OTTAWA SOUTH COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION REVIEW

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TALLMIRE'S EXPANDING

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Monday, February 19, vvas the opening day of the new Tallmire's stores, Tallmire’s Encore and Tallmire's Tailor Shop, located at the front of the new Wholistic Clinic building next door to the mother store, Tallmire’s Fashions Limited on Rank St, Miss Tallmire between Belmont and bunnvside. Continued on page 2 ART MS LEAVING by Lindsav Suthren It is definite. Art’s Market bar. s home, As of April 2. the store will be located at Herrid.ge and Drummond in OSCAR'S Ottawa East. Having been told to vacate his next present premises on Dank St. on March 31, Art has been searching for a deadline suitable site for his fruit and veg- etable market. After a number of is false hopes, he has been fortunate in signing a ten year lease, with an MA RCH option to buy, on a store three times the size of his present building. 24 Upon receiving grant approval from Wintario, the A meat counter and a number of Hopewell Barents' and Teachers' Organization or- refrigeration units will allow Art to dered these creative play structures. Installa- expand his operation and also to main- tion will take place early in May. tain the high duality of merchandise for which he is well known. There is some outdoor space for the summer display of produce and also a certain amount of parking. Although it is with regret that, we SPORTS CAMP PLAN GOES TO GDC see Art’s Market leaving Ottawa South, we shall continue to meet our neigh- by Michael wolfson bors while shopping there. We wish PROJECT The Community Development him every success with his new store. Committee (CDC) of Ottawa City Council will begin formal consider- by Sue Hill ation of the Ottawa South Draft Neighbourhood Plan on April 19, 1979 at an open meeting here in Ottawa The Woodbine Association was South. Copies of the draft plan founded last spring to protest the will be available in advance and a closing of Woodbine Place. We found INSIDE: summary of the draft plan will be that a lot of good neighbourly feel- distributed to all households in ings were generated through working on Page 2 Esso Leaving Ottawa South. This meeting marks a joint goal and we learned more about Page 5 All About Fitness the culmination of an eighteen Sports ourselves and each other. We want our Association to be more than a negative month period of work by the Ottawa Page 6 Greening of O.S. South residents and city officials Page 10 Talking with the ORE protest group. When we saw the appli- cation form for Manpower summer pro- who have produced the proposals Page 14 Soup to Nuts contained in the draft plan. Page 15 WIGOS Rusy jects for students we looked around our neighbourhood to see what posit- The purpose of the open meeting New Store Coming on April 19, will be to allow anyone Page 19 Amnesty International ive contributions our association Page 20 Meet your Neighbor Continued on page 3 Continued on page 3 March 1979 OSCAR Page 2 by Brian McAteer Roy Rump took over the Esso station Cont’d from page 1 at Bank and Aylmer, several years ago. ÉSSO closing OS; When he and his sons first arrived Tallmire’s Encore was opened to here, they did not take over a thriv- sell the line of Ports International manager moving ing business, and building up the clothes that Tallmirefs carries. trade they enjoy today, took a lot of The Ports line ranges from sports to Pine Crest hard work, and long days. Roy figures clothes to simple evening wear, his first year with us, not counting from cotton, denim and corduroy to the strain, cost him 30 thousand in matte jersey and caresse jersey, lost business while he built up a from a $26 T-shirt to a $240 outfit. client base. A back injury during ’’All Ports products are made from the first year made it that much the finest imported fabrics and the harder. workmanship is of very good quality,” Today things are better. The Miss Tallmire, owner of Tallmire’s business is good, the customer base said recently at her shop. The is growing, and Roy and his sons company is Canadian owned with the enjoy a lot of good will in the manufacturing done in Hong Kong. community. In fact, they were just Miss Tallmire explained that a Ports starting to feel they had arrived. wardrobe is a good investment as the But times and economies change. colors are co-ordinated, the styles The owner company had decided that are classic and many pieces can be Ottawa South is not a viable petrol- worn the year around. ’•Many women build a wardrobe with eum market, and that they must put their property to some other use. a few pieces a year; some will not Roy has accepted another franchise wear anything else',' Miss Tallmire with them, at Pine Crest and the mentioned. With a cotton voile blouse, Queensway, and although his new site edged with handmade lace costing eighty is a better location, and comes with dollars, the clothes would have to Hoy Rump an established clientelle, he regrets last more than a season or two! having to leave. Many of us show his The Tailor Shop has been set up to regrets, at seeing another family offer a clothing alteration service, Miss Tallmire, who, with her as- business moving out. both alterations to purchases made at sistant, Mr. Lamb, does all the Tallmire’s and to clothing brought in buying for the store, must be " from elsewhere. Miss Tallmire has pleased with the latest addit- felt there is a need for such a service ions to the store. TallmireTs | Sheila CM in the community and hopes that it will began as a small dress, shop, run be useful. by her parents, forty years ago in THE REPAIRPERSON In the past few years, Miss Tallmire the building where McDougall’s has found her business flourishing and Barber shop is now. firektnail applunm was pleased when the opportunity for Twenty years later, the Tallmires more space and for parking was pre- moved across the street to ^the present LARGE & small sented to her. By moving the Ports site. Miss Tallmire bought the build- line of clothes into its own store, ing and had major renovations done 234-4726 room will be made for expansion in four years ago. However, the store the loungevear and lingerie depart- has become so popular that she felt ment on the lower level of the large the need to expand once more and so HADDAD5 store. we now have a chain of Tallmire’s stores along Bank St. to meet all our FRUIT BASKETS fashion needs. Interiors by our specialty JEAN-LOUIS Ayoub FROMENT Div. of 355275 Ontario Ltd. L.3-C-/C-A. Cfxirtem! Accmmtant/Qmipfaac Arrêté qy(£)canu)AV?miç_j, CUSTOM \ \ I OthÜM/ Ontario/ Kl52H4 UPHOLSTERY Tc(: (613) 238-8021 (613) 233-2904. 731-5466 DRAPERIES CARPETS 1198 Bank Stj CERAMICS Fresh Fruit & Vegetables cheese and coldcuts

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1091 Bank Street March 1979 OSCAR Rage 3 Sports Camp cont'd from page 1 since we have found even in the preliminary enquiries we have made OS watch might make* We examined a number of that there is a need for a community projects, but the one which seemed to Cont’d from page 1 based sports program. best fit the critieria of the applica- If you are interested in helping us who is interested to make comments tion form and the aims of manpower to please get in touch with Charlie on the draft plan directly to the provide employment and work experience Walker 235-3962 or Judy Moynihan at for students was a summer sports camp CDC. After hearing these briefs on 235-9794. We in the Woodbine Assoc- April 19, the CDC has schedule for for boys and girls between 10-13. iation see ourselves not as rivals to itself an intensive series of meet- This is not a substitute for the other community groups, but as helpers, ings to examine the draft plan in excellent day camp program run by the administrators to help our neighbour- Ottawa South Community Association or detail. Starting April 27, the hood and the larger community to be CDC will meet Mondays and Tuesdays for the other programs run by the what we all want it to be, a good from 1 p.m. to 8 p.m. and Fridays City or by sports organizations. We place to live. from 9.30 a.m. to 4.00 p.m. until see that in this age group there is a they complete their review of the demand for a sports program which will draft plan. These meetings are allow for intensive coaching and com- open to all interested parties. plete absorption in one sport for at The Ottawa South Community least half the day. A number of Association through its OSWATCH private organizations run sports committee will be monitoring the camps during the summer which are very J Beauty Salon progress of the draft plan through popular, but they are also expensive the CDC. It will also be mobilizing for a family with several kids. Who those who were involved in drafting cannot remember being crazy about a the plan and anyone else who is game when you were a kid? For some interested, to appear before the of us it was baseball, for others CDC to support various specific basketball, or tennis or soccer. proposals in the draft plan. And unfortunately for some it is The draft plan is a fairly pinball or TV. We would like to long document and it contains pro- provide a program that would give posals that can significantly affect boys and girls a chance to improve the future of our community. It their skills in a sport, to try other contains proposals drafted by res- sports they may have never had a dents, Bank Street merchants, and chance to play, to develop teamwork and confidence. staff of the City's Planning Branch. SPECIAL ON PERMS We would hope also that some non- These three groups do not always Monday to Tbursdav with competitive games might also be tried. agree (.') WEI EN and SYLVIA We are not looking for super-jocks. This issue of OSCAR contains a (wave perms only) summary of two special studies by the We have asked for funds to hire five Planning Branch of the City of Ottawa coaches between the beginning of July and the middle of August. We are that relate to some parts of the draft still working out the program and hope We specialize in: plan. It is important to understand their relationship to the draft plan. that kids and parents will come to us with ideas. The federal program is Therefore, in another article in this CUTS & BLOW DRY issue there is a brief history and only one possibility, the province also offers funds which we will try overview of events of the last year TINTS-Wella &Clairol and a half. for as an alternative to federal funding. We have applied to the City STREAKS If you have any questions or would like to become involved in for the facilities including the Arena for appointments call 235-6088 during the day which is set up for pressing for action on proposals contained in the draft plan, write tennis. Even if we don*t get any money 1094 Bank St or phone Alan Gilmore, president we hope to try to organize something OSCA (234-5864) or Michael Wolfson, chairman OSWATCH (233-1450). SPRING Ib NOT TOO FAR AWAY

