150Th Birthday Present to Ourselves: Trees in the Glebe by Angela Keller-Herzog Tree Ottawa – Ecology Ottawa

Serving the Glebe community since 1973 www.glebereport.ca ISSN 0702-7796 November 11, 2016 Vol. 44 No. 10 Issue no. 486 FREE Photo: A. Keller- H erzog A. Photo: Bob Acton, First Avenue resident, is keen to have a tree planted in 2017. 150th birthday present to ourselves: Trees in the Glebe by Angela Keller-Herzog Tree Ottawa – Ecology Ottawa. neighbourhood to look for spots where of trees planned or planted. The com- Incoming co-chair of the GCA a new generation of Glebe trees can be mittee hopes to be able to come back Let’s treat ourselves for our 150th Environment Committee Judith Slater planted. The initiative is timely, as the to the Glebe Report readership by the birthday in 2017! Let’s make our commented, “What do we love about Glebe has lost about 15 per cent of its end of 2017 with a map showing new neighbourhood even more beautiful. the look and feel of the Glebe? For canopy to the emerald ash borer. As tree locations and species. Let’s adorn our neighbourhood with many, if not most of us, the trees in well, many of the neighbourhood’s tall City foresters responsible for the stately greenery by planting 150 or the Glebe are a big reason to love the trees are aging and succession plant- Glebe area are supportive, including more new trees for our birthday! That neighbourhood. They are calming. ing is sorely needed on some streets. those working through the Trees in is the idea behind the new “Trees in They are beautiful. They are impres- The GCA Environment Commit- Trust program. The Glebe Environ- the Glebe” initiative. sive. They are stately. There is just tee will be tracking the tree locations ment Committee has prepared a Tree This initiative is a partnership of the something about them that is hard to to see if residents plant 150 new trees Selection Guide that is available on Environment Committee of the Glebe put into words.” over the coming year (starting this Community Association (GCA) and Trees in the Glebe is a call-out to the fall). They will also track the species Continued on page 2

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Trees in the Glebe

Everyone can participate!

Look for tree planting spots next time you are out and about!

• If you are a tenant, you can call on your landlord. Especially if you have a suggestion as to what kind of tree might be suitable and an offer to help take care of the tree, your landlord might be open to the idea.

• If you are a homeowner, see if you have space on your property for another tree. Think about succession planning – new trees can establish their root systems in the understory while old trees live out their last decade.

• If you are a homeowner and you have a space in front of your house that is on City property (the so-called “street allowance” Trees are calming, beautiful, impressive, stately. strip of land), then you can call the City of Ottawa’s Trees in Trust Program and they will plant a tree for you.

Continued from page 1 • If you are a user of our parks, you can call on the City (dial 311) to plant more trees. Let us know too, so we can collect individual request, to help residents identify a to get your planned new tree on the proposals for parks and echo your suggestions. suitable tree to plant. Glebe 2017 tree map or to send your The initiative will not pay for the suggestion as to where one should be • If you are walking down the street and you see a spot where you cost of new trees, which ranges from planted. think a tree should be – let us know. We will follow up with the about $50 to $150, but if requested, we property owner who may want to consider planting. will help with advice, transport of new Angela Keller-Herzog is co-chair of trees from nurseries, and planting. the Environment Committee of the Contact [email protected] Glebe Community Association. The Polar Express - Our Annual Christmas Movie Mayfair Theatre - Saturday, November 26th. Doors Open at 9;30 a.m. Show Starts at 10:00 a.m.

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Re: Lansdowne and Glebe story one Bravo to Ali Ramezani for his elo- Re: Beer Store/Mr. Muffler redevelopment for the textbooks, October 2016 quent commentary on the cynicism and duplicity of Mayor Jim Watson Like Frank Johnson (letter to the editor, October edition), I am underwhelmed All Ottawa residents should be grate- as well as the greed and self-serv- by the motion adopted by the Glebe Community Association regarding the Beer ful to Ali Ramezani (“Lansdowne ing business practices of OSEG with Store/Mr. Muffler redevelopment. The position that the traditional Main Street and Glebe story one for the text- respect to the Lansdowne develop- should be protected but “maybe they should be allowed to go above 15 metres books,” October 2016 Glebe Report) ment. Glebe residents, understandably, high” makes no sense to me. The two are incompatible. And the idea of allowing and Frank Johnson (“Learning the find “moving on” impossible when, the developers to go over 15 metres as long as it “does not set a general prece- Lansdowne lessons”) for skillfully during every game, event and fes- dent” demonstrates a lack of understanding of how City Council and the OMB countering the rosy accounts of the tival, our small neighbourhood is work. The developers have already cited the size of the Lord Lansdowne as jus- recent history and the current situ- invaded by 24,000 people. This influx, tification for the height. And if 15 metres is exceeded here, every new developer ation in letters that appeared in the with its attendant traffic and parking would seek to use it as a precedent in their application. August and September issues. Indeed, nightmares, continues to kill Glebe Ignored in all of the coverage of this issue is the developer’s very impractical Ottawa residents were misled and are businesses and destroy the character idea to return the Beer Store as a tenant while eliminating all surface parking. paying and will continue to pay for of our neighbourhood. Every prom- Do they really think that people will park on Bank Street or adjacent side streets the sole sourcing of the development, ise by the OSEG with respect to the or in the underground parking to unload a couple of month’s worth of empty in contradiction of an earlier Council mix and quality of businesses, restau- beer and wine bottles? decision to hold an international com- rants, stores and cinema entertainment I find that David Chernushenko’s statement in the Councillor’s report much petition. One hopes that Ottawa will has been broken. What we have in the better reflects my view: one is “hard pressed” to find any redeeming attributes elect a more responsible and clear- end – an ugly bar district where rowdi- in this proposal. thinking leader in the next election. ness, drunkenness and loud music are I believe City Council should reject any proposal to exceed the current zoning encouraged – is a rebuff of the values provisions for this property. Louis J. Cabri of the Glebe. There is nothing on offer here for our family community of edu- David Orfald cated residents interested in culture.

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New to the Glebe Goldart Jewellery Studio “House of Fine Jewellery” opened in Nov- ember at 722 Bank Street at First Avenue (former home of Buck- lands).

Makita Kitchen Bar will be moving soon into 589 Bank Street (location of the former Glebe Indian Cuisine). Open every day except Tuesday, 5 p.m. to 2 a.m. Licensed. A menu is posted on the door.

Turnstone Biologics opened upstairs at 787 Bank Street in March. It con- ducts clinical research in the field of oncolytics and cancer immuno- therapies.

Changes afoot Showpony Hair has moved from its upstairs location at 166 Second Avenue off Bank Street to 722 Bank Street (formerly Bucklands), rear entrance.

Mr. Muffler is moving from 880 Biking – it’s complicated Bank Street to 551 Caster Street, Russell, Ontario. The Russell loca- I’ve biked up and down the new road with a picture of a bike means it’s plicated little picture of a bike and tion will open in February 2017. O’Connor bikeway, at least the Glebe a bike/car shared road? Do we know a car and a little triangle at the point Customers are advised to change section, on my way to the Y, and it’s what a sharrow looks like? Is there where the car and bike intersect – a bit tires and pick up stored ones at very nice to have. I like it very much, a special meaning to the florescent like a comic-book collision – “BIF! their earliest convenience. The in spite of the potential for a “tack green paint that’s sometimes under BAM! TINKLE!” OK, not that funny. last day Mr. Muffler will remain attack.” our bike, sometimes not? The point is, I had to stop and study open is December 30, 2016. Phone However, I’m coming to realize how At the same time, drivers are equally it before I could decipher what it was proprietor Paul Villeneuve at 613- much more complex the whole busi- confused about what to expect. The supposed to be. What driver cruising 236-8988. ness of biking is becoming in this bike-car collision on the first day the by at 40 km will be able to process it? city. With one- and two-way streets, bikeway opened and another dur- And even if they did, what is it telling Contributors this issue one- and two-way bike lanes, the new ing the week, drove home that notion them to do or not do? Ash Abraham Coutu Heather Meek green bike boxes, some contra-flow fast. Drivers turning from a one-way Free advice to the City: simplify. Dijana Bate Shawn Menard bike lanes (going the “wrong way” on street have not had to look the “wrong That’s no small matter because the Carolyn Best Michael Mossop a one-way street), and a whole batch of way” to see if a bicyclist is approach- hardest thing to do is to make some- Gwen Best Margret B. Nankivell new street signs, we’re suddenly having. And now they do. Yes, educating thing complicated appear clear and Erin Binks Yasir Naqvi Scott Blurton Stefani Nielson ing to stop and think hard. Did we get all parties will help, but I think there’s simple. It will need the city’s best Micheline Boyle David Orfald it that a diamond shape near a picture more we can do. communicators. But it will be worth it. Louis J. Cabri Chris Ralph of a bike indicates a lane reserved only I had to laugh when I saw the sign Gillian Campbell Marisa Romano for bikes? And that sharrows on the on the O’Connor bikeway – a com- —Liz McKeen David Chernushenko Sheri Segal Glick Christine Cowan Kristin Jillian Shropshire Emily Fairbairn Lois Siegel Mr. Firestone’s Grade 4 Kate Smith class Dorothy Speak Pat Goyeche Zenah Surani Paul Green Sue Townley Paul Guttadauria Mary Tsai Rochelle Handelman Basia Vanderveen www.glebereport.ca CONTACT US Liam Harrap Sophia Vincent Guy Julie Ireton Marnie Wellar Established in 1973, the Glebe Report, published by the Glebe Report Association is a monthly 175 Third Avenue, Angela Keller-Herzog Don Westwood not for-profit community newspaper with a circulation of 7,000 copies. It is delivered free to Ottawa, Ontario K1S 2K2 Kate McGregor Jennifer Wilson Glebe homes and businesses. Advertising from merchants in the Glebe and elsewhere pays all Leslie McKay Zeus Chris McNaught its costs, and the paper receives no government grants or direct subsidies. 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by Marnie Wellar Library, a charity that provides recrea- a book. I took it to work; it was bor- appreciation for the Little Free Library. tional reading material to patients and rowed by lunchtime, and thus began an One guy pointed at it and yelled, “BEST. Updated and adapted from an article staff at the Ottawa Hospital. It needs unexpected renewal of the May Court PRESENT. EVER!!” Strangers ring the originally published in www.montgol- donations of the kind of thing one would Library shelves. When suitable books doorbell to thank me. A very nice man fiereweekly.com. take to a sick friend – popular, recent turned up in the Little Free Library, I gave me $5. I have received cards, a cup- books and magazines in pristine condi- took them to the hospital. To date, more cake and a chocolate bar. Not long ago at A few years ago in Montreal, I saw a tion. We often get those and we also get than half the May Court Library collec- the grocery, a lady said in an undertone charming little wooden cupboard set titles in good condition that aren’t right tion has come from there. to her friend, “That’s the woman with up outside a coffee shop. A notice on for us, and of course, a bit of trash comes People are generous with their books that library on Fifth,” and her friend the door offered free books, there were in as well. The surplus material is sold at the Little Free Library. Some weeks whispered back, “It is? I got Sarah’s books inside, and I was enchanted. Last at book sales or given to thrift shops, 40 to 50 books are traded. Curating it Key from there! That was a great book.” summer I decided to make a Little Free and the dirty, smoky or mouldy stuff is is really fun. When I put in something The Little Free Library offers read- Library of my own. It was an ideal small recycled. However, some books are hard brilliant, or funny as hell, or totally ing that engages with nature. Business project, taking only a few days from to part with – certain special books. devastating, I think about how it might boomed all summer, but when it’s nasty sketching out the design to putting up These special books were just a “fun affect the person who reads it. I hope out, people won’t stand around with their the finished cabinet, built mostly from little stack” at first, but they kept pil- whoever took Sophie’s Choice is okay. mitts off, paging through books. Now is discarded materials. ing up. Every book a treasure, but the In addition to enabling me to share the time to enjoy a sunny walk through When I put the cabinet up, the first increasing number was becoming a deserving books and enriching the hos- falling leaves and trade a few books in book was taken before I could even get worry, when one day I remembered the pital library, the Little Free Library has preparation for shorter, darker days ahead. them all in. It was great fun to watch little book cabinet in Montreal. That’s affected my own reading. I read more, In addition to my Little Free Library on people discover the library. Some loudly how I could do it – I would give them and I read books I would not have Fifth between Lyon and Percy, there are exclaimed with delight, others gave it an away, and I would likely never run short. picked up before. One day a volume others in the Glebe: at Fourth and Bron- intense silent examination from every My Little Free Library had been of Anna Karenina arrived. I was dubi- son, Broadway between Findlay and angle. People even crossed the street or up for a few days, books were mov- ous. Over the years I’ve made attempts Torrington, Strathcona near Metcalfe; stopped their cars to take a look. ing on, the pile diminishing nicely, all to read this supposedly fabulous novel, and there may be others. Go to www.little- Books flew off the shelves. For most going well, when an unforeseen event but each time I found it insanely boring. freelibrary.org/ourmap to see a worldwide people running a Little Free Library, too occurred. People started putting books However, this was a new translation. I map of Little Free Library locations. much taking and not enough leaving is in. This was lovely, of course, but a set- read it with the greatest enjoyment and a concern, but it was what I hoped for. I back for my distribution agenda. at last understand why everyone loves Marnie Wellar is a Little Free Librar- had plenty of books and no worries about Then someone left The Girl on the this book. Thank you, unknown friend, ian who recently took charge of keeping a Little Free Library stocked. Train – perfect hospital reading: a grip- for a precious gift! distributing the Glebe Report. She has I had been working at the May Court ping thriller, ideal for escaping into People are kind about expressing their lived in the Glebe for 10 years.

