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INSIDE:· ISSUE TWO

The BUZZ CommunityTe am in and Dalhousie.. 2

UrbanCoping Updates: ffic-Calming Workshops ..4

Planned Chaos, Explained . .. 5

.Jobless in the '90s: A Self-Help Group for Freshly Outplaced Professionals ... 8

BUZZ StreetNews: Good + Bad News from Elgin,

Gladstone, and Cartier ... 3

DEPAaTMENTS: Community Association News & School News & Recreation Assocation News ... All on Pages 5,6, 7,8·

Photo: Laurier Ave , even before it was called Laurier, The City of 's Centretown Heritage District looking east from the comer of Lyon Street. The steeple in Conservation Study zeroes in on the area between Elgin the distance is First Baptist Church at Elgin. Poured concrete and Kent, south of the downtown core - where isolat�d sidewalks and crosswalks, dirt streets oiled to keep the dust clumps of historic buildings sit stranded in a sea of parking down, and crazy telegraph poles. Those are London Planes, lots and 1960s towers. Are these fragments important for with their distinctive patchy bark. A quiet, leafy, neighbour­ understanding where we came from? Centretown's Heritage hood of brick houses, horse-buns, wool knickers and straw Study surveys the old bits of streetscape, and could propose hats. About 100 years ago. Ah, nostalgia. (Ottawa Archives). strategies for holdi.ng onto our community history. SeeP-?· The White+Cross:

•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• BUZZBusiness Profile Forty Years on Elgin... 7 Heritage Streets:.. Community-BasedPoli cing in Can We Save What's Left FINALCHAPTER: ArnoldLHarris in Centretown? ... 9 by Buzz staff Election Dispute Centretown: When's it Going to United Way: Your Generosity at Work Defeated �or�er City Counc.illor - . These boards are a key element H ?• ... pet�� Harns wrll not be seekrng a In a letter dated October 25, appen. in providing more local input in Centretown 6 JUdrcral re-count of last 1995 to Ottawa's Corporate Law on matters such as setting Mind and Body: Novem�er's municiJ)alelec tion Branch and Arnold's attorney, by BUZZ Staff priorities for enforcement, The Good Food Column . .. 11 re-sultsrn . lawyers for Har�is h�ve adyised approving special projects for . that they have fried a 'Notrce of Ottawa Carleton's Deputy- Police the area, and greater communrty r The 1994 results that originally Discontrnuance'. The action had · Chief Alex Mackie wil speak on consultation on police activities. had placed Elisabeth Arnold alleged election irregularities, the issue of community policing M slightly ahead of Harris, were and had sought to overturn the at the Annual General eeting of Community-based policing was ·---­ furthernarrowed by an earlier vote by a request for a judicial the Centretown Citizen's Com- supposed to be a cornerstone City recount that reduced her recount before the munity Association, set for of the re-organization of victory to just over twenty votes Court. Tuesday, November 7th. Ottawa-Carleton's urban police - when it was discovered that at forces (Ottawa, Nepean, and one polling station the returns The action brings to a close the While the Region's Police service Gloucester), which came into reporting for Harris and Arnold long-running dispute, more-or­ has opened a new storefront effect on January 1st 1995. had been reversed. CommunityPolice Centre at less. Harris will be claiming S costs from the City of Ottawa Bank and omerset Streets, The C.C.C.A's Annual Meeting Previously, in the 1991 city for his 1994 legal appeal. The many items remain unresolved. is scheduled for 7:00pm atthe election, Harris defeated Arnold matter is to be neard on Novem­ The Centre has yet to elect a _ Ottawa-Carleton Regional in the race for the Dalhousie ber 1 0, 1995 - almost a year to Board from the community it is Headquarters Building (Colonel L.;;..;;;;.;.;....���=.:::.���� Ward seat on City Council. the day after last year's election. supposed to serve. By Room), 111 Lisgar Street. I

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Community Centres: Youth: Jack Purcell Community Centre Youth Services Bureau Office 320 Jack Purcell Lane 465 Maclaren/234-7788 (Eigin+Lewis Streets) 564-1050 Drop-In 147 Besserer/741-7781 Pool/Gym/Recreation/Social/ Sandy Hill Young Women's Crafts/Seniors/Meeting Rooms · Shelter/789-8220 The Door/2-755 Somerset St W 237-3667 McNabb Community Centre· 180 Percy Street Scouts/Cubs (27th Ottawa) 594-3501 (Percy at Gladstone) 564-1070 Brownies/Guides (3rd Ottawa)237-8484 Rink/Gym/Recreation/Social/

Crafts/Meeting Rooms Women's Services: . Rape Crisis/729-7247 Dalhousie Community Centre Sexual Assault Support 755 Somerset St W/564-1188 Centre/234-2266 TDT725-1657 Recreation/Social/Crafts/Rooms Wife AssauiV745-4818 Emergency Housing/234-5181 Royal Canadian Legion (24-hr Crisis Line) Montgomery Branch 351

330 Kent St/233-7292 · Gay· and Lesbian: Indoor Sports/Recreation/. Pink Triangle Serices Rental Facilities 71 -2nd Floor . Gayline/Telegai:238.:1717. Other Rentable Facilities: PTS INF0:/563-4818 Ottawa-Carleton Centre Metropolitan Community Church 111 Lisgar St/560-1335 Retaii&BusinessGroups Area Schools: v, ••,", .lk"t.... h"· ... :,::,·,..,,,. .., Bank Street Business Improvement Schools-Elementary: Area/232-6255 'lhd1tos1 \ :wan1teiii:MiolilldMoUliktf1to: t�lke Public School Somerset VillageBusin·ess Improve- 310 Elgin Street/239-2231 ment Area/233-7162 McNabb Park Public School Somerset Heights Business lm- I Ii\������·��� 180 Percy Street/239-2275 �rovement Area/230-4707 '11:iiir�����M���.,�w�i�fi�ir����r!�� Centennial Public School Sparks StreetMall Management El 376 Gloucester St/239-2277 Board/230-0984 Cambridge St Public School Place Bell Mall Merchants' Association/238-1010 350 Cambridge N/239-2216 L'Esplanade laurier Merchants' Schools-Intermediate: Association/237 -5800 Glashan Public School 28 Arlington Ave/239-2264 Centretown Churches: St. Anthony's, School Dominion-Chalmers United Church 391 Booth St/235-0304 355 Co per St/235-5143 Schools-Secondary: First punited Church Lisgar Collegiate Institute 397 Kent St/232-1016 29 Lisgar Street/239-2696 Mcleod-Stewarton United Church Adult High School 507 Bank St/232-9854 300 Rochester St/239-2707 Knox Presbyterian Church 120 lisgar St/238-4774 Erskine Presbyterian Church Housing: 343 Bronson Ave/232-3144 Centretown Citizens (Ottawa) First Baptist Church Corporation/CCOC-234-4065 140 Laurier Ave W/234-3261 Dalhousie Housing Co-op/234-5500 McPhail Baptist Church A Big Thank-You! Ottawa Housing Corporation 249 Bronson Ave/235-8967 City Living (City of Ottawa) St. Patrick's Church To all of the volunteers who brought you · Kent&Gioucester/233-1125 Options Bytown-235-3182 St.Theresa's Church the First Issue of the Centretown BUZZ. Daybreak Shelter/236-8070 Cartier&Somerset/235·5119 Housing Help-Aide Logement Eglise Christ-Roi BUZZ Distributors: /563-4532 Argyle at Bank/233-3202 Anthony Andriotis, Nick Chadwick Francine Cloutier, Guy Coulombe, Mark Federation of Ottawa-Carleton Eglise Unie St-Marc Farren Josephine Fitzgerald and Kids, Judy Forrest, Dav1d Gladstone, Judy Tenants' Associations/594-5429 142 Lewis/233-7307 Gerber, Hannah & Gerry Halpern, Vera Hrebacka Joan Katz, Marie Keasy, St. John's Anglican Church Aids Housing Group/235-8815 Michele Kennedy, Gary Kin , Thomas Marseille •. kittv & Henry Mc9.andle�s. 154 Somerset//232-4500 Corey & Daphne Me onald, Judy Mcllwam, Jean-Luc1en M1hen, M1lo St. George's Anglican Church Suzie, B Health Services: Odstricilik, David Seaborn and Family, Mira Shane, Grant Shaw, Robert 152 Metcalfe/235-1636 ky, Peter Thorn, Kim Walsh, Alex Yanofsky. Centretown Community Health St. Luke's Anglican Church Smythe, Abraham Tarasofs . Centre/340 Maclaren St/563-4336 760 Somerset Street West/235-3416 building? Give us a call. Our lady of Perpetual Health Did we miss your home/aparbnent Somerset W. Community Health Would you like tojoin our team of distributors? Give us a call. 15 LeBreton Street North/232-6960 Centre/55Eccles SV238-8210 St. Anthony Church Child-Care Services: 427 Booth Street/236-2304 St. Luke's Infant Care Centre Christ Church Cathedral Anglican SomeWHOOPS! Corrections From 320 Jack Purcell Lane/234-3617 Sparks and Bronson/236-9149 Wellington Ward Child Care lssue#1 of The BUZZ: Centre/258 Lisgar St/236-0921 Cultural Centres: A dropped 'not' from Hannelore Walther'S' article Florence Day Care Chinese Community Centre on feline restraint left the impression that she 79 Florence St/232-4101 80 Florence Street/232-8403 favours a cat-control bylaw. She does not feel Seniors Services: Odawa Centre/238-8591 that one is needed. Seniors Recreation CentreS/241- Inuit Centre/563-3546 The source of the wood pile was actually to 7606 King's Daughters Dinner Ottawa-Carleton Immigrant be found on Page 8 (not 6). Sorry to those who Wagon/233-2424 Servi ces/238-4256 reported some frustration in trymg to find the Good CompanionsSeniors Centre Catholic NewcomersCentre/232-9634 answer••• 670 AlbertSt/236·0428 THE CENTRETOWN /November 1995 Page3:

GLADSTONE AVE Battle Against Drugs + Prostitution

_in the Dalhousie Community _ · by.David Seabourn Dalhousie Neighbourhood Alert Committee

For a few months last summer - it was Nuke the NOISE better. Extra work by the police and pres­ #4: sure from Dalhousie's Neighbourhood Where there is unreasonable- noise, CartierStreet Alert Committee in the spnng seemed to there is trouble. Call the City's com­ have reduced prostitution and needle plaints line (244-5444). Call the Police problems along and near Gladstone Ave. at 9-1-1 if VIolence or threats are Gets Slimed But autumn winds have blown prosti­ involved. Let the landlord know. And by David Gladstone tutes back into the neighbourhood, and · don't forget to file that complaint. once again used needles are scattered in It's six weeks and the leaves on our lawns, lanes, and play­ counting for resi­ Communicate dents coping grounds. #5: with the reconstruction of storm sewers on Cartier between . Talk to your neighbours. Get together Waverley and Frank Streets. with them to share the phone calling. While many Call, write, or come to one of the neighbours have commented on the Elgin Theatre: What Do We Do? fringe ben Dalhousie Neighbourhood Alert efits of eliminating through­ traffic #1: File a complaint with the Committee's meetings with your on Cartier, the reasons for th1s Still Vacant concerns. protracted length of time remains a Ottawa Carleton Police mystery. For those familiar with the City of Ottawa's official policies for How much will (236·0311). ....If you are apprehensive, your com­ encour­ longer aging walking and cycling, it is disc plaints can get to the police more our­ blighted aging to observe the absence of the street be When you phone the police, complaints discretely if you: atten­ are logged by a civilian dispatcher, but tion paid to keeping these intersections by this unappetizing, .... Letthe Neighbourhood Alert know, open to foot traffic. there may be no written record. Police so that they can collectively make a empty eye-sore? work responds to statistics. These complaint. by BUZZ Staff The deep mud, pools of wate figures are based only on filed com­ ....Phone Councillor Arnold's office. r, and heavy equipment left to obstruct safe plaints and reports. The police then use They will pass the complaint on to the · · passage over the street has made The former Famous Players Theatre on these statistics to determine their appropriate authority as a 'resident's' Elgin Street has been vacant and priorities. The stats are not based on navigation through the slippery ruts and complaint, or boarded up for close to a year and the the usual phone-in complaint. Citizens holes at these corners an adventure. ....Ta lk privately to a Communtity Police marquee makes a promise it will not must ask for the complaint to be filed. Officer, or... Good news on the way: When it is fulfil for several more months. While most of the interior of the13, 000 If finally finished the City has agreed to you observe soliciting, drug deals, Phone the Community Police Centre square foot building has already been ... resurface the street in a way that will drug houses, call the police, and (236-0311, ext 804 or 805). demolished and the electrical wiring *State that you want to file a permit the easy installation of any Cartier Street traffic-calming measures upgraded, re-building will not begin comolaint.. .. until February 1996. . *Give your name and address, or you proposed by the Centretown Traffic­ Never Give Up! Calming Study. can choose to remain anonymous. #6: John MacDougall of Uniform Gammer­ *Request to speak to an officer, Crimes, prostitution, and drugs flow to cia! Real Estate is representing a group *Describe the complaint. the area of least resistance. So each . of local investors who hope to attract *If you want to follow up on a com­ person's efforts can make a difference. four or five tenants to their building at plaint, ask for the report number, then Cartier's the corner of Elgin and Lisgar. He and record the report number, the exact Part of the Dalhousie Neighbourhood sticky his clients are developing a design time, and the date of your call. slippy Alert Committee's role has been to gooey concept that will incorporate a mix of channel citizens' concerns directly to the chal­ restaurants and retail outlets. Let the Landlord Know local police who attend our meetmgs. lenge #2: to . . Problems include vandalism, theft, walkers While MacDougall would not confirm If you observe any drug, prostitu�iqn or children's safety, illegal liquor sales and and the rumour that McDonald's will be one cyclists . no1se problems from tenants or VISitors 'social clubs', as well as drugs and . . of those tenants, he did say, "There is a prostitution. The next regular meeting is strong possibility that a national fast­ to your building, or to a neighbouring Photo: food chain may set up on a small scale. - · house or apartment, let the landlord David know. Monday, November 20th • Glad­ We are in negotiations with a number of 7:00pm tone companies but no firm commitments Encourage landlords to take the appro­ Somerset West Communig have be�n made." priate legal actions against unsuitable Health Centre, 55 Eccles St Some area residents question the need tenants, and to carefully screen pro- · To find out more, call Sue Mclatchie, for more restaurants along the Elgin spective tenants. Dalhousie's Neighbour­ Somerset West C.H.C. (238-8210). strip, however, most agree that by now, hood Alert can provide detailed advice · any plans are preferrable to the current on how to go about this. . peeling plywood facade. · If you cannot find out who the landlord or building owner is, contact the Citv 4 Artist Mary Faught bolts her Councillors office for assistance (2 4- electric blue wave to the 5361). If the landlord is not co-opera­ side an apartment building tive, or you do not wish to confront a at Lisgar and O'Connor Streets. particularindividual, let the Councillor's The work is part of a public art office and the Neighbourhood Alert installation mandated Committee know what the problem is. by the City of Ottawa. Below: c.J. fleury's wall­ They can approach, or if necessary mounted spirals appear to ass1st in pressuring owners to properly · weave through the towering manage their building. brick walls.

Photos: R.obert Smythe #3: Light UP: Keep your front porch light on. Make your street safer for your neighbours as well as you and your family. The prosti­ tution and drug business prefers the darkness. Deny it to them! While you are at it, install security lights to inumi­ nate lanes and backyards. Persuade · your neighbour or your landlord to light up too. May you can help with the work.

And if a street-light is burned out, call Ottawa Hydro at738-6411. . . Page4 : THE CENTRETO�IIII- /Novetmer1995..

Nancy A. Luitwieler, LL.B., Barrister, Solicitor, Notary Public

Suite 503-251 Bank Street Ottawa, Ontario K2P 1 X3 Phone: 563-0934 Fax: 563-4691

From the days when traffic was truly calmer. Elgin

·" WHITE + CROSS Traffic Calming a vibrant desirable place to live, the current traffic management regime is contributing directly to its slow DISPENSARY {OTTAWA) LTD. demise. Report: · 264 ELGIN STREET by Bruce Bursey Based on the public debate to date, there seems to be more agreement being exp ressed than disagreement. 233-4029 Co-Chair, Centretown Traffic Calming Working Group The issue is not abouttoo many cars on the streets, ' DELIVERY SERVICE but rather too many speeding cars and too many car Since my last report, the Ottawa Citizen and CBC-TV · drivers who do not respect the fact that they are both did stories on the Traffic Calming Project. The driving through � residential neighbourhood when they Denise Allan, B.Sc. Phm. . Ottawa Freenet traffic-calming newsgroup has started drive through Centretown. . · · Deborah Charron, B.Sc. Phm. an active daily exchange. And the first of two public meetings has been held. The public debate on the · The achilles heel of the current regime is its depen­ Project has begun. dency on police to enforce traffic violations. It is clear Open:

there are not enough police officers to enforce the Monday • Friday Bam - Bprn The Citizen ·�rticle reportedlydocum ented a residents existing traffic management regime. saturdays 9am • 5pm vs business battle. However, contrary to this report, Sundays & Holidays10am-4pm evidence of this battle was not seen at the Jack Purcell Traffic calming is about changing the physical shape of public meeting nor on the CBC-TV coverage. Further- the roadways so that enforcement is not something we more, the discussion on Ottawa Freenet (go ottawa/ 2) depend upon the police to do. Instead traffic calmmg is focused more on trying to understand what Traffic. changes the roadway so the roadway itself causes Calming is; there is no evidence of an intra-commumty drivers to change. conflict in Ottawa cyberspace. The fact of the matter is no such battle is underway. Obvious objectio�s t'! traffic calming include.q�estions Regional Councillor like how much w111 th1s cost and how long WIli lt take? · Conseillere regionale If there is a battle, it's a battle to reject the notion that Or more to the point, will traffic calming raise taxes residents must accept the status quo because the and will we see results sooner than later? These R14 problems were here when we chose to live in questions cannot be answered with site specific Centretown. Attitudes and misconceptions like "if you accuracy at this time, (that's what the Project will be want quiet move to Kanata" or "this IS just those Phone ( 613) 560-1220 FAX 560-1230 n looking at over the next few months). The final report Centretow radicals who want to ban cars downtown" will include costs and an implementation plan which Regional Municipality of Ottawa Carleton or "if you leave it up to the residents, Kent Street . will be open for public comment before it goes to City 111 Lisgar Street, Ottawa, Ontario, K2P 2L7 would have a speed limit of 1 0 kph" are also on the hit and Reg1onal Council. list. Without any doubt the current fiscal realities at the I say this because the traffic calming of Centretown municipal anq provincial governments. r:nakes cost a isn't about trying to create our own piece of "subur� real issue. It IS clear that both the political and eco­ bia" in . (After all, I too chose to live nomic environment have changed since this project Audrey J. Starkes, B.S.W.,M.S.W., C.S.W. here not there Its also not about the banning of cars began 21 months ago. Again there is agreement or the closing own of roads for that matter. among residents ana busmess that neither want to see J · taxes mcreased. Social Worker People who live, work, have businesses orjust drive through all seem to agree that Centretown has traffic But the cost of doing ' nothing is all too apJ)arentto 20+ years of general practice problems. But whil� there may not be a battle, there ·those of us who are watching and living what seems are differences of opinion between each of these Women ' young adults, non-traditonal families to be the demise of the viabinty of Centretown as a Tel:(613)233-0192 groups on the definition and the solutions to the healthy mixed residential/bu�iness community. The problem. The Traffic Calming Project is a c�mmunity challenge is therefore to be smarter in the way we driven project which seeks consensus buildmg rather spend our tax dollars on roads. Traffic calming is a than the simplistic polarized confrontation approach to start but we also need to carefully · reexamine the ways solving common traffic problems. we are spending current tax dollars on roadchanges, '''''''''''''''''' like widening intersections, which only make the Business repres�ntatives fear anything w�ich they situation worse. perceive will reduce the number of potential and real KEEP YOUR PORCH liGHTSON! For only 3 cents a night (or $12 a year)*, you can customers. But residents and businesses alike Over the upcoming weeks the Traffic Calming Project respond posi�ively to. the idea of i�creased _on-street will continue to move through the public consultation help make your neighbourhood safer.(*40 watt bulb) parking. Residents fmd streets w1th speedmg �ars on stage of its work. During November, we will be holding Lyon Kent O'Connor and Metcalfe hamper their small neighbourhood workshops s ' to look at individual acce s and safety to getting to retail/commercial streets and their redesign needs. Many residents have S'll VOUS PLAf"'-GARD!Z VOTRE streets like Bank and Elgin. Commuters object to already signed up for ttiese - if you haven't give us a anything which will add time to their scurry to and call ENTREE tClAIREE. . at any of the numbers below and we will make . Pour seulement so us par nuit (ou par annee)*I from work each day, but they too are concernedwith 3 $12 sure you get the information about when and where. vous pouvez garder votre quartier bien en securite. hazardous intersections like those at O'Connor and This IS a key step in the Traffic Calming Plan and we Catherine or Kent and Catherine. can't do it without you. (* ampoule de 40 kw.)

Instead of accepting Centretown road probl.ems as a If you have traffic 1Jroblems you want to discuss and From: Lights On •• For a Safer Neighbourhood given I think what we should really accept IS that the resolve at the neighbourhood workshops or are n Dalllousie Community Association existi g traffic management regime isn't working. interested in parttcipating in the Workmg Group · ,�,. Instead of helping the community of Centretown to be please contact J.P. Braaksma+ Assoc. at 723-1�64. '''''''''''''''''' THE CENTRETOWN ll[::�::l::!!::lli::;;!lli�:;;�!llll /November 1995 Page5:

McNabb Recreation Facility Events: the .M.tNabbHeaa lion 3atilihJ Family LifeSaver + CPR has 180 Percy Street For Parents/GuardianS/Aunts/Uncles sNtUSShdiJJstartell their.4.ftet-3ollt Grandparentslogetherwith aSon/ ptofll'am and needs some assistante at Gladstone Ave Daughter/Nephew/Niece to lltilke it better. Dollillions of time or 'st11ff' wo11ld flO a lonfiJDaJJ, the .4.fter·3oNrl'rofiJ'am l.M.ondaJJ·to- 564_1 070 • Whatto do whenbreathing sfOP.S. 3tidaJJJ, desifllled for thildren aBeS • Whatto dothen a personis choking. nullsvol11nturs forone-to-one • How tocontrol senousbleeding. 5-12, help for a wonderfNI spedal needs • How to care for an unconscious person. thild. theJJwo11ld alsoappretiate • Arst aid for burns. anJj plasfit tllJIS, • lntro to CPR and hypothermia. pOlS, JGIIS. JlfeJISils, a toaster, readinfl books, board Cost: $20/adult $1 0/child or teen pmes, dress-Np dotkes, or anJJ Option $10 more for testing and wattkes or lltilthines and Slltilll by Const. Lewis Hogan appliantes that tollld be taken Note that registration begins certification (HeartSaver Level A) Centretown Community Police Centre · apart.Drop bJJat .M.t.Nabb and sa11 Saturday, Nov 25th • 1·5pm on Monday, November 13th. Hif to .M.ar11fl., lleiiJJ. and CJJndi, There is a growing problem, not just on McNabb Preschool Room .o11r deditated .4.fter·3oNr staff.· Bank Street, but across the region with the spray painting of graffiti on every­ thing from OC Transpo transit stations, · Queensway underpasses, to the brick Service de transport aux aines walls of business and private homes. ACCOl\-IPAGNEl\-IENT JP This typeof graffiti is called TA GGING. ESCORTING This is usually the spray painting of Transportation Services for Seniors one's TAG NAM E on as many places Jean-Paul Paulin and hard to reach places as possible. Pagettc/Pagcr: 751-0138 This practice, of playing TAG is costing . Nous avons votrc sccuritc propertyowners thousands of dollars to ct votrc bicn-ctrc a couer. repair, paint over or in the case of a BOOk YOUR We have vour sccuritv and bnck wall, sandblasting. \veil-being at heart. To aid in combatting this type of CHRISTMAS j)ro�erty destruction, I have contacted DC Transpo to enlist the TranSecure Gerald Halpern •••••••••••••••••••••• ?ARTY • • • Program. The drivers have been made Trustee, Zone 6, Downtown • • • • ' aware of the problem and if they see . anythingsuspicious, they will call the NO'i!! • Ottawa Board of Education • • police. Most of the tagging is done at or • • near bus stops. . • • Telephone: 231-5765 • • Fax: 231-3334 • • Some paint an'd hardware stores have • • been contacted to watch for kids who e-mail: [email protected] • • either shoplift or purchase unusually • • ORGANIZERS • • large amounts of spray paint. • I seek communication with you. GET FREEBIES • I am also requesting that should anyone • Call me if your want to share • observe someone causing this damage • to call the Police. After all, the next time your VIews. • thay PLAY TA G, it may be your business Call Manager • Call me if you would like • home. or issues S&S-4700 • to have education • Working with the Police is the only way discussed withyour group. • that we will be able to stop this cnme. 374 ELGIN STREET : Involved communities • � OTTAWA, ONTARIO • 23/24 Division-Ottawa JAME.S STRE.E.T : K2P lNl : Call: 236-0311 , ext. 360 get better schools. • (613) 237-9700 • or call CRIME STOPPERS FE.E."DCOMPANY •••••••••••••••••••••• Paid for by the Trustee's personal �90 BANk STRtET at 233-TIPS (8477) communications budget. (BANk t JAMES)

·············································-··············································· Community Association. After Centretown was one of Ottawa's first residential Centretown Citizens' · suburbs, sprouting out of fields south of the existing several years of vigourous lobbying and political C'TOWNYesterday city between 1880 and 19·1 0, much the way the City of struggles, the Plan came into eff'ect in 1976, designat­ Nepean grew 80 years laters. As a more-or-less . ing Centretown as primarily residential, and limiting and Tod�, Mixed & planned area, albeit largely by land speculators and any furtherexpansion of these office and commercial developers, Centretown was built on a fairly consistent uses in the residential zones, now termed as non­ street-grid pattern, with feet, horse-drawn vehicles, conforming, to a maximum of 25%. Messy- But Stable! and electric railway streetcars as the major modes of by David Gladstone transportation. The Bank Street corridor was and The Centretown Plan gave homeowners and residential CCCA Development Review Committee remains the major comme.rcial zone, with an early developers the long-term security to invest in their warehouse district next to the . Dotted in properties, adding gentrification to the Centretown Ever wonder why Centretown looks the way that it the residential sector were neighbourhood stores. mix. The end product is the community we love - with does - with its seemingly random mixture of stately its restored homes, aging apartment blocks, new (or more modest) Victorian houses, stores, and Ottawa's explosive growth in the 1950s and 1960s led condominiums and townhouses - now interspersed modern office buildings? Why doesn't our neighbour­ to commercial and residential development of chunks with those office buildings and stores. hood have the kind of strict separation between of Centretown, adding the tall office blocks and residential and commercial areas that you see, and apartment towers that mark Centretown, particularly It may look messy to others, but we have grown used perhaps admire, in ? close to the downtown. Th is would have continued to to. seeing cranescontruc ting new housing in change the neighbourhood into a high rise jungle if the Centretown, and not o.ffice developments or malls. There are good reasons why Centretown has that Centretown Plan, with its .key principle of maintaining Nothing on the horizon says that this happy state of 'mixed' look. You can be reasonably comfortable in the and enhancing the residential character of the affairs won't continue - especially as the business confidence that our comunity will keep its familiar neighbourhood, had not been developed by residents' community joins us in supportingin creased walking . and cycling for shopping and commuting. image for the foreseeable future. . · groups, including the forerunner of today's Alge6:

613-233-9651 VAN L LA 254 ELGIN OTIAWA City Cou,nci·l;l·or's Report K2P 1 L9 ·�elisabeth Arnold 256 Elgin Street .111Ottawa, Sussex Drive Ottawa, Ontario ON KtN SA1 K2P 1L9 Phone:244·536tlfax:244·5371 (613) 238-4022 October and November have been busy months in Centretown. .