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OSCAR is a monthly, non- Hopewell students profit newspaper written and distributed by vol- unteers. Advertising off to France from Ottawa South■ Merch- ants pay our printing by Sally Horrall bills with an assist from About forty students from grades our Camminity Association. Three-thousand copies are 6 to 8 at Hopewell School are going delivered to hones in our to France this spring. On March 9, area. members of Le French Club Espoir from Hopewell and Elmdale Schools will be leaving to spend two weeks in the towns of La Ferte Gaucher Editor Doyne Ahern 233-7459 Typist Barb Neilson and Coulommiers, just outside Paris. The students will live with French Advertising Manager Stewart Ritchie 234-4420 Sports EII|S Lindsay families and attend local schools and will also make several bus trips Distribution Marlene Neufield 733-2625 Business Manager Dave Baker to famous places nearby, including Paris, Versailles and Fontainebleau. The students and their parents It is the high-handed and sec- have been working at various fund- To the Editor... retive manner with which these de- raising schemes to help pay for the cisions are being made that I find trip, bo far they have sold maga- Dear Editor: unacceptable. I am left no chance zine subscriptions, staged a lottery, i have planned for Ottawa South a to either start parts of the pro- and held a book and bake sale at restaurant which in this dav and age ject which are not affected, or to Hopewell. More plans are in the may be an oddity; that is, the food challenge in person while these works. will be fresh and unadulterated. 1 decisions are being made, since they have gone to great lengths in retain- are made in a closed hearing. ing a chef to ensure that my ideas of Although the City allows such CLASSIFIED food quality are kept, and an archit- architectural pap as Fat Albert's, CHILD'S 5-drawer wardrobe with hang- ect-designer to ensure a warm and they are blocking an aesthetic, ing rod in closet. $20; wooden high- inviting environment. I have comm- originally-designed building chair $5; umbrella stroller S5; 3’ x issioned at great expense a local planned for a specific site. Do 5' above ground pool with accessories artisan to create some stained-glass Ottawa South residents want another $175; call 232-8857. panels to equal any in the world. fast food chain or a tasteful build- It will be the little thoughtful ing employing local craftsmanship? EXPERIENCED BOYS looking for pet sit- things that will make this restaurant ting and plant sitting work. Ottawa unique, such as menus printed in Robert Avila South only call Darryl or Darren 232- braille for the blind, abundant supp- 12 Monk St. 8857. ly of bicycle racks and locks, and Dear Editor: special menus if requested for dia- The key point in my Brewer Park FOR SALE: Frontalina accordian with betics, etc. article (Feb issue, p. 4) may have 120 Bass keys S400. Arlene 234-5492. However, I find that the design been missed due to editing. committee at City Hall has twice de- The point I was making was that WARM, affectionate babysitter—light ferred approval in stage of obtaining although Brewer Park is a municipal housekeeper required to care for our a permit.. park, because of such facilities as 2 year old boy. $100/week. 234-8022. The first deferral came on February baseball, football and soccer fields, 14 as half the committee liked the I do not believe the playground area CRIB with excellent mattress and bump- ideas in the plans and half did not. there should be considered a "munici- er pads, few sheets, $25; jolly jumper It was decided a visit to the site pal" area. The playground area at $3, baby carriage, good (pretty good) was needed in order to assess the Brewer Park is rather a community condition, $15. 233-7459. situation. and local concern, used primarily On February 28 I received notice by Ottawa South residents. RAFFI CONCERT for kids, Saturday, of a second deferral for the follow- Therefore, if and when the city's April 14, 1 and 3 p.ra. Ridgemont ing reasons: Department of Community Development High School, 2597 Alta Vista Drive, - More vertical lines were needed decides to hold citv-wide public All tickets $2, no reserved seats. in the design. (My designer, Claude meetings to review the fate of Brewer Swolfs of "Claude Design" feels that Park, I was suggesting that the play- vertical lines would greatly alter the ground area should he exempt from feeling of the building and add noth- such review for reasons stated above, Thank You ing to its appearance. This way, the implementation of Contributors—professional journal- - The*roof line should be reduced the recommendations for improvements ists all (names on articles) and the same material as that used to the playground at Brewer Park, as THE DELIVERERS - Hooray for you. in surrounding roofs should be in- presented by the Ottawa South Rec- Ruth Latta - for care and nurture of corporated. (Again, my designer reation Committee(of the Neighbor- the editor's offspring as well as included stone and wood in the roof hood Planning Study) will not be some grotty lettrasetting! as this is what the surrounding build- delayed, and the community of Ottawa Joan Fromer, Jill Porter and Gee Gee ings have to one degree or another). South could expect to see the much Robinson for ad layouts This second deferral has put me in needed improvements to Brewer Park Brian McAteer for pictures a bad situation: I have to pay the playground implemented in the very Sandra Peddie for helping the typist expenses of the building, salaries and near future. Roman Ozga Peggy Mitchell for editorial help Toni Manson for artwork retainers on a project that is still 402 Sunnvside in the hold position. While I can Nancy Ross for layout appreciate the role the design comm- URGENT APPEAL - Bring your old cast- John Manson for layout off toys - in GOOD CONDITION - to the ittee has to play in ensuring a con- And all the 50 people I forgot, Parent Preschool Resource Center trolled development plan, I am not a please forgive me and come back major developer and my resources are between Marcy 19 ano April 2. They next month anyway. Will be holding a used toy sale in P.S. We need an advertising layout limited. Any deferral is catastr- the gym at Lady Evelyn School on editor and an afternoon of ophic to my plans. April 7. Call 238-7561 for more babysitting again. information. March 1979 OSCAR Firehall Forum Page 5 ALL ABOUT FITNESS by Mike Dupuis Fables About Keeping Fit, There are 5 more fables about keeping fit and being fit: 1. "Sleep extra hours before a con- test or when you*re very tired"» by Ellis Lindsay You cannot store sleep. You can*t With spring just around the comer, "catch up" on sleep either. If you the new soccer season is fast approach- try to by sleeping for 12 hours, you ing. The South Ottawa Internationals will be worse off than if you just Soccer Club is preparing for the coming had 8 hours sleep. Bed rest does not season. Youth registration is to be give you more energy after 8 hours, held March 3, from 10:00A.M. to noon or 9 at the most. at the following centers: Fielding Prolonged bed rest causes the body Drive School, Glebe Community Center, processes to slow down. After 7 and McNabb Center. The club has hours the heart rate gets down to its planned a Coaches* meeting on March basal rate, the metabolism lowers, 5 at 8:00P.M. at Riverside United the circulation becomes sluggish. Church and a Coaching Clinic on OSCAR needs a volunteer to deliver The muscles become faccid, A person March 10th and 11th at a centre to be one block bounded by Belmont, Bank, who has been inactive for 3 days has named later. Further information Cameron and Willard, and another lost of his strength. regarding youth soccer may be obtained volunteer from Rank to Belmont and 2. "Work up a heavy sweat before a from Earla Gregory at 731-0415. contest". Riverdale to Sunnyside. Call f The 0.S.C.A» Floor Hockey League Hugett. Mabbutt 237-6891. You d be better off taking a cold now consists of four teams with seven ZONE CAPTAINS shower. Going from complete rest to members each. After three games, Zone A: Brian McAteer 236-5773 all out exertion in a few seconds Team A has 6 points, Teams B and C Zone R: Roy Norton 234-6344 could cause a failure in circulation each have 4 points, and Team D is in Zone C: El]is Lindsay 232-8857 to the heart. If you are merely the Cellar with 0 points. Leading Zone D: Leonard Gerbrandt 733-3762 stepping up your activities gradually, scorer to date is Dino Stoppa with Zone E: Huggett Mabbutt 237-6891 working up a sweat is useless. 14 goals and 5 assists. The sched- Zone F: Peggy Kinsley 232-4179 A skill warm-up, as distinguished ule for the next few weeks is: If you didn’t get your OSCAR, please from a sweat warm-up is okay. A pro- Time Team VS Team call your zone captain. longed sweat warm-up, however, de- Feb 24 1:30 B A pletes nutritional stores and saps 2:30 C D energy. Anyone embarking on a fit- Mar 3 1:30 B C ness program should bear this in mind. 2:30 A D 3. "Sweating gets you in shape". Mar 10 1:30 B D Rubberized suits or sweat suits 2:30 A C may acclimatize you to heat but they Mar 17 1:30 C D do absolutely nothing else for you, 2:30 A B and they can very well endanger your life. Outdoor and indoor activities play If a disproportionate share of a large role in the lives of the your energy is used to secrete sweat, students at St, Margaret Marys School. there isn*t enough left for your With Windsor Park just around the other bodily functions and you are in comer, skating parties and a broom danger of having a heat stroke. When ball tournament arranged by the the skin gets hot, the peripheral school have proved successful. The OSCAR DISTRIBUTORS vessels leading to it open and a heavy- school is participating in a floor Zone A: Brian McAteer, Mike and Ann supply of blood rushes to the surface hockey tournament against other Louise Alexander, George Emery, Larry of your body. This deprives the schools in the South and East sections Dickenson, Peter Miles, Declan Hill. muscles of the blood they need, and of Ottawa. Florence Carter, Sibyl Weinrich, the heart tries to make up for the The Community Centre has made Hope- Gunther Hintz, Herb Blackman, Candace loss by pumping harder. If this well School gym available for volley- O’Lett, Jim Wright, Doug Layton, Mary continues for a prolonged period, you ball on Monday evenings from 8 to Parisien, Jackie Morris could collapse and conceivably die. 10 P.M. for adult recreation. Zone B: Roy B. Norton. Margaret The best clothing for hot-weather Anyone who wishes to have informat- Lawrence exercise is naked skin. If you*re in- ion regarding sports in Ottawa South Zone C: Ellis Lindsay, Evelyn Spitzer, doors, underwear is fine. If you are shone E. Lindsag^232-8857. Jenny Wilson, Eric Clemens, Dan Byrne, working in the garden, jogging or 3

