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THE OSCAR www.BankDentistry.com 613.241.1010 The Ottawa South Community Association Review l The Community Voice YEAR 43, No.2 FEBRUARY 2015 Every Leaf Counts Every Leaf Counts in the Hopewell Yard Campaign. Each leaf put up on the fence represents a $1000 donation to the campaign. Note: There are many more leaves waiting to be attached, the recent cold snap delayed their attachment! - Cedars will donate 5% See the story on page 16, 17. PHOTO BY DAPHNE DUMBRILLE (of $20 or higher sales) To the Hopewell Yard Campaign During February! (In-store specials & senior / student discounts do not apply.) COMMUNITY CALENDAR Thurs. Jan 29, 17:30 - 19:00 Hopewell Avenue PS Kindergarten Information Evening We are looking for volunteers OUTSTANDING Sat. Jan 31, 12:30 - 15:30 8th Annual Capital Ward Councillor’s Cup in Old Ottawa South! Hockey Tournament, Glebe CC Wed. Feb 4, 12:00 – 12:45 DOFM (Doors Open For Music) ‘Musicke Nominations are open for our annual bye Master Gibbons’, Southminster OSCA’s VOLUNTEER AWARDS Wed. Feb 4, 19:00-21:00 Launch of Don Cummer’s new novel “A Hanging Offence”, Georgetown Do you know local volunteers who are Sun. Feb 8, 18:00-21:00 Shade Social, House of Targ generously making a difference in our community? Tues. Feb 10, 19:00 – 21:00 City Budget public consultation (Wards 14, Consider putting their names forward. 15 & 17), Tom Brown Arena www.oldottawasouth.ca/osca/volunteer-recognition Wed. Feb 11, 12:00 – 12:45 DOFM ‘The Shining’, Southminster Sat. Feb 14, 17:00-20:00 OSCA Valentine’s Skate, Windsor Park OSCA’s 1st annual Sat. Feb 14-20 (inclusive) O-Train/Trillium Line shutdown Mon. Feb 16, 13:00 Arnett Realty Family Day Movie - Princess Bride, Mayfair Theatre Valentine’s Skate Tues. Feb 17, 17:30—19:00 Southminster United Church Pancake @ Saturday, February 14 Supper (Centre 7 Benefit) Windsor Park Wed. Feb 18, 12:00 – 12:45 DOFM – ‘Meditations for Ash 5-8pm Wednesday’, Southminster free for all ages Wed. Feb 25, 19:00 Project Wild Thing Movie Screening, hot chocolate & love Mayfair will be available for the first 1000 people Thurs. Feb 26, 18:00 Southminster and Ottawa Muslim Association potluck, Southminster Parlour Tues. March 3, 20:00 OSCA Spring Programs online registration (children) Wed. March 4, 20:00 OSCA Spring Programs online registration (adult) nothing says romance like blades on ice. To add events or see the latest listings, go to the online calendar at www.oldottawasouth.ca Ottawa South Community Centre the Old Firehall 260 Sunnyside Avenue * Ottawa, ON * K1S 0R7 tele: 613-‐247-‐4946 * www.oldottawasouth.ca @oldottsouth facebook.com/oldottsouth Page 2 THE OSCAR l FEBRUARY 2015 Havana Café 1200 Bank St. Hillary’s, 1235 Bank St. Lirca Medina of Havana Café appeared ready to celebrate Valentine’s Connie Buchanan of Hillary’s usually enjoys Valentine’s Day with her Day on the spot when the OSCAR popped in unannounced to inquire little granddaughter. This year, though, her granddaughter is unavailable about her plans. There she was in a bright red sweater with a gold chain and so Connie is on her own and single and with no plans—yet! and a little heart around her neck! She usually works on Valentine’s Day, but not this day. It falls on a Saturday and her day off. She will be enjoying a dinner out with her husband Ramon. e’s Day tin n e l The OSCAR asked folks working on Bank Street a what they were doing for Valentine’s Day? V Story and photos by Erin Scullion Fluid Colour Concept Salon, 1171 Bank St. Ana Ferreira of Fluid Colour Concept Salon and her Significant Other are looking forward to a Valentine’s Day dinner and dance at a Portuguese church in Gatineau. THE OSCAR l FEBRUARY 2015 Page 3 Alta Vista Flowers, 1181 Bank St. Karen and Michael LeRoy of Alta Vista Flowers have the same Valentine’s Day plans every year. Valentine’s Day ranks as one of the three busiest days of the year for the florist industry (along with