Higher Taxes for Capital Ward by INEZ BERG, Glebe Report and Priorities Committee Last July

The deadline for the next OSCAR issue (October) is Sept 15. Ottawa South Community Association Review VOLUME 14, Number 1 SEPTEMBER 1986 Higher taxes for Capital Ward by INEZ BERG, Glebe Report and Priorities Committee last July. A majority of In mid-September City aldermen on that committee, Council will vote on whether however, voted to delay to adopt the market value bringing it before Council assessment method for tax to allow more time for pub- OSCA collection. lic feedback. The merits of this system Alderman Rob Quinn and Ottawa South Community Association, Inc. have been debated for some OSCA President Russ Barton will hold its time and are of great con- have discussed the implica- cern in such Ottawa communi- tions of the new assessment ties as the Glebe, Ottawa method in OSCAR columns. South, Alta Vista, the Civic Alderman Quinn welcomes Annual Hospital area, and other written ommunication from parts of the west end. These his constituents on the is- are areas that increased in sue. General Meeting popularity and value with "My main objective now Wednesday, SEPTEMBER 24th, 7:30 p.m. the trend to move to the will be to try to persuade at' inner city in the late 70s as many councillors as pos- and early 80s and stand to sible to opt for a more The Old Firehall be hit the hardest at tax balanced approach to tax Time. collection," he said. "The 260 Sunnyside Avenue A public meeting on market tax decreases their constit- value assessment will be uents will benefit from are On the agenda are: President's Annual Report, Centre held jointly by the Glebe not nearly as great as the Director's report, OSWATCH report, Treasurer's report, and Ottawa South community tax increases that will be members business and questions, election of the new associations at 7:30 pm on experienced in Capital Ward Board of Directors for 1986-87. September 4 in the Assembly (many in the 3-figure Hall at Lansdowne Park. In range). I would hope other A reception will follow. attendance will be spokes- aldermen will realize that persons from the provincial what market value assessment Memberships to the Ottawa South Community Association assessor's office and the may be doing to taxes in (OSCA) will be on sale at the meeting. They are $2 city finance department, as Capital Ward could happen in single or family. You must be a member of the community well as Alderman Rob Quinn. their areas in the next association to vote in the election of the Board. The meeting will provide a assessment update." last important opportunity The GCA's representative, for members of both communi- Marilyn Marshall, is organ- ties to be informed and to izing the meeting on behalf Still another register their opinions on of the Glebe. OSCA's coordi- the issue. nator, Nils Jensen, would Mayor Jim Durrell favours appreciate hearing from res- Neighbourhood Watch market value assessment and idents at 563-1566. Another Neighbourhood deau River Drive from Sunny- had hoped to have it ap- Watch has been formed in side to Toronto St to com- proved for council's vote by Ottawa South. Bounded by the plete the full circle of the Administration, Policies continued on page 2 south side of Riverdale Rideau Gardens. If ypu are Avenue (from Southern Drive interested in joining this to Main Street), it includes worthwhile project, please Southern Drive, Avenue Road, contact the Coordinator, Glencairn Avenue, Glenview Sylvia Haltrecht, at 233- Turtle takes third! Avenue, and Toronto Street 6673. to the east side of Main We also need 2 or 3 more by RANDY GORDON Street. Block Captains on Riverdale We would like to add Ri- Avenue. Please volunteer. Again Windsor Park was the scene of a spectacular event as a giant snapping turtle made its way across the ball diamond and deposited approximately 75 eggs on third base. While neighbours, tennis players, and cyclists gath- ered, the turtle carried on oblivious to all. When she was finished, she covered the eggs and trotted back to the river. We understand from sources at the Museum of Natural Sciences that the eggs could easily hatch about mid-Sep- tember - just in time for the playoffs! OSCAR September 1986 page 2 Letters from summer camp

This summer for the first time, OSCA ran a summer youth program at the Firehall. Events included out-trips to Le Grand Splash and Aqua Park in Montreal. We also enjoyed many local activities such as windsurfing at Mooney's Bay, horseback riding, mini-putting, bowling, and youth football games at Lansdowne Park. As well, 25 Ottawa Rough Rider tickets for each of the 4 home games were donated, compliments of the Ottawa Rough Riders and Burger King. On Thurs- day, August 21 a dance was held to wrap up the summer program. Movies and pizza were enjoyed by all. Also initiated this summer was the idea of a Youth Council. The council would represent the young people of Ottawa South and would be responsible for organizing special events such as dances and out-trips. The Firehall's Friday night youth group will continue this fall. Anyone interested in joining it or the teen council should contact the Firehall. We would also welcome any suggestion/comments about our program this summer. If you have any ideas on how to improve our youth program, please let us know. We would love to hear from you!

Hi there Ottawa South and greetings from the Preschool Jane Mahoney and Craig Potvin, Youth Workers. Day Camp! Our camp for tiny tots was a resounding success this summer with close to full registration each week. The children had fun doing all kinds of things - water play, from Windsor Park pool to Brewer's aqua park; climb- Higher taxes for Capital Ward ing in and out of play structures (who would have guessed continued from page 1 they could manoeuver themselves in and out of such tiny While it is almost certain favour of a more representa- spaces!); talking to animals, farm ones as well as their that the market value tax tive method. Plan to attend own personal Preschool Day Camp gerbils (Inky and Sport); assessment system will be the public meeting or write meeting all sorts of new people, like Stephen Mah.(a great voted in, a strong and well- to Alderman Rob Quinn (City Raffi-ite singer) and Jennifer Enns (have you ever made voiced objection firom Capi- Hall, 111 Sussex Drive, Ot- music with a pine cone? our children did); and then of tal Ward may help to balance tawa KIN 5A1). course who could pass up a Teddy Bear Picnic or Christmas or temper its effects in in August? Well, we did it all folks. In fact, I think our counsellors had just as much fun as the children did! The following is a table in which residences of Capital Our excellent staff was made up of a core group of 5 - Ward are categorized by % change in assessment to illus- Sharon Plumb (who is probably more familiar to you as the trate the impact of the assessment update. For example, Centre's program worker), Colleen Jackson (a Glebe stu- 1789 of the residential properties in the ward will have an dent), Brian McFarlane (also a high school student but at increase in their tax bill averaging $80. Lisgar), Kali Li (who was a volunteer every week and who also attends Lisgar), and Kirstin McCabe (coordinator, who Category of change is studying psychology at Carleton). We all worked well No. of Change in together as a team and enjoyed the use of Hopewell's kin- in assessment units tax bill dergarten room. 14 - $204 It has been a funfilled summer and we hope have many Decrease >20% - % 95 - 159 more of them. See you next year! 11 20 1-10% 591 - 54 From the Staff of the Ottawa South Preschool Day Camp. Increase 0-9% 1789 + 80 10-19% 1985 + 216 >20% 1795 + 429 Greetings from Kaleidoscope '86! The calculated average tax increase per unit for Our camp had an exciting, wonderful summer operating the 6269 units in this category is $206. out of Brewer Arena and the Firehall. Some of the highlights were camping trips, Le Grand Splash, creative/visual Source: Market Value Assessment Update, DF 288-6-3. City arts workshops, Indian Folklore Day, bicycle safety day, of Ottawa, Department of Finance. and Rodeo Day. The senior counsellors were Gisele Landriault, Chris Comparison of average tax bill change among Ottawa wards. Drummond, and Sandra Kearney. The junior staff were Stepha- nie Potter, Tamara Young, and Kim Curtin. We also had other Capital 206 Overbrook-Forbes - 5 summer day camps visiting us. For example, in August, Salt Wellington 152 Queensboro - 16 and Pepper Theatre Co. presented "Video City" to approxi- St George 128 Richmond - 25 mately 180 children from Ottawa South, the Glebe, Sandy Alta Vista 81 Canterbury - 27 Hill, Dempsey, and Canterbury. By Rideau 54 Billings - 54 Kaleidoscope '86 staff hope that the children enjoyed Elmdale 28 Carleton - 54 the various events and activities we organized to make Dalhousie 22 Britannia - 68 everyone's summer creative and a lot of fun. Good luck to Riverside 15 City as a whole 30 the Ottawa South kids for the school year and perhaps you'll see some of us in the summer of *87. Bye for now! STILL Ina Jackson, Kaleidoscope '86 coordinator.

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Sunnyside and Seneca Canada Trust Realtor 232-0818 (two blocks from Carleton) 232-6800 OSCAR September 1986 page 3 Cambodian refugee family needs help