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ters, Beauty Parlors, General Stores, Revolution, L iz m c k een Photo: Bars, Hangouts, and How They Get • the London coffee house (Lloyd’s Café Morala, one of the Glebe’s “third places,” hosts a birthday party. You Through the Day (1989) and The of London began as Lloyd’s Coffee Great Good Place (1991). House in 1688), French provincial couch, two antique- Lot), Some have argued that the Internet • the American tavern and coffee looking padded chairs and a coffee • The dog park at Sylvia Holden is also a third place. I disagree, as I house during the American Revo- table. I was delighted to discover that Park, feel that Oldenburg’s “third place” is a lution. the lunch menu was reminiscent of • Sunnyside Library and Black real place and not a virtual one. Some Based on these criteria, the Glebe The Pantry’s fare. Squirrel Books, though not “in” have coined the term “fourth place” in offers a variety of “third places.” Here I visit the Arrow and the Loon on the Glebe, are just over the Bank describing the Internet. are a few of my favourites: the first Sunday of the month to lis- Street Bridge and are frequented To satisfy Oldenburg’s definition of I regularly go to Café Morala; in ten to the Glebop Jazz Trio. I sit at a by Glebites. a third place, it should: fact, I had my 65th birthday party communal table and have a great time The Glebe has a new kind of third • be inexpensive or free, there. I was one of four regulars who interacting with other patrons who place, the parklet – a sidewalk exten- • provide access to food and drink, went to Morala after hours to see a share a love of jazz. sion covering several spaces of a • be a place to find new and old free film. An equipment failure meant Other third places in the Glebe: parking lane. Parklets offer a place friends, that the film was not screened, but we • Irene’s, which not only serves food to stop, sit and rest while taking in • involve the congregation of “regu- stayed and spent the next two hours and drink, but offers musical per- the activities of the street. Two were lars” who habitually gather there, discussing current affairs. formances and displays art, installed this year at Second and Third • be comfortable and welcoming, The Pantry, which closed its doors • The Wild Oat, avenues at Bank. • be highly accessible. in June after 41 years, was another of • Bridgehead, where rumour has What are your choices for “third Pete Myers has a similar list of char- my third places. Before it closed, CBC it that a knitting group regularly places” in the Glebe? acteristics: radio interviewed some of the patrons, meets, • neutral ground where people go of including me, about what The Pantry • Octopus Books and its Centretown Rochelle Handelman is a Glebe resi- their own free will, had meant to us. The Pantry’s replace- satellite, dent, who, before her retirement, was • a leveller (a levelling place) where ment, gcCafé, which opened October • Abbotsford House, a population analyst at Statistics socioeconomic status does not 11, has a similar but more modern • Glebe Community Centre, Canada. She has an Honours B.A. in matter, ambience, with the added bonus of a • Lionel Britton Park (a.k.a. the Tot Human Geography.

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shoulders watching a pageant celebrat- every night and morning, shoring up oo d ing the opening of the first television bombed-out buildings for 57 consecu- t w broadcast the previous year at Alex- tive nights at the start of the Blitz in andra Palace – “Ally Pally,” as its London and the UK. nickname became – in North London. So I was evacuated, together with y of Don We s y of Don From the vantage point of my father’s my mother, to Hitchin in Hertford- shoulders, the heads of the people in shire, relatively close to London so front of us must have been at the same that my father could come to visit level as the stage, so the actors pran- occasionally for some needed recu- cing across the stage appeared to me peration. s C ourte Photo: to be walking on the heads of all those Consequently, the happiest mem- My mother, circa 1938. Memories of my mother are happy ones. people in front of us. A most disturb- ories I have of those years are of my ing memory and not at all a happy one! mum and the haven of security and Encyclopaedias that dad had, with common remembrance for many of us. A while later, I experienced a simi- love that she represented that I shall considerable foresight, bought for me Many, many years later, in a CBC lar emotion when told that a dogfight never forget. Every time I got into a just before the war. TV series for children called Pencil was taking place up in the sky. This scrape with the bigger boys who were They somehow ended up with us in Box, a group of actors and puppeteers was very confusing and worrying all of eight or nine, or had cut a knee the house we were billeted in and it acted out stories that children across for a six-year-old, sitting on the grass playing on a bomb site or exploring was mum who helped me to under- Canada had been invited to write. surrounded by the legs of a host of sta- the nearby orchard where a Heinkel stand some of the wealth of historical One of the female actors was a little tionary people gazing skywards and He 111 had reputedly been shot down, and geographical facts, ancient myths miffed when she wasn’t asked back being told that a dogfight was taking mum was always there to console and and classical literature contained in for subsequent seasons. The reason place up there. I later discovered that doubtless gently reprimand me after those jam-packed volumes. eventually became evident: children Thank you Glebe,we were all it’swatching been the so-named 3 years! these adventures and deal with the I think Mum must have got a lot do not include mothers in their stories Battle of Britain; but, at the time, I nightmares and confused emotions of personal enjoyment when reading and adventures. Mothers represent the In appreciation, bringwas totally in bewildered. this adHow couldand receivethat ensued. them to me, as it took her mind off the safe haven to return to. EATIN’ GOOD INtwo THE dogs be fightingNEIGHBOURHOOD! up in the sky? It’s Mum’s usual way to comfort me day-to-day privations of rationing, the My mother was certainly that for 10% off your totalan amusing bill (applies memory now, but to again, all menus)was by reading. to me favourite stor- depressing news on the wireless and me. EXCELLENT FOOD, GOODcertainly not aCHEER happy one at the& time.GREATies from TIMES! large, hardcover children’s worrying about my dad and the dan- These particular memories have, books given to me by a great aunt. I gers he faced. Don Westwood is a retired professor Valid untilhowever, Nov. triggered 30th, others 2016. and have do believe this was why I soon came I still have that set of encyclo- emeritus from the School of Architec- Not applicablerevealed to groups a recurring of element 10 or of more.all to read by myself. paedias, dated but full of memories. ture at Carleton University. He was of them, certainly a very happy early But by far the most exciting stor- This devotion to our mothers and born in 1935 in London, England, memory indeed. My mum. ies and facts were from a 10-volume the recollection of happy memories and immigrated to Canada in 1959. My dad, too, but this came later, as set of Arthur Mee’s The Children’s from those early days is, I venture, a He lives in Old Ottawa South.

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by Scott Blurton to grow our urban communities, we will work to ensure that this growth Greetings from the Annex. is sustainable and consistent with our After a beautiful summer, we city’s zoning and official community are ready to get back to work in the plans. Cycling Without Age lets seniors feel Annex. The next few months are excit- We hosted our semi-annual Tim ing as the Glebe Annex Community Horton’s Cleaning the Capital event the wind in their hair again Association (GACA) continues to on Sunday October 2 at Dalhousie work hard for its residents. Park South. By bringing residents I promise this is not can ride a bike, enjoys This summer, GACA was proud together, we are building a community another column about the benefit of exercise, to host a safe cycling workshop for of which we can all be proud. Thank cycling; it’s actually along with the feel- adults. Participants learned lots of you to everyone who sacrificed their about community ing of contributing to great tips to help them get around Sunday morning to ensure that we all building, senior cit- the health and social our great city safely, including a nug- have a clean park and clean streets for izens’ quality of life and mental well-being get about how to trigger traffic light our families and loved ones. and, well, feeling wind of the passengers. For changes through sensors built right We held our Annual General Meet- in your hair. everyone, it’s a way into the street. ing on November 3 at the Glebe For the many sen- to make new friends We’ve continued to be active on Community Centre. We elected our iors in our midst who across generations. development files, reviewing numer- executive board and gave a report on live in some form of This social experi- ous developers’ proposals submitted our work over the past year and our retirement home or Councillor ment demonstrates to the city for possible developments upcoming plans for 2017. Thank you assisted living resi- David Chernushenko that a simple act can in both our community and adjacent to everyone for coming out and giving dence, getting outside www.capitalward.ca translate into uplifted neighbourhoods. Resumption of com- us a chance to get to know you and the is a special and yet spirits and improved munity consultation means residents issues you care about. rare and limited event: health. More than that, can once again voice their opinions By working together, we will con- a stroll in the garden, when implemented on about construction of an 18-storey tinue to build a community that we a walk or wheel around the block, sit- a larger scale, it improves the morale seniors’ residence at the corner of can all be proud to call home. Come ting on a bench in the sun, perhaps and spirits of entire communities, with Cambridge Street South and Carling join us in the Annex! a drive. All are welcome distractions, profound changes noted by staff and Avenue. Site plans need careful con- I’m sure, but they can’t compare to the volunteers at participating residences. sideration and we need your input. Scott Blurton is president of the Glebe mobility, freedom and social engage- But can it work in Ottawa? Well, While we support the city’s objectives Annex Community Association. ment that many seniors once enjoyed even though we’re not Danish, and not and once considered normal. everyone here grew up on a bike, Cyc- In Denmark, where almost every ling Without Age already is working senior citizen remembers what it here. Earlier this year, Gary Bradshaw feels like to ride a bike, the loss of brought the program to the St. Louis that ability can mean more than just Residence in Orleans, in partnership the loss of exercise. It is equally a with Bruyère Continuing Care. The loss of a sensation, of participation, success of this pilot project will be and of experiencing and enjoying the reviewed at the end of the year, with a world beyond one’s very limited local view to expanding the program. environment. I am so enthusiastic about Cycling This explains the extraordinary suc- Without Age that I will be working cess of Cycling Without Age (www. with several partners over the com- cyclingwithoutage.org), a social move- ing months to explore how we might ment that enlists volunteer “pilots” to roll out more bikes at more facilities, GMSOHouseGROscarNov16.pdf 1 2016-06-07 9:19 AM take older adults for a ride in a three- including the many seniors’ residences wheeled bicycle-rickshaw hybrid, or in and near the Glebe. At around “trishaw.” $9,000, the specialized bikes are not Cycling Without Age was born in cheap, and we need volunteer coordin- Copenhagen in 2012 because founder ators and pilots to make a large-scale Ole Kassow wanted to help Danish program work. But I’m confident it seniors get back on their bicycles. He will and that we’ll also find plenty of wanted to give them the opportun- passengers. ity to feel the wind rush through their After all, the program is working hair, but he first needed a solution to well in the more than 200 locations their limited mobility. He found the around the world that have joined the answer in a trishaw and soon started Cycling Without Age network. Spon- offering free rides to residents of a sors, residence operators, pilots and local nursing home. donors are coming together becauseC The electric-assist vehicle seats the of the obvious genius of the idea. IfM passengers up front, affording them a that is you, please let me know. Y full view, while the pilot wheels them Together, we can give everyone theCM around the neighbourhood or to what- opportunity to feel “the wind in their ever destination they’ve agreed to. The hair.” MY trishaw has a canopy to shelter the pas- CY sengers from sun or rain and everyone Urban Forest Management Plan CMY aboard is close enough to converse The City of Ottawa beganK throughout the ride if they wish. developing its Urban Forest Man- That’s it. Simple and yet life agement Plan (UFMP) last year to changing. provide a comprehensive, long-term Based on feedback to date, Cycling vision and strategic direction for Without Age is much more than just protecting and enhancing the urban a bike ride. It’s a way for seniors to forest. rediscover or be re-immersed in the The draft UFMP is now available place where they live, meaning both for review and Phase 2 public con- the social community and the physical sultations have been scheduled for environment, in almost any type of November 21 and 22. You can find weather. 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In addition, Bank Street, levels of government got together to between Fifth and Aylmer, is a high- fund the footbridge that will cross the risk stretch of road for pedestrians and Rideau Canal from Clegg Street in cyclists, a fact sadly confirmed by an Trusted for generations Old Ottawa East to Fifth Avenue in the accident in which a pedestrian was Glebe. The City of Ottawa has estab- critically injured by a car near Thorn- Family owned and community based, we offer expertise in: lished a public advisory committee ton in September. The committee will • affordable group medical, dental, life and disability benefi ts for with key stakeholders from surround- be considering undertaking a safety as few as 3 employees ing communities to provide feedback audit of the street at its next meet- • insurance, fi nancial, retirement and estate planning. on detailed design elements of the ing. If working on improving traffic Come visit us and let us help you and your family with: bridge. 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The GCA’s Health and [email protected] | www.david-burns.com Sometimes it’s hard to see the impact Social Services Committee is follow- we have on local development – but ing this issue closely and has learned not so for the new six-storey mixed use that our Community Police Officer, building set for the corner of Bronson Matt Hunt, is set to finish his assign- and Carling. Many in the Dow’s Lake, ment in our community on December Glebe and Glebe Annex communities 22 and a replacement has not been will recall the multi-storey, minimum named. He already has a very large ter- parking space, over-sized develop- ritory, which covers Glebe Annex, Old ment previously proposed for this site. Ottawa South, Centretown, Dow’s Lake Following thoughtful input from the and the Glebe. Officer Hunt has been Planning Committees of all three com- a positive presence in our community munity and residents’ associations, the and we are anxious to understand how developer revisited plans for the site changes to community policing will and has proposed a right-sized building impact our neighbourhood. To that end, that meets much of the communities’ we will be inviting the chief of police requests or suggestions. Kudos go to all to attend our November meeting to dis- residents who worked on this issue and cuss this issue. to the developer for keeping the com- The GCA is a volunteer, not- munity interests in the design. for-profit, membership-based and city-recognized organization advo- O’Connor Bike Lanes cating for a liveable, sustainable, Readers will likely have heard, or diverse urban neighbourhood. The perhaps already used, the new segre- GCA informs, consults and engages gated bike lanes on O’Connor from with residents and other groups in the downtown to Lansdowne Park, which Glebe on issues of importance and opened on October 20. The downtown promotes the interests of our com- section includes dedicated traffic lights munity to all levels of government for cyclists and protective barriers for and other organizations. We meet on their entire length. While it will take the fourth Tuesday of each month from some time for motorists and cyclists 7 to 9 p.m. at the Glebe Community to adjust to this new infrastructure, Centre. The next meeting is Novem- as we’ve been ber 22. All are reminded with a welcome. For

