be rei Vol. 33 No. 8 September 12, 2003 t Serving the Glebe community since 1973 FREE Provincial election will be held October 2 Political parties and candidates The Glebe Report does not have been revving up their engines endorse any party or candidate. We for months in anticipation of a fall provide a forum to allow those election. running for office to present their Howard Hampton, provincial views. leader of the New Democratic Party, Ottawa Centre covers a large area held a launch at Octopus Books on of which the Glebe conrununity is July 30, both for his book, Public quite a small part. The boundary Bubbledome conflicts with Grey Cup Power-The Fight for Publicly extends from the Ottawa River in Owned Power, and for NDP the north to the Rideau River in the there was a delay in putting up the candidate Jeff Atkinson's campaign. south and from Nicholas St. in the BY ELAINE MARLIN dome which cost The Coliseum Inc. Liberal leader Dalton McGuinty and east to include McKellar Park in the The City of Ottawa has a lease over $240,000. There is another legal Liberal candidates from all Ottawa- west, with Sherbourne, Maitland with The Coliseum Inc. which dispute from that year over the area ridings, including Ottawa and Merivale forming the curved operates the air-filled bubbledome failure to provide gas to heat the Centre MPP Rick Patten, held a western boundary. covering the playing field at dome at the bulk rate.Once the legal meet-the-press breakfast at the This is a swing riding Lansdowne Park during the winter fees for all of this are added up, this Newport Restaurant in mid-summer provincially which is currently and spring months. Rental of the becomes an expensive wrangle. to explain Liberal policies. represented by MPP Rick Patten, space for soccer, ultimate frisbee and City lawyer Jerry Bellomo is Progressive Conservative Joe but it has alternated several times winter golf is a lucrative business for attempting to negotiate a settlement Varner and his supporters began between the NDP and the Liberals the company, which takes in about a so that the football championship their telephone and media contacts in the last 30 years. Ever since million dollars annually from the can be played, The Coliseum .Inc. in July to try to establish a presence Ottawa Centre has increased in size enterprise. can do business and indoor winter before the election call. And Chris westward, predictions based on past The dome must be erected before sports enthusiasts can have access to Bradshaw, Green Party candidate, voting patterns are no longer the ground freezes. This has created the dome. If the dome does not go up who has run in Ottawa Centre reliable. One easy prediction is that an embarrassing situation for the at Lansdowne for a whole season, several times with respectable education, health care, taxes and City of Ottawa which plans to host there is also a sizable loss of parking results, has been organizing electricity will be at the heart of the the Grey Cup on Nov. 21, 2004. Last revenue. Parents must pay a parking fundraisers and campaigning on political debate. time Ottawa hosted the Grey Cup in fee even to go into the park to drop line. 1988, fans added $2 million to the off or pick up a child for soccer. On the day the election was See pages 20-22 for local economy. Discussion of the pros and cons of announced, which was election coverage. An arbitrator has ruled that the public/private partnership has often coincidentally the Glebe Report company's lease on the stadium been heated at council. There is deadline, a candidate from one other Confused about the three entitles it to possession of the field obviously a lot to learn about how to party was registered. Stuart Ryan is elections coming up at from Nov. 15 each year. Last year make it work to mutual advantage. representing the Communist Party different levels of government? of Canada (Ontario). Although there are likely to be other candidates See editorial, page 4, for All Candidates Meeting entering the race, so far they have voting information. been keeping a low profile. hosted by GCA Monday, September 22 at 7:00 p.m ;.-sy b lor _,,a, Pan,. Pj° at the Glebe House, 2 Monk Street 13 a \1st%t / 4.4 -'1( a g 411, .fl) 61... .... 444 fr w co.". 