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Love was in the air in the parish hall at Holy Spirit Catholic Church in Stittsville last Sunday. Sure, it was Valentine’s Day, that traditional day of love, but more importantly, it was a welcome gathering for the Syrian refugee family which has been sponsored by Holy Spirit Parish as about 125 parishioners remained following the 10:30 a.m. mass at the church to meet and greet the four members of this refugee family, welcome them to Canada and Stittsville and show them love and acceptance. See WELCOMING, page 3
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And not only was love in the air but also music was, thanks to Khalil Al Dawahra, the husband and father of the family. Khalil, it turns out, directed the choir at the church in his home community in Syria and so he sang three songs for the assembled crowd, with his voice, aided by a microphone, easily filling the hall with the music. Two special cakes had been prepared for the occasion. “Welcome to Holy Spirit Parish” was written on one of them while “Welcome to Canada” was on the second cake. Each cake featured a red cross on it as well. The refugee family – father and husband Khalil Al Dawahra, wife and mother Ranea Jolan, son Andrih Al Dawahra and daughter Kristil Al Dawahra – together formally cut the cake, after which pieces were distributed to all who wanted to enjoy the cake. The cakes were set up on a table flanked by a Canadian flag as well as by the Knights of Columbus flag. The Al Dawahra family attended the 10:30 a.m. mass that was celebrated just prior to this welcome ceremony in the parish hall. The family has been attending church regularly at Holy Spirit since arriving in Canada just before Christmas. The family attended a gathering for Syrian families in the area on New Year’s Eve. Daughter Kristil celebrated her third birthday on New Year’s Day, Jan. 1. The family, which is now living in a three bedroom town home in Kanata thanks to the support of Holy Spirit Parish, is working on learning English.
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It was bitterly cold, minus 25 degrees with a wind chill, outside the Stittsville Legion Hall on Stittsville Main Street in Stittsville last Saturday evening but inside the warm sounds of the Goulbourn Male Chorus made everyone forget the cold outside and instead enjoy the sights and sounds of a Valentine’s cabaret. Red was a prevailing colour among the 75 in attendance at this fundraiser for the Goulbourn Male Chorus, with many wearing red, with red tablecloths in evidence and with red hearts on the tables, hanging around on the walls and adorning the doorway to the hall. The evening consisted of a meal and subsequent dessert goodies, a couple of performances by the redshirted Goulbourn Jubilee Singers under the direction of Byron Hermann and dancing to the music of the group “Four Way Split.� There was also a silent auction with a myriad of items up for grabs, such as restaurant certificates, theatre tickets, a pen and cufflinks set, a rugby jersey, a painting and gift baskets.
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Byron Hermann, left, music director of the Goulbourn Male Chorus, pulls the winning ticket in a quilt raffle draw with the bowl of tickets being held by Male Chorus member Rory MacDiarmid, right, at the Valentine’s cabaret fundraiser for the Male Chorus which was held at the Stittsville Legion Hall in Stittsville last Saturday.
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The West Ottawa Ladies Chorus is holding open house rehearsals for the next two weeks. This is an opportunity for anyone thinking of perhaps joining a singing group to attend, to hear what the group sounds like when learning new pieces and even to join in to try a little singing. However, the singing is purely optional – you can just sit back and listen if that is your preference. You will get the chance to meet who love to sing and will see firsthand how these 34 ladies of all ages put it all together into a finished song. These open rehearsals will be held on Sundays, Feb. 21 and Feb.
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The design of the proposed new restaurant with a drive-thru at the northeast corner of the Stittsville Main Street and Carp Road intersection will add nothing to the streetscape in the view of David Jenkins of Stittsville. Jenkins is a past director of the Stittsville Village Association (SVA) who handled planning matters for the organization during his service on the SVA and who was also intimately involved in discussions which led to the new Community Design Plan for Stittsville Main Street. Commenting on the site plan for the proposed new restaurant at the SVA meeting on Thursday evening, Feb. 11, Jenkins called the proposed design “just a square, flat roofed box” that looks like something that might be found in Texas rather than a building that is supposed to be designed to reflect the village character of Stittsville. He said that the proposed new restaurant should be designed to be compatible with surrounding buildings like the Shops of Main Street plaza, saying that the new restaurant should have a decent roofline rather
than a flat roof. He said that as proposed, this new restaurant does not contribute anything to the streetscape of Stittsville Main Street. Jenkins did admit that this southwest corner of the Brown’s Your Independent Grocer parking lot is not a bad location for such a restaurant since the area just serves as a snow dump area in the winter and is an area that is too far away from Brown’s YIG store to be used for parking. He also noted that there are problems with the traffic flow for the drive-thru feature of the restaurant, saying that it is not clear where vehicles go once they leave the drivethru. Jenkins also said that the proposed new restaurant should have an active front door as per the new Community Design Plan. However, this proposed restaurant does not have any front door facing onto Stittsville Main Street, he noted. He also noted that the building should be set back ten metres from Stittsville Main Street, not three metres as proposed. The SVA has until Wednesday, Feb. 24 to submit comments about the proposed restaurant to the city’s planning department.
Notice of Completion of Transit Project Assessment Process Trillium Line Extension The City of Ottawa has completed an Environmental Project Report in accordance with Ontario Regulation 231/08 for the Trillium Line Extension Planning and Environmental Assessment study. The Project The City of Ottawa has developed a plan to extend and expand the City’s existing diesel-powered O-Train Trillium Line service from Greenboro Station to Bowesville Road and to the Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport. The plan includes options to service the growing communities of Riverside South and Leitrim, the Airport and adjacent lands. The plan also incorporates new stations on the existing line at Gladstone Avenue and Walkley Road and a relocated station at Confederation Heights. Impacts to private property are anticipated to be limited to the areas adjacent to the proposed Lester Road and Leitrim Road grade separations. The Process The environmental impact of this transit project was assessed and an Environmental Project Report (EPR) prepared according to the Transit Project Assessment Process as prescribed in Ontario Regulation 231/08, Transit Projects and Greater Toronto Transportation Authority Undertakings. The EPR documents the entire study process, including a description of the planned project, its anticipated environmental impacts, and the project’s consultation program. The EPR for the Trillium Line Extension project will be available for a 30-day public review period starting January 22, 2016 at the following locations during their regular business hours: Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change
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There are circumstances where the Minister of the Environment and Climate Change has the authority to require further consideration of the transit project, or impose conditions on it. These include if the Minister is of the opinion that: • The transit project may have a negative impact on a matter of provincial importance that relates to the natural environment or has cultural heritage value or interest; or, • The transit project may have a negative impact on a constitutionally protected Aboriginal or treaty right. Before exercising the authority referred to above, the Minister is required to consider any written objections to the transit project that he or she may receive within 30 days after the Notice of Completion of the Environmental Project Report is first published.
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If you have discussed your issues with the proponent and you object to the project, you can provide a written submission to the Minister of the Environment and Climate Change no later than February 22, 2016 to the address provided below. All submissions must clearly indicate that an objection is being submitted and describe any negative impacts to matters of provincial importance (natural/cultural environment) or Aboriginal rights.
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Algonquin’s international mistake One would hope that those who run educational institutions think before they act. That hope has dimmed with the decision of two Ontario colleges two years ago, including Ottawa-based Algonquin College, to expand their global footprint, pump up their prestige as institutions and try to make a few bucks as well, with international campuses in Saudi Arabia. On the surface, there is nothing wrong with Algonquin College and Niagara College opening international campuses. But there is something wrong with opening men-only campuses in Saudi Arabia where Sharia law forbids the education of women and men in the same educational programs and classes. The men-only campuses may be the way they do things in Saudi Arabia, but that is not the way we do things in Canada. And in this instance, the criticism that Algonquin has had to deal with since the school decided that it was fine with excluding half the human race from its Saudi operations is richly deserved. The issue has been raised before, and most recently even Ontario’s premier has waded into the debate.
“As soon as I found out there was a possibility that women weren’t being offered programs, I asked questions about it, and it’s unacceptable to me,� Premier Kathleen Wynne is quoted as saying in a recent Canadian Press story. There are those who will say – and Algonquin has said this in past statements – that the way you foster change is to engage the society that partakes in such discrimination from within. It’s the old Margaret Thatcher stance on apartheid in South Africa. But Thatcher was dead wrong on South Africa, and former Canadian prime minister Brian Mulroney was right. Mulroney was a staunch advocate of sanctions against South Africa because he knew that you do not foster change by just going along to get along when it comes to human rights issues. Algonquin College’s decision to go along to get along in Saudi Arabia by participating in that fiefdom’s discrimination against women was a bad decision. There is no honour and no prestige to be had by doing the wrong thing.
Enjoy a safe conversation It’s always good to have something to talk about with strangers. A sense of community comes out of that, the ability to talk with ease with people we barely know, or don’t know at all. We’re all in this together, is the feeling we all get out of it, and that’s good. Of course, it was the big hockey trade last week that brought all this about. The Senators get Phaneuf ? Holy cow! Cowan and Michalek go to Toronto? Amazing. You might have seen the news crawling across the bottom of a TV that happened to be on. All previous conversation would cease and this new topic would take over. You could even have the conversation in an elevator. Did you hear about the trade? You could ask that of a complete stranger and
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tion opener. It’s one of the things we can discuss, even argue about, without anybody getting upset. “How about that Phaneuf trade!� you can exclaim, without offending anyone. That wouldn’t work with most other topics, such as politics, even in Ottawa. Exclaiming “How about that Trudeau announcement on Syria� might get a mixed and not altogether pleasant reaction. Same goes with “How about that school board French immersion policy!� Sport is safer. You can disagree on whether Phaneuf is getting too much money, whether the Sens should have been more patient with Cowan, whether they gave up a valuable prospect, whether Michalek will be missed. No one will get angry during this disagreement. Yes, it’s true that angry words are sometimes expressed about sports, but those are mostly online,
in the Comments section. Everybody seems to be angry there. But not on the elevator. Another nice thing about the casual sports conversation is that you don’t have to be an expert to take part. You have just have to have a feeling about it. True there are experts, and those who hear them, particularly on the TV talk shows, know how tiresome they can be. They go on and on about salaries and cap space and free agency and whatnot. Whereas you can just say you like that Phaneuf has a hard shot and you wonder if Greening will get a shot with the Leafs. You don’t have to justify why you thought the Super Bowl was interesting. You just have to say it. And the guy who thought it wasn’t just has to say it too. No harm done. Whereas, if you want to say that Donald Trump is interesting, you had better be prepared for a
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viding health care in the community include the Champlain Local Health Integration Network (LHIN) which is one of 14 such local health networks across the province which plans, coordinates and funds health services locally and the Community Care Access Centre (CCAC) which is the local point of access to utilize community based health care services. The CCAC assigns a case manager to situations whose role is to set up services that are needed such as nursing, physiotherapy, nutrition counselling, personal support such as help with bathing or dressing and long term care applications and placement. Another organization that can be accessed by seniors is the Geriatric Assessment Outreach Team which Mr. Sullivan admitted is not well know but it can be called with a request for an assessment of what a senior needs in order to stay at home safety. This could lead to physiotherapy visits or the provision of meals-on-wheels, for example. There are various societies such as the Parkinson’s Society, the Alzheimer Society, the Cancer Society, the Multiple Sclerosis Society and others that provide moral support and sometimes provide support such as transportation services to those afflicted with these diseases. Besides supported home care, there is also the option for seniors to move into a retirement residence or into a long term care facility. A retirement residence is a privately-owned
residence that provides rental accommodation with care and services for seniors who can live independently with minimal support. The senior pays for this accommodation. Visavie is a service that will help a senior find the retirement residence that is right for him or her. This service is free as Visavie is a partner with a number of retirement homes in providing this service. Long term care is available by applying through the Community Care Access Centre. Long term care provides assistance with all of the activities associated with daily living. Long term care is provided on a referral basis only. There is also home care which is supportive care provided in the home. Medical home care are services provided by nurses, personal support workers and others which are usually provided by referral from the Community Care Access Centre. Such medical home care is provided by visiting professionals either on a temporary or an ongoing basis. Non-medical home care services can include companionship, personal care, driving, meal preparation, housework and medication management. Home Instead Senior Care can be contacted at 613-599-6906 or at Mark. Sullivan!HomeInstead.com . Theresa Black-Watson, a counsellor with Visavie, can be contacted at 613-325-7433 or at tbwatson@visavie.com . R0013661777-0128
Seniors face options with regard to their health care and living arrangements as they grow older and their health requires help. About 50 seniors attended a one-hour presentation on care options for seniors and the health care system at the Stittsville Legion Hall on Stittsville Main Street in Stittsville on Wednesday, Feb. 10. The presentation was hosted by the Stittsville Legion as one of an ongoing series of such seminars dealing with seniors and their health issues. For this presentation, the Legion invited two presenters.