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1148 RANK STREET March 1979 OSCAR ALDERMAN Pane 7 MICHELE MACKINNON CAPITAL WARD During the 18 month period since the beginning of the Capital be confirmed). Following the Mitchell and she will be glad to help Ward Neighbourhood Studies, five public meetings, the Committee has you whenever I am not available in or six projects have been started agreed to meet, sometimes 'at City the office. My number at City Hall or proposed which are clearly not Hall and sometimes in the community, is 563-3165 and at home 234-7503. consistent with the direction of every Monday and Tuesday from 1 p.m. Regular meetings which I attend: the Studies. In Ottawa South, to 8 p.m. and on Fridays from 9 a.m. City Council: Every 1st and 3rd there were rumours of a "Pizza Hut", to 4 p.m. This should allow us to Wednesday, 7.30 p.m. a discotheque and a hotel along proceed much more quickly with the Regional Bank Street. In Ottawa East, a studies. Executive: Every 2nd and 4th building permit granted a few years Windsor Park Wednesday, 4.00 p.m. During the budget revisions, ago allowed construction to begin on Community a 24-storey high-rise apartment along funds for Recreation and Parks were Development Lees Avenue. In the Glebe, a fast- reduced and Windsor Park was only Committee: Every Tuesday at allocated $20,000 for repair of food outlet, the Mammputh Burger was 3 p.m. built at Bank and Clemow and con- the tennis courts. It is hoped struction is now under way'for a that the rest of the park will be Transportation muffler shop at Bank and Thornton. developed at a later time. Committee Every 1st and 3rd While all these projects are As well, the City's work yard (RM0C) Wed., 222 Queen - clearly allowed under current zonings, located in Windsor Park is scheduled 1 p.m. they a.re of a nature which many to close by 1981. Capital Ward residents deem to be un- -o-o-o- Social Services desirable or unacceptable in commer- Each elected representative at Committee cial zones immediately adjacent to City Hall has an office and an assis- (RM0C) Every 2nd or 4th residential areas. Thus, at Council's tant, (who usually helps two or three Tuesday - 222 Queen, meeting of February 21st, I put for- alderman). My assistant is Mrs. Toni 1.00 p.m. ward a motion, seconded by Alderman Marlene Catterall, that a holding All these meetings are open and action be passed and remain in effect , the public is invited to attend. At until subsequent by-laws are adopted City Hall, Board of Control meets to implement the recommendations of {SUNOCG; Roy Barber every Tuesday morning and Planning the Capital Ward Neighbourhood Plans. Board, every Thursday at 9.30 a.m. Under the provisions of this SE R VIC E LIMITED FEDERAL act ion: BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT BANK 1. all of Capital Ward is WaSr£^W3Si designated as an area of 'SERVICES Snow Plowing - Road Service demolition control. Tires - Batteries - Accessories • Management Counselling (CASE) 2. a maximum heigh of 35 ft. for new construction is • Management Training established for all of 235-0327 • Information Services Capital Ward. $ ^ 151 SPARKS STREET. SUITE 1012 1063 Bank St. • OTTAWA. ONT. K1P 5E3 3. in the commercial zones, W (613) 237-8430 new operations of the following uses are ex- cluded:

-automobile dealdership, repair or body shop; service station, car wash, gas bar; drive-in rest- aurants and fast-food out- lets; discotheques, pubs, bars and cocktail lounges; hotel, motel, roller skat- ing ring, bowling establish- ment, amusement arcade, passenger terminals, private clubs or lodges, tourist establishment, theater, movie house. My motion was passed unani- mously by Council and the holding action remains in effect until the study of the Neighbourhood plans is completed. It is a temporary action which in no way affects existing uses. The holding action was recommended by the Community Development Committee and endorsed by the Capital Ward Citizens Ad- visory Group (CWCAG). The rep- resentatives from Ottawa South for this group are Alan Gilmore, President of OSCA, Michael Wolfson, Chairman of OSWATCH, Brian Mac- Ateer and Brenda Small. Neighbourhood Study At its meeting of February 20th, the Community Development Committee, of which I am a member, agreed to hold its public meeting on the Ottawa South Neighbourhood Plan on Thursday, April 19th (to Page 8 March 1979 OSCAR by Michael Wolfson The neighbourhood planning pro- cess began in September 1977 when RADICAL MOVES city officials initiated a meeting in the Hopewell school. At that Y 851 BANK ST. OtTAWA K1S3W2 time, the idea of a neighbourhood PHONE (613) 236-2259 study was explained and volunteers E S were encouraged to become involved I T R SPECIALISTS IN in generating a set of proposals SKATEBOARDS RACQUETS RACQUET STRINGING for the Ottawa South community. At G r it the same time, neighbourhood studies H « € îowest stvinaina prices in townl were initiated in Ottawa East, the ve> Glebe, and Westboro. R Y K DAVE SCANLON (MGR) The neighbourhood study was <7. carried on in Ottawa South by five O * « committees. Four resident committ- ees focussed their attention on the r R issues of Land Use, Social Planning, R O Transportation and Recreation, and Bank Street merchants had their own H 17 committee. Each committee generated SIMttN a set of draft recommendations. O ÜT r These draft recommendations O O y? TZeiat/ yCaÉuraf'J'oo<{ô/ore were first presented to the Ottawa J90 7$an/t S/ree/ Ottawa ^ ^ South community in March 1978 at an » open house in the Hopewell school. 236-4020 Well over a hundred people turned out to study the committees1 pro- posals and fill out questionnaires. TÜ4MM ( ( MIANT As a result of ’the comments received at that time, many proposals were So where do we stand now? There altered and new proposals were gen- son" of the rooming house study is are three main documents floating erated. The neighbourhood study the one summarized in this issue around: the final draft neighbour- committees then prepared a revised of OSCAR by city staff. hood plan, the Bank St. Study, and set of recommendations that were City Officials last year also the Single Persons Housing Study. circulated to all households in identified the commercial viability The final draft plan is the document Ottawa South in June 1978 in the of Bank St. as an issue that re- that will be considered by CDC start- form of a newsletter. The news- quired study. Peat, Marwick, and ing on April 19. It includes re- letter also contained some alter- Partners were commissioned to do commendations by the residents' issue native proposals by the staff of this "Bank Street Economic/Market- committees, the merchants' commitee, the Ottawa City Planning Branch. ing Study" which is the other and by city officials of the Planning These proposals were then the study summarized by City staff in this Branch. Included in the Planning subject of a pair of open meet- issue of ©SCAR. Branch portion of the draft are ings on June 20 and 22, 1978. Neither of these two studies were proposals based on the Bank St.and At the time of these. June ready until December 1978. This is Single Person Housing Studies. The purpose of the City's four meetings, it was expected that important to note because Ottawa our draft neighbourhood plan was South residents had basically finished page special in this issue is to going to be considered by City drafting their proposals in June 1978. aquaint you with the main points of the Bank St. and Single Person Hous- politicians before the fall In September 1978, a number of us ing Studies, the position taken on election. However, during the got together to see what was happening summer, the politicians decided to our draft plan. In order to follow them by Planning Branch staff and to defer considering the neigh- up the plan, it was decided to form the residents' portion of the final bourhood plans (Glebe, Ottawa the Ottawa South Working Group with draft of the neighbourhood plan, to East and Westboro as well). the very limited mandate of looking the extent that it already contained Meanwhile, the residents' draft at the technical comments generated relevant proposals. It should be proposals were again amended by during the summer and making approp- obvious that we don't always agree, the issue committees as a result riate minor revisions to the draft and that the responses of the res- of the feedback from the June plan. We completed our revisions idents to the two studies are not meetings. The resulting draft and forwarded them to city officials yet complete. plan was then circulated to to incorporate in "final draft" plan What should happen next? The various city and regional dep- in January 1979. final draft of the neighbourhood artments and relevant organiz- Since the Bank Street and Capital plan is being printed. It should be available several weeks before ations (e.g. fire department, Ward Single Persons Housing Studies Ontario Hydro) to see if they arrived so late, the working group the April 19 CDC sponsored meeting. In the meantime, OSCA via the had any technical comments. decided that it did not have the man- OSWATCH committee is preparing Most of us who had been working date to go back and change the briefs on the Bank St. and Single on the. issue committees took a,, "final draft" of the neighbourhood Persons Housing studies. These break during the summër. plan. Thus, while the residents' briefs will be presented at the During the course of the portion of the draft neighbourhood April 19 meeting, along with more 1977-78 effort, there were two plan contains proposals that are general points for the whole of events that are now having an relevant to these two studies, they the neighbourhood plan. impact on the study process. A represent only a partial response by Of course, OSCA and the Planning major event was the release by residents. Branch would like to hear your re- the City of a report on rooming With the completion of the final actions to the studies as summarized housing that singled out Ottawa draft plan in January, the working by the city staff. South to be rezoned to allow group "disbanded" itself and turned the basic task of monitoring the im- Furthermore, for those of you rooming houses with up to ten who were involved in drafting the roomers. This report was the lementation of the neighbourhood plan, neighbourhood plan, or who upon subject of a very well attended including responding in detail to reading the recommendations find public meeting at the Hopewell the Bank St. and Single Persons Hous- something about which you feel school in November 1977 at which ing Studies over to the Community Association (OSCA). At present strongly, now is the time to get time the city agreed to drop the involved. If you have any questions, recommendations. At the same time OSCA is preparing a response to these two studies. This is in line with comments, or would like to become in- the city initiated a "Capital" volved, write or phone Alan Gilmore, Ward Single Persons Housing Study" the original recommendation made and endorsed last June that a "continuing president OSCA (234-5864) or Michael in order to have a new look at the Wolfson, chairman OSWATCH (233-1450) issues that motivated the original liaison and monitoring committee" rooming house report. This "step- (OSWATCH) be set up in conjunction with OSCA". Pape 9 March 1979 OSCAR «Advertisement paid for by the City of Ottawa

Summary of the Capital WANTED: City of Ottawa Ward Single Person Community Development YOUR Housing Study Department FEEDBACK