'Th., .. Illustration: Gwendolyn Best INSIDE Heart & Stroke Walk 2 Abbotsford 16 Glebe Community Centre & Strollercise shuts its doors! Photo Features .3, 23 GCA 6,8 BY PATTI McKAY baseball. Two large transports were It finally happened! Friday, Aug. loaded to ferry community-centre 22, at 5:30 p.m., we finished the last contents to our storage facility. The program at the Glebe Community third one was loaded with office and Centre and shut the doors. A sad day program supplieseventual for all who have worked and played destination: our temporary office in the grand old buildingbut the location in the Fourth Avenue first step Art Exhibits .18, 19 towards a renovated centre! Baptist Church (109A Fourth). The on Here is the latest the good news is that we did have room renovations: Elections 4, 20-22 for everything, although it may take Music 9, 24 August was a busy month, with staff us most of the year to find it! Schools 28-30 frantically to meet the packing The last week of August, GNAG Reflections on Africa 10 deadline of 'big Wed., Aug. 20the was able to arrange for removal of Books 31 move' day! It that we didn't help the tiles that circled the pit in the Lilies & Flower Boxes 11 were shut down for two days due to main hall. These tiles will be used in Words .33 that major power failure. However, the new building. Business Matters 13 staff rallied to the challenge and we Religion 34 were ready to go when the first truck The tender closed Aug. 27 and we anticipate that there will be lots of Glebe Report pulled up to the door. Thanks to all Memorfes 14,15,26 who went beyond the call! activity on the site in the coming weeks. Wed., Aug. 20, saw the arrival of three big transport trucks and enough Patti McKay is Centre Director of NEXT DEADLINE: MONDAY SEPTEMBER 29 movers to easily play a game of the GCC. NEWS Glebe Report September 12, 2003 2 Cheerios Mother-Daughter Walk for Heart & Stroke Terra was born a blue the best of the best," says Terra. baby, a term doctors use "I've been cared for by the best to describe the pall on doctors at the best hospitals. But if the skin of a newborn we're going to beat this disease for HEART AND STROKE with congenital birth good, we have to keep funding FOUNDATION OF ONTARIO defects. In Terra's case research. They're making new those defects amounted discoveries every day and if I can be to a long list of troubling heart a part of that, I will." Terra is living problems. Before she was four, proof that for research to make great Terra underwent a second surgery to strides, we must all take small steps. replace a leaky valve. And just . The 8th annual Mother-Daughter months ago, Terra underwent Walk for Heart & Stroke will take another surgery to insert an artificial place at Ottawa City Hall, with valve. registration starting at 8 a.m. "I was really scared," says Terra. Participants can choose from a 5-km "But I knew that my surgeons were timed run at 9 a.m., a 5-km walk at equipped with the most cutting-edge 9:40 a.m., a 3-km walk at 9:50 a.m. technology and up-to-the-minute and a 1-km tot walk at 10:05 a.m. research. I knew I would get through All those involved will enjoy the it." scenic route along the Queen If Terra has faced a mountain of Elizabeth Drivewayroad closures health obstacles, you'd never know will be in effect for the duration of it. Today, this youthful and energetic the walk and run. A fun-filled Boomerang kids strollercise 31-year-old rollerblades, bikes and morning, with refreshments, plays baseball. Terra leads a full life. entertainment and a health and program gets a facelift Or, as Terra prefers to describe it, a wellness fair, is bound to please normal life. everyone. BY SUSAN ATKINSON - of a company called Executive An outspoken advocate for The pledges collected at this The staff, clients and associates of Fitness Leaders (or EFL, as it is Boomerang Kids, the children's known), which was launched in ongoing research efforts, ' Terra year's walk are slated to raise funds inspires people nationwide with her for women's research and public clothing store, did it once again by January 2003 by owners Denis story of triumph. Nothing, not even awareness of heart disease and raising a whopping $14,000 during Giaccobi and Anthony Scaletta. the fifth heart disease, will stop her. stroke. There is still time to register annual National Capital Their goal was to make exercise That unstoppable spirit is on line at www.heartandstroke. Strollerthon. Despite grey skies and more easily accessible. They believe cooler the day was a that the number one precisely why Terra and her mother ca/walk. If you have any questions temperatures, excuse people will participate in the Cheerios call the Ottawa office at 737-0651.