Model Boats at Brown's Inlet

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May 11, 2018 Vol. 46 No. 5 ISSN 0702-7796 Issue no. 503 FREE al Modellers c Nauti of R ideau Courtesy Photo: You may spot radio-controlled watercraft docked at the floating dock on Brown’s Inlet on Wednesday evenings throughout the summer, courtesy of the Rideau Nautical Modellers. Ask them for details! Model boats at Brown’s Inlet

The Rideau Nautical Modellers boat evening from 6 to 8 p.m. weather per- question or two. The Rideau Nautical both surface craft and submarines. club is back at Brown’s Inlet for mitting. Members of the club welcome Modellers share an interest in building Electric, steam and wind-powered the summer launching radio-con- Glebe neighbours to come and have a and operating various types of radio- vehicles make up the fleet but internal trolled model boats every Wednesday look, watch the boats glide and ask a controlled watercraft. These include combustion engines are not permitted.

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May 11–21...... Canadian Tulip Festival May 17...... Ottawa Centre All-Candidates Meeting, GCC, 7 p.m. May 22...... GCA monthly meeting, GCC, 175 Third Ave., 7 p.m. May 24, 25...... Dance Night, Canterbury High, 900 Canterbury Ave., 7 p.m. May 26...... Great Glebe Garage Sale, 8–3 May 26...... Ave Verum, St. Joseph’s , 174 Wilbrod St., 8 p.m. May 31...... Glebe Report Association AGM, GCC, 7 p.m. June 2, 3...... Doors Open Ottawa June 2...... Capital Ward tour of the Rideau River, Windsor Pk., 10 a.m. June 7...... Provincial Election June 7...... GNAG Lobster Kitchen Party, GCC, 6:30–9:30 p.m. June 7...... South Shore Suite...Poems launch, Octopus Bks, 7 p.m. The New Art Festival Poetry Quarter page 25 page 30,31 June 9, 10...... The New Art Festival, Central Park, 10–5 June 16...... FACES Fundraising Concert, Glebe-St. James, 7:30 p.m. next issue: Friday, June 15, 2018 June 16–24...... Ottawa Garden Days EDITORIAL DEADLINE: Friday, May 25, 2018 June 21...... GCA AGM, Multipurpose Rm., GCC, 7 p.m. ADVERTISING artwork DEADLINE*: Wednesday, May 30, 2018 *Book ads well in advance to ensure space availability.

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736 Bank St • 613 234-6353 • CapitalHomeHardware 2 Glebe Report May 11, 2018 election Joel Harden – Ottawa Centre New Democratic Party of Ontario candidates in the sion, which will choke Ottawa with ouise Sp roule traffic, must be halted. To encourage public transit, an ONDP government will match local costs dollar for dollar.

June 7 provincial T he R eview/ L 4. Pharmacare and dental care. Too many people can’t afford prescription

Photo: Photo: medicine and dental care. The ONDP I’ve lived in Ottawa since 2007. I’m will introduce a comprehensive, uni- election a dad, an educator and a community versal program to provide both. organizer. Like most of you, I’m tired of 5. Hospital overcrowding. Years of gov- A provincial election will be held on Thursday, June 7. You are eligible to politics as usual. All of us deserve better. ernment cuts have created a hospital vote if you are 18 years of age or older, a Canadian citizen and a resident of Our province and our city are facing crisis. “Hallway medicine” is now Ontario. Go to www.elections.on.ca for information on the upcoming election, serious challenges and the last thing routine. Funds must be restored and how and where to vote, etc. we need is business as usual and pol- hospital capacity increased. Here are statements from the candidates running (six at time of press) to itical bafflegab. 6. Childcare and long-term care. Qual- become the Member of Provincial Parliament for Ottawa Centre. Here’s what this election should be ity childcare and long-term care are At press time, the Glebe Report had not received information from a sixth about and what my campaign is about: prohibitively expensive in Ottawa. Ottawa Centre provincial election candidate, Bruce Faulkner of the Ontario 1. Housing insecurity. There’s a ser- These costs will be lowered and stan- Libertarian Party. ious affordable housing shortage in dards of care enforced. Ottawa. Public housing is crumbling. 7. Increasing costs of higher educa- Tenants have few rights. Develop- tion. University and college should Marc Adornato – ers are ruining our mainstreets with be accessible for all who qualify. The a n didate towering buildings for the well to do. ONDP will ensure that students get a None of the Above The Ontario New Democratic Party debt-free start. (ONDP) will bring in effective inclu- 8. Fair taxation. The wealthy, just like Party sionary zoning, legislation to ensure ordinary Ontarians, must pay their tenants’ rights and stop rent hikes rightful share. along the rivers and canals (end when units become vacant, and will Politics shouldn’t be just about the nanny state). fund one third of the costs of repairing candidates at election time. Your repre-

Photo: Courtesy of the c of Courtesy Photo: • Put a solid Sparks Street “red light social housing. sentative should always be accountable Hi, my name is Marc with the None district” revitalization plan to a 2. Hydro costs. In Ontario, thanks and accessible. If elected, I’ll use Of The Above Party and I do realize referendum (more on my website). to privatization, we have runaway $50,000 of my MPP’s salary to hold I have little to no chance of winning. • Ban wasteful single-use plastics hydro bills and runaway salaries for frequent town hall meetings and other I’m not rich. Nor do I have any rich (straws, stir sticks, plastic bags, Hydro executives. Hydro One must be community events to get your feedback friends or corporate sponsors funding packaging, utensils, tiny cups). returned to public hands. and ideas. Want to discuss the issues? my campaign. Heck, I’m not even a • Fix Hydro One. 3. Greening Ottawa. Ottawa greenspace Call me at 613-869-5952. politician. But I chose to run for two • Limit all government contracts to must be protected and expanded. The Real politics should be about what reasons. five years with options to renew downtown needs more bicycles and we want to achieve together. Let’s get 1. I’ve always felt that there should (to avoid a 20-year green bin con- fewer cars. The Queensway expan- started. be a None Of The Above option tract with Orgaworld). on the ballot. (Mission accom- • Change insolvency and bank- plished.) ruptcy laws so that companies like “Elmwood Summer Camp is ALWAYS our #1 choice 2. I like solving problems. Nortel and Sears can no longer for our daughter. The range of camp themes offered is Here are some challenges I’d like to cut and run on their Canadian second-to-none.” - Pragash, 2017 camp parent try and fix: employees. • Real electoral reform (propor- • Teach kids about taxes, money tional representation). management, alternative polit- • End daylight savings time. ical systems and fundamental • Eliminate hospital parking fees problems with capitalism, mater- for patients and their drivers. ialism, consumerism and why • Churches will finally start paying prioritizing profit over people’s All girls taxes like everyone else – because health, privacy and well-being is welcome! it’s 2018. bad for society. • Make a monument to the real Jack But that’s not all! Go see my web- Visit camp.elmwood.ca Purcell. site to learn more about my platform: for more information • Introduce an anonymous “govern- www.ADORNATO.com. If you’re or call (613) 749-6761 for ment stupid spending” tip-line to tired of the same old partisan pol- details and registration. report wasteful spending. itics and refuse to support the status • $7/day childcare, just like Quebec. quo, consider voting None Of The • Allow beer in grocery and corner Above and together we can start build- stores, just like Quebec. ing a healthier democracy that helps • Allow open alcohol containers everyone, not just the wealthy and and cannabis smoking in parks, well-connected. DISCOVERY CAMPS ELMWOOD SKILLS ACADEMY FOR GIRLS AGE 3 TO 12 • WEEKLY FROM JUNE 18 – AUGUST 24 FOR GIRLS AGE 8 TO 17 • WEEKLY FROM JUNE 18 – AUGUST 24 Provincial Election on June 7 With exciting new weekly themes such as Elmwood’s Skills Academy offers an outstanding Robot Academy, music camp, “Lab Rats” range of academic and special interest programs. chemistry camp and Sleuth Academy, girls Taught either by Elmwood’s talented faculty or Ottawa Centre from Kindergarten to Grade Six will discover by other experts in their field, our Skills Academy new challenges, develop lasting friendships combines superb instruction with dynamic activities, All-Candidates’ Meeting and enjoy a dynamic range of hands-on, sure to appeal to girls of all ages and skill levels. interactive activities. Camps are half or full day and costs vary. Thursday, May 17, 7p.m. Led by skilled and experienced educators, our Please visit camp.elmwood.ca for full details. camps have the perfect blend of learning, active play and creative exploration, all “I couldn’t have asked for a more wonderful camp Glebe Community Centre, 175 Third Avenue experience for my 3 and 1/2-year-old daughter. Scotton Hall within Elmwood’s beautiful and safe campus. She truly thrived in the girls-only camp dynamic!” DISCOVERY CAMPS RUN BETSY, 2017 CAMP PARENT Come hear the Ottawa Centre candidates in the upcoming provincial elec-

tion on June 7. Evening moderated by David Reevely, Ottawa Citizen. FROM 8 A.M. – 5:30 P.M. Cost is $305, including a delicious lunch All welcome! and snacks, excursion or special guest, fun “giveaways” and a cool camp T-shirt. Sponsored by a coalition of Ottawa Centre community associations. election Glebe Report May 11, 2018 3 Colleen McCleery Cherie Wong – – Progressive Green Party of Conservative Ontario

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c her party’s nomination. In this election I want to empower Ontarians to stand ence to solving the problems of our up for the values they believe in. True province. I will work to ensure we democracy comes from people-pow- have a strong future. It has become ered change in Ontario where MPPs common for governments to run defi- must always put constituents’ inter- cits and we need to be aware of what a ests first. Photo: Ge nn eviève E ba Photo: Photo: Courtesy of the c of Courtesy Photo: lack of fiscal prudence costs. We need This upcoming provincial election I put my name forward in this cam- to ensure we are financially respon- On this traditional unceded Algon- will be my first time casting a ballot paign because I think Ontario can sible now so future spending can go to quin territory, I am fortunate to call for a Member of Provincial Parlia- and must do better. In an era of bal- important services and not just paying Ottawa my home. I recognize this ment. This year will also be my first looning deficits and mismanagement, interest on our debt. country is built from colonialism; we time running as a candidate and I Ontario needs a voice of reason, fiscal The Glebe is full of engaged and pas- need meaningful actions to seek rec- believe I can offer a fresh voice for accountability and moderation. Only sionate individuals whose needs are the onciliation while actively dismantling the people of Ottawa Centre. I have the Progressive Conservative Party same as other Ontarians – high qual- systems of oppression. About a year a vision for Ontario that starts with has committed to this. ity healthcare, good education, jobs and ago, I completed my Honours Bach- confronting the deep social and eco- I have also joined this race because lower taxes. Good jobs are important elor of Social Science at the University nomic inequalities. In order to build I believe in helping others. Looking for this area because we have so many of Ottawa. While in school, I volun- a stronger Ontario, we need to work back on my life’s achievements, the highly educated, underemployed young teered for various student associations together. times where I was able to help some- people. Lowering business taxes and and clubs. Through my active vol- There is a distinct lack of diverse one else gave me a sense of purpose. creating opportunity is a necessity for unteerism, I became a youth leader. voices and representation at Queen’s Representing the citizens of Ottawa those who hold post-secondary degrees When I wound up volunteering at Park that often leads to repressive poli- Centre and being a voice for their but have no choice but to work min- Elizabeth May’s office, I discovered cies for marginalized communities. I issues and needs is a privilege not imum wage jobs. This is a missed my passion for politics. I am currently know all too well that the right to par- everyone gets. I am honoured to be opportunity Ontario can’t afford. serving my second term as co-chair of ticipate in civic and political life is not running to represent the residents of I believe that some short-term the Young Greens of Canada. always a guarantee. My peers in Hong the Glebe and all of Ottawa Centre. restraint is necessary to provide long- I spent my teen years disengaged in Kong have been banned from running I am a long-time resident of the term benefits. The promises made by politics. I was sick of seeing partisan in legislative elections. In Canada, the Glebe, having lived in the neigh- Kathleen Wynne are bought from our and private interests taking priority. charter guarantees us the freedom to bourhood for 18 years. With my children’s future as the deficit spend- How could I expect change to happen access our participatory democracy. I background, holding a Doctor of ing comes from borrowed money that if I am not willing to lead it myself? choose to use this freedom to partici- Medicine degree, an MBA and 20 only increases the wealth of the bond- My career in youth engagement has pate as a voter, a candidate and just years of experience as a management holder and impoverishes our children. empowered me to step up and win my maybe your next MPP. consultant, I will bring broad experi- It must stop.

Yasir Naqvi – www.glebereport.ca Liberal Party of Ontario will create a balanced decision-mak- a n didate ing process that is more predictable, faster and less costly.

Safe Streets Thanks to your advocacy, we passed a law to make our streets safer for all. The Safer School Zones Act gives muni-

Photo: Courtesy of the c of Courtesy Photo: cipalities more tools to fight speeding It has been an honour to serve as your and dangerous driving by using photo MPP. Together, we have built a liv- radars in our neighbourhoods, lowering able community with quality public speed limits on residential streets and services. As I knock on doors every installing red light cameras to make weekend, I get to experience the posi- major intersections safer. tive difference we are making. Thanks to your support I have had Care and Opportunity the opportunity to advocate on your I am committed to building a fair behalf and I am excited about every- and caring society that gives everyone thing we have accomplished. an opportunity to grow and succeed by investing in: Bridging Communities • OHIP+: Full coverage of prescrip- Bringing communities together tion medications for everyone creates stronger social bonds and under the age of 25 and starting opportunity. That is why I cham- August 2019 everyone 65+ will pioned the Clegg Street–Fifth Avenue also have full coverage; footbridge over the Rideau Canal. • Free childcare for children This $5 million investment is crucial between the ages of two and a half to uniting Old Ottawa East, the Glebe to kindergarten, saving families and Old Ottawa South and will create on average, $17,000 per child; and a dedicated active transportation route • Improving access to mental health to work, entertainment and shopping. and addictions services with a $2.1 billion investment over 4 Replaced the OMB years. For too long the voices of commun- My promise to you is that I will con- ity members were being ignored so we tinue to work as hard as I can to build replaced the Ontario Municipal Board a better community, together. and established the Local Planning For more information, visit www. Appeal Tribunal to ensure that local yasirnaqvi.ca or contact me at decision makers come first on projects [email protected] or 613-454- that affect their home communities. It 7722. 4 Glebe Report May 11, 2018 editorial Images of the Glebe Glebe comings and goings

NEW TO THE GLEBE Cigarman Unit 105, Exhibition Way, Lansdowne – “for the best Home free selection of quality cigars.” (www. cigarmanottawa.ca) Other loca- The concept of home is a powerful one tions are on Bank Street near Heron for us humans. Our senses of peace, Road, and in Westboro. The sign for safety, security and belonging are the Lansdowne location is up but as wrapped up in the idea of home. We of press day, it’s not yet open. feel it as a sanctuary from the strains of living that push and pull us beyond Banditos is coming soon to 683 the front door – a place where we can Bank Street in the Glebe. “Street be our true selves, where armour and food – Cocktails – Night Market.” masks can be shucked, all artifice dis- Renovations are in progress at the pensed with. And a place where those previous location of the Farm Team who live with us and those who are Cookhouse. invited in are a priori on our side – allies, in our corner – who have our best interests at heart and who see the best in us. The idea of homelessness is equally powerful for the same reasons – the Glebe Report seeks Social Media loss of the solace of home would be and Calendar Volunteer terrible. Many of us shy away from the The Glebe Report is looking for horror of it and turn from those who a volunteer to animate its social are homeless as you might look away media presence (Facebook, Twit- from the sight of a horrific accident or ter, Instagram) and populate the a painful wound. online Community Events Calen- On April 19, for a 24-hour period, dar, with the intention of attracting the City of Ottawa, working with part- more readers to the Glebe Report’s ners, conducted a census of homeless website (www.glebereport.ca). The people in Ottawa, capturing informa- expected commitment would be 6 tion not only on the clearly homeless hours a month and would involve (those in shelters and on the street), but the following: attempting as well to quantify the so- • Posting teasers online before called hidden homeless: those who are an issue of the paper appears. couch surfing with friends, sleeping in After an issue appears (11/year), a car or using other precarious housing. posting images and links to the This count will give us a clear, rela- online paper on Facebook, Twit- tively comprehensive and factual basis ter and Instagram, including for squarely facing homelessness in our any upcoming events, as well as city and perhaps finding solutions. images and contents that were For a concept as powerful and as not included in the print issue, meaningful as home, we resort to the as provided by the editor. power of poetry. Local poets express • Taking interesting photos of the all that home is or can be – and what it neighbourhood and posting them means to be homeless – in this month’s online. Poetry Quarter on pages 30 and 31. • Updating the online Community

Photo: L iz M c Kee n Photo: Events Calendar with commu- —Liz McKeen A busker soaks up the April sun on the corner of Bank and Third nity (not-for-profit) events. If this opportunity is of interest to you, please contact the co-chairs of the Glebe Report board of directors, CONTACT US 175 Third Avenue Patricia Lightfoot and Steve Zan, Ottawa, Ontario K1S 2K2 at [email protected], briefly 613-236-4955 explaining why this interests you www.glebereport.ca and outlining your experience with Please submit articles to social media. [email protected]. Established in 1973, the Glebe Report, published by the Glebe Report Association is a monthly not for-profit community newspaper with a circulation of 7,500 copies. It is delivered free to Glebe homes and businesses. Advertising from merchants in the Glebe and elsewhere pays all TFI@glebereport Contributors this issue its costs, and the paper receives no government grants or direct subsidies. 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An electronic version of the print Joel Harden Sue Stefco publication is subsequently uploaded with text, photos, drawings and advertisements as a pdf to Music 35 Janet E. Harris Susan Straiton www.glebereport.ca. Selected articles will be highlighted on the website. NCC Paths 19 Jennifer Humphries JC Sulzenko provincial candidates 2, 3 John Humphries Mari Teitelbaum Views expressed in the articles and letters submitted to the Glebe Report are those of our con- Julie Ireton Mary Tsai Reps/Orgs 8–12, 18 tributors. We reserve the right to edit all submissions. Articles selected for publication will be Bob Irvine Josh VanNoppen published in both a printed version and an online version on the Glebe Report’s website: Schools 36/40, 41 Patric Langevin Batia Winer www.glebereport.ca. Transportation 13 Lorrie Loewen Cherie Wong E letters Glebe Report May 11, 2018 5 Conspiracy of Buy them a The Art of spring silence? coffee instead Editor, Glebe Report n traito Editor, Glebe Report Editor, Glebe Report I was so delighted when I saw the Glebe Report at the bank this morning I am surprised and perplexed that The warmer weather is here (we hope) with Clairellen Nentwich’s beautiful there is nothing about Minto’s pro- and there are more street people in the “April Showers” painting gracing the posal to replace Fifth Avenue Court Glebe. I told this story 10 years ago cover. The kids with their bright wel- n S S usa c redit: Photo with an eight-storey condo in your but it needs repeating. The majority lies and umbrellas and their parents Local poet and author current [April 2018] issue. Not a word of people asking for money on the at Mutchmor School is such an iconic JC Sulzenko about the project appears among your street use drugs and alcohol and this Glebe-in-springtime scene. I loved the will read from her first full poetry news stories, in the Glebe Commun- is where your money goes. way the painting reproduced so that collection ity Association’s report in your paper, Years ago, there was a very person- you can see the bright colours, the nor in the comments the candidates able 42-year-old man in front of the lovely reflections and the rain pelting South Shore Suite…POEMS for Capital Ward’s Council seat next Metro with his dog. He said that he down. fall offer about themselves and their was working to finish high school It really made for a nice surprise and at the programs. So I ask – is there a con- and wanted to train as a chef. I occa- it was a great treat to read the Glebe Ottawa Book Launch spiracy of silence around the Fifth sionally gave him a small amount of Report at Morala with a Mexican cof- Avenue Court demolition proposal? money. One day, he was not at his fee on this bleakish spring day. Tuesday, June 5 at 7 p.m. Thankfully, on April 9, Council- usual spot. I later found out that he Thanks for always featuring the Octopus Books lor Chernushenko replied as follows had died of a massive seizure brought work of talented local artists! 116 Third Avenue to my query about where the proposal on by alcoholism. I felt guilty for the stood: times I had given him money. Now Lorrie Loewen Information: 613-233-2589 “The project is in somewhat of I am trying to inform people where a hiatus. Both I and the GCA have their donations are going. met with Minto who tell us they are There are two men on the street with reworking their proposal and some- whom I have developed a relationship thing modified will be re-presented to over the years and I always buy them a the community in the coming weeks/ coffee or milk. Please, Glebites, don’t months. There is nothing more specific give money to street people – you are in terms of design or even timelines at just enabling their addiction in most the moment. I will provide an update cases. Buy them a coffee or a sand- as soon as I have something concrete.” wich, whatever is feasible. The Glebe Report and the GCA What you do in the future may help should be mobilizing opposition to save a life. Minto’s proposal, which I think will be very destructive to our neighbour- Janet E Harris hood, and should not be ignoring it. At least tell us what’s going on.