by RANDI CHERRY required to support these four friends during their On 18 April 1975, 3 km first year in Canada. from Phmon Penh, amidst a We wnat to invite you to torrent of panicked Cambodi- share in this happy task. ans streaming out of their If you would like to make capital city, our friend, a tax-deductible donation, Vannan, gave birth to her please call us. son, Vanmorning. Her husband If you have items, large and 'thousands of intellec- or small, to donate for a tuals, professionals, and garage sale to be held at government employees had Nunatuk Urban Farm, 150 Ayl- been recently executed by mer Ave on September 27, Khmer Rouge forces. Vannan, please call Randi or John at her 7 year old daughter, 235-7022. Vantha, and newborn son were If you have time to help among the 3 million resi- us organize and sell things dents who were forced to at the garage sale or at evacuate their homes. They local craft fairs and flea were herded into forced- markets this fall, please labour villages to undergo phone us. Pol Pot’s twisted form of If you family, class, back to basics reeducation. group or club would like to What followed were 3 years, donate a small amount a week 8 months, and 20 days of for 1 year, please let us horror and death. know. (We have many slides, Approximately 40% of Cam- 50 letters from Vannan, and bodia’s people died of star- could share our experiences vation, torture, and execu- with you in a study group.) tion during those days when A little help from many adds Left to right, Vantha, Veasna, Vannan, and Vanmorning up fast: 20 cents/week is the Khmer Rouge tried to (inset) look forward to coming to Canada soon. save Kampuchea from the $10.40 in a year; $2/week is evils of the world super $104 in a year; 60 groups have. Daily rumours mushroom 17, excells as a seamstress, powers, pressure from neigh- giving $2/week makes $6240! that the camp will be closed and her 11 year old brother, bouring enemies, and inter- If you would like to help and refugees will be forcib- Vanmorning, attends school nal corruption. But their Vannan, Veasna, Vantha, and ly returned to the border. and raises chickens. fanatic purges of fellow Vanmorning settle in (speak- The days, months, and years This summer Vannan’s group citizens and massive disrup- ing English with them, going pass without proper educa- has finally been granted tion of life only resulted shopping, apartment and job tion and life for children permission to be interviewed in chaos, famine, and terror hunting, and becoming or knowledge of future se- by prospective host coun- - the holocaust depicted in friends) please join us. curity. tries. So, while her family the film The Killing Fields. In spite of these constant anxiously awaits the inter- On 7 January 1979, the Vi- anxieties, Vannan’s 45 let- view, our ’’Vannan Cambodian etnamese army ousted the ters to us relate the refu- Refugee Family Sponsor Khmer Rouge. Almost immedi- gees’ determination to pre- Group” is gearing up to earn ately, the first wave of pare for a new life. They the final $6000 of $12,000 survivors escaped through learn English to add to the mine fields and jungle into French they spoke in Phnom Thailand, where many of them Penh. They take courses to died, exhausted by their gain skills which might help The ordeal. Many more Cambodians them find work in Canada. returned home to search for Vannan works for the Thai BIKE STOP vestiges of their families. Red Cross in the camp hospi- Vannan and her 2 children tal. She also did nutrition La 1144 BANK returned to Phnom Penh but, counselling of pregnant wo- after 4 years, she, her new 232-2141 men for CARE. Veasna manages PAUSE VELO husband, Veasna, and thou- a Youth Training Centre fun- sands like them realized ded by Japan. Vantha, now that the new regime was also BICYCLE SALES AND SERVICE dangerous. They escaped into Thailand with another wave (we now sharpen and repair skates year round) of refugees. It is now September 1986. TORRANCE AND WRIGHT BICYCLES: Commuter, Racing, Touring, All-terrain, For 3 years, Vannan, her LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS LIMITED Sports-touring, Children's, BMX. family, and neighbours have We rent all-terrain bicycles. been living in Khao I Dang refugee camp. Their food is A small practice PARTS: Over 2000 categories in stock. rationed bags of rice, soy- offering innovation We will order what we don't have. beans, lentils, salt, and a in the fine art of little tea and sugar, sup- Garden Design ACCESSORIES: Clothing, Lights, Bags, Racks, Locks, plied by the United Nations Helmets, Tools, and much, much more. and various agencies. Al- though their physical needs 1196 Bank Street are humanely supplied, they Ottawa, Ontario WE STAND BY OUR SERVICE live under the constant K1S 3Y1 estimates, quality control fear, boredom, and limbo (613) 738-0972 service to all makes and models common to refugee existence. hand-built wheels and custom frames There are sounds of shell- ing during, the dry season offensives within Kampuchea (Cambodia) 6 km away. Some- times robbers come at night to rape and kill for any possessions the refugees OSCAR September 1986 page 4 OSCA Notes by RUSS BARTON, OSCA President reelection to the OSCA Board nace were updated, we would hold increase. While I have ART PROGRAM of Directors: Nils Jensen, gain more useable space for not gone into this issue Wayne Stanton, Max Kassner, the Centre. I have requested recently, it looks to me as We now have a faculty of 6 Pat Erb, Susan Leah, and that the City heating engi- though we would benefit by qualified and experienced Rosemary Fitzpatrick. look into the situation. It requesting market value as- Ottawa artists offering day- All nominations should be is my opinion that the City sessment for 1985. By that time and evening courses in in at the Firehall office would benefit from reduced time the value of housing in a range of arts topics. (260 Sunnyside) by September heating bills if our furnace the city may well have Students of all skill levels 15. was replaced with a modern evened out to the more tra- will be accommodated in each efficient system. We will ditional proportions that course. Those who wish to ANNUAL MEETING see what transpires. have existed in Ottawa. attend and learn at a lei- I have notified our elect- surely rate are welcome. ed representatives, MP Mi- MARKET VALUE ASSESSMENT Courses are available for chael Cassidy, MPP Claude OSCA and Glebe Community children, teenagers, and Bennett, and Alderman Rob Association are holding a adults. The art program will Quinn, of OSCA’s Annual Gen- joint meeting at the Civic have a booth at the OSCA eral Meeting and invited Centre at 7:30 pm on Sep- Open House to be held in the them to attend. I have not tember 4 to discuss market Hopewell Public School gym. set aside time for them to value assessment in Capital The arts committee has address the meeting because Ward. approached the City to ask they will have a chance to If your house increased in that a few paintings from mingle at the reception af- value between 1975 and 1980 its collection be hung in terwards. your taxes could increase the Firehall. The City has more than the average house- agreed and I understand that FIREHALL HEATING the committee has chosen Most Firehall users are several works by local ar- aware of its highly unsatis- tists. The paintings may be factory heating system. Dur- hanging by the time this ing the winter some rooms article is printed. are uncomfortably hot and m/m ûKE ctAW dry while others are freez- NOMINATIONS FOR OSCA ing cold. I have written to ..Barbara Cass-Btggs'mold program,.. The following have been the City on this matter nominated and will stand for suggesting that if the fur- Classes for pre-schoolers Beginning luesdog , Sepfember 22 'm Woodbine Place approved Ot+ûiOû Soul h by NILS JENSEN, Woodbine Association Executive To register or for more, information Call

In a decision that may recognize the economic real- lJackie Morris have wide reaching implica- ity that the developer found tions for new development in himself in. Ottawa South, the Planning Quinn also said he would Committee of City Council have opposed the project voted to approve a 40-unit 100% had the ban on group condominium complex at Sun- building projects invoked nyside and Bronson Place. earlier that same day by the Brewer Pool The decision contravenes Planning Committee been in Aquatic the provisions of the Ottawa force prior to the develop- Instruction South Neighbourhood Plan and er’s proposal. But, he felt, Specialized current bylaws which limit it was not proper to change Courses density at the site to 15 the rules governing the de- Award of Merit Registration is now ongoing for all Red-Cross First Aid units/acre. The approved veloper's project at this Aquatic Emergency Care changes allow for a density late stage. pre-school, learn to swim, advanced Cardio Pulmonary of 39 units per acre. Despite a warning by Plan- and recreational programmes. Resuscitation The only change made by ning Committee member Joan — Once-a-week Pre and Post Natal Swim and Trim Planning Committee to devel- — twlce-a-week O’Neil that Guilbault’s pro- — three times-a-week Fitness oper Terry Guilbault’s proposal would set a dangerous & Daily programmes ▲ instructor posal was to require the 12- precedent for future devel- are available ▲National Lifeguard unit block slated for the opment in Ottawa South, the 16 yrs. old church manse property (119 Committee decided, in a 3-4 •leader Bronson Place) to have a 25- vote, to recommend accep- ▲Bronze Cross foot backyard instead of the tance of the project to 14 yrs. old 8 feet proposed by Guil- Council. ▲Bronze Medallion bault. Before the bylaws and 13 yrs. old The Committee’s decision Neighbourhood Plan can be .Life Saving ill •White came after nearly 3 hours of formally amended, the Plan- ▲Life Saving II debate and presentations by ning Committee recomendation •Grey •Survival the Woodbine and Ottawa must be given final approval ▲Life Saving I South Community Associations by City Council. It is ex- Jfil •Maroon and several local residents, pected that this will be P§liS all of whom opposed the ♦ City programmes done at Council’s next meet- lYeilow project. ing on September 3. • Red Cross programmes 6 yrs. oi< Capital Ward Alderman Rob Should City Council affirm Tot 2 Quinn supported the city the committee’s recomenda- ▲ RLSSC programmes Tot 1 I Brewer staff report recommending tion, opponents may still ^Little People I Pool approval of the development appeal to the Ontario Muni- ^Little People 1 although he favoured the 25- cipal Board. 3 yrs old foot backyard. Describing Residents are urged to ex- ^Parent and Me 2 the controversy over rede- press their views by calling ^Parent and Met velopment of the church site Alderman Quinn at 564-1308 $&30ttawa as the most demanding of his or Woodbine executive mem- tenure as alderman, Quinn bers Nils Jensen at 563-1566 for more information call 564-1029 said it was necessary to or Sue Hill at 234-1970. OSCAR September 1986 page 5

COMMUNITY PATROL

front, a red light or re-7 For further information, flector to the rear, white contact the Ottawa Police reflective tape on the front Community Patrol at 236-0311 forks and red on the rear ext 350 or the OC Safety Safe cycling forks. Council at 238-1513. These traffic laws are to by Cst. LINDA GIBSON, protect cyclists and other Community Patrol Officer for Capital Ward persons using the roads. Parents may consider enrol- ling their children in a bicycle safety program, run With the recent Selective In Ontario, riding a bicy- through the Ottawa-Carleton Traffic Enforcement Program cle on the sidewalk is ille- Safety Council on Somerset (STEP) promoting bike safety gal, and you are subject to St at Elgin. COLOUR FAN education, many concerns a fine of $53.75 if charged Considering the cost of DECORATORS have been voiced regarding with this offence. replacing a stolen bicycle, * Painting, Wallpapering, the rules of the road that The rules for bicycles and it makes good sense to lock Repairs pertain to bicyclists. Dur- other vehicles come from the it when not in use. It is * Residential & Commercial ing the campaign, 128 Pro- Highway Traffic Act of Onta- recommended that the lock * Tidy perfectionist, vincial Offence Notices were rio, Here are some of the you choose be made of case- - Insured issued, the most common rules that affect cyclists hardened steel and if you * Excellent references being for riding on the and their vehicles. use a chain it should be of If you want experience sidewalk. CYCLISTS MUST: stop for sufficient strength to re- book now. If you, as parents, assess all red lights and stop sist being easily cut. The your child’s riding ability For free estimates, signs; ride one to a bicycle bicycle should be secured to and feel that the child is call BRUCE SWITZER at (unless the bicycle is de- an immovable object such as too young, small, or inexpe- 738-3330 • signed to seat more than one a bicycle rack or post. rienced to ride a bicycle person, i.e., tandem bike); safely and effectively on not attach themselves to a the roadway, then that child moving vehicle; ride on the should be restricted to us- roadway and not on the side- ing their bicycle on private walk. property or the NCC recrea- BICYCLES MUST: be kept in Œ|| «Ottawa tional pathways. Children safe mechanical condition; should only be allowed to be equipped with a bell, drive on the road once they horn, or other signalling City of Ottawa have gained valuable road device; at night, have a Corporation Grants sense. white or amber light to the Non Profit Organizations Only! If yours is a non-profit organization, within the geographic boundaries of the City of Ottawa, financial assistance may be available in the following categories: The Regional Municipality ■ festivals ■ Grants which will increase the understanding between of Ottawa-Carleton different ethnic, racial and cultural groups. ■ Grants which will increase the understanding between the disabled and non-disabled. ■ rental of civic facilities ■ seed funding ■ core funding for Umbrella groups ■ national and international events or competitions Social Services Applications in most categories are due no later than 4:30 P.M. Monday, December 1, 1986 for consideration in 1987. Grants Program A clinic will be held for assistance with applications on Wednesday, October 29, 1986 from 3:00 P.M. to 8:00 P.M. in the foyer of City Hall, 111 Sussex Drive. Applications are now being received from individuals and organizations who wish to apply to the Regional Further information may be gbtained by contacting the grants Municipality of Ottawa-Carleton for financial assistance under the Social Services Grants Program for co-ordinator, Mrs. E. lies, 564-1395. 1987. The Regional Municipality of Ottawa-Carleton recognizes its responsibility in providing some financial Subventions accordées assistance within the limit of available funds ($176,768.), to organizations in the Region that: ■ par la Ville d’Ottawa • provide important social services to citizens. Consideration will not be given to applications which are health- or education-related Réservées aux organismes à but non lucratif! • have limited sources of funds. Financial need must be demonstrated. Si vous faites partie d’un organisme à but non lucratif compris dans les limites de la ville d’Ottawa, vous pouvez obtenir de The average amount of each grant is between $5,000. - $12,000. l’aide financière à l’égard des catégories suivantes : For information regarding specific selection criteria and to receive the necessary application form, ■ festivals contact: ■ manifestations favorisant l’entente entre les groupes ethni- ques et culturels Judith Muncaster ■ manifestations en vue de rapprocher les personnes handi- Coordinator capées et les non-handicapés ' Social and Health Policy Committee ■ location d’installations municipales 222 Queen Street, 14th Floor ■ subventions de lancement Ottawa, Ontario KIP 5Z3 ■ subventions de base destinées aux groupes de coordination 560-1242 ■ manifestations ou compétitions à l’échelle nationale et internationale. All applications must be received on or before 4:30 p.m., Wednesday, 1 October 1986. Pour la plupart des catégories, les demandes pour l’année 1987 Only complete applications received before close of business will be considered. devront être reçues au plus tard le lundi 1er décembre prochain, 860081/12121 à 16 h 30. À cet égard, une séance d'information aura lieu le mercredi 29 octobre prochain, de 15 h à 20 h, dans le hall de l'HStel Regional Clerk de ville au 111, promenade Sussex. Pour obtenir de plus amples renseignements, vous pouvez communiquer avec la Coordonnatrice des subventions, 222, Queen Sireef, 14lh Floor, Ottawa. Ontario KlP 5Z3 me M E. Iles, au 564-1395. OSCAR September 1986 page 6 HELP WANTED OSCAR needs you. Our newspaper is written and put together each month by volunteers who, like you, lead very busy OSCAR lives. We are constantly looking for new people to provide Ottawa South Community Association Review the continuity required of a regular publication. Over the last 2 years, we have received more and more input each month from readers, in the form of articles, letters, OTTAWA K1S OR7 260 SUNNYSIDE AVENUE photos, telephone calls, and compliments, until we have developed a paper that reflects what is going on in ,this OSCAR -is a non-profit community newspaper, published neighbourhood. We'd like to hear from you next month. monthly by the Ottawa South Community Association, Inc. Two jobs on the paper must be filled immediately (see Advertising from local merchants and government agencies descriptions below). If you are interested in either, pays our costs. Distribution is free to Ottawa South please call Neil G. Grant at 233-1434 or Sandra Garland at homes and businesses. OSCAR is printed in Renfrew by 234-0714. Runge Newspapers, Inc.