In preparing a Capital Ward Study of rooming houses it was decided to consider Your comments are needed on two recently the need of single persons in general along released City of Ottawa Planning Branch with the consideration of the need for reports before proposals stemming from the rooming houses in Capital Ward. The reports are presented to City politicians. results of this examination have shown that The Single Persons Accommodation Study and the increased zoning recommended by the the Bank Street Economic Study are Rooming House Advisory Committee is not summarized below. Copies of the complete appropriate in order to meet the housing reports are available at the Capital Ward needs of single persons in Ottawa South or Planning Office (see below for phone number in Capital Ward. The present report does and address). indicate a need for increased rooming accommodation and other accommodations These two studies have been released which are more affordable for non-family subsequent to the completion of the households (generally one or more single neighbourhood planning proposals. The people) based upon the needs apparent at citizens and merchants previously involved the neighbourhood, ward and City levels. with the Ottawa South Neighbourhood Study have developed preliminary positions on Household Trends and Housing these topics outlined below. The Planning Characteristics: Branch position on each of these studies is also'stated. They would like to hear from Since 1971 non-family households have risen the community before finalizing their to thirty (30%) percent of all Ottawa South proposals. households with single persons households You can make your comments on the increasing from fifteen (15%) percent to citizens1, the merchants* or the Planning eighteen (13%) percent of all households. Branch proposals in one of the following Non- family households have been increasing ways: within the City at a much higher rate. West of Bank Street the majority of single persons are renters but east of Bank Street there are a large number of single persons Phone: (mostly widowers) who own their housing. Equally important is the fact that of the approximately 450 families who rent in the Capital Ward Planning Office Ottawa South, 310 also live west of Bank, at 563-3379. utilizing basically the same accommodations sought by single people. Housing Costs ana Affordability Write: Surveys of rooming house tenants in Capital Ward last year show that forty (40%) your comments and forward them percent of the tenants are paying more than to the above office,- 195 First twenty-five (25%) percent of their income Avenue (at. Bank Street) for their room. All other forms of accommodation available to them are much more expensive than rooms. Sharing of accommodations can assist in providing Visit: affordable housing but there are limited opportunities for this. Cost of accommodation in Ottawa South is not less the office to let us know how expensive than in other parts of Capital you feel (call first to make Ward or the City of Ottawa, but the rate of sure someone will be in). inflation for consumer goods and housing costs have eroded the real incomes of non-family and family households.

Drop-by: The Capital Ward Single Person Housing Study was undertaken by the City of Ottawa in response to an expressed community The Ottawa South Community concern over the following two recommenda- Centre (Old Firehall) on tions of the City-wide report of the Sunnyside Avenue Wednesday March Rooming House Advisory Committee: 14, 1979, (1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. or 7:30 (i) That the R3 zone bounded by the rear p.m. - 9:30 p.m.) of the property lines on the north Staff will be on hand to record side of Sunnyside Avenue to the your comments. Information north, the Rideau River to the east pertaining to the Neighbourhood and south, and the rear of the Study and its proposals will property lines on the east side of also be available. Riverdale Avenue to the west, be changed to a R4 zone, to permit rooming houses as a residential use, provided that accommodation is provided for no more than ten (10) roomers per residential building.

(ii) That a zoning amendment to the standard R4 zones bounded by the Rideau Canal to the north, Bronson Avenue to the west, Rideau River to the south, and the rear of the property lines on the east side of Riverdale Avenue to the rear of the property lines on the north side of Sunnyside Avenue to the east, to permit rooming houses as a residential use, provided that accommodation is provided for no more than ten roomers per residential building. Paçe io March 1979 OSCAR

A. Rooming AccommodationC. Conversions Planning Branch Proposals The number of rooming houses in Capital The conversion restrictions proposed by the For Ottawa South Ward identified in 1976 have decreased Ottawa South Land Use Committee are too twenty-one (21%) percent since that time. strict and would virtually eliminate the Ottawa South presently has seventeen (17) creation of additional rental housing in rooming houses, totalling seventy-eight the neighbourhood. This would increase the 1. That conversion to ownership tenure of ,(78) rooms. Rooms in private homes are market demand for rooms and potentially rental row housing and semi-detached also decreasing in Capital Ward and Ottawa rooming house accommodation throughout units which are under absentée owner- Soutff likely due to a decreased demand Capital Ward by eliminating the creation of ship be prohibited until the innercity among students for rooming accommodation, other kinds of rental accommodation. or city vacancy rate exceeds two (2%) and elderly landlords who decide that percent. having roomers in their home is too much Many dwellings in Ottawa South are too work. Rooming demand will increase in small to permit the creation of additional 2. That single person accommodation be Ottawa South because of the 40% decrease in dwelling units and would impose their own encouraged by permitting the number of the City's rooming house stock since 1975. built in conversion regulation. The The YMCA housing referral office reports existing limitations of By-law AZ-64 on roomers or boarders per single family dwelling to be increased from two to forty (40%) percent of the landlords from conversions already controls wide scale -Capital Ward who offered rooms in 1973 no conversion activity. three in the low density and low longer are offering accommodation. density mixed residential areas of D. Rental Ownership Ottawa South.

The potential loss of rental units in 3. That the conversion restrictions of The university off-campus housing offices Ottawa South now contained in properties Zoning By-law AZ-64 remain unchanged. have enough rooms listed but not enough owned by absentee landlords in rows and shared accommodations to meet a shifting demand. Rooming houses are often utilized semi-detached dwellings is such that by students as a last resort, usually just approximately 300 rental units could be the subject of conversion to ownership tenure. Ottawa South Neighborhood for a few months or weeks until better housing can be arranged. But as the Plan Citizen Proposals problem of affordability of housing increases more people will be looking for some form of rooming accommodation because they can't afford anything else. NOTE: Although the review by residents yf the Single Person Study is net yet The present AZ-64 regulations allow for two completed, the following proposals roomers in R3 and R4 zones. Increasing the are contained in the draft plan and number to three roomers is just one measure are relevant. The rationale for which is needed to provide more affordable these proposals are spelled out in housing for singles and free other housing the draft neighbourhood plan. The stock for renting families. Since few above summary does not necessarily families wish to provide rooms, it is reflect the views of the residents. important that those who wish to do so may provide a greater number. 1. That all households (family and non-family) be allowed to take up to two roomers. The potential for creating additional rooming accoiranodation in private homes at 2. That the definition of non-family low levels (3 rooms or less) exists in all household be made precise and clear. Capital Ward neighbourhoods, making the need for an expanded rooming house stock 3. That conversions (interior alterations unnecessary if this potential is utilized to change the number of dwelling properly. The existing rooming houses are units) be a! lowed for the purpose of needed at the present time by single adding one 45.45 sq. it. (500 square persons but some minimum property standards foot) maximum dwelling unit if there should be applied. are no separate units already con- structed. B. Non-Profit Housing 4. That additions to existing housing be It must be emphasized that there is an allowed for the purpose of increasing increasing danger of existing rental stock living space, or in the case of owner (largely in older dwellings) disappearing, occupancy for a minimum of 5 years, to especially in the case of the single family create a higher dwelling unit density and row dwellings being shared now by small by the addition of one 46.45 groups of single persons. Maintenance and sq. m. (500 square foot) maximum minor expansion of the stock is desirable unit. through the non-profit route expecially. Non-profit organizations provide the 5. That an exception be made to the opportunity for the creation of well-kept, residential conversion proposals to less expensive housing through rehabilita- permit the establishment of a senior tion of existing housing for single citizen's village/ residence. persons, single parents and senior citizens, both of a shared and non-shared basis.

There is no need to create a large influx of additional housing in Capital Ward to meet the needs of the present rental population but there is a need to: (a) maintain the present rental stock; (b) increase the number of rental units within the present stock.

On the scale that would be realized, neither of these measures represent a serious threat to the present family orientation which exists in most of the ward. March 1979 OSCAR Advertisement paid for by the City of Ottawa pape H 1

retail space that could be supported, the Summary of the Bank St. density and building height limits required for that given amount of development, Economic/Marketing Study planning measures that shoula be considered by the City to encourage each level of development, and the costs and benefits of each level. These three degrees of An economic study of Bank Street between development are labelled "Stabl izat ion the Queensway and the Rideau River was Level1'-. "Moderate Growth Level", and "High undertaken by the Planning Branch of the Growth Level". City of Ottawa with the assistance of a firm of consultants as part of the The Stab!izat i on Level represents the neighbourhood planning program in Capital existing situation on Bank Street. This Ward. level is not really a "do-nothing" approach, as some of the trends indicate The first phase of the 'tudy, completed by that, left unchecked, development may occur the Planning Branch, was a market analysis in an undesirable fashion. This level is designed to determine the viability of generally characterized by a moderate retailing in general on Bank Street and to reduction in density, maintenance of the estimate the amount, of retail space that existing building scale, and rehabilitation Capital Ward might be able to support. of existing properties. If this Level of This complex study of population growth, retail space were achieved, the total spending characteristics of the people in amount of retail space and the combination the area, the strength of competing of regional and local stores would remain shopping centres such as Billings Bridge as they are today. The City of Ottawa Planning Branch has Plaza, the types of stores that currently evaluated the three estimated levels of exist on Bank Street, and a review of The Moderate Growth Level would permit some retail space as presented in the retail trends generally indicates that many increase in the amount of retail space on of the retail businesses on Bank Street are consultant's report, based on the various Bank Street in both the Glebe and Ottawa costs that would be incurred and the viable.' Local retail businesses (for South, and would encourage use of the benefits that would be realized. The example, drug stores), which represent the second storeys of buildings for residential following is a summary of the position majority of store types in the Glebe, are purposes. If this level of retail space taken by the Planning Branch and a currently viable operations. Ottawa wore achieved, tne local and specialized preliminary position taken by the Ottawa South's most prominent, and most thriving regional character of the Glebe would be South Neighbourhood study Land Use and businesses are generally cf the regional or reinforced, and the Ottawa South portion of Merchant's Committees. Some of these speciality retail nature (such as drapery Bank Street would take on a definite proposals do not directly relate to the stores or speciality women's wear). Recent regional retail character. consultant's report, but are relevant to market trends and economic projections Bank Street. indicate that we cannot expect additional sales generated by local residents to Planning Branch Proposals for Ottawa South warrant expansion of the local retail function. They also demonstrate that 1. That the Moderate Growth Level of pressure for expansion of land- extensive development as identified in the regional retail establishments (i.e., auto consultants' report on Bank Street be sales, gas bars) in the- Ottawa South supported. This is interpreted to portion of Bank Street seems likely to mean an additional potential of continue, unless the municipality 5574.18 square meters - 6503.21 square intervenes. meters (60-70,000 square feet) of retail space and a possible 9290.30 Based on the results of the market square meters - 18570.60 square meters analysis, an examination of the businesses (100,000 - 200,000 square feet) of on Bank Street, the pressure for residential space (150-200 units). redevelopment, and the role cf Bank Street in the community, the consultants looked at the potential future of retail space on Bank Street. Pressure for change along Bank 2. This potential increase in space can Street's mile and a half strip of retail be accommodated witr. a maximum businesses is evident. Factors which floorspace on Bank Street between the contribute to this pressure include the Rideau Canal and the River cf one and rapid growth of shopping centres and the one-half (1.5) times the lot area and development of new ones, the turnovervof a building height limit of 13.72 retail businesses on Bank Street, and the meters (45 feet). location of Bank Street between the influence of downtown Ottawa in the north 3. Allow an increase in the scale of and the highrise complexes and the Billings existing buildings but with a minimal Bridge Shopping Plaza on the south. disruptive effect on the surrounding residential area. Rear yard requirements should take into account * the provision of adequate sun/daylight to the abutting residential areas but should also reflect the existing compact scale of development along Bank Street.

