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Christmas songs ranging from “Jingle Bells” to “Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer” to “Frosty the Snowman” were enjoyed in the lounge at the Stittsville Seniors Community (Villa) in Stittsville on Wednesday evening, Dec. 21. Residents filled the seating in the lounge as they listened to and also sang along to a bevy of familiar Christmas songs presented “karaoke style” by the Rotary Club of Ottawa – Stittsville. This has become a tradition at the Stittsville Seniors Community although this was the first year that this singalong songfest was held in the evening. In previous years it has been held in the early morning at the Stittsville Main Street facility. A lighted Christmas tree stood by the fire-
place in the lounge while the fireplace mantel was decorated with garland interspersed with lights. Several other Christmas decorations also graced the lounge area including a couple of miniature Santas, all adding to the seasonal atmosphere surrounding this event. Rotary Club of Ottawa – Stittsville member Leo Maiorino, who has been known to sing at various venues around the community, was the chief lead singer at the event, leading off in the singing and moving around the lounge with the microphone, giving residents an opportunity to display their singing voices in solo efforts as they read the words of the song from the karaoke screen if needed. Often, the words from these familiar seasonal songs just flowed – no need to refer to the screen. Other members of the Rotary Club of Ottawa – Stittsville who joined Leo at this singalong songfest at the Stittsville Seniors Com-
munity included Grace Bell, Steve Hunter, Brads Spriggs, Wendy Adams, Rosemary Brummell, Carolyn Clark, Theresa Qadri, Frans Vandendries, Lynda Brooks and Jas Michalski. Two guest singers also joined the Rotary Club for this event, with both of them leading in the singing of a couple of songs. These guest singers were Jessica Maiorino, Leo’s daughter who is home in Stittsvile for a visit from Vancouver where she lives and is involved in the music business, and Tiana Michalski, daughter of Club president Jas Michalski. Among the songs which were sung in this 40 minute songfest were “Santa Claus Is Coming To Town,” “Joy To The World,” “Hark, the Herald Angels Sing,” “Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas,” “Silent Night,” “Let It Snow,” “The First Noel,” “White Christmas” and “We Wish You A Merry Christmas.”
Message in fortune cookie leads to singing into mic BY JOHN CURRY john.curry@metroland.com
You should perhaps listen to any fortune cookie message that you uncover. Judging by the experience of Stittsville Retirement Community resident Dolce Little on Wednesday, Dec. 21, this might be a good idea. She had uncovered a fortune cookie whose message simply said: “When opportunity knocks, open the door.” Well, on Wednesday evening, Dec. 21, Dolce was in attendance in the lounge at the Stittsville Retirement Community, listening to the songfest of seasonal tunes being led for the assembled residents
by the Rotary Club of Ottawa – Stittsville. And then suddenly, as she was sitting there enjoying the music, Rotarian Leo Maiorino, who was leading the songfest, sat down beside her and thrust the microphone in front of her, urging her to sing a few verses of the song. Well, Dolce had never done anything like this before. But then she thought of the fortune cookie message, urging her to grasp whatever opportunity would be coming along. And so she sang into the microphone, the first time that she had ever sung in such a public way. And her singing was well received. Perhaps there is wisdom in those fortune cookie messages after all!
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Leo Maiorino (left) of the Rotary Club of Ottawa – Stittsville holds the microphone as Shirley Cotnam (right, foreground), a resident of the Stittsville Seniors Community, sings a song in the Christmas karaoke songfest hosted by the Rotary Club on Wednesday evening, Dec. 21.
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U Rock Music School’s Christmas open mic event BY JOHN CURRY john.curry@metroland.com
The ugly Christmas sweater has become a popular new holiday tradition. And now there may be another new holiday tradition, the corny Christmas joke. These jokes were being bantered around by Stittsville’s “Jumpin’ Jimmy Leroux’ as he served as the MC for the U Rock Music School’s Christmas open mic on Dec. 18 at Hurley’s Grill at the Shops of Main Street Plaza in Stittsville. The jokes did get laughs (groans?) from the audience which had gathered to see and hear the U Rock entertainment but there were times when the young entertainers begged off Jimmy telling a joke when introducing them. And what were these jokes like? Well, when Jimmy was introducing singer Holly Yeadon, Jimmy asked the audience what kind of motorcycle Santa drives. It’s a “Holly Davidson,” he proclaimed. One more example of these jokes so you get a feel for them – Why does Santa have three gardens, Jimmy asked? So he can “hoe, hoe, hoe.” You had to admit – they did bring forth a lot of seasonal chuckles. So, who knows – corny Christmas jokes like these may follow in the footsteps of the ugly Christmas sweater
and become a popular new holiday trend. But, jokes or no jokes, Jumpin’ Jimmy Leroux did a great job introducing the young student singers from the U Rock Music School of Stittsville who performed at this Christmas open mic event. There were 24 student performers altogether, with several performing for the first time or at least for the first time as a solo performer. So there was 12 year old Julia Dukes, a first time performer, who sang the winter ballad “The River” which has been made famous by award winning Canadian singer/ songwriter Sarah McLachlan. Another first time performer was Ivy Brodersen, 14, who has just recently started lessons. She played the ukulele while singing the winter themed “O Miss Believer,” a song by the American pop duo “Twenty One Pilots.” Making her first performance was five year old Arlet Badia, U Rock Music School’s youngest vocal student. She sang “Little Snowflake.” This open mic event also marked the first solo performance for eight year old Brooke Sloan who is no stranger, though, to performing as she was a member of the U Rock Music School’s youth vocal group “The Roxies” for two years. Brooke
sang a long time holiday favourite that is not heard all that much these days, “I Want A Hippopotamus for Christmas.” And for 13 year old Caitlin Holmes, this Christmas open mic session marked the first time that she had accompanied herself on the guitar while also singing. She delivered the song “Sweater Weather,” a recent hit for the pop band “The Neighbourhood.” This Christmas open mic was filled with seasonal songs including some innovative and creative versions and renditions of them. Nine year old Jack Bailey generated lots of laughter in the audience with his animated vocal interpretation of that holiday novelty tune “Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer.” Dexter Bates, 8, really got into the spirit of the song “All I Want For Christmas is My Two Front Teeth” by performing with two blacked out front teeth. And Rowan Hendrick, 9, another first time solo performer on guitar and vocals, delivered a funny and seasonal version of “Gift Me Santa, One More Time,” re-written from Britney Spears’ smash hit. Other performers in this U Rock Music School Christmas open mic session included Kyler Villeneuve,
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The city’s budget sailed through city council unanimously on Dec. 14, despite some councillors raising major concerns about policing in the city and the lack of an audit being conducted into the first stage of the light rail project. Mayor Jim Watson referred to the budget as a balanced approach to the city’s finances. There were few surprises, as the budget stuck to the two per cent annual property tax increase that Watson has touted as his target since being elected. The budget also includes a 2.5 per cent hike in the transit levy, as well as an extra $2 for garbage disposal. Water rates will go up by five per cent.
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facility with Library and Archives Canada. The price tag would be $168 million — $13 million less than a standalone facility would cost, said Ottawa Public Library CEO Danielle McDonald. The cost estimate has a margin of error of 20 to 30 per cent, staff said, meaning the price could be off by as much as $50 million. The city’s portion of the costs will be $99 million if the project comes in at the estimated cost. Library and Archives would pay $69 million. “Overall the site has the most potential,” McDonald said, adding it’s a two-minute walk west of Bronson Avenue and three-or-four minute walk from Pimsi station. A 20,067-square-metre fa-
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The hat, by the way, has a flower adorning it which used to be yellow but over the years has faded to a white. At one time Lionel’s snowmen used to carry a broom and smoke a pipe but both props were stolen over the years. Lionel’s snowman experience has given him tips in making the snowman, such as placing the nose first. Another tip is that he holds down the hat (or in this case the upside down pail with its black covering) with bent clothes hangers. This prevents the hat from blowing off snowman’s head. Lionel has used the same red scarf around his snowman’s neck for at least the past 25 years. He admits that it is a little faded in colour now but it still does the job and still looks sharp adorning the white snowman. Lionel’s snowman also has a red heart which like the scarf is also a little faded but also like the scarf is still doing the job. At one time, Lionel used to use light bulbs for his snowman’s eyes but he found that the light bulbs, when turned on, would get hot and melt in their snow socket. So he stopped using the lights for the eyes. As for the name of Lionel’s snowman, he
goes with the name “Frosty” – after all, why mess with tradition! Lionel remembers that one year he covered his snowman with a tarp to protect it from some unseasonable rain. A couple of years ago, when there was no snow leading up to Christmas, Lionel went to the arena and got some of the ice shavings for use in building his snowman. It worked although he discovered that these ice shavings jam together and did not allow him to put a stick down through the snowman to act like a spine and keep it all together. He normally does use such a stick down through the centre of the snowman to keep the snowman straight and upright. Lionel leaves the snowman up for as long as possible. He remembers that his snowman lasted through to March one year. Lionel would love to see more snowmen pop up throughout the community. He laments that there are very few snowmen in the community these days. Besides his snowman, Lionel decorates the front of his home with red bows attached to the branches of the bushes and tree that are there. Lionel is retired from a 35 year career as a postman with Canada Post. And one thing he doesn’t forget about it – he sustained 21 dog bites during that time.