Mother’s Day and Christmas). So, the couple are busy at work. “We’re always too tired to do anything else at the end of that day,” Karen says. “So we’re content with knowing we helped many others celebrate instead.” Michael does tend to have a staff member make up a special bouquet of roses for his wife. After all, you can never go wrong with flowers! Bridgehead, 1772 Bank St. Sammy Lesh of Bridgehead isn’t sure just yet what he’s doing this Valentine’s Day. He might be working. If so, then that’s the V-day plan. If he ends up not working, he’s single and is still waiting to meet that special someone. Who knows? Maybe it’ll happen on Valentine’s Day! e’s Day tin m o c . o t n o h p e n a r h c 70% off sale! e o c . w w l w Last chance...all fall and winter is now 70% off. a And, if you are escaping to a sunny destination, visit us first. Beautiful new spring and summer fashions are here. V Bonds Décor 1242 Bank St. Brett Mayer of Bonds Décor surprises his wife with a dozen of her favourite roses every Valentine’s Day. “She loves the variegated kind, not www.theclothessecret.com the red ones,” he notes. February 15 is also Brett’s birthday so they generally celebrate the two Mon. - Wed.: 10 - 5:30 • Thurs. & Fri.: 10 - 7 • Sat.: 10 - 5 • Sun.: 11 - 5 613-730-9039 1136 Bank Street (1 1/2 blocks south of Sunnyside) Ottawa ON K1S 3X6 occasions at the same time with a nice dinner out. Page 4 THE OSCAR l FEBRUARY 2015 POETRY Local Poet Seeks 500 Poetry Entries in the 2015 Awesome Authors Contest The four most recent anthologies of winning stories and poems. Photo BY J.C. SULZENKO JC Sulzenko wants to be swamped by “The quality of writing always expectations for the craft are high, 9-17 in this region the opportunity English poetry entries in the Ottawa astounds me. 9-11 year-old poets off-the-wall originality in focus, to submit their work in English or Public Library (OPL) 2015 Awesome amaze because of what their poems point of view, or form energizes me. French to judges who are profession- Authors Contest. say, and how they say it. I appreciate No subject is taboo. Being a judge in al writers. Along with JC, this year’s “As I have the privilege of judg- the range of emotions and experi- this contest: It’s better than having judges are Caroline Pignat (English ing poems in English this year, I am ences in poetry from 12-14 year-olds: the run of a candy store. I go wild short stories) and Michel Lavoie calling for more entries than ever From sports to friendship, from death reading the poetry and want more.” (French short stories and poetry.) before!” to peace, from love to bullying. In The annual OPL contest gives “I’m sure we each hope for a bum- Why this unusual wish? the 15-17 year-old category, where emerging poets and writers from ages per crop of stories and poems this year, as long as young writers sub- mit their best work, which has not be published before, and which is original, all theirs. It’s a real chal- lenge to select the winning poems per age group.” Students from schools in Old Ottawa South and the Glebe have been among past winners. Information on how to enter the Awesome Authors Contest is available at all OPL branches and from http://biblioottawalibrary. ca. The deadline for submitting en- tries on-line or in person is Febru- ary 16. Poets, whose work is selected, win prizes and see their work published by the Friends of the Ot- tawa Public Library in the annual Pot Pourri anthology. THE OSCAR l FEBRUARY 2015 Page 5 THE OSCAR 260 Sunnyside Ave, Ottawa Ontario, K1S 0R7 www.oldottawasouth.ca/oscar NEXT DEADLINE: FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 13 ISSN: 0715-5476 The OSCAR is published eleven times per year. Upcoming deadlines: [email protected] February 13 (March issue); March 20 (April issue); April 10 (May issue); May 15 (June issue); June 12 (July/August issue); August 7 Editor: Brendan McCoy (September issue). 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