John Smart

GLEBE REPORT ASSOCIATION Annual General Meeting Ian Austen is a native of Windsor, Ontario and now lives in Ottawa in the Glebe NEW DATE: where he likes to cycle. From his 15 or THURSDAY, MAY 31, 2018, 7 p.m. more years as the Canada correspondent for the New York Times, he has seen the foibles of our country from the eyes of others south of the border. He will share his insights May 31 at 7 p.m. in the Glebe Community Centre.

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by Colette Downie Glebe’s environment club, TWIGS.

With spring finally in the air, a Heritage TENNIS BEACH VOLLEYBALL SWIMMING LICENSED RESTAURANT reminder about the Great Glebe Gar- Homeowners are encouraged to age Sale: this neighbourhood-wide celebrate the wonderful architecture WWW.OTLBC.COM 613-730-7207 [email protected] garage sale and celebration of spring and social history of the Glebe by post- is coming up soon, on Saturday, May ing a heritage plaque that identifies the 26, from 8 a.m. till 3 p.m., though history of the home and its architec- Want to try the OTLBC? depending on the weather, keen shop- tural style for passersby to enjoy on pers may be out much earlier. Bank sale day. The Glebe Community Asso- Stop by and pick up a FREE 7 day pass only until May 19 Street merchants are also getting ciation Heritage Committee is making ready for their fantastic sidewalk sale. this an annual feature of the sale to Here’s hoping for great weather! help increase awareness and apprecia- 18 HAR TRU tion of the valuable heritage character Food Bank of our Glebe neighbourhood. Infor- TENNIS COURTS Sellers are encouraged to give 10 mation on researching your home’s per cent of their sales to the Ottawa history and plaque templates can be Adult Group Clinics Food Bank, which the Great Glebe found at www.glebeca.ca. After-School Junior Programs Garage Sale has supported for many years. The Ottawa Food Bank pro- Cars! Private & Group Lessons vides food and support to over 38,400 Parking and traffic are challen- Free Organized Round Robins people in Ottawa every month. They ging on sale day. Remember that you work with local farmers and growers must not block any part of a sidewalk Best Pros in the City! to ensure that 47 per cent of delivered or road. Roads must be kept clear for food is fresh. We’re aiming to sur- emergency vehicles. There will be pass last year’s total of $14,000. The parking restrictions on a number of Ottawa Food Bank turns every dollar emergency routes and on Bank Street. 12 BEACH donated into $5 worth of food through With the extra traffic during the sale, VOLLEYBALL COURTS their relationship with food industry it may take you longer to drive in and partners. With just under 3 per cent out of the neighbourhood so give your- Introducing New Beach Tennis! of their funding coming from govern- self extra time. ment sources, your donation will truly Weekly Leagues with OSSC help feed those in need. Food Event Rentals & Birthday Parties This year, donations can be made If you are planning to sell hamburg- online through the Ottawa Food ers, hotdogs or other cooked food, it is Bank’s website at www.ottawafood- important to know and comply with bank.akaraisin.com/gggs2018 or by the city’s food regulations to make selecting “Great Glebe Garage Sale” sure you meet food inspectors’ expect- OUTDOOR on the drop-down menu on the gen- ations. You’ll need to apply to the city SWIMMING POOL eral donations page. Donations can at least two weeks before the sale (it’s also be mailed to the address on the free). The city’s website www.Ottawa. Pool-Only Memberships Glebe Community Association web- ca provides information about health site under “Great Glebe Garage Sale and safety requirements as well as the Private & Group Lessons FAQs”. Given that the large major- online application. Social Events & Parties ity of donations in recent years have See the Glebe Community Associa- been made online rather than in per- tion’s Great Glebe Garage Sale FAQs NEW OTLBC Swim Club with son, the Ottawa Food Bank will not at www.glebeca.ca/great-glebe-gar- Local Olympians have a table at the Glebe Community age-sale-faqs-2/ for more tips and Centre this year. details or contact the sale coordinator, Colette Downie, at [email protected] OTLBC Electronics with any questions. SUMMER CAMPS Glebe Collegiate Institute will again be holding its very popular free elec- Colette Downie is the volunteer Full Day Summer Camps tronics drop off on Saturday afternoon coordinator of the Great Glebe Gar- and all day Sunday, May 26 and 27 age Sale for the Glebe Community LUNCH INCLUDED (see box). This is a fundraiser for Association. Ages 5 - 13 2.5 Hours of Tennis Everyday Before & After Care Options Glebe Collegiate Institute We are proud to introduce to the OTLBC’s clubhouse... Electronics Recycling May 26 p.m. and 27 all day

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by Johanna Persohn 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916 and 1923) via www.sites.google.com/site/onlinedi- For the fifth year, the Glebe Commu- rectorysite/Home/can/on/ottawa and nity Association invites homeowners 1912 via www.archive.org/details/ and residents of the Glebe to celebrate ottawadirec191200midiuoft. For assis- the wonderful architecture and social tance, contact the Heritage Committee history of the Glebe during the Great at [email protected]. The com- Glebe Garage Sale on May 26 by dis- mittee would be happy to help you playing a temporary plaque presenting identify the architectural style of your a brief history of their home. How? house or help you prepare your plaque Prepare and install a simple tempor- using any information you have. ary plaque or sign and attach it to a If you live on Glebe Avenue, Lin- stick or tree on your lawn near the den Terrace, Monkland, Clemow or sidewalk. The plaque could provide Powell avenues, the GCA Heritage details on your home’s history and Committee has already completed a architectural style such as its builder detailed electronic file on each home

or architect or its historical occupants. on these streets and would be pleased n joha nn a p ersoh Photo: You can find a basic one-page to provide you with an electronic copy The Glebe Community Association’s Heritage Committee invites homeowners to put template with examples at the Com- for your use. up heritage plaques during the Great Glebe Garage Sale, highlighting the historical mittee’s web site, www.glebeca.ca/ and architectural features of their Glebe home. committees/heritage/heritage.html, or Heritage Register email the committee at heritage@gle- Some owners will have received phase-ii-clemow-estate-heritage), we district and provided each house with beca.ca for help, or create your own! a letter from the city advising you hope you put your sign from last year its own plaque last year. The plaque can be typed or handwrit- that your house will be added to the out again this year on May 26! The ten, include photographs, the architect City’s Heritage Register this year. GCA Heritage Committee compiled Johanna Persohn is co-chair of the or builder, whatever you like! We sug- The committee encourages you to research on the homes in the proposed GCA Heritage Committee. gest a full or half page adhered to a use the research provided by the foam board or cardboard and stapled city to prepare a plaque, or ask us to to a long wooden stake or a tree. make one for you! Information on Ottawa Centre Refugee Action (OCRA) Check out the City of Ottawa the city project can be found at www. Archives guide “Tracing the History ottawa.ca/en/city-hall/planning-and- 2nd GREAT GLEBE GARAGE SALE FUNDRAISER! of your Ottawa Property” for tips on development/heritage-conservation/ how to research the history of your identifying-and-protecting-heritage- WHERE: 166 and 164 Glebe Avenue (corner of Lyon) home. You may also wish to use a properties#heritage-inventory-project. PROCEEDS: 10% to Ottawa Food Bank seven-day free trial to www.newspa- 90% to fund refugee sponsorships by OCRA! pers.com or google the background of Clemow Estates Heritage TO DONATE SALE ITEMS: Please bring them to Lyon Street, corner of known previous occupants. You can Conservation District (Phase II) Glebe Avenue (166 Glebe Avenue) on Friday, May 25, from 4 – 8 P.M. find the names of previous occupants If you live in the proposed Clemow TO DONATE YOUR GARAGE SALE PROCEEDS TO OCRA: by looking at the Ottawa City Direc- Estates Phase II Heritage Conserva- tories (hardcopy or microfilm) at the tion District (details at www.glebeca. If you would like to help without moving your stuff, email main library or city archives. Only a ca/clemow-estate-phase-ii/. and www. [email protected] and we will bring you a sign for your driveway. few years of the directories are avail- ottawa.ca/en/city-hall/public-consul- Or visit www.refugeeaction.ca and donate! able on the Internet (1890s, 1909, 1911, tations/planning-and-infrastructure/

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by Mari Teitelbaum Saindon and Neve Sugars-Keen for accompanying the cast on piano and Anne - with an e - of Green Gables is violin with skill and sensitivity. The a magical walk down memory lane in babies crying backstage brought me our neighbourhood. into Mrs. Blewett’s (Karen Goodrich) This classic story came alive under misery while Lucilla (Hannah Brown) the direction of Eleanor Crowder, made me want to go shopping. And along with her team, with so much the lovely sets transported us through- movement, fun, energy and humour out Avonlea. from April 10 through 15 in Scotton But this show really was about the Hall at the Glebe Community Centre. kids. The voices of Allegra, Sammy, Mia Kelly was the perfect Anne. Her Maggie, Calum, Bianca, Rebecca, voice and performance were flawless Cadel, Ali, Rachel, Justin, Wesley, but my favourite thing was the twin- Nina, Maddie, Isabelle, Bailey, Hailey, kle in her eye and her obvious love for Maelle, Camila and Saide, along with everyone around her. their energy and the costumes, brought Then there was the cast around her us back to our youth. They were lively that made it all come to life. Ann Mar- and fun onstage but even more fun was tineau (Marilla) had the poise that seeing them after the show having just Marilla is known for but also brought as much fun together offstage. us into her struggles as she learned Anne (Mia) left the stage at the end how to love Anne. Rod Hagglund’s of the show with her arm around Mat- Matthew was flawless – his shyness, thew (Rod). I congratulated my friend his shopping and his love of Anne. Karen on her performance and said However, it was the final ballad that hello to a friend from high school who made us love him as Anne does. Josh was there watching her son in the play. Shanbaum (Gilbert) did a great job of Community theatre is an amazing bringing the realities of youth to life – opportunity for people to try some- teasing, friendship and new feelings. thing new or build their skills while Hannah Bindman (Diana) gave us an also bringing people of all ages and opportunity to see a kindred spirit in interests together for some truly qual- real life and Ciana Van Dusen (Josie ity time. Thanks to the entire cast and Pie) was the one we loved to hate. crew for all the time and effort that Join Us Agatha Alstrom (Miss Stacey) brought went into this perfect evening. a presence and voice that made it clear why Anne fell in love with her. Mari Teitelbaum is a long-time Glebe There were many perfect touches resident and (she hopes) future com- KICK OFF along the way. Kudos to Lauren munity theatre participant. SUMMER BBQ WEDNESDAY, JUNE 6 • 1 PM

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by Mary Tsai Catherine McKenna. The funding is for our Integration Support Program that Get up and go with GNAG! hires specialized staff and integrates AT CENTRETOWN’SGATHER NEXT-TO-THE-GLEBE BREWERY & KITCHEN GNAG is the proud recipient of the into our summer camps children and Ontario Sports and Recreation Com- youth with special needs who require Now open. 37 Flora at Bank florahallbrewing.ca munities Fund through the Ministry one-on-one or low-ratio support. We of Tourism, Culture and Sports for the couldn’t be more excited to be able to new Get Up and Go! program. continue to offer this vital service to Get Up and Go is a two-year pro- the community. At GNAG, we believe ject (fall 2018 – winter 2020) to that all children of all abilities deserve support increased opportunities for to fully participate in the summer camp seniors’ participation in physical experience! If you have a child who activity, building physical literacy may require special assistance or low- as the foundation for lifelong activ- ratio support to have the best summer ity and strengthening the capacity of camp experience possible, we want to the sport and recreation sector. It is hear from you! Head to our website for part of the Ontario government’s new details at www.gnag.ca. Active for Life Recreation Stream Interested in applying to be an Inte- that is designed to fund projects that gration Support Worker this summer? help seniors stay fit and connected to Apply now! Information for the pos- their communities. This new funding ition can be found on our Careers and stream within the Ontario Sport and Volunteering page at www.gnag.ca. Recreation Communities Fund is part of Aging with Confidence: Ontario’s Perennial Exchange Action Plan for Seniors. May 16, 6:30 – 8:00 p.m. The Get Up & Go! program will All gardeners great and small are offer barrier-free fitness programming welcome to the annual Perennial at three local seniors’ centres (Glebe Exchange. Come to this free commun- Centre Abbotsford House, the Villa- ity event! Are your day lilies getting gia in the Glebe Retirement Residence crowded? Are your hostas overflowing and Chartwell Lord Lansdowne) and their bed? Bring your extra plants and the Glebe Community Centre. seeds to exchange, as well as your The program hopes to create 5,500 questions and ideas. Good compost is participation opportunities and engage welcome too. If you don’t have any- 250 older adults and seniors over the thing to exchange this time, come course of five 10-week programming anyway as there’s always lots to go sessions. around! The Perennial Exchange will The program will manifest itself in be located on the outside steps of the two key and distinct ways: free weekly gcCafé on Second Avenue. recreational fitness programming on- site at three local seniors’ centres Lobster Kitchen Party and highly subsidized weekly rec- Mark your calendars… our Lobster reational fitness programming at the Kitchen Party is less than a month Glebe Community Centre. We are away! Join us June 7 from 6:30 to strongly committed to and excited by 9:30 p.m. for a fun evening, East Coast the prospect of offering active rec- style. Menu includes: lobster, lobster reational opportunities to the many poutine, corn on the cob, salad and a older adults and seniors in our neigh- truly scrumptious dessert. Jim Foster’s May is Glebe Community Association Membership Month bourhood because we understand that Pelican Fishery and Grill provides all participation and engagement in com- the fixins. A very special guest star The Glebe Community Association is a volunteer, non-profit, munity sport, recreation, fitness and will be entertaining us and there will membership-based organization. It promotes the interests of our physical activity programs contribute be a cash bar. Bring your friends and community and runs the Great Glebe Garage Sale. Concerns significantly to an improved quality of have a party! Tickets are available include planning, environment, parks, traffic, heritage, social and life at any age. online at www.gnag.ca for $60. All tenant issues. New committee members are always welcome. Get Up & Go! will enable us to bet- proceeds will go towards GNAG’s ter serve and engage both those older Community Development Fund. Please join us, helping to make the adults and seniors who already iden- Glebe Community Association’s voice even stronger. tify as being active, fit and healthy as Breakfast Club (before school) well as those who experience barriers & Quest-4-Fun (after school) Three ways to join: to participating in recreational health Care Programs • Door-to-door canvass in May and fitness programming. Are you looking for quality fun and • Online! Go to www.glebeca.ca and follow the links. affordable before school or afterschool • Complete the form below and mail it or drop it off at the GNAG receives federal grant care? GNAG is the spot for you! Lot- Glebe Community Centre, 175 Third Avenue, K1S 2K2 with GNAG received funding for the third tery applications for remaining spots a $10 cheque, payable to the Glebe Community Association. year in a row from Canada Summer will be available online June 1 – 8. Jobs through Employment and Social In the interim, detailed information Development Canada. We are very about the programs including pricing Name: grateful for the support of the govern- are available online at www.gnag.ca ment and of our federal MP, Minister under Childcare. Street Address:

Phone Number: www.glebereport.ca Email Address: 10 Glebe Report May 11, 2018 councillor’s report

Councillor David Chernushenko

N 613-580-2487 E [email protected] www.capitalward.ca Short-term rentals, long-term trees

Short-term rental platforms such as year includes a full review by city staff Airbnb have brought with them tre- of two existing, related bylaws: The mendous opportunities for people all Municipal Trees and Natural Areas over the world to rent or rent out a vast Protection Bylaw, 2006-279 that cov- selection of lodgings for vacations or ers all municipally owned trees, and work, at prices that are often cheaper the Urban Tree Conservation Bylaw, than a hotel. 2009-200 that applies to a portion of 3 Trees 25th Anniversary Short-term stays can bring with privately owned trees within the urban June Sale them a series of problems and nuis- boundary depending on property size ances along with cost savings for and tree size. Bargain Basement Open guests and income potential for hosts This project will: Silver Jewellery Sale participating in this “sharing econ- • Review and implement opportun- omy.” Neighbours of some rentals ities to strengthen the Municipal We pay the tax in Ottawa have complained of an Trees and Natural Areas Protec- unwelcome, revolving door of visitors tion Bylaw, on their streets or in their condo or • Investigate the need for a heritage Clip this bunny to receive a free 3 Trees apartment buildings. Security and tree bylaw, program or registry in shopping bag noise problems are causing disruptions Ottawa, at properties not zoned for hotel-type • Develop city-wide tree compensa- use. The already tight long-term rental tion guidelines, and market is shrinking. • Identify and formalize incentives The proliferation of short-term rentals for tree conservation and estab- 202 Main St. has also raised concerns of unfair com- lishment. 613 230 0304 petition in the hotel industry. A 2017 The city expects to release a discus- study showed that instead of “sharing” sion paper next January and to present a spare room in their homes for extra recommendations to the Environment cash, most short-term rental hosts have and Climate Protection Committee in turned entire apartments or houses into February and to full Council in June full-time guest lodgings, even buying 2019. multiple properties specifically for this purpose. That makes them commercial Pathway Patrol volunteers enterprises that should be taxed and wanted regulated accordingly. Ottawa’s pathways are a great way The economic issue has been signifi- to get in and around our city. Safer cantly addressed – Airbnb-type hosts Roads Ottawa is looking for volun- are now required to collect HST as teers for the growing Pathway Patrol well as the City of Ottawa’s 4 per cent team that has been helping to make Hotel and Short Term Accommoda- these routes safer since 1997. tion Tax that funds the promotion and Whether you walk, run, roll or cycle, development of tourism in Ottawa. volunteering is a great way to explore However, the other concerns still new parts of the city; to work as part need attention and the City of Ottawa of a team and learn new skills; and to is responding with substantial public help other pathway users by provid- consultation and a study to be coming tips, directions, first aid and basic pleted by late 2018 or early 2019. bicycle repairs. City Council approved funding for Requirements include a recent this comprehensive review of rental police records check, first aid training housing regulations that will examine (provided) and a commitment of 8 to issues such as licensing of residential 12 hours per month. Register today at room rentals, short-term rentals (e.g. www.goo.gl/z5ceVC, or contact path- Airbnb) and student or shared accom- [email protected] or 613-580-2424 modations. Staff will submit a report ext 28064 for more information. with recommendations to council through the Community and Protect- Capital Ward Walk/Roll/Ride ive Services Committee. along the Rideau River Recommendations to council should There have been many recent chan- address public safety, consumer pro- ges to the west side of the Rideau River tection and community nuisance in Capital Ward: Rideau River Path- issues. I will provide further details way improvements, the Main Street [email protected] about the study and ways of partici- and McIlraith Bridge reconstruction pating, as this information becomes projects, Greystone Village construc- available. tion, Springhurst Park improvements and, of course, the new linkage along Urban tree bylaw review coming the river as far as the University of City Council approved Ottawa’s Ottawa stadium and the soon-to-open first-ever Urban Forest Management Lees LRT station. Plan in early 2017. Since then, work Join me for a stroll or roll on Satur- has begun on a number of the action day, June 2, to see what’s been done items set out in the 15-year plan. Not and what is still to come – all within surprisingly, Glebe residents have easy reach of the Glebe once the Fifth- expressed a strong interest in preserv- Clegg bridge is completed. All ages ing the local tree canopy, protecting and abilities welcome. Dress for the trees on public rights of way and pri- weather and bring water. We’ll meet vate property, and seeing more new at 10 a.m. beside the tennis courts in trees planted. Windsor Park. The walk will last until A notable first step in the coming about 11:30 a.m. gca Glebe Report May 11, 2018 11