“We can’t arrest our way out of the problem,” Bordeleau said, adding Ottawa isn’t unique in experiencing an increase in violent crimes. Bay Coun. Mark Taylor said that the solution to some of the problems with crime don’t always come from more officers on the street. “We need new players,” he said. A push by Coun. Diane Deans for an audit of land acquisitions for the first phase of the city’s light rail project was shot down by an 18-6 vote. The city treasurer expressed concern that should the land deals become public, it could drive prices up for phase two of LRT. College Coun. Rick Chiarelli said there’s no market hysteria that could take place and drive up land prices. “We revert to expropriation, also known as land value,” he said. “Have we not learned anything from Orgaworld? We are saying, ‘don’t even show us.’ Who does the public have then?” The budget is the result of an attempt to build consensus, Watson said, and has an extra $150,000 for an arts momentum fund, as well as $610,000 for the city’s 94 social services agencies and another $500,000 will go to Canada 2017 celebrations in the city.
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2017. For many, 2016 has been a bit of a downer. The good news? The year 2016 is nearly over. We would like to wish a few folks some good things for the coming year: For the Ottawa RedBlacks and their fans: a Grey Cup victory at home, on the field right here at TD Place. For the Ottawa Senators and their fans: an outdoor game with a win over the Montreal Canadiens, then a playoff berth and maybe something silver. And smooth sailing for plans to move to LeBreton Flats. For our mayor, Jim Watson, and the city’s commuters: light-rail on time and on budget, with not a sinkhole in sight. For our sick and injured: a paramedic service that’s well funded and able to respond when called. For our health care workers: bigger budgets
and more peers. For the Ottawa Hospital: quick approvals for a new Civic campus and maybe even shovels in the ground. For our police: the best training possible on use of force, and a even better relationship with all Ottawans (since the vast majority respect the work they do every day). For gang members: a change of heart, or at least a change of address far, far away from the nation’s capital. For our aquatic wildlife and the city’s beachgoers: cleaner water as the Ottawa River Action Plan gets started. For Prime Minister Justin Trudeau: peace, order and Sunny Ways. And great patience when the next guy on our list visits Ottawa. For future U.S. president Donald Trump: good advisers, and listening skills at least on par with the average eight-year-old. For Ottawa 2017 party planners: a great imagination, great success and great weather. For all of us: a 150th birthday for Canada we’ll remember all our lives.
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anuary: Pick-and-pay system for cable television subscribers begins. It will completely fail to revolutionize television viewing in Canada. February: The finalists for the development of LeBreton Flats are unveiled. It only took 50 years to reach this stage which, in geological time, is pretty quick. As of today, it is safe to say that LeBreton Flats has moved about as far ahead as pick-and-pay. The new Liberal government, desperate to be inclusive, unveils a questionnaire which will get the views of people about the Victims of Communism Memorial. As a result, the memorial has progressed just as far as LeBreton Flats and pick-and-pay. But all Ottawa talks about is the trade with the Toronto Maple Leafs that brings Dion Phaneuf, a star defenceman, to the Ottawa Senators.
CHARLES GORDON Funny Town This will guarantee Ottawa a playoff spot. There is a record snowfall on Feb. 16. Some people observe that adversity brings out the best in us; some others say that they wish it didn’t have to. And discussions began on the location of a new public library. One possible location: LeBreton Flats. Uh-oh. March: Baseball spring training opens, another occasion for philosophizing about new beginnings yet again. It is the consensus of experts that the Toronto Blue Jays are going nowhere.
Former Toronto mayor Rob Ford dies. People compare him to Donald Trump, with the one important difference that Trump isn’t going to win anything. April: The Senators don’t make the NHL playoffs but, on a happier note, plans begin to emerge for Ottawa’s 2017 celebration of Canada’s 150th birthday. One very positive aspect of the 2017 celebration: it will, unlike most other projects mentioned earlier, be over before 2018. May: The Tragically Hip start their farewell tour. Scalpers get most of the tickets. Another reason to hate the Internet. June: The festival season begins in Ottawa. People leave their houses and discover how truly dug up downtown Ottawa is. The provincial government announces plans to widen the Queen-
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sway again. This could mean that the Queensway will be dug up as well to allow people to get downtown to see how dug up downtown is. July: Everybody goes away. August: People chase Pokémon whatsits all over town, turning up in the hundreds in public places and your front yard for reasons that are not easily explainable. There are assurances that it will be gone before LeBreton Flats is finished. September: Along with the idea of widening the Queensway comes the idea of narrowing the Sir John A. Macdonald Parkway. Don’t ask. October: Something unexpected happens along the road to legalized marijuana: People open stores to sell the stuff. Why weren’t we warned? November: Photo radar is proposed, once again, this time for areas around schools. No one seems to have strong arguments against it and we may see it around the time pick-andpay arrives. The proposal without the aquarium wins LeBreton Flats. Now more thinkEDITORIAL: EDITORIAL: MANAGING MANAGINGEDITOR: EDITOR: 613-221-6225 Theresa TheresaFritz Fritz,,613-221-6225 theresa.fritz@metroland.com theresa.fritz@metroland.com NEWS NEWSEDITOR: EDITOR: John JohnCurry Curry john.curry@metroland.com john.curry@metroland.com--613-221-6152 613-221-6152 REPORTER/PHOTOGRAPHER: REPORTER/PHOTOGRAPHER: John JohnBrummell Brummell john.brummell@metroland.com john.brummell@metroland.com--613-221-6202 613-221-6202
ing can begin. Our RedBlacks win the Grey Cup. Hordes of newly-arrived Americans wonder where the fourth down went. December: The Civic campus of the Ottawa Hospital is moving to Tunney’s Pasture, then it isn’t. To compound the mood of illogic that sweeps over the city, the province announces plans to widen the Queensway again. Onward and downward to 2017.
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Re-lighting of Centennial Flame on New Year’s Eve “Our plan with 2017 is to spark our imagination and inspire our future,� he said. “I don’t think people will see our city the same way after 2017,� he added. It begins on New Year’s Eve with the lighting of a “spectacular� cauldron – a three-dimensional rendering of the Ottawa 150 logo – in front of city hall at 6:15 p.m., he said.  The fire from the lit cauldron will
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The New Year will begin with a bang and set the tone for other events to follow in 2017, says Guy Laflamme, executive director of Ottawa 2017. Laflamme recently outlined a number of large-scale events planned throughout the city to celebrate Canada’s 150th at the Beaverbrook library branch in Kanata.
then travel about 800 metres along a human chain of hundreds of Ottawa youths holding torches to re-light the Centennial Flame – which will turn 50 years old on Dec. 31 – at the front of Parliament Hill. “We’re going to create an almost one kilometre stretch of light and fire between the grounds of city hall and Parliament Hill,� said Laflamme. “Just imagine the spectacular stretch of light and fire on Elgin
Street,� he added. At 20:17 (8:17 p.m.), Governor General David Johnston will reignite the Centennial Flame with the fire from the city. The federal government will then host a 20-minute “musical pyro� show on the Hill followed by live music, more fireworks at midnight and a DJ set until 1 a.m. “What we will do is complementary to what the federal government will do in our city,� said Laflamme.
He said his team is responsible for 120 “major productions� that will take place throughout 2017. These include music events, sound and light shows, cultural performances, sporting events and more. “This is not only about the downtown core,� said Laflamme, adding events will take place “across the city in all wards.�
To see a full list of activities, visit ottawa2017.ca.
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Three Syrian refugees in Richmond Richmond is now home to three Syrian refugees. The three refugees, all members of the same family, will be living at the Reinhard Rosch home in Richmond for the next two or three months until a decision is made on where they will live more permanently, depending on work, schooling and other considerations such as public transit. They arrived by air in Toronto on Wednesday evening, Dec. 21, the culmination of nine months of planning, paperwork, fundraising and waiting by the Richmond group serving as the sponsors of the refugees. These refugees are not the ones who are being sponsored by the Richmond Village Refugee Welcome group but rather by a private group of sponsors including Reinhard Rosch, Diane Adam, Jan Koiste, Louise Rosch, Jolijne Ubbink and Angela Bourne. This private initiative began when Reinhard Rosch was approached by a Syrian friend from New York who wanted to bring her cousins to
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The husband and wife from Syria who are to live in Richmond initially are husband Esteban Obadashian (left) and his wife Selma Awad (right).
Canada since immigration into the United States seemed more difficult. At the time, private sponsorship of Syrians was only possible by forming a “Group of Five” sponsorship group. This was done and has led to this arrival of three Syrian refugees. This “Group of Five” sponsorship group did its own fundraising separate from the fundraising efforts of the Richmond Village Refugee Welcome group. Reinhard, by the way, is also involved with the Richmond Village Refugee Welcome group, serving as its treasurer. The family being sponsored by the Richmond Village Refugee Welcome group is presently mired in Turkey, waiting for the government to process its application. This family is slated to live in the rectory at St. John’s Anglican Church when it does arrive in Canada and Richmond. This family still has to go through interview and medical processes in Turkey before being able to travel to Canada and Richmond. This Syrian family in Richmond sponsored by the so-called “Group of Five” will require language training as the family members have had only some schooling in English. Next priorities will be to find suitable lodging and work for them. The 15 year old daughter will likely attend Bell High School where a good English as a Second Language program exists. The three Syrian refugees who have arrived are husband Esteban Obadashian, his wife Selma Awad and their daughter Maritsa Obadashian. Expected to follow soon are adult son Roupen Obadashian and Maha Awed, Selma’s sister. They require separate applications as they are not considered immediate family members. They are expected to arrive in Canada in two or three months’ time. The adult son is fluent in English and has been the driving force behind the family’s effort to come to Canada. He studied medicine in Aleppo and has passed an exam that would qualify him to intern in the United States. He is also studying now to write an equivalent exam for Canada. In his studies he scores high marks, usually never under 92 percent.