4. Restrict retail uses and personal service businesses to grade level space.

5. Restrict professional and general office space to grade plus 1 (second storey) and above.

6. Encourage residential development at grade plus 1 and above througn the use of bonuses such as a reduction in parking space requirements.

7. Regional land extensive uses would not be permitted betweeen the Rideau Canal The problem that must be resolved.is how to and Rideau River. These include such deal with this pressure in a posit’ve way; uses as car dealers, drive-in how to control the change and improve the restaurants, gas stations and outdoor markets. area to the benefit of the residential and business community. If the controls are 8. Encourage a mix of local retail (e.g. too restrictive, deterioration will likely arug store, butcher) and small-scale result. On the other hand, development to The High Growth Level would permit a speciality regional uses art shop, reverse deterioration without control will significant increase in retail space and probably mean changes to the low-scale some increase in density. It would favour antique store) between the Canal and the River. character cf the street. redevelopment over renovation. If this level of retail space were achieved, the Based on the results of ttie market local and specialized retail character of 9. Restrict entertainment uses north of Sunnyside Avenue to their existing analysis, the consultants have identified the Glebe would be reinforced, and the floorspace. Entertainment uses south three levels of development that could be Ottawa South portion of Bank Street would of Sunnyside except restaurants would , realized on Bank Street. Fcr each cf tnese become an important focus of regional be considered non-conforming. levels they have identified the amount of retail uses. March 1979 Advertisement paid for by the City of Ottawa OSCAR Page 12

10. That the Planning Branch is e) Discotheques, roller rinks, considering ways of reducing parking amusement arcades and bowling requirements for retail uses along 1anes ; older strip commercial areas and that when approved these reductions be f) Cocktail lounges and bars. applied to retail redevelopment along Bank Street. 11. That the supply/demand of parking space be monitored along this stretch 8. That the creation of a Ottawa South of Bank Street. Business Improvement Area be encouraged. Ottawa South Merchants Committee Proposals 9. That area merchants and residents work 1. That the existing Cl-a commercial zone together to revitalize Bank Street. not be expanded nor decreased in area. As well the floor space index should 10. That the owners of any vacant lots on remain at two. Bank Street be approached in order to make these lots available for parking. 2. That in keeping with the scale of the A visual barrier should be provided area, and taking into account for such lots similar to that for the shadowing problems, a height limit of L.C.B.0: in the Glebe. 19.76 square meters (65 feet) be imposed. 11. That the city be urged to alter its parking requirements for new 3. That a lease be negotiated between the commercial developments to better City and O.C. Transpo to make the lot recognize specific characteristics and at the corner of Bank and Grove requirements of different available for customer parking. communities. 12. That the City provide the Community 4. That one hour parking be allowed on Association with a detailed accounting Willard Avenue during the hours of of "cash-in- lieu" payments received 7:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. and non-conforming parking exemptions and credits for commercial properties 5. That the Parking By-law be reviewed on Bank Street. with the intent of lessening the commercial parking requirements for 13. - That unless there is a firm strip commercial areas. undertaking by the City to acquire property or parking space on Bank 6. That the City's cash-in-lieu policy be Street by 1980, no cash-in-lieu amended to keep such payments for use payments should be accepted. in the vicinity of the affected business or property in Ottawa South. 14. That existing on-street parking ba maintained. 7. That a "T" (transitional) zone be created on both sides of Bank Street 15. That the proposed commercial parking between the Rideau Canal and the lot at Bank and Grove be implemented Rideau River with a depth of 30.4 only if implementation is possible meters (100 feet) from the rear without routing additional buses on boundary of the commercial zone. The residential streets. "T" zone is particularly necessary if parking requirements are not 16. That the City repeal the provision of modified. the parking code which credits the new owner of a commercial property with 8. That the merchants attempt to the parking exemptions of the former establish a Business Improvement Area use whenever a change of use has on Bank Street covering the entire occurred. commercial area between the Rideau Canal and River.

That the commercial activity on Bank Street be restricted to the existing area (no *T' zone) with the exception that the following properties currently zoned commercial be rezoned to a low density mixed residential land use. . Ottawa South Neighborhood a) The property between Elaine's Pubs' parking lot and the Precious Plan Citizen Proposals Blood Convent:

b) The property to the rear of Lewis NOTE: Although the review by residents of Motors fronting on Cameron Avenue the Single Person Study is not yet and extending to Willard Avenue; completed, the following proposals are contained in the draft plan and c) The property to the rear of are relevant. The rationale for Hillary Cleaners. these proposals are spelled out in the draft neighbourhood plan. The That a Floor Space Index not exceeding above summary does not necessarily 2.0 be maintained along Bank Street reflept the views of the residents. but that a height limit not exceeding 13.72 meters (45 feet) be imposed to 1. The Continuing Liaison/Monitoring protect the existing scale and Committee of the Community Association character of the community. respond in detail to the Bank Street Study. That a use restriction be placed on the Cl-a zone along Bank Street to 2. That a “focal point" business(es) is prohibit the expansion or redevelop- identified and that "walk by" trade be ment of any of the following uses: solicited to complement the focal point. a) Auto dealerships, repair and body shops;

That once a plan is made locating b) Gas stations, gas bars, and car clusters of complementary shops, washes ; implement it by attracting needed îïisivVw-'!? businesses. c) Drive-in restaurants and high turnover convenience restaurants; tMliSv Encourage upgrading of upper storeys for commercial or residential uses. d) Hotels and motels; MîsfeMFæ Page 13 March 1979 ObCAR r\ Talking with BUSINESS PROBLEMS 9 the OBE Call by Michael McKenna

To say that communication be- tween parents and the Ottawa Board of Education can be found lacking would be an understatement. The CASE Trustees are aware of the problem; COUNSELLING ASSISTANCE TO and the parents are frustrated by it. SMALL ENTERPRISES Facing the prospect of amalgamation Small business is an integral, important in one way or another with the Carle- part of our economic system, and ton Board one can say the situation despite dire predictions that it cannot may worsen. Solutions, however, must compete any longer in a world of giants, be found. Reacting, the OBE has there is irrefutable statistical evidence that recently formed a Task Force on it is here to stay. It has been reported that nearly Communications. The mandate given half of Canada's labour force works in small business. to the chairman, Trustee Robert It seems that almost everyone at some time has Belanger, includes press relations, thought about starting a small business! The thought of being the role of the Information Office your own boss; the prospect of making a profit; the freedom of of the Board, and the Community action are all powerful motivating factors. Going into business Liaison Committee. involves risk, however, and that is where CASE can help you! At CASE, we have a large number of keen, successful, former business people, Another development is the who not only possess expertise, but who have a strong desire to be of service to creation of a Committee, chaired by small-business people. Those already in business, and possibly even in financial Trustee Don Francis, to study the difficulties, can benefit greatly from the counselling of people who already possibility of electing Trustees have been “through the miH”. on a ward basis. In my opinion, 1) CASE provides sound, practical advice on how to plan a new business or to this matter is related to communi- effect improvements in production and costing, purchasing, inventory control, cation with the parents and ward pricing, sales promotion, bookkeeping, financial analysis and planning, and other business areas. elections would provide much alleviation. 2) CASE counsellors visit you at your convenience, right at your home or place of business. Both the Committee and the Task Force are directed by the 3) Your CASE counsellor will send you a confidential written report of his findings and recommendations. Board to ask for community response through Home and School Associations THE COST TO YOU IS MINIMAL, THE BENEFIT IS GREAT! and School Advisory Committees. For further information contact CASE COUNSELLING Trustees Belanger (745-5223) and 151 Sparks St. Suite 1005 238-6253 Frances (238-7730) or me (233-3058). A SERVICE OF FBDB