GENERAL MANAGER : Neil G. Grant 233-1434 • EDITOR: Sandra Garland 234-0714 ADVERTISING MANAGER: Beverley Stevens 235-8383 Advertising Manager BUSINESS MANAGER: Roger Camm 234-0714 DISTRIBUTION: Ian Calvert 230-0103 Duties: To sell advertising space to local merchants in CONTRIBUTORS : Joan Farley, Steve Knippel, Linda Ottawa South and the Glebe. Deziel-Blais, Nils Jensen, Rob Quinn, Caroline Bowden, Russell Requirements: Must enjoy meeting people, be fairly aggres- Barton, Inez Berg, Randy Gordon, sive, and have some idea of ad design. You must have time Jim Coakley, Wayne Stanton, Ina during business hours to meet with our advertisers. The job Jackson, Jane Mahoney, Sandy takes about two weekends plus numerous telephone calls. A Merriam, Sharon Plumb, Randi nominal commission of 10% is paid by OSCAR. This amounts to Cherry, Cst. Linda Gibson, about $150/month (range over the last year $120- $300). Mary Stanton, Gail Gard, Tim Attendance at monthly staff meetings is necessary. Our Mark, John Manley telephone answering machine is at your disposal.

OSCAR WOULD LIKE TO THANK ALL THE PEOPLE WHO BROUGHT US Distribution Manager Duties: To pick up bundles of newspapers once a month from the Firehall (they may be delivered to your home if you prefer) and get them out to our 10 area coordinators. To pass along requests for new deliverers to be advertised in OSCAR and keep track of any changes in the list of distri- butors that appears in OSCAR.

Requirements: The papers are printed at the end of each month and must be delivered to area coordinators within two days. A car is essential. Attendance at monthly staff meetings is preferred but not obligatory. Zone A: Suzanne Aylen (coordinator), Brian and Lucy Baxter, Jackie Morris, Larry Dickinsen, Lynn Stewart, Stephen Szick, Cassie Doyle, Jack Shinder, Candace O’Lett, Brian Eames, Kim Barclay, Debbie Knott OSCA Zone B: Willi Wahl (coordinator), Sharon Plumb, Roger Ottawa South Community Association and Maddy Camm, Leslie Goddard, Meaghan and Amy Scanlon, Ian, Anna and Caroline Calvert, Leslie Roster, The Leonard Family, The Potter Family, Marie Keasey, Paul Tomlinson, Karen and Dolf Landheer, The Woyiwadas Zone Cl: Laura Johnson (coordinator), The Larwills, The Open Neales, Damon and Siobhan Bond, The Harrisons, Anne Gilmore, Sadie and Gracie Sohmer

Zone C2: Kathy Paterson (coordinator), Karlis and Mara Bouse, Alan McCullough, Evelyn Spitzer, Jenny Wilson, Bill McCauley, Dan Byrne House Zone D: Marlene Neufeld (coordinator), Patti Angus, Harold Sprott, Lisa and Julie Hauser, The Small Family, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16 Timo Aassen, Andi Gray, Mary Casement, The Neufeld Family, Doug Young, Karen Prince, Tony Hauser 7 pm

Zone El: Forrest Smith (coordinator), Gregory Smith, The at HOPEWELL'S OLD GYM Thompsons, The Millars, Kevin Giles Cumming

Zone E2: David Bouse (coordinator), Tom Greenberg, The Registration for fall Tillmans, Jay LaFrance, Kailey and Shannon Kemp, programs at the Firehall Nichols Humphreys, Richard Cazeau will again be combined with an information Zone F: Carol O’Connor (coordinator), Jonathan Matynia, evening at OSCA's fall Kevin and Jean O'Connor, Penny and Michael Diak, Josh Open House. Come and and Shona Turner, Stan-Staples, The Sterns, The meet some of the people McCormacks, The Blakemans, The von Baeyers, The who will be teaching Malmstens, The Bennetts, The Allens, Chris Kinsley, courses and representa- The Wrights, Rosemary Cihlar tives of many community groups. Register for the Zone G: Triona Dalziel (coordinator), Gwenda Davies, The activity of your choice, Tubmans, The Ravens, The Swinburnes, Chris Petrusic, The join the Community Asso- Dewars, The Rayners ciation (and get a discount on your class BANK STREET : Tom Lawson fee), and meet your neighbours. OSCAR September 1986 page 7 TOO MUCH ADO L’ESPRIT NOUVEAU ABOUT INFILL HOUSING IMPORTERS OF FINE EUROPEAN FURNITURE, As a long-time resident of Ottawa South, .1 am well LIGHT FIXTURES & OBJETS D’ART aware that there is much more going on in the area than angry residents complaining about infill housing. The rental situation in this "city has been less than 1% for the past several years. This is partially due to the elitist attitudes of many of the home owners in this area. Could we please put this issue to rest and let us know more about the interesting people and events that make Ottawa South a community.

J. Farley.

QUIETEST EX IN MEMORY Although the final assessments of this year’s Ex are not yet complete, certain improvements have been noted. This year was the quietest Ex in memory. Traffic congestion was reduced;, this appears to be the result of enforcement of on-street parking regulations and ANTIQUE LOUIS XV WALNUT HEADBOARD OC Transpo’s park-and-ride program. The early closing of concerts reduced late night noise and traffic. A much appreciated change this year was the routing of the special LARGEST SELECTION OF buses onto major transportation routes (e.g. Bank Street), removing them from residential streets such as Sunnyside ANTIQUE BEDS and others. We would like to thank OSCA for their continuing IN OTTAWA efforts and Rob Quinn for the improvements this year. We would also like to thank Mr J.R. Cody, Manager of Transpor- tation Operations, and OC Transpo staff for carrying out ANNUAL INVENTORY SALE this major logistical effort with such success. We hope that next year’s Ex will continue to show ON SELECTED ITEMS improvements in adjacent residential neighbourhoods ' and that the planning and coordination demonstrated for the Ex SIDEBOARDS Reg. Sale can be successfully extended to include other major events Victorian heavily carved oak $1400 $950 which are held at Lansdowne. French country carved oak 950 550 Walnut Art Deco 550 300 Neil G. Grant, J.M.-C. Leong, Dale Shortliffe, Dalia Vilhan, Kevin Turner. ARMOIRES English mahogany wardrobe 850 600 Art Deco walnut with chromed brass knobs 650 450 Louis Phillippe mahogany with ormolu 1550 950

DINING ROOM FURNITURE Art Deco oak 8-piece suite 1950 1450 Mahogany table with burled edge & mother of pearl 850 450 English round pine pedestal table 950 675

OCCASIONAL TABLES Art Deco rosewood 285 175 Art Deco Caucasian walnut with glass top 275 170 Edwardian oak 225 145

BEDS Henry II headboard 385 250 Complete Art Deco Caucasian walnut 590 350 French Provincial mahogany headboard 425 275

LIGHTING Intercalaire glass hall fixture 175 109 Enrich a life - be a school volunteer! Meuller dining room fixture 850 575 Baccarat crystal 6-light You can rr^ake a difference in a child’s life. Many youngsters need fixture 1100 650 individualized attention and your varied experiences can help a child grow. Why not bring your special knowledge, work background, hobbies or talents into the classroom to help enrich a child's life? Whether you can come only once or on a regular basis, we'd like to MANY OTHER ITEMS NOT LISTED hear from you. Volunteers serve as guest speakers, do remedial work, lead group reading, assist on field trips, help in the office or library and much more. L’ESPRIT NOUI/E/IP To find out more about enriching your life by being a school volunteer, call Cynthia Le Dain, Co-ordinator of Volunteers and 685 BANK ST. School Related Committees at 239-2240. at Glebe 233-0958 VISA OSCAR September 1986 page 8 Gliding over the Rideau valley by JOAN FARLEY

first flight will likely be between 30 minutes and 1 hour depending on the winds. As we returned to the airfield, we literally glided to a surprisingly géntle landing, ending a truly exciting experience. For more information about gliding, call 489-2332, write to the Rideau Valley Soaring School at Box 93, Kars, Ontario, K0A 2EQ, or drop by the airfield any weekend (see map).