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West End Music School’s Christmas concert BY JOHN CURRY
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Christmas and music go together. That’s why there are so many familiar holiday songs. And so it only makes sense that as Christmas approaches, those music enthusiasts at Stittsville’s West End Music School would present a Christmas concert. This is just what happened, as the students of West End Music School performed at one of two shows of a Christmas concert presented on Sunday, Dec. 18 at D’arcy McGee’s Pub on Terry Fox Drive in Kanata. And while some of the performances featured sons of a non-holiday nature such as Beethoven’s “Turkish March,” Judy Garland’s “Somewhere Over The Rainbow” and “Toccatina” by Russian composer Dimitry Kabalevsky, most were seasonal tunes. So there was “We Three Kings,” “Jingle Bells,” “The First Noel,” “White Christmas,” “Deck the Halls,” “Santa Claus is Coming to Town,” “Carol of the Bells” and “It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas.” The students performed in one of two shows – one starting at 11:30 a.m. and a second show starting at 1:30 p.m. Students who performed in the first show included Charles Kilby, Brendan Grandy, Kevin Sinhaseni, Jamison Ladoucer, Pooja Jagtap, Jennifer Merker,
Rohan Jagtap, Mason Irvine, Madeline Moser, Danika Neal, Meline Maalouf, Asha Moss Davies, Jemma Neal, Carter Allen, Karmi Dhaliwal, Myah Kerr, Reese McLaughlin, Ezhil Isaac, Thamizh Isaac, Logan Irvine, Erich Merker, Megan Curry, Sally Ralph, Tiegan Archer and Eric Harford. Performers in the second show included Maria Hatfield, Ben Farmilo, Anjelia Leano, Elle Dubois, Willem Farmilo, Dean Sarlis, Joe McCallum, Alyanna Tabilin, Aliah Leano, Erica Boucher, Enrico Tabilin, Amy Hornung, Angelina Rajesh, Asha Moss Davies, Braeden Kemp, Elizabeth Smith, Bryce Johnson, Emily Akhlasi, Angelina Zoght, Sarah Fraser and Arimathea Rajesh. West End Music School, located at 1539 Stittsville Main Street in downtown Stittsville, provides quality music instruction and training on a wide variety of instruments. Students are helped in achieving their goals while developing personally and creatively. Experienced teachers share a passion for music and try to create an atmosphere of enthusiasm, friendliness and fun. Those interested in more information about the West End Music School or to register for lessons can do so at the front desk in person or by phoning 613-831-1216.
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Willem Farmilo plays the flute in the West End Music School’s Christmas concert on Dec. 18.
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Eric Harford plays the guitar in the West End Music Myah Kerr sings in the West End Music School’s School’s Christmas concert on Dec. 18. Christmas concert on Dec. 18.
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Braeden Kemp plays the guitar in the West End Music Carter Allen plays “Jingle Bells� on the guitar in the Ezhil Isaac plays “Carol of the Bells� on the guitar in the Christmas concert of the West End Music School of Stittsville on Dec. 18. School’s Christmas concert on Dec. 18. West End Music School’s Christmas concert.
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Year-end awards night for Fallowfield Community 4H Club
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Judy Wagdin (far left) of the Richmond Food Bank accepts a donation of $500 from St. Philip’s euchre club representatives (from left) Rita Dodd, Mary Beaudette and Ernie Beaudette. Missing from the photo is Mary Roosen, one of the St. Philip euchre club organizers. Euchre parties are held every two weeks at the Rev. Michael Gillissie Parish Hall at St. Philip’s Church in Richmond, with everyone welcome to attend. These euchres will be resuming on Wednesday, Jan. 11 after a Christmas break.
You can ease winter’s cold and wind by attending the upcoming 2017 series of winter dinners hosted by the Richmond Branch 625 of the Royal Canadian Legion. The three big “events” in January, February and March will all be covered by these dinners at the Legion Hall on Ottawa Street – Robbie Burns Day, Valentines Day and St. Patrick’s Day. The Richmond Legion is hosting its annual Robbie Burns Dinner on Saturday, Jan. 21, featuring a haggis and roast beef dinner. There will be a bagpiper present and entertainment will include highland dancers. A Valentines Dinner and Dance on Saturday, Feb. 11 will feature ham and scalloped potatoes, along with entertainment by Albert and the Collection. And then comes the celebration of the Irish with a St. Patrick’s Dinner and Dance on Saturday, March 18. There’ll be beef stew with all of the trimmings while the entertainment will be provided by the Reckless Highway. And this series of “winter” dinners will wind up with the annual Spring Fling on Saturday, April 22, featuring a hot and cold buffet and entertainment by Richmond’s Pam and Doug Champagne. For all of these winter dinners, the doors at the Legion Hall will open at 5 p.m. with the supper being served at 6 p.m. Tickets for any of these dinner events are $23 per person which includes the HST. For tickets, please call Shirley Morris at 613-838-3721 or she will be at the Legion Hall on Monday, Wednesday and Friday mornings.
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BY DAN WARREN, CPA, CA, TEP Hendry Warren LLP The withdrawal of RRSP or RRIF A tax credit is available for donations the donor’s passing by either funds is taxable. Tax owing will and is calculated at 22.88% on the designating a charity as the direct depend on other income sources. first $200 and 46.41% on the excess. beneficiary of the RRSP / RRIF or So if your income is $45,000 and do ing so in their Will. Two ways RRSP / RRIF income can you withdraw $10,000 from your be used for charitable purposes: It is important to seek advice of a tax RRIF, additional tax owing would ad visor as there are implications to be approximately $2,965, being a 1. Wit hdraw and donate f unds co nsider, such as the potential for the periodically – smaller withdrawals marginal tax rate of 29.65%. If keep annual taxable income lower. Old Age Security (OAS) claw back your income is higher, marginal for those over the age of 65 who are tax rate increases. The highest 2. Make a lump sum do nation - can deemed a “high income earner” by the marginal tax rate for an Ontario cause a large increase in taxable g o v er nm en t and are required to repay resident in 2016 is 53.53% applying income and therefore may result s o m e o r a l l of their OAS payments. to income in excess of $220,000. in a higher rate of tax. The lump sum can also be donated upon IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN FINDING OUT ABOUT HOW YOU CAN LEAVE A LEGACY GIFT TO BENEFIT CHEO’S PATIENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES PLEASE CONTACT MEGAN DOYLE RAY AT 613 738-3694 OR MEGANDOYLE@CHEOFOUNDATION.COM Stittsville News - Thursday, December 29, 2016 15
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‌.Former Goulbourn township mayor Janet Stavinga of Stittsville joined city of Ottawa major Jim Watson and a number of other former mayors of pre-amalgamation municipalities to sing Christmas carols at the Orchard View Living Centre on Manotick Station Road in Greely on Wednesday, Dec. 21. Other former mayors taking part in this annual “Old Grey Majorsâ€? event included Mary Pitt of Nepean, Brian Coburn of Cumberland, Guy Cousineau of Vanier, Doug Thompson of Osgoode and Glen Brooks of Rideau‌.If you are interested in knowing more about the work of the Stittsville District Lions Club in the community, perhaps with a view to joining or perhaps just for your own information, you should consider attending an upcoming Open House which the Stittsville District Lions Club is holding at the Lions Hall on Stittsville Main Street on Wednesday, Jan. 18 starting at 7 p.m. Wine and cheese will be available and everyone is most welcome to attend. Those planning to attend are asked to RSVP to Beth Lewis at 613-402-5007 by Jan. 13 so that the Lions Club will have an idea of the numbers attending so that enough supplies are on hand for everyone to enjoy‌...The new “band shellâ€? shelter at Village Square Park at the corner of Stittsville Main Street and Abbott Street was erected on Tuesday, Dec. 20. Its concrete pad had been installed earlier this fall. This open-sided roof structure will provide a permanent performance area at the park‌.
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Julien Desautels (standing, right) listens as fellow University of Ottawa Maker Mobile colleague Alec Bernard (sitting, centre) explains about programming to Ecole Saint-JeanPaul II students Laura Burke (seated, background) and Noah Le (seated, foreground).