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J204 JMrHjPUL HYZ. 522-6734 (former location oj Bed oj Rose's ) Page 14 March 1979 OSCAR credit cards are accepted and take-out service is available - even for the 50I3P T0 NUTS house specialties. Our bill with tip By James Mabbutt My wife and I began our meal with and tax came to $15.75 for two. sizzling rice soup ($2.95 for 2-3 per- With the approach of the Chinese sons, a house special). This inter- New Year (it began on January 28 esting dish consists of rice scraped bringing in the year of the JRam), my from the pan over which is poured hot wife and 1 thought we would sample soup broth (this creates the sizzle) the cooking of one of several Chinese to which are added ham, chicken, LANSDOWNE ESSO restaurants which have opened in shrimp and various Chinese vegetables. Ottawa South in the last few years. The soup was delicious - just the Roy Rump PROP We chose to visit the HAPPY FOUR thing for a cold winter night 1 RESTAURANT at 1300 Bank Street near Afterwards we had chicken casserole 1050 Bank St .Ottawa the intersection of Riverdale. This yuma style ($4.50) — boneless chunks restaurant opened about three years of chicken and bamboo shoots in a 234-5843 ago. brown sauce. This was very tasty and The sign over the door is in Eng- quite mild. We also ordered fish lips lish and Chinese indicating that both with mixed vegetables ($4.95). This Canadian-style Chinese food and more house specialty consists of fish lips traditional Chinese cooking are of- - which are exactly that - served with And staff thank the residents of fered. However, the restaurant spec- snow peas, mushrooms, onions and Ottawa South for their patronage the ializes in authentic Szechuan and turnip. The lips are brown in col- past three years. Cantonese cooking. our and require good teeth as they Inside, the restaurant is simply are very chewy. I understand that Due to retail changes bv Imperial but colourfully decorated with a full they may not be available much longer Oil we -are forced to move to Pine- mirror along one wall. The menu is because import of this product has crest Fsso, divided into two parts: authentic been restricted. 1037 Piuecrest at Queenswav cuisine from the provinces of China Tea was served throughout the meal in the first part and Canadian Chi- and fluffy white rice accompanied nese food in the second part. The the main dishes in great quantity. latter offers standard egg rolls, (The rice was cold when it first ar- o* chop suey and fried rice so we con- rived but it was immediately replaced fined our selections to the first with piping hot rice ). part. HAPPY FOUR RESTAURANT offers The restaurant was very crowded a number of house specialties appar- when we entered. A group of Chinese ently not offered elsewhere in Ottawa. occupied the two large tables - al- These include Monoolia beef (very ways a sign of good Chinese food! spicy slices of beef), pork served Service was thus quite slow with a with miniature pancakes and a chicken delay of 45 minutes between taking casserole. our order and serving the meal. How- Items from Szechuan on the "authen- ever, we were kept supplied with hot tic” menu tend to be very spicy. This Chinese tea while waiting and the is indicated on the menu but the chef food itself was well worth the wait. HAPPY FOUR RESTAURANT is open will alter the spices in any dish to every day for lunch and dinner with cater to individual taste. luncheon specials. It is not licensed*

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841 BANK ST at HOURS OF BUSINESS 5th AVE in the Monday- Friday 9—8 GLEBE Saturday 9—6 233-0879 March 1979 OSCAR Rage 15 WIGOS BUSY City Recycling Budget Chopped? by Hazel Mackenzie by Doyne Ahern Board of Contrôlas discussions on the Got a MATCH? if not, whv not? budget are held in camera so it is fvo, not a match to burn the' f inners. difficult to determine the details of T but one that warms the heart and the City s budget for tin and glass lights up the faces in a small village. recycling depots. $34*000 had been MATCH International Centre is the allocated by City Officials but is name of a Canadian concept in inter- believed to have been cut in half, with national development, creating links $17,000 going to communities willing to between women here and women all over start their own recycling depot, similar the world. Why women? Because basic SAVE THAT BOTTLE - AND ENERGY TOOI to Glebe IGA Volunteer Recycling Depot. development issues of food, water, Glass -waste in garbage takes The remaining $17,000 is believed to be fuel and sanitation are almost solelv approximately 7$ by dry weight. In for use in maintaining the present system the concern of women in developing our area we can eliminate that 7% with the 3 city works yard depots countries; hecause development plans by taking it to the Glebe IGA Re- (Woodward at Clyde, Percy at Catherine, that have not. included women have so cycling depot where it is collected St. Laurent at Innés), plus our own often failed; and because throuoh and hauled to a glass-making plant community depot and the monthly pick- women's participation, there can be in Montreal. Approximately 10 to up at Riverside Heights. This money a fundamental improvement in the life 12% of broken glass, called cullet, would last for about 6 months and would of the children, the family, the is required by the industry to make presumably be replaced by the community entire community. new glass. In the United States depots. MATCH matches needs with resources. glass is now manufactured with 100$ If this report is true, will the City AVomen in developing countries send cullet which means furnace tempera- spend money to advertise the situation tures can be reduced from 1500°C project requests to MATCH. Match . n to Ottawa communities? If communities then seekscppifc thetvio supportcnnnnvt funds* . requested toaa ^900°C.ell as Notraw materialsonly energy but is haul-saved do not respond, will we still have re- from among Canadian women's groups. as well as raw materials, but haul- cycling depots? It is understandable If a group can raise one quarter of age costs are reduced since cullet that the City would prefer to pick up the funds needed, MATCH will apply is usually close at hand. If glass tin and glass from volunteer depots to C IDA AGO for the other three is thrown out it takes up valuable where workers wages do not have to be quarters. And the MATCH is completel earth space, contaminates the soil paid since volunteers check all the At a recent meet inn of WIGOS and is no good to anyoneI material. (Women’s Interest Croup of Ottawa HELP REDUCE HAMILTON»S AIR POLLUTION In looking at the $34*000 it is well to South), Michelle yuenneville fired Tins constitute about 7% of our bear in mind that the cost of dumping our enthusiasm to such a pitch that garbage by weight. Again, in our voluntary collections of tin and glass several members of the croup have area through the Glebe IGA Recycling in the dump site is not deducted. decided to try to help a group of Depot, tin can be collected and ship- If this were done, our 1977 figure of women in hquador. IfT& you are inspired. . ped• bo Hamilton where the tin coating $22,693 would be reduced to $15,780. Totn hpinneip, nniicall rhni.fChristine ' c^a rbert. , ati is removed, . and„ the, steel and tin re- (1978 figures are not available for 234-7469. used in manufacturing more cans. comparison) $34*000 includes rising Future Fridav mornino speakers One way to look positively at the tin labour and fuel costs but could scheduled are as follows: can you might throw away is to real- probably be reduced if the City did March 9 Mabbi Bulka ize that by saving it you cut down on not spend expensive time in crushing March 16 Sex Counselling air pollution when steel is recycled. glass at Rideau Yard. It is well too March 23 bpring break, no meeting Another angle on the problem is that that we spend over $2,100,000 each March 30 Children's aid Society our tin imports from the Far East and year in dumping our garbage including April 6 Ann Squire, Women in Australia cost Canada $1^000 per the hidden costs of pollution clean- Religion metric ton iso we can reduce import up involved. If you wish to find out April 13 Good Friday - no meeting costs. more about the Recycling Budget, check April 20 WHAT ELSE CAN WE DO? Monica Townsend - Center T with your elected representatives. for Inflation and Produc- Vieil, there s vegetable peelings, tivity rubber bands, dried up pens, rusty April 27 Steve Lanodon - Economics mail-boxes-the garbage list is end- of multinationals less and horrible - but we *11 deal Natural Food Mav Eleanor Burwell - Women with organic wastes and other tidbits and Ageing next month. In the meantime, please at the May il ''ileen Aikeson - Ottawa share your ideas with us on how to reduce our weekly waste. Phone Hazel Tenants Council Wizards' Mackenzie 236-9054* and more yet to he announced! by Julie LeGrand IT’S TRUE THAT THEY A new natural food restaurant G lashan Horn ecominn HAVE OTTAWA’S LARG- will open early in May*at the EST STOCK OF OUT OF site of the old Rustic Furniture PRINT PHILOSOPHY, Outlet. The restaurant will be GLASHAN ALUMNI; Everyone welcome SOCIOLOGY, PSYCHOLO- named Wizards and will feature to HOMECOMING! Two whole weeks of GY à POLITICAL SCIENCE 88^ square feet of stained glass nostalgic, fun-filled activities BUT THEY ALSO as well as engraved mirrors and beginning May 10. WE NEED YOU. We HAVE EDUCATION, carved artifacts, portraying the HISTORY,CANADIANA, also need old awards, cups, crests, fantasy theme. Jerry Howitt of trophies, report cards, notebooks, EVERYDAY PAPER- Mandala Glassworks is creating BACKS; GOOD LITER- textbooks, etc., for display. To the stained glass panels. donate, help or otherwise partici- ATURE, S.F. AND OTHER MISCELLANEA. "Back to basics" is the way pate, please call the school at that Robert Avila described his 563-2264 or Mrs. Raney at 238-6029. asa venture. The menu will stress "natural foods", but will not be primarily vegetarian. Wizards HAPPY BIRTHDAY SCHOLARS will seat 75-85 and will be li- censed by the LCBO. HA PPYBIRTHDAYHAPPYBIICTHDAYHAPPYBIRTH BOOKSTORE! February 26 was a big day for Harry 1126 BANK ST. (AT HOPEWELL) Johnson of 7 Willard Avenue. He turned 1001 But asked the inevita- STOP THE PRESS, IMPORTANT NEWS ITEM ble question, how does it feel, he FOUND: four keys on an NDP key chain For the indefinite future, OSCAR has answered, "Like Hell." Nevermind. near Scholar's Bookstore. Call 233- decided to publish SHORT want ads Ottawa south is proud of you and we 7459 to retrieve them. wish you a HAPPY BIRTHDAY. for the deserving OTTAWA SOUTH APARTMENT for rent - 1 bedroom, in residents. Call Stu Ritchie, 234- Ottawa South, equipped. Ouiet mature 4420 to take advantage of this offer. adult preferred. S235/mo. 236-4210. Page 16 March 1979 OSCAR Ottawa needs a convention centre BOB DE COTRET Member of Parliament now. The health of the central core Ottawa Centre of our city is in serious danger—. largely as a result of massive federal government moves from our city. Unless immediate action by the var- When you need assistance or informa* ious levels of government is taken tion, give us a call or drop into the consti- to alleviate some of the existing problems, worsening conditions will tuency office. My staff and I cire there to help force many who should properly pros- you and provide guidance when you have per in the core area of the city to questions concerning federal affairs such close down or move out. The reali- as: zation of a convention centre pro- posal would be a timely one because immigration increased activity, both commercial federal grants and cultural, is essential to insure unemployment insurance an active centre core. The development of a convention passports centre in the downtown core would citizenship provide significant benefits to all and other federal programs which concern members of our community. I have you. suggested on numerous occasions in recent weeks that such a development be located so as to assist as many as possible in our central core. It / is for this reason that I favor the Ottawa Centre Constituency Office building of a convention centre on the pareel of land bounded by yueen, 316 O’Connor (at Frank) 238-1652 Bob de Cotret, M. P. Albert and O'Connor Streets. Such a Ottawa Centre location would be of substantial benefit to merchants on Bank and Elgin Streets and the Sparks Street Mail. The effect on those in the hotel and restaurant business would also be significant. The resulting increased employment opportunities for those who reside in Ottawa South and other parts of Ottawa Centre House of Era would do much to maintain our down- town as a thriving residential community. The erection of a convention 1218 Bank St. centre will add a new dimension to the life of our downtown, but we 521-7237 must act nowi Only then can we attempt to maintain a thriving and vibrant central core. INAUGURAL MEETING FOR ABC by Lindsay Sixthren N The Association for Bright Children, known as ABC, Ottawa Chapter, had its inaugural meeting on February 20th. ABC is a provincial non-profit-making organization which is open to anyone Antiques interested in the needs and develops ment of bright and gifted children. With the payment of a membership fee, an Ottawa Chapter member will ••• fif automatically receive the quarterly newsmagazine from the provincial body. Some of the aims of ABC are to discuss ways of developing the talents Stuff and of handling the problems of gifted children in childhood and adolescence, to urge educational administrators and educators themselves to provide appro- priate programs which offer challenges 1095 Bank Street, Ottawa to bright, highly motivated children, (613) 234-9070 and to sponsor or organize meetings for parents, teachers and administra- tors who are associated with these children. If anyone is interested in devel- Professional Refinishing, Restoration and Upholstering on premises oping a better understanding of the bright child and his or her needs, the next meeting will be held at Open — Tuesday - Friday 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. Merivale High School on March 15 at 8:00 P.M. Saturday - Sunday 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. ^yCnUques ^Bought and Sold