Josh VanNoppen Vice-President GCA what we worked on and taking feed- residential streets down to 30 km/ T @glebeca E [email protected] back on issues we should focus on in hour. They have also completed an www.glebeca.ca the upcoming year. All GCA members extensive safety survey, which you can have the right to vote on our budget, our read about in this paper. board of directors and any other import- The environment committee Debates, AGMs and garage sales, oh my! ant motions. Wine, cheese and other recently held its second annual Old snacks will be served in celebration of Home Earth Day Event and it was a by Josh VanNoppen all profits from events be donated to another fantastic year of work. Members huge success on all fronts. Attendance the Ottawa Food Bank. Last year we and non-members are welcome. was up substantially from the first May continues to be a busy time for raised over $14,000 and hope to sur- Thankfully, most of our fantastic event in 2017 with more than 400 par- the Glebe Community Association. pass that this year! board members have agreed to put ticipants this year compared to fewer Thankfully the warm spring weather their names forward for election again than 300 last year. All of the sessions is giving all of our members and vol- Membership Drive this year. However, there are several were well attended and participants unteers an extra boost of energy. We May is Membership Month for the positions available including president, were clearly engaged and interested hope it’s doing the same for you! GCA and Dow’s Lake Residents’ vice-president, tenant’s commit- in taking the next step toward carbon Association. A volunteer block rep tee chair, health and social services reduction. This year they integrated a All-Candidates Debate will be knocking on your door. A $10 committee chair, communications “living lightly” stream to complement The GCA and other Ottawa Centre household membership is open to all chair and area rep for Patterson South the home retrofits focus, which proved community associations are organiz- households in the Glebe, Dow’s Lake (Glebe to Second, from Bank to the to be a great enhancement. Thanks ing an all-candidates debate for the or the Glebe Annex and to all busi- Canal). If you are interested in finding to all who attended and volunteered upcoming provincial election. The nesses in the community. Take the out more about any of these positions and to the great local businesses and debate will take place on May 17, opportunity to discuss community or know of someone who would be a organizations that supported the event. 7–9 p.m. at Scotton Hall (upstairs) at concerns and the rep will bring them good fit, please contact June Creelman The GCA is a volunteer, not- the Glebe Community Centre. David back to our board. If you miss your at [email protected]. If you are inter- for-profit, membership-based and Reevely of the Ottawa Citizen will block rep, you either can use the ad ested in a less formal position, all of city-recognized organization advo- moderate and there will be pre-sub- in this month’s Glebe Report to drop our committees always welcome new cating for a livable, sustainable and mitted questions from the community a cheque off at the Glebe Commun- members. We can find a role for you diverse urban neighbourhood. The associations as well as time for ques- ity Centre, 175 Third Avenue or you for anything you are passionate about. GCA informs, consults and engages tions from attendees. All are welcome can join online at the GCA’s web site: with residents and other groups in the but space is expected to fill up fast, so www.glebeca.ca. We always welcome Committee Updates Glebe on issues of importance and arrive early to get a seat! volunteers to help with canvassing. The traffic committee has requested promotes the interests of our com- Contact [email protected] if installation of 40 km/hour signs on munity to all levels of government and Great Glebe Garage Sale you are interested. Fourth Avenue east of Bank Street, other organizations. We meet on the The sale is one of our signature Percy south of First Avenue and fourth Tuesday of each month from events and this year’s version is on Nominations Broadway Avenue. As per a GCA 7 to 9 p.m. at the Glebe Community Saturday, May 26. All the details Our Annual General Meeting is on effort years ago, all residential streets Centre. All are welcome. can be found in a separate article in Thursday, June 21 from 7–9 p.m. at the in the Glebe are zoned 40 km/hour Join us at our next meeting, Tuesday, this Glebe Report. Please remember Glebe Community Centre. We will be with three streets per year being May 22, 7 – 9 p.m. at the Glebe Com- that we request that 10 per cent of providing updates to our members on signed. Work is underway to reduce munity Centre. 12 Glebe Report May 11, 2018 mp’s report Thirty Years Ago in theGlebe Report

MP Catherine McKenna

N 613-946-8682 E [email protected] F McKenna.Ottawa T @CMcKennaOttawa Budget 2018: Ian McKercher What it means for Ottawa Centre Glebe Community Association col- Our government tabled the federal in addressing Phoenix pay system umn as saying, “people should have budget for 2018 in February. This challenges including $431.4 million known about rock concerts at Lans- budget is the next step in a long-term to hire additional staff to support the downe before moving into the Glebe plan to invest in people, communities system and $16 million to work with and if they don’t like the concerts, and the economy. Here are some of the experts and unions on developing a Vol. 17, No. 5, may 13, 1988 they should move.” Jonah maintained exciting opportunities in Budget 2018 way forward for a new pay system. that the GCA’s position was that noise for Ottawa Centre. If you are a resident of Ottawa Cen- (28 pages) emanating from the stadium ought to Budget 2018 includes $73.3 mil- tre who is experiencing issues with be limited to a reasonable level not lion to support the construction and Phoenix, please contact my commun- Gypsy Moths arrive in Glebe just after 11 p.m. but also at any time ongoing operations of a partnership ity office to see how we might be able The front-page article of the May of the day. He further stated, “Given between Library and Archives Canada to help. 1988 Glebe Report warned that gypsy that the city owns the stadium, I do not and the Ottawa Public Library. I know 7,340 families in Ottawa Cen- moth egg masses had been discov- see why the city cannot write into the folks in Ottawa have been waiting for tre are receiving an average of over ered on Second Avenue west of Lyon. agreements with concert promoters this and I’m thrilled to be delivering $5,000 annually since our government City pest controllers quickly removed that if noise crossing the property line on a campaign commitment. launched the Canada Child Bene- them, but vigilance was encouraged as of Lansdowne Park exceeds a certain Enjoying the outdoors is important fit in 2016. As a mom of three, I am large infestations can strip trees and level, then the promoter would forfeit to people in Ottawa; our greenspace pleased to see Budget 2018 invest an shrubs completely. While gypsy moth a deposit.” is part of what makes Ottawa the best additional $5.6 billion in the Canada larvae favour oak trees, they are indis- place to live. Budget 2018 includes Child Benefit. A new Parental Shar- criminate and will eat the foliage of 3RD annual $55 million for the NCC for critical ing Benefit was also announced in deciduous and coniferous trees, includ- Great Glebe Garage Sale repair and maintenance to ensure our the budget. This benefit would allow ing white pine. Unfortunately, gypsy Saturday, May 28 (1988) was to infrastructure continues to be safe and five additional weeks of employment moths have no significant natural pred- be the date of the third annual Great accessible for everyone. insurance (EI) to be accessed when ators. Article writer Sandra Parsons Glebe Garage Sale. Organizers hoped Budget 2018 also includes the sin- both parents agree to share parental stated that, “gypsy moths in any stage to match the 1987 record of over 200 gle largest investment in fundamental leave. This means new parents could should not be given any mercy,” and garage sales throughout the Glebe. research in Canadian history ($1.7 bil- return to work sooner if they choose asked that, “everyone be on the look- Several churches would be offering lion for granting councils and research and both parents could spend more out for these virulent pests.” refreshments and bake sales to sus- institutes and $1.3 billion over five time with their newborns. tain shoppers. St. Matthew’s Anglican years for investments in laboratories, This budget puts people first, builds Lansdowne noise Church was planning to serve reason- equipment and infrastructure). This is on the hard work of Canadians, and President Brian Jonah quoted ably priced pub lunches as well as great news for Carleton University and keeps us squarely focused on the Ottawa Mayor Jim Durrell in the wine and beer. the University of Ottawa. future. I’m looking forward to work- Our public servants deserve to be ing with all levels of government and paid properly and on time. Budget the community on implementing these 2018 commits money for the next steps exciting opportunities.

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by Matthew Meagher that we will not see an unpreced- per cent would welcome a segregated Drivers “rolling” through stop ented widespread improvement in bike lane on their street. signs and red-light running on The Glebe Community Association’s driving behaviour? We asked about Bank and Bronson Transportation Committee undertook traffic calming measures and allowed 70 per cent felt unsafe walking These were of concern for a large an online and paper survey of Glebe respondents to identify options that on Bronson sidewalks. number of respondents. Many also residents over eight weeks in Janu- they would like to see on their street. We didn’t even ask about biking on commented on the risk caused by ary and February to get their views Speed bumps were the measure of Bronson. The lack of safe pedestrian distracted drivers and the lack of on the safety of our neighbourhood choice with 63 per cent checking that crossings on Bronson was an issue fre- sidewalk snow clearing in the winter streets, sidewalks and pathways. We option. Fifty-one per cent of people quently raised, with respondents also (though 74 per cent said the city does asked survey respondents to comment selected painted speed-limit signs on citing concerns about the safety of a good job on Bank Street). Finally, on their impressions of the safety of the road surface and 39 per cent liked crosswalks at Fifth, Carling and Pow- a large number of responses drew various aspects of our local transpor- speed signage in the road. Less popu- ell. In terms of possible improvements, attention to the problem of cars and tation infrastructure and tell us their lar were bulb-outs at 27 per cent and many referenced longer crossing trucks stopping on and parking over feelings about possible improvements. alternate-side parking at 23 per cent. times, and 61 per cent of respondents Glebe sidewalks, noting that these More than 140 of you took the time to favoured an additional pedestrian behaviours force pedestrians to walk fill out the survey. Here are some of Safe school routes crossing at Bronson and Third. in the road. Sidewalk encroachment the things that we learned. Commenters paid a lot of attention by cars was cited as a particularly to safe school routes. In particular, Pedestrians and cyclists large issue for children and those First, the good news many people noted the lack of safe uncomfortable on with mobility issues. A majority of respondents (60 per walking and biking routes to neigh- Bank Street Bridge The GCA Transportation Com- cent) consider Glebe streets to be gen- bourhood schools. Several pointed out The Bank Street Bridge is another mittee sees improving the safety erally safe. When people were asked that none of the relatively busy north- maligned piece of neighbourhood of residents as its most important specifically about the safety of Glebe south streets in the neighbourhood infrastructure. Pedestrians pointed to objective. Armed with the insight streets for children or people with have bike lanes for Glebe student. hazards such as narrow sidewalks, fast provided by the survey, the Commit- mobility challenges, that number fell Others drew attention to the fact that traffic and cyclists seeking refuge on the tee can sharpen its focus on issues to an even 50 per cent. a school like Corpus Christi has dedi- sidewalk. As for the cyclists, a full 87 that are of particular concern to cated all sides of its property to drop per cent said that they felt unsafe cyc- residents of our neighbourhood. If number one concern: the speed of offs by cars and buses and provides no ling over the bridge and a large majority you have an interest in transporta- cars on Glebe streets approaches where students can walk indicated that people in cars were not tion issues, or one of the concerns A strong majority (74 per cent) cited or bike in without having to negoti- respecting the sharrows and were not expressed above gets you particu- speeding as a safety issue of concern. ate vehicular traffic. Finally, many giving cyclists the full lane as required. larly fired up, please check the GCA When we asked which streets were respondents noted the lack of a cross- When we turned their attention to pos- website for upcoming meeting dates, particular problems, those mentioned ing guard at the congested Bank and sible solutions, 74 per cent supported or drop us a line at traffic@glebeca. most often were Fifth, Glebe, Second Fifth intersection as a concern. the addition of a new structure to carry ca. We would love to have you join and Renfrew avenues and Percy Street. pedestrians and cyclists. For those with us. cycling infrastructure tighter budgets, 58 per cent supported Respondents united about Almost half of the people expressed narrowing the bridge to two lanes to pro- Matthew Meagher is chair of the appropriate speed limit concern about the continuing lack of an vide a more comfortable environment Glebe Community Association’s In fact, an overwhelming 81 per cent interconnected cycling network, even for cyclists and pedestrians. Transportation Committee. said that they would support a reduc- following development of the Glebe tion of the speed limit to 30 km/h. Neighbourhood Cycling Plan. Many This result is particularly encouraging, respondents are similarly concerned given that there are now considerable about the lack of a single north–south data showing that relatively small bike lane in the Glebe. 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by Bob Irvine you can track them down with a bit of googling. The manager is the person “Prepare for the worst, expect the best, to contact if you have major concerns. and take what comes.” These words Ask for special attention if you have by political theorist Hannah Arendt a tree near the front of your property. describe the approach you should take Because we had an officially desig- if you’ve received a notice from the nated “heritage tree” in front of our city that your street will be the focus north Glebe house, the contractor took of major construction this summer. special care in installing for free a My wife Karen and I moved from copper water-line into our place. the north end of the Glebe to a house Be prepared for the unexpected. in the south end in the fall of 2015. We For our north Glebe street, the city have lived through two major street decided to install extra-wide “Toronto- reconstructions (i.e. installation of style” sidewalks. This meant that the new sewer and water lines and related bite into our front lawn was bigger work). Here are some tips based on than expected. This, in turn, neces- our experience: sitated the installation, at the city’s Accept the city’s request to docu- expense, of a stone wall where there

ment the state of your house (i.e. note jo ck s m ith Photo: had just been a sloped lawn. And con- any existing cracks) prior to the start sider this: for our south Glebe home, of construction. If you don’t and some- sulting firms to inspect the work on its photos along the entire length of your the city would not replace flowers thing bad happens to your house (e.g. behalf and makes a big deal about how frontage on the street. A company that were destroyed during construc- new cracks appear), you won’t have a this inspector “is there for you” if you hired by the city also takes photos of tion unless we told them their Latin leg to stand on when you seek redress have concerns. Yes, keep the inspect- this frontage area before work starts botanical names. from the city. or’s cell number handy. However, and the city inspector keeps them in a Build rapport as fast and as deeply as Postpone any exterior painting or during reconstruction of our south binder. However, we found that at our you can with the sub-contractors who window-washing. (The reconstruction Glebe street, the city appointed a new south Glebe house the photographer do the final landscaping to bring your of a city street generates a tremendous inspector without telling residents. I missed an important section of our front yard back to its former glory. amount of dust.) phoned the inspector with whom I’d frontage. These hard-working men and women Think seriously about holding been liaising, only to find that he was Be prepared to be shocked at how are in an awkward position. They are important family events, such as on a hunting trip in northern Ontario. far the contractor’s power shovels, paid by the contractor to work as fast birthdays, weddings and wakes, at The contractor carefully verifies backhoes and bulldozers will bite into as they can, but making things right at locations other than your house when where water, sewer, Bell, Rogers and what you thought was your property. your place requires time and attention construction is at its peak. (Do you especially gas lines are located. How- If you have flowers, shrubs, fencing, to detail. The city gets antsy if there is really want to lead Grandma around ever, if you know about other buried rock gardens or stone walls close to even a whiff of a homeowner having a five-ton dump truck to attend a baby lines around your house, alert author- the sidewalk, seriously consider trans- landscapers “improve” the property shower?) ities. planting or moving them. at the city’s expense instead of just Make sure you understand how the Document the entire front of your If you have any fragile items on restoring it. Give the landscapers $5 city inspects the reconstruction of a property near the sidewalk as well open shelves inside your house (espe- gift cards to Tim Horton’s. Get to street as the work proceeds. The city as your driveway where it abuts the cially family heirlooms), consider know their names. Bring out a pitcher hires people from engineering con- road by taking a series of overlapping packing them up for the duration of of lemonade for them. They are put- the construction. Some of the heavy ting in physically exhausting days in equipment used during the project Ottawa’s sweltering summers. At both can send big vibrations through your our Glebe houses, there was a chal- house. lenge trying to match new stones and Take with a big grain of salt infor- pavers with old ones. In both cases, mation from the inspector on when the landscapers went the extra mile things will happen. When we negoti- to track down materials that matched ated a date to take possession of our perfectly. south Glebe house, the inspector said, Recognize that “it ain’t over till it’s “We’ll be totally finished in your area over.” Crews always seem to need to by then.” In the end, we had to walk return to make adjustments to man- around huge, snorting power shovels hole covers long after the construction and bulldozers to get to our front door. is finished. An antique glass bottle (“We found something that we didn’t that was handed down through gener- expect down the street.”) ations was smashed on our floor from Consider postponing major house the vibration of jackhammers on our renovations that might coincide with street more than a year after recon- street re-construction. Unless you have struction. a big driveway, your tradespeople may In conclusion, living on a Glebe not be able to park anywhere close to street during its reconstruction is like your house. driving down “a boulevard of broken Only raise questions and concerns dreams.” I hope that, armed with these with the “white hats” at the construc- tips, you can at least enjoy the ride. tion site. The foreman (officially “the site-supervisor”) wears a white hard- Bob Irvine invites Glebe residents hat as do the city inspector and any who have lived through reconstruc- visitors. The city always appoints a tion of their streets to share in the manager for each construction project Glebe Report any additional tips they but does not give their coordinates; may have.