OTTAWA OSCAR's intrepid adventurers, Joan Farley and Steve FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 5 Knippel, ready to glide. 7:00 9:15 HAWAII cAleu/ AIM) I IKK On our first visit to the and keep a glider flying. ÎLkwippJtiAC SISIERS Rideau Valley Soaring School Gliders have essentially the SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 6 in Kars, we were told that same controls as an air- 7:00 9:10 high winds made conditions plane. They are towed to a less than ideal for flight. height of approximately 2500 IIAIMIYVII Undaunted, we returned the feet by a tow plane or "tug" AIM) HE next weekend, to be greeted at which height the glider by almost clear skies and SISTER? pilot releases. TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 9 moderate winds. A perfect After release, the glider day for gliding. does not float aimlessly THE PARjy For a very reasonable rate about; the pilot has com- If 7:00 9:00 ($30-$35 for a half-hour de- plete control over direction pending on craft used), one and speed. The glider can is treated to an unforget- climb and soar by flying in WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 10 table experience. The gli- air which is rising. Lift fme Bwioce ders are high performance is provided by thermals, «BMHUBMBi a flag with two seats - one di- which are bubbles of warm THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 11 rectly .in front of the air rising from ground $2 Admission (or ail students! other. heated by the sun. Much to my surprise, I was We, like many others, ”^1% ushered to the front seat found that the best way to ^EE-wçry by Gary the pilot. Once I find out about the pleasures BfC APVEVTt/Rr was securely belted in and of soaring is to take an FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 12 given a short lesson on the ' introductory flight. You 7:00 working of the controls, are given hands-on experi- which include foot pedals, ence at flying the plane LEGAL EAGLES 9:15 joy stick, and altitude under the watchful eye of an gauges, the pilot took his experienced pilot. After place behind me and the gli- trying your hand as a novice SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 13* der was attached to a small glider pilot, you are free 7:00 ff/ * tow plane by a rope. to sit back, enjoy the scen- ^ * Shortly afterwards we ery, and v. marvel at the /eeÂ, * 9:15 Running Scared 5> found ourselves airborne - thrill of gliding. TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 16* even before the towing Although experienced gli- 7:00 Dr. Strangelove or * plane. Once we had reached der pilots have been known How I Learned to Stop * the desired height, I was to make flights of up to 700 Worrying and Love the * instucted by the pilot to km or several hours, your BombOMEFfcfWOVER t release the rope attaching BRIAN ECUCKCOSNEST; us to the tow plane, thus 8:50 PI * beginning our odyssey: a ■©ÜT 45-minUte trip that would McGARRY JACK HIIÇHCU 0H+ take us over the small towns WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 17 and rural farms of the area. As we soared the skies, gaining and losing altitude TRUSTEE almost at will, Gary gave me a guided tour of the land below, and explained the Ottawa Board workings of the glider. Lebanese food Far from feeling unsafe, of Education the glider gives one a sense of peace as the rushing wind ZONE 2 is the only sound to be heard. As we soared the WELLINGTON and skies, several other gliders gift certificates CAPITAL WARDS were visible above and available below. Home Office Soaring is the art and 235-7549 233-1143 science of extracting enough SHOWS START AT 7:00 PM energy from the air to lift 789 Bank St. telephone: 234-5223 (Ad paid for by CALL 234-3403 Brian McGarry) FOR DETAILS OSCAR September 1986 page 9

Ottawa South Community Association, Inc §Ë30ttawa «P

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The Old Firehall

INSCRIPTION REGISTRATION L'inscription se fera au centre communautaire a compter du Begins Tuesday, September 16, 7 to 9 pm at Hopewell Public 16 septembre prochain, de 19 h a 21 h, et se poursuivra jus- School (old gym) as part of the Open House. Registration will qu'au 19 septembre, entre 9 h et 21 h. continue at the Firehall from 9 am to 9 pm for the rest of CARTE DE MEMBRE this week (September 17-19). Durant cette semaine, vous pourrez egalement obtenir une carte de membre de l'Association (famille or particulier) pour MEMBERSHIPS 2 $. Les membres bénéficient d'un rabais de 2 $ sur tous les Ottawa South Community Association (OSCA) memberships will cours dispenses. be sold during registration for $2 (family or single). All OSCA members will receive a $2 discount on each instructed course REMBOURSEMENT they register in, by presenting their membership card. Member- Les frais d'inscription ne seront rembourses qu'exceptionnelle- ship discount does not apply to workshops. ment et a la seule condition que le remboursement ne nuise en rien au programme. Des frais administratifs de 5 $ seront REFUNDS perçus dans tous les cas. Si un programme doit etre annule en No refunds unless there are extenuating circumstances and only raison d'un nombre insuffisant de participants, le montant sera if the refund does not jeopardize the program. A $5 adminis- rembourse intégralement, par cheque. tration charge will be applicable at all times. In the event that CHEQUE a program must be cancelled due to insufficient registration, Les cheques doivent etre libelles au nom de l'Association a complete reimbursement will be made by cheque. communautaire d'Ottawa-Sud. CHEQUES SUBVENTION Make cheques payable to the Ottawa South Community Association. Ùne aide partielle peut etre accordée a ceux qui ne peu- vent s'acquitter des frais exiges. Il suffit d'en faire la SUBSIDY demands par écrit a l'association, 260, avenue Sunnyside, Otta- Partial subsidy is available to those unable to pay. A written wa (Ont.) K1S 0R7. request must be sent to OSCA at 260 Sunnyside Avenue, INTERACTION Ottawa K1S 0R7. Tous les programmes offerts par la Ville d'Ottawa a l'in- tention des jeunes de 3 a 18 ans font maintenant partie du INTERACTION programme d'interaction, qui vise a intégrer les enfants handi- All City of Ottawa programs for children and youth 3 to 18 capes dans les programmes a orientation communautaire. Les years of age are now included in the Interaction program, a benevoles jouent un role important a ce chapitre, en apportant service whereby disabled children are integrated into community- leur appui aux parents, aux participants et aux moniteurs. Si based programs. Volunteers play an important role in Interac- le programme vous interesse, a titre de benevole ou de partici- tion by providing extra support to parents, participants, and pant, veuillez téléphoner au 564-1261, ou l'on vous fournira instructors. For information on becoming involved, as a parti- tous les details a cet egard. cipant or volunteer, call 564-1261. LES FEMMES ET LE SPORT WOMEN AND SPORT Etant donne le peu d'activités sportives prevues pour les The City of Ottawa has recognized the need for increased femmes de tous ages, la Direction des loisirs de la Ville sport opportunities for girls and women. The Recreation Branch d'Ottawa a mis sur pied un programme d'action positive pour les has initiated an affirmative action program for girls ages 13- adolescentes de 13 a 17 ans. Pour obtenir de plus amples ren- 17. For further information, call 564-1097. seignements, veuillez téléphoner au 564-1097. HEURES D'OUVERTURE OFFICE HOURS La semaine: 9 h a 12 h et 13 h a 18 h. Apres le debut des Weekdays: 9 am - noon, 1 - 6 pm. Evenings and Saturdays when cours: le soir et le samedi. Le centre sera ferme le Jour programs are in session. Closqd Thanksgiving Day, October 13. d'action de grace (13 octobre). Centre Director: Sandy Merriam Program Worker: Sharon Plumb Directrice: Sandy Merriam ^ Animatrice: Sharon Plumb OSCA Chairperson: Russ Barton President de l'Association: Russ Barton. PROGRAM INFORMATION RENSEIGNEMENTS GENERAUX The programs at the Firehall (Ottawa South Community Centre) L'Association communautaire d'Ottawa-Sud et la Direction have been developed by OSCA and Ottawa Recreation. All pro- des loisirs de la Ville d'Ottawa ont élaboré tous les program- grams begin the week of September 29 and are held at the Fire- mes offerts au centre. Ils commenceront le 29 septembre et, hall unless otherwise noted. Programs listed below are offered sauf avis contraire, se tiendront au centre communautaire. Les in English. If the minimum registration requirement for a programmes enumeres ci-apres sont offerts en anglais. Si le course is not reached, the course is automatically cancelled. nombre d'inscriptions a un cours est insuffisant, il est auto- matiquement annule. Preschoolers

Program Time Description Weeks Instructor Cost

PRESCHOOL Tues & Thurs Parent/caregiver and child join a non-structured 11 $12.00 DROP-IN 9-11 am play session. The play area is shared with the adult fitness babysitting service.

FIREHALL Waiting list only. If you wish more information COOPERATIVE on the January 1987 program, please call Norma Grier PLAYGROUP at 237-6209.

OTTAWA SOUTH This program is full. For information on the January * [COOPERATIVE 1987 session, please call Patsy Duffy at 233-4194. PRESCHOOL September 1986 page 10

MOTHER AND Tuesday This is an ongoing program operated, with the help Marion free INFANT DROP-IN 1:30-2:30 pm of Public Health nurses. Have your baby weighed and Ramsden measured and participate in discussion groups. For ages 0-12 months. If you require more information, contact Marion Ramsden at 722-2242. Begins Sept 23.

FIREHALL Tuesday & New this year. A playgroup for children 12-18 months as TODDLERS' Thursday of September 1986. Parents will meet on Wednesday Sept 3 PLAYGROUP 9:30-11:30 at 7:30 pm to discuss setting up the program. For more am information call the Firehall at 564-1064.

PARENT-TODDLER TBA A continuation of the Mother & Infant Drop-in for DISCUSSION parents of children 1-3 years. Staffed by 0C Health GROUP Unit. At Brewer Pool lounge; time to be determined. Call the Firehall for information.

COOKING FOR Thursday Children will learn how to measure, pour, cut, and Cynthia $27.00 PRESCHOOLERS 1:15-2:15 grate various types of food. Games and crafts Moase includes pm related to the kitchen will be included. Ages 3-5. supplies

3-4 YEAR OLD Friday Rhythm and movement are integrated to provide an 6 Jennifer $26.00 MUSIC CIRCLE 2:30-3:15 active music program utilizing Barbara Cass-Beggs Enns method. Parents may join the circle.

PRE-BALLET Saturday An introduction to dance training through the use 8 Tina Umelas $27.00 9:30-10:15 of music and movement. Parents are invited to view am the last class. Ages 3-5. Children

AFTER-4 Monday to Our popular After-4 program continues with qualified Cynthia $65/month Friday staff providing activities that include sports, Moase $3.50/day 3:30-6 pm crafts, music, drama, and special events. Ages 6-11. coordinator

BASKETBALL Thursday Improve your skills and techniques in this chal- 10 C. Drummond $12.00 7-8:30 pm lenging sport under the guidance of a qualified coach. In Hopewell’s new gym, for ages 8-13.

FLOOR HOCKEY Wednesday To be held at Hopewell School new gym. 10 C. Drummond $12.00 7-8:30 pm Ages 9-13.

TAP DANCING Thursday Introductory class in tap dancing for boys and 8 Rod Scott $26.00 6-7 pm girls aged 6 to 12.

JAZZ DANCE Friday Use this after-school program to learn all about 8 Rod Scott $26.00 4-5 pm jazz dance with some of Ottawa's best teachers. Ages 6-12. At Hopewell.

PRIMARY BALLET Saturday An introduction to the basics of ballet for our 8 Tina Umelas $27.00 10:30-11:30 future stars. Ages 5-7. am

GYMNASTICS Saturday A beginner program based on the Canadian Federation 10 Giselle $35.00 I. ages 5-7 9- Development Program. 1Hopewell Gym. 0 amLandriault II. ages 8-12 10- 11 am

P.D. DAYS The centre offers programs on 0BE Professional Develop- ment Days. Call the Firehall for a schedule.

CRAFTS AROUND Tuesday Have you ever seen a Ukranian Pysanka egg? How 8 Carli $35.00 THE WORLD 3:45-5:15 about a Swedish Dalahase? You’ll have a chance to Nixon includes pm make them and many other crafts from far-away lands. supplies The last class will be an Ethnic Day where we will display our handicraft and taste a few goodies from some other countries. Parents are invited. Ages 7-12, Hopewell School.

