote was the worst she had ever seen! Anyway, we had hardly settled in our beds that night when the loud cracking noises began. That meant it was bitterly cold out and every log in our old house was letting us know it. One or two loud cracks was just about all Mother could stand. We heard Father get up and go to the Findlay Oval in the kitchen and lift the lids, and we knew he was about to chug in another log. The old stove was pouring out as much heat as it could, but it wasn’t enough
MARY COOK Memories to take the bone chilling cold out of the house. And of course, that was all Mother needed to hear... Father attacking the stove with another log from the wood box. She knew that within minutes the stove pipes would be making their own noises, and there was a good chance they would turn red from the flames. Which to her meant the whole house would be burnt to the ground and with us in it! It didn’t take
her long to get us all out of bed and head down to the kitchen. Father was in his usual night attire, which was his long combination underwear, and he had settled down in the rocking chair, lit his pipe, and looked like he was about to doze off. Mother had placed our warm outer clothes on the bench at the back door, just in case we had to leave the house in a hurry. Where we would go in the blowing snow was be-
yond me, but Mother was sure anyplace was safer than in an old log house with its only means of heat, a raging cook stove about to burst into flames. Just as she said they would, the pipes turned red. She poked Father and he roused long enough to take a look, then said, “Nothing to stew about it...it’ll all settle down in a minute.” And he promptly went back to sleep. Whatever heat the stove was giving off did nothing to stop the frost from cracking the logs in the house, and each bang seemed to be worse than the one before it. Mother sent Audrey and Everett upstairs to get the pillows and blankets off our beds, and she spread them out on the kitchen floor, and told us that was where we would be spend-
ing the night just in case we had to make a quick exit. Emerson said it was just like camping out. Mother went to the creton couch, which she pulled away from the stove as far as she could, and Father; who she said could sleep leaning against a barn door, was softly snoring in his rocking chair. Just as he said they would, the stove pipes returned to their natural colour. Much to Mother’s surprise, we survived the night without the house being burnt to the ground. Somehow, before any of us was awake, Father had gotten out of his chair, dressed and gone out to the barns to do the chores without any of us hearing him. The wind had quieted down by the time Father came in for his breakfast. He looked around at the
blankets and pillows on the floor, plugged another log in the stove, and got as far as saying, “Well, I see.... ,” when Mother said, “Not one word Albert...not one word.” I knew there would be many nights ahead of us when the old log house would crack from the frost, the pipes would turn red, Father would spend most of the night in the rocking chair in the kitchen to keep the stove stoked, and Mother would herd us all down to the kitchen to sleep on the floor. Just in case. Interested in an electronic version of Mary’s books? Go to https://www.smashwords. com and type MaryRCook for e-book purchase details, or if you would like a hard copy, please contact Mary at wick2@sympatico.ca.
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Peacefully in Hospice after a battle with cancer on Thursday, January 12, 2017, at the age of 82. Married for 61 years and survived by his wife Joan (nee Howard). An Ottawa Valley boy, Gus was raised in Carleton Place and was the son of the late Rollitt and late Helen (nee Templeman) Saunders. He is survived by his daughter Barbara Smith (Jim), son Glenn Saunders (Rose), grandson Doug Paradis (Holly), granddaughters Christina Borda (Nick) and Anna Saunders, and great-granddaughter Brookelyn Borda. He is also survived by his brother Glenn of Colorado, sister Helen Anne Saunders and brother Brian of Barrie, ON. Predeceased by his son Bob. Gus was a member of the Royal Canadian Navy and was a Naval Pilot. USN trained in Pensacola FL, and Corpus Christi, Texas. Antisubmarine pilot VS881, VS880, HMCS Bonaventure (225 deck landings). CFB Shearwater VU-32 (OIC Advanced Training Flight), Base Operations Room Officer and Atlantic Provinces Sea Cadet Liaison Officer. While living in Nova Scotia, Gus was very involved in minor hockey. President of the Cole Harbour/BelAyr Minor Hockey Association, President of the Metro Peewee/Squirt Hockey Tournament, President of Metro Halifax/ Dartmouth Midget League, President Dartmouth Peewee Atlantics (Quebec 70) and President of the Dartmouth Junior Arrows. Then, posted to National Defence Headquarters in Ottawa, Gus started a new career and became a broker with the Ottawa Real Estate Board. After retirement and moving to Munster, Farmer Gus’ Pumpkin Ranch was born and many children, schools and daycares visited the open range farm. Gus also started the Ottawa-St. Lawrence Growers Association. He held the first Giant Pumpkin competition in Munster (World Champions 1994-1997) and eventually went to the By Ward Market to hold the Championships. Friends may pay respects at the Kelly Funeral Home, Kanata Chapel 580 Eagleson Road, Kanata, ON K2M 1H4 613-591-6580 Wednesday, January 18, 2017 from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. and Thursday, January 19, 2017 after 10 a.m. Memorial Service will follow in the Chapel at 11 a.m. Conducted by Rev. Jim Baldwin. Gus led the family, in memory of their son Bob, in the Terry Fox Foundations efforts to raise money for a cancer cure. To that end and in lieu of flowers please consider a donation in Gus’ memory to the Terry Fox Foundation, Suite 900, 1200 Eglinton Ave. East, Toronto, ON, M3C 1H9. Condolences and Sharing Memories at www.kellyfh.ca.