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Squad team raised for supporting all of our programs and over $13,000 last year and had over making the community centre such 40 youth participate. This year, we a wonderful hub of activity. This year want it to be even BIGGER! Together we will have sleigh rides, face painting, we can eliminate youth homeless- crafts, Sportball activities, live enter- ness in Ottawa and help put them tainment, goodies to eat and an exciting on the path to success. Contact Tim treasure hunt. To close the show with a Lamothe, GNAG’s Youth Manager, BANG, enjoy Glebe Collegiate’s very at [email protected] to find out how you popular OFFBEAT. This event is going can help, donate or participate, or go to be the highlight of the holiday season! to our website and click on the link under News & Events. Holiday shopping at the GCC Looking for that special gift for Glebe Community Centre the holiday season? Come shop at is now connected! GNAG’s Annual Craft and Artisan I am excited to announce that Fair. Come support local artisans or GNAG will be offering free Wi-Fi just stop by for a look. throughout the Glebe Community • Friday, November 18: 6 – 9 p.m. Centre. This service is funded through • Saturday, November 19: 10 a.m. – GNAG’s Community Development 5 p.m. Fund. We are proud to offer state-of- • Sunday, November 20: 11 a.m. – the-art connectivity to our clients. To 4 p.m. get access, come to the front desk to The gcCafé will be open. Go to receive your personalized access code. www.GNAG.ca for more information Many thanks go to our technical team on the vendors. of volunteer advisors, Gray Collette and Joanne Lennon. Other upcoming events • Dinner and a Movie: Friday, Hallowe’en party success! November 25, 6 p.m., featuring Elf GNAG hosted another spooktack- • Choux Pastry Workshop: Saturday, ular event! Over 1,000 Hallowe’en November 19, noon – 2 p.m. revellers of all ages attended GNAG’s • Who Cut the Cheese, Wine and biggest and best annual Hallowe’en Food Tasting with Phillip Nichol- Party on October 30 at the Glebe son: Thursday, November 17, 6:45 Community Centre. – 9 p.m. Party-goers were decked out in the • Carleton University Speaker most imaginative costumes, including a Series: Thursday, November 24, 7 sushi roll, an army of ninjas, Little Red – 9 p.m. Ridinghood and even Donald Trump • Beer and Bites: Thursday, Decem- sporting a “vote for Hillary” sign. ber 1, 7 – 9 p.m. Scotton Hall was transformed into • Winter Program registration a monster mash filled with classic begins: Thursday, December 15, Hallowe’en carnival games and giant 7 p.m.

613-233-8713 Email: [email protected] abbotsford Glebe Report November 11, 2016 13 Abbotsford’s annual fundraising Bazaar

by Julie Ireton

On the day of Abbotsford at the Glebe Centre’s annual bazaar, one big room will be over-flowing with flea market finds and some of the more precious vintage items will be found in the “fancy flea” section. Since early last year, Abbotsford volunteers have been sorting through the boxes of treasures donated and delivered to the senior’s activity centre right across from Lansdowne Park. The “Best Bazaar in the City” will be held on Saturday, November 26 between 10 a.m. and 2:30 p.m., but as flea market organizer Pam MacKenzie knows, the best finds often go early. “People start lining up early in the morning. I’ve come in as a volunteer at 8:30 and people are already waiting to s he t goye come in,” said MacKenzie. “It’s one of

the nicest bazaars in the city and they pa Photo: have something for everybody.” Abbotsford Flea Market folk are ready to sell at the annual Abbotsford Bazaar on November 26! The bazaar offers home baking, handmade teddy bears, Christmas crafts, “I’ll see something and say this is If you want to check out this year’s long-term care home. Find out more books, stamps, attic treasures, a silent wonderful! We have a lovely variety of finds at the Abbotsford Bazaar, come about our services by dropping by 950 auction and of course, the flea market. things this year: candleholders, beau- by between 10 and 2:30 on Saturday, Bank Street (the old stone house) Mon – MacKenzie and other volunteers at the tiful pieces of china.” November 26. Don’t miss out! Fri, 9 – 4 p.m., telephoning 613-230-5730 flea market have seen a lot of vintage MacKenzie said last year the flea There is still time to donate your or by checking out all of The Glebe Cen- kitchen wares this year, including items market sold a lot of picture frames, treasures to the cause, Monday to Fri- tre facilities and community programs like old-fashioned egg beaters, glass- DVDs and CDs, but there are also day, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on our website www.glebecentre.ca. ware and kitchen utensils. household gadgets, baskets, games, Abbotsford is your community sup- “We’ve got old pie edge cutters and puzzles and linens. port centre for Adults 55+. We are the Julie Ireton is a print and broadcast depression era glass,” said MacKenzie, “You never know what they’ll bring community programs of The Glebe journalist, educator and long-time sup- who notes she never knows what she’ll in for the flea market,” said MacKen- Centre Inc., a charitable, not-for-profit, porter of Abbotsford. She writes regu- find when she opens up a donation box. zie. “Every year runs differently.” organization that includes a 254-bed larly for the Glebe Report.

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0.0 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TOURISM • Innovation Centre at Bayview Yard: • Year-long sesquicentennial FINANCIAL DISCIPLINE Grand Opening Fall 2016 Celebrations in 2017 • 2.5% or lower tax promise kept every year • $ 2.2 Billion in building permits • Hosted 1300 One Young World Summit • Maintained front line community services • Provincial funding secured for Stage 2 LRT delegates from 196 countries • Moody’s triple A credit rating • Confederation Line to open in 2018 • Tourism Summit held for industry leaders - Beyond 2017 • Education and the Economy Summit held • Ottawa Art Gallery opens in 2017

ENVIRONMENT HELPING PEOPLE COMMUNITY SAFETY • Ottawa River Action plan underway • Record Investments in Affordable • Hired 25 new police ofﬁ cers this year • Planted trees and built community Housing and accelerated 10 year and another 25 in 2017 gardens across the City Housing Homelessness Plan • Increased the number of Paramedics • Converting City streetlights to green • New Low Income Transit Pass • Created and implemented the LED technology proposed for 2018 Gang Exit Strategy • Record Investments in active • New recreation facilities opened • 20 additional red light cameras installed mobility infrastructure across the City

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Walk on the Tracks – oil on canvas

Paintings by Paul Guttadauria Glebe Community Centre Gallery 175 Third Avenue

November 14 – Christmas I’m native to Ottawa and I currently live in West Quebec. Starting in the late 70s, my fascination with painting led me to explore with oil on canvas, pastels and watercolour on paper. I like to tell a story with my paints, trying to place the viewer in the scene. I love playing with line and colour. My style is not quite fantasy, not quite real, and sometimes whimsical. I think in colours. I have exhibited frequently in Ottawa. I have 15 new paintings to show, along with a few older ones. www.Paul-Guttadauria.tumblr.com “Peahen, peahen, peacock,” oil on canvas, by Paul Guttadauria

“Koi Fish Pond,” oil on canvas, by Paul Guttadauria

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Interior Design • Custom Furniture • Refinishing ~ 47 Main Street, Ottawa 613-563-1046 www.TheEmporium.com poetry quarter Glebe Report November 11, 2016 15 breathing ashes is like dancing in snowflakes A Poem Lost Summer i once met a girl Today, She ascends from the cool but spidery basement with eyes like a doe, on the newly white snow, to the dark living room, round and fearful three ebon-black crows were feeding. closed against the heat, and consuming; A car came by. where the window air-conditioner she always wore They flew off, roars at her every so often. sunglasses leaving behind the torn and scarlet carcass of a squirrel. because people were Heat and humidity have put her under house arrest. afraid of her. Susan Buller Her crimes: old age, poor health. she didn’t talk Some blame her generation for fossil fuels much, and global warming. True, she’s never been one but when she of those who go to environmental conferences did, by air. she loved the sound of her voice. New Life, New Beginnings She used to run in fields she liked reading Perfect, unimaginable and feel the wind about sad people The swirl of soft downy hair So often now, there’s glass because it made Eyes, blue grey that seem to search your soul between her and the natural world, her feel better Waiting and watching you, anxious for life to unfold and she’s sad, about taking Soft flannelette receiving blanket all tucked up like a football because this summer, so crimson, purple, azure, all that time The smell of baby skin, milky and warm gold and green, without paying for it. Butterfly kisses that taste strawberry blonde could be her last. Life passes in a blur of responsibility Aspen Wallace (student) Sleep … listen … sleep … startle ... awake Ruth Latta Rosebud lips bubble and fingers grasp Smiles like sunlight ribbons wrap up your heart Fall’s rips ... in the Glebe Time cascades, day and night collide Parking Lot Don’t look away, even for a minute Can you see, the last yellow leaves All too soon first steps This day is history. whirl-winding in the street, It is only eleven and feel the bustle of the season flowing Gail Kayuk and a dark ice-coated evening. behind the eyes and inside the breath, We speak many words with our eyes along translucent stems of frosted plants, in our silence holding hands American Democracy – 2016 with the dashing squirrels and we say “Good Bye” on branches by a steel cold car in a Glebe’s Hillary with her ready smile and the scent of later herbs? Bank Street parking lot, Behind that smile there is sometimes guile Move, be quick! and you find a vacant Those damned emails could bring her down Still, I remember space among the hairs A victim of an angry clown. to allow a slowing down, to wait for cold on my face, that is coming kiss me quickly That angry clown is Donald Trump maybe with no rush. and you are gone. For all to see a boastful grump He struts, he sneers, the truth is lost. Here is November, Asoka Weerasinghe A racial slur, who cares the cost? few hoods are walking today, few the gloves swinging on sidewalks and red noses Democracy the victim here And such a sky! Reason and hope give way to fear Brimming with glorious golden blue my pilgrimage to soul-al-ity A mighty nation gone astray All we can do is watch and pray. Still, in me, is us I see soulality heart-wisdom the panting of running on our toes emerged from Craig Kamcke to prepare tomorrows the evolution of my faith-life, spirit-journey. in the flowing of time in the returning hearts It called me away from Christianity in the missing memories. into an emerging stillness. It uncovered a faith without borders Cynthia Nuzzi an unstructured loving kindness. Call for Submissions I travelled in the vessel of sacredness; As the Glebe Report embraces a second year in our focus on poetry in English, Poetry Quarter (PQ), curated by meditation and listening brought me to mindfulness. JC Sulzenko, will feature a thematic approach to each issue, and open submissions to any poet who reads the I walked through energy fields; Glebe Report and lives in the National Capital Region. sacred life forces and thoughtfulness issued from ancestral wisdom. Poems will be considered only for the particular edition of Poetry Quarter for which they are submitted. (Please note that poems will not be retained in a pool for future consideration, unlike previous practice.) Theme: Celebrate Canada’s 150th From the innovative power of sacred energy For the February 2017 issue, PQ seeks poems to celebrate 2017, Canada’s sesquicentennial, on subjects relevant I created a new word. to the people, history, culture, present and future of the Glebe and its neighbouring communities. Soulality is heart-wisdom energy, Deadline: Friday, January 20, 2017 the emotional muscle, Eligibility: an integral part of all humans. • Poems should be: • Original and unpublished in any medium (no poems submitted elsewhere, please); • No more than 30 lines each; Soulality is the “I am” of my sacred centre. • On any aspect of the theme (celebration of Canada’s 2017 sesquicentennial, on subjects relevant to the Glebe) within the bounds of public discourse; Harlene Walker • Submitted on or before January 20, 2017. • Poets in the National Capital Region of all ages welcome (school-age poets, please indicate your grade in school). Please send your entries (up to 5 poems that meet the criteria) to [email protected] before the deadline of Friday, January 20, 2017. Remember to send us your contact information and your grade if you are in school. 16 Glebe Report November 11, 2016 film