'CHILDREN AS Thursday Did you ever want to write your very own book? Do 6 Carli $25.00 AUTHORS 3:45-5:15 you have a story tucked away that you’d like to keep Nixon pm forever? We will brainstorm for ideas, study patterns of style, look at different media for illustrating and learn a simplified way of bookbinding. Ages 7-12. Hopewell School. £ & * sSt & OSCAR September 1986 page 11 Youth

BABYSITTING Tuesday Ontario Safety Council certification. An oppor- 7 Anne $18.00 6:30-8:00 tunity for 11 to 15-year-olds to learn basic Jamieson pm safety and child care.

BASKETBALL Thursday This is a program for boys and girls ages 14 and 10 C. Drummond $12.00 8:30-10 pm up include practice sessions and game play.

FITNESS Friday This course will be broken down into the 4 compon- 8 Rose $12.00 READINESS FOR 1-2 pm ents of a fitness class. Initially, no emphasis Silverman YOUTH WITH will be placed on the aerobic component in order INTELLECTUAL that attention can be given to the development of DISABILITIES proper technique and the ability to follow instruction. Enrollment is limited to 12 people

YOUTH SPORTS Friday Come and participate at various games and sports 10 $12.00 CLUB 7-10 pm at Hopewell School. Ages 12 and over. year

FIREHALL Friday Meet your friends at the Firehall for movies, 10 $12.00/ YOUTH CLUB 7-10 pm games and special events. There may be an addi- year tional cost for out trips and special activities. Ages 11 and over.

1 GIRLS Monday A citywide league format will be provided for 10 Dinos TBA VOLLEYBALL 7-8:30 pm girls 12-17 through the City of Ottawa’s Women & Dafniotis Sport program. Home games and practices only at Hopewell. Team t-shirts will be provided.

YOUTH Monday A recreational program for youth ages 13-18. ' 10 Dinos $12.00 VOLLEYBALL 8:30-10 pm Dafniotis

TEEN COUNCIL The centre is looking for members to participate on a Teen Council. The Council will be responsible for staging youth events (e.g. dances) and providing input on new programs. First meeting, Friday Sept 19, 6 pm. Adults

MORNING FITNESS Tue & Thurs A great way to keep in shape and meet your neigh- 11 Sue Hill $47.00 9:15-10 am bours. Babysitting available: $20 for 1 child, $30 for 2, $35 for 3 or more.

NO BOUNCE Tue & Thurs An exciting new method of maintaining cardiovascular 11 Sue Hill $47.00 AEROBICS 10:15-11 am fitness and flexibility with low impact exercise. Babysitting available as above.

AEROBICS Mon, Tue, Select your own fitness schedule. Weekdays at 11 Rose $25/$47/$60 Thu. 7:15-8pm Hopewell gym; Saturday morning at the Firehall. Silverman for 1/2/3 or Sat 9-9:45 am more times/week

EARLY BIRD Tue & Thurs This is a beginners exercise class with a 20- 11 Lynn $47.00 FITNESS 6:30-7:15 am minute warm-up followed, by a workout for the arms, Martineau cardiovascular system, abdominals, legs, quads, buttocks, and cooldown.

BALLROOM Thursday Come and learn to dance with us. We make it easy Rod Scott $20.00/ DANCING for you. It is a good way to meet new friends. In person BEGINNERS 7- our social ballroom dancing8 classes, you will pm INTERMEDIATE 8- learn to fox trot, waltz,9 cha-cha, rumba, triple pm swing, and more.

YOGA Wednesday Application of the techniques of Hatha Yoga - 8 Lakshmi $30.00 I. BEGINNERS 8-9:30 pm physical exercise, breath control and relaxation. II. INTERMEDIATE 6:30-8 pm Regain natural health and relieve stress.

PRE AND POST Tue & Thu Maintain your health and fitness level in a class 8 Sue $20.00 NATAL EXERCISE 1-1:30 pm taught by a certified pre/post natal fitness Ironside instructor. Babysitting $8/child. Tuesday class followed by Mother and Infant Drop-in.

VOLLEYBALL Thursday Recreational volleyball games for those who are 10 $12.00 8:30-10 pm looking for some sporty fun.

OPEN Tuesday Enjoy an evening of fun and exercise at Hopewell 10 $12.00 BADMINTON I. 7-8:30 pm gym. II. 8:30-10

NO CONTACT TBA Join this recreational pick-up program to be held 8 $40.00 HOCKEY at Brewer Arena. Begins October 28.

SEWING AND Thursday Learn to select appropriate patterns and fabrics 6 Diana $35.00 WARDROBE 7-9:30 pm to suit your individual tastes while acquiring the Haydon PLANNING sewing skills needed to outfit yourself for the winter season. To be held at Hopewell School. OSCAR September 1986 page 12 Workshops and Special Events

OSCA BIRTHDAY PARTIES Saturday or Sunday 2-3:30 pm CHRISTMAS CRAFTS Thursday Nov 13, 7:30-9:30 pm For 4-10 year olds. We are hoping to become the Learn to make simple and beautiful ornaments out of birthday party specialists! For that special day, let us salt do.ugh, pine cones, milkweed pods, and much more. do the work. You provide up to 10 children ($3 extra per Eight ornaments to be demonstrated. Take home a golden child if more than 10) and food. We’ll provide games and angel, Christmas egg, and a decorated basket. activities and you won’t have to clean up. Call 564-1064 Cost: $6 plus a modest materials cost payable at class to book your Saturday or Sunday afternoon. Instructor: Jennifer Enns

HALLOWE’EN PARTY Friday Oct 31, 6:30-8 pm CHRISTMAS WREATHS Thursday Nov 20, 7:30-9:30 pm Bring the whold family for some trick or treatin’. Start saving your pine cones now! Take home a pine Don't forget to dress up. cone wreath on a wire frame, valued at $30, and learn to make another in time for Christmas gift-giving. Cost: $6 plus modest material cost payable at class Instructor: Jennifer Enns

HOLIDAY CRAFT FAIR Saturday Nov 22, 10 am-4 pm The perfect place to buy or 'sell local handi- crafts. Reserve a table ($15) by calling the Centre at 564-1064.

WOMEN AND SPORT, PARTICI- FASHION SHOW Preschool Sunday Sept 28, 1-5 pm Creative Play To kick off the fall Preschoolers love to experiment with a variety of media. This class will provide a creative environment for just such experimental sport season, an exciting 1 exploration. Tuos. 1:30-2:30p.m. $25.00 (Inst. Valerio Roos) Sport Partici-Fashion Show will be held at the Glebe Children Community Centre. The after- After-Four Art Program noon will feature sport de- I - ages 5 1/2 to 8: Drawing, painting, collage and clay modelling after school at Hopewell. This course offers an opportunity to explore monstrations, a fashion show various media. Mon. 3:40.5:oop.m. $27.00 (Inst. Mary Stanton) and registration for the II - ages 9 to 12: Drawing with charcoal, pastel, pen & ink, painting with watercolours and acrylics; this course offers very basic fall leagues. instruction for young artists. Wed 3:4o-5:OOp.m. $27.00 (Inst. Mary Stanton)

| FLEA MARKET Pottery Ages 6 to 12. Experiment with hand building techniques at our pottery studio. All materials are supplied. Advanced instruction is •Saturday Sept 27, 10 am-2 pm provided for those with previous experience. Mon., Tues., Wed., OR Thurs. 3:45-4:45p.m. $32.00 (Inst. Mlml Cabri) Call the centre at 564- 1064 to reserve a table ($7). Youth Teen Drawing For teens who love to draw, this course is designed to develop skill & confidence, with emphasis on the expressive creative aspect. Some basic drawing materials will be provided. Mon. 7:00-9:30p.m. $50.00 (Inst. Mary Stanton)

Adults Water-Based Media Learn to paint using watercolours & acrylics on various surfaces. The teacher will provide individualized instruction depending on previous experience. Tues. 7:00-9:30p.m. $50.00 (Inst. Kelly Cloer)

Life Drawing This course Is designed to accommodate both basic & advanced levels. Group discussion and individual instruction will be provided. Live models will be used during the final weeks of the program. A supply list (approx. $40.) will be provided at registration. Modelling fees will be shared among participants. Fri. 9:00-11:30a.m. $50.00 (Inst. Ken Finch)

0' Adult Pottery Designed for the person wishing to learn a new hobby or for the serious student seeking new skills. Both hand building & wheel throwing will be explored. Clay can be purchased for a small fee and arrangements can be made to use the studio. Wed. 7:00-9:30p.m. $50.00 (Inst. Carolyn Trudeau)

Mixed Media tj A personal exploration of and expression in a variety of media will be pursued with emphasis on media of your choice. Some media to explore could be oil, acrylic gel, oil pastels, charcoal, powdered pigment, egg tempera and found objects. Wed. 7:00-9:30p.m. $50.00 (Inst. Susan Felndel)

All courses are 8 weeks - beginning Sept. 22. Registration begins Sept. 16. i For more information call OSCA (The Old Firehall ) - 564-1064 OSCAR September 1986 page 13 Sports Ottawa South girls win