One was Mark Sullivan, owner of Home Instead Senior Care which provides a variety of services to seniors including companionship and home helper services, Alzheimer’s or other dementias care, transitional care services such as transportation and prescription pick up and hospice support. Serving the area since 2004, Home Instead Senior Care attempts to offer personalized care to seniors to ensure that they are engaged and supported while remaining safe in their home. The other presenter was Theresa BlackWatson who is a counsellor with Visavie which provides a free housing referral service for seniors. Some of the organizations involved in pro-
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At the “Navigating the Health Care System” presentation at the Stittsville Legion Hall in Stittsville on Wednesday, Feb. 10 are, from left, Theresa Black-Watson, a counsellor with Visavie which is a housing referral organization for seniors; Ron Currie who is the seniors officer at the Stittsville Legion which hosted the presentation; Mark Sullivan, owner of Home Instead Senior Care; and Shaun Sullivan, Mark’s son who handled the video equipment used in the presentation.
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City of Ottawa Councillor Reports By Shad Qadri, Councillor Ward Six Stittsville City of Ottawa
Feb. 5, 2016
Your Voice is Needed: Important Meeting to Attend Regarding Minto Homes Potter’s Key Development The plan of subdivision and zoning for the proposed Minto Homes Potter’s Key development located at 6111 and 6141 Hazeldean Road will be decided upon at the City’s Planning Committee on February 23 and at a following City Council meeting. As the community has continued to raise concerns with this development, I will not be in support of the development when it comes forward to Planning Committee and Council. That said, it is also very important that my Committee/Council colleagues hear from the residents. Planning Committee Tuesday, February 23, 2016, 9:30 am Start time Champlain Room, City Hall, 110 Laurier Ave W, Ottawa Please submit comments and attend Planning Committee at the above noted time and location. The meeting agenda and staff report will be released on Feb. 16 and will be posted on Ottawa.ca. To register to speak and / or to provide written comments please email: Committee Coordinator, Melody Duffenais Melody.Duffenais@ottawa.ca and/or myself at Shad.Qadri@ottawa.ca. I strongly encourage residents to register in advance to speak and please advise me if you plan to attend to ensure that the venue will be large enough to comfortably accommodate members of the public. Stittsville Appreciation Awards Nominations Open! You don’t have to look far to recognize excellence in our community. It could be a neighbour, a friend, or even a family member. This is your opportunity to bring their special contributions forward. My office is now seeking nominations for the annual Stittsville Appreciation Awards! Nominations must be received by Saturday April 16th! Forms are available on my website www.shadqadri.com and can be either submitted electronically or mailed/dropped off at my ward office in the Goulbourn Recreation Complex or 110 Laurier Avenue West, Ottawa, Ontario, K1P 1J1. Please include a detailed, written submission outlining why you are nominating a particular individual or business. Winners will be announced at the Appreciation Awards celebrations, which will be held on Tuesday May 10th commencing at 7:00pm at the Goulbourn Recreation Complex.
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At the presentation of a donation of $500 from the Knights of Columbus Council of Holy Spirit Catholic Parish in Stittsville to the Stittsville Food Bank are, from left, Jo-Anne Ilkiw of the Food Bank, Robin Derrick of the Food Bank, Knights of Columbus Deputy Grand Knight Joseph Carbonetto, Food Bank chair Theresa Qadri, Knights of Columbus Grand Knight James MacLean and Food Bank treasurer Wayne Beaten. The donation represented the proceeds from a parish breakfast with a Shrove theme which the Knights of Columbus hosted at the Holy Spirit parish hall on Shea Road on Sunday, Feb. 7.
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A parish breakfast with a Shrove theme for Lent has resulted in a $500 donation to the Stittsville Food Bank. The breakfast was hosted by the Knights of Columbus Council at Holy Spirit Catholic Parish on Shea Road in Stittsville on Sunday, Feb. 7, just before Lent.
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The Fairwinds Community Association invites all neighbours to their Annual General Meeting on Wednesday February 24, 7:30pm at the Stittsville Sobeys (Carp @ Hazeldean Road) upstairs in the community kitchen. Meet your neighbours, learn about what they’ve been up to in the community this year, share your ideas and concerns. The Grounds CafÊ will be providing coffee, finger foods and some desert items. For more information visit FairwindsCommunity.com or email info@fairwindscommunity.com. Student-run Fundraiser for Classmate with Leukemia Rowan Egsgard and some of his friends from Guardian Angels Catholic School have organized a fundraiser for a classmate undergoing treatment for leukemia. The grade 5/6 students have booked Kanata Hill, 100 Charlie Rodgers Road in Walter Baker Park for the event on February 21 from 1:00-4:00 where there will be cookies and hot chocolate for sale as well as a raffle. This is an incredible youth-initiative demonstrating the wonderful sense of charity and kindness present within our schools and communities. Please stop by to help out! 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. 10 Stittsville News - Thursday, February 18, 2016
The Knights of Columbus committed the proceeds from the breakfast to the Stittsville Food Bank. As a result, Holy Spirit Knights of Columbus Grand Knight James MacLean and Deputy Grand Knight Joseph Carbonetto visited the Stittsville Food Bank on Thursday morning, Feb. 11 where they handed over a $500 donation to the Stitts-
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Monthly family craft days are hosted by the Goulbourn Museum at Stanley’s Corners, running from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. on a particular Sunday. Activities at these family craft days are geared for youngsters aged 4 to 11 years. Adult accompaniment and registration is required to attend these family craft days. The cost is $4 per child. To register, call the Goulbourn Museum at 613-831-2393 or email register@ goulbournmuseum.ca . On Sunday, March 13 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., there will be a family craft day with a focus on video games. Youngsters attending are encouraged to attend dressed as a favourite character from a favourite
video game. On Sunday, April 24 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., there will be a “Mystery at the Museum� family craft day. Youngsters are encouraged to arrive dressed as a favourite sleuth to help solve some of history’s biggest mysteries. There will be crafts and activities to awaken that inner detective in every youngster. On Sunday, May 29 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., there will be a “Happy Campers� family craft day. For this camping-themed family craft days, youngsters will be encouraged to wear camping clothes. On Sunday, June 26 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., the family craft day will be focused on a dinosaur dig. This “Fossil Frenzy!� craft day will involve digging for bones.
The magnificence of ancient Babylon with its hanging gardens, water fountains and famous Ishtar Gate is coming to Stittsville. It will be coming alive in the sanctuary of Stittsville United Church when the church presents its annual spring musical which this year is “Rescue in the Night.” And you can be a part of this musical, either as a member of the cast or a member of the crew. There is going to be an information session and an open casting call this Sunday, Feb. 21 at 2 p.m. at the Stittsville United Church on Fernbank Road just west of Stittsville Main Street. Everyone interested in welcome to attend and learn about this upcoming musical and the many volunteer roles available in its production. This includes both cast and crew. There is a need for people wanting to be speaking cats and lions in King Darius’ palace in the ancient gated city of Babylon. King Darius happens to have three advisors who are plotting against Daniel who also lives in the palace and is a special advisor to the King. There are also opportunities to design sets,
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Proposal for ‘Howard A. Maguire Park’ A park in the new residential subdivision south of Hartsmere Drive and east of Stittsville Main Street in Stittsville may be named after long time Stittsville resident the late Howard Maguire. The city of Ottawa’s commemorative naming committee is now seeking public input on a proposal to name a future park in the subdivision “Howard A. Maguire Park.” The proposal has been submitted by city of Ottawa Stittsville ward councillor Shad Qadri. Howard Maguire, who lived in Stittsville for over 60 years, served the community as a firefighter for 33 years. He became the volunteer fire chief of the Goulbourn Stittsville Fire Department in 1967 and in 1972, he became the first full-time fire chief for Goulbourn township. In 1985, he received a “Long Service Medal” from the Ontario Fire
Services and then in 1987, he received the “Exemplary Service Medal” in recognition of his 30 years of service as a firefighter. Howard Maguire was also a businessman, operating a printing business in the community and founding the Stittsville News in 1957. The newspaper continued under the guidance of Howard and his brother Lloyd until 1972 when he sold the paper to other interests. The Stittsville News continues as a community newspaper publication today. Howard attended Stittsville United Church where he served on the church’s board of trustees and where he taught Sunday School for 13 years. In his later years, Howard and his wife Molly moved to a Flewellyn Road property on the south edge of his farm which faced on Fernbank Road. Part of this land is now part of this new subdivision which includes the
Photos, heritage open house at Stittsville library Heritage and photos will be front and centre on Saturday, Feb. 27. That’s when the Goulbourn Township Historical Society will be holding a special photo exhibit and heritage open house run-
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Synchronized skating teams finish on podium competition in Laval on Saturday, ementary team won bronze medals. The competitive schedule for Jan. 23 and Sunday, Jan. 24. The Starlight Beginner 2 team both teams will end with the Eastearned gold medals while the El- ern Ontario SynchroSkate competition in Kanata on Saturday, March 5. The Starlight Beginner 2 team is made up of 16 skaters ranging in age between 7 and 10 years old while the Elementary team is comprised of 17 skaters between the ages of 9 and 14 years. Skaters for these Starlight synchronized skating teams come from not only the Goulbourn Skating Club but also the March-Kanata Skating Club and the Glen Cairn Skating Club. Being part of a Starlight synchronized skating team allows skaters from the area to enjoy a fun team environment focused on synchronized skating. Synchronized skating or synchro is a specialized discipline of skating involving groups of skaters performing various formations and maneuvers as one unit in union Submitted to music while also demonstrating Members of the Goulbourn Skating Club’s Starlight Elementary synchronized skating team skate to a skating skills such as quality edges, power and flow. bronze medal finish in the recent Carole Pageau Synchronized Skating Invitational competition in Laval. Special to the News
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Goulbourn skaters bring home lots of medals Special to the News
Goulbourn Skating Club skaters were awesome in bringing home many medals from the recent Special Olympic Eastern Ontario Regional Competition in Prescott. A team of nine skaters represented the Goulbourn Skating Club at the event, including Heather Kidd, Colin Beveridge, William Valiquette, Samantha Poulin, Kelly Wang, Victoria Ziola, Katie Xu,
Jack Fan and Michael Raytchev. In the opening ceremony, Samantha Poulin of the Goulbourn Skating Club recited the Athletes Oath. In the CanSkate Challenge State 1 events, both Samantha Poulin and Kelly Wang achieved a Merit result while William Valiquette and Heather Kidd achieved a Bronze result. Colin Beveridge earned a Silver result.
