Volunteers Honoured by OSCA

THE OSCAR www.BankDentistry.com 613.241.1010 The Ottawa South Community Association Review l The Community Voice YEAR 44, No.6 June 2016 Volunteers Honoured by OSCA Some of the 2016 OSCA Volunteer Award recipients, both as individuals and for the groups they represent, at the OSCA AGM. (Left to Right) Anna Cuylits, Peter Wells, Kathy Krywicki, Craig Piche, Catherine McLaughlin, Linda Thom, Dianne Caldbick, Eric Bays, Robert Taylor, and for Leo Doyle (who was out of town) his son Matthew. For more on the volunteer awards and the OSCA AGM, see pages 2, 5-7. PHOTO BY OSCA STAFF COMMUNITY CALENDAR Wednesday, June 1, 20:00 OSCA Summer Registration Begins Online. Friday, June 3, 19:30 Seventeen Voyces Presents “Tales Of Shakespeare,” Southminster United Saturday, June 4, 8:00 - 22:30 City of Om Yoga Festival, Lansdowne Park June 4-5 Doors Open Ottawa Saturday, June 4, 21:00 Ottawa Air Guitar Championships, House of TARG Sunday, June 5, 10:00-16:00 OSCA Windsor Park Art Show Thursday, June 9, 14:00 “Artists in Residence” Art Show, Colonel By Residence June 11-12 Giveaway Weekend Saturday, June 11 19:30 Piano Recital Series presents Simone Dinnerstein, Southminster United Wednesday, June 15, 19:00 Chamber Opera “Führerbunker”, Mayfair Theatre Saturday, June 18, 8:00 - The Main Event - Garage Sale, Old Ottawa 12:00 East Saturday, June 18 13:00-15:00 Third Annual Belmont Paddlefest, Windsor Park Dock Sunday June 26, 9:00-17:00 Community Cup, Brewer Park OSCA Windsor Park Art Show Sunday June 5th From 10:00 am until 4:00 pm NEXT OSCAR Deadline: JUNE 17 To see the latest listings, go to the online calendar at www.oldottawasouth.ca Page 2 THE OSCAR l June 2016 This Ottawa Tween is the Leader of the Brewer Park Cleanup Jacob Griffin is like a lot of it laminated and posted the signs head.” people. He just wanted to help. along the park. “We want our park litter-free” But the aspiring 12-year-old It was a big decision, one that he adds. “To get there, we need student from Westboro Academy, involved a lot of time preparing, people to stop littering. We need whose school is on the border of organizing and recruiting the people who go to the hang out Brewer Park, took on a job that volunteers. spot that is hidden in the treed no other Old Ottawa resident “I designed the poster. I sent area near the river to put their would consider. This spring, emails. I guess it took 12 to 15 stuff in the garbage can. Stuff Jacob Griffin embarked on hours to organize over a couple of like fast food containers, cigarette leading and organizing the Brewer weeks.” butts, smashed beer bottles.” Park cleanup. “I ordered the starter kit from I asked Jacob how does it feel “I chose to step forward to the Cleaning the Capital project to do a job that normally is done cleanup Brewer Park because no and they knew that I was 12-years by an adult. Here is his candid one else answered the call for help old.” answer: and I knew that someone needed On Saturday April 23rd, Jacob “I found it very difficult to plan, to do it,” he said. went to the park and waited and and it felt good when it was done. His experience has given him wondered who would show up. On the day of the event, I stood a much better understanding that Thirty-six volunteers showed there with a map of the park and “somebody needs to be willing to up: adults; classmates; soccer and directed them to various spots. I step up or a great project like this hockey team mates; neighbours got cold standing there so I started won’t happen. I wanted to make a and community garden to move around.” Jacob Griffin PHOTO BY GEORGINA HUNTER difference.” volunteers. “Afterwards I felt great to see File Name: Log #037_Apr - Fallis Group - Newspaper Ad_5in x 2.25inWhile still in grade seven, Jacob City Councillor, David the park all cleaned up. I feel Creative & Production Services Trim: 5”x 2.25” Colours: CMYK 100 Yonge Street, 10th Floor Bleed: 0" Safety: n/a Mech Res: 300dpi Material Deadline: April 29, 2016 By Toronto,Georgina ON M5C 2W1 Hunter had his heart set on organizing the Chernushenko, along with his accomplished that I have been cleanup. He prepared a poster, had wife and daughter, came to help. able to organize this and have In fact, Councillor Chernushenko people come out.” was so impressed with Jacob’s “I want to lead this Brewer Do you know how much you need to efforts that he wrote a thank you Park cleanup next year. Hopefully, letter to him. more people will come and we retire comfortably? When asked what sort of items can tackle the football field and www.findyournumber.ca the group collected, Jacob