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It’s meant to give a glimpse of the future. No, it’s not a crystal ball. Rather, it is one of a number of initiatives held by Ecole secondaire catholique Paul-Desmarais in cooperation with its elementary feeder schools to help grade six students with their transition to grade seven and the high school environment. Ecole secondaire catholique Paul-Desmarais has a focus on entrepreneurship and innovation and to give students now in grade six a little bit of a sneak peak at what awaits them at the high school, Ecole Paul-Desmarais arranges for the University of Ottawa’s Maker Mobile with its 3D printer and its robots to
visit the feeder schools including Ecole elementaire catholique Saint-Jean-Paul II in Stittsvlle. The Maker Mobile team visited Ecole Saint-Jean-Paul II on Friday, Dec. 9, providing students there with a glimpse of the learning that they will experience in high school at Ecole Paul-Desmarais. This helps ease anxiety which the students might feel in transitioning to high school, giving them some feel for what they will be learning at the high school. This Maker Mobile team visit happened after the students had visited Ecole Paul-Desmarais earlier this fall to see what awaits them at high school. See PROGRAMMING, page 19
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Ecole Saint-Jean-Paul II students Maya Ecole Saint-Jean-Paul II students Ezechiel Paiement (left) and Adison Arsenault Djadjaglo (left) and Cedric Plante-Sabourin (right) test their robot vehicle which they (right) check out how their wheeled robot programmed to make it ways through a maze outlined on a mat. vehicle is functioning. John Curry/Metroland
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Programming robotic vehicles additionto this, later this school In addition, Ecole Paul-Desmarais makes presentations year, a profile for each student at the feeder schools about high school learning. And, in outlining his or her strengths and needs is prepared and provided to staff at Ecole Paul-Desmarais so that the staff can get to know the incoming students. So this visit by the University of Ottawa Maker Space program to feeder schools like Ecole SaintJean-Paul II in Stittsville is just part of a bigger program that is meant to make the transition from elementary to high school easier for the students involved. At Ecole Saint-Jean-Paul II, the University of Ottawa Maker Space instructors who were graduate student Alec Bernard and co-op student Julien Desautels spent the day with grade six students. They showed the students how to program and provide specific instructions to a robot wheeled vehicle. They were shown how to provide commands for the robot vehicle, getting it to move through a maze drawn on a mat. It was a case of learning how to program by actually doing it. So students would make an adjustment to the robot commands and then try out the robot on the John Curry/Metroland mat maze. Slowly the commands Ecole Saint-Jean-Paul II student Camille Dupont would be perfected so that the rowatches anxiously as her wheeled robot vehicle makes bot would eventually move easily its way through a maze on a mat. through the maze on the mat. Continued from page 18
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Feet, costumes, music combine in dance show SPECIAL TO THE NEWS
One hundred and forty-seven pairs of feet. A similar number of eye-catching costumes. Combined with muscle-moving music that filled the air. It all added up to an entertaining, exciting fall dance show at South Carleton High School in Richmond. Entitled “Price,” the show featured 27 different routines, performed by dance students from grade nine through grade 12. These included jazz, musical theatre, hip hop, tap and lyric numbers, concluding with a grand finale “Let’s Go Crazy” which involved all of the dance students. Four of the routines featured student choreography including the grade 12 tap routine “Bay Watch,” the grade 12 lyric routine “I Didn’t Fall in Love with Your Hair,” the grade 12 hip hop routine “When I Grow Up” and the grade 12 hip hop routine “Jump” The show also featured a tribute to Broadway section, featuring music such as “Purple Rain,” “My Name is Prince,” “Batdance,” “You Got the Look,” “Kiss” and “Thieves in the Temple.” The costumes were prepared by a number of “sewing moms” include Michele Clarke, Chloe Jacobsen, Donna Bonaparte, Elsie Iverson, Jody Layer, Lisa Woods, Jo-Anne Schroeder and Nancy Lavigne. South Carleton teachers looking after this annual fall dance show were Stacey Hamilton and Leslie Jaeggin. Peer teachers who were involved included Mitchell Lawson, Bailey Agard, Alyssa Morden-Hayley and Nicholas Miller-Armstrong. The dancers in this fall dance show at South Carleton High School, which was presented on the evening of both Dec. 15 and Dec. 16, included as follows: Grade 9A – Ocean Belway, Grace Bromley, Sarah Carrothers, Anneka Ceresia, Lauren Frick, Hanna Gumley, Meghan Haluke, Lane Harvey, Caitlin Holmes, Katrina Hornsby, Isaac Hulme, Jaxon Kantor, Alyssa Le Gard, Alyson MacKinnon, Katelyn MacLellan, Michaela Maviglia, Callum Maybury, Ainsley Millar, Julia Sanderson, Laura Stanley, Deeya Sumra and Maya Wallach; Grade 9B – Cassandra Bass, Jordyn Bestard, Jackson Corbeil, Haily Dunlop, Nicole Dunn, Liam How, Kylie Hughes, Gracie
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John Brummell/Metroland John Brummell/Metroland Jayna Parker (back, up) is elevated by fellow dancer Kyle Lister (front) as they perform in the routine Justin Scott (left) and Shelleigh Belair (right) perform in the “Time Brooke Davidson is a lifeguard as she dances in the “I Didn’t Fall in Love with Your Hair” routine in the Warp” routine in the fall dance show at South Carleton High School in “Bay Watch” routine in the fall dance show at South Richmond. Carleton High School in Richmond. annual fall dance show at the school.
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Councillor’s Column Keeping You Informed By Shad Qadri, Councillor Ward Six Stittsville City of Ottawa
December 29, 2016 Councillor’s Column Keeping You Informed Stittsville Event 2017: Fly your Flag I would like to invite all residents to participate in a very special year-long Ottawa 2017 event which will begin with Stittsville in mind. On January 1st, 2017, I would like to invite all residents to FLY their FLAG with Canadian pride. From now moving into 2017, residents are welcome to stop by my ward office in the Goulbourn Recreation Complex (1500 Shea Road) to pick up a small Canadian flag while quantities last. Then, I invite you to email, Facebook, or tweet me photos of your flag proudly on display. The Canadian flag is one of few that optimally features a living entity such as the Maple Leaf. To me, that is the country of Canada and the community of Stittsville – a living and growing community that takes pride in its spirit. I encourage you to get creative to make this an event to remember within Stittsville. For instance, you could build a snowman dressed with the Canadian flag in hand or wearing a Canadian hockey jersey; you could use food colouring to paint the flag into your front lawn; you could place flags in your windows, affix them to your pets, photograph them around the community, or even incorporate them decoratively into your clothing. I want to see your imagination, Stittsville, to set the trend for the rest of Canada to catch on. I would like to thank our MPs, Karen McCrimmon and Pierre Poilievre, for lending their support to this project by offering to donate flags to my office. If you have flags from previous years around the house, I also encourage you to bring them out for what is certain to be a phenomenal year to showcase your national pride. As the year progresses, I will assemble the photos in an album to commemorative this year in the most Canadian way! Fly your flag with pride, Stittsville!
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In the grade 11 tap routine “Time Warp” in the fall dance show at South Carleton High School in Richmond are (from left) Austin Goodier, Ben Carruthers and Hannah Nordstrum.
New Year’s Eve Celebrations at City Hall I would like to remind residents of a spectacular event that will help to ring in the new year to Ottawa 2017 and Canada’s 150th anniversary! On December 31, 2016, this early-evening, family-friendly celebration will include the lighting of an iconic cauldron at Ottawa City Hall with the fire of the centennial flame. This momentous occasion will then be followed with the lined bodies of hundreds of Ottawa-area students to form a human chain, connecting young people from diverse backgrounds as an icon for the diversity of Canada’s next generation. The evening will be crowned by a musical show and fireworks on Parliament Hill. A BBQ will be taking place starting at 5:30 sponsored by Enbridge with free hot dogs while supplies last and the official ceremony will begin at 6:15. I hope that all residents and their families are able to make it out for what is certain to be a once-in-a-lifetime moment to go down in Canadian history. For more info on the spectacular Ottawa 2017 programming and to learn how to get involved, visit the www.ottawa2017.ca!
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SAFER ROADS FOR OUR CITY By: Mayor Jim Watson Whether dealing with winter weather or summer construction, residents of Ottawa are well acquainted with the many challenges that affect Canadian drivers. However, more than either of those issues, I often hear from residents about the need for speed reduction in our neighbourhoods. With more than 5,400 km of roadways and 1,580 km of sidewalks, the City of Ottawa is committed to delivering the safest roadways and neighbourhoods possible, regardless of what form of transportation you choose. In fact, Ottawa even has approximately 40kms of cycling networks maintained throughout the winter. With so many commuters choosing alternative methods of transportation, awareness and road safety become vitally important. Alongside Transportation Chair Councillor Keith Egli, I was proud to unveil 20 additional red-light cameras to be installed throughout the city by the end of 2017. These 20 red-light cameras will be in addition to the existing 34 cameras currently in operation across Ottawa. In 2014, there were 655 reportable collisions at signalized intersections in the city. It is difficult for police to enforce red-light running because they must follow offenders through the light in order to catch them. This can endanger other motorists, cyclists and pedestrians as well as the officers. As collisions resulting from red-light running tend to be more severe than other collisions, these cameras are an important step towards educating drivers and reducing collisions at intersections that have increased collision rates. The cameras will also free up significant police resources to respond to issues across our community. Road safety is a top concern in neighbourhoods across Ottawa and as a Council we are committed to making sure that all of our road, path and sidewalk users feel safe. That is why, on behalf of Council, I appealed the Province of Ontario to allow the City of Ottawa to conduct a pilot project that would reduce the current default speed limit from 50km to 40km on residential streets. 2016 also saw the addition of a new annual fund for Councillors to invest in traffic calming initiatives at the neighbourhood level. These are just a few of the initiatives Council has undertaken alongside the innovative Safer Roads Ottawa Program. Safer Roads Ottawa is collaboration between Ottawa Fire Services, Ottawa Paramedic Service, Ottawa Police Service, Ottawa Public Health and the Public Works Department. The program was developed to prevent or eliminate road deaths and serious injuries for all residents, including the most vulnerable users of our roads and pathways. Although we have made great progress so far, until we have eliminated road deaths and serious injuries, we still have much work to do. If you would like to learn more about the Safer Roads Ottawa Program or our many road safety measures, please visit www.ottawa.ca.
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Members of the Richmond Agricultural Society who prepared the meal at the recent 4H awards banquet at the Dining Hall at the Richmond fairgrounds in Richmond are (from left) Bob Armstrong, Laura Boyd, David Rea, Rick Todd, Marg Todd, Helene Rivest and Laurie Naphin.
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Jane Walsh (right) presents the Raymond Faulkner Top Judge Award of the Richmond Community 4H Club to recipient Bethany Mowat (left) at the recent 4H awards banquet in Richmond.
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Herb Henderson (right) presents the Richmond Community 4H Club’s top dairy showperson award to Aida Attar (left) at the recent 4H awards banquet in Richmond.