In the CanSkate Challenge Stage 2 event, Victoria Ziola achieved a Gold status. In the Level 1 Men’s Solo Dance event, Jack Fan won a gold medal as did Katie Xu in the Women’s Solo Dance event. Jack and Katie then danced together in the Level 1 Couples
Dance event, winning yet another gold medal. In the Level 2 Men’s Singles event, Michael Raytchev skated away with the Gold medal while Katie Xu picked up another Gold medal in the Women’s Level 2 Singles event. In the Level 3 Men’s Singles
event, Jack Fan skated to another Gold medal while Michael Raytchev won his second gold medal of the day in the Men’s Creative Improv event. Both Jack Fan and Katie Xu wrapped up the day by both winning a fourth Gold medal for the day in their Creative Improv events.
Record set for most goals John Curry
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It was a record making game. Pat Kavanagh of the Pro2Col Red team in the Stittsville Town League scored seven goals in an 11-point performance in his team’s 12-4 win over the Laurysen Kitchens Blue team on Thursday, Feb. 11. This is a league record for most goals in a game. And while 11 points is close to record breaking as well, that record still belongs to Mike Scerbo who had a 13 point game back in January 2013. The Red team led just 3-2 over Laurysen Kitchens after one period of play but six straight goals in the second period blew the game open, with the Red team leading by an 8-2 margin going into the third period. There was more goal scoring in the third period as the game ended up 12-4 for the Red team. Besides Pat Kavanagh’s seven goals, other goals for the Red team were scored by Paul Doyle with two and Drew McMillan, Chris Broussatoir and Greg Harding with one apiece. Pat Kavanagh had four assists in the game as did Chris Broussatoir. Paul Doyle had two assists while single assists were earned by Drew McMillan, Greg Harding, Ryan White and Craig Hiscoe. For Laurysen Kitchens, Mike Laurysen scored two goals while Shawn McGillvray and Ryan Schiffer both scored one goal. Picking up assists in the game for the Laurysen team were Mike Laurysen, Chris Hesse and Nick Purdy. In the other Stittsville Town League game on Thursday, Feb. 11, it took a shootout before the Cabling Ottawa Orange team emerged as a 6-5 winner over the Molson’s Black team. Steve McJannet and John Ostapyk both scored for the Orange team in the three-player shootout while Mike Byrne was the only one of the three Black team shooters to score, meaning that the Orange team was
the shootout and game winner. Steve McJannet and Matt Yakabuski both scored two goals for the Orange team in regulation play. Nathan Adams scored the other Orange team goal. Mark Vennor, John Ostapyk and Jason Gallinger all picked up two assists in the game for the Orange team. Steve McJannet and Scott Sherman both had one assist in the game. For the Molson’s Black team, Robbie Clarkson and Shayne Thompson both picked up two goals while Dylan Scott had the other marker. Earning assists in the game for the Black team were Mike John Brummell/Metroland Byrne, Kyle Murray, Ryan Sterling, Goulbourn Skating Club skaters who attended the recent Special Olympic competition in Prescott are, front Anthony Rea, Trevor Harding and row, from left, Victoria Ziola, Colin Beveridge, Kelly Wang and Samantha Poulin; and, back row, from left, William Engler. Heather Kidd, Jack Fan, Katie Xu and Michael Raytchev. Missing from the photo is skater William Valiquette.
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Yellow and blue lions dance up a storm at the Chinese New Year Making music at the Chinese New Year celebration at the Kungfu Bistro at the Stittsville Corners shopping celebration at the Kungfu Bistro in Stittsville on Monday evening, Feb. area at the corner of Hazeldean Road and Carp Road in Stittsville on Monday evening, Feb. 8 are, from left, 8. Keira Southern, Evelyn Martorana, Matthew Dandurand, Kealan Adams and Max Chen.
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Members of Coach Landon’s Tuesday night small ball Hornets team of the Goulbourn Basketball Association are, front row, from left, Isaac Landon, Mason O’Connor and Haydon Mariscak; and, back row, from left, Nathan Chaplin, Matthew Whiting, Elliot Wee, Gabe Dallaway, Marcus Landon and Jackson Poitras. Missing from the picture are Nicholas Redmond and Nathan Dandurand.
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2016 is a skating show year for the Goulbourn Skating Club. The Club holds such a skating show once every two years to wrap up the winter skating season. This upcoming 2016 show will take place on Saturday, April 2 at the Richmond arena, with the theme being “Glide Through The Ages.” The show will have routines from the 20’s to the 90’s, featuring group, solo, pairs and synchronized dancing
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skating routines from every decade. Goulbourn Skating Club skaters from every level including Canskate, Junior, Intermediate, Senior, Special Olympics and Adult will be participating in the show. This skating show is always a great way to cap off a year of skating with a grand finale. Skaters remember these shows for years. The Goulbourn Skating Club offers programming at the Johnny Leroux Stitts-
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Rev. Doug Kendall, left, of St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church in Stittsville presents an appreciation gift basket to Ottawa Valley storyteller and author Mary Cook, right, for being the guest speaker at the Valentine’s Tea which was held at the church last Saturday afternoon.
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Storyteller and author Mary Cook took her listeners on a journey in her talk at the Valentine’s Tea at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church in Stittsville last Saturday afternoon. As might be expected to anyone familiar with her newspaper columns and books, the journey was to Renfrew County and the farm on which she grew up. But it was a journey not only to the memories of those Depression years but also to the values of those years, namely values of honesty and integrity. “Honesty reigned supreme,” Mary said, noting that people of that era were strong moral people who lived by the sweat of their brows and looked after each other. She told a story of how her father, who had a gravel pit, agreed to provide loads and loads of gravel to repair a washed-out culvert in return for the man’s Model T Ford, a vehicle which would be her father’s first-ever car. And the whole arrangement was sealed with a handshake. She wondered if any deal made today would be done on the basis of a simple handshake, asking rhetorically just what has happened to those times of honesty. Mary told how she herself learned about honesty on a day when she ended up walking 14 miles in learning a lesson about not taking something that did not belong to her. It all revolved around a new box of coloured chalk which appeared at the Northcote school. Mary, unknown to the teacher, took four pieces of the chalk home where she began colouring with it on an old pine door in the kitchen. Her mother noticed, determined that Mary had taken it without permission and insisted that Mary take it right back to the school before the teacher left for the evening. So Mary hiked the three and a half miles back to the school to return the chalk, recounting that the double journey to school that day taught her about honesty and not taking things unless they belonged to her. Indeed, Mary told how her mother emphasized that her children would succeed in life if they simply reached their own personal potential while living with honesty. And you would know you are reaching your potential, her mother would say, by looking in the mirror at night and being able to say to the face looking back at you that it had been a good day, one in which you
reached out and touched the life of at least one other human being. Mary told how as a youngster she came to know what the Depression meant. She had heard the term often enough but it was not until she had been given a quarter by a departing aunt at the train station that the reality of the Depression became evident to her. That’s because as she, a six year old, clutched this first-ever quarter that she had ever had in her hand, her mother, with tears in her eyes, took it from her, saying that the money was needed to purchase coal oil for lamps. It could not be used for the ice cream cones that Mary had been planning to purchase with it. And, as her mother took the coin from her, she used words that Mary had heard before but had never understood fully until that moment – “Don’t you know there is a Depression on.” That’s when Mary finally knew what being in a Depression meant. She said that she remembers those days growing up on the farm with fondness, saying that she thought everyone in the county was in a similar situation and so she did not identify with being poor. While admitting that she and her family did not have money for what she termed “niceties,” she said that the family always had lots to eat - meat, sauerkraut, pickled herring and more including vegetables, chickens and homemade butter. Mary told about using the Eaton’s catalogue for toilet paper, about her thrill when her friend Joyce let her take her wooden pencil box home for a weekend, about receiving used boys’ clothing in a bulk tea box from her father’s sister in Regina including what she termed an ugly boy’s sailor suit with a “hateful” cap which she ended up with because her brother was too big for it, about relatives coming and staying with them for periods of time and about learning about sex through eavesdropping on her sister and a friend through an open window in which she discovered that girls became pregnant if a boy touched them on the knee. And Mary also told two stories from when she was grown up. She told how her household with her own three children and husband involved three generations and how, although she was working at CBC Radio and also helping to run the family store, these years were the happiest of her life as she would never know what she would find when she got home at the end of the day.
It could be her son sitting on his grandfather’s knee learning about something or her two little daughters in the kitchen, making cookies or buns with their grandmother. Who were luckier, Mary asked – my three children who were raised with their grandparents or today’s youngster who visits grandparents in a retirement lodge? She lamented today’s tendency to separate youth from the aged. “My children learned more at their grandparents’ knees than they could learn in kindergarten,” Mary said. Mary also told the story of receiving a call one stormy day from a woman who wanted to meet her to give her a box and a letter that her mother had left for Mary. It turned out that the mother had lived near Mary in her youth and had wanted to provide material for a choir gown for a Christmas concert for Mary. The cloth cost nine cents. But Mary’s mother refused, saying that the family did not have even that money to pay for the cloth. Eventually Mary’s mother handed over the family’s butter dish in payment. Well, years later, there was Mary opening an old Birk’s box and discovering the butter dish that had been given away by Mary’s mother so many years before. It was being returned to Mary and she even had the butter dish with her to show to the audience. Following Mary Cook’s talk which happened before a full house in the sanctuary of St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, all those present including Mary went downstairs to enjoy a Valentine’s Tea. Mary Cook has written 11 books and indeed, in her talk, she did reveal that she is now working on her 12th book. Besides her books, Mary also spent 48 years telling her stories and remembrances on CBC Radio. She has also written for magazines and for newspapers and indeed writes a weekly column about her years growing up on the family farm in the Depression years in the Stittsville News.
As you cannot get a severance in the AG zone, the ability to build a coach house would be a welcome change. Consider that in-law suites are permitted and the only real difference between an in-law suite and a coach house is that a coach house is detached. My feeling is that, essentially, we should be able to apply to the same conditions to coach houses as we do to in-law suites. As this is just a draft report, there is time to make changes and I encourage you to submit comments if you have any. As Chair of Agriculture & Rural Affairs Committee, I have committed to work with staff to ensure that we find a way to permit coach house in all areas of the city, not just urban zones. City seeks input on proposal recommending Coach Houses The City will change Ottawa’s Official Plan and Zoning By-Law to permit the development of coach houses in neighbourhoods. Residents have until Monday, February 29th to pose questions and leave comments on a new proposal outlining how these buildings will be introduced into residential communities. Coach houses are self-contained living units that are proposed to be on the same grounds as a detached or semi-detached home. They offer a gentle form of intensification, introducing more dwellings into established neighbourhoods while maintaining the character of those neighbourhoods. While the change is in response to provincial requirements set out in the Planning Act, coach houses are in line with Ottawa’s stated goal of providing a diverse supply of housing. The draft document outlining the proposed guiding principles and draft recommendations is available for review and comment at ottawa.ca/coachhouses. Munster Winter Carnival
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The 2016 edition of the Munster Winter Carnival is on this weekend! Come out to the Munster Community Centre on Friday, February 19th for a bonfire and skating on the outdoor rink. Opening ceremonies will take place at 7:00pm followed by Movie Night featuring the smash hit Minions. The fun continues on Saturday beginning with a pancake breakfast at the Munster United Church at 8:30am followed by games and activities throughout at the day at the Community Centre and at the Elementary School. More details are available at munsteronline.ca.
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To preface the section below on coach houses, I just wanted to provide some thoughts that I have on the matter. While I want to encourage you to submit comments, I want to ensure that you are aware of an aspect of the proposed recommendations that I do not support. Neatly tucked into page 11 of the report is the following sentence: A Coach House dwelling unit is not permitted on a lot serviced by a private well and septic system. I take exception to that as I feel the ideal location for this type of development is in the rural area on properties zoned AG.