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by Sue Stefko posed site plan and service model. Environmental remediation of the The property at 289 Carling was site, followed by construction of the transferred on March 21, 2018 from building, is expected to start next the federal government to the City of year, likely in the summer of 2019. It’s Ottawa, moving the supportive hous- expected that the development would ing project one step closer to fruition. be occupied by approximately 2021. Councillor Chernushenko held a Although a not-for-profit services town hall with residents from the provider, not the city itself, would run Glebe Annex, Dow’s Lake and Glebe the project, that provider must sign an Community associations on April agreement with the city and remain 12 to help explain next steps. Saide accountable for running the project for Sayah, the program manager for the 35 years. For its part, the city will pro- city’s Affordable Housing Unit, con- vide ongoing funding for the operation ducted the presentation and was also of the project but will ensure that the on hand to answer questions, of which agreed-upon clientele is being served, there were many. that there is enough staff to provide A recurring question was that of def- adequate support and that the site is initions. The project was referred to well managed overall.

as supportive housing at times, and c o sue stef Photo: Reaction to the presentation was at others, housing for the chronically The site of future housing for the chronically homeless at 289 Carling Avenue mixed. A number of local residents homeless. Sayah clarified that it was are relieved that this project will be planned to be housing for the chron- managed more carefully than a typ- ically homeless and the goal is to in Ottawa Community Housing or informed the crowd of more than 40 ical affordable housing building and provide permanent stable, supported Centretown Citizens Ottawa Corpor- people that 289 Carling Avenue is a for a minimum of 35 years. Others housing to those who have been ation (CCOC) models. Exactly what city-designated “design priority area.” remain concerned about neighbour- chronically or episodically homeless supports would be required would This means that the project would be hood safety and property values. for six months or more. It’s expected ultimately depend on the clientele reviewed for its “contribution to an Whatever the residents’ feelings, that the clientele would be drawn from but could include personal support enhanced pedestrian environment” one thing is clear: the proposed hous- the more than a thousand people who workers, case managers, community and must conform to the “distinct ing for the homeless development is currently use the city’s shelters every development coordinators (who help character and unique opportunities of coming to this neighbourhood. The night. organize social events and outings), the area.” Glebe Annex Community Asso- The actual clientele will not be nurse practitioners or meal providers. The city expects to issue a Request ciation intends to remain involved known until after the winning bid The number of residents proposed for Proposal (RFP) in April calling throughout the process and will work is selected. It could be those with remains somewhere between 40 and for bids on the property from not-for- with the selected bidder from day one disabilities, mental health issues, 60, most of whom would be living profit supportive housing providers. to establish a relationship, have our addictions or a variety of other issues in studio- or bachelor-type apart- The RFP will close in the fall. The concerns heard and ensure that this that would require ongoing support. ments. While previously a maximum city will consider a number of fac- development fits into the community Because of this support, the project is height of six storeys had been dis- tors in its deliberation to select the as seamlessly as possible. also referred to as supportive housing, cussed, Sayah confirmed that the winning bid, including the organ- as opposed to simply low-income, sub- zoning actually allows for nine stor- ization’s history, stability, financial Sue Stefko is president of the Glebe sidized or affordable housing as seen eys. Regardless of the height, he viability, architect and builder, pro- Annex Community Association.

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722 BANK ST. 613.230.5333 GOLDART.CA 16 Glebe Report May 11, 2018 footbridge Art benches to grace footbridge by John Dance federal and provincial governments), $36,000 is available for public art. Two “art benches” will constitute the However, the city has committed to public art for the Fifth–Clegg foot- incorporating Algonquin artwork into bridge and community members will this prominent project and is provid- have an opportunity to view and vote ing a further $36,000 for an art bench on the short listed proposals this sum- designed by an Algonquin artist. mer. The Adàwe footbridge connecting One of the benches will be installed Sandy Hill and Overbrook cost half in the “contemplative landscape area” as much as the Fifth-Clegg footbridge – commonly known as the Lily Pond but because there were no contribu- – on the Glebe side, and the other one tions from other levels of government, will be in the small plaza area at the the city investment was much higher,

nc e joh n da Photo: foot of the stairs on the east side. so additional funding was available Much progress was made over the winter on the Fifth-Clegg footbridge’s piers and “These benches will help create a for Adàwe’s public art. The result was abutments. unique sense of place and present an Ken Emig’s popular “A View from alternative to standardized benches,” Two Sides,” with its two large reflect- according to the city’s call to artists. ive spheres. They are to “demonstrate contempor- The lily pond is being totally rebuilt Footbridge ary artistic excellence (conceptual, as a result of the new bridge and its aesthetic and technical) [and] be con- large ramp on the Glebe side. The ceptually timeless and enduring.” National Capital Commission worked One commission will be awarded to closely with the city to ensure the re- takes shape an Algonquin artist or artist team and design of the pond. one commission will be open to all And as a footnote, Bill Reid’s much by John Dance way will be reinstated before the new artists or artist teams. enjoyed and twice-stolen killer whale bridge opens.” The short listed designs will be sculpture will not be returning to the While many of us simply tried to cope The crushed stone “working pads” made public during the summer and lily pond. The NCC, after the second with another unusual winter, construc- around the piers in the Canal will residents will be able to vote and recovery of the stolen Haida sculpture tion of the Fifth-Clegg footbridge accommodate a large crane when it comment on their preferences. A jury some years ago, wanted to provide a pushed ahead and, by the end of June, lifts the V-shaped vertical supports composed of two community rep- “home” for the Whale where it would the steel span across the canal will be onto the tops of the concrete piers and resentatives selected by Councillor be secure and accessible to the public. installed. then lifts the bridge girders onto the David Chernushenko and three art- So it now graces the lobby of the NCC Much remains to be done and the V-supports. ists will make the final decision. headquarters on Elgin Street. Chances scheduled opening remains the sum- “The entire bridge consists of The City’s public art program is aren’t good that it will ever swim back mer of 2019, but over the winter the eight structural steel segments,” says funded with one per cent of the city’s to its former Glebe home. concrete piers in the canal, complete Duclos. “There are two V-piers which contribution to construction costs of with their seating for skate changing, sit atop the concrete piers and five specific infrastructure projects. Given John Dance is an Old Ottawa East were completed, as was the eastern girders over the Canal span. In addi- the city’s investment for the Fifth- resident who keeps Glebe Report abutment. The Glebe-side abutment tion, the switchback on the Ottawa Clegg footbridge of $3.6 million (with readers informed about the Fifth- should be finished by the beginning East side has one girder.” the balance of $17.4 million from the Clegg footbridge. of May. Three girders have already been fab- Another piece of good news is that ricated in North Bay and fabrication the Colonel By pathway has been of the remaining three and the two reinstated while an old water main is V-piers is underway. The switchback being replaced. The city is doing this girder was delivered in April and the work in conjunction with the bridge bridge girders and V-piers are sched- construction to avoid a separate and uled to arrive and be installed in June. disruptive construction project later on. Construction of the ramps and “Once the water main work is remaining east-side switchback ele- complete the pathway detour will ments will follow the bridge girder be reinstated to allow the contractor installation. The contractor will form access to the east-side working pad in and pour the concrete deck and then the Canal,” says Carina Duclos, Man- install the railings and deck water- ager, Design and Construction. “We proofing after the bridge steel is do anticipate that the Colonel By path- installed.

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Abbotsford at the Glebe Centre has a whole lot cooking with the help of a federal government grant program. The annual New Horizon grant, worth up to $25,000, helps the seniors’ activity centre across from Lansdowne Park stay vibrant and relevant, according to Karen Anne Blakely, Director of Com- munity Programs at Abbotsford at the Glebe Centre. The federal government’s New Hor- izons for Seniors program funded the grant. This money will help with three c he g oye at different initiatives in 2018, starting with fixing up the main floor kitchen in the p Photo: heritage farmhouse. Susan Burgess, a volunteer who will be participating in “boosting someone’s spirits with a bouquet” as part of a friendly visiting “We’re remodelling the main floor program kitchen, which will include a stove, microwave, vented hood fan and new Blakely says the money could be used a friendly visit with people who are Abbotsford is your community support cabinetry,” said Blakely. “By doing that, it to help set up a conference in the fall and just home from hospital, are socially centre for Adults 55+. We are the com- will allow us to do some cooking classes, bring in guest speakers to discuss how to isolated or are physically frail. munity programs of The Glebe Centre something we’ve never done before.” solve housing issues for seniors through- The New Horizons for Seniors fund- Inc., a charitable, not-for-profit organiz- Members will come together to learn out Ottawa. ing helped bring multi-generational ation that includes a 254-bed, long-term some specialized culinary skills and then “It’s really about creating common dance to the seniors’ centre in 2017, care home. Find out more about our ser- provide the results at various events. spaces to socialize together and not be bringing children, adults and seniors vices by dropping by 950 Bank Street Another portion of this year’s grant lonely as they age,” said Blakely. “They all participating together. (the old stone house) Mon–Fri, 9–4 p.m., will go towards the Ottawa Seniors want to create partnerships and tackle “It allowed us to hire a belly dan- telephoning 613-230-5730 or by check- Housing Alliance, an initiative involv- development of a housing plan.” cer,” said Blakely. “We hired an ing out all of The Glebe Centre facilities ing several Abbotsford members. This A friendly visit program for isolated instructor to teach many different gen- and community programs on our web- alliance is brainstorming different seniors is another future project that will erations to work together.” site: www.glebecentre.ca. options for the elderly besides retire- benefit from the New Horizons money. The grant also allowed Abbotsford to ment or long-term care homes, such as This special project will part- install a new floor in its multipurpose Julie Ireton is a journalist who contrib- living in smaller spaces, community ner with local florists so volunteer room that continues to get a lot of use for utes regularly to the Glebe Report on living or co-sharing care options. visitors can drop off flowers and have fitness classes, yoga, tai chi and dance. issues affecting Abbotsford. SPRING PROMOTION! Spend $25.00 (pre-tax) and purchase up to TeN 25L black earth bags for oNLY 99¢ eACH*!

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“We always have a table outside with g lebe bia of c ourtesy Photo: their yard. Last year, the environ- footwear that is $50,” says Delilah Bank Street merchants will embrace the spirit of the Great Glebe Garage Sale with mental organization gave away more owner Eva Cooper. With footwear at a massive blowout Sidewalk Sale on May 26. than 2,500 trees – their most success- her boutique often retailing from $140 ful tree giveaway to date. Ecology to upwards of $300, you could snag a Ottawa will transform the Boston pair of new kicks for a whopping 83 get rid of stuff on their front lawns on way down Bank Street as merchants Pizza parking lot into a family fun per cent off. Saturday,” she says. like JD Adam, Mrs. Tiggy Winkles, zone with live DJs all day, water sta- Cooper knows just how important While Compact Music owner Ian Capital Home Hardware and Kunstadt tions and kids’ games. her local shoppers are in the Glebe. Boyd is a big believer that, “everyday Sports embrace the spirit of the garage So, don’t only sift through tables That’s why she is starting the Great is a great day for music lovers to come sale and stage massive blowout sales of pre-loved treasures to find that Glebe Sidewalk Sale early this year into the store,” the Great Glebe Side- for the thousands of bargain hunters one vintage lamp that will likely be on Thursday, May 24 for locals who walk Sale is especially beneficial for scoping out deals. already gone by 7:01 a.m. Check out won’t necessarily be able to get away vinyl enthusiasts as every piece of wax Whether you’re looking for toys, a some of your favourite Glebe shops for from their own front-lawn garage sales in the Glebe music store will be 20 per new or used bike or a fresh patio set, deals on shoes, clothing, jewellery and to snag prime deals from their favour- cent off. If you’re a digger, you’ll find merchants in the Glebe will likely even cat’s pajamas. ite Glebe shops. She will run her sale some sonic gold in the crates outside have exactly what you’re looking for. The Great Glebe Garage and Side- Thursday and Friday inside the store at three albums for only $5. “Like the organic, grass-roots nature walk Sale runs from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. and then take whatever is left outside “We only do 20 per cent off vinyl of the Great Glebe Garage Sale, our on May 26 throughout the Glebe. Visit for the big garage sale on Saturday. three or four times a year so it’s a great merchants’ sidewalk sale has taken on www.intheglebe.ca for more informa- “Locals support us for 363 days a chance to get some good music,” says a life of its own and has now grown tion. year,” says Cooper. “They are there Boyd. “Come down and take advan- into the ultimate shopping day in the for us all the time and they are our tage of that. It’s 20 per cent off – who Glebe,” says Glebe BIA Executive Trevor Greenway is responsible for biggest supporters and I don’t want to does that?” Director Andrew Peck. communications at the Glebe BIA take time away from them trying to It’s much of the same vibe all the “It really is a wonderful retail day, (Business Improvement Area).

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by John Dance fying that all pathway users should keep to the right; a campaign to Local residents have lots of sugges- inform and educate all pathway users tions for how the National Capital – not just cyclists; and ensuring safety Commission (NCC) could improve its after dark are major components of pathway network, especially the safety any education campaign. of its Rideau Canal routes that border Confining high-speed cyclists to the the Glebe. parkways rather than the pathways was Local communities were well suggested by several people including represented at two recent public consul- Harry Musson, co-owner of Rentabike tations on the NCC’s network by keen and an Old Ottawa South resident, who cyclists and pedestrians who make stated that “the lycra crowd should be daily use of the network. The NCC’s encouraged onto the roadways,” a point goal is to approve a new pathway net- that others agreed with. work strategy by early next year. “As I see it, these roadways are Pathway use has doubled over the already wide enough to accommodate last two decades and the percentage high-speed cyclists, except perhaps in of users who are cyclists is a growing a couple of spots, and the changes as their share of total usage has grown required are minimal, i.e. repair the from 56 per cent in 1999 to 69 per roadway surface, paint bike lanes, post cent in 2016. The canal pathways are appropriate signage, add traffic calm- two of the busiest routes, with almost ing measures in a few key spots and 400,000 cycling trips on the western enforce car speed limits,” said Fraser. side last year and about 250,000 on the Jim Strang, a King’s Landing resi- eastern side. The NCC’s counters did dent, frequent Canal walker and not record pedestrians. occasional cyclist observed, “there are nc e joh n da Photo: “I’ve witnessed huge improvements far too many cyclists who divert the The NCC is now consulting to renew its pathway strategy, including looking for ways in cycling infrastructure as well as minimum amount possible from their to improve pedestrian and cyclist safety on the Glebe’s canal pathway. huge increases in pathway usage,” Jim chosen trajectory and pace to move Fraser, an Old Ottawa East resident, over into the passing lane to the left noted. “The major problems arise to pass pedestrians.” when the pathways are filled with cas- “Courtesy and education starting to ring their bells as they swish past the pedestrian–cyclist conflicts on the ual walkers and casual cyclists, e.g. with the schools about mixed pathway unsuspecting pedestrians and slower canal pathway is to build a pedestrian noon hour, evenings and weekends.” protocol, rights of way and good man- cyclists. I rarely hear a bell these days.” boardwalk cantilevered from the sides “The suggestion we hear most often is ners would help,” Strang noted. “The The NCC says that since the renewal of the Canal where the existing path- to widen the pathways and create separ- goal should be to encourage a more of its previous pathway network strat- way is dangerously narrow and there ate lanes for pedestrians and cyclists like European approach to cycling and I egy, a 20 km/hour speed limit has is no other means of widening it. on the Alexandra Bridge,” says Matthew don’t mean the Tour de France.” been implemented on the pathways; Meagher, GCA’s traffic chair. “That In this vein, Glebe resident Allison however, there has been no enforce- John Dance is an Old Ottawa East may help to reduce conflict.” Dingle notes, “What I find missing is ment of this. resident who keeps Glebe Report Fraser suggested that signage speci- any mention of encouraging cyclists Another suggestion for addressing readers informed about city affairs. One-stop dental services OueisDentistry.ca

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with so many others on the crowded shelf of the large LCBO beer fridge. Now I am curious about the story behind some others. There is more As I was leaving Covered Bridge, I asked Katherine how I could use beer in my kitchen creatively. She suggested a recipe for beer mustard, a nice pick-me-up for sandwiches and an interesting addition to a charcuterie board. This is her variation of to beer one available online. than a label Beer Mustard Ingredients: by Marisa Romano 1 cup yellow mustard seeds 1 can (473 ml) amber/malty beer (*) Craft beer seems to be all the rage 1 tsp fresh garlic, chopped

Photo: mPhoto: arisa romano these days with new microbreweries 1 shallot, minced fermenting all around us. Just step This recipe for beer mustard, a 1/2 cup apple cider vinegar inside the walk-in fridge at the LCBO pick-me-up for sandwiches and an interesting addition to a charcuterie board, was 2 tablespoons honey at Lansdowne (the largest in Ottawa, suggested by Katherine Vandyke of Covered Bridge Brewing Co. 1 teaspoon salt by the way) and you get a sense of the 1/2 teaspoon black pepper, ground magnitude of the craft beer movement. after a jazzy label change. It had lit- an instant success and the sales are (*) Katherine Vandyke recommends The choice of suds is mindboggling tle to do with the content of the can! steady. I am sure that the label and Covered Bridge Amber Rose and dis- and according to Gary, the beer expert It seems that we refrain from judging the name have something to do with courages the use of hoppy beers. They at the store, new ones are coming in a book by its cover but have no prob- its discovery. I asked Katherine the are too bitter for this recipe. every week. Yes, more than 100 new lem grabbing our brew by the label. story behind Lumbersexual. brews in a year. So, what is appealing to me? I “The name of the beer came first. Directions: “With all these choices, how do walk through the beer fridge and John’s idea,” she chuckles. She Soak the mustard seeds in beer in people pick what to try?” I asked am attracted by one can featuring a describes the beer as an urban woods- the refrigerator for 24 hours. Erica, a friendly LCBO employee hot hipster sporting a clean undercut man: “This session IPA is not what it Place soaked seeds in a food proces- whom I often see restocking shelves and a long and luxurious lumberjack appears to be. From the hop flavour sor with all other ingredients. Grind to in the beer fridge. She is also one of beard. The beer: Lumbersexual by and aroma you expect a big, bold IPA reach the desired consistency. the employees who assembles themed Stittsville’s Covered Bridge Brewing. and then you find that the hops pro- Refrigerate for two weeks to allow “mystery bags” filled with selected I checked the business website just vide approachable bitterness while the flavours to meld and mellow. It cans, a no-brainer way to try new in time to catch the notice for the maintaining a certain calculated rug- lasts in the fridge for several weeks things without being overwhelmed brewery’s Holiday market and open gedness, making it a very palatable, after that. by all the choices. house – a celebration of its fourth easy-drinking summer beer.” The Erica tells me that some people year in business – and made the drive label designer she hired grasped the Marisa Romano is a foodie and sci- know pretty well the whole fridge to Stittsville last December. John and idea and did the rest. entist with a sense of adventure who content, check it out regularly to catch Katherine Vandyke are the founders A lot of thinking went behind a appreciates interesting and nutritious new arrivals and follow the activities and owners and the minds behind the label that must compete for attention foods that bring people together. of their favourite breweries. Others – business with John, a brewmaster, in the majority among us – may know charge of beer production. Lumber- which type of beer they like but sexual is their first beer marketed other than that, grab something that through the LCBO. They made the is appealing to the eye. Believe it or move when production of their beers not, the picture on the can impacts became large enough to satisfy not the success or failure of a brand even only the thirst of clients at the brew- its chance to make it into the store, ery’s store and pubs that they cater discloses Gary, who tells me that he to but also to meet the requirements saw a beer flying off the shelves only of the LCBO. This beer has been GMSElemAdGR18CR1.pdf 1 2018-01-23 3:44 PM