One of the most important projects currently under­ way in our community is traffic calming. The Centretown Traffic Calming Plan aims to reduce the negative imp:lct of commuter roads like Kent, Parent+Child Metcalfe, Lyon, v·vc-r•J,pr and to provide for a wei-· coming ana safe environ111enHm:a11 residents, our Street-Front business neighbours, their customer�. downtown Drop ln.. workers and visitors. There have been communitv The Parent Preschool Resource Centre will receive open houses meetings throughout October to s·a(itit ��, 1100from United Way/Centraide in order to input from residents and busmess people. Detailed How the United offer a safe, stimulating and low stress environ­ Wav plans will be developed on a neighbourhood basis, and ment where socially and economically disadvan­ . presented Helps Our Community: to the larger commumty for comment taged parents can drop-i n with their children. before being submitted to the Cityof Ottawa and the Putt1ng a face on people's gifts Regional Municipality of Ottawa-Carleton. The overall goal of the "Parent Child Street Drop­ In" project is to enhance the quality of life for the There are so many ways members of this community The City budget process will continue throughout the parents and preschool children. benefit from United Way/Centraide. If people ask you month of November with a draft budget being pre­ how, don'Uust give them stats-match a face to their sented to the public in the middle of the month. Public TH£ DOWNSTAIRS P1AYHOliS£ donation. Thefollowing are just a few of the important input on the draft would be welcome throughout the things that their money can buy: . month until the Council approves the budget by · DO YOU WANT A SAFE AND STIMULATING December 20, 1995. Totai$/Per Pay$ Will buy ••• PLACE FOR YOU CHILDREN TO PLAY? Plant Bath pool is in need of some . repairs. The City of DO YOU NEED TO GET OUT AND ME ET NEW $78/$3 One month of a drop-in program that helps Ottawa has prepared a report for public consultation FRIENDS? women· reintegrate into the commumty after servmg a which presents several options for the facility. If you DO YOU WANT TO TAKE PARENTING prison sentence. (ElizabethFry Society of Ottawa} would like to contribute to the discussion on the future COURSES OR. FIND OUT ABOUT R.£SOUR.C£S of the pool please come to a public meeting on $13/ $5 One month of daycare for a disabled, frail FOR YOURSELF AND YOUR. kiDS? senior. (Good Companions Seniors Centre) Wednesday November 22 at the Dalhousie Communi· ty Centre. \'ISIT THE FR££ DR. OP-IN FOR PARENTS $200/$10 Twenty_hour s of crisis intervention for Many people in the communityare working hard to AND CHILDREN 0 TO 5 YEARS OLD . d l (Distress Centre of Ottawa make our streets safer. Two. safety audits have taken suici a callers. T and Region) place within Centretown this fall. he Elgin St. Safety LOCATION: 154 ARGYL£ A\'£NU£ CSID£ Audit and the McNib Safety Audit (Gladstone area ENT RANCE OF CHRIST R.OI CHURCH) $520/$20 Te n days of support for a single mother from Bronson to Kent) have been completed and are in and her two children to help them deal with the the follow up stages. Congratulations to those who OP£N:MONDAY llsOO P.M. TO l:OO P.M. predicament that put them in emergency accommoda­ have participated. The communi· ty will benefit from tion. (YM/YWCA) of/d' Ottawa-Carleton) your efforts. WEDNESDAY IO:JO A.M. TO I:JO P.M. FRIDAY 9sJO A.M. TO hJO P.M. Please give my office a call for more information on INFORMATION: MYCH£1£ 137•6440 any of these activities.

ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION MONTGOMERY BRANCH 351 + A DATE WITH CENTRETOWN'S LEGION

Get acquainted with the choice of opportunities it offers you!

Membership Eligibility Fellowship Sports Rental Facilities

• All service personnel • 65 Club • Curling • Banquets

• Ex-service personnel • Bingo • Golf • Wedding

• Wife/Husban_d of service personnel • Dancing (lounge) • Bowling • Parties

· • Son/Daughter of service personnel • Entertainment • Cards • Receptions

• Brother/Sister of service personnel (FRI., SAT.,/SUN.) • Darts • Group mtgs.

• Grandchildren of service personnel • Special Events • Sandbag • Full catering

• General public (as Fraternal members) • Pool • Fully licensed • AGE OF MAJORITY . Ladies' Auxiliary • Shuffleboard • Tournaments . of all sorts

CONTACT: Royal Canadian Legion, Montgomery Branch, 330 Kent Street, Ottawa, K2P·2A6 Telephone (613) 233-7292 THE CENTRETOWN /November 1995 Page7 : Glashan School ort

Glashan'sPersonalized Pharmacists Pupil Environment: Denise Allan Means Students and Deborah Charron Counselled Daily dispense friendly and by Jim Bennett useful advice The personalized student environment to their many at Glashan lnterrmediate (Grades 7/8) long time School does not "just happen". Rather, customers. it is the product of deliberate and strategic choices about orpanizational Photo: structures and educationa philosophy Denise Harper that recognizes the unique nature of the early teen-ager. .