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The proposed new “Hazeldean Gardens” retirement residence on a section of the former Stittsville Flea Market site on the south side of Hazeldean Road in Stittsville could be open by the fall of 2017. This would be the first phase of 173 dwelling units of the retirement residence. A second phase would include 57 units. There is a possibility of a third phase on additional lands to the west. Allan Jackson, president of Capital Commercial Investment Corporation and one of three principals associated with the project along with his father and uncle, told those at a public meeting about the proposal which was held at the meeting room at the Stittsville branch of the Ottawa Public Library on Tuesday evening, Feb. 9 that it is expected that it will take about three years for the first 173 units to fill up, allowing time for proceeding with the second phase. He said that the new five-storey retirement residence will be a family operated facility, not associated with any retirement residence chain or brand. This retirement residence will offer a full continuum of care from fully independent living to fully assisted living. In addition, the second floor will be a unique memory care unit. Indeed, the presence of this memory care unit has necessitated the application for a couple of minor variances to the zoning provisions pertaining to the site. Because of the presence of this memory care unit, the building is being deemed a mixed use facility rather than a strictly residential facility. This means that the setbacks from both Hazeldean Road and Neil Avenue are different than originally contemplated. Minor variances are needed to allow the former residential setbacks. In addition, the presence of the memory care unit means a requirement for more ductwork. This, along with a slight increase in ceiling height for the ground floor for a better appearance, requires an increase in building height from 15 metres to 16.2 metres. This also requires a minor variance. Both of these minor variance applications are going before the city’s committee of adjustment this week. The main entrance to the retirement residence will be on the west side of the building. Deliveries will take place in a garage area off Neil Avenue. A parking lot for 110 vehicles, more than double that required for the first phase of the project, will be located to the west of the building. On the west side of this parking area will be an access road leading from Hazeldean Road through to Neil Avenue. This will be the route followed by delivery trucks servicing the facility. In response to concerns raised at the meeting about possible truck traffic on Neil Avenue as a result of the project, Mr. Jackson stressed that only smaller delivery vehicles and not 18-wheelers will be delivering to the building. These delivery vehicles for food will visit the facility two to three times a week.
He offered to put in any contracts with these food deliverers that these trucks had to use the access road off Hazeldean Road and not Neil Avenue. In addition, the city’s truck route bylaw has a provision that trucks must use the shortest route to get back on an approved truck route. This would require using the new access road rather than Neil Avenue. Garbage trucks will also be visiting the new facility. There might also be a truck delivering oxygen for the use of residents. Mr. Jackson emphasized that the new retirement home will be very open to community use of the facility. He said that there will be monthly special events to which the community will be invited. He said that the new residence will try to engage the public because it is healthy for seniors to have members of the community around the facility and for residents to feel part of the community. He also envisions connections with the parkette around the “Welcome to Stittsville” sign at the southwest corner of the Hazeldean Road and Stittsville Main Street intersection so that more use can be made of this parkette area by residents of the retirement residence. Concerns were also expressed at the meeting about the possibility of residents of the retirement home trying to cross Stittsville Main Street at Neil Avenue as they go to Brown’s Your Independent Grocer on the east side of Stittsville Main Street. It was pointed out that there will be signalized intersections to allow residents to cross Hazeldean Road to get to the Jackson Trails Centre plaza. In addition, sidewalks along the west side of Stittsville Main Street will allow residents to access Brown’s YIG via the traffic signals at Stittsville Main Street and Carp Road. It was explained that the Stittsville Main Street/Neil Avenue intersection does not meet the city warrants for a traffic signal. It was also noted that the retirement residence will be offering a full meal program for all residents. In addition, each unit will be equipped with a small kitchenette with refrigerator, microwave and toaster for light snacks. This new retirement residence is expected to employ 125 full and part time staff, spread out over shifts over each 24 hour period. About 25 staff are expected to be on duty at any one time. The retirement residence is going to have a bistro/café area called “Stittsville Station.” It may feature a mural of the former Stittsville train station and may have a model train running around inside it. Part of the site for this proposed new retirement residence was occupied by a Ministry of Transportation storage shed and associated yard from the 1950’s through the 1970’s. The Department of Highways of Ontario had expropriated the land in 1948 for the shed and yasrd. The provincial government eventually sold the land in 1987. In 2004, the Stittsville Flea Market closed and by 2009 no buildings remained ont he site. The site has been vacant and unused since then.
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The Fairwinds community is holding a community winter party at Bandmaster Park on Sunday, Feb. 21 from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. There will be sledding, skating and hot chocolate with everyone welcome to attend….A total of 120 people were served at the pancake breakfast hosted by the Knights of Columbus of Holy Spirit Parish in the Parish Hall at the church on Shea Road on Sunday, Feb. 7. The menu included pancakes, baked beans and sausages……Wayne Beaten is being nominated as the president of the Stittsville District Lions Club for the 2016-2018 term. He would replace Don Redtman who would become immediate past president. Murray Grant would remain as treasurer in the list of nominations submitted to date with Ed Meunier remaining as secretary while also becoming second vice-president. Paul Riddell is earmarked for first
vice-president. Other positions in the list of nominations submitted for consideration by past president Beth Lewis include Bob Lewis as membership director, Ron Armstrong as medical centre director, Gord MacIsaac as publicity director; Bob Lewis and Darryl Metzger as two year directors and Robert Gregory and Don Carson as four year directors, Brenda Miller as tail twister and Gord MacIsaac as Lion tamer….The Anglican Church Women at St. Thomas Anglican Church at the corner of Carleton Cathcart Street and Stittsville Main Street will be having Stella Val from Grassroots Grannies as the group’s guest speaker at its meeting on Monday, March 7 at 1 p.m. in the Council Room at the church. Stella will be speaking about her participation in the Stephen Lewis Foundation conference in Uganda and also about meeting some of the
Ugandan “Grannies” who are raising grandchildren orphaned by AIDS…..The Knight of Columbus Holy Spirit Council 12249 has recently added six members, bringing its membership total up to 93 members….The annual general meeting of the Fairwinds Community Association is coming up on Wednesday, Feb. 24 at 7:30 p.m. in the upstairs meeting room of Stittsville Sobeys at the corner of Hazeldean Road and Carp Road. The Grounds Café, a new coffee shop which will be opening soon next to Food Basics at the corner of Hazeldean Road and Huntmar Drive, will be providing coffee and refreshments at the meeting….There’s a proposal that has been submitted to the city of Ottawa’s commemorative naming committee to re-name Somerset Square in the Kitchissippi ward to “Shawn Little Park.” The re-naming proposal was submitted by the Hintonburg Economic Development Committee and the Hintonburg Community Association. Shawn Little served as an Ottawa city councillor for the area. As a councillor, he worked with a group of residents and local businesses to beautify Wellington Street, Somerset Street West and local parks. He also worked with the Hintonburg Community Association’s Security Committee to form
The Ottawa School of Art is mounting a memorial exhibition entitled “Remembering Gerald Smith 1929-2015.” Gerald Steadman Smith was a Canadian artist born in Nova Scotia who lived in Stittsville at the time of his death last May. The Gerald Smith memorial exhibition at the Ottawa School of Art’s downtown campus at 35 George Street in the Byward Market area of Ottawa will run from this Saturday, Feb. 20 through to Monday, Feb. 29, with the vernissage being held on Sunday, Feb. 21 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. The vernissage is free to the public with everyone welcome to attend. The exhibition will commemorate the world of Gerald Smith who was an instructor at the Ottawa School of Art for a number of years. Besides being an instructor, he was also an accomplished artist in his own right who was known for his signature large portraits of friends and acquaintances. He had numerous solo art shows over the years including shows at the Shenkman Arts Centre, the Foyer Gallery at the Nepean Sportsplex, the Ottawa City Hall Art Gallery, the Robertson Art Gallery in Ottawa, the Frances Morrison Gallery in Saskatoon, the Meritage Mu-
seum in Dartmouth, NS, and the Rosemont Art Gallery in Regina, Sask. He also had paintings in the shows at the Ottawa West Arts Association (owaa) gallery in the foyer at the Goulbourn Recreation Complex in Stittsville. Gerald received his Bachelor of Fine Arets degree (with distinction) from Mount Allison University in Sackville, NB in 1976 and then received his M.A. in studio art from the University of Saskatchewan at Saskatoon in 1979. Following his receipt of his M.A., he took up a number of teaching positions throughout Saskatchewan through the University of Saskatchewan’s Extension Department. In 1988, he joined the faculty at the Ottawa School of Art’s downtown campus, teaching painting and drawing for 24 years until his retirement in 2012 at the age of 83. His work is found in a number of public collections including the Canada Council Art Bank, the Mendel Art Gallery, the University of Saskatchewan, the Gairdner Fine Art Collection and the Archelaus Smith Museum. In total, his work is found in over 200 private and public collections. During his artistic career, he created over 800 original works of art, most of which were landscape, figure and abstract paintings in oil and acrylic.
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strong relationships with the Ottawa Police Service and city staff. The Hintonburg Safety Partnership piloted a Landlord School under his leadership. Shawn Little has a Stittsville connection in that he ran for one of Stittsville two seats on Goulbourn township council in 1988. He finished in third place in the election, behind successful candidates Paul Bradley and Wayne Beaten. Any comments regarding the proposal to rename Somerset Square as “Shawn Little Park” should be directed to Diane Blais of the City Clerk and Solicitor Department at Ottawa City Hall at 110 Laurier Ave. West, Ottawa, ON K1P 1J1 or by phone at 613-580-2424, ext. 28091 or via email at namingottawa@ottawa.ca …..City of Ottawa Stittsville ward councillor Shad Qadri served on the Almonte Hospital Board with Mississippi Mills councillor Bernard Cameron who was shot to death in his home last week….The Stittsville Village Association has agreed to renew its $30 membership with the Federation of Citizens’ Associations of Ottawa….
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The Stittsville Legion is partnering with the BIG BROTHERS and BIG SISTERS organizations in placing a clothing collection bin on the Legion’s property. This fundraising initiative will help support youth in the community. Please support this initiative and deposit your good used clothing for donation in this collection bin on the Legion site. Comrade Paul Wissing has offered to design, make and donate two “Lest We Forget” signs to be placed in the upstairs hall at the Legion Hall. SPECIAL EVENTS (All these special events are open to everyone in the community unless otherwise stated). A Mixed Trips Darts Tournament will be held on Saturday, Feb. 27 at the Stittsville Legion Hall, with three players per team. The cost is $30 per team and teams must preregister for the event. For more information, please contact Bill Vail at 613-355-2972 or Tracey Boss at 613-858-3300. The next bus trip to the Slots at the Rideau Carleton Raceway organized by the 55 Plus Club of the Stittsville Legion will take place on Wednesday, March 2. The bus will leave the Johnny Leroux Stittsville Community Arena at 11:30 a.m. To reserve a place on the bus or for more information, please call Marion Gullock at 613-836-5254. The next monthly family breakfast at the Stittsville Legion Hall on Stittsville Main Street will be held on Sunday, March 6 from 9 a.m. to 12 noon with everyone in the community welcome to attend. The cost is only $6 per person. WEEKLY EVENTS (Everyone in the community is welcome to attend these events unless otherwise stated) Euchre hosted by the Legion’s 55 Plus
Club is played every Tuesday at 1 p.m. at the Legion Hall on Stittsville Main Street. Everyone is welcome to participate. 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. 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. There are free lessons available for anyone interested in learning to crochet and/or knit and read patterns. The group will continue to support local hospitals by making baby bonnets and pic line covers. Everyone is welcome. For more information, please email interested@stittsvillelegion.com . To date, the knitters have donated 786 baby hats asnd hundreds of pic line covers. Thanks to everyone for this. Anyone who has extra wool that they would like to donate for use by these knitting/crochet club members can drop the wool off at the Legion Hall. The next meeting of the book club at the Stittsville Legion will take place on Tuesday, March 22 starting at 7 p.m. in the Legion Hall. The book of the month for this meeting is “Primates of Park Avenue” by Wednesday Martin. This book club is open to everyone in the community who loves to read. The Stittsville Legion’s website can be found at www.stittsvillelegion.com. Post-secondary education bursary forms are now available at the Stittsville Legion Hall. Please note that a family military background is compulsory. The deadline for submission of the application form is April 30. Upcoming events at the Stittsville Legion are always posted on the billboard sign at the front of the Legion Hall, easily seen by those passing by on Stittsville Main Street.