dent quarter and is promptly caught up in the wave of student/feminist activ- At the ism that was sweeping across much of urban France at that time. It is here, flicks amidst demonstrations, lectures and with rallies that Delphine meets Carole, an older, worldly-wise woman for whom Lois and Paul she feels an immediate attraction. It is not at first an easy situation for Delphine, but as she is well grounded in her own sexuality, she is able to seduce Carole, who is both professor and activist, away from her left-wing, not unsympathetic male lover. In short order, the two of them become very closely and intimately involved. He and Earl decide to make a film The stage is now nicely set for the dedicated to Rachel, who is dying. drama that is to follow. Director Corsini Bring Kleenex. has written for the screen two finely Music is by Yusuf Islam (Cat Ste- drawn characters whose contrasting vens), Wagner and Vivaldi. The film backgrounds in class, region and tem- won the Grand Jury Prize – U.S. Dra- perament convey a sense of balance and matic and the Audience Award – U.S. sufficient dramatic tension to carry the Dramatic at the Sundance Film Festival. narrative to a plausible conclusion. The relationship between Delphine Running Time: 105 minutes. DVD: and Carole (veteran Cécile de France) Ottawa Public Library, www.Ama- will be put to the test when Delphine’s zon.ca father suffers a stroke and she must return to the farm to help her mother carry on. Carole accompanies her because if she must live on a farm to be with Delphine, then so be it. La Belle Saison Back in the countryside, it is scarcely surprising that their roles are soon (Summertime) reversed. Delphine, with her strong ties Me and Earl and to the land, is once more in her element, Directed by Catherine Corsini while Carole, with her sophisticated Paris- the Dying Girl (France/Belgium 2015) ian ways, begins to look out of place. And Directed by their relationship is now a clandestine Alfonso Gomez-Rejon by Paul Green affair, for if anyone in the little village sus- (USA, 2015) pected they were lovers, it would not go A lesbian love story set during the post- well for either of them. This is particularly by Lois Siegel revolutionary tumult of 1971 Paris true of Monique, Delphine’s long-suffering invites obvious comparisons with mother, who senses almost immediately Me and Earl and the Dying Girl is an Abdellatif Kechiche’s 2013 film Blue Is that Carole is a threat to her well-ordered innovative and unusual film. You can’t The Warmest Colour. However, whereas household. predict what will happen. Sometimes the latter has a cold, explicit and almost With Monique and the earnest attentions an animation suddenly appears. There clinical veneer, La Belle saison, or Sum- of a boy Delphine has known most of her are titles to each sequence and there’s mertime in English, is less explicit and life, the strain begins to show. Carole has humour despite a very sad situation. more inflected by the warmth of the been able to help out a little on the farm, Greg (Thomas Mann) tells the story Limousin countryside and the bright but one evening, as she stands watching during his senior year in high school. Burnt Parisian colours. More to the point, it Delphine and the boy deliver a calf, she He’s independent and doesn’t have is overtly political because, unlike Blue, realizes there is no place for her there. many friends except Earl. They are Directed by John Wells the relationship between the two protag- Following the inevitable confronta- theatre and movie dorks and make (USA, 2015) onists is placed squarely in the context tion with Monique (superbly played by spin-offs of classic and foreign films: of the struggle for women’s rights, Noémie Lvovsky), Delphine and Carole Eyes Wide Butt (Kubrick’s Eyes Wide From what we’ve seen on TV, we know particularly with regard to access to con- have a wrenching decision to make. This Shut), Senior Citizen Kane (Orson that fancy restaurants have chefs that traception and abortion. is one love affair that does not play out Wells), Rosemary’s Baby Carrots, yell a lot. This film is no exception. We La Belle Saison opens in a bucolic as one might expect. There is no pat (Roman Polanski), 400 Bros (Francois learn about Adam Jones’ past (Brad- setting with a young woman driving ending, just an epilogue that ties together Truffaut), and Vere’d He Go (Hitch- ley Cooper): bad childhood, dreams a tractor on the family farm not far some of the loose ends. cock’s Vertigo). You get the idea. crushed by a life of alcohol and drugs. from Limoges. Played by Izïa Hige- Watching La Belle saison with its Greg’s parents are eccentric to say But the film has surprises. Yes, he lin, Delphine is a farm girl –intelligent, engaging narrative of two lovers chafing the least. His father (Nick Offerman, smashes things in the kitchen and cat- down-to-earth and good-looking in a against societal barriers was frankly lib- Parks and Recreation) is a sociology apults less than superior food onto the plain-Jane sort of way. Delphine is also erating, not least because of the inspired prof whom we see only on his many floor. But the characters are interesting gay, and she knows it. Unbeknownst to performances of the two lead actors. days off, wearing long robes from and the story holds our attention. And her watchful parents, who would love to And it reminded me of a charming 1977 different countries and offering East the food looks amazing. see her married off, she sees a local girl film by France’s Agnès Varda called Asian and other unfamiliar foods to It’s a story about love and perfection on the sly, but when the latter announ- One Sings, The Other Doesn’t, which anyone he encounters in the house. and what it takes to master one’s métier. ces she must break it off owing to a covered much of the same territory. Greg figures out ways to survive in Adam began his career by quitting forthcoming marriage, Delphine, ever a chaotic environment. He becomes school and working 20-hour days, six restless, strikes out for Paris in search Running time: 105 minutes. In French friendly with the different cliques days a week shucking oysters for 10 of a wider world. with English subtitles. Probable rat- at school on a superficial level. That years in Paris. After one million, he Once in Paris, she settles in the stu- ing 14A. keeps him safe. leaves and becomes a top chef. “He’s But when Rachel (Olivia Cooke), a like the Rolling Stones,” but his wild classmate he barely knows, is diag- lifestyle does him in. When he recov- nosed with stage 4 leukemia, his ers, he convinces his former maître emotional safety is crushed because d’ to hire him. Adam’s goal: a third his mother (Connie Britton, Nash- Michelin star. To get that star, every- ville) wants him to spend time with thing has to be flawless. We see how tedChartered Professional r. Accountant lupinski • Comptable Professionnel Agréé her. She won’t take “no” for an answer. he gets there. She also wants her son to carry around Recommended reading: Waiter a book of colleges until he finds one Rant by Steve Dublanica and Service he likes. Included by Phoebe Damrosch. Greg arranges to meet Rachel. 137 Second Avenue, Suite 2 Tel: 613-233-7771 He titles this “The Day of Doomed Running Time: 101 minutes. DVD: Ottawa, ON K1S 2H4 Fax: 613-233-3442 Friendship.” The development of their Ottawa Public Library, www.Ama- Email: [email protected] relationship is strong and emotional. zon.com music Glebe Report November 11, 2016 17

composer John Blow on May 26 and accompanied by the Ottawa Baroque 27 at Southminster Church. Consort and Makin’ Moves, Ottawa chil- Venus & Adonis was first performed in dren’s dance theatre. 1683 and is considered the earliest surviv- For information, tickets, subscriptions ing English opera and precursor of the far and patron packages, visit www.seven- better known Dido & Aeneas by Henry teenvoyces.ca. Purcell, one of Blow’s pupils. Soprano Bronwyn Thies-Thompson will play Margret Nankivell is a music lover Venus with baritone Joel Allison assum- and a member of the board of direc- ing the role of Adonis. The choir will be tors of Seventeen Voyces.

oung The Ottawa Bach Choir launches 6th stunning CD

Photo: Sh ad Y Photo: by Erin Binks The professional ensemble is now in its 15th season and has travelled Seventeen Voyces’s 20th season is inspiring The Ottawa Bach Choir (OBC) would the world and received national and like to invite you to ’Twas But Pure international recognition. The choir by Margret B. Nankivell B. DeMille’s 1923 The Ten Command- Love, the choir’s first concert of the journeyed to China this year where ments with performances on two nights season and reception to launch its it was invited to perform as Canada’s Seventeen Voyces’ subscription series at St. Matthew’s on February 24 and 25. sixth CD, on Saturday, November 26 choral representative in the inter- opens at St. Matthew’s Anglican Church The Ten Commandments was at 8 p.m. at St. Matthew’s Church in the national festival, Meet in Beijing 2016, in the Glebe on December 3 with “Wel- extremely popular upon its release and Glebe, under the direction of founder in Beijing and Shanghai. The OBC was come Yule,” a concert that includes tells the story of the Exodus followed by and artistic director, Dr. Lisette Can- the first Canadian choir to perform at Marc-Antoine Charpentier’s “Messe de a sort of morality tale of two brothers ton. The choir will be joined by harpist the prestigious annual Bach festival in Minuit” and Christmas music that goes in modern times. One brother faith- Caroline Léonardelli and organist Mat- Leipzig, Germany, Bachfest Leipzig back centuries. Composer Andrew Ager fully follows the commandments and thew Larkin. The OBC’s recording of 2014. As the choir expands in breadth, will be the organist. A second perfor- the other breaks all of them in an effort ’Twas But Pure Love will make an performances in this anniversary sea- mance will be at the intimate Ashbury to achieve great wealth and social status. excellent present for the music lover son include a subscription series and College Chapel. The biblical part of the story involved on your Christmas list. several special events not to be missed. The superb chamber choir is celebrat- the building of massive sets in northern “We are thrilled to present the rep- Early bird and regular subscrip- ing its 20th anniversary in 2017. Founded Santa Barbara County, California, a site ertoire we recorded this past summer tion tickets are available now (see by Kevin Reeves, the choir specializes in known for its huge sand dunes. The set for our new CD, ’Twas But Pure OBC website for details). Tickets for playing music that is often overlooked or included four 35-foot-tall Pharaoh stat- Love,” said Canton. “It includes fes- the concert will be available at The forgotten. The choir is also well known ues and 21 sphinxes, all of which were tive music for the season from the Leading Note, 370 Elgin Street and for its presentations of silent film clas- buried by shifting sands after the film- Renaissance to the contemporary, Compact Music, 206 & 785 1/2 Bank sics such as Joan of Arc, Phantom of the ing and were only recently rediscovered from Spain, Italy, England, Germany, Street. For more information or to pur- Opera, The Hunchback of Notre Dame by archeologists. Guest performers are France and Sweden, with an empha- chase tickets, visit the website at www. and Nosferatu. At the heart of these pop- the Christ Church Cathedral Choir of sis on Canadian composers including ottawabachchoir.ca, or contact the ular presentations is the director’s rare Men & Boys and organ virtuoso Mat- two Canadian recording premieres OBC at [email protected] or ability to find music that matches film thew Larkin. by Ottawa composers Kelly-Marie 613-270-1015. plots, moods and cinematography. The subscription series will end Murphy and Matthew Larkin. We This season, the three-concert series with the seldom-performed Venus look forward to you joining us for Erin Binks is the managing director includes a choral presentation of Cecil & Adonis, a short opera by Baroque this merry occasion!” of the Ottawa Bach Choir.