Bethany Mowat (right), president of the Richmond Community 4H Club, presents Victoria Ritchie (left) with the Club’s top first year novice member award at the recent 4H awards banquet in Richmond.
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Mayor Jim Watson, Councillor Bob Monette and Transportation Chair Councillor Keith Egli, pose with signage installed alongside the first of the new red light camera’s to be installed, located on St. Joseph Blvd in Orleans.
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Kelly Barclay (right), president of the Carleton County 4H Association, presents the Richmond Community 4H Club’s top intermediate member award to Sam Wilson (left) at the recent 4H awards banquet in Richmond.
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Caris Sparling is the winner of the top first year member award of the Richmond Community 4H Club this year.
Tyler Sparling receives the top novice member award for the Richmond Community 4H Club at the recent 4H awards banquet in Richmond.
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Recipients of the Isaac Wallace Fellowship Award for the Richmond Community 4H Club at the recent 4H awards banquet in Richmond are Amanda Hermans (left) and David McConnell (right).
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The Richmond Community 4H Club wound up the 2016 4H year with a recent banquet at the Dining Hall at the Richmond fairgrounds. The banquet also involved the Ashton Community 4H Club and the Ashton 4H Horse Club which also presented awards to their members at the event. Bethany Mowat was president of the Richmond Community 4H Club for2016 with Sam Wilson serving as vice-president. The Club had novice, junior, intermediate and senior members this year. Two special awards which were presented by the Richmond Community 4H Club at the banquet were the Isaac Wallace Fellowship Award and the Friends of 4H Award. The Isaac Wallace Fellowship Award has been sponsored for many years by Harold Cavanagh in memory of his uncle Isaac Wallace who with his brother Ed was a registered seed grower. Isaac was in the very first graduating class at the Kemptville College. He and his brother helped 4H members clean their seed to take to the Royal Winter Fair. The Isaac Wallace Fellowship Award is presented to a 4H member who has shown a willingness to help others and who has demonstrated the 4H motto “Learn to do by doing.” Recipients of the Isaac Wallace Fellowship Award this year were Amanda Hermans and David McConnell. These 4H members both helped fellow members get their calves ready at the Richmond Fair, both assisted with the Club’s float in the Richmond Fair parade, both assisted with the 4H BBQ at the concert in the park at the Richmond fairgrounds in August and both were leads in the Club’s Tie-Up Display on Achievement Day. The Friends of 4H Award is sponsored by the Richmond Community 4H Club in appreciation of a member of the community whose dedication helps promote the success of the 4H program. This year’s recipient of this Friends of 4H Award was Brandon Laplante. He attended several 4H meetings, helped many younger members with getting their calves ready at the Richmond Fair and was one of the leads in organizing the Club’s float in the Richmond Fair parade, all while holding down three jobs. Other awards presented at the banquet had their winners determined by taking into account marks at the 4H Judging Night as well as their 4H Achievement Day marks received from the judge for either their dairy, beef or crop projects. Attendance at meetings also was taken into consideration. The top first year novice member (between the ages of 9 and 11 who is in the first year of 4H) award was
presented to Victoria Ritchie while the top novice member (between the ages of 9 and 11) award sponsored by the Richmond Agricultural Society went to Tyler Sparling. The top junior member (between the ages of 12 and 14) award sponsored by Glen Scott was presented to Aida Attar. The top intermediate member (between the ages of 15 and 17) award was presented to Sam Wilson while the top senior member (between the ages of 18 and 21) award sponsored by Momac Grain Elevators went to Bethany Mowat. A top first year member award sponsored by the Richmond Agricultural Society and presented to a first year member of any age between 9 and 21 was presented to Caris Sparling. The top dairy showperson award sponsored by Herb Henderson of Hendercroft Farm was presented to Aida Attar. This award goes to the 4H dairy showperson who received the highest mark from the judge at the 4H Achievement Day at the Carp Fair. The top beef showperson award (the Blythe Massey Memorial Beef Award) sponsored by Penny Massey in memory of her husband Blythe Massey was presented to Adri Kavanagh. This award goes to the 4H beef showperson who received the highest mark from the judge at the 4H Achievement Day at the Carp Fair. The Raymond Faulkner top judge award sponsored by the Faulkner family which goes to the 4H Club member who received the highest mark at the Carleton County 4H Judging Night at the Richmond fairgrounds was presented to Bethany Mowat. The top crop member award is presented to the 4H Club member who received the highest mark for his or her crop project given by the judge at the 4H Achievement Day at the Carp Fair. Paul Hermans sponsors this award which was presented to Adri Kavanagh. Richmond 4H Community Club members who received first year certificates and plaques at the banquet were Gracie Purdy, Tyler Sparling, Victoria Ritchie and Caris Sparling. Richmond 4H Community Club members who received 2016 year plates to recognize their projects were Adrianna Kavanagh, Aida Attar, David McConnell, Shayla Palmer, Amanda Hermans, Tyler Kantor, Sam Wilson and Bethany Mowat. Aida Attar and Shayla Palmer both received stickers recognizing completion of six projects. Dairy breeder awards sponsored by the Carleton Russell Holstein Club were presented to Gracie Purdy, Tyler Sparling, Victoria Ritchie, Aida Attar, David McConnell, Shayla Palmer, Caris Sparling and Sam Wilson.
Tyler Kantor received a beef breeder award sponsored by the Ontario Junior Limousin Association. Adrianna Kavanagh received a beef breeder award sponsored by the Ontario Charolais Association. Crop awards were presented to Adrianna Kavanagh, Gracie Purdy, Tyler Sparling, Victoria Ritchie, Aida Attar, Shayla Palmer, Caris Sparling, Amanda Hermans and Bethany Mowat. Members of the Richmond 4H Community Club in 2016 were novice members Adrianna Kavanagh, Gracie Purdy, Tyler Sparling and Victoria Ritchie; junior members Aida Attar, David McConnell, Shayla Palmer and Caris Sparling; intermediate members Amanda Hermans, Tyler Kantor, Brandon Laplante and Sam Wilson; and senior member Bethany Mowat.
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Penny Massey (right) presents the Blythe Massey Memorial Beef Award for being the top beef showperson in the Richmond Community 4H Club to recipient Adri Kavanagh (left) at the recent 4H awards banquet in Richmond.
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With 2017 and Canada’s 150th year-long birthday celebration merely days away, it’s time to look back at 2016 for a year in review. The past twelve months were busy with many issues directly impacting rural Ottawa. It was also a year for progress on several files and increased planning on many more. 2016 was a year of progress. More of Rideau-Goulbourn’s roads saw improvements with varying degrees of upgrades conducted on Bridge Street, Royal York Street, Ottawa Street, Moodie Drive, Mackey Road and Flewellyn Road. The village of Kars finally saw the end of construction on Rideau Valley Drive South and the end result was a main street that actually feels like a village main street. We reached a conclusion in our efforts to protect and promote Dickinson Square as a heritage district with the retention of the Carriage Shed and Dickinson House in City ownership. We also began construction on the new Remembrance Park on Dickinson Street, a beautiful addition to the Square. In North Gower, the Alfred Taylor Recreation Centre was the recipient of a new canteen building and new play equipment. 2016 was a year of controversy. City Council had many issues before it that were polarizing. In April, we brought forward a Vehicle-For-Hire By-Law creating a new policy in which ridesharing companies like Uber could legally operate within the City of Ottawa. At the same time, we loosened some of the regulations on the taxi industry recognizing the fact that, over the years, the industry had become over-regulated. In October, Council instituted a new Water, Sewer and Stormwater Rate Structure creating a system where the water and sewer rate budget can be managed in a more predictable manner with the aim of avoiding large rate hikes in the future. The new structure also balanced cost recovery of stormwater services across the City imposing a new fee on approximately 45,000 properties and lowering the fee on others. Earlier this month, Council approved an update to the Land Evaluation & Area Review which saw several changes to land designations, altering some from General Rural to Agricultural Resource Area and vice versa. Last, but not least this year, the City’s Public Library Board proposed a site for the future home of the Central Library. The new home is proposed to be at 557 Wellington Street, approximately 1.2km west of the existing home at 120 Metcalfe. 2016 was also a year for community collaboration. The Remembrance Park became a reality thanks to the hard work of local residents and various community organizations, including the Manotick Legion. The preservation of Dickinson Square wouldn’t have been possible without Dickinson Square Heritage Management Inc., a group that represents over a dozen local organizations. The Manotick Arena Expansion is inching closer to construction thanks to groups like the Manotick Culture, Parks & Recreation Association. Community groups in Richmond have all come together to start planning the village’s bicentennial celebrations in 2018. Community organizations are what make our communities ever greater. My job would be impossible without them for which I am grateful. Whether it’s Burritt’s Rapids, Ashton, Fallowfield Village or any community in between, the countless local organizations work in partnership with my office, each other and the City to the benefit of all of us and that was never more obvious to me than in these past twelve months. I hope that everyone had a pleasant Christmas and I wish you all a Happy New Year. See you in 2017! If you have any comments, questions or concerns, please feel free to email me at Scott.Moffatt@ottawa.ca or contact me by phone at 613-580-2491. For information on RideauGoulbourn issues, please visit RideauGoulbourn.ca.