Friendship Club happenings Carole Herbert and Helen James Special to the News
The next monthly luncheon of the Friendship Club happens on Wednesday, Feb. 24 at 12 noon at the Stittsville Legion Hall on Stittsville Main Street in Stittsville. The menu for this luncheon will be lasagne, garlic bread, Caesar salad and dessert. Entertainment at this luncheon will be provided by “Forever Friends.” Friendship Club members are reminded that that to reserve a place at this luncheon, please phone Gloria at 613-831-8819 or Rosemary at 613-836-6354 by this Friday, Feb. 19. Friendship Club activities at the Pretty Street Community Centre in Stittsville include the following: Two exercise classes: Mondays from 11:45 a.m. to 12:45 p.m.– please contact Helen at 613-836-6766; and Thursdays from 11:45
a.m. to 12:45 p.m. – please contact Fern at 613-836-1936. Euchre on Fridays from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. – please contact Heather at 613-838-2743. Friendship Club activities at the Johnny Leroux Stittsville Community Arena hall in Stittsville include the following: Shuffleboard on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. – please contact Shirley Healey at 613-831-2712. Bridge on Fridays from 12:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. – please contact Lorraine at 613-5993297. Please note that the carpet bowling program at the Johnny Leroux Stittsville Community Arena has been discontinued. The Friendship Club holds a monthly luncheon on the last Wednesday of the month from 12 noon to 2:30 p.m. at the Stittsville Legion Hall in Stittsville. For Friendship Club membership inquiries, please contact Lorraine at 613-599-3297.
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“Check the date before you donate.” The Stittsville Food Bank is urging supporters to always check the “best before” date on items before donating them to the Food Bank at one of the bins found around the village. This was brought to the forefront at the Food Bank on Thursday, Feb. 11 when about three-quarters of a load of donated items from the bin at Brown’s Your Independent Grocer had expired “best before” dates on them. Indeed, one of the items had a Feb. 2001 “best before” date, making it the oldest food item received to date at the Stittsville Food Bank. There were also numerous other items well beyond their “best before” dates including
pineapple treats. Indeed, an estimated 200 pounds of food items had to be thrown out by the Food Bank from this load of donated items. Stittsville Food Bank chair Theresa Qadri said that this was the worst that she had ever seen with regard to donated food items bearing expired “best before” dates. She noted that those donating food items to the Food Bank undoubtedly are doing so because they want to help but she wants to remind all donors and supporters please to check the “best before” date on the food items. The Food Bank does not and will not distribute food to its clients which have an expired “best before” date on the. So, please remember: simply “Check the date before you donate.”
Angel readings at Gaia Java coffee shop Special to the News
Angel readings are back at the Gaia Java Coffee Company shop in Stittsville. “Tea with Mary” will be at the Gaia Java shop providing Angel readings every Saturday from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. It’s only $20 for a 15 minute reading. Angel readings are positive messages for you from
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Reminding donors to “Check the date before you donate” to the Stittsville Food Bank and holding up examples of expired food items which have been donated to the Food Bank recently are, from left, Food Bank volunteers Theresa Qadri, Janice LeBlanc and Robin Derrick.
your angels. It’s a great way to have some fun, to hear answers to your questions to your Angels and to get an angelic perspective on your relationships or other topics such as your family relationships. All you have to do is drop in to the Gaia Java coffee shop at the Stittsville Shopping Centre (Shop-
pers Drug Mart plaza) on Stittsville Main Street any time between 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. on Saturdays and hear what your angels have to say to you. You can also pre-book your appointment if you wish by calling Mary Willemsen, the Angel messenger, at 613-836-5660 or going to the website www. reikirelaxation.ca .
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“A Proud Past, A Bright Future” is the slogan associated with the Richmond Village Association (RVA). But as RVA director William Mayda pointed out at the RVA annual general meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 2 when he outlined the various programs and events sponsored by the RVA in the community in 2015, Richmond also has a vibrant and active present to go with its proud past and bright future. He noted that these events and programs were possible thanks to the support of volunteers, the business community and governments at various levels. William noted that the 2015 Christmas parade involved about 30 floats while the following chili supper attracted about 300 people. He thanked Christopher’s Meats and King’s Your Independent Grocer for their donations for the chili supper. Other events, activities and programs in 2015 with which the RVA was involved include the Richmond Youth Program which provides a safe and free environment for youth ages 12 to 16 on the second and fourth Friday of each month at the Richmond Memorial Community Centre hall; the Gateway to Groceries program operated by the Rural Ottawa South Support Services (ROSSS) with the support of the RVA which provides free transportation for grocery shopping and for other essential services in the community to seniors and adults with physical disabilities; quarterly information flyers which are distributed in the community; a tree planting along Flowing Creek near King’s Your Independent Grocer; a family day and craft fair in June; Lighting of the Park at Memorial Park before Christmas; restoring the murals of the Richmond
Richmond Village Refugee Welcome takes its message to Rogers TV show Special to the News
‘The Richmond Village Refugee Welcome (RVRW) gained some television exposure last week. Stephanie Williams and Janet Clark, representing the RVRW, were interview on the “Daytime TV” show on Rogers on Monday, Feb. 8. Stephanie and Janet explained that they had decided to get involved with the RVRW because three years of war in Syria had driven unprecedented numbers of vulnerable people to seek safety in other countries. The heartbreaking photo of Alan Kurdi’s lifeless body washed up on a beach brought home to Canadians the level of desperation that refugees face. Some make the dangerous crossing of open sea only to be trapped by harsh European border politics. Others live in camps under dire circumstances. These people need to be re-settled to be safe and free. While the war and terror that is happening daily in Syria cannot be halted by individual Canadians, something can be done in helping one family at a time settle in Canada. Richmond Village Refugee Welcome (RVRW) is one of dozens of local community groups that have formed across Canada to welcome Syrian families into their communities, offering them housing, medical services, education and training so that they can become contributing members of Canadian society. Everyone can contribute in some way. To contact the Richmond Village Refugee Welcome and become involved in the effort to welcome a Syrian refugee family to the Richmond community, please visit the website at www.richmondvillagerefugeewelcome. ca .
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initiatives for development and other proposals such as the Energy East Pipeline; publication of a volunteer handbook; maintaining and upgrading the RVA website; and developing a five year strategic plan. The RVA is also involved in the organizational efforts now underway to celebrate Richmond’s 200th anniversary in the year 2018. In 2015 the RVA also became involved
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Music was everywhere at Sacred Heart Catholic High School in Stittsville on Thursday, Feb. 11. About 500 students from 12 different schools were at Sacred Heart for the annual Ottawa Catholic School Board music festival which went on throughout the day at the school. Schools represented at the music festival were All Saints High School, Holy Trinity High School, St. Matthew High School, St. Patrick’s High School, St. Francis Xavier High School, St. Mark High School, Lester B. Pearson High School, Immaculata High School, St. Peter Catholic High School and St. Pius X High School, all of the Ottawa Catholic School Board, as well as St. Michael High School of Kemptville and the host Sacred Heart High School. The music festival included student concert band performances, clinics and three performances by visiting musical groups, namely the Bel Canto Wind Quintet, the Manotick Brass and The Jazz Trio. Performances in the Sacred Heart theatre included those by various high school concert bands presented throughout the day. It started off with the Sacred Heart senior concert band under the direction of teacher Matt Dawber at 9 a.m. and finished up at 3:30 p.m. with a performance by the St. Francis Xavier High School concert band. In addition, there was a series of performances in the Sacred Heart chapel which was used as a second stage for the music festival. These performances included jazz band, concert band and other performances from
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various schools. But this music festival is about much more than simply performing. There were also clinics or workshops held throughout the day, each one dealing with a particular instrument and led by an instructor from one of the visiting musical groups like the Bel Canto Wind Quintet or the Manotick Brass, by a experienced musician such as guitarist Pierre Monfils or percussionist Dave Finlayson or by one or more of a number of student clinic providers from Queens University. The clinic topics included flute, clarinet, alto saxophone, tenor/baritone saxophone, trumpet, horn, trombone, baritone/tuba, percussion, jazz drumming, music and your tablet, conducting, guitar, bass and African drumming. These clinics were presented at different times and locations throughout the school during the day-long festival. One of these clinics was on percussion presented by Queens University students Jacob Lewis and Robert Holinaty. Focus in this clinic was on proper stick work when drumming as well as proper posture while playing the drums. Jacob Lewis reminded the students in the clinic to try to keep their arms tucked
in to allow for a full range of motions while drumming and to make sure that all the fingers are in contact with the stick, especially the little pinky. He reminded the students that the wrist should be doing all the work in drumming with the arms relaxed. Drumming is all about making “minimal movements,” he said. The stick should be held loosely so the stick will bounce back when the drum is hit. Don’t choke the stick to death, Jacob told the students at the clinic. He also emphasized the importance of stretching the fingers and wrists before playing, demonstrating a series of stretches that could be done. He said that such stretching before playing is really important as it will add years to a person’s playing career. Jacob also emphasized the importance of good posture when sitting at the drums, with no slouching over the drums. “The whole thing about drumming is you want to be comfortable,” Jacob commented. Another clinic focussed on African drumming, with about 40 African drums being provided so that students got a “hands on” experience, took place in the
school gym and it was a little like “thunder in the gym” when the students all got playing the drums in unison as instructed. Besides performing themselves in concert and also receiving instruction in these clinics, participating students also had the opportunity to hear the visiting musical groups like the Bel Canto Wind Quintet, the Manotick Brass and The Jazz Trio. The five-piece Manotick Brass group included a trombone, French horn, tuba and two trumpets. The group played a variety of music for the students, ranging from gospel to contemporary to classical. The Jazz Trio also performed a number of pieces for the assembled students. This trio included Pierre Monfils on guitar, Dave Finlayson on drums and Howard Tweddle on bass. Pierre Monfils told the assembled students that it is important when playing in a group’s rhythm section to know the style of the others in the group as musicians have to listen to one another all the time. He noted that in a jazz band, the rhythm section supports the horn section but should not be louder than the horn section. This trio played classic jazz like the tune “Autumn Leaves” as well as other musical styles like a bossa nova tune.
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Members of the Manotick Brass who are performing at the Ottawa Catholic School Board music festival at Sacred Heart Catholic High School in Stittsville on Thursday, Feb. 11 are, from left, Martin Luce; Keegan Macdonell; Tony Crewe; Wes Friedrich; and Kazimier Samujlo.
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Members of a jazz trio who are performing for a group of students at the Ottawa All Saints Catholic High School teacher Ms. D. VanZeeland leads an African drumming Catholic School Board music festival at Sacred Heart Catholic High School in Stittsville on workshop at the Ottawa Catholic School Board music festival hosted at Sacred Heart Thursday, Feb. 11 are, from left, Dave Finlayson on drums, Pierre Monfils on guitar and Catholic High School in Stittsville on Thursday, Feb. 11. Howard Tweddle on bass. John Curry/Metroland
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The Stittsville Atom B4 Sting team lived up to its name at the Cougar Cup Sensplex Tournament – it stung the opposition in three back-to-back games to take the championship. Indeed, the Sting’s last two games were against the top two teams from round robin action, both of which had the advantage of going straight to semi-final action. The Sting
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The Stittsville Royals spotted the visiting Ottawa Canadians an opening goal early in their Central Canada Hockey League Tier 2 game at the Richmond arena last Saturday night but then stormed back with eight straight goals to go on to a 10-5 victory over the Canadians. It was 3-1 for the Stittsville Royals after the opening period of play. The Royals added four unanswered goals in the second period to take a 7-1 lead into the third and final period. The Royals scored another three goals in the third period while the Canadians tallied four goals including one with only one second left in the game which ended with the Stittsville Royals winning by a 10-5 score. The Stittsville Royals peppered 58 shots at the Ottawa Canadians net in this game. The Ottawa Canadians had 34 shots on Royals goalie Alex Miotla. Scoring for the Royals in this game were Mike DiBello with three goals, Colin Baggio and Troy Hass with two goals apiece and Jack Chudleigh, Aaron Hickie and Etienne Vivash with one goal each. Aaron Hickie picked up six assists in the game while Troy Hass collected four assists. Both Jordan Boutilier and Colin Baggio had two assists in the game while single assists were earned by Cole Lavoie, Nathan Hans, Marc Bertrand, Jack Chudleigh and Ryan Cullen. The Stittsville Royals will be hosting the visiting Renfrew Timberwolves this Sunday, Feb. 21 at 7:30 p.m. at the Goulbourn Recreation Complex on Shea Road in Stittsville.