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arts community in Ottawa. Throughout sible Worlds and PDA Projects; and now the years, the exhibitions have main- with the newly renovated Ottawa Art tained focus on the artists, their materials, Gallery opening, these are extremely processes, concepts and inspirations. exciting artistic times for Ottawa! Here’s what Studio Sixty Six founder “May’s exhibition entitled ‘Post Neo’ and director Carrie Colten had to say at our new location, 858 Bank Street, about the move to the new Bank Street Unit 101, will feature works of art by location: Manon Labrosse, an abstract landscape “Four and a half years ago Studio painter from Ottawa and Julia Camp- Sixty Six was founded at 66 Muriel St., isi, a figurative photo-based artist Unit 202. It is a wonderful space, yet from Toronto. These are two burgeon- in an off-the-beaten-path location. This ing young, professional female artists is where we established our plan to both working in different yet trad- exhibit and support new, up-and-com- itional genres, figurative and landscape, ing, emerging Canadian artists. Studio yet pushing the envelope in how they Sixty Six is now well received and well approach their work. Additionally, we established. We are excited to move to will continue to share our artists’ work a more central downtown location, to through win-win relationships with provide our artists with greater expos- other community businesses such as ourtesy of studio sixty six of studio c ourtesy Photo: ure and to further increase our profile Magpie and the Ottawa Art Gallery The Studio Sixty Six exhibition in May at their new location at 858 Bank Street within the Ottawa market. via their sales and rental program. In features works by Manon Labrosse and Julia Campisis. “In the first few years I was interested general, we are excited to work with in adding something new to the visual the Bank Street BIA and all the other arts landscape of Ottawa. My motivations wonderful retailers along Bank Street.” The Future is now for Studio Sixty Six were also very much to help Ottawa and Canadian artists by providing another Myka Burke is a PhD student, an arts by Myka Burke opportunity arose and carved out a niche professional exhibition space to show journalist and host of a weekly radio for the gallery as one that is “dedicated to their work, offering them programmes show on CHIN Radio Ottawa. She Gallery director Carrie Colton started Canada’s newest and brightest creators” to support their careers in the form of founded artspace613, a local arts or- Studio Sixty Six in 2013 after many and to experimenting with work that is advice, editing of artist texts and provid- ganization that connects people with years working as a professional artist not shown anywhere else in the city. As ing the utmost in a respectful experience the arts. She writes about arts news at and designer in Ottawa and Montreal this concept evolved, a series of group and environment. I was also testing the www.artspace613.org/notable. in an effort to create a different kind shows was tied together by specific med- Ottawa art-market waters to see if they of commercial gallery space, one that iums: New Painters, New Photographers would be receptive to new, modern and she felt was respectful to its artists and and New Printmakers. Solo exhibitions pioneering works of art. As it turns out, Studio Sixty Six accessible to its audience. followed that provided a more complete yes! They were! Ottawa is super cool and www.studiosixtysix.ca Carrie Colton was a founding partner “first show” experience for the artists and ready for the best of everything culturally New Address: and curator at Exposure Gallery in 2009, gallery customers alike. i.e., food, music, museums, fashion and along with Sheila Whyte of Thyme and Today, Studio Sixty Six is known for art as I believed Ottawa would be! And 858 Bank St., Suite 101 Again. Exposure Gallery was dedicated its community involvement and a focus yes, all of these purposes are still relevant Phone: 613.800.1641 office, to contemporary art photography for the on both cultural and artistic divers- today and going forward. 613.355.0359 cell first two years of its operation and con- ity. Founder Carrie Colten’s vision of a “I think the Ottawa art scene has tributed strongly to the then burgeoning, space that showcases unique, thought- become more and more cutting edge Hours: Tuesday to Saturday, arts-infused cultural landscape of Wel- provoking (and often pioneering) art by and vibrant in the past five years with 11:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. lington Street West. Fast-forward to 2013: emerging Canadian artists has grown the opening of other small and potent art @studiosixtysix Colton opened Studio Sixty Six when the from her passion and involvement in the spaces such as Central Art Garage, Pos-

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by Christianne Clarkin

Art has played a significant role in my life. As someone not gifted in artistic expression (I prefer stick figures), I have grown to appreciate the intri- cacies of art and the nuanced stories that each work exhibits. Close friends and family members have worked in various artistic mediums, which has

encouraged me to develop an appreci- ck atri p ation and understanding of their work. While the creative process means something different to everyone, each al Photo: artwork shares the commonality of The New Art Festival will be held this year on June 9 and 10 in Central Park in the Glebe. expressing a unique vision. A friend and I stumbled across The New Art Festival (TNAF) one sunny Saturday in June of 2012, and Friday workweek many of us have. returning artists alike will enthusias- we have been hooked ever since. For In my opinion, celebrating and sup- tically greet you. There will be local two days in June, quiet Central Park in porting our artistic community is food vendors, music and performance the Glebe becomes a hub of inspired invaluable. Each artist has a story and art. Feel free to stop by the informa- thinkers, artists, and creators talking for one weekend in June, Central Park tion booth to say hello. Bring your to appreciative community members. becomes the storyteller. With nearly children, parents, partners, friends and I began believing in the non-commer- 200 participants annually, TNAF even your dogs. Above all, bring your cial and community-oriented vision of offers the opportunity to meet the art- enthusiasm and inner art appreciator. this grassroots organization as a fes- ists and encourages festival-goers to And like me, you will want to return tival volunteer in 2015. I bought my wander, ask questions and celebrate for years to come. first piece of original glass art in 2017 local art. Ottawa has a rich artistic Visit www.newartfestival.ca for as a gift for a friend. From glass to history, and there are many ways to more information. Follow us on Face- wood, pottery to painting, jewellery be involved. Whether you are an art- book and Instagram. to fibre arts, TNAF brings together a ist or a volunteer, a collector or even community of dedicated artists from just curious about art, this free event is Christianne Clarkin is an Ottawa resi- Ottawa, the Outaouais and beyond open to all and is an excellent way to dent and art lover who is The New Art June 9 and 10 to share with us a sampling of their become engaged in the local art scene. Festival’s communications coordin- 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. diverse works in a friendly outdoor TNAF allows the meeting of vision- ator and administrative assistant. Central Park in the Glebe setting. aries, showcases beauty and enhances Year after year, many tweaks to the community ties, all amongst the pic- festival have resulted in the vibrant turesque trees and pond of Central spectacle of sound and colour that it Park in the Glebe. The arts come is today. From its humble grassroots alive when you walk past the nearly beginnings, TNAF has retained its 200 pop-up tents and interact with the not-for-profit vision. This low-car- artists within. You will see neighbours bon-footprint festival remains local, and families, children and students, community-oriented, welcoming and politicians and local business owners accessible to all. Local businesses and all there for the same reason: to art patrons graciously donate numer- appreciate and support artists and the ous awards to participating artists. I community. Most importantly, within am honoured to be working behind the each white tent is an artist with a story Careful Design scenes this year at TNAF, an organ- to tell, someone who wants to share ization that I firmly believe in. I can a piece of themselves with you. This Quality Materials attest to the many hours of prepara- exchange might enhance the way in tion that go into ensuring every detail which you see the world, if only for Expert Workmanship – artist booths, food vendors, maps, a weekend. washrooms, drinking water stations, This year, The New Art Festival and a separate children’s corner seam- takes place on June 9 and 10 from lessly appears in the park. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily in Central The act of creating art can be an Park, the Glebe. Come and celebrate isolating endeavour. Working in the Ottawa’s original, highly anticipated, arts is unlike the 9-to-5, Monday-to- juried outdoor art exhibit. New and

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by Sophie Shields changes in the face that make forms of art such as ASL poetry vivid but Everyone uses facial expressions untranslatable. ASL poetry, which when communicating with or without is becoming more popular, doesn’t wanting to. Therefore it is no surprise just use regular signs to express that they are an integral component thoughts. Instead the signers use in every language, including sign lan- their whole bodies to create a full guage. However, what may come as three-dimensional experience filled an eye-opener to some is that in sign with vivid images and dynamic hand language, expressions even have their shapes. This mesmerizing display own name: facial grammar. The truth melds together into a soundless and is that people who use sign language wordless tale. Indeed, sign language is don’t use just their hands to com- a perfect platform for questioning the municate, they use their whole body, necessity of sound and even words in a especially the face, to convey details language. As citizens of this multilin- and emphasis. American Sign Lan- gual world where your own neighbour guage (ASL) is the most-used form of might speak in a different tongue, it is sign language in Canada and the US. vital to not only discuss what makes In ASL, something as small as mak- language but also to recognize the one ing a “th” form with one’s mouth adds we all share: our facial expressions. sloppiness to an action; it easily turns “walking” into “shambling.” Sophie Shields is a Grade 11 student at These facial expressions are École de la Salle who recently moved fundamental in making to the Glebe. She speaks Eng- actions and emotions lish, Ukrainian, Ameri- more intense; you can Sign Language and wouldn’t want some- French, and is learning one to misinterpret German and Mandarin. the sign for “rolling Her passions are writ- on the floor laughing and languages. She ing” with “seizure” has published stories because you forgot and poems in Eng- to use the proper lish and Unkrainian, facial expression. and has written for It is these small her school newspaper.

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by William Nuttle

About two dozen people gathered in the Craft Room of the Glebe Community Centre for breakfast on Saturday, April 21, a glorious spring morning, to match wits with Alastair Larwill, a certified energy advisor. The event was the Car- bon Challenge, the first in a series of workshops offered that day as part of the Glebe Community Association’s Old Home Earth Day Event. The Carbon Challenge tested participants’ knowledge of home energy use. Ontario now offers homeowners financial incentives on home energy upgrades ranging from replacing windows to insu- lating walls and basements and replacing an inefficient furnace or hot water heater. But which option gives the biggest bang for the buck? That’s the question that Larwill posed to contestants, with one further twist. In keeping with the c la ng evi n atri spirit of the Old Home Earth Day Event,

contestants were asked to identify the p Photo: energy upgrade that would most reduce Glebe resident Bernie Sander (centre) wins the 2018 Carbon Challenge at the second annual Old Home Earth Day Event. He is emissions of CO2 (carbon dioxide), a with organizers Alastair Larwill (left) and Bill Nuttle. greenhouse gas that contributes to climate change. and the many others who arrived later main hall of the community centre was tively few of this year’s attendees knew The goal of the Old Home Earth Day in the day, the Old Home Earth Day filled with exhibits by professionals, vend- of Bernie’s success, many were inspired Event is to help people reduce their burden Event offered a day-long program of ors and community organizations aimed to commit to taking a next step toward on the environment by using less energy, workshops designed to help people take at helping people take that next step. A do- sustainability. making the switch away from fossil fuels the next step on their journey to living it-yourself corner staffed by the Ottawa Thanks to everyone who attended as a source of energy and making our more sustainably. Workshops on home Tool Library gave people hands-on experi- and to the GCA Environment Commit- community more sustainable. Energy energy upgrades started with “low-hang- ence sealing drafts with a caulking gun. tee and its partners on the organizing use in the home accounts for about 40 per ing fruit,” cost-effective actions that are Members of the Ottawa Electric Vehicle team: SmartNet Alliance, Peace and cent of the emissions of greenhouse gas easy to do, and proceeded through how Council hosted a display of electric cars in Environment Resource Centre, Ottawa by the typical Glebe resident. Heating and to plan for a renovation to the more eso- the parking lot along Lyon Street. Renewable Energy Cooperative and hot water, two energy-intensive functions, teric topics of choosing among different More than 400 people had attended Bullfrog Power. account for the vast majority of the green- technologies that include the option of this year’s event by the end of the day, house gas emissions generated by a home. generating renewable energy at home. an increase of nearly half over the first William Nuttle is a member of the Most people are used to thinking about A parallel stream of workshops for non- event held last year. And, although rela- GCA Environment Committee. home energy use in terms of either com- homeowners addressed other sources of fort – turn up the thermostat – or cost personal greenhouse gas emissions. The – turn it down! Thinking in terms of our workshop on transportation (30 per cent contribution to climate change proved of greenhouses gases) featured a discus- to be a challenge. It did not take Larwill sion of bicycling, car sharing and electric long to exhaust the field of contestants vehicles. The “Food for Thought” work- and determine a winner. Glebe resident shop on the production and delivery of Bernie Sander emerged the winner of food (13 per cent) discussed transitioning a tense, fast-paced round of question- to eating less meat (meat production is ing, beating out several favourites that a large source of greenhouse gases included the general manager of a certain globally) and offered suggestions on well-known Ottawa renewable energy reducing waste from unneeded pack- cooperative. aging when we shop. For Bernie’s vanquished competitors Complementing the workshops, the

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by Sylvie Chartrand take, they try to rectify it so that Snow White can meet her Prince Charming Once a month we gather in the chil- and live happily ever after and they dren’s department to discuss a book can find their way back home. that children ages 8 to 10 have read, but it’s okay if they weren’t able to Les Aventures de Flora et Ulysse, by read it all or even at all! We also do Kate DiCamillo literary activities that are related to the (The Illuminated Adventures of book or a small fun craft. It’s a relaxed Flora and Ulysses) atmosphere where the kids can talk Can a squirrel freely about the book or things that become a super- are important to them that they want hero? Flora seems to share with the rest of the group. It’s to think so after she also a great way for kids to practise saves a squirrel that their French. got sucked up by a Here are the books we have read so vacuum. She revives far this school year: it and names it Ulys- ses, who shows Journal d’un chat assassin, by amazing powers of Anne Fine kids, Rebecca, Leo and Martin, become has created an enter- strength and writes (The Diary of a Killer Cat) his friends and together they are deter- taining story that will poetry. This unique Tuffy the cat is the hero of this story. mined to solve the mystery of the ghost. keep readers inter- story is made even He tells us in his journal about the dif- ested until the end. better by its engaging ficulties he runs into with his masters Alerte au yéti! (Apprentis vétos très illustrations. who don’t understand his behav- spéciaux, 1), by Suzanne Selfors La plus belle du For our last meet- iour, especially when he brings home (The Sasquatch Escape) royaume (Il était ing of the school year some dead animals. One day, Tuffy Ben Silverstein is sent to Buttonville une fois, 1), by on Tuesday, May 29, is accused of killing the neighbour’s to spend his summer vacation with his Sarah Mlynowski we will be reading a rabbit named Thumper and so starts grandfather. Soon after arriving, Ben (Fairest of all) graphic novel that will be chosen a hilarious adventure. sees a strange shadow cross the sky. This series is about the adventures at our April meeting. This program He meets Pearl Petal who also saw the of siblings Abby and Jonah, whose is open to children ages 8 to 10 and Le fantôme du cimetière (Bat Pat, same shadow. Ben tells Pearl about a magic mirror leads them into dif- we welcome new members! Please 1), by Roberto Pavanello wounded baby dragon he found and ferent fairy tales from Snow White register for the “Je lis!” book club by (The Cemetery Ghost) together they take the dragon to the to Rapunzel to the Little Mermaid, visiting our website at www.biblioot- Bat Pat is a bat who talks, reads and closed button factory to see Dr. Woo, where they accidentally mess up the tawalibrary.ca. I hope to see you there! writes. One night, looking for inspira- the only veterinarian in town. They story. It’s a funny and entertaining tion, he goes to the Fogville cemetery learn that the closed button factory series. In the first book of the ser- Sylvie Chartrand is a children’s pro- and sees a ghost lurking. When the is really a place for creatures from an ies, Abby and Jonah end up in Snow grams and public service assistant at ghost sees Bat Pat he orders his crow imaginary world. While there, Ben White’s fairy tale where they some- the Sunnyside Branch of the Ottawa to chase him. Pat Bat flies as fast as he leaves the front door unlocked, a Sas- how change the course of the story by Public Library. Leading a children’s can and is saved by some quick-thinking quatch gets away and he and Pearl are saving Snow White from eating the book club is new to her but she’s kids who take him into their home. The sent to retrieve it. Suzanne Selfors poisoned apple. Realizing their mis- enjoying the experience very much.

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My love story in pair leave for a private room and the broken English a encounter. And Lemma’s simple declaration. gem of a novel By now a reader is almost half- way through Ainalem’s sparkling and reviewed by Clyde Sanger gently old-fashioned telling of the archaic practices. This was not her In 1984 there was a horrendous fam- life: Aina was born in Asmara, Eritrea ine in Ethiopia and more than a ng er sa of c lyde c ourtesy Photo: and a graduate of Addis Ababa Uni- million people died. The West was Novelist Ainalem Tebeje (left), with versity before she came to Carleton. slow to learn and help until October friend and reviewer Clyde Sanger Her mother, who followed her here, when the BBC team of Michael Buerk could tell of Siqualla and its men. and Mohamed Adam (a cameraman ners and marriage) and organized a I confess this is a “buddy-review,” I knew in Kenya) reached the distant dozen members of the Ethiopian having been friends since her student parts and Bob Geldof later headed community from urban and rural My love story in broken English; days, through her 25 years in the Can- a Live Aid fundraising concert that backgrounds to debate these subjects a novel adian Heritage department and her 500 million people heard worldwide. for five hours. From that material she By Ainalem Tebeje marriage to Professor Joe Manyoni. Money and Canadian wheat began to wrote a crisp report in May 1989 that Ottawa, Baico Publishing She began writing this book four years flow. is still fascinating and precautionary 114 pages ago in the months of grieving his sud- Soon, emigration soared and to read. den death. I marvel at her fair-minded Canada, where only a few dozen Ethi- This is why Ainalem Tebeje grandmothers had warned her: “Men portrayal of peasant girls’ training in opians had ventured during the 1970s, remarked at the launch of her new are the enemies women raise.” “basket weaving, cotton spinning and began receiving more than a thou- book this month, “You know, this isn’t Then Lemma Tessema, her hair braiding. Coming from a long line sand annually in 1986. Some bright my first book. It’s my first novel.” betrothed, age 20 and schooled in of traditional healers, I was also taught official in Employment and Immigra- The title, My love story in broken modern ways, returns from Addis and how to identify and use plants for dif- tion decided the department needed to English, is a tease. Ainalem was not persuades priests and village elders ferent ailments.” – lucky for Lemma know more about the “intrinsic cul- a 14-year-old bride and the book is to build a one-room school, for Bible with malaria. tural and ethnic differences between written in exquisite English. The back classes of course but commerce and Without preaching and with Ethiopian refugees and native Can- cover will put you straight. Her pro- midwifery as well. On the crowded humorous touches about the villa- adians that lead to misunderstandings tagonist Almaz tells of growing up opening day not a single girl is regis- gers, Ainalem manages, as the back and inhibit the settlement process.” in Siqualla, a village held back by an tered. Why? Parents respond, “Girls cover says, “to shed light on the So a call was made to the Carleton archaic culture, of being betrothed are too important in the house to be harmful cultural practices of FGM, School of Journalism and the depart- before being born, of her mother’s spared for education.” child marriages, virginity testing and ment struck gold. death in childbirth and of the hard, Comes the wedding day with frills the negative attitudes and practices Ainalem Tebeje had chosen Canada semi-nomadic upbringing during and thrills after eight months of prep- against women who are or are sus- for the good reason that her birthday is which she learned household skills aration, older women gossiping about pected to be infertile.” With all that, on Canada Day. She was near to com- from relatives until at 10 she was look- the encounter, “a circle of dazzling and a sweet poem to Canada as pro- pleting her Masters of Journalism ing after the family of five men. girls dressed to the moon” to hide her, logue, it is truly a gem of a book. course and took on this broad study “Day after day I cooked, baked and men’s proud speeches, a demure side- with remarkable aplomb. She divided brewed, again baked, cooked and long first glance at Lemma as the two Clyde Sanger is a journalist and it into 20 sections of differences (to brewed, keeping my brothers happy families shuffled together and finally author and was a columnist in the mention four: health, humour, man- and my father proud.” Her aunts and the after-dinner farewell scene as the Glebe Report for many years.