The Ottawa South Firehall Congratulations to the Fireballs Juniors won the A team and many' thanks to Division championship of the their coaches Gail Toy and Women and Sport girls’ soft- Sharon Plumb. Girls aged 12- ball league. A grueling 8 17 are encouraged to join games were played, culminat- our Firehall Fireballs next ing in a victory over Hunt spring. Yeah team! Club Community Centre in the finals. Minor hockey league ready for season by WAYNE STANTON to teach team concepts to all. The Ottawa Centre Minor The executive of OCMHA Hockey Association is gear- would like to extend a spe- ing up for another season, cial invitation to new fami- with registration taking lies in our neighbourhood place the first two weeks of and to those in Centretown, September (see ad on this the Glebe and Ottawa South The Firehall Fireballs are: back row (I to r), Karen page). who are not playing with Boisvert, Jennifer Plumb, Shannon Leslie; front row, Sharon The OCMHA has enjoyed very OCMHA at Brewer Park, to Plumb (City of Ottawa staff), Melanie Travers, Cheryl successful seasons in the come down at registration or Plumb, Maureen Magnahan, Sarah Stanton, Gail Toy (City of last few years and is con- during the preseason. We Ottawa staff); lying, Terry Plumb, Jennifer Sabourin. tinuing to expand its hockey will be glad to talk more Missing from the photo are Naomi DeVille, Melissa Griffore, program. Last year saw a about our program and our Mandy O'Reilly, Marnie Potter, Robyn Plumb, Jessica Holmes, number of improvements - plans, and let you see first Sarah Leonard, and Emily Mosher. additional ice time for hand that there is a quality practice, new sweaters, new hockey program at Brewer goalie equipment, and the Arena. return of the annual awards banquet. HOCKEY COACHES WANTED HURRY ! This year will also see for the Ottawa Centre Minor N some expansion of the pro- Hockey Association's house gram to include player clin- league, Tykes to Midgets. ics, national certification Level I rating will -be ■of- of all coaches, girls’ hock- fered at coaches’ clinics. *?T£LL mom DftD ÇL ey or ringette (depending on Contact Wayne Stanton at registration). and introduc- 234-5386. tion of a tiered structure 7» for the Atom (10 and 11) $ 7* level. £ Û C- M- H- fl. The tiered approach pro- AKV& vides an opportunity for the advanced players (if they ûTrmuft csflJTKE •— want) to play a more compet- itive program. This has been done at the Tyke level (6-9) tot-romp MMu? Hocxei iKsoo for the last couple of years and has been very successful Join us for all. This approach al- this fall lows the hockey program to for a new be tailored to the skill parent- Hoctcef Re&tSTRATtùN level of the children in- participation* volved and results in im- play and FOR; Bois £ proved skills and increased exercise program motivation. This association for kids 3 months ft&ES b T~o /7 believes that just providing to 3 years. ice time and schedules is Help your child to learn through not enough; to be a worth- challenging and fun activities on while hockey program there “little people” equipment has to be an effort to improve individual skills and Share conversation and coffee with people who have similar rd. tEWFHMUÜJQ interests and concerns about ,\A>FQ. S£~fH~ 3 7- _ /* HOWOOULM their children. TrtuKs- 3. err *+ 7- ? fttn. Thursdays I to PSKCV tfr y£/TT' SETT £ 9:15-10:00 (3-12 months) hlLM J2HÜSSÈ. tssit 10:15-11:00 (12-24 months) SOT • SEfT U•M 2:30-3:15 (24-36 months) /- 3 AKEIOEX ARetiA Printing & Photocopying A 10-week session costs $50. Typesetting, layout 6c design services Registration: •Business ., Your friendly Monday, September 15 Cards \L \ i neighborhood COST; •Letterheads printer. 7-9 p.m. L6.00 - FAonO TV/ce- (LurmJ To •Envelopes -'t/V ■ • • \\QT‘ Serving •Flyers — (( I) Qo Ottawa South Southminster United Church PLUS OOtD GET ( n jfrmj •Brochures rfpskj //<.' & the Glebe (across from library) •Posters for over 10 $ / s.oc - c.rt/*Tér*fO TEE •Booklets ’ ^()tV years. Information: 233-6520 OE RE/AAQUTSED QO CAAfrmJ 1818 Bank at Cameron 737-7878 *Caregivers welcome too. Dtrry Open Saturdays! OSCAR September 1986 page 14 RecreationCityHaii vî^tfOttawa LdsirsHôteide ville Automne

-P/togwmwe ^Regist/totion uAi/is o 0 ingf!/t(|-)tion Nous offrons des programmes d art visuel, de condi- ùAQeittl tionnement physique, de cuisson, de sport et beaucoup d autres. Pour de l'information ou pour vous inscrire lump into the arts, fitness, cooking or sport. A season of voici où appeler. new activities, challenges and friendships. Contact us for Prenez contact avec le the details you need. Centres communautaires centre communautaire, Programmes aquatiques • Community Centres I Contact your nearest l aréna ou la piscine dans Patinage libre I • Public Skating Arenas ) community facility or votre communauté • Public Swimming I telephone 564-12^4 Écoles communautaires 564-126-7 • Senior Adult Central Office 564-101.7 École d art d'Ottawa 237-4806 • Ottawa School of Arts 237-4806 Programmes pour aînés (50 + 1 564-1017 • Special Adapted Programmes 564-1263 Programmes adaptés 564-1263 • Fitness Leadership Association I PEP) 564-1094 Leadership en conditionnement physique 564-1094 • Skating Lessons 564-1099. Cours de patinage -564-1099 • Community Schools 564-1 267

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MUSIC OF YOUR LIFE DANCE PARTY SOIRÉES DANSANTES "MUSIC OF YOUR LIFE Friday, September 26. 1986 Dansez au son de la musique nostalgique des années '30. Friday. October 24, 1986 40 et 50 aux jardins Lakeside, parc Britannia. Friday, November 28. 1986 Les billets sont de 6.50$/personne Lakeside Cardens. Britannia Park Les dates sont les: 26 septembrë. 24 octobre et 8:30 p.m. - 12:30 a.m. 28 novembre Tickets: $6.50 per person (limited seating capacity) Information: 564-1234 Information — 564-1234 MINI RENCONTRES DE IOGGING MINI-MEETS FOR IOGGERS Des parcours variés non compétitif ouverts aux partici- Informal runs open to persons of all ages, free of charge. pants de tous les âges. L activité s offre sans frais et des Distances vary between 'U to 5 miles and certificates are certificats de participation sont remis. awarded to participants. Date: samedi le 13 septembre |'/4. I. 3 milles) Upcoming dates include: samedi le 27 septembre l'/z, 2. 5 milles) Saturday. September 13 ('Ai. I. 3 miles) samedi le I I octobre (‘At. I. 3 milles) Saturday. September 27 I'/z. 2. 5 miles) Information: Installation d'athlétisme Terry Fox 564-1094. Saturday. October I I |'/i. I, 3 miles) For further information, contact the Terry Fox Fitness DÉFILÉ DE MODE SPORTIVE Centre at 564-1094. Le ville d Ottawa reconnaît le besoin croissant chez les filles et les femmes, pour plus d'occasions de participer SPORT PARTICI-FASHION SHOW à des activités sportives. La saison sportive débutera par The City of Ottawa recognizes the need for increased un défilé de mode participation sportive qui inclura des sport opportunities for girls and women. To kick off the démonstrations sportives et l'inscription pour participer Fall sport season, an exciting Sport Partici-fashion Show aux ligues. will feature sport demonstrations, a fashion show and Date: le dimanche 28 septembre registration for Fall ieagues. I 3h à I 7lj Sunday. September 28. 1986 Endroit: Centre Polyvalent du chemin Heron 1:00 - 5:00 p.m. 1480 chemin Heron Heron Road Multi-Service Centre Information. 564-1096 1480 Heron Road FESTIVAL DES ARTS Information: 564-1096 Du 18 septembre au 4 octobre FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS C est la célébration annuelle des arts visuels du théâtre Ottawa's annual celebration of the visual, performing and et de la littérature. Pour des renseignements sur les literary arts will run from September 18 to October.4. activités et événements appelez le 237-4806. 1986. For further information on activities and events please call 237-4806. 2197 RIVERSIDE DRIVE, OTTAm,ONTARIO K1H7X3 A64-I23I 2197, PROMENADE RIVERSIDE,0TTADAI0NTARI0) KHI7X3 364-IZH OSCAR September 1986 page 15 Alderman’s Report by ROB QUINN, Alderman 1980 MARKET VALUE ASSESSMENT February articles in OSCAR spelt out many of the defects Readers may recall the Febru- of this update and market value assessment. The effect WOODBINE SAGA (PART ?) ary articles on the proposal to update the basis of the pro- could be particularly hard on those with fixed incomes. Council's Planning Committee perty tax assessment from 1975 Fourteen percent of Ottawa considered the Woodbine Place to 1980. homes would face either a 20% rezoning application by Laur- Just in case you have for- increase or decrease in their nic Investments on August 12, gotten, the effect of this up- municipal taxes. In Capital 1986. I endorsed the staff's date, if approved, would re- Ward, the effect is so sub- recommendations and the Plan- sult in 30% of Capital Ward re- stantial that the change in ning Committee's amendments. sidents facing a tax increase assessment might have a down- Taken together they produce of 10% to 20% and another 30% ward effect on market values. a "tailored zoning" or speci- of residents receiving an -in- Representatives of the Ward fic building envelopes unique crease of 20% or more, based on 1985 tax payments. community associations and I to this project. The recommen- will be meeting to try to de- dations to the September 3rd Council voted to delay con- PARK IMPROVEMENTS sideration pending more infor- vise convincing arguments to meeting of Council are summar- mation to be made available by persuade Council to limit the ized as follows: On a happier note Council, May or June. However, the tax increases at least so that a) the "P" or public zone pro- acting on the advice of the matter came forward only in they do not in themselves have perty and the adjacent R4x pro- Brewer Park residents group mid July. a significant effect on proper- perties of the land assembly (the Brewer Park Rangers ?) ap- Curiously, especially in ty values nor impose an exhor- all become R4x but with new proved within the 1986 budget bitant burden on taxpayers. view of editorials condemming the installation of a washroom special conditions. Staff had If you have views or sugges- Council's private briefing facility not far from the chil- recommended redesignation as tions on how Council should de- just prior to Christmas on the dren's play area. Also approv- R5x (technically correct) hut cide this matter, please write subject, neither the Citizen ed were anti-vandalism light- the committee kept the current (111 Sussex Drive, KIN 5A1. zoning designation in defer- nor other English language me- ing for that area and curbing ence to the Ottawa South Neigh- dia reported the Council com- and sodding along Seneca. BREWER PARK RACEWAY! bourhood Plan. The other spec- mittee's mid July discussion Council also decided to de- ial conditions remain as de- on the matter. lay until 1987 expenditures on Residents near Brewer Park tailed below; Indeed the Mayor had wanted the proposed parking lot and have complained of nocturnal b) the developer may build a the update decision to be ta- road into the pavilion from drag racing in Brewer and on maximum of 40 units of stacked ken at the August 6th Council the Bronson entrance. Bronson Avenue. Police Chief and conventional townhouses, meeting. This date would have The "rangers" and I share Arthur Rice has directed that the maximum height limit of effectively ruled out time for the view that the parking lot special efforts be made to end the roofline not to exceed 30 a serious public debate. is unnecessary but the road to this dangerous and obnoxious feet —? a reduction from the At my motion, the committee the pavilion makes sense. This practice, which unfortunately decided to delay consideration expenditure is subject to fur- standard 35 feet accepted by occurs throughout the City. Laumic in light of the arch- of the recommendations until ther scrutiny during the 1987 the September 11th meeting of The crackdown has resulted in itect's design; a very large increase in char- budget sessions. the Policy, Priorities and Bud- c) permitted uses exclude a ges and tickets. "tuck shop” or a doctor or get Committee and to advertise The racers are highly organ- Alderman Quinn and/or his dentist's office; that the matter was again un- ized — they even issue a news- assistant, Judy Rinfret, can d) passage of the confirmatory der active consideration. letter — and so this problem be contacted at his City by-law of the proposed rezon- Members of the public may will take time to eradicate. Hall office, 564-1308 or ing would depend on site plan attend and speak at this or Please let me know if the 564-1310. Comments and ques- approval by Planning Commmit- other meetings of the Com- situation changes. tions from constituents of tee; and mittee. Capital Ward are welcomed. e) the former church manse Fortunately, community repre- property (1119 Bronson Place) sentatives attended the mid Ju- could have a 12 unit stacked ly meeting. The Glebe Communi- townhouse building but the ty Association and OSCA have easterly yard would be 25 organized a public meeting at ANDREW H0WIES0N B.A., D.C. feet. 7:30 pm on September 4th in For the staff and Laurnic, the Assembly Hall in Lansdowne Park. City and provincial offi- Is Pleased To Announce this 25 foot margin became "the great divide". Laumic in- cials will be there to answer The Opening of His Office dicated its agreement at com- questions and I hope some mem- For The Practice of Chiropractic. mittee to a 12 foot yard, up bers of Council will attend as from the eight feet proposed. well. The Office is Located at Nils Jensen, Woodbine Asso- THE ISSUE ciation chief spokesman, told 180 METCALFE STREET me, just prior to considera- In The Medical Arts Building tion of this item at commit- Briefly, market value assess- tee, that he would not support ment is supposed to ensure For Appointments an appeal to the Ontario Muni- that all properties of a given cipal Board if Council adopted class with the same market val- Call the staff recommendations. ue pay the same taxes. (Class Laurnic's president, Terry means residential, multi res- 232-8628 Guilbeault, indicated at com- idential, commercial or indust- mittee that he would not com- riaL) Values change over time promise beyond the twelve foot and hence the desire for an setback. He, like anyone else, update. remains free to lobby all mem- The current Ottawa assess- bers of Council. ment utilizes 1975 market va- In this sort of situation it lues. 1980 information is now is possible that Council may the latest available informa- make an arbitrary decision. tion from the provincial gov- For this reason, I shall at- ernment, which conducts the tempt to bring the various par- assessments. Provincial offi- ties together to see if we can cials told us at a late July develop a made-in-Capital Ward committee meeting that the compromise, which I believe 1984 assessment could not be available until 1989. Council would welcome. OSCAR September 1986 page 16