The nomination period is now open for this year’s Stittsville Appreciation Awards. Nominations are now being received by city of Ottawa Stittsville ward Shad Qadri’s office until Saturday, April 16. Winners will be announced at the Stittsville Appreciation Awards evening which will be held on Tuesday, May 10 at 7 p.m. at the Goulbourn Recreation Complex on Shea Road in Stittsville. Awards are presented in four categories: Citizen of the year, senior of the year, youth of the year and business of the year. The Roger Griffiths Memorial Citizen of the Year award is presented to an individual who exemplifies community involvement and participation. The Senior of the Year award goes to a senior citizen who has made a significant and long standing contribution to the community. The Youth of the Year award is presented to a youth who has shown leadership, provided volunteer service, served as a peer example or who has overcome personal challenges or who has responded positively in an emergency situation. The Business of the Year award recognizes a Stittsville business that has contributed significantly to the community’s quality of life. The nomination form can be found on councillor Qadri’s website. Use Adobe to submit the completed nomination form online or print the form and mail it to councillor Qadri at 110 Laurier Avenue West, Ottawa, ON K1P 1J1 or drop it off at councillor Qadri’s ward office at the Goulbourn Recreation Complex. The nomination form should include detailed information outlining why a particular individual or business is being nominated.
You can have a great time while helping sponsor refugees from Syria. You can do this at a fundraising concert to support Syrian refugees that is being held this Saturday, Feb. 20 at The Glen Scottish Restaurant & Pub at the Jackson Trails shopping centre in Stittsville. You can attend at any time after 5 p.m. although the music by the Kanata band “FOAM” will not get underway until 8 p.m. “FOAM” stands for Five Old Angry Musicians” and they play music from the 70’s, 80’s and 90’s. Be advised that seating at this venue is limited as it is restricted to 100 people. There is no cover charge and a portion of meal costs will be donated to the Kanata Stittsville Refugee Sponsorship Group by The Glen. There will be raffles held, offering some great prizes. In addition, donations will be gratefully received. This fundraising concert is being held in support of the Kanata Stittsville Refugee Sponsorship Group which is currently involved in sponsoring refugees from Syria. The KSRSG is a group of seven member churches located in Stittsville and Kanata: Stittsville United Church, St. Thomas Anglican Church and St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, all in Stittsville, and Kanata United Church, Glen Cairn United Church, St. Paul’s Anglican Church and St. John’s Anglican Church, all in Kanata. In recent years, the KSRSG has assisted in the sponsorship of three families from refugee camps in Syria. Anyone wishing to make a donation to support the KSRSG can do so through any one of the member congregations. Those who wish more information or who would like to help out in some other way should contact the KSRSG chair Rev. Grant Dillenbeck of the Stittsville United Church at 613-836-4962 or via email at grantd@primus.ca .
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Open house held at South Carleton High John Curry
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It was open house time at South Carleton High School (SCHS) in Richmond on Wednesday evening, Feb. 10. A huge banner on one of the front walls of the cafetorium proclaimed with giant, multicoloured letters “Welcome to the SC family.” Before a group session for incoming students and their families in the cafetorium, a video screen showed scenes of student activities at the school, ranging from sports to special activities and events. At this opening group session in the cafetorium, SCHS principal Colin Anderson outlined why he believes that SCHS is such a great place for students, citing the high academic achievements of the students, the supports that are available to all students to assist in their learning, the facilities and programs that are offered and the incredible staff that works at the school and the involved students that attend the school. He particularly noted the learning spaces that exist in the school, spaces that he said make South Carleton a special place to attend, adding that South Carleton has learn-
ing spaces that you just don’t find in shiner, new schools. Principal Anderson noted that 50 staff members and 150 students, many sporting orange coloured t-shirts with the SC Storm logo on the front and the words “Community, Learning, Respect, Success” on the back, were on hand at the open house to serve as guides and demonstrators for self-guided tours of the facility. He said that South Carleton offered a warm, friendly and safe environment for the students attending the school. Those at this opening group session heard not only from principal Anderson but also heard the student voice as enunciated by the school’s student council co-presidents Jack Rabb and Emma Streatch as well as by a pair of current grade nine students who told of their positive experiences when making the transition into grade nine at the school. Co-president Jack Rabb, in his remarks, told about the school’s “Link Crew” program which involves students whose goal is to help John Curry/Metroland incoming grade nine students make a smooth South Carleton High School grade ten student Michelle Kelly, right, points at the wording transition to high school and to become a on the back of the orange t-shirt being worn by fellow student Rachel Chard, left, as they part of the SCHS community. serve as volunteers at the school’s open house on Wednesday evening, Feb. 10. Many of
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Co-president Emma Streatch told how she was nervous when she was entering grade nine at South Carleton but she noted how the Link Crew had helped her make the transition. She said that over the past four years at South Carleton, she has learned a lot academically at the school and has also been involved in a lot of activities ranging from sports teams to leadership camp. She said that during her years at South Carleton, she has pushed herself to try out new things and to make new friends, saying that her self-confidence has grown as a result. In the fall, Emma is off to Queens University but says that while she will miss South Carleton, she feels that her years at South Carleton have prepared her well for her upcoming university experience. “I know my time at South will stick with me forever,” she told those in the opening group session. This opening group session in the cafetorium for incoming students and their families was mirrored by presentations elsewhere in the school on the school’s advanced placement program and on its Specialist High Skills Major program. Following these opening sessions, there were selfguided tours throughout the school, with displays and demonstrations on view in numerous classrooms where students and teachers were on hand to provide explanations and information. So you had the school’s fitness equipment set up in gym three with students demonstrating its use. You had vehicles in the auto shop in assorted states of repair, with students on hand to explain what was happening. You had students with a tent grouped around a campfire in the outdoor education classroom as a video showed of a class trip into nature. You had a demonstration in a science room with an explosion in
a large bottle. You had a robotic creation armed with an infrared scanner solving the rubik’s cube puzzle in the school’s spacious computer engineering and computer science space. You had students explaining their welding and sheet metal work in that equally spacious area. You had students in the drama classroom explaining that students in the drama course learn the production tasks involved with a drama production as they put on three shows in each semester. You had the school’s art room open for viewing. You had students Alysha Aziz and Rochelle Moore, co-presidents of the school’s Rainbow Alliance group, on hand at an exhibit about the group and willing to explain about the group’s achievements and accomplishments. And there was lots more to see such as the foods room where cookies were on the menu, students working on projects in the visual arts room, a photography and yearbook exhibit, a volleyball game and on and on. And as parents and families toured around the school, it was not unusual to come across one or two musicians playing music, usually at a corridor intersection. Those attending also received a handout outlining some of the clubs, special activities, events and sports offered at South Carleton. Sports include alpine skiing, badminton, baseball, basketball, cross country running, curling, field hockey, field lacrosse, golf, hockey, rugby, soccer, swimming, touch football, track and
field, volleyball and wrestling. Clubs include an art and drawing club, bands, a drama club, a Key Club, a Math Extra Help Club, a Mural Club, a Social Justice Club, Student Council, a Travel Club and a
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At the open house at South Carleton High School on Wednesday evening, Feb. 10, grade 11 students Ryan McDonald, left, and Justin Moll, right, demonstrate the robotic machine made by a previous SCHS student which is programmed to solve the Rubik’s Cube puzzle.
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Four South Carleton High School students who are around a campfire At the open house at South Carleton High School in Richmond on Wednesday evening, Feb. 10, students while camping in a demonstration in the outdoor education classroom Abu Alibhai, left, and Jordyn Simpson, right, stand at the wall of books which greets those who enter the at the school’s open house on Wednesday, Feb. 10 are, from left, library learning commons at the school. Shannon Wilvers, Julia Rivoire, Alyssa Appel and Taylor Darbyson. John Curry/Metroland
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MARY COOK Memories Father was sitting on the bench at the back door. The washbasin and soap dish had been placed on the floor underneath, and beside Father’s feet was the shoebox. It was made of wood, and had the shape of a shoe sole tilted on one side. This is where Father placed his foot when he wanted to put a shine to his Sunday boots. He removed from inside, the piece of rubber, and a baking powder tin that had holes punched in the bottom, which he would use to scrape the spot where the rubber would go, when it was cut into the right size for a patch to be glued on to the galoshes or gum rubbers he was working on. I tried not to look at the galoshes on the floor beside him. These were the very same galoshes Father had tried to patch a couple weeks before Christmas. The memory of that night was one I would be a long time erasing from my mind. I thought as the winter wore on, I might be able to forget that night, but I couldn’t. I had seen the beautiful doll one day in the dime store, and I could talk of nothing else when I got home. I even wrote Santa a letter
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Mother’s galoshes, when it was just about time to go to bed. And then, one after the other, he placed his foot on the wood sole on the shoe box, and rubbed black shoe polish all over the galoshes, covering the patches and all. He took a brush out of the shoe box, one I had seen him use many times on his Sunday boots, and with fierce strokes he brushed and brushed until I thought he would wear the rubber right down to the canvas that lined the galoshes. He held them up when he was finished, and they were as shiny as a fry pan, and looked like they had just come out of the store. “Good as new,” he said. And I wondered after, whenever I cradled that beautiful doll, how long it would take for me to release the feeling of sadness I felt whenever I looked at Mother’s galoshes, patch on top of patch. Interested in an electronic version of Mary’s books? Go to 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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Natural light pours into new high school John Curry
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Lots of natural light filling the school thanks to generous windows in virtually all learning spaces including floor to ceiling windows in the triple gymnasium. Awesome! A performance stage area that can face an amphitheatre and associated atrium seating area for 300 or that can open up to the gymnasium, seating hundreds more. Wow! And a “maker space� that features eight 3D printers and robotics, providing the tools for students to be creative, innovative and collaborative in their learning. Priceless! These are just some of the features found in the new Ecole secondaire catholique PaulDesmarais which opened on Monday, Feb. 1 at the northwest corner of Abbott Street and Robert Grant Avenue in Stittsville. It is not only the full length windows that allow nature’s light to stream into the gymnasium and also into the part of the school’s central atrium where students eat lunch but also it is the spacious windows that grace the school’s library, its arts specialty rooms and virtually all of its classrooms. Victor Rodriguez, the teacher-librarian and entrepreneurship co-coordinator at the school, points out that having so much natural lighting available in the classrooms and gymnasium should have a calming, positive impact on the students and staff as they go about their daily learning and living at the school. All of the school’s arts areas, including the music room, the dance and yoga studio and the art rooms, are bathed in natural light thanks to their windows. The two art rooms, one for high school students and one for seven and eight students, both have spacious window areas, not only for the student well-being that comes from natural lighting but also to provide students with the ultimate natural conditions possible in determining colour selections for the art. Artificial
lighting can make colours appear differently; natural lighting allows colours to appear as they are. Indeed, principal Veronique PourbaixKent refers to the high school arts room, located on the second floor in the corner of the school overlooking the Abbott Street/Robert Grant Avenue roundabout, as the school’s “crown jewel,� and her favourite room in the school, not only because of its spacious windows that allow “tons of natural light� to fill the space but also because of its high ceiling and its steel framework that is woven into the ceiling infrastructure, providing the structure from which paintings and art exhibitions can be hung. It is interesting to note that all of the school’s specialty arts rooms are located across the front of the school, indicating just how much the new school is valuing the arts. Principal Veronique Pourbaix-Kent notes that students today value the arts and the school is reflecting this. Music teacher Victor Herbiet points out that for many students, their career in the arts will begin and end within the walls of this school, thus providing a window of opportunity for the school to nurture an interest in the arts in the students. The school’s two-storey central atrium area, which runs virtually the length of the school, has as its central feature a stage area fronted by a stage-wide area of steps which provide access to the stage area. This stage area not only adjoins and is part of the gymnasium’s stage area but also faces an amphitheatre which not only provides access to the school’s second storey classrooms and library but also provides rows of seating, enough for about 175 bodies. When added to temporary seating that can be set up on the atrium area in front of the stage, this results in a performance area that can accommodate up to 300 people. Principal Pourbaix-Kent sees this area being extensively used by the school for drama,
public speaking and other special events. And there always remains the option of using the gymnasium’s stage area, which backs onto this atrium stage area, for larger drama or music productions, where seating for up to 600 people could be provided. And while the arts are a focus at Ecole secondaire catholique Paul-Desmarais, so too is creative, innovative and collaborative thinking as evidenced by the school’s “maker space� which features eight 3D printers as well as a number of robotics kits. And while this “maker space� is just in its
infancy with more equipment like vinyl cutters still to arrive, principal Pourbaix-Kent is very much looking forward to the day when the “maker space� is, quite literally, a mess, with students busily creating prototype products with the 3D printers. But there will more to it than simply making the prototype products. Students will be expected to work in collaborative groups, agreeing on a product to be created, and then, in the end, explaining how the product was developed. See ARCHITECTS USE, page 49
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Veronique Pourbaix-Kent, principal of the new Ecole secondaire catholique PaulDesmarais on Abbott Street in Stittsville, stands beside the line up of 3D printers in the school’s “maker space.�
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The new Ecole secondaire catholique Paul-Desmarais sits at the northwest corner of Abbott Street and Roberrt Grant Avenue in Stittsville. This new $27.1 million two-storey Ecole secondaire catholique Paul-Desmarais school can accommodate 759 students. Schools feeding this new French Catholic High School include Elisabeth-Bruyere in Kanata (excluding its Bells Corners attendance area), J.-L. Couroux in Carleton Place, Saint Jean-Paul II in Stittsville, Roger Saint Denis in Kanata (excluding its Crystal Beach attendance area) and Saint-Remi Catholic School in Kanata. This new French Catholic High School has 17 classrooms, five science laboratories, five computer and technical laboratories, five music and art rooms, three student support rooms, a stage, resource centre, cafeteria, chapel, a triple gymnasium, an exercise room and four change rooms. There are also playing fields on the north side of the building. McDonald Bros. Construction Inc., which has its headquarters on Westbrook Road in Stittsville, has been the general contractor for this new French Catholic High School. The school is named after the late Paul Desmarais, a Sudbury-born financier who in 2011 was ranked as the fourth wealthiest person in Canada. Mr. Desmarais was highly regarded for his integrity and his commitment to a united Canada.