Forty at Elgin Somerset: Garry McCaffrey, Glashan Principal, Years & builds into the student timetable provisions for sustained contact each claybetween 8 classe� of students and White Cross Dispensary its adviser or counselling teacher. by Claire Aubrey and Denise Harper A Glashan teacher instructs classes on a modified rotary timetable. However, If you need a prescription filled, an aspirin, or each Glashan teacher meets for 20 merely advice, the White Cross Dispensary can .. minutes daily with the same group of help. students to provide social ana academic "Also we're now offering a number of extra support. Supportactivi ties include services, focusing on prevention and early · Conveniently located on the corner of Elgin and conferring with students. on oers�mal detection of health care problems. For example, problems, giving ehaviour and Jearn how to make Deborah and Denise bought the store in 1990 and least one from the very beginning. It is their responsibie choices, their n�ed for that's when they stopped counti�g �he hours they . , friendly faces and helpful attitudes that .make close, caring adult superv1s1on and Rut in to ensure the store s contmumg success. White Cross customers come back agam and guidance is paramount. 'We don't just dispense drugs -- we al�o �ispense again. That loyalty remains even as customers Each of the 14 counselling classes at information about drugs -- both prescnpt10n and move away from the city. Deb told CENTRE­ over-the-counter -- and we monitor drug !�ter- ·. Glashan develops its own personality, TOWN BUZZ that she has mailed prescriptions to but what the classes share is the sense actions carefully. We also have to be fam1har w1th clients as far away as Australia! all the new drugs -- we spend a lot of time, as of being havens - safe ports in t�e storms of early adolescence. Bemg often as twice a month during the winter, at What's ahead for the White Cross? Deb and seminars run by our local Pharmacists' Assoc­ members of a group that me�ts daily Denise agreed that they wanted to keep gives Glashan students ? feellryg of iation. And our night table reading is often one of up their program of steady improvement belonging and commumty. Th1s group the manY,journals we subscribe to. It's a in s�rvice. Fqr example, the Dispens�ry now also serves as a focal point for social responsibility we take very seriously." has a v1deq lendmg library for the use of 1ts customers, offermg easy­ and athletic events. to-understand educational tapes on subjects as We asked Denise and Deb what makes the White Often the teacher adviser acts as an diverse as asthma, hypertension and migraine. Cross Dispensary so special. Without h.esitation, ombudsperson, contacting other the answer was, "Our staff and our serv1ce. Our Glashan teachers on a stutlent's behalf. It's obvious, at White Cross, customers always service is client-based and a great many of the Also, the adviser receives information come first. customers we serve have been loyal to the store from a student's teachers and keeps for many years. They place their confidence in us Glashan parents abreast of pupil For information on up-coming clinics at the White progress. and we try to never let them down." Cross. See Page 10 of THE BU%%. Backing up the counselling class system is Glashan's professional support staff: OUR 'TENANTS ENJOYAND DESERVE ''SPECIAL" CONSIDERATION a schools psychologist, a guidance counselor, a social worker, a Centretown Citizens ottawa Corporation (CCOC) multicultural advocat, a police liaison is a non-profit housing corporation serving ottawa since 1974. officer, and three substance abuse . resource teachers. Glashan teacher Justlisten to what our tenants have to say: advisers turn to them with questions "I have never lived in a cleaner, more well kept building." and often refer students to them. "It has been our pleasure living with eeoc, keep up the excellent servicein the Ottawa area." We presently have bachelors,1 and 2 bedroom apartmentsand Glashan's counselling class structures beautiful3 bedroom townhouses. Locations varyfrom the Heartof Centretownto the provide a caring, student-centred. Historic IO!arketarea and the East and Westend of Ottawa. orientation that personalizes the s�hool environment for each Glashan pup1l and Wantto findout more?Call our rentaloffice at 234-4065ext. 233 encourages student engagement m •'.. Monday to Friday from 9 AMto 5PM. learning processes. PageS : THE CENTRETOW�IIIIII /Novetmer 1995 llack Purcell N01Woltdng? Recreation Try NetWorking: Association �� � iJ!] '20 Jack Purcell Lane TAG's Self-Help for I in at Lewis 564·1 050 Unemployed Professionals by Paul Richard,JPRA Board Member by Leo Molina, TA G Co-ordinator , BISTRO AND WINE BAR Yott are invited toJPRA s' Downsized? Re-engineered? Disheartened? COMMUNITYHOL IDA Y PA RTY on Welcome to the '90s. II Saturany December 2na trom 3-6 p. m. Are you stuck? Do you feel beaten down by a plague of polite rejection letters? Have you been Witll all ot til e cutbacks tllat we are pink-slipped and feel that you've got only three , 360 Elgin SlrMI, Ollawo,0n1ario IC21' I Ml Tel: (6131 23�915, Faa: (6 131 23�2679 being bombarded ll!Jtll ese days we months' grace before you are forced to take to the , streets, going door-to-door, resume in hand, neea some good news a11dto come , desperate for recognition of your education and together in a more positive climate. In work experience? til ts ligllt. jPRA wouta like to invite all Have you started to think that a new job could be ot our statt our ll$ergroups. our worse than the one you have, and dread having to start a job ,search before this one has even be- ELISABETH ARNOLD partner community associatilms ana Citv Councillor un? Has the economy got you. so down, it's CentretOll!ll residents to a party witll a g ConseillerP. m,,�ir!p'::!!o eginning to look like up? Ward OT6 I Quartier OT6 Hotutau season tll eme. �-- If you have been downsized, re-engineered, or outplaced from your ob, or you know someone We are ptatzninggames . st(!fgtetting. who has - then TA G (Thej Technical and Adminis- trative Group) can help you. '- , 111, promenade Sussex Drive til e mohing ot a giant cara. It s an Ottawa, Ontario K1 N SA 1 TeiJTel.: (613) 244-5361 oppurtunitu to meet uour neighbours. 'TA G is a group of professionals who meet weekly Te lecJFax: (6 13) 244-5.371 ana mucll more. tur all ages. Til ts to help one another to get a grip on life as the newly 'outplaced'. The group provides a warm, event tvilttot/ouJ a cratt sate tllat witt supportive atmosphere where members assist run trom 10 a. m. until 2 p.m. Botll one anqther with resume writin·g, interview events are tree ot charge ana are to be techniques and skills assessment. FloraStreet: /leta at til ejack Parcell Community We share ideas and information about job vacan­ Centre located at 320 jack Parcell Lane. cies and provide vital contacts with people from Residents,fo llow Up our own networks. As well, there are opportuni­ by Henry McCandless ties to discuss the psychological and emotional Craft Sate tables are available tor rent aspects associated w1th unemployment. Flora St residents of the block between Bank and· Kent met again mid-October to work on the problems at a cost ot $20 per table. Please book in their neighbourhood (see story in October BUZZ). TAG meets each Thursday evening at 7:30pm, in a l in person at til e Community Centre. Somerset Ward Council ors Elisabeth Arnold and location near the Merivale Road. It's free. You can and the owners of the properties in call the co-ordinator, Leo Molina, for more infor­ question attended. jPRA ai111$to maintain ana imprUIJe mation at: 523-5632. Or, you can reach us by e­ mail at: [email protected]. Since the residents' meeting in September, the own­ til e quality ot tite ot CentretOll!ll , ers, the Baker brothers of European Glass and Paint at residents IJJJ/O CU$ing on recreation · Bank and Flora, have evicted disruptive tenants from ana leisure activities. To become 66 and 72 Flora, reporting that those units were empty, the noise should !lave been reduced signific­ involved witlljPRA . Catt 564-1050. antly, and that they were working on improving their screening of tenant applications. They also indicated · that they had been making interior renovations to these properties until the cash for this work ran out.

Residents acknowledged that the street was quiet, but attribute it most to the colder weather. One continu­ ing problem, said a resident, is that a former-tenant prostitute is still in the neighbourhood. All acknowl­ edged that the circumstances in the area hamper the resurrection of the Flora neighbourhood: the pawn shop, money mart and Regional welfare office have the effect collectively to depress the spirit on the neighbourhood. Two home owners felt their properties were virtually unsaleable. . '- The issue is how to get back the residential atmos­ phere that Flora once had. Ways have to be found that mvolve the citv, property owners and the tenants. Residents ancfcouncillors feel strongly that the single most important first step must be taken by the Baker brothers, as owners of the row of houses on the street abutting Bank. Those properties set the image for the street.

Trees are being supplied by the city for the Bakers' properties, and residents and councillors again stressed that the owners must act on the landscaping Elgin Street School �upils and guests gather to plant 400 Dutch tuli� bulbs on October 23rd. The bulbs to attract the type of tenant needed to save the street. were won by Pat Derrick, an Elgin Street parent who won them with her riz�e-winning Canadian Tulip Canadian Living / Festival essay in magazine. The bulbs join other frimtyar landscaping at the school, No futher developments have occurred in the Baker's including shrubs and a decorative iron fence. We'll have to wait till next spJring to see the flowerv results of this community beautification project on Elgin. Yeahh!!! Elgin :Street Public School!!"! aim of selling the properties. . THE CENTRETOWN /November 1995 ii!::�::!::�!::Ji!;:;:ijj;;:::������ Page9 :

Look carefully at this picture . It's an aerial shot of Centretown taken in April '61, just before the building boom that erased most of the Centretown Heritage . Study Area. The Queensway is unlfer construction. The downtown stops at about Gloucester Street. Can you see your house from here? HERITAGE STUDY IN THE Middle Zone: Planners, Consultants and Citizens Consider What to Do with the Blocks in the Shadow of Ottawa's Central Business District.

by Victoria Angel Centretown Heritage Conservation District Study I Evaluation Team Me mber. Thedecision to re-OIIocatefunds leh a budsetof $100 000 for Centretown's In September 1994, a selection comminee whichincluded a member of the The Soll!fy citizens' task force, hired Julian Smith a;KlAssociates Architects as the A stranger io Centretown might � baffledby whatconfronted him or heron studv. Qty'smost recent heritage districtstudy in Hill West wa.s the first visit.This neighbourhood eludes simple description. Certainstreets, conductedwith rough� the samefUnding andconsisted of a district of 110 consultant for the _project. Other members of his consultant team include especiallY.those of the Dundonald Park and Golden Tna!I!Jieareas present buildinss. Centretown 1s comprised of over 1500 buildings. It wasevident Margaret Carter (Heritage Research Associates), the project historian Jane be the typ ical, older residential neighbourhoods. Most houses date from thelate­ that pnorities would have to establishedas to where moneycould Ironside (Oliver MangioneMcCalla and Associates, Planners); the pr�ject planner,and Joanne Latremouille and May Fought, who ore researching T9th century. Despite the range of late-Victorian residential designs seen on most effective� be spent. any block, th e streets themselves exhibit a certain uniformity. . londscape/streetscape history. In Qrder to �� community ideas on howto set these, Councillor Dione Travelling towards the centre theview changes.Rows of houses found on Holmes estalilisheda Gtizen'sTask Force, whose responsibilityit wasto )hefirst public mee�ng in February 1995, at Dominion Chalmers Ouinh either silfe of Bank and Elgin ore replaced tiy o�rtment buildingsdoting establish the terms of referencefor the d1strict study. Althoug� a more waswell-anended and allowed the consultants to present the initial findings fro'!' both theearlv and late twentieth rentury. Thescale of theb!l ildings democratic approach has been advocated in recent years with respect to of the research carried out to dote. The evening also_provided a forum for The vanes os much as theage of thestructures. Ohen, it isthe trees that provicle urbanplanning, this wasthe first time in Onawa's �1story thatthe process citizens' input on both the 11rocess and the findings. presentations bv the a sense of c�ion to thestreetsc apes of this oreo. The mostjarring had beenopened up to such an extent. Duringthe winterof 1994, members consultants were enhanced by maps and presentation baOrds displayed of theCentretown communi� representing a variety of interests met with around the hallwhich illustrated the ponerns of useand development in choractenstlcof the central area, hOwever, are the gaps and theparking k lots. The nelghbaurhood has proven to be remarkabij flexiblein terms of city P,lonners, qndCouncillor olmes. It wasiluring these meetinQsit that Centretown historically, providing theaudience with a framework for the kind of bu ilding form it con comfortably accommOdate. Parking lots was�ecided to study the most endangered portionof the district the areo understandinghow onilWhy Centretown come to be whatit is today. however, are having a devastating effect on the character of the area. ' bounded by Ken� Elgin, Gloucester aiidCatherine Sts .• The Duiidonold Park area amars to nove been protected in recent years through heritage Once the research was completed, the project entered its second phase the zoni!19.The Golden Triangle, likewise, is a stable neighborhood given the evaluation of buildings in the central area based on the architectural ' A study initialed in the fall of 1994 to consider the heritage character and ' resources in Centretown, will enter its third and final phase this winter. market demand for older residential properties of their character. The task historical, and contextual assessments made by the consultants. The Althoughprevious heritage studies, following similar guidelines hove been force decided that$10 000 be allocated for a separate reP,Orton design · evaluation team,whose final meeting is scheduled for December 1995 r �orriecfout for the downtown core of Onawa, the CenlrelownstudY. is unique guidelinesfor theGolden Triangle,to be carried at a later �ate. includes representation from the consultants, LA.C.A.C. the city's he it�.!ie m the extent to which local residents and concerned citizens hove been planners, and members of the Centretown community. Around ten people Tlie involved. · . Althoughthe boundaries had been drastically reducedthr o!I!Jhthe task from the team hove been scoring the buildings being evaluated. results force's recommendations, thearea to be studied had only been reducedto of this process will be mode public· at the next public meeting for the study, , 900 buildings a number which remained unmanageable with the constraints in January 1996. ' Municipal funding for the study had been ear-marked by city council in 1 accordance with the Central Area Plan, prior to 1993. In November 1993 of thereducea budget. The next step was therefore theest ablishment of a the Centretown Communi)y Council produced a 'Centretown Plan report c�rd' task force subcomminee, who conducted a pre-screening of the buildi!.1QS A third public meeting is anticipated for March/April 1996,whenthe . . which identified not one but three issues which it was felt required withinthe central area, in order to further Whinle down ihe number of consultantswill discussthe recommendations. This will inclUde anyproposed V immediate consideration. These weaknesses included the commuter traffic buildings to be considered in the study. In addition, the task force, with infut heritage designations under Port IV (individual buildings) or Part (districts) passing throl}9hthe neighborhood, the increase in vocont lots/P.Orking lots from LA.C.A.C. (The Local Architectural Conservation AdvisorY Committee of the Ontario Heritage Act, or the o�justment of heritage zones or changes m the centro! core, as well as heritage and the environmentAl iher.e9uest of andHeritage Onawa, modified and pored downthe terms of reference for to the statusof buildinQ.Son the Heritage Reference Ust. The st.Mlywill he lp of the commumty, the $225 000 allocated to the heritage study wasdiv1ded the s�y itself. In June 1994, the terms of reference were approved by city i� future assessments the area1 including general planning recommenda­ three ways, for separate studies on traffic, heritage and parking lots. COUncil. . tions. Thesewill form the basis or future secondary studies to be carried out.