ed by reference to time actually spent by the employee traveling outside the metropolitan area where the employee ordinarily works. Where Revenue Canada attacks an allowance as being unreasonably high, it will be necessary to justify it by providing receipts or other proof of expenses actually incurred. Alternatively, the employee may include all allowances and other amounts received from the employer in income and in turn deduct expenses actually incurred for traveling. To deduct these amounts the following conditions must be sat- isfied: by JOHN P. MANLEY 1. The employee must be obliged to work away from the employer's office or in different places; 2. The employment contract must require the employee to pay traveling expenses; Writing off the car 3. The employee must not have received an allowance for expenses which was not included in income. The employer-supplied car, or the chance to "write An employee will be entitled to deduct expenses in off" a car, is considered by many to be a valuable benefit excess of those that the employer agreed to pay. To deduct to be sought and bargained for in employment. But there's a these expenses, Form T2200 must be filed with the employ- great deal of confusion about the tax treatment of the ee's income tax return, having been signed by the employer company car, as well as to whom and by how much the write confirming the conditions of employment. off applies. Where an individual is self-employed, and uses a car If the employer supplies a car for the business and partly for business and partly for personal purposes, the personal use of the employee, the employee must include a costs of owning and operating the car are deductible based "standby charge" in income. If the car is never used for on the proportionate use of the car for business purposes. personal purposes, no standby charge is included in income. Individuals in this situation will find it useful to main- If the employer owns the car, the standby charge is approx- tain a log of automobile usage in the event their return is imately 2% of the original cost of the car per month; if ever questioned by Revenue Canada. the car is leased, the standby charge is 2/3 of the lease The expenses which may be prorated include operating cost, excluding insurance. expenses, as described above, together with the interest Since the standby charge-is calculated on the original cost incurred in acquiring the car and capital cost allow- cost of the car, and does not decline as the car depreci- ance (depreciation). ates, the total standby charge, after 50 months, will The maximum deduction for capital cost allowance is exceed the original cost of the vehicle. Therefore, after a 30% of the undepreciated cost of the car prorated on the few years, it would be sensible for the employee to elimi- same basis as the operating expenses. In the year in which nate the standby charge by purchasing the car from the the car is acquired, however, only 1/2 of the normal amount employer. may be deducted. The standby charge is based on an assumed personal In logging personal and business use, it is important usage of 12,000 km-per year. If personal use as recorded in to remember that traveling between home and the "place of a log book is less than 12,000 km, the standby charge would business is considered to be a personal use of the car. be reduced accordingly. This reduction requires the filing Where the business is carried on in more than one place, of Form TD5 with the employer prior to January 31 of the travel between places of business is considered to be a following year. business use. In addition to the standby charge, an employee who has On first reading, the tax rules on automobile use been supplied with an automobile is required to report as appear complicated. But after some thought, and careful income a share of the operating costs paid by the employer. consideration, most taxpayers should be able to figure out Operating costs include: licence, insurance, gasoline, and where they stand and what it will cost them come April. maintenance expenses. Interest on money borrowed to pur- chase a vehicle is not considered part of the operating costs. The amount of the operating cost benefit is calculated John Manley is a resident of Ottawa South, and a tax by prorating total operating costs on the basis of busi- partner in the Ottawa law firm of Perley-Robertson, Panet, ness and personal kilometres driven. Alternatively, a tax- Hill & McDougall. payer is permitted to calculate the operating cost benefit as 1/2 of the standby charge. The operating cost benefit and the standby charge are reduced by any amounts paid by the employee to the employer as a reimbursement. When the car is owned by the employee personally, Free information Pour de l'information different considerations apply. First, if the employee call the gratuite, appelez le receives a direct reimbursement for specific expenses incurred for business only, no amount is taxable (this would be the case where a Public Service employee receives an Community Centre amount per kilometre for using his own car on government business). Information d’information Second, the employee may receive an allowance for Centre C communautaire automobile use, without having to account for its use. An allowance for automobile expenses will not be taxed if it is received by a salesman or someone who negotiates con- 18 Byward Market 18, marche Byward tracts for his employer, or if it is for employment-related Ottawa, Ontario Ottawa (Ontario) travel, does not §xceed a reasonable amount, and is comput- K1N 7A1 K1N 7A1

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All our work is Guaranteed and Fast 238-2101 Call for a free Estimate 526-1908 OSCAR September 1986 page 17 Rencontre by LINDA DEZIEL-BLAIS est fondé dans, la maison même de la Mère fondatrice, grâce à son père qui la lui céda gratuitement. Le nombre de vocations augmentant sans cesse, un premier monastère fut construit, -suivi de beaucoup d’autres. A l'heure actuelle, il existe environ une trentaine de Monastères du Précieux-Sang.

-Linda: Comment vit-on au Monastère?

-Soeur Jeannine: Nos journées sont bien remplies.’ Nous nous levons très tôt le matin et toute notre journée se partage entre la prière(offices, oraisons, méditation, messe, vêpres) et nos tâches quotidiennes. En plus de ces tâches, nous devons soigner nos soeurs malades (un.étage entier leur est réservé) et nous nous occupons aussi de l'accueil et du service au téléphone.

-Linda: Vous recevez deé visiteurs? Monastère. Dieu. Toute une vie consacrée à la prière. Un engagement total. -Soeur Jeannine: Bien sûr! Toute personne en recherche de Dieu, en peine ou en difficulté morale peut télé- C’est lors d’une balade à bicyclette que j’ai découvert phoner chez nous (au numéro 234-7100) ou se rendre à le Monastère du Précieux-Sang, situé au 774 de la Pro- la porte qui est ouverte de 9 heures le matin à 19 menade Echo. Cette imposante demeure, entourée d’arbres, heures le soir. est surmontée d’une très belle Croix illuminée le soir. L’accueil est bilingue et oecuménique. Le site est superbe et invite à la réflexion. Les personnes sont aussi invitées à nous confier leurs intentions de prière, par lettre, par téléphone ou en Comment vit-on au Monastère? se rendant elles-mêmes au Monastère. D’où vient le nom "Précieux-Sang1’? A nos yeux, les gens sont nos enfants spirituels. Ces questions et bien d’autres, je les ai posées à Soeur Jeannine, qui m’a fait grand plaisir en acceptant Chères Soeurs du Précieux-Sang.. Dans un monde souvent de me recevoir au Monastère. plus préoccupé de pouvoir et d’argent que de valeurs chrétiennes, je me sens rassurée par vos prières et Ce fut un grand moment pour moi lorsque, franchissant - - le seuil de la grande porte de bois, mon regard se pose votre généreux dévouement. Votre vocation est très grande et très belle. sur le très beau Crucifix au mur. Merci pour tout et à très bientôt, Soeur Jeannine! "Le Sang de Jésus qui sauve le monde..." Tout est là. Chacun de nos efforts, de nos pas, prend ainsi tout son sens lorsqu’il est accompli pour Lui, pour Celui qui a donné jusqu’à la dernière goutte de son Précieux-Sang par amour pour nous. C’est en méditant ces pensées que je me dirige vers le cloître où m'attend Soeur Jeannine. La grille qui me The City of Ottawa Women and Sport sépare d’elle me rappelle que les Soeurs adoratrices du programme invites you to celebrate Précieux-Sang forment un ordre contemplatif, c'est-à- 'WOMEN AND SPORT DAY' by attending dire voué à la méditation; elles ne sortent pas de leur Monastère. Elles sont séparées du monde par cette Sport Partici-fashion grille, mais comme Soeur Jeannine me l'apprendra,, It/one* aKd Sunday September 28 elles sont toujours en contact avec nous. Voici quelques-unes des questions que je lui ai posées. SPORT 1.00-5.00pm et fje/ru Heron Road Multi-Service Centre -Linda: Soeur Jeannine, parlez-nous de votre communauté. 1480 Heron Road Programme^Highlights -Soeur Jeannine: Notre communauté a été fondée en 1861, à Saint-Hyacinthe, au Québec, par Mademoiselle Aurélie -sport demonstrations Caouette qui prendra le nom de Mère Catherine-Aurelie- -fashion show du-Précieux-Sang (1833-1905). Il y aura 125 ans le 4 -sport information booths for girls and women septembre 1986 que notre communauté existe, la toute -registration for Fall sport leagues première communauté contemplative d’origine canadienne. Notre devise apostolique: Adorer, Remercier, Réparer, Get involved for the fun of it !! Implorer, au nom de la terre entière. Pour ce faire, nous offrons notre prière du jour et de la nuit, Le programme du Sport et les femmes de la ville notre vie silencieuse, les renoncements que nous impose d'Ottawa vous invite a fêter la journée du notre cloître, les joies de notre vie fraternelle. 'SPORT ET LES FEMMES' a

-Linda: D’où vient le nom "Précieux-Sang"? Pa rticipa tion-spor tiv e le dimanche 28 sefrtembre -Soeur Jeannine: Notre fondatrice, Mère Catherine- 13H-17H Aurélie-du-Précieux-Sang avait, depuis sa plus tendre Centre Polyvalent du chemin Héron enfance, un grand amour pour Jésus et une dévotion 1480 chemin Heron très grande à la Vierge-Marie. Elle aimait méditer Au_grogramme les souffrances de la Passion du Christ et de sa -démonstrations sportives Mort sur la Croix pour le salut de nos âmes. -défile' de mode Elle voulait louer ce Sang qui répare les âmes, le -information au sujet des sports pour filles et faire connaître et aimer. femmes Elle se sentait fortement attirée vers une vie de -inscription des ligues sportives d'automne contemplat ion et de pénitence dans ion monastère ; or, à cette époque, il n'y avait aucune communauté con- Soyez de la partie ! ! templative au Canada. fë*Ottawa En septembre l86l, son grand rêve se réalise enfin: le premier Monastère des Soeurs du Précieux-Sang INFORMATION 564-1096 OSCAR September 1986 page 18 Ex libris Record Review by TIM MARK, Branch Director by CAROLINE BOWDEN