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Hayward, Derek Suddenly at home, on Tuesday December 20, 2016 at the age of 36. Dear father of Cadence and Landon. Sadly missed by Brianne Evans. Loving son of Kathi (Keith Bayliss) and Patrick Hayward (Laura). Survived by his step-father Ray Stickley. Caring brother of Michael (Michelle), Christopher (Michelle), Tyler (Ashlynn) and Alexandra. Loving grandson of Dawn and Albert Lackey and Judy Dicaire (Ronalddeceased). Loving son-in-law of Jo Ann Kew (Rick) and David Evans (Ellie). Predeceased by his grandparents Russell and Dorothy Hayward. Dear nephew of Cindy Dicaire, Gail (Denis) Maisonneuve, Patricia Johnson, Geoff Earle (Cathy), Paul Earle, Paul Stickley and Carl Stickley. Predeceased by his uncle Ed Lackey. Friends visited the family at the Alan R. Barker Funeral Home 19 McArthur Avenue, Carleton Place on Thursday December 22, 2016, from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. for visitation only. Derek will be missed by his many friends, and fondly remembered as being an avid fisherman, who loved the outdoors. www.barkerfh.com
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Unexpectedly at the Queensway Carleton Hospital, on Monday December 19, 2016, at the age of 63. Loving husband of Heather Hobbs for 45 years. Dear father of Carrie “Fredy”, Jenny-Lynn “Fuzz Ball”, and Mike. Proud grandfather of Rachel, Darren and Brandi. Randy will be missed by Bailey. Friends visited the family at the Alan R. Barker Funeral Home, 19 McArthur Avenue, Carleton Place on Friday December 23, 2016, from 10:00 a.m. until the Funeral Service in the Chapel at 2:00 p.m. Interment later in the spring at United Cemeteries. For those who wish, a donation to the Ottawa Heart Institute would be appreciated by the family. www.barkerfh.com
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TOWN OF CARLETON PLACE EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY DEADLINE EXTENDED The Town of Carleton Place is seeking an individual to fill the full-time position of Public Works Superintendent. Summary: Responsible for the maintenance and operation of the Town’s infrastructure including roads, storm sewers, sanitary sewers and water distribution system. Qualification/Experience: • Minimum High School Graduation Diploma along with either/or post-secondary education in a related field or a combination of experience and training in the relevant field. Certified Road Superintendent (CRS) and/or OACETT designations will be considered an asset; • 5-10 years of experience in municipal or construction environment, including 3-5 years of supervisory experience; • Act as ORO (Overall Responsible Operator) for the Town’s Water Distribution System (Level I) and Wastewater Collection System (Level II); • Certification by the Ministry of the Environment as a Class I Operator of Water Distribution and Class II Operator of Wastewater Collection Systems; • A thorough knowledge of legislation and regulations that may impact the operation of a Municipal Public Works operation such as, but not limited to, the Highway Traffic Act, Occupational Health and Safety Act, Safe Drinking Water Act, Minimum Maintenance Standards for Municipal Highways and Town By-laws and policies; • Class G Ontario Drivers Licence (will be required to provide abstract and provide on-going confirmation of appropriate licence). DZ licence will be considered an asset; • Possess knowledge of the methods, materials, tools and equipment used in the maintenance, construction and repair of roadways sidewalks, bridges, culverts, storm and sanitary sewers, water systems and associated features including safety precautions. A detailed job description, for this position, can be accessed at www.carletonplace.ca Interested applicants are invited to submit an application in confidence by 3:30 PM January 11th quoting “Public Works Superintendent” Attention Human Resources by: Email: hr@carletonplace.ca Mail: Town of Carleton Place Facsimile: 613 257 8170 Attn: Human Resources 175 Bridge Street Carleton Place, ON K7C 2V8 We thank all applicants for their interest; however only those applicants selected for an interview will be contacted. The Town of Carleton Place is an equal opportunity employer following the rules and regulations set out by the Human Rights Code. Personal information submitted will be used for the purposes of determining suitability for this competition only and in accordance with the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act. Accommodation will be provided in accordance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) upon request.
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CERTIFIED INDUSTRIAL ELECTRICIAN Qualifications: · Must be a certified Industrial Electrician (442A) and a certified Instrumentation Technician (447A) · Minimum of 5 years of industrial experience preferred. · Working knowledge of electronic test equipment. · Working knowledge of Distributive Control Systems (DCS) · Working knowledge of PLC and motor control troubleshooting · Basic knowledge of computer systems for interfacing with electrical and instrument equipment plus computerized maintenance management system. · Familiarity with Ontario Electrical Safety Code · Must be able to read and interpret engineering drawings, PID’s, loop sheets, vendor instructions and work specifications. We offer a competitive salary and benefits package including: Major Medical, Dental and Short Term Disability. We thank all applicants, but only those invited to an interview will be contacted. No telephone inquiries please Please forward resume to: Magellan Aerospace, Haley Human Resources 634 Magnesium Road Haley, Ontario Canada K0J 1Y0 Fax: (613-432-0743) Email: jobs.haley@magellan.aero
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Gone Home ahead of us, in hospital Carleton Place on Monday, December 19, 2016, at the age of 72 years. Till we meet again, always loved by wife Barb (nee Scott) of 53 years. Loved father of the late Steven George, David Mark and Tonia Marie. Dear grandfather of Quinn Anthony Lee Saunders-Quartermain. Loved brother of Heather and the late Cecil. Dear brother-inlaw of Bruce (June), Breen and Edison (Pam). Remembered by his nephews. Loved son of the late George and Jessie Saunders. Friends are invited to attend the Funeral Service in the Chapel of the Alan R Barker Funeral Home, 19 McArthur Ave. Carleton Place on Saturday, January 7, 2017 at 12 noon, with a reception to follow. Spring inurnment at St. James Anglican Cemetery. www.barkerfh.com
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TAKE NOTICE that the members of the Fitzroy Beef Farmers Co-operative Inc. (Ontario Corporation No.1613459) passed a members resolution on February 4, 2016 requiring said corporation to indicate it’s intention to dissolve under the provisions of section 163(1) of the Co-operative Corporations Act. Dated December 19, 2016 Willie O’Rourke President Fitzroy Beef Farmers Inc.
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Open House at Legion Hall on New Year’s Day BY BARB VANT’SLOT
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On Wednesday, Dec. 21, Stittsville Legion first vice-president Sue McCormick and second vice-president Barb Vant’Slot were invited to the Barrhaven Legion to receive a “Thank You” for the Stittsville Legion for helping tocollect socks for the homeless leading up to Christmas. To date more than 10,000 pairs of socks have been collected to help women, children and men. Thanks go to those in the Stittsville community who helped in this collection of socks.
The New Year’s Eve dinner and dance at the Legion Hall is all sold out but on New Year’s Day, Jan. 1, the Stittsville Legion is hosting an Open House with Neville Wells performing from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. There is no admission charge for this event, with everyone in the community welcome to attend. The next trip to the Slots at the Rideau Carleton Raceway hosted by the 55 Plus Club will take place on Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2017. The bus will leave the Johnny Leroux Stittsville Community Centre Arena at 11:30 a.m. Please call Marion Gullock at 613-836-5254 for more information or to reserve a seat.
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Maple Yule log is a holiday favourite BY FOODLAND ONTARIO Special to the News
This holiday tradition is even more Canadian with the addition of pure maple syrup. Spread maple syrup-flavoured whipped cream on the maple sheet cake and roll up. This can be made up to three weeks ahead, assembled and frozen. Preparation time: 30 minutes Baking time: 12 minutes Serves 10 to 12 Ingredients Cake: * 1 cup (250 mL) all-purpose or cake-andpastry flour * 1 tsp (5 mL) baking powder * 1/4 tsp (1 mL) salt * 4 Ontario eggs * 1/4 cup (50 mL) maple syrup * 1 cup (250 mL) brown sugar, not packed * Icing sugar Filling: * 1 cup (250 mL) whipping cream * 2 to 3 tbsp (25 to 45 mL) maple syrup
Topping: * 1-1/2 cups (375 mL) whipping cream * 1/4 cup (50 mL) maple syrup Garnishes: * Cocoa, shaved chocolate and whole cranberries. Preparation instructions Line 17- x 11-inch (45 x 29 cm) rimmed baking sheet with parchment. Spray with no-stick vegetable spray. Set aside. In small bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder and salt to blend well. In large bowl and using electric mixer, beat eggs and maple syrup until slightly thickened. Gradually add brown sugar, beating until thick. Sift flour mixture over egg mixture in three additions, folding in gently after each addition. Spread evenly in pan. Bake in 400°F (200°C) oven for 10 to 12 minutes or until light brown and firm to the touch. Sift about 2 tbsp (25 mL) icing sugar onto clean tea towel in even layer. Invert cake and pan onto towel. Remove pan; carefully peel off paper. Roll up cake and towel together
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destrian/snowplow encounter in a Stittsville parking lot. Ottawa paramedics were called out at 9:28 a.m. on Thursday, Dec. 22 to respond to the SPECIAL TO THE NEWS incident which saw a pedestrian struck by a A woman in her 60’s is in serious snowplow in the parking lot of a commercial condition in hospital after a pe- shopping area on Stittsville Main Street.
(begin at short or long edge, depending on whether you want a longer thin or shorter thick Yule log). Cool completely on rack. In chilled medium bowl, whip cream with maple syrup until firm peaks form. Unroll cake and spread filling evenly over cake. Roll up, using towel to help. (Cake can be wrapped and frozen at this point if desired, or frozen after adding whipped cream topping.) In chilled medium bowl, whip cream with maple syrup until firm peaks form. Completely cover top, sides and both ends of rolled cake with cream. With fork, make tree bark marks on surface. Dust with cocoa if using. Cover and refrigerate or wrap well and freeze until serving time. Transfer from freezer to refrigerator 1/2 hour before serving. Serve with your choice of garnishes. Nutritional information (one serving, when recipe serves 12): Protein: 4 grams Fat: 19 grams Carbohydrate: 40 grams Calories: 342 Sodium: 120 mg
The paramedics treated a female in her 60’s for serious head injuries and a fracture to one leg as she was struck by a pickup truck plowing snow from the parking lot. It was reported by the Ottawa Paramedic Service that the woman was in serious condition in the hospital.