said: the area under the graffiti bridge.” “There was wood with nails Thanks to this tween, Brewer (613) 782-6773 The Fallis Group with it, pop cans, wine bottles, Park is cleaner, safer for children, ScotiaMcLeod,® a division beer bottles, cigarette lighters, lots and more enjoyable for all park of Scotia Capital Inc. of cigarette butts, lots of broken users. glass, and even a broken hatchet ™ Scotia Capital Inc. is a member of the Canadian Investor Protection Fund and the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada. For more information visit www.scotiawealthmanagement.com. Green Team Cleans OOS Receives OSCA Award By Georgina Hunter sidewalks. While some may regard stooping The Green Team cleaned Windsor and picking up others’ litter an act in Park, Brewer Park, and Bank Street futility, since litter quickly reappears, on Saturday, April 23rd. I look at this troublesome issue OSCA acknowledged the Green differently. Team’s efforts when they presented Litter creates more litter. But a the team with a community award clean community is safer, has higher after the May 3rd AGM meeting. property values, makes people more For the past 19 years, Windsor Park inclined to stop, shop, and feel good has been cleaned by members of the about themselves. Windsor Pups dog walkers and other Picking up litter is a year-round volunteers. The Green Team’s calls activity. Please take a bag with you for a leader to tackle Brewer Park when you go out and about in the have been answered, and now this neighbourhood and pick up just one park has been cleaned three years in a piece of litter. If everyone did this, row. Bank Street – our community’s there would be no litter. flagship street – has been tidied up Margaret Mead’s words ring for the past four years. true when it comes to grass-roots This year, Bank Street looks movements of keeping communities great thanks to Grade 12 Glebe clean. “Never doubt that a small Collegiate students who stooped to group of thoughtful, committed pick up masses of cigarette butts and citizens can change the world; fast food containers that litter our indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.” Isabel Hunter, Brooke Jennings, Jordan Brazeau and Georgina Hunter who picked up litter on Bank Street. PHOTO BY JAMES HUNTER THE OSCAR l June 2016 Page 3 Annual Windsor Park Cleanup Finds Garbage and Snakes By Don Cummer For two decades, the residents of Old Ottawa South have gathered each spring to cleanup the parks from Bank to Main Street. In the early years, this was known as the annual “Pick-a-poop Harvest” and was organized by “The Windsor Pups” under the direction of Peter Wells and Brian Tansey. Dog owners showed their civic responsibility by spending a Saturday morning searching for any souvenirs that their dogs may have left over the winter months, when it’s harder to keep track of what a doggie does and where a doggie doos. Over the years, the “harvest” evolved. People brought their rakes and garden waste bags and worked at raking the leaves and winter deadfall. Then under the guidance of Gary Lum, the scope of the cleanup was expanded to include cutting back The Windsor Park cleanup crew, 2016. PHOTOS BY PETER WELLS on the brush and trying to eradicate the Manitoba maples that sprouted sending out posters that read, “Do what you’ll find; never know what Don Cummer has attended nearly along the riverbank, choking out you love Brewer Park? Do you love you’ll learn. And the park always every “Pick-a-poop Harvest.” In other growth. Olympic gold medalist, to play in the park? I do!! Let’s clean looks better afterwards. past years, his dog Zoscha used to Linda Thom, took responsibility it up for summer.” write about them for OSCAR. Selec- for leading teams of volunteers to Apart from joining a city-wide tions from Zoscha’s articles can now cleanup the park named after her. initiative, there are other advantages be found at www.doncummer.com/ zoscha. ⨀⨀昀爀攀攀猀琀爀攀攀琀瀀愀爀欀椀渀最℀⨀⨀ 伀琀琀愀眀愀匀甀瀀⸀挀愀椀渀昀漀䀀漀琀琀愀眀愀猀甀瀀⸀挀愀 ⠀戀攀猀椀搀攀䌀⸀䄀倀愀爀愀搀椀猀漀渀刀椀搀攀愀甀刀椀瘀攀爀⤀ ㄀㌀㄀㐀䈀愀渀欀匀琀Ⰰ 圀愀琀攀爀昀爀漀渀琀 Linda Thom leads the cleanup of the park named in her honour. 氀椀欀攀甀猀漀渀昀愀挀攀戀漀漀欀渀攀眀渀甀洀戀攀爀 PHOTO BY DON CUMMER 㘀㄀㌀㈀㘀㌀㈀㘀㤀爀攀渀琀愀氀猀 ␀ ㄀㔀⼀栀漀甀爀⸀ 洀漀渀ⴀ昀爀椀 ␀㈀昀漀爀㈀栀漀甀爀猀 There’s such a wide range of to cleaning up the park later in the 爀攀渀琀愀氀猀 ⴀ 氀攀猀猀漀渀猀 ⴀ 猀愀氀攀猀 ⴀ 猀甀瀀礀漀最愀 spring cleaning chores and such a month than is our custom. For one large space that the volunteers now thing, the stacks of hockey boards have grown well beyond the original piled up by the city have been (613) 824-0441 “Windsor Pups.” removed.

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