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glebe tivpart May 3, 1991 Vol. 20 No. 5 1 Great Glebe Garage Sale May 25 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. BY KATE PRESTON-THOMAS MERCHANT REGISTRATION The Great Glebe Garage Sale is a fundraising event Call 233-0038 and leave a message. I will get back to sponsored by the Glebe Community Association. The proceeds you. Merchants will also receive a sign so shoppers will of the event go to the Ottawa Food Bank. Proceeds are know that you have registered and will be making a con- raised by everyone in the community. Residents, businesses tribution to the Food Bank. You will receive the signs and commun4y groups hold garage sales, bake sales, side- before May 18th. walk sales, and serve great food all within the Glebe's INFORMATION ON THE DAY OF THE SALE square mile to raise the month. The sellers are asked to donate 10% of their proceedS to the Ottawa Food Bank. There will be three information points. They will be On the day of the sale there are maps of the sale lo- at 78 Pretoria, The Glebe Community Centre, and St. cations available at Information Booths. Matthew's Church. You can also call 233-0038. Maps will Last year, I tried to integrate environmental awareness be available at these locations. into the event. we After all, here are selling our used THIS YEAR'S ADDITION - GREAT GLEBE GARAGE SALE MUGS goods (reusing them) to raise money for a good cause. This year I made it part of our mandate to use only Made from 100% recycled plastic fibres. These will be recycled papers where paper would be used. on sale at various locations selling food. You can also order them by calling ahead. On the day of the sale, you TO REGISTER can carry around your mug instead of using disposable cups. Use the registration form on page 9 of this Glebe cont'd. on pg. 5 Report. Drop it off at the Glebe Community Centre or Glebe Apothecary. If you are unable to do these things you can also call 233-0038, and leave a message containing the information requested on a hit the registration form. The Plastic Recycling deadline to get your sale on the map is May 18th, you can still register after this date thotigh. You can also register at the G.C.A.'s Annual General Meeting being held at the Community Centre on May 15th at 7:30 p.m. 44040/N WI UN YOU SI 101) j IERE ON SATORDAY, MAY 25th 4ridegast5 WE WILL MAKF A DONATION TO tabe TilE OTTAWA F001) BANI< TI IAN!: -YOU Glebe fine paper recycling programme moves to Volunteers checking plastic containers for the Glebe Community Centre correct recycling code numbers. BY MIKE CATERINA programme. Indeed, some re- cycling programmes have BY ELAINE MARLIN write the mayor and members On April 25, the Glebe been discontinued because As part of of city council at: Fine Paper Recycling this year's of contamination. Earth Day 111 Sussex Drive, K1N 5A1. moved from Glebe Collegiate celebrations, WHAT IS FINE PAPER? a plastic recycling Institute to the Glebe Com- depot ACCEPTABLE was set up at Corpus munity Centre, located at white paper Christi schoolyard on 690 Lyon. It will now be INSIDE light coloured paper April 13,14,20 part of a pilot programme and 21st. computer The event was run by the City of Ottawa. organized NOT ACCEPTABLE by Arbour Recycled Pro- Residents are asked to Letters 3, dark coloured paper ducts continue collecting their of Fourth Avenue. eg. orange Waste fine paper at home and at Management In- Business newsprint work (designate a specific dustries of Hull supplied cardboard the trucks and Recycles . 4 box or wastebasket for a their kraft paper drivers container). Drop it off volunteered their eg. supermarket bags time for Scout News 13 at the centre during oper- the project. tissue paper Approximately ating hours at the cen- 2 metric 16 envelopes tons of Profile trally located blue bin. plastic were col- Information handouts lected. If paper is taken to the will be available at the School depot in bags, please Saplings for planting, Glebe Community Centre. News 18-22 empty the contents and recycled products and The Glebe Student Coun- bring the bags back home information on environ- cil would like to thank Features 27 & 30 for re-use. Paper bags are mental topics were avail- you for your support of able to not considered fine paper. the public. Visi- 28 the programme at Glebe tors to the Books If this programme is depot were C.I. in the past year. asked to to succeed, it is extreme- sign a petition Because of its success, we ly important that there be asking for plastic recy- are optimistic about the no contamination. Members cling in city blue boxes. Quote of the Month future of this programme. of the community are The petition is no We ask that you please One place where you're asked to follow the fine longer available for sig- continue to recycle your sure to find the perfect paper guidelines listed natures but volunteer fine paper by taking it Sean Twomey urges those driver is in the back seat. below. Any contamination to the Glebe Community wishing to see plastic Homer Phillips. will jeopardize the Centre. recycling established to Views expressed in the Glebe Report are those of our contributors. EDITORIAL NOTES We reserve the right to edit all submissions. glebe report Open Annual General Elcm 41794, Station EE Meeting Ottawa, Ontario, K1S 5119 Established 1973 of the Teler)hc)rle :2364955 The Glebe Report is a monthly newspaper. We receive no government grants or subsidies. Advertising from Glebe Report Glebe merchants pays our bills and printing costs. 6000 copies are delivered free to Glebe homes and copies are available at many Glebe shops. Tuesday, June 11, 1991 EDITOR: Inez Berg, 233-6063 ADVERTISING MANAGER: Meredith Olson, 236-5967 at 7:30 p.m. BUSINESS MANAGER Sheila Pocock-Brascoupé, Glebe Community Centre 233-3047 CIRCULATION MANAGER: Christian Hurlow, 238-3572 690 Lyon Street STAFF THIS ISSUE: Susan Carson, Sally Cleary, Sue Jermyn, Mary Kovacs, Elaine Marlin, Marcia Rodri- Find out how your community newspaper guez, Margie Schieman, Ellen Schowalter. works COVER: From "Great Glebe Garages", a poster by Glebe artist Noelle Harris. (See note p. 3) Meeting in Glebe Report office on the second floor of the Community Centre DISTRIBUTION STAFF: Courtright Family, Mary Glen, Geoffrey Gordon, Brian and Marjorie Lynch, Marlin Family, Deborah McNeill, Susan Rose, Kevan Shantz, Meet our staff and board Sheffer Family, R. 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Powell Avenue May 3, 1991 Glebe Report - 2 LETTERS Aldermanic about-face on new noise by-law of a few restaurant and Editor, GZebe Report, audible" inside a private the fact that 45 dB is bar owners at the expense In his column in the residence, or which "dis- about the same level as of all cit- April 12 Glebe Report, turbed" a resident on his ordinary conversation.