Horticultural Society photo contest SPECIAL TO THE NEWS
Once again this year the Stittsville Goulbourn Horticultural Society is holding a photography competition which is open to everyone free of charge. There are ten classes listed by the Horticultural Society for this year’s competition as follows: Class 1 – In The Winter Garden – a winter landscape; Class 2 – Celebration, a red and white display of tulips; Class 3 – Gateways, an arbour, gate or entrance to a garden; Class 4 – Captured Beauty, a close up of an Echinacea; Class 5 – Perfect Partners, outstanding plant combination; Class 6 – Tranquil Moments, a place to relax and enjoy the view; Class 7 – Running Water, a water feature/pond/fountain which must include vegetation; Class 8 – No entry; Class 9 – Shades of Red, your interpretation; and Class 10 – A Tasty Morsel i.e. a vegetable(s) or fruit(s) from your harvest. Photos submitted for this competition must be submitted in digital format only. These digital photos can be emailed to sghorticultural@gmail.com . Entries must be submitted by Sunday, Feb. 5, 2017. Entries will be judged by an independent judge according to the following criteria: 40 percent horticultural value, 40 percent photographic value and 20 percent impact and appearance. The judge’s decision will be final. A person may submit only one entry per class. For more information about this photographic competition of the Stittsville Goulbourn Horticultural Society, please email penny-sgreengardencare@ live.ca or call 613-831-2320.
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The Goulbourn Township Historical Society’s annual general meeting comes up in January 2017. This year the annual general meeting will be held at the Stittsville United Church on Fernbank Road just west of Stittsville Main Street in Stittsville on Saturday, Jan. 21, 2017. This continues the Historical Society’s practice of holding this annual general meeting in a different Goulbourn community on a rotational basis. The rotation involves the communities of Ashton, Munster, Richmond and Stittsville. The 2017 annual general meeting will begin with a luncheon served at 12 noon featuring a seasonal turkey dinner. Cost for the luncheon is $15 per person. Following the meal, the annual general meeting will get underway. Those wishing to attend only the annual general meeting should consider arriving at the church about 1 p.m. At the annual general meeting, the Board of Directors and the chairs of various committees will report on their activities undertaken throughout the year. This annual general meeting will also include an election of directors for the Historical Society.
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Kanata-Carleton Cultural Festival in 2017 BY JESSICA CUNHA jessica.cunha@metroland.com
Kanata will celebrate its arts and culture scene with a daylong set of performances and activities next spring. Planning is well underway for the Kanata-Carleton Cultural Festival, an event that will showcase the numerous arts and culture groups in Kanata, West Carleton, Stittsville and Richmond. “We’re celebrating 2017 (and) we should be celebrating what we have in our local communities, as well as overall nationally,” said Kanata North Coun. Marianne Wilkinson, who has spearheaded the initiative. “I wanted to do something for our community where we could let people know about what we have. Culture isn’t all in downtown Ottawa. We have it hear, too.” The plan is to create a full day of performances, exhibits and interactive activities for all ages that will take place on May 27, 2017. The event will celebrate Canada’s 150th birthday and highlight local dance, art and theatre groups, as well as choirs, bands and school and church performers. Groups that have committed to participate include the Kanata Choral Society, Kanata Orchestra, Kanata Civic Art Gallery, West Ottawa Ladies Chorus,
Goulbourn Jubilee Singers, the Concert Band of Kanata, Linda Jamieson School of Dance, Kanata Theatre, Rural Root Theatre Company, West Carleton Arts Society and more. “Our western Ottawa areas enjoy an ever growing, vibrant arts and culture scene,” said Robert Dueck, director of the West Ottawa Ladies Chorus, which draws its members from across the west end. “It is a pleasure to be part of this collaborative event. May 27, 2017, will showcase a wide variety of entertainment from music, art, dance and theatre that will give opportunity to unite through engagement in culture.” Kanata Theatre will perform a short, one-act Canadian play, directed by Barbara Kobolak, president of the theatre group, and host a booth during the showcase. “People don’t always associate the suburbs with culture,” said Kobolak. “There are a lot of artists and people who love the arts in the west end and they should be showcased.” Wilkinson, along with councillors Allan Hubley (Kanata South), Eli ElChantiry (West Carleton-March), Shad Qadri (Stittsville) and Scott Moffat (Rideau-Goulbourn), will host the event – set to take place indoors in the auditorium at Earl of March Secondary School and outdoors across the parking lot at
Valentines Dinner and Dance
The Richmond Branch 625 of the Royal Canadian Legion is hosting a Valentines Dinner and Dance on Saturday, Feb. 11 at the Legion Hall on Ottawa Street in Richmond. Doors open at 5 p.m. Dinner served at 6 p.m. Ham and scalloped potatoes. Entertainment by Albert and the Collection. Tickets $23 per person. For tickets, please call Shirley Morris at 613-838-3721. www.edwardjones.com
Sandwell Green Park. The outdoor portion of the event will be free to attend and the hope is a grant from the city comes through so the evening performance will also be free of charge, said Wilkinson. Detailed plans of how the festival will unfold are still being worked out. However, a 52-page booklet on the organizations and school groups that submitted information is being printed and Wilkinson said it should be available before Christmas. “The booklet has a lot in it but I’m sure we’ve missed some (groups),” said Wilkinson, adding any organizations left off the list that want to participate should contact her office to get added to the website, once it goes live. “We want every group around to try and participate on festival day,” she said. Also included in the information package are places where people can go in the west end that provide live entertainment, such as the Brookstreet Hotel and the Marshes Golf Club, as well as information on other 2017 events. The booklet will be available at the councillors’ offices, through the groups participating, and online once the event website goes live. For more details, visit mariannewil-
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It was cold, the coldest day so far this winter, with a minus 18 degrees Celsius on the thermometer augmented by a biting cold north wind. It was not balmy, to say the least. But these winter conditions did not deter the St. Stephen Catholic School community from holding and enjoying its annual Christmas concert on Thursday evening, Dec. 15 , with all of the students performing with their classes on the Cavanagh Construction outdoor stage set up at the rear of the school. Each class, with the students bundled up in their winter clothes, performed on the stage which was encircled by onlooking parents and siblings for the performances. And you heard many of the familiar Christmas tunes as well as some not so familiar but still filled with Yuletide cheer. There was “Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer,” “Jingle Bells,” “Santa Claus Is Coming To Town,” “Go Tell It On the Mountain” and “White Christmas.” There was also a “Whoville Medley” with apologies to The Grinch as well as the theme song from “Christmas Vacation,” “Keep Christmas With You” from the Muppets, “Jolly Old Saint Nicholas,” “Be A Santa” and a number of French songs like “Quand Le Pere Noel” and “Noel Que Du Bonheur.” Students Jennifer Eden and Terrence Tyler were the MC’s for this outdoor stage entertainment. A special treat at the concert was a guest appearance singing “Let It Snow” by soprano Skye MacDiarmid who has performed in several Ottawa area productions and has been a guest soloist with the Goulbourn Male Chorus. Her mother Bonnie MacDiarmid is an accompanist for the Goulbourn Male Chorus and the Goulbourn Jubilee Singers. But there was more at this Christmas concert which was entitled “Christmas In Hollywood” than simply the outdoor stage performances by the students. Also outdoors were free sleigh rides around the snow-covered schoolyard. Adding to the festive tone of the event was a number of lighted Christmas trees located throughout the yard. There was more going on inside the school as well.
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The Stittsville Diners Club will continue its monthly meetings in 2017. The first lunch and entertainment will happen on Tuesday, Jan. 17 with Helen MacDonald providing the music. The Western Ottawa Community Resource Centre along with community volunteers hosts this nutritional lunch which is accompanied by entertainment and/or an education program. These Stittsville Diners Club lunches are for seniors and for adults with physical disabilities living in the community. The lunches are a great way to socialize, learn and have some fun, all at the same time. These Stittsville Diners Club lunches are held on the third Tuesday of the month, running from 12 noon to 2 p.m. at the Stittsville United Church hall on Fernbank Road just west of Stittsville Main Street. Those wishing to attend must register with the Western Ontario Community Resource Centre at least seven days in advance by calling 613-591-3686, ext. 316. Cost is $8 per person. Transportation can be arranged upon request.
Grade six students were holding a bake sale in the lobby area. There was a photo booth set up in the school’s learning commons where a family could pose for a family “Christmas in Hollywood” picture. Balloon animals were being created and distributed in the learning commons as well. Donations of canned goods and nonperishable food items were accepted for the Stittsville Food Bank and a mountain of these donated items grew up outside the
learning commons before Stittsville Food Bank representatives picked up these items at the school. A Christmas tree added a festive touch in the front foyer of the school. And the school gymnasium was a hive of activity as that was where pizza and drinks were on sale. Tables were set up in the gymnasium as students and their families enjoyed their pizza supper together. There was also free hot chocolate available, a most welcome addition on this chilly December evening.
Streets in the vicinity of St. Stephen School were filled with parked cars during this event. St. Stephen Catholic School wishes to thank Thomas Cavanagh Construction, Home Depot (Kanata), RONA (Stittsville), Food Basics (Stittsville) and Trillium Tree Experts for their support of this school concert event. St. Stephen Catholic School is located on Stittsville Main Street just north of Hazeldean Road in the Jackson Trails area of Stittsville.