· What's the Heritage I Charat:ler Qf Centretliwn?

Margaret Carter, of Heritag� Research Assoc1ates, has been conductmg extensive research on the historical development of Centretown, an area defined by the boundaries of the Queensway, the Canal, Bronson Ave, and Laurier. Her findings provide us with a framework for under­ standing the district in its current form.

According to Ms. Carter, one of the unique 168 O'Connor Sf/Heck's aspects of Centretown is the fact that 1t Variety_ Store Gloucester Sf/ has, until recently, been almost exclusively 110 l.is_gar St. Date of Construction: 1878 The We ndell Arms dedicated to residential use. Where other 252 Date of Construction: neighbourhoods in Ottawa's central area Date of Construction: 1912 have supported light industries, between 1879- 1901 This house was built for a carpenter, and had a stable and a shop in the Centreto�n has, histoncally, functioned as rear. It was constructed wlien Built during the initial period of This pre-World War I apartment a res1dent1al suburb to Upper Town, and is Centretown had just opened for . Centretown development, this late replaced a double house on its lot, therefore composed almost exclusively of development. In its uses as a livery Victorian residence reflects . reflecting the increase in density of �ouses and apartment buildings. Due to its stable and store, during the early Centretown's early role as a residen· Centretown during the period when hnks with areas existing outside its bound­ twentieth century, it reflect O'Connor · tial area for civil servants. Its first the civil service was rapidly expand· ar)e�! it has re�pondedl over the _years, to St.'s role as an accessroute from . owner worked for the Department of ing. It was the first modern apartment InitiatiVeS takmg place beyond ItS OWn Centretown to . The building to be built on Gloucester St. Marine and Fisheries. It exhibits · borders, such as activities relatin to Upper front gable design of the house was a q Qu�en Anne· style detailing, popular Note the cla$sical handling of the Town's role in Ottawa as Canada s cap1tal. common mid·nineteenth·centur_y durmg the late nineteenth century. , entrance, reflecting the revivalist . vernacular .form, seen frequentry in spirit of early twentieth-century Lowertown. buildings. .

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Canadian Legion's RelJional Councillor's Report In volved Communities Get Better Schools Montgomery Branch D1ane Holmes Gerald Halpern Invites Centretown to Share OBE Tel 231-5765 Fax 231-3334 Remembrance Day 111 Ottawa ON Report Lisgar St, K2P 2L7 Trustee, Zone 6, Downtown by David Carter Branch Public Affairs Card Ottawa Board of Educatiqn � �� Phone:560-1220 �A�...... ,. · ...-�� lmmeditttely followin1 tile November 1 ltll Remem­ • • II�Wn�e IJtty �eremon1es - ttl tile Ntttionttl Mrr Memori11l, Fax: 560-1203 Amalgamation Ce11tretown res1'tlents ttre in vited lltt�lt t. tile Cttnt1dit111 The interim report of the Ontario School Board l.etion Monttomery lrt1n�ll ttl JJI Kent Street, to 111eet Difficult Budget Vetertlns ttnil enjoy t1 'free' llot stew dinner. ReduCtion Task Force has recommended that the Public Decisions Ahead••• School Boards of Ottawa and Carleton be merged into a We ttslt ttl/ visitors to tile lrt1n�ll to wettr tt poppy in of single school system with more than 80,000 students. Rememllrtlnte tllose wllo tttre tlleir lives, or were Provincial Government funding for the region has disdled, dun'nt World Mrr I ttnd II, in ltorett, ttnd been cut drastically - not just for social services Further, the Separate School Boards of Ottawa, Carleton wllile on htt�e·lteep1'n1 duty. Tllere will lle lots oflir e but for all departments. The Harris cut-backs will and Renfrew would merge into a single system with more e11terttt1'nment ttnd flttn�int unt11 1:11ttm• . force Council to make difficult decisions for 1996. than 38,000 students. llp en to tile Centretown pull/it durint tile montll of There is general agreement that the impact on Ottawa No vember, tllere will lie lint• nery Tllursdtty nitlt Downtown Residents f,., 1:11pm. Eu �llre every ln'tltty ttfternoon ttfter Phone the Regional Budget Information Line will be higher taxes and a reduction in the services 1:11pm. And • Seniors' IJttnte, llo remller 21st lleti• - . 235-1996 with your suggestions and comments provided to the inner-city schools. ,,.,, ttl 1:fJfJpm. The report clearly states that amalgamation should not 1111 November 21111 tile lrt1n�ll wel�omes everyone t. The region is s!)onsoring an open house on the proceed without tax reform. We can only hope that the en}ot ttil ttfternoon fu n ttnd dttn�int to tile 1141s - tills live lttnd Musi�, lletinnint 111 2:fJfJpm. All budget on November 29. I will be holdin� a public Task Force will be listened to on this point. Still, we must fl_roteeds, fo od ttnd money will lie donttted to tile meeting for our ward.- For more informatiOn, recognise that education can and must become more $lleplleris of lood Nop e... 11 truly wortlly uuse - - please contact my office. _ desewi111 SU/I/IOrt. efficient. Amalgamation is one of several ways to do this. Constituents tell me that they want me to work Our challenge remains, as always, to find best answers to to support: two questions: (1 I "Do students get quality education?" • the valuable work of social agencies and anti121 "Is education being cost-effectively delivered?" TENANTS: community groups • • • OC Transpo, especially services for the disabled The 1996 Budget • Blue Box Program, tree-planting and traffic- The Ottawa Board of Education has now begun the UNCERTAIN FUTURE •- calming - - task of setting the next budget. Trustees are seeking by Dan Mcintyre, Executive Director • revenue generating projects like: _ advance information about program and service benefits Federation of Ottawa-Carleton Tenants Associations . • recouping funds from the sale of recyclables, , an� costs. We will be examining the assumptions on which • photo radar on regional roads and intersections - to base the budget -- e.g., assessment base, provincial Tenants in Ontario face a very uncertain future. Never be­ • use reductions in water and sewer rates to fund changes to the rules, examining discretionary programs fore has there been such a need for tenants to be aCtive. community needs The new Ontario Government has been and will be - and services, capital building requirements. With that Constituents have suggested the following hearing from landlords. Tttey must hear from tenants. ways to reduce costs: information, the Comptroller will be able to provide a draft People have to tell the new Government that they need • fighting costly infrastructure needed for urban budget for detailed review. This process will go on for certainty in their housing . . some time. Please ask for information at any point along sprawl, Tenants need to know that rents won't be allowed to - • reducing bureaucracy, · the way ·· the sooner the better. We will be seeking escalate while our incomes are frozen or decreased. • stop building and widening of intersections and formal public input but you don't have to wait for an They need to know that there will be adequate laws to roads invitation. The 1996 budget is due by March 31, 1996. ensure that rental housing is maintained. Te nants need to know that they will have some choice and some say Photo Radar +Be Good To Yourself - Be A Volunteer+ in the housing ttley occupy. Tenants need to know that Are you interested in the arts, environment, computers there will be effective Tenant Organizations to work on · their behalf. For a Safer Community in education, education for the gifted, support for the The Transportation Committeeagreed to ask the Prov­ ince for the go-ahead to install pf10to radar on Regional disadvantaged, multiculturalism, status of women, special The Federation of Ottawa-Carleton Te nants Associat- roads and intersections. Photo radar is being used in education or the world of work? The Ottawa Board of . ion's. action plan is simple and it involves all tenants. more than 40 countries to make roads and mtersections Education benefits from Advisory Committees operating in Over the next 8 to 10 weeks we want to meet with as many tenants as possible to talk frankly about the safer. The Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police has each of these special interest areas. Feel free to join and passed a resolution in support of photo radar. present and the future. We want to encourage all contribute. Gall me if you want an introduction. tenants to write or call the Housing Minister, the Many people call my office to complain about red-light Perhaps you would like to volunteer in one of our Premier, and their own MPP to let them know what is runmng, which seems to be rampant in our Region. schools. Read a book? Help in the library? Referee on on our minds. , Cameras at intersections have proven to reduce this sports day? Monitor during lunch break? Teach a special dangerous practice. - We will be hosting a series of meetings throughout lesson in art, in science, in music?· Share your enthusiasm Ottawa, to talk about Rent Control, to talk about · Photo radar also makes money and we have asked the - for your hobby? Tell your local school principal. She or he maintenance, and to talk about our future together. provincial governmentto allow theRegion to keep money will welcome you and find a place for your skills. We do We will have prepared letters for those who otherwise from fines to help balance the loss of provincial funding. · would not compose their own. We will have lots of • need your help. literature and lots of ideas as will the tenants who come to the meetings. THE GREAT CANADIAN THEATRE The new Government is talking out loud �boutending The BUZZ rent control and about ending funding for Tenant Mission: Summer ofth - Organizations. They have told us that our funding will by Louis Nowra end in 1996. They have already acted on some of their Directed Richard Rose campaign promises. We can't afford to allowtenants To provide to lose more ground. The status quo is unsatisfactory a voice for and we must act to make things better for tenants. area residents, After all, that is why the Federation was formed! organizations nd businesses ROD BEA'111E IF YOU'D UKE TO HELP SET UP A MEETING FOR YOUR Letter from BUILDING CALLTHE TENANTS HOTUNE AT 594·5429. · To build - · WingfieldFarm . • IMPORTANT ADDRESSES: - healthy Jan, 8 & 9, 1996at 8 p.m. The Honourable AI Leach . . eighbourtioo Wingfield'sProgress Minister of Munici11a 1 Affairs and· Housing in Centretown. Jan_ 10&11, 1996at8p.m. 777 Bay st. 17th Floor · 1 . To ronto, On ar10 - -. - Wingfield's Folly MSG 2E5 To gain from Jan. 12 & 13, 1996at 8 p.m. �us Jan. 13, 1996at 2 p.m. the.div ersity Garrv Guzzo - TI CKETS: John Baird - 1n our MP� Ott�wa Rideau MPP NeP,ean · $2S PER SHOW 243>J Bank St. Mootlie Suite 119 community · 301 1 No Refurx!s.No Exchanges. · Ottawa, Ontario Nep_eah Omario - K1V 8R9 K2H 9C41 :.