Architects used input from teachers in design of classrooms Continued from page 48
Students will have to be able to defend their ideas and prove their points, principal Pourbaix-Kent says, while also being able to interact and collaborate with one another on a project. It’s all part of the collaborative, interactive learning that today’s student must master for future success. Ecole secondaire catholique Paul Desmarais has no computer lab as such in the school. Rather, computers and technology are integrated into the classroom with wifi available. There are plug-ins for computers all through the school including at meeting and learning areas in the corridors. And there is no shortage of computers, as there are 152 computers in the school which at present has 200 students, a number which is projected to grow to over 400 this fall when grade ten will be added to the current grade seven to grade nine student population. One grade level is to be added each fall until the school houses a full grade 7 to grade 12 complement of students in the 2018-2019 school year. The new school has a home economics room which is uniquely placed right adjacent to the student cafeteria and the student eating area in the central atrium. This placement opens up lots of possibilities for both
students and even the community using this home economics room for food preparation that can be easily served in the cafeteria area right outside the door. The library at Ecole secondaire catholique Paul-Desmarais is designed as a multi-purpose room, with a high ceiling and spacious windows which look out over the rear playing fields at the school. The library has a collection of literature and reference materials that will be added to in subsequent years. The school has science labs for both its grade seven and eight students and for its high school students, both now and in the future as the school grows. All of the necessary equipment for all of these science labs has already been purchased so that it is all coordinated so that no unnecessary or superfluous equipment is acquired at a later date. The design and layout of the various classrooms was accomplished with teacher input, with the architects from the firm Edward J. Cuhaci and Associates Architects Inc. of Ottawa listening to the input and incorporating it in the classroom designs. For instance, in one case, thanks to teacher input, it was determined that a counter in a science lab was too close to a wall. It was moved to provide more appropriate spacing
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to the wall. Principal Pourbaix-Kent says that she herself spent at least 60 hours providing input about the design of specific classrooms, noting that the architects consulted a lot with the school’s teachers in determining how a classroom space could be designed to be more efficient and more functional. For instance, most of the classrooms have a high table for the use of the teacher. This allows a teacher to sit and access a computer without having to hunch over to a lower desk to use the computer. It is a small feature but one that makes the teaching experience more enjoyable. Principal Pourbaix-Kent herself was used as the model for determining the appropriate knee length for someone sitting at a science lab counter. Another small feature but if you are a student whose knees can’t fit into the lab counter opening, it’s a large impediment to learning. The school is going to have a fitness/exercise room which right now has yet to be finished. The school’s parent community is going to help raise funds to equip this fitness centre. It is envisioned that when it is fully set up, this fitness room will be open to the EARN up to 3 bonus RBC Rewards points per dollar and EARN even when you REDEEM, only with CWT.
parental community, perhaps one evening per week. Being available for community use before and after school is one goal of this new school. The school will also be looking to the community for assistance in setting up its co-op education student placements in the community and for guest speakers from the community as the school pursues its focus on entrepreneurship and innovation. Principal Pourbaix-Kent notes the warm welcome which the school has already received from people in the community, noting that while the school draws students from a wide area including Carleton Place and Kanata, its most immediate neighbourhood is the Stittsville community. The school’s official colour is purple, a colour which contrasts nicely with the orange accents which are prevalent throughout the school. The architects had initially wanted red as the accent colour for the school but the change was made to the less universal orange. Natural wood ceilings can also be found throughout the school.
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Just call it the ‘Guy-ah Jazz-ah’ shop John Curry
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The Gaia Java coffee shop became the “Guy-ah Jazzah” shop last Friday evening. That’s because the six male musicians of “The Free Associations” jazz sextet filled the shop with their instrumental jazz offerings ranging from jazz standards to original compositions. These original compositions included “Basie,” the evening’s leadoff tune and a composition of the group’s bass player Adrian Steeves; “Hilario,” another Steeves composition; “Last Year’s Waitress,” written by the group’s saxophone player James Knopp; and “Every Single Sunday,” a lively composition by the group’s pianist Jean Bergeron and its guitarist Edward Beingessner. And while their performance also included an array of jazz standards, these songs featured fresh ar-
rangements, such as Adrian Steeves’ interesting arrangement of The Rolling Stones’ 1965 hit “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction,” considered by many as the greatest song that that English rock band ever recorded. But this jazz group pulled from many songbooks in their performance. You heard the group’s version of “Chega de Saudade,” the Portuguese tune initially released in 1958 which was the first recorded bossa nova song and became a hit for Brazilian singer/guitarist Joao Gilberto in 1959, helping establish the bossa nova musical genre. But this was only the tip of the iceberg as far as the group’s varied repertoire was concerned. So you also heard “Bouncing with Bud,” a jazz standard first recorded in 1946; “What’ll I Do,” a 1923 Irving Berlin song that was used as the theme tune in Nelson Riddle’s Academy Award winning score for the
1974 film “The Great Gatsby”; and “Take Five,” a jazz piece recorded by the Dave Brubeck Quartet which became the biggest selling jazz single ever and was also used as the theme music for the “NBC Today” program in the early 1960’s. American jazz pianist Dave Brubeck was a proponent of so-called “cool jazz” characterized by relaxed tempos and lighter tones. This is how the music evening went, with “The Free Associations” taking the audience along on a once-ina-lifetime jazz journey. Even the musicians portrayed in the Ben Gatien paintings on the coffee shop wall seemed to come even more alive on this evening, perhaps because their clothing and hats indicate that they also are playing jazz music. Gaia Java barista Kate McDonald had an extra rhythmic jump in her already-vibrant step as the jazz beat spread throughout the shop. And owner
Dan Godkin put an exclamation point on what everyone in the shop was thinking when, in his wrap up remarks for the evening, noted the group’s great talent. “What an evening,” he proclaimed. Among the other tunes performed by “The Free Associations” were “Song of the Maroon,” a tune associated with Courtney Pine, the English jazz musician best known as a saxophonist although he is a multi-instrumentalist; “Beautiful,” a pop ballad by American singer Christina Aguilera in 2002 with which she won the Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance and which has become one of her signature songs; “Moonglow,” a 1933 song that is considered a jazz standard now; “Summertime,” a 1934 George Gershwin composition that has become a much recorded jazz standard; and “Spain,” an instrumental jazz fusion composition from 1971 by American jazz pianist Chick Corea which is now considered a modern jazz standard. “The Free Associations” also included tunes that paid tribute as it were to Shorty Rogers, considered one of the creators of so-called West Coast jazz, as well as to jazz
saxophonist and composer Steve Lacy. The group opened up its second set with the ever popular jazz piano composition “Linus and Lucy” which was
first heard on “A Charlie Brown Christmas” in 1965 and has since become a holiday favourite. It was fun to hear! See JAZZ JOURNEY, page 51
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Drummer Gerard Hartley plays with “The Free Associations” jazz sextet at the Gaia Java Coffee Company’s music evening last Friday.
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Performing with “The Free Associations” jazz sextet at the Gaia Java Coffee Company’s music evening last Friday are, from left, pianist Jean Bergerson, guitarist Edward Beingessner and upright bass player Adrian Steeves.
Jazz journey at Gaia Java Continued from page 50
“The Free Associations” jazz sextet consists of James Knopp on saxophone; Ken Suddaby on trumpet, flute
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Saxophonist James Knopp, left, foreground, and flugelhorn player Ken Suddaby, right, background, perform with “The Free Associations” jazz sextet at the Gaia Java Coffee Company’s music evening last Friday.
and flugelhorn; Edward Beingessner on guitar; Jean Bergeron on piano; Gerard Hartley on drums; and Adrian Steeves on upright bass. The group has been together for a dozen years and plays in various venues in Ottawa including the Georgetown Pub and the Carleton Tavern as well as doing private events. James Knopp, Edward Beingessner and Adrian Steeves are all prolific composers which ensures that the group always has lots of original material to play. The group is essentially six guys who love jazz and who are really energized by playing and feeding off each other’s musical talents and passions. The Gaia Java Coffee Company shop at the Stittsville Shopping Centre (Shoppers Drug Mart plaza) on Stittsville Main Street in Stittsville hosts a music evening every Friday starting at 7 p.m. Admission is free but early arrival is recommended for the best seating. Donations to help the performers with their travel expenses are welcome but not required. This Friday, Feb. 19, guitarist Neil Bateman will be featured at the music evening.