SHOW & SALE Sat. June 2 WHAT YOUR NEIGHBOURS ARE READING 10am - 5pm Here is a list of some titles read and discussed recently in various local book clubs: TITLE (for adults) AUTHOR The Sympathizer1 Viet Thanh Nguyen R.A. Centre This I Know: Marketing Lessons from Under the Terry O’Reilly Influence2 2451 Riverside Dr. Emancipation Day3 Wayne Grady Ordinary Thunderstorms4 William Boyd Outaouais Room Autumn5 Ali Smith Are You Somebody6 Nuala O’Faolain The Law of Dreams7 Peter Behrens Out of the Blues8 Trudy Nan Boyce Super Mutant Magic Academy9 Jillian Tamaki RENT a painting, The Pearl That Broke Its Shell10 Nadia Hashimi or BUY one. TITLE (for children and teens) AUTHOR Les Aventures de Flora et Ulysse Kate DiCamillo Original art by local From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frank- E. L. Konisburg area artists weiler12 The Wolf Wilder12 Katherine Rundell Do you like to read poetry? (April theme)13 Various authors

1. Abbotsford Book Club 8. OPL Sunnyside Mystery Book Club 2. Broadway Book Club 9. OPL Sunnyside Ottawa Comic Book Book Club 3. Can’ Litterers 10. OPL Sunnyside Second Friday Adult Book Club 4. Helen’s Book Club 11. OPL Sunnyside Mighty Girls Book Club 5. The Book Club 12. OPL Sunnyside Bookworms Book Club 6. Topless Book Club 13. OPL Sunnyside Teen Book Club Free Parking 7. OPL Sunnyside Adult Book Club Free Admission If your book club would like to share its reading list, please email it to Micheline Boyle at www.artlendingofottawa.ca [email protected] 30 Glebe Report May 11, 2018 poetry

What does it mean to have a home – to be home? What does it mean to be homeless?

A Home

34 different clients That House had viewed it and rejected it out of hand so we were told and then someone Sixty years it took to become that house, said it had been a drug den “a crack house?” each room with a window for looking out. “oh no! just petty drug dealers in and out There were meals to cook, laundry to do, parties at all hours all the while taking in the view. fights cops called There were prom dates and anniversaries Calling Home but crack? not in our neighbourhood!” posed before the picture window. Homework daydreaming into the trees. A new home won’t come to I saw sadness, stillness and dirt Bills to pay, wondering how, gazing out. an old one’s name. tearing up its windows mud mire of It obliviously snuffles under uncaring feet coated old blue shag Oh, there were cracks in relationships and a shrub a block away or drywall in the hall sported fist shaped the roof nearly blew off with disagreements. closer, hearing with its wild ears anysound. dents along side softball sized craters But by some deep love that house stayed intact, Having found satisfaction children graduated, married and moved away. this little bungalow had been a family home Grandchildren came to visit, stayed for days. in meagre eating. Pick a name sometime Rooms remodeled, upgraded and changed, even a silly one strewn across a bedroom floor were flimsy bits cabinets and doors, bathrooms and floors, and stand at a doorway ladies stuff chest drawer dumped perhaps but the views out the windows where, as of yet, no home lives a broken frame glass shattering a family pose for 60 years remained the same. and call as if desolate spooked airless cold you have one like the neighbours’. space rejected out of hand Until today, when it all came down in a morning’s tumble, just a pile of rubble, It’s not your old home you’re calling. but we saw its’ ‘lovely bones’ reminding us that all things change, But maybe, less than a block away, “furnace seems OK nothing remains the same. washed by it’s small but there’s a back yard And yet, all is not lost, rain and having worn the lace no tree, but we could plant…” as amidst the chaos of the demolition, of snowflakes, to the dismay of the crew, something listens. I bought a metal plaque heart shaped the view through the windows gaudy with blue heralding angels gracing the centre were seen to escape, Michelle Desbarats I stuck it on the front door before the deal closed unharmed, into the hearts who cared? of those, who knew them best. first and loving step to make a wreck a home.

Suzanne Doerge Catherine R. Taylor

In shimmering imagination, in my half dream I see again WHERE IS HOME? the old house, silvered grey shingles, old white porch, huge elm tree. It has seen two world conflicts half a world away, sent its sons to war. Perhaps the parental address: The kitchen floor is uneven, bearing the weight of the iron woodstove, a place from where you on which innumerable meals were prepared, with love. spring The bent familiar figure, squinting at the sudden bumping of feet up the step, or flee an onslaught of children, heading straight for the cookie jar. or where you can return “Upon my word!” my grandmother mutters, laughing, welcoming all. being sure of refuge. The dusty old furniture, lumpy mattresses, dirt floor in the basement; it was never much. A place you build for your children Yet none went hungry or unshod, all were welcomed into its embrace. where you define yourself A homily, that house, her home. in contrast to or repeating Shirley Moulton what you learned in youth.

Or possibly an acreage where ancestral roots push deep where you cultivate My Home and I strength through guardianship.

We’ve aged together through the years, I want my home to be and we’ve grown old with grace. my Self: Home Our structures are still fairly sound. defined neither in contrast to warm, harmonious We’ve had some things replaced. nor repetition of working, missing, returning anyone a sense of belonging makes you go back We both have many little flaws, any place family could use a coat of paint. any time. We welcome guests who have no claws So wherever I live Bowen Wei but smile and think we’re quaint. I have within me (International student, Glebe Collegiate) my place of refuge For those who’d like to gut us, no. my source of strength. You won’t make us despair. Your insults will not bring us low. Lee Ann Eckhardt Smith We’ll kick you down the stairs.

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The Man on the Street Beneath Pretoria Bridge

At the Wild Oat she says MOTHER’S DAY I imagine you are fastidious she’d like the pizza deluxe in your nighttime routine - for a forlorn-looking fellow I don’t remember much of anything unravelling your belongings, sitting cross-legged on a rug But most of what I remember lifting high the curving handles, on the ice-cold pavement Aches and grinds. aligning the wheels. next to the Metro, tin mug tipped for the odd tossed-in I walk and walk until I can’t. I have not seen you ‘have-a-care’ loose coin; I walk everywhere and every day locking your bicycle a Loonie or two will do, Until they tell me I am not wanted. to the black metal railing, as will nickels and dimes inserting your body from passers-by and those I was once a small boy into the rumpled nylon bag. grocery-laden, exiting doors Beloved by my mother. wafting oven-fresh odours I remember a soft whisper. But I imagine you, on the narrow ledge, reminding it’s lunch time. brushing your teeth to the rhythms of traffic, He tells me it’s his birthday, I have only hard places to lay my head. spitting toothpaste into the canal, no family left to celebrate The street is cold against my face. wearing collared pyjamas. or place to go called home, Where is my mother? no warmth of kith and kin And when I pass beneath the arches to knit soul, blood and bone. Lynne McKenna you are wrapped in lapping lullabies, Tonight, he’ll lengthen the lines tousled hair catching the shadows for a cot at The Mission, one on the way between there and here. loner among several others, but today, as he looks up, Nadine Dawson his beaming smile smothers all he’s so long held within, and gloved hands grasp the box as she says: “Happy Birthday!” A Place to Lay Your Head Betty Warrington-Kearsley He shakes his freezing hands. The cold slices like icicles into his joints. Frosty wet breath clings to his mousy yellowing beard. FATE Where will he sleep tonight? The basement window alcove under the eaves of the doctors’ building on Kent Street? Outside the store he’s squatting there, The cardboard “small house” down by the canal? Through weather foul, through weather fair. Or take his chances no one will steal his pocket knife Sometimes a dog lies at his side, if he heads to the shelter in the market. With begging cup, without his pride. Bipolar, schizophrenia, depression, abuse— the beads that he threads onto the leather strap Was there a home in years before? he was given by someone who was supposed to love him. A wife, children, much love and more? Turn your heads and look away. A steady job, dear friends who shared, He feels invisible anyway. On Sunday, church—a God who cared? Gail Kayuk I ask myself could that be me? Could fate, bad luck, cause misery?

Into his cup I place a coin. Then hurry home, my family join.

Craig Kamcke What too many wish for

i wish i were a fish Call for Submissions at least maybe an otter Queen of the Streets because all the world’s your home Water when you spend it in the water Critical to sustaining life. One of the ancient Young brown arm laid graceful across warm sidewalk. i wish i were a fish Greeks’ four elements that make up the world. Deep sleep beside plastic cup, then i’d always be at home On average, 60 per cent of the human body. next to the step of the café in a giant living room where I eat eggs benedict: all day long there i would roam For the Glebe Report’s August 2018 “Poetry spinach and ham Quarter” on the theme of water, send us your “Will that be credit ma’am?” but i’m not even an otter I pay the bill, she begs the tip. and this is just a whim poems that make the reader sink or swim! I cringe. This is not the answer. i spend my night in a cardboard box and i can barely swim Deadline: Friday, July 27, 2018 Clink! She lifts her head to say: “Have a good day.” they make me move along Eligibility: Strong cheekbones, kind eyes, in feet that barely stand someone’s daughter, could what i’d give for just a corner Poems should be: become someone’s mother. this much i understand • Original and unpublished in any medium (no Street light, her bedside lamp. poems submitted elsewhere, please); some say the sea is dying • No more than 30 lines each; She rises, drapes her thin golden filled with plastic, dirt and grit • On any aspect of the theme of water, within blanket across slender shoulders forgotten and abused and glides to the opposite corner. so i’d get used to it the bounds of public discourse; Royal swan afloat, regal robe • Submitted on or before July 27, 2018; rippling in the morning breeze. i wish i were a fish Poets in the National Capital Region of all ages For a moment, she is queen then we’d all swim together welcome (school-age poets, please indicate your of the streets, head held high, but i spend my night in a cardboard box grade in school). dignified, “Can you help me out?” regardless of the weather

Solitary majestic procession Mike Schofield Please send your entries (up to 5 poems that with no one to carry her train. meet the criteria) to [email protected] Will we, the crowd assembled before the deadline of Friday, July 27, 2018. to stare, heed her command? Remember to send us your contact information Suzanne Doerge and your grade if you are in school. 32 Glebe Report May 11, 2018 glebe history Ottawa’s Great Fire of 1900 – another close call for Glebe Annex

by Sue Stefko wind, saved the Glebe Annex and the rest of Ottawa from ruin. An earlier article (Glebe Report, The following day, the Ottawa April 2018) explained how what is Journal commented on the commun- now the Glebe Annex was spared the ity’s near miss. “Strangely enough, great fire of 1870. In essence, the wat- while there is scarcely a stick stand- ers of Dow’s Lake were allowed to ing on the western side of Division flow to the Ottawa River along Pres- Street except a few buildings at the ton Street, creating a moat effect that extreme southerly end, there was helped to stop the fire’s expansion nothing destroyed on the eastern eastward. This spared our commun- side of the street south of Somerset. ity and the heart of Ottawa itself. Division Street was a general divid- What is now the Glebe Annex ing line on the east boundry [sic] of neighbourhood escaped even more the fire district.” narrowly from Ottawa’s Great Fire The militia’s efforts did not go of 1900, which saw more than unnoticed, with area residents post- five square miles of land go up in ing a notice in that weekend’s Ottawa flames, destroying more than 3,200 Journal: “The residents of the west buildings. The fire raced from Hull side of Division street are of the opin- through Lebreton Flats to what is ion that all the heroes did not go to now Little Italy, and south to the the [Boer] war, after witnessing the Experimental Farm and was held almost super-human efforts of the back at Booth Street (then Div- militia bucket brigade to save their ision Street) just one block from our homes. Hour and hour these men neighbourhood. worked like Trojans to save property The fire started as many fires and their success is well-illustrated in of the day did – by a spark from a n ada A r c hives Ca the long line of small wooden houses, chimney that landed on wooden all the property of working men, that roof shingles. It started at about 10 remains on this and adjoining streets. a.m. on Thursday, April 29, 1900 on They have decided not to let this pass a house near the business district without some slight token of recog-

of Hull that was packed closely to a n d tudio / L ibrary nition and a movement is already on other wooden buildings. The game foot to tender a banquet for the brave

changer was a strong northerly o p ley S boys who for so long and so well wind that fanned the flames from T worked in the scorching heat and the one roof to another, quickly spread- smothering smoke to save the homes ing the fire. When the fire exceeded Photo: and property of their fellow citizens.” its capacity, the Hull fire department Area in Ottawa and Hull devastated in the Great Fire of 1900. Although only seven people died, called for help from the Ottawa fire more than 14,000 people, almost a department. The Ottawa department quarter of the populations of Ottawa at first displayed little concern, think- inferno, thus obliterating the whole fire. Lebreton Flats and Rochester- and Hull combined, were homeless, ing that this was a chimney fire and industrial section of west Ottawa and ville (Little Italy) were quickly razed, with two thirds of Hull destroyed, having dealt with more than 60 chim- plunging Ottawa into darkness for although at Macadamized Road (now and over 50 million feet of lumber ney fires since January. However, it days. Two industrial buildings sur- Carling Avenue), workers of the Cen- burned to ash. The story made inter- soon became clear that this fire was vived – Bronson and Weston Carbide tral Experimental Farm managed to national news and aid flowed in from an entirely different beast. Works, which was sheathed in sheet stop the southward advance of the fire. across Canada, Great Britain, the U By noon, the majority of downtown metal, and ironically the J.R. Booth By 3 p.m., buglers called the mem- S, France, Chile and other British Hull was destroyed, with the winds sawmill, which had its own water bers of the military to action. Three colonies. A massive rebuilding cam- throwing burning sparks and embers pumping system. This, combined companies of the militia – the 43rd paign that year saw more than 750 into the air, spreading the fire out of with the efforts of Booth’s employees, Battalion (now part of the Cameron new homes rebuilt, only to be burned control. An hour later, burning shin- saved the sawmills, although many of Highlanders), the Dragoons, and the to ash just three years later when the gles and sparks blowing across the those workers lost their homes while Governor General’s Foot Guards – lumber piles at J.R. Booth’s mill along Ottawa River landed on the massive fighting to save their employer’s mill. were dispatched. They worked on the the Ottawa River alighted again. Once piles of lumber at the mills of E.B. The fire moved so quickly that it cliffs of Nanny Goat Hill and on the again, the Glebe Annex was narrowly Eddy and H.F. Bronson. The worst took on average 10 minutes for a house lumber piles below, dousing the flames missed in that fire. fears of many, who saw these massive to alight and then collapse under the with buckets of water. A number were Perhaps the Glebe Annex should piles of wood as powder kegs, were raging fire. Firemen were forced to also dispatched along Division Street, adopt a new slogan – “The land that now realized. By 2 p.m. a flour mill, abandon their firefighting equipment using a “bucket brigade” to throw fire forgot.” Or – “Narrowly avoiding grain elevator, electricity generating under the advancing flames and run water on homes on the east side of disaster since 1870.” stations, a railway station and doz- for their lives. The well known but the street. This, combined with the ens of industrial establishments were ageing “Conqueror,” Ottawa’s steam- cliff that functioned as a firebreak at Sue Stefko is president of the Glebe burned to the ground in a howling powered fireengine, was lost to the Nanny Goat Hill, and a shift in the Annex Community Association.

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cant. The two weeks of battle caused 8,700 Canadian casualties, including Richard more than 1,000 killed, 1,900 missing in action and thousands captured as prisoners of war. Private Richard Lodge Downing, 29 years young, was Lodge killed in action at 19:30 hours during this heavy fighting in the trenches of

ar Graves Co mm issio n ar Graves Mount Sorrell on June 11, 1916. Downing W He is buried at the Railway Dug- outs Burial Ground (Transport Farm) in southern Belgium near Ypres, not by Kevan Pipe far from the Canadian War Memor- ial located at the peak of Hill 62 The Glebe Report is presenting a ser- (Mount Sorrel) along with 2,458 other ies of monthly stories about the 16 Co mm o n wealth p hoto: Commonwealth servicemen killed servicemen from St. Matthew’s, the The Railway Dugouts Burial Ground (Transport Farm), Ypres, Belgium in this area in the First World War. Anglican Church in the Glebe, killed This memorial is one of five official in action in the First World War, to memorials located in the battlefields commemorate the upcoming 100th He was assigned to the 1st Can- of Hills 61 and 62. This allied force of the First World War dedicated to anniversary in November of the sign- adian Division, 2nd Infantry Brigade, was the final impediment to the Ger- the losses suffered by the Canadian ing of the Armistice. In this edition we 7th Battalion, that was known as the man’s control of the entire Ypres Overseas Expeditionary Force. present the history of 29-year-old Pri- British Colombia Regiment (G Com- sector that was of strategic import- Of note, 33-year-old Private A.Y. vate Richard Downing of 162 Carling pany). He shipped out to England just ance. The Germans attacked on June Jackson of the 60th Battalion, a famed Avenue in the Glebe. two weeks later with more than 1,100 2, 1916 at 08:30 hours with heavy member of the Group of Seven paint- men from Quebec City on HMS Vir- artillery and chlorine gas, and deton- ers, was wounded at Mount Sorrel Richard Downing was born on ginian, landing in England on October ated four secret mines that they had on June 3. As well, McGill Univer- December 15, 1886 to John and Ellen 14. The 7th Battalion was deployed to dug beneath allied lines. This attack sity sports star and graduate Captain Downing in the District of Prescott. the Western Front in northern France resulted in German forces captur- Percival Molson of the Princess Pats He was the middle of seven brothers in February 1915, fighting in the bat- ing the high ground in this area. The was also wounded at Mount Sorrel on and sisters, with the family living at tles of Ypres, Gravenstafel, St Julien, Canadians were charged with retaking June 3. He recovered but was killed in the turn of the century at 162 Carling Festubert and by spring 1916 prepar- Hills 61 and 62 and a counterattack by action in 1917 at age 37. Avenue near Bronson Avenue. Their ing for battle at Mount Sorrell to help the 3rd Division was launched the next Private Richard Lodge Down- home was demolished at some point restore the allied situation at Sanctu- morning that was effectively repulsed ing, 7th Battalion, is remembered at likely after the Second World War to ary Wood. by the Germans resulting in heavy both the Vankleek Hill War Memor- expand Carling Avenue into today’s By June, German forces were con- Canadian casualties. ial located on the campus of Vankleek major thoroughfare. centrating on the Mount Sorrel area, Canadian 1st Division General Hill Collegiate Institute as well as at Downing was single and working located east of Ypres in southeast Bel- Arthur Currie was given the respon- St. Matthew’s. He rests today in Bel- as a merchant in Vankleek Hill near gium, the only area of high ground still sibility on June 4 of immediately gium. Ottawa in the summer of 1914. He was under Allied control in spring 1916. retaking Mount Sorrel and both hills. one of the first Canadians to enlist British forces that included three div- The 1st Division accomplished this Kevan Pipe is a Glebe resident and (#16995) in the Canadian Overseas isions of the Canadian Corps including objective after nine days of planning member of the St Matthew’s Anglican Expeditionary Force when the First the 1st Division were amassed on the and fighting with the major battle tak- Church Communications Committee. World War broke out in August 1914. high ground of the Ypres Ridge at ing place on June 13 and restored the For more information on The 48 of St. He signed up on September 18, 1914 Zillebeke (referred to as Mount Sor- allied presence on the ridge. Matthew’s, please visit www.the48of- in Val Cartier, Quebec. rel), incorporating the double summits The toll on both sides was signifi- stmatthews.ca.