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With the opening of Stomping Ground in the Glebe, men’s fashion has found an exciting new home under the creative management of co-owners Josh Chambers and Naj Peterson. The two friends cultivated their fashion flair while working at a men’s retail business on Rideau Street where Chambers was operations manager te m cgregor Stomping Ground and Peterson the assistant men’s buyer 728 Bank St and general manager. Ottawa, Ontario Now in their mid-30s, the duo ka s : Photo @stompingground decided the time had come to open Naj Peterson (left) and Josh Chambers [email protected] their own store together. Unlike www.stompingground.ca friends who had moved to Montreal, outer clothing, no other men’s clothing new door, storefront windows, floor- (613) 422-7867 Toronto and Vancouver for business shops existed in the Glebe. ing and walls. They did most of the opportunities, they decided to help In choosing to locate their new busi- design and construction themselves, shape the city’s fashion scene by stay- ness on Bank Street, Peterson notes, working 12 hours a day, seven days the store. Savvy marketers, Chambers ing in Ottawa where they were both “Over the past two years we noticed a week for four and a half months. and Peterson also employ social media born and raised. In fact, the name of a significant change in the demo- Peterson introduced himself to local to reach their clientele in real time. their new store, Stomping Ground, graphic of people living in the Glebe business owners while the store was The store is also creating a buzz pays homage to their hometown and to and people coming to play there. under wraps and was overwhelmed by in online circles. Highsnobiety, a the comfortable store ambiance they With Lansdowne Park coming in the warm welcome. Even before they daily news website covering street- want to create for customers. and residential luxury developments opened their doors, the duo knew that wear, sneakers, cars, lifestyle and the The closing of Buckland’s Fine that went up, we noticed that change. they had found the right community arts, recently highlighted the interior Clothing at the corner of Bank and Our friends were now frequenting for their new venture. design of Stomping Ground. First Avenue signalled an opportunity the Glebe a lot more than the Byward Stomping Ground opened its doors As retailers, Chambers and Peterson to bring something new to the Glebe, a Market.” on August 20 and customers were recognize the importance of offering neighbourhood Chambers and Peter- Chambers and Peterson settled introduced to visual evidence of the customers a unique retail experience. son felt was under-serviced in terms on the space vacated by The Fram- “streetwear culture” Chambers and And they are well on their way to cre- of men’s fashion. Other than Sporting ing Experience, a neighbourhood Peterson were creating – urban cul- ating that with a comfortable seating Life, a retail store at Lansdowne Park landmark for 27 years. They under- ture elements brought together under area, complimentary beverages and that offers high end men’s sports and took extensive renovations with a one roof to support the in-store experi- unlimited fashion advice. They are ence – from the clothing, shoes and also offering monthly in-store events. sneakers to décor, books for sale and In September they collaborated with music played. Seattle-based Ebbets Field Flannels to Stomping Ground offers clothing launch a capsule collection of a vin- built to last – heritage brands that our tage ball cap, jacket and sweater in fathers and grandfathers wore, with an honour of the Ottawa Athletics, a pro- emphasis on clothing made in Canada fessional minor-league baseball team and the USA and recognizable labels that called Lansdowne Park home in like Woolrich, Levis and Filson. the 1950s. Having carefully curated the cloth- With the opening of Stomping ing they sell, Chambers and Peterson Ground, the bar has been set high for feel their job is to find out what res- quality menswear in the Glebe. And onates for the buyer. Because every how wonderful that the streetwear brand has its own unique story, they culture trend is being spearheaded by take pride in sharing that story. At the two business partners who grew up in same time, they seek to bring an ele- Kanata just one street away from each ment of comfort to those men who other. may not enjoy shopping. The co-owners understand the chal- Kate McGregor is a certified Inte- lenges of opening a bricks-and-mortar gral Master Coach™. To inquire store in a strong online marketplace about her services: 613-884-1864; environment. They are in talks with [email protected]; www. Shopify about an online presence for kmcoaching.ca. carpe diem Glebe Report November 11, 2016 21

beck set off with his poodle, Charley, Cargoes... to re-discover and re-create his own reality, a quest everyone is entitled by Chris McNaught to pursue; some nitpickers claim he cheated by bunking into a motel or Warning! This plea should be read two en route, but who cares? Why not

only after listening, in order, to Viv- revisit the haunts of youth, thrill again ught aldi’s Concerto in D, the Beach Boys’ to those instincts that challenged your Wouldn’t It be Nice, and Badelt’s He’s spirit, claw back your curiosity and A Pirate. shed the ubiquitous security anklet… Call me Ishmael, Jim Hawkins (Mas- I wander back across the bridge in ter ’Orkins!), Richard Hannay, Huck, Istanbul in 1964 to my three fellow mus- y of C hri s Mc Na David Balfour – whoever, just get me keteers, Claude, Philippe and Denis, up and ‘awa’’ on the broad highway Parisian students. How my ego swelled that borders that dear, clear stream when an American family in the Sea of of once-adventure – before I’m just Marmora looked towards our midday s C ourte Photo: another unpublished obit. As Obama bacchanale beneath an adjacent canopy David Talbot Wilson’s painting “Stately Spanish Galleon coming from the Isthmus” frequently urged, ‘the time is now’! and their lovely daughter remarked on (title from John Masefield’s poem “Cargoes”) Too many summers gone to my way “the four cool French guys.” of thinkin, Tom. I long to be a slave The characters you’ll meet…I think again of chance, of coming suddenly of the 90-year-old hermit and gold I implore you, stuff the old ruck- Chris McNaught is a former criminal on random, majestic vistas, of reveling miner with an upscale English accent sack with raw essentials: faded lawyer, lecturer and author of several in honest, bodily fatigue, unscripted who gave me a lift through Roger’s Penguin paperbacks (Graham novels. He is a member of the Glebe solitude splashed with characters real Pass in Canada’s Rockies in 1968. Greene, P.G. Wodehouse, Stein- Report board. and fictional (absent cell phones), Turned out he was an authentic remit- beck!), Constant Comment tea, bearing rustic (i.e. not air-brushed tance man, the younger son sent to raisins, almonds, toothbrush, razor, for prime time), lusty, rambling tales, the “colonies” before the Boer War. wine-bag for sure, and don’t forget a uncrimped by political correctness or “What’re you studying?” he asked. bandanna in case of pirates (my kind slashed to a sound byte. “Classics,” I said. He told me to open of terrorist), an over-sized sleeping Death to day-timers, critical paths, the glove compartment of his ancient bag (allowing for possible appear- iPad hand necrosis and the morning pick-up, only to find a well-worn edi- ance of a warming co-venturer). And march of the undead, dragging brief- tion of Theocritus, in the original. perhaps, if like me you’re a water- cases behind them on little wheels And the air, ether really at that glori- baby, a Speedo – no shame I no like Marley’s chains, from bus to ous altitude, the absolutely intoxicating longer mirror Phelps in it – dries fast Starbucks to boardroom to lunchtime alpine air of Lake Louise! The smell of and lets the salt sea tingle through; fitness spas. It’s the plank for them. the horses and breezy conifers, packing and maybe a map to help pick or Into the dark, amnesiac sea of Free- our way up Temple Mountain… avoid specific destinations. dom 55! Rally to the call, my fallen Where are they, where is “it” all And what of Rocinante, Don Quix- friends: ‘a dreamer lives forever, but now? We’ve seen too many friends ote’s mule? Some carp that Steinbeck a toiler dies in a day.’ harvested prematurely, too many was tilting at windmills, but better that John Steinbeck blazed the way back friends grown obscenely well-heeled, than wind turbines! It’s your choice: in the 60s when he set out at 60 in his but who never truly enjoy their lucre. stay on board the grim ghost ship, that camper, Rocinante, driven by the real- No one will chide you now for sud- “dirty British coaster with a salt-caked ization that, “I had not felt the country denly striking out; but at life’s end, no smokestack,” or take brave heart and for twenty-five years.” In Travels with one will sympathize with not having fresh winds on a stately Spanish galleon. Charley, In Search of America, Stein- re-donned your seven-league boots. Bon voyage!

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food Glebe Report November 11, 2016 23 Not all chilies are made equal Texas Style Chili Makes 6 + servings. 2 ¼ lbs Stewing beef, cubed by Marisa Romano one really stood out as meatier than I 1 clove (~1/2 tsp) Garlic, minced had been used to, with chunks of stew- 3 tbsp Cooking oil November is a peculiar month. Some ing beef amid a variety of beans. This 1 ½ – 2 cups Water of us cringe at the idea of the short, ended up being voted the best chili in 1 tsp Beef soup mix (or 10 ½ oz condensed beef broth) 2 tsp Sugar dark days that announce the arrival of the cook-off that Glebe St. James ran 2 tsp Oregano, dried, crushed our long winters and others welcome it that year. After a bit of investigation I 1 – 2 tsp Cumin as the preamble to the Christmas sea- recently found the cook and asked for ½ tsp Salt son, the time to explore craft fairs and her chili recipe for the Glebe Report. 2 – 3 tbsp Chili powder church bazaars and the opportunity to Margo Williams, a Glebe resident, 2 x 19 oz (540mL) cans Kidney beans or white beans or chickpeas discover new seasonal recipes from added this recipe to her collection about 2 x 28 oz cans Tomatoes, diced glossy magazines. I discovered that not 10 years ago. “I do not know where I 1 x 5 ½ oz can Tomato paste all chilies are made equal, after digging picked it up from,” she told me. “Maybe 1 x 4 oz can Green chilies, drained and chopped into a bowl of hot and spicy bean stew a newspaper or a home magazine. I cop- 2 Bay leaves this time of year, not long ago. ied it into my notebook and I have been 1 Green pepper, diced Chili con carne is a blend of Native using it since.” I asked Margo if she was In a large skillet, brown stewing beef and garlic in hot oil. Drain off excess fat and American, Spanish and Mexican cui- going to prepare this dish for the upcom- put beef into a crockpot. Stir in water, beef soup mix or condensed soup, sugar, sines believed to have originated in Texas ing Christmas bazaar. She was not sure. spices, salt, beans, tomatoes, tomato paste and bay leaves. Simmer in crockpot where the state legislature nominated it Just in case, Glebe St. James Bazaar is for 8 to 10 hours. Add green chilies and green pepper near the end. Remove bay in 1977 as the official state food. Chili scheduled for November 26. leaves before serving. If you like it extra spicy, Sriracha sauce is a good addition. was first featured at the World’s Fair in When I tried the recipe, I served it with Chicago in 1893 at the St. Antonio Chili lentil biscuits that I made with stone- stand and made popular throughout the ground flour that I picked up at Watson’s state of Texas and beyond by the many Mill in Manotick. The recipe from family-run chili stands that opened in Michael Smith is available on the www. those areas at the beginning of the 1900s. lentils.ca website: www.lentils.ca/recipe/ The original recipe of chili con carne lentil-biscuits-by-chef-michael-smith/ (chili peppers with meat) was a spicy dish Vegetarian chili became popular in of dry beef and hot chili peppers. Beans the 1960s. An alternative to the meaty and tomatoes were later additions to what stew, it can be made with tofu, or as in is now known simply as chili. the case of the vegetarian chili recipe Needless to say, chili is a sought- proposed by Ottawa Public Health, after warm-you-up after a day in with rice, which nutritionally bal- the crispy autumn air and one of the ances beans perfectly. The recipe is favourite dishes served at friendly available on the Ottawa Public Health gatherings during winter months. website: www.parentinginottawa.com/ A few years ago I stopped by the en/Vegetarian-Chili.asp

Christmas bazaar at Glebe St. James If you like Christmas-bazaar hop- ma no ro ma ri sa Photo: looking forward to home baking, hand- ping as much as I do, note that the Texas Style Chili, made with a recipe used by Margo Williams in her cook-off-win- made crafts and treasures previously other neighbourhood churches that ning stew cherished by others, and I was surprised offer the event this November are to find that the kitchen offered a choice Southminster United on Saturday, Marisa Romano is a Glebe resident moting the value of pulses (dry seeds of chili beans for lunch. I picked two of November 12 and St. Giles Presby- and former scientist who takes a keen of legumes, such as kidney beans, len- them and although both were delicious, terian on Saturday November 19. interest in food, most recently by pro- tils and chickpeas) as food.