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2 tbsp (25 mL) packed brown sugar ½ tsp (2 mL) salt ¼ tsp (1 mL) pepper PREPARATION INSTRUCTIONS In large Dutch oven, melt butter over medium heat. Add onion and cook until lightly golden, about 4 minutes. Add cabbage and apples, stirring well. Add water, vinegar, sugar, salt and pepper; stir well and bring to boil. Reduce heat and simmer covered, stirring often, until cabbage is tender, 25 to 35 minutes. If needed, cook uncovered a few minutes to reduce any excess liquid. NUTRITIONAL INFORMATION One serving Protein: 2 grams Fat: 2 grams Carbohydrate: 23 grams Calories: 110 and Sodium: 240 mg
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The family of the late Keith Fraser would like to extend our sincere thanks for all the support following the passing of our beloved father and grandfather. For all the kind words of sympathy from those who came to the visitation and funeral service; for the cards and flowers, online condolences and donations - our heartfelt thanks. We are very grateful to Rev. Andrew Love for the beautiful service, to organist Lillian Miller, to Eldon, Lisa and all the staff at the Boyce Funeral Home for their sensitive, professional guidance and kindly support. Thanks to pallbearers Keith Lenser, Gordon Vogg, Todd Jack, Neil Calvert and Harold Neumann. We wish to extend a Special Thank You to Dr. Shriver and to all the Staff at the Grove Nursing Home for the exceptional care and compassion shown to our father during his stay there. So many people in Arnprior and area cared for Dad; he had many good friends, particularly worthy of gratitude are Kerrie, Neil and Pamela Calvert and a Special Thank You to Dad’s devoted friend and caregiver Marion Murdoch. Family of Keith Fraser
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CARROLL, Tom – In memory of a dearly loved and cherished husband, father, father-in-law, grandfather and great grandfather who passed away February 18, 2014 Remembering you is easy, We do it every day. Missing you is a heartache, That never goes away. You had a smile for everyone, You had a heart of gold. You left the sweetest memories The world could ever hold. To us you were someone special, What more is there to say? Except to wish with all our hearts, That you were here today. Dearly missed and forever loved, Betty, Barbara and Keith, Margaret and Darwin, Kevin and Liz Patricia and Steve, Tom and Lois, Christine and Peter, Grandchildren and Great Grandchildren
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Reitsma Egbert “Bert” August 23, 1939-February 11, 2016 (Retired-Ontario Hydro) Passed away peacefully in the Almonte Fairview Manor Thursday February 11, 2016. Bert Reitsma of Arnprior, formerly of Fitzroy Harbour in his 77th year. Beloved husband of Patricia (Shideler) Reitsma. Much loved father of Tricia Skorupinski (William) and Greg Reitsma (Cynthia). Loving Grandpa-Honey/Poppa of Johnny, Brandon, Ella, Ryan, Dylan, Charlotte and Colson. Predeceased by brothers Hank (late Ann) and John (late Blanche). Survived by brothers Ed (late Marion), Dick (late Isabel), Gerrit (Connie) and Anton (Faye) and sister Akke TeWinkel (late Albert). Dear brotherin-law of John Shideler (Suzanne), Betty Shideler and Janet Shideler (Ray). Bert will also be missed by many nieces and nephews. Son of the late Dirk and Hendrikje Reitsma. A special thank you to Dr. McKillop and the staff of Fairview Manor, Heritage House for their loving care of Bert. Visitations at the Boyce Funeral Home, 138 Daniel Street North, Arnprior Sunday from 2-4 p.m. and 7-9 p.m. Memorial Service Monday February 15, 2016 in the Boyce Chapel at 11:00 a.m. Spring interment Whyte’s Cemetery, Fitzroy Harbour. In memoriam donations to the charity of your choice would be appreciated by his family. Condolences/Tributes/Donations at www.boycefuneralhome.ca.
Anderson, Andrew “Andy” James Suddenly at the Carleton Place Hospital, on Saturday February 6, 2016 at the age of 47. Dear father of Taylor, Elyssa, Owen and Hayden. Survived by his parents Floyd and Cheryle Anderson, his grandmother Eileen Forrest and his brothers Derek (Sandy) and Jason (Kim). Andy will be missed by his aunts and uncles and extended family. Friends visited the family at the Alan R. Barker Funeral Home, 19 McArthur Avenue, Carleton Place, on Thursday February 11, 2016 for visitation only from 10:00 a.m. until 12:00 noon. For those who wish, a donation to the Carleton Place Hospital Foundation, would be appreciated by the family. www.barkerfh.com
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undefeated regular season with a record of 31 wins and no losses for the Perth/Lanark B1 squad…..Four of the winners in the Richmond Legion’s Remembrance Day poster, essay and poem contest have won at the Zone level which is the next level of competition to the local branch level. They will be receiving their Zone awards at a ceremony at the Orleans Branch of the Royal Canadian Legion on Sunday, Feb. 28….Long time Richmond resident Bob Abbott passed away on Monday, Feb. 1 at the age of 87. He was predeceased by his wife Ethel Alice. He is survived by his children Bruce, Wendy Kristiansen and Cyndy Courtland as well as by five grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Bob was a lifetime member of the Masonic Lodge and of the Royal Canadian legion. He was also a member of the Shriner’s Oriental Band and a long time member of St. Paul’s United Church in Richmond. A memorial service celebrating Bob’s life was held at St. Paul’s United Church on McBean Street on Friday, Feb. 5. In memoriam donations to St. Paul’s United Church or
to the University of Ottawa Heart Institute would be appreciated….Renowned storyteller and author Mary Cook, in her talk at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church in Stittsville last Saturday afternoon, revealed a Richmond connection for her family. Her young cousin Earl Nixon of Richmond went to live with them in Renfrew County after his mother had died in hospital and his father had drowned in the well while trying to fix the windmill. Earl was treated like a brother as they grew up together on the farm…..Jabulani Vineyard & Winery has been nominated for a People’s Choice Award as part of the Ottawa Wedding Awards in the categories of Reception Venue – Unique and Best New Business (the wedding venue part of the winery). Voting began on Monday, Feb. 15. Voting can be done by anyone by using the hash tag #ottwed2016 or by going to the Facebook page https:// www.facebook.com/ottawaweddingawards ……The South Carleton High School boys hockey team recently won the North Grenville Invitational Tournament….
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Calling all euchre players! There’s a euchre tournament coming up on Saturday, March 5 in Richmond that you will want to participate in. It will take place on Saturday, March 5 at St. John’s Anglican Church hall on Fowler Street. Registration will take place at 12:30 p.m. with the tournament action beginning at 1 p.m. Pre-registration can be done by contacting Joyce at 613-838-8381 or Rachelle at 613-838-5543. Pre-registration, though, is not required. You can just show up the day of the tournament and you will be able to play. The registration fee is $15 per person. This includes a light lunch. There will be cash prizes for the winners in this tournament. All proceeds from the tournament are going to go to the Richmond Bicentennial Planning Committee to help it with its work in planning the events and activities that will take place in Richmond in 2018 to mark the 200th anniversary of the founding of the community.
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An open mic night will be held on Friday, Feb. 19 from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. at the Richmond Curling Club on Perth Street in Richmond. Everyone is welcome to attend or to perform. There is no cover charge but donations of nonperishable items to the Richmond Food Bank are encouraged. For more information, please email acoustic.in.richmond@gmail.com A fundraising concert in support of the Kanata Stittsville Refugee Spobnsorship Group and its ef-
forts to sponsor refugees from Syria will be held on Saturday, Feb. 20 at The Glen Scottish Restaurant & Pub at the Jackson Trails shopping centre in Stittsville. Come anytime after 5 p.m. Music from the 70’s, 80’s and 90’s by the Kanata band “FOAM” will begin at 8 p.m. No cover charge. A portion of meal costs will be donated to the Kanata Stittsville Refugee Sponsorship Group by The Glen. Raffles for great prizes. Donations will be gratefully accepted. Limited seating. Help support refugees from
Syria. The Fairwinds community is holding a community winter party on Sunday, Feb. 21 from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. at Bandmaster Park in the Fairwinds community of Stittsville. Sledding, skating, hot chocolate and more. Everyone welcome. An information session and open casting call for the Stittsville United Church’s spring musical “Rescue in the Night” will be held on Sunday, Feb. 21 at 2 p.m. at the
church on Fernbank Road just west of Stittsville Main Street in Stittsville. Everyone is welcome to attend to learn more about this usical and about the array of volunteers needed as both cast and crew. There will be opportunities to design sets, play musical instruments, design costumes, sing in the chorus and act or dance on stage. The Stittsville Royals of the Central Canada Hockey League Tier 2 will host the visiting Renfrew Timberwolves in a game on
Sunday, Feb. 21 at 7:30 p.m. at the Goulbourn Recreation Complex on Shea Road in Stittsville. The Fairwinds Community Association is holding its annual general meeting on Wednesday, Feb. 24 at 7:30 p.m. in the upstairs meeting room at Stittsville Sobeys at the Stittsville Corners shopping area at the corner of Hazeldean Road and Carp Road in Stittsville. The soon-to-open Grounds Café next to Food Basics will be providing coffee and other items.
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Three adult programs are coming up at the Stittsville branch of the Ottawa Public Library. All three require online registration via the Ottawa Public Library website. On Tuesday, Feb. 23 at 6:30 p.m., Gary Rusyn of the Credit Counselling Society of Ottawa will be presenting a program entitled “Money Basics for Newcomers.” On Tuesday, March 22 at 6:30 p.m., Chris Taylor of the Ottawa PC Users Group will present a program entitled “Basic Photo Editing.” On Tuesday, March 29, at 6:30 p.m., a program dealing with how to open a food business in the city of Ottawa will be presented by Joanne Cleroux of the city of Ottawa’s Business Ambassador Service. The Stittsville library also offers
three ongoing programs for adults. The Stittsville Library Book Club meets on the third Monday of the month at 2:30 p.m. at the library. Online registration is required to attend this Book Club. The 2016 reading list of the Book Club is available at the information desk at the library. The Stittsville Creative Writing Group meets weekly on Thursdays at 6:45 p.m. at the library branch. Online registration is also required for this program. An intermediate French conversation group meets on Wednesdays at 2 p.m. at the Stittsville library branch. Online registration is required as well. Information about programs and events at the Stittsville branch of the Ottawa Public Library is available at the website www.biblioottawalibrary.ca . Submitted
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The Student Leadership Team at A. Lorne Cassidy Elementary School in Stittsville held a bake sale on Friday, Feb. 12 as a fundraiser to help support Ottawa-bound Syrian refugees. This grade seven and eight student leadership team operates under the mandate of providing A.L.C. students with a voice in decisions that affect their lives at the school. The team is also charged with the task of working towards making A. Lorne Cassidy Elementary School and the global community a better place through various efforts and actions. Thanks to the support of the A. Lorne Cassidy Elementary School community, the bake sale raised just over $676. The school is going to be applying to International Development Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau to match the funds raised by this bake sale. Members of the Student Leadership Team involved with this “Bakers for Change” initiative are, front row, sitting, from left, Kiera Haggerty, Ashley Newman, Grace Kasouf, Meaghan O’Neil, Julien Lachance and Cameron Boulet; second row, kneeling, from left, Kaitlyn Greencorn, Crystal Vu, Honor Peterson, Vanessa Wong, Hayden Walker and Carter Stone; third row, standing, from left, Erika Helby, Madison Forsyth, Benjamin Grant, Katie Alsford, Hanna Melvin, Madison Wong, Beth McDonald, Trinity Lowthian, Abby Farquharson, Kate Calhoun, Joshua Benson, Benjamin Watson and Eliana De LimaVentresca; and, back row, from left, standing, Rishika Achyuthan, Emily Kuno, Zoe Veitch, Harrison MacIntosh, Bryce Johnson, Andrew Burgoin, Jake Kasouf, Jack Flowert, Gabriel Persaud, Samuel Wilson, Logan Covell and principal Andrew Canham.
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