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The Good Food ·Column

by Oily Wodin, · · Centretown Community Health Centre Nutritionalist

Terri Purcel is a woman on the move.

Twelve years ago she was suffering from a variety of health problems including poverty, severe asthma, bronchitis and a variety of allergies, Gradually she has worked to improve her health through paying more . atttention to what sh e eats . Along the way she's met a few helpful guides.

"The employment counsellor I met at as you Women's Career Counselling 2 years ago told us to write down what qualities would like to and skills we already had. I started to realize how many skills I had to have in being a mother. In little steps I was getting better and starting to feel more motivation. Later on I read about people working as personal chefs in the United States. It seemed like a good idea." With the help of th.e Community Enter­ prise Centre and the First United Church (providing a kitchen sp ace) Te rri has now started her own business.

Vegetable Patch Cookery caters to EVERY DAY THOUSANDS OF CANADIANS TRY CHI ROPRACT IC, people with food sensitivities, allergies and dpecial diets. She prepares vegetar­ AND GET THE RELIEF THEY ARE LOOKING FOR. ian, vegan and macrobiotic foods. She accepts orders for weekly contracts or · for special_gatherings . One of Te rri's spec1al rec1pes appears below. She can Ifyou experience health problems such as headaches, neck stiffness, fatigue or back pain, be reached at 738-3131. COME TO OUR CENTENNIAL Chiropractic could be the solution fo r you. Many evecyday discomforts can be cured THE VEGETABLE PATCH COOKERY OPEN HOUSE PA RTY! effectively through Chiropractic care without drugs or surgecy. To find outif Chiropractic SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 18 This delicious vegan pate has bean is fo r you, attend an open house at DR BARBARAROD WIN's office, Saturday, November passed down the line and is great as a 1995, 10-4 P.M. meal with a salad, and garlic toast, or · 18. 1995 and learn about modern Chiropractic care. In exchange fo r a donation .to · on crackers. HELP US CELEBRATE 100 Chiropractic research you can find out if chiropractic can help you. Dr. Rodwin will Thera are many ways to anjo� this pate. YEARSOF CHIROPRACTIC perform a consultation, x-rays (if needed), an examination and then let you know your INGREDIENTS: current health condition. Join us as we celebrate 100 years of Chiropractic care. A half 1 cup Raw Sunflower Seeds DR. RODWIN'S OFFICE 1 1/2 cup Wholewheat, Spall, hour spent could mean an end to your chronic discomfort and could set you on the road to 240 CATHERINE ST. STE.lOO AT THE CORNER OF BANK or KamutFlour 1/2 cup Nutritional Yeast Flakes fe eling good. FREE PA RKING 3/8 cup Vegetable or Oliva Oil 237-3306 2 tbsp. Lamon Juice Wo uldn 't you really like to feel good again? 1 cup Vary Hot Water 1 Large Onion, minced J)ricedat $8.95. I have had this many 1 Medium Potato, grated times before and it is always great. The 2 tsp.Basil, dried ' (IN liEOV\IN I sauce is spicy but not overpowering. 2 tsp.Pappar FOOD& 2 tsp.Saa salt The pasta has that special texture that you only get when it is truly fresh. 1 tsp. Saga, dried. 1 tsp. Thyme, dried Eats Italian My friend had frutti di mare piccante, H,EALTH by Joan Katz shrimps and mussels sauteed in a sp icy COOKING PROCEDURE: garlic tomato sauce served on a beef of BUZZ In a large bowl mix the ground sunflower On Friday nights, I always intend to eat nnguinifor $14.95. Since my friend seeds, flour and yeast flakes. Add the at home but never do. A couple of Friday prefers wider noodles they happily next three items (you can mix them switched the linguini for fettucme. This nights ago, I had the opportunity to together: oil, Iamon juice + hot water). visit Fettucine's on Bank Street. When dish arrived in tile same large wide stir until all is wall blended. Than mix in you first walk into Fettucine's, you see rimmed soup bowl used for the salads. the take-out counter filled with colour- . The mussels were attractively displayed the grated onion and potato, mix again, finally adding the spicas and herbs. ful homemade J>asta, sauces, salads · around the edge. The sauce was good and wonderful desserts. but a bit runny. ��� �NAISS�CE Bakeat 350 for 1 hour in a large bread My dinner companion and I each The portions were so generous that lUJRfi�E TA ILORING loaf pan, oiled and lined with wax paper. decided to begin our meal with an neitlierof us had roam for dessert. Let it cool before turning the pate out insalata verdi, a mixed salad for $3.95. Next time, I may have to start with MEN'S AND WOMEN'S . and pealing off the wax paper. ENJOY! Our generous salads arrived beautifully dessert first. displayed in large soup type bowls with TAILORING seJ)arate little glass contamers filled Fettucine's is located at 199 Bank OFFERING CUSTOM SUITS with dressing. I chose the gorgonzola street. It is open for lunch Monday & SHIRTS IWHITECROSS DISPENSARY EVENTS� . Thursday, Nov 2nd: Herbal Remedies · through Friday and dinner Monday REMOD �. ELLING, RELININGS dressing and m_y friend O!Jted fo r the I Friday Nov 3rd: CUST T I through Saturday. It is always closed � , OMER APPRECIA ION DAY · creamy garlic. They were both delicious & ALTERATIONS f T I · I Cof ee, ea and Cake from - rich and creamy. on Sundays.. The phone number is: 1 1:3.0 am SOMERSET ST. W. • I 230-4844. IWednesda�I Nov 15th· CLINICS From l-4pm. For a main course, I chose linguini OTTAWA . 1 Blood Cho esterol, Blood Glucose, Blood 1 pizza iola, pasta with a spicy, light Joan Katz is a Centretown resident. Her mother .230- 3 726 Pressure, Foot Assessment still cannot understand why she likes spaghetti I 1 · .J tomato sauce. This dish was reasonably for breakfast...... L264 B.G!f!.ST/PH ONE:233-4029 FAX:235-1483 ·.. · Page 12 : THE CENTRETO�IIIII. /Novenk1995

I I VENTS: November 1 Downstairs Playhouse (drop-in for 0-5 November 17 yrs), 10:30 am to 1:30 pm, 264 Argyle, call Downstairs Playhouse (drop-in for 0-5 yrs), Centretown Com unity Health Centre for 9:30 am to 1:30 pm, 264 Argyle, CCHC information (563-4336). (563-4336)

Dalhousie Neighbourhood Alert Commit­ Seniors' Movies: The Madness of King tee, St.Anthony's Hall, 7 pm George $0.50, 1 to 3:30 pm, Jack Purcell C.C. (564-1 050) 320 Elgin St. November 2 Bl NGO, 6:30 to 1 0:00 _pm, RoY.al Canadian Massage & Reflexology, $45, 6 to 9 pm, Le ion, Montgomery Branch (233-7292) Jack Purcell C.C.(564-1050) 320 Elgm 33g Kent Street. · Street.