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19.9.1919 – 09.01.2017 Our beautiful mother passed away quietly with dignity of spirit and in the love of her family. Florence (neé BROWN) was predeceased by her husband Lyle Elmo Jeffrey, owner and CEO of the former Jeffrey Luggage in Arnprior and Frontier Ranch Camp. She was also predeceased by her sons Bruce Allan and Grant Reid, her grandson Jonathan Glenn “Jay,” and 9 of her 11 brothers and sisters. Florence leaves her remaining sons David (Katherine), Glenn (Linda), Dale (Trish), and her daughter Jill, plus 15 grand children and 19 great grand children, her sister Lois Baskin (late Bert) and brother Melvin Brown (Edith). A multitude of friends and the wider community will remember her solid faith in God, leadership in Christian Women’s Club, lifetime ministry with her husband through The Gideons International and 26 years as co-director at Frontier Ranch Children’s Camp near White Lake. Florence’s faith in Jesus Christ gave her the strength to receive blessing and loss with grace. It also inspired her purpose, decisions, relationships, love of nature, writing and creativity. We wish to thank those who provided our mother’s care with integrity, kindness, and respect. Visitation - PILON FAMILY FUNERAL HOME & CHAPEL 50 John Street North, Arnprior (613-623-5194) on Friday, Jan. 20 7 to 9 p.m. Celebration of Life Service - GLAD TIDINGS PENTECOSTAL CHURCH 116 Baskin Drive W, Arnprior on Saturday January 21st at 11 am. Reception will follow. Private interment - Pinecrest Cemetery, Ottawa. Memorial donations to “Village Missions” (Stonecroft Ministries), “Bibles to Northern Canada” through Gideons International or to the charity of your choice are appreciated. Condolences/Donations www.pilonfamily.ca
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In loving memory of Lawrence - January 19, 2008 and Lillian - January 18, 2015. It has been nine years since we lost one precious person in our life and two years since the other precious one was taken. We miss you both more than words can ever say but we know that God only takes the best and that you are both together again. You both will always hold a special place in our hearts. Always loved and never forgotten, Betty, Bill, Mary, Don, Dave and Gloria.
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Peacefully at Groves Park Lodge, Renfrew on Monday morning, January 9th, 2017. Myrtle Ann Garneau of Arnprior passed away at the age of 85. Beloved and devoted wife for over 63 years of Bob. Dearly loved mother of Donna Watters (Peter) and Brian Garneau (Marleen Raymond). Cherished “Nanny” of Kelly Gibbons (Jesse), Tyler Watters, Victor Raymond, Mathew Garneau and Kyle Garneau and “Great-Nanny” of Jacob and Cameron. Dear sister of Allan Draper (Agnes); Violet Yendall and Earl Draper (Lise). Predeceased by a sister, Linda Wyman (Ralph). Fondly remembered by Peter Garneau (Connie) and Hubert Garneau (Bev) as well as many nieces and nephews. Family and friends are invited to pay their respects during visitation at the Pilon Family Funeral Home and Chapel Ltd., 50 John Street North, Arnprior on Saturday, February 4th, 2017 from 10 until 11:45 a.m. A Service to remember Myrtle will follow in the Pilon Family Chapel commencing at 12 noon. Spring interment St. John’s Anglican Cemetery, South March. A very special “Thank You” is extended to the amazing staff at Groves Park Lodge for the exceptional care they provided to Myrtle and her family. In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation to the Alzheimer Society or Groves Park Lodge, Renfrew. Condolences/Donations www.pilonfamily.ca
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(Retired Dep’t of National Defence) Peacefully at the Queensway-Carleton Hospital in Ottawa in the early morning hours of Wednesday, January 11th, 2017; Alexander John “Jack” Trudeau of Arnprior (Sandy Hook) passed away following a lengthy illness. He was 87. Beloved husband and best friend of the late Darlleen (nee L’Abbé). Dearly loved and proud father of John (Tracey) of White Lake; Richard (Joanne) and Kevin (Brenda), both of Arnprior. Cherished “Pappy” of Shannen, Jonathan, Jessica, Michael, Alexander, Julie and Scott. Predeceased by his parents: Sidney and Esther (nee Findley) Trudeau as well as brothers: Charlie (Marion of Arnprior) and Jim (Esther of B.C.). Also survived by many nieces and nephews. A quiet, gentle man, Jack was happiest when with family or at his beloved farmland at White Lake. His love of hunting and the outdoors will live on in his children and grandchildren. He will be missed. Friends were invited to join Jack’s family during visitation at the Pilon Family Funeral Home and Chapel Ltd., 50 John Street North, Arnprior on Friday, January 13th from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. and again after 10 a.m. Saturday. A Funeral service followed in the Pilon Family Chapel on Saturday morning commencing at 11 o’clock. Interment Malloch Road Cemetery. In memory of Jack, please consider a donation to the Canadian Cancer Society. Legion Tribute Friday evening at 6:30. Condolences/Donations/Webcast www.pilonfamily.ca