V, ■■ March 1979 OSCAR Rage 17 This questionnaire was designed to If you are that sort of person, The Beginning find out how the teens themselves either adult or teen, the teens need feel about their community and you. If you will help to fill this and The End?? community association, as well as need, please call me at 234-5708 or by Arlene Harkema what activities and events they Ted Beaton, 563—3306. I assure you The Social Environment Committee would like to see offered at the that the responsibility for the teen has been sponsoring courses and special Firehall. The rationale behind this program would not be yours entirely. events at the Firehall for almost a year, was a teen program could not function Members of the SEC and individual As you are probably aware, the number without the input of the teens. resource people in the community are and variety of these programs for pre- Of the 70 questionnaires distri- willing to assist however possible. school, six to twelve years, and adults buted 14 were returned. The majority If you are not willing to give it a has been extremely good3 an area which of these 14 believe the community asso- try the teen program will meet a quiet has sadly lacking attention, however, is ciation has an important role to play but inglorious end before it has a the teen group. in their lives. On a less positive note, chance to begin, Last September I volunteered, in con- these same people do not feel a "sense of junction with my studies at Carleton to belonging" in the community, nor do they attempt to develop a viable teen program believe the adults in Ottawa South care at the Firehall. To date this attempt about them as people. has met with little success0 This leads me to believe that the The October issue of OSCAR carried teens in Ottawa South can be reached a short explanation of my first step by the Community Association and, in this task. A questionnaire was more importantly they want to be developed and distributed to approx- reached, but the adults must take the imately 70 teens in Ottawa South. first steps0 One social event for the teens has occurred since the questionnaire was analyzed. The SEC sponsored a Valen- tines Dance on February 16. The result was dismal; a total of four teens, two from outside Ottawa South, attended. The dance was advertised on four radio stations, the two newspapers, the Firehall bulletin board and posters in the community. In spite of this advertising few people knew about the dance. Why? What did we not do? These questions bring me back to DO IT YOURSELF the title of this article. I am resigning as co-ordinator of teen WORKSHOPS programs, partially because my studies are no longer remotely connected with the teen group. The major reason, by Josephine Munro however is that I obviously am not in A Solarium? A Sun-room? A Greenhouse? touch with this age group. I do care Yes, it’s an attractive idea but how about them as people but that is not much would it cost? And where could enough. The teens need someone who I put it? Didn’t I read somewhere does care, who does know them, and that plants can be grown year round who does understand them and their even in the Ottawa Area? And is it attitudes, interests, and so on. possible that an addition to my house could actually be a source of extra heat on cold winter days? Where on Interiors by earth do I start? To be frank, do I have the necessary skills to see this sort of project through? Ayoub If you are still with me, you may well be interested in a group that is Div. of 355275 Ontario Ltd. hoping to answer these & similar ques- tions. Because the search is on for people keen to participate this sum- CUSTOM " \ mer in rbands on" workshops in green- UPHOLSTERY house construction; people both & DRAPERIES 731-5466 without the necessary skills. Essentially the idea is to provide a CARPETS 1198 Bank St^ forum for learning, to expose as many CERAMICS people as possible to the practical aspects of building. Successful 2- day workshops ran this February in wood heat and wood stove installa- IS YOUR CHIMNEY A SLEEPING FIRE BOMB? tion indicated two things; that people are looking for information on appropriate tools and technology Dirty chimneys can and do explode into roaring fires. ^jj J ^ # and for contact with others who feel |l The popularity of fireplaces and the return to solid fuels is increasing the fire hazard. strongly about being more self suffi- cient and more in control of their In 1977, 40,000 chimney fires cost North Americans $23 million. environment. Maybe it is time to polish up those skills. Fire protection professionals recommend an annual chimney cleaning. M The group presently testing the PROTECT YOUR LOVED ONES — NOW feasibility of holding workshops on various topics this year is known as Reach into the past and enjoy a visit from a chimney sweep dressed in the mystical top hat the Conserver Society Products, a non- profit co-operative located on Clar- and tails but using the most advanced technology for a guaranteed clean job and a sater chimney. ence Street. In order to seek out A OMSON OF SIR MICHAEL MANAGEMENT interested parties, a questionnaire (P.D. (the first of two) has been drawn up Chimney Sweeps 1*1 l and is now on hand at the Firehall. 829-2813 • Hopefully your appetite has been whetted. Do contact us if it has. in March 1979 OSCAR Page 18 ouc MK MIC HERITAGE HUGH CORKE AUTOMOTIVE SERVICE LTD