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OBJ_Gen_b&wQuart.indd 1 11/3/2011 10:48:39 AM music Glebe Report May 11, 2018 35 Ave Verum: music inspired by gratitude by Nadine Dawson in 1887 and performed often to What do Moz- this day you might art and Liszt have be surprised by in common? Or, earlier Renais- for that matter, a sance versions: contemporary Can- Lasso’s quick adian composer changing harmon- and a Renaissance ics, Josquin des music superstar? Prez’s polyphony, For over 700 years, or Philips’ Italian composers such as madrigal word- these have been painting. Big Soul Project to perform inspired to create musical settings for The evening also features settings the simple, prayerful text, Ave Verum. by Byrd, Gounod, Saint-Saëns, Fauré, in support of FACES Cantata Singers of Ottawa under Poulenc, and Canada’s own Imant the direction of Andrew McAnerney Raminsh. Raminsh was inspired by by Jane Pope is pleased to present its final concert Mozart and wrote his Ave Verum of the season, Ave Verum, on the even- Corpus over two or three days sitting FACES (First Avenue Churches and Community Embracing Sponsorship) is ing of Saturday, May 26. beneath an Araucaria tree in an Aus- a group of Glebe churches formed in 2015 to raise money and provide support McAnerney will guide the audience tralian botanical garden. Its appeal not for refugees in Ottawa. We received our first family in 2016. We currently have through a program that chronicles only crosses national boundaries but three families who all arrived in 2017 and have offers of sponsorship pending. the influence of this text from its also bridges sensibilities: religious and We are fundraising to extend our program until at least 2020. plainchant beginnings in Europe to secular, ancient and modern. Big Soul Project is Ottawa’s largest community choir whose 150 members Raminsh’s 20th century interpretation. The Cantata Singers will be joined share songs of hope, love and peace to promote a sense of joy and empowerment. Though the styles of the settings vary, by an orchestra of strings and harp Their motto, “Lifting you Higher,” applies to both choir members and audiences they share one important feature: the to offer its own tribute to this simple who feel lifted spiritually and emotionally by their fresh, upbeat brand of choral unerringly beautiful rendering of an text. Come, lose yourself in music as music with roots in R&B, gospel, soul, rock and Motown. Come out and let the important liturgical message. Attrib- beautiful as it is inspiring, and receive spirit move you. uted to Pope Innocent VI, the words the gifts of gratitude so compellingly Tickets are available at St. Mathews Anglican Church, St. Giles Presbyterian recall the birth, suffering, death, and offered by composers over the centur- Church or Glebe-St. James United Church, or by calling 613-563-7249. resurrection of Christ. ies. Google “Ave Verum” and you will Ave Verum will be performed on Jane Pope is a member of the Steering Committee of FACES. likely come face to face with its most Saturday, May 26th at 8 p.m. at St. famous interpreter: Mozart. Ave Joseph’s Church, 174 Wilbrod Street. Verum Corpus was composed shortly Tickets are available at the door or Big Soul Project Fundraising Concert before Mozart’s death in 1791 and may be purchased in person at The Saturday, June 16 comprises a gently lilting melody still Leading Note or Compact Music. To 7:30 p.m. (doors open at 7) widely recognized for its quiet peace- purchase tickets online, or for infor- Glebe St. James United Church fulness. mation about Cantata Singers of 650 Lyon St. South Less well known is Liszt’s 19th cen- Ottawa and its 54th season, visit can- tury setting whose pleading text is tatasingersottawa.ca. rendered in a similar feeling of great stillness. And while you might recog- Nadine Dawson is a teacher, artist nize Elgar’s moving version composed and member of Cantata Singers.

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by Shawn Menard Serving students, parents and community should be job #1 When I started as a trustee three and At the end of the day, the board’s job a half years ago, I came to the Ottawa should be service to its “clients,” the Carleton District School Board surrounding community, those who (OCDSB) with much hope and opti- pay for high-quality education through mism. My view of the potential of the taxes (this includes renters) and most OCDSB hasn’t changed, but my cyni- importantly its students. cism in how decisions are made has I was dismayed by the closures of grown. schools witnessed last year including It may sound odd for a sitting trustee the highest-need high school in the to call for renewal at the board, but it district, Rideau High School. Clos- is needed and that change will only ures occurred quickly and included be ushered in by identifying problems some schools that had been open for truthfully and seeking solutions to fix 60 years, through a flawed provincial them. accommodation process that is now The OCDSB does some things very under review for its flaws. Listening well including providing a wide spec- to delegations and those who pay for trum of program options for students services and schools should be our and parents, and does it better than highest priority and time should be any board in the city. We have excel- taken to get those decisions right. lent front-line staff and our investment in special education needs and sup- Our greatest asset is our staff port for those students is top-notch. We need to recognize that our stu- But more is needed to ensure the very dents are directly impacted every best for our students. day by front line staff in the board. These are the people who will have Provincial control a huge influence over our kids’ lives continues to grow and futures. When we don’t provide The province has usurped much of the needed resources, or struggle to what used to be local decision-mak- listen to what teachers are saying, we ing control, particularly in the area of do our kids a disservice. If our JK/SK bargaining, procurement and budgets. teachers feel overwhelmed by class The funding formula itself is a major sizes, we need to respond. If our office barrier to meeting the needs of our staff says their tasks are increasing, students as needs outgrow the percent- we need to work with them at navi- ages Toronto uses to allocate funds. gating new work. If more sick leave is being taken, we shouldn’t point the Decision-making through finger in blame but rather consider it “emergency” a symptom of an underlying problem, Too often, an issue that has been not the problem itself. A greater focus simmering for a long time is brought on working together with our staff to the board at the last minute for a associations is paramount. decision, e.g. a particular school has declined in enrollment so much that Engagement and consultation something “must” be done in a matter need reform of weeks. It leads to decision-making Too often trustees will hear one by stealth, less considered than they voice on a subject and then make a deserve, and often ends up in a dir- decision. We should be striving for ection that one internal body of the feedback on issues from our academic school board wants to see advanced. community, community associations, This needs to end through pro-active voices from marginalized commun- modelling and advance decision-mak- ities and others. We need robust ing. consultation practices that seek difference of opinion, rather than a Budget Process is convoluted predetermined outcome. The budget is broken down into Another problem with engagement two parts: one in March ($510 mil- is, quite frankly, the media that rarely our office at 60 Main Street lion) dealing with the board’s core cover the board; and when they do, academic teaching staff and the other often focus on personality conflicts, in June ($390 million) dealing with which is really the most boring of everything else the board does. The what we deal with. It’s national news problem is that they are intrinsically when a trustee makes inappropriate linked. This was on display recently remarks; but when a billion dollar f f 613 594 8888 when I brought a motion to add more budget is debated, we can only hope kindergarten teachers, but the “second to get coverage of our meeting. portion” of the budget was referenced The reforms needed are not simple www.gordonconstruction.com as a potential solution with no guar- fixes, but they are achievable. In my antee. The problem is that they are view, these should be considered and serving the community not separate silos and should be con- discussed during the election and by sidered together, as one, for better the new Board of Trustees elected in for over 25 years planning. October. film Glebe Report May 11, 2018 37

At the flicks with Lois and Paul A Syrian Family Directed by Philippe Van Leeuw Almost from the start, however, there (Belgium/France/Lebanon, 2017) is an unstated tension involving Halima who has not been told that her husband review by Paul Green was felled by a sniper’s bullet just as he was leaving on his errand that morning. This is one of those films that could The servant girl Delhani was the only have been, as the expression goes, witness and Oum immediately decided ripped from today’s headlines. Mem- that Halima must not be told, at least bers of a Syrian family are confined not until nightfall, lest she get herself to their apartment as civil strife rages shot going outside in daylight. In any about them. Armed militias roam the event, they know where he is lying . . . city and snipers are active. Anyone in he may even still be alive. the street or standing near an open win- More ominous in this claustrophobic dow is taking their life in their hands. drama are the occasional knocks on The time is perhaps three or four the door. In one instance, some men years ago during an earlier stage are at the door asking if anyone needs in the conflict. The location is also assistance. Someone is heard specu- Meditation Park unspecified but clearly a built-up area, lating that a sniper has been posted on possibly Aleppo or Damascus. the roof of their building, which would Directed by Mina Shum system is too complicated. The matriarch of the Yazan family be very ominous news. Another visit (Canada, 2017) Marie joins the women selling park- is Oum, played here by the indomit- involves two men – it’s not clear who ing – they show her how to hold up the able Hiam Abbass (Miral, The they are although one of them is wear- review by Lois Siegel sign close to her body and to run if the Visitor), a woman whose counten- ing a suit – who take an unhealthy bylaw officers come. This she can do. ance commands moral authority like interest in Halima. This is one of those As opposed to Hollywood blockbust- Usually a loner, she invites the women very few actors I have seen. Diamond difficult scenes that speaks to the sort ers, sometimes it’s the quieter films to her house for tea. A new social life Bou Abboud plays Halima, the young of impossible choices that are made, in that attract us. Meditation Park is one is good for her. mother who waits with her infant son this case by Oum, under great pressure. of those films. It centres on the life of Marie decides to follow her hus- for the return of her husband who has When the explosions outside get Maria (Pei-Pei Cheng), an elderly Chi- band’s car to see what he’s up to. She ventured out on an errand. We gather uncomfortably close, the Yazan clan nese woman who learns to obey herself doesn’t drive, so she takes a taxi but that Halima and her husband have shelters in the kitchen. At other times, and her own desires as opposed to those that’s expensive, so she decides to arranged passage to Beirut. when the gunfire subsides, they man- of her husband who doesn’t always learn how to ride a bike. This is not Outside, bursts of machine gun fire age a degree of domesticity as we see in respect her place in the world. easy, so she trains on a bike machine are interspersed with the explosions of the competition for the bathroom in the The film is about culture, traditions at the local gym. mortar rounds or artillery shells. And morning or in the evening when they and the independence of a Chinese She finally confronts her husband then there is the occasional report of gather around the table for supper. woman, not as a factual account but and we see how her life moves on as the sniper’s rifle. The drama unfolds on the screen expressed as the development of a she makes many difficult decisions Inside, the Yazan family’s apart- over the course of a single day; one is woman’s feelings and place in her world. and becomes more independent. ment is well appointed but they are left wondering just what will these good In an opening scene, we see Maria The film has an outstanding cast and without electricity or running water people be faced with on the morrow? purchasing a fish in the Chinese mar- crew: Sandra Oh (Grey’s Anatomy), and the phones don’t work. Domestic A very good effort, this, directed at ket in Vancouver. She bargains for a Cheng Pei Pei (Crouching Tiger, Hid- life carries on; the grandfather whiles close quarters by Belgian filmmaker better price. We also see her greeting den Dragon, Hong Kong film award away his time smoking cigarettes and Philippe Van Leeuw and filmed in her Chinese friends who are selling for Best Supporting Actress), Don helping his grandson with his school- Lebanon where they have some parking spaces. They hold up signs McKellar (The Red Violin, Michael: work. (This is an educated household, experience in these matters. when there’s a special event, for Everyday (TV series director)), Tzi as there are plenty of books about.) example a hockey game, or outside Ma (Chicago Hope, Grey’s Anatomy, Oum keeps a watchful eye on her elder In Arabic with English subtitles. the Pacific National Exhibition. They Lie to Me). daughter whose boyfriend, inexplic- Probable rating: 14A. have to run from the bylaw officers Sound design was by Craig Berk- ably, is trapped there with them. (At Running time: 85 minutes. because selling parking spaces like ley (No Country for Old Men, Coen least he shall prove useful later on.) Scheduled for upcoming DVD release. this is illegal, with a $5,000 fine, but Brothers), and the music composer everyone does it anyway because they was Andrew Lockington (Argo). can make $120 a day tax-free. Note: Producer Stephen Hegyes is Maria’s friends exercise in the park one of Lois Siegel’s former film stu- every day. Life goes on until one day dents at John Abbott College, Ste. Marie discovers sexy red lingerie in Anne de Bellevue, Quebec. Greg her husband’s pants. She is shocked Middleton, director of photography, and throws it away. But there are other was also one of her former students indications of betrayal. At first she there. He’s best known for his work pretends this is not happening but then on Game of Thrones, The Killing and she reacts and decides she wants a job Passchendaele. to earn money. Marie is offered a job working the phones at a business but Running time: 94 minutes this is a disaster. She’s 60 years old, Available: Rogers, Telus and digitally her English isn’t good and the phone on iTunes June 12.

RECREATIONAL MATHEMATICS FOR YOUTH (27th edition) Organized by Bright Math Camp Inc. Non-for-profit camp for bright, gifted students & motivated high ability students Location at University of Ottawa www.ncf.ca/~au680/index.htm New Clients Always Welcome! Co-ordinator: Hélène D Gregoire, MA Psych, 613-315-1946, [email protected] • Preventive Medicine • Vaccination • Assessment and Treatment • Surgery and Dentistry Camp #1: Entering grades 4-5-6: July 9-13, 2018 Numbering systems, solving mathematical puzzles, cryptarithms, Pi, math & origami, etc. of Injuries and Illness • Nutritional Counseling Camp #2: Entering grades 7-8-9: July 23-27, 2018 Monday to Thursday 8am - 7pm Prime numbers, Hex and Sprouts, etc. Tesselations, cryptarithms, hailstone numbers, Friday 8am - 6pm & Saturday 8am - 2pm polyominoes, 3D geometry, fractals, conjectures, infinite series, paradoxes, etc. Extra: Study skills, swimming, and resources info for parents and teachers celebrating 19 great years in the glebe 38 Glebe Report May 11, 2018 gardens

Ottawaby Heather Clemenson Garden Days - gardensous trees. An expert gardenergalore! at the Museum of Nature provided special Do you like to visit interesting gar- one-hour workshops on creating and dens? Have children or grandchildren caring for a flower planter. Overbrook whom you would like to introduce to Community Gardeners had an evening gardening? Want to grow your own plant sale of vegetable and herb plants vegetables? Ottawa Garden Days will as well as a perennial exchange. offer a variety of garden experiences Families were invited to help cre- for you and your family from June 16 ate a new Fairy Garden in one of the to 24. The wide range of activities is raised beds at Lansdowne Park. Chil- for gardening enthusiasts, families, dren helped make a fairy house for schools and tourists alike. Ottawa the Fairy Garden and made another Garden Days is an opportunity for to take home. A local nursery hosted a everyone to enjoy gardens, to visit talk on attracting bees and butterflies or take part in their favourite gar- to your garden that was followed by den experience, to be inspired at their participants making painted bee baths local garden centre or to travel to a to put in their own gardens. new nearby garden. If you are curious to see what is Ottawa Garden Days is part of a being offered this year in Ottawa, countrywide celebration of gardens and go to www.gardendays.ca to see the gardening in our communities and lives. registered activities by province and This nine-day event draws attention to city. The Gardens Ottawa site at www. our garden history and gardening innov- gardensottawa.ca will list local activ- ations and underlines the importance of ities closer to the Garden Days dates in public and private gardens, the values of June. Please note that not all activities home gardening and the promotion of are free; some might require regis- environmental stewardship. tration and a nominal cost. You can Perhaps you would also like to regis- c e bru li n da Photo: contact us at [email protected]. ter and organize your own event as and home gardening whether for a few year and more than 25 were held in Gardens Ottawa invites you to cele- well as attending activities? All local hours, a day, or the entire nine-day Ottawa. We hope to have many more brate and share our love of gardens. gardens, garden centres, horticultural period. If you are interested in regis- this year. Experience the power of plants, learn and plant societies, garden clubs, tering an activity we invite you to go Here are a few examples from last what can be grown in our area, find schools, garden-related businesses and to: www.gardendays.ca. Registration year to give you a taste of what to information on growing food for your community associations are invited to is a simple no-cost process. expect. The launch event saw the offi- family or discover a new plant that you organize a Garden Days activity. You Over 300 activities were listed cial opening of a new public garden would like to grow. Above all, please are invited to celebrate public gardens across Canada For Garden Days last at the Centre for Pluralism on Sus- experience and enjoy the gardens sex Drive. A number of other public throughout our beautiful city and the gardens, including the Central Experi- National Capital Region. There will mental Farm’s Ornamental Gardens, be many activities to choose from and the Fletcher Wildlife Garden and the we invite you to take advantage of this historic Maplelawn Garden held open celebration of gardens and gardening houses with volunteers on hand to give from June 16 to 24, 2018. free tours and explain features of the gardens. The Dominion Arboretum Heather Clemenson is chair of Gar- held tours focusing on insect activity dens Ottawa. She is a keen gardener WHAT DO YOU on the leaves, twigs and bark of vari- who lives in Greely. WISH FOR YOUR DAUGHTER?

We know that you want the very best for your daughter. For her to spend her days in an inspiring environment, surrounded by peers who support and care for her, and teachers who know her, challenge her and celebrate her successes. You want her to have balance, at school and in life, and opportunities to try new things. And you wish that she would go to school every morning, excited about what the day would bring. YOUR WISH IS OUR MISSION.

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At Elmwood School, each girl is Visit the school and find out how we Annual General Meeting inspired to reach her full potential. can inspire your daughter to reach She is encouraged to stretch her full potential. and Community Reception herself, develop her self-esteem and confidence, motivate others and of course, excel in the classroom. Every Call (613) 744-7783 or visit Thursday, June 21, 7 - 9 pm girl strives to be the very best student, info.elmwood.ca/elmwood-tour Glebe Community Centre friend and role model she can be. to book your private tour. Wine and cheese will be served. All are welcome, both members and non-members.