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most of the time, but she supports A boy and his pigeons – a story with him and is patient with his hobby. Hubert and the Great Pigeon Race is a charming and sweet story, yet charm and substance it has depth and substance as well. In fact, I came away from reading Hubert and the Great Pigeon Race by Ilse Zandstra where they live. This small adven- this book wishing that Zandstra ture opens a whole new world for had written more! There is a lot of Reviewed by Gillian Campbell him: pigeon racing. material that she could explore fur- We watch as Hubert carefully ther, from the family’s experience at Ottawa author Ilse Zandstra’s latest builds a house for his pigeons and leaving Dutch-occupied Indonesia book, Hubert and the Great Pigeon gradually builds up his flock. He and their time in the camp to their Race, is a sweet and innocent tale moves from amateur, local pigeon father’s death and how they made a of a boy who decides to take on races to the professional pigeon new life in Holland. pigeon racing in post-war Holland. races hosted by large, out-of-town Ilse Zandstra is the author of several This slim chapter book, perfect for clubs. Hubert loves his pigeons, other books for children and adults. readers aged 8 to 12, has wonderful especially Arrow, and goes from Her novel The Amber Coast: A Lat- illustrations by artist Mauricio Trejo amateur hobbyist to racing cham- vian Family’s Journey, is based on her Hernandez that capture the exuber- pion over the course of the story. It own family’s experience fleeing war- ance of childhood and complement is a credit to Zandstra’s writing that torn Latvia and making a new life the story perfectly. This book even when Hubert’s passion for pigeon first in the dying days of Third-Reich passed the kid test – I gave it to my racing eventually comes to an end, Germany, then in Sweden and finally 10- and 12-year-old daughters to we as readers feel his sadness at say- in Canada. She has also written two read and they both read it in one sit- ing goodbye to his beloved pigeons. children’s books in Spanish about a ting, without once putting it down! Zandstra based this book on the when Hubert enters the professional Peruvian bear named Ukuku. These Hubert and his mother and broth- story of her husband, Hubert, and race near the end of the book, there books are popular in Peru and Colum- ers have moved from Indonesia after on his family’s experiences mov- is an excellent description of how the bia, and are often used to teach young the Second World War when the ing to Holland from Indonesia. His results are measured. The pigeons children in the two countries to read. Dutch were no longer welcome in father was killed near the begin- are driven from their roost to Ant- Like all of Zandstra’s writing, an independent Indonesia. There is ning of the war and his mother and werp and then set free. Whichever Hubert and the Great Pigeon Race some allusion to a dark time for the her boys spent several terrible years pigeon reaches its roost first is the gently explores themes of cultural family preceding the beginning of in a Japanese internment camp for winner. Each bird carries a tag, and identity and belonging, in this case the story – they spent some time in women and children in Indonesia. when it reaches home, the owner under the cover of a charming chil- an internment camp and their father They fled to Holland where they must detach the tag and punch it into dren’s story. It is well worth reading has died in the war. It is the family’s were able to start a new life. Like a special time clock to have its fin- for any age group. mother who bears the weight of pro- the fictional Hubert, the real Hubert ish time stamped. This tag is then Hubert and the Great Pigeon Race viding for her children. developed a passion for pigeon mailed to the professional club for is available from the author, through The story itself is upbeat and racing as a child in Holland. There is results to be tallied. Amazon or Chapters online, and happy despite the hard times the even a great photograph of him with Another aspect of this story that through the publisher, Baico. You can family has faced. Young Hubert is his pigeons at the back of the book, I liked is how happy and support- also find out more about the author mostly carefree and inquisitive. He which brings the character to life. ive the family is – well, maybe not from her website: www.theamber- is happy to spend his time observing In writing the book, Zands- always Hubert’s brothers – despite coast.com/index.htm. and exploring the world around him. tra researched pigeon racing and having faced many hardships. When he sees a flock of pigeons take homing pigeons carefully and her Hubert is left to his own devices a lot Gillian Campbell, who grew up in the flight, of course he has to hop on his detailed knowledge really comes and his mother is clearly exhausted Glebe, is a technical writer and for- bicycle to chase them and find out across in her writing. For example, and longing for the Indonesian sun mer copy editor for the Glebe Report.

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WHAT YOUR NEIGHBOURS ARE READING STRAVINSKY’S Here is a list of some titles read and discussed recently in various local book clubs: I TA LIAN BALLET TITLE (for adults) AUTHOR Me Before You1 Jojo Moyes Works from MOZART & STRAVINSKY Whiskey, Tango, Foxtrot2 Kim Barker BE ENGAGED. The Stone Angel3 Margaret Laurence BE INSPIRED. Rosalind Franklin: The Dark Lady of DNA4 Brenda Maddox BE THERE. On the Outside Looking Indian5 Rapinder Gill The Marriage of Opposites6 Alice Hoffman SPONSORED BY Come, Thou Tortoise7 Jessica Grant The Bride of New France8 Suzanne Desrochers The Piano Cemetery9 José Luís Peixoto The Black House10 Peter May All My Puny Sorrows11 Miriam Toews TITLE (for children) AUTHOR DECEMBER 15 • 8 PM Ici, c’est différent de là-bas12 Naïma Oukerfellah The Tale of Despereaux13 Kate DiCamillo DEC 16 • 7 PM Casual Fridays with the NAC Orchestra Ella Enchanted14 Gail Carson Levine 1. Abbotsford Book Club 8. OPL Sunnyside Adult Book Club 2. Broadway Book Club 9. OPL Sunnyside European Book Club Tickets from $25 • nac-cna.ca 3. Can’ Litterers 10. OPL Sunnyside Mystery Book Club 4. Helen’s Book Club 11. OPL Sunnyside Second Friday Adult Book Club 5. Seriously No-Name Book Club 12. OPL Sunnyside Club de lecture en français pour les enfants 6. The Book Club 13. OPL Sunnyside Cover to Cover Book Club MEDIA 7. The Topless Book Club 14. OPL Mighty Girls Book Club PARTNER NAC ORCHESTRA If your book club would like to share its reading list, please email it to Micheline Boyle at [email protected] books Glebe Report November 11, 2016 25

in World War II, the theme or’s experiences working with refugees Remembrance is broader, illustrating the in the Pakistan city of Peshawar. It is power of music to support the story of two Afghani girls in a of war through and sustain humanity. refugee camp. In the scramble for new The Danish people con- clothes, the two girls come away with pictures cealed Jews from the one sandal each. This is a poignant German invaders during story of loss, friendship and sharing by Sue Townley the Second World War that introduces children to the realities and ferried them to safety of growing up in refugee camps. Did you know that the public library has in Sweden. The Whis- Mary Williams, the founder of the a wonderful collection of picture books pering Town, by Jennifer Lost Boys Foundation, has written collected with the adult reader in mind? Riesmeyer Elvgren and Brothers of Hope, based on the real The books in the Special Picture Book illustrated by Fabio San- life experiences of a band of approxi- collection capture the emotions and tomauro, is based on the mately 30,000 southern Sudanese boys imaginations of older children and adults true story of a small Dan- who walked nearly 1,000 miles search- alike. This month, we feature a collection ish fishing village, where ing for refuge. Eight-year-old Garang, of war remembrance picture books. villagers manage to get one of the leaders, tells the story. The Enemy is a clever picture book their guests safely on a I’m New Here by Anne Sibley O’Brien by Davide Cali with understated illus- boat to Sweden, by whis- is a powerful message of empathy for trations by Serge Bloch. A lone soldier pering instructions in the immigrant experience. It is based ponders the essence and logic of war, doorways. Simple, bold on the author’s experience of living in sitting in his foxhole within sight of block illustrations express another country as a young child. This the enemy. After exploring the point- the foreboding atmosphere. simply narrated, vibrantly illustrated lessness of war and his own fears of The author and illustra- book shows the challenges of three new being alone, he becomes tired of sit- tor reveal the horror and students as they navigate their first day ting in his hole and creeps out towards humanity of the situation of school in a new country. his enemy’s foxhole. There he finds, and what it means to be The Roses in My Carpet by Kukh- to his surprise, that his enemy is more part of a community. sana Khan and illustrated by Ronald like himself than he imagined. The The Year of Borrowed Himler is a realistic story of a day in simplicity of the text and illustrations Men by Michelle Barker is based on is forced to leave his home just one the life of a young Afghani refugee. is deceptive. This powerful book is a a true story and told from the perspec- step ahead of enemy forces. A stran- The story opens with a recurring night- poignant and thought provoking read tive of a seven-year-old German girl. ger leaves his two golden fish with the mare of how he fled with his mother that will prompt discussions of war and Three French prisoners of war are sent family, saying, “An extra day or two of and younger sister from the planes that conflict resolution. to work on Gerda’s family farm and at life is as important to a fish as it is to killed his father. His job is carpet weav- The Harmonica, written by Tony the same time, her father is sent away us.” Viktor releases the fish into their ing. For him, weaving is a skill that Johnston and illustrated by Ron Maz- to battle. The “borrowed” men become pond before fleeing. When Viktor and ensures that his family never goes hun- ellan, is inspired by the true story of part of the family and Gerda is as sad his family return home, the land is rav- gry and allows him to create a world of Holocaust survivor Henryk Rosmaryn. to say goodbye to them at the end of the aged and their home destroyed, but the colour and beauty. The narrator is a young boy captured, war as they are. It’s a beautifully illus- fish have thrived, and their offspring All these books can be found in the separated from his parents and taken to trated, poignant book. fill the pond. This beautifully illus- Special Picture Book collection at your a concentration camp. He manages to Eve Bunting has written an inspiring trated book focuses on the impact of public library. bring with him the harmonica that his story based on the true experiences of war on families and children and on father gave him. Filled with self-loathing a Bosnian family forced to flee their those things that allow people to retain Sue Townley is the children’s pro- when forced to play, the boy is surprised country during the civil war. Gleam their humanity. gramming and public services when his playing brings hope to the and Glow is narrated by eight-year- Four Feet, Two Sandals by Karen assistant at the Sunnyside branch of other prisoners. While this story is set old Viktor who, along with his family, Lynn Williams is based on the auth- the Ottawa Public Library.

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enjoy emotionally charged scenic descriptions. The language may feel A new detective for an established author clichéd to others. Fradkin’s attempt to record the Newfoundland dialect may also Fire in the Stars unstable Cousins takes his 11-year- draw mixed reactions. Several back- by Barbara Fradkin old son on an impromptu trip hoping ground characters, representing (Dundurn, 2016) to re-bond with the boy while whale small-town Newfoundland, pepper watching and exploring Viking sites. their speech with such expressions Reviewed by Stefani Nielson As Doucette tries to locate the mis- as “Jumpin’ Jayus” and “dere be.” sing father and son, she discovers that For some readers this may be a fun Barbara Fradkin is an award-winning, Cousins has become entangled with dose of local colour. For others, the Ottawa-based author of crime fiction illegal aliens attempting to escape repeated use may feel tiresome. best known for her detective series slave rings onboard international One of the strongest aspects of featuring Ottawa Inspector Michael trawlers. The plot climaxes with a the book is the character of Cous- Green. She is now venturing into a confrontation in the wilderness where ins’s wife Sheri. Her fatigue, grief new series about international aid Doucette shows off amazing back- and temptation to have an affair ring worker Amanda Doucette. The first woods survival skills honed from true and her own background with title in the series is Fire in the Stars experiences in Asia and Africa. aid work is genuinely interesting. (issued Sept 2016). Fradkin is earnest in her descrip- Indeed more of the life and experi- The novel opens with Doucette hav- tions of social injustices that spawn ences of this “harder” woman could ing returned to Canada from fieldwork trauma on an individual, communal, have added depth to the narrative. in Nigeria where she and colleague national and international level. With The final forest chase section of the Phil Cousins were helping to establish Fire in the Stars, she clearly tries to novel could have been condensed in important infrastructure such as vil- educate readers to see the connections exchange for expanded sections of lage schools and clinics. These efforts between their own lives and those of Sheri probing her feelings about her were rendered useless when the region far-flung, war-torn villages. Tymko may be distressed by their husband, her son and her own past became the site of mass bloodshed as In so doing, Fradkin adapts the respective exposure to violence but and present difficulties. As well, the rival tribes and jihadist groups sought classic detective story plot, which they remain unfailingly good and narrative would also have benefit- power and exercised retribution. traditionally contains crime and is hopeful, with sound ethics, sociabil- ted from the inclusion of alternative Although Doucette and Cousins concerned with restoring order to dis- ity and respectable humour intact. first-person viewpoints, i.e. narration physically return to Canada, they turbed social relations. In Fire in the There is no darkness, cynicism told from “inside” the heads of the mentally struggle to move past the Stars, there is a return to normal rela- or secrets in either character. For novel’s secondary characters such as memories of child soldiers, rape and tions through the reunion of loved ones those who are drawn to a more con- the illegal aliens, Phil and his son, murder. Amanda and Phil both suffer and the righting of wrongs via proper flicted central hero, e.g. Ian Rankin’s among others. from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder authorities. Yet the international thread Inspector Rebus, Fradkin’s central Overall, Fire in the Stars is a good and each copes differently, Doucette running through the novel shows that characters will appear “soft” rather choice for those who take pleasure undergoing therapy while Cousins crime cannot be contained because than “hardboiled.” in the classic detective tale with a withdraws from his wife and son and there is a ripple effect and personal tra- Fradkin clearly admires the New- dash of Canadian regionalism and a turns to alcohol. gedy cannot be avoided. foundland setting and attempts sprinkle of romance. Doucette and Cousins plan a In terms of characterization and to capture the drama of the land- camping trip to the remoter parts style, Fradkin sticks to the classic scape with descriptions of the sun Stefani Nielson lectures on literature of Newfoundland to try to help one detective form. Her central char- sparkling like sequins in the dewy topics for the Continuing Education another. The novel is set in motion acters are thoroughly “heroes.” morning, or the setting sky having program at the University of Ottawa when Cousins fails to show up to the Doucette and her sidekick and the colour of bruised lavender. These and the Learning in Retirement pro- appointed rendezvous. Instead, the romantic interest Corporal Chris passages will appeal to those who gram at Carleton University.