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Innes, Robert John “Bob” January 12, 1942-January 11, 2017
Innes, Robert “Bob” in his 74th year passed peacefully in his sleep at his residence in Cobden, Ontario on Wednesday, January 11, 2017. Dear father to John (Chantal) and Michael (Monica) Innes. Loving grandfather to Connor and Mackenzie Innes. Also survived by his sister Ms. Nancy Innes and preceded in death by his parents Allister and Eleanor Innes. Bob, a native of Montreal, married and relocated to Ottawa in 1975. There, husband and wife raised their sons and set out to become entrepreneurs. Successfully founding Terry Chemicals in 1979, he continued 30 years of success and involvement in the community. He enjoyed baseball, cottaging and his dogs. He will be missed by family and friends. Arrangements by the Boyce Funeral Home Ltd., 138 Daniel Street N., Arnprior. Friends were invited to gather with Bob’s family during Memorial Visitation Saturday January 14, 2017 from 1:00 p.m. until 4:00 p.m. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be given to the SPCA. Condolences/Donations/Tributes at www.boycefuneralhome.ca
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Passed away peacefully Saturday January 7, 2017 in the Grove Nursing Home, Arnprior in her 79th year. Beloved wife of Courtland MacLaren. Daughter of the late Ernie and Annie (Rickles) Lythe. Arrangements by the Boyce Funeral Home Chapel, Visitation and Reception Centre, 138 Daniel Street N., Arnprior. Visitation was Friday January 13, 2017 from 10:00 a.m.1:00 p.m. Funeral Service was conducted in the Boyce Chapel at 1:00 p.m. Spring interment Goshen Road Cemetery. In memoriam donations to the charity of your choice would be appreciated by her family. Condolences/Donations/Tributes at www.boycefuneralhome.ca.
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Call the classified department today! Stittsville News - Thursday, January 19, 2017 27
First occupancies in Potter’s Key in early ‘18 by John Curry
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The first new homes constructed in the Potter’s Key subdivision in Stittsville should be occupied in early 2018, with the 400 home subdivision to be completed by Dec. 2019 if home sales go well. But before this takes place, there’s lots of other things to happen on the site which is located north of Hazeldean Road between the existing Jackson Trails community to the east and the existing Echowoods/ Lloydalex Crescent community to the west. Feedmill Creek runs from west to east through the middle of the site. Tree removal on the site has been underway and is just about complete. Rock removal is slated to begin this week and run through to the end of
March. Construction work related to sewers and roads will get underway by the beginning of February and will run through to this coming December, with all of the site being serviced by then. Housing construction will start this August with the first occupancy in early 2018. The house construction will go from east to west on the site. The rock removed after the blasting will be stored in a fenced off area on the north part of the former Stittsville Flea Market parking site on the north side of Hazeldean Road. This rock will then be crushed into gravel and reused on the site as material in road construction and other uses. The crushing of the rock is expected to take a couple of months and should be completed by the end of May or beginning of June. The two parks in the subdivision,
one north of Feedmill Creek and one south of Feedmill Creek will be designed this year and developed in 2018. The park north of Feedmill Creek is being envisioned as more of a passive park with treed areas and walking paths. But there may also be a soccer field in this park. The park south of Feedmill Creek will be more active in nature with a play structure as well as walking trails. Both parks will be connected to sidewalks serving the community. There will also be a pathway along Feedmill Creek through the subdivision. All construction traffic related to this Potter’s Key subdivision will use a construction road that will run off Hazeldean Road into the site. No construction traffic is to use existing roads in either the Jackson Trails community or the Echowoods/Lloydalex Crescent community. These
connecting roads to existing communities will be closed off until the first new homeowners move in in early 2018. That’s when the three connecting roads linking the new subdivision with the existing Jackson Trails community will be opened up but they will still be off limits to contractors working on the site who will continue to use the construction road off Hazeldean Road until the completion of the subdivision. Construction vehicle access to the site was a concern expressed by residents of the adjacent communities during the planning process for the Potter’s Key subdivision. This is why the construction road off Hazeldean Road is being implemented. Another concern expressed during the planning process and recently on social media has been the blasting that will take place on the site and