November 3 November 18 Downstairs Playhouse (drop-in for 0-5 yrs), Lounge Entertainment (free): Randy 9:30 am to 1 :30 pm, 264 Argyle, CCHC. Rankm-Karaoke, 8 pm to midnight, Royal Canadian Legion Montgomery Branch Seniors' Movies - legend of the Fall, . (233-�292) 330 kent Sfreet. . 1 to 3:15 m, $0.50, Jack Purcell C.C. (564-1 058 ), 320 Elgin Street. November 20 Downstairs Playhouse (drop-in for 0-5 yrs), November 4 12 to 2 pm, 264 Argyle, CCHC (563-4336) lounge Entertainment (free): Don Glashan Relay Day Villeneuve, 8 pm to midnight, Royal November 21 25 Teams and 250 Canadian Leg1on, Montgomery Branch Ta ke Charge of Yo ur Health: (233-7292) 330 Kent Street. Community Policng: How to make it work Participants Enjoy for you, 1 to 2:30 pm, Centretown Commu­ Their Class Re­ November 5 nity Health Centre (563-4336) 340 lays! Christmas Craft Sale, 9 am to 2 pm, free Maclaren St. admission + parking, Sandy Hill Community II Centre (564-1 062), 250 Somerset St E. November 22 Downstairs Playhouse (drop-in for 0-5 yrs), Centretowners November 6 10:30 to 1:30 pm, 264 Argyle, CCHC (563- December 9 . · Downstairs Playhouse (drop-in for 0-5 yrs), 4336) Christmas Crafts for Children, $5 + 12 to 2 pm, 264 Argyle, CCHC supplies, 3 to 5 year olds, 9 to 10 am, Jack IT'S THE . Booth Street Area Residents Meeting, Purcell C.C. (564-1 050) 320 Elgin Street. November 7 170 Booth St (Meeting Room), 7 pm Creative Collective Workshops (by Popular Lounge Entertainment (free): AI Visser, 8 Theatre Workshops), 9 am to 4 pm, November 23 pm to midnight, Royal Canadian Legion, Somerset West Community Health Centre Bl NGO, 6:30 to 1 0:00 pm, RoY.al Canadian Legion, Montgomery Branch (233-7292) (238-821 0), 55 Eccles St Leaion. Montaomerv Branch (233-7292) 330 Kent Street. Montgomery. 'Branch(233- CITIZENS' · 330 Kent Street . 7292) . Ta king Charge of Yo ur Health Workshops: Ta lking to people Who Are Supposed to be November 24 · December 14 COMMUNITY Helping Us, 1 to 2:30, Centretown Com­ Downstairs Playhouse (drop-in for 0-5 yrs), BINGO; 6:30 to 1 O:OO pm, RoY.al Canadian munity Health Centre (563-4336) 340 9:30 am to 1 :30 pm, 264 Argyle, CCHC Legion, Montgomery Branch (233-7292) Maclaren Street. (563-4336) 330 Kent Street . ASSOCIATION. Annual General Meeting, Centretown November 25 December 15 Citizens' Community Association, RMOC lifesaving and CPR, 1 to 5 m, McNabb Senior's Movies: Nobody's Fool, $0.50, 1 to Bldg, Champlain Rm, 111 Lisgar St, 7 pm. Recreation Centre (564-1 078 ) 180 Percy 3 pm, Jack Purcell Recreation Centre (564- ANNUALMTG Street. 1 050) 320 Elgin Street. November 8 Downstairs Playhouse (drop-in for 0-5 yrs), Lounge Entertainment (free): AI Visser, 8 December 16 TUEJNOV 7th 10:30 am to 1 :30 pm, 264 Argyle, CCHC pm to midnight, Royal Canadian Legion, Lounge Entertainment (free): Gloves (563-4336). Montgomery Branch (233-7292) 3:f0 Kent McGinty, 8 pm to midnight, Royal Canadian Street. Legion, Montgomery Branch (233-7292) 7:00PM November 9 330 Kent Street BINGO, 6:30 to 10:00 pm, RoY.al Canadian November 26 Legion, Montgomery Branch (233-7292) Women's Self Defense, $60,�,9:30 am to 1 December 21 RMOC BLDG 330 Kent Street pm, 13+ years, Jack Purcell �...c. (564- Bl NGO, 6:30 to 1 0:00 pm, RoY.al Canadian 1 050) 320 Elgin Street. Legion, Montgomery Branch (233-7292) November 10 330 Kent Street Downstairs Playhouse (drop-in for 0-5 yrs), November 27 COLONEL BY RM 9:30 am to 1:30 pm, 264 Argyle, CCHC Downstairs Playhouse (drop-in for 0-5 yrs), Community Holiday Party, 2 pm to 4 pm, 12 to 2 pm, 264 Argyle,. CCHC (563-4336) free admission, Jacl< Purcell C.C. (564- November 11 1 050) 320 Elgin Street. 111 LISGAR ST

Cliff Oldridge, 2 to 6 pm, Royal Canadian November 28 · Le ion, Montgomery Brandi (233-7292) Taking Charge of Yo ur Health: Lounge Entertainment (free): Gloves 33g Kent Street. Choosing a medical practitioner, 1 to 2:30 McGinty, 8 pm to midnight, Royal Canadian GUEST: pm, Centretown Community Health Centre Legion, Montgomery Branch (233-7292) Lounge Entertainment (free): Gloves (563-4336) 340 Maclaren Street. 330 Kent Street McGinty, 8 pm to midnight, Royal Canadian · DEPUTY-CHIEF Le ion, Montgomery Branch (233-7292) November 29 . December 7 33g Kent Street. . Downstairs Playhouse (drop-in for 0-5 yrs), BINGO, 6:30 to 10:00pm, RoY.al Canadian ALEXMAC KIE 10:30 am to 1:30 pm, 264 Argyle, CCHC Legion, Montgomery Branch (233-7292) November 13 (563-4336) 330 Kent Street . · Downstairs Playhouse (drop-in for 0-5 yrs), . 12 to 2 pm, 264 Argyle, CCHC (563-4336) November 30 December 23 OTTAWA-CARLETON POLICE BINGO, 6:30 to 10:00pm, RoY.al Canadian Lounge Entertainment (free): Don November 14 Le ion, Montgomery Branch (233-7292) Villeneuve, 8 pm to midnight, Royal Ta king Charge of Yo ur Health Workshop: 33g Kent Street Canadian Leg1on, Montgomery Branch Getting what you need from your pharma­ . (233-7292) 330 Kent Street. COMMUNITY cist 1 to 2:30 pm, Centretown Community December 1 Hea1th Centre, (563-4336) 340 Maclaren Seniors' Movies: losing lsiah, $0.50, 1 to · December 28

3:00pm, Jack Purcell C.C. (564-1050) · BINGO, 6:30 to 10:00pm, RoY.al Canadian POLICING IN Massage & Reflexology 6 to 9 m, $45, 320 Elgin Street. Legion, Montgomery Branch (233-7292) Jack Purcell C.C. (564-f0 50) 32 8 Elgin St 330 Kent Street. December 2 CENTRETOWN November 16 Christmas Craft Fair, 10 am to 4 pm. Table BINGO, 6:30 to 10:00pm, Roxal Canadian rentals $25 non-members, $20 members; . Legion, Montgomery Branch (233-7292) Free admission, Registration begins DO YOU HAVE AN EVENT _ 330 Kent Street November 13, McNabb Recreation Centre WA NT LISTED ELECTION OF NEW BOARD (564-1 070) 180 Percy Street. THAT YOU November 15 PLEASE Downstairs Playhouse (drop-in for 0-5 yrs), Christmas Craft Fair, 10 am to 2 pm. Table II T. ,fiEBU ZZ? aP.E GW.P.R.E.S!I I&I LQI 10:30 am to 1 :30 pm, 264 Argyle, CCHC rentals $20, free admission, Jack Purcell LET US KNOW. (563-4336) C.C. (564-1 050) 320 Elgin Street. . JUHN LtANINli CALL 233·3074 The Centretown Plan Chronicles