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Photo: chri s r a l p h Photo: training in stagecraft and are also a great Studio 55 students (from left) Hilary Hampson, Gerrie Trotman, Lynda Joyce, Christiane Kirkland and Ruth Secunda, with in- way to meet new people and have fun. structor Tom Taylor. Whether students are returning to the stage to brush up on skills or fulfilling Have these Ottawa seniors found the fountain of youth? a lifelong dream of studying theatre, it’s really never too late! by Chris Ralph and Kate Smith school and its Studio 55 course is now offers multiple levels of acting courses, offered every weekday afternoon and improv, voice, scene study, and, new The Acting Company When The Acting Company (AC) is among the school’s most popular this year, sketch comedy taught by the Now entering its fourth year, The opened its doors in 2013, co-founders programs. multi-award winning performer/writer Acting Company is located in the heart Chris Ralph and John Muggleton won- “We love teaching the Studio 55 stu- Pierre Brault. Says Brault, “I teach stu- of the Glebe and is housed in what was dered what to do with their afternoon dents,” says Ralph. “They come from dents of all ages, but my AC Studio 55 once the historic Avalon Theatre. The programming. Muggleton suggested all walks of life, but they share some sketch comedy students are consist- school is Ottawa’s most comprehensive offering classes for retirees and seniors similar attributes: they love learning, ently the most energetic, eager and recreational performance arts school ages 55+ and the first Studio 55 course they have great imaginations, they unafraid. I am constantly amazed by offering over 30 different courses in was launched. Ralph admitted he had are fearless, and they love coffee and how seriously they take their fun!” theatre, film and TV. See www.acting- his doubts there would be enough inter- cookies.” AC student Marion Jones has taken company.ca for more information on ested seniors to fill an acting class, but “Community is a big part of the about a dozen courses over the past The Acting Company, its activities, and they decided to try offering one Mon- attraction,” says Kate Smith, the three years. “The atmosphere is very its roster of professional instructors. day afternoon class. school’s new associate artistic director. supportive. I never thought I’d enjoy It filled up in one day. “95 per cent of our Studio 55 students acting so much. It’s a shot of happiness Kate Smith is associate artistic dir- The Acting Company has grown return for more classes and they have that lasts for days.” ector of The Acting Company. Chris in four years to become the city’s all made lasting friendships.” Jones is a frequent student in the Ralph is co-founder and executive dir- most comprehensive performing arts The unique Studio 55 program now program’s actor’s showcase course. ector of The Acting Company. m o c . o t o h p e n a r

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But brain chemistry by choosing complex what happens when the trees have carbohydrates over refined carbohy- shed their resplendent foliage, the drates and eating enough protein and earth has stopped supplying us with essential fatty acids. Foods to con- its bounty, the environment shifts to sider include winter squash, yams, chilling temperatures and the colours turkey, wild salmon, hemp hearts around us all but disappear? tional 15 per cent will experience or changes in eating patterns. and quinoa. I was first introduced to the concept a milder form of this medically Seek out the sun: While the sun’s Do you also disesteem the way that of “being beige” by one of my clients acknowledged clinical disorder. rays are certainly not as strong during this time of year can strip away not a few months ago. She cited an article While I believe it is perfectly nat- the late fall to early spring, even the only our internal brightness, but also in which the author described many ural and part of the rhythm of nature weaker rays of this time of year can our physical colour? What if I told you people as becoming beige as they age, to go through cycles of contraction help support a more cheerful dispos- that you could use food to add colour losing their natural spark and inner and expansion, and introversion and ition. Sun exposure helps us maintain and vibrancy to your complexion? One vibrancy. While this is certainly an extroversion, it is important to sup- our circadian rhythm, or internal of the secrets to radiant, glowing skin important consideration of the norms port ourselves so that we don’t dip clock. Consistent, ideally daily, sun is changing what we put in our bod- of aging in our society and worthy of into seasonal depression. Nineteen exposure will help keep our bod- ies. Choose foods rich in Vitamin C, an article of its own, it occurred to per cent might not seem like a lot, but ies in tune with natural rhythms and Vitamin E, selenium, healthy fats, me that most of us “become beige” it is approximately 6.5 million Can- healthy sleep cycles. beta-carotene and other natural plant to some extent or another at this time adians, a significant number. Exercise: Physical fitness has been pigments, such as yellow, orange, and of year. Symptoms of S.A.D. usually peak proven to help battle the winter blues. red bell peppers, avocados, brazil nuts, How many people do you know in February, but if we make healthy Not only does exercise consistently wild fish, seaweed, kale, goji berries who suffer from depression and choices now we might be able to maximize mood, it also supports the and acai berries. generalized melancholy as the sun reduce or even eliminate its occur- diminishment of stress, which can Be vibrant, be vital and say bye-bye diminishes and the temperatures rence. An ounce of prevention is contribute to and exacerbate feelings to being beige. drop, choosing to stay in, forsake worth a pound of cure. of depression. There are many won- social interaction and generally There are numerous things we can derful forms of exercise to choose Kristin Jillian Shropshire, MS, ROHP, hibernate? 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Proposal to open a new French Catholic elementary school for Old Ottawa South, Old Ottawa East, and the Glebe MAC FAIR A parents’ committee backed by the Conseil des écoles catholiques Saturday, December 3, 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. du Centre-Est (CECCE) held a public consultation on October 27 regarding the possibility of opening a French Catholic elementary Immaculata High School school for families in Old Ottawa South, Old Ottawa East, the Glebe 140 Main Street and the surrounding area. The consultation, held at Saint Paul University, met with enthusiasm Huge juried craft fair featuring over 100 local artisans on the part of many parents who came to learn more about the pro- showcasing their hand-made work posal and talk about their vision of what an elementary school should be and their community’s distinct needs. This yearly event is a fundraiser to support extracurricular and social The proposal is still in the early stages, so the parents’ committee, justice initiatives at Immaculata High School. Our students are proud to backed by the CECCE, invites anyone who wants to know more about be actively involved. the proposal and stay informed about next steps to like the group’s Check our artisan profiles on our Facebook page: Facebook page at www.facebook.com/projetecolevieuxottawa and fol- MAC FAIR Crafts - Handmade Awesomeness in Ottawa low hashtag #cecceGlebe on Twitter. The CECCE is disappointed that it was not granted funding for new Or our website: www.MACFAIRCrafts.ca school construction during the latest round of funding. $2 admission includes raffle ticket with over 80 prizes Projet d’ouverture d’une nouvelle école élémentaire catholique de langue française pour les secteurs Vieux Ottawa Sud, Vieux Support STUDENTS. Support LOCAL. Support HANDMADE. Ottawa Est et le Glebe Un comité de parents, appuyé par le Conseil des écoles catholiques du Centre-Est (CECCE), a tenu, le 27 octobre, une consultation pub- lique sur la possibilité d’ouvrir une école élémentaire catholique de langue française pour les familles des secteurs Vieux Ottawa Sud, The Glebe Centre presents the l2th annual Vieux Ottawa Est, le Glebe et les environs. La soirée, qui se déroulait à l’Université St-Paul, a suscité l’enthousiasme de plusieurs parents qui s’étaient déplacés afin de venir Resident Art Show and Sale en apprendre davantage sur le projet, mais surtout, pour faire part de Friday, November 25, 6 – 8 p.m. leur vision de ce que devrait être une école élémentaire ainsi que les Saturday, November 26, 10 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. besoins propres à leur communauté. Le projet étant encore à une étape embryonnaire, le comité de par- The Glebe Centre, 77 Monk Street ents, appuyé par le CECCE, invite toute personne qui aimerait en apprendre davantage sur le projet et rester informée des étapes à venir Free admission. à «aimer» la page Facebook du projet au www.facebook.com/projete- Enjoy live entertainment and refreshments on Friday evening! colevieuxottawa et à consulter le mot-clic #cecceGlebe sur Twitter. Le CECCE est déçu d’apprendre qu’aucun financement ne lui a été Everyone welcome! accordé lors de cette dernière ronde de financement pour la construction des écoles. All proceeds to benefit the Glebe Centre Resident Art Program.

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changes that are made. cmyk First Avenue A review of the program is needed and I think most families will agree School’s gifted that it is not a perfect system. Many of the concerns raised by the OCDSB are program a keeper valid and need to be addressed. Equal- ity of access and representation is a by Jennifer Wilson concern that our school council has

y discussed many times. The OCDSB Many First Avenue Public School doesn’t currently have a system for families came out to our school coun- early identification of these children cil meeting on October 19 for an and doesn’t have adequate funding or opportunity to connect with Ottawa time to test those children who might

Carleton District School Board le s lie m c ka Photo: qualify. There is also a gender imbal- (OCDSB) Trustee Shawn Menard over Ms. McKay’s Grade 6 gifted class at First Avenue benefits from the Specialized ance within the Specialized Gifted the proposed changes to the Special- Gifted Program. Program. Often the student’s behav- ized Gifted Program. I would like to iours are one of the earlier signals take a moment to thank Mr. Menard that there may be some special need, for coming to hear our concerns and from a variety of advocacy groups their class or simply not connecting and in my experience, girls are less give us a bit more information on how and many parents of gifted students. with them. Many were developing likely to exhibit these behaviours and the process will unfold. The trustees subsequently did not vote a serious negative attitude towards might be missed. The standard screen- First Avenue School currently to approve the consultation plan and school, and in some cases, they were ing process that is part of the proposal hosts a Specialized Gifted Program sent the OCDSB staff back to make exhibiting behaviours that disrupted may help to alleviate both the equal- in English for children from Grades adjustments. the classroom and made learning dif- ity and representation issue, although 2 through 6. These children have The proposed changes included in ficult for themselves and the other I would like to see that screening take worked through what the OCDSB the consultation document represent a children. The parents were so anx- place prior to Grade 3. At this time, calls a “tiered” system before being significant departure from the current ious to do something about this that accessing gifted programming at any placed in this program. Essentially model. In a nutshell, specialized pro- they were willing to have their chil- of the tiers requires that the families this means that once they are tested grams will no longer be an option for dren bused all the way downtown and be aware of what is available for their and identified as gifted, a genuine children from Grades 1 through 4 and in many cases the kids are on a bus for children and what needs to happen to effort must be made to meet their the programs available for Grades 5 more than an hour. get access. needs in the regular program through through 8 will be changed dramatically. Once they are settled in the Special- Currently the OSCDB is planning to enhancements. The length of time I wanted to share a bit of my experi- ized Gifted Program amazing things implement the changes in September this process takes varies depending ence with the families connected with happen: they are challenged academ- 2017. My hope is that the board will on the child. They are placed in the this program at First Avenue. I have ically; they make connections with take the time needed to thoroughly Specialized Gifted Program only after been at the school for 11+ years and the other children in the program; consult with the community and con- this process has taken place and the for five of those years I was the school negative behaviours begin to lessen sider all the possible consequences of OCDSB determines that their needs council chair. As students in the gifted and their feelings towards school any proposed changes. This will be cannot be met in the classroom in their program often come from all over the become more positive. The families a standing item on the First Avenue home school. city, we put a lot of effort into com- of these children don’t want to see a School Council agenda during the On Friday, October 14, the OCDSB munity building. In getting to know program that has made such a dif- upcoming year. made public a consultation document the families of these children, a pat- ference in the lives of their children that includes its proposed changes to tern emerged. The children were often dismantled. Aside from the academic Jenn Wilson was chair of the First the services it offers to gifted students. desperately unhappy in their home aspect, the mental health and social Avenue School Council for five years At a meeting the following Tuesday school, bored by the classwork, bul- development of these children should and has children in both the regular the trustees heard from delegations lied or ostracized by the children in be a focus of the discussion and any and gifted streams.