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possible damage to existing homes in adjacent communities. This concern was a major focus at a public meeting which was held at the upstairs hall of the Johnny Leroux Stittsville Community Arena on Wednesday, Jan. 11, hosted by Minto Communities, the developer of the Potter’s Key subdivision. The meeting also included attendance by representatives of Taggart Construction, the firm that will be doing the serving work on the site, by M-Roc Ltd. Drilling & Blasting which will be doing the blasting work on the site and by Explotech Engineering, a consulting firm which specializes in blasting work and the monitoring of it. City of Ottawa Stittsville ward councillor Shad Qadri was also in attendance. See BLASTING, page 29
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Blasting of rock at Potter’s Key site will be monitored Continued from page 28
Pre-blasting inspections have been offered to homeowners who will be within 75 metres of any blasting on the site. This will allow for comparisons of home conditions before and after the blasting. It was pointed out at the meeting that the risk of damage from blasting to a home outside this 75 metre distance will be virtually nil which is why these free home inspections are not being offered outside the 75 metre distance. The blasting will all be monitored for the levels of vibration caused. There apparently is extensive research on the levels of vibration that are needed to cause damage to a nearby home. It was noted that the vibration monitoring and blasting plan are designed to protect the weakest spots for home damage which apparently are the drywall joints on the top floor of a home. If there is no damage there, there will be no damage in the stronger concrete foundation. In the coming months, the Potter’s Key subdivision site will be considered an active construction site with no public access allowed for safety reasons. However, the trail along the hydro line along the north side of the site is not part of the subdivision and so will remain accessible to walkers as it has been up to now. The blasting which will be taking place on site until the end of March will begin in the middle of the site and move towards the east over time. The closest that any blasting will take place to an existing home is 15 metres. All of the blasting will be designed to maintain vibration levels below levels that would cause damage to the closest existing homes.
It was explained at the meeting that vibrations from blasting come in two forms. There is ground vibration which can result in the rattling of windows. There is also air vibration which arrives at a site a few seconds after the ground vibration and could appear like a blast of wind which may rattle dishes. It was pointed out that homes over a kilometer away from the site may notice these vibrations from the blasting. There will be multiple monitors on site which will be moved as the blasting is moved. These monitors will assess the ground and air vibrations to ensure that they are at levels below any levels which would cause damage to adjacent homes. No explosives will be stored on the site overnight during the blasting. The explosives will be taken onto the site in the morning and any not used will be removed from the site each evening. The blasting will be so-called controlled blasting with all blasts covered with blasting mats to prevent any rock from flying into the air. It is expected that there will be five to seven blasts a day during the period of rock blasting until the end of March. The blasting will take place at times anywhere from 7 a.m. to about 4 p.m. A minute before any blast, there will be five short whistles blown on the site. Right before the blast, there will be three short whistles, followed by the blast. One long whistle will signify “all clear” following the blast. Hydraulic drills which are equipped with dust collectors but which are noisy, will be drilling the holes in which the explosives are placed for the blasting.
The Potter’s Key subdivision north of Feedmill Creek will be all single family homes. The part of the subdivision south of Feedmill Creek will be a mix of single family homes and townhomes. Feedmill Creek itself will remain a naturalized open space area. A total of 400 homes are envisioned for this
Potter’s Key subdivision consisting of 259 single family homes and 141 two-storey townhomes. The single family homes will feature a variety of lot widths from 30 feet to 43 feet wide. Minto is a well-known name in the home building industry both in Ottawa as well as elsewhere including Florida. Since 1955, the Minto Group has built more than 80,000 new homes.
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Minto Communities, developer of the Potter’s Key subdivision in Stittsville, has opened a sales centre for the development on Hazeldean Road immediately west of the Jackson Trails Centre plaza.
