APRIL 2015 A Voice of Riverview Park VOL.7 NO.2 Zoé Allard Photo credit:Geoff Radnor Abby Smith, Norah Smith and Willow Herbert Down they went! Photo credit:Carole Moult by Carole Moult from 2-4 on a near perfect after- Board of Director’s member Bryan ported the toboggan party, snacks n Sunday, February 22nd, noon, and Tammie Winsor and Orendorff walked Councillor Jean were provided, and everyone had the beautiful toboggan Geoff Radnor took some beautiful Cloutier and Councillor David a tremendous amount of fun. Well hill near the co-genera- photos of a number of the very up- Chernushenko through the green done to all the good sports who Otion plant was the scene of the beat participants. Tammie was also space where the Alta Vista Hos- once again brought merriment to fourth annual Riverview Park For- great in helping spread the word pital Link is proposed- which is our hill. est Winter Adventure. About 60- to friends and neighbours. River- also going to cause the loss of this 75 people and some of their pets view Park Community Association neighbourhood hill. The Riverview Additional pictures enjoyed the event over a period President, Kris Nanda, and RPCA Park Community Association sup- on pages 14 & 15. Construction work is underway for the 1.7 km Hospital Link section of the controversial Alta Vista Transportation Corridor (AVTC) between Riverside Drive and the Hospital Complex. See page 8 for the Planning and Development column. Trees removed to make way for the new road make removed to Trees Photo credit:Geoff Radnor Grading down from Alta Vista Dr. towards Riverside towards Dr. Vista Alta down from Grading Photo credit:Carole Moult Page 2 Riverview Park Review APRIL 2015 RPCA Soccer Club: Looking ahead to summer 2015 by Josie Sirna Park Community Association (RPCA) t is about time to begin planning membership. for another upcoming year of The success of running this pro- Riverview Park Community Soc- gram and the ability to run it again Icer. This is a parent organized and par- in the summer of 2015 relies very ent coached community soccer skills heavily on the commitment of our development evening founded in 2009 Riverview Park residents and the by a group of Riverview Park residents response to this call for volunteers. for kids aged 2 to 12. Over 100 children Although it is an informal club, there were registered in the 2014 season which are many people needed to keep it fun ran from June to August. A dedicated and safe for the kids. Roles are available and good natured group of parents and for either administrative (coordination, neighbourhood youth coached, assisted fun events, equipment management) or or substitute coached and organized the coaching, substitute or assistant coach- season for the 4 age groups. Thank you ing. The volunteer commitment can The 7 & 8 yr olds pose with volunteer coach Jenn Ellis from the whole neighbourhood!! range from only a few evenings through- In previous years soccer players con- out the summer to more consistent at- If you are able to offer to volunteer older children! A great opportunity to vened on Wednesday nights from 6:15 to tendance over the three month period. please contact : [email protected] hone their skills and experience at vol- 7 pm (or to 7:30 for the older ones) on the No coaching or soccer experience is As the roles have been heavily con- unteering and receive volunteer hours. grounds of the Riverview Alternative necessary, skill levels can be anything centrated to a few in the past years we They can help coaches with drills or also School on Knox Crescent for a nominal from previous coaching or playing expe- are looking to enlist an even broader some administrative tasks, especially in fee of $20 per child or $30 per family to rience to none at all. We can find a role group of parents this year so that com- instances where younger siblings are cover equipment needs and Riverview for all to become involved! mitments can be spread out more. playing. Also consider involving your RPCA Soccer Club Volunteer coach Lindsay Hunter chats with the The age 9+ soccer players with their volunteer The 5 and 6 year olds listen closely to soccer coach young 2-4 year old soccer group coach Jim Thompson Brad Business Hours: Services Mon – Fri 10am - 8pm Bio-Gel 60$ Saturday 10am - 6pm Sunday 10am - 5pm Solar-Gel 50$ UV-Gel 30$ 5 - 1571 Alta Vista Drive Porcelain 40$ Ottawa Acrylic 35$ 613-733-6657 Pedicure 28$ Fresh Manicure 15$ Spring Pedi-Mani 38$ Colours are Manicure Shellac 30$ Here Shellac 20$ with over 150 colours to choose Polish Removal 7$ from Shellac Removal 5$ Nail Removal 15$ April/May Special Body Waxing 20% off for Spring Paraffin APRIL 2015 Riverview Park Review Page 3 Scissors in hand, Mayor opens the Coventry pedestrian bridge by Bill Fairbairn Rail Station and the future