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Stop smiling ski- lesson and Lauren Simon for the ers; I am having a moment. In this generous gift card. spirit, i.e. knowing what’s to come, young members of the Glebe Co- Tiggy’s Shop ’Til You Drop operative Nursery School have Picture this – a night of shopping been making the most of fall where you were given special after- activities outdoors on our wonder- hours access to one of the best toy ful playground and inside in the stores in the city. Imagine if snacks classroom doing fall-themed art, and wine were served and if there reading fall-themed books, sing- was a chance to win fabulous door ing songs and welcoming special prizes. Oh and what if there was a guests. As is tradition, at the end of silent auction and a 20 per cent dis- the month, the children will wear count on everything in the store? It their pajamas to school on the day sounds like the stuff shopping fan- they put the bears to bed. (There tasies are made of, especially in must be a way to make pajama day crowded malls on December 23, community-wide – anyone?). but for a mere $5 ($7 at the door) Now that first-day-of-school jit- you can make this fantasy a reality! ters are a thing of the past, our On Wednesday, November preschoolers continue to play, learn 23rd, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. we and create; I personally love receiv- will be hosting our fifth annual ing all of the artwork, though my Tiggy’s Shop ’Til You Drop event, inability to throw any of it out will a night of after-hours, kid-free likely earn me a spot on the tele- shopping. If you don’t care about vision show Hoarders before my the discount and the free wine and children reach high school. It’s so snacks, you should really come cute to watch the toddlers 1 ½ to to watch your super-competitive 2 ½ years march in wearing their friends lose it at the silent auction. knapsacks, talking to their friends All proceeds from ticket sales and and showing signs of independ- Gabi (Elmo, left) and Edith (butterfly) at the Glebe Co-op Nursery School’s Frank- the silent auction go directly to the ence, often for the first time. My endance school and all benefits from not toddler has gone from tearfully having to go to the mall in Decem- clinging to me to running into the ing and the kids know it. cing, snacking, bouncing, painting ber go directly to your mental classroom without even a good- pumpkins and creating Hallow- health. bye! The preschoolers 2 1/2 to 4 Frankendance een-themed crafts including, but years are basically grown-ups – Once again the Frankendance not limited to, Froot Loop neck- Sheri Segal Glick is the Communi- some of them at the preschool for was a huge success; you can laces that never made it home. The cations Chair of the GCNS Board. their third year – playing, snacking always tell based on how happy adults also had a lot of fun snack- Now that her kids have forgotten and learning new songs, colours, and sticky the kids are five min- ing, socializing with old and new about Halloween, she has been letters and numbers in circle time utes before they have to leave. The friends, taking pictures, drinking sneak-eating their candy even each day while chilling with their children had an amazing morning free coffee and sneak-eating their though it makes her feel like the besties. In sum, preschool is amaz- showing off their costumes, dan- children’s Froot Loop necklaces – kingpin of a tiny child labour ring. Busy times at First Avenue Public School by the students of clay creations; and robotics, where stu- Mr. Firestone’s Grade 4 class dents learn to program robots and will compete in a tournament in the winter. Now that the school year is a few The school sports programs are months in, students at First Avenue are also in full swing. Students partici- busy with a lot of exciting activities. pated in the cross-country meet at the One of the clubs students have been Terry Fox complex on October 21. The involved in is drama club, which has boys’ and girls’ soccer teams played in started rehearsing for its annual May a tournament in October and borden- production. Auditions took place ball teams are practicing and will play through September and the cast has in a board tournament in December. been assembled. Students have also signed up Written as a shared writing activity by for lunchtime activities like chess; Mr. Firestone’s Grade 4 class at First squirmies, where students make tiny Avenue Pubic School.

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friendly. Few people talk to you on the street, it can be hard to make new friends and people prefer to stay within their own bubbles. Here, wherever I go people smile and wave. At first I didn’t know what to do. Perhaps it’s a trick? Are they after something? I’m beginning to realize that it’s just friendliness. I sat at a table and had complimentary soup. You could only get the free soup if you sat and mingled with strangers. The green heirloom tomato soup from the local restaurant Clover was carefully sprinkled with herbs, dashes of oil and a side The free soup by Clover Food and of bread and cheese. Each dish was Drink was even better than mother’s. carefully crafted. Delicious. Sorry Mom. “It’s an awesome place to raise kids. I wouldn’t consider living in another city near its downtown, but An afternoon Ottawa is absolutely safe. And occasionally you even get free soup,” slurped Brano Jefic, a resident of in the Glebe the area for over two years, between by Liam Harrap mouthfuls. Soon someone had even signed me up for a local ski group. When I told a friend I was living near While the Lansdowne market is a the Glebe, a neighbourhood just south L i am h a rr ap s : Photo great opportunity for vendors to sell of downtown in Ottawa, he gave me a At the Lansdowne Farmers’ Market there certainly wasn’t a lack of choice in the their products, it’s more of a chance saddened look. tomato department. for the buyer to meet the producer. “It’s a ritzy neighbourhood,” he Cora Beking, from Beking Eggs, said. “Bland; full of mothers and baby their products from other vendors. The Robert Hupe, one of the owners of said that while they do make a profit, strollers. They’ll run you off the side- survival of one becomes interwoven Bryson Farms, which specializes in going to farmer markets is more walk. Wear a helmet.” I biked to the with another. heirloom vegetables and has been about promotion. Glebe one Sunday, wearing my helmet I arrived around noon and the market selling at this market for 15 years. “People meet us at the market, and and expecting the worst. was bustling crowds at stalls of vege- “You can tell if a tomato is ripe by later order our eggs online,” said I went to the farmer’s market at tables, fruits and crafts. I soon realized its touch, not its colour. When it’s Beking. Going to the Lansdowne Lansdowne. It’s one of the largest this wasn’t like the I-went-to-buy-a- ready, it will be softer. You’ll only market is a way for them to grow and in Ottawa, with 80 – 100 vendors. cabbage-and-now-I-have-no-money be confused if you go by the col- expand their businesses. It gives cus- Impressively, all the sellers are from markets in Vancouver. I could actually our, since they come in a variety,” tomers a chance to meet those who within 100 km of Ottawa. The mar- afford the stuff and loaded up on honey, he instructed a potential buyer. produce the food, learn, build rela- ket also invests within itself, requiring tomatoes, bread and strawberry wine, After leaving his stall, I realized tionships and stay connected. food vendors that sell pre-made foods, all for under $35. That would have cost what set this neighbourhood apart I went to the Glebe expecting to be like muffins and cupcakes, to include around $50 in Vancouver. – touch. Vendors wanted to shake driven off the sidewalk by bitter and at least 15 per cent of ingredients in “It’s a great neighbourhood,” said my hand, talk to me and ask how I overzealous mothers. Instead I found got to Ottawa. I was even offered an friends, a job and people to go skiing assignment at the local community with. My friend couldn’t have been 2017 DEADLINES paper (hem hem). People went out of more wrong. Next time I’ll leave the their way to meet me, even though it helmet at home. was supposed to be me going out of EDITORIAL ADvERTIsIng my way to meet them. Liam Harrap is a student in the Mas- MOnTH DEADLInE ARTwORk DuE* PAPER OuT For me, this is new as I recently ter of Journalism program at Carleton January December 19 December 28 January 13 graduated from the University of who grew up in the mountains of February January 20 January 25 February 10 British Columbia, and while Van- Alberta and has most recently come March February 17 February 22 March 10 couver is a beautiful city, it isn’t to Ottawa from Vancouver. GMSOlderOpenGROscarNov16.pdf 1 2016-06-21 3:58 PM April March 24 March 29 April 13 May April 21 April 26 May 12 June May 26 May 31 June 16 NO JULY PAPER August July 28 August 2 August 18 September August 25 August 30 September 15 October September 22 September 27 October 13 November October 20 October 25 November 10 December November 17 November 22 December 8 *Electronic artwork due (reserve your ad space well in advance to ensure space availability)

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black and ominous. I jumped in, swam v i a as even tried to amuse himself by aiming forward and paused to look around. to beat the cut-off time by 20 minutes, What a view! I could see the outline y of b just for fun. We could run on the flat- of the monstrous mountains we would ter parts, he said. What flatter parts, be climbing later. At that moment, they I wondered! I won’t say what flashed looked stunning. I wanted to high-five through my mind. After 16 hours on

someone, anyone. After the start, I s courte Photo: the road, my back was killing me and watched the fast group take off and I Basia Vanderveen, flanked by husband Tim and children, basks in the glory and I was unable to eat. But I was very swam, too far from the shore a friendly relief of completing the Norseman extreme triathlon in August. grateful for his enthusiasm, and sip- kayaker told me repeatedly. I was grate- ping coke helped. ful for her company. Staying too far fjord, with its 1,200 metres of eleva- spirits up. Relief came when I saw the We powered up 800 metres of eleva- centre added 30 minutes to my lonely tion, was steep, long and warm in dark car, my husband Tim, our kids, and tion over seven kilometers as the sun swim. I had worried about orcas, but tunnels. I was full of doubt after seeing our Norwegian friend Steinar who descended; icing on my Norseman cake. luckily I did not see any. It was a hard these mountains up close for the first gave me tea, ski gloves (!) and a hat. Other racers finished, had their meals swim in big waves. I felt seasick. The time. I had never attempted anything I held my arms out while Tim put and drove down past us, cheering. I last and toughest stretch was directly like this before. Only after this initial another jacket on me. wanted to lean on my friend, to curl up into the waves. I managed to finish test did I start to feel mild confidence. There were four big climbs ahead, on the ground and go to sleep. Then I with 30 minutes to spare. If you miss On the plateau, the rain and cold hit and by the third, I was drained, but my saw the 30 km mark and felt revived and a cut-off time in an Ironman distance hard. Hypothermia had me in shivers, legs didn’t hurt, or perhaps I didn’t feel happy. From the 32.5 km station, a four- triathlon, you don’t get to keep going. questioning my safety. I was feeling them, and the weather improved. Mount kilometer hike led to the finish where After a quick exit, I was onto the sleepy and had to be careful not to be Immingfjell was a best-for-last beast, but we did the final laps together with the bike in this first transition zone at blown sideways by the strong wind what goes up must come down. kids, which was a lot of fun. the bottom of the intimidating fjord and passing vans and buses. There I flew joyfully into the second tran- We made it! The Norwegian crew mountains. was no shoulder and no safety bar- sition zone with 10 minutes to spare, stood around a fire cheering late into rier. I stopped to wait for help, but my just enough time to put on running the night: Heia! Heia! Tusen takk. Climbing for 10 hours in the crew had gone ahead. I couldn’t reach shoes and use the loo before the run. saddle over 180 km and 3,500 m my back pocket to take out my phone. Basia Vanderveen is an athlete, coach of elevation gain It was pouring rain and I was cold, but Beware of Zombie hill or the sun- and consultant active in the Glebe The first test of a climb out of the I rode on and sang carols to keep my set, a 42.2 km marathon run/hike community.

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She Carleton Architecture Profes- HEATHER DALE CONCERT and reception, $25/year; family $40; drop-in $7. Nov. 14 is now 7 months and in need of a winter- sor Giancarlo Mangone lecture on Sat., Nov. 19. Doors open at 7 for 7:30 p.m., meeting: Bring Spring into Your Home. Jill friendly stroller. If you can help, please call “Ecologically Positive Community Design” Glebe St. James, 650 Lyon. An evening of Hopkins will focus on potting and forcing or text Margaux at 613-882-0291. Thurs., Dec.1, 7 p.m., Glebe Commun- original Celtic compositions. Tickets $25 spring bulbs for a burst of spring blooms. ity Centre, Multipurpose Room. A lecture in advance, $30 at the door. Dudleigh 613- COMPUTER TUTOR FOR IN-HOME about designing eco-friendly buildings and 233-2500 or [email protected]; OLD OTTAWA SOUTH GARDEN CLUB INSTRUCTION, 1 hour per week. Must communities; 10th in a series sponsored by Don 613-567-0796 or donhall2020@gmail. PHOTOGRAPHIC CONTEST. Con- be knowledgeable with Windows 10 and GNAG and is free. com; Compact Music in the Glebe. test open to all members and drop-ins; iPhone. 613-612-5828. judging at April 2017 meeting; prizes FOOD BAZAAR, Sat., Nov. 26, 9 a.m. – 1 LEARN AND EXPLORE SPEAKERS SERIES awarded at May 2017 meeting. DONATIONS FOR ABBOTSFORD’S 41ST p.m., St Stephen’s Presbyterian Church, AT ABBOTSFORD HOUSE, 950 Bank St., Details at: www.oldottawasouth.ca/ ANNUAL CHRISTMAS BAZAAR. We are 579 Parkdale Ave. (corner of Sherwood) each Wednesday, 1 – 2:30 p.m. $2 admis- programs/3479-old-ottawa-south-garden- in need of antiques and collectibles (jewel- Deli, frozen foods, candy, baking and cof- sion, includes talk, tea, coffee, homemade club-photographic-contest. lery, pottery, glassware, paintings and fee shop. treat! Register in advance at Reception or other rare or whimsical items) for our Ele- 613-230-5730. Nov. 16: Pat Steenberg, OTTAWA BRAHMS CHOIR presents a cele- gant Treasures Sale. 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