Around village of Richmond ….Calling all minor hockey players. It’s Minor Hockey Day at the Richmond Royals’ home game against the Westport Rideaus at the Richmond arena this coming Sunday, Jan. 22 at 1:30 p.m. Every minor hockey player wearing a jersey gets in free…..An open table community dinner is being held on Saturday, Jan. 28 at St. John’s Anglican Church hall on Fowler Street. The doors will open at 4:30 p.m. with the dinner served at 5 p.m. Everyone is most welcome to attend this community dinner. It’s free, although donations to help with expenses are always welcome…. The Richmond branch of the Ottawa Public Library extended its “12 Days of Library” program for an additional day, namely Saturday, Jan. 7, extending the fun-filled activities offered in the program. On Jan. 7 drop-in activities included a scavenger hunt, crafts, colouring and week & find games…A date to remember is Tuesday, Feb. 7 because this is
when the annual general meeting of the Richmond Village Association is going to be held. It will be happening at 8 p.m. in the upstairs room at the Richmond arena, with a meet and greet with coffee starting at 7:30 p.m. Everyone in the community is urged to attend…. The Richmond Royals of the Central Canada Hockey League Tier 2 will play the visiting Arnprior Packers on Sunday, Feb. 5 at 1:30 p.m. at the Richmond arena at the corner of Perth Street and Huntley Road in Richmond. Wear purple and support Do It For Daron... The Richmond Branch 625 of the Royal Canadian Legion is hosting a Valentines Dinner and Dance on Saturday, Feb. 11 at the Legion Hall on Ottawa Street in Richmond. Doors open at 5 p.m. Dinner served at 6 p.m. Ham and scalloped potatoes. Entertainment by Albert and the Collection. Tickets $23 per person. For tickets, please call Shirley Morris at 613-838-3721...
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The beat goes on in Stittsville I’m Brian Dryden and if you live in Stittsville, you’re going to being seeing a lot of me from now on. My pencils are sharpened, pens are all in working order, camera bag is packed and ready and a stack of notepads are on my desk. I’m ready to hit the road and start covering, and uncovering, what is going on in Stittsville. It’s going to be a tough act to follow after the blanket coverage and indepth reporting of the community that the recently retired John Brummell and our news editor John Curry have established as the benchmark for the Stittsville News, but I gladly accept that challenge as the new community reporter for our readers in Stittsville. And, of course, John Curry remains as the heart and soul of the News as his passion for the community will continue to inform what we do here. I also bring a passion for community news to the team here in Stittsville, and I have extensive experience in community news that I believe, along with John Curry as editior, will continue to provide Stittsville residents
Brian Dryden with the quality and breadth of coverage that they have come to expect. Until recently I was a news editor here at Metroland Media’s Ottawa publications, but I am now back on the beat as it were, doing what has always been my passion, getting to know a community through its people and the stories they tell and are involved in. I am originally from Montreal, but don’t hold that against me, and I have lived and worked in Ottawa for the past nine years and this is my home from now on. My wife is a teacher at an elementary
school in Kanata and my daughter attends high school in Bells Corners. I have worked in newsrooms across the country from Victoria, B.C., to here in Ontario since starting in the newspaper business in the late 1980s, covering everything from the provincial legislature in British Columbia to a junior hockey Memorial Cup that was held in Seattle, Washington. I plan on bringing that experience to the Stittsville News, where working in conjunction with John Curry, we will be dedicated to continuing this community newspaper’s overriding mission to be a forum where residents can engage with each other and examine the issues, the personalities and the activities that are most import to the community. If you have any tips to pass along, ideas for this newspaper to pursue, or events to showcase, don’t be shy and let me know. Call me, Brian Dryden, at 613-221-6162, or email me at brian.dryden@ metroland.com. I look forward to hearing from you, and seeing you out in the community.
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Root veggie rounds with ‘Fabulous Fish Fry’ in Richmond garlic dip a healthy treat by John Curry
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Dress up root veggies with a crispy coating and serve with a creamy dip. Preparation time: 20 minutes Baking time: 30 minutes Serves four to six Ingredients
2 yellow-fleshed potatoes, peeled 1 sweet potato, peeled 1 beet, peeled 2 cups (500 mL) dry breadcrumbs 1/4 cup (50 mL) minced fresh parsley Salt and pepper 2 eggs 1/4 cup (50 mL) freshly grated Parmesan cheese Creamy garlic dip: 1/2 cup (125 mL) plain Greek yogurt 1 tbsp (15 mL) mayonnaise 1 tsp (5 mL) Dijon mustard 1 clove garlic, minced
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Line two large rimmed baking sheets with parchment paper. Slice potatoes, sweet potato and beet into 1/3-inch (8 mm) thick rounds. In large resealable plastic bag, combine breadcrumbs, parsley, a pinch each of salt and pepper; shake to mix. In shallow dish, beat eggs. Working in batches, dip vegetable rounds into beaten eggs until well coated, then transfer to bag and shake well. Place coated rounds on prepared baking sheets. Sprinkle remaining breadcrumbs over veggie rounds. Bake in 400F (200C) oven for 15 minutes. Remove from oven and carefully turn each piece.