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ces of a watering truck and a load of mulch to conserve soil moisture and reduce weeding. Now the Garden Angels need new avid gardeners willing to volunteer a few hours a year to help add colour and grace to the Glebe. While most planters have been adopted, more volunteers are needed to take on the remaining “orphan” planters or to cover for other gardeners while they are away during the summer. Since most planters contain perennials or shrubs, watering, weeding and gar- bage removal takes less than an hour a week. There is a heavier workload in the spring and fall with cleanup, planting, transplanting, pruning and amending soil. If heavy work is required at the beginning or end of the season, other volunteers can be called upon to assist. Of the planters that need adoption, major TLC is needed for the raised planter on the southeast corner of Bank and Strathcona near Pet Valu. Last summer, red and white petunias in celebration of Canada 150 were planted and watered by the Glebe BIA contractor but for the longer term, perennials and small shrubs would be preferable. In addition, there are several planters on the corner of Glebe and Percy that are in need of volunteers. A number of cement planters seem to be intended for traffic calming or diversion, and we have contacted the city to determine their ownership and permanence. The Garden Angels are always looking to renew the planters and beds as some plants die over the winter, suf- fer salt damage or just disappear. c e bru li n da Photo: Donations of your extra plants, small small pebbledash containers along shrubs, bulbs, soil or mulch are always Glebe Avenue to the larger garden bed welcomed. Whether your plants Garden Angels add colour at Fifth and Bank. At one time, the require shade or sun, a place will be City of Ottawa did the maintenance found for them. but with budget cuts and the absence If you are ready to get out your of a long-term plan, the Glebe Gar- trowel, would like more information and grace to the Glebe den Angels took over responsibility or have a plant to donate, please email for planter contents and maintenance [email protected]. by Linda Bruce and Jennifer Humphries flowerbeds in the neighbourhood. in 2005. This dedicated volunteer group The group’s history is a testament Linda Bruce has lived in the Glebe for With warm weather around the cor- maintains about 60 planters and to the dedication of volunteers and 25 years and has been one of the Glebe ner, the Glebe Garden Angels – an beds located in the area from Bron- the generosity of local businesses. Garden Angels for nine. She succeeds offshoot of the Glebe Community son Avenue to O’Connor Street, and It’s also a story of timely transplants. Judith Slater as their coordinator. Jen- Association (GCA) Environment Chamberlain Avenue-Isabella Street Judith Slater, who served as coordin- nifer Humphries is co-chair of the Committee – are launching their 14th to Fifth Avenue. The Glebe’s curb- ator of the Glebe Garden Angels for Glebe Community Association’s Envi- season tending the public planters and side gardens range in size from the nine years, organized the acquisition ronment Committee. of plants and supplies. She made an arrangement with Loblaws on Isabella Street, which donated perennials, and with TerraPro, which donated bulbs COMPUTER HELP IN YOUR HOME after the annual Tulip Festival. One year, the Garden Angels WE COME TO YOU TO fIx planted 3,000 bulbs in three newly constructed beds along Fifth Avenue COMPUTER PRObLEMs. near Bank and Monk streets. The Compu-Home is a highly Garden Angel volunteers dug up the regarded family business located Sylvia Holden perennials to trans- plant to gardens in the neighbourhood right near you. Service is honest, before the city closed the park for the reliable, affordable and prompt. 613-731-5954 reconstruction of Lansdowne. Local residents have donated other plants HOW CaN WE HELP YOU? from their gardens. When Fifth • Computer slowdowns Avenue was resurfaced, most of the • Problems with Internet connections plants in those beds were lost, but a • Spam, spyware and security programs work group of the Garden Angels was organized to re-plant, benefitting from • Setting up and maintaining home and office networks some financial compensation from the • Printer problems city. Two of the Fifth Avenue beds • Helping plan, purchase and use new computer equipment also disappeared with the construc- • Transferring and backing up data tion at the former McKale Garage • Using new digital cameras site at Bank and Fifth but not before • Coaching the Garden Angels were able to sal- vage the plants for the third bed and Abbottsford House. Last summer, the 613-731-5954 c e bru li n da Photo: [email protected] planters and hanging baskets along The Glebe Garden Angels’ handiwork at the northwest corner of Fifth and Malcolm and John Harding Bank Street received a welcome boost, when the Glebe BIA funded the servi- Bank 40 Glebe Report May 11, 2018 schools

There are a variety of performances izing to make the night a success. presented throughout the year by the The choreographed pieces are Canterbury High School five different arts programs at Canter- diverse and personal because of all the bury High School: drama, literary art, students’ varied dance backgrounds. music, visual arts and dance. Presen- Many different genres of dance will tations are essential to the welfare of be incorporated into the performances. Dance Night 2018 individual programs. These import- Jazz, hiphop, contemporary, ballet and ant events allow students to showcase salsa are just a few of the styles that the their work. Canterbury Dance Com- audience will enjoy. pany will present “Kaleidoscope” This year, Dance Night will be a for Dance Night in keeping with the two-night event taking place on May tradition of an annual performance of 24 and 25 at Canterbury High School, self-expression. 900 Canterbury Avenue. Because of Dance Night takes months to organ- the number of dances, each night will ize and involves all of the dance be a completely different show. Each students. The Grade 12 students of show will begin at 7 p.m. There will the Company class have been choreo- also be a bake sale and a silent auction. graphing their own dance pieces since Tickets can be bought online the beginning of the year using their through www.chsdance.ca. peers as their dancers. The Grade 10 and 11 students will also be performing Mackenzie Cain is a student in the guest-choreographed dances while the dance program at Canterbury High Grade 9 students do a lot of the organ- School and lives in the Glebe. ourtesy of the author c ourtesy Photo: Photo: Canterbury High School Dance Night will take place on May 24 and 25.

by Mackenzie Cain their interests. Students from not only the Glebe but all over Ottawa attend Canterbury High School is a place of the school to refine their artistic abil- many talents. I am fortunate enough ities, to learn more about the world to be one of the many students from of the arts and to create. I’m most the Glebe that goes there. I love Can- excited for Dance Night to watch and terbury because of the inclusive be inspired by the Grade 12 dancers environment and how there is some- that we look up to and to see all the thing for everyone to do no matter hard work pay off. n Cari of Kristi Courtesy Photo: The two-week exchange between children in Canada and Guadaloupe gave Can- adian kids a look into the day-to-day lives of others their own age in another country. Guadaloupe exchange broadens a child’s horizons

by Kristi Carin journey. Eileen and Andrew have vis- ited 35 countries in 25 years through There are lots of activities available Friendship Force and realized the to keep kids busy. Between lessons, advantage of such a program for fam- sports and play dates there are barely ilies wishing to immerse their children enough hours in a week. But if you in another culture and language. want to see your child’s perspective Travellers purchase their own flights

FOR on the world grow, consider a journey while the host covers lodging and SOLD R ENT . with Friendship Force International. food. A fee is set each year based on As engaged parents, we want to see the program and covers the costs of our children prepared for a global activities and administration. Friend- world economy and diversity within ship Force is a not-for-profit and all the Canada. Their tagline really says it organizers are volunteers. all: “Experience different views. Dis- I can attest from personal experi- cover common ground.” What could ence that this cross-cultural be more appropriate in a world of experience teaches language, friend- increasing connectivity? ship and cooperation to children and An example of these exchanges is the parents who participate. It is an option one between children in Canada and out of the ordinary that broadens the Guadaloupe. A two-week immersion horizons of the travellers. Having program with Saint-Joseph de Cluny a chance to then host a family from school in Pointe à Pitre is an immersion Guadaloupe in Canada closes the not only in the French language but in loop, cementing the feeling of com- the home of a local family that gives munity. For more information visit: Canadian kids a look into the day-to- www.thefriendshipforce.org. day lives of others their own age. The next exchange to Guadeloupe Kids ages 6 – 11 swim in the ocean, is in March 2019 and the return visit visit museums and cultural places, and from Guadeloupe is June 9 – 23, 2018. attend school with the family. A parent For more information contact Eileen accompanies their child but the tal- Howell at 613-592-8754 or eileen- ented Friendship Force International [email protected]. team of Eileen Howell and Andrew Stirling arrange the accommodations Kristi Carin is the mother of seven- and interactions with the local com- year-old Piper who goes to Mutchmor

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by Sheri Segal Glick School this year started on a warm September day, The class was set up for learning and play. The older class was made up of kids who already knew the scene, As to GCNS they had already been. They ran in – happy to be back at school, Thrilled to show their teachers what was toddler-cool. The younger class was composed of a group of new girls and boys Shy and curious about all the new toys. Some ran into the room without any fears, Others wouldn’t leave their parents without a bucket of tears. Though eventually all the kids learned to love the place,

And their clingy, teary, parents learned to give them some space! al g li ck They painted and did crafts and learned more than one great song, g And were often sad at the end of the day to say so long. Guests came by teaching music, drumming, and dance,

And the kids put on plays worthy of Guildenstern and Rosencrantz. sheri se Photo: Special visitors included a vet, a dentist and even a member of the police force, Kids learn to love their time at the Glebe Coop Nursery School. To complement all of the everyday fun and learning, which was just as special, of course. There were parties at Halloween and Christmas and soon this spring, There will be an exciting event, known as the Spring Fling* ‘All things Canadian’ Then Mother’s Day tea, Father’s Day drop-in, and graduation, Before they are forced to leave for summer vacation. at First Avenue I am not sure how other parents plan to break the vacation news, But I know my daughter will be sad, no matter what method I choose. by Mark Schenk to Grade 6 presented an amazing range of projects on topics from pioneer life I am not trying to sound this gushy and sappy, Grade 6 students at First Avenue Pub- to the “sixties scoop,” Michael J. Fox But GCNS has made us so happy. lic School have participated for four to poutine and HNIC (you may not be Next year my youngest is off to kindergarten, so my family is done, years in the Ottawa Regional Herit- Canadian if you need to look it up)! After six awesome years of love, learning and fun. age Fair. Students have been highly The students were beyond excited Preschool graduation will be a very emotional day. engaged in these projects and have also for the fair, making themselves busy Thank you to the teachers and other GCNS families who have given us more than I can say. won numerous awards. Enthusiasm and preparing display boards, costumes participation in the school has grown and oral presentations. I have been *Please come check out the Spring Fling Saturday, June 3 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. in front of the each year and this year every class in blown away by the students’ enthusi- Glebe Community Centre. There will be music, crafts, games, animal balloons, food and more! our school participated! asm and the obvious amount of work On April 17, this year’s Heritage Fair and pride they put into their projects. Sheri Segal Glick is the Communications Chair of the Glebe Cooperative theme was “all things Canadian,” with Nursery School. This is her last Glebe Report piece for the preschool after six more than 70 student projects being Mark Schenk is principal of First wonderful years as part of the GCNS family. displayed. Students from Kindergarten Avenue Public School. 42 Glebe Report May 11, 2018

This space is a free community bulletin board for Glebe residents. Send your GRAPEVINE message and your name, email address, street address and phone number to [email protected] (or drop it off at the Glebe Report office, 175 Third Avenue). Messages without complete information will not be accepted. FOR SALE GRAPEVINE items must be less than $1,000. COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS who have experienced a significant life change and would like to meet new people CANTERBURY TREBLES WOMEN’S with similar interests. www.ottawanew- ENSEMBLE will present a choir concert comersclub.ca. called “Music of the Heart” on Sat., May 12, 3 p.m. at the Glebe-St. James United OTTAWA RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF Church. Tickets: Adults - $20; Students - FRIENDS (Quaker) (www.ottawa.quaker.ca) $5; Children 12 and under free. Tickets can - Meet for worship Sundays 10:30 a.m., 91A be purchased at the door or on our web- Fourth Ave. Children’s program and Nurs- site: www.canterburytrebles.com. Discount ery available. Everyone welcome! tickets for groups of eight or more can be purchased online in advance at $10 per THE OTTAWA SOCIETY FOR THE ARTS ticket. AND SCIENCES presents a talk by Derek Knight, Associate Professor, Visual Arts, BIG SOUL PROJECT COMMUNITY GOS- Brock University on Art Confidential: Trends PEL CHOIR AND BAND, with roots in R&B, and Obsession(s) in Recent Art. Auditorium Gospel, Soul, and Rock; Benefit concert of the Ottawa Public Library Main Branch, on Sat., June 16 at 7:30 p.m. in support of 120 Metcalfe St., Thurs., May 17 at 7 p.m. refugees sponsored by the community and Website: www.osfas.ca. First Avenue churches. Concert is at Glebe St. James Church, 650 Lyon St. $20, chil- PARKING LOT SALE & BBQ, Sat., June 9, dren 12 and under $10. Tickets: Margaret L iz M c Kee n Photo: 9–1, St. Thomas the Apostle Church, 2345 Ford 613-563-7249 or margford@rogers. Momo balancing on a slack line on one of the first warm days of spring Alta Vista Dr., beside fire station. Space com or at the door. with table $20. Call Jim at 613-523-2487 or 10, 10 a.m. Bldg 72, Arboretum: Trees and Volunteer Ottawa Chapter Chair of Dying office weekday mornings at 613-733-0336. FLETCHER WILDLIFE GARDEN - ANNUAL Damaging Agents. Learn how pests, dis- with Dignity Canada, will be presenting: NATIVE PLANT SALE Sat., June 2, 9:30 to ease, drought and other factors influence Medical Assistance in Dying. Come learn SOUTH SHORE SUITE…POEMS - Ottawa 12:30 at the Fletcher Wildlife Garden, off the lifespan of trees. Free. Registration about how medical assistance in dying can Launch of JC Sulzenko’s South Shore Prince of Wales Drive south of the Arbor- required at www.friendsofthefarm.ca/ be requested, how to access it in Ottawa, Suite…POEMS, Tues., June 5, 7 p.m. at etum. – Volunteers run the Fletcher Wildlife arboretum-tree-tours/ or 613-230-3276. and some of the challenges of the current Octopus Books, 116 Third Ave. A selec- Garden for everyone’s enjoyment and edu- legislation. – June 8: Meaghan McMahon Of tion of readings begins at 7:30 p.m. – www. cation. It is open for everyone to walk the HERITAGE OTTAWA OTTAWA LECTURE Colette World Wide Travel on Tropical Costa octopusbooks.ca/event/ottawa-launch-of- trails, enjoy the beautiful garden, our newly SERIES (www.heritageottawa.org/lec- Rica. Learn about various species of birds, south-shore-suitepoems-with-jc-sulzenko developed pond area, and to learn about ture-series), Orange Art Gallery, 290 City beautiful scenery, the world famous Monte- and www.pointpetrepublishing.ca – “This native plants. You can buy local plants and Centre Ave., Wed., June 20, 19:00–20:00: verdi Cloud Forest and the Arenal Volcano. is a collection that rewards the reader with learn which ones are suitable for your gar- Carved in Stone: the Art of Architectural Come Aboard! its careful, precise and often-beautiful ren- den. Website at: www.ofnc.ca/programs/ Stone Carving. Speaker John-Philippe dition of those elements in life that enclose fletcher-wildlife-garden. Smith, an architectural stone carver and LOG DRIVE CAFÉ AT ABBOTSFORD us: nature, other people and the progress of co-founder of Smith & Barber - Sculpture HOUSE (950 Bank St.). Fri., May 25, 7:30 - 9 time.” - The Glebe Report. FRIENDS OF THE FARM USED BOOK Atelier Inc. who has worked on the Parlia- p.m.: Ranald Thurgood and Maura Volante. SALE June 16, 17, 10–4, Free. Literally the ment buildings since 2001, a sculptor in Ranald and Maura have decided to end TOPICAL TALKS AT ABBOTSFORD HOUSE best used book sale in Ottawa with thou- Canada and France. Free, but is offered to their participation in the Log Drive Café so 950 Bank St., Mon., May 28: Brenda Chap- sands of titles. Bldg 72, CEF Arboretum, Heritage Ottawa members only: member- they will end with a gigantic farewell show. man has written fourteen crime novels east exit off Prince of Wales roundabout. ships available at the door or in advance at Everyone who has ever graced this stage is including the Stonechild and Rouleau police Info: www.friendsofthefarm.ca/fcef-annual- www.heritageottawa.org/become-member invited to come and contribute a song. They procedural series and three stand-alone events/ or 613-230-3276. - There is no need to pre-register. Refresh- will fit as many as they can into the evening books. She will share her love of writing and ments after the lecture. and end with everyone’s voices together! some insight into the latest in the Stonech- FRIENDS OF THE FARM LILAC WALK $10 at the door (doors open 7 p.m.) Coffee/ ild and Rouleau series. $3. Refreshments TOUR, CEF Gardens, May 22, 2 p.m., Dona- IRISH SENIORS’ SOCIAL GROUP OF tea and treats on sale courtesy of Abbots- (muffin, juice, coffee) at 9:45 a.m. Talk tion. Take a guided tour with the Friends’ OTTAWA meets every Tuesday, 11-2, Sept. ford Members. begins 10 a.m. sharp! Lilac Team and discover the many varieties to June. Potluck lunch and activities. $3 fee. of lilacs and their history at the CEF. Meet St George’s Church Hall, 415 Picadilly Ave. OLD OTTAWA SOUTH GARDEN CLUB FOR SALE at Macoun Garden in the CEF Ornamental SPRING PLANT EXCHANGE, Sat., May 12. Gardens, park at Ag Museum lot, follow the LEARN AND EXPLORE SPEAKERS’ SER- Bring potted and labelled perennial plants SHAWINIGAN FIBREGLASS RED CANOE, signs. Info: www.friendsofthefarm.ca/fcef- IES AT ABBOTSFORD HOUSE, 950 Bank to exchange. Set-up starts at 9:30 a.m., 14 ft. long x 3 ft. wide, in great condition. annual-events or 613-230-3276. St., each Wednesday, 1–2:30 p.m. $2 exchange starts at 10 a.m., sale of remaining Enjoy the summer on the Rideau Canal sys- admission, includes speaker, tea/coffee and plants follows. Located at Brewer Park near tem. $650. Call 613-261-4504. FRIENDS OF THE FARM MASTER GAR- a homemade treat! Due to demand, please the shelter at the children’s playground. DENER LECTURE May 22, 7–9 p.m. register in advance at Reception or call 613- ANTIQUE LIBRARY TABLE, 84” x 22” x 33” “A Garden for the Bees” with Julianne 230-5730. – May 16: Jennifer Bernius an ORGANIC VEGETABLE CSA - Weekly boxes high, in excellent condition, walnut. Must Labreche. Learn how to attract bees and instructor in the practice of Reflexology, of certified organic vegetables available be seen to be appreciated. $895. Call 613- why they are necessary for pollination. will provide information and a short dem- through a Community Supported Agricul- 261-4504. FCEF members $12, non-members $15, onstration of technique and will give a mini ture (CSA) program. Sign ups available for Bldg 72 CEF Arboretum, east exit off Prince treatment to help our understanding of this the 2018 summer season at fermepleine- WANTED of Wales roundabout. Info: friendsofthe- alternative therapy. – May 23: Melane Hotz, lune.ca or 819-921-5534. farm.ca/master-gardener-lectures-2018/ or a volunteer with the Dementia Society, will FOUR BEDROOM HOME IN THE GLEBE. 613-230-3276. give an overview of dementia as well as OTTAWA NEWCOMERS CLUB - A not-for- We are looking to stay in the neighbour- tips on living well in your own home and profit, social organization for women who hood and looking for a larger home. Please FRIENDS OF THE FARM TREE TOUR, June community. – May 30: Susan Desjardins, have recently moved to this area and those call 613-913-5873.

Where to find the glebe report In addition to free home delivery, you can find copies of theGlebe Report at Abbas Grocery, Acorn Nursery, Adishesha Yoga, Arrow & Loon, Bank of Montreal, B.G.G.O., Bloomfields Flowers, Boccato, Brewer Arena, Brewer Pool, Bridgehead, Capital Barbershop, Clocktower Pub, Douvris Martial Arts, Drummond’s Gas, Eddy’s Diner, Ernesto’s Barber Shop, Escape, Farm Team Cookhouse and Bar, Feleena’s, The Flag Shop, Flight Centre Travel, 107 Fourth Avenue Wine Bar, Glebe Apothecary, Glebe Car Wash, Glebe Community Centre, Glebe Meat Market, Glebe Smoke Shop, Glebe Tailoring, Glebe Trotters, Glebe Video, Goldart Jewellers, Hillary Cleaners, Hogan’s Food Store, Ichiban Bakery, Il Negozio Nicastro, Irene’s Pub, Isabella Pizza, Jericho Café, Kardish Foods, Kettleman’s Bagel Co., Kunstadt Sports, LCBO Lansdowne, Loblaws, Marble Slab, Mayfair Theatre, McKeen Metro Glebe, Morala’s Café, Octopus Books, Olga’s Deli and Catering, Pints & Quarts, Pet Valu, Pure Gelato, Quesada Burritos & Tacos, ReadiSetGo, RBC/Royal Bank, Reflections, 7-Eleven, Scotiabank, Second Avenue Sweets, Soup Guy Café, Subway, TD Lansdowne, TD Pretoria, The Emporium, The Joy of Gluten Free, Third Avenue Spa, Villagia Residence, Von’s Bistro, Watson’s Pharmacy and Wellness Centre, Whole Foods, The Wild Oat, Quickie, Yarn Forward & Sew-On, The Works, YMCA/YWCA Taggart. Glebe Report May 11, 2018 43

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