This is the column in a series from the staff of the Ottawa Public Library, South Branch, on Bank Street. We hope to introduce newcomers to the library’s collection and its programs; if you are already a patron we hope to pass HARD-HITTING NEW ALBUM on some tips and hints to help you get the most out of the library’s services. The EURYTHMICS’ new alhum, Revenge, has a very North Membership in the Ottawa Public Library is free to all American sound, reminiscent of Bruce Springsteen and John local residents with suitable identification. Cougar Mellencamp. This is not to say that they no longer In future articles, if you express interest, we will have the sophisticated synthesizer sound of old - they do, describe the history of South Branch; tell you how ULISYS but the saxophone and, in particular, the harmonica (both (the library’s automated circulation system) works; tell played by Jimmy ”Z” Zavala) play an intricate part in you about special holdings on consumer information, car- establishing the overall mood of the album. Revenge, as the eers, vacation information, and so on. We won’t normally title suggests, is hard-hitting, both lyrically and musi- feature book reviews, but we will tell you the current ”10 cally, and very danceable. The material is a mixture of most requested books in Ottawa South.” We hope to publi-sh optimistic, good-time songs, written by Dave Stewart (who lists of prize winning authors (both high- and low-brow) to also plays the guitar), and those of bitter recrimination help you find that elusive ’’good author” you may be looking authored by the smoky-voiced Annie Lennox. A steady drum for. For this time, you may like to know a bit about our beat, courtesy of Clem Burke, swirling synthesizers from setup and what makes us tick. Patrick Seymour, and a trio of bass players round out the The Ottawa Public Library consists of the Main Library EURYTHMICS’ musical family. (120 Metcalfe St) and 7 branches. South Branch is one of One fault which is apparent with this album is the the oldest branches, established in 1911. It opened in its downplaying of Stewart's biting guitar work - it has been present location in 1951; after lengthy and much-needed replaced by the aforementioned sax and harmonica. Lennox is renovations last year we reopened the building in November. in fine voice despite recent problems with nodes on her In terms of circulation, South Branch ranks fourth behind vocal chords. the Main Library and Carlingwood and Alta Vista branches. Tracks such as ’’The Last Time," "The Miracle of Love," All branches are linked by computer; so we are able to and "Thorn In My Side" make this album a treat for the check and, if necessary, draw on each others’ holdings. lovelorn, while "Missionary Man" and "In This Town" will This can be done by enquiring at the Information Desk. delight R&B fans. South Branch is unique because we house 3 separate services: the lending library, the Bookmobile, and Visiting Services. Visiting Services is program for those readers who are unable physically to come to the library to select VETERAN GROUP STILL FRESH, ENERGETIC their books. As you may have noticed, we have a very large collection of books - over 110,000 and you will often see dupli- JUDAS PRIEST, which has been around for the last 15 cate copies of books on our shelves: the additional copies years, has just come out with its new album, Turbo. Listen- are to serve the needs of our Bookmobile and Visiting ing to it is like being put through a wringer - the energy Services readers. generated by this band has no respite and leaves one Although we anticipated some increase in circulation breathless from dancing to its hard-rocking material. Harsh-voiced Rob Halford continues to belt out such after building renovations were completed, the actual in- songs as "Turbo Lover," the first release, and "Parental crease has been remarkable - over 25% between January and Guidance," the typical youth anthem which is approached July this year, compared to the same period in 1984, our with gratifying freshness. K.K. Downing and Glen Tipton, last comparable year of operation. known as the best guitar duo ever strut their stuff with What do Ottawa South people read? About 30% of our electrifying competence in all of the arrangements, in circulation is children's books. This is good news. Local particular, "Locked In"; Ian Hill plays the bass and Dave parents are reading to, and instilling a love of reading Holland is on drums. in, their children. Of the adult circulation, 42% is fic- Despite the fact that JUDAS PRIEST is a heavy metal tion. Many types are read but we know that detective sto- band, music-lovers who do not normally listen to this type ries are especially popular. That’s why we buy on standing of music will enjoy the raw energy and technical proficien- order all the crime titles put out by Collins, Macmillan, and Gollancz. We also buy lots of others of course. cy, and fans old and new will continue to rock with Turbo. Nonfiction accounts for 35%. Our patrons have an ab- sorbing interest in biography, but also read heavily in such areas as medicine, cookbooks, travel, and history. Sixteen percent is paperbacks and 4% is magazines. (Did you know that you can take out back issues of dozens of popular magazines?) The remainder consists of such items as language and (children's) spoken word cassettes and talking books (for Visiting Services patrons). If the current increase in circulation continues, we expect to reach (for South Branch alone) a circulation of 300,000 books this year (compared to 234;000 in 1984). This PE'NAN WOK would be a remarkable increase and a tribute to the reading RESTAURANT FULLY LICENSED habits of Ottawa South. We welcome comments and suggestion and would be glad to hear from you. DAILY LUNCHEON SPECIALS

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836 Bank Street 236-2244 1098 Bank St. (at Sunnyside) 234-0211 OSCAR September 1986 page 19 Squawk from a pigeon

by JIM COAKLEY

I have been invited by the Ottawa South Pigeon Litter and Squawker Headquarters (OSPLASH) to say a few words in defense of our species. It is certainly time. No matter where we go we are treated with hostility and suspicion. There are complaints about the "noise" we make - and that coming from people who have long since lost the art of conversation to TV watching. We, of course, bill and coo to communicate - and that's more than you can say for a lot of humans! Then there are nasty remarks about our so-called "filthy toilet habits." We are accused of defacing public monuments and splashing cars. Don't forget, there are other birds using these public outhouses and flying the same corridors. These few vignettes from history indicate clearly Remember too, most birds fly to the sunny south for enough that the relationship between man and pigeon has the winter - we stick around to face the harsh climate with been long and productive - though of far more benefit to you. But what thanks do we get? You guessed it - poisons, man than pigeon. We don't have wars. On the contrary, we nerve sprays and othèr atrocities which no civilized people are peaceful folk who have been exploited without mercy and would even contemplate. And, oddly enough, these same peo- the moment it was considered that we had outlived our use- ple tolerate the helter-skelter activity of squirrels in fulness you turned against us. the neighbourhood. I don't know where we go from here. This squawk will What is so painful to us is that all this discrimina- not be appreciated. No one welcomes the truth, but we pi- tion totally disregards our long history in the service of geons have been important to man - far too important to mankind. When I say that communication between pigeons is allow a good relationship to be spoiled because of your of a very high order, it should be remembered that until squeamishness about our noise and our admittedly casual the invention of the telegraph, man himself was utterly de- toilet habits. pendent on us for his own long-distance communication and There is, however, one possibility which might solve exploration. Does not the Book of Genesis relate how Noah the problems for all of us. With all this science and sent forth a dove fom the ark? What do you think a dove is? technology of yours, surely it would be possible to cross a A pigeon, of course! pigeon with a parrot. If this could be done, maybe we could We are the flying postal crew who, in 5000 years of speak. Then, when Nature called we could simply squawk out human history have never once gone on strike. The Greek in jovial tones "Hey guys, look out below!" . poet Anacreon wrote of homing pigeons carrying poems between lovers. Results of the Olympic Games were carrried to cities of ancient Greece by our winged ancestors. In 1849, . OSPLASH! Baron Julius von Reuter, the German pioneer in the founding of news-gathering agencies, dispatched news by pigeon post to locations on the European continent that could not be reached by telegraph. In timps.,.&£ ■ war, our dispatch-carrying kin were always " drafted for military service. The ancient Egyptians used us as did the rulers of early India and China. Genghis Khan depended on us. Gaius Julius Caesar established a compre- hensive pigeon-post system throughout Gaul which guaranteed same-day delivery. Richard the Lionheart entrusted us with his messages to Saladin during the Third Crusade to the Holy Land, and did we ever let him down? Never! Pigeons served with gallantry throughout Word War I to supplement the marvellously inefficient wireless and telephone field communication systems of those days. You hear less about us in World War II - mainly because Ma Bell and other telecommunication systems claimed all the credit, but how do you think messages were passed during radio and telephone blackouts? That's right. Pigeons.

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BABYSITTER WANTED for 4 GLEBE DAYCARE has open- PLANNING A TRIP? Interested ROOM WANTED by quiet pro- year old in Hopewell/Seneca ings for kindergarten and in a special London theatre fessional lady, temperate, non- area. Wednesday evenings plus after-4 children in supervised tour? Or just need information smoker. November 1. In house, occasional other evenings, family home daycare in the on travel matters? Please call preferably in Ottawa South. weekend days. Good pay/con- Glebe and Ottawa South homes. Trudy Kassner at 235-2823. Minimal cooking. Away wèek- ditions for reliable, good Subsidies are available. ends. Telephone evenings, caregiver. Please call Please call Sandy Stone 9 am- Monday to Thursday 238-9216. 231-6826 after 6. References noon, 233-9268. HELP WANTED. Daytime ca- appreciated. sual help needed 9 am - 1 pm WANTED: The Firehall is MATURE PERSON WANTED or 9 am - 4 pm. Main duties: looking for a change table for PART-TIME CAREGIVER for occasional babysitting dur- sorting and shelving returned babies. If anyone has an extra wanted for 10 month old ing the day. Please call books, shelf-reading (checking one, we would be happy to baby. 9 am to 1 pm weekdays. 235-0882 after September 15. that books are in correct order come and pick it up. Call Start end of Sept. Preferably on the shelves). Minimum Sharon or Sandy at 564-1064. my home Seneca/Aylmer area. wage. Library knowledge an BABYSITTER WANTED part- References required. Phone asset. Please apply in person 236-9812 evenings/weekends. time days for 1 year old to: the Circulation Supervisor, child. Call 232-6297. Ottawa Public Library, South CAREGIVER REQUIRED: Branch, 1049 Bank Street. Responsible, mature, for 1.5 FREE: to family with children, PLEASE NOTE to 2 hours after school two heavy-duty hockey net ALOETTE - skin care with Tuesdays, Wednesdays and frames (padding and nets Aloe Vera high quality cosmet- Thursdays for 2 children. My needed). Call 235-2796. ics. Call now for free facial NOTICEBOARD and CLASSY home, Main/Riverdale area. and makeover in your own ADS are free to residents of 234-4305 evenings GENERAL HANDIWORK, gar- home. Book a show and get a Ottawa South and nonprofit dening, house sitting, fixing free freshwater pearl necklace organizations. (Small businesses WANTED: part-time Mother's household items, painting, car- ($25). Call Sharon Stewart at are allowed one free insertion Helper. My 7 month old twins pentry, babysitting - you name 770-1078/998-7300. at our discretion.) Please and 2 year old son need extra it, we can do it. Husband and submit your ad in writing by love and attention. Mornings. wife team ready to work in the middle of the month before Non-smoker. Hours and salary Ottawa South area at your it is to appear. Include your negotiable. Call Mary 234- name and telephone number 5002. convenience. Call for estimate without obligation. 235-2823. in case we need to contact you. HOTcEBQRD HOTcEBGRD IKMBGRD H0UEEMD

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