Trem- should be busy on game night start- ith a deft scissors hand blay Station of the Confederation ing on May 22. despite the cold, May- Line Light Rail Transit (LRT). Design changes increasing the or Jim Watson, sup- Essentially the 153-metre link span by going over Tremblay in- Wported by councillors Jean Cloutier connects faster and easier from the creased previous cost estimates but and Tobi Nussbaum cut the ribbon train station and future light rail Mayor Watson said the opening officially opening the Coventry hub to the Ottawa Baseball Sta- was on time and budget. Pedestrian and Cycling Bridge over dium. Alta Vista Councillor Cloutier the 417 Highway last month. Proudly watching deep in the said cyclists and pedestrians who “The opening of the bridge dem- crowd were quality assurers Blake need to get from one side of High- onstrates how the city continues to Godin, André Brown, Ameen way 417 to the other can now do so build on its reputation as a cycling Mohamed-Ameen and Chad Keen safely and conveniently. It’s a cov- and pedestrian friendly city,” the dressed in their working clothes. ered crossing with heated stairs to mayor said. Also present were Overbrook keep it from getting slippery. The $12 million structure over Community Association President One local pedestrian said he was Tremblay Road improves accessi- Rawlson King and David Gourley, probably going to walk proudly bility between the Overbrook com- president of the Ottawa Cham- across the bridge a few times and munity and the Ottawa Baseball pions Baseball Club. The bridge take some selfies. “Free heat, eh, The 153-metre long Coventry bridge Stadium, the Train Yards, the Via too!” spans the 417 Highway. Bridge quality assessors with job done (from Councillor Jean Cloutier takes to the mike for a Three pairs of scissors slice the tape to officially left) Blake Godin, Chad Kean, André Brown and few words open the Coventry bridge. Mohamad Ameen-Mohamad. Coventry Overpass Photo credit:Geoff Radnor APRIL 2015 Riverview Park Review Page 5 A very special guest visits Cora St- Laurent by Carole Moult ers. Today the Cora family includes the wonderful images of many of Her awards have been numerous, here do you breakfast, over one hundred and twenty-five the popular breakfast menu items. prestigious, and well- deserved. lunch, or brunch when franchises, in all ten provinces, Cora is a wonderful example of What an experience of a life-time you come to the Ot- with the walls of each displaying a self-made business woman, and for all those who have had the good Wtawa- Gatineau area? Well, to the sets a beautiful model for others. fortune to meet Cora Tsouflidou. delight of guests, servers, and staff alike, on a recent Thursday mor- ning, the ‘real’ Cora came to visit the Cora Ottawa St. Laurent loca- tion at the corner of Belfast Road. It was one of the nine Cora res- taurants in the National Capital Region that Cora was escorted to by Field Representative, Miguel Cardoso, and to the truly surprised customers, it was made even better when Cora herself readily posed for photos, answered questions, and even helped the guests create some selfies. The excited comments by the various diners could be heard throughout the restaurant, as Cora spent about two hours there enjoying both her meal and all the friendly people. One lady visiting from Sudbury said that she was ‘over the moon’ to meet Cora, while other diners commented about the ‘friendliness’ of this well-known lady. The history of Cora herself goes back twenty-eight years ago to 1987 when she bought a snack bar in the Saint Laurent district of Montreal. It wasn’t very long however after the opening of her modest restaurant that Cora could see the wise-ness of changing the snack bar concept into making breakfasts her speciality. Again, it was only a short time later when her successful little eatery became much too small because of all her delicious meals and enthusiastic customers. Not long after, Cora took over a new establishment, and her three children ran the original Cote- Vertu restaurant. She quickly branched out to owning a third, then five more Chez Cora Dejeun- Page 6 Riverview Park Review APRIL 2015 Board of Directors: Peter Bishop, Bill Fairbairn, Michelle McLellan, Rob Column Coordinator: Catina Noble Southcott Distribution Manager: Cheryl Khoury – [email protected] Editor: Carole Moult – [email protected] Cartoonist and Masthead Artist: Greg Money Advertising Manager: Carole Moult – [email protected] Bookkeeper: Anne Jackson Staff Writer and Editor Emeritus: Bill Fairbairn 613-737-3212 Printer: Performance Printing Layout and Design: François Allard t’s hardly news that circula- media such as Twitter and Facebook, along with various blogs and Web sites, tion of daily newspapers is not We tried selling out..