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“Gone fishin’”is a popular phrase. “Gone fish eatin’” is not a common or popular phrase but maybe it should be, especially where there are events like the annual “Fabulous Fish Fry” at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church in Richmond coming up. This is where you can enjoy a fabulous feed of fish prepared
Switch and rotate baking sheets; bake 10 to 15 minutes or until vegetables are tender and coating is crispy. While hot, sprinkle with Parmesan cheese. Serve with creamy garlic dip. Creamy garlic dip: In small bowl, combine yogurt, mayonnaise, mustard and garlic; season with salt and pepper to taste. Dip by John Curry can be made up to two days john.curry@metroland.com ahead.
Jan. 27 from 4:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church on McBean Street in Richmond. Tickets are $17 for adults and $8 for children (ages 6 to 12). Children aged five and under are free. There’s also a family rate covering two adults and two children for only $45. To reserve tickets for this “Fabulous Fish Fry,” please call Kaye at 613-838-5432 and leave a message.
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by Fadi’s Fabulous Foods without ever having to drop a line in any water. It will be served to you piping hot and delicious. And it’s not only fish that you will be enjoying at this “Fabulous Fish Fry” on Friday, Jan. 27. The menu also includes chips, coleslaw, baked beans and fruit crisp along with coffee, tea and juice plus all the trimmings that would go with such a meal. It’s all happening on Friday,
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JAN. 20 An open mix music night hosted by Andrew McKim will be held on Friday, Jan. 20, 2017 from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. in the upstairs lounge at the Richmond Curling Club on Perth Street in Richmond. Everyone welcome to attend, either to perform or to listen. No admission charge although donations of non-perishable food items for the Richmond Food Bank are appreciated.
ness with councilor Qadri. The annual general meeting of the Goulbourn Township Historical Society will be held on Saturday, Jan. 21, 2017 at the Stittsville United Church on Fernbank Road in Stittsville. A seasonal turkey dinner will be served at 12 noon at a cost of $15 per person, with the annual general meeting to follow. Those wishing to attend just the annual general meeting should plan to arrive about 1 p.m. The annual general meeting will see the Board of JAN. 21 Directors and the chairs of various An open house “meet and greet” is committees report on activities in the being held on Saturday, Jan. 21 from past year. 9 a.m. to 12 noon at the Goulbourn Recreation Complex (GRC) on Shea The Richmond Branch 625 of the Road in Stittsville, hosted by city of Royal Canadian Legion will host its Ottawa Stittsville ward councilor annual Robbie Burns Dinner on SatShad Qadri and staff from the GRC. urday, Jan. 21, 2017 at the Richmond Everyone is invited to attend to ask Legion Hall on Ottawa Street in Richany questions about upcoming pro- mond. Doors open at 5 p.m. Supper gramming at the GRC for the 2017 served at 6 p.m. Haggis and roast beef season. Those attending will also be dinner. Bagpiper and highland dancable to discuss any issues or concerns ers. Tickets $23 per person. For tickwhich they have about municipal busi- ets, please call Shirley Morris at 613-
JAN. 22 The Richmond Royals of the Central Canada Hockey League Tier 2 will play the visiting Westport Rideaus on Sunday, Jan. 22, 2017 at 1:30 p.m. at the Richmond arena at the corner of Perth Street and Huntley Road in Richmond. This is Minor Hockey Day where every minor hockey player wearing a jersey gets free entry.
JAN. 27 St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church on McBean Street in Richmond is hosting its annual “Fabulous Fish Fry” featuring fish and chips by Fadi’s Fabulous Foods on Friday, Jan. 27 from 4:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. Adult $17. Children (6 to 12) $8. Children five and under free. Family rate (2 adults and 2 children) $45. To reserve tickets, please call Kaye at 613-838-5432 and leave a message.
JAN. 24 The January meeting of the Stittsville Goulbourn Horticultural Society will be held on Tuesday, Jan. 24 at 7:30 p.m. at the Pretty Street Community Centre in Stittsville. Guest speaker will be Tom Moul of Jabulani Vineyard and Winery of Richmond. Everyone is welcome to attend although there is a $4 guest fee for non-members. Annual memberships for the Horticultural Society will be available at the meeting at $15 per person or $25 for a family.
JAN. 28 A free open table community dinner will be held on Saturday, Jan. 28 at the St. John’s Anglican Church Hall on Fowler Street in Richmond. Doors open at 4:30 p.m. Dinner served at 5 p.m. Everyone is welcome to attend. JAN. 29 Donations to help with expenses are The Richmond Royals of the Cenalways welcome. tral Canada Hockey League Tier 2 will play the visiting Arnprior PackSt. Philip’s Parish in Richmond is ers on Sunday, Jan. 29 at 1:30 p.m. holding a fundraiser for its 2017 Peru at the Richmond arena at the corner Mission on Saturday, Jan. 28. A spa- of Perth Street and Huntley Road in ghetti dinner will be served in the Rev. Richmond.