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CLUES ACROSS 1. Isodor __, American Nobel physicist 5. One a day keeps the doctor away 10. Extents 12. Noticing 14. Scriptural 16. Star Trek character Laren 18. “The Crow” actress __ Ling 19. Not good 20. Measures gold 22. TV network 23. Wasting 25. Money in Ghana 26. Young girls’ association 27. Title of respect 28. High schoolers take this test 30. Crunches federal numbers
67. Tunisian metropolis 31. Wild or sweet cherry 33. Celestial bodies CLUES DOWN 35. Fruit of the oak tree 37. Royal Navy ship during 1. Seafood 2. Incan god of mountains WWII 3. Ritzy LA neighborhood 38. Of cherished symbols __ Air 40. Satisfy 4. Line that connect points 41. 5th. day (abbr.) of equal pressure 42. Swiss river 44. Royal Albert Hall (abbr.) 5. Audience-only remarks 6. Chest muscle (slang) 45. Cool! 7. Pointed top 48. Flat metal shelves 8. Lavender 50. Enclosed 9. Linear unit 52. A way to pass 10. Knifes 53. City in Iraq 11. 2016 World Series 55. Printing speed champs measurement 13. A way to arrange 56. Twitch 15. Talk 57. Indicates position 17. Serving no purpose 58. Made lawful 18. Container 63. Took down 65. A way to travel on skis 21. Breathes new life into 23. Beloved dog Rin Tin __ 66. North winds
24. A bag-like structure in a plant or animal 27. Yemen capital 29. Sacred book of Judaism 32. Make a mistake 34. Wrestlers wrestle here 35. Respiratory issue 36. In league 39. Resinous insect secretion 40. Unhappy 43. Turbulent area of a river 44. Neglectful 46. Sours 47. Calendar month (abbr.) 49. Grooves 51. Sony Pictures Television 54. Monetary units 59. Command right 60. 1,000 cubic feet 61. Expression of triumph 62. Dinner jacket 64. The first two
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ARIES – Mar 21/Apr 20 Aries, emails and texts might fill your week as everyone wants to speak with you in the coming days. Schedule a break from your devices if you find yourself overwhelmed. TAURUS – Apr 21/May 21 Career progress is more complicated than you had originally thought, Taurus. You might need to take a step back and reassess your career path. GEMINI – May 22/Jun 21 Gemini, doors are opening for you all over the place, but you don’t know which one to choose. Speak with someone you trust who can serve as an advisor and mentor. CANCER – Jun 22/Jul 22 Cancer, you have a need to be emotionally connected to others at this time, but you also want to exert your independence. You might have to make some decisions. LEO – Jul 23/Aug 23 Leo, others are on your mind this week. You feel a need to help in any way you can, so use this week to explore volunteer opportunities in your Here’s How It Works: community. Sudoku puzzles are formatted as a 9x9 grid, broken down into nine 3x3 boxes. To solve a sudoku, the VIRGO – Aug 24/Sept 22 numbers 1 through 9 must fill each row, column and box. Each number can appear only once in each You may need an adjustment period to tackle a new assignment, Virgo. row, column and box. You can figure out the order in which the numbers will appear by using the numeric This is not something to rush, so take your time even if the results are clues already provided in the boxes. The more numbers you name, the easier it gets to solve the puzzle! slow to come along. 36 Stittsville News - Thursday, December 29, 2016
LIBRA – Sept 23/Oct 23 Prior commitments this week may prevent you from doing something you’ve long wanted to, Libra. Keep your head up and another opportunity will present itself. SCORPIO – Oct 24/Nov 22 It could be now or never, Scorpio. You want to make your mark but are cautious in keeping your intentions to yourself. Eventually your master plan will come to light. SAGITTARIUS – Nov 23/Dec 21 Sagittarius, you’re increasingly busy this week, but things are not what you expect. You could be running around for all of the wrong reasons. Reexamine your plan, if necessary. CAPRICORN – Dec 22/Jan 20 Capricorn, your focus may be on personal gains this week, but you might want to shift it to something else. An unforeseen opportunity awaits if you can recognize it. AQUARIUS – Jan 21/Feb 18 Aquarius, it’s difficult to contain your excitement the next few days. But keep your cool so others do not start to look at you strangely. Your time to shine is coming. PISCES – Feb 19/Mar 20 You have a secret to share, but you must wait to do so, Pisces. Do your best to avoid spilling the beans before the time has come. 1229
The Stittsville Branch 618 of the Royal Canadian Legion is hosting an Open House at the Legion Hall on Stittsville Main Street on Monday, Jan. 1, 2017 (New Year’s Day) with Neville Wells performing from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. There is no admission charge for this event with everyone in the community welcome to attend. The weekly Thursday evening euchre parties at the Lions Hall on Stittsville Main Street in Stittsville will begin on Thursday, Jan. 5, 2017 at 7:30 p.m. Hosted by the Stittsville District Lions Club, everyone is welcome to attend and enjoy an evening of fun and fellowship playing euchre. The Richmond Royals of the Central Canada Hockey League Tier 2 will play the visiting Athens Aeros on Sunday, Jan. 8, 2017 at 1:30 p.m. at the Richmond arena at the corner of Perth Street and Huntley Road in Richmond.
Regular euchres resume at the Rev. Michael Gillissie Parish Hall at St. Philip’s Church at the corner of Burke Street and Fortune Street in Richmond with a euchre party on Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2017 at 7:30 p.m. Everyone welcome to attend for an evening of euchre.
days in advance by calling 613-5913686, ext. 316. Cost is $8 per person. Transportation can be arranged upon request.
The annual general meeting of the Richmond Agricultural Society will be held on Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2017 at 8 p.m. in the upstairs hall at the RichThe Stittsville Diners Club lunch mond Memorial Community Centre hosted by the Western Ottawa Com- (arena) at the corner of Perth Street munity Resource Centre and com- and Huntley Road in Richmond. munity volunteers will take place on Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2017 from 12 noon The Stittsville District Lions Club is to 2 p.m. at the Stittsville United hosting an Open House with wine and Church Hall on Fernbank Road just cheese on Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2017 at west of Stittsville Main Street in 7p.m. Everyone is welcome to attend. Stittsville. Music by Helen MacDon- Come out and see what the Lions ald. This is a nutritional lunch along Club does in the community. Come with entertainment and sometimes an out and see how you also can help in educational program for seniors and the community. Those planning to atadults with physical disabilities living tend are asked to RSVP to Beth Lewis in the community. It is a great way to at 613-402-5007 by Jan. 13. socialize, learn and have some fun, all at the same time. Those wishing An open mix music night hosted to attend must register at least seven by Andrew McKim will be held on
Friday, Jan. 20, 2017 from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. in the upstairs lounge at the Richmond Curling Club on Perth Street in Richmond. Everyone welcome to attend, either to perform or to listen. No admission charge although donations of non-perishable food items for the Richmond Food Bank are appreciated.
The Richmond Branch 625 of the Royal Canadian Legion will host its annual Robbie Burns Dinner on Saturday, Jan. 21, 2017 at the Richmond Legion Hall on Ottawa Street in Richmond. Doors open at 5 p.m. Supper served at 6 p.m. Haggis and roast beef dinner. Bagpiper and highland dancers. Tickets $23 per person. For tickets, please call Shirley Morris at 613The annual general meeting of the 838-3721. Goulbourn Township Historical Society will be held on Saturday, Jan. 21, The Richmond Royals of the Cen2017 at the Stittsville United Church tral Canada Hockey League Tier 2 on Fernbank Road in Stittsville. A will play the visiting Westport Rideaus seasonal turkey dinner will be served on Sunday, Jan. 22, 2017 at 1:30 p.m. at 12 noon at a cost of $15 per per- at the Richmond arena at Perth Street son, with the annual general meeting and Huntley Road in Richmond. to follow. Those wishing to attend just the annual general meeting should The Richmond Royals of the Cenplan to arrive about 1 p.m. The annual tral Canada Hockey League Tier 2 general meeting will see the Board of will play the visiting Arnprior PackDirectors and the chairs of various ers on Sunday, Feb. 5 at 1:30 p.m. at committees report on activities in the the Richmond arena at the corner past year. There will be an election of of Perth Street and Huntley Road in Directors. Richmond.
Silver medals for Hornets
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Members of the Goulbourn Hornets Bantam Boys basketball team, silver medallists in the recent annual Chris Paulin Tournament, are (front row, kneeling, from left) Aidan Wilson, Alexander Ladage, Ahmed Elhamad, Peter Rahme and Ibraheem Bokhari and (back row, standing, from left) coach Cody Mummery, Teo Kwindt, Will Martin, Maynard Macaraig, Luke Ronberg, Yunus AbuOshaibah, Jayden Kok, Tristan Yip and coach Rick Ronberg.
Teamwork, combined with a strong work ethic and a tough defense, led to victories and eventual silver medals for the Goulbourn Hornets Bantam Boys basketball team in the recent annual Chris Paulin Tournament. The Hornets finished round robin play in the tournament with a record of two wins and only one loss which sent the team to semi-final action against the host Ottawa Next Level team. This semi-final game against the Ottawa Next Level team proved to be a real nail biter, with the Hornets eventually prevailing with a 32-28 victory that allowed the team to advance to the gold medal game against the Kemptville Warriors. The Hornets continued to work hard and play with a lot of heart in this championship game, coming away with the silver medals. The Chris Paulin Tournament is a Basketball Ontario sanctioned tournament hosted by the Kanata Youth Basketball Association in early December in Kanata.
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