by Nancy Boss (Beside Dairy Queen) There is history in Ottawa South. The city of Ottawa got its name and its first coat of arms at the sugges- GENERAL AUTO REPAIRS tion of a Sparks Street hardware merchant named George Hay, who lived Fully Reconditioned & Warrented in the graceful stone home at 700 Echo Drive. The Hay home, then known USED CARS as "Echo Bank*’ is better known in this area as the former Cuban Embassy, the site of a 1972 bomb scare, and is one of three homes in Ottawa South on 1270 Bank St 521 6523 Ottawa»s priority list for heritage designation. The second area home on this list is the Williams house at : one ot 96 Southern Drive, a clapboard-covered house believed to date from the 1830» s and located on the lands of Lewis Williams, one of the earliest settlers in the area. The third potential heritage home in Ottawa South is the brick house with gingerbread trim at 32 Cameron Avenue. Two hundred and forty-seven city properties are being investigated for heritage designation; according to Ottawa heritage planner Clifford Ham, In addition to the three Ottawa South homes already on the list, there are other homes in the area which may be recommended for heritage designation following the completion of research Claude Bennett and the establishment of precise dates MPP Ottawa South of construction. These are 149 Hopewell Avenue, 102 Hopewell Avenue, 66 Barton Avenue, 305 Sunnyside Avenue and 17 Belmont v Avenue. Potential heritage properties are The Ottawa South constituency office is evaluated using architectural and historic criteria, e.g. whether a located in the lower level of the tower building building has unique architectural at Billings Bridge Plaza. Feel free to give Jean features or whether a historic personnage lived there. But in Bushfield or Donna Houlton a call for informa- essence designating a property tion, assistance or to set up a meeting with me. "Heritage" is to say it has unique significance to the community and that, according to Mr. Ham, is Office Hours: 9-12 - 1-4 necessarily a subjective process. 1 ■ For each of the 247 properties a complete research package must be preparedo 733-6801 2323 Riverside Dr., Billings Bridge Plaza B4, K1H 7X4 Researchers delve into old fire in- surance atlases, because detailed Of the replies sent in, many were plans were made up for properties REPORT FRCM QUEEN» S PARK signed, while other constituents for insurance purposes. City direc- attached qualifying letters, partic- tories are studied, as well as city The newest session of the Provincial Legislature will begin early in March, ularly regarding Question 1, Most assessment records, legal records, stated that the Government of Ontario newspaper clippings and other sources. and as your representative from Ottawa South, I have been actively seeking has a duty to protect its own workers, After the city staff prepares the and should do whatever is required to research package for a property, your viewpoint on seme of the key- issues affecting us here in Eastern carry out that mandate. However, there it makes a statement of recommenda- was a strong view that negotiations tion which goes to LACAC, (Local Ontario. Based on the calls and letters should continue between the two provinces, Architectural Conservation Advisory and if possible, end restrictive legis- Committee), then to the Community which I have been receiving I in- cluded a four-part questionnaire in lation of this type on both sides of the Development Committee and finally to i Ottawa River. City Council. my most recent NEt’BLEJTER, .to^ which the response has been gratifying. This position is the one taken by the City Council must advertise its Eastern Ontario Government caucus, and intention to designate a property The NEWSLETTER goes to about 28,000 homes, and I have received just over has been in turn accepted by the Ont- "heritage", giving the owner of the ario Cabinet. Talks are continuing to property the right to appeal. If 1200 completed replies, or about a 5% return. take place between my collègue Dr. there is a conflict, the owner is Robert Elgie, Minister of Labour, and entitled to a hearing before a s^nînnanc^of thé building, and the his counterpart, The Honourable Pierre- Conservation Review Board, The Marc Johnson from Quebec. It is our Board makes a recommendation to City owner cannot demolish the building without approaching Council first. sincere hope that an amicable conclusion Council, which then makes the final will be reached before our Legislation decision. Plaques will be available for those owners who would like them, and grants is enacted. Once a property has received Again, I very much appreciate receiving designation, the owner must approach of five thousand dollars are available every two years to owners for the your views and concerns, and will relay City Council before making any alter- them to my Cabinet colleagues as we ations which would affect the heritage restoration and maintence of these special buildings. debate these and the other issues directly concerning this area of the Province. March 1979 OSCAR Page 19 AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL PRETORIA BRIDGE APPROACHES by Sue Hill The name of Amnesty International is pretty veil known. You may see it in the paper as a source for informa- tion on yet another news story'- about torture or imprisonment. Those news releases and the research for them The Transportation Committee of the Regional Municipality of come from, the international secretar- Ottawa-Carleton has scheduled a public hearing on the approaches iat in London, England. But Amnesty to the reconstructed Pretoria Avenue Bridge, from Queen is based on the work of individuals Elizabeth Drive, Elgin Street and Colonel By Drive, on Tuesday, all over the world and that includes 27 March 1979 at 7:00 p.m. in the Executive Committee Conference Ottawa South. Amnesty began when an Room, 14th floor, 222 Queen Street. (The matter of the actual international lawyer who had pleaded replacement of the Pretoria Bridge and its immediate approaches for the lives and freedom of people has been dealt with previously.) unjustly imprisoned, oft,en without charge or trial at the whim of a The plans describing the proposal for the approaches to the dictatorial state, looked carefully at Pretoria Avenue Bridge at the locations identified above are the Universel Declaration of Human available for inspection in the office of the Transporation Rights. In that United Nations Commissioner, 12th floor, 222 Queen Street, Ottawa Ontario, document, approved and even ratified during normal office hours (8:30 to 4:30 p.m.). by many countries in the world, it n states that No one shall be subjected This hearing is in accordance with the Municipal Act RSO 1970 to arbitrary arrest, detention or exile, Chapter 284 Sections 443 and 446; to permit the Transportation and that " everyone is entitled in full Committee to hold this hearing, any person who wishes to be heard equality to a fair and public hearing on this matter is required to give notice of such intention in by an independent and impartial tribunal writing not later than the 19th day of March 1979 to: But many countries, while giving lip service to these ideals, in fact were Secretary, violating the Universal Declaration of Transportation Committee, Human Rights everyday. Peter Benenson, The Regional Municipality of Ottawa-Carleton the founder of Amnesty International, 222 Queen Street, 14th floor, began by asking people to write polite Ottawa, Ontario. and courteous letters to heads of state reminding then of the Declaration of Human Rights and appealing for the freedom and the lives of those being held unjustly. The organization began with an article in a newspaper in May 1961 and has grown since then to an Mary Jo Woollam international network of over 700,000 Secretary members who live in over 100 countries Transportation Committee in all parts of the world. (563-2810) The local AI group which meets the second Tuesday of every month at the Friends* Meeting House on Fourth Ave- I nue has for years been writing letters ' J to and on behalf of a Marxist teacher School News EJMcCart who was held for over 13 years without For many people in the Ottawa charge or trial in Indonesia and for South area, Saint Margaret Mary a Ukrainian poet who has just finished School, because of its location a six year sentence in a labour camp tucked in between Bank and Riverdale, he DOUGALL’5 and is now in Siberia. A number of is not as noticeable as Hopewell, the individuals are part of the Urgent large public school at Sunnyside and BARBER SHOP Action network. They write several Bank. Nevertheless we hav been serv- times a month to governments who use ing Catholic students in the area for torture as a means of intimidation to almost half a century. We are a small ask for the health and safety of those school of 150 students from junior Senior Citizen recently arrested in the hope that kindergarten to grade six. At a time letters from outside the country may when schools in the central area of Rates keep the detained person from ill Ottawa seem in danger of closing for treatment. lack of students we are holding our Wed, Thur, Fri In the light of this evidence of own, mostly because of the number of 8- 9 $3.00 manTs inhumanity to man, what good do young families moving into the neigh- 9- 10 $3.50 a few letters and some petitions do? bourhood. Why ruin a perfectly good Tuesday A particularly interesting feature evening with harrowing stories and PHOWE 238-l3<»2. of our school is the bilingual program why bother with polite letters to 1096 BANK government leaders on a power trip begun four years ago, in which child- ren from the age,of five study French who find it essential to maintain for half a day and English for the their position with secret police and ^ * E * E. -» r jr JC electric shocks? To do nothing and other half. Each year a grade has Ottawa Women’s Centre been added to the program so that keep silent is an implicit vote for C HEZ NOUS such brutal forces. Human Rights this September all children from Centre des Femmes d'Ottawa belong to all of us as human beings. kindergarten to grade five will be Memberships available at the door They are too important to be left to learning to speak, read and write Information: 235-4035 professional diplomats and politicians. French, Is it successful? Why not Hours: Since these rights are ours we are give me a call at Saint Margaret Wednesday, Thurs. 5-11 responsible for them. Working for Mary and arrange for a visit? Reg- Friday 5-1 Amnesty International is one way of istration for classes beginning next Saturday . 8-1 keeping Human Rights safe. September will be held at the school Sunday noon -5 from 9 A.M. to 4 P.M. on February 27. March 1979 OSCAR Pace 20 an»»» MEET YOUR NEIGHBOUR Bv D.H. Baker fifth generation of Jeffs bom in Meet John M. Robinson, O.B.E.,CD, Canada. In January, 1940, the forest engineer, photogrammetrist, Survey Company was sent overseas. (one who reads photographs to make Jack served (with it) as lieutenant, survey maps) intelligence officer 2nd. in command and officer command- (Major), woodsman, canoeist and ing, transferring to air photo intel- horticulturist• ligence in 1941* He studied and Jack was born on a farm in North mapped the German channel defences, Simcoe County, Ontario in 1906 the particularly those of Dieppe. Then second of five children of Mark and he was attached to the First Canadian Tfrnma Robinson. Because of ill health 3 Division and sent to Malta for liaison his father left the farm in 1908 and work with the 30th British Corps , then in search of an outdoor life, became back to Algiers to rejoin First Divi- a ranger, then chief ranger and later sion (by means of a destroyer). He superintendent of Algonquin Park - stayed with the First Division until the summer home of the family for the Battle of Ortona. He was then many years. Jack retired from the Federal After attending ."the little red attached to the Fifth Canadian Divi- Public Service in 1971 but has not schoolhouse" in the country, the sion to set up their Air Photo lost any of his zeal and capacity Eastward and Central schools in Intelligence. General Bums took for hard work. Both Jack and Barrie, Ontario and Barrie Collegiate him to the First Canadian Corps in Vivienne are members of the Ottawa Institute, Jack went to the Faculty Italy and from there he was loaned South Land Use Committee and are of Forestry, University of Toronto, to the Eighth Amy to help plan the very interested in Community affairs. graduating in 1929. battle of Cassino. Before the battle During his university years, Jack he was ordered back to England to worked for the Ontario and Federal join General Guy Simmonds at Second governments and the Canadian Inter- Canadian Corps for the landing in national Paper Company. In 1930, France. while on loan from C.I.P., he served Jack remained with Second Corps as instrument-man on the control except for short periods helping surveys mapping the Gatineau-Coulonge organize air photo intelligence at area. Fourth and Fifth Divisional Head- He then returned to Ottawa to map quarters until he returned to Canada forest cover from air photographs. in October 1944* While in Canada he He remembers that he and an associate was attached to the Interservice worked noon hours and evenings making Topographical Section under the re- a volumetric estimate of timber of a nowned Dr. Diamond Jenness- township in Manitoba. At the end of In the summer of 1946, Jack went March, the money ran out, both were back to the Federal Forest Service fired and the uncompleted estimate where his chief interest was forest dumped in the waste basket. The air photo interpretation and mapping, though he did serve for twenty years country was in the midst of the Great on the Permafrost and Muskeg Commit- Depression and things were really tees of the National Research Council tough. For the next few years he was en>- and still retains his interest in both ployed by Ontario Hydro trimming these fields. trees along power lines. In October On his return from overseas Jack and Vivienne were living in a Glebe 1937 he left a permanent job as a hydro foreman for temporary work at apartment but Jack wanted a house with $120.00 per month. That year he had a big garden. Vivienne found just the bought a new Pontiac for $900,00 to place in Ottawa South 451 Riverdale a by Arlene Harkema haul a trailer and take his men to house on A-4 lots# It suited Jabk work. In Ottawa, with much less pay perfectly but bseèuse most of his Subsequent to the teen dance on and no mileage allowance, the $54*00 summers were spent in the woods, Feb. 16, the community center director, per month payments on the car made Vivienne did much of the gardening chairperson of the SEC and nyself met stucfor the only way to spend his and grass cutting. However they did to discuss the future of the teen spare time. make good use of the space and have program (see article elsewhere this At this time he joined the First won many prizes for their iris, tulips issue). We decided that, with our Corps Field Survey, R.C.E., a militia and peonies. Jack is Past President present manpower situation, it is not unit that was called up for overseas of the Ottawa Horticultural Society feasible to run a program for teens. service at the beginning of the Sec- and now edits the Society yearbook. During this meeting we also discussed ond World War, In September 1939 In 1969 Jack was seconded to CIDA the current preteen drop-in (Wed and Jack married Vivienne Jeffs. Her and spent a year in Laos, training Fri. evenings, 6-8P.M, ). As it is family had come to Canada from Ire- personnel in timber cruising and being run now, the program is quite land about 1814 and she was of the photogrammetry. successful. However, one shortcoming 3MC -wt is that there is no program for this group once they become teens. One decision we made was to regroup the 1270 BANK ST. OTTAWA ONT K1S 3Y4 TEL. 523 1242 age groups from "preteen (8-12; and teen (13-17)M to "youth (10-14)". Plans for this program are far from being finalized. Some ideas we had are to continue the drop-in but in> have special events on some Friday F nights. We are looking for parents who are willing to volunteer one Friday night every two months or so (not more frequently than that) or HOUSE OF CHAIRS even one Friday night to organize and * supervise an event. If you might be CHESTERFIELD SUITES LOVESEATS interested in this program or have any ideas for us, please call Ted Beaton OCCASIONAL CHAIRS TABLES LAMPS DRAPERIES at 563-3306 or myself at 234-5708. The first event for the youth group will be a dance during March Break. .HH ’■"HIC Please look for the ad in this issue.