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Michael Gillissie Hall at 5:30 p.m., followed by live entertainment starting at 6:30 p.m. Everyone is welcome to attend. Please call 613-591-6247 for tickets or for more information. Munster United Church is hosting a pulled pork dinner and dance at the Richmond Legion Hall on Ottawa Street in Richmond on Saturday, Jan. 28. Dinner will be served from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. Entertainment by Doug and Pam Champagne and Marc Senecal from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. Advanced tickets are recommended for this funfilled evening. For tickets please call Mary Tubman at 613-838-5473 or Pam Champagne at 613-838-4116.
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The Richmond branch of the Ottawa Public Library is located on Perth Street at the corner of Fortune Street in Richmond.
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The Richmond library is the place to be on Monday, Jan. 30. That’s because the Richmond branch is hosting a PD Day program in the form of a family storytime and craft, celebrating Family Literacy Day with the theme “Storytelling through Song.” “Storytelling through Song” is the January theme for the Ottawa Public Library’s Canada 150 celebration. Ottawa Public Library is marking Canada’s 150th anniversary by celebrating the art of storytelling throughout the year. This PD Day program is a dropin program (no pre-registration required) which will run from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 30. The program is for children of all ages accompanied by a parent or caregiver. In January, the Richmond library branch is highlighting storytelling through song as it showcases a differ-
ent aspect of Canadian storytelling each month this year in celebrating Canada’s 150th anniversary as a country. Through their music, songwriters and musicians in Canada evoke emotions and capture moments in time. The Canadian musical landscape is as diverse as the country’s geography, the backgrounds of Canadians and people’s individual stories. The Richmond library branch has on display an exhibit related to Canadian music that speaks to Canada’s diversity and tells the stories of Canadians. This exhibit extends from old favourites to new artists and ranges from Drake to Stompin’ Tom Connors. The Richmond branch of the Ottawa Public Library is located on Perth Street in Richmond. It is one of 34 branches of the Ottawa Public Library which is the largest bilingual public library system in North America.
Stittsville United Church has launched a new initiative which will see professionals who live in Stittsville use the church space to share their expertise and knowledge with the larger community. The initiative is starting with the involvement of Krystal Kirkwood and Deborah Boldt who want to share their practices and wisdom with all those who might be interested. On Saturday, Feb. 11 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Deborah Boldt will facilitate a Valentine mindfulness full day retreat/workshop. She is a registered social worker who is moving to the Stittsville area. This retreat/ workshop will help participants understand what mindfulness is, will help participants realize that they are already mindful, will help participants discover mindfulness practices that may help ease stress, will
deepen a person’s sense of well being and will help participants develop a more compassionate and living relationship with themselves. Deborah offers Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) programs in Ottawa. For more information, please call the Stittsville United Church office at 613-836-4962. Registration for this retreat/workshop is available by contact Deborah at Deborah@deborahboldt.ca or at 613-552-2068. Krystal Kirkwood, an Early Childhood Educator, will be offering two sessions in which she will share her special training of Dr. Becky Bailey’s “I love your rituals” using the methodology of “Conscious Discipline.” Krystal will be sharing fun activities for children on Sunday, Feb. 12 at 10:15 a.m. (“I Love You Rituals”) while she will be sharing fun activities for both children and adults on Sunday, Feb. 19, also at 10:15 a.m. For more information, please call the Stittsville United Church office at 613-836-4962.
Rezoning proposed to allow farmers market Continued from page 3
City of Ottawa Stittsville ward councilor Shad Qadri said that initially the Ottawa Farmers Market, which will be operating the farmers market, had wanted the Stittsville farmers market to be on Thursdays but then switched to Fridays. He is confident that if Friday does not work out, then the Ottawa Farmers Market will adjust the day or times as appropriate. With regard to a concern about parking, councilor Qadri said that there is adequate parking along Abbott Street and at the municipal parking lot off Stittsville Main Street near Village Square Park. He pointed out that most farmers market customers will be there for only 45 minutes or so, meaning that
the parking will turn over relatively quickly. The presence of farmers markets in both Kanata and Carp on Saturdays is one reason why the new Stittsville farmers market is being held on a Friday. There are only so many vendors for these farmers markets. It is expected that the new Stittsville farmers market will have from 10 to 20 vendors. It was pointed out that Village Square Park is adjacent to the popular Quitters coffee shop and also has the Trans Canada Trail passing through it, another popular attraction which will provide customers to the site. The city of Ottawa has initiated the rezoning that would permit the operation of a farmers market at
Village Square Park in Stittsville. The rezoning will alter the current open space zoning to add an exception to permit a farmers market. It is expected that the proposed rezoning will be considered by city council’s planning committee on March 28. Right now the city is seeking public comments about the proposed rezoning. Comments should be submitted to city of Ottawa planner Carol Ruddy at Ottawa city hall at 110 Laurier Avenue West, Fourth Floor, Ottawa, ON K1P 1J1 or to her by phone at 613580-2424, ext. 28457 or via email at carol.ruddy@ottawa.ca. Village Square Park is located at the southeast corner of Stittsville Main Street and Abbott Street in Stittsville.
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Five goal outburst gives Molson’s 7-3 win BY JOHN CURRY john.curry@metroland.com
A five goal outburst in the second period carried Molson’s to a 7-3 win over Cabling Ottawa in Stittsville Town League action on Jan. 12. And a similar outburst, only bigger with eight goals, helped Laurysen Kitchens skate to a 14-6 victory over
the Pro2Col squad in the other Stittsville Town League game that evening. In the Molson’s/Cabling Ottawa game, it was tied 1-1 after the first period but then Molson’s struck for five goals in the second to take a 6-2 lead into the third period. In the third, both teams scored once as Molson’s won 7-3.
Three-way fight for top spot in Richardson Division Central Canada Hockey League Tier 2 BY JOHN CURRY john.curry@metroland.com
Central Canada Hockey League Tier 2 Richardson Division standings continue to feature a three-way fight for top spot. In the standings as of Jan. 12, the Perth Blue Wings were still leading with 59 points thanks to a record of 29 wins, four losses and one overtime loss in 34 games. The Blue Wings have the best goals against record not only in the eight-team Richardson Division but in the whole 16 team league including the eight-team Martin Division. Perth has allowed only 79 goals against in its 34 games. The next best goals against record is 103 goals against by the Metcalfe Jets. The Arnprior Packers are in second place as of Jan. 12 with 56 points, three behind the Perth Blue Wings in the Richardson Division. Arnprior has a record of 27 wins, 9 losses and 2 overtime losses in 38 games, four more than Perth. In third place in the Richardson Division as of Jan. 12 with 54 points in 36 games is the Richmond Royals with 25 wins, 7 losses, 2 overtime losses and 2 shootout losses. The Royals have scored 190 goals, just nine behind the Arnprior Packers who have scored 199 goals so far this season. After these three leading teams in the Richardson Division – Perth, Arnprior and Richmond – there is a drop down to the fourth place Athens Aeros who have 43 points, 11 less than the third place Richmond Royals. The Ottawa West Golden Knights lead the Martin Division of the league with 57 points, four more than the second place Casselman Vikings. League scoring leaders
In the individual scoring race, Mathew Labrosse of the Arnprior Packers leads with 84 points. Top point getter for the Richmond Royals so far this season is Joey Laird who has 54 points thanks to 18 goals and 36 assists. This is good for ninth place in the league scoring race. Aaron Hickie of the Richmond Royals is 10th in the league scoring race with 52 points. He has 24 goals and 28 assists. The only other Richmond Royal among the top scorers in the league is Mike DiBello, who is in a tie for 20th spot with 42 points. He has 15 goals and 27 assists.
Ryan Sterling scored four goals for Molson’s with single markers going to Robbie Clarkson, Jordan Hass and Zach Hervato. Zach Hervato, Dylan Scott and Matt Mulligan all picked up three assists, while assists were earned by Mike Horner, Jordan Hass, Ryan Sterling and Chris Monteith. Matt Yakabuski, Alex Robinson
and Ryan Kennedy scored for Cabling Ottawa. Mike Byrne picked up two assists with assists also going to Chris King and Spencer Band. In the Laurysen Kitchens/Pro2Col game, Laurysen Kitchens led all the way, taking a 3-0 lead in the first period. Both teams scored three goals in the second period. It was in this third period that Laurysen Kitchens exploded for eight goals to win 14-6. Chris Hesse had four goals for Laurysen Kitchen. Thomas Nesbitt and Greg Harding both chipped in with
three goals apiece while Dominik Rozman had two goals. Single goals were tallied by Luke Haunts and Vinny Grant. Dominik Rozman and Luke Haunts both picked up four assists, and Vinny Grant had three assists. Chris Hesse and Thomas Nesbitt both had two assists, while Corey Laurysen, Sam Kelly and Greg Harding had one each. Zach Rodier scored three goals for Pro2Col, while Paul Doyle, Chris Fraser and Drew